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This is the first resource post for the "Consistency is King" Competition.
What is Real Food?
Real Food is vegetables, lean meats, nuts and seeds, little starch, and no sugar. In 2003 CrossFit put out an article called "Avoiding Metabolic Derangement". The article details the CrossFIt philosophy on nutrition.
What is the Zone?
Protein should be lean and varied and account for about 30% of your total caloric load.
Carbohydrates should be predominantly low-glycemic and account for about 40% of your total caloric load.
Fat should be predominantly monounsaturated and account for about 30% of your total caloric load.
Zone Meal Plans is a great starting point for those ready to start strong.
If starting out seems daunting, don't worry. Come to the gym on Sunday at 11am for a Q&A on nutrition. Just like intensity and movements are scalable, so is nutrition.
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Mix 11 Windows Phone Booth Session/
I asked the audience to sit down and look at me as if I'd just said something amazing. They did a great job. Such good sports. I wasn't intending to produce a panoramic shot, but the stitching seems to have worked quite well. The guy with the accordion is one of the few people out there who has actually bought a copy of Cheese Lander. Make of that what you will.
In the afternoon I got to do my phone session again, as stand-up. Went very well, I was determined to get someone on every seat watching me and by the end I kind of had.
For those of you who made it through to the end, especially the VB developer who went away with a copy of my book, thanks for being there, I'd have felt really silly if I'd just been presenting in front of nobody.
Next stop, Ask the Experts, starring me as an expert. How could that go wrong…..


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Amery Middle School
501 Minneapolis Ave SAmery, WI 54001
Zoe Thouin-Rochester
Bethany D, Matt Z, Stephanie C, Emma C, Kyle E, Taylor A
We wanted to discover how the type of food affected the mass per minute of a monarch butterfly. We wanted to discover this for two reasons. One, since many teachers and students rear monarchs in the classroom, it is helpful to know what the best type of food for a monarch in captivity is. Second, there is a difference of opinion among scientists as to what type of food is best for a monarch in captivity. Our results supported three of our hypotheses. Both of the energy drinks that we fed the monarchs (Gatorade and Endura) and 15% honey water cause the butterfly to gain the greatest mass per minute. Butterflies eating Endura gained an average mass of 45 mg/minute, while butterflies eating both Gatorade and 15% honey water gained an average mass of 44 mg/min. On the other hand, butterflies that were fed a 50% honey water solution gained an average mass of only 37 mg/min., and many of them died after approximately one week. Butterflies that were fed a 25% honey water solution gained an average mass of 42 mg/min. Some uncertainties we have about our results are that it was sometimes difficult to get an accurate measure of time for which each butterfly fed, because they would often raise and lower their proboscis into the food, making accurate timing difficult. There were a few butterflies that seemed to prefer 50% honey water, however, even when offered other types of food. We wonder if perhaps food preference and mass gained per minute varies from butterfly to butterfly rather than the type of food offered.
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Our #ChristmasCountdown has begun, and we're feeling especially festive this weekend! Get your holiday spirit flowing with this deliciously festive smoothie recipe!
Here's some nutritional information:
Spinach: is an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin A (in the form of carotenoids), manganese, folate, magnesium, iron, copper, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin E, calcium, potassium and vitamin C. It is a very good source of dietary fiber, phosphorus, vitamin B1, zinc, protein and choline.
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Rosé is one of the many reasons I look forward to warm weather. I'm glad to report that as a wine culture in this country we've gotten better in the last few years when it comes to embracing good, dry Rosé. Just about every wine making country has a Rosé tradition; this is particularly true in Europe. In Italy the tradition is Rosato and Napa Valley's Benessere Vineyards, whose focus is Italian varietals, makes their own Rosato which I'll look at today. The Benessere Vineyards 2010 Rosato was produced using Napa Valley fruit. This Rosé is composed of Zinfandel (49%), Sangiovese (41%) and Merlot (10%). Small amounts of the juice from each grape were bled off just prior to fermentation. This blend which becomes the Rosato was fermented in stainless steel tanks. Less than 300 cases were produced and it has a suggested retail price of $16.
The nose of this Rosé brings to mind a bowl of fresh ripe red fruits. Cherry and raspberry flavors lead the palate which also shows off a nice core of spices. Red raspberry and a bit of blackberry emerge on the finish which is crisp and clean. This Rosé is fruity with just a bit of perceived sweetness poking through. The Benessere Rosato has a bit more heft than the average Rosé and will stand up to more substantial foods quite nicely. That said it's perfectly delectable all by itself.
Benessere Vineyards makes Napa Valley wines that allow the Italian varietals they often work with to shine. Their portfolio is filled with wines which are elegant, balanced, food friendly and fairly priced. The 2010 Rosato is just one example of that. Check back soon for my look at their Zinfandels.


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An Exhibition That Might Exist, 2014; installation at Feldman Gallery at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, curated by Mack McFarland.
Combining my roles as an artist and critic, this installation explored the exhibition review as an art object. For each day of the show, I wrote a three-page review for an imagined exhibition as though it existed in the space of the Feldman Gallery. Every day, a new review was placed on the front of a two-sided reading desk, and the staff re-lit the gallery to match the "exhibition"—for example, if the review said "...the diptych on the west wall..." then two bright spotlights illuminated that space. Also each day, the previous day's review was moved to the back of the desk, accumulating there over the course of the exhibition. On the final day of the show, the review assessed the exhibition of the title—which is to say, it reviewed itself. Critic John Motley assessed this exhibition for The Oregonian, noting, "...the ease with which these shows materialize in our minds reveals viewers to be crucial conspirators in the creation of the work, ready and willing to believe in an abundance of words."


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Right now, I am...
:: congratulating my players, coach Papa, and myself too, on a successful baseball season free from broken hearts or broken bones. (Phew!)
:: feeling grateful to have our leisurely family dinners back without the rush of a game or practice to follow.
:: enjoying the season continuing in the backyard. (Baseball Season never really ends.)
:: loving all the activity the game cabinet is getting in this stretch of rainy afternoons we're having (Orchard, fittingly, seems to be the game of the season).
:: remembering that there are leftovers from last night's strawberry rhubarb crisp.
:: thinking that might be breakfast. There's oatmeal in the crisp, right?
:: wondering if there's still time to pick more strawberries.
:: hoping the extra grounding rods we put in this weekend keep those piggies in place.
:: anticipating the arrival of Ann Shayne's (of Mason-Dixon Knitting) new novel, Bowling Alley, as the fun summer read I've been looking for.
:: listening to the new Brandi Carlile album, Bear Creek, and really liking it a lot.
:: running out of fleece to spin!
:: casting on for Little Oak, from Coastal Knits.
:: watching Ezra out my window practicing his latest breakdance moves, white gloves, fresh mohawk and all.
:: drying out tents and sleeping bags over every chair in my kitchen, in anticipation of a little family adventure this week.
:: packing bug nets, swimsuits, and rain gear for seven. Oh my.
:: saying a little prayer that the rain holds off, the bugs are mild, and that the baby likes sleeping on the ground.
:: looking forward to being there...in all the silence, beauty, and connection to be found deep in the woods.
:: wishing you all a most lovely start to your week, whatever adventures it may hold for you!


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PRESS RELEASE — LAS VEGAS – June 8, 2016 – Today, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) unveiled the Edgeline EL1000 and Edgeline EL4000, the industry's first converged systems for the Internet of Things (IoT). These systems integrate data capture, control, compute and storage to deliver heavy-duty analytics and insights at the edge to enable real-time decision making. In addition, HPE announced enhanced IoT security capabilities, new services and an industry leading partner ecosystem to advance the adoption and impact of the Internet of Things.
With the proliferation of IoT devices, or "things" generating petabytes of data every day, organizations have an opportunity to quickly capture, process and analyze that data to enable real-time control and decision making. Oil and gas, manufacturing and telecommunications industries face specific IoT challenges – they need to harness data in remote environments, from windmills in the desert to smart energy grids and manufacturing plants, to drive timely business decisions. Until now, the remote data would have to be transported to a data center or cloud for analysis, which can be a slow, risky and inefficient process. HPE today introduced new IoT solutions that enable organizations to harness the power of their data by delivering real-time analytics and machine learning at the edge, where the "things" are.
"Organizations that take advantage of the vast amount of data and run deep analytics at the edge can become digital disrupters within their industries," said Dr. Tom Bradicich, vice president and general manager, Servers and IoT Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "HPE has built machine learning and real time analytics into its IoT platforms, and provides services that help customers understand how data can best be leveraged, enabling them to optimize maintenance management, improve operations efficiency and ultimately, drive significant cost savings." {ad}
HPE Edgeline IoT Systems: Deep Data Capture and Analytics at the Edge
HPE is unveiling the Edgeline EL1000 and Edgeline EL4000, the industry's first converged systems for the IoT, integrating compute, storage, data capture, control and enterprise-class systems and device management built to thrive in hardened environments and handle shock, vibration and extreme temperatures. The EL1000 and EL4000 are optimized to deliver heavy-duty data analytics and insights, graphically intense data visualization, and real time response at the edge.
In addition, HPE announced today that the HPE Vertica Analytics Platform runs on the Edgeline EL4000, delivering historical and predictive analytic insights from in-database machine learning algorithms across a broad range of IoT analytic use cases. Vertica on Edgeline brings applied machine learning to the edge to deliver closed-loop analytics that enable organizations to derive immediate insights from their IoT initiatives. In addition, to easily secure traffic back to the data center, the EL1000 and EL4000 support …
… Aruba's Virtual Intranet AccessTM (VIA) VPN client. Aruba's VIATM provides organizations an automated, zero-touch, secure VPN, and is available for both commercial and high-security government IoT applications.
Dynamic IoT Security
Securing enterprise networks for the onslaught of IoT devices is also a primary concern for IT professionals today. Networks need to automatically add, detect, profile and secure new and unknown IoT devices without manual intervention. With enhancements to Aruba ClearPass, IT can profile new IoT devices, enforce security policies, and exchange policy status with other security systems including mobile device management systems. ClearPass integrates with existing network infrastructures from any vendor enabling IT teams to easily automate and scale rather than become an inhibitor for new digital transformation initiatives.
IoT Expertise – Helping Customers Transform, Design and Run IoT
HPE also introduced the HPE IoT Transformation workshop (TW), an interactive HPE facilitated workshop that helps customers to define their IoT vision and strategy and gain business technology alignment. This structured discussion takes a fact-based, analytical approach to help customers achieve alignment on their vision, identify current and future states, and determine a set of specific transformational IoT projects. The IoT TW is the first step in a full suite of services designed to help customers successfully implement IoT solutions based on business needs and industry parameters. In addition, HPE's Analytic Consulting and Predictive Maintenance Services deliver advanced analytics to business processes to achieve objectives, reduce costs and improve efficiencies.
HPE is partnering with industrial IoT leaders like GE Digital, National Instruments and PTC as part of its go to market plan to deliver joint solutions to customers. These solutions address industrial use cases to combine the very best of Operational Technology (OT) and IT to support the aerospace, oil and gas, manufacturing, automotive and energy industries.
HPE also announced four IoT Innovation Labs and expertise across the globe. HPE and Intel® operate these labs to help customers envision how IoT can be applied in their industry, build and test IoT applications, and access technical expertise. In addition, partners and customers are able to engage, interact, assess and collaborate on solutions development and their applications. The labs are now open and located at HPE facilities in Houston, Texas, Grenoble, France, Bangalore, India and Singapore.
PRESS RELEASE — LAS VEGAS – June 8, 2016 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) and GE Digital (NYSE: GE) today announced a strategic agreement to unite cutting-edge Internet of Things (IoT) technologies from HPE with GE's industrial expertise and its Predix platform to bring digital know-how to the industry sector. Together, the two companies will enable industrial analytics from …
… the edge to the cloud. This alliance offers a combination of HPE's market leading hardware with GE's for industry, by industry software to deliver a new suite of solutions for customers seeking to transform their businesses with real-time analytics and insights.
As part of this agreement, HPE will be a preferred storage and server infrastructure provider for Predix cloud technologies. To enhance the service offering and accelerate time to market, HPE will provide support for the design, implementation and rollout of the Predix platform, through its services and infrastructure offerings. GE will also leverage HPE technology for much of its virtual infrastructure as well as some OEM offerings.
HPE will help power the Predix platform with its IoT-optimized hardware and software. GE's Predix platform will be a preferred software solution for HPE for industrial-related use cases and opportunities. Additionally, HPE plans to certify 100 developers on Predix globally. The two companies will jointly develop long-term partnerships to support the aerospace, oil and gas, manufacturing, automotive and energy industries.
"We are building an ecosystem with world-class partners who share our commitment to delivering better outcomes for our customers," said Denzil Samuels, Head of Global Channels and Alliances, GE Digital. "By combining HPE's key infrastructure capabilities with the Predix platform, we are enabling our customers with industrial analytics and the ability to leverage new insights that were not possible before."
"In order to fully take advantage of the Industrial IoT, customers need data-center-grade computing power, both at the edge – where the action is – and in the cloud," said Mark Potter, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Enterprise Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "With our advanced technologies, customers are able to access data center-level compute at every point in the Industrial IoT, delivering insight and control when and where needed."
Predix is GE's cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service for the Industrial Internet. Unlike other IoT and enterprise platforms available, the Predix platform is built exclusively for industry, providing GE and its partners with a platform designed to meet the unique strength, scale and security requirements of industrial data.
HPE provides an end-to-end Industrial IoT portfolio, supported by compute, networking, data analysis and security offerings and intended to simplify IoT solutions for customers. Together, these technologies will help HPE and GE industrial customers breakdown silos that once separated control systems and leverage next-generation sensors to distill insights and automate industrial environments.
"HPE is uniquely positioned to provide the necessary hardware, software and services to implement the advanced technology infrastructure required for GE's Predix," said Potter.
The market for Industrial IoT technologies is quickly expanding. IC Insights predicted Industrial IoT implementations would reach $12.4 billion in revenue in 2015, nearly doubling from $6.4 billion in 2012. The strategic partnership between HPE and GE furthers …
… their commitment to accelerate real-time decision making and machine learning for their customers.
HPE offers a complete IoT suite that includes HPE Edgeline servers, HPE Haven OnDemand, a powerful cloud-based platform comprising more than 60 advanced machine learning APIs and services, and the HPE Universal IoT Platform, which provides ubiquitous connectivity for maximum scalability, modularity and versatility.
PRESS RELEASE — LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Jun 7, 2016) – Today, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced new data storage solutions to help customers unlock the value of the all-flash datacenter. Updates to the HPE 3PAR StoreServ flash portfolio include the world's most capacity-dense all-flash system,1 persistent storage for containers, unified storage enhancements, and flash-integrated data protection.
Data is at the heart of digital disruption; the ability to accelerate how data is stored, analyzed and protected can be an advantage. This is why customers are moving to flash at record speeds and exploring software-defined storage options.
HPE's consistent strategy has been to simplify storage with systems optimized for all-flash, and software-defined storage deployed as a data fabric across form factors. Response has been positive, with HPE being the only major vendor to gain share in each of the last two years.2 In fact, in the most recent quarter HPE was the market share leader in total storage while both Dell and EMC continued to decline.3 The solutions announced today expand HPE's lead in the all-flash datacenter and assure customers a clear path to what's next.
"The era of the storage-only vendor is over and has been replaced by the era of the best-integrated IT stack," said Manish Goel, SVP and GM, Storage, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "Underpinned by flash and software-defined storage, HPE has the unique infrastructure and software innovation required to power hybrid IT across any form factor and consumption model."
Enabling a 16x boost in all-flash density to shrink datacenter costs
All-flash storage has enabled business transformation for a large number of customers and HPE's focus on speed, affordability and enterprise-class data services have led to rapid growth for the 3PAR family of all-flash arrays.
To extend this trajectory, HPE announced support for new 7.68 TB and 15.36 TB 3D NAND solid state drives (SSDs) across the 3PAR StoreServ family. With these drives, HPE 3PAR StoreServ is the most dense and scalable all-flash array in the industry, now supporting up to 24 petabytes of usable SSD capacity in a single system4 and 12x better density than EMC all-flash systems.5 Over the last 24 months, HPE 3PAR has delivered 16x flash density improvements and 40 percent lower dollar per usable gigabyte.6 New and existing customers can choose from …
… different SSD drive types and sizes to optimize deployment flexibility.
Support for these large capacity SSDs is enabled by two key technologies: 3PAR Adaptive Sparing, a patented 3PAR technology which assures that any SSDs, regardless of size, can be used without compromise and with 5x the media endurance.7 3PAR Express Layout is another enabler that provides concurrent access from the 3PAR storage controllers to the SSDs for higher throughput.
Cloud-native apps with tier-1 data availability via Docker integration
Container technology is a new approach to increase application development and deployment flexibility but as enterprise customers embrace DevOps methodologies it has become clear that highly available, persistent storage is a key requirement in production operations.
To meet these requirements, HPE already provides Docker-OpenStack drivers through collaboration with ClusterHQ as part of the official OpenStack release and now has released an official Docker-Integrated Volume Plugin for HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage. Integrated with Docker Engine, this driver adds the ability to provide persistent storage for containers and enables the use of flash-optimized HPE 3PAR StoreServ arrays as the underlying storage for virtualized or bare-metal container deployments using Docker. With this integration, containerized applications can take advantage of advanced data services data encryption, quality of service, snapshots, replication, and deduplication.
Enhanced unified data access and flash-optimized data protection
As flash expands across the datacenter, protecting and securing data at speeds not possible with traditional methods has become a critical requirement. HPE Recovery Manager Central (RMC) solves this by directly moving application snapshots from 3PAR flash to secondary protection storage up to 23x faster than traditional storage backup.8 This not only reduces risk, but applying HPE StoreOnce deduplication to the process reduces capacity requirements by 95 percent or more.9 Today, HPE expanded the HPE RMC application ecosystem to include Oracle Databases, SAP HANA, and 3PAR File Persona. These new applications join existing application-integrated protection for VMware, Microsoft SQL, and any Microsoft VSS-enabled application running as a virtual machine.
One of the industry's most established flash platforms, 3PAR has supported unified file, block, and object access for over 18 months and is now enriching these capabilities with security and archiving capabilities including:
HPE offers a comprehensive set of technology support and …
… consulting services to help customers navigate their data management and protection journeys. HPE announced from Technology Consulting a new TCO Analysis for all-flash storage quantifying hardware, software, and energy savings and benefits by adopting all-flash. Additional offerings also include HPE Flexible Capacity for instant on-demand resources at a cost per GB allocation and engaging with HPE's technology consulting team for transformation services that include current state advisory, design and integration, data migration and end-to-end protection services.
Pricing and Availability
7.68 TB SSDs available worldwide starting June 6, 2016, with a US street price starting from US$20,748.
15.36 TB SSDs will be orderable and shipping 2H 2016, with a US street price starting from US$40,000.
The Docker-Integrated Volume Plugin for HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage will be available in June from the HPE Storage GitHub page at https://github.com/hpe-storage/python-hpedockerplugin.
HPE Recovery Manager Central (RMC) with support for SAP HANA and 3PAR File Persona is currently available worldwide at no additional charge to customers who have an existing RMC license and a valid support contract. Licensing for new customers starts at $1000.
HPE Recovery Manager Central for Oracle (RMC-O) will be available in July for a list price starting at $2500. Customers with an existing 3PAR Recovery Manager for Oracle license and a valid support contract can upgrade at no additional charge.
HPE 3PAR File Persona enhancements will be available in 2H of 2016.
PRESS RELEASE — LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Jun 7, 2016) – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced OneView 3.0 to provide software-defined intelligence across HPE's family of infrastructure solutions, including HPE ProLiant, HPE BladeSystem, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Hyper Converged solutions, and HPE Synergy, the industry's first composable infrastructure.
Today, customers need to simplify day-to-day operations, deploy applications faster and enable IT to quickly take advantage of the latest tools, like Docker, SaltStack and Chef. HPE OneView delivers software-defined intelligence, workload template automation and open integration through a unified API so organizations can provision their infrastructure to improve efficiencies.
The latest enhancements to HPE OneView include:
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"Organizations need tools that enable them to simplify IT operations, respond to business demands at cloud speed and increase productivity, ultimately freeing up IT resources required to deliver new and innovative services to their customers," said Ric Lewis, senior vice president and general manager, Converged Datacenter Infrastructure at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "Our mission is to make IT simple for customers. Whether they are managing and maintaining infrastructure, running traditional applications or developing new revenue generating services on cloud native applications, HPE OneView is the infrastructure automation engine built to make that all possible."
Asante, a healthcare provider serving more than 580,000 people throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California, is using HPE OneView to help manage their growing infrastructure needs.
"HPE OneView is a really slick tool for managing configuration consistency and enforcing compliance across the enterprise," said Michael York, systems engineer Asante. "We needed a solution that would scale forward and run Epic across multiple data centers. As a small IT organization, we also wanted to move away from designing and developing the infrastructure ourselves to more of a converged infrastructure that's fully engineered and certified for Epic. HPE delivered on all counts, and more."
Additional HPE OneView 3.0 feature upgrades/news include:
PRESS RELEASE — LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Jun 7, 2016) – Today, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced a strategic alliance with Docker, Inc., the company behind the open platform that enables organizations to build, ship and run distributed applications on any infrastructure.
Through a joint worldwide enterprise alliance agreement covering sales, go-to-market, engineering, support, services and knowledge sharing, HPE and Docker are collaborating to help customers …
… transform and modernize their datacenters to benefit from a more agile development environment. At the heart of this alliance is HPE's Docker ready server program, unique to the server industry, which ensures HPE servers are bundled with Docker Engine and support. This enables customers to create distributed applications that are portable across any infrastructure. By combining the strength of the number one cloud infrastructure provider with the leader in containerization, HPE and Docker will deliver hybrid infrastructure solutions and an application portfolio ranging from legacy to microservices applications, fully supported by HPE.
"In order to survive and thrive in the idea economy, companies must transform the IT experience so that lines of business and developers can innovate faster, smarter and fearlessly," said Antonio Neri, executive vice president and general manager, Enterprise Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "Hewlett Packard Enterprise is innovating across its entire datacenter portfolio to help customers with that transformation. Together with Docker, we are making it easier for IT to deploy and manage containers, while giving organizations solutions that optimize their investments and power a new generation of applications that are the business."
"By 2018, more than 50 percent of new workloads will be deployed into containers in at least one stage of the application life cycle."1 The joint HPE and Docker solutions will help fuel this trend by delivering HPE's Composable Infrastructure combined with Docker's Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) approach to provide the kind of predictability and management enterprise IT expects. This will be accomplished by the creation of a bi-directional application lifecycle that fosters a shared partnership between developers and operations teams.
"The default availability of Docker's technology on every HPE server and HPE's hyper-converged platform enables enterprises to take advantage of the benefits of containerization while leveraging their investments in existing systems and process," said Ben Golub, CEO of Docker. "Having a strategic alliance that starts with Docker Engine but extends to include our commercial end-to-end platform, Docker Datacenter, provides HPE customers with a comprehensive solution that covers all of their requirements over time. Enterprises leveraging this joint solution can achieve immediate efficiencies while focusing on existing applications, which can include a 20X optimization on their infrastructure, while shipping their applications 13X faster."
As part of the strategic alliance, HPE and Docker will deliver unique, value-added, commercial solutions and services through all major HPE channels, including:
In addition, HPE and Docker are collaborating to introduce new HPE container-enabled technologies that are integrated and tested with Docker, including:
Finally, HPE is making investments to Docker-enable its cloud and software portfolio through the use of application programming interfaces (APIs), the Docker plugin framework and Docker Datacenter development licenses, including:
General availability of the Docker ready HPE Servers including HPE ProLiant, HPE Apollo and HPE Cloudline and Docker-integrated Converged and Composable HPE Systems are targeted for the fourth quarter of 2016. Docker-integrated solutions spanning HPE's storage, networking and software assets are available today.
1 Gartner: Containers Will Change Your Data Center Infrastructure and Operations Strategy, 28 March 2016
PRESS RELEASE — LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Jun 7, 2016) – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) introduced updates to its HPE Helion cloud portfolio today at HPE Discover, including:
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"No enterprise has a one size fits all approach to cloud — every customer wants solutions that help them drive their business faster and cut costs across their full spectrum of applications," said Bill Hilf, senior vice president and general manager, HPE Cloud. "Organizations require their own right mix of traditional IT, private, managed and public clouds and the flexibility to support applications spanning different technologies, architectures and delivery models. The HPE Helion portfolio gives customers a simple, powerful set of options, offering the breadth and coverage they need."
HPE Helion Cloud Suite: automate, orchestrate and transform cloud resources and applications across hybrid environments
The HPE Helion Cloud Suite brings together a full range of hybrid cloud capabilities into a single, simplified software offering. HPE Helion Cloud Suite includes full-stack automation to enable rapid delivery of IT services and applications, and provides a common simplified, self-service storefront for IT and developers. It also includes a complete development environment supporting DevOps processes for traditional and cloud-native applications.
The HPE Helion Cloud Suite combines a complete set of operations management capabilities, cloud orchestration, big data analytics and service based compliance, enabling enterprises to design, deliver and manage IT services across multi-vendor traditional IT, private, public and managed cloud environments.
HPE Helion Cloud Suite also ships with HPE Helion Stackato and HPE Helion OpenStack 3.0, which features improved configurability and tighter controls to help enterprises maximize their operational efficiency, without vendor lock-in.
HPE Helion CloudSystem 10: an integrated solution for hybrid infrastructure management in a multi-cloud environment
HPE Helion CloudSystem 10 is the foundational building block for both private and hybrid clouds. It is an engineered hardware and software solution that delivers hosting, automation and orchestration of traditional and cloud-native workloads. This pre-integrated solution brings together HPE …
… market leading innovations in hardware, storage, networking, software and services into one package.
HPE Helion CloudSystem 10 is fully-integrated with HPE OneView 3.0, HPE's infrastructure management software, providing the ability to discover, manage and dynamically designate cloud resource tiers by leveraging the underlying hardware characteristics. This enables efficient utilization of infrastructure by empowering developers and other cloud consumers to target the right infrastructure for the right workloads. Cloud operators can also provision physical servers or virtual clusters as resources directly from the HPE Helion CloudSystem management console.
HPE Helion CloudSystem 10 is a comprehensive solution that also includes HPE Helion OpenStack 3.0, HPE Cloud Service Automation 4.6, as well as HPE Helion Stackato 4.0 to provide a full infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and PaaS capabilities.
HPE Helion Stackato 4.0: simplify development and deployment of cloud native applications
HPE Helion Stackato 4.0 is an open multi-cloud PaaS solution for building cloud native applications that integrate across traditional and new environments. Designed for customers who are transforming and optimizing their applications for the cloud, HPE Helion Stackato 4.0 provides developers with a solution that is built on Helion Cloud Foundry®, a certified Cloud Foundry core, offering continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflow and extensibility to new and existing application services.
With HPE Helion Stackato 4.0, developers can use any technology stack to build applications that are resilient, scalable and easily deployable. For operators HPE Helion Stackato 4.0 offers centralized monitoring, logging and a multi-cloud control plane.
HPE Cloudline 3100 Server: exceed performance and economic requirements of hyper scale cloud service providers
In the highly competitive world of service providers, performance and economics are the keys to success.
To help cloud service providers' address these challenges, HPE introduced the CL3100, an extension of the HPE Cloudline storage server portfolio. The CL3100 meets cloud service providers' dense storage requirements for Hadoop/Cassandra/compute workloads. The CL3100 (1U) storage server is 75 percent smaller than the CL5200 storage server (4U), requiring a smaller footprint.
New HPE Technology Services: advise, transform and manage cloud investments
HPE Technology Services introduced new offerings for IT transformation and workload migration, including:
In addition, HPE introduced enhancements to HPE Helion Managed Cloud and HPE Cloud Services Broker services to help enterprises improve control over their hybrid infrastructure. For more information see the news advisory.
The HPE Helion Cloud Suite, HPE Helion CloudSystem 10, HPE Helion Stackato 4.0, HPE Helion Cloudline 3100 are targeted for availability in the second half of 2016. HPE Financial Services will expand their portfolio of IT consumption solutions for cloud, including HPE Helion CloudSystem Financing, to help enterprises invest in their right mix of cloud quickly and easily.
About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry leading technology company that enables customers to go further, faster. With the industry's most comprehensive portfolio, spanning the cloud to the data center to workplace applications, our technology and services help customers around the world make IT more efficient, more productive and more secure.
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Notes From Capcom 2010 and Beyond! at Comic-Con; "Oft-Requested" Mega Man Game Confirmed/
While we're not at Comic-Con, we are closely following all the details from their event, with Mega Man Universe info and perhaps some other surprises, too. Stay tuned as we'll update this post with any Mega Man-related info until the event is over. - It appears that the game won't be out for a while yet. "Please support us as we provide more information later," they say.
- And now, they go into Mega Man's history.
- Inafune goes into the character's "true name" of Rockman, and how he found "Mega Man" to be goofy. Nor was he fond of the "old man" look given to the character on the American box art.
- "I know from personal experience, that more people come up to me and tell me how much of a Mega Man fan they are. This happens more in America than in Japan (guessing that's more accurate than "in a fan" --ed.). The funny thing is is that they all introduce themselves as '#1 Mega Man" fan. So let's settle this. Who in this room is the #1 fan?"
- "Ok, lets meet at the Capcom booth and you guys will have to fight for the crown. I'm kidding, please don't punch each other. Ok, let's talk Mega Man Universe what a lot of you came for. As a lot of you know there is a trailer and is designed to be mysterious, in that it doesn't show what the game is about."
- He notes that the trailer we'd seen for Mega Man Universe previously came from the idea of what Mega Man is, and what it means to different people," whether they began with Mega Man 2 or Mega Man X. "Everyone has a unique idea of what Mega Man is."
- Inafune hopes that allowing everyone to play as their ideal version of Mega Man or heroes from outside the Mega Man franchise will encourage players' creativity, with Universe uniting "Mega Man fans from around the planet to play together in one place."
- "I can't go into detail, but you might have an idea of what I'm talking about. And for those who haven't seen the trailer, we're going to show that right now." 1UP's Mike Nelson notes that the props from said trailer are at Capcom's booth.
- Inafune asks what they thought of the trailer, and is met with applause. He says they'll have the game playable as soon as possible, and more info in the near future. He expresses remorse for people coming, but says he'll "let you in on stuff that the press doesn't even know." At least we're all in the same boat.
- While MMU is something he's always wanted to make, Inafune says that's not the only Mega Man project in store for this year. "You haven't heard the last of the Mega Man announcements out there," he said, adding that fans should expect confirmation of an "oft-requested thing that you guys want."
- Crowd starts shouting titles, including "Mega Man Legends 3." To that, Inafune simply responds with a smile and a "thank you."
- Producer Akiko Ito finished things up by confirming that the game would be available on the PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade services.
- And that's it for the panel. Clearly, this not only met the hype, but exceeded it in every imaginable way.
- That is, of course, sarcasm. However, the event isn't a total wash, apparently: there is another Capcom panel on Saturday at 12pm PST where everyone is told "a big announcement will be made."
- Do we dare to hope?
Well that wraps it up. Kind of disappointing, really, that the announcement turned out to be nothing more than an even bigger tease. Capcom ought to know by now that Mega Man fans don't need teases to get hyped up!
Big thanks go out to 1UP, who had a man on the site where we could not be, and to Kotaku for their more detailed report.


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Harrogate At Home in Wetherby!
This was an extraordinary game in a number of ways. Semi final of the Yorkshire Cup, it was officially a home game for Harrogate. However, as their old ground has finally been departed and no longer available, the new ground not quite ready (although it looks very smart, at Rudding Park; I passed it on the way), the game was played at the home of Wetherby Rugby Club. For me it was a second trip to Wetherby in the space of a week. Very friendly and helpful welcome from the Wetherby staff at the gate and the groundsman, a former player with both Wetherby and Ilkley. Their description of the currently successful Wetherby side has made me think very seriously about going to see their last home game of the season next weekend.
It was a warm, bright Spring day. The last time I took photographs of Harrogate was their game at Otley. One of my favourite games of the season photographically, freezing cold and incredibly muddy, the conditions couldn't have been more different to today. Sadly for Wheatley Hills, Harrogate were too strong, steadily amassing points throughout the game, finally reaching a total of 52 without reply.
Love the expression on the young player's face, top pic above. You can tell he's realised that he's going to score a try, maybe even his first for the senior side (quick update: now confirmed this is so - his name is Harry Barnard). He got another shortly after. On the second shot, the experts say with sports photos you should get tight in on the action. Certainly with many of ickledot's rugby pictures, the background is either empty or plain, the main interest being in the foreground. However, in this case the surroundings looked so beautiful; the rolling hillsides bathed in spring sunshine, sheep grazing peacefully, it seemed a shame not to make it part of a shot. Two blokes in a field doesn't look so bad!
The third one below is quite surreal; the passer completely off the ground, the chaos of the game, with the girl in the background serenely sitting cross-legged on a mound, listening to her music!
You can see more regular pictures of the game here. Further update: You can now read a proper match report from a Harrogate perspective, featuring ickledot's pictures! Have a great week.


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Kendall Jenner posted this photo of her faux-snow covered Christmas tree against a newly painted pink wall recently, but there was more to it than meets the eye.
More than just a feminine fancy, there was a story behind why the 21-year-old model chose this specific shade of pink to paint the living room walls of her $6.5 million Los Angeles home.
In a post titled "The story behind my pink wall", Kendall explained she had dinner with friends after going to the 'Human Condition' exhibition in a former LA hospital.
"They were telling me there's a pink room at the exhibit that had an explanation of the colour choice: Baker-Miller Pink is the only colour scientifically proven to calm you AND suppress your appetite. I was like, "I NEED this colour in my house!" I then found someone to paint the room and now I'm loving it!" she says.
It's not quite that simple, unfortunately for all our new years healthy eating resolutions, however. As People reports, the research isn't quite as definitive as Kendall suggests. Though in the 1960s, scientist Alexander Schauss at the American Institute for Biosocial Research in Tacoma, Washington, tested the colour that was originally known as Drunk Tank Pink in two separate correctional facilities to see if it would calm prisoners. However, he got conflicting results. In the 1980s, Johns Hopkins researchers found the colour may work as an appetite suppressant.
Kendall has previously said on her blog that she's eager to get started with the interior decorating in her new home. "I'm SO excited to be in my new house. I just feel so incredibly blessed! … I have SO much to do, you don't realise all of the little things when you come from a smaller space—like guest bathrooms!" she wrote.
"I had completely grown out of my condo and nothing fit anymore. I was there for two years and it was just time. I wanted to entertain properly; I wanted to go outside; I really wanted a pool."
While there are plenty more design decisions to come, for now, she's tracked down the perfect pink shade, and the rest is bright blush history.


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"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:45
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Published at Saturday, 04 May 2019. Worksheet. By Damien Cohen.
Sentence Analogies, Below you will find our full list of printable analogies worksheets in which the student must choose the sentence that makes sense. They are a good way to introduce beginners to common analogies bridges. Each worksheet has 10 questions and three answer choices. to be used by teachers at home or in school. Just click on a link to open a printable PDF version of the desired worksheet. We hope you find them useful. Read Theory Word Pair Analogies, This unit contains classic analogies worksheets in which students must choose the pair of words that best express a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. Note that low beginning analogies have been created so that one word is static. This is not true for all other levels as both words are dynamic in them. Oh hey, and don't forget: the following are samples taken from our sister site, Read Theory. This is a powerful educational tool created to improve reading comprehension for all ages and ability levels. On this website, students can take quizzes, earn achievements, track their progress, and more. And better still, we've implemented a teacher login where teachers can monitor students progress using powerful statistical analysis. Click on the banner to sign up to receive our newsletter.
The theme is what the story is about. A theme sometimes conveys a moral. If you have read the Aesop's Fables you should know what I mean. All of those stories have a message. Some stories are written just for the purpose of conveying a message. The message could be any of the following: The victory of virtue over vice. Sportsman spirit: It is not about winning; it is about how you play the game. The righteous may have to face huge hardships. Honesty is the best policy. You don't really have to state the message at the end of the story. As the story develops and ends the reader should be able to comprehend the message. Every story requires a plot. Actually, the story develops from the plot. You can indicate the plot in the opening lines and then develop it gradually. As the plot unfolds characters will appear on the scene and start interacting with one another. Complications and conflicts, These are an integral part of the plot. Complications and conflicts don't have to be really complicated. Minor complications will do just fine – it depends upon the plot. Think about events that lead to the conflict. What are the problems that the characters encounter? You can develop complications and conflicts out of the interactions of the characters. Sometimes, destiny can play a role in making your characters' life complicated.
Why I occasionally* pull out a worksheet: By occasionally, I mean less than once a month with my preschoolers at home. In the classroom, when I taught first grade and above, we used a couple of worksheets each day — but if I didn't need sleep, I would have replaced even those with more thoughtful activities. Sometimes, a worksheet is all that will do. When my kids have created letters in a variety of hands-on ways, it's time to practice writing them. You need a handwriting worksheet for that. When kids have explored math concepts in hands-on ways, a worksheet may be helpful for additional practice. In my opinion, an occasional worksheet doesn't hurt. Many educators would disagree with me on this one, and I respect their opinion. But I think that when worksheets are the exception, rather than the rule, of what we give our kids (even preschoolers), it's okay. I do think that we should never force young children to do worksheets. If your preschooler is not interested in (or even resists) a worksheet, Put. It. Away. You may also find that your preschooler is excited about a worksheet but wants to stop after a few problems. Let him!
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I am so excited to announce that the Jesus Tent will be going to Massachusetts October 8-12! After an explosive year of setting the tent up on 312 Azusa Street in Los Angels, CA (Azusa Now) and then to Dunn, NC (Azusa East) we are now turning our sights to the northern regions of the east coast. A major door has opened for us in New England on the historic Northfield Campus. This school was first founded by the famed revivalists D.L. Moody and is widely known for its epic revival meetings.
We feel the Lord is in the midst of breaking-open this well once again! We sense the Lord is calling the Carolinas to align and strengthen the worship & prayer movement that is going on in this portion of America. It's a Psalm 107 type moment where the South and the North are pregnant with a redemptive storyline that God's wants to birth. His heart burns to bring the North and South together! These two regions, which have been separated by slavery, the civil war and cultural divides, are beginning to awaken! Something is going on. Join us as we labor to build day & night prayer for 5 days under the tent and see King Jesus rip-open this deep well of Global Missions!
Mission: To unite the Carolinas and New England through 5 days of (24/7) unending prayer, worship and devotion unto Jesus and one another. We also desire to build an infrastructure of friendships and family based relationships that will be able to connect what God is doing for the entire east coast.
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Brief History of D.L. Moody and Northfield Campus
The Birthplace of the Student Missions Movement (Mt. Herman 100)
In the mid 1800s the college campuses of America began to ache for global evangelization. Sensing this cry among college students, D. L. Moody, the famed evangelist, decided to hold a student gathering in Mt. Herman, Massachusetts, during the summer of 1886. College students showed up from all over.
The highlight of the conference came when Robert Wilder called a meeting for all those interested in foreign missions. Gripped to see a global missions movement, a hundred students rushed to the front and pledged themselves to become missionaries. The group became known as the Mt. Herman 100.
Wilder spent the next year circuit-riding 167 college campuses sharing the story of what happened in Mt. Herman, Massachusetts. Students volunteered by the thousands. Within just two years five thousand students had answered the call "for global evangelization in one generation."
The mantle of D. L. Moody had exploded over these students. The mission fields of the world were suddenly blitzed with young burning kids who preached the simple gospel with power.
As the movement continued to spread among campuses, it became known as the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions (SVM). Some believe the Student Volunteer Movement was one of the greatest mobilization movements in history.
Remarkably, Massachusetts and the New England region birthed this incredible movement that converted entire nations to the gospel. Who knows just how many people groups throughout the world have been won to Jesus through these campus missionaries?


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West Rutland- Lessons from Another Safety Day
My son Austen and I had the pleasure of heading down to West Rutland over the weekend to participate in a Safety Day down there. It was typical of most of these safety days, with helmet giveaways, smoothie bikes, fire trucks, etc. The event organizer provided me with some coupons for free sandwiches to hand out as prizes, lots of kids showed up to race, and a good time was had by all.
Here were some other interesting things I observed:
- The laptop screen was a little more visible inside of the back of my Jeep, but I still really need a brighter screen.
- Bike fit was good, but everybody figures out that the black bike is faster. I can't wait to get my hands on a matched set of kid's bikes!
- As the guy who showed up with a floor pump, I must have pumped up a dozen tires for kids who showed up with their bikes. These safety days, when they happen in the springtime, are a great opportunity to help kids get their bikes in shape for the season.
- Most of the kids showed up on entry-level, BMX-style bikes from department stores. These bikes are OK, but the ones I saw came with caliper or V-Brakes and "Gyro" anti-tangle devices. 90% of the kids who showed up with these had completely inoperable brakes. The BMX gyro introduces like five points of failure into the braking system.
- A HUGE addition to these safety days would be to get a local shop to come down with some cables and housing, lube, and other basic maintenance stuff. In addition to flat tires and bad brakes, I saw quite a few broken spokes.
- Any of the brake problems I saw could have been fixed by doing full housing runs around the gyros. None of the kids needed to be able to do bar spins!
All in all, it was a fun morning, beautiful weather, smiling kids and happy police, fire, rescue, and education professionals. I love doing these events, and hope at some point I can subsidize my participation in them by making a little money on the private side. That's secondary, though. Kids got helmets, kids had fun, and that's all that really matters in the end.


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Iseria Queen is the final boss of a secret dungeon called the "Seraphic Gate" and is encountered on the fourth and final floor. When you reach Iseria, you see that she is an angelic being emitting a red aura with three pairs of wings. Hench the name "Serpahic" Gate, "A celestial being having three pairs of wings". Iseria's appearance can be described as a woman with long blond hair an a halo above her head, she is wearing a flowing black dress and holds a crescent moon staff in her right hand.
Before the battle starts, Iseria states that she is surprised that the person who brought down Gabriel Celesta has come to her, but is eager to take Lenneth on. And, with that, the battle will start. Keep in mind that Iseria Queen is much stronger then Gabriel Celesta, just about every attack she does will kill at least one of your party members. In order to win this battle you will need items like "Angel Curio" and skills like "Guts" and "Auto item" are a must. So keep this in mind when forming your battle plan.
To best Iseria, you will need to keep attacking and not even waste turns trying to heal your party, just quickly revive anyone who is killed. Once Iseria's life is down to about 50% she will transform, and a woman, similar to the one from Indalecio's Star Ocean: The Second Story transformation will appear. Iseria will now yells out: "Now I shall end this!" and performs "Empress Massacre". This attack will top well over 400,000 points of damage to any one of your party members. It must also be noted that every five turns from the start of the battle, to its end, Iseria will be using a spell called "Cosmic Spear". This attack will do around 100,000 damage to every member of your party. Seeing as max Divine Materialize Energy is 90,000, your party will die. That is. however, unless "Angel Curio" or "Guts" activates. Equipping the Sylphan Robe to your mage will negate this attack to around 20,000, allowing for survivability. Keep the presure up and you will earn your reward.
After the battle Iseria's final words are: "What do you desire after you reach the ultimate rank? Heh, it's none of my business. I'm sure... you will... be able to...". You now receive the Tri-Emblem accessory, the item has the logo of tri-Ace, creators of the Valkyrie Profile. If you choose to beat Iseria Queen again, you will receive a new "Books of Riddles" each time. On the 10th time, you will earn an "Angel Slayer", the best sword in the game.


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While discussing a painting of mine with a friend who brought up this delicate topic of 'depth and perspective in art' ('delicate' when out having a beer); I was compelled to do a little research online. I ended up with something that had a mix of theatre, ancient Roman paintngs, optics and Classical Art!
The Skenographia Project: Investigating Roman Wall Paintings through Digital Visualisation
Skenographia was, in Greece and Rome, the art of scene painting used both in the theatre and in domestic and public buildings.
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1. the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
2. scene painting (used esp. with reference to ancient Greece).
More on Skenographia (from University of North Carolina Press - pages 7 to 12):
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Acrylic Saturday
(photographed while displayed on the wall)
On a beautiful summer Saturday in April, Jose, together with 15 children set about creating a 'backdrop' for a summer camp for children and young adults.
At about 10:30 in the morning, the team set out to paint this picture on a Canvas 9 x 7 feet using Acrylic paints. It was 'All in a Day's Work".
The Canvas cloth was spread over the TT table and the team painted by standing on either side of the length of the table :)
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Rybka Aquarium: Using IDeA in correspondence chess 13 January 2011
I recently completed an informal experiment that lasted eleven months. During that time I participated in three correspondence chess tournaments. My goal was to evaluate IDeA as an analysis tool for correspondence play and see how it performed in a variety of positions that arise in real games, especially middlegame and endgame positions. I made limited use of various resources normally used by correspondence players, since I wanted the results to depend as much as possible on IDeA itself. Those self-imposed restrictions affected the results, but I think they made the experiment more interesting for users who are considering IDeA for correspondence chess analysis.
My main computer for the analysis was an X5355 @2.66Hz (8 cores). This four-year old processor still turns in a respectable performance, although recent processors are much faster.
Sometimes I also had access to six more cores over an Internet connection, but some of those were running 32-bit software and were quite slow. On a few occasions I used up to six additional cores in one of the tournaments.
I did not study my opponents' games or openings before playing them. In this experiment I had no interest in scoring points by playing on a weakness in my opponent's opening repertoire.
If you play correspondence chess, you should of course study your opponents' games and use all the resources that are allowed in the tournaments in which you participate.
I didn't do any opening preparation before the games. Instead, I played moves straight out of publicly available opening books, usually Jiri Dufek's excellent Rybka 4 Aquarium book, but also other openings. Sometimes I used the Opening Tree at chessok.com. In several games I played "harmless," simple openings, such as the Giuoco Piano, which I played in three games. There is little need for an opening book when playing such openings and I often made the moves without checking the books.
When using an opening book, I usually followed the recommended lines more or less blindly. I didn't do any type of analysis until late in the opening or when entering rare variations.
You won't find any groundbreaking opening novelties using this method. The only advantage was that I could blitz through the opening and speed up the game a little. I was perfectly happy with an approximately even position out of the opening, even when playing the white side.
Naturally, I do not recommend such a reckless approach to opening play. You risk ending up in an inferior position or a positions where you have to work very hard to create winning chances, if
possible. Of all the self-imposed restrictions, this was the only one that had outcome-changing impact.
I used Rybka 4 (single core) with 256MB-512MB hash size for the IDeA analysis, running one instance on each available core. Besides Rybka 4, I used a few commercial chess engines, plus Komodo and Stockfish (all running as single core engines; 256MB hash) for infinite analysis. All the analysis was done using single-core engines (mostly multiprocessor engines limited to one core).
Analysis Method
I used IDeA as my analysis tool in all the games, with the advantage of having access to Aquarium 4.0.6 beta. In essence, I was using the IDeA analysis methods that I have described in my previous ChessOK Cafe columns, with emphasis on interactive analysis. I moved the root node around as the analysis evolved or if I wanted to check out my own ideas. I added alternatives and extended lines that I found interesting and I used move coloring to exclude moves from analysis or to focus the analysis on selected moves.
Infinite analysis is a crucial component of the IDeA analyst's toolbox. However, in this experiment I made minimal use of infinite analysis. I used it mostly for generating alternatives for IDeA in certain positions. I used eight different engines for more variety in move choices and I also ran Rybka 4 in multi-variation mode in order to generate more alternatives. I added the results to the notation and then I sent the variations to the IDeA project. The maximum length of the infinite analysis sessions was around thirty minutes. Sometimes I ran infinite analysis daily, but at other times I didn't touch it for a week or more. In completely won positions I often stopped using IDeA and switched to infinite analysis as a quick check before making my move.
The purpose of limiting infinite analysis to short sessions with single-core engines was to put the responsibility of finding deep, hard-to-find moves on my IDeA analysis. I was very interested to see if this would cause me to miss some hidden tactics.
Since I wasn't using any secret IDeA analysis methods there isn't much more to say here. I have described all the methods I used in previous ChessOK Cafe columns.
Rate of Play
In the first tournament, the players had forty days at the beginning of a game and forty more days after every ten moves. The two other tournaments were faster: ten days, plus one day/move (no leaves allowed). I switched to faster tournaments because the experiment would have taken too long. I got email notifications when my opponents moved (not including the move itself) and my clock started running when I logged into the server to check the move (or twenty-four hours after a move was made).
Time Usage
I used very little time for the games, compared to my opponents. One reason was that I wanted to finish each tournament as quickly as possible, so I could start the next one. Another reason was that I often had an answer to my opponent's move in the IDeA tree and didn't need much additional time for analysis. I also used conditional moves that were played automatically if my opponent made the expected moves.
Conditional moves can be a little dangerous and you can easily make mistakes if you are not careful. Therefore, I was taking a slight chance by using them extensively, but I managed to avoid mistakes, so in the end they saved me some time.
Sometimes moves were exchanged very quickly and I had sessions that were more like freestyle chess than correspondence chess.
On the average, my opponents used around thirty-seven days of their reflection time for each of their games. My total time usage for all eighteen games was less.
I won sixteen games and drew two (+16 =2 -0), scoring 17/18 or 94.4%. The average rating of my opponents was 1943 (tournament entry rating). My (Elo) rating performance was 2386.
In the last tournament, I played four players rated over 2100 with an average rating of 2151 and scored 3?/4. That's a small number of games, but for comparison the performance rating against them was 2486.
I have little information about the rating level on the server where I played. I did a quick check on a few established, 2400+ players who also played on ICCF. It indicated that their rating was similar on both servers (I only compared a few players, so this may be inaccurate).
I was surprised by how strong some of the lower-rated players were compared to the higher-rated players. One reason is probably that they are underrated because of a low initial rating and the slow climb up the rating ladder. Perhaps the use of chess engines also plays a role here: players can upgrade their hardware, etc.
Looking back, one thing that stands out is the emphasis I put on avoiding draws. I always tried to find ways to keep the game going, even when the position out of the opening wasn't particularly promising. I feel that IDeA is very useful for this purpose. This strategy paid off well; however, my primitive method of playing the opening worked against it.
The main problem with the method I used for choosing opening moves is that it sometimes leads to completely even positions where it's impossible to create winning chances. My two draws were a direct result of that. As an example, I chose a (formerly?) popular variation in engine games leading to the following position
In other cases I came out of the opening in completely even positions, which required plenty of patience (and a bit of luck) to maneuver into something more promising
Since I wanted to win as many games as possible, I sometimes avoided the "best" move if I felt it would lead to increased drawing chances for my opponent. Here is one example where I had a difficult decision to make as black
I found that IDeA is often good at distinguishing between drawing lines and winning/losing lines. Here is one such position. It comes from a variation that could have occurred in one of my games
It is White's move and according to IDeA he has only one move that allows him to draw. Which move is that and (more importantly!) why does it draw? The IDeA analysis tree for this position looks like this
What if?
I am sure that many readers will have questions after reading this column. I have anticipated some of these; however, nothing can be stated definitively, so take my answers with a grain of salt.
If I had half the number of cores, I would have needed twice as much time to do the same analysis. Since I had so much reflection time accumulated in all my games this would probably not have been a problem. It would simply have taken me longer to complete the games. Further reduction in the number of cores would have affected my play in the end. The effect of having fewer cores is similar to what happens if you have more active games. Up to a point it has little effect, but beyond it the analysis will start to suffer.
In my case, the two draws were unavoidable given how I played the opening. Simply adding more cores would not have changed the outcome of those games. In general, IDeA improves with more powerful hardware, as you can either analyze more positions or analyze each position to a deeper extent in the same amount of time.
I believe that my performance rating might have improved somewhat if I had played higher-rated opponents. However, at some point the improvement would stop and further increase in the rating of my opponents would not have much effect. This could have happened even after a modest increase in my opponent's rating, but it's impossible to say without actually playing more games against stronger opponents.
Although none of my opponents was rated over 2200, the results indicate that IDeA could be used successfully against higher-rated players. At this time I am not sure if I will continue my correspondence chess "career," but if I do, I will start meeting players rated above 2200. There are still many interesting questions that I want answered regarding the use of IDeA in correspondence chess against strong players. One thing is certain, though – it will be a relief to be able to play at full strength without any self-imposed restrictions.
As a byproduct of having used IDeA instead of only infinite analysis in these tournaments, I now have extensive analysis on several openings (mostly late opening stages). One of the advantages of IDeA is that all this analysis is conveniently stored and I can continue the analysis where I left off.
I am aware that many correspondence players are using IDeA, but there is little information available about their analysis methods and results. I hope this column will encourage more players to give it a try, although I recommend a gradual transition from older analysis methods
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Brabec's team on Kawasaki breaks Honda's 17-year win streak for overall motorcycle crown. In the motorcycle competition, the storyline was the same as it has been for a decade and a half, who will beat Honda. A different ending was revealed this year. After a close battle nearly the entire length of the peninsula, emerging with the overall motorcycle victory was the THR Motorsports team of Ricky Brabec, Oak Hills, Calif./Robby Bell, Glendora, Calif./Steve Hengeveld, Flagstaff, Ariz./Max Eddy Jr, Barstow, Calif. Bell and Hengeveld are both veteran champion SCORE Baja racers riding previously for Honda. The Brabec team rode the No. 4x Kawasaki KX450F to dethrone Honda for the preeminent position in SCORE Baja motorcycle racing, finishing in a time of 24:24:01 with an average speed of 52.36mph.
The Honda No. 1x team this year was Colton Udall, Oceanside, Calif./Mark Samuels, Yucca Valley, Calif./Ian Young, San Clemente, Calif., nearly 27 minutes behind the winners in a time of 25:0:59 at an average speed of 51.67mph) on their No. 1x Honda CRF450X.
Colton and Samuels were part of the championship teams of the last two years. This year, Udall/Samuels were joined by Udall's brother Young.
Winning its 10th overall title in the SCORE Baja 1000 and first since 1996, Kawasaki broke the lengthy streak by Honda who leads with 24 overall victories in the race including 17 straight years of race championship teams until this year.
For the THR Motorsports team, this was Brabec and Eddy Jr's first overall win in this race, the third for Bell and eighth overall win and 11th class win in the SCORE Baja 1000 for the veteran Hengeveld.
Team two teams entered the race in a tie for season points with two race wins each.
In their winning march to the race triumph, Kawasaki's Bell started the race, rode twice, Brabec rode three sections, Eddy drove one and Hengeveld rode the night section from approximately race mile 965 in Loreto to the finish, nearly 310 miles.
Brabec said at the finish line, "We finally ended Honda's streak and it feels good. It didn't come easy because we were behind all day. We had problems all day long with tires and lights. Max Eddy had a wheel blow out on him at about race mile 680 and later had to change a tire out there. When I got on the bike the lights went out so I had to pull the radio out of my bag and get a hold of my chase crew. I got the new set of lights it all started coming together. Honda can be beat and we did it today."
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A's Best Books of 2013
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente. This book hit so many of my awesome book buttons it's not even funny. I enjoyed it SO MUCH that I didn't even write a review of it for the blog because I couldn't properly organize my thoughts about it to say anything beyond OH MAH GOD SO GOOD. I've been describing it to people by saying it's what might result if The Phantom Tollbooth and Abarat had a baby, with something else magical added to the mix. It's got whimsy, it's got cleverness, it's got intelligence, it's got a solid foundation in folklore and the storytelling tradition, it's got FEELS…and it's got one of the most suckerpunch final paragraphs I've ever read. If you haven't read this book, go do it now. Catherynne Valente is good stuff.
- Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein. Speaking of suckerpunches…this is the book that made me cry for the last 50 pages. Which might not sound like fun, but it was. It's a sad book about friends involved in the British war effort of World War II, but it's not Jodi-Picoult-weepy by any means. It's the kind of book that makes you feel fuller and better after having read it. It's twisty and turny and a wonderful book about friendship. I can't wait to read the companion novel, Rose Under Fire, which just came out this year. Elizabeth Wein—good stuff again. (Full review here.)
- A Conspiracy of Kings, by Megan Whalen Turner. Oh MWT, you have been on my list of favorite authors for even longer than Holly Black. How I wish I could visit the Ancient Mediterranean/Byzantine-inspired world of your books and hang out in the courts of Attolia, the forests of Eddis, and the…well, I can't think of anything in particular to recommend Sounis, other than Sophos. Sophos was sweet and adorable in The Thief, and I am so, so glad he got his own book. He grows up as the world around him is facing tumultuous times, and he learns to take his place in that world and help change and guide it through what is coming. People love Gen, and I most certainly do, but I love Sophos, too. I felt such a sense of joy upon finishing this book that I'm not sure I've felt after reading all that many others, and I can't wait for the next one. If you haven't tried this series, you don't know what you're missing. Get on it.
- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, by Holly Black. Megan Whalen Turner, and now Holly Black! So many of my long-standing favorite authors provided some of my best reads this year. This compulsively readable, edgy vampire tale was a great standalone, and I wouldn't say no to any sequels if they were to come along. I don't know what the magic is in Holly Black's writing, but she enchants everything she touches, and I can't wait to read what she does next. (Full review here.)
- Old Man's War, by John Scalzi. When people talk about their favorite sci-fi books, John Scalzi's name usually comes up. His books had always been on my mental longlist of things to read someday, but seeing him at Phoenix Comicon in the spring spurred me to bump his debut novel up the list. I'd not have predicted that military sci-fi would be my thing, but while there were certainly moments of squeamishness for me, the book was funny, intelligent, and a pleasure to read. It was the sort of book where I'd put it down to eat a meal, and then after eating, think, okay, maybe a couple more pages… and before I knew it the book was over. I still haven't gotten to the sequels, but I definitely have them on my list to pick up in 2014. (Full review here.)
- Paper Towns, by John Green. I guess there's not really much for me to say about John Green that hasn't been said before, eh? His books tap into what it feels like to be a young adult, but you don't have to be a young adult to understand and appreciate the stories he tells and the characters he creates. In my opinion at least, they have an undeniable realness to them that can't help but engender empathy in the reader. Paper Towns is witty, thoughtful, and compelling. The question of what happened to Margo kept me tearing through the pages until there was no more to read.
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by Unknown. I listened to the audiobook of Simon Armitage's translation of this classic, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. This is a poem that is meant to be heard, and the translator's foreword helped me appreciate aspects of the text I might have missed otherwise, such as the purpose of the alliteration and the bob-and-wheel pattern. All poetry geeking aside, though, I think anyone can appreciate the rhythm, flow, and legendary quality of this poem. Check your library's digital collection for the audio version, and then read it, too! (Full review here.)
- Six-Gun Snow White, by Catherynne M. Valente. Hey look, it's Catherynne Valente again! Whereas her other book on this list is a middle grade/YA-ish novel, this one is most decidedly for grown-ups. The poetry of her writing is staggering, and this Wild West Snow White tale is drenched in mythology and folklore, as I've come to expect from her. It was my first read from Cat V, and it immediately cemented her into my pantheon of favorites. If you can track this one down or download it for your e-reader, it will be well worth it. (Full review here.)
- The Different Girl, by Gordon Dahlquist. This quiet, intelligent, slow-burn of a book has really stuck with me since I read it in November. Gordon Dahlquist was already a favorite of mine when I picked this up, but I'd never read any sci-fi from him before and I think he nailed it. The way it makes you think about things, and then think about thinking about things, and examine what defines "human" is really quite masterful. And did I mention how refreshing it is to read a YA book without any romance at all? It's the sort of book that leaves you with questions, but the mystery and the need to use your brain to make inferences is half the fun. (Full review here.)
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman. I thoroughly enjoy Neil Gaiman, and his latest was no exception. This slim volume is by turns creepy, eerie, and moving. The story of a man remembering a frightening and otherworldly experience from his childhood and the family of three women who helped him through it reminded me a little of Doctor Who at times (in all the best ways), and the little twist in the final moments of the book really tied it all together and made it extra affecting.
I'm looking forward to more good reads in 2014, especially with my newly adopted stance of dropping books I'm not enjoying. Off the top of my head, I'm looking forward to more from Cat Valente, Libba Bray's next Diviners book, and the final volume in Moira Young's Dust Lands trilogy. And of course I hope to make more progress on my backlogged to-reads as well! What were some of the best things you read this past year? What's looking good to you in 2014?
We at Read This / Eat That thank you for your readership, comments, and kindness this past year as we tried to work out the kinks in running a books-and-food blog, and we wish you all the best in the coming year as the countdown begins. 3…2…1…