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How to Adapt a Pattern for Your Application

When creating interfaces in Appian, there are many components and layouts to choose from. With all of these configuration options, it can be hard to know what will be the right fit for your use case. To help you get inspired, there is a wide range of example patterns in the interface palette and documentation that represent the best designs for functionality and user experience.

Many patterns rely on interacting with a set of data. For these patterns to work, we include sample data. This page explains how to make patterns work with your data rather than the sample data.

There are two types of sample data found in patterns:

  • Hard-coded: Typically seen on patterns with editable form fields. These hard-coded values are stored as local variables.
  • Queried: Typically seen on patterns that display charts or read-only grids. These values are brought in with a!queryEntity() and stored in local variables.

We will go through how to swap out both hard-coded and queried data using two patterns. We'll convert the hard-coded data pattern to work with a purchase request use case. For the queried data pattern, we will work with the built-in employee use case to aggregate data from different fields than those used in the original pattern.

In both of these examples, our use cases have a flat custom data type. After we have gone through swapping out example data, we will discuss modifying a pattern to fit a nested custom data type. See Custom Data Type Design Guidance for more information on flat and nested CDTs.

Swap out hard-coded data

In this first example, we will be using the add, edit, and delete data in an inline editable grid pattern to swap out hard-coded example data. This data is being used to provide pre-populated fields in an editable grid. Editable grids are frequently used in forms, so we will walk through taking out the hard-coded employee data and converting it to be used in a purchase request interface. This interface can later be used in a process model to save the purchase requests to a data store entity.

screenshot of the editable grid created by the example pattern

The example employee data is represented in this pattern as a hard-coded array of dictionary data stored in a local variable:

local!employees: {
    { id: 1, firstName: "John" , lastName: "Smith" , department: "Engineering" , title: "Director" , phoneNumber: "555-123-4567" , startDate: today()-360 },
    { id: 2, firstName: "Michael" , lastName: "Johnson" , department: "Finance" , title: "Analyst" , phoneNumber: "555-987-6543" , startDate: today()-360 },
    { id: 3, firstName: "Mary", lastName: "Reed" , department: "Engineering" , title: "Software Engineer" , phoneNumber: "555-456-0123" , startDate: today()-240 },

This hard-coded data is similar to what would be found in a custom data type (CDT). For our purchase request use case, we'll set up a CDT named purchaseRequestItems with the following fields and data types:

  • id (number (integer)) - The ID of each purchase request.
    • Make sure to set this as the primary key and check the Auto-generate the next unique identifier when new records are written to a data store entity box.
  • summary (text) - Describes the purchase request, such as the item name.
  • quantity (number (integer)) - How many of the requested item.
  • unitPrice (number (decimal)) - How much each item costs.
  • department (text) - Which department needs the requested item.
  • dueDate (date) - When this item needs to be received by.

Once we have a CDT, we can start configuring the pattern:

  1. Add a rule input with a CDT array as the data type. We are using a rule input instead of a local variable because the editable grid will be passing data into a process model. screenshot of the Edit Interface Input dialog
  2. Deletelocal!employees and make sure to remove all of the hard-coded data in that local variable . You will get an error message: screenshot of an error, which reads, "Could not display interface. Please check interface definition and inputs. Interface definition: Expression evaluation error: Invalid variable(s) found: local!employees".
  3. Replace all referneces to local!employees in the expression with the newly created rule input. Ctrl+H/Cmd+H is an extremely useful keyboard shortcut that will do this in one step. screenshot of the find and replace behavior in expression mode

After we replace all the references to local!employee, we'll see our form again. It's still configured to collect employee information so we'll need to update the individual interface components.

Making sure the interface components work with your data

Unlike going from a hard-coded local variable to a rule input, the steps required to modify the interface components are going to be unique for each pattern and each use case. Instead of explaining what needs to be done step-by-step, we'll address three high level things that should be changed.

1. Modifying the grid columns

Change the column labels and sortFields to correspond to the fields in your rule input.

screenshot of an empty editable grid with columns for "first name", "last name", "department", "title", "phone number", and "start date".

screenshot of an empty editable grid with columns for "summary", "quantity", "unit price", "department", and "due date"

2. Change the interface components

The interface components used to populate the employee grid need to change to match the labels and types we used for each field when we set up our CDT.

For example, the first name column in Employee:

  label: "first name " & fv!index,
  value: fv!item.firstName,
  saveInto: fv!item.firstName,
  required: true

changed to the summary column in our updated editable grid:

  label: "Summary " & fv!index,
  value: fv!item.summary,
  saveInto: fv!item.summary,
  required: true

You will need to change the interface components for the quantity and unitPrice fields to number(integer) and number(decimal) components.

3. Clean up the remaining expression

For the last part of our update, we will clean up formatting and a few areas of the expression, including:

  • Changing the form layout's label to Add Items to Purchase Request.
  • Changing the editable grid's addRowlink parameter label to Add Item.
  • Updating the form and submit button's label to SEND TO REVIEW.
  • Removing the a!localVariables() function since there are no remaining local variables.

These steps will be unique for every pattern configuration. But the high-level steps will be similar for any pattern you are trying to modify.

Try adding a few rows of items and data to test out the grid. Your interface should looks like this:

screenshot of the final editable grid for the purchase request interface

Now that we have configured the pattern to work with our use case, it can be used in a process model, either through a start form or as a task in a workflow.

Swap out queried data

When you are developing your own applications, at some point you will probably need to query a data store entity to retrieve your data. Queries allow you to use and display the data in your data store entity in interfaces with components such as charts and grids or in layouts, like reports and dashboards.

Patterns with queries provide examples of different ways that you can display your data using a!queryEntity(). When you are adapting these patterns to use your own data store entities, you will need to replace the pattern's example query with one of your own.

In this example, we will be adapting the Aggregate Data from a Data Store Entity by Multiple Fields and Display in a Chart pattern to display the total number of employees hired each year in each department. Though we will change the query aggregation, we will still use the EMPLOYEE_ENTITY that this pattern comes with.

If you have not already created the EMPLOYEE_ENTITY, follow the steps on Use the Write to Data Store Entity Smart Service Function on an Interface to set up your entity and add data.

image of the example pattern's stacked column chart with 5 columns

Changing query data using the query editor

When we were replacing hard-coded data, we simply removed the local variable pattern and replaced it with a rule input. Here, we will use the query editor to modify local!datasubset to perform query aggregations on three fields. These aggregations will group our data by department and the year each employee started.

To get started with your pattern and the query editor:

  1. Copy and paste the pattern into EXPRESSION MODE.
  2. Switch to DESIGN MODE.
  3. In the COMPONENT CONFIGURATION pane, hover over local!datasubset and click the LAUNCH QUERY EDITOR icon.

To configure Paging & Sorting:

  1. Under Paging & Sorting, keep the default Basic option selected.
  2. In Show, select All Rows.
  3. In Sort By, select department. Keep In Ascending Order selected as the default setting.
  4. Click Add Sort.
  5. In Then Sort By, select startDate_year. Keep In Ascending Order selected as the default setting.

To configure the query aggregation:

  1. Under Query Results Preview, click REMOVE GROUPING. This will allow us to replace the pattern's groupings with our own aggregations.
  2. Click REMOVE, then click GROUP DATA.
  3. In Select a field to group by, enter department. Then click GROUP.
  4. Under the Fields list, select id. After it's selected, the field appears as id_count because the aggregation is calculating the total number of employees in each department by counting the IDs.
  5. Click TEST QUERY. Now you can see the number of employees in each department.
  6. Under the Fields list, select startDate. After it's selected, the field appears as startDate_year because the aggregation is grouping the date that each employee started by only the year.
  7. Click TEST QUERY. Now you can see the number of employees that started in each year by the department.

To change the data store entity for your query while in the query editor, click CHANGE DATA STORE ENTITY in the bottom left corner of the query editor. Then select your data store entity and click CONTINUE.

screenshot of the query editor with aggregations on the department, id, and start date fields.

Clean up the remaining expression

Now that we have set up the query aggregation to group the data from the fields that we want using the query editor, it's time update a few areas of the expression.

  1. Replace local!labels: index(local!, "title", {}), with local!labels: index(local!, "startDate_year", {}),.
  2. Replace index(index(local!, "id", {}), local!intersection, 0) with index(index(local!, "id_count", {}), local!intersection, 0).

You're now done configuring the chart to work with the new query aggregations that we set up. Your chart should look like this:

screenshot of a stacked column chart displaying the total number of employees hired each year by each department

Dealing with nested values

In our previous two examples, we've gone from one flat data type to another. We will now go through what you should do if you if you want to adapt an interface pattern that references a nested CDT value.

For example, let's say that the department and title fields in our employee CDT live in nested CDTs. When we go to query the data our expression would look something like this:

a!querySelection(columns: {
   a!queryColumn(field: "firstName"),
   a!queryColumn(field: "lastName"),
   a!queryColumn(field: "position.department"),
   a!queryColumn(field: "position.title")

It is a best practice to use the alias parameter in a!queryColumn() to make referring to nested or aggregated values easier in an interface expression.

When adapting patterns to work with CDTs with nested values, it is important to understand the data model of the CDTs that you are dealing with. For example, a customer CDT might have fields for billing and shipping addresses that are nested CDTs. The nested CDT for addresses would have a many-to-one relationship with the parent customer CDT. This means that one address could be used for a company's billing address, shipping address, or both. That same address could also be used for the billing and shipping addresses of many other companies.

If we wanted to display all the customers' billing and shipping addresses in a read-only grid, we would reference the address fields with a query using fv!row.ShippingAddress.Address or fv!row.BillingAddress.Address. An example of two grid columns is shown below:

        label: "Shipping Address",
        sortField: "ShippingAddress.Address",
        value: fv!row.ShippingAddress.Address
        label: "Billing Address",
        sortField: "BillingAddress.Address",
        value: fv!row.BillingAddress.Address

Now you are ready to start adapting patterns to your own unique data. Whether you need to switch out hard coded data, create query aggregations, or configure examples to use nested CDTs, you're prepared to make Appian's many patterns work for you.

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Plan a deployment

To set up a deployment server, you need to configure both the deployment server and the deployment clients, although most configuration occurs on the deployment server side. The main actions you need to perform are these:

  • Configure the deployment clients to connect to a deployment server.
  • Create directories on the deployment server to hold the deployment apps and populate them with content.
  • Create mappings between deployment clients and app directories (the server classes).

The order in which you perform these actions is, to some degree, up to you, although a suggested procedure is described below, in "The basic steps".

After you set up the clients, the app directories, and the mappings, you can populate the app directories with content. At any time, you can tell the deployment server to distribute new or updated content from the app directories to the clients they're mapped to.

Important: Do not use deployment server or forwarder management to distribute updates to peer nodes (indexers) in an indexer cluster. Similarly, do not use deployment server to distribute apps or configuration files to search head cluster members. See "Deployment server and clusters".

Deployment server system requirements

Deployment server machine requirements

Because of high CPU and memory usage during app downloads, it is recommended that the deployment server instance reside on a dedicated machine.

Operating system compatibility

Unix deployment servers can update both Windows and Unix clients. Windows deployment servers, however, should be used only with Windows clients.

Use a Unix deployment server to update Unix deployment clients. Apps that employ scripted inputs, alerts, search commands, and so on, can run into permission problems when deployed from Windows to Unix. Specifically, scripts and other programs will not be set to executable upon delivery to the Unix clients.

Client version compatibility

8.x deployment servers are compatible with deployment clients running 6.0 and above.

Deployment server and other roles

For most deployments, the deployment server must run on a dedicated Splunk Enterprise instance that is not serving as an indexer or a search head. The exception is if the deployment server has only a small number of clients, 50 or less. Under those limited circumstances, it is possible for an indexer or search head to double as a deployment server.

Alternatively, you can host any one of these management components on a deployment server, but only if the deployment server has 50 or less clients:

Do not colocate a deployment server and an indexer cluster master node under any circumstances.

A cluster master node and a deployment server both consume significant system resources while performing their tasks. The master node needs reliable and continuous access to resources to perform the ongoing management of the cluster, and the deployment server can easily overwhelm those resources while deploying updates to its deployment clients.

For more information about deployment server sizing, read Estimate deployment server performance.

For a general discussion of management component colocation, see Components that help to manage your deployment in the Distributed Deployment Manual.

What to configure

You need to configure both the deployment server and the deployment clients:

  • On each deployment client, you specify its deployment server by invoking a CLI command, by directly editing a configuration file, or (on Windows universal forwarders only) during installation.
  • On the deployment server, you create directories in which the deployment apps will live. You can then use forwarder management to define server classes that encapsulate the client/app mappings.

The basic steps

To set up the deployment server, you need to perform several steps on both the deployment clients and the deployment server. Although the order of the steps is optional to some degree, here's a recommended order:

1. Determine your remote configuration needs. Questions to ask include:

  • What types of Splunk Enterprise components do I want to configure remotely? For example: forwarders, indexers.
  • Within each component type, what characteristics dictate the configuration needs? For example: machine type, geographic location, application.

2. Group your deployment clients by their configuration needs. You can group clients by application, machine type, or any other criteria that make sense for your deployment topology. A client can be a member of multiple groups. For example, forwarder-x might be a member of the linux-x86_64 machine type, the north-american geographic location, and the security application groups, and forwarder-y might be a member of the windows-intel machine type, the asian geographic location, and the security application groups.

These groups form the basis for your server classes. A server class maps a group of deployment clients to sets of content (in the form of deployment apps) that get deployed to them. A client can belong to mutiple server classes. For guidance on the ways that you can group deployment clients into server classes, see "About server classes."

3. Choose one of your Splunk Enterprise instances to be the deployment server. Deployment server capability is automatically enabled on Splunk Enterprise, so there is nothing you need to do in this step, beyond choosing the instance. This is the instance where you will place the downloadable content and define your server classes. The deployment server distributes content updates to its set of deployment clients.

In most cases, the deployment server requires a dedicated Splunk Enterprise instance. See "Deployment server system requirements."

Important: The deployment server cannot be a deployment client of itself. If it is, the following error will appear in splunkd.log: "This DC shares a Splunk instance with its DS: unsupported configuration".

4. On each deployment client, specify the deployment server chosen in step 3. Refer to "Configure deployment clients" for details. You can add more clients later.

5. On the deployment server's file system, create directories for the deployment apps that will hold the content you plan to distribute to clients. Put the app content into those directories, either now or later. Refer to "Create deployment apps" for details. You can add more deployment apps later.

6. On the deployment server, create the server classes that map deployment clients to deployment apps. Refer to "About server classes" for details on configuring server classes.

Note: In most cases, the forwarder management interface can handle the server class configuration. For some unusual situations, you might need to directly edit the underlying configuration file. No matter whether you use forwarder management or directly edit the configuration file, the basic steps are the same.

Once you've completed this configuration process, you can start distributing content to the clients. See "Deploy apps to clients" for information on how to deploy new content to clients.

SSL encryption

SSL encryption using default certificates is enabled out-of-the-box. If you change the SSL configuration on the deployment server, you must change it on its deployment clients as well. The deployment server and its clients must agree in the SSL settings for their splunkd management ports. They must all have SSL enabled, or they must all have SSL disabled.

To disable the SSL configuration on a Splunk Enterprise instance, set the enableSplunkdSSL attribute in server.conf to "false":

enableSplunkdSSL = false

For detailed information on using SSL with deployment server, see "Securing deployment server and clients" in the Securing Splunk manual.

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Run Lola Run: A Discussion Guide

Run Lola Run (Germany, 1998); directed by Tom Tykwer

Chapter 7 of my book, Faith, Film and Philosophy, is titled “What Would Have Been and What Could Be: Counterfactuals in It’s a Wonderful Life and Run Lola Run. The author is Jim Spiegel. Here are discussion questions for the film Run Lola Run that I’ve used in conjunction with his chapter.

  1. Are there any elements in the film that you didn’t understand or can’t explain? Write down what comes to mind?
  2. How would you explain the following: (a) the red hair, (b) the use of black and white, (c) the use of animation, (d) the rapid-fire photo shoots of people Lola encounters, (c) the breaking glass when she screams at different times
  3. The film depicts three possible scenarios. Between the first scenario and the second is a scene when Lola asks Manni a series of questions. She begins with the question, “Do you love me?” What is funny about this scene? What is the logic of her questioning? How does Manni respond? Do you think he should have answered her differently?
  4. Who are the people that Lola encounters during her race to catch up with Manni? What technique is used to portray their respective futures? Why are they portrayed in different ways from one scenario to another? What bearing does this have on the message of the film?
  5. Is there humor in this film? If so, what is its significance, if any, for the message of the film? Is this a comedy? If not, is the humor accidental (not intended by the producers or director) or incidental (not salient to the main message of the film)? Explain your answer.
  6. Between the second scenario and the third, Manni asks Lola, “What would you do if I died?” She thinks his question is stupid. Do you agree with Lola? Why would Manni ask such a thing? How is this bit of dialogue appropriate to the film? Is there anything significant about placing this scene here, rather than between the first and second scenarios?
  7. Does the fact that this movie is in German make the movie more enjoyable, or less? Explain your answer. What would be lost, if anything, if it was in English? Do you think you would enjoy it more, or understand it better, if you understood German?
  8. In the last scenario, while Lola is running with her eyes closed, and she doesn’t have the money, what is she saying? Whom is she addressing? Think about what happens next. Is this supposed to be related to her plea while running? If so, how?
  9. At the Casino, Lola gets incredibly lucky. At this point in the film, is that a surprise? Why or why not?
  10. There are places in the film where a group audience tends to respond with laughter. It’s as if there are cues in the film to laugh at these moments, and most people respond on cue. How does experience of a film in a group situation help in the process of understanding what a film is about, or what a viewer is supposed to believe or feel in response to a scene?
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Dr. Theng Yin Leng is Professor and Director at the Centre of Healthy and Sustainable Cities (CHESS) at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, and Research Director at the Research Strategy and Coordination Unit (President’s Office), Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore). Dr.
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Theng's research interests are mainly in user-centred design, interaction design and usability engineering. She has participated in varying capacities as principal investigator, co-investigator and collaborator in numerous research projects in the United Kingdom and Singapore since 1998. In the area of research, Dr.Theng’s philosophy is about doing worthwhile, scientifically-based experimental Human-Computer Interaction in understanding users and their interactions, especially for Information Systems, in her earlier research on the World Wide Web and Digital Libraries, and with recent focus on interactive systems/devices for Healthcare and Education. Her main research interest is to develop innovative tools, techniques, methods and models to assist in the design and evaluation of interactive systems/devices, making research relevant and impacting society. From 2003 to 2015, as a PI, she has garnered a total of slightly over S$3M as PI and about S$2M as Co-PI and Collaborator. Dr. Theng has more than 200 papers and publishes widely in top-tiered international journals and conferences. Recent interests include applying user issues to elderly & technologies, games for health, health informatics, smart nation & metrics.

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Seasonal Regimen in Ayurveda (Ritucharya)

After the Daily regimen,  I would like to share Ayurvedic knowledge on Ritucharya . Ritucharya is the seasonal activities that we should do for healthy and happy living.

Ayurveda gives importance to time. It is a causative factor for birth and the death of all creatures. The movement of the sun, the moon and all the planets are linked with time. Vedic science believes on existence of basic five elements (Panchamahabhoota), and time is actually responsible for transformation of five basic elements. This is the reason, why one should change food and lifestyle according to time .As a result of this, body will harmonize with nature.

Coming back to seasonal regimen , first we need to understand that there are six seasons that Ayurveda has explained. In this article I will just list out the 6 seasons that Ayurveda mentions.

Ritu (Seasons)

SishiraMid Jan – Mid MarchCool
VasantaMid March – Mid MayFlowers
GrismaMid May – Mid JulyHeat
VarsaMid July- Mid SeptemberRain
SharadaMid Sep – Mid NovemberMoonlight
HemantaMid November- Mid JanSnowfall

To have a better understanding and the movement of the sun  ; these 6 seasons are categorize in two groups.

a. Aadan kaala – During this period , the sun with its severe hot rays and the winds with their sharp velocity and sryness absorb the moisture from the earth.
b. Visharga Kaala – Visharga is calm. Moon is dominating in this period an the power of the sun becomes weak.

Aadan Kaala :-  Since the northward movement of the sun naturally increases the heat of the places it approaches, the cooling properties are weakened. Due to progressive dryness in the atmosphere during the seasons of Shishira, Vasanta, and Grishma, which enhances bitter, astringent and hot rasas respectively and results in the human beings become weak. Therefore aadana is sweltering by nature.

Visharga Kaala :- The remaining three seasons (i.e. Varsha, Sharad and Hemanta) are characterized by the southern movement of the sun and is known as visarga kaala. All living beings gains strength during this period.

Quick review on two kaala.

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Digestive power decreases

Sun moving towards north

Sun Dominants

Debilitating period

Bitter-Astringent- Hot taste

Digestive power increases

Sun moving towards south

Moon Dominants

Strengthening period

Sour-Sweet-Salty taste

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I am Roshan Baskota (Ayurveda Doctor) , did my Bachelor's Degree of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from Institute of Medicine Tribhuwan University, Nepal. Followed by the study I have done certification programs on Advanced Metabolic Endocrinology from American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
Beside academic study and certification , I have been chosen as a research supervisors by government of Nepal where I got chance to experience different traditional healers and their practice in Himalayas. Additionally, I have got knowledge from participating different seminars within and outside the country.

I have started my work as a Ayurveda general physician in clinics in Nepal. During that time I was also trained for Panchakarma and Ksharsutra procedures. After 2 yrs of clinical experience, I started working at a wellness resort , where I run a wellness programs mostly preventive, promotive and rejuvenative. I do Ayurveda consultation, pulse analysis to find prakriti (Body Type) and imbalances, and guide with different food, lifestyle and therapies. Addition to work, I love writing and making video blogs about Ayurveda and Yoga.

  1. Daniel Ferreira says:

    Hi does anyone know where I can make questions about ayurveda?
    I’ve recently came across a seminar on health based on ayurveda the person was explaining how there are different periods of the day and we should do different things at different times and for example he explained that we should eat only twice a day and never between 10.30am and 2.30pm only before or after, I have seen the statement to eat only twice a day too one in the morning and another at the end of the day in the book Charaka samhita which is one of the main authorities in ayurveda but at the same time I read that the best period for eating is from 12pm to 2pm because your digestive fire is higher, the gentleman on the seminar explained that from 10.30am to 2.30pm occurs a period of destruction in the universe so we should not eat or sleep and in the book Charaka samhita does say to eat once in the morning and once in the evening, how can we understand this ? Are there any books or sources of knowledge explaining this ? Can anyone help?
    Thank you

    1. Namaste and Greetings.

      Dear Daniel, All the samhita and ancient text definitely agree that fire (pitta) is most dominant on middle of the day i.e. around 10:30 to 2:30 , and Charaka samhita and any other samhita, says plan your food according to agni in one’s stomach. Its also a well known fact that when agni is maximum in nature , so is in our body. So I would definitely go with big lunch in a healthy person. No lunch at noon can be true only in certain condition when someone has lots of Kapha dosha vitiated. I am still looking for the reference in samhita (will share once i find) , I just want to know reference of “the book Charaka samhita does say to eat once in the morning and once in the evening” . It would be helpful to find other reference. Thank you.

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The 05/27/13 Joy Jar

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Memorial Day is a day to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives in our nation’s conflicts. These brave men and women took orders from the Commander-in-Chief and Congress no matter how they have personally felt about the task they were assigned. Moi wants to thank each for they service. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the gratitude for those who gave their lives for moi’s freedom.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
James A. Baldwin

We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.                    Francis Amasa Walker

The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.                                    Thomas Campbell, Stanzas

Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth;
Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth…                                                    Thomas Moore, How Oft Has the Banshee Cried

For love of country they accepted death.                                                 James A. Garfield

Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

Henry Ward Beecher

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.”

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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
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10 Things I’ve Learned about Life

One of my favorite songs is Louis Armstrong’s rendition of What a Wonderful World. It reminds me that our time in this world can be a wonderful adventure, especially if we don’t take ourselves too seriously.

Together we share life’s journey, though we may be at different places along the path. I’ve traveled quite a few miles, and though I’m no philosopher, I’ve learned a few things along the way. For the benefit of my fellow travelers, I share the following observations:

  1. Everything happens for a reason.
  2. Meaning and purpose can always be found in the midst of chaos.
  3. Knowing some of the questions is better than having all of the answers.
  4. Every thought, every choice and every action has consequences.
  5. What one focuses upon in life expands.
  6. We live in a world of abundance where there’s enough for everyone.
  7. In a win-lose situation, there are usually no winners.
  8. Diversity divides when we only focus on differences, but it enriches when we build on those things we share in common.
  9. No matter how good the “good old days” may have seemed, we’ve got to believe that our best days are yet to come.
  10. Life only makes sense when viewed from an eternal perspective.

Okay, that’s my initial list. What do you think? I’d like to hear what you’ve learned from your own, unique journey.

2 Responses to 10 Things I’ve Learned about Life

  1. Ron Cushing says:

    The danger in believing is #2 is twofold (although I personally tend to agree)
    1. It’s very easy to second-guess your life with “what-ifs” and “if-onlys.”
    2. It’s also possible to allow oneself to become egotistical – counting all one’s blessings as direct results of actions by the self. While I believe that “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity,” I also believe that sometimes it is just plain good old dumb, blind luck.

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    1-10. Psa. 27:14 Wait for the Lord; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.

    It requires a lot of energy and dedication for me to block out the noise and to follow Psalms 27:14 that I think it deserves all of my top 10. 🙂

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Annuity goods distribution at Grand Portage; Ojibwe men women and children; dogs; agent M. A. Leahy; barrels and bags; wheelbarrow; buildings; fences. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections

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#WeAreDuo Employee Spotlight with Ryan Williamson-Cardneau

Have you ever wondered what life at Duo is like? Or what it’s like to be an Engineer, Product Designer, Account Executive etc. at Duo? How current employees landed their jobs or important lessons they’ve learned while working at Duo?

We get these questions all the time and that’s why we’re sitting down with employees to learn what life at Duo is like for them! #WeAreDuo

We sat down with Product Designer, Ryan Williamson-Cardneau to learn about what he does and his experience at Duo.

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How long have you been at Duo, and what do you do here?

For some time, past 4 years now. I work on Duo's design system called Tellaro.

What's your day-to-day like at Duo?

I spend lots of time talking with both engineers and designers to discover opportunities where we are able to create solutions for faster design, or alleviate pain points engineers may have building UI's (user interfaces).

What tools do you use to help you do your job?

I use Sketch, Abstract, CSS, Javascript, HTML and my caffeine-fueled brain.

How do you and your team collaborate with other teams within Duo?

We mostly listen to our users. Listening is probably our strongest superpower to make sure that what we invest our time in is actually useful and solving a real problem for our users.

How did you get your job at Duo?

I reached out and bugged our head of product design Sally Carson. A LOT. There's actually a longer story to this, but the short of it is that Sally took a chance hiring me and gave me the opportunity to grow systems thinking in design at Duo.

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Never be afraid to reach out and ask for help. We're incredibly fortunate at Duo in this regard. There's never been a moment where someone hasn't taken the time or effort to really try and help out when I've had a problem or a question.

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Everyone is very supportive. Basically this place is an amazing intersection of not only crazy smart people, but crazy nice people.

How is your role at Duo different from roles you've had with other companies?

Autonomy + Trust. In short, there's been amazing opportunities to take skills I've used in the past at agencies; dog food them and grow them. Coming into my role at Duo we had no other role like it, no real plan for how the role would grow but over time with trust and the autonomy to explore what designers and engineers have needed, we've been able to grow a team focused on this intersection and begin to tackle some really wicked problems.

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90’s Sport Trucks, An Industry Fail.

The pick up truck is America’s bread and butter. Used by farmers, construction workers, and millions of hard working men and women everywhere. But what happens when you want a sports car, but need a truck? American manufacturers, Chevrolet and Ford, tried to answer that question in the 90s.

Chevy 454SS

Chevrolet saw the gap in the pickup truck market. There was no “sporty” trucks at the time. So, they took the standard 1/2 ton single cab chassis, stuck the largest engine they had into it, and called it the 454SS. The “454” in “454SS” rather obviously stands for the 454 cubic inch (7.4L) engine they put into it.

You would think a 7.4L would put down at least 350 or 400 horsepower, especially since it was supposed to be a sporty truck. However, the 454ci put down a hilariously small 230 horsepower and 385 ft-lbs of torque. That is a lot of torque, but 230 horsepower is just pathetic by any standards.

The 454SS was only available in black, with a red interior, and GM only made 17,000 of them. So, yes they do have a collector value due to being rare, but serve no legitimate purpose in the real world. It’s low, heavy, loud, sucks up gas, and isn’t even that fast. Let’s be honest, its not very pretty either.

Performance Data:

  • Horsepower: 230 horsepower
  • Torque: 385 lb-ft of torque
  • Weight: 4,400 lbs
  • 0-60mph: 7.1 seconds
  • 1/4 mile: 15.6 seconds @ 87 mph

Ford Lightning

Ford answered back with the SVT Lightning, which was very similar to the 454SS. The Lightning was also a single cab, short bed truck, and could only be had that way. Ford had a slightly different recipe for their sport truck. They used the existing 351W (5.8L), but added GT-40 heads from the Mustang Cobra,and stronger pistons. The lightning put down 240 horsepower, and 340 ft-lbs of torque.

The 351W under the hood of the lightning makes slightly more horsepower than the 454SS, but slightly less torque. It is impressive that the Lightning makes more horsepower with less displacement, but it’s still weak compared to any other engine, especially modern engines.

The SVT Lighting was only available in black, white, and red. Ford only produced 11,500 of the 1st gen lightning, making it even more rare than a 454SS. Later down the line Ford also produced the Harley Davidson edition, which was basically a 4-door Lightning

Performance Data:

  • Horsepower: 240 horsepower
  • Torque: 340 lb-ft of torque
  • Weight: 4,300 lbs
  • 0-60mph: 7.6 seconds
  • 1/4 mile: 15.6 seconds @ 87 mph

GMC Syclone

Out of all the sports trucks in the 90s I think the Syclone is the coolest. It was a light duty truck which meant it weighed less than the 454SS and Lightning. It was also very unique because its power plant was nothing like the other two. The Syclone used a single turbo 4.3L, which produced an impressive 280 horsepower and 350 lb-ft of torque.

The Syclone was also unique because it was all-wheel-drive, and had a 4-wheel ABS system which was a first ever for a pickup truck. Many automotive magazines at the time found the Syclone’s acceleration to be comparable to the Corvette, and even some Ferrari models.

Unfortunately the Syclone only lasted 2 years of production. Around 3,000 Syclones were produced, with only a few being a color other than black. Out of all the sports trucks the Syclone was definitely the fastest, and most innovative with its AWD system and advanced ABS system.

Performance Data:

  • Horsepower: 280 horsepower
  • Torque: 350 lb-ft of torque
  • Weight: 3,550 lbs
  • 0-60mph: 5.3 seconds
  • 1/4 mile: 14.1 seconds @ 93 mph

All of these trucks are very interesting in concept, but just don’t work in the real word. The chassis of the pickup truck was never designed to handle well, so sticking a powerful-ish engine under the hood really just makes the problem worse. Dodge later attempted the same with their SRT-10 Ram, but that also ultimately failed.

It’s clear that off-road style trucks are much more appealing to the public. Ford’s Raptor has been a massive success since it was released in 2009. It has become clear that sport trucks will never really catch on in the automotive world.

Let me know what you think of sports trucks down in the comments below!

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  1. You forgot about the Cyclone. It wasn’t a full size pickup but it got the sport part right. It beat a Ferrari in a automotive magazine test. It didn’t last long though, probably for the same reasons you gave for the others. But they don’t give up on the idea. Dodge received it in the 00s with the Ram S/T10.

    • You are correct, I did completely forget about the Syclone, I just updated the article to include the GMC Syclone, enjoy!

      • Thanks, of all the trucks the cyclone would be one I would like to get. I think some of the problem was that at that time US auto industries didn’t invest much time in a vehicle. If it did not sell in big numbers instantly they were moving on to the next thing. By the time I had heard of a Cyclone it was already out of production. OK I was a kid and couldn’t buy a vehicle but I was very into cars then so knew of a lot of cool vehicles.

  2. you are incorrect on the 454SS truck colors, black was the only color option in 90 and 91, in 92 and 93 they were available in Black, Red, and White (I have a true white one gray interior verified) and in the white you could get Blue, Gray, or Tan interior. I disagree that they are an “industry fail” all of the trucks you listed have a huge following just try and find or buy one. And were fairly quick for a full size truck weighing in at almost 4500 pounds most of the early 90s sports cars (Camaros/Mustangs) weren’t turning in 1/4 mile numbers much better than 15 seconds.

      • I worked for a company that remanufactured the 4l60 transmission for G.M. We we’re amazed when we starting seeing output shafts twisted.Found out they came from the syclone.We knew that was one hot truck

  3. Kind of stupid to compare power standards of emission-choked trucks from the 90’s that were never meant to be “clean” or “efficient” like modern cars are built to do. These engines are just variants of the gas sucking carbureted engines of days past. for them to make anything higher than the 215 mark in the 90’s was considered very powerful for a truck, regardless of today’s power standards.

  4. I talked with the hesd GM truck at the time, he said
    GM built the Syclone to bring people into the dealership
    They didn’t see a large, long term market for the Syclone or Typoon. Look at the Buick GNX and compare the running gear of the three. They were and are some serious vehicles

  5. These trucks were the opposite of fails. They made driving trucks & suv’s cool to majority middle class America instead of just a hotrodding niche. The truck/suv ‘cool factor’ in the 90s became the norm in the 2000s and by the 2020s we see US manufacturer car sales are nearly dead while SUV/Crossovers/trucks are ubiquitous. These trucks made that possible.

    (You also forgot the Dodge Shelby Dakota and another one I can’t remember.)

    These vehicles took fuel injected performance of the day to a new level… IN TRUCKS. Which had never been factory performance vehicles across multiple manufacturers at once.

    The sport truck and mini truck early 90s craze was significant and the performance was only overshadowed by the up-and-coming technology of port fuel injection and valvetrain advancements (Ford DOHCs, Honda DOHCs, GM’s LS motors, E36 M3 VVT & Mitsubishi VVT/turbine tech, etc). These trucks were kings of the road in 1989-1992. Nothing could touch them. Id go back and reassess how these trucks & marketing swayed the avg middle class American to jump on the SUV train that followed witg Isuzu (=Honda/Acura), Ford (=Mazda/Merc), and GM leading the way in the mid/late 90s.

  6. You forgot the 03-07 Silverado SS.. it’s 2wd and awd system and 6.0 engine still make decent power, you can do smoky burnouts and still seat 5 people since it’s ext cab, it also had a 9000 lbs towing capacity so it was nice to tow a boat or a race car to the track with your sport truck and it is still desirable today for it’s clean style. The 99-04 Lightning with its 5.4 supercharged engine is no joke even for today’s cars it will still keep up to some modern sports cars, the towing capacity or seating isn’t as great as the SS but it does make a 30hp more weights less since it only came out single cab.. prices for these trucks are still around 15k for a decent example and people still buy them since they do stand out of the crowd and are not that common to see on the roads today.

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