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<ArtB> Scribe: Art
<ArtB> ScribeNick: ArtB
<bryan> on the bridge, Bryan Sullivan (AT&T)
<plh> http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/PubStatus#API_Specifications
<plh> scribe: plh
Art: Clipboard API
... we have a status report as of April 8
... the editor isn't around
Ryo: some discussions on how to
spec the markup
... this will take a couple of years to spec
... seralizing the DOM, including style, is complex
... I'll post more details on the list
... but it will take a long time
Art: if folks are interested in
moving this spec forward, please step up as always
... DOM3 Events
... we don't have the editors around either
... will be a third LC
... 12 bugs
... some concerns since HTML5 has a normative ref for it
... and would make life easier if DOM3 Events was a REC
... since it's not going to happen anytime soon
... I've been pushing this soec to go back to LC
Marcos: what's the dependency?
Robin: it's about the event types
Art: UIEvents is blocked on
... Pointer Events depends on UIEvents
... Glenn expressed interest in moving forward D3E
... plan is to split out features that would prevent it to move forward
Adrian: plan to split out key names/values
<smaug> rniwa: wrong port?
<smaug> rniwa: should be 6665
Adrian: and proceed
... primary reason is that changing will happen to those anyway
... also want to review various mobile platforms and their keyboards
Art: DOM P&S
... pre-LC2 comment period
... last set of bugs submitted by Anne
... in the absence of issues in the next couple of days, we'll start LC2
... CfC to stop work on File API specs.
... no one objected
Ryo: any test on DOM P&S
<ArtB> ACTION: barstow update testing info in PubStatus for DOM P&S spec [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action01]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-714 - Update testing info in pubstatus for dom p&s spec [on Arthur Barstow - due 2014-04-17].
Art: FullSccreen API
... last update was 2 years ago
... plan was to copy a somewhat stable version into W3C spec
... whenever they think it's donish
Mike: zero bugs is the best you
get from the WHATWG
... I don't think it's being worked on actively
... it's on a back burner
Art: any concerns?
<Hixie> could we not copy other groups' work, causing forked specs?
Glenn: is there a dependency from HTML 5.0
Robin: Fullscreen is non-normative
Art: [reading Hixie's comments
from IRC]
... let's move that to an admin topic
... (adding to the whiteboard)
... Gamepad
... they have one bug left
... will enter LC in Q2
Adrian: we're looking into this
spec. filed a couple of bugs
... so some discussion left
<smaug> (Gamepad will be most probably enabled in FF29)
Art: (going to back to fullscreen)
Tantek: status sounds
... Anne is doing most of the work there
... it's waiting for more implementation feedback
Art: implementation status?
Marcos: status is pretty good
<scribe> ACTION: Art to follow with Tantek and Anne on next steps for fullscreen [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action02]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-715 - Follow with tantek and anne on next steps for fullscreen [on Arthur Barstow - due 2014-04-17].
Adrian: everybody does it
differently :(
... body element fullscreen gets different resutls for example
Art: anybody to look into tests?
<krisk> I can push some tests into github for fullscreen
Kris: I can do it
<krisk> ACTION: krisk push full screen api tests into github [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action03]
<scribe> ACTION: Kris to look at tests for Fullscreen [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action04]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-716 - Push full screen api tests into github [on Kris Krueger - due 2014-04-17].
<trackbot> Created ACTION-717 - Look at tests for fullscreen [on Kris Krueger - due 2014-04-17].
Art: Aryeh did some good
... and Ryo did some work as well
... should we find a timeslot for this?
Adrian: +1
Art: ok, 10:30am then
... CR for 9 months
... draft implementation report
... missing data for IE
Kris: I'll give results
Art: we're making progress
... between Josh and Jonas, various discussions on work on v2
<krisk> Yep we were talking at the HTML WG meeting about this and exchanged email
Israel: full text search capability
Josh: guidance on moving forward for v2?
Art: adding IDB at 4pm
Yoshi(?): one bug remaining
<slightlyoff> FYI, I'm going to be at the meeting later today and most of tomorrow so feel free to schedule SW discussion for any time after noon today
scribe: it's 2 documents
... first one is good enough to move forward
... [offset clarification needed]
Adrian: we need to discuss that
one, but we implemented it in IE11 and we were ok with the
... it's in good shape
Art: what about moz?
Jonas: dunno
Yoshi(?): didn't see interest outside MS and GOO
Art: test?
Mike: I can work with Kochi
<falken> ^^^ (Takayoshi Kochi)
Art: Manifest is this
... Pointer Lock, we're in CR
... we have a few tests
... Push API is this afternoon
... quote API. status report on April 9
Yves: TAG is working on review of
this spec
... about to be done
Art: any issue?
Yves: one issue on good understanding on type of storage (persistent, etc.)
Art: Screen Orientation?
Mounir: I sent an update to the
... so could address questions
... made some changes, prefix impl from moz and ms, are they ok with them?
Jonas: let's allocate some time
Art: 4:30pm this afternoon
... Server-Sent Events
... draft impl report
... looks like we're close to being done with this. just a few bugs
... there is a PR for the timeout failure
zqzhang: can someone review it?
Art: and we have some
... constructor failures
... probably all the same error
... if someone could take a look at these 4 failures
... from the chrome team
<tyoshino> tyoshino of Chrome team. going to take a look at SSE failure
<tyoshino> s
<scribe> ACTION: tyoshino to look at the failures on Server-Sent Events [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action05]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-718 - Look at the failures on server-sent events [on Takeshi Yoshino - due 2014-04-17].
Art: ServiceWorker, we have time
... Stream API
Feras: we have one common API
between Node and the browsers for Stream API in WhATWG
... it's pretty stable for the most part
... but no really big change expected
... some cleaning and then integration back into W3c side
Marcos: we got agreement to move
that spec into W3C proper at some point
... while maintaining the CC0 aspect at the same time
<adrianba> http://lanyrd.com/2014/extensible-web-summit/scyqth/
Adrian: the stream topic was
discussed at the summit
... (link to minutes above)
... good discussion there
... sense is that there are still some open questions for the design for the base spec
Art: captured in the github?
Marcos: yes, discussion on the way
Art: ok, looks like this is
moving forward
... UIEvents
... was mentioned earlier
... priority is D3E
<krisk> I think their are tests for URL http://w3c-test.org/url/
Art: URL
plh: [...]
... plan is to work on it in webapps
<tantek> plan is for *who* to work on it in webapps?
Mike: I won't be able to be the test facilitator
<tantek> or is this just for testing the URL spec?
Mike: [some discussion on the test suite]
Glenn: is the plan to publish a W3C version of the spec?
Plh: yes
... Dan AppelQuist will look into it
Art: Web IDL
... Cameron sent tests
... we came up with comments
... yves has been looking to update the PR
... for the PR, some things are not implemented at all, like ArrayClass
... float has some issues
... since some constructors are not allowed all values to be checked
Yves: two more weeks of work there
Art: plan is CR->LC
Yves: Cameron is pretty close to that
Art: Boris came on board to help.
Anyone else willing to help?
... WebIDL is used in a lot of specs
... is Promises part of v1?
Yves: if publishing v1 takes too
much time, then yes
... as long as we have tests
Art: ok, work is
... Web Messaging
... spec is in CR for 2 years
Kris: still lots of
... I think the tests are accurate
<scribe> ACTION: Art to change WebMessaging test facilitator to Kris [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action06]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-719 - Change webmessaging test facilitator to kris [on Arthur Barstow - due 2014-04-17].
Art: Web Sockets
... CR in 2012
... failures in the tests again
... any test case issue?
Kris: similar to Web Messaging. bugs to be fixed.
Art: deployment status?
Robin: works pretty well
... if you stick to the common core
Art: so many people should go
fixing their implementations...
... Workers
... similar again
... James created an implementation report
<scribe> ACTION: Kris to provide test results for Web Workers [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action07]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-720 - Provide test results for web workers [on Kris Krueger - due 2014-04-17].
<marcosc> join #webmob
<marcosc> argh
Art: last is XHR
Jungkee: not much to update
... no particular issue. just working on testing side
... test ratio increasing in blink and gecko
... need some help from MS
... impl report is up-to-date
... around 10 to 20 tests are failing across all browsers
Art: probably more than 20
... back to potential topics
... some admin related stuff
Yves: charter, packaging spec
from the TAG
... might want to work with webapps for that
Art: any news from the TAG f2f or
... workvers v2?
<Yves> http://w3ctag.github.io/packaging-on-the-web/
Jonas: sure
Art: Workers v2 at 5pm
... Admin copying specs at 5:30pm
<adrianba> ScribeNick: adrianba
rniwa: do people from msft have topics other than the two i listed?
BenjamP: sounds good
<ArtB> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/editing/raw-file/tip/editing.html -> Editing API
rniwa: on the status page it
sounded like i was going to do the whole editing api
... but i actually want to work on extracting selection and put it into its own spec
<ArtB> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014AprJun/0099.html -> Ryosuke's email re Editing topics
rniwa: so we can unblock other
work that is hand wavy about what selection does
... so i think the priority is for us to work on selection api
... and then maybe do editing after
hober: at the html wg the
consensus was splitting off selection and tackling that first
is a really big win
... having a well defined way to do multiple selection and bidi would be a good win
... having a good understanding of selection would inform future editing work
BenjamP: i agree as well
sicking: i haven't followed this
- i'm very interested if someone figures out contenteditable we
would implement
... starting with selection sounds good
... definitely tricky problems where
... not sure how much it helps with contenteditable
rniwa: copy/paste and clipboard
apis is another thing
... there was a discussion of how to serialise styled DOM
... i don't know what the dependency should be here
... should the clipboard api be part of selection api
... it seems weird to specify clipboard in selection
BenjamP: maybe it is important
for clipboard to understand range
... knowing active range
rniwa: are you saying define active selection in selection api
BenjamP: yes
rniwa: but that would block clipboard
hober: i think that's fine
darobin: it makes sense for clipboard to depend on selection
rniwa: copy/paste will be in
clipboard api - is that the right approach
... is there anything else about the selection api split?
ArtB: you are intending to lead the editing?
rniwa: yes
ArtB: are you looking for assistance
darobin: maybe you can start the new spec in github somewhere and then people can do pull requests
rniwa: if someone from microsoft or mozilla or someone else wants to help that would be great
rniwa: i wanted to move on to
discussing improving contenteditable
... i read the spec and it is really hard to read
... i understand others had problems - it's very algorithmic
... it appears to me that because of historic divergence between browsers a lot of frameworks are depending on specific bugs in certain browsers
<slightlyoff_> (cwilso and I are waiting in the entry)
rniwa: so i think it would be beneficial to talk about a new editing api
darobin: we discussed this in
... i've been talking to editing frameworks and msft has been talking to their teams
... we came to the conclusion people want an editing surface that does less
... and the apps have to block all the capabilities
... we were thinking about maybe a more minimal contenteditable
rniwa: the current editing spec
has some proposals around new input events
... and you get more information about key bindings
... solving that is more important
darobin: wasn't someone working on a higher level event spec
adrianba: IndieUI?
hober: IndieUI would probably be
downstream of this
... it's mostly parallel
rniwa: some apps may already
support some subset of events - you could imagine an attribute
that allows some of those events to still fire
... for example pressing delete could send the delete command
... definitely see connection between IndieUI for a11y and what we need for editing
BenjamP: there is definitely a
connection at some level
... for example they have undo/redo which you would need
hober: if a new spec defined undo/redo as events in the platform then IndieUI would reference them
rniwa: input only fires on editable fields - perhaps we need it on some other things
darobin: one idea for
contenteditable=basic is that it gives you a caret - if it was
there then it would give those events
... but maybe you'd need that elsewhere too
... for example on svg not sure putting contenteditable would work
rniwa: maybe you need something
to make an element caret navigateable
... you don't want to use contenteditable basic but do want events
darobin: makes sense
BenjamP: agree with having basic
editing as a long term goal
... but difficult to do this without better selection first
darobin: we concluded this
yesterday too
... sounds like there will be 3 or 4 features here
dglazkov__: might be good to have a high level explainer first
darobin: like web components?
dglazkov__: i like the way the
discussion is going - in webkit and blink editor is an actor on
the outside of the DOM
... the way you are describing it is to build small things to allow the possibility to build in javascript
darobin: and that is what
libraries do
... i'm happy to take an action to write an explainer
rniwa: can we invite people to tpac to discuss this - would be good to get web developers to comment
darobin: we can find a way
dglazkov__: doesn't even need to be at tpac - extensible web summit was awesome because real web developers came
darobin: we should do more of that
<darobin> ACTION: Robin to start writing a high level explainer about the pieces that are needed to put together editing [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action08]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-721 - Start writing a high level explainer about the pieces that are needed to put together editing [on Robin Berjon - due 2014-04-17].
darobin: bit early to discuss
organising at tpac
... will work on that
rniwa: anything else?
... thank you
arunranga: we should start with
File because it is easier
... issues left that derailed it from LCWD
<ArtB> http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/FileAPI/ -> File API spec
arunranga: really problems with
... everyone wants stream but stream isn't coming yet
<ArtB> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?product=WebAppsWG&component=File%20API&resolution=--- -> File API bugs
arunranga: problems with blob,
neutering, and urls
... believe can be fixed by next week
... think we can resubmit it
... not sure if the right people are in the room to sort out the sticky issue of origin of blob
... we could fix by next week and CfC the week after
... any questions?
sicking: the one big issue other
than the origin is how does close behave?
... we have MSFT people here and they implemented close we should ask them
arunranga: there are a number of
discussions about close
... to me those seem solveable but nobody really implemented it yet
adrianba: can you summarise the bugs?
sicking: what happens to blob
after you close
... originally it was defined so that a lot of things would throw
... now we've been moving in the direction of making fewer things throw
... so if you try to read then it would give an error
... the idea being that it creates fewer error conditions
<arunranga> adrianba, here are relevant bugs for you to study — https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25302, https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25241, https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25240
<arunranga> can someone minute adrianba? audio cuts out
adrianba: [summarise IE implementation - fail fast]
sicking: that was our original approach - but it gives more places for failure
arunranga: one of the current
proposals was any time an async operation on a closed blob then
you could work on a structured clone
... the other thing is we wouldn't be throwing, we would just fail later as if the underlying file disappeared
... so we would fail normally
sicking: would be great to get
your attention on this
... clarifies that cloning a closed blob would create another closed clone
adrianba: it sounds okay - it's not what we did but probably okay
arunranga: i will have fixes in
place and commentary in the bugs
... would be good if adrian looked at those bugs and spoke up
... there are some bugs in File API that have dependencies on other things including WebIDL
... maybe that is a caveat - agree with Art's plan
... once that is in place can issue another CfC
ArtB: other than feedback from MSFT is there anything else you need?
arunranga: jonas, is there anyone in the room to help with other issues?
sicking: for the origin we need adam barth and anne to help with that
arunranga: okay, then we should do FileSystem API
<ArtB> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24998 -> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24998
arunranga: if we switch gears and talk about filesystem api
<ArtB> http://w3c.github.io/filesystem-api/Overview.html -> Filesystem API
arunranga: EricU from Google -
the Google API will be made into a Note
... and we will work on FileSystem API as WebApps WG deliverable
... then there would not be two API specs in group
ArtB: CfC to move the specs to WG Note ended and there were no objections - will publish this in the next week or two
arunranga: it would be nice to
see if there is concrete implementer support for the FileSystem
API outside Mozilla
... including prioritisation of work
israelh: we're evaluating as part
of planning for IE
... wanted to get more information
... i understood that Google was going to move to this
jsbell: we're looking at it
<jhazen> Speaker is Israel from MS
sicking: think Google didn't want to move until at least two other parties moving
hober: overall we generally like the look of it - was based on a strawman from maciej - will need to do a more thorough review
ArtB: do we want to move towards FPWD or let it sit for a while?
israelh: you have an implementation don't you?
sicking: we have two half
implementations - something that we use in Firefox OS for
reading SD card
... early version that fed into what is here and now we're updating
... not the sandbox thing like this
<ArtB> ACTION: barstow update WebApp's Draft charter to reflect Eric's File specs are moving to WG Notes [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action09]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-722 - Update webapp's draft charter to reflect eric's file specs are moving to wg notes [on Arthur Barstow - due 2014-04-17].
sicking: we are eventually going to do sandbox file system, but not started yet
<smaug> ArtB: ^
israelh: do we know how many sites use this based on Google's implementation?
Taiju: google web sites use it
israelh: we're concerned about interop - is there enough usage to go back an implement the old one or are things converging on the new
ArtB: we agreed to stop working on the old one
<tyoshino> AAA = Taiju
israelh: how much continuing
support will Google have for the old one
... when will you have a more complete draft?
arunranga: i think i can probably do it in 2-3 weeks after finishing File API
ArtB: I like that priority
... coming back to the editor's draft you do have out
... are you expecting to add additional features?
... looking for requests and requirements?
arunranga: no longer a question
of features but of how spec'd features should work and how
... if you look at the API from interface perspective then it gives good indication
... raw API without prose
... indication of shape but not detail
... needs flesh on the skeleton
ArtB: includes use cases too which is handy for early review
arunranga: use cases are similar
or idential to the Google API use cases
... it does very similar things
... some things about Google API that we want to reverse engineer as part of this spec including, for example, file system url scheme
... it is promises based instead of callback based system
ArtB: any other comments or questions?
<arunranga> cool :)
ArtB: looking forward to getting
closure on the File API bugs
... in the agenda we said we'd break for lunch at 12.30 but food is already available
... resume at 1 - i'll adjust the schedule
<arunranga> oh hai cwilso__
<arunranga> exit
<krisk> scribe: krisk
<jungkees> http://slightlyoff.github.io/ServiceWorker/spec/service_worker/
<jungkees> Working repo: https://github.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker
<ArtB> http://rawgithub.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker/master/spec/service_worker/index.html -> Service Workers
group looking at spec posted above...
a draft of service workers exist and we are hoping to have this a webapp working group project
<falken> better formatting: http://slightlyoff.github.io/ServiceWorker/spec/service_worker/index.html
scribe: since a number of people can participate more in this group than when just on github
israelh: We have concerns about perf, additonal requests for example
alex: one pattern we have
observed is that webdevs try to preempty this issue
... we are aware and want to get feedback from webdevs and have a number of google props that value performance
... it's a choice of the userAgent to use a service work or not
... so a useragent can choose not to use a service worker (under memory pressure)
... and it's all async
... so once the intial event is fired it can't block since it's async
... so that background processing can do the work
... we have removed all sync apis - xhr, indexeddb
... you can send work to the service worker to help
... you can warm up dns w/o a service worker
... we think we have done a good first pass on perf and want to get good data from real systems and then do another pass
... we have options but need more use cases
... For example a lifetime header you could help
... Further we have discussed creating a map or longer term cache, but are not planning for this api in V1
... we can imagine a few scenarios, ask for online then upon fail use offline..
... but we have at google incountered that http status codes didn't help make this call
israelh: Where are you keeping this possible plans for the future?
alex: The spec text is mostly normative, maybe a seperate doc in github
israel: how does this work with appcache?
alex: We don't know what will
have as service work gains adoption and appcache remains
... one could be that no app cache if service work
... another could be that app cache gets first access
israel: I was wondering about how other eventing could plug in?
alex: I want to be very clear
that the service worker will have normative requirement about
the events
... web sites should work with or without a service work
... we hope that others can write mixins
... we have a bug that will explain how to add a no-opt event
... we think this would be an attractive spot for other specs that would want to do background work
... for v1 we expect to move others out (fetch)
... any other qs?
israel: when is the right time to get plugged in?
alex: we have list of issues, but
we are not blocked on anything
... once the wg declares this is a formal activity we can start talking
hober: what about fixme?
alex: I think we are in good shape..
artb: We think that this is part
of app cache and is in scope and will be expanded in the next
... so that we could indeed publish a FPWD in webapps
... any disagreement?
... If anyone objects to doing this publish?
<scribe> ACTION: artb CFC for FPWD for service workers [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action10]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-723 - Cfc for fpwd for service workers [on Arthur Barstow - due 2014-04-17].
UNKNOWN_SPEAKER: no one objects
israel: what about media ones?
alex: we have a few ones (rtc,
... we have a design challenge here to handle this types..
... hopefully as the stream apis expand they could be used in another manner
... we fought really hard about promises at tc39, whatwg and this took much longer and am happy to let someone else fight this battle
artb: any more comments of questions about service workers?
israel: Are you sharing code with Moz?
alex: no only working on the design
artb: if nothing else on service workers let's move on..
<ArtB> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/push/raw-file/tip/index.html -> Push API
bryan: The current editor draft...
* zakim be nice to bryan...
* thank you zakim..
bryan: Their are a number of changes that I listed in the email
<ArtB> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014AprJun/0108.html -> Bryan's Push API status
Some of the discussion were offline with moz, google
scribe: some are old from last
... in the mean time we have shelved some items..
... add message body
... discussion about supporting other systems but not change the api
... I can go over the changes or introduce them right now
<ArtB> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?product=WebAppsWG&component=Push%20API&resolution=--- -> Bugs for Push API
sicking: I think we should talk about issue with the spec, since walking through each item would take a long time
bryan: I have started to add
service work useage
... I added persistance to registration from TAG feedback
... and some other TAG feedback (express permission)
... does anyone have any comments on this draft spec?
israel: Can you explain how push api uses/relates to service worker
alex: We don't want a page to
live longer that the page is visible
... push should only run when browser is shutdown
... when we surface a push to a tab
... the service work allows use to support both scenarios
... for example should an IFRAME be able to reg for push events?
... this is a good question that I don't think we'll figureout today
israel: From what I was reading, when the app is not running, page loaded the service work acts as a proxy and does the work and waits until UI
<MikeSmith> ArtB, queue
alex: you could image that you
could provide an alert then possibly open/launch the app
... this should be ua dependent
<sicking> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014JanMar/0712.html
sicking: I just sent to the list
(week ago)
... on the topic of passing additonal things to the service call
... we have concerns with this..
... we have a client side api that we are working on standardized an the server side stopped.
... later we had not use a standard for client side api
... so it seem that this is not really getting standardized
alex: Some push api's require meta data to not get overloaded
<bryan> I would not say that we have given up on standardizing the Push Server API, the message I got from discussions is that this does not seem a short-term opportunity for some operators of Push services.
alex: how is moz going to deal with this?
sicking: I can't comment on how
this would work on android
... the current solution is not a standard, apis are diff and a dev has to use different apis for different devices
alex: chrome for iOS will use an apple environment, but on android it will be differenet
sicking: I don't see how this is a standard solution
alex: sure it is
sicking: it doesn't seem we are creating a standard that is actually a standard
alex: the registration call is optional and ua dependant
<bryan> IMO the detailed variance in the configuration parameters of different systems is analogous to the codec issue in HTML5 video or WebRTC - the API is a mechanism to expose a particular media, in this case a delivery system, that may differ in details opaque to the API, and do in fact require different app/content designs per browser - that is not a show stopper for HTML5, why should it be for
<bryan> this API?
alex: I'd like to hear how you are doing this on android
sicking: I'll have someone follow back with this feedback, the person was not able to attend
<Zakim> bryan, you wanted to ask jonas, by "different APIs", I guess you mean different end-to-end system designs, not the API exposed in the browser, correct?
bryan: what do you mean by
different apis?
... see my comment in IRC above..
... the systems in place won't get changed right away
... we have apis' that are standardized an will require devs to adopt and change
... html5 video is a good example that we should follow
sicking: I'm not just talking
about northbound api
... I'm taking about southbound apis
... since they now also have to have different apis
bryan: in the browser
sicking: yes
alex: are you proposing something?
sicking: we had a proposal and it
got shot down.
... we decided to start with the client side (browser) to start and then it got worse and required this to be changed again
... which is sad because client side javascript apis have to be different code
alex: to be clear this in on different systems
bryan: how do you see that these are different
alex: we have a number of
... systems
sicking: how does this new stuff
add value as what we had in the past
... different ua's need different stuff to be passed in and required argument is need and will be different
alex: maybe we can have something off navigator
sicking: you'll still end up with differences..
alex: having a standard that covers a large portion in mostly the same way has alot of value
mounir: we are looking to not having to pass a sender id
sicking: at least then we would accomplish something
alex: if we all agree that what you propose then great
<smaug> (html5 video is bad example to follow. It has been a great mess.)
sicking: we are building something that is not a standard and will have to have a big case statement
alex: I agree though in the short term this is a good start
hober: He is asking how this improves over the status quo
<Hixie> smaug++
<Hixie> smaug: (side note: please tell the <picture> guys that!)
how would one right tests if test has to support different calls for each browser
alex: it's about a better future direction which would at some point require no need to call register
israel: It sounds like you have figure out who and what is supported and then make the calls.
sicking: It seem that this has no value and we should just tell webdev everyone is differend and to expect to use diff calls
hober: what I hear sicking saying is that it seems that we don't need to standardized this small bit given all the other parts are not standardized
bryan: I disagree, we do this in other parts...
sicking: this api has three parts
most complex is the server side
... next is the registration part..
we are giving up on standardizing these two..
scribe: and now that we are giving up the last one..
sicking: I agree that this is
alot like html video
... but it's not working in practice and it's resulting in no video, less video or webdevs resorting to using flash
... But in the video spec the api is quite large and works across various browser
... if it was truely optional and would work then I would be OK
... To be clear it needs to work
alex: well you can call it but it will fail
people laugh..
sicking: the registration calls are a problem
artb: we have exceed the time for this topic so lets wrap it up...
sicking: you have 30 seconds, alex 30 seconds..
artb: thanks and continue on mail list and bugzilla
<bryan> The registerOptions and body are both optional in the current draft - they are intended to be truly that and if there is any reason this optionality is suspect or a problem for developers, let's clarify how. At this point I see little if any problem with the variance in systems between browsers.
<ArtB> http://w3c.github.io/manifest/ -> Manifest spec
marcos: I wanted to open this up
for questions
... we are looking at this as an enhancment for webapps
... basically give you base metadata for the app (icons, pin to screen)
Looking at example 1
marcos: it has icons, start url,
display (fullscreen)
... it's just json
... this is where we are at right now..
... the idea of progressing this and open to new asks
... we have tried to keep this simple and it's about as simple as possible
... builds upon metatags from Opera/IE
... also provides fall back to legacy items..
jhazen: Microsoft/IE is indeed
looking at this and we are intrested in these scenarios and
more (pinning)
... but also for packaged webapp from the Store on Windows
... at first I think oh yeah and could see adding more items
<tantek> just added rel=manifest as defined in w3c.github.io/manifest section 5.12 to the HTML rel registry: http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values#HTML5_link_type_extensions
<genelian_> link: http://w3c.github.io/manifest/
jhazen: I think we need to get agreement on some more items that would be needed
israel: do you expect other extensions to be listed?
marcos: yes
... I think we need to cover sync - store manifest vs site manifest
jhazen: we would rather have this
be on the website and have the 'store' suck in this
... not sure how the 'store' platforms work but this seems like the best approach
<chaals> [chaals wonders why we need to handle the store/live content synching, rather than let that be an implementation detail for stores]
benjamp: It seem that if it's in both then it's going to get messy
marcos: that is why we want to work together
sicking: I wanted to share our
plans for this manifest
... we have a store with a manifest version and will update our store with this format
... you need to send our store your manifest
... I'm not sure when/how we re-download this manifest
... but we want to have out package apps to have the same manifests
<chaals> [Sure it gets messy in principle, but that's the store's problem as a trade-off for collecting and reproducing information in the first place (assuming that the store does some kind of checking, and only reflects checked content).]
sicking: we tried in sysapps to standardize the full end to end scenarion and it became to complex so are starting from a smaller use case
jhazen: that is our plan
sicking: indeed this is not fully enough but is a good start
<Zakim> mounir, you wanted to say that Google has plans to implement manifest in Blink
marcos: see the readme it has the v2 goals
artb: one question - the editor doesn't have a link on where to participate?
<chaals> [The widget update spec essentially dealt with this problem, too. Maybe you could copy/paste that for JSON, and then the store's synch becomes a case of what to do with changes and how often to poll (which are implementation decisions, although the latter is presumably related to normal cache management…)]
marcos: github?
sicking: public-webapps would be fine
marcos: sure I'll update this..
artb: seems like we have alot of
excitement about this stuff!
... looks like we are all done with this topic for the day..
we'll have coffe now until 3pm
* thanks chaals - doah!
<darobin> rniwa: for calendaring reference, this is fun :) http://www.amazon.com/Calendrical-Calculations-Nachum-Dershowitz-ebook/dp/B00GA22KBE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397165334&sr=8-1&keywords=calendar+algorithms
<jsbell> Handy IndexedDB "v2" links:
<jsbell> http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/IndexedDatabaseFeatures
<jsbell> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&component=Indexed%20Database%20API&list_id=34841&product=WebAppsWG&query_format=advanced&resolution=LATER
<cwilso> scribenick: cwilso
<ArtB> http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/IndexedDatabaseFeatures -> IDB v.Next Features
jsbell: dropped links (above) on
iDB v2
... not comprehensive, but between buglist and wiki, pretty good.
... lots of ideas for things that will require more discussion - full text indexing, etc. We want to write these down in "iDBv2".
(general agreement)
jsbell: volunteers as editor,
looks for co-editor: ali raises hand
... if there's anything other features you want to see in there, please contribute.
art: this could be the first time
we've start v2 work, so a couple of questions
... 1) should we issue a call for feature requests?
... 2) we have a relatively large list here, should we prioritize?
... 3) in terms of the spec itself, do you intend to incorporate v1, or have a delta spec?
jsbell: I agree with your questions. On 3, I'd welcome feedback.
art: if we did a copy, we might be duplicating bugs that need to be fixed (in v1 and v2), but would like to hear if anyone has experience doing deltas vs incorporating.
ade: how extensive is what needs to be done? If it's mostly additive, an extension spec would make sense.
jsbell: the v1 spec doesn't really specify extension hooks, unfortunately.
ade: that was my question: if it's changing algorithms...
jsbell: more like inserting steps [in extant algorithms].
jonas: from a spec-writing point of view, since we'd be inserting additional steps, that might be messy. We could try that way and back away if it's too messy.
art: all for letting jsbell and ali experiment.
(general agreement)
sicking: when it comes to features, I'd like to see us add features when multiple people agree on the feature.
marcos: is there a feature list? (yes)
jsbell: art is proposing we broadcast that we're starting on the list, ask for prioritization and other features.
art: yes.
<scribe> ACTION: jsbell to broadcast to the list with alia that we're starting on iDB2, ask for prioritization and feature suggestions. [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action11]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-724 - Broadcast to the list with alia that we're starting on idb2, ask for prioritization and feature suggestions. [on Joshua Bell - due 2014-04-17].
israelh: what about Promise compatibility?
jsbell: current model is pretty tied to event model. It may be fairly extensive changes, although there is the desire to do it. We don't have an answer yet.
israelh: we've talked about iDB as the API to be used for caching (e.g. offline). Have you seen adoption of this pattern? The Outlook Web Access uses ??? to cache. Have you seen similar patterns?
jsbell: Google Docs uses it to cache for offline and editing.
marcos: met with a team who had problems because they couldn't batch the way they wanted to, so it was too slow.
jsbell: jonas and I were having a
conversation about this before - promises might naively push
people into this .then().then().then() pattern...
... but promises.all would enable this. We should have this on the list - batching.
action on jsbell to add batching to the wiki list.
<trackbot> Error finding 'on'. You can review and register nicknames at <http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/track/users>.
action jsbell to add batching to the wiki list.
<trackbot> Created ACTION-725 - Add batching to the wiki list. [on Joshua Bell - due 2014-04-17].
israelh: when we set out to do indexeddb, we expected that libraries would be built on top of idb primitives as abstractions. Curious if that's happened.
jsbell: should have a good answer to this, but don't right now. No one super-successful library that I know of.
sicking: WRT the main things we've seen requests for: getting update notifications, mostly small things like opening a key cursor on an object store and performance.
jsbell: also, the fact that clear browsing data wipes iDB has forced some other notifications we've done, want to get those documented.
israelh: one more last question: how are you thinking about max limits?
sicking: what matters is the usage, we don't want to limit rows per store, but we do need to limit total store size, cache size,.... unified quota.
slightlyoff: would like to see an API that lets us see how much quota you're "paying" for.
jsbell: should be able to prioritize frequently visited sites, etc., too.
<mounir> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/screen-orientation/raw-file/tip/Overview.html -> Screen Orientation API
<mounir> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&component=Screen%20Orientation&list_id=34844&product=WebAppsWG -> open bugs for screen orientation
<ArtB> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014AprJun/0038.html -> Mounir's Screen Orientation status
mounir: last week I updated the
specs to reflect requests (e.g. from Mozilla)
... if you have any questions or implementation feedback, please speak up
sicking: test suite?
marcos: I'm working on that.
sicking: I'd be excited to remove our prefix.
israelh: I think we're in the same boat as Mozilla WRT locking.
mounir: now you can lock to any of four types; not arbitrary angle.
sicking: other feedback I don't
feel quite as strongly about: some websites assume angle=0
means portrait. On many tablets, zero is actually landscape; so
implementation may force you to hold device in the wrong
... my understanding is the use case for the angle is to add that to device orientation events, so you get an orientation relative to the device not the screen (?)
mounir: not sure how to respond to that feedback.
sicking: don't call it
orientation, call it something else
... but don't break back compat.
marcos: I believe this is possible
mounir: <expresses skepticism at the size of the necessary monkeypatch> :)
tantek: what's the use case driving this feedback?
mounir: I get many small use cases for angle: only real strong use case was device orientation will give you angle to the screen, but if your screen is in a different mode "up" means something else. (?)
tantek: if so, expose the lock state.
mounir: no, you want to expose the angle the screen's currently on
sicking: the use case here is if
you have a racing game where you tilt the screen; if the screen
is unlocked, if the user holds the device one way you'll get
orientation events one way you get events in the range 85-95,
flipped the other way 265-275
... now that it's been shipping for a few years we can't change it.
mounir: do we expose an angle
that lets developers correct for it, or do we expose a new set
of events that works the right way?
... maybe we should do both.
... in case there's something else they want to do with the angle.
sicking: except people will do silly things with it.
mounir: you're concerned people
will read angle instead of type
... ? they do that today because they don't have an option.
sicking: I don't share your
... we should definitely give enough rope for people to hang themselves, unless we're only giving them the rope in order TO hang themselves.
... unless we have a strong use case, we should just do both events and figure people who would need this use case can subtract angles.
israelh: seems like people would want to see the native orientation of the screen.
mounir: you can get this from
type and angle.
... not sure what the purpose is; this is pretty easy to determine.
israelh: just seems like most APIs that do this expose the native orientation.
marcos: cheap and easy! Instant win!
mounir: it's ONE LINE, dude!
sicking: it's not even a new event, it's one property. It's wafer-thin.
mounir: <you have failed to beat me into submission yet>
sicking: it should be easier to do the right thing.
mounir: I would prefer if we
consider these issues as orthogonal.
... most systems can't tell what the default orientation is, particularly when locked. that's why I shied away from exposing here.
art: were there other points to raise, other questions? Only other thing I had was a message from Lars...
<ArtB> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014AprJun/0057.html -> Lars
art: someone from the group should reply to Lars. Marcos, did you agree to reply?
marcos: I think I told him before the core IG would take that up, because I think that is quite vital.
<scribe> ACTION: marcos to reply to Lars [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html#action12]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-726 - Reply to lars [on Marcos Caceres - due 2014-04-17].
art: I think we're done with this topic, then.
<hober> Hixie: ^^
<ArtB> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014JanMar/0442.html -> Discusion on p-webapps
art: there was some discussion in
Shenzhen about WWv2; Travis agreed to take up the action, but
nothing much occurred.
... don't know what the priority of this would be.
adrianba: I think the concern at SZ was that we were getting blocked on shared workers, so wanted to crack that out; but that seems to have unblocked.
sicking: we don't have event source at all in workers; somewhat behind on shared workers
art: what should we talk about? you guys wanted to add this.
sicking: interested in blob:
situation, don't know if that needs v2 or just
... interested in synchronous message passing for dedicated workers; don't need if that needs further discussion, since we are the only ones that have committed to implement.
<ArtB> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?component=Web%20Workers%20%28editor%3A%20Ian%20Hickson%29&list_id=34849&product=WebAppsWG&resolution=--- -> Web Workers bug
sicking: maybe it's too early to start a v2 at this point, just need to clarify the blob: url conversation.
art: sounds like we're done with
this topic, then.
... only other topic for today was administrative stuff:
robin: I volunteer to scribe tomorrow morning.
<scribe> scribenick: mounir
ArtB: I don't think there is anything else than Web Components... anything else?
(... silence...)
ArtB: ok, lets do Web Components tomorrow
marcos: there are a bunch of spec
copying from another standards
... organization to this organization and they fall out of date
... anything people search for stuff they end up looking
... at the wrong specification
... the idea is to have "one spec to rule them all"
ArtB: is it a webapp specific issue?
marcos: yes, because webapps in the worse offender
ArtB: can we quantify that?
marcos: I would like people to voice their concerns
darobin: I agree it is a problem
Yves: is it a problem because specs are no longer up to date?
marcos: the spec on TR is from
2012 but was updated a lot
... since then and its hard to know if its up to date or not
... generally speaking
ArtB: I agree that it's not
really... there is a general problem
... we might want to have a rule that say that we should not
... do this anymore in webapps unless someone commit to
... keep it out of date
tantek: it's a waste of time
ArtB: maybe we could say in the
header that we would never
... publish this thing ever again until the spec is updated?
darobin: I agree it's probably
the best we can do at the
... webapps level but we could do better at the w3c level
... if you are interested, feel free to contact me or tantek
... we are looking for input and suggestions
tantek: marcos, we should list
the different issues to find
... solutions because some might be easy and some hard
... for example, changing google search results
marcos: we had issues with specs
being rejected because they
... were referring whatwg specs
tantek: I believe we work on that
at a AB level
... for example, if there is a reference in mounir's spec
... to an old spec, we should fix that
... I think that we should not find an editor just for
... copying whatwg specs, it's a waste of time
ArtB: I haven't said it's a good option, but that it is an option
tantek: this said, it's worth
noting that having WD
... helps with IP stuff so we might want that
... I don't know of any other steps?
Adrian: recommendation
phl: it's actually when most of the IPR happens
ArtB: something we could do is
having something in the spec
... saying "we are only publishing this for attorneys, if you
... are not an attorney, look at this instead"
... I'm not saying it's a good option but it's a solution
ryosuke: linking to the latest
spec isn't always the right
... thing because sometimes you want to link to something
... that are also two years old
marcos: as an editor, it's your
responsibility to check
... for reference changes
... the entire points to version thing is not a good idea
ArtB: any other comments about
that particular topic?
... any other admin stuff?
... that will be it for today, thanks everyone
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Chris Bradford is now one of the biggest children's authors there is - not just in the UK, but around the world. So how excited were we when we had the opportunity to take part in the launch of the first book in a hit new series from Chris - "Bodyguard: Hostage"?
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...then some intel about the book itself...
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Finally, Chris signed books and posters for children. Myself and librarian Ms Stott felt suitably prepared to adopt the bodyguard pose:
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Five questions with...Chris Bradford's Writing Life
1. What are you working on at the moment?
I'm currently working on the second in the series 'Bodyguard: Ransom', but I'm also busy plotting the story-arc for the entire six books that are planned. There's an unfolding conspiracy - hinted at in the first book - but I don't want to go too much into that. I'm also editing the final book in the 'Ninja' trilogy for Barrington Stoke (the second book, Ninja: Death Touch, comes out in August).
2. What is the best writing tip you've ever been given?
Read Stephen King's 'On Writing'. If you are writing fiction, it's a must-read. Aside from that, write the book you'd want to read!
3. What's the best thing and the worst thing about being a children's writer?
The best is when you talk to the parent of a child who has never read a book before, but loved your book. You've been involved in giving that child the gift of the love of reading - and that is the BEST. The worst is the actual, physical writing of the words. Ideas, research, plotting - that's all fun. But the sitting down, the writing (and rewriting) you have to do every single day. Writing is like a marathon.
4. Do you have a writer's survival kit, e.g. a place, thing or snack essential before you can start work?I'm not as lucky as other writers who can write anywhere, anytime. I have an office (well shed) in the garden. I need complete silence to write. I need to get my focus. I compare my style as trying to get a butterfly to land on your hand; you need to wait an hour and not move a muscle to get it to land. One distraction, and it flutters off and you need to start again. That's what it's like for me.
5. What was your biggest breakthrough?
The breakthrough was the response I got to the initial manuscript. My agent had warned me that it might take weeks or months to get a response. It duly got sent off, and Puffin got in touch the next day. I think my agent's exact words were 'Chris, this is unusual'...
One of my theories is 'rejection karma'. Before I became a children's author I had 13 years as a musician, and believe me that was 13 years of taking many, many rejections. So it was like I had built up all this rejection karma, and when I submitted that manuscript... BANG. It all happened.

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Back then I understood nothing else than Fitness training and how it was thought to be the best way for people to get in shape, but my way of thinking changed in a major way when I saw my first fitness bootcamp, and the way it was getting more people into shape in less time.
Bootcamps are a totally different creature, if you compare them to regular Fitness Training sessions. When folks exercise together it seems the overall atmosphere and energy is kicked into higher gear, as all members keep each other committed and are able to go as much as they want. And with bootcamp prices being less than 1 / 2 of having a Culver City Fitness Trainer, it is a pretty easy decision to get a bootcamp instead of all the other alternatives out there. Nonetheless it was a little odd to see that so many people that canceled their Fitness training and joined boot camp instead, got in the very best shape of their lives.
Such amazing results baffled me quite a bit, so I asked my clients and learned that they enjoyed how the group setting was far more encouraging, and also obviously heaps of fun. It was common to find out how Fit Body Boot Camp had revved up their enthusiasm for physical fitness and how they always were eager to see what different exercises we would come up with the very next day. For this reason I started up my own boot camp, and my primary target was to have it be the ultimate workout solution available to Culver City. It wasn't long before I understood that the majority of Culver City was not interested in a military type setting for his or her workout, and 9 out of 10 people simply didn't wish to spend money on Culver City Fitness trainers that charged at least $60 per hour.
Therefore I made my boot camp very low-priced and until this very day we're the only fitness program in Culver City that gives a guarantee, contrary to Culver City Fitness Training programs.
After discovering all this it's only natural to think two times before you go on and find more Fitness trainers in Culver City. If my fitness bootcamp looks interesting to you, then I'm pleased to tell you that you can try us out with a free 1-week trial. Simply visit:
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We can't ever get enough clients out of Culver City. And now because so many people are beginning to live a more balanced lifestyle in Culver City, we're noticing a great rise in our clients from Culver City in the last 12 months. The venues where you can get a good exercise program throughout Culver City tend to be scarce, which is a disgrace because nearly all our Culver City clients can be 'soldiers' that make thorough use of our exercise class. Especially a exercise class that places their money where their mouth is, like we do.


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New Zealand Residence Programme
Fortnightly Selection Statistics – 2009 and 2010
Selections are made every fortnight and usually I would discuss numbers for a single selection, however since the start of 2010 the selections show little change.
So instead I've put together a comparison between the whole of 2010 against the previous year to give you an idea of trends in EOI (Expression of Interest) selections.
The Immigration department's year runs from July, not January. However the wholesale change in selections started from January 2010, so we'll look at the calendar year as this is quite illuminating!
Applications selected
Anyone reading my newsletters on a regular basis through 2010 would have heard me mention that the number of applications being selected had dropped. Public announcements from the Minister of Immigration stated that quotas were unchanged and confirmed the importance of maintaining immigration levels for growth and income.
Looking at the numbers for the whole year it's pretty clear now as there was a 16.9 percent drop in selections when compared to 2009.
That's 3,229 less applications into the system or 7,817 people over the year. To put it another way, on average 157 less applications were pulled from the pool (or 376 people) every fortnight, a sizeable drop.
This is potentially a problem for the department as the minimum quota for Residency under the Skilled Migrant Category (shown in red on the graph above) is 27,000 (based on skilled migration making up 60% of Residence).
While 30,454 applications were selected the immigration department are declining more than ever with a massive 13.84% of Residency applications through 2010 closed out. This would leave only 26,238 making it through the system, falling well short of the threshhold.
This should mean that the numbers being selected will need to rise before July to make up the shortfall of over 700 people.
Decline rates have climbed successively over the past four years, up from 12.02% in 2009, 10.24% in 2008 and 8.4% in 2007.
With or Without Job Offers
Comparing selections made through 2009 and 2010 with a view to which claimed points for current work or a job offer highlights an immediate and significant difference.
While the number of selections including points for a job or job offer remained largely the same (with just a 6 percent drop), selections for applicants without a job plummeted by 44 percent.
This perhaps shouldn't be a surprise as New Zealand continues to wallow in recession without any real progress. The Immigration department is clearly favouring people with job offers and this confirms a good number of people are still being successful gaining job offers which I find encouraging.
It does not however explain the rise in applications being declined. Anecdotally the application of market testing to applications (based on inaccurate data from the Work and Income database) is scuppering many applications on the basis there are New Zealanders to take the role.
Unfortunately in many cases these NZ individuals do not actually exist leaving migrants and employers out in the cold and unable to protect themselves from what has become an extremely unpredicatable system.
Selection groups
When comparing selections I often refer to the seven groups immigration uses to categorise the figures.
EOIs Selected by GroupThese seven groups run from '140 points or more with a job offer' (or "this way sir") through to what I call 'Other' (EOIs with a high points total less than 140, but without points for employment, work experience or qualifications).
In 2009 there was a fairly good spread across all seven groups meaning that any applications entered (and meeting published criteria) had a fair chance of being selected.
Looking at numbers for 2010 show that a different pattern emerged that has not been published or even mentioned to migrants paying their money to apply. There were increases in all five of the 'top' groups with a big percentage increase in group 1 showing that there was only a small drop in real terms of very high scoring applications.
However only 16 applications were made for group six – down from 1,421 in 2009 – and those were pulled from the pool in the very last selection of the year on 15th December.
Not a single application from group 7 was made.
This raises an interesting question as it suggests that anyone who entered an application in 2010 falling into group seven (i.e. no additional points for job, work experience or a qualification in an area of absolute shortage) had no chance at all of being selected!
I don't have access to numbers of people entering such applications, but I expect they might be surprised to find out they never actually stood a chance despite meeting published criteria and paying the requisite fee. I'll be asking the immigration department whether a change has been made in selection criteria and will report back if they answer me.
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|140 points without job offer
|100-135 points + job offer
|15 points for work experience*
|10 points for work experience*
|10 points for qualification*
(*Work experience and qualifications in an area of absolute skill shortage)
Figures used in this report are taken from Immigration New Zealand information released through the INZ website.


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The Caltech Center for Teaching, Learning, & Outreach supports faculty & TAs on designing, implementing, and evaluating educational technologies in classes and outreach programs.
Downloadable Infographic: Overview Caltech Instructional Technology Tools and Resources, updated September 2017.
Examples of ongoing initatives and projects include:
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Visiting speakers addressing emerging developments in educational technology and online teaching.
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The History of the École Centrale
The foundation of the École Centrale
At the beginning of the 19th century, it became imperative for French industry to accompany the industrial age and favors the development of practical applications arising from recent major scientific discoveries.
In order to do this, it was necessary to provide engineers with a solid training in both industry and the sciences: in 1829, the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures was created by four persons with a particularly open minded approach to the development of Industrial Sciences.
Alphonse LAVALLÉE, a businessman from Nantes, put his personal fortune into the creation of this Ecole, an entirely private affair, so that "the doctors of factories and mills" could be trained.
He took on widely renowned scientists and scholars such as Jean-Baptiste DUMAS, Théodore OLIVIER and Eugène PÉCLET, who became the first professors.
The different localities of the École Centrale
Installed in Paris by Alphonse LAVALLÉE in the Hôtel de Juigné (or the Hôtel Salé, that has since become the Musée Picasso) in the Marais district, the Ecole moved in 1884 to rue Montgolfier next to the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers; finally in 1969, it moved to Châtenay-Malabry, in the southern outskirts of Paris, on a purpose-built campus of 18 ha near the Parc de Sceaux.
The History of the École over the years
Twenty years after its creation, the young engineering graduates of Ecole Centrale occupied leading positions in industry, where they attracted attention by their sense of innovation, their team spirit, and their competence as managers.
Every major industrial sector was launched and developed under the impulse of Centraliens. One only has to take a look at the Portrait Gallery of the Alumni (to be convinced: BLÉRIOT (1895), EIFFEL (1855), LATECOËRE (1906), LECLANCHÉ (1860), MICHELIN (1877), PEUGEOT (1895), SCHLUMBERGER (1907)... all left their mark in the history of industrial development at the end of the 19th century, and today are considered as references for creativity and success.
The École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures was founded by four prominent figures: Alphonse Lavallé, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Théodore Olivier and Eugène Péclet.
Centraliens spread the model of the École Centrale beyond the frontiers of France: the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons in Belgium, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland are the first to be rapidly created.
The Centraliens form an association, the Société Centrale des Ingénieurs Civils . A new "social system", and the engineers start to get organized.
In order to ensure its perenniality, A. LAVALLÉE donates the École Centrale to the French State.
The qualification of "Ingénieur des Arts et Manufactures" is created.
The first woman graduates from the École.
The school requests its inscription in the National budget; it is now within the higher education system, with its own legal status and financial autonomy.
Centrale Paris moved to its Châtenay-Malabry campus, near Parc de Sceaux.
The third-year curriculum was overhauled, creating "career paths".
École Centrale Beijing was founded.
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"2010 A5 Audi Convertible"Terry Metcalf and Kathy Marshall
Just wanted to thank you all for taking such care of Kathy and I. We truly appreciated everything you've done from start to finish with the purchase of the car. I posted what a great place you have and the excellent service. I will continue to do business with you and recommend you to anyone looking for a vehicle.
"1995 Jeep Wrangler"Several weeks ago I began a search for a dream vehicle. I have always enjoyed the idea of bouncing through the countryside in a Jeep Wrangler.Steve R.
I paged through CL and Ebay and the local rags- generally hoping to avoid a dealership. Lo and behold, I came upon what I thought would be the perfect vehicle at a very good price. It just happened to be represented by Fairfax Motors. I simply dreaded the prospect of slogging through back-and-forths between a slick willy salesperson and their manager.
Well, I was dead wrong.
I emailed a question or two and quickly received a call from Pauline regarding the vehicle and my interests. She, who has obviously been a professional in this field long enough to know what to do and say, gave me the lowdown and a bottom line price right up front. Pauline was succinct, knowledgeable, precise, and courteous. She invited me to come and see the vehicle.
What I thought was luck in finding one good contact that would run out once I hit the lot was, in fact, the modus operandi for the entire establishment. Pauline introduced me to Rebecca who shared a conversation about my interests and experience buying vehicles. Both listened and added suggestions as appropriate.
After a test drive we agreed on a price and time for the sale. No pressure, no demands for monetary commitment, no hassles. They had what I wanted and were willing to work with me so I could purchase it. No fuss, no muss.
Although the vehicle required a service, the company accommodated me in many ways. Fairfax Motors sealed their reputation (with me) by comping the repair costs and delivering my new Jeep to my workplace (clean and shiny, to boot).
My takeaway is this:
Eager to Please
Having never owned a new car in my life, I have been around a lot of "used car" folks (private and dealer). The team at FM are exceptional in their approach to car buying as they are customer focused. My wife and I plan to shop for her next vehicle with Pauline and Rebecca in the Fall. I highly recommend you reach out to them if you are interested in a good buying experience. Kudos to Fairfax Motors for excellent service and sales.
I recently was in a fender bender and Fairfax Motors was the first business I called. I was referred to Fairfax Motors by my dad, who has interacted with the dealership in the past. He told me I had to go to Andy (the owner). I was not let down. Andy was honest with the estimate for my car, which was notably cheaper than a second opinion I got. I also was having a problem with my tire, and he gave me helpful advise about how to fix it without me having to ask.Carleigh P.
When the car was returned to me, it looked like they had replaced my whole bumper (which they didn't). None of the previous damage was visible. All of the repairs were done in a timely manner and I had my car back in no time.
Four of my family members have bought cars from the dealership. They have never had any problems with any of their cars and I know that they never had any problems with the dealership or the employees. From my experience and their testimony, I know I can safely say that they are honest, reliable, loyal, and fair in their dealings with all of their cars and customers. It's unfortunate to see the poor (and old) reviews below because myself and my family members have never experienced that. I will be back the next time I need something fixed with my car.


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Australian "Stoner Sloth" Anti-Pot Ads are Best Appreciated While High
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Anti-drug PSAs can get pretty weird, but this one just might take the cake. According to Australia, if you smoke weed you'll turn into a human-sized sloth and your friends will roll their eyes and mutter "stoner sloth," because that's a thing teenagers say.
"You're worse on weed," the commercial tagline lectures, though in one clip they casually skate over the fact that the sloth's friends are all drinking. Why don't THEY turn into giant animals, Australia? Maybe obnoxious kangaroos or something? (Probably because if this were an Australian anti-alcohol commercial, someone would try to drive drunk and everyone would die horribly. Seriously, go look up a few of those ads on YouTube if you want to scar yourself for life.)
A glance at the official Stoner Sloth website shows how hip with the cool kids this campaign truly is. "Stoned at dinner and the struggle is TOO REAL! TFW you realize you shouldn't have smoked up! Life of the party… SAID NO ONE EVER!" It's like when your dad tries to use the memes from the YouTubes and it's so embarrassing you want to crawl under the table.
Also, sloths are right up there with pandas, corgi puppies and baby polar bears on the list of Most Beloved Animals on the Internet – which is probably why the campaign went with it in a ham-fisted attempt to appeal to Millennials, but all they're really implying is that if you smoke weed, Kristen Bell will look at you like this:
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Faruqi & Faruqi Alert: Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In Excess Of $100,000 Investing In Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. To Contact The Firm Before Upcoming Lead Plaintiff Deadline
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, reminds investors in Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. ("Esperion" or the "Company") (NasdaqGM:ESPR) of the March 14, 2016 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action lawsuit filed against the Company and certain officers.
The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of all those who purchased Esperion common stock between August 18, 2015 and September 28, 2015 (the "Class Period"). The case, Dougherty v. Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. et al, No. 2:16-cv-10089 was filed on January 12, 2016, and has been assigned to Judge Arthur J. Tarnow.
The lawsuit focuses on whether the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by issuing materially false and misleading statements in connection with the Company's future prospects for their lead drug candidate ETC-1002, a drug designed to lower LDL-cholesterol levels. The FDA had encouraged Esperion to initiate a cardiovascular outcomes trial ("CVOT") and that completion of a CVOT could be necessary prior to approval of ETC-1002.
On August 17, 2015, Esperion stated that the FDA had informed it that the Company did not have to complete a CVOT to gain approval of ETC-1002. However, in an Esperion news release that was released after market close on September 28, 2015, it was revealed that the FDA had encouraged the Company to initiate a CVOT to obtain approval.
On September 28, 2015, Esperion's stock closed at $35.09 per share. As a result of the news release, the Company's share price fell $16.76 per share the next day to close at $18.33 per share, a 47.7% decrease in share price.
Take Action
If you invested in Esperion common stock between August 18, 2015 and September 28, 2015 and would like to discuss your legal rights, please contact us by calling Richard Gonnello toll free at 877-247-4292 or at 212-983-9330 or by sending an e-mail to email@example.com. Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding Esperion's conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.
The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class that is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff.


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Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Sizes Included: M - 9.5" cuff circ(stretched) - Plain version, L - 12" cuff circ (stretched)- Plain version, XL - 14.5" cuff circ (stretched)- Plain version, M - 9.5" cuff circ(stretched) - Patterned version, L - 12" cuff circ (stretched)- Patterned version, XL - 14.5" cuff cir(stretched)- Patterned version
Yarn Lines: Stroll Sock Yarn
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Needles/Hooks Suggested: Size 1 (2.25 mm): 40" circular for Magic Loop (can also be worked on DPNs or 2 circulars)
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Nothing beats a basic ribbed sock for easy, quick knitting and happy feet. However, the price to be paid for a basic ribbed sock. Knitting them is tedious. Monotonous. Dull. Dare I say it? Boring.
That's why I love it when a sock designer surprises me with a technique I've never used before. I love learning the technique and then I love borrowing the technique (with credit of course)! These socks feature techniques I've learned in two amazing patterns. From Pyroclastic by Marlowe Crawford I learned how to create a shaped arch which conforms beautifully to my foot. From Java by Cailyn Meyer I learned how to reverse the gusset shaping and to create some pretty wonderful toe shaping. So, in homage to these clever designs I created Java Crazed Pyro---I feel like I should giggle maniacally whenever I say that!
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First Step With Matthew
- Date: April 28, 2019
- Time: 12:15pm – 2:00pm
- Location: 5750 Holmes Ave - Fellowship Hall, Clarendon Hills, IL 60514
At the Christian Church of Clarendon Hills, we want everyone to understand where we've been and where we're headed. That's why we've created the First Step with Matthew event. During this informal lunch you will hear from Senior Minister Matthew Rogers as he tells his personal story, shares the vision for CCCH, and points you toward the next steps on your journey. Group meets in the Fellowship Hall at 12:30 p.m. Childcare available. Free lunch included!
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|Bárðarbunga releasing steam from beneath the Vatnajökull Glacier. Photo Credit: Oddur Sigurdsson, Iceland Geological Survey.
It's safe to say that Iceland's remote Bárðarbunga volcano doesn't look like a typical volcano. Even though it is 6,591 feet tall, it has all but been completely consumed by the massive Vatnajökull glacier, with the only evidence of a volcano being a snow-covered caldera with a tiny hole in the center formed by warm gases melting snow as they travel from the volcano into the atmosphere.
|Isn't it cute? Photo link: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/iceland/vatnajokull/
But the above dimple is far from docile. Bárðarbunga has had major eruptions in the past, and it looks as though another one may be in the cards. We have many things to talk about, but before I go any further, let me explain what's been happening recently with the daintily cute aforementioned volcano.
Bárðarbunga has been the site of a vast swarm of earthquakes recently, with the strongest one (magnitude 4.7) occurring around 18 hours ago at midnight 8/22/2014 Iceland time. Swarms of earthquakes are often a precursor to volcanic activity... Mt. St. Helens was having hundreds of small earthquakes a day before it finally blew its top on 8:32 a.m., May 18, 1980. Between last Saturday morning and Monday evening, the Iceland Meteorological Society measured 2,600 earthquakes, with that 4.7 earthquake being the biggest one measured since 1996.
So far, no magma has made it to the surface, but scientists are concerned that these earthquakes may signal an impending eruption. Even though it has been found that earthquake swarms lead to eruptions less than 10% of the time, a Bárðarbunga eruption could paralyze not only Iceland but all of Europe.
First, let's talk about the anatomy of this volcano.
It lies under the northwestern edge of the Vatnajökull glacier, and, as I said before, is completely encased in ice. You are not able to see the structure of the mountain. At the rate we are warming up, several generations south of us will surely be able to see parts of the mountain, but we don't live in a world that has truly felt the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
Some of you may remember the eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull (aka: "that Iceland volcano") back in 2010. While Bárðarbunga is easier to pronounce (the anglophone spelling is "Bardarbunga"), they share many similarities, as they have comparable geological properties and are both covered in ice. The difference is that Bárðarbunga is much bigger, and if it does erupt, it will release far more magma.
8,500 years BP, Bárðarbunga released 21-30 cubic kilometers of lava and covered 950 square miles with it. This is speculated to have been the largest lava flow of the Holocene Era, which began at 11,700 years BP (right after the last ice age) and continues today. The Vatnaöldur eruption of 870 was very large, as was the Veiðivötn eruption in 1480. Bárðarbunga hasn't witnessed an actual eruption since 1862, though it did have some activity in 1996.
So what are the consequences of a possible eruption?
Well, the biggest local consequences will be the threat of massive flooding. A large eruption would melt an incredible amount of water, and this water could sweep villages away. These "volcanic floods" are not unique to Icelandic volcanoes; they occurred as Mt. St. Helens melted snow in 1980 and are actually one of the biggest threats to nearby towns in the event of a Mt. Rainier eruption.
Something with a far broader geographic scope would be the ejection of ash into the atmosphere. Remember the Eyjafjallajökull volcano I was talking about earlier? The 2010 eruptions of it led to the highest travel disruption in Western Europe since World War II. The eruption truly was small... the ash cloud only reached 10 kilometers high, and only 270 million cubic meters of ash was ejected into the atmosphere. Mt. Pinatubo, for instance, ejected 10 billion cubic meters of ash 34 kilometers high. What made Eyjafjallajökull so much more destructive?
|Eyjafjallajökull erupting on April 18, 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruptions_of_Eyjafjallajökull
First off, it's important to remember that Iceland is right between the U.S. and Europe, so it is important as a hub for air travel. But there are other geological factors at work. When the magma at Eyjafjallajökull's vent reacted with the nearby glaciers and rapidly cooled, it contracted into much smaller and more jagged/porous ash particles than are usually seen. Moreover, more fine ash was created when small gas bubbles in the molten rock expanded as the magma rose and approached the surface. The median width of all the ash grains was found to be less than 1 millimeter wide, and further away from the vent, 20% of the ash particles were smaller than 16 microns, which is approximately six times thinner than a human hair. In the process of cooling rapidly as it rose, the Because this ash was so light and, due to its rough and porous texture, was aerodynamically favored to stay high in the atmosphere for a long time, massive air travel disruptions resulted. There was also a fairly stagnant weather pattern over Western Europe at the time, so these particles were not carried laterally either. They just sat there and wreaked 1.7 billion dollars worth of havoc on the airline industry.
|Canceled flights at Leeds Bradford Int'l Airport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_travel_disruption_after_the_2010_Eyjafjallajökull_eruption
If Bárðarbunga were to erupt, it would be in that same jet path, and the ash particles would probably have similar characteristics and be FAR more numerous. The weather would be the wild card.
By the way, Bárðarbunga was recently just updated to a "orange" risk level, which is apparently the highest there is without a volcano already erupting. They updated it after they found out that, in addition to all these earthquakes continuing to happen, the magma is moving closer to the surface.
When I was little, I loved volcanoes more than anything else. I've now given my heart to weather, but my love for volcanoes is still very alive.
Update: 8/23/2014
Bárðarbunga started erupting this morning for the first time. The eruption is small, and it is being extremely carefully monitored.
Update: 8/23/2014
Bárðarbunga started erupting this morning for the first time. The eruption is small, and it is being extremely carefully monitored.


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Scrooge for Mayor
With a new attitude towards life Scrooge has decided to run for mayor of London. In light of his disturbing visits with three spirits, he wants to change the world.
With a new attitude towards life Scrooge has decided to run for mayor of London. In light of his disturbing visits with three spirits, he wants to change the world. Your class has been enlisted to investigate a list of important issues for Scrooge's campaign. To help the common people understand his ideas Scrooge must educate the public about his experiences and reasons for seeking reform. The people must see what has been and what can be. By looking at various aspects of life illustrated in "A Christmas Carol" you will develop Scrooge's campaign points and outline strategies for campaigning. As a team of campaign managers you will break into six special areas for research.
The areas are:
In this research you will need to keep in mind the following focus questions:
- Labor Issues
- Education Issues
- Industry Issues
- Quality of Life
- Health Issues
- Gender Issues
What is the life of the townspeople in London like?
Campaign Manager:
- What are Scrooge's new viewpoints on daily life in London?
- How will Scrooge's new viewpoints on daily life change his opinions on politic policy in London?
- What solutions and programs will Scrooge support in his run for mayor?
Scrooge is counting on you to help bring him to the forefront of this campaign. You will help focus the work of your team. Keep track of the teams' research - what you need to know and what you have found out. Finally, and probably most importantly, you must plan and conduct your team's strategy meetings. These meetings will be critical in developing your campaign strategies from your research. Because you and each of your fellow teammates has a different research focus, your role is critical to keeping the communication flowing. The Campaign Manager is responsible for creating the Campaign Slogan and Poster.
Victorian London Specialist:
Scrooge is counting on your ability to uncover information and tell it like it is. You've been asked to focus on the current situation in Victorian London. Check many internet resources to find information about life in London during the 1840's. You will need to focus on the conditions in London because this is the city in which Scrooge will be launching his mayoral campaign. As you are well aware, political candidates are judged by their knowledge of current issues and events. Your job is to make both Scrooge and your teammates well informed on your issue. Take notes and submit them to your Team. As an expert researcher you realize the importance of keeping track of your resources. The Victorian London Specialist will work with the Political Strategist to create the visual presentation.
Public Relations Manager
Scrooge is counting on your ability to persuade people and compel them to change. You've been asked to focus on the rationale for change in your topic area. You will need to keep in continual communication with your teammates as you look for ways to compel the people of London to support your reform plan. You will need to focus on the conditions in "A Christmas Carol" as they relate to your issue of study. As you are well aware politicians need to make their policies personal by telling stories or attaching a face to the issue. You have the critical role of finding these compelling stories. Take notes and submit them to your Campaign manager. The Public Relations Manager is responsible for creating, editing and publishing the Campaign Brochure.
Political Strategists: Reform Proposal
Scrooge is counting on your ability to solve the critical issues of his campaign. You've been asked to focus on possible solutions and ideas for reform in the area your team has been assigned. You will need to keep in continual communication with your teammates as they will keep you informed of the issues and concerns they uncover in their research. During team planning meetings your team will expect you to have many possible solutions to offer. Understand that as a group you will be narrowing this list. Once your teammates have helped you select a reform proposal to run with, begin developing the details of this plan. You may want to anticipate questions the public and other candidates will have about your plan. Your job is to make both Scrooge and your teammates look good. The Political Strategist will work with the Victorian London Specialist to create the visual presentation.
Individual Production
Each person on your team is responsible for a press release describing their research. (eJournal Length)
. Each group member should choose one area of focus from the categories at the top of the page. The group member should become an expert in the respective field of study and write a press release which covers the individual research.
. Each press release should focus on the main issues involved in the topic and what changes Scrooge plans for when he is mayor.
· The Campaign Manager can submit an editorial on the topic "Is the industrial revolution a good
Group Production
In your group of four:
· One person is responsible for a Campaign Poster
· One person is responsible for a Campaign Brochure or Pamphlet (Info. from Press Releases)
· Two people are responsible for a Power Point Presentation
· If your group has five, two people should build the brochure
· If your group has three, only one person will complete the presentation visuals
Websites for Research
http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/technolov.html - Technology in Victorian London
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/sochistov.html - Social Concerns in Victorian London
http://charlesdickenspage.com/dickens_london.html - Dickens' London
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/charles-dickens/9018185/Dickenss-London-in-pictures.html - Dickens' London In Picture
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/legistl.html - Timeline of British Law
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lesson13.htm - The 1833 Factory Act
http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/ - The Charles Dickens Page (multiple topics)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html - In-Depth Industrial Revolution
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html - Filth and the Thames River
http://www.victorianlondon.org/index-2012.htm - London Health
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/g/gender-ideology-and-separate-spheres-19th-century/- Gender Roles
http://www.britainexpress.com/London/victorian-london.html - General Victorian London
http://www.victorianlondon.org/ - Victorian London In-Depth
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/explore-online/pocket-histories/what-was-life-children-victorian-london/ - Children in Victorian London
http://www.victorianweb.org/ - Links to many pages on Victorian London
http://www.dickensmuseum.com/ - Charles Dickens Museum page
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0128/p16s02-trgn.html - Article
- What are Scrooge's new viewpoints on daily life in London?
- How will Scrooge's new viewpoints on daily life change his opinions on politic policy in London?
- What solutions and programs will Scrooge support in his run for mayor?