Q: The National Breast Cancer Foundation recommends a screening mammogram every one to two years for women aged 40 and older. If you have a personal or family history of breast cancer or you notice a lump during a self-exam, your doctor may want you to begin having screening mammograms before you are 40 years old. Screen mammography for women aged 75 and older depends on the woman's overall health. If she has a number of health problems, she is not likely not to be a candidate for treatment were cancer in fact detected. Thus, you should talk to your doctor about screening if you are 75 or older. For women who know via genetic testing that they carry the breast cancer genetic mutation (BRCA1 and BRCA2), screening should begin at age 25 and may also involve an MRI of the breast tissue in addition to a mammogram. A mammogram is an low-radiation x-ray that allows doctors to see your breast tissue. A mammogram can often detect lumps in your breast tissue before you can feel them. Although the doctor may be looking for potential cancerous growth with a mammogram, the test can also detect calcifications, fibroadenomas and cysts in the breast tissue. Find out if there are any requirements before your mammogram. You should not wear deodorant, perfume or lotion on the day of your mammogram, as these can interfere with the test reading. Be sure to wear a loose top that will be easy for you to take off for the mammogram. Read up on the procedure to help calm yourself if you feel anxious. The test may be slightly uncomfortable but is over within a matter of minutes. They will need to know if you have breast implants, or if you are currently menstruating. In the mammogram, your breast is placed on a platform and compressed with a paddle to even out the breast tissue, hold the tissue still during the x-ray, and allow for the use of a lower-energy x-ray. You'll feel pressure and may experience some discomfort during the mammogram, but this is just temporary. A mammogram will be done on both breasts so the radiologist can compare both sides. If the potential for breast cancer shows up in your results, you might need have further imaging testing, such as a breast ultrasound to look for cysts or an MRI to evaluate and differentiate a suspicious lesion from a benign one. If the mammogram and MRI detect a tumor or growth, your doctor may recommend an ultrasound-guided needle biopsy to determine both the type of cell growth and the type of treatment needed to treat the cancer (i.e., surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, etc.). In a biopsy, tissue is removed from the suspicious area of the breast and analyzed in a laboratory. Most breast tissue biopsies are outpatient procedures, and you won't have to stay overnight in a hospital.
A: Schedule an annual mammogram when you turn 40. Understand what the procedure does. Prepare for your mammogram. Discuss your breasts with your doctor and the mammogram technician. Have the test. Wait for results.

Q: Do this by switching your amp to standby mode without any input for at least two minutes before hooking up your guitar. Once the amp is warmed up and ready to rock, you can plug in your guitar and switch your amp to its active mode. Changing the volume on your amp can also change the tone of the sound it produces. Set your amp to its optimal volume, and if loudness is an issue, make sure you have the proper sound dampening measures in place. If you have decided on using a power soak, tie this into your sound line as instructed in its accompanying directions. If you plan on making use of a sound closet or chamber, make sure your amp is in its proper position. Wear and tear might require you to finesse some of your cables or connectors into the right inputs or outputs. In particular, be sure that your guitar, amp, microphone, and DAW/audio interface are properly linked. Audio equipment can draw a considerable amount of current. In some cases, when too much current is drawn on an electrical circuit, a circuit breaker will be tripped and the power supply cut off. To prevent this from happening mid-recording: Test your electrical supply by taking some time to warm up. Be sure that all the equipment you plan on using is switched on, warmed up, and set the volume at which you will record. Double check your tuning. If you notice that your guitar sounds too "honky," meaning that it has a kind of country twang to its tone, you can change this by reducing the Mid knob. If it sounds too thick, or isn't very clear, increase the Mid knob. With everything in place and properly adjusted, all you need to do now is set your DAW/audio interface to record and begin playing. Once you have finished playing, stop the recording and check your handiwork. At this point, you can polish your recording through your DAW/audio interface. In many cases, this will be your computer. Once your recording is complete, you can apply filters to it to highlight certain aspects, like: Clarity and focus. A high pass filter at 100, 150, or 200Hz can reduce the muddiness of the bass in your recording while focusing the sound. The body of your sound. This can be emphasized or reduced by cutting or boosting your recorded sound by about 700-800Hz, setting the grit to about 3-4Khz, and changing the boxiness to 300-400Hz. Softer high frequencies. A gentle low pass filter at 12Khz can help to reduce piercing high frequencies.
A: Warm up your amp. Adjust your amp settings and dampening measures, if necessary. Check all connections and cords. Stress test your electrical supply. Verify the sound of your electric guitar with headphones. Record yourself playing your electric guitar. Use filters to improve the quality of your sound.

Q: It is important that the animals you intend to breed are old enough and large enough. A male typically needs to weigh over 700 grams and be at least one year old. Evidence of maturity can be determined by expressing a sperm plug. Gentle pressure on the cloaca (the vent at the back of the snake) will produce a little white, cheesy matter that will tell the male is ready. While females as small as 1200 grams have been successfully bred, most breeders recommend that females be at least 3 years old and 1700 grams in order to breed. The process is too demanding on smaller animals and represents a health risk. It is best to be sure of the sex of the animals you intend to breed. This can be determined by probing. There are video tutorials available that teach the process. This can be dangerous to the animal, so do not probe a snake without first having received proper instruction; or call in an expert. Female snakes will probe to a depth of only 3 or 4 scales. Males will generally probe to 7-9 scales. It is possible to get a false positive for a female if the snake is constricting itself sufficiently to prevent the probe from achieving full penetration. In order to become fertile, a cooling-off period is required. The ambient air temperature at night needs to be in the mid 70's (F) low 20s (C) for a period of about a three months. The warm spot in the cage AT NIGHT should be reduced to low to mid 80's(F) low 30s (C), during the day temperatures should return to normal temperature in the high 80's(F). The idea is to replicate the weather conditions of winter in Central Africa. This short cool spell whispers sweet nothings into the brains of these beautiful creatures and tells them that Spring is coming and new life needs to be created. During the cooling off period, periodically introduce the male and the female. Have them together for a few days, then apart for a few days. They may try to breed at that time but it won't take. Still, it is a good sign. After the cool spell, the temperatures can be returned to normal. Good temperatures for ball pythons produces perspiration on most humans.
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Make sure they have reached maturity before breeding. Determine the sex. Provide a cooling-off period. Warm it up again.