diff --git a/racket/syndicate/examples/actor/flink.rkt b/racket/syndicate/examples/actor/flink.rkt
index e6a3aa3..5d206ce 100644
--- a/racket/syndicate/examples/actor/flink.rkt
+++ b/racket/syndicate/examples/actor/flink.rkt
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ Task Delegation Protocol
 
 Task Delegation has two roles, TaskAssigner (TA) and TaskPerformer (TP).
 
-A TaskAssigner asserts the association of a Task with a particular TaskPerformer
-through
-    (task-assignment ID Task)
+A TaskAssigner requests the performance of a Task with a particular TaskPerformer
+through the assertion of interest
+    (observe (task-performance ID Task ★))
 where the ID identifies the TP
 |#
-(assertion-struct task-assignment (assignee task))
+(assertion-struct task-performance (assignee task desc))
 #|
 A Task is a (task TaskID Work), where Work is one of
   - (map-work String)
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ A TaskResult is a (Hashof String Natural), counting the occurrences of words
 (struct reduce-work (left right) #:transparent)
 
 #|
-The TaskPerformer responds to a task-assignment by describing its state with respect
+The TaskPerformer responds to a request by describing its state with respect
 to that task,
-    (task-state TaskID TaskStateDesc)
+    (task-performance ID Task TaskStateDesc)
 
 A TaskStateDesc is one of
   - ACCEPTED, when the TP has the resources to perform the task. (TODO - not sure if this is ever visible, currently)
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ A TaskStateDesc is one of
   - RUNNING, indicating that the task is being performed
   - (finished TaskResult), describing the results
 |#
-(assertion-struct task-state (task-id desc))
 (struct finished (data) #:transparent)
 (define ACCEPTED 'accepted)
 (define RUNNING 'running)
@@ -140,9 +139,9 @@ The JobManager then performs the job and, when finished, asserts (job-finished I
 ;; gonna need some effect polymorphism to type uses of this
 (define (task-performer my-id can-accept? perform-task)
   (react
-   (during (task-assignment my-id $task)
+   (during (observe (task-performance my-id $task _))
      (field [status #f])
-     (assert (task-state (task-id task) (status)))
+     (assert (task-performance my-id task (status)))
      (cond
        [(can-accept?)
         (status RUNNING)
@@ -159,8 +158,7 @@ The JobManager then performs the job and, when finished, asserts (job-finished I
 ;; -> TaskAssigner
 (define (task-assigner tsk performer on-overload! on-complete!)
   (react
-   (assert (task-assignment performer tsk))
-   (on (asserted (task-state (task-id tsk) $status))
+   (on (asserted (task-performance performer tsk $status))
        (match status
          [(or (== ACCEPTED)
               (== RUNNING))
@@ -366,7 +364,7 @@ The JobManager then performs the job and, when finished, asserts (job-finished I
              ;; things didn't work. I think that due to script scheduling, all ready
              ;; tasks were being assigned to the manager
              #;(take-slot! mngr)
-             (react (stop-when (asserted (task-state this-id _))
+             (react (stop-when (asserted (task-performance mngr t _))
                                (received-answer! mngr)))
              (task-assigner t mngr
                             (lambda ()
@@ -447,7 +445,7 @@ The JobManager then performs the job and, when finished, asserts (job-finished I
   (spawn
    (during (job-manager-alive)
      (during (task-manager $tm-id _)
-       (define/query-set requests (task-assignment tm-id (task $tid _)) tid)
+       (define/query-set requests (observe (task-performance tm-id (task $tid _) _)) tid)
        (field [high-water-mark 0])
        (on (asserted (task-manager tm-id $slots))
            (when (> slots (high-water-mark))