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Nearly 300 more children participated in CDF-MN Freedom Schools this year with three additional sites participating in this summer literacy program that helps overcome summer learning loss. In total, 700 children were served in 2012 at nine metro locations.
Legislation passed last session will put Minnesota in the forefront of states seeking to improve the life trajectory of some of the state's most vulnerable children—those experiencing homelessness. Staff from CDF-MN and the Family Housing Fund will be supporting a work group composed of legislators, gubernatorial appointed members and Children's Cabinet staff as designated in the authorizing legislation. The work group recommendations on improving the well-being of homeless children are due to the Legislature and Governor in December.
The leaders we elect this fall will have a major impact on the public policies that determine children's future well-being. Here are some ways you can help elect leaders who put the needs of children first.
More than 3,200 individuals from across the country came together in Cincinnati at the CDF national conference to address critical issues facing children and the poor in our communities. Participants were provided tools and resources to return home and create a movement of support for children among their family, friends, campuses and congregations. Over 100 people attended the conference from Minnesota, 65 of whom were young adults ages 18 to 30 representing community based action teams.
Nearly 16,000 children who were without health insurance are now able to enroll in MinnesotaCare, thanks to newly implemented eligibility changes. These changes come in the wake of increased access and affordability for more than half a million Minnesota children made possible as a result of the federal Affordable Care Act.
Download the 2012 Children's Sabbath® manual, a multi-faith resource for year-round child advocacy.
Many adults are dealing with chronic health problems—mental and physical –that have roots in early childhood. Researchers working in the area of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have developed a way to measure an individual's ACEs and relate them to their well-being as adults. This research is part of the large body of evidence informing CDF-MN's Zero to Three: Policy to Research Project.
For families in Greater Minnesota, it's a story of access and affordability
Families in Greater Minnesota often face major obstacles to meeting their children's basic needs, according to the latest Kids Count report. Compared to families in metropolitan areas, lower incomes and fewer job benefits, as well as less access to services, may affect some children's capacity to reach their full potential in adulthood. See county-by-county data.
Children born into the highest income areas in the Twin Cities are projected to live eight years longer than those born into the poorest communities. According to updated report, The Unequal Distribution of Health, released by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation and Wilder Research.
Cutting children from the budget now will cost us later. This campaign is about bringing the real dangers of cutting child investments into sharp focus to build the public will and make the economic case to protect children from budget cuts. It's a simple calculation, really. Protect now or pay later. Publish to your Facebook timeline.
by Amy Crawford, CDF-Minnesota Regional Director


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By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Justin Timberlake continued his reign at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart for the third consecutive week on Wednesday, keeping new entries by The Band Perry and Tyler, The Creator from the coveted No. 1 slot.
Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" sold 139,000 copies last week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, bringing the album's total U.S. sales to 1.43 million since its debut on March 19.
Country music group The Band Perry entered the chart this week at No. 2 with their sophomore album "Pioneer," following their performance at Sunday's Academy of Country Music awards, which was watched by more than 15 million people on television.
"Pioneer" sold 129,000 copies, coming in ahead of rapper Tyler, The Creator's latest record "Wolf," which notched the No. 3 slot with 89,000 sales.
Tyler, The Creator is part of the Odd Future hip hop collective that also includes Frank Ocean, and he scored his best sales week to date with "Wolf."
Overall album sales in the past week totaled 5.65 million, bringing 2013's year-to-date sales tally to 79.67 million, down 5 percent from the same week in 2012.
Nineties boy band New Kids on the Block picked up their sixth top ten album with their latest record "10," while hard metal rock band Killswitch Engage landed at No. 7 with their new album, "Disarm the Descent."
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures downloads of singles, Bruno Mars scored No. 1 with his latest ballad, "When I Was Your Man," selling 340,000 downloads. The song was discounted from $1.29 to $0.69 on both iTunes and Amazon MP3.
Pink's "Just Give Me a Reason" featuring FUN. frontman Nate Ruess came in at No. 2 and Rihanna's "Stay," featuring Mikky Ekko, rounded out the top 3 digital songs.
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Paul Simao)

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Following up on the IAB Mobile Video Diaries piece from last week I wanted to more closer at when mobile users watch video and why they do it. We already looked at the results in terms of what they're watching (music videos, movie trailers) and how they share, etc. But some time ago I wrote a piece about when you should publish content based on what platform you're aiming for and this seems like a small update to that for mobile.
As I said last week, they only polled 200 people in the US for the research and if there are around 100 million smartphone users in the US, that means there's a pretty large 6.9% margin of error. You can read more about their methodology here.
Users who opted in were required to take part in a 3-stage diary project lasting 2 weeks. One problem with this is that it depends completely on the user remembering to take all the necessary actions. When they encounter a video they have to click an app icon and fill out a form. So on top of the small sample size there's an unknown amount of user error, lack of recording and other variables. So I wouldn't say this is an industry-wide survey and shouldn't really be extrapolated as such.
Time of Day for Mobile Viewing
Video viewing of these 200 people was lowest in the 4-6am time block and highest in the 4-6 and 7-9pm ranges. Basically the viewing totally bottoms out at around 4am and then slowly starts climbing throughout the day with a small dip just after lunch. Earlier in the morning the users were watching weather and videos made by friends or family. Later it switches more professional content. Afternoons are mostly reserved for short funny clips (so-called viral in the report) while night saw more full-length films than anything else.
Earlier and later in the day recommendations helped shape the viewing while during the day it was influenced by the user's own needs and wants including doing research on products. In the graph below the gold line represents the amount of viewing, green bubbles are reasons for viewing and blue is content.
Though the study only had 200 participants, this is a pretty telling chart. However, there seems to be a big hole in the data. Web series doesn't seem to have been a category or even a consideration. No where in any of the charts did I see anything even mentioning web series. There is a 'catch up TV' category as well as an 'other' category which it might have been dumped into.
Weekends or Weekdays & When Not to Publish
A very interesting pattern emerged for these 200 mobile video viewers. It seems that none of their video viewing is done on Thursdays and very little is done on Wednesdays. In fact, only music videos and funny short video clips were reported as being watched on a Wednesday.
Also, if you're publishing tutorials or how-to videos, you might be best served to publish on Friday or Saturday as the majority of viewing happens over the weekend.
For the two week period of tracking, these 200 participants recorded seeing 987 pieces of content, or just five per person over the two weeks. According to the chart above, no full-length movies were viewed, as that category is absent. It could just be poor reporting.
Defining the Heavy Mobile Video Viewer
They did put together a generic profile of who the average heavy mobile video viewer is. They're mostly 25-44 years old, have unlimited data packages, watch about 13.25 videos every two weeks and mostly stream but on occasion will download the video to watch it.
That means it's about 26 videos a month or nearly one per day. Of course, this is all based off of just 200 participants in the study.
Mobile Video Advertising
Most of the participants, 56% did not recall seeing any mobile video advertisement. Those that did, recalled pre-roll ads the most (63%) with TV commercials (44%) coming second and sponsorships third (35%).
Almost along the same lines as ad recall is ad tolerance. 53% stated they were neutral or receptive while 46% somewhat or strongly disliked the ads. So it's still a slippery slope on how to approach mobile video ads. Being disruptive and invasive could still be a bad way to approach things, perhaps due to the limited amount of time users spend on the platform or have when wanting to watch a video on it as opposed to other screens where the viewing sessions are generally longer.
The IAB suggest that 10-15-second ads in either pre- or post-roll are the best according to this report. 42% stated they would be alright with a post-roll and 40% said a pre-roll. Everything else was quite low in terms of user desire.
They also suggest having ads complementary or related to the content would be more appreciated with 43% citing that's how the ads should be tailored.
So according to the report, the main forms of mobile video ads should be 10-15 seconds, in either a pre-roll or post-roll format and they should relate to the content being viewed.
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Smash 'em up derby draws hundreds to fairgrounds
By Steve Herring
Published in News on October 3, 2011 1:46 PM
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Howard Kiser, winner of the demolition derby at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair on Sunday, throws up his hands in frustration during the final heat of competition. Another group of drivers will get a chance to show their stuff on Saturday, Oct. 8.
DUDLEY -- Clutching the trophy her husband, Joseph Davis, had won in the first heat of Sunday's demolition derby at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair, Beth Davis said she always tries to be in the stands whenever her husband competes.
"I try to be at all of them just in case he gets a concussion," she said, laughing. "I don't want not to be there. I was actually at work. I drove here from work to see him in the finals, but they said that he did good."
She said her husband had never been seriously injured, but is sore after the derbies.
The derbies usually attract big crowds, Mrs. Davis said.
"It is a lot of fun for the people just to see crazy people out here smashing cars, because they are crazy," she said. "I couldn't do it. I would not do it, but it is a lot of fun. They put in a lot of time to get these cars ready."
Some derbies award cash prizes, but that is usually funneled back into the cars, she said. The drivers make the most money when they sell the vehicles for scrap, she said.
"Then they will buy a new derby car, just constantly going," Mrs. Davis said.
Sunday's derby offered a streamlined field designed to hold the popular event to two hours or less, compared to the almost six hours it took last year to determine a winner.
While some drivers and spectators questioned the decision to limit the field of competitors, and to reduce the competition area, the arena grandstands were packed with an estimated 1,200 people well before the 1:30 p.m. start.
Those who couldn't find a seat, jockeyed for the best standing spots around the arena, including 8-year-old Jarrett Jordan, who at times climbed up on the railing for a better view.
Jarrett said it was the second year he had been to the derby.
"I like it so much," he said. "I like it that there are a lot of cars running into each other. I like to see all of them (wrecks). It's one of my favorites."
Jarrett said he wasn't worried about the dirt that some of the cars threw up as their wheels sought traction in the mud and that he would be willing to compete one day.
But for the present he had other things on his mind.
"We are going to do other stuff," he said. "I am going to ride rides and play games."
A moment of silence in memory of Pam Aycock was observed before the derby got under way. She was responsible for organizing the derby for several years.
"She dedicated her life to the fair," said announcer Charlie Bellknap. "One of the greatest joys she did was working and presenting the demolition derby here. At this time I would like for each and every one of you to rise as we take a moment of silence to honor and respect the dedication of a person who dedicated herself to this fair and this event, Pam Aycock."
Fair Director Milton Ingram said that he and Ms. Aycock had been in the process of retooling the derby format just prior to her death.
Last year's derby attracted 45 competitors and lasted well after 5 p.m., he said.
"We realized we couldn't keep the paying customers sitting out here five or six hours and that we had to shorten this thing," he said. "I ended up being the heavy in the deal because I had to end up being the one to make the decision as to how it was going to be.
"We limited the number of vehicles. We were going to have as many as 27 per derby, but only 28 signed up (for both days) so what we did was to divide up the number we had into two derbies (per day) and today we had a no-show so we had 13 cars. We have given the public two hours of entertainment and I think they enjoyed it. Those two heats, they were really working on one another and I think that is what people want to see. They don't want to see them sit out there and pity-patty and try to wait for the finale. They want them to go ahead and hit one another."
The format also eliminated drivers ganging up on one driver, he said.
"These were all individuals out there beating and banging trying to win the trophy," he said. "The winner got almost $500. I feel like people got their money's worth. We need to think about the paying customer.
"I think it was one of the better derbies that we have had. We had plenty of action-packed beating and banging out there, especially in that first heat. That was fascinating. I think this number here, 14, might really be good number. It lasted for two hours exactly and that is what we wanted to accomplish. We wanted to shorten it so that people could go out and enjoy the rest of the fair."
Winners from both days qualify to compete at the North Carolina State Fair.
The event featured two heats with the top three cars moving to the main event. However in the second heat four cars jammed up in a line that Bellknap joked looked like they were lined up for a car wash. After being gridlocked for several minutes the heat was called with Ashley Widener of Dudley, Howard Kiser of Richlands, Shawn Andrews and David Goins of Goldsboro advancing to the final round. Advancing from the first were Josh Kiser of Richlands, Joseph Davis of Grantham and Chris Hare of Goldsboro.
In the finals Howard Kiser won first place and his son Josh Kiser second. Hare finished third.
"Any event at this fair needs to be one to two hours max because you get beyond that most people don't want to sit that long," Ingram said.
"These boys were very resistant that we were changing the format a little bit, but I think now that we have done this first one, they might not admit it, but I bet they liked it. I know the audience liked it."


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In an attempt to get concession talks moving again, state employee union leaders made a new offer Monday that they said would permit downsizing of government while protecting their members against layoffs.
In essence, the proposal would allow managers more flexibility in reassigning workers in exchange for greater job security.
The unions' demand for layoff protection has been one of the major stumbling blocks to a new deal to achieve $354 million in labor savings incorporated into the state budget that passed in August.


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How Should Philadelphia 76ers Handle Evan Turner's Contract?November 8, 2013
Evan Turner is kind of like a random reality show on television. You know what you're going to see and there will be some random and crazy drama, but you still can't help but tune into the next episode.
We've been talking about Turner since the Philadelphia 76ers drafted him with the No. 2 pick in the 2010 NBA draft, and the talk hasn't changed much.
It's only evolved.
The chatter went from how the Sixers made a mistake in drafting him so highly, to "okay, he's proved that he can play, but is he worth keeping around?"
The answer is still unclear, yet it feels like Philadelphia may have already given an indication as to what could eventually happen.
USA Today writer Jason Wolf wrote about the Sixers failing to sign Turner to an extension by the Oct. 31 deadline. Here's what Turner had to say about the situation:
[First-year 76ers general manager Sam] Hinkie is not my GM. He doesn't owe me anything… We're going in different directions and everything like that.
Strong words from Philadelphia's leading scorer.
The obvious rift between Turner and the Sixers organization makes it unclear as to how the organization should handle him and his contract.
Let's take a look at some of Philly's options.
Make a Qualifying Offer
The700level.com's Nick Menta wrote a great article on the Sixers and their options regarding players who are still on their rookie deals. Failing to sign Turner to an extension by the Oct. 31 deadline means that Philadelphia will have to give him a qualifying offer at season's end in order to keep him for another year. Menta describes it perfectly:
Should they opt not to extend him, the Sixers will have until June 30 to make Turner an $8.7 million qualifying offer after the season ends. A qualifying offer makes Turner a restricted free agent, meaning the Sixers would have the right match any deal he's offered by another club, or let him walk.
This option will only be relevant if Turner is playing so well that Philly can't do anything but keep him for another year.
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Who knows how well he will have to play to make that happen, though?
He's currently averaging 22.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists while shooting 55.1 percent from the field—a whole 11 percent better than he's ever finished a season with. There's a very small chance that Turner finishes the season with these same numbers. He just hasn't proved that he's the type of player to maintain such great stats.
The reality of his situation is that he'll have to keep his numbers as high as they currently are if the Sixers are going to make a qualifying offer by June 30, 2014.
Failing to even talk to Turner about an extension by the deadline proves that the Sixers aren't high on him and his future with the organization.
He'll have to make it so that Philadelphia has no choice but to be interested in keeping him.
It's certainly a tall task for a man who's never lived up to the Sixers' expectations.
Trade Him
Moving Turner to another team is the most immediate of Philadelphia's options, as they have until Feb. 20, 2014 to trade him.
A full four months before the qualifying offer deadline.
The advantage to less time is that it limits Turner's chances of having a bad second half of the season and hurting his trade value.
He might not have lived up to being drafted with the No. 2 pick quite yet, but at least one of the other 29 teams has to feel like he can contribute.
For example, I actually think that Turner could add an incredible amount of value to a team like the Minnesota Timberwolves. He'll bring a defensive intensity and unique point forward feel that the T-Wolves don't currently have.
So what does Philadelphia get out of trading Turner?
The Sixers get two things. The first is that losing the 6'7" small forward will definitely contribute to Sam Hinkie's plan of losing as many games as they can in order to get a great draft pick. That plan hasn't exactly been executed too smoothly, but getting rid of Turner would easily put the team back on track.
The second is that he and Philadelphia will no longer have ties to each other. There appears to be some light animosity between the Sixers and Turner. It was perfectly clear in his quote regarding the lack of communication surrounding a contract extension. Ending a bad four-year romance might be in both parties' best interests.
Capitalizing on his impressive play will be crucial, though. The better Turner is playing, the more value Philadelphia will potentially get for trading him.
Trading him might not be in Philadelphia's best interest if the team won't be getting much back.
The Sixers' best move is to take Turner's situation on a day-by-day basis.
The season is still very young, but there's a chance of Turner changing both the team's and fans' perception of him. Continuing to produce at a high level could very well keep him in Philly if Hinkie believes he can contribute toward Philadelphia's future.
Hinkie will be using the same logic when it comes to trading Turner. If Hinkie believes that losing more games and getting a future draft pick are what serves the Sixers' best needs, then he won't hesitate to make the move.
Just ask Jrue Holiday.
With all of that said, don't expect Turner to be traded anytime soon. It'll most likely be into the new year before his name really starts to get thrown around. Sure, we'll hear his name here and there, but it really won't be much. December and January is when teams know who and what they have and are looking to improve at specific positions and certain areas.
Philly will have one eye on its record and the other on Turner as the season continues. If there appears to be a direct correlation between the two, then anything is possible.
Yes, even Turner remaining with the Sixers.


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In other respects, the FC160S is similar to the Casio EX-FC150 model which we reviewed earlier this year. More details on that model can be found in our Casio FC150 review.


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Genre: Feature
Director: Nica Noelle
Cast: Nina Hartley, Dyanna Lauren, Lexi Belle, Tanya Tate, Xander Corvus, Mr. Pete
Length: 113 minutes
Date of Production: 9/11/2011, 9/27/2011
Extras: This section has a good behind the scenes segment along with several trailers and a slide show.
Condoms: None
Audio/Video Quality: The audio and video quality are very good. This film is shot in High Definition and Dolby Digital.
Overview: My Daughter's Boyfriend 6 is the sixth installment to this well-written and well-acted series by award-winning director Nica Noelle. In this episode, reigning AVN Best Male Newcomer performer Xander Corvus is dating Lexi Belle. However, unbeknownst to her, her new beau has an attraction to older women. So, when he has dinner at her home for the first time, he becomes attracted to Lexi's mom Nina Hartley. Unfortunately for the young Miss Belle, her mother is also quite attracted to the young and mysterious man. The film starts off slow, but it definitely becomes more meatier and more sexually charged as the movie moves along.
Scene One: Tanya Tate and Mr. Pete make love. They kiss briefly in the living room before moving matters to the bedroom. It's here where the atmosphere becomes a bit steamy. Tanya's sexy legs are turn-ons. He sucks her breasts briefly. Afterwards, the woman sucks his cock. By now, their movement becomes more steadier when the woman rides him cowgirl style. The emotional toll on Tanya rises when her man fucks her missionary style. Thus far, the personal tone of this scene is okay even though there is still a mood of a gonzo scene. A rock steady doggie follows that provides good emotional facial expressions by the woman. Their spoonful of pleasure looked the most intimate with good eye contact and kissing moments. A much more vigorous part of their spooning session follows. A passionate mish occurs. Finally, he pulls out and cums on her. Despite the hot sex, I did not buy their personal chemistry.
Scene Two: Lexi Belle and Xander Corvus make out on the bed. He eats her pussy well and she sucks his dick with her usual passionate style. Then, the pumping rhythm of Xander makes Lexi moan with good emotion as he fucks her in several positions. As their performance persists on, Lexi continues to look hot as Xander is well aware of her physical and emotional demeanor. Overall, this scene is a good steady sex scene. Finally, he cums on her body.
Scene Three: A conflicted Xander Corvus shows up at Dyanna Lauren's home. After an insightful conversation, both of them spark up the screen with their passionate and personal fling. The viewer can feel the inner intensity of the two performers. This is a hot scene that flows well. None of them really go at it hard and try to do everything rushed, hurried, or over the top. It's a believable performance. One can feel a connection between them. It's nice to see especially their playful side. Dyanna sucks his cock with good inner longing hunger that makes Xander look so flushed. The screwing activity provided passionate action that shows off their inner hotness for one another. In the end, he cums on her body.
Scene Four: Nina Hartley and Xander Corvus have very passionate sex. The audience could not wait to see them together. The atmosphere steams up quite well. We forget that Nina is much older than him. The personal connection is high. Nina's cocksuck looks cool. For the most part, I really like seeing them together. I love how they embrace as she fucks her. This scene is filled with much inner fondness for each other. Both of them are so turned on that it was good to see that they never went overboard. I was impressed by how pretty Nina looked. At times, if I did not know that she was her, I would had thought that there was a different woman in bed with the stud. Moreover, there is no doubt that she received a hot workout by Xander. Finally, he shoots his load on her lovely body.
Final Thoughts: Nina Hartley has definitely hit a hot streak. With this fine acting performance along with the one from her previous film Wives Club, this legendary performer continues to make everything she does look so easy and natural. Since she has never been a diva, she is not going to insert that tone in a character's sexual play if it is not needed. Quite frankly, Nina knows Nina and thus, she is going to act natural and genuine when it is required for that role or scene. Her chemistry with Xander Corvus is perfect for this film. The viewer can feel the sexual attraction and tension between them. Also, Lexi Belle and Xander have something special. They are at their best when they are together either sexually or acting wise. Dyanna Lauren and Xander have so much inner passion for each other that their scene was amazingly hot. However, I think their best performance together has yet to be filmed. Once they unleash the rapture that they have for one another, then it's going to be incredible. They need to be casted as the main characters. I can't wait to see it finally happen. Overall, I recommend this well-written and acted film.
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Friday, June 27, 2014
Montreal Baroque Festival
A highlight of my year is the Montreal Baroque Festival. Until last year the artistic director was Susie Napper. Now she shares the job with Matthias Maute. I have finally learned that one can't get to every concert without being sleep deprived. In addition, the concerts start to blur. So this year I was a bit more judicious - not more than about 2 concerts per day over the four days of the festival. Add a few informal events and it was still a bit of sensory overload but great fun and wonderful music.
Outdoor concerts can be a challenge. This one by Passiflore was accompanied by sirens, car horns and a rally for a fundraiser that was happening down the street. I have heard this group in a more intimate setting without the microphones which were necessary here and it was a delightful experience. Despite the cacophony around them, they still managed to share some wonderful music and it was nice to see the passersby stop for a while to enjoy.
One evening a musical scategories game was played in a local cafe. Each round was followed by a musical interlude featuring one of the many early music ensembles from Montreal. Les Voix humaines, seen here, have been on the scene for a long time. Others are just starting out. There is so much talent and such a variety of groups. Montreal is a haven for those, like me, who enjoy early music. Susie Napper and Margaret Little are the core and founders of the group. They were joined by four other viola da gamba players for a concert of music by Lupo as part of the festival.
La Petite Harmonie (you can see the horn player from the photo at the top) consists of wind instruments. I'll be watching for their concerts. They also played in the orchestra for the final concert of the festival - Ensemble Caprice presented an all Beethoven evening with a piano concerto played by Tom Beghin (he also played a solo concert of Beethoven sonatas - I find his playing very moving) as well as Beethoven's Pastorale Symphonie. Beethoven is outside what is normally thought of as early music, but it was interesting to hear on the kind of instruments Beethoven would have composed for. Modern instruments have a different timbre.
I always enjoy hearing Flûte Alors! - all recorder players. Of course - I am a little biased, being a recorder player myself. These young musicians form a wonderful quartet. Their ensemble playing is tight and beautifully in tune.
Concerts of high quality - mingling of audience and musicians, - the audience feels invested in the festival. May it continue for many years!
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Improving performance in a Windows Store business app using C# and XAML
[This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you're developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation]
From: Developing a Windows Store business app using C#, XAML, and Prism for the Windows Runtime
Learn about general performance practices, such as the differences between actual and perceived performance, using UI virtualization to only load into memory those UI elements that are near the viewport, and how to perform incremental loading of data. These were used when developing the AdventureWorks Shopper reference implementation.
After you download the code, see Getting started using Prism for the Windows Runtime for instructions on how to compile and run the reference implementation, as well as understand the Microsoft Visual Studio solution structure.
You will learn
- The differences between performance and perceived performance.
- Guidelines that help to create a well-performing, responsive Windows Store app.
Applies to
- Windows Runtime for Windows 8.1
- Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
Making key decisions
Users have a number of expectations for apps. They want immediate responses to touch, clicks, and key presses. They expect animations to be smooth. They expect that they'll never have to wait for the app to catch up with them. Performance problems show up in various ways. They can reduce battery life, cause panning and scrolling to lag behind the user's finger, or make the app appear unresponsive for a period of time. The following list summarizes the decisions to make when planning a well-performing, responsive app:
- Should I optimize actual app performance or perceived app performance?
- What performance tools should I use to discover performance-related issues?
- When should I take performance measurements?
- What devices should I take performance measurements on?
- Do I need to completely understand the platform to determine where to improve app performance?
Optimizing performance is more than just implementing efficient algorithms. Another way to think about performance is to consider the user's perception of app performance. The user's app experience can be separated into three categories—perception, tolerance, and responsiveness.
- Perception. User perception of performance can be defined as how favorably they recall the time it took to perform their tasks within the app. This perception doesn't always match reality. Perceived performance can be improved by reducing the amount of time between activities that the user needs to perform to accomplish a task, and by allowing computationally intensive operations to execute without blocking the user from performing other activities.
- Tolerance. A user's tolerance for delay depends on how long the user expects an operation to take. For example, a user might find sending data to a web service intolerable if the app becomes unresponsive during this process, even for a few seconds. You can increase a user's tolerance for delay by identifying tasks in your app that require substantial processing time and limiting or eliminating user uncertainty during those tasks by providing a visual indication of progress. And you can use async APIs to avoid making the app appear frozen.
- Responsiveness. Responsiveness of an app is relative to the activity being performed. To measure and rate the performance of an activity, you must have a time interval to compare it against. We used the guideline that if an activity takes longer than 500 milliseconds, the app might need to provide feedback to the user in the form of a visual indication of progress.
Therefore, both actual app performance and perceived app performance should be optimized in order to deliver a well-performing, responsive app.
One technique for determining where code optimizations have the greatest effect in reducing performance problems is to perform app profiling. The profiling tools for Windows Store apps enable you to measure, evaluate, and find performance-related issues in your code. The profiler collects timing information for apps by using a sampling method that collects CPU call stack information at regular intervals. Profiling reports display information about the performance of your app and help you navigate through the execution paths of your code and the execution cost of your functions so that you can find the best opportunities for optimization. For more info see How to profile Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visual Basic code in Windows Store apps on a local machine. To learn how to analyze the data returned from the profiler see Analyzing performance data for Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visual Basic code in Windows Store apps. In addition to using profiling tools to measure app performance, we also used PerfView and Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA). PerfView is a performance analysis tool that helps isolate CPU and memory-related performance issues. WPA is a set of performance monitoring tools used to produce performance profiles of apps. We used both of these tools for a general diagnosis of the app's performance. For more info about PerfView see PerfView Tutorial. For more info about WPA see Windows Performance Analyzer.
Measuring your app's performance during the early stages of development can add enormous value to your project. We recommend that you measure performance as soon as you have code that performs meaningful work. Early measurements give you a good idea of where the high costs in your app are, and can inform design decisions. It can be very costly to change design decisions later on in the project. Measuring performance late in the product cycle can result in last minute changes and poor performance. For more info see General best practices for performance.
At a minimum, take performance measurements on hardware that has the lowest anticipated specifications. Microsoft Windows runs on a wide variety of devices, and taking performance measurements on one type of device won't always show the performance characteristics of other form factors.
You don't need to completely understand the platform to determine where you might need to improve performance. By knowing what parts of your code execute most frequently, you can determine the best places to optimize your app.
Performance considerations
A well-performing app responds to user actions quickly, and with no noticeable delay. We spent much time learning what works and what doesn't work when creating a responsive Windows Store app. Here are some things to remember:
- Limit the startup time.
- Emphasize responsiveness.
- Trim resource dictionaries
- Optimize the element count.
- Reuse identical brushes.
- Use independent animations.
- Minimize the communication between the app and the web service.
- Limit the amount of data downloaded from the web service.
- Use UI virtualization.
- Use the IncrementalUpdateBehavior to implement incremental loading.
- Avoid unnecessary termination.
- Keep your app's memory usage low when it's suspended.
- Reduce battery consumption.
- Minimize the amount of resources that your app uses.
- Limit the time spent in transition between managed and native code.
- Reduce garbage collection time.
Limit the startup time
It's important to limit how much time the user spends waiting while your app starts. There are a number of techniques you can use to do this:
- You can dramatically improve the loading time of an app by packing its contents locally, including XAML, images, and any other important resources. If an app needs a particular file at initialization, you can reduce the overall startup time by loading it from disk instead of retrieving it remotely.
- You should only reference assemblies that are necessary to the launch of your app in startup code so that the common language runtime (CLR) doesn't load unnecessary modules.
- Defer loading large in-memory objects while the app is activating. If you have large tasks to complete, provide a custom splash screen so that your app can accomplish these tasks in the background.
In addition, apps have different startup performance at first install and at steady state. When your app is first installed on a user's machine, it is executed using the CLR's just-in-time (JIT) compiler. This means that the first time a method is executed it has to wait to be compiled. Later, a pre-compilation service pre-compiles all of the modules that have been loaded on a user's machine, typically within 24 hours. After this service has run most methods no longer need to be JIT compiled, and your app benefits from an improved startup performance. For more info see Minimize startup time.
Emphasize responsiveness
Don't block your app with synchronous APIs, because if you do the app can't respond to new events while the API is executing. Instead, use asynchronous APIs that execute in the background and inform the app when they've completed by raising an event. For more info see Keep the UI thread responsive.
Trim resource dictionaries
App-wide resources should be stored in the Application object to avoid duplication, but if you use a resource in a single page that is not the initial page, put the resource in the resource dictionary of that page. This reduces the amount of XAML the framework parses when the app starts. For more info see Optimize loading XAML.
Optimize the element count
The XAML framework is designed to display thousands of objects, but reducing the number of elements on a page will make your app render faster. You can reduce a page's element count by avoiding unnecessary elements, and collapsing elements that aren't visible. For more info see Optimize loading XAML.
Reuse identical brushes
Create commonly used brushes as root elements in a resource dictionary, and then refer to those objects in templates as needed. XAML will be able to use the same objects across the different templates and memory consumption will be less than if the brushes were duplicated in templates. For more info see Optimize loading XAML.
Use independent animations
An independent animation runs independently from the UI thread. Many of the animation types used in XAML are composed by a composition engine that runs on a separate thread, with the engine's work being offloaded from the CPU to the graphics processing unit (GPU). Moving animation composition to a non-UI thread means that the animation won't jitter or be blocked by the app working on the UI thread. Composing the animation on the GPU greatly improves performance, allowing animations to run at a smooth and consistent frame rate.
You don't need additional markup to make your animations independent. The system determines when it's possible to compose the animation independently, but there are some limitations for independent animations. For more info see Make animations smooth.
Minimize the communication between the app and the web service
In order to reduce the interaction between the AdventureWorks Shopper reference implementation and its web service as much data as possible is retrieved in a single call. For example, instead of retrieving product categories in one web service call, and then retrieving products for a category in a second web service call, AdventureWorks Shopper retrieves a category and its products in a single web service call.
In addition, the AdventureWorks Shopper reference implementation uses the TemporaryFolderCacheService class to cache data from the web service to the temporary app data store. This helps to minimize the communication between the app and the web service, provided that the cached data isn't stale. For more info see Caching data from a web service.
Limit the amount of data downloaded from the web service
The GetRootCategoriesAsync method in ProductCatalotRepository class retrieves data for display on the HubPage, as shown in the following code example.
rootCategories = await _productCatalogRepository.GetRootCategoriesAsync(5);
The call to the GetRootCategoriesAsync method specifies the maximum amount of products to be returned by each category. This parameter can be used to limit the amount of data downloaded from the web service, by avoiding returning an indeterminate number of products for each category. For more info see Consuming data from a web service using DTOs.
Use UI virtualization
UI virtualization enables controls that derive from ItemsControl (that is, controls that can be used to present a collection of items) to only load into memory those UI elements that are near the viewport, or visible region of the control. As the user pans through the collection, elements that were previously near the viewport are unloaded from memory and new elements are loaded.
Controls that derive from ItemsControl, such as ListView and GridView, perform UI virtualization by default. XAML generates the UI for the item and holds it in memory when the item is close to being visible on screen. When the item is no longer being displayed, the control reuses that memory for another item that is close to being displayed.
If you restyle an ItemsControl to use a panel other than its default panel, the control continues to support UI virtualization as long as it uses a virtualizing panel. Standard virtualizing panels include ItemsStackPanel and ItemsWrapGrid. Using standard non-virtualizing panels, which include VariableSizedWrapGrid and StackPanel, disables UI virtualization for that control.
In addition, make sure that the UI objects that are created are not overly complex. As items come into view, the framework must update the elements in cached item templates with the data of the items coming onto the screen. Reducing the complexity of those XAML trees can pay off both in the amount of memory needed to store the elements and the time it takes to data bind and propagate the individual properties within the template. This reduces the amount of work that the UI thread must perform, which helps to ensure that items appear immediately in a collection that a user pans through. For more info see Load, store, and display large sets of data efficiently.
Use the IncrementalUpdateBehavior to implement incremental loading
Often GridView and ListView controls display a large number of data items, which can have a performance impact on an app. UI virtualization can reduce some of the performance impact, but there may still be problems displaying the data items smoothly when scrolling through the dataset, particularly if the data items are complex.
The AdventureWorks Shopper reference implementation solves this problem by using the IncrementalUpdateBehavior that allows incremental updating of data items displayed by ListViewBase-derived controls, to support faster updating. It promotes a smoother scroll experience by deferring updates to some of the elements in the ItemTemplate until there is render time available.
The behavior is triggered when the data being displayed by the ListViewBase-derived control changes. The order in which to update elements in the ItemTemplate can be specified by adding the IncrementalUpdateBehavior to each element in the DataTemplate to be displayed, and setting its Phase property accordingly. The Phase property is used to set the priority of the incremental update, in relation to other items in the DataTemplate. The following code example shows how the IncrementalUpdateBehavior is used in the ProductTemplate.
<DataTemplate x:Key="ProductTemplate">
<Grid MinWidth="420">
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<Border Background="{StaticResource ListViewItemPlaceholderBackgroundThemeBrush}"
<Image Source="{Binding Image}"
<Core:IncrementalUpdateBehavior Phase="2"/>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1"
Margin="10,-10,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}"
<Core:IncrementalUpdateBehavior Phase="1"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding SalePrice}"
Style="{StaticResource BodyTextStyle}"
<Core:IncrementalUpdateBehavior Phase="2"/>
The DataTemplate specifies that the Title for each data item will be displayed in the first rendering phase, with the Image and SalePrice for each data item being displayed in the second rendering phase. This helps to promote a smoother experience when scrolling through a data set that contains a large amount of data.
Note The Phase property value starts from 1 rather than 0.
If your app requires better performance than that provided by the IncrementalUpdateBehavior you should instead consider handling the ContainerContentChanging event in code. For more info see Incremental loading Quickstart.
Avoid unnecessary termination
An app can be suspended when the user moves it to the background or when the system enters a low power state. When the app is being suspended, it raises the Suspending event and has up to 5 seconds to save its data. If the app's Suspending event handler doesn't complete within 5 seconds, the system assumes that the app has stopped responding and terminates it. A terminated app has to go through the startup process again instead of being immediately loaded into memory when a user switches to it.
The AdventureWorks Shopper reference implementation saves page state while navigating away from a page, rather than saving all page state on suspension. This reduces the amount of time that it takes to suspend the app, and hence reduces the chance of the system terminating the app during suspension. In addition, AdventureWorks Shopper does not use page caching. This prevents views that are not currently active from consuming memory, which would increase the chance of termination when suspended. For more info see Minimize suspend/resume time and Handling suspend, resume and activation.
Keep your app's memory usage low when it's suspended
When your app resumes from suspension, it reappears nearly instantly. But when your app restarts after being closed, it might take longer to appear. So preventing your app from being closed when it's suspended can help to manage the user's perception and tolerance of app responsiveness.
When your app begins the suspension process, it should free any large objects that can be easily rebuilt when it resumes. Doing so helps to keep your app's memory footprint low, and reduces the likelihood that Windows will terminate your app after suspension. For more info see Minimize suspend/resume time and Handling suspend, resume and activation.
Reduce battery consumption
The CPU is a major consumer of battery power on devices, even at low utilization. Windows tries to keep the CPU in a low power state when it is idle, but activates it as required. While most of the performance tuning that you undertake will naturally reduce the amount of power that your app consumes, you can further reduce your app's consumption of battery power by ensuring that it doesn't unnecessarily poll for data from web services and sensors. For more info see General best practices for performance.
Minimize the amount of resources that your app uses
Windows has to accommodate the resource needs of all Windows Store apps by using the Process Lifetime Management (PLM) system to determine which apps to close in order to allow other apps to run. A side effect of this is that if your app requests a large amount of memory, other apps might be closed, even if your app then frees that memory soon after requesting it. Minimize the amount of resources that your app uses so that the user doesn't begin to attribute any perceived slowness in the system to your app. For more info see Improve garbage collection performance and Garbage Collection and Performance.
Limit the time spent in transition between managed and native code
Most of the Windows Runtime APIs are implemented in native code. This has an implication for Windows Store apps written in managed code, because any Windows Runtime invocation requires that the CLR transitions from a managed stack frame to a native stack frame and marshals function parameters to representations accessible by native code. While this overhead is negligible for most apps, if you make many calls to Windows Runtime APIs in the critical path of an app, this cost can become noticeable. Therefore, you should try to ensure that the time spent in transition between languages is small relative to the execution of the rest of your code.
The .NET for Windows Store apps types don't incur this interop cost. You can assume that types in namespace which begin with "Windows." are part of the Windows Runtime, and types in namespace which begin with "System." are .NET types.
If your app is slow because of interop overheard, you can improve its performance by reducing calls to Windows Runtime APIs on critical code paths. For example, if a collection is frequently accessed, then it is more efficient to use a collection from the System.Collections namespace, rather than a collection from the Windows.Foundation.Collections namespace. For more info see Keep your app fast when you use interop.
Reduce garbage collection time
Windows Store apps written in managed code get automatic memory management from the .NET garbage collector. The garbage collector determines when to run by balancing the memory consumption of the managed heap with the amount of work a garbage collection needs to do. Frequent garbage collections can contribute to increased CPU consumption, and therefore increased power consumption, longer loading times, and decreased frame rates in your app.
If you have an app with a managed heap size that's substantially larger than 100MB, you should attempt to reduce the amount of memory you allocate directly in order to reduce the frequency of garbage collections. For more info see Improve garbage collection performance.


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I have been able to take all of my family lines back from my eight great-grandparents to the immigrant of that family, and these family lines have all been given a separate page as shown on the left, i.e. Develine/Ely, Goodhart, Jones, Little, Ratliff, Staley, Throckmorton, and Womack. Please send me feedback on my web site, or on any of the family lines I have shown here. I would love to hear from any of the descendants of the people on these pages.
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Was it something Alan said?
On last night's radio show, Alan interviewed actor – and former liberal – Jon Voight at the Republican Convention in St. Paul. As we soon learned, the Academy Award winner doesn't exactly support Alan's views on the war in Iraq.
Fortunately the show airs on an eight-second delay, as some of Voight's language would be frowned upon by the FCC.
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The $4.9 million span, which will open by the end of the month, will link Brooklyn Heights to the waterfront, more than 50 years after the tony neighborhood was cut off by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
The 450-foot timber path will start at tiny Squibb Park near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and offer magnificent waterfront views as it descends 50 feet down to Brooklyn Bridge Park at Pier 1.
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"This is going to be fabulous for our community," said Judy Stanton, executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association.
She also pointed out that the new span will make it a lot easier to get to Brooklyn Bridge Park by subway.
City officials offered a preview tour yesterday of what they hope will become the city's newest tourist attraction.
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Finding Area of a Spherical Triangle
Date: 07/08/2004 at 20:32:13 From: Denise Subject: spherical triangles Assuming the earth is a sphere, and given three (latitude, longitude) coordinates, what's the easiest way to calculate the area of the spherical triangle formed by those three points? For example: What is the area between coordinates 34, -105; 34.1, -105.5; 34.2, -105.9 ? I have found various formulas to calcuate spherical triangles, such as Girard's theorem, but they assume I know the angles. I don't know how to go from coordinates to angles and take into account all the other stuff like great circles. I tried finding the distances between the 3 points and then using 1/4*square root (p*(p-2a)(p-2b)(p-2c)), where a,b, and c are the lengths of the sides and p is the perimeter, but of course this doesn't take into consideration that the Earth is not flat.
Date: 07/09/2004 at 14:07:56 From: Doctor Rick Subject: Re: spherical triangles Hi, Denise. My CRC Standard Mathematical Tables contain the basic formula for the area of a spherical triangle: Area = pi*R^2*E/180 where R = radius of sphere E = spherical excess of triangle, E = A + B + C - 180 A, B, C = angles of spherical triangle in degrees This is the formula you say isn't helpful because you don't know the angles, right? Well, the tables also have the following formula for the spherical excess E: tan(E/4) = sqrt(tan(s/2)*tan((s-a)/2)*tan((s-b)/2)*tan((s-c)/2)) where a, b, c = sides of spherical triangle s = (a + b + c)/2 You can find the sides using either the cosine formula or the haversine formula, found on the following pages in the Dr. Math archives: Distance using Latitude and Longitude http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/54680.html Deriving the Haversine Formula http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/51879.html Good luck! Write back if you are still stuck and show me what you've been able to do. - Doctor Rick, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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Adding a cardiovascular surgery program
I am a healthcare consultant with an architectural firm in Massachusetts. Many of our clients are considering / in the process of adding cardiovascular surgery programs and I am wondering if anyone has any experience with the impact of such a decision. I would appreciate any information / concerns, whether positive or negative.
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ConsultantOct 3, '99If the cardiovascular surgeries include heart bypasses, transplants, etc. it has quite an impact. The surgical area isn't the only one that will need specially trained personnel and new equipment. There MUST be in place a properly trained post care unit, proper staffing of ancillary services such as blood banks, radiology, and respiratory departments as well as proper equipment to monitor these patients after surgeries. Once the patient moves out of the intenstive care unit there must be staff that recognizes post surgical complications. Too often hospitals jump into this without these considerations and end up wasting millions of dollars before finally stopping the program because of high mortality rates. It should be a system-wide change or it won't be successful. Time cannot be wasted when it comes to staff obtaining blood gases, blood, radiology services, lab results, etc. Staff all over the hospital must be trained to recognize problems with these patients and have the backing to act quickly to solve them. Don't discount the fact that surgeons can make or break the program too.


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Hmm... Today's post is all about what I have been doing recently; they're all fun and games, literally. Just bought a ps4 and I'm really loving this life, seriously! I have been a gamer since childhood and our first console was nintendo family computer. My dad is also an avid fan of video games thus we have the famicom (until now still works). Then we upgraded to SEGA and I remember my dad also bought a pair of gun controllers for virtua cop haha!
When ps1 was released, I wasn't allowed to have one until I finally begged my parents for my birthday, geez that was in the 90's not all parents were spoiling their kids (not as much as today's generation). So in my country back in the 90's, a typical recreational activity with kids was playing video games at a game rent shop lol. Yup! It's like an internet cafe but game consoles, commonly the playstation and all the CDs you can play for a hefty fee (pricey coz y'know "90's"). But since I had not been blessed by my parents' extra finances excluding my school allowance, I was able to save some money so I can play at the video game shop lol which was a kilometer away from our house. I was always with my cousin Blaise and a group of boys lol (Fun fact: I was bi-curious and a tomboy at that time).
Then when dad bought the ps1, it wasn't placed inside my room but rather in my parents'. Not complaining though because it's their money anyway. First game I played was FF9 and then 8, then 7 and my most favorite Suikoden II; the rest were a bunch of other games specially Legend of Mana, Chrono Cross and Rhapsody OMG! I was so obsessed with Rhapsody, love the music, art and characters. I was juggling school, piano and voice lessons (ugh!) and ballet classes (ack!), and this gaming. I only got interested in social media when I was in 4th year high school.
Later on, dad bought another console which was the ps2. I was so happy because I finally played ff10 and ff10-2 but never got to finish them because I wasn't allowed to play all the time, there was always a limit. After ps2, dad bought xbox 360, and I was already the adult as I am (maybe around the year 2014) but there weren't a lot of interesting games on xbox lol. I played Alice madness returns (fav by the way!) and Brutal Legend because MUSIC and mayhem! haha! Then ps3 came and I couldn't afford it nor did my dad wanted one.
Fast forward to the future, here I am playing the playstation 4, my own console bought by my own money in my room and no one will ever tell me to "GO TO SLEEP!" or "STOP PLAYING!" haaaahaha! I'm an adult after all :)
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For the purposes of this part, "negative licensing action" means denial of a license, revocation, suspension, or temporary immediate suspension of an existing license, or issuance of a fine.
In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.07, failure to comply with parts 9555.5105 and 9555.6105 to 9555.6265 or the terms of licensure is grounds for a negative licensing action. If the local agency recommends a negative licensing action, the local agency shall notify the department and the department shall determine if the standards in parts 9555.5105 and 9555.6105 to 9555.6265 or the terms of licensure have been violated. If the grounds are sufficient, the commissioner shall follow the procedures in Minnesota Statutes, sections 245A.07 and 245A.08, and notify the applicant or operator by certified mail, unless personal service is required. The notice of negative licensing action must be addressed to the name and location shown on the application or license and contain a statement of, and the reasons for, the proposed negative licensing action. The notice of negative licensing action must inform the applicant or operator of the right to appeal the decision. The applicant or operator shall have an opportunity for a hearing under parts 1400.8505 to 1400.8612 and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14.
If the commissioner denies a license, the commissioner must give the applicant notice of the license denial and right to appeal as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.05.
If the commissioner revokes or suspends a license or issues a fine, the commissioner must give the operator notice of the licensing action and the right to appeal as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.07.
If the operator's actions or failure to comply with applicable law or rule poses an imminent risk of harm to the health, safety, or rights of the residents in care, the commissioner shall act immediately to temporarily suspend the license and notify the local agency to remove the residents. The operator shall be informed by personal service and informed of the right to an expedited hearing under parts 1400.8505 to 1400.8612 and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.07, subdivisions 2 and 2a. The appeal does not stay the decision to temporarily immediately suspend the license.
[Repealed, 15 SR 2105]
At the time the commissioner notifies the operator of a proposed negative licensing action, the commissioner shall notify residents and residents' legal representatives of the proposed negative licensing action and of the operator's right to appeal. The notification procedures in Minnesota Statutes, section 626.557, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), shall be followed in situations alleging maltreatment of residents.
12 SR 148; L 1987 c 333 s 22, c 384 art 2 s 1; 15 SR 2105; 30 SR 585
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2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
Engineering products that are meant to be sold to consumers is a process that is invariably about compromise. If you are building a one-off product for a single client, you can optimize it directly for their needs. But when it comes mass production for customers with widely divergent requirements, engineers have to make judgment calls.
Case in point is the Chevrolet Volt and its Voltec powertrain. Within moments after Bob Lutz stepped out of the concept on January 7, 2007, there has been an almost constant discussion about the merits of the E-Flex/Voltec architecture. One of the more notable features is that, despite the presence of an engine in the car, it has no mechanical linkage to the wheels. The engine only drives a generator to provide electricity when the battery reaches its depletion point. The problem is that this so-called "charge-sustaining" mode involves multiple energy conversion processes. One of the first things you learn when you start studying engineering is that there is no such thing as a 100-percent efficient process, and that means figuring out ways to make the best out of what you've got. Continue reading about how the Volt should drive its wheels after the jump.
[Source: HybridCars.com]
There is a principle in physics known as conservation of energy. Energy can neither be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form into another. For example chemical energy (the bonds that hold atoms and molecules together) can be transformed into thermal (heat energy) through the process of combustion. Kinetic or potential energy can transformed into electrical energy when, for example, a moving river flows through a turbine connected to a generator.
However, each of those conversions also produces some non-useful (most of the time) forms of energy that is lost in some way. For example, a generator will have both mechanical friction and electrical friction (resistance) that causes kinetic energy to be transformed into waste heat. The same phenomenon applies when electricity is converted to kinetic energy in a motor or you shift between direct and alternating current in power electronics.
All of this brings us back to the Volt. In charge-sustaining mode, we have the following energy conversions (all of which are downstream of the combustion process):
- mechanical kinetic energy at the crankshaft to alternating current in the generator
- alternating current to direct current for the battery/electric drive
- direct current from the battery/generator to alternating current for the traction motor
- alternating current to kinetic energy for the wheels
When driving directly through a set of toothed, mechanical gears, the power transfer efficiency can be upwards of 95 percent. Certainly General Motors is well aware of this phenomenon. That's why, in developing the two-mode hybrid system, GM went beyond what Ford and Toyota did by adding a pair of clutches that lock the motors and provide a direct mechanical drive path. This allows GM's hybrid trucks to get improved highway fuel economy and better towing capability than other hybrid drive systems.
So, why not do this with the Volt? It's about compromise and mechanical complexity. There is no technical reason that the Volt could not have direct mechanical drive and better efficiency. However, doing so would require the addition of a power-split transmission system as well as re-tuning the engine. The Volt engine is tuned for optimal operation at certain fixed engine speeds and only produces about 80 horsepower. To provide adequate performance, the engine would either have to put out more power or blend gas and electric drive during acceleration.
A power-split transmission that can do the blending would add weight and cost and also limit the packaging flexibility. Currently, the Volt uses a simple single-speed reduction gearbox for the electric drive. The engine/generator mounting location is also not tied to the position of the driving axle thanks to the lack of a connection. This would change with direct drive.
When the GM engineers devised Voltec/E-Flex, they worked from the assumption that three-quarters of daily driving is less than 40 miles and most of the rest of the trips are not much more than 40 miles. All of that means that the vast majority of the Volt's real-world duty cycle would fall well within the electric driving range and the charge-sustaining operation would be kept to a minimum. Adding direct drive would undoubtedly improve the overall mechanical efficiency. However, given the design assumptions, adding the extra cost and weight of a power-split transmission would not be justified. The compromises made in the Volt's design are an indication of how customers are going to have to be more thoughtful in their automotive buying decisions in the future. The ultimate efficiency of hybrids, PHEVs, BEVs, ER-EVs and even conventional vehicles are highly dependent on the usage patterns and consumers need to look at theirs in choosing the right vehicle. These are not jack of all trades machines.
We still don't know what the Volt's charge-sustaining efficiency will be or whether the GM engineers made the right decisions. Those answers will only come once we get to spend extended periods with the Volt but hopefully this provides some insight into the decision process.


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PhD by Research
Three to four years full time, 6 years part time.
World-leaders in development studies
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a global research and learning organisation for equitable and sustainable change. In partnership with the University of Sussex, IDS is ranked first in the world for development studies by the QS University Rankings.
Doctoral research at IDS
Doctoral research is a vital part of IDS, with about 50 PhD students at any time exploring a range of topics in Asia, Africa, the Balkans, Latin America and the Middle East. Students work under the supervision of two Research Fellows and have access to the thriving community of research centres, knowledge programmes, postgraduate courses, training, lectures and seminars.
Our distinct approach to research
IDS is dedicated to research on processes of social, political and economic development and change in order to understand problems of poverty and development-related issues in local, national and global realms. Through our research we seek to achieve our vision of equal and sustainable societies, both locally and globally, where everyone can live secure, fulfilling lives free from poverty and injustice.
Our research is shaped by our distinctive 'engaged excellence' approach. This means that the quality and impact of our work depends upon us collaborating with governments, international NGOs, local civil society, citizens, in-country researchers, donors, businesses and many others to achieve positive change, strategically informed by high quality – and operationally relevant – research and evidence.
Areas of study
We are looking for PhD researchers interested in working on projects that respond to the following global challenges and their intersections:
- reducing inequalities
- accelerating sustainability
- building inclusive and secure societies.
We are particularly interested in work that shows originality in addressing topics related to the work of our research clusters, namely: business, cities, conflict, digital, gender, governance, green transformations, health, participation, power, resource politics and rural futures.
Future careers
IDS PhD researchers have gone on to work as Ministers in national governments, high-level officials in development organisations such as UNDP and the World Bank, civil servants, leaders of civil society organisations including Mama Cash and Action Aid and high profile academics at universities across the world. They are all working to define and solve some of the world's most pressing global challenges. Your time at IDS will equip you with both the theoretical knowledge, research methodologies and practical skills to make a real difference in bringing about transformative change.
Thriving research community
The Institute is home to approximately 240 staff and 260 students at any one time. But the IDS community extends far beyond, encompassing an extensive network of over 360 partners, 3,000 alumni and hundreds of former staff. All PhD researchers are an integral part of this community and have access to research, knowledge, communication and teaching opportunities and engagement with the IDS staff, as well as a substantial series of seminars presented by leading development professionals and practitioners.
Supervision and assessment
Each PhD researcher has a minimum of two supervisors. During the application process, you can if you wish identify your preferred supervisors. Potential supervisors can be identified by searching our directory.The number of hours of formal supervision will vary over the course of the PhD depending on the student, supervisor and type of research. IDS publishes a Memorandum of Understanding which sets out expectations regarding supervision. During the course of your PhD, you are expected to give two seminars to the IDS community. The first, at the end of Year One is called the Research Outline Seminar and this provides an overview of your PhD plans prior to beginning fieldwork. The second occurs halfway through Year 3. This is called the Work in Progress Seminar and it focuses on the research findings and overall arguments made in the dissertation.
Your PhD course is examined by dissertation and viva. The thesis must be no longer than 80,000 words. These limits includes footnotes and bibliography but excludes any appendices.
"IDS offers doctoral researchers an enriching environment with access to a broad range of experts with different disciplinary backgrounds. The IDS community is always bustling with energy and a commitment to answering difficult questions and this makes it an exciting place in which to undertake research. I feel particularly blessed to be among a supportive group of peers who offer guidance at every turn." Dina Zayed, IDS PhD scholarship researcher
You should have a strong academic record and graduate training demonstrating a high standard of achievement, combined with substantial professional work experience in a developing country or in development-related work. Only in exceptional circumstances will candidates with other backgrounds may be considered.
You will hold a masters degree in a relevant social science. As well as having methodological and theoretical grounding in one of the social science disciplines, you will have the language skills necessary for the proposed research.
English language requirements
Students must be proficient in English. The minimum requirement is, for example, an IELTS grade of 7.0 overall and no less than 6.5 in each section of the IELTS test. For detailed information on English language requirements for international students please see the University of Sussex website.
A strong research proposal
You will submit a three to four page research proposal indicating what you wish to investigate, how you intend to conduct the research and any contacts you have had with IDS Fellows. For more information, see our Apply section.
Presence at IDS
Your presence here is vital at the early stage of your PhD when the research proposal is prepared and then, after fieldwork, at the stage of writing up the research findings. The maximum period of registration is four years, but a PhD can be completed in three years.
How we assess your application
When assessing your application we take into account many factors including: the quality of your research proposal, your academic qualifications, fit with IDS research priorities, previous development experience, language skills and availability of suitable supervisors.
All applications are assessed by the IDS Teaching and Learning Team with input from potential supervisors. You will also be interviewed on your PhD research plans. If your application is succesful you will be contacted by the IDS Teaching and Learning Team, who are ultimately responsible for offering places on the IDS PhD Programme.
Fees for the academic year 2017/18 are £15,500 for overseas students. Fees for 2018/19 for UK/EU, Channel and Isle of Man students will be announced late Spring 2018 (2016/17 fees were £4,121). IDS requires that students register for a minimum of three years. Most students spend time on overseas fieldwork. During fieldwork, students are registered as distance learners and are charged a fee which is normally 65% of the full-time fee but may be subject to change.
After having made substantial progress and completed three years of registration, students may be permitted to transfer to pre-submission status. IDS considers substantial progress to be the completion of three empirical chapters, supervisors' approval and a successful work-in-progress seminar. If pre-submission status is not granted, then full-time fees are still applicable. The pre-submission fee is approximately £500 for each year or part thereof.
Unfortunately, neither IDS nor the University of Sussex can offer financial support. Applicants requiring financial assistance should contact their local Ministry of Education or Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Council representative (c/o British Embassy). For the latest information on fees, funding and scholarships, visit the University of Sussex website.
We consider applications throughout the year although the official academic year begins in September. We strongly encourage doctoral students to align their studies to this academic calendar.
Apply online
Apply via the University of Sussex online application. When completing the application form, please identify IDS on the application; the code for this is L1604R - Development Studies (IDS) (PHD).
Your research proposal
As part of the application process, you must submit an outline research proposal of three to four pages indicating the nature, ambitions and primary questions of the project. It would also be advantageous to include an article or writing sample demonstrating your ability to undertake research and write academic papers.
Before applying, please read carefully our guidelines on How to write your Research Proposal. Here is a good example of a recent research proposal from a successful applicant: Barasa PhD research proposal to IDS, 2017
Finding a supervisor
You are not responsible for finding a supervisor. However, you may express a preferred supervisor on your application form. Applicants are assessed both on their academic credentials and on the relevance of their proposed research to the work of one or more IDS Fellows.
Distance learning
IDS is unable to accept applications for distance learning. We believe it is in the best interests of both PhD students and the Institute that the majority of the study period is spent at IDS. This offers the opportunity for ongoing interaction with other IDS members and students.


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email: [email protected]
In this competitive information age, finding creative ways to tell the American Baptist home mission story can be challenging. Danny Ellison's role includes designing magazines, brochures, newsletters, conference displays, and other mission support materials. In addition, he works on American Baptist Home Mission Societies' Web site and handles special projects, which include the banner and prayer cards used during a peace walk at the 1999 Biennial Meeting.
"Our ultimate goal is to communicate the mission of American Baptist Home Mission Societies," says Ellison, who finds his work personally rewarding. "The design and layout of each piece should support a message that is clear and consistent with American Baptist Home Mission Societies' overall vision for mission service."
Looking to the future, Ellison sees increasing opportunities for communicating the work of home mission. "More and more people are using technology," he notes, "and that has become an excellent method for spreading our mission message."
Integrating newer forms of communication—such as the Web, power point presentations, and video conferencing—with more traditional printed pieces will be Ellison's future focus. He is committed to maintaining professionalism and integrity in all American Baptist Home Mission Societies communication media.
B.A., Graphic Design, University of Texas at El Paso
Freelance graphic designer and staff artist, El Paso Herald Post
- Joined American Baptist Home Mission Societies staff as a graphic designer: 1992
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Intuitive tool to easily manage applications on the Android based phone. AppMonster allows you to install, uninstall, backup, sort your applications.
Developer: Grigory Fishilevich
Category: System
Latest version: 0.7.2
Total versions: 3
Submitted: 9 Feb 2010
Updated: 26 Nov 2010
DescriptionAppMonster (also known in its earlier versions as AppManager) is an application for the apps management.
The main features include:
- Backup to SD (single / all at once)
- Install from SD
- Keep old versions, downgrade
- See details (protected/AdMob)
- Search at Android Market
- Deinstall
- Launch
The app supports English and German languages. AppMonster has support for Android 2.1.
Web site http://think-android.com
AppMonster 0.7.2 seem to be the latest available version. Below you can find file(s) assigned to this version:
- AppMonster_for_Cupcake_0.7.2.apk (47 KB, ↓ 0)
- AppMonster_0.7.2.apk (47 KB, ↓ 0)
Description/changelog of AppMonster 0.7.2:For users of Android 1.5 Cupcake, there is a file called AppMonster_for_Cupcake_0.7.2.apk. Other users need to download AppMonster_0.7.2.apk.
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BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) – A defendant in a family dispute accused of fatally shooting an elderly woman as she tried to run inside a Texas courthouse is being held on $4 million bond.
Bartholomew Granger is accused of wounding three other people Wednesday, including his daughter and the daughter's mother. A bystander was also injured. The 41-year-old Granger was arraigned Thursday morning.
Granger is accused of grabbing a gun from his pickup truck outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont and opening fire. Authorities say that sparked a shootout that ended after Granger briefly took hostages in a nearby building.
Granger is charged with one count of murder. He was on trial this week in a separate criminal matter.
Beaumont is 80 miles east of Houston.


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Vulture Guesses the Title of Will Smith's Men in Black 3 Theme Song
"Back to (Men in) Black," etc.
Yesterday, to the delight of Frank the Pug fans and anyone who enjoys watching Will Smith converse with a cartoon, the trailer for Men in Black 3 was unleashed upon the masses. Admittedly, the trailer did not give us much in the way of story, but it did hint at a time-travel plot and also proved that Will Smith will still work as hard as humanly possible to make you laugh about an alien spray-painted on a wall. A hard-working Will Smith means one thing: inescapable movie theme songs. That's right! The man who brought you gems like "Men in Black" (Men in Black). "Wild Wild West" (Wild Wild West), and "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" (Men in Black 2) will almost certainly be back with a new single for the MIB3 soundtrack. And so in anticipation of this momentous musical event, Vulture has spent many long hours contemplating the space-time continuum and Will Smith's back catalogue to come up with some possible titles for the song. Our fifteen best ideas:
- "Back to (Men in) Black"
- "Just Cruisin' (Through Time and Space)"
- "Will1K972"
- "Black and Yellow-ish Green," Featuring Tony Shaloub as Jack Jeebs
- "Rolling in the Deep Space"
- "Pumped Up Black Kicks"
- "The OG Wild Wild West"
- "Forget You" (Black Suits Remix)
- "Time-Jump Around"
- "First Willennium"
- "Gettin' Special Relativity With It"
- "I Will Remember You, Alien"
- "Just the Two of Us," Feat. TARDIS
- "Run the World (Aliens)"
- "Black Suits in Paris"
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