CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Danica Patrick will join NBC Sports' inaugural coverage of the Indianapolis 500 as an analyst alongside host Mike Tirico.
Patrick retired from racing after last year's Indianapolis 500. Her eighth appearance in "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" prepped her for a return as a television personality.
"This is an event that means so much to me," she said in a telephone interview ahead of Wednesday's announcement. "I am so glad I did the 500 last year because my information is much more current and relevant. I think it's going to be quite a bit of work — I've always thought being part of the broadcast team is a different kind of work — there's a lot of preparation there."
"I thought, 'Oh my God, I've got to know all the names.' I've got to know who's the guy who has momentum and who doesn't," she said. "I need to respect the event and the position that I'm in. It's so important for me to be up to date on everything."


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Bruce Blomgren and Vickie Blomgren Playing in National Pickleball Championships
November 1, 2019 | Office Fun
Bruce and Vickie Blomgren will be participating in the Margaritaville USA National Pickleball Championships on Monday, November 4th, at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Bruce Blomgren and Vickie Blomgren of Bennion Deville Homes are putting aside their real estate prowess for a day to participate in the Margaritaville USA National Pickleball Championships. Taking place November 2nd through the 10th at hallowed Indian Wells Tennis Garden (home of the BNP Paribas Open), this is perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Blomgrens to play on the national stage, and a fun way to celebrate their passion for the sport. Bruce and Vickie will play on Monday, November 4th in the 3.0 mixed doubles round.
Bruce and Vickie became avid pickleball enthusiasts through friends who were into the sport. "Vickie and I were introduced by longtime friends who helped us get started and were willing to play with us before we knew how to play very well," Bruce says. Once the Blomgrens got the hang of it, things really took off. Now Bruce and Vickie play throughout the Coachella Valley and have made pickleball a key focus of their exercise routine and social life, often playing for 2-to-3 hours at a time. "Pickleball is a great sport for husbands and wives who can both play even if they are not at the same level. Luckily Vickie and I are pretty close in playing ability, so we are able to play as a team. Locally, we play at several places. We are Club Champions at Desert Horizons Country Club in Indian Wells. We also play at Fritz Burns Park in La Quinta and we play at Palm Desert Resorter Pickleball Club in Palm Desert. It seems wherever we play, we meet the nicest people and have made many friends through the sport."
Pickleball has grown in popularity in the resort communities of the desert, with many country clubs electing to either remove tennis courts in favor of, or build facilities that feature, pickleball courts. "There is a growing demand for pickleball in almost all communities, and especially in the 55+ communities," Bruce adds. "I have seen most of the high-end communities in the desert embrace pickleball by either adding pickleball courts or converting some of the unused tennis courts to pickleball courts. You can get 4 pickleball courts from 1 tennis court, so it doesn't require a lot of space, and is a great way to exercise and have fun."
Playing in the Margaritaville USA National Pickleball Championships represents a unique challenge and an honor for Bruce and Vickie, who had to qualify to earn a spot in the national tournament. "Earlier this year we played in our first tournament, the Palm Desert Senior Games, which was a qualifying tournament for the national championships. All of the entries for the national tournament then went into a lottery due to the popularity of the tournament, and we were selected to participate through the lottery process. This may be our only chance to play in this tournament, unless we keep improving, and since the tournament is in our backyard, we felt it was something we needed to do. We are going to enjoy the experience and hope to win a couple of matches," Bruce concludes.
Bruce Blomgren is an Executive LUXE Director with Bennion Deville Homes. He has been a respected Broker Associate since 1980 and a desert resident since 1984. Bruce and his son Keith spearhead the Blomgren & Blomgren team, based out of the Indian Wells office of Bennion Deville Homes. Since 1998, the Blomgren & Blomgren team has participated in over $1 billion in transactions in some of the valley's most prestigious areas. Developments such as Bighorn Golf Club, Mirada Estates, The Reserve Golf Club, The Tradition, Toscana Country Club, Desert Horizons Country Club, Clancy Lane, The Estates at Marriott, and Rancho La Quinta, to name a few, represent a high concentration of the team's business and reflect the first-class image for which the Blomgren & Blomgren name is synonymous.
Client perception is paramount, and it easily translates to the bottom line. Bruce makes certain his staff and team members embrace the concepts and standards he has created since he started in the business in 1980. Having assembled a great team of professionals, Bruce is able to focus on identifying and fulfilling the needs of his clients. Bruce's enthusiasm for success is evident in all areas of his life. Both in and out of the office, his massive reservoir of knowledge is only exceeded by his friendly and down-to-earth nature. This, coupled with his authentic approach to customer satisfaction, earns him many referrals and recommendations, which are the foundation of his real estate business. Bruce has earned the reputation of and is well known as "Representing the Ultimate in Luxury Real Estate."
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Located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Grainger County is home to a variety of industries including agriculture, manufacturing, and retail trades. Local products manufactured in the county include canvas, body armor, furniture, manufactured housing, air and heating systems, metalized film and truck chassis.
The 100-acre industrial park has easy access to Interstate 40, which stretches between North Carolina and California and Interstate 81, which extends from East Tennessee to the Canadian border.
With exceptionally reliable power from TVA, an abundance of water, a workforce skilled in many trade specialties, low tax rates, affordable buildings and sites, competitive workers compensation rates and low unionization, Grainger County is an excellent business location.
The County also offers an excellent lifestyle. With two large lakes, two beautiful rivers, and thousands of acres of forest, Grainger County is a sportsman's paradise. Hiking, canoeing, fishing, hunting, sailing, water skiing, and hang gliding are all available to outdoor enthusiasts.
Cherokee and Norris Lakes are popular with boaters and anglers, and attract thousands of visitors from around the country each year. The Holston River and Clinch River offer excellent kayaking and canoeing and Clinch Mountain offers great hiking opportunities.


[Between 1966 and 2005 a performance stage–as Shakespeare would have recognized it–did not exist in Mountain City or Johnson County, Tenn. Church social halls and school gymnasiums were the only venues for live entertainment but were no match for events staged in the "old high school auditorium" which closed in 1966 (with the opening of the "new" high school which had no auditorium). Evelyn Cook, a former drama teacher at the high school, and others "hatched" the idea of removing the stored lockers and school desks, buying new seats, curtains, and sound system and re-establishing the auditorium as a performance stage in a community which had none.
In seven years a small group of volunteers raised the money, organized labor and oversaw a top-to-bottom renovation which breathed life into a 1923 era, almost abandoned high school auditorium. In September 2005, the facility reopened as Heritage Hall Theatre, an intimate, warm, community-based-theatre suitable for a wide range of performances and events.
" On Sunday afternoon, September 25, 2005, Heritage Hall Officially opened. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was enjoyed by invited guests, all of whom had helped in some way to make the dreams become reality. Guests included state, county, and city officials, committee members and others who had worked on any project pertaining to the renovation. Appalachian Regional Commission and Barter Theater were also represented. Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed a tour of the entire facility and a reception.
members still actively serving on the Board of Directors.
Judy McGuire served as the inaugural chair of the Heritage Hall Oversight Committee, propelling the project to completion and success. Dedicated to the arts and Johnson County. Evelyn Cook marshaled her connections and gift of communication to promote the Heritage Hall project. Creative genius extraordinaire. Howard Elvidge designed and oversaw the entire renovation. Joan Trathen was the committee's first program chair and its first secretary, entrusting the latter role to Romayne St. John, who continued as secretary For the HH board until 2011.Robert Hotchkiss contributed legal expertise as a lawyer and former participant of a similar project In Atlanta. Retired regional judge and attorney general Lewis May offered legal advice and professional connections throughout the state.


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Answer Box aka X Box multi step puzzle box
The Answer Box (aka the X Box - X for eXtreme puzzling!) is a very affordable multi step puzzle box. The Answer is 42 moves to open it. Maybe you'll find the answer to life, the universe, and everything inside.
We often associate Puzzle Boxes where the object is to slide the side panels in a specific order to open the box with the country of Japan. But now there's a Chinese Puzzle Box that includes a totally different and ingenious take on a similar strategy at a very affordable price.
This is a very, very complex puzzle both to make and to solve for such a good price.
The puzzles are manufactured in China by Zoyo for the designer.
As is our normal practise with puzzles we do not make ourselves we check every box and solution to ensure it's of a suitable standard for our customers.
With the Answer Box we did pick up problems with the lid being too tight when we tested them so before listing them for sale Brian has done significant work on the puzzles to correct this. In the process he's also strengthened and reinforced the locking mechanism by gluing and nailing another laser cut piece of wood inside. At Mr Puzzle we've also corrected errors in the original printed solution and replaced it with our own corrected version (most people will need the solution to do this one!).
In doing the 42 moves to open it, repairing the puzzle, and doing the 42 moves to replace the lid again (there are no shortcuts to this even for Mr Puzzle!) Brian has started to memorise some of it but still has to resort to the printed solution occasionally. So you can see it's not going to be an easy puzzle to master.
It's time-consuming work and Brian only does small batches at a time so consequently, we have only small numbers of these puzzles available at any given time.
Having said that he is getting better at it the more he does. He did this quick video to show just how confusing the moves can be. It could be considered a *spoiler* so don't watch if you think it gives stuff away. On the other hand if you can follow this as a solution then we think you're doing pretty well! https://youtu.be/bGpyDQEwkVs
The Answer Box was originally designed for Zoyo by Benno de Grote; a Dutch university professor. It has 42 steps so of course, he called it the Answer Box! Isn't 42 the answer to life, the universe and everything?
The story he told about this design is:
The way I design most boxes is a bit different than most people would expect. I start by deciding the looks of a box. Of Course, I keep the inner mechanism in mind while deciding how a box will look like, but I have no idea how many steps it will be. Once I've decided how a box will look like I design a mechanism which will work with these looks. Because of this I never know how hard a box will be when I start designing. When I finished the mechanism it turned out the box had exactly 42 steps. Because of this, I named the box "The answer box" as a reference to the book the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy in which 42 is the answer to the question "what's the meaning of life".
Mr Benno thinks the puzzle would be suitable for 10 years and over, but mostly aimed at adults, and he says it will need a lot of logic and analysis skill to solve.
Unlike standard Japanese puzzle boxes where you're moving external panels that are visible, this box has finger holes that allow you to slide panels under the outer layer. You have a sense of them sliding but you cannot actually see what they are doing or how one side of the box is interacting with the other sides, or the top and bottom. But they definitely are interacting. And with the right sequence of moves, in the right order, all 42 of them, the lid will come off the box.
Once opened there's quite a lot of space inside this box (100mm cube), and it's ok to put something inside without interfering with the mechanism, but perhaps it's not a good puzzle for doing that because it is quite complicated to solve, even with the solution. So much so that we've included a few hints below.
The puzzle box is made from laser cut craft wood and is unpainted.
Size: 130mm x 130mm x 130mm
Space inside: 100mm x 100mm x 100mm
It is packaged in a natural cardboard box with a printed step by step solution inside. This is an eXtremely diabolical puzzle.
These couple of handy hints are not spoilers. Just a couple of pointers to help you solve the puzzle if you give up and want to use the solution.
First, you will need to be very observant and orientate the box to the solution sheet.
Second, pay attention to reset the box back to the beginning by making sure that all the finger holes are centralised.
Then, using a piece of removable tape mark every piece with the name of the side and the letters of the four moving pieces before you start like in the photo included. If you do not do this you're going to get very confused very quickly!
Zoyo
Mr Benno
Japanese craftsman made trick puzzle box 4 Sun 21 Step
The Dice Chinese puzzle box
ATM wooden puzzle box for giving cash or tickets
Secret Opening Chinese Puzzle Box – Plum Blossom
Chinese Secret Opening Box – Good Fortune


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Stephen A. Jarislowsky (né le  à Berlin) est un investisseur et milliardaire canadien. En 2005, selon Forbes, Jarislowsky est la  mondiale, évaluée à 1,1 milliard de dollars américains.

Biographie

Formation et carrière militaire
Stephen Jarislowsky nait à Berlin. La famille Jarislowsky quitte l'Allemagne pour les Pays-Bas, puis la France.

En 1941, à l'âge de seize ans, Stephen Jarislowsky émigre aux États-Unis et étudie à l'école préparatoire d'Asheville. Il étudie par la suite en construction mécanique à l'Université Cornell.

Après ses études, il sert dans les forces armées des États-Unis. Il termine sa formation de base et étudie le japonais à l'Université de Chicago.

Après la guerre, il est envoyé au Japon pour faire du contre-espionnage. Il retourne aux États-Unis pour continuer ses études, plus précisément pour une maîtrise en cultures orientales à l'Université de Chicago (1949), où il obtient le titre honorifique de Phi Beta Kappa. En 1952, il obtient une maîtrise en administration des affaires (MBA) de l'Université Harvard.

Carrière financière
Il déménage à Montréal et travaille pour Alcan Inc., où il obtient le poste d'adjoint au directeur des finances. En 1955, il fonde et préside la Jarislowsky, Fraser et compagnie, qui devient l'une des plus grandes sociétés de gestion canadienne.

Il parle cinq langues, soit l'allemand, le français, l'anglais, le néerlandais et le japonais.

Militantisme
Bien que non actif en politique M. Jarislowsky s'oppose au nationalisme québécois. En , lors d'un discours prononcé à l'association municipale de Westmount, il raconte comment, peu après le référendum de 1995 au Québec, il suggère la partition du Québec et la transformation de Montréal en ville-état. Il fait aussi le rapprochement entre le nationalisme québécois de Jacques Parizeau et de Lucien Bouchard et un régime fasciste.

Le , dans une entrevue au journal La Presse, Jarislowsky réitère ses propos et étend ces derniers à l'ensemble du mouvement souverainiste du Québec.

Dans une entrevue donnée aux Francs-tireurs et diffusée le , Jarislowsky déclare ne pas être juif et croire qu'il n'y a rien après la vie.

Le , Jarislowsky déclare à l'agence QMI : «Je ne suis pas fédéraliste. Pas nécessairement. Si le Québec était aussi riche que la Suisse, je serais indépendantiste»

Prix et distinctions
Stephen Jarislowsky possède des doctorats honorifiques de l'Université Queen's, de l'Université de l'Alberta, de l'Université McMaster et de l'Université de Montréal. Il a donné son nom à sept chaires universitaires.

 2002 - Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec
 2002 - Compagnon de l'ordre du Canada
 2007 - Grand officier de l'Ordre national du Québec

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Étudiant de l'université de Chicago
Titulaire d'un MBA de la Harvard Business School
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Naissance en septembre 1925
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Docteur honoris causa de l'Université de l'Alberta
Docteur honoris causa de l'Université Concordia
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Metacloud raises $15 million in Series B funding
May 7, 2014 by editors
Metacloud, was founded in 2011 in Pasadena, California, and provides an OpenStack-based product called Carbon|OS that, running on existing hardware, allows to run a private cloud "on premises" (as the company says).
In July 2013 Metacloud secured $10 Millions in a Series A round of funding and today announced another $15 million in a Series B round that introduces a new group of investors which comprises Pelion Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, and UMC Capital, as well as prior investors AME Cloud Ventures, Canaan Partners, and Storm Ventures.
These funds will be used to expand the company team and to accelerate the evolution of its platform.
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Business (Phoenix, #1)
by Zoe Danielle
Business has all the key elements of a fabulous high-flying, sexy, conglomerate passionate love affair and it made for one interesting read. I loved the premise, but unfortunately the execution was below par.
A plethora of mistakes and a flow that was erratic with scenes often cut short, it unfortunately took away the magic for me. However, that doesn't mean to say that I didn't enjoy the story as a whole.
Zoe Danielle has a great imagination, and her foothold on the alpha/millionaire love stakes may be light, but it was certainly pleasurable. It does end on a big cliffhanger so for those who despise dangling by the edge of their panties in a ficticious wedgey, then it's probably best to await the release of the sequel.
If you are looking for a sexy, guilty-pleasure read, then Business delivers in plot and premise. I just wish it had gone through the more arduous process of being professionally polished. Overall though... a good debut by a writer who holds a lot of promise.
Friday 14th Jan 2011
I remember that day like it was only yesterday - it was the worst day of my life and hours later turned into the best day of my life.
Winning the lottery turned Casey Phoenix into one of the highest ranking women on The Sunday Times Rich List in the UK. Filling her days with her businesses, properties and charities, she has no time for anything or anybody. She thought she had it all figured out until she met 31 year old American, Matthew Jackson.
Matthew Jackson is handsome and rich. He's been set for life since the age of 21 when he and his brother set up their business enterprise, Jackson Industries. Living his millionaire lifestyle with fast cars and fast women. But when he meets Casey he wonders if it's time for him to settle down.
However, Casey isn't willing to be his next conquest and they quickly learn that life isn't as perfect after all.
Sexy, Exciting, Gripping, Compelling, Engrossing, Absorbing, Captivating, Fascinating, Riveting, Consuming, Addictive read
Please note - this series contains sexual scenes.


The family of a Palestinian boy killed in an accident has helped save the lives of four Israeli children by donating his organs, a rare act after 34 months of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Eleven-year-old Qaher Aoude died when he fell off the roof of his home near Nablus in the West Bank.
His family authorised the donation of his organs yesterday over the objections of many of their neighbours angered by Israeli crackdowns on a Palestinian uprising for independence.
"We want Israelis and Americans to know that, while the Israeli army kills Palestinians, we give life to Israeli children," Murad Aoude, one of Qaher's 17 siblings, said yesterday.
Schneider Children's Hospital in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva said a 13-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis received Qaher's heart and lungs while her own functioning heart was transplanted into another patient.
This was the first time a so-called "domino transplant" was performed in Israel, a hospital statement said. Although the girl needed only new lungs, it is better to have both a heart and lungs transplanted together.
The boy's liver and kidneys were given to two other children.
The organs of several Israelis - some killed in suicide bombings and other Palestinian attacks - have been donated to Palestinians since violence erupted in September 2000, but donations the other way dropped off markedly, Israeli health officials said.
"When [Palestinian] organs were donated it was in secret," Tamar Ashkenazi, of Israel's national transplant centre, said.
"This may be the first time since it began it has been done publicly."
Middle East tensions have eased since the June launch of a US-backed "road map" to Palestinian statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip by 2005, aided by scaled-back Israeli military operations and a cease-fire declared by Palestinian militants.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Israel's security barrier in the West Bank could undermine a peace road map, as Israeli troops fired rubber bullets at protesters trying to cut part of the fence.
His comments, published in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Maariv, followed US President George Bush's failure in talks on Tuesday to persuade Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to stop building the barrier.
Underscoring Palestinian anger over the issue, hundreds of protesters trying to breach the fence near the West Bank city of Tulkarm clashed with Israeli soldiers.
A spokesman for the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement said seven of its activists - four Britons and three Americans - and two Palestinians were hit by rubber bullets, but none was seriously wounded.
The army confirmed using "non-lethal means to disperse the crowd".
Palestinians say the barrier, and Israel's plans to build more homes at a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip in defiance of the peace plan, have dealt a blow to efforts to rebuild trust.
Israel says the barrier is to keep out suicide bombers. Palestinians say it grabs land they want as part of their state.
The US says it is a problem because it could make life harder for Palestinians and prejudge future borders.
"When the fence is no longer just on [Israeli] land ... it starts to infringe and take over Palestinian land," Mr Powell told Maariv in remarks also published by the US State Department.
"And you see it going in ways that will make it very difficult to get to the next phases of the road map."
Mr Powell said Mr Bush had told Mr Sharon of his problems with the project and that the next phase of construction near Jerusalem could further complicate matters.
The barrier, part concrete wall and part metal fence topped with razor wire, is due to cut deep into West Bank territory in some areas, looping around several Jewish settlements.
Israel drew a Palestinian outcry yesterday with its approval of a tender for 22 new homes in the Neveh Dekalim settlement in the Gaza Strip, one of about 150 Jewish settlements across the Palestinian territories.
The international community views Jewish settlements on occupied land as illegal. Israel disputes this.
In a further blow to cautious peace hopes fuelled by a three-month truce announced by Islamic militants, Israel and the Palestinians this week failed to agree on a handover of two more West Bank cities to the Palestinians.


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Carl Kristian Schmidt, född 28 oktober 1792 i Mariestad, död 30 juli 1872 i Stockholm, var en svensk jurist och publicist.

Biografi
Schmidt började studera i Lund 1811 och blev 1813 auskultant i Göta hovrätt och 1818 vice häradshövding. År 1821 utnämndes han till fiskal i Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinge, 1823 till assessor och 1840 till hovrättsråd. År 1845 förordnades Schmidt till arbetande ledamot av Lagberedningen, efter att redan 1841 ha deltagit i beredningens arbeten. Samma år utnämndes han till justitieråd och tog 1858 avsked ur statens tjänst.

Vid sidan om sin ämbetsmannaverksamhet, ägnade han sig flitigt åt journalistik och 1830–1844 var han medarbetare i tidningen Skånska posten samt 1838–1843 ansvarig utgivare och redaktör för Kristianstads läns hushållstidning. I egenskap av delägare var Schmidt 1830 aktiv vid starten av tryckeriet Schmidt & C:o.

Han utgav även Juridiskt arkif (1830–1862) samt Juridiska föreningens tidskrift.

År 1848 tilldelades han Carl XIII:s orden. Schmidt jordfästes i Klara kyrka och gravsattes på Norra begravningsplatsen utanför Stockholm.

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Journey Theater will present 'Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jr.'
The Washburn Performing Arts Center will host "Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr.," beginning Nov. 29.
The musical is based on the Broadway version and is set in New York City, circa 1922, full of intrigue and jazz. It's a time when women were entering the workforce, and the rules for love and social behavior were changing forever.
Performances will begin the weekend of Nov. 29-31 and run until Sunday, Dec. 8. There will also be a school day performance at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. Tickets will be $5 or $6 each, depending on the size of the group.
Regular prices will be $12 for adults, and $10 for youth and senior citizens, if tickets are purchased in advance.
For more information, visit www.journeytheater.org.
Daimler Trucks donates $7K to robotics program
Students at Camas High School preparing for careers in manufacturing and robotics engineering are benefiting from a recent $7,000 donation from Daimler Trucks North America as part of the company's Daimler Education in Motion campaign.
The funds allow the school to purchase modern Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) technologies that will enable it to prepare students in its Robotics Engineering program to design, fabricate and assemble robots.
"This generous donation will enhance our students' preparation for the 21st century economy, in particular in fabrication and engineering processes," said Steve Marshall, CHS principal. "By supporting today's students in science, technology, engineering and math, Daimler is giving (them) both the tools and the skills to pursue careers in these areas."
This donation facilitates the connection between extracurricular programs and the classroom. One example is in robotics, which is both a class and after-school activity: The school's robotics team builds robots to operate at competitions on regional and national levels. In 2013, the school's FIRST Robotics Team 2471, Team Mean Machine, won the 2013 regional competition. Students are selected for the team based on their interest in science and technology.
The CNC technologies that Camas High is purchasing with the Daimler donation will read long lists of digitally coded information from a computer to move the motors and other positioning systems in order to guide a spindle over the raw material the machine is working on.
The donation to CHS is one of DTNA's 34 donations totaling $238,000 to high schools in the Portland metro area and Southern Washington.
BPA offers classroom presentations on science, engineering
The Bonneville Power Administration offers free presentations on energy, engineering and science to kindergarten through 12th grade classes throughout the Northwest.
BPA's classroom presentation includes a 10-minute introduction on the Northwest's energy system, followed by a 50-minute, hands-on activity that demonstrates the scientific/engineering method, designed to engage kids' critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
Presentations are delivered by BPA employees. They represent a wide variety of professions, including engineers, biologists, energy analysts, linemen and financial specialists.
Teachers can choose among four hands-on activities, such as How to Build a Motor, How to Build a Turbine, The Great Marble Drop, and How to Build a Tower. Each activity is open-ended: Students are presented with a problem and they must develop a solution, test that solution and then make refinements to it before sharing their results.
New this year is the How to Build a Tower activity, which challenges kids in kindergarten through second grade to work in teams to design and construct a transmission tower using Popsicle sticks and tape. All the materials for hands-on activities are provided.
For more information, visit www.bpa.gov/goto/Education. To schedule a classroom presentation, contact cfadams@bpa.gov.
Camas student wins sweepstakes
Wells Fargo Education Financial Services has awarded a $1,000 prize to Kirsten Langdale, a Camas High School graduate, through a sweepstakes.
The $1,000 gift is one of 520 that Wells Fargo EFS presented to high school seniors through its CollegeSTEPS college-planning program during the 2012-13 school year. Two other Clark County residents also won $1,000 each.
The sweepstakes are part of Wells Fargo's CollegeSTEPS program, which provides college planning and money management tips for high school and college students and parents, including how to find scholarships, apply for financial aid, make campus visits, save and budget, and manage student loans.
Eligible high school students who signed up for the free program between April 1 and June 30 were automatically enrolled in the sweepstakes. To enroll, go to wellsfargo.com and search for "CollegeSTEPS."
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I am bad. Estoy mal.
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And you? (formal) ?Y usted?
Whats up? (informal) ?Qu`e pasa?
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What is your name? ?C`omo te llamas?
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Global Shop 2017: How Does Your Physical Space Tell Your Brand Story?
Customer experience. Brand Story. Relationships.
As the conversation continues about brick & mortar stores vs. their online counterparts, the offerings of experience and relationships are essential answers to the question of how physical stores can retain their relevance in the customer's world. Retailers who operate out of a physical store have the opportunity to tell their story, create customer experiences, and build relationships in unique ways. However, the question that remains is does your physical space is tell your brand story, and does it offer the customer experience you desire?
Two of our Benchmark Group team members flew out to sunny Las Vegas in March to attend Global Shop 2017. They had the opportunity to learn from leaders in the retail industry, and they also visited several of the 400+ exhibitors who were showcasing their innovative products and services. They soaked up the chance to learn more about these creative design innovations and how our interior design team can utilize some of these products when working with clients to create story-telling spaces.
The presenter at Global Shop closed the session by explaining many ways to know when your retail store design accomplishes it's goals. Measure both tangible and intangible results, and remember this: Your ROI (return-on-investment) is equal to your ROE (return-on-experience).


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"The Banner of the Upright Seven" is a novel by the swiss poet Gottfried Keller. The narration is divided into acts and scenes, almost like a theater piece. It contains remarkable speeches and many dialogs compared to other novels of Keller. In 1877 he added "The Banner of the Upright Seven" to his "Züricher Novellen" ("Zurich novels"). It is considered one of his most famous pieces and represents a fine example of poetic realism.
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Manhattan School of Music (MSM) – konserwatorium w USA w Nowym Jorku na Upper East Side.

Szkoła posiada uprawnienia do nadawania tytułów naukowych w zakresie muzyki (od muzyki poważnej do jazzu) w dziedzinie wykonania oraz kompozycji. Szkoła założona w 1917 roku przez Janet D. Schenck jako Neighborhood Music School, po przeniesieniu w obecne miejsce otrzymała nazwę Manhattan School of Music.

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Joint measurements and sample data evaluation for the LII workshop 2005 in Duisburg For the preparation of the workshop on LII to be held in Duisburg, Germany, Sept. 25-28, 2005 the organizers propose target flames and sample data. The aim is to have as many groups as possible use their experimental approach to measure LII (and potentially additional quantities) in a pre-defined identical environment. Three target flames have been chosen that seem widespread in combustion labs.
On the workshop in Duisburg we would also like to compare the different models that are frequently used for LII data analysis. Therefore, we provide three data sets of time-resolved LII measurements performed under different conditions. Both, the temporal and spatial laser profile is provided and also the calibration factors for the two-color experiments. The initial temperature of the soot particles after the laser pulse can be analyzed in the way everybody feels most comfortable with.


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During his playing days, he scored against mighty opponents such as Inter Milan, Arsenal and Boca Juniors.
But those moments will pale in comparison with the pride Fandi Ahmad will feel if 19-year-old Irfan, the first of his five children, makes his first competitive bow for the senior national team against Bahrain tomorrow.
"As a father, it is a proud moment because he has always wanted to follow in my footsteps since young," said Fandi (above), who is also assistant to national coach V Sundramoorthy.
"But he must not get carried away. This is only the beginning if he wants to achieve more."
Fandi, whose illustrious international career saw him score 55 goals in 101 international appearances, revealed that Irfan had played in numerous positions from a young age.
He said: "At first, he was a goalkeeper, then a defensive midfielder, and then a defender.
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"He started playing as a striker only after he went to school, when his coaches saw that he was big and powerful."
But Fandi feels his son's best position is at the back, where he is likely to start against Bahrain in the Asian Cup third-round Group E qualifier tomorrow.
"He is still raw as a defender and has got a lot to learn. He needs to be more vocal, and improve on his communication and defending," said Fandi, who incidentally scored in a 2-0 friendly win over Bahrain in 1982, although that was not considered a Fifa 'A' international.
"As a young defender playing for the national team, he needs a lot of support.
"With his physique and technique, and the guidance of Sundram and the senior players, he can be a good defender if he keeps his feet on the ground." - DAVID LEE
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Photographer Tommy Corey spent months thru-hiking the 2,653-mile Pacific Crest Trail that spans California, Oregon, and Washington. Along the way, he photographed his fellow long-distance hikers as though they were high-fashion models. The project is called Hiker Trash Vogue, and Corey's beautiful 7-minute video above tells the story of how it came to be.
Over the course of the hike, which usually takes 4 to 6 months to complete from start to finish, Corey photographed hundreds of hikers.
Corey has published Hiker Trash Vogue as book that's available for $115 through his website. You can also find more of his work on his website and Instagram.
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By marching into Luxemburg, the German Empire begins the First World War
The murder of the successor to the Austrian throne, and his wife, by a Bosnian-Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo plunges Europe into a diplomatic crisis. When Austro-Hungary wants to punish Serbia militarily, with the support of the German Empire, mutual alliance obligations come into effect. Following several weeks of negotiations, threats and, ultimately, mobilisations, German troops march into the neutral states of Luxemburg and Belgium. The First World War begins.
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We've recently fitted to an F30 330d the Active Sound Exhaust Unit and module.
Controlled via the smartphone app, features can be programmed to work under different profiles with customisable settings such as pitch and volume. The different modes can also be utilised from the vehicles controls without affecting original factory functionality.
Available for the majority of BMW diesel models including 1 and 2 series.


There is almost nobody out there actively trying to supress creativity, except a few foreign dictators. But there are more than a few people claiming that our education and daily lives either leaves us uncreative as an unintended side effect (despite good intentions), or simply neglects creativity altogether. Whatever the reason, creativity tends to be approved of, and is necessary for looking after ourselves in new situations.
An old saying is that we should think outside of the box. The box refers to the general patterns we think in, probably the ones we have been educated/trained into. Education has encouraged us to think analytically, or logically, or in a linear fashion. And none of this is wrong. But there are other options. If we continue to conventional in our thinking we may still come up with some ideas; only these ideas will follow the conventions we already have. They are progress along the same direction we were already travelling, but they are not changing direction. Creativity involves not being conventional.
Life is more ambiguous than this. There may be only one correct password for an account, but there are an infinite number of potential passwords. There are many ways to tell a story; there are many solutions to many problems.
Our minds created logic to explain cause and effect. The act of inventing logic is an act of creation, but it is a very narrow way of thinking. Life does not usually fit into neat little formulas. Don't limit yourself to logic. Embrace metaphors.
Entertain as many ideas that might be even slightly relavent. You can choose the good ones later on.
Somebody invented the convention we presently follow, or more likely it developed as the result of many minds over many years. It actually was creative the first time it appeared. But following the convention means we follow somebody else's creativity. Consider the possibility of developing a new convention.
Well, never do anything unsafe or immoral. Other than that, consider all the options. If the rule is just a human convention, it might be breakable. If it's the true laws of physics, we have to accept it. Many things we accept as laws are really conventions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent time in the wilderness and (amongst other things) realized that the society we created and lived in was only one of many possibilities. Other nations did things differently. Consider all the endless possibilities, and realize there may be better options.
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Four emerging next transformative technology waves – so-called innovation S-curves – were analysed by Benedict Evans of American venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz in his presentation "10 Year Futures (Vs. What's Happening Now)" (2017).
Mixed Reality is shown to be at a stage between the two.
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There's a fast lane to the future in digital health care
Cindy Baker
Published: December 5th, 2019
Legacy architecture is the number one cause of outages in health care systems. But now, there's a way to help clear those roadblocks for Canadian health care organizations.
New technologies, from electronic records systems to wearables and robotics, have huge potential to improve the health care experience, said Cisco Solutions Architect David Jirku at a recent ITWC webinar. But they may not have the desired outcome if the network can't support them. "All innovations rely on the underlying infrastructure," said Jirku. "You can't drive a Ferrari on a dirt road. You want to rely on a road that meets the performance and security requirements."
The Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM) helps smooth out the bumps in the road for these organizations. It provides an objective assessment of their infrastructure today, and what they need to do to support new services.
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INFRAM was developed by Cisco and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to solve common challenges for health care organizations. "Organizations were building new hospitals, and asking what they need to do today to fulfill the unknown requirements of the future," said Jirku.
As well, more health care organizations are moving from paper to electronic medical records (EMR), but their infrastructures are not keeping pace. Jirku noted one situation where a hospital's EMR system failed on day one because the infrastructure could not carry the new load. "The doctors revolted and went back to paper charting," he said. The same thing could happen if the new application is too cumbersome to use, he added.
The INFRAM model helps with an overall digital strategy roadmap. It gives health care organizations a third party review of their infrastructure, measured against a standard, worldwide benchmark, said Jessica Swanson, Account Manager for HIMSS Analytics. "It identifies where you are today and the gaps you need to fill to be able to deliver the applications to meet the needs of patients and clinicians."
The evaluation starts with a detailed survey to assess an organization's infrastructure to determine its maturity level on a scale of one to seven. The model outlines the type of applications that organizations can support at each stage of their infrastructure development. "Organizations have the most success when they work with an INFRAM certified partner to guide them on what they need to do to move forward," said Jirku.
The benefits of a holistic assessment
One of the top advantages of INFRAM is that health care organizations get one big picture of everything, Jirku said. "Often, a lot of people come and go and there isn't one person who understands everything that has been installed."
The model also makes it easier to communicate with the leadership team from an objective perspective, he said. "It shows where best to make use of a limited budget to make a difference. You can clearly identify the gaps, and the health care outcomes that will be enabled by a technology investment."
When Michael Cole joined the Markham Stouffville Hospital as its new CTO, he jumped on the opportunity to get a "succinct snapshot" of the hospital's infrastructure. "It provided a strong starting point, showcasing where we were at the time and what we needed to do to craft tangible steps to drive forward."
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Serpine sind Proteine, die in allen Lebewesen vorkommen; beim Menschen machen sie etwa zehn Prozent der Plasmaproteine aus. Sie sind strukturell ähnliche Proteine, welche unterschiedliche Funktionen ausüben können. Die ursprünglich entdeckten Serpine sind in der Lage, die Enzymaktivität von Serinproteinasen zu blockieren (Serpin = Serin-Proteinase-Inhibitoren), diese Eigenschaft besitzen viele andere Serpine jedoch nicht. Zu den Serpinen gehören Antitrypsin, Antithrombin, Ovalbumin, Plasminogen-Aktivator-Inhibitor und Neuroserpin. Ihre Aufgabe ist hauptsächlich die Regulation der Protease-Aktivität. Die Proteindatenbank UniProt zählt über 40 gesicherte Mitglieder der Serpin-Familie, über 80 Sequenzen sind bekannt.

Strukturell zeichnen sich alle Serpine durch die Anwesenheit von drei β-Faltblättern und neun α-Helices aus, die zusammen eine unter Spannung stehende Struktur bilden. Dies führt dazu, dass jede proteolytische Spaltung an dieser Struktur zum Verlust der Inhibitor-Eigenschaft führt. Inhibitorische Serpine binden an Proteasen in der Nachbarschaft der katalytischen Domäne; der hemmende Effekt ergibt sich zunächst durch sterische Hinderung. Im Weiteren wird das Serpin durch die Protease aufgeschnitten – die freiwerdende Spannung im Serpin führt zu weitreichenden Konformationsänderungen und letztendlich zur Zerstörung der Protease. Die Hemmung ist also irreversibel.

Die Bezeichnungen Serpin und Serinprotease-Inhibitor sind nicht synonym, da es außerhalb der Serpine viele andere Hemmer von Serinproteinasen gibt, und Serpine auch andere Proteasen zu hemmen in der Lage sind. Die proteasehemmenden Serpine sind in der MEROPS-Datenbank im Clan 'ID' (Familie 'I4') zusammengefasst und bilden die umfangreichste Klasse von Protease-Inhibitoren.

Klinische Anwendung
Das US-amerikanische Unternehmen Centessa Pharmaceuticals, (Nasdaq: CNTA), veröffentlichte im September 2021 eine Pressemeldung, dass es SerpinPC in der Behandlung der schweren Hämophilie A und B im Rahmen einer klinischen Studie Phase 2a erforscht und erste positive Ergebnisse erzielt hat.

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Always have a bottle of water with you!
H2O is the major constituent of the fluids of organisms, even earth! Water is essential for every living organism and therefore for YOU.
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rupert April 20, 2020, 5:52pm #54
Dan_Abrams:
Elm-explorations was supposed to be a solution to this very problem
Strongly agree.
The idea of it being called 'explorations' in my mind suggests that it would be perfectly ok for experimental, even bad, ideas to be tried out there. It should be a proving ground to shape up good APIs that could become part of the kernel and the barrier to entry should be knowable and achievable. Sad to see that Dan is keen, has the energy and know-how but somehow cannot get there.
Bad ideas in elm-explorations should be killed off. elm-explorations/markdown is very easy to break and make it generate runtime exceptions. It was useful to get markdown started, but now we have much better pure Elm solutions. I think it only hangs on because it is used for the package site.
On the other hand, has elm-explorations/webgl not worked out as an experiment? Should it not be going the other way and moving from explorations into the core?
ChrisWellsWood April 21, 2020, 12:13pm #55
I totally agree, a clear route to getting a project in elm-explorations would go a long way to dealing with people's uneasiness around privileged access to kernel code. Maybe there could be "expert panels" for particular themes (video, storage etc) that review proposed APIs and implementation plans for modules, and lightly filter obviously bad ideas, letting the rest through, maybe with some feedback/guidance. The most important thing is that the process of both selecting the panel and reviewing module proposals should be as transparent possible.
paulh April 21, 2020, 1:03pm #56
That's how Linus Torvalds operates, isn't it? Appears to have worked well for the Linux kernel over the years.
A small hierarchy of trusted decision makers to filter, feedback, and help improve on ideas coming up from the community, with the core team making the final decisions of what makes it in or not.
KasMA1990 April 21, 2020, 2:21pm #57
Maybe a different way of framing it would also be useful: Elm itself is designed for user success, or making it easy to do the right thing, and hard to do the wrong thing.
Is this a way of thinking that could be applied to working on Elm too? Because right now it seems that the process of trying to contribute to Elm actually sets people up for failure. elm-explorations is one place where we've seen this now, but I think it's the same problem that occurs when someone creates a PR or an issue that doesn't get a timely or useful response, like in this thread.
I realize things are this way for a reason, and I'm not suggesting any change here is easy or simple. But maybe just asking "How can we set the user up for success both when using Elm as a tool, but also when interacting with the process around Elm?" is helpful.
I think the reason things are the way they are is likely to be lack of time on the part of our BDFL. It would take time and effort to set up a process for these Elm explorations to be coordinated, managed and evaluated.
Here is a suggestion of how I think we could set up our own Elm explorations that functions better and opens the door to contribution.
Fork the compiler and rename it as requested above. I sort of like the name 'Elm Pro' - Elm but with a more professional attitude (not to imply that people here don't have a profession attitude, I guess I mean an attitude that is better aligned to professional needs and adoption). Perhaps that is too close to the original name.
Clone and modify the package repo to create a brand new empty one. This one will accept kernel code, so long as it is from the 'elm-experiments' or 'elm-pro' namespace (or some other names) on github.
Modify compiler so it extends the moratorium on kernel code to 'elm-experiments' and 'elm-pro' namespaces. To use an 'elm-experiment' a flag must be passed to the compiler --experimental. The reason for this, is so that users must opt in and know that they are using experimental code - there is no come-back to complain if an experiment is abandoned or removed. Perhaps the version numbers on experiments could even be kept under 1.0.0.
Modify compiler so it will also install packages from a new primary repo described in 2. If a package is not found in 2, it will fall-back to package.elm-lang.org. In fact, 2 will probably set itself up to mirror package.elm-lang.org, rather than redirect to it.
The new package repo will not accept any non-kernel packages, unless they depend on kernel packages that already exist in it. This is so these pure Elm packages find their proper home in package.elm-lang.org.
Create a written set of rules for a new project to be started in elm-experiements. Set expectations and a minimum barrier to entry but the aim would be to be quite open to new ideas.
Decide and write down the rules for moving a project from elm-experiments to elm-pro once it has reached sufficient maturity and quality. The quality gate needs to be stronger here obviously than for creating an experiment. The process needs to be transparent and fair.
The forked compiler could find a new home somewhere like apache.org. I don't really know if that is the right place, its just somewhere grown up that knows how to manage open source communities. You want somewhere that can bring some impartial supervision to a project - so there is somewhere to go if you need to complain, get advice on how to manage things, etc. Somewhere with some standards, like forcing a project to have a written set of rules and guidelines to contributing and so on. Anyway, maybe Apache is not possible because of its licence, does it clash with the existing Elm compiler licence?
The forked eco-system would have a stated aim that all new kernel based API functions must be pure functions. Exposing non-pure functions is grounds for a package to be removed, or rolled-back to its last pure version.
There is an opportunity for a forked compiler to get some patches applied to it to fix long-standing bugs. This is a slightly risky thing in a set up like this, as a package may depend on a compiler bug. I think some odd things around how arithmetic behaves in Elm should be left alone for example. But the recently referenced bug around the debugger overflowing the stack is an example of something that could be safely fixed (would need to fork and patch the elm/virtual-dom package to fix that one). You want to fix bugs but without changing the intended behaviour - its probably best to be fairly conservative about this, at least to begin with.
The closer the forked compiler remains to the original - the better. Could continue to track all new releases of it that way. The forked version would also build original version code, so no need to keep switching between them. You could even symlink it to elm on your system.
I don't know about you, but since the coronavirus started, I'm down to about 2 days a weeks computer time due to home commitments. I also have done the due diligence on my current project and satisfied myself that the existing Elm eco-system can do everything I need it to. So I don't have the time or energy to do something like this.
Also note, this is not meant as a 2 fingers to anybody or some kind of hostile attempt to undermine things. The idea popped into my head so I just want to put it out there and see what people think - in a grown up way please.
I also think the steps I outlined above are a minimum effort plan to getting a working elm-explorations and as a lazy engineer my brain always likes to throw up the MVP. It really is not going to do any good complaining about not having a working elm-explorations - its seems pretty clear that will not change anything.
jreusch April 21, 2020, 11:51pm #59
@rupert Thank you for writing this out!
If this can be pulled off in a generally "approved" manner, I really think a community-driven fork for experiments would benefit upstream as well, as long as the goal really is and stays to be a research project.
This fork, being generally advertised as non-stable, can test and review patches to the compiler or core packages much more easily, since the (production-readiness) guarantees are a lot weaker.
People without any other immediate option will have a clear path to unblock themselves, as long as they are aware that they are entering unstable, unsupported territory - by downloading a seperate binary, reconfiguring all the tools, passing some additional --unsafe-beware-dragons-here flags.
Feedback on experiments would not rely on the core team reviewing and approving things anymore. The Elm core team does an amazing job, but only has limited resources themselves. There are probably more people sharing similar experiences to @Dan_Abrams. I'd rather collect all such projects and ideas in a central place for the community to try and discuss them, instead of having them end in a single "Proposal"-style Discourse post, where the OP will get demoralized by technical and process-related anwers of why "things don't work like this here." This will also keep those folks motivated to work on these projects, and with Elm in general.
The core team does not have to look into everything anymore, but can focus on the much smaller output of that project - the community can iterate and test different designs independently and much more quickly, meaning the core Elm team only has to look at experiments that worked. Proposals and ideas will be essentially filtered by the community itself.
Discussions like these (+ the original medium post) would have been resolved by a posting link.
I'd really like to focus on how to handle this as a community though. I'm not certain that clear communication from the fork will be enough to ensure not fully splitting off from the main project. How will we deal with people just using the "Pro" version? This will definitely happen, especially if answers to the common questions people encounter while learning Elm (localStorage, WebSockets, that-jQuery-Fancybox-Plugin-they-have-to-use-at-work integration) become "you could do this the official way, by manually building all this elaborate wiring where there's a chance you might not understand half the code and concepts if you just started learning, or btw this community fork has a package for it that might work, just need to pass that extra flag, don't worry about the details"
Can we prevent the official channels (Slack, Discourse) from having to deal with the problems of "pro" users unrelated to "core" Elm? Would this be a problem for the Discourse? On Slack, making and referring to a separate channel sounds reasonable. A more clearly separated branding would certainly help, but it also increases the possibility of separating the community as well.
How could something like this be organized?
PS: It may be a good idea to split this discussion into a new thread.
wolfadex April 22, 2020, 12:46am #60
I like the idea of community based experiments that can feed back into core elm. I am concerned about it becoming a complete fork that's just Elm + native access. Would it make sense to place restrictions on the forked compiler? For example, only allow the use of elm/* and elm-explorations/* packages. This should allow freedom to experiment while hindering the use of the fork for anything production.
If this is a fork for the purpose of experimenting/exploring, then I wouldn't see this as something for "there's this one bug and I want it fixed now" scenarios. Make it easy to test ideas and hard to build production apps.
akoppela April 22, 2020, 1:30am #61
Why do you think core team would want to merge forked compiler experiments if that does not happen now?
rupert April 22, 2020, 8:42am #62
wolfadex:
Would it make sense to place restrictions on the forked compiler? For example, only allow the use of elm/* and elm-explorations/* packages.
That is what I was proposing, but no good to limit to just those 2. It would obviously need to include some new community controlled namespace in order to be able to commit code to somewhere that the compiler can build.
Make it easy to test ideas and hard to build production apps.
Make it easy to test ideas.
Make it possible to build production applications with less risk of hitting technical blockers - in other words put the power to fix blockers into the hands of people building the application.
jreusch:
I really think a community-driven fork for experiments would benefit upstream as well, as long as the goal really is and stays to be a research project.
I was not thinking it would just be a research project. The 'experiments' part of it would be, and would exist as a way of letting kernel code in but with a fairly low barrier to entry - an inclusive way to experiment. The 'pro' part of it would not be just for research, its intention would be for production code and to provide a way for people that cannot run Elm in production due to some bug or perceived closedness of its development process that make it too risky for them to adopt.
How will we deal with people just using the "Pro" version? This will definitely happen, especially if answers to the common questions people encounter while learning Elm (localStorage, WebSockets, that-jQuery-Fancybox-Plugin-they-have-to-use-at-work integration) become "you could do this the official way, by manually building all this elaborate wiring where there's a chance you might not understand half the code and concepts if you just started learning, or btw this community fork has a package for it that might work, just need to pass that extra flag, don't worry about the details"
It should be ok to just use the pro version - so long as its compiler does not diverge from the official one. On pure Elm code, it should yield the exact same result. Personally, I would probably take care to use the right compiler for the situation though.
The hacky, and bad, way of doing things might be to use an experiment (that has a version number less than 1.0.0. Those would be clearly labelled in the package repo as 'Experimental - Use at your own risk'.
Anything that made it through to the pro repository would have passed some quality gate, and is ready for production use - there might be an active group of people or businesses supporting it. The kinds of things I imagine you would find in the pro repository would be Dan's video package; so only people working with video would be interested.
Not really sure how that would work. Maybe it needs a completely different name, and its own comms mechanism to avoid confusion. I guess it depends on whoever runs those channels and what their views are.
akoppela:
I don't think they would. But I forgot to mention in my first post on this - I think any compiler/core fixes should still get PRed back, it seems only courteous.
turboMaCk April 22, 2020, 9:24am #63
Just one note. I don't think any fork should include elm in a name. I'm kind of fan of interpreting this Clause in BSD3 quite strictly:
3. Neither the name of the <organization> nor the
names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
I think it protects original authors from being tight to stuff they don't approve of, what ever it might be. I would suggest picking up some name of the tree for name of fork will it happen. That way it would be still related but less obviously. It can be ash or oak for instance. Also if you want to be super creative there seems to be thing called Camperdownii (which would be arguably hard to type though).
Disclaimer: I personally not dissatisfied enough to switch to fork so take it as just personal opinion / suggestion.
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gampleman April 22, 2020, 10:56am #65
The way I read the situation, I think there are two distinct groups/use-cases that are dissatisfied with how things are1. I think it would be helpful to be clear in discussions which of these one is addressing, as they have quite different needs:
People who are using Elm for work and are worrying about getting blocked. They
are building applications
are highly time sensitive (i.e. waiting six months for maybe a solution isn't an option for them)
would rather have a good enough solution now than a perfect solution later
don't particularly care about long term concerns like future portability
care about smooth tooling (it is not sufficient that just the compiler works, it needs to work with CI systems, JS bundlers, testing toolkits, code generators, etc – this makes low effort forks problematic for them)
People who are trying to contribute to Elm in some way. They
are building packages or fixing the compiler or tooling
care about making a high quality contribution (even if this takes somewhat longer)
care about affecting others (i.e. they are not just trying to fix their own code, they want to enable others to achieve things)
For example the ability to compile Kernel code is only useful to group 1, whereas to group 2 it would only be useful if it was also possible to publish packages containing Kernel code2.
I believe that the main counter-concern is, that we all want to maintain the high quality of Elm and the benefits that brings.
For the first group, it has been repeatedly reported that after the ban of native, these people were forced to figure out ports and custom elements and they were often happier at how their code turned out3. That suggests that when the ability was there, it was fairly often used for things where it was not essential but rather as a path of least resistance.
For the second group, the issue is that packages, once published, are somewhat immortal. Once people start depending on them, it is difficult to remove them. We have heard people complaining about Websockets going away for years now (despite that being a use case remarkably well suited to ports). This creates a lot of pressure on getting these foundational packages right.
A wacky idea for group 1
I wonder if some of these things couldn't be balanced with adjusting the incentives by adding artificial friction. Perhaps only allowing to compile Kernel code without --optimize like the Debug modules work now and adding a 5s sleep call for each non elm or elm-explorations Kernel module compiled would be sufficient that people would only use this after trying to solve their problem every other way. Other disincentives to consider:
Printing a humongous and nasty warning on every compile. (Elm Foundation warns: Using Kernel code may lead to lung cancer! )
Only allowing Kernel code compilation with a crypto key. One would need to print, sign and fax a long form to the Elm Foundation to acquire one.
Failing compilation randomly with a 15% probability.
A more reasonable idea for group 2
Personally I think the current guidelines on how to contribute to Elm are simply not good enough. Perhaps simply clearly stating something like:
Contributions to Elm are limited to the core team. The core team is based around personal relationships and we do not accept strangers from the internet. Reporting bugs is encouraged, but due to our process, please don't expect a response.
Would be more fair in terms of expectation setting. There are many open source projects were code changes are limited to some group of people. But something like this would at least set people up with expectations that wouldn't be frustrated. Any violations of the above would simply be happy exceptions to the rule. Whereas the current talk about how contribution works in Elm (talk, do research, coordinate, then code, …) makes people believe that as long as they follow that somewhat vague process, they are likely to succeed.
1 Of course this is a simplification of reality. Many application developers would also like to reuse/share solutions to common problems for example. But I am here focusing on concerns that become extreme enough that people feel like they need to exit the community (often with a bang).
2 With the small caveat that it would at least make testing Kernel code based patches somewhat easier and perhaps enable some hacky ways to get around the package system.
3 Of course there is massive survivorship bias here. Many were not and churned away - in some cases even building tooling to transform their code into a different language.
bob-shelline April 23, 2020, 7:13am #66
Quick name idea to throw out there: Morel. Morel mushrooms are delicacies that grow on Elm wood.
I like the idea of a pathway for community experimentation to be able to open up like this without impeding the core team in their goals. Clearly there are some warts to work out on all this, but I think this is a good discussion to be having.
ChristophP April 23, 2020, 9:17am #67
gampleman:
I'd love a compiler which does all of these things I think those ideas would generate just enough WTF feelings for users to stay away from Kernel code
I think the problem with those things is that they all smack of treating the user like they are stupid - and from reading comments on Reddit and Hacker News it would seem that people do feel that Elm treats them that way. None of these things are going to go down well with businesses considering adopting Elm - "So if we hit a technical blocker and need some kernel code, what are our options? Ohhh…".
@gampleman On a more serious note. I think group 2 is really important. I would still like to prevent making the use case for group 1 too easy.
Here's my reasoning, I think that explorative activity that is community driven would be really helpful in terms of exploring APIs, fixes, browser features, etc., since that part of community experimentation is currently sorely missing.
I also like the idea of printing the warning you suggested about how "Contributions to Elm are limited to the core team."
gampleman April 23, 2020, 9:42am #70
Most of these are a joke.
But I think the idea itself isn't completely hopeless. Limiting these away from --optimize mode and printing a warning explaining why Kernel code is a bad choice and what the alternatives are might just be good enough. Making it compile slowly (whether that's a sleep call or just some expensive computation that is intentionally not optimised) could help as well. That might just strike the right balance of not being the path of least resistance, but being there when it is truly needed.
In fact I believe that Group 1 likely doesn't need Kernel code in the majority of cases. It's more the fear of needing it in the future and suddenly running out of options that scares them.
pdamoc April 23, 2020, 10:36am #71
But I think the idea itself isn't completely hopeless.
These are technical solutions to an adaptive challenge. They are simply the wrong class of solutions.
The challenge with Elm's private API is not technical. It is not a matter of safety or technical complexity of the code but a matter of values, a matter of beliefs and a matter of approach.
I would be less surprised by Evan giving up programming and switching careers to become a political analyst than by him implementing the kind of technical solutions that I've seen suggested when this kind of discussions come up.
I believe that for the foreseeable future, Elm will have a single author that will work on it on his own terms. Some people will accept this and stay. Some will not accept it, they will get progressively more frustrated and at one point they will leave.
While I agree with the general thrust of your post, I would not call these technical solutions, as they are chiefly psychological: they are designed to address a psychological problem (fear of future problems) by psychological means (changing the incentive balance by various nudges).
In other words, my hypothesis runs like this:
A certain group of people (I call them group 1) are worried that they will unexpectedly1 need the full flexibility of Kernel code in the future and they will face unpleasant circumstances in their workplace because they will not be able to deliver.
However, when this flexibility used to exist, despite being discouraged in the community, it was used in a number of situations where it was not necessary and better solutions existed. This is undesirable for everyone involved and part of the reason for the current restrictions. The main explanation is that it seemed easier than the alternatives.
Suitably changing the incentive structure may allow both of these goals to be accommodated.
1 Unexpected, since if you are expecting upfront to need capabilities for which Elm is currently unsuitable, then according to the advice which is now even in the official guide, you should just pick a different technology for the project.
On a more personal note from running an Elm project in a commercial setting where the powers that be had a very begrudging approval of using Elm it had some emotional rollercoasters for me: The joy of how much easier most things were compared to the React stack we were using for other projects combined with the fear of being asked to do something for which there was no pre-existing library and suddenly I would spend 4 times as long working out the best way to hack something together. Generally these fears mostly didn't materialise, but I can empathise with folks who feel this a lot stronger in less secure situations.


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Following the mass Korean Exodus, SK Telecom T1 remained one of few teams to retain a full roster of top-level players, resulting in a crucial developmental advantage compared to the other teams that competed in the OGN pre-season. While teams like Samsung were still laying the foundation for their new (albeit extremely talented) roster, SKT forged ahead by testing the limits of relevant strategies within the context of their team, ultimately finishing the pre-season well ahead of the other teams. With the LCS about to start, it's important that the coaches and analysts look towards SKT as an example; not merely to see what champions are strong in the current meta-game, but also their approach to pick/ban phase, their resource allocation, and their vision strategy.
Before delving into the pick ban phase, let's first consider the landscape of relevant champions in this meta-game. There were 54 different champions picked over 36 games, 7 of which were used in multiple roles. Some of the more contested picks for each role are shown below, along with their pick, ban, and win rates.
It's interesting to note that Gnar has been banned in all 36 pre-season games. Corki and Lissandra, despite being present in 83 and 81 % of the games only show a win rate of 35 and 33% respectively. With the exception of Ahri and Leblanc, the majority of mid champions are flex picks, a list that includes Jayce, Ezreal, Kassadin, Lissandra, Morgana etc. This flexibility also extends to item builds and strategy, allowing champions to overcome weaknesses at various points in the game, further opening up the possibilities for the pick ban phase. For example, Renekton normally struggles against Jayce; however, in their game against Samsung, SKT's Marin opted into the matchup. With some pressure from Bengi and an unorthodox full damage build, Samsung's Cuvee ended the game with a score of 1-8-2, 100 CS behind Marin.
These changes make pick ban phase much more interesting than ever before. Coaches, who are now allowed to participate in the process, not only have the responsibility of helping choose the champions but can also help outline strategies and objectives for that particular team combination. With that in mind, let's consider SKT and their coach Kkoma's brilliant pick ban phase against Najin em-Fire.
Each pick-ban phase is a separate game, played by exchanging information and bound by player skill and time. Recognizing that Najin has the first pick in Game 1, SKT choose to trade power picks for flexibility. Najin opt for Janna as their first pick, followed by SKT picking up Lissandra and Jarvan IV. Najin pick up Corki to complete their power bot lane set, after which SKT pick up Ezreal and Alistar. At this time, SKT does not know where Kassadin is playing or the last two champions, but between Lissandra, Jarvan IV, and Ezreal, SKT can use their last pick for top, jungle, mid, or AD Carry.
After Najin pick Zed and Elise for their final rotation, Kkoma picks Lee Sin for Bengi, locking in Jarvan IV for top lane. This forces Najin to lane swap out of the Kassadin-Jarvan IV matchup and allows SKT to avoid facing Corki and Janna in the bot lane. While this game exemplifies Kkoma's emphasis on pick flexibility, the next game he manipulates power picks to focus on team synergy, putting Jarvan IV and Lissandra different positions and using Jayce and Graves-Janna to disrupt mid and bot respectively.
Four of the five games Faker played in the pre-season were on flex champions like Ezreal and Lissandra. It's an approach to the game that uses the highly skilled players to adapt for the team, rather than having the team cater to the strengths of the star player. Professional players are an aggregate of many elements: mechanical skill, game sense, flexibility, etc. The pick-ban phase in Season 5 will test not only team's knowledge of the current metagame, but also how they create an identity around the unique proclivities of their members.
A game of League of Legends has limited resources on the map for its players in terms of experience and gold. Moscow 5 recognized that Darien's repeated deaths allowed them to pick up dragons and buffs from the other side of the map, while their enemies lost wave after wave chasing Darien. CLG was criticized for having a singular strategy of feeding Doublelift and letting him carry the team. These are but a few examples of how some teams use resources differently.
The question then becomes, how can teams use resources efficiently? In terms of gameplay, the jungle and support roles are examples of how a team concentrates resources onto the top, mid, and ad carry roles during the laning phase. But once the laning phase ends, each team has a different philosophy on which members receive farm, push out lanes, and control vision.
A top laner who is split pushing by himself will have more farm than one who is responsible for defending a turret with his team. A mid laner who has to retreat due to jungle pressure gives up a wave of creeps. While these seem like disparate events, teams influence resource distribution within the team based on their objective focus and overall strategy. The figure below shows the distribution of CS within each team during the preseason.
Teams like Samsung Galaxy and Najin prioritize farm onto their AD carries at the expense of their top laners, while KT Rolster does the opposite for its top laner. Teams like CJ Entus have a tight distribution, while other focus on their mid laners, notably IM and SKT. This data gives valuable insight into a team's strategy and how teams will react. Let's now consider the new SKT, a team composed of members from both K and S teams, specifically the top lane.
Another impressive facet of SKT's strategy is their deliberate allocation of gold to their players. Unlike Impact, Marin prefers a carry-oriented approach to the game. His aggressive style relieves pressure from the map and has a strong presence in teamfights alongside Faker. However, this requires additional gold for him to buy items and remain relevant against his opposing laner.
The figure above shows the average CS difference for each player compared to their lane opponent at different phases of the game. During the preseason, when Impact was in the top lane, Faker and Bang would end on average with 121 and 39 CS above their lane opponent while Impact would be even or just below his lane opponent. In the games with Marin however, Faker and Bang's CS leads are halved, CS that's donated to Marin. This conscious effort has been rewarded by Marin's impressive 10.5 KDA in their wins, compared to Impact's 4.3. Marin and Bang have helped create a much stronger and relevant identity for SKT that wouldn't have been possible with Impact and Piglet. If Marin was forced to follow Impact's established utility role, SKT would not have been nearly as successful as it has been so far.
Western teams have segmented the game into phases of objective control, but resulting in haphazard distribution of resources. Sometimes farm is deliberately funneled to members in ways that is counter-productive to team's goals. It'll be interesting to see whether teams like CLG and Curse accommodate their new solo laners, or force them into established roles set by their predecessors.
SKT has started the preseason in dominating fashion, dropping only 1 game out of 10. Is this a foreshadowing for things to come? It's hard to tell. SKT certainly looks like the most polished team; Bengi's mechanics have drastically improved and the team has found a modicum of synergy with Marin's carry-oriented style and Bang's calculated approach. But, veteran teams like Najin and KT aren't to be dismissed. Najin didn't play Ohq in their set against SKT, a player who has ensured victory in every game he's played in the preseason. Additionally, teams like Samsung and HUYA have shown more than glimpses of potential. Samsung especially who have shown time and again that their mechanical skill is top notch, will only get stronger under their veteran coaching staff as the year progresses.
Shifting to the west, the examples above show how SKT have formed an identity, displayed in their pick-ban phase and resource allocation. But if western teams are to compete against other regions, they must innovate themselves, discover their own opportunity costs and fortify weaknesses instead of mirroring other teams. Since Season 2, western teams have played behind the curve, relying on empirical analysis from regions with a more established infrastructure.
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The results of this interaction of fabric and bacteria are stunning and have a rhythmic, marbled quality to them. It goes without saying, that devoid of harmful chemical agents, such a method is among the most sustainable ways to dye textiles and achieve a craft-like quality.
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During her undergraduate studies in architecture, Natsai found herself far removed from the development of materials, only focussing on sourcing and selection– a general deficit in the architectural curriculum. Paired with a long-time interest in textiles and fashion, this unmet need to engage with materials led Natsai to the MA in Textile Futures (now Material Futures), a program at Central Saint Martins in London.
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