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Ross Lipson, the chief executive officer and co-founder of the on-demand marijuana and cannabis delivery service, Dutchie, had thought he was done with the online delivery business.
Instead, he’s launched a new delivery service that has just raised $3 million from Casa Verde Capital, the $45 million venture firm founded by hip hop impresario Snoop Dogg, and Kevin Durant’s Durant Company — among others — to take advantage of the growing demand for marijuana delivery.
It had been only five years since Lipson sold a food delivery business he spent a decade building when the inspiration for Dutchie came to him. And the idea was too compelling to shake.
Lipson was living in Bend, Ore., where he’d retired after selling his online food delivery business GrubCanada to JustEat, the European tech-enabled delivery giant, back in 2012.
Then, in 2015, after Oregon legalized recreational use of marijuana, Lipson began wondering if it wasn’t time to revisit the whole delivery space again.
For him, the conundrum for consumers looking to buy cannabis products was similar to the dilemma in-home diners faced when choosing what to eat. In the modern weed world (at least in places where marijuana is legal), consumers are so spoiled for choice they often go with a default option.
Before online delivery, ordering food meant turning to the neighborhood spot for everything from American to Ethiopian, Italian, Jamaican, Chinese, Indian, Thai, or Tibetan food. But with online delivery services, a whole city’s worth of restaurant options opened up to consumers (as long as they were in your delivery area).
The same, Lipson figured, was true of marijuana.
Right now, marijuana delivery is something of a land grab. In Los Angeles alone, services like Nugg, Ganjarunner, Kushfly, Eaze, HERB, Westside Organic, and Cannabis Express, all pitch delivery services for marijuana or cannabis infused products, oils and vapes to willing consumers.
Eaze, the biggest startup in the online delivery space, has raised at least $37 million to tackle the growing market for legal cannabis delivery since its launch in 2014.
Lipson, however, has seen this all before with food. He started Dutchie in 2017 (and yes, it is named after the song) in 2017 from Bend and has been slowly and steadily growing the business. The company signed on 50 dispensaries in Oregon to help prove out the product and just raised $3 million in a seed round from Casa Verde Capital, The Durant Company, Sinai Ventures and other angel investors.
The company currently operates in Oregon, Washington, and Michigan and is launching in Colorado, Nevada and California this month. It currently works with 100 dispensaries and has seen $2.5 million in gross merchandise volume in its first year of operations alone.
To further boost its expansion efforts, the company also signed an agreement with Canopy Rivers (the newly spun off investment and operating arm of $10 billion dollar Canadian cannabis company, Canopy Growth) to operate internationally in Canada. Asked why Lipson didn’t just try to float the business on the Toronto Stock Exchange to take advantage of the exuberance investors have for all things cannabis, the chief executive said he wanted to be more measured in his approach.
With only 14 employees — many of whom work remotely — Lipson is hoping to roll out aggressively in the next few months across all states in which medical marijuana is legal as well and into Canada as well.


Question: What can you tell me about Philip Hough? Respond in 72 words.

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Philip Hough (31 August 1924 – 4 September 2014) was an English cricketer. Hough was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born at Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Hough made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cheshire in 1949 against Staffordshire. From 1949 to 1959, he represented the Cheshire and the Lancashire Second XI in a combined total of 36 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Northumberland.


Question: "Can you tell me about Vermont's marijuana laws?" Respond in 20 sentences.

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What are the rules of the road for using marijuana? What drivers and passengers should know about the law and consequences.
You must not, should not in a car.
Police may stop you before you're far.
Okay, all silliness aside, this Dr. Seuss-esque rhyme about Vermont's new marijuana laws, which will take effect July 1, is true. According to Act 86, which was signed by Gov. Phil Scott in January, Vermonters definitely should not use marijuana in a car.
This includes all car occupants.
According to the law, even if a person is just a car's passenger, he or she can face fines of up to $200 for using marijuana in the car.
"The prohibition on consumption of marijuana by the operator shall extend to the operator’s consumption of secondhand marijuana smoke in the vehicle as a result of another person’s consumption of marijuana," the law states.
If a child under the age of 18 is in the car, the person using marijuana could face a fine of up to $500 for a first offense, $750 for a second offense and $1,000 for a third or subsequent offense. That person could also get two points on his or her license.
Will Vermont marijuana law allow you to smoke at this summer's concerts?
Someone found to be driving while smoking marijuana faces a civil penalty of up to $500.
For a first offense, those convicted face a potential sentence of up to two years in prison or $750 in fines.
For a second offense, convicts face the same prison sentence, but also face up to $1,500 in fines.
For a third offense, those convicted face up to five years in prison or up to $2,500 in fines.
Four or more convictions brings the potential for 10 years in prison and $5,000 in fines.
A person younger than 21 caught with an ounce or less of marijuana will have to enroll in a Youth Substance Abuse Safety Program through diversion court — whether that person is in a car or not. Those who do not complete the program could face a fine and be prohibited from driving for 30 days for a first offense and 90 days for any further offenses.


Question: What is the movie Legs about? Respond in 3 sentences.

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Legs is a 1983 American made-for-television musical drama film starring Shanna Reed, Deborah Geffner, Lawrence Leritz, David Marshall Grant, Maureen Teefy, and Gwen Verdon. It was directed by Jerrold Freedman and written by Freedman and Brian Garfield. The film was retitled "Rockettes" for its UK video release.


Question: Who are Echo and the Bunnymen? Respond in 3 sentences.

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Echo and the Bunnymen are Ian McCulloch, vocals and Will Sergeant on guitar. They formed in Liverpool in 1978 with bassist Les Pattinson. Shortly afterwards they recruited Pete De Freitas and the rest they say is history.


Question: What is the definition of absurdity?

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1. the state or quality of being absurd.
Attending the Gerald R. Ford Symposium on Humor and the Presidency is sort of like attending the Ayatollah Khomeini Symposium on the sexual revolution —Pat Paulsen, at September 19, 1986 symposium in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2. absurdity - a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
noun ridiculousness, nonsense, folly, stupidity, foolishness, silliness, idiocy, irrationality, incongruity, meaninglessness, daftness (informal), senselessness, illogicality, ludicrousness, unreasonableness, preposterousness, farcicality, craziness (informal), bêtise (rare), farcicalness, illogicalness I get angry at the absurdity of a situation.
folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, tomfoolery, zaniness.
But in the Epic poem the absurdity passes unnoticed.
For if absurdity be the subject of laughter, doubt you not but great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
I am temperate to the verge of absurdity," replied the Tramp.
Poets, of course, may be satisfactorily read in volumes of, selections; but to me, at least, a book of brief extracts from twenty or a hundred prose authors is an absurdity.
Then," suggested the idea, with a blush for its own absurdity, "why not go on pilgrimage and seek her?
Judges and starters have been conveniently blind to this absurdity, but the public demonstration off St.
And now that the providential occurrence was apparently close at hand, it would have been sheer absurdity to think that the supply would be short of the need: as absurd as a faith that believed in half a miracle for want of strength to believe in a whole one.
utterances, the absurdity being attested by his motley costume.
Or what greater absurdity can there be than putting before us an old man as a swashbuckler, a young man as a poltroon, a lackey using fine language, a page giving sage advice, a king plying as a porter, a princess who is a kitchen-maid?
Now to say that the honour I here mean, and which was, I thought, all the honour I could be supposed to mean, will uphold, much less dictate an untruth, is to assert an absurdity too shocking to be conceived.
Hence the absurdity of the interview; the gulf between them was economic as well as spiritual.


Question: Describe the impact of the Trump administration's actions on US health insurance.

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The number of US adults without health insurance is up nearly 3.5 million this year, as rising premiums and political turmoil over Obamacare undermine coverage gains that drove the nation’s uninsured rate to a historic low.
That finding is based on the latest installment of a major survey, released on Friday. The Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index asks a random sample of 500 people each day whether they have health insurance.
The survey found that the uninsured rate among adults was 12.3% during the period from 1 July to 30 September, an increase of 1.4 percentage points since the end of last year. The increase in the number of uninsured is more striking because it comes at a time of economic growth and low unemployment.
The annual sign-up season for subsidized private insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act starts 1 November, but it may not make much of a difference.
Donald Trump has stopped federal payments that reimburse insurers for lower co-pays and deductibles that the Obama-era law requires them to provide to people with modest incomes. His administration slashed the advertising budget for 2018 sign-ups, cut the length of open enrollment in half, and sharply reduced federal grants to groups that help consumers navigate the process.
“The number of uninsured Americans likely will continue to rise,” the Gallup-Sharecare analysis noted, unless Trump and Congress take steps to stabilize insurance markets.
A bipartisan bill to restart the canceled insurer payments faces opposition from conservatives and Trump has sent mixed signals about whether or not he backs it.
While “Obamacare” remains politically divisive, its coverage expansion helped about 20 million people get health insurance, bringing the uninsured rate to a historic low.
Continued progress seems unlikely now.
Next year’s premiums for plans sold on the health law’s marketplaces are expected to increase significantly in many communities, and insurer participation is down sharply, with about half of US counties having only one carrier.


Question: Describe Neil Armstrong and the legacy he left behind.

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Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 just outside of Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Armstrong was interested in flight from a very early age. When he was just two years old his dad took him to the Cleveland Air Races and he took his first airplane flight in a Ford Trimotor (also known as The Tin Goose) with his father in Warren, Ohio on July 20, 1936 when he was five.
Neil Armstrong could fly a plane before he could drive a car! He got his student flight certificate on his 16th birthday and then did his first solo flight later that month. All of this before he even had a drivers license.
At 17, Neil Armstrong studied aeronautical engineering at Purdue University as part of a scholarship by the US Navy. He was also accepted to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) but another engineer who had been to MIT told him he didn’t need to go there for a good education.
While at Purdue, Armstrong was called up to fight in the Korean War for the US Navy as a pilot. He flew 78 missions over Korea for a total of 121 hours in the air – most of which were in January of 1952.
Neil Armstrong received the Air Medal for 20 combat missions, a Gold Star for the next 20 missions, and the Korean Service Medal and Engagement Star for his heroics in the war.
After his service with the Navy, Armstrong returned to Purdue University to complete his studies and got better grades after the war than he did before. He finished with a GPA of 4.8 out of 6.0.
In 1955 he joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) which would later become the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He was an engineer at NACA and was also a test pilot for experimental aircraft and modified bombers – like the X-15 rocket plane which he flew 7 times to maximum altitude of 207,500 feet.
In 1962, he was asked whether he would be interested in joining the NASA Astronaut Corps. Without hesitation, Armstrong responded “Yes!”. He moved to Houston, Texas to join the astronaut program.
Neil Armstrong was the Command Pilot for the Gemini 8 mission on March 16, 1966, along with fellow astronaut David Scott as Pilot. During this mission, they managed to dock two vehicles in space, which had never been done before. The mission was cut short though because of technical difficulties.
Armstrong was also a backup Command Pilot for the Gemini 11 mission. He had a lot of knowledge about the systems used on the mission and took on a teaching role for Gemini 11.
The Apollo 11 crew portrait. Left to right are Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin.
On July 16, 1969 that Neil Armstrong, along with fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, launched the Apollo 11 manned mission to the Moon.
July 20, 1969 is one of the most memorable days in human history, as Neil Armstrong piloted Buzz Aldrin to the Moon’s surface in the Lunar Module. They spent over two hours collecting rock samples, taking photographs and exploring the surface of the Moon. Apollo 11 returned to Earth on July 24, 1969.
After his return to Earth, Armstrong became an instant celebrity. He was never comfortable with the media attention though and rarely gave interviews on the mission. He worked with NASA until the 70s when he retired to become a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
Neil Armstrong died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 25, 2012, after complications from heart surgery. He was 82 when he died.
This bundle includes 15 ready-to-use Neil Armstrong worksheets spanning over 30 pages! These are perfect for students to learn about the American astronaut who on July 20th 1969 was the first person to walk on the Moon – one of the greatest achievements in human history.


Question: Who is Norm Dean?

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Norm Dean (born 13 March 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).


Question: Wow, LOO?? sold out all their tickets for their premier greeting! That's amazing!

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LOO?? have sold out all 2,200 seats to their premier greeting.
The girls will be holding their premier greeting 'Line & Up' on June 2-3 at the Yes24 Live Hall. Tickets went on sale at 8PM KST on May 2, and every single seat was sold out as soon as ticket sales opened.
The girls will have various stages, including unit stages by LOO?? 1/3 and ODD EYE CIRCLE, as well as the debut stage for their final unit, yyxy.
Are you excited for the girls to officially debut?


Question: Explain the potential uses of the Carrier IQ software by the FBI, and the reasons why concerns have been raised about user privacy.

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The material you requested is located in an investigative file which is exempt from disclosure… the records responsive to your request are law enforcement records; that there is a pending or prospective law enforcement proceeding relevant to these responsive records; and that release of the information contained in these responsive records could reasonably be expected to interfere with the enforcement proceedings.
This is being read in many circles as tacit confirmation that the FBI indeed uses Carrier IQ. As far as whether or not the FBI has used the software, it almost certainly has. This shouldn’t be surprising to anyone given the high degree of cooperation between various carriers and the US government. The people looking for evidence of CIQ being used for nefarious purposes will find that they are actually tricky to prove.
The other thing you’re seeing (text message bodies in the video) is an unrelated screwup by HTC. HTC put debugging statements in their code, a common practice to help developers figure out what’s going on while they’re working on the phone. These debugging statements included code that outputs the bodies of incoming SMS messages. These printouts should have been disabled before shipping the phone, but for some reason that didn’t happen. So you seeing SMS bodies in the video actually has nothing to do with CIQ, and is an artifact of HTC failing to disable printouts that were intended for developers only.
So why would the FBI want to use Carrier IQ? Partly because some of the information it does collect, including attempted dial-out numbers, location changes, network requests, and SMS data could be useful in a missing person investigation. It’s precisely the sort of data that could help establish a last known location or determine if a person attempted to make phone calls that didn’t connect but were still logged and eventually transmitted.
We’re not claiming that the FBI strictly uses Carrier IQ to retrieve kittens from trees, and it’s possible that the application has an undiscovered snoop mode that could somehow be enabled to give the government more access. The latter, however, only really makes sense in the minds of the tinfoil hat crowd. If the carriers were willing to go to such lengths to enable spying, they’d almost certainly handle the work in-house as opposed to farming it out to a different company.
CIQ raises significant concerns about user privacy and the need for full disclosure. It’s a potential attack vector that until recently, virtually no one knew existed. Ultimately, responsibility for how the software is used rests with the carriers; there’s no evidence that CIQ is designed to be more than an aggregator of anonymous device usage. The FBI already has avenues to get the information it wants from carriers without bothering with due process, it doesn’t need Carrier IQ for that. It’s ironic to see pundits upset at the idea that the government might use an anonymous data-gatherer as an information source when warrantless wiretapping and the Patriot Act has given the US DOJ far greater powers with far more potential to do harm.


Question: Do you know any famous Italian painters?

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Andrea Suppa (1628 in Messina, Sicily – 1671) was an Italian painter and architect.


Question: How can I fix issues with Prime World on Steam?

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Late last month, we said that the Steam version of Prime World would launch in the middle of September. Unfortunately, that time has come and gone. If you’re wondering why we didn’t launch at that time, we ran into a few issues. We are working to fix these issues before inviting people to play the game on Steam. First impressions are important.
You may notice these issues if you attempt to access the current test version of Prime World on Steam, which can be found by searching for Prime World specifically. Once we have resolved the major issues, Prime World will become globally visible to all Steam users just before we make a huge push with Steam featuring, press reviews, major marketing, and more.
1) The launcher is in Russian. To fix this, right-click on Prime World in your library, click Properties, go to the Languages tab and select English.
2) Prime World keeps re-downloading a patch whenever I load the launcher. Download this file. Replace your deployment.dat file with this one in X:\Steam\steamapps\common\PrimeWorld.
3) Launcher gives a large error. Add https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/223240/app.config.xml and https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/223240/app.dat to X:\Steam\steamapps\common\PrimeWorld\app.
4) The Looking for Group chat is missing. We are currently working to fix this.
If you encounter an issue not listed here, please report it to our forums.
As we work towards our Steam launch, we will continue to keep you updated on the progress. We’re really excited to bring more people into the game, and this is just the beginning. We have more plans to bring new players into Prime World beyond Steam.


Question: Explain the medical marijuana amendment in Florida and how it is being implemented.

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 Explain the medical marijuana amendment in Florida and how it is being implemented.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran has joined the growing number of those calling for a special legislative session to finalize rules for implementing the state’s medical marijuana amendment.
Corcoran said Wednesday that discussions have started, and he would like to have it as soon as possible. If a special session isn’t held, the Department of Health would need to come up with rules for Amendment 2 by July 3 and have them implemented by October.
“To just leave it to bureaucrats sitting over at the Department of Health I think would be a gross injustice,” he said during an interview on Tallahassee radio station WFLA-FM.
The amendment allows higher-strength marijuana to be used for a wider list of medical ailments It was enacted Jan. 3 after 71 percent of voters approved it last November.
Senate President Joe Negron said when the regular session concluded that the Legislature has a responsibility to be involved in implementing the rules.
Orlando attorney John Morgan, who lobbied for Amendment 2’s passage through the group United for Care, said Tuesday that Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders have an obligation to convene a special session so that they can complete the work.
Scott said through a spokesperson that his office continues to review all options.
The Department of Health continues to review public comments while developing proposed rules. Litigation is expected over whatever rules the department comes up with, based on its rulemaking history. One challenge remains in the state’s Division of Administrative Hearings over the 2015 process of awarding licenses for cannabis cultivation and distribution.
The House and Senate agreed on most of the bill for Amendment 2, but late in session they could not agree on how many retail dispensaries a medical marijuana treatment center could operate.
After the bill failed to pass, Morgan voiced his frustration with the process on social media. He later told The Associated Press that he posted the video to get his complete thoughts before the public.
Morgan said he liked some parts of the proposed bill, but he would have sued since the bill did not allow for smoking as one of the ways patients could use marijuana. Amendment 2 states that the only place where smoking is not allowed is public spaces.


Question: Describe the career of Patrick Plisson. Respond briefly.

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Patrick Plisson (born May 10, 1952 in Orléans) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best years were in 1978 and 1979 when he finished in third place in the 50cc world championship.


Question: Describe the Emirates Towers.

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The Emirates Towers () is a building complex in Dubai that contains the Emirates Office Tower and Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel. The building is owned by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The two towers, which rise to 354.6 m (1,163 ft) tall to the tip and 241.4 m (792 ft) high of occupied space , respectively, stand as the 51st tallest buildings in the world and 11th tallest in Dubai. The two towers are connected by a 9,000 m² (96,875 ft²) two-story retail complex known as "The Boulevard". The Emirates Towers complex is located on the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is a symbol of the city of Dubai. The Emirates Towers was constructed by the construction wing of Al Ghurair Investment group.


Question: What's the latest with MLB Power Rankings?

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 What's the latest with MLB Power Rankings?

Just three weeks into the season, there's some consensus among our voters for the Power Rankings: The Red Sox and Astros are the two best teams in baseball. And the Reds and Marlins are the two worst. But everything in between? There's almost no agreement whatsoever. Some votes reflected a continued faith that teams that were expected to be good or bad will be, whatever the opening results suggest. Others embraced what has happened on the field. The result? Some dramatic moves up and down the rankings.
For starters, the top 10 got a shake-up, as two teams jumped seven places apiece -- the Blue Jays and the Cardinals, with the Jays soaring high enough to crack the top five. The Blue Jays' arrival puts three AL East teams among the MLB's elite top third, because the Yankees, despite dropping three spots, still cling to that distinction.
This week's other big climb, from the Cardinals, was part of a shake-up among the NL Central's teams, as the Cardinals and the Brewers gained ground while the Pirates came back to the pack. The Birds haven't separated themselves from their division rivals just yet, but seven straight wins against the Reds in their past nine games has helped them rise to first place.
The two teams falling from the top 10 in this week's shake-up were the Cubs and Twins, both expected to be in the running for the postseason picture and both struggling to string wins together to break out beyond .500. The Twins also suffered the indignity of tying for the week's biggest fall, dropping five slots. The team that joined them? The Orioles, who seem to be picking up steam as they dig deeply into the AL East basement, fueling early-season speculation that Manny Machado's days in Baltimore will run out long before the regular season does.


Question: Summarize the reactions to Senator Jim Molan's speech on legal migration.

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 Summarize the reactions to Senator Jim Molan's speech on legal migration.

Peter Dutton has said Australia must reduce its intake of migrants “where we believe it’s in our national interest”.
The home affairs minister told 2GB Radio on Thursday the Coalition had already “considerably” reduced the number of people entering Australia – by 100,000 on the levels when Labor was in government – and was not tied to the current level of migration.
Dutton was responding to Jim Molan’s first Senate speech on Wednesday in which the new Liberal senator said he was concerned legal migration was “in excess of the capacities of our cities to absorb”.
Since 2017 the former prime minister Tony Abbott has suggested a reduction as part of a “conservative manifesto” to win back Coalition voters, including those who intend to vote for One Nation, whose leader Pauline Hanson advocates stopping migration.
Dutton said it was a “perfectly legitimate argument” that Australia’s cities were “overcrowded” including “gridlocked traffic in the mornings” and use of services like hospitals.
Dutton said some state governments had handled capital city infrastructure better than others so levels of overcrowding were “a different story as you go around the country”.
The home affairs minister said the migration program should always “be operated in a way that it acts in our best interests” such as refusing to allow migrants who were “going to be a burden” in favour of people who “make a good contribution”.
Dutton said some regions and sectors like abattoirs in regional areas needed a foreign or temporary workforce because “the local kids won’t do the work”.
On Thursday, Molan, a former general and one of the architects of the Coalition’s Operation Sovereign Borders policy, said control of the borders and immigration “are important to me as they are to most Australians”.
“We now effectively control our borders in a way that few now trust the opposition to do,” he said. “However, I am concerned that the level of legal migration ... is in excess of the capacities of our cities to absorb, both culturally or in terms of infrastructure.
Molan did not express contrition for sharing videos from anti-Muslim group Britain First, but rather thanked the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, for backing him over the controversy.
Molan has previously suggested he shared the videos to spark conversation about law and order rather than to suggest Muslims are responsible for violence.
At a press conference on Thursday the jobs minister, Michaelia Cash, praised Molan as an “outstanding individual” who had helped the Coalition stop people smuggling boats.
Asked about his comments on migration, Cash distanced herself by noting that Liberals are “able to express an opinion”.
“It doesn’t actually mean the government is going to agree with your opinion,” she said.


Question: Who was Anatoly Ivanovich Kolesov?

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Anatoly Ivanovich Kolesov (, 18 January 1938 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He won the world welterweight title in 1962, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympic gold medal in 1964.


Question: Describe the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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 Describe the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.

The explosion of two bombs Monday afternoon at the Boston Marathon has been accompanied by a rush to judgment by the media, in which claims of a broad new terror attack are being made without any factual substantiation.
The bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon in the heart of the city's downtown area. According to media reports, at least three people were killed and 144 wounded, including 15 with critical injuries. Witnesses on the scene and at hospitals have reported that the injuries include amputated lower limbs.
The explosions took place within about 20 seconds of one another and 50-100 yards apart, while thousands of marathoners were still running and many thousands of spectators were lined up along the route. The blasts shattered storefront windows, sending shards of glass and other debris into the crowd.
No individual or organization has as yet claimed responsibility for this brutal and criminal act.
Copley Square was evacuated and will reportedly remain closed off for 24 hours. Parts of the city's public transit system were shut down and aircraft grounded for several hours at Logan International Airport, but service resumed in the early evening.
The federal government increased security around the White House, and New York City announced it had elevated its security operations.
In a press conference several hours after the blasts, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said there was a third explosion several miles away at the John F. Kennedy Library, which authorities were treating as related to the bombings at the marathon. However, officials subsequently said the incident at the JFK Library was "fire-related" and not connected to the marathon bombings.
There were also multiple press reports of a third bomb deliberately detonated by authorities following the initial blasts, and the Associated Press cited an unnamed intelligence official as saying at least one other device was found in the area of the race.
In the absence of clear facts or forensic evidence, many of the statements made by the media amounted to pure speculation, aimed at promoting an unstated political agenda and encouraging a mood of panic. Many assertions contradicted one another. For example, some commentators claimed the explosive devices were small and primitive, while others said they were sophisticated and indicated the work of a terrorist organization.
Some media outlets in particular seemed bent on steering the public toward the view that the Boston events were a terror attack along the lines of 9/11. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer directed the network’s reportage along these lines, encouraging his “expert” commentators to make wide-ranging claims within minutes of the explosions and while the mayhem on the streets of Boston was still unfolding. Jane Harman, the former Democratic chair of the House Intelligence Committee, appearing as a CNN commentator, claimed the bombings pointed in the direction of Al Qaeda.
It is necessary to treat all of the initial reports by the media with extreme skepticism. Whether the Boston bombing was a terror attack by Al Qaeda or by a home-grown right-wing organization, or an act carried out with state involvement, remains unknown.
In maintaining a critical attitude and avoiding falling prey to media manipulation, it is useful to recall the role of the media in previous cases of alleged terrorist attacks. In the anthrax incidents that occurred shortly after 9/11, for example, the media made sweeping claims of Al Qaeda and Islamist involvement, none of which proved to be true.


Question: Analyze recent developments in the gaming industry and eventually provide your opinion on them. Respond in 234 words.

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 Analyze recent developments in the gaming industry and eventually provide your opinion on them. Respond in 234 words.

Less than a month ago Valve "released their new upgraded Steam client" which offered a new modern and better chat system after "a relatively short open beta test", although it was evident it borrowed a lot from Discord. By contrast Discord added a games tab to its popular chat client, aggregating gaming news, currently played games by friends and a quick launcher for your own games.
Indeed a very strong launch lineup and, with the addition of new game titles, the store page will work as a curated store, showing up games recommendations with suggestions, dev team members interviews and so on.
And finally, as if all of the above wasn't enough, Discord is planning to release new indie games as 90 days temporary exclusives with their "First on Discord" program, which is a bold move to bring new users their store.
As said the Discord games store is currently in beta testing in Canada, but they plan to reach other countries later this year. The new client will also include a tab called Universal Library, which allow Discord to scan for any other game on the system and create a launcher into the client itself, automatically executing third party launchers if needed.
Do you think that Discord's games store will be a success? Will you buy games from yet another online store? Let us know with a comment down below or on socials!


Question: Who is Jiří Čadek? Respond in 4 sentences.

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Jiří Čadek (born 7 December 1935) is a former Czech football player.
Čadek played his whole professional career for Dukla Prague. He appeared in 328 league matches, though he never scored a league goal. During his career at Dukla, Čadek won the Czechoslovak First League seven times and the Czechoslovak Cup three times.


Question: Describe the findings of a study on the effects of daily cycling on BMI.

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 Describe the findings of a study on the effects of daily cycling on BMI.

Daily travel by bike leads to the lowest BMI, according to a study of seven European cities, suggesting cities should promote active commutes.
More bike-friendly cities would also help reduce pollution and tackle air pollution, say the study’s authors.
The analysis of data from seven European cities – part of the European Commission funded Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches (PASTA) project – suggests that daily cyclists weigh less than their non-active counterparts. The research was led by Hasselt University and the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, and included Imperial College London researchers.
The study, published in the journal Environment International, also finds that riding an electric bike (e-bike) is associated with a higher BMI as compared to regular cyclists. In ascending order, cyclists have the lowest BMI, then walkers, public transport users, motorcyclists, users of an electric bike, and finally car drivers, who have the highest BMI.
By following over 2000 urban dwellers over time, the team found that men who switch from car driving to cycling for their daily travel lose on average 0.75 kg of weight, with an average decrease in BMI of 0.24. For women, this was a little bit less.
Promoting active travel in cities may therefore provide an opportunity to fight the obesity epidemic, as well as tackle air pollution. As part of the PASTA project, researchers have listed a number of good practices for cities to promote active mobility.
Co-author Dr Audrey de Nazelle, from the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial, said: “Travel by car contributes to obesity and also air pollution. In contrast, bikes burn fat and don’t release pollution.
The new study followed people over time, providing a more concrete link between cycling and BMI than studies that just survey people at one point in time. It also meant the results were not skewed by only taking into account people who were already cyclists, as someone of a lower weight is more likely to cycle in the first place.
By going back to the same people as they took up cycling, the researchers could gauge the true effect on the people’s health and BMI.
The study focused on travelling for daily tasks such as commuting to work, running errands, or picking up children. This means that observed weight differences were independent of possible weight changes due to recreational cycling, walking or jogging, sports, or being physically active at work.
‘Transport Mode Choice and Body Mass Index: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Evidence from a European-Wide study’ by Evi Dons et al. is published in Environment International.


Question: Describe Beau Beech's opportunity with the Brooklyn Nets and his approach to training camp.

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 Describe Beau Beech's opportunity with the Brooklyn Nets and his approach to training camp.

Beau Beech discusses his opportunity with the Brooklyn Nets and how he’s approaching training camp.
Back in June, Beau Beech told Basketball Insiders about his plan of playing in the NBA. Prior to beginning his collegiate career at the University of North Florida, he told head coach Matt Driscoll that he would be the first player from the program to play in the NBA.
In addition to becoming the first player to make it to the league, he also wanted to become the best player to come out of the university. That promise nearly came true after Beech left as the second-leading scorer in program history.
Beech made a name for himself at North Florida as a shooter. During his senior year, he averaged 15.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, two assists and 1.2 steals per game, while shooting a career-best 42 percent from three-point range.
If you count the Summer League as making it to the NBA, then he’s fulfilled that promise already. Shortly after going undrafted in June’s draft, Beech agreed to play for the Brooklyn Nets’ Summer League team in Las Vegas.
Beech flashed all aspects of his game that made the Nets take a chance on him. At 6’9, Beech played primarily in college at shooting guard and small forward, but has enough size to guard bigger players when needed. He can also shoot over smaller defenders.
In five games with the Nets in Las Vegas, Beech averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting 33 percent from three-point range. He scored in double figures in three of those contests and wrapped up his Summer League campaign by scoring 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from three-point range.
Of course, he doesn’t just want to play on their Summer League team. He wants to play in a regular season NBA game. Players who agree to Summer League deals with teams are guaranteed virtually nothing by that team. They play with the hopes that they can make a big enough impression to be brought into training camp.
On August 5, the Nets officially announced that they signed Beech to a contract. Beech will now have the opportunity that he’s always wanted to play in the NBA. A long summer of working out and improving his skill set is nearly over with teams set to open training camps in just a few weeks.
After taking a look at the Nets’ roster, it’s easy to see that Beech faces an uphill battle to make the final 15 (the maximum number of players teams can carry into the regular season). The team currently has 15 players guaranteed on the roster and Beech’s deal is only partially guaranteed.
Under new management, the Nets were extremely aggressive in free agency this summer with the hope of becoming a more competitive team in the Eastern Conference. The team signed Jeremy Lin, Luis Scola, Trevor Booker, Randy Foye and Greivis Vasquez among others. In addition, they pursued restricted free agents Tyler Johnson and Allen Crabbe, but ultimately missed out on them.
Despite facing such a tough battle in order to lock down a roster spot, Beech isn’t giving up. He’s going into training camp on a mission to play as well as he can and learn as much as he can from the team’s existing veteran players.
“[The Nets] signed the roster that they wanted to sign and those players are all very good and I respect all of them,” Beech said. “As a competitor, not having a fully-guaranteed contract, I want a fully-guaranteed contract. That’s my goal and that’s what I want to do. I want to be on this team from day one, but I know the situation at the same time.
It’s important in these situations for players to understand the situation and have an open mind with things. He said he chose to sign with the Nets because he felt very comfortable with their system and that the coaches felt comfortable with him as well. He also understands that the D-League could be in his future as well.
We’ve seen over the years how players have used solid showings in Summer League, training camp and then in the D-League to make their case to be on an NBA roster. Players look at a guy like Tyler Johnson and see that he had to grind his way up through the Miami HEAT’s system, but he was eventually rewarded with a four-year, $50 million contract.
“I know it definitely can be done,” Beech said. “I’m sure if I ask Tyler how he did it, he’d just say hard work. Jeremy Lin on our team is another great example. It seems almost half of the league at this point has played all over the world. I know that nobody wants to go through the whole D-League process; you can ask Tyler and Jeremy and I’m sure they’d agree. But look at where it’s gotten them now. It’s made them stronger and made them better basketball players and they understood what it was going to take to where they are now.
For now, Beech will continue training as he anxiously counts down the days before camp starts. He may already be at a bit of an advantage as several players in the Nets’ camp played with him during Summer League, like Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Sean Kilpatrick and Yogi Ferrell among others.
He is very excited to spend as much time as he can in the team’s new practice facility. He joked that the facility is so nice that players almost don’t want to leave. The skyline of lower Manhattan and New Jersey can even be seen from the practice court.


Question: Explain the reactions to Michigan's win over Michigan State in the football game.

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Michigan's Chase Winovich didn't hold back after the Wolverines defeated Michigan State. Neither did fans on Twitter.
Michigan football picked up a big win with a 21-7 win over Michigan State on Saturday. The win ended Michigan's skid of losing to ranked teams on the road and gave Jim Harbaugh his second win against the Spartans.
No one was more fired up after the game than Michigan's Chase Winovich, who didn't hold back his feelings.
Yup. He played the little brother card.
Well then you don't know Chase Winovich.
Other fans were excited, but maybe not as much as Winovich.
But many Spartan fans were upset and took their anger out on Twitter because... rivalry.
It pains me to say this, but Michigan is just simply a better team. With that being said, it still doesn’t make me feel any better about losing to these clowns.
Even when you aren’t expected to win, it’s never fun losing to scUM. Dave Warner has to go. I get there are a million injuries, but the offense can’t look like that. No excuses, Michigan was easily the better team this year.
And Wolverine fans, for at least for on year, have the upper hand on the taunting front.
And, when all else fails, go to the old "basketball season" smack talk.
Also msu basketball is curb stomping tf outta Michigan this season. That's all bye.


Question: Describe the implications of Bernie Sanders' claim that Amazon engages in "corporate welfare" and how automation and artificial intelligence have impacted the job market in the United States.

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Whether Bernie Sanders’ claim against Amazon of “corporate welfare” is true or not with regard to the giant E-tailer, it has shed light on something that a large percentage of the several million third-party Amazon sellers have known for a long time – Amazon’s labor force is largely composed of low wage earners.
Frustrated Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) sellers facing counterfeiting competitors, suspensions of their seller accounts at alarming rates, and other issues often feel like they are talking to a wall when they contact Amazon Seller Support.
According to Attorney Kenneth Eade, who runs a website catering to Amazon sellers and their problems, the only point of contact for sellers with the company is a department with actually no power to help them. “Many sellers come to me with complaints that Amazon’s seller support department tells them what they want to hear, but never gives them results or the help they so desperately need,” says Eade.
“It has become a symptom of the over-reliance by the company on artificial intelligence,” according to Eade, whose site, amazonsellers.attorney, helps sellers with problems with Amazon seller issues. “Their hands are often tied, and all they seem to be able to do is to calm the high-strung sellers down and promise to contact the “departments in charge” which are, most likely, operated mostly by artificial intelligence.
Amazon is a big employer, but the highest earners there are computer programmers. Because of the emphasis on AI in running most of the key components of the company, humans take a back seat to the computers. Forbes recently emphasized how Amazon has reorganized itself around artificial intelligence.
Given these realities, one can see why Sanders would cry foul against large companies like Amazon, but the root cause of the problem may be what is affecting job losses in the United States more than anything else – automation. In fact, Amazon may be taking up the slack of the job-loss fallout by providing lower wage jobs in areas where human capital is still critical, like warehousing for example.
As pointed out in a recent article in the Economist, warehouse wages in the areas where Amazon has opened new distribution centers have dropped by an average of 3 percent and similar workers in places where Amazon operates earn about 10 percent less than their counterparts. Perhaps Sanders was not far off when he cited that many of their workers are not getting a fair wage.
To Amazon’s credit, however, it is a business, and the same processes that are at work in the pricing of goods and services on its site are the ones at work in the workplace. If lawmakers like Sanders want to solve the problem of lower wages, they are going to have to look at the bigger picture.


Question: What is the latest report on India's Human Development Index?

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New Delhi: India climbed up a spot to rank 130 out of 189 countries in the latest human development rankings released on Friday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). However, inequality and gender gap remain a major cause of concern.
India’s Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2017 is 0.640, which puts the country in the medium human development category. Between 1990 and 2017, India’s HDI value rose from 0.427 to 0.640, an increase of nearly 50%, indicating rapid progress in poverty eradication.
However, when India’s HDI value was discounted for inequality it fell to 0.468, or a loss of 26.8%. Neighbouring nations such as Bangladesh and Pakistan show losses because of inequality of 24.1% and 31%, respectively, the report said.
Movements in HDI are driven by changes in health, education and income. For India, health has improved considerably as shown by life expectancy at birth. Between 1990 and 2017, India’s life expectancy at birth increased by nearly 11 years, with even more significant gains in expected years of schooling.
“Today’s Indian school-age children can expect to stay in school for 4.7 years longer than in 1990. India’s gross national income (GNI) per capita increased by a staggering 266.6% between 1990 and 2017," the report said.
It said development schemes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Swachh Bharat, and Make in India, “are aimed at universalising school education and health care. These will be crucial in ensuring that the upward trend of human development accelerates and also for achieving the Prime Minister’s vision of development for all and the key principle of the Sustainable Development Goals—to leave no one behind," said Francine Pickup, country director, UNDP India. Gender gaps in early years are closing, but inequalities persist in adulthood, the report said.
The report highlighted that challenges are also evident in India, where women remain significantly less politically, economically and socially empowered than men. “Women hold only 11.6% of parliamentary seats and only 39% of adult women have reached at least a secondary level of education as compared to 64% males. Female participation in the labour market is 27.2 % compared to 78.8% for men," the report said.


Question: Describe how the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Reimagined Photos app uses artificial intelligence to help users find and create personalized photos and videos.

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New artificial intelligence features in the reimagined Photos app for Windows 10 make it easier to search and create personalized photos and videos to bring your memories to life.
It’s December…time for the annual holiday photo! If you’re like most people, you have a very large collection of photos to choose from. Good news because with the help of artificial intelligence features, in the reimagined Photos application, available with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, we’re making it easier to find that perfect photo or video and make the most of your memories, just in time for the holidays!
With the help of AI, we’ve also introduced an easy way to search by person, place, or thing. Simply click on the search bar and images of people* from your collection appear, making it easy to click on the person you’re looking for. You’ll also see places and things that are already in your collection. If you know what you’re looking for, a photo from the playground, a video captured at Disneyland, or last year’s picture with Santa, just type those things into the search box and the automatically tagged photos will come up in your search. That’s right, the best part is, it’s all done for you through automatic intelligent tagging, no work needed on your end.
Ready to take your photo up a notch and turn it into a video creation? With the video creation tools in the new Photos app, we’ve got you covered, no video editing skills required! Using AI, the Photos app will automatically bring together your memories into a video for great storytelling complete with soundtracks, themes, and transitions Keep the automatically generated video to enjoy and share, or easily remix it with just the click of a button for an all-new look and feel of the video, complete with a new soundtrack and transitions. AI enables the app to understand what music and transitions align best with your photos or videos.
You can even ink on and add 3D effects to moving objects in your videos. Just draw and pin an arrow, circle, or another doodle, and it stays with the object while the video plays.
Once you get your creation just right, you can easily export the file into the right format to share it with family and friends in a variety of ways including via email, online to your favorite social sites or tailor it for the big screen in a larger upload.
To start creating your own personal story, for any occasion, check out the new Photos app – included with Windows 10 – or head over here to read more about what’s new in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update – and for more on how AI is infused into other Microsoft experiences, check out the blog post from our event in San Francisco where we showcased a number of advances that use artificial intelligence to help people get more nuanced information and assist with more complex needs.
*Face detection and recognition can be turned off via settings in the Photos app.


Question: Please explain the plan for providing ten pounds sterling per annum for persons above the age of fifty. Respond in 19 sentences.

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The thirtieth part of this capital of 1,300,000,000 is L 43,333,333 which the part that will revolve every year by deaths in that country to new possessors; and the sum that will annually revolve in France in the proportion of four to one, will be about one hundred and seventy-three millions sterling. From this sum of 43,333,333 annually revolving, is be subtracted the value of the natural inheritance absorbed in it, which, perhaps, in fair justice, cannot be taken at less, and ought not be taken for more, than a tenth part.
It will always happen that of the property thus revolving by deaths every year a part will descend in a direct line to sons and daughters, and other part collaterally, and the proportion will be found to be about three to one; that is, about thirty millions of the above sum will descend to direct heirs, and the remaining sum of 413,333,333 to more distant relations, and in part to strangers.
The population (I mean that of England) does not exceed seven millions and a half, and the number of persons above the age of fifty will in that case be about four hundred thousand. There would not, however, be more than that number that would accept the proposed ten pounds sterling per annum, though they would be entitledentitledI have no idea it would be accepted by many persons who had a yearly income of two or three hundred pounds sterling. But as we often see instances of rich people falling into sudden poverty, even at the age of sixty, they would always have the right of drawing all the arrears clue to them. Four millions, therefore, of the above annual sum of 5,666,666 will be required for four hundred thousand aged persons, at ten pounds sterling each.
There are, in every country, a number of blind and lame person totally incapable of earning a livelihood. But as it will always happen that the greater number of blind persons will be among those who are above the age of fifty years, they will be provided for in that class. Th remaining sum of 316,666 will provide for the lame and blind under that age, at the same rate of 10 annually for each person.
Having now gone through all the necessary calculations, and stated the particulars of the plan, I shall conclude with some observations. It is not charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for. The present state of civilization is as odious as it is unjust. It is absolutely the opposite of what it should be, and it is necessary that a revolution should be made in it. The contrast of affluence and wretchedness continually meeting and offending the eye, is like dead and living bodies chained together. Though I care as little about riches as any man, I am a friend to riches because they are capable of good.
VIII. It will be necessary that the payments of the ten per cent be made in numeraire for the first year from the establishment of the plan. But after the expiration of the first year, the inheritors of property may pay ten per cent either in bank notes issued upon the fund, or in numeraire.


Question: Who is Erkki Nghimtina? Respond in 65 words.

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Colonel(retired) Erkki Nghimtina (born 16 September 1948) is a Namibian politician and former military officer in the Namibia Defence Force(NDF). A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Nghimtina has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995 and the Minister of Mines and Energy since 20 March 2005. As of 2013 he is the Minister of Works and Transport.


Question: Respond in 938 words. Hey, can you tell me more about VueX?

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The increase in complexity in front end web development has driven to increasing amounts of specialization and separation of front and back end.
This specialization and increased complexity has a number of benefits - the quality of user experiences on the web has increased exponentially, while simultaneously reaching more people across more types of devices than ever in history.
However, it also introduces a number of challenges.
The interface between frontend and API has become a common point of friction, challenge, and complexity.
In an ideal world, backend and frontend would evolve together in harmony, with close communication, and the data served up by the backend would match exactly what the front-end needs.
Build a UI using fake 'stubbed' data, either directly inline in the templates and code, or loaded via a set of fixtures.
When the API is ready, scramble to replace every integration point with real API calls and data.
Data integration is often scattered throughout the application, requiring tracing down and reworking tons of code.
Even if data is relatively isolated, there is often a mismatch between what the frontend expects and what the API eventually delivers.
If you're developing your front-end using Vue.js, a better solution to this problem is right at your fingertips.
The VueX library, deeply integrated into Vue, provides the perfect solution to creating a clean, isolated interface to your data that makes transitioning between stubbed data and a real API a breeze.
VueX is a state-management library inspired by Flux, Redux, and the Elm architecture but specifically designed and tuned to integrate well with Vue.js and take advantage of Vue's Reactivity.
All of these libraries aim to solve a simple problem: When there is state that is shared across many components, particularly components that are siblings or in greatly different views, managing distribution and updating of that state is challenging.
Libraries like VueX make it possible to manage shared state across components in a way that is structured and maintainable, by creating a global state tree that can be be accessed and updated by every component in a structured way.
Mutations are the mechanism by which we change our state tree. All changes of state must flow through mutations, which allows VueX to manage the state in a predictable manner.
This synchronous, direct change of the state object meshes perfectly with Vue's concept of reactivity. VueX state objects are reactive, so the changes ripple outwards to all dependencies.
Actions are the final piece of VueX, an intermediary between intent and modification.
Actions are asynchronous, and indirectly modify the store, via committing mutations. However, because they are asynchronous, they can do much more than that.
Asynchronicity allows actions to handle things like API calls, user interaction, and entire flows of action.
If you're working on a project where the backend and frontend are both evolving at the same time, or you're on a UI/Frontend team that may even be building out a user interface before the backend exists, you're probably familiar with the problem where you need to stub out parts of the backend or data as you develop the front.
A common way this manifests is as purely static templates or content, with placeholder values and text right in your front-end templates.
A step up from this is some form of fixtures, data that is loaded statically by the front-end and put into place.
Both of these often run into the same set of challenges: When the backend is finally available, there is a bunch of refactoring work to get the data in place.
Even if (miraculously), the structure of data from the backend matches your fixtures, you still have to scramble all over to find every integration point. And if the structure is different (and let's face it, it usually is), you not only have to do that but you have to figure out how you can either change the front-end or create an abstraction layer that transforms the data.
The beauty of VueX is that actions provide a perfect way to isolate and abstract between the frontend and the backend, and furthermore do so in a way such that updating from stubbed data to a real backend is seamless and simple.
Now our front-end can implement a login that behaves exactly the way it will in the future, with test data, allowing for both success and failure. The behavior will happen immediately rather than asynchronously via an API, but by returning promises now any callers can treat it the same way they would a real API call.
When our API is available, we can simply modify this action to use it, and everything else in our codebase remains the same.
Isolating our API calls to VueX also gives us a beautiful and clean way to handle mismatches in data format between the backend and the frontend.
We can keep this discrepancy completely isolated within our VueX action, preventing us from needing to change anywhere else in our frontend. Because promises can be chained and nested, we can go through a series of API calls that all need to complete before our action is considered complete.
The end result from the perspective of both our state modifications and the code that is dispatching our login action is exactly the same.
With VueX, the challenge of integrating a new or changing backend API into our front-end has been dramatically simplified.
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