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Changes to SelectionSet events and HiliteSet

HilitedSet has been renamed to HiliteSet and marked alpha. It now supports hiliting models and subcategories in addition to elements. By default it continues to be synchronized with the SelectionSet, but this can be overridden (Grigas' presentation viewport component does so, enabling him to control the hilite set independently from the selection set).

SelectEventType enum has been renamed to SelectionSetEventType.

The argument to SelectionSet.onChanged has changed to SelectionSetEvent. You can switch on the type field to access the sets of added and/or removed Ids; or access the current contents directly via the set field.

SelectionSet methods accepting an optional sendEvent argument have been marked private - it is not appropriate for external callers to suppress event dispatch.

Refinements to snapshot iModel API

The IModelDb.createSnapshotFromSeed static method has been replaced by the IModelDb.createSnapshot instance method. The reason is to make sure that the program/user had permission to open the iModel before making the snapshot copy. A related change is that IModelDb.openSnapshot will no longer open briefcases. Either IModelDb.open should be called to open the iModel or IModelDb.createSnapshot should have been called to make the snapshot ahead of time.

Here is an example of how to adjust your source code:

  const seedDb: IModelDb = IModelDb.openSnapshot(seedFileName); // or IModelDb.open
  const snapshotDb: IModelDb = seedDb.createSnapshot(snapshotFileName);
  seedDb.closeSnapshot(); // or IModelDb.close
  return snapshotDb;

Changes to IModelDb.open API

Removed the following parameters to IModelDb.open to simplify the implementation:

  • OpenParams.pullOnly(): Use OpenParams.fixedVersion() or OpenParams.pullAndPush()
  • AccessMode: Using OpenParams.fixedVersion() always causes the briefcase to be shared, and using OpenParams.pullAndPush() always causes the briefcase to be exclusive.

Changes to OidcAgentClient

OidcAgentClient now follows the typical OIDC client credentials authorization workflow. This implies the caller need not supply "serviceUserEmail" and "serviceUserPassword" as part of the configuration. For example:

const agentConfiguration:  = {
      clientId: "some-client-id-obtained-through-registration",
      clientSecret: "some-client-secret-obtained-through-registration",
      scope: "context-registry-service imodelhub",

const agentClient = new OidcAgentClient(agentConfiguration);

Note that what was OidcAgentClientV2 has now become OidcAgentClient - i.e., the older OidcAgentClient has been entirely replaced.

Most importantly, it's required that agent applications re-register and obtain a new configuration - clientId and clientSecret - the older registrations will NOT work anymore.

Changes to tile features

Removed or modified some properties used to feature-gate various tile-related features.

  • Removed TileAdmin.requestTilesWithoutEdges. Tiles are now always requested without edges if edges are not required.
  • Removed TileAdmin.elideEmptyChildContentRequests. Such requests are now always elided.
  • TileAdmin.enableInstancing now defaults to true instead of false.
  • Previously, if TileAdmin.retryInterval was undefined, requests for tile content and tile tree JSON would not be memoized. Now, they are always memoized, and the interval defaults to 1000ms if not explicitly defined.
  • Previously, requests for tile content would by default use POST method and responses would not be cacheable. Now by default they use GET and responses are cacheable.

  • Removed IModelHostConfiguration.useTileContentThreadPool. The thread pool is now always used.

Changes to RPC type marshaling system

The iModel.js RPC system now permits only primitive values, "interface" objects that contain only data values, and binary data over the wire. Therefore, all RPC interface methods can only accept and return these types now.

It is no longer possible to send class instances, maps, sets, or objects with function members between the frontend and backend using the RPC system.

Binary data transfer is still supported via Uint8Array.

These new type restrictions are enforced via the require-basic-rpc-values tslint rule. With these new restrictions in place, the RPC system is now compatible with aggressive webpacking policies that mangle class names at build time.

Changes to ECSql Query API

This change breaks RPC interface IModelReadRpcInterface. Both frontend and backend developer must update there packages.

  • Renamed IModelDb.queryPage to IModelDb.queryRows. This method is also marked internal and user should not call it directly. Instead user should always use IModelDb.query. This method now also throw exception if query prepare fails.
  • Changed method signature for IModelDb.query. But first two parameters are same.

  • Renamed IModelConnection.queryPage to IModelConnection.queryRows. This method is also marked internal and user should not call it directly. Instead user should always use IModelConnection.query. This method now also throw exception if query prepare fails.
  • Changed method signature for IModelConnection.query. But first two parameters are same.

How can you update code

    const rows = await imodel.queryPage("SELECT ECInstanceId FROM bis.Element LIMIT 1");

can be be changed to following.

    const rows = [];
    for await (const row of imodel.query("SELECT ECInstanceId FROM bis.Element LIMIT 1")) {

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A machine made black wool beret hat customised with a large handmade rose pink sequin bow.

These berets are the perfect winter accessory and are guaranteed to bring a bit of sparkle to a dreary day.

This design is also available in a range of other jewel-like colours.

These berets are approximately 25cm (10 inches) in diameter and are a ladies one size. They will comfortably fit a an average head size of approximately 21-22 inches. However, they do stretch with regular wearing.

It is also possible to make the berets bigger by unfolding the inner lip of the beret. This does increase the size significantly.

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David Aldridge: Fewer, but that's not a big deal. The assumption here is they'll rest Chris Paul more and more going forward to give him the best chance at getting to the postseason, so that may cost them 4-6 meaningless regular season wins. And if you take away another handful because of the dual loss of Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute, let's pencil Houston in for 55-57 regular season wins. Don't think that will be a big deal as long as they don't finish fourth in the west and have to face Golden State in the second round.

Tas Melas: The general sentiment among basketball fans is that the Rockets will be far worse (the over-under line in Vegas is 55.5 wins!). What actually happened with the roster to forecast such a drop-off? It's basically Carmelo Anthony and James Ennis replacing the departed Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute (leaving out the additions of RJ Hunter, Michael Carter-Williams, Markel Brown and draft picks at this point). Everyone will point to the defensive issues with Melo starting over Ariza. Defence is an attitude. Yes, a coach needs the personnel, but as much as it is about the guys on the floor, it's also about the locker room, and I still think there's enough with Clint Capela, Chris Paul and PJ Tucker (Ariza was part of mediocre Rockets defenses the two years before last season, which were also before James Harden improved defensively). And Melo replacing Ariza is why Ennis was signed - to be the defensive yang to Melo's offensive ying. Melo can play primarily in the 1st and 3rd with Ennis playing the most important defensive minutes in the 4th. Exposing Melo might happen more in the playoffs, but for the regular season, I see this as a 62-win team. They do still realize that they need the 1-seed to beat Golden State.

Shaun Powell: I'd go with the under here and say 60 wins for the Rockets, not because they're in for a steep decline. I'm just not sure they're willing to press for wins in April, given the unpredictability of Chris Paul's vulnerable body, which potentially cost them the Western Conference title (and maybe an NBA title) last season. The Rockets needed to get best record and home-court advantage in the West last season for their mental health. That's not necessarily the case now.

John Schuhmann: Even if the Rockets kept the same team together and were relatively healthy, another 65-win season would have been difficult in a deeper Western Conference. And the departure of Trevor Ariza and the loss of depth at the forward positions should hurt them, especially on defence, where they ranked sixth last season. They still have a terrific core of five guys -- Harden, Paul, Capela, Eric Gordon and Tucker -- and should be plenty motivated to get back to where they were a few months ago, so I'll guess that they finish with 59-61 wins, which would still be good for the second best season in franchise history.

Sekou Smith: I think the Rockets are capable of another 60-win season. But it'll take a monstrous effort to duplicate the season they had a year ago. And I'm not sure it's worth the energy.

The Rockets need only maintain an advantage over the Golden State Warriors to ensure that a potential Game 7 in the Western Conference finals is played at the Toyota Center (only this time with a healthy Chris Paul). If the Warriors decide to attack the 2018-19 regular season the same way they did the 2017-18 regular season, the Rockets would be wise to push only hard enough to maintain a reasonable cushion ahead of the two-time defending champs. There's nothing else to prove. We know the Rockets are capable of winning it all. We witnessed it last season, right up until the moment that Paul suffered his injury.

Gilbert McGregor: 60 is a lot. That being said, I see the Rockets winning between 55 and 58 games this upcoming season. After its 65-win season proved Paul and Harden could thrive together in the backcourt, Houston shouldn't feel the need to prove anything in the 2018-19 regular season. All focus will shift to being best prepared for making another deep postseason run.

While CP3 is too big a competitor to allow this team to cruise while he's on the floor, his likely being sidelined throughout the year as a preventative measure will cause for a dropoff in for a dozen or so games. Pair that with the growing pains of implementing the new additions of Anthony and Ennis early in the season, and the Rockets will likely see a seven to 10 win dropoff this year.

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Over 150 people living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi have received ownership rights till date, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday and asserted that the process to grant it was not halted even during the election period.

The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, ahead of holding a press conference here, distributed conveyance deeds to 34 people living in different colonies. "Twenty people were given the conveyance deeds on January 3, today 34 more got it. And, during the election period about 100 people had been given (the document) by the DDA authorities," Puri said.

Contrary to a "narrative being created" earlier that the process of granting ownership rights had been halted, "it actually went on", he said. Elections were announced in Delhi on January 6 bringing into force the Model Code of Conduct. The poll code has been lifted after the elections.

"Due permission was taken from poll authorities to give the conveyance deeds during the poll period, as this scheme had been announced before the model code of conduct came into force," he said.


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Ooty - Queen of Hill Stations

This is popularly known as the "Queen of hill stations" among the tourist's circuits. It is situated at a distance of 105 km away from Coimbatore at a height of 2280to 2290 metres. Here you will enjoy Lofty Mountains, sprawling grasslands, dense forest and tea gardens. Enjoy Ooty Hill tours and make your trip memorable and remarkable.

Prime Attractions of Ooty

Botanical Garden : This is one of the major tourist attractions for tourist's attractions for those who visit Ooty.

Government Museum : Here you will find government museum that has tribal objects, ecological details and sculptural crafts and arts of Tamil Nadu.

Kalhatty Falls : This is located on the Kalhatty slopes at about 13-km from Ooty- Mysore Kalhatty ghat road. This fall is also known as the "Kalahasti Falls".

Kandal Cross Shrine : Kandal cross is a Roman Catholic Shrine considered, as the Jerusalem of the East is located in Ooty in Tamil Nadu. This is known as the "Calvary of Tamil Nadu" by Nilgiri Catholics.

Mini Garden and Rose Garden : The Rose Garden is situated about 3 to 4-km away from Charring Cross. Mini garden is also situated on the way to the boathouse where the children amusement park is housed.

Ooty Lake : this lake is the favorite haunt of tourists. This lake was built in year 1825 by Mr. John Sullivan. This lake was built to provide an irrigation tank to the people.

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Snow Sports Would you like to make your vacations adventurous and thrilling? Northern India is an ideal place to all thrilling expeditions such as mountaineering, heli-skiing, Ice skating, trekking and Ice-Climbing. Northern regions are famous for snow deserts that can be enjoyed in winters as here you will find snow-capped mountains, lakes, glaciers, rivers and valley. Beside this nature lover will find variety of wonderful wildlife species.

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Heli-Skiing : This is off-trail downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter.These helicopters leave you at the top of a snow capped peak from where you just criss- cross your way downward. The challenging part in this sport is that you have to ski down through unknown ridges and routes.

During this sport the presence of the guide is necessary to give you protection against risks and discomfort. Some of the best choices for snow sports are Rohtang Pass, Hanuman Tibba, Chandrakhani Pass, Deo Tibba, etc.

Ice -Skating : In this sport you are moving on Ice by using Ice Skates. It is just like Skiing except that instead of swooshing down from snow capped slopes you are just glide with a wide skating arena wearing ice-skates. This sport needs a balancing act than in ordinary skating. The best option to try Skating in India is Shimla.

Mountaineering : Mountaineering is an ideal activity during summers as it helps you to escape from the heat of the plains. Some of the best mountaineering spots in India are Garhwal and Kumaon regions, Ladakh region, Himachal Pradesh and the Northeast. But before going for Mountaineering be careful that you are not high/low blood pressure and even over weight.

Ice Climbing : this is one of the most thrilling winter sports. Ice Climbing is same as rock climbing even the techniques used here are also same because the ice can also be hard and rough as any surface of a rock.

Ice Climbing depends much upon the difficulty level of climb such as under taking, limber's aptitudes, seasonal activity, prevalent climatic conditions etc. Ice climbing depicts many states, it can be thin, too soft, and full of air holes, etc each of these conditions depends requires a slightly different subtly.

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Forts, Palaces & Historic Towns of Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the essence of India: palaces where Mughals and Maharajas once resided, and charming towns that flicker like mirages in the desert. Experience these and other highlights in the "Land of Kings" as you gaze at the Taj Mahal, the Palace of Winds or the Red Fort, feeling the magic of ancient times. For many the most memorable encounters can be found in the countryside: herds of goats, a crowd of children gathering around laughing happily or the old man at the roadside greeting with a shy nod. On this journey you will be staying in authentical accommodation in restored palace hotels, colorfully painted Havelis or under the stars in a desert tent camp. Experience India with all your.

Day 1: Namaste in Old Delhi
You will be picked up from Delhi Airport in the morning and driven directly to the Qutub Minar Complex (UNESCO World Heritage Site). You'll transfer to your hotel and check-in before your afternoon drive past the Red Fort to India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid. Then a cycle rickshaw will take you meandering past the fragrant spice merchants and colorful fabric shops in Old Delhi's narrow alleys.

Day 2: Delhi - Agra (Mausoleum of Love) (233 kms/4 hrs)
Today you'll drive to Agra to the tomb of Itmad-Ud-Dhaula, which is also fondly called the "Mini Taj Mahal." Following that, you'll visit the Red Fort, a UNESCO World HeritageSite, where you will learn about the fabulous architecture of the Mughal emperors. At sunset, you can enjoy the view of the "real" Taj Mahal from across the River Yamuna in Mehtab Garden.

Day 3: Agra - Fatehpur Sikri - Jaipur (The Abandoned City) (240 kms/4 hrs)
After breakfast, you'll visit the one and only, Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; closed on Fridays. Next, on the way to Jaipur, you'll stop by the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the 1200-year-old stepwell of Abhaneri. With its seemingly endless labyrinth of staircases and steps. It used to provide the water supply to the local population in earlier days. Afterward, you'll continue to Jaipur where you'll spend the night.

Day 4: Jaipur (Pink City Jaipur)
This morning an elephant ride to the Amber Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Amber Fort shines in the morning light while you roam its elegant rooms and get an insight into the everyday life of the royal Maharajas and Maharanis. The City Palace is the residence of the current Maharaja of Jaipur and houses beautiful courtyards. At Jantar Mantar Observatory, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, you will find a collection of stunningly precise instruments used in astronomy and astrology.

Day 5: Jaipur - Bundi (Small Town Romance in Bundi) (218 kms/3.5 hrs)
Today you'll drive to the town of Bundi, which can easily be explored on foot. Life here is still laid-back and authentic, and while strolling through the streets, you will encounter the locals at their daily routine; scissor grinders, tobacco sellers, and colorfully-dressed women haggling with vegetable vendors. You'll also visit the imposing Bundi Palace, where you will see beautifully painted frescoes.

Day 6: Bundi - Chittorgarh - Udaipur (Rajput Pride) (302 kms/5 hrs)
Today takes you to Udaipur. Along the way, you'll visit the famous Chittorgarh Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Legend has it that this is the location of the ritual suicides by the proud Rajput warriors during several sieges by Islamic enemies. Framed by artificial lakes and the Aravali hills, the city of Udaipur is one of the most beautiful in the whole country and served as a film set for the James Bond movie, Octopussy.

Day 7: Udaipur (Udaipur on Lake Pichola)
In the morning you will enjoy a scenic boat ride (depending on water level) on Lake Pichola. You'll be able to visit the City Palace, which is still inhabited by the Maharana of Udaipur with its lovely miniature paintings. Afterward, you'll take a walk through the bazaar located in the Old Town.

Day 8: Udaipur - Ranakpur - Khejarla (Jainism in Ranakpur) (231 kms/5 hrs)
One thousand, four hundred and forty-four snow-white marble columns are located in the Jain temple of Ranakpur and no two columns are alike. You'll visit the temple before continuing your journey through the rolling hills of the Aravali Mountains to the countryside north of Jodhpur. Tonight you'll stay in a 400-year-old fort with a rural atmosphere, a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Day 9: Khejarla - Jodhpur (Indian Spices at a Family Home) (82 kms/ 1.5 hrs)
Today you'll head to Jodhpur where you will see the imposing Mehrangarh Fort, perched on a massive, 120 meter-high cliff. Afterward visit the tomb of Maharaja Jaswant Singh, where you'll learn about the traditions, rituals, and ceremonies of a Hindu funeral. For dinner, you will be invited to the home of an Indian family for a cooking demonstration, how to create the famous curries of the Indian cuisine, a useful skill that you can take back home with you to impress your friends and family.

Day 10: Jodhpur - Dechhu (Into the Thar Desert) (124 kms/ 2 hrs)
After breakfast, you'll drive to the Marwar Region. During the jeep safari through the Thar Desert, you'll see local artisans at their daily work before eventually arriving at your comfortable tented camp. A short camel ride takes you up on a dune, where you can enjoy the golden sunset over the desert sands. Tonight you'll take a seat near the bonfire and watch as the locals demonstrate the traditional dances before having dinner under the starry sky.

Day 11: Dechhu - Bikaner (To Bikaner) (206 kms/4 hrs)
Today takes you to Bikaner where you'll board an auto-rickshaw to visit the beautiful mansions of the old town and stop for a short bazaar walk. The Junagarh Fort has never been conquered by enemies and is one of the most well-preserved ancient forts in this part of the country. You'll get to know this location and more in the city of Bikaner.
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Day 12: Bikaner - Mandawa (Colourful Havelis in Shekhawati) (190 kms/3.5 hrs)
A little way outside the city of Bikaner you will reach Devi Kund Sagar, the crematorium of the local royal family. Go for a walk and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the complex with its numerous domed pavilions or "Chatteris." You'll continue your journey to the Shekhawati region in north-eastern Rajasthan, which is famous for it's many colorfully painted Havelis. Even your hotel for tonight is a lovingly restored Haveli.

Day 13: Mandawa - Delhi (Return to Delhi) (256 kms/5 hrs)
After breakfast, it's back to Delhi where you'll have the rest of the afternoon at leisure to rest after an action-packed adventure or further explore the city. This is your final night in India, so be sure to pick up any last minute souvenirs you may want, and enjoy yourself.

Day 14: Delhi (Farewell India)
You'll have the morning at leisure in Delhi, and at the appropriate time, you'll be transferred to the airport for your journey home. We hope to see you again soon in India!

Number of days: 14
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      Last week we discussed the difference between current-state and future-state journey maps.  To recap, current-state journey maps focus on capturing an already existing users journey and addressing the various pain points that may arise throughout that journey. A future-state journey map focuses on creating a new type of journey for the user, rather than adjusting an old one. Where current-state journey maps are fact-based and data-driven, future-state journey maps are based on imagination and innovation. You can think of the left brain and right brain analogy- current-state journey mapping is on the calculated left, whereas future-state journey mapping falls on the creative right side. But how exactly does one carry out a future-state journey map?

Below are 4 easy steps that can be used to create your own future-state journey map:

  1. Define
    This step is the same for any journey map creation. Before you begin, you have to define the business goal of the map, as well as identify the intended user. This will help to envision the overall journey for the specified user. Since the main goal of future-state journey maps is to create a new customer journey, define what exactly that journey is and the steps needed to accomplish it.
  2. Pre-Work
    This is the part where you get all your ducks in a row so that creating journey map can be as effectively done as possible. This is also the part where current-state journey maps can be utilized as valuable reference points. During this ‘pre-work’, it can be helpful to review existing journey maps for ideas and insight as to how to create a new type of journey, as well as different pain points that might arise. This is also the part of the process where you recruit any participants that may be necessary for testing later on.
  3. Create
    This is the part where creativity, vision and innovation reign supreme. This is where ideas are thrown around, customer empathy is built, and participant testing occurs. Remember that future-state journey maps are driven by imagination as opposed to facts, so let creativity take precedence. While customer experiences are important, it is also important to consider customers desires and hopes. If you find that this part of the process is overwhelming, consider implementing card-sorting or affinity diagrams as a way to organize creative ideas.

  4. Map
    Now it is time to map the journey. As you create your journey map, instead of highlighting pain points and solutions as with current-state mapping, focus on transforming ideas, emotion, and vision into points on the map. Create a multi-stage roadmap to encompass all of the various ways in which the customer can embark on their new journey.

     The key factor in carrying out a future-state journey mapping is truly making sure that you have the correct mindset prior to beginning this process. Start off by asking yourself and your team, “how can we dazzle our users with an entirely new journey rather than modifying an existing one?” Placing creativity and innovation at the center is key to creating an effective future-state journey map.

Read Part 2: Current-State vs. Future-State Journey Mapping

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Elite universities and human capital mongering

In an earlier post I discussed the advantages of attending an elite university. A related question is: what fraction of the total population of top students in the US attend an elite university? The answer is a function of where we put the lower cutoff for top students.

One interesting population to consider is the subset of National Merit Semi-Finalists who are awarded scholarships directly funded by the National Merit Corporation. Semi-Finalists are themselves the top percent of PSAT/SAT takers, so this subset is an especially elite group. From my experience I would guess that only the top 10-20 percent (see *** below) of National Merit Semi-Finalists are offered these portable awards, as opposed to other "National Merit Scholarships" that are funded by individual colleges. (Almost all non-elite colleges use these self-funded NMS to increase the enrollment of talented students; any Semi-Finalist is eligible for such an award. The most elite universities do not need to offer self-funded scholarships of this type, as discussed below.)

About 2300 NMS scholarships funded by the corporation are awarded each year. It turns out that just 10 elite universities account for well over half of these awardees. The vast majority of universities in the US have zero students from this select population! Data from this report. (Thanks to a reader of the blog for sending it to me.)

Number of NMS in entering class / size of entering class.

Caltech       42 / 200
Harvard     266 / 1600
Yale         234 / 1300
Princeton     196 / 1300
Stanford     110 / 1600
MIT         110 / 1000
Brown       91 / 1500
Duke         105 / 1600
Penn         125 / 2000
Berkeley     91 / 6000

Total 1270

Note, large numbers of Semi-Finalists who are not in this top group (i.e., not among the top 10-20 percent or so) do not receive a National Merit Scholarship because they choose to attend an elite university that does not self-fund additional awards. Just by looking at average SAT scores one would guess that as many as half the students at some of the schools listed above were Semi-Finalists. Apparently, the marginal value to these schools of "just another Semi-Finalist" does not warrant the expenditure of a few thousand dollars in additional scholarship funds. ("If we wanted to, we could fill our entire freshman class with Semi-Finalists!" etc. etc.)

*** If Semi-Finalists are in the top .5 percent of the population (assuming some selection in PSAT takers relative to the general population), the threshold IQ is +2.5 SD (137 or so). The NMS population discussed above is perhaps another SD higher (IQ 150 or so). You can directly estimate the number of students at the Semi-Finalist level: if 4M students graduate from HS each year in the US, that means about 20K above the 99.5th percentile. If the 2.3K NMS are the elite of this population, they would constitute the top 12 percent or so.

n/a said...

"The NMS population discussed above is at least another SD higher (IQ > 150 or so)."

You must have picked up this idea from the confused Asian who started spreading it at Steve Sailer's blog a while back for reasons that elude me (the commenter in quesion clearly having no personal history with the NMSC). There's no basis on which to assume "portable scholarship" awardees average higher IQs than Finalists. The $2500 scholarships are awarded by "a committee of college admission officers and high school counselors" on the basis of non-test score criteria similar to those used in college admissions (essay, GPA, recommendations). The aim is to select the most conscientious and striverish Finalists -- not the most intelligent Finalists. Of course this population will be more likely to attend elite schools (though your denominator should be something like 3400, since around 1100 corporate-sponsored National Merit scholarships are awarded each year).

RKU said...

Well, it's nice to see that the relative rankings of the elite schools with respect to their high-elite fractions are almost exactly what I would have expected from back when I used to pay attention to such things. The only (slight) surprise is that Yale seems a bit higher than I would have expected, being above Harvard and well above Princeton. This tends to reinforce the complaints of "corrupt practices" at Harvard I've sometimes heard.

Guest said...

Lots of amusing info in that document. Did you know Oral Roberts U. got more than U. of Oregon? By your own criterion Steve, you teach at an institution that is less elite than Oral Roberts. :) I know, I know, statistics of small numbers and all that.

steve hsu said...

"The NMS population discussed above is at least another SD higher (IQ > 150 or so)."

No, I picked this up from my own high school experience (see link in post) and also experience at Caltech.

I knew the scores of the S-Fs and (portable) NMS winners at my high school over several years, and I also discussed it with teachers and administrators there who had seen many cohorts pass through the school. Out of around 20 SFs per year only a few would get the (portable) NMS, and they tended to have much higher average SAT scores than the average SF. My high school has quite a long and proud academic tradition, and around graduation time there was a special awards reception in which the school honored all the kids who have won scholarships, contests, etc. In printing up the program for the event they were always careful to distinguish the (portable) NMS winners from the other type, and it was always the top kids in the class SAT- and brainpower-wise who won it. You can imagine that the top couple of kids out of a class that produces 20 S-Fs are pretty bright.

I also knew the SAT scores of lots of my Caltech classmates and who had the NMS and who were S-Fs without NMS. There was a definite difference in average ability between NMS winners and S-Fs.

I can't say for sure how things work today, but at high confidence I would say my description is accurate of the deep past, when I was a kid :-) Remember, in those days the SAT had a much higher ceiling. If the average S-F was somewhat below 1400, and you had a sub-population of kids who scored, say, well above 1500 (>1 SD higher, and clearly a qualitatively different population), who do you think the NM committee would award the NMS to? These days I'm not sure how they do it. Does the SAT have enough ceiling to select the top 2-3K kids in the country? How many 2400 scores are there each year?

steve hsu said...

I was a bit surprised that Stanford and MIT were so low and Duke so high. Otherwise about right.

Perhaps engineers are at a disadvantage with the double verbal weighting of the new SAT?

BTW, I have it on good authority that Duke's strategy for climbing the rankings is to not discriminate as much as the other schools against Asians -- a quick way to build up their SAT averages ;-)

n/a said...

It's not impossible that the $2500 scholarship winners average slightly higher SAT scores than Finalists in general. What's absolutely not true is that they are the top 1/7 of Finalists in terms of SAT scores or IQ.

Yan Shen said...

Regarding the scholarships awarded by the NMSC itself.

"Every Finalist competes for these single payment scholarships, which are awarded on a state representational basis."

It seems like even if they selected the top NMSFs from each state in terms of scores, the disparity in scores amongst states would dictate that, as before, the 2.3k students wouldn't represent the top 2.3k scoring students overall.

steve hsu said...

Not claiming you really get the top 2.3k in a rank-ordered sense, but that you get a (significantly) more elite group if you consider the (portable) NMS awards.

Yan Shen said...

"Not claiming you really get the top 2.3k in a rank-ordered sense, but that you get a (significantly) more elite group if you consider the (portable) NMS awards. "

I think that's fairly likely.

By the way, I noticed that the cutoff this year for Iowa for NMSF was "only" a 209. I wonder how stable the IQ demographic in Iowa has been over the past 20 years or so. Perhaps you were one of the smartest people in the entire state during your day? :)

n/a said...

Test scores are supposedly one of the factors taken into account, but as I expected: "Often recommendations or essays are the determining factors".

steve hsu said...

Again, I can't make any global statement about how the selection works (esp. today), but based on what I know from HS and Caltech I would say that the characterization I made in the post at *** was correct at the time.

BTW, I followed your link and your quoting and interpretation seem selective. In an earlier paragraph it specifically says only the top scorers in each state qualify for consideration for the portable NMS award. Even in a moderately small pop. 5M state (say, 60K HS grads per year) the top scorers (say, the top 30) are a much more select group than the top 99.5th percentile. We're talking 1 in 2000, as opposed to 1 in 200.

n/a said...

"specifically says only the top scorers in each state qualify for consideration for the portable NMS award."

It's poor writing, but the author is simply referring to the fact that only Finalists are considered (this is clear from the next section in which Semifinalist cutoffs for different states are listed). There's no additional cutoff for "portable scholarships".

Retard said...

According to Wikipedia the PSAT and SAT score aren't enough to be a finalist. An "excellent academic record" is also necessary.

Retard said...

There was no pre-prep era unless you mean an era before test prep companies (which are total frauds by the way).

Walking into a high stakes test cold having no idea even of the format?

Ruchira Datta said...

I'm surprised that that the short list of elite schools you picked for your sample didn't include Chicago, Cornell, or Columbia, while including some others. The list I usually use is here: http://www.ucop.edu/pres/comments/table1.html

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Darwin International Airport to commence security upgrades

The Darwin International Airport (DIA) will commence major security upgrades with the installation of advanced Computed Tomography (CT) checked baggage and passenger screening systems.

DIA will be the first Australia airport to install the new screening equipment which provides enhanced capabilities whilst maximising passenger throughput.

Acting CEO of NT Airports, Ross Baynes, said, “We have always prioritised safety and security; we want to keep our customers safe, ease their transition through our airport and provide peace of mind for everyone.

“Our airport will be equipped with cutting-edge security technology on par with the best airports internationally. This will not only lead to fewer physical bag searches, but greater ease for passengers passing through our screening points.”

While works are being carried out, the main security screening point in the terminal will be closed until mid-December. During this period, passenger security screening will take place at the alternative security screening point located on the ground floor at the eastern end of the terminal.

“We anticipate there will be minimal disruption to passengers whilst we carry out the security equipment upgrades, as the alternative eastern screening point offers the same capabilities and number of lanes as the main screening point,” Mr Baynes said.

The installation of the advanced CT screening equipment is just the beginning in a series of major upgrades planned for Darwin International Airport in the next twelve months.

The next phase of works, anticipated to commence mid-January 2020 will see the installation of self-service check-in kiosks and auto bag drops.

The self-service automation equipment is designed to reduce queues by increasing speed and operational efficiency, resulting in an improved customer experience.

“Following the installation of the self-service check-in kiosks and auto bag drops, we will start work on fitting four new state-of-the-art aerobridges,” Mr Baynes said.

“Overall, we will be spending circa $30 million in the next twelve months in upgrades to our airport terminal to improve safety, security and efficiency for the travelling public.”

The advanced CT checked baggage and passenger screening systems will also be installed at Alice Springs Airport, with works anticipated to start in February 2019.

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Community college students are not just focused on vocational skills training but are also as committed to learning for its own sake as the students in selective liberal arts institutions, argues Michael Thurston.

February 11, 2020

It was a useless waste of time. A dozen students stood or sat in a rough semicircle and stared for minutes at a time at a black rectangle. Seconds stretched, and eyes strained. My colleague and I could feel the question rising like steam from our students’ minds: What purpose could possibly be served by this? And then a student, let’s call her Maggy, raised her hand.

“It’s not all the same,” she said. “Look. I think this part is like the letter ‘K.’”

She pointed, and sure enough, her classmates nodded. In what had seemed an undifferentiated mass of black, an area of black somehow different could be made out -- a heavy vertical, met halfway down by a heavy diagonal, indeed like the top part of a capital “K.”

The black rectangle was abstract painter Ad Reinhardt’s Triptych, the setting was the Smith College Museum of Art and the students were taking a course on experimental American art and literature of the mid-20th century. And half of them were enrolled at the nearby Holyoke Community College.

I developed and taught the course with an art historian from HCC. We had two goals for our collaboration: to introduce students at both of our institutions to the challenging ways of seeing and representing associated with movements like Abstract Expressionism, and to bring community college students to a selective liberal arts college so that they could test the waters.

Our students learned some important things about the rewards of close, painstaking attention. Reinhardt and other artists helped them see the value of patient, open-minded looking. I, too, learned something important or had something I already knew confirmed: contrary to conventional wisdom, community college students are not simply focused on vocational skills training or immediately remunerable majors like nursing or business. They are as intellectually curious and ambitious, as motivated and committed to learning for its own sake as the students I have taught at Smith College and Yale University.

While more than 80 percent of community college students intend to transfer to a four-year institution and earn a bachelor’s degree, only 14 percent have earned one after six years. According to research from the American Talent Initiative, more than 50,000 community college students who do not transfer to a four-year school each year have attained at least a 3.0 grade point average, and around 15,000 have a grade point average of at least 3.7.

We in higher education are missing a great chance to address a pressing need; these students’ earning potential would benefit palpably from a bachelor’s degree. More than that, though, we in four-year colleges and universities are losing an important opportunity for our own institutions and our own teaching. Every year, our classrooms, seminars and labs are deprived of thousands of talented students hungry for the rewards of liberal education: training in critical thought and clear, powerful communication. And the purposeful questions they ask sharpen everyone’s understanding. They keep me on my game.

How can we make more legible and available the path from community college to four-year colleges and universities? Courses like mine (enrolling students from both the community college and the liberal arts college and team taught by faculty members from both) bring students into an environment where they see what the resources of the four-year school look like -- in our case, students got to spend time with works in the college’s art museum, some of which were brought from storage just for them, and in the libraries’ special collections. But they also learn what kind of preparation is required and what support is available. Most important, community college students get to experience the dynamics in the four-year college classroom. They contribute to the discussion and find their voices -- discovering, as they do so, that their voices can be just as persuasive as those of any others.

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Maggy, who discerned something in the shape of a “K” in the murk of Reinhardt’s Triptych, began her Smith College career this fall. A student from the second iteration of our team-taught course has also transferred to Smith and will begin her studies here in the spring. Their majors? Art history and English literature.

Michael Thurston is provost and dean of the faculty and the Helen Means Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College.

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Name: Manchester
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Demographics of Manchester

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Motorsport boss Toto Wolff has suggested Mercedes could pull the plug on their Formula 1 program after 2020.

The Austrian will not be at this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix, instead opting to stay in Europe to "focus on other topics" which could include analysing the 2021 regulations which were released back in Austin.

And with the German manufacturer shifting their focus more to electric power, including an entry in Formula E and a range of road cars, Wolff admits it will have to be decided whether F1 remains appealing.

"Everything indicates that we will stay, but it's not a given," he said via ESPN.

"We are in the middle of discussing the new Concorde Agreement. In connection with this, and independently of it, we are discussing the development of the automobile and its effects on sport.

"In which direction is the automotive world developing? In what form is Formula 1 relevant as an entertainment and technology platform? And as a brand whose first car was a racing car, do we want to stay on this platform in the long term?"

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Currently in the midst of the most dominant run of success in F1's history, wrapping up a sixth straight double championship in 2019, Wolff was keen to note that Mercedes certainly feel no obligation to stay on the grid.

"While the likes of Ferrari built their business on racing, there is another model that says 'we had a very successful run. There's nothing more to prove. We're doing something else now'," he claimed.

"Both are absolutely plausible strategies.

And though Mercedes is committed to building engines for three teams from 2021, Racing Point, Williams and a rekindling of their McLaren partnership, Toto ruled out a scenario where the works team left but the company stayed on as a supplier.

"You can be only pregnant or not pregnant, not half pregnant. So either we participate in the platform or we do not," he stated.

This certainly isn't what Liberty Media want to be hearing at a time when Renault has also announced a review into their F1 future.

And with no new manufacturers preparing to enter the sport, the implications of any decision from those currently taking part would be huge.


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Since 2015, a set of simple 11-digit codes has helped a fine wine warehouse dramatically increase efficiency – and has given access to accurate valuations for its clients.

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What is Vinotheque?

Located in Burton upon Trent, Vinotheque is a warehousing solution for fine wine set in a 19th Century Grade II-listed building. Wine is stored in a perfectly controlled environment, maintained by a bespoke Mitsubishi energy efficient system. Mitsubishi have described this as “not only unique in Europe, but also the most advanced system for air control in a warehouse”. Its 7,000 clients – both fine wine merchants and private collectors – are based in over 70 different countries worldwide and collectively store over half a million cases at the facility. It is the responsibility of Vinotheque to receive, store, move and ship these high-value wines safely and efficiently as they move in, around and out of the warehouse.

The first challenge: offering valuations

Towards the beginning of 2015, Vinotheque surveyed its customers with the aim of better understanding how their service could be improved. The results pointed towards a strong interest in understanding the current market values of wines being held in storage, something that 98% of respondents wanted to see.

This discovery coincided with an upgrade of Vinotheque’s warehouse stock management system, Ontech Vision.

The second challenge: the problem with wine names

Inside the warehouse, stock arrives, sometimes changes ownership, and finally leaves after being sold or dispatched to the owners. At each of these stages, information about the wines passes between people and systems. Ensuring that this happens accurately and efficiently is essential in ensuring that operations run smoothly. Mistakes and uncertainty can, at best, be time-consuming and disruptive. At worst, they can be extremely expensive.

Fine wines have, historically, been referred to inconsistently across the supply chain. Producers and traders have prioritised, abbreviated or contracted different parts of wine names depending on what they feel is most important – or what makes the most sense to them. The same bottle might reasonably be described as “Grange” or “Penfolds Grange”.

“When we are recording information about a wine, a colleague may key Château Lafite Rothschild, but another colleague may key ‘Château Lafite’. It is the same wine, but it is easy to end up keying the name differently.”

– Jane Renwick, Director

People are often able to understand these wine names, though the inconsistency carries risk of error and miscommunication. It is impossible for computers to understand when names are keyed in differently. As a result there is no way to automatically transfer the information between systems.

Because of this, wine names needed to be manually re-keyed each time a case changed ownership. Although there are no records of the exact amount of times that the wine name would be keyed, one study conducted at London Metropolitan University suggested that wine names are re-keyed sixteen times on average as they move through the supply chain. Many of these re-keys happen when wines are within the warehousing system. It can be a tedious and time-consuming process – and every time the name is re-keyed, there is a risk that it is entered incorrectly.

An additional side-effect of the inconsistent naming was the difficulty in calculating the total quantities of each wine held by clients. Because a computer system interprets “Château Montrose” and “Montrose” as two different wines, a stock summary might have shown 12 cases of one and six of the other. Without a common language, a computer is unable to tell a customer that he or she really owns 18 cases of the same wine.

LWIN: speaking the same language

With wines being transported and traded from around the world, Liv-ex had previously experienced the same problems as Vinotheque. Its solution, the Liv-ex Wine Identification Number (LWIN), aims to standardise wine names in such a way that information can be transferred between different computer systems automatically. In 2011 Liv-ex made LWIN freely available under OpenData licence terms.

The concept of a unique identifier is not a new one. They are commonly introduced to remove ambiguity and increase confidence and efficiency in supply chains and exist for almost every product bought and sold today. For the book industry, there is the International Standard Book Number (ISBN); for property in the UK it is the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) or Topographic Identifier (TOID).

By identifying each wine with a unique number, it is possible to ensure that all parts of the supply chain – and all systems – are speaking the same language.

What is Liv-ex data?

Vinotheque advised its customers in a newsletter: “Liv-ex is the wine exchange through which much of the wine trade buy and sell wines, so they have their fingers right on the pulse showing up to the minute values and trends.”

Liv-ex provides current and historic pricing data based on the trading activity of its merchant members. Its Market Price is considered to be the industry benchmark and is relied upon by wine funds, merchants and publications for producing accurate valuations and for displaying market information.

How Vinotheque incorporated LWIN

The introduction of LWIN was initiated by Vinotheque and brought about by a collaboration between the Vinotheque team, developers at Ontech Vision and Liv-ex.

The stock held in Vinotheque – a long list of wine names – was first matched to LWINs by Liv-ex. Ontech developers were able to incorporate these into their Vision warehousing software, and Vinotheque developed new processes for handling and monitoring stock going forward.

With LWINs inside their new system, it was also possible for Vinotheque to connect with Liv-ex to find the current Market Prices of the stock that they hold. With this, it became possible to add valuations to customer inventories.

The results: LWIN

After introducing LWIN to their systems, the team at LCB Vinotheque reported a significant increase in internal efficiency. It removed the need to rekey wine names as information passed between different systems – because the pieces of software were all speaking the same language.

The consistency in the wine names also had a number of additional benefits. With “Château Montrose” and “Montrose” now being counted as the same product, it became easier for the customer to identify the exact amount of each wine owned by them – no more instances of the same wine appearing on the same report twice with different names.

This benefit extended to customer invoices. A list of LWINs on a customer invoice would be unhelpful – but each LWIN is also associated with a standardised wine name that can be displayed on inventories. “The wine descriptions on our customers’ inventories are now completely consistent – it looks far more professional”, says Jane Renwick.

The results: for merchants

Several of Vinotheque’s suppliers – fine wine merchants – had already adopted LWIN into their systems. With the new system in place, these merchants were able to connect directly to Vinotheque and share information on the movement of stock without needing to re-key wine names at different stages.

The results: for collectors

With LWIN in its database, Vinotheque is now able to connect directly to Liv-ex to produce valuation reports on the wines in its storage system.

This is a benefit that they feel is important to their private collector customers. Thanks to receiving valuations from Liv-ex – an independent source – they are now better informed about the value of their wines, and are better placed to make buying and selling decisions. As Sales Director, David Hogg explains: “This offers transparency to our customers.”

The ability to produce valuations is also beneficial internally. Hogg adds: “Not only does valuation support our customers but enables us to produce accurate up-to-date valuations of the stock we are storing”.

Moving forward

As a result of LWIN, the team at Vinotheque has reported improved communications with with their customers that use the unique identifiers. Because of the common language, information is exchanged more efficiently and, crucially, with greater accuracy. The hope for the future is that LWIN is adopted by more players in the world of fine wine, so that exchanges of information can become more efficient across the board.

With plenty of positive feedback from customers, the team at Vinotheque are now looking at new ways to offer ‘on-demand’ valuation reports to their customers. They are in the early stages of designing an online portal that will enable customers to log on and check the current values of their wines at any point in time.

As for how the new offering of valuations will impact their business in the long term, Director, Jane Renwick says “It’s early days”, adding: “it is an excellent enhancement to the services we currently offer and a function requested by 98% of our private customers as an aid to assist them in monitoring their fine wine investment”.


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These confections of color look good enough to eat (but please don't).

Woza Moya at the Hillcrest AIDS Centre in South Africa aims to empower and uplift people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS to become economically self-sufficient through the production of crafts.  Woza Moya provides an income to over 300 artisans.  It is also the name behind a number of well-publicized art projects, including the Dreams 4 Africa Chair and th World's First Beaded Suit.  If the amazing artist Nick Cave wore jewelry, we could see him in several of the necklaces that Inspired Luxe is bringing to you straight from South Africa.  These necklaces represent yet another opportunity Inspired Luxe where you can look good while doing good.


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Hand-crafted Kombucha

We’re Inspirit, a Wichita-based team brewing hand-crafted kombucha teas to improve digestion, heal the gut, and restore vitality.

Infused with Life

Our veteran brewmasters love crafting delicious probiotic teas. Discover the best-tasting kombucha in the Midwest.

Our Story

Our Story

When our infant was diagnosed with entercolitis, our family began a journey to find fermented foods that taste great and heal the body. The product of that journey: Inspirit Kombucha.

Kombucha has long, rich history originating in the far East. So what exactly is kombucha? How is it made? What does it taste like?

For over 2000 years, kombucha has been used to treat everything from digestive issues to headaches to cancer. Discover the magic behind this “elixir of life”.

Where to Find

We offer kombucha in 64oz. growlers and on-tap in many local businesses. Whether you are walking the farmers market or enjoying a night out, you’ll find Inspirit near you.

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Visit Inspirit at one of these amazing local events.

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Published on 13 June 2019 by web editor

What do you get when you cross two skilled BBC presenters with a room full of people from the tech sector? 40+ people that improved their confidence and presentation skills in one afternoon.

On 10 June, the Institute of Coding (IoC) was pleased to host a workshop as part of London Tech Week on the topic of building personal confidence. Led by Louisa Preston, a BBC presenter, and Luisa Baldini, a former BBC News correspondent, this workshop passed along the tips and tricks they learned during their combined 40 years of experience broadcasting live that enable people to communicate well and “own” their moments in front of an audience.

An attendee presents her news article to the group – Hannah Stubbs

If you weren’t able to attend the workshop, here are Louisa and Luisa’s top five tips for presenting to an audience in a meeting or interview setting:

1. Tell a great story. This means that you shouldn’t rely too heavily on facts and figures when you are communicating. People want a personal narrative that interests them. And, while you are at it…

2. Have a beginning, middle and an end. When you are interacting with people in a business setting, you should make sure you have an appropriate starting point (like “nice to meet you”) and are comfortable introducing yourself and talking about your role. Make sure to practice talking about what you and your company do (or what you are learning or hope to accomplish if you are a student), and always close the conversation with a leave behind. This could be a piece of information that you want your audience to remember about you, a request or a question. For example, if you are a student, you may say: “May I contact you to discuss the role further when I graduate next summer?”

3.  Bring yourself to the party. It can be difficult to stand out in the crowded tech sector, so don’t be afraid to show your personality. This can be done in a variety of ways that are office appropriate. For example, include a short personal story (“I used this new app we are pitching to purchase the jacket I’m wearing”), the way you dress or your presentation style (think bright colours or lots of graphics).

Attendees practice their power poses – Hannah Stubbs

4. Practise your power pose and watch your body language. When you have a moment in private, experiment with different standing positions and see what feels comfortable and looks professional. Try out different power poses in the mirror to prepare yourself in advance of the meeting or presentation. Be aware that people do notice your body language, so make sure that you don’t slouch, fidget or lean out. While you are at it, give a good, firm handshake when you enter the room and make eye contact.

5. Visualise success. Preparation is important regardless of the situation. Whether it is a job interview, pitch meeting or important internal presentation, you need to think about your audience and imagine how they will react to the information you are providing and, importantly, how you are providing it.

Luisa Baldini – Hannah Stubbs

Why is the IoC hosting events like this?

The IoC is one of the largest national collaborations of industry, government, educators and outreach providers working together to respond to the UK’s digital skills gap. As part of that work, we have been looking at the factors that may influence whether a person pursues education and a career in technology.

Through our partners’ research, we have seen that a common barrier for people working or considering working in technology is a lack of confidence. Through workshops like this, we are helping people build their soft skills, like communicating and presenting, in an effort to encourage more people to engage in digital careers.

As part of our work to respond to the digital skills gap in the UK, the IoC is committed to increasing diversity both in higher education and in the workplace. Only 17% of people working in technology are female. Confidence is often a reason women and other underrepresented groups don’t feel empowered to pursue education or careers in technology. This event is just one way we’re trying to make a difference.

The workshop event space – Hannah Stubbs

View more photos from this event on the Institute of Coding Flickr.

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Tips For Choosing A Mattress For The Elderly

A good night’s sleep  plays an important role in helping the elderly enjoy their free time with descendants. Therefore, finding out which kind of mattress is suitable for them needs thoroughness and precision. I’m gonna solve all of your questions about which way to choose the best mattress for the elderly. Keep following.

Which Kind Of Mattress Suits The Elderly Best.

No one can avoid the consequences of aging, the bone structure becomes more downgraded. As a result, we shouldn’t choose a mattress which can be  sunk or depressed by body weight because it can do damage to the weak and soft bones of the elderly, especially the spine. Now, on the market, there are four common kinds of mattress: spring mattress, rubber mattress, cotton mattress, and foam mattress.

When buying mattress for the elderly, you’d better prioritize  foam mattress and rubber mattress over two left kinds.

Rubber mattress is suitable for the elderly because of the moderate firmness and it doesn’t sink  when someone lies atop it . Elasticity, durability of rubber mattress keep customers’ backs straight, so spine will be kept  shape, the elderly won’t have backache after a sleep. Among rubber mattresses, 100% natural latex rubber mattress is prefered than other rubber mattresses which is made from many unknown chemicals. This organic mattress not only supports bones but it is also friendly to the environment. However, natural latex rubber mattress is quite costly, about 1200-1800$ for one.

Some famous natural rubber mattress brands you may want to consider:

Awara: 1,200$

Avocado: 960$

Cedar Natural Luxe: 2,900$

Birch: 1,300$

Zenhaven: 1,300$ +++

Foam mattress is manufactured by the most up-to-date technology in the world. Before the technology used for making foam mattress became prevalent  in the mattress industry, it was utilised in the universal industry. Scientists took advantage of this technology to significantly reduce the vibration affecting astronomers’ body while launching the spaceship. Foam is more elastic than rubber and more durable than metal so that it can absorb and decrease pressure considerably.

Foam mattress supports, embraces every parts of the elderly’s body so it can lessen the risk of spinal diseases. Furthermore, foam mattress is much cheaper than natural latex rubber mattress, very affordable. However, its quality can’t be denied, it is as excellent as the natural rubber one. If your budget is still limited, foam mattress must be on your top-list choice.

Apart from the benefiting  the elderly, foam mattress is worth buying for patients who are bedridden. Foam mattress can cool down heat, diminish friction, easy to clean.

The elderly shouldn’t use spring mattress. This type of mattress creates vibration while users moving their body, so they sometimes feel quite dizzy. Almost every old people will suffer back pain if using this kind of mattress, especially who have bone-related diseases at young age.What’s more, spring mattress causes noise when users move body. This weak point affects others, not merely who uses it.

Weight of spring mattress is another point that we should take into consideration. To fulfill the demand of the elderly, we have to often clean the mattress because dirty mattress is the perfect environment  for bacteria to grow. Yet, spring mattress is really heavy, it is not convenient for cleaning.

Some Notices for Choosing Mattress

Not just the elderly, even the middle-aged, teenagers or children need to use mattress that is airy, sweat-absorbing t so that every sleep is truly comfy and relaxing

Appropriate Thickness

Mattress for the elderly should be not too high  or too low because it can interfere with their moving. The recommended height is about 10-15 cm. This height range is also supportive to the ariness of the mattress.

Color affects our moods so when choosing mattress for old people, we should opt for  products that have cozy, warm color because these color create elegance. We should avoid colors that are too bright or dull because these colors may make the elderly feel insecure and leading to the lack of sleep.

Caring for our grandparents or parents is not an obligation. This is our voluntary action of showing our gratitude to them, who have strived to make our life better. The way we care for our beloved predecessor will decide whom we would become. Choosing the best mattress for them is also an regarding way to show our respect. Hope that after this article, you will know which type of mattress should be used for the elderly in your family.

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I am so happy, grateful and honored to be nominated for a Liebster Award

by my co-blogger The Copenhagen Tales with the words

– InteriorWise, for doing her very own thing and breaking the rules!

At first I didn’t really know what the Liebster Award actually stands for but I found out that its a blogger to blogger award given to new blogs, saying I enjoy your blog – keep up the good work – an awesome way to recognize each others uniqueness! Having existed for only 5 month I am deeply honored! Further more it really makes me wanna blog even more and even better, just because I can’t help myself! 😉 With the nomination I was asked to answer the following questions about myself!

What do you love most about writing a blog?

When I am writing my blog, its like giving myself a treat – I focus only on my passion and it gives me a break from everyday life, thoughts and concerns – its like a playground where the creative part of my brain can let go and breath! It makes me happy!

One more really important thing is, that I love to share ideas and thoughts – I really enjoy when people out there wants to interact with me, it gives me so much energy and boost my hunger to find even funnier, more beautiful and unique stuff!

If you could be anyone in the world, dead or alive, for one day, who would it be?

Anne Marie Helger – just because she is Anne Marie Helger! She is dedicated to politics, she is funny, she dares being herself, she dresses like a million, not afraid of colors, she is everything beyond the ordinary – she is a huge inspiration! For those of you outside Denmark, Anne Marie Helger is an actress, 68 years old, the most awesome performer and speaker – always with a political angle for sure – dedicated to the left wing! Not only good looks, and I think her look says it all 🙂

What is the most important quality in a friend?

Trust, humor and being able to cry in his/her company!

What is your favorite place in the entire world?

Though I hate flying – its actually being on a plane, being on the run for new adventures!

Chocolate or vanilla?

NO doubt chocolate!

Who inspires you most?

Interiorwise I must say Abigail Ahern and The Novogratz – because they go all the way!

What is the best piece of advice you have ever gotten?

Don’t be anybody else but you!

What is the best piece of advice you can give to someone maintaining a small blog?

Your blog is unique, stay true to yourself, forget all about numbers and competition! And do it because you love it!

I just stopped by a blogger from the States who wrote, The Liebster Award is a huge recognition and an even bigger kind of cyber hug!!! I like that, and now I have the great honor to present my nominees…

Design Joy for being eclectic in style and theme, an inspiration and a cool co-blogger!

Grønnere for securing me a proper meal – the best veggie recipes and tasty photos!

Colorama boligdrømme for sharing the passion for colors and for the courage to paint… repaint and paint again!

Frøken Overspringshandling for inspiration and for sharing my passion for flee market treasures, DIY projects and the city of Copenhagen!

I could have come up with so many cool bloggers and in reality I want you all to check out thousands of other amazing blogs! You can follow my list of ´Cool places to visit´  which I sporadically will update

Thank you everybody for following me and for the nomination,

2 responses to “What a LIEBSTER DAY!

  • Grønnere

    Hej Daniélle!

    Tak for nomineringen! Hvor blev jeg glad da jeg så det! Og hvor er det bare en god idé at anerkende alle de små blogs der blomstre op (:

    Jeg prøvede at kigge rundt på forskellige blogs der har fået tildelt denne fine nominering, og jeg blev helt i tvivl om der er nogle spørgsmål jeg skal besvare (ligesom du har gjort her i indlægget) i forbindelse med de blogs jeg vil nominere? I så fald, hvor finder jeg disse? 🙂

    Og hvor er det en dejlig blog du har! Kan godt forstå du er blevet tildelt denne award 🙂

    Mange kærlige og grønne hilsner fra
    Mo // http://www.groennere.wordpress.com

    • Interior Wise

      Hej Mo

      Dejligt at høre, at den gjorde glæde, som tiltænkt… og virkelig fortjent! 🙂 Du kan vælge om du vil stille spørgsmål, og du må formulere præcis de spørgsmål, som du ønsker de andre bloggere skal svare på. Jeg har valgt ikke at stille spørgsmål, men det står dig frit for 🙂 Tak for dine fine, de varmer… og jeg vil tæt fortsætte med at sluge dine grønne retter 🙂

      Kærlig hilsen

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Clearing the way to better vision

A cataract results when the natural lens of the eye becomes cloudy. It is usually the result of normal aging. A cataract may also be caused by certain diseases or medications, such as steroids or trauma. A cataract prevents light from being clearly focused, causing blurred vision and problems with glare, such as oncoming car headlights at night. However, a cataract does not form on the eye, but rather within the eye.

Imagine a camera

Your eyes function similar to the parts of a camera.

Both the camera and your eye have an internal lens that focuses an image onto a film. The retina can be compared to camera film, consisting of a thin layer of photosensitive cells. If the lens of a camera were smudged or dirty, the pictures would turn out unclear. Similarly, as the crystalline lens in your eye becomes cloudy with a cataract, your picture of the world is blurred and discolored.

A natural part of aging

Cataracts are a natural part of aging. Almost everyone reaching their mid-sixties has some form of a cataract in one or both eyes. Cataracts do not cause irreversible blindness. They are not a growth that covers the surface of the eye, a tumor or a disease, but simply a change in the clarity of your natural lens. Most people who develop cataracts are older, although they may happen for various reasons at any age.

Occasionally, people are born with cataracts, and sometimes a cataract develops in an eye after a significant trauma. Smokers tend to have a higher occurrence of cataracts than non-smokers. Other contributing factors may include family history, previous eye surgery, medications such as a chronic inflammation known as uveitis, corticosteroids, diabetes or even laser vision correction. However, aging seems to be the main cause of cataracts.

Cataracts may take years to form or they may occur rapidly within a few months. And, while cataracts can affect both eyes at the same time, one may progress more rapidly.

In the past the gradual development of a cataract was referred to as “ripening.” Surgeons would wait until a cataract was ripe before removing it, and then it was excised through a large incision in one piece with no lens replacement. Patients gained light perception and could see hand movements only. Eventually, very thick and heavy “cataract glasses” evolved, allowing people to gain a measure of functionality.

Thankfully this is no longer the case. Cataract surgery is now performed whenever a person’s vision is impaired enough to interfere with normal functioning. Modern cataract surgery involves a tiny incision. The lens is then broken apart and it is suctioned gently from the eye and replaced by an artificial lens. Patients now have the option of premium and astigmatism correcting lenses.


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    In 2003, I left my country to a new adventure with my family. For more than 15 years, I’ve been living overseas. In my 7 years of clinical practice in Bangkok, I developed a vast knowledge of the Expat Life and Cultural Shock World. In my years in the USA, I strengthened my knowledge in the field.
    I have specialization is Gestalt Therapy, Positive Psychology, and Couples Therapy.
    My work is to provide assistance and guidance in resolving personal, social and psychological difficulties related to the Wife Expat Life in individual therapy.

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Smart LEDs: Changing the indoor experience

Americans today spend almost 90% of their time inside, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This means we spend a lot of time exposed to artificial light. For the first 140 years since the advent of electric lighting, we didn’t ask much of our lights. They came on when we needed them to, and that was about it.

That’s changing with light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which represent the most significant advancement in lighting since Edison’s original patent. LEDs have actually supplanted traditional incandescent bulbs in popularity, and Frost & Sullivan estimates they will make up more than 80% of the market by 2020.

Energy efficiency and long life have been the obvious benefits contributing to their popularity, but lately smart LEDs — called luminaires — are paving the way for lighting to be used in remarkable ways. Luminaires are complete lighting units that combine LEDs with integrated RF transceiver microcontrollers. These lights can be connected to each other and become part of a larger network offering a host of benefits beyond energy reduction. Residential users can benefit from simple voice controls and zonal automation — for example, talking to your lightbulb and extending Alexa’s availability into every room. In retail and commercial settings, location services and personalized beaconing are possible thanks to integration with analytics and cloud services.

In buildings and retail spaces, high-end luminaires include temperature and light sensors that dynamically adjust the driver current controlling the amount of energy used to power the light over its lifetime. This feature ensures a consistent intensity and maintains perceived quality while extending the LED’s lifetime. External or internal light sensors provide a way to perform daylight harvesting by sampling and measuring the ambient light. The result is overhead lighting that dims and adjusts dynamically throughout the day. In addition to conserving energy, the mimicry of natural light cycles makes for a comfortable experience.

Indoor commercial farming is another area where smart connected lighting is making a big difference. By programming lighting formulas to the unique requirements of produce, growers can maximize yield and minimize energy consumption. And because LEDs don’t generate as much heat as traditional lamps, they can be placed in close proximity to plants to provide uniform coverage. Indoor farms use less water and energy than conventional farming, and they eliminate the need for herbicides, pesticides or preservatives. Another benefit is being able to construct indoor growing operations in close proximity to markets so the produce travels fewer miles, conserving fuel and delivering a fresher product.

Another user benefit of smart connected lighting is getting a good night’s rest. Connected LEDs can constantly adjust during the day to replicate the natural path and shifting color temperature of the sun. When our internal clocks are able to respond to natural lighting cues that mimic the circadian cycles of light and dark, our bodies can wind up or wind down depending on the time of day. Studies show that getting the right light at the right time can result in 45 minutes of additional sleep each night with fewer disturbances. Instead of setting an alarm, you could program your bedroom lights to gradually brighten as your designated wake time nears. The light will begin the suppression of melatonin and wake you naturally and on time. Exposure to natural light promotes sleep, increases productivity and improves our mood. Natural light even has a positive impact on patient recovery when used in hospitals.

Think about the number of objects in our homes designed specifically to diffuse light; lampshades, wall sconces and other household fixtures will become unnecessary because excess light will become a thing of the past. The small size of these LEDs means lamps can be integrated into our surroundings in subtle, unobtrusive ways that may be virtually invisible when the light is off. For example, a bedside table with a surface that illuminates rather than a lamp sitting on top of it. And since LEDs are equipped with wireless connectivity and sensors, we’re essentially installing a network of small computers in homes. Imagine getting out of bed in the middle of the night for a glass of water and instead of the jarring, retina-collapsing click of a bedside lamp, the gradual brightening of a hallway light illuminates the way. As you move into the kitchen, the hallway light dims and the kitchen light gradually comes on, anticipating your path without you ever needing to fumble in the dark for a switch.

As more and more smart LEDs are deployed in the places where we live and work, our life indoors will be greatly enhanced by these new large-scale connected lighting platforms. LED lighting technology stands to deliver us enormous value, including energy savings, agriculture gains and serious health benefits.

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About Highway Delite (http://www.highwaydelite.com):
Highway Delite is the first & only free travel app designed for Indian highway travelers to make highway travel/road trip fun and safe. We are supported by the Government of Karnataka as a tourism startup and were incubated at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore. Our app provides highway travelers with all the necessary information for their road trips. We have verified 10,000+ kilometers of highways and are adding many more kilometers.
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Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Generate lead by self
2. Manage local business contacts
3. Work with authority to appoint sales team
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IntoX was founded in 2014 by Yaniv Sela as User Experience Company that want to make an impact in the way companies design products for their employees and their Customers.

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We see ourselves as valuable partners of our customers and strive to provide end-to-end solutions, strategy and ideas for product design and implementation.

Today the company focusing on User Experience strategy, Digital Experience and Employ Experience.  We design and services for global companies, startups, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations.

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