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Diabetes Update: A1c<7
Number 50; December 2, 2002
By David Mendosa
My Little Chimp Friend Upcountry Liberia, 1971
This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles, columns, and Web pages that I have written. I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com/diabetes.htm
From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest.
My most recent contribution is:
A1c<7
The folks who sponsor the Diabetes A1c Initiative failed to ask for my support, so I will try to help with what I write about it. The campaign features a team of patient advocates known as A1c Champions who will tour the country and give tips about keeping diabetes under control. If I believe in anything, it is the importance of controlling my diabetes and that regular A1c tests are the best measure that I have to make sure that I am doing that.
My A1c had crept up to 6.8 last year. That was enough to get me to ask my endocrinologist to prescribe metformin. My most recent test a few months ago came in at 6.2, precisely the point where the U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study says that complications begin.
Those A1c Champions who are fated to have to campaign without me seek to persuade the world—or at least all Americans with diabetes—that we have to bring down our A1c levels. Nobody knows exactly, but those levels are typically 8.5 to 9. The Diabetes A1c Initiative that they are campaigning for seeks to bring those levels down to 7. Why not to 6.2 or below?
The answers to that are in my column. You can find it at http://www.diabetes.org/main/community/info_news/web/default.jsp
One of the most exciting drugs on the horizon for people with type 2 diabetes is AC2993, which in April I wrote about in Diabetes Update Number 36 and my "About the Internet" column for the American Diabetes Association. Amylin Pharmaceuticals now has AC2993 in Phase 3 clinical trials.
AC2993 is certainly a bland, bureaucratic name for a drug with such an interesting origin and great promise. It is based on Gila monster venom. An extended release form, AC2993 LAR, may offer allow once-a-month injection of AC2993. It is currently in Phase 2 evaluation.
These drugs are peptides that exhibits several anti-diabetic actions of the mammalian hormone glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1). But unlike GLP-1, which has activity measured in minutes, AC2993 and particularly AC2993 LAR have a prolonged duration of action.
Several other companies are racing to develop sustained release formulations of GLP-1 analogs. However, Lilly is no longer one of these companies. In September Lilly announced that it was discontinuing its GLP-1 analog program at the time it announced a partnership with Amylin for the development and marketing of AC2993 and AC2993 LAR. Lilly has invested $110 million in Amylin, according to this SEC filing.
A Novo Nordisk candidate, NN2211, is another once-a-day formulation of a GLP-1 analog. Two studies reported this year in professional publications of the American Diabetes Association, Diabetes Care and Diabetes, had promising results in trials with eight and 11 subjects respectively.
ConjuChem Inc., a biotechnology company based in Montreal, in July announced the start of a Phase 1 clinical trial for a GLP-1 analog. The company says that they anticipate that the optimal dosing regime will be no more frequent than once per week.
Forthcoming Meter
Months ago I picked up rumors of a new LifeScan system that combines everything I ever wanted in a blood glucose meter. My requirements are the capability to use it on alternative sites where we have few nerve endings, a small drop of blood, fast results, and event codes such that only the One Touch Profile has had. Now a German site has a picture and description of the meter that makes me think we will have it soon. It's the One Touch UltraSmart and you can read all about it at http://www.diabetes-kids.de/pics/onetouch_ultrasmart.jpg and http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf2/k021819.pdf. I updated my On-line Diabetes Resources Part 14: Blood Glucose Meters page accordingly.
Research Notes:
More AGEs
I sense extraordinary resistance to the recommendation that we reduce our intake of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in order to limit the damage to our blood vessels that they may cause. Helen Vlassara, M.D., a professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, is the lead author of a research report that says we have to radically change the way we cook our foods.
Some of us are quite interested in Dr. Vlassara's findings, judging from the number of questions I have received. I passed on the questions to her and her associates. They initially replied by sending me a Microsoft Word file, "Low AGE Meal Plan Instructions." So that everyone can read it, I used Adobe Acrobat to convert it to a PDF, which I uploaded to my site as http://www.mendosa.com/Low AGE Meal Plan Instructions.pdf.
Readers wanted to know how cooking in crockpots or in pressure cookers would affect the formation of AGEs. There is also a question about coffee. The "Low AGE Meal Plan Instructions" say, "Limit hot cocoa mixes or chocolate drinks. All others are allowed as desired. Examples are coffee, tea and sodas."
But the AP article says, "Vlassara said that coffee, cola and chocolate drinks also are loaded with AGEs." Should we drink it or not?
When I asked Dr. Vlassara about these questions, I received this reply from Teresia Goldberg, MS, RD, CDE, the research dietitian who works with her:
"Regarding AGEs in coffee and colas: These beverages contain higher levels of AGE as compared to milk, water, and juices. Consuming large quantities of these beverages will add to the AGE load, but the major contributors will be protein foods. However, these beverages can be consumed if the major contributors are controlled.
"We have not tested foods prepared in crockpots or in pressure cookers. However, from the data we do have we know that time is also a factor in AGE generation. The longer cooking time would be expected to increase AGE content. Pressure cooking does reduce cooking time, but pressure also changes protein conformations and may promote more rapid AGE formation."
Nutrients for Neuropathy
The third volume in John Senneff's "Numb Toes Series," Nutrients for Neuropathy doesn't quite have the catchy title of its predecessors, Numb Toes and Aching Soles and Numb Toes and Other Woes. Yet the more limited scope of the current book allows John to go into even greater depth.
These books come from the patient standpoint. John, a retired attorney, suffers from peripheral neuropathy. But don't be concerned about legalese here. John writes with extraordinary clarity in this 172-page paperback book. This is an easy read on a hard subject. Just published by http://www.medpress.com, Nutrients for Neuropathy lists for $19.95.
The main divisions of the book are vitamins, minerals, and other supplements. In each of these areas I appreciated John's precision and at the same time found myself wishing that he had gone a bit further. Among vitamins, for example, he recognizes that Vitamin E contains four different tocopherols only in a footnote, and even there says that "Commercially available vitamin E supplements contain primarily alpha-tocopherol." The people at TwinLab and NOW Foods who sell mixed tocopherols might be surprised to hear that.
Likewise, he has an excellent discussion of the efficacy of magnesium, but ignores the question of what balance it needs to have with calcium intake. For omega-3 fatty acids he recommends more and for omega-6 less, consistent with what most of the experts say.
But I wonder about his recommendation of 1800 mg of EPA and 900 mg of DHA, the two main omega-3 oils we get from fish. I wish that he had considers some recent studies that may show better results with DHA alone.
In spite of these, er, peripheral reservations, I provide a positive link to John's new book on my neuropathy links page, On-line Diabetes Resources Part 15: Diabetic Neuropathy.
Help in Getting Around My Web site
Recently, somebody complained on the Diabetes mailing list that my Web site was confusing. In my reply I tried to help as much as I could. Later, I realized that some of you reading Diabetes Update may share that confusion. This is essentially what I wrote:
I am sorry that you find my Web site to be confusing. Please let me know just what you find to be confusing about it.
Part of the problem, I'm sure, is that my website covers a very wide range of my interests. So it is both a highly personal site and a diabetes resource at the same time.
For people who are just interested in diabetes and don't want to know about me or my other interests, the place to start is:
David Mendosa's Diabetes Directory
www.mendosa.com/diabetes.htm
This page lists and links most of my articles, columns, and Web pages about diabetes. I admit that it could be easier to get around, but I have it divided into a dozen sections:
Advice for Newbies
Information about me and why I maintain the Web site.
On-line Diabetes Resources (15 pages of links and descriptions of all the substantive sites dealing with diabetes)
The Glycemic Index
My "About the Internet" column on the American Diabetes Association website (116 columns to date)
Articles for NutriNews (the site is dead, but I saved the articles)
eCharged Newsletters for LXN (the site and the company is dead, but I saved the articles)
Articles for DiabetesWebSite (the site is dead, but I saved the articles)
Articles in Diabetes Wellness News (formerly Diabetes Wellness Letter)
Other articles about diabetes
Articles about chana dal (a very low glycemic bean)
A link to my "Diabetes Update" newsletter (what you are reading right now)
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I send out Diabetes Update about twice a month. Previous issues are online:
Diabetes Update Number 1: Diabetes Genes of December 10, 2000
Diabetes Update Number 2: DiabetesWATCH of December 18, 2000
Diabetes Update Number 3: Starlix of January 3, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 4: Native Seeds/SEARCH, Tepary Beans of January 17, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 5: Insulin Makes You Fat of January 31, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 6: Available and Unavailable Carbohydrates of February 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 7: Dates of March 1, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 8: Quackwatch of March 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 9: The Cost of Insulin of March 30, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 10: Sof-Tact Meter of April 2, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 11: iControlDiabetes of April 16, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 12: Cinnamon, Tagatose of May 2, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 13: Glycemic Index of May 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 14: Eat Your Carrots! of May 31, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 15: Glycemic Load of June 21, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 16: Homocysteine of July 2, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 17: Chana Dal Tips of July 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 18: Lag Time in AlternativeLand of August 2, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 19: Fiber of August 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 20: How Diabetes Works of August 30, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 21: Insulin Resistance of September 14, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 22: Trans Fats, Honey, CU of October 1, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 23: Pedometer Power of October 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 24: Is Glycerin a Carbohydrate? of October 31, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 25: Kill the Meter to Save It of November 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 26: Protein, Fat, and the GI of December 1, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 27: Insulin Index of December 14, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 28: Fructose of January 4, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 29: Aspirin of January 14, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 30: Stevia of January 31, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 31: Gretchen Becker's Book of February 19, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 32: The UKPDS of March 4, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 33: Financial Aid of March 18, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 34: Pre-Diabetes of April 1, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 35: More Glycemic Indexes of April 15, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 36: Gila Monsters of April 30, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 37: Is INGAP a Cure? of May 15, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 38: Native American Diabetes of June 3, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 39: FDA Diabetes of June 19, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 40: Diabetes Support Groups of July 1, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 41: New GI and GL Table of July 15, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 42: Diabetes Sight of August 1, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 43: DrugDigest of August 18, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 44: Hanuman Garden of September 3, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 45: Guidelines of September 16, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 46: Trans Fat of October 4, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 47: Nutrition.Gov of October 16, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 48: Our Hearts of October 31, 2002
Diabetes Update Number 49: Our Kidneys of November 15, 2002
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This page is a translated version of the page ChoqoK/Using ChoqoK and the translation is 37% complete.
Choqok es un cliente de microblogging para el escritorio KDE.
Por favor, vea este sitio para una lista completa de características.
7.1 Who is this user?
La pantalla principal de Choqok, proporciona un fácil acceso a sus cuentas y mensajes. Cada cuenta, representada por su alias, tiene una pestaña. Cuando se reciben nuevos mensajes, el número de no leídos aparece en la pestaña de la cuenta.
Cada cuenta contiene las siguientes pestañas: Inicio, Responder, Entrada y Salida .
La pestaña Inicio contiene todos los mensajes a los que está suscrito. Cada mensaje en la línea de tiempo incluye el mensaje, avatar, hora de envío (relativo al momento actual), e información sobre el cliente de microblogging utilizado.
La pestaña Responder muestra los mensajes que llegan directamente a usted o en los que se lo ha mencionado.
La pestaña Entrada muestra en la línea de tiempo los mensajes de los que se ha suscrito. Están en orden cronológico inverso, con los más recientes primero.
Al leer un mensaje puede hacer clic en las etiquetas, denotadas con #; grupos, denotados con !; o usuarios, que se denotan con @. Si selecciona un grupo o una etiqueta, la ventana de búsqueda se abrirá con tweets o dents de ese grupo o acerca de ese tema. Si selecciona un usuario, puede elegir qué buscar. Las opciones exactas dependen de las capacidades de la red. Twitter soporta una opción adicional para los tweets que incluyan a ese usuario.
La Salida está dispuesta en forma cronológica inversa y muestra los mensajes privados que has enviado. Los mensajes privados se envían directamente a un usuario específico. Ver Mensajes directos para más detalles sobre cómo crear un mensaje privado.
Choqok admite la conexión a Twitter, Identi.ca, y todos los sitios que se basan en Status.net.
Cada cuenta, además de las credenciales de acceso, incluye un alias. El alias define la pestaña resultante en la ventana principal.
The general settings provides access to common settings. Key settings include the update interval, default 10 minutes, and the number of new messages retrieved per account, default 20.
Choqok integrates well with desktops supporting both knotify (KDE) and libnotify (Gnome, XFCE). You can also group new notifications. Please note that when starting Choqok, you may receive more than 20 notifications if you have more than 1 account or your configuration allows for more messages. This may fill your screen depending on your resolution.
Begin typing your message in the message area. As you type a message the remaining characters will countdown toward 0 from 140. When you have completed your message, press Enter. If the message is successfully posted, it appears in your inbox.
When reading a message in the timeline, you can click on the Reply button. This button appears as you hover over the avatar for the creator of that message.
Once you choose Reply, the recipient is pre-populated in the message section. Type your message and press Enter to send it.
When creating a message select the Direct message to checkbox to make the message private.
Each conversation contains an avatar at the far left and information about the user in the bottom right. This information includes the author's handle, how long ago the message was sent, and the client the author used to create the message.
If you hover your cursor over a message, the author's bio appears in the tooltip.
For Identi.ca, you can see the full conversation by clicking on the Show Conversation button located in the bottom right of the conversation.
When you click on the author's handle in a conversation or a user mentioned in the message, you can retrieve information about the user from the popup menu.
This option is only available when clicking on the author's handle. It will show a popup containing the user's avatar, full name, location web site, and bio. You may subscribe to this user as well by clicking the add icon in the upper right.
This option launches the search window showing tweets or dents created by this user.
This option launches the search window showing tweets or dents that were directed at this user. For Identi.ca, this will also emulate the including this user feature of the Twitter network.
This option is only available with users on the Twitter network. It launches the search window showing any tweet that contains this user, but is not from this user.
To create a quick message, you can use Ctrl + T. This will launch a small window in which you can type your message.
If the window does not appear, you can use the KDE global shortcut Ctrl + Alt + A to bring the Choqok window to the foreground and display the message window.
If Choqok is not in the foreground, i.e. minimized to the system tray, you can use Meta + Ctrl + T. On most computers, the Meta key has the Windows logo. On computers manufactured by Apple, this is the Option key.
When Choqok is active, you can use Ctrl + R to mark all of the messages as read. You can also close the Choqok window via the Close button. This will not actually exit Choqok: instead it will minimize it to the tray.
When Choqok is active, pressing F5 will refresh the timelines for all of your accounts.
Choqok provides integration with Amarok. Pressing Ctrl + L when Choqok is active will insert information about the current track playing in Amarok. The exact information posted is configured in the general settings.
The words surround by "%" represent fields taken from the currently playing track. Possible fields include %title%, %album%, %artist%, %year%, %genre%, and ;%track%.
Ctrl + F - Launch the find window, Ctrl + N - Toggle notifications, Ctrl + U - Toggle auto-updating of timelines.


The documents on this page were created for an external team located overseas. The process pipeline described in these docs are for a proprietary system and so the procedures would not be familiar to the outsource team. Since there was a language barrier as well the documents relied heavily on visuals to help explain the procedures.
Working with an external production team requires a high level of detail in the documentation that describes what the asset requirements are. Spending the time to put clear documentation together, particularly in the early stages of the production will greatly reduce the number of iterations and reduce the risks commonly associated with outsourcing.
The documents available on this page were created for an overseas production team hired to create the internal cab models for Train Simulator 2.
When receiving the assets back from an external production team I approach the write up on the change requests with the same detailed documentation. The common urge is to just 'fix it', but without the feedback these "little" changes will continue to show up and add up to a large cumulative time commitment.
The document bellow is an example of the level of detail I use in feedback. The pay off is less iterations and assets that continue to get cleaner as the external team learns what our expectations are for final deliverable.
Documentation generated for an external client requires the layout and design to be clean and with clear explanations backed up with examples. These documents will be seen by many people with potentially a wide range of expertise in the topics covered.
The document bellow is a Logo Usage Guide intended for clients and partners that will be needing to integrate the corporate logo into their products.


Lindsey Purcell came to the department of Forestry and Natural Resources in 2008 and brings a wealth of experience, including eight years with the city of Indianapolis as forestry supervisor and city forester, director of operations for The Nature Conservancy of Indiana, working many years for tree care and landscape maintenance firms, and adjunct instructor of horticulture technology at Vincennes University. Lindsey is an ISA Certified Arborist with an A.S. from Vincennes University, B.S. from Purdue and M.Ed. from Indiana State. As executive director of the Indiana Arborists Association, his goal will be developing a vibrant extension program that anticipates the needs of the urban forestry community and arboriculture professionals Lindsey will work closely with students at Purdue pursuing a minor in Urban Forestry, providing instruction in Arboriculture Practices and Urban Forestry Issues courses in the FNR department.
(2014) Tree Risk Assessment Qualified Instructor. International Society of Arboriculture.
(2013) Certified Arborist. International Society of Arboriculture.
(2013) Certified Instructor/ Tree Risk Assessment. International Society of Arboriculture.
Purcell, L. (2018). Tree Pruning; What do Trees Think? TCIA, XXIX(7), 4.


Hiking trail (Nordic Walking option) from Ulle Gorri to descend through Bagate Port where we find an old trail that leads us to Delika, used until recent times.
We follow the river's path to Nervión waterfall to discover the natural pools created by the fall.
Departures: Weekends throughout the year, preferably when the river does not carry too much water and during the autumn season , when the forest is at its best.


Managing a transport and logistics business can be tough, but the rise in smartphone usage has caused a dramatic shift in the industry, changing the way companies manage and grow their business. The most successful transport and logistics companies have taken their business online and embraced mobile app development. Indeed, the need for a transport company to develop logistics app has never been greater. Through a mobile app, companies can grow their revenue by making the entire experience a seamless one for their customer and other stakeholders. In addition, mobile apps provide an easy way for companies to ensure effective supply chain management, track fleet movement, receive orders, and communicate with drivers and customers.
Here are 7 such key benefits of a transport and logistics app.
As all transport and logistics mobile apps are GPS-enabled, they enable companies to ensure real-time tracking of vehicles and cargo locations. With the help of their cargo and vehicle tracking apps, companies can predict the exact time of arrival of a customer package to its destination point. This feature also allows companies to assess the productivity level of their employees, efficiently manage fleet deployment based on demand, and provide real-time location data to customers and drivers.
With the help of mobile apps, companies can now automate many of their existing paper-based processes. Many logistics apps allow companies to automate various processes such as task scheduling, order delivery confirmation, and digital reports. For example, logistics firms can send any documentation related to the shipping process to destination agents through their mobile apps. Similarly, agents can book shipments, post sales orders, or check any other cargo-related documents through their mobile apps. All this, helps companies store crucial data on a secure centralized system while saving time and manpower for other activities.
For transport and logistics companies, mobile app development can be a real boon in their struggle to save costs and ensure greater operational efficiency. Because of the various benefits of mobile apps, such as automating key processes and real-time tracking, companies can ensure major cost savings through a more efficient system. In addition, with real-time tracking of vehicles and cargo, companies can optimize route and fleet usage, ensuring effective route planning and fuel efficiency based on vehicle movement data.
One of the most important benefits of transportation and logistics mobile apps is its ability to help companies ensure error-free warehouse management. Mobile apps provide the ability to automatically log the IDs of goods in warehouses and track the location and equipment for storage. This helps reduce any manual intervention required, thus reducing the scope of errors. Also, by using the data stored through these mobile apps, warehouse managers can ensure better inventory management.
With mobile app development, both customers and businesses can get real-time proof of delivery of their products. Logistic mobile apps allow delivery service agents to collect digital signatures from customers as well as photographic evidence of the delivery. This helps businesses avoid any future disputes related to delivery, as they are armed with accurate and reliable delivery data through their proof of delivery system.
Mobile apps provide improved visibility into the entire transport and logistics process for all stakeholders, be it customers, agents, or business owner. This is in addition to improved communication levels across the business. Customers are able to receive regular updates about their orders, track the progress of delivery, communicate with agents, and sign-off once the delivery has been made. Similarly, agents can provide real-time updates on the status of the cargo pick-up and delivery. Likewise, with other transport-related apps, customers can track the status of their ride, the estimated time of arrival at their destination, and share location details with friends.
In addition to the above-mentioned benefits, transport and logistics mobile apps also provide some auxiliary benefits. These include clear payment schemes, quality control, feedback gathering, account verification, machine learning for data analysis, and service improvement ideas.
To sum up, it's clear that the transportation and logistics industry has much to gain from ensuring effective mobile app development. With an interactive and easy-to-use mobile app, logistics and transportation companies can achieve greater operational success through improved efficiency and cost savings. This, in addition to growing revenues and customer base by providing enhanced customer experiences on their mobile apps.


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Q: How to properly Inject fake_quant operations in a graph? I have a wav2letter model (speech recognition model) where I am trying to properly introduce the fakeQuant operations manually. I have managed to introduce them in the proper place (so that the tflite converter manages to generate the u8_tflite_model) but my problem is that the min/max ranges are not getting updated on these operations while training. That means that they stay the same (or nearly the same) from the begging and the gradients seems not flow there.
I tried define the fakequant in many ways (e.g.) :
min_w = tf.get_variable("min_quant_weights", shape=[], initializer=tf.constant_initializer(0), trainable=True)
max_w = tf.get_variable("max_quant_weights", shape=[], initializer=tf.constant_initializer(1), trainable=True)
filters = tf.fake_quant_with_min_max_vars(filters, min=tf.reduce_min(min_w), max=tf.reduce_max(max_w), num_bits=8)

or
min_w = tf.Variable(0.0, name="min_quant_weights")
max_w = tf.Variable(1.0, name="max_quant_weights")
filters = tf.fake_quant_with_min_max_vars(filters, min=min_w, max=max_w)

or
min_w = 0
max_w = 1
filters = tf.quantization.fake_quant_with_min_max_args(bias, min=min_w, max=max_w, num_bits=8, narrow_range=False, name=None)

but whatever I try, the min / max values stay the same. Because of that the model (fine-tuned on only one sentence for now) manages to adapt the weights to these ranges and not change the activation ranges at all. I believe that both the ranges and the weights should be updated during training with fakeQuants (am I correct?) .
Also, the tf.contrib.quantize.create_training_graph tool as described here : https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/tree/master/tensorflow/contrib/quantize does not work in my case because the models is defined is such a way that the tool cannot figure out where these fakeQuant operatios should be introduced, that's why I am trying a more "hacky" way to inject them in the graph source code.
Has anyone managed to do this properly, or I have totally misunderstood how the fakequant operators work?
Thanks!

A: It is really challenging to do fake quant properly because one need to manipulate the training graph and insert fake quant in the right place.
For your use case, can you please try post-training quantization (https://medium.com/tensorflow/tensorflow-model-optimization-toolkit-post-training-integer-quantization-b4964a1ea9ba)? With post-training, you don't need to manipulate the training graph and the tool captures min/max range with calibration data.

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The ancient tradition of coppicing, the periodic cutting of trees and allowing the stumps to regrow, was once common throughout lowland Britain but has been on the wane since the late 1800's. The mosaic habitat of coppiced woodland provides opportunities for a wide variety of wildlife to thrive. With more light reaching the forest floor, recently cut areas are awash with springtime flowers. As the trees regrow they provide habitat for the sleepy and secretive dormouse and many woodland butterflies. Presenter Chris Sperring visits a traditionally managed hazel coppice in Dorset and is joined by coppicer David Partridge and botanist Andy Byfield.


Lindsay was born and raised in Zimbabwe and then moved to London in 1985 and trained at the Royal Academy of Dance in London. Returning home to dance with the National Ballet of Zimbabwe, she ran her own school for 10 years, before immigrating to Australia. She also choreographed and produced full-length ballets for the National Ballet of Zimbabwe.
She holds a Dipoloma and Licentiate from the RAD, as well as a Masters Degree in Dance Teaching from QUT. Becoming an RAD Examiner in 1999, Lindsay travels extensively both nationally and internationally, examining and teaching.


These breakfast roll ups are made with eggs stuffed with bacon, sausage, and cheddar cheese. It's a filling keto breakfast, and the ultimate keto fast-food. Wrap them up and take them to go! These are easy to make ahead of time and store in the fridge, plus they are very low-carb because there are no tortillas to mess with.
Don't stress too much if you can't get them all to roll properly. Worst case scenario, you'll end up with a breakfast taco, or a scramble.
You can obviously customize these to suit your taste with different spices, cheese, and fillings. You can even stuff some veggies inside, like roasted bell peppers.
*You can of course substitute with some oil, butter, or other type of grease that you prefer. Just be sure to account for it when tracking your food.
1. Pre-heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Whisk together 2 of the eggs in a bowl. Once the skillet is hot turn the heat down to medium-low, then add the eggs. If you need to you can use some non-stick cooking spray. Season the eggs with salt and pepper.
2. Cover with a lid and allow to cook for a few minutes, until the egg is cooked almost all the way through.
3. Sprinkle on about 1/3 cup of cheese all over the egg. Lay down a strip of bacon, then break a sausage patty in half and lay that down on top.
4. Carefully roll the egg over the fillings, usually I can fold it in thirds. It will look a little bit like a taquito. Sometimes I have a hard time rolling it, so I fold it over the first time and use my spatula to keep it there until the egg molds onto the shape. Then I carefully fold it over again.
5. Set aside the breakfast roll.
6. Repeat steps 1-4 to create 4 more roll ups. There are five roll ups total.
This makes a total of 5 servings of Ultimate Breakfast Roll Ups. Each serving comes out to be 412.2 Calories, 31.66g Fats, 2.26g Net Carbs, and 28.21g Protein.


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THE TENNESSEE STATE HALL OF FAME
Honored People
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UNCLE DAVE MACON (1870-1952)
David Harrison "Uncle Dave" Macon was the first superstar of the Grand Ole Opry, performing there for over twenty-six years. He was born in Smartt Station, Tennessee, but lived most of his adult life near Murfreesboro. Uncle Dave was the first country music star to gain fame as a Grand Ole Opry member, recording artist, and successful touring act. A renowned banjoist and songster, he sported a large black hat and a big Tennessee smile while picking his banjo and singing of the people and country he loved. Uncle Dave was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966, thus cementing his status as a country music immortal.
By Michael D. Doubler, Great-Grandson of Uncle Dave Macon
David Harrison Macon was born at Smartt Station, Tennessee, on October 7, 1870. At a young age, he learned the guitar and played alongside his sisters on the family piano. The Macons were hardworking entrepreneurs, but by 1883, hard times forced them to move from Warren County to Nashville to seek new opportunities.
The Macons operated a large hotel on lower Broadway, a popular stopover for musicians and traveling shows. The entertainers fascinated young Dave with their stage personas, costumes, and musical talents. One night Dave was mesmerized by a trick banjo player at a carnival show and asked his mother to buy him a banjo. She obliged, thus starting Dave's lifelong relationship with the five-string. Dave's father was killed during a street brawl on lower Broadway in October 1886, and within a year, the Macons moved to Readyville, Tennessee. Dave stayed in Nashville for a few years, but eventually joined the family in Rutherford County. He helped his mother run a large, country inn, where his first public performances for pay occurred. Dave played in a local string band and diligently studied the music of the region, including mountain tunes, ballads, black music, and sacred hymns.
Dave married in 1899, moving to the nearby Kittrell community. Seeing a need for local, commercial transport, he soon opened the "Macon Midway Mule & Mitchell Wagon Transportation Company," which he operated for twenty years. Dave and his wife raised a large family of seven sons, and he became a devoted member of the Methodist Church. At the same time, Dave began to perform at public events in Rutherford County and throughout the region. He was a popular draw at political rallies, business openings, auctions, and religious revivals.
In 1920 the debut of cargo trucks put an end to Dave's freight hauling business. The change allowed him to pursue a music career in earnest, even though he was already age 50. His big break came while performing an impromptu show in downtown Nashville, which resulted in a contract with the Loew's Theater chain. It was at this time that he adopted the name "Uncle Dave," a trademark meant to engender a close, familial relationship with his fans. His popularity spread to other southern states, and in 1924, Uncle Dave travelled to New York City for his first recording session. Over the next two decades, he recorded 217 songs during fourteen commercial recording sessions, thus preserving a large body of traditional American music. Among his greatest hits was "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy," "Rock About My Sara Jane," "Travelin' Down the Road," and "Hold That Woodpile Down," as well as the hymns "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" and "Walking in Sunlight."
WSM radio invited Uncle Dave Macon to join its new Grand Ole Opry program in early 1926, a move intended to enhance the show's status. Over the next two decades, he became recognized as "The Grand Ole Man of the Grand Ole Opry." As Uncle Dave's popularity spread, he toured nationwide. Nothing was more important to him than entertaining, and he had a gift for connecting with his audiences. His shows were a flurry of action and raw excitement, filled with songs, jokes, physical stunts, social commentary, homespun wisdom, and evangelical preaching. Confident in any entertainment venue, he travelled to Hollywood in 1940 to star in the film Grand Ole Opry. During the strife of the Great Depression and World War II, Uncle Dave's fans could attend a show or listen to him on the radio, and for an hour, forget about their own troubles while enjoying a good laugh or a word of encouragement.
Uncle Dave's popularity waned as new musical talent emerged, and after World War II, he became an opening act for Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, and others. Declining health all but stopped touring in 1949, but he still played on the Opry. His final performance occurred at center stage at Ryman Auditorium during the live Opry broadcast of Saturday, March 1, 1952. Suffering from cancer, Uncle Dave fell ill at the end of his performance, and the following day, he was admitted to the hospital in Murfreesboro. After lingering for three weeks, he passed away on March 22. The funeral service the next day was one of the largest in Tennessee's history, and Uncle Dave was laid to rest at nearby Coleman Cemetery. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966, and today his legacy continues with the "Uncle Dave Macon Days" music festival, held each year in Murfreesboro.
Michael D. Doubler, Dixie Dewdrop: The Uncle Dave Macon Story, (2018).
Frontier and Early Statehood
William Blount Sequoyah John Sevier David "Davy" Crockett Sam Houston
The Old South and The Transportation Revolution
Andrew Jackson James K. Polk
Jim Crow and The Progressive Era
Asahel Huntington Patch Horace Harmon Lurton
World War I and Social Change
Dave Macon Alvin C. York Austin Peay William Christopher, "W.C." Handy
Cordell Hull James Agee Roy Claxton Acuff Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins Tennessee Ernie Ford
Cold War and Contested Segregation
Minnie Pearl Carey Estes Kefauver Loretta Lynn
Tense Times and Cultural Developments
Albert Arnold Gore, Sr. William Robert Anderson Elvis Presley Johnny Cash Howard H. Baker, Jr. Wilma G. Rudolph
The World Disrupted Again
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Q: Does anyone know why disableHeaderButton.click doesn't work here? Does anyone know why disableHeaderButton.click doesn't work here?
Thanks for your help in advance.
P.S. I can send more code if necessary.
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    con.setAttribute("class","container");

    var containerHeader = document.createElement("div"); containerHeader.setAttribute("class","container_header");
    var containerTitle = document.createElement("b"); containerTitle.setAttribute("class","container_title"); containerTitle.innerHTML = title;

    var resetHeaderButton = document.createElement("div"); resetHeaderButton.setAttribute("style","margin-right: 30px;"); resetHeaderButton.setAttribute("class","containerHeaderButton");
    resetHeaderButton.innerHTML = `<a href="#" style="color: white; line-height: 2; text-decoration: none;">Reset</a>`

    var disableHeaderButton = document.createElement("div"); disableHeaderButton.setAttribute("id","headerButton"); disableHeaderButton.setAttribute("style","margin-right: 5px;"); disableHeaderButton.setAttribute("class","containerHeaderButton");
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    containerHeader.appendChild(disableHeaderButton);

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    document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
        disableHeaderButton.onclick = ()=>{  //here is my problem
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Q: Custom spacing of figure I'd like to custom place a figure beside some text. I tried two approaches.
First, I placed the text with tabbings in one minipage and the figure in a second minipage...and both minipages into a figure environment. The problem is that that line pitches are obviously closer together inside this environment than outside. I did not find a solution for this.
Second, I just wrote the text with tabbings where I wanted it, and inserted the figure afterwards and tried to move it such that it comes to rest where I want it. This works and the line pitches are all the same, but the overall text/figure (the whole thing) is shifted upwards - when commenting out the figure you see that it's significant - the following pages are not shifted upwards and appear normal. I post the MWE for this second approach.
Some solution to both approaches is appreciated - if there's a simple command in the first case that forces all line pitches to be the same everywhere.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{helvet}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage[a4paper,bottom=3.1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.44}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabbing}
\hspace*{3.2cm}\= \kill
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EDIT: The ultimate goal is to have a text with custom placed figure that has the overal frame-appearance of a simple text page. The lines and figure height do not have to coincide, in which case I would just adjust the includegraphics[height=...]{} setting.

A: The problem was solved using \usepackage{float} and \begin{figure}[H]. The only things that were necessary were to play with the commands \vspace{} and \hspace{} to align the figure as wished.


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Q: Leaflet | Polygon - No se visualiza el polígono Tras añadir un polígono en el mapa, no se visualiza el polígono, pero sí el mapa.
¿La función polygon() funciona automñaticamente con Leaflet, o hay que instalar algún plugin?
Código:
var polygon = L.polygon([
    [41.31969151691418, -2.0050252292003146],
    [41.31837782687788, -2.006361323222095],
    [41.31992457790886, -2.007465153394784]
]);

    L.control.layers(baseLayers, overlays, polygon).addTo(map);

A: De la siguiente manera se visualiza sin ningún problema:
var polygon = L.polygon([
    [51.509, -0.08],
    [51.503, -0.06],
    [51.51, -0.047]
]).addTo(mymap);

Enlace de información:
https://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start/


The grueling Hattah Desert Race has been run and won again on 7 & 8 July, with three GMR Motorex KTM racers standing on the podium. Over 700 entries contested the KTM Australia sponsored event making way for a lively street party and race atmosphere.
The deep red whooped sand circuit near Mildura in north-west Victoria proved challenging yet rewarding and saw young Callum Norton take the win in the 9-u12 years age group on board his KTM85SX in his first attempt at the event.
Wayde Carter claimed a dominant win in the 12-u16 years age group, making the result his 4th consecutive Hattah win and an impressive comeback from injury.
In previous years, senior women's racer Kristy Gillespie has contested the pony express class but with an exclusive Women's class on offer in 2012, Kristy tried her hand at the endurance race solo. Despite leading much of the race, a mechanical gremlin saw the lead disappear placing 2nd at the finish line.


It is said that prevention is better than care. Dr.M.Shajahan tries to give tips to a healthy life. So that we could prevent diseases. This Malayalam book Aarogya Chinthakal is provided online by Poornna Printing & Publishing House, Varkala.


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By Sam Ballard Cruise news August 9, 2019
Dale Sourbutts appointed boss of Cruise 1st
Dale Sourbutts has been appointed manager director of Cruise 1st taking over the UK operation from CEO Dan Townsley.
Sourbutts has been with Cruise1st since 2014 holding positions including head of call centres and general manager. He's previously worked with Thomas Cook and Althams Travel.
Townsley is to become managing director of parent company Dreamlines Group working alongside Danyal Taraghi and Felix Schneider.
Sourbutts said: "Taking on the role of managing director after five years at Cruise1st is a tremendous honour. Having been involved in ground breaking activity during this time, from the opening of the first interactive and immersive cruise store in the UK to our acquisition by Dreamlines and the ensuing expansion, I can't wait to now work even closer with the amazing team here to continue to grow the business and spearhead future innovative initiatives."
Townsley added: "Dale has excellent commercial acumen and a proven track record of delivering focused, strategic, operational improvements that contribute to individual skills development, team dynamics and bottom-line performance. He has also managed global teams within Cruise1st which have proved instrumental in the success of the business.
"My confidence in appointing Dale as the new Managing Director has made it possible for me to take a step back from Cruise1st and take on my new role as joint Managing Director of the Dreamlines Group. I'm greatly looking forward to utilising my knowledge and experience to replicate the great success we have made with the Cruise1st brand across the wider Dreamlines business."
Schneider said: "Following our acquisition of Cruise1st last year, it was always part of our strategy to involve Dan and his expertise in the wider global business to help expand our current cruise holiday portfolio. This growth will be a key factor for our future success, so now seemed the perfect time to get Dan onboard to get started."
Saga hires business development manager
Seabourn launches Private Air
A-Rosa to launch ship on Douro
A-Rosa will sail the Douro river for the first time in 2019 with a newly constructed ship. The as-yet-unnamed, 126-guest ship will be built in Portugal and christened in…


On January 23rd, 2019, Texarkana Sunrise Rotary Club had the honor of hosting WWII veteran Third Class Petty Officer James Upchurch. Mr. Upchurch enlisted in the Navy during WWII and was assigned to the USS Bolinger. Our club was fortunate enough to hear a first hand account of his experience during WWII. The USS Bolinger was a Haskell class vessel which carried 1500 Marines (and once also carried Army) for transport and invasion. Specifically, Mr. Upchurch and the Bollinger carried marines for the invasion of Iwo Jima. On behalf of the Texarkana Sunrise Rotary Club, we would like to extend our sincerest thanks and utmost respect for Mr. Upchurch's service to our country. It was an honor to have you with us!


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Q: resource selection error using Jenkins External Resource Dispatcher and Flow Plugin I'm trying to use the Jenkins "External Resource Dispatcher" v1.1.0 plugin (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/External+Resource+Dispatcher) in combination with "Build Flow Plugin" v0.10 plugin (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Build+Flow+Plugin) in Jenkins v1.551
However, the selection of a resource fails with the following error message:
"No phone chosen even though we have selection criteria, aborting build." and the build aborts.
For a normal job the selection works, well. Just for flow projects I get the error.
Does anybody know how this can be solved?
Any help is really appreciated.


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The Decemberists to play Iroquois Amphitheater
Posted in Entertainment by sceneandheardblog on February 7, 2011
Production Simple,LLC
Iroquois Amphitheater Summer Concert Series
91.9 WFPK Presents:
The Decemberists with
Justin Townes Earle
Tuesday April 26th @ 8pm
Gates 6:30pm
Iroquois Amphitheater
General Admission Tickets $35
Tickets On Sale 2/11 @10am
Tickets can be purchased at
www.ticketfly.com, ear x-tacy
and CD Central (Lexington)
The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
Life as a musician means continual evolution. Over the course of a career, any band worth paying attention to will pursue a sound, a direction, until it triggers a different idea and they're chasing some other distant dream. With their sixth album, The King Is Dead, The Decemberists illustrate the power that comes from this kind of creative call-and-response.
When the band completed their wildly ambitious 2009 song cycle The Hazards of Love, frontman and primary songwriter Colin Meloy said that "doing this album took a lot out of me, and I'm definitely curious what will come out now that I've gotten it out of my system."
The Hazards of Love, a narrative suite that grew out of old English folk tunes, met with widespread acclaim (Mojo wrote that "this spellbinding work peaks and soars with all the warmth and wonder of some great romantic adventure," while Rolling Stone gave the album four stars), and was followed by a grand-scale tour in which The Decemberists performed the project in full. But by that time, Meloy was already feeling the pull of another approach.
"Hazards was actually a bit self-destructive," he says. "We knew people might have a hard time getting into it. On tour, we would play the whole thing—but once we were onstage at Bonnaroo or wherever, I just kind of wanted to play some normal songs!"
Inspired by a move to a more rural area outside the band's base of Portland, Oregon, Meloy took a few songs that had been left off of Hazards and started working on the kind of project he had long been thinking about—a set of more stripped-down, country-based songs. The mostly-acoustic arrangements on The King Is Dead showcase the ways in which The Decemberists—Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and John Moen—sound just as glorious in simple, concise compositions as they do on the elaborate structures that have defined their work for years.
As far back as 2004, the band released "The Tain," an eighteen-and-a-half minute single based on an Irish myth. The Crane Wife (which NPR listeners voted their favorite album of 2006) took as its starting point an ancient Japanese folk tale, which was interpreted across three separate songs, and climaxed with "The Island," a 13-minute, three-section murder ballad.
Meloy points out, however, that creating straightforward, unadorned songs can be at least as hard as building complicated musical epics. "For all my talk about how complex those records were, this one may have been harder to do," he says. "It's a real challenge to make simple music, and lot of times we had to deliberately hold off and keep more space. This record is an exercise in restraint."
It's no accident that songs like "All Arise!" and "Rise to Me," complete with Funk's plaintive pedal-steel guitar, echo the homespun sound of albums like Neil Young's Harvest. Meloy describes that classic as "the quintessential barn record," and it was the concept of the barn—as recording space and as attitude—that informed the making of The King Is Dead. The album was recorded in a converted barn at Pendarvis Farm—home of the annual Pickathon indie roots music festival—an 80-acre estate of lush meadows, forest, and Mt. Hood views outside of Portland. "We wanted that ethos," he says. "That was the color we wanted the record to have."
The country-rock sound of the 1970s was also behind the decision to bring in Americana luminary Gillian Welch, who sings on seven of the album's ten songs. "Some of my favorite country-rock records had that consistent pairing with a female voice, like Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris or Neil and Nicolette Larson on Comes a Time," says Meloy. "We thought it'd be great if there was a female foil to my singing and Gillian was sweet enough to come on board."
For some of the album's other songs, The Decemberists were able to reel in one of their actual inspirations into the recording studio. "A few things, like 'Down by the Water' and 'Calamity Song,' were out-and-out homages to R.E.M.," says Meloy. "Robyn Hitchcock was opening some of our shows, and Peter Buck plays in his group. I mentioned to him that I was writing some songs that were really ripping off his style, and he thought it was funny, so it seemed like, why not get him in and just wear it on our sleeves?" Buck wound up adding his signature propulsive, chiming guitar on those two songs, and contributing a mandolin part to the opener "Don't Carry It All."
Another of the album's guest contributors is violinist Annalisa Tornfelt, a collaborator along with Funk, Conlee, and Query in the noir bluegrass band Black Prairie. Tornfelt's rousing fiddle adorns "Don't Carry It All," "All Arise!," and "Rox In The Box."
For all of the album's shift in musical direction, though, The King Is Dead is still clearly a Decemberists album, especially in the usage of imagery taken from landscapes, plants, and water throughout the lyrics. "The syntax of The Decemberists is definitely still there," says Meloy. "I didn't want it to be too much of a departure. But where the nature motifs were more mystical on The Hazards of Love, the flora of this record are more of a pastoral backdrop."
To Colin Meloy, in some ways The King is Dead represents his own musical journey coming full circle. "Over the last eleven years or so, since I moved to Portland, I feel like I've been mining mostly English traditions for influence", he says. "I guess I've kind of come back to a lot of the more American music that got me going in the first place – R.E.M. and Camper Van Beethoven and all these bands that borrowed from more American traditions like Neil Young and the Byrds."
"Sometimes I kind of miss the epic-ness of the other albums," he continues, "but it's nice to get all of the information across in three minutes. It's like going from reading a novel to reading a bunch of short stories."
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The Process of Coping with your Child's Diagnosis – when your child has an ASD, ADHD or related diagnosis.
Fiona's talk looks at the emotional processes that take place after you receive the news that your child has a diagnosis. The talk also explores the impact these processes can have on parents and why it is so very important for parents to take time to mind themselves. This talk is recommended for parents, relatives, special needs assistants and carers.
Fiona Hall MIACP is a qualified and accredited counsellor and psychotherapist with over 5 years' experience. Fiona has worked with parents of children with a diagnosis and has presented other talks on this area.


18-35 with an interest in agriculture and supporting the community.
Members participated in social and service activities, as well as, educational seminars at the local, regional, and state level.
Our Young Leader group brings together those who are farming, working in the agricultural industry, and those who's roots are in agriculture.
For more information on Young Leader programs, activities, and how to get involved contact the Farm Bureau office.


iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on sale at Aventura Mall in Miami – don't drop that phone and crack the screen! | Phone-Techs | Phone Repair, Cell Phone Repair Center, iPhone Repair, Cracked Screen Repair, iPhone Screen Repair, Miami Cell Phone Repair, iPad and iPod Repair, Unlocked GSM Phones, and more!
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on sale at Aventura Mall in Miami – don't drop that phone and crack the screen!
The Phone-Techs repair team was at the Aventura Mall in Miami early last Friday for the much anticipated release of the new Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. We saw hundreds of people lined up to get their hands on one of the new iPhone 6 phones. The lines seemed quite a bit longer than previous years releases.
We saw happy Miamians and many visitors snapping up iPhone 6 and 6 Plus phones for all the carriers including Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.
Although previous rumors were that the iPhone 6 screen would not crack or break as easily, we quickly saw YouTube posts from around the world proving that in fact the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus do break when you drop them…oouch!
The team at Phone-Techs highly recommends that you buy that new case to cover your expensive new iPhone 6 ! We see way too many sad customers who drop their iPhones not long after buying them and end up with cracked and broken screens and sad, sad faces! Don't let that happen to your iPhone 6!
Another year and another exciting launch of new iPhones from Apple.
Check out our picture of the crowds in line at the Aventura Mall for the iPhone 6.


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Q: Using WPF rather than WinRT for Windows 8 Pro tablet app: good or bad idea? Our business is considering writing a line of business application for tablets to enable road warriors and executives access our data.
This will be primarily used for dashboards, reports and some form filling input: quite typical scenario.
Our other apps being built in .Net (WinForms) with lots of related class libraries DLLs (for data access layer, business logic, etc), it seems natural to want to use Windows 8 for this.
I am a rather put off by Windows RT as it doesn't implement the whole .Net Framework and seems quite limitating, so we are rather considering the Windows 8 Pro tablets than WinRT ones.
However, we want a smooth and pleasant tablet experience and I don't think WinForms would be great for this as not built for touch support.
My question is would WPF be good for this? I see there are UI vendors selling touch controls kits but I wonder whether the "touch" experience in WPF is equivalent to the one found WinRT/Metro apps?
Probably this could be answered by playing around with the tablet but I unfortunately do not have one at the moment and can't get the budget to buy one until I have settled this.

A: I think the answer to your question relies on the purpose, size and specifications of your app.
One "hidden" specification that you have (if I didn't get it wrong) is that you want to reuse as much as possible from your WinForm project or have more or less the same structure as the other WinForm apps. In the comments you said that you are currently accessing the DB from the application using Entity Framework.
Reuse some DLL's in WinRT is not possible, since some .NET classes are not allowed in WinRT, and Entity Framework (which is based on ADO.NET) is not compatible. So the data layer would need to change slightly.
If you chose this way and you need to refactor the data layer acess, my recommendation, if possible, is to use an API (WebAPI or WCF for example) to handle with the Data, so the WinRT app can focus on the presentation layer to be fast and responsive.
If that amount of work "is not affordable", I think the WPF application would be the best option since this kind of apps can handle more heavy work just as WinForms and you could reuse many assemblies. The structure of the app could be very similar, only changing the presentation layer, and YES you could have a very similar touch experience as in WinRT apps.
Depending on the time you can spend and the marketing point of view you should make your decision.
In my opinion a WinRT app can be very saleable and fancy, but in your scenario could take too much time if the infrastucture behind is not ready to support it. The presentation layer will need to be redone anyway since you cannot reuse much from WinForms, maybe the final decision should be taken after evaluating the cost of having a new data infrastucture.


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Siya Khumalo | Next #16Days: Politicians, business should champion the decriminalisation of sex work
Siya Khumalo
A woman shows support for sex workers.
Estelle Ruiz, NurPhoto via Getty Images
"Sell a nation or striking miners, and you're president: sell your own body, however, and you're arrested. That's the real Constitution of the Republic of South Africa," writes Siya Khumalo.
Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) recently protested the arrests of 57 sex workers. This was near the end of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign.
Until we realise neocolonial economies reproduce sexual and gender-based violence, we'll deny that the difference between "normal" and "sex" work is a matter of degree (academic and otherwise) and we'll fail to leverage the campaign to grapple with the structural causes of sexual and gender-based violence.
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Quake Champions – Comic Review
By Amy Walker 8 June 2018 7 June 2018
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Despite Quake having been a franchise that's been around for years it's not a game I can really remember ever playing, despite having seen it many times and being passingly familiar with the franchise. As such, I was excited to learn more about the universe and their characters.
Instead of dropping the reader into a complex story set within the pre-established lore of Quake, Quake Champions takes the time to look at the characters in small, yet intimate backstories, tales that take the time to shed some light onto who the Quake competitors are and their motivations. This makes the book instantly accessible, as you can go into it knowing absolutely nothing.
Yes, there are some things that are only vaguely explained, such as the dimension that all of the characters are in, and the fact that they keep coming back to life after being killed in brutal combat, but these are things that don't really matter for this book. Quake Champions is about characters before anything else.
There is a vague narrative to the book, however, as we move from one character to another as they work their way through the battleground killing each other. The handover of focus from character to character as one kills the other is a fun conceit, and you begin to actively look forward to how it will happen; especially when you find out that they can still come back from being killed so they're not gone once they're killed.
Between these moments of violence we get to see how these characters ended up in this strange dimension. Whilst not incredibly in-depth, it does give a good feel for each individual character, their motivations, and how varied they all are. The script helps with this backstory a lot, providing more narration boxes and insight into the characters thoughts than actual dialogue. These give each of the chapters a very different feel, as they're essentially all told from a different point of view rather than one singular outside observer.
The art within the book by Alan Quah is gorgeous, and doesn't feel like traditional comic book art, having traded in the harsh lines that some artists use, instead embracing a much softer art style. This art style works well, and the characters never feel too far removed from their environments, even when there's nothing in the background of their panel. The tones used throughout make the universe feel more alive and natural, and creates some very stunning pages.
The artwork works wonderfully during the action sequences too, with gunfire, flames, and smoke all looking amazing. They give these sequences much more energy than you'd expect, and helps the panels feel like there's real movement within them, rather than being static and rigid.
Whilst there's not a whole lot of story within the pages of Quake Champions it's a great jumping on point for people who may not know much about the franchise, as it gives some great insight into the universe; and I'm sure that it would appeal well to those who know the source material well too, giving those readers more depth into the inner workings of characters that they'll be familiar with.
If this book is anything to go by more comics set within the Quake universe would work extremely well, and I look forward to seeing what could happen next.
Quake Champions is now available from Titan Comics.
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