 systems. We expect to release some of these on our Power Tool train before Orcas and will roll them into a post-Orcas release.
The release after Orcas I’m not going to talk much about post Orcas details and I’m certainly not going to speculate about dates. At this point we are mostly talking about post Orcas work in terms of “value propositions”. Value propositions identify scenarios or capabilities that we want to invest in. The set of value propositions that we choose for a given release are based on a great deal of customer feedback (forums, blogs, advisory councils, sales engagements, customer research, etc) and our strategic direction. Before talking about the value props that we’ve identified for the release after Orcas, let me say a few words about our strategic direction. We continue to see TFS as the center of team collaboration and partner extensibility as we grow the breadth and depth of the team. We will focus first on completing our coverage of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), as it is broadly understood. This covers the span from requirements elicitation to testing signoff and integration with deployment and operations, and includes the capabilities that you see today in VSTS for architecture, testing and database and code development. We’re not going to do this all ourselves, but will focus on the core collaboration platform and continue to expand the extensibility for partners to round out the complete solution. As we tackle ALM, we realize too that app dev team often works in a broader organizational context, with workflows that involve the PMO and Operations. We’ve taken small steps so far in enabling those workflows and will improve the integration with each future release. With that context here are our top priority value props for the release after Orcas that will fill in the next step in that vision.
Trace work, conduct impact analysis and report status against requirements, builds, tests and code.
Enable incremental adoption of portions of TFS, e.g. by converting from and mirroring with other source control / work items systems or allowing integration into other build/release processes.
Improved configuration management including new ways of visualizing and managing change in the system and automating more of the build and deployment process.
This isn’t to say that VSTS doesn’t already enable these scenarios to various degrees but these are big picture areas where we plan to drive new investments and further improve the capabilities we have. This is not a feature list but rather high level areas of investment. As we get a bit further along, we’ll begin to talk about features that deliver on the value propositions. In addition to these value propositions, we will continue to invest in making the basic feature set better – better integrated, easier to use, more extensible, faster and more capable. We have already begun development for our post-Orcas release. You might ask why we are developing two releases in parallel. The reason is that Orcas is a fairly tactical release for TFS on a shorter schedule. To achieve that and also be able to do some of our longer term architectural innovation, we decided to build portions of each in parallel. I hope to begin talking about the feature set in more detail within the next several months.
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VAN9ISH - Member Departed + Disbanding | VKH Press – J-Rock & Visual Kei Coverage Worldwide!
VAN9ISH has two sad announcements this month. The first announcement is the departure of Drummer 黒 (An), who left the band on October 18th. The second announcement is that VAN9ISH will disband after their live at Nagoya MUSIC FARM on December 22nd, 2017.
The band is very sorry for these sudden announcements and they hope that everyone will continue to support them until the very end.Quilts and History….
The most exciting event of last week was a quilt guild meeting IN PERSON!!!! Yes, we had to wear masks, but we had a business meeting, a speaker, and show-and-tell. Maybe life is slowly returning to normal.
Our speaker for the night was Tara Miller of The Quilt District.
She has actively studied quilts and their place in history and her talk was entitled “Graphic Quilts of the 20th Century”.
I loved listening to her talk about the events of the 20th century, showing quilts that typified the period.
One of the most interesting things that she told us about was the fact, that prior to “Rural Free Delivery” (RFD for you Mayberry fans), certain patterns were only found in certain areas. The only way to share a pattern was to physically hand it over. Once mail delivery was expanded into rural areas, patterns could be mailed and, even more importantly, magazines and newspapers could be received all over the country. This meant that a person from Oregon could be making the same “new” design as the person from Georgia!!
She also talked about the Whitney Museum of Art’s display of quilts in 1971. The importance of this exhibit was that the quilts were not shown as “craft” but as ART!! Check out this website for more about the exhibit.
I loved listening to Tara’s observations about the 20th-century quilts and thinking about the quilts that are in my possession, created by my Great-Grandmother, Grandmother, and Mother.
She showed many quilts that I liked, but this exploded pineapple log cabin quilt stood out as a favorite…..
Interestingly, it looks very much like a “modern quilt” of today!!
They say that there is nothing new under the sun!!!
Next Post Cleaning out the batting!!
Thanks for sharing this story with us. So much yet to learn.
I know Jean. I am now looking for books about the history of various blocks. I think it would be super interesting!!Dedicated to advocating for individuals with hereditary cardiovascular disorder, Familial Hypercholesterolemia, the FH Foundation proudly welcomes three new board members: Ted Tussing, Josh Knowles, MD, PhD, and Vaughn Davis.
Online PR News – 03-January-2013 – SOUTH PASADENA, CA – It's a disease that 80% of the affected sufferers don't even know they have. Familial Hypercholesterolemia, also known as FH, is a genetically inherited disorder that leads to early cardiovascular disease. The FH Foundation works tirelessly to bring Familial Hypercholesterolemia into public knowledge, as well as helping those with FH take action against this dangerous disorder. The non-profit organization dedicated to spreading awareness about FH, as well as advocating for affected individuals, has announced the addition of three new board members. The foundation's board members are all either individuals diagnosed with FH, medical professionals dedicated to the diagnosis or treatment of FH, or both.
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Theodore Tussing, Director of the Corporate Partners at Stanford Medical Center, is the next new board member. Tussing has extensive experience with business strategic planning, innovation, and the formation of partnerships. He is also on the board of directors for BioCardia and Cytograph Tissue Engineering, and advises and invests in a number of other cutting edge technology ventures.
Vaughn Davis is the final new board member. As an FH patient himself, Davis is familiar with the potentially devastating consequences of the disease. After suffering for some time with no apparent diagnosis, a chance call from a recruiter got him a position as Director of Sales and Marketing with an apheresis company that treats FH patients. Through his employer's connections, he met and became the patient of one of the country's leading lipidologists. In less than half of a year, Davis was not only diagnosed with FH, but had the disease well within control, with his cholesterol within acceptable ranges. He has since dedicated himself to helping the public become more aware of this condition.
"Our newest board members were the ideal choices for the foundation, and we believe they will help a great deal in furthering our quest for awareness and advocacy for treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia. With 1 in 500 people affected, it's critical that we have the best of the best on our team to help educate the public how to identify and treat this disease," said Katherine Wilemon, President of The FH Foundation ()
Familial Hypercholesterolemia is very treatable once diagnosed. Those with FH have 20 times the risk of experiencing a cardiac event. The disease affects every race and both genders. Carriers of FH have a 50% chance of passing the disorder to their children. Learn more about the disease at:..Dark Souls III Online Play Restored Months After Remote Exploit Ruined PC Experience
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