In the English learning area of each state and territory curriculum, students develop language and literacy skills and then apply these skills across a full range of learning areas. The NAPLAN reading tests measure literacy proficiency across the English learning area in line with the Australian Curriculum: English.
These tests focus on the reading of written English. Knowledge and interpretation of language conventions in context are also an important part of reading and are drawn upon in many reading questions.
In the tests, students are provided with a magazine containing a range of texts that illustrate different writing styles. Students read the texts provided then answer related questions in a separate booklet.
The skills demonstrated in reading are dependent on the complexity and accessibility of the text. Typically students engage with more complex texts as their reading comprehension skills improve. There is a very wide range of reading ability levels at each school year level so the tests start with simple, short texts and get increasingly longer and harder.
Types of skills and understandings that students are generally expected to demonstrate at their particular year of schooling are described in the minimum standards for reading. For more information on the national minimum standards see Standards.


For five years, workplace relations change has been constant. You had to negotiate your way through Work Choices and then change direction with Forward with Fairness. At last, with the Federal Election behind us, you can approach Fair Work with confidence that it is here to stay for some time.
And that means you need to know more than the name of the legislation. You need to work in the system.
Navigating the Fair Work Laws, from the dedicated team of Forsyth, Gostencnik, Parker & Roach, helps you do just that.
"Fair Work" – where are we at, post-election 2010?
Since the tumultuous federal election and its aftermath, and Labor's re-election as a minority government, industrial relations issues have been as much about the personalities involved as matters of policy substance.
By Anthony Forsyth, co-author, with Val Gostencnik, Jacqueline Parker and Rosemary Roach, of "Navigating the Fair Work Laws", to be published by Thomson Reuters in November 2010.
The transition to the modern award system is "extraordinarily difficult and complex" and will take years to play out, Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson told the Industrial Relations Society of Victoria at its AGM in Melbourne on Friday 8 October.
From: Workforce, 11 October 2010.


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Кивиоя (устар. Киви-оя) — река в России, протекает по территории Муезерского района Карелии. Устье реки находится в 185 км по левому берегу реки Чирко-Кемь. Длина реки — 16 км. Берёт своё начало из озера Долгого, протекает через озеро Семеново.

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Баренцево-Беломорскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Кемь от Юшкозерского гидроузла до Кривопорожского гидроузла. Речной бассейн реки — бассейны рек Кольского полуострова и Карелии, впадает в Белое море.

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If You Build It…Skaters will Come!
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Jan 17, 2023 | Family Fun, Tourism Blog
…Skaters will come!
BY: RACHEL WUMKES
We could argue the pros and cons of social media for hours on end. But when a Facebook post in the popular community group 'Clear Lakers' creates a spark for one man to create an ice rink, I have to put a big check mark on the pro side!
Over the weekend, Bob Wolfram took to the popular community Facebook Page inquiring about making an ice rink. The many winter-loving enthusiasts in town have been wanting something like this for years.
The response Bob received on his post was astounding. Not only did the general public think it was a great idea, but it became a bit nostalgic as a few folks recalled ice rinks from years ago. One comment included 'If you build it, they will come' meme from the popular movie, Field of Dreams.
"A few years back I had a local bank president tell me… 'Bobby, during the wintertime for business owners on Clear Lake Main Street it is very difficult,'" Wolfram stated. As a small businessman himself, it bothered Bob tremendously to think of those store owners going to bed each night worried about opening their doors the next day. "I decided to do all I could to quietly prevent that," he declared.
And that's just what he did.
Bob cleared the snow, creating a rectangular rink in front of the seawall. It was the first step in establishing a fun way to utilize the frozen lake and bring more people to downtown Clear Lake. The next, Mother Nature handled on Monday with the ample rain. It worked as a natural resurfacing for the rink.
Jessica Wood, owner of Charlie's Soda Fountain and avid hockey lover, piggybacked off of Wolframs post with one of her own.
We agree Jessica, what a town indeed!!
Again, people took to the comments and shared ways to utilize the rink as well as share their THANKS to Bob for his selfless act of commitment to the people of Clear Lake.
So, what would one do on this piece of cleared ice on our beloved lake? Well, the obvious is lacing up a pair of skates! Ice skating is actually an effective form of aerobic exercise. While most simply go for a leisurely glide around the arena or rink, you don't even realize the many positive effects it has on balance, coordination, and your heart.
While Minnesota has always proven to be filled with full-fledged hockey lovers, the sport has gained a lot of traction in North Iowa over the years. But have you ever played hockey out on a lake? Pond hockey (or in this case, lake hockey) offers a bit of a challenge. More so than on a perfectly smooth indoor rink, that's for sure. Still, it's a fantastic way to get outdoors and utilize the lake in the winter.
And have fun in the process!
Broomball is another fun activity. I would describe it as a cross between hockey and soccer. While played on the ice, players wear tennis shoes instead of skates. The general concept is the same as hockey, except a ball is used in place of a puck. Back in the early days of the sport, they used actual brooms dipped in water and frozen to create a solid way to hit the ball. Today, a stick consisting of a shaft with a molded broom-shaped head is used to maneuver the ball into the net.
Regardless of what activity you choose to play on the ice, get out there and use it! **Weather pending, of course. It is not safe to walk/skate/etc with unsafe ice conditions**
And while you're out and about, be sure to stop inside the many stores and restaurants. I guarantee they will LOVE to see your smiling faces this winter.
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Dr. John Lai received his PhD from School of Management, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia and is currently the Co-director of Master of Science in Management. He has previously served as the Director of Global Business Programmes – Global Business Studies (GBS)and International Business & Chinese Enterprise (IBCE) and also Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. His research interests are innovation in services, networks, and knowledge transfer. He is the recipient of the 2018 University Education Award, twice recipient of the Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award in 2014 and 2010, Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, CUHK Business School (2014, 2011, and 2009), Faculty Teaching Merit Award (2015-2017), CUHK; and Teaching Excellence Award (2004/2005), City University of Hong Kong.
John H. W. Lai, Steven S. Lui, and Eric W. K. Tsang (2015), "Intrafirm Knowledge Transfer and Employee Innovative Behaviour: The Role of Total and Balanced Knowledge Flows," Journal of Product Innovation Management.
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Reflexology can be used to support pregnancy, labour, post-natal and cancer care and is not just for people with health problems, it is very effective in maintaining good health in a preventative way. This effective therapy is very beneficial for numerous health conditions.
Reflexology is a method of stimulating reflexes in the foot or hand that in theory correspond to each gland, organ and part of the body. Stimulation of these reflexes through massage and compression techniques create a positive effect in the corresponding area of the body. The feet mirror what is happening to the bodily systems, glands and organs.
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Peter Thiel is calling it quits in San Francisco.
The conservative billionaire will relocate his personal funds Thiel Capital and the Thiel Foundation to Los Angeles in the next few months, according to people familiar with the situation. Thiel's 50-person staff will also relocate, one of the people said. They asked not to be identified talking about private plans.
Thiel has also discussed resigning from Facebook Inc.'s board, according to the Wall Street Journal, which earlier reported his plans to relocate.
The early Facebook investor and PayPal Holdings Inc. co-founder has used his personal wealth to back a range of projects, including the construction of offshore cities (seastedding) and persuading college students to drop out of school and unleash their inner entrepreneur. Thiel also co-founded venture firms Founders Fund and Mithril Capital, which will remain in San Francisco, a person familiar with the plans said.
Thiel, worth $3.8 billion by Bloomberg estimates, has been criticized by many tech industry players in Silicon Valley for helping elect President Donald Trump and secretly financing a lawsuit against tech blog Gawker that resulted in its bankruptcy. He has publicly criticized the California tech hub for being intolerant of conservatives, insular and overpriced.
One of Thiel's newest and most-ambitious projects is creating a conservative media empire — an effort that will be easier to accomplish in L.A., according to one of the people.


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Director: Manon Briand Year: 2012 Run Time: 113min
Émilie (Lapointe) is a shy coat-check girl at a club called Liverpool. When a patron overdoses in the club and Émilie attempts to return her jacket, this simple good deed lands her in the middle of a dark conspiracy.
Helping her on her journey through Montreal's shady underworld is computer-whiz Thomas (Dubé), who has had his eye on her for some time. As the intrepid duo embark on a dangerous journey filled with secrets and intrigue, Thomas, an aspiring journalist, uses social media and technology to help them reveal the truth.
Equal parts thriller, comedy and romance, Liverpool is a charming and quirky film about an unlikely pair of would-be detectives who try to solve a mystery and might just end up falling in love in the process.
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Sennheiser boosts sales and invests in new production centre
By What Hi-Fi Admin 2010-06-30T09:00:00Z
Headphone sales up almost 20%, despite the economic crisis, and new 15m-euro facility is opened at its German HQ
There may be an economic crisis out there, but Sennheiser says it's doing more than just surviving – it's also investing in the future.
The German manufacturer of microphones and headphones saw a small rise in overall sales last year, but a significant growth in headphones, and it's just opened a multi-million-euro production and technology centre at its HQ – the largest construction project in the company's history.
Total sales were up just 1.1%, at €389.9, but while times were tough in the company's professional divisions – wireless microphone sales fell 6.1% due to the reluctance of entertainment businesses to invest in the current economic climate –, consumer products did much better, with headphone sales up 18.8%.
And the company has now completed what it says is 'one of the most modern assembly plants in Northern Germany' at its headquarters in Wennebostel. 230 machines have been moved from its plant in Burgdorf to the new facility, which sits alongside the existing production facility.
With 13,500 sq m of space, the new building houses around 440 staff, and also has a production technology lab, to develop, test and optimise work stations, machinery and inspection equipment.
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Ken and Shirley Polakowski have lived in many places – from Ann Arbor to Australia – but it's Charlevoix that they call home. Ken, a retired landscape architecture professor, is engaged in the effort to preserve and improve the beautiful tree-filled avenues throughout Charlevoix. Shirley, a former systems analyst, is active with the Charlevoix Area Garden Club. They are using their knowledge, skills, and experience to enhance this area they love.
These two have been married for more than 60 years and raised five children together. "They're doing well – really well," Ken notes proudly. "Because they are doing so well on their own, we are free to support the causes that are most important to us," explains Shirley. "We do pro bono work and volunteer," says Ken. "Shirley and I both learned from our parents to care, and to be generous in the ways you can." In addition to being active in the community, the Polakowskis have included the Community Foundation in their estate plan as a beneficiary of a retirement account. When the Community Foundation receives the gift from their estate, those dollars will be put to work as Ken and Shirley have specified. As part of their legacy in Charlevoix, causes they care about will continue to be supported in their names, forever.


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Jong Sian Ken started collecting crocodiles as a hobby, and became so interested in this reptile that he decided to try to breed them. For many years he and his sons studied the breeding habits of the river crocodiles in order to establish a successful breeding program. His second son, Johnson, invented his own crocodile incubator. Jong's farm now has 500 crocodiles for breeding, and many of the off-spring are exported overseas. The Jong family continues to work passionately both towards a greater education about crocodiles and for the conservation of the species.
The skull of Sarawak's most notorious killer crocodile is a special display feature at the farm. Named Bujang Senang (Easy Bachelor), this enormous crocodile was responsible for numerous deaths along the Batang Lupar, one of Sarawak's great rivers.
The farm is located 29 km from Kuching on 25 acres. There are also other animals to view: bear cats, porcupines, deer, civet cats, flying fox, sun bears, and a variety of birds.
The crocodiles get fed at 11:00am and 3pm, while the giant Arapaima fish have their feeding times at 11:30 am & 3:30pm.
Return transport from your hotel to Jong's Crocodile Farm. Entry tickets are included.
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CDC Health Policy Series. U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Office of the Associate Director for Policy.
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"Gravity wave" busts stormy forecast
4 years 9 months 4 weeks ago Thursday, March 24 2016 Mar 24, 2016 March 24, 2016 5:01 PM March 24, 2016 in Weather
Source: WBRZ Weather Center
By: Meteorologist Josh Eachus
By looking at regional rainfall from Thursday, you notice the Baton Rouge area is conspicuously dry when compared with areas west and east. Didn't the WBRZ Weather Team forecast rain for much of the area? Yes. Then what happened?
Overall, the atmosphere was stable—which is why the given chance for severe storms was low. However, an advancing cold front forced air upward and sparked showers, thunderstorms, and likely, what is known as a "gravity wave."
The National Weather Service defines a gravity wave as, "a wave created by the action of gravity on density variations in the stratified atmosphere. A generic classification for lee waves, mountains waves, and many other waves that form in the atmosphere."
The air in our atmosphere, just like water in the ocean, is fluid and behaves as such. Imagine a wave over the open water. It builds, reaches an apex and falls. In the atmosphere, air can do the same but only on a day where there are stable layers in the atmosphere. When there is instability abound, gravity is overcome and vertical motions can persist, uninterrupted.
Thursday Morning, a nasty line of showers and thunderstorms erupted as air was lifted through a stable layer in the atmosphere. A tornado was even spawned near Lake Charles. However, gravity then caused stable air to sink east of that line, nixing out rain and storms in the Baton Rouge area. Again, the wave began building to the east and the rising motions set off more showers and storms near the Mississippi border.
Extremely difficult to detect, even with advanced satellite technology, the waves had an affect on the forecast that was easy to see. While a batch of rain was still expected in the Thursday Morning broadcast, by noon on Thursday, less than 10% of the WBRZ Weather forecast area had picked up precipitation.
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Moderate drought conditions over parts of south...
One more dry day before rain returns...
One more dry day before rain returns to the forecast
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"No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey"
- - Heber J. Grant
Flies and the Tail-less Cow
My folk live close to the land and animals. Images of plant and animal life run in my native language like marrow through a bone.
Every point is driven home wittily with something observed from nature. "The dog that eats palm fruits (the palm bunch is spiky) will have no problems stealing eggs," they would say of a petty criminal who claims he is incapable of serious crime.
If an eccentric did or said something that no one else knew about, folk would say, "Adung mkpere akai akop usem ebok," meaning, "He who lives close to the jungle understands the gibberish of monkeys."
Among folks, the empty calabash is used as a floater. No matter how rough the sea, an empty calabash cannot go under for long. Folks quickly see in this a parallel truth, for truth they say, cannot be submerged by the savage gales of lies.
Similarly, a child who grows rich and conceited is often warned by the parents that a yam is never bigger than the knife that peels it. Our yams can be the size of a human thigh or even bigger, mind you. Another caution for a vain kid is that no matter how big a lizard gets, it can never become a gator.
It took me some careful attention to notice what the folk mean when they say, "It is deity that swishes flies away from a tailless cow."
When the sun is up and that is often for a good half of the year we have no shortage of the sun, these pesky insects have a field day making themselves felt as an unforgiving, humming pestilence. They sting, nettle, and claw away with venom at both humans and animals. They dip their hairy limbs into food, sores, and anything with odors.
Cows of course, seem to have a peculiar sort of stink that appeals inexorably to swarms of flies. A rushing cloud of these repugnant bugs would swoop on cattle and cover the animals like a blanket. The heckling, rumbling, buzzing, and sneering of the flies at the earthy smells of their more powerful victims can be heard from a distance.
The insects target the ears, nose, rump, and trunk or any other sensitive parts of the animals, thus making life for them a living misery.
For a cow in the tropics, it is indeed a pitiable handicap to be tailless. The observation, therefore that only deity spares the tailless cow from torture and torment is the folks' way of saying deity is mindful of all, especially those with disabilities.
Another related wit is that flies do not fear the nose of a cow. I first heard that saying when an uncle returned from overseas. He had made good and apparently returned with a PhD with agriculture, so the entire village was in a festive mood.
In those days, the United States in folk imagination, was not part of our rock but of another planet orbiting another star. Anyone who went there and returned was an instant hero and with good reason! For one, folks believed American women were more powerful than the Sirens. They used more powerful juju than any concoction our local medicine men conjured in making love potions.
That was why, they said, many men who traveled there never returned. Even if they managed to come back home, the men did so with American women who clung to them even in the sweltering heat, like burrs to sweater leggings.
Kinswomen were jealous saying "the foreign women lacked inhibition." Centuries of control by men made the local womenfolk especially so. While the kinswomen had never jumped even a puddle, it did not matter to them that these "foreign women" left their home and crossed the mighty ocean with their sons to live in a world where they had no relatives to call their own.
They were hurt the foreigners renamed their sons and called them, "Darling," "Sweetheart," and even "Honey," which everybody knew was made by bees. Honey was good for coughs and other herbal preparations. One smeared with it though, was sure to attract bugs, so why would anyone go by such a name, they wondered?
As for darling and sweetheart, folks were just as stumped, for though the culture had names of affection, these new ones simply stomped folks in the face. Names among my folks insinuated cultural values that rooted people to the land or some family history.
If these new names left the people confused, kisses absolutely shocked them! These women, they grudged, would be the death of their sons!
They could understand if mothers sucked the blocked nostrils of babies to clear their airways for the kids to breathe much more easily when they came down with colds. But it was a scandal to suck the mouth of adults — and that publicly, too.
A man who went overseas and failed to return home or one who returned with a foreign wife in his arms was considered lost to both his parents and community. Uncle Nelson did none of these and was an instant folk hero. To show their respect, folk called him, "Doctor," meaning healer, seer, or the medicine man of the clan.
Nothing he did to get them to call him by name swayed anyone. The only exception was my skinny, small-statured Aunty Ekairem. She not only refused to call him Doctor but also Nelson, the new name he got at school from a European missionary teacher. She insisted on calling him by the name they grew up with.
Men vociferously reproached her and throatily dismissed her as a fly who was not scared fooling with the huge nostrils of a cow!
The first day at school, my uncle (then a kid) had stepped out and introduced himself to his teacher as AFONGISOEKPE. Neither the teacher nor his interpreter could spell that. Confounded, the Briton simply labelled him Nelson.
So at school and later at work, he was Nelson, but in the village among his age mates he went by his native name. The name meant the lion's mane. The mane of the lion is the pride of the king of the jungle. The name was a shorthand for much family history in the course of its migrations. It was evocative of encounters with lions and courage at taming jungles and humbling the big cats.
This legacy and heritage lay the foundation for my uncle's recent achievements and the community took collective pride in it. Uncle Nelson having blazed a trail in education, had become for us the force that swaths flies from the tailless cow and in our circumstance, a beacon of light and hope.


A young criminal defense attorney struggles with a homicide case that is not as cut and dry as it appears while battling a drinking habit. The story goes beyond the lives of those directly related to the case and shines a much needed spotlight on the horrific world of human trafficking in the United States.
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Volunteers are vital to Friends of the Plano Public Library. Opportunities exist to help a little or a lot. Volunteer once a day, once a week, once a month, or once a year!
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Your can easily reach Chania and Archontiki hotel, in any way you choose to arrive.
The location of the hotel in the center of the city of Chania, just 50 meters from the Central Bus station and just 30 meters from the largest Taxi station of the city, make your move from/ and to the hotel an easy and quick affair.
You can arrive to Chania either by the ferry boat to the port of Souda (daily service from / to Piraeus), or by airplane to the airport of Chania «I. Daskalogiannis» (multiple daily domestic flights and "charter" flights from/to abroad ), or by road from the rest of Crete (multiple bus routes, daily).


City Marathon on November 4. Keflezighi has also already committed to run New York City in 2013. He was the New York City champion in 2009 and has had six top-10 finishes there, including sixth last year.
Kelfezighi, 37, was the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon and set a personal best of 2:09:08 to win the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. Keflezighi is the pride of San Diego, UCLA, and the Mammoth Track Club. His autobiography, Run to Overcome, was published in 2010.
You've done an Olympic marathon and New York City back to back before. Are you still weary from London? Are you already back to doing some pretty hard workouts? Meb Keflezighi: I am not ready to do hard workouts. I'm recovering okay, but the gravel and the cobblestones of the London course did beat my feet up. The bottom of my feet got aggravated like what I had last year, the blood blister and the infection. I'm fine finally now, but I have not run [since the Olympics]. I've been doing a lot of biking, but the big question is, "Can I get my fitness back like I had at the Olympic Games or at the Trials by November 4?" And I believe that I can do it. The feet are mending. I was hurting pretty bad. I even had to get a wheelchair at Heathrow Airport because my feet got so beat up.
I should be fine. You know how the marathon is; you can get really sore in the quads, the calves, or the hamstring. I did not have any of that. I only had 48 days of running before the Trials. You've got to just do it right. When I was in Mammoth, I was biking from 7,800 to 9,000 feet and getting my heart rate up.
At this stage of your career, you're not worrying about having to do a heavy volume of work, are you? MK: I just play around by how my body's feeling and am very extra careful. For the Olympic Games, I didn't have the ideal training. I had four weeks of 100-plus miles, but I was doing a lot of cross-training. The body is the body. My whole point in London was to get to the starting line healthy. I thought I was in PR shape, but Mother Nature did not cooperate. It was hot, and I was getting separated from the [lead] group. But for the New York City Marathon, I have the same goal, to get to the starting line healthy and bring back the fitness.
In the marathon in London, at one point we heard you were in 19th. Was your race plan to work your way up through the field? MK: For the first 5K, with our special drinks, I was handed the wrong drink. I was handed Ryan Hall's drink. I basically had to look back and Ryan was not up in the front so I had to slow down for him, give him his drink, and hopefully he'd have mine. But unfortunately, he couldn't grab mine. He drank and then said to me, "Finish it off." About two or three miles later, I started having a side ache or stitch. That's when the separation [from the leaders] did happen.
At one point, at about 17, I did consider stopping, because I had decided beforehand that I was going to do the New York City Marathon. It's an option that I had, an option that was on the table. I already had a silver medal, I already had a fall marathon lined up, but I said, [dropping out] is not an option I want to take. There are too many people pulling for me and this is all about representing our country the best way that I can. I just keep fighting and fighting and I just prayed, "God, please help me get to the second group." Then I got into the second group.
Then, after that, it was a race within a race. I said, "Be smart, if you beat one or two of these guys, you'll be happy, and just keep going." As the race unfolded, I picked off another person and another person. On the third loop, coach [Bob] Larsen said, "You're in sixth place." That's when I got a little bit of "wow." I decided to stick with the Japanese [Kentaro Nakamoto, who ended up sixth] and then eventually I saw [Marilson Gomes] dos Santos from Brazil [who finished fifth] and I got him at the end.
The stitch did not leave me, probably, until mile 21 or so. I did plan it that way at some point in my training [to come from behind] because I thought some people might go for 2:05, 2:06 pace. When ten guys go, two or three would survive and we'd see how many people I can pick up. I had that in my head in preparation.
Sometimes people say fourth is the worst place to finish, but it depends on the circumstances. You have one Olympic medal, and this was a really strong field. Many people came away with greater admiration for you. Surely you'd like to have picked off one more runner, but you have to feel quite good about your London race. MK: Oh, most definitely. It would have been nice to be on the podium again. To have never have had the feeling of that, yeah, that would be heartbreaking. But at the same time, how many people just qualify for the Olympics? For me to be able to say "fourth place in the world," and in 2008 I wasn't even at the Olympics Games, and to run faster than I did eight years ago—I know the courses are different, but it's still 26.2 miles, and there were a lot of turns. I'm much older, but I used that age wisdom to be able to catch people.
I wished for our country, for myself and for people who've been supporting me for a long time and my sponsors to give them a third place. But usually in a marathon, once you start falling back, you fall more and more back. For me to be able to overcome that and pick off people, I have never have done that before in my long career. To be able to do that and finish fourth at the Olympic Games is a huge accomplishment.
Do you think, perhaps because of your age and your injury history, people tend to underestimate you? MK: People underestimate me a lot, and I always under-promise and over-deliver! I don't like to talk too much, I just let the action do the talking. I work hard every day to maximize my God-given talents the best way I know how, whether the camera's watching or not. It's just pure hard work and commitment. I try to get it right.
Yeah, I'm 37. I get injured not because I don't do enough exercise. I probably push the envelope too hard too much sometimes and it breaks, and people have to give me respect for doing that versus sitting on the couch and not doing the work.
You've run the New York City Marathon quite often. Do you learn something new on the course each year? Do you relive memories of past races? MK: Sometimes you reflect back to the good moments that you had there or sometimes the not-good moments. When I go to Central Park, that's where I dropped Robert Cheruiyot [en route to winning in 2009] but I also think about Ryan Shay, where he fell and passed away [at the Olympic Trials in 2007]. I also think about hitting the wall there in 2002. This is the tenth anniversary of my debut. I think about where Mark Carroll from Ireland told me, "Hey Meb, let's go." I'm like, "My body's shut down. I want to, but I can't do it."
Having done the course as often as you have, did it surprise you that Geoffrey Mutai could run 2:05:05 in New York? MK: 2:05 did surprise me but coach Larsen and I always thought we could run the old course record, 2:07:43. The reason for last year was that it was such a consistent pace. It wasn't like First Avenue in 2005 with Hendrick Ramaala and myself. It was just an even pace.
As you return to some of these marathons and do well, we see how much your efforts mean to other people, to typical runners who've seen what you've overcome and managed to do. Have you become aware that you do mean a lot to people? MK: You know, I'm honored by that. Our sport is beautiful because we can interact at the starting line or at the finish line or have pasta dinners with other runners. I hear stories of people saying, "You know, I was a smoker for 40 years and I saw you win the New York City Marathon and I stopped." Or I hear a 50-year-old come and say "you're my hero" and I think, "How's that?" Or parents come and introduce their kids to me and say, "He represented our country at the Olympics, he won a silver medal, he won New York." I guess my performance has encouraged people not to give up what their dreams are. I never thought I had that kind of impact, but people tell me and it's wonderful to hear.
So, I guess you have to do this as long as you keep doing it well? I recall you talking about "one more year," but as long as you do things like fourth place in London, you can't stop, can you? MK: It's a wonderful sport. It's love and hate. When you're struggling to overcome an injury, you're thinking, "Ah, I don't know if I can do it or not." But when you're out there smiling and enjoying the view, you think, "I don't want to be any other place." It makes you think this is a beautiful thing, and I appreciate the support I've had to do that. It's my dream come true to be able to this as a living. I never thought it was possible but I've been doing it for a long time.
I'm so happy to have New York support me until next year. I'll play it by ear next spring and next fall to see what I can do. Ninety-nine percent of what I want to accomplish has been accomplished, but there's always more in the tank, and if I can run 2:10 or 2:11 and still be competitive, we'll see how it plays next year.


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"Etch", as he was known in the community, devoted so much of his time to helping others. He volunteered his time coaching youth sports, helping anyone in need, and providing support to others. He lived by, role modeled, and passionately believed in his guiding principles: "love everyone, be kind, and make a difference." More than 3000 community members, family, and friends attended his memorial, a testament to how many lives Tony touched and impacted.
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The Baroque era so dominates our view of early music in general and keyboard music of the period in particular that the work of earlier composers appears not only refreshing but exotic. But the Baroque had its own roots in earlier ideas, a substantial foundation of which came from the Fitzilliam Virginal Book.
That book is a compendium of almost 300 keyboard works from the late Renaissance to early Baroque (at the time, virginal was a general term for keyboard instruments). The music runs the gamut of national styles and the forms range from rigorous contrapuntal exercises to character pieces and musical jokes.
Thursday evening at Weill Recital Hall, Richard Egarr will play selections from the book representing some of the most important contributors; Purcell, Byrd, John Blow, and Sweelinck. Expect Egarr, a leading contemporary harpsichordist, to channel the full range of colors and invention in the music.


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I have been practicing since admission to the bar in 2002. I have worked for the State of Missouri in Jefferson City as an administrative law judge for the Department of Social Services, deciding administrative child support and medicaid cases. I then went on to prosecute child abuse cases and DWI cases for several years for the Department of Social Service and the Department of Revenue.
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Q: Angular ExpressionChanged error on calculated inputs I have a form that takes values selected by the user and outputs calculated values. As the user inputs data the numbers update. When the first number is put in it calculates x + y but y is current zero returning x+0. However, when the user enter the y value it return the error:
ExpressionChangedAfterItHasBeenCheckedError: Expression has changed after it was checked. Previous value: 'value: 215'. Current value: 'value: 163.4'.
I'm using ngOnInit but I've also tried AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, setTimeout in the function that does the math, and tried using ChangeDetectorRef but nothing seems to resolve the issue.
Stackblitz: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-bupkrr
Add your weight then % body fat, you'll notice the error in console.

A: only changes in the TS file below... Kindly check

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import {ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  title = 'phyto-calc';
  leanBodyMassValue = 0;
  bodyFatValue = 0;
  goalWeightValue = 0;

  constructor(private cdref: ChangeDetectorRef) {}

  ngOnInit() {}
  ngAfterContentChecked() {
    this.leanBodyMassValue = this.leanBodyMassValue;
    this.cdref.detectChanges();
  }

  pctRange(low, high) {
    const x = new Array();
    for (let y = low; y <= high; y++) {
      x.push(y);
    }
    return x;
  }

  leatBodyMass(cw: number = 0, bf: number = 0) {
    this.leanBodyMassValue = cw - bf;
    return this.leanBodyMassValue;
  }

  bodyFatCalc(cw: number = 0, cbf: number = 0) {
    this.bodyFatValue = cw * (cbf / 100);
    return this.bodyFatValue;
  }

  goalWeight(gbf: number = 0, lbmv: number = 0) {
    this.goalWeightValue = gbf * (lbmv / 100);
    return this.goalWeightValue;
  }
}

A: you can calculate bodyFatValue only if bodyFat Percent is changed
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-949enz?file=src%2Fapp%2Fapp.component.html
Here are my changes
app.component.html
old
 <mat-select [(value)]="cbf" ... >
   ...
 </mat-select>

new
 <mat-select (selectionChange)="changeBodyfat($event,cw)" ... >
   ...
 </mat-select>

old
<input
  [value]="bodyFatCalc(cw, cbf)"
  name="bodyfatlbs"
  ...
/>

new
<input
  [value]="bodyFatValue"
  name="bodyfatlbs"
  ...
/>

app.component.ts
old
  bodyFatCalc(cw: number = 0, cbf: number = 0) {
    this.bodyFatValue = cw * (cbf / 100);
    return this.bodyFatValue;
  }

new
  changeBodyfat(selected, cw) {
    const cbf = selected.value;
     this.bodyFatValue  = this.bodyFatCalc(cw , cbf);
  }

  bodyFatCalc(cw: number = 0, cbf: number = 0) {
    return cw * (cbf / 100);
  }

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Portsmouth sign Rhys McCabe
Portsmouth have signed Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Rhys McCabe on loan until the end of the season.
The 21-year-old has made just nine appearances for the Owls this term and heads to Fratton Park in search of regular first-team football.
Pompey have also extended Toumani Diagouraga's loan from Brentford for the rest of the campaign.
Manager Richie Barker told the club website: "We were eager to bring Rhys in when we knew he was available because he's a quality player who will help keep possession in the centre of the park.
"He hasn't been in the Sheffield Wednesday side recently and is hungry to play. He jumped at the chance to come here, which is a good sign.
"Toumani has got better and better with every game and I think he'll have a big impact in our remaining matches this season."


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// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.

using System;
using FluentAssertions;
using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test;
using Moq;
using NuGet.Frameworks;
using Xunit;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Testing.Abstractions;
using System.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Tools.Test.Tests
{
    public class GivenATestRunner
    {
        private Mock<ICommand> _commandMock;
        private Mock<ICommandFactory> _commandFactoryMock;
        private Mock<ITestRunnerArgumentsBuilder> _argumentsBuilderMock;
        private string _runner = "runner";
        private string[] _testRunnerArguments;

        public GivenATestRunner()
        {
            _testRunnerArguments = new[] {"assembly.dll", "--list", "--designtime"};

            _commandMock = new Mock<ICommand>();
            _commandMock.Setup(c => c.CommandName).Returns(_runner);
            _commandMock.Setup(c => c.CommandArgs).Returns(string.Join(" ", _testRunnerArguments));
            _commandMock.Setup(c => c.OnOutputLine(It.IsAny<Action<string>>())).Returns(_commandMock.Object);

            _argumentsBuilderMock = new Mock<ITestRunnerArgumentsBuilder>();
            _argumentsBuilderMock.Setup(a => a.BuildArguments())
                .Returns(_testRunnerArguments);

            _commandFactoryMock = new Mock<ICommandFactory>();
            _commandFactoryMock.Setup(c => c.Create(
                $"dotnet-{_runner}",
                _testRunnerArguments,
                null,
                null)).Returns(_commandMock.Object).Verifiable();
        }

        [Fact]
        public void It_creates_a_command_using_the_right_parameters()
        {
            var testRunner = new TestRunner(_runner, _commandFactoryMock.Object, _argumentsBuilderMock.Object);

            testRunner.RunTestCommand();

            _commandFactoryMock.Verify();
        }

        [Fact]
        public void It_executes_the_command()
        {
            var testRunner = new TestRunner(_runner, _commandFactoryMock.Object, _argumentsBuilderMock.Object);

            testRunner.RunTestCommand();

            _commandMock.Verify(c => c.Execute(), Times.Once);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void It_throws_TestRunnerOperationFailedException_when_the_returns_return_an_error_code()
        {
            _commandMock.Setup(c => c.Execute()).Returns(new CommandResult(null, 1, null, null));

            var testRunner = new TestRunner(_runner, _commandFactoryMock.Object, _argumentsBuilderMock.Object);

            Action action = () => testRunner.RunTestCommand();

            action.ShouldThrow<TestRunnerOperationFailedException>();
        }

        [Fact]
        public void It_executes_the_command_when_RunTestCommand_is_called()
        {
            var testResult = new Message
            {
                MessageType = "Irrelevant",
                Payload = JToken.FromObject("Irrelevant")
            };

            var testRunner = new TestRunner(_runner, _commandFactoryMock.Object, _argumentsBuilderMock.Object);

            testRunner.RunTestCommand();

            _commandMock.Verify(c => c.Execute(), Times.Once);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void It_returns_a_ProcessStartInfo_object_with_the_right_parameters_to_execute_the_test_command()
        {
            var testRunner = new TestRunner(_runner, _commandFactoryMock.Object, _argumentsBuilderMock.Object);

            var testCommandProcessStartInfo = testRunner.GetProcessStartInfo();

            testCommandProcessStartInfo.FileName.Should().Be(_runner);
            testCommandProcessStartInfo.Arguments.Should().Be(string.Join(" ", _testRunnerArguments));
        }
    }
}


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Tag Archives: Empress
A day in the life of a Fantasy Photostudio
Posted by D.A Lascelles in Musings, Photos
action roleplaying, Druid, Empress, gaming, live action roleplaying games, maelstrom games, Photography, Photoshoot, profound decision, Realm, Realm Fantasy Wargame, Roleplaying games, Scholar, Secret Project
While I was in the middle of writing the background material for Realm, there was a discussion about the need for more artwork for the website and I wondered if it was possible to use photographs to achieve the same visual impact as drawings and colour art in a roleplaying or wargame. I knew that they had been used to great effect by live action roleplaying games – particularly the rulebooks and websites for Profound Decision's Odyssey and Maelstrom games which make great use of the medium – and in theory there was no reason why it should not work for fantasy games in other formats.
The lighting set up around Andy as he plays Edvard
The main objections to the use of photos seemed to revolve around the old 'LARP does not look as good as what you can imagine when playing a wargame or tabletop game' argument. This is a fair argument, though one which is becoming increasingly stale in light of improving kit standards across the board at UK based LRP events over the past decade. The other main argument seems to be tradition – wargames and roleplaying games have always had artwork rather than photos. Why change what people expect to see?
There is nothing which can be done about the latter opinion other than to be a trailblazer and let people see what you have done and decide based on that. I am not trailblazer though hopefully others might follow my example here. For the former, I could take more direct action and attempt to set up a photoshoot to try to achieve something as good as what can be achieved with artwork.
The lights and fans around Jess as she plays the Empress
My initial plan was to take my camera, a couple of models drawn from the LRP community and a load of kit to some locations in and around Manchester and take some photos. However, a photography keen friend by the name of Lucy put me in touch with a professional photographer (Ste Manns of Quattrophoto) who was interested in doing some fantasy themed shoots to expand his portfolio. Suddenly, my modest plan became a complicated operation and we had access to a studio…
So, yesterday saw myself, Lucy and two friends by the names of Jessica Newey and Andy Mason travelling to a small town near Dewsbury to meet with Ste and his family at the studio he uses – a small corner of an industrial estate modified with the equipment and other requirements of a professional space.
It was a long, tiring and very educational day. Both myself and Lucy learned a lot about photography using a proper studio set up and I got to play with a 50mm Prime lens belonging to Ste and see the difference in the quality of my shots with it. Andy and Jess may also have picked up some information about lighting but mostly they seemed to get an education in patience and how to follow direction (specifically how difficult it is to convey an emotion or action on cue).
The plan for the day was to create images of two characters I had written into the Realm background history. One was the Empress of Onryo – the undead Necromancer who was trapped by a curse to live forever in the caves beneath her palace on the Island of Onryo. For this we needed a vague mythical Japanese theme. The other character was Edvard Vermogen of Hohle, the author of several important magical texts in the game. For Edvard, we needed to get the idea of a civilised scholar who had headed off into the wilderness to research his books.
A compromise: Turn the photos into a pencil sketch, using photo processing software…
We decided to start with the Empress so Jess got dressed into her kimono* and made herself up to look undead. There was then several hours of test shots – trying to get the exact lighting effects that were desired. As this was largely an experimental shoot, there were no standard lighting set up guidelines for this so there was a lot of trial and error. Once the correct conditions were achieved there was even more work to try to get the right poses and facial expressions to 'tell the story' of the character. Fans were used to make the kimono flutter and many attempts (some more successful than others) were made to try to time Jess making a movement to coincide with the shutter on the camera being activated. Each shot was transmitted to two laptops (one connected directly by a wire, the other using a wireless internet card in a slot on the camera) and critically appraised by all involved before the next shot was set up. To my limited technical experience, almost every shot looked fantastic (yeah, ok, quite a few were amusing due to mistimed movement or inappropriate facial expressions) but to the experienced professionals there were minor flaws with almost all of them which needed to be corrected with either another adjustment of the lights or a new set of instructions to the model. By the end of it, Jess had sore muscles from holding poses and was a little chilly from standing in front of a fan in a flimsy kimono.
We began photographing sometime between 11 and 12. We finally finished with the first model at around 4. That's a lot of time to be standing in a big white space with lots of people telling you what to do. When we finally got round to shooting Andy, I think Jess was pleased to be able to sit down and relax.
For Edvard Vermogen, I had brought along a selection of wool and fur clothing – including a heavy wool cloak covered in a patchwork of fur**. I also brought along a selection of props that a magician or scholar might happen to have on his travels such as a staff topped with an antler, a small chest and a selection of bottles and stones. Andy then posed with these while there was another series of lighting changes and more critical appraisal of the results. Tricks used this time included hiding a wireless remote flash filtered with a coloured gel (first purple, then green) inside the box so that it appeared as if a magical light was coming from it. Andy's main hazard here was looking down at the wrong time and getting an eyeful of flash. There was also an issue of his hair being too clean and brushed. This was resolved with some backcombing and a handful of leaves and twigs.
If you look closely, you can see the wireless flash in the box
Lucy and I spent the time when we were not helping with the shoot or making sure the models were ok (including finding a drink that could be drunk without spoiling make up) taking photos. Some of Lucy's can be seen on the blog post linked above and are fantastic. Some of mine are shown on this post, the rest can be seen here. Our main focus was not to take phenomenal quality shots of the models with great artistic quality (we both left that to the Pros) but rather to take photos of the process – behind the scenes footage of the equipment used and the people involved. I hope that between us we manage to convey the way the day went.
Sometime in the next few weeks, once Ste finishes doing whatever arcane things he intends to do to them with computer software, I will hopefully be able to share some of the final processed photos from the actual shoot and show you all the dramatic difference between the shots taken in 'ambient light' and those taken using the special lighting rigs…
Also, in a few weeks time we should be getting prepared for 'part two' of this shoot where we take some models to the woods and get some images of some other fantasy characters… One of these will hopefully be the second half of the Empress shoot, involving some undead samurai in a woodland.
*She made this herself. She is a talented seamstress.
** This belongs to and was made by Sarah, my wife… yes, I know a lot of talented people who can do wonderful things with material… It was originally made for a norse based LRP character but has been used several times since. The furs, by the way, are all second hand and some of them date from the 1950s. They were acquired from a re-enactment market.


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Winnipeg : Dan Hildebrand, 1998.
Hildebrand, Bernhard, -- d. 1962 -- Family.
Hildebrand, Helena, -- d. 1989 -- Family.
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Film News: Preview of 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival
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CHICAGO – Tonight what heights we'll hit. The 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF) begins on Friday, May 17th, 2019, and offers a week of 2019 film greatness, selected by Chicago Film Critics from the major festivals so far. This will be a whole week at Chicago's Music Box Theatre, Click here for the schedule.
Oscar Week: Interview with Nominees Yalitza Aparicio & Marina de Tavira of 'Roma'
Exclusive Photo
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CHICAGO – One of the more pleasant surprises of the 2018 film year was the rise of the connectively expressive film "Roma," written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Not only is it nominated for Best Picture, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director at the 91st Academy Awards, but the two lead actresses – Yalitza Aparicio and Maria de Tavira – are nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress. Jon Lennon Espino, contributor at HollywoodChicago.com, interviewed both actresses last October at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival.
Podtalk: Director Jason Reitman Votes for 'The Front Runner'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 16, 2018 - 8:46am
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CHICAGO – The year 1988 marked a border crossing in the way that the media covered national candidates. Senator Gary Hart seemed destined for president, until a extramarital relationship with Donna Rice became the focus of media attention. Director Jason Reitman tells the story in a new film, "The Front Runner."
Photo, Audio: 'A Tribute to Carey Mulligan' at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 21, 2018 - 4:24am
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CHICAGO – She's a memorable talent in a different age of movie stars. British-born Carey Mulligan has shown her talent for character roles, making her film debut with "Pride & Prejudice" in 2005, breaking out a year later with "An Education," and taking on a number of parts as an American in "Drive," "The Great Gatsby," "Inside Llewyn Davis" and "Mudbound." Her latest film is "Wildlife," directed by Paul Dano.
Photo, Interviews: Red Carpet for 'Roma' at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 19, 2018 - 11:08am
CHICAGO – One of the buzz films at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) is "Roma," the latest from Academy Award winning director Alfonso Cuarón ("Gravity"). This personal and autobiographical film is winning kudos for its beauty and authenticity, as well as its setting in 1970s Mexico City. The film features Mexican actors Marina de Tavira and Yalitza Aparicio.
Film Feature: Best & Worst of 2018 So Far by HollywoodChicago.com
CHICAGO – The holiday hangover is fading with the heat and humility, so what better time to remind ourselves of the Best and Worst films of 2018 SO FAR! HollywoodChicago.com contributors – Patrick McDonald, Jon Espino and Spike Walters – offer the following reactions to those so-far cinema treats and threats.
Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com 2018 Oscar Predictions
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 3, 2018 - 10:17am
CHICAGO – Time to fill out the Oscar prediction ballots! The 90th Academy Awards are on Sunday, March 4th, 2018, and HC film critics Patrick McDonald, Michael "Spike" Walters and Jon Lennon Espino are ready to add their prognosticating powers to all the major categories, plus three wild cards. Let the predicting begin.
Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers George A. Romero
CHICAGO – The man that practically invented the modern Zombie film genre had met his own demise. Director George A. Romero passed away on July 16th, 2017, in Los Angeles. He was 77. Romero launched a whole new wave of horror with "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968, and put Pittsburgh (PA) on the film location map.
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It Comes at Night
CHICAGO – The 4th of July holiday is over and the second half of the year looms before us, so what better time than to assess 2017 so far, with the best and worst films of the first half of the year. The film critic contributors of HollywoodChicago.com – Patrick McDonald, Jon Espino and Spike Walters – offer up their choices for BEST and WORST.


The Express Entry system is creating a pool of candidates for immigration to Canada. Candidates are assessed based on a number of criteria, and the highest ranking candidates will be invited to apply to immigrate to Canada.
There are requirements not only to get into the pool, but also to be chosen from it.
You can read about the minimum criteria of any of these programs by using the above links. Or, you can use our online tool, Come to Canada, to see if you meet the criteria to get into the Express Entry pool.
The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) is a points-based system that is used to assess and score a candidate's profile to rank them in the Express Entry pool.
We have found these factors all play a role in economic success for immigrants once in Canada. Additional points will be awarded for candidates who have a job offer or a nomination by one of Canada's provinces or territories under their provincial nominee programs.
CIC will select the highest ranking candidates from the pool through regular "draws" and invite them to apply to immigrate as a permanent resident.
A goal of Express Entry is to ensure strong links between economic immigration and the Canadian labour market. For that reason, qualified candidates who also have a job offer will get enough points to ensure they are ranked high enough to get an invitation to apply.
An employer will need to ensure the job offer is supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment. This process ensures they have first tried to find Canadians to fill job openings.
Similarly, a nomination by a province or territory, will give a candidate additional points to rank high enough to be invited to apply at the next eligible draw of candidates.


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Q: How use a mutation function in a action function in Vuex? I have this Vuex:
export default new Vuex.Store({
  state: {
    userInfo: {
      nit_ID: { ID: '', Desc: '' },
      userName: { ID: '', Desc: '' },
      typeDocument: { ID: '', Desc: '' },
      document: '',
    },
    globalPublicKey: 'ASDFGHJKL1234567890',
  },
  mutations: {
    updateUserInfo(state, payload) {
      state.userInfo = payload;
    },
  },
  getters: {
    userInfo: (state) => { return state.userInfo; },
  },
  actions: {
    validateUserSession(context) {
      var valido = false;
      try {
        let storageInfo = JSON.parse(
          sjcl.decrypt(context.state.globalPublicKey, localStorage.userInfo)
        );
        if (localStorage.userToken === storageInfo.token) {
          context.mutations.updateUserInfo(storageInfo);
          valido = true;
        }
      } catch (e) {
          console.error(e);
      }
      return valido;
    },
  },
})

But the problem is that I can't access to the mutation updateUserInfo(), I know that is easy to solved, only do the updateUserInfo process in my action, but the question is How can I use a mutation into a action?

A: In VueJS you can call a mutation from an action by calling context.commit, like this:
context.commit('mutationName', params)
params can be omitted if not parameters are passed to the mutation.
More on this here: vuex.vuejs.org/guide/actions.html
Actually you call a mutation from anywhere with a commit - but it's advised to use actions (so dispatch an action) that in turn commits the data (actually mutates the state).


Friends gather round the Piano Bar and join in singing a few favorites. And in the Tropical Bar, the bartender shakes a pitcher full of some delicious cooling concoction. Now, is there anything more relaxing than this?
Clearly this is not a cruise ship in the ordinary sense. On Star Clippers, you will find that there are no rigid schedules. You are free to do as you wish with your days – and evenings. To entertain you, we bring local performers on board to give passengers an authentic taste of the local music and arts.
So rather than enduring another Broadway revue, you can enjoy the conviviality of fellow shipmates while a live band plays tropical tunes from a real paradise. The Captain and crew are superb improvisers of the kind of light-hearted fun you'll only find on Star Clippers. The Captain's daily briefing on deck is wonderfully informative and a chance to hear some great story-telling as well. And there are other events and activities, such as knot tying and navigation classes, that have evolved from Star Clippers' sailing heritage. In fact, our passengers tell us that it's the easy-going informality of Star Clippers that makes a cruise with us so enjoyable.


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Admit it. You got a little misty watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and one of those moments was when Han Solo and Chewbacca first stepped back on their old "hunk of junk" and Solo intoned, "Chewie, we're home." Sure, you'd seen it in the trailers, but it was something special in the movie, a moment of triumph for moviegoers, 30 some years in the making. You, too, were home.
Let's geek out a moment here. How do you know these coasters are post original trilogy? Since the top coaster says it's detailing the "replacement sensor rectenna," this must be the Falcon after the Battle of Endor, when its original military-grade rectenna was snapped off. (See, we're geeks too!) Hand wash only. Not dishwasher safe.
Bring the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy to your place with this Star Wars Millennium Falcon Coaster Set of 6 glass coasters from Think Geek, each featuring a cross-section of detail from the Falcon herself.
When stacked together, they build the ship in 3D and stand 1 1/4-inches tall.
Individually, they measure 4-inches square x 1/4-inch thick, with rubber feet to protect your surfaces from scratching and condensation. That's a win either way!


Our good friends the Peperkorns came on Friday, and it was great to see them.
She had stories such as this: On the morning of her daughter twice-rescheduled birthday party (due to illness), she made a gorgeous rainbow layer cake, put it in the fridge, and when youngest daughter opened the fridge, the cake fell on the floor. Then it was off to a little out-patient varicose vein surgery before the party. (!) Twenty shots in the legs / zap zap / home for the party. Honestly.
They are awesome people and I wish them a disaster-free journey across the country!
I'm glad to see Kathryn is still smiling through all this. Moving is never easy -- but I hope things continue to improve as they head West!
Yikes! Well, maybe they've had enough trouble for one trip now and the rest of the move will go smoothly.
Heavens….that sounds like an I Love Lucy episode…except in real life, things like that aren't funny at the time. And yes, here's to a fun only trek to California!
Peggy, did you know yesterday would have been Lucy's 100th birthday? I bet there were marathons on TV all day.
Google had a great doodle for it yesterday.
I did know. And I've been watching Lucy on & off all weekend, on the Hallmark channel. That show is purt ner 60 years old, & it's still funny!


Singapore staged the second round of the inaugural season of the Xray Racing Series for South-east Asia this past weekend. Hosted by Urban PlaySpace on its unique roof-top circuit, the event saw racers from Germany, Korea, Brunei and the USA join the many locals in the 3 classes of Modified Touring, Stock 13.5T Blinky Touring and Formula. The event featured the exciting bump-up format of racing, and was further spiced up with a trackside BBQ party at the end of Day 1 and a generous lucky draw headlined by the X1 car kit giveaway and numerous other XRAY and HUDY goodies!
In the Modified Touring Car class, Team Xray driver Dominic Quek set the pace on his home track during qualifying. Despite an issue in Q1 while leading, Dominic was able to bounce back to grab the remaining 3 rounds of qualifying to seal TQ. Germany's Jan Ratheisky qualified 2nd despite minimal track time due to his delayed arrival into Singapore. Another young local, Eugene Goh, qualified 3rd, to the delight of the local crowd!
In the finals, the attention was on the fight between Dominic and Jan. Dominic would suffer an unfortunate racing incident in A1, leaving the door open for Jan to take the win, with PY Tang in 2nd. Despite dropping down the field after the incident, Dominic battled back with an inspired drive to steal 3rd position from Eugene Goh in an exciting finish at the line. In A2, Dominic weathered the early pressure from Jan to eventually pull away to win and bring the battle for the overall title to A3. In A3, Dominic had a good start and was able to pull away from Jan to eventually seal a relatively comfortable win! Jan finished 2nd while Eugene Goh was 3rd.
In the Formula class, which was run on an all-finals Reedy format, Jan Ratheisky was the clear favourite throughout all of practice. Jan was able to carry that form into the finals, where he swept all 6 rounds of finals to take the overall win, earning the right to bring home the outstanding XRS trophy. Singapore's Allister Lim took home 2nd, while Thai-born local racer, Tapana V, was 3rd!
In the Stock 13.5T Blinky Touring Class, which featured the XRS Handout Motor, Dominic made it a double TQ as he took all 4 rounds of qualifying. Jan had to once again settle for 2nd on the A-Main grid, while Daryl Thong grabbed 3rd.
In A1 of the Stock class, an early racing incident between Jan and Dominic saw Jan seize the early advantage with the win while Dominic took a strategic DNF to save tyres. Daryl Thong finished 2nd after a close battle with Sean Lee. In A2, Dominic managed to reinstate his title challenge as he pulled away early on to win ahead of Jan, who had to fend off the challenge from Daryl. In A3, Dominic converted his pole position start to take a tone-to-tone victory and his 2nd overall win of the day! Behind him, Daryl and Jan were engaged in a no-holds barred battle where several racing incidents resulted in Daryl taking 2nd to secure his overall podium finish!


The hospitality industry is predicted to grow 17 percent between 2004 and 2014, adding more than 2.2 million new jobs to the work force. "When economic times are good, there is a lot of money out there, which can be devoted to travel.
Hospitality Careers Overview. Hospitality careers are for those who enjoy playing the host. Food service and lodging managers are responsible for making sure guests at restaurants and hotels have a satisfying experience with their meal or their accommodations.
This is great news for professionals interested in hospitality careers. While no one would consider these jobs easy, they can be rewarding—both financially and emotionally. Take a look at the top 10 hospitality jobs paying $75K or more according to recent salary data from a major pay aggregating website.
And with over 16 million workers in the hospitality sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the industry provides plenty of opportunity for employment. Using data from BLS and Salary.com, Monster created a list of some of the highest-paying hospitality jobs.
Hospitality & tourism myths. You may have heard that a career in hospitality and tourism is like constantly being on holiday. You hang out in hotels, bars and restaurants all day, doing a bit of work here and there, or you jet off around the world and help other people have a good time whilst topping up your suntan.
1 in 10 jobs in the global economy . Careers in the hospitality industry. If you want to understand the volume and variety of careers in the hospitality industry, take a quick look at the more than 34,000 open positions available on Hosco, a job portal that unites top talent from hospitality management schools with employers around the world.


Researchers have devised a new way to get a sneak peek into what's going on deep in your digestive system, creating a swallowable sensor that, with the help of engineered bacteria and a tiny electrical circuit, can detect the presence of molecules that might be signs of disease and then beam the results to a smartphone app.
The device, which scientists validated in pigs, remains a prototype and needs to be refined before it could be used in people. But the researchers, who reported their work Thursday in the journal Science, combined innovations in synthetic biology and microelectronics to create a modular platform that could be adapted to identify a wide range of molecules.
"We want to try to illuminate and provide understanding into areas that are not easily accessible," said Dr. Timothy Lu, a bioengineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and senior author of the paper.
The GI tract houses a myriad of metabolites that scientists hope could shed light on what happens in the dark of the digestive system. These molecules could provide clues to when the system gets out of whack, for example, or perhaps open a new way to diagnose disease. But experts lack the tools to probe deep inside, particularly in the parts of the system that are beyond the reach of tools like scopes.
"A lot of important biology and health-related pathways are happening there, and we don't have really good technologies to see inside the gut and measure chemicals there," said Jeff Tabor, a bioengineer at Rice University, who was not involved in the study.
Researchers have been experimenting with engineering bacteria so that they are triggered in some way in the presence of their targeted molecules. But if the bacteria are deployed into the GI tract, they typically can't signal to people outside what they've encountered. It would be like discovering the lost city of Atlantis only to realize you don't have a way to tell anyone what you found or where you found it.
The new tool — which the research team has dubbed an ingestible micro-bio-electronic device, or IMBED — tucks the engineered bacteria into wells that are covered by a semipermeable membrane, keeping the bacterial cells inside but welcoming metabolites.
If the molecules of choice filter in and meet the bacteria, the bacterial cells produce light that is picked up by photodetectors embedded in a small electrical chip. The electrical system can then shoot the signal out to a smartphone app, like a prospector screaming upon striking oil.
The device described in the paper is about 10 millimeters by 30 millimeters — about the length of two dimes next to each other — and the researchers, who have filed for a patent on the technology, said they hope to shrink it to about a third of its size for use in people. Experts noted that pills carrying cameras or monitoring temperatures are already in use, so this approach is not that sci-fi.
"This has the potential to unlock a wealth of information about the body's structure and function, its relationship with the environment, and the impact of disease and therapeutic interventions," Peter Gibson and Rebecca Burgell of Monash University in Australia wrote in an editorial accompanying the study.
As a proof of concept, the researchers showed the system could detect the molecule heme in the GI tracts of pigs in a model of GI bleeding. Within two hours of being deployed, the device was able to distinguish between pigs with modeled GI bleeding and a control group, with 100 percent accuracy.
The researchers envision tweaking the bacteria so they can recognize a range of metabolites. The device also has four wells, each with room for about a million bacterial cells, so it might be possible to put different bacterial biosensors in each well to detect different molecules.
"We could evolve these living systems to conceivably sense any biological marker," said Mark Mimee, a graduate student at MIT and lead author of the study.
Researchers not involved with the work identified several improvements that are needed for the biosensor to be clinically useful. First, doctors need to be able to track the device so they can tell where exactly in the gut it is when it detects its targeted molecules. The sensor also needs to be able to pick up on the metabolites rapidly so it can send out its signal before it gets shuttled along to another part of the GI tract.
Gibson and Burgell, as well as Tabor, also pointed to another challenge: Scientists haven't nailed down exactly what biomarkers they should be looking for as signposts for different diseases. So beyond honing this 21st century technology, researchers still need to unlock a greater understanding of our much older biology.
This is some pretty incredible research – congrats to all the associated authors!
Aside from the concerns mentioned in the article, I think it's also relevant to point out that the "pill" was delivered surgically to the pig, rather than swallowed. Furthermore, I don't think the authors mentioned anything about the residence time of the pill in the GI, which would lead me to believe that there could be an issue using this technology to diagnose chronic issues with associated random flare ups. I think both of these concerns can definitely be addressed in further research, which I look forward to reading.
Matt, I agree that the research is hopefully going to continue with the outcome to the feasibility of establishing a diagnosis that doesn't simply have the symptoms of the individual, written up as the symptoms only, but rather is correlated with the actual cause of the GI Illnesses.
I am very excited about this newer research and the replicated confirmation of the results/outcome that further research will confirm the current research of this topic.


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county commission celebrates official transfer of outlying field-8
Escambia County celebrated the acquisition of the Outlying Field 8 (OLF-8) property with a recent ceremony at the property. The county completed the land swap with the Navy for the 630-acre parcel earlier this year. The county spent $17 million to purchase the property, which has been appraised for up to $32 million.
Next, the county will bring in a consulting team to provide a Master Plan for OLF-8 that will identify the best use for the property.
Escambia County Commission Chairman Lumon May received the honorary key to OLF-8 from Commander Jim Brownlee from Whiting Field. County Commissioners Jeff Bergosh, Steven Barry, and Robert Bender also attended the ceremony. Staff from Senator Marco Rubio's office, Senator Rick Scott's office, and Congressman Matt Gaetz's office were also recognized at the ceremony.


Shelf Candy Saturday is a meme that celebrates the many times unrecognized, but invaluable hard work of book cover designers. They say never judge a book by its cover, but you know you do!!
So now, run on over to Five Alarm Book Reviews (the creators of this fun meme) and check out more awesome covers!
I love her eyes, the circuitry and the washed out look of the cover!
The circuitry artwork was created by Michael Wagner. I wanted to give you guys the scoop on this amazing artist, but I found several Michael Wagner's in the art community and didn't want to profile the wrong one. If anyone has the scoop, let me know and I'll be happy to edit my post.
That's it for this week. Be sure to head to Five Alarm Book Reviews (FABR for the cool kids :) ) and see what everyone else is featuring this week!
I am so amazed when an artist can capture such realistic facial features. The work looks close to a photo. I was recently studying the cover for Starters and am thrilled that you chose it to share. I am off to Deviant Art.
I like it that you picked this artwork. It is super eerie to me! I can't wait to read this story!
I saw this cover for the first time on NetGalley and HAD to see what it was about. I can't wait to read this sucker! Great shelf candy pick!
You can check out my Shelf Candy here.
Interesting. I really want to know why one of her eyes is brown and the other, electric blue.
Very interesting colors and over all look!Be sure to tell us how you liked the story!


Kim and John from the US Forest Service in Fort Collins just picked up their brand new 2014 Cimarron Lonestar! This 16' stock combo will be easy to maneuver up in the mountains. With Werm pour-in rubber flooring, the floor is sealed and protected. No floor mats to pull!


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Auckland Airport welcomes new Immigration NZ vision for 2015
Auckland Airport has welcomed the Immigration New Zealand (INZ) launch of their vision for 2015. The vision outlines a blueprint for improving immigration policy and processes to deliver better outcomes for New Zealand.
Auckland Airport general manager corporate affairs, Charles Spillane, congratulated the INZ team on their work, and said that the new vision continues their recent outstanding partnerships with tourism and with other export industries to serve New Zealand"s long-term interests.
"In a global climate when immigration matters are often very sensitive, Immigration New Zealand is fast becoming a model for a progressive, smart immigration service that keeps the bigger goals in mind. This future vision will help them find the optimal balance between protecting the integrity of New Zealand, and promoting better social and economic outcomes by making it easier for the best qualified migrants and highest-value visitors to get here."
Auckland Airport is particularly welcoming of the focus outlined in the vision on better service, better systems, and better outcomes.
"The commitment made by the Government to a new high-tech online immigration system will, when fully implemented, make a huge difference to the ease of visa application for potential migrants and visitors.
"New Zealand has some significant disadvantages in global tourism and trade terms. Basically we are small and we are a long way from anywhere. Because of this, New Zealand must have fewer barriers to visitation or doing business with than with our global competitors. Having a world-class immigration system and visa application process will make a real difference to that goal." said Mr Spillane.
The INZ vision also outlines an operating model that manages low risk and high risk better, that delivers consistent and transparent service, and can identify and target higher-value markets and higher value applicants.
"Immigration is but one part of a much bigger "NZ Incorporated" jigsaw. By aligning the market priorities of INZ with those of the tourism and trade industries and New Zealand"s economic development interests, and by managing risk in a much more dynamic and targeted way, we believe there is a far greater likelihood of success for the country."
"We all have shared goals in seeing New Zealand succeed globally and in accelerating our economic prospects – our future living standards will depend on it. We look forward to working with INZ on turning their vision into more visitors, more trade opportunities, and more value for New Zealand.", said Mr Spillane.
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