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Destined to be the next enlightened master of the era, Jiddu Krishnamurti was taken from his parents with his brother, and raised by the Theosophists in India. His upbringing was filled with learning, in preparation that he lead the group to even greater heights, membership, domain…
Then, in his twenties, he disbanded the entire organization.
Anyway, there are many books you can read about his philosophy, his conversations with people who came to see him. This comes from his journal that he dictated into a tape-recorder as he lived in Ojai, California – where now there is a school based on his way of seeing the world.
One of my favorite writers ever. Here are the first couple of pages from "Krishnamurti To Himself: His Last Journal."
Friday, February 25, 1983
There is a tree by the river and we have been watching it day after day for several weeks when the sun is about to rise. As the sun rises slowly over the horizon, over the trees, this particular tree becomes all of a sudden golden. All the leaves are bright with life and as you watch it as the hours pass by, that tree whose name does not matter—what matters is that beautiful tree—an extraordinary quality seems to spread all over the land, over the river. And as the sun rises a little higher the leaves begin to flutter, to dance. And each hour seems to give to that tree a different quality. Before the sun rises it has a sombre feeling, quiet, far away, full of dignity. And as the day begins, the leaves with the light on them dance and give it that peculiar feeling that one has of great beauty. By midday its shadow has deepened and you can sit there protected from the sun, never feeling lonely, with the tree as your companion. As you sit there, there is a relationship of deep abiding security and a freedom that only trees can know.
Towards the evening when the western skies are lit up by the setting sun, the tree gradually becomes sombre, dark, closing in on itself. The sky has become red, yellow, green, but the tree remains quiet, hidden, and is resting for the night.
If you establish a relationship with it then you have relationship with mankind. You are responsible then for that tree and for the trees of the world. But if you have no relationship with the living things on this earth you may lose whatever relationship you have with humanity, with human beings. We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots. You must be extraordinarily sensitive to hear the sound. This sound is not the noise of the world, not the noise of the chattering of the mind, not the vulgarity of human quarrels and human warfare but sound as part of the universe.
It is odd that we have so little relationship with nature, with the insects and the leaping frog and the owl that hoots among the hills calling for its mate. We never seem to have a feeling for all living things on the earth. If we could establish a deep abiding relationship with nature we would never kill an animal for our appetite, we would never harm, vivisect, a monkey, a dog, a guinea pig for our benefit. We would find other ways to heal our wounds, heal our bodies. But the healing of the mind is something totally different. That healing gradually takes place if you are with nature, with that orange on the tree, and the blade of grass that pushes through the cement, and the hills covered, hidden, by the clouds.
This is not sentiment or romantic imagination but a reality of a relationship with everything that lives and moves on the earth. Man has killed millions of whales and is still killing them. All that we derive from their slaughter can be had through other means. But apparently man loves to kill things, the fleeting deer, the marvelous gazelle and the great elephant. We love to kill each other. This killing of other human beings has never stopped throughout the history of man's life on this earth. If we could, and we must, establish a deep long abiding relationship with nature, with the actual trees, the bushes, the flowers, the grass and the fast moving clouds, then we would never slaughter another human being for any reason whatsoever. Organized murder is war, and though we demonstrate against a particular war, the nuclear, or any other kind of war, we have never demonstrated against war. We have never said that to kill another human being is the greatest sin on earth."
Excerpt From: Jiddu Krishnamurti. "Krishnamurti to Himself: His Last Journal." iBooks.


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LinkedIn should be a vital part of your job search. You can build your professional network, apply for jobs posted on LinkedIn, or craft a profile that attracts recruiters. Ideally, you're doing a little bit of each.
LinkedIn can also be one of the most valuable learning platforms in your job search, but only if you follow and connect with the right people. Below are my favorite job search experts — resume writers, recruiters, career coaches, and HR professionals — to follow on LinkedIn to boost your job search efforts in 2019.
With a couple exceptions, I sought to highlight people who are consistently sharing their best advice right on the LinkedIn newsfeed. Many job search content creators, myself included, tend to use LinkedIn as a way to lure you away to a blog or landing page. Surprisingly few commit to sharing great advice where you already are: on LinkedIn, scrolling for something interesting and helpful.
This list celebrates those who:
- Are dedicated to helping job seekers
- Collaborate with rather than compete against others in their space
- Keep LinkedIn from being an endless feed of links and calls to action
Top 15 Job Search Experts to Follow on LinkedIn
1) Kamara Toffolo, Resume Writer
An honorable mention on last year's list, Kamara has since been a powerhouse of exceptional LinkedIn content for job seekers. I particularly like the way she demystifies tricky or hotly debated resume writing concepts, like how to come up with great accomplishments when you don't have numbers to back them up.
Kamara posts regularly and mixes thorough text posts with great videos that are at once to-the-point and a lot of fun. She's also active within the greater LinkedIn community, popping up in comment threads to offer support and resources.
When asked what piece of advice she'd most like to pass on to job seekers, Kamara told Jobscan:
"Before, during, and after the job search, I'd urge all job seekers to start writing down your work wins on an ongoing basis. Keep a running document where you quickly record the amazing results you created, and how you created them, as they happen or as you remember them. Extra points if you can include numbers to make these results quantifiable. This document will basically be a brain dump of awesomeness, and will be the meat of your resume, can be leveraged for stories you tell in interviews, or can be used to create a business case for a promotion."
2) Adam Karpiak, Public Accounting Recruiter
Any job seeker who has dealt with agency recruiters knows the frustrations that come with that particular brand of job search– the lack of momentum, the nonsensical job matches, the ghosting… so much ghosting. These recruiters get a bad rap from job seekers who assume they exist solely to help them find jobs.
Adam bridges the gap between job seekers and recruiters in a uniquely irreverent and entertaining way. He is sympathetic to job seekers, promotes humane recruiting practices, and shames lazy recruiting and job search methods alike. By pulling back the curtain on the recruiting process, he aims to help job seekers and recruiters work better together so both sides get what they need.
When asked what piece of advice he'd most like to pass on to job seekers this year, Adam told Jobscan:
"I want job seekers to realize how much they can be a partner in the hiring process. It's so much more than sending an application or completing a questionnaire. Be honest with whomever is interviewing you. If you aren't a fit for a role, that's great! It's not rejection. It makes it easier to identify what you want to do. Now you can work on getting there. Don't be passive in the process."
3) Austin Belcak, Job Search Strategist
Austin believes that summarizing experience and accomplishments on a resume is not enough and that job seekers should prove their value by delivering the goods first (more on that below). What I like about Austin's LinkedIn posts and other content is that he typically practices what he preaches.
Like a lot of people on this list, Austin runs a business that helps job seekers land jobs faster. Instead of dropping a vague teaser and hoping people will sign up with him to get the answer, Austin proves his ideas and expertise right out in the open. When I approached him about being on this list, he told me: "When I was looking for advice during my job search, it was pretty frustrating to see all these catchy headlines with big promises only to run into an email gate or paywall. I'm trying to avoid that as much as possible." That's what this list is all about.
When asked what piece of advice he'd most like to pass on to job seekers this year, Austin told Jobscan:
"Companies hire the person they believe will deliver the most 'bang for their buck.'
If you can find a creative way to step outside of your resume and illustrate your value, you will beat out the competition (even if they're more qualified on paper). I called this a Value Validation Project.
– Want a sales job? Generate some leads.
– Want a developer role? Build something awesome.
– Want an analyst role? Survey their customers and create a story with the data.
If you believe you can do the job, go do it! That's what will set you apart and get you hired."
4) Tejal Wagadia, Technical Recruiter
Following a working recruiter is like having a spy behind "enemy" lines during your job search. "The Frustrated Recruiter," Tejal uses her LinkedIn posts to expose lame recruiting practices while helping job seekers avoid common pitfalls. Tejal's text and video posts range from practical resume writing tips, networking advice, recruiting rants, and… the occasional cute cat video.
When asked about the new challenges job seekers have started facing since she was featured in this list last year, Tejal told Jobscan:
"Job seekers should realize two things. One, that just applying isn't going to get them a job. The same resume for every application doesn't work anymore. You need to personalize their resume based on the job description they are applying to. Two, they will need to network with people. It's hard but being stuck in a bad job or not having a job is harder. Networking scares me too, but I always find something in common and use that as an anchor for the conversation. Remember, the other people there might be just as scared as you."
5) Ashley Watkins, Resume Writer and Job Search Coach
Ashley leverages her 15+ years of recruiting and HR experience to provide a wide variety of tips for job seekers. On LinkedIn she jumps between what recruiters actually want to see, personal branding ideas, interview advice, job search motivation, and resume writing details. Her posts are actionable, full of personality, and entertaining.
When asked what piece of advice she'd most like to pass on to job seekers, Ashley told Jobscan:
"You hold just as much power in your job search as the employers who interview you. When you face rejection, don't release that power by succumbing to feelings of self-doubt, desperation, or fear. Instead, channel those feelings into the thrill of knowing rejection is also your way of weeding out dead-end jobs. Continuously seek ways to improve where you fall short because there's an employer who's over the moon excited to offer you that right-fit role. Be prepared for multiple no's, but understand you only need one yes."
6) Sarah Johnston, Job Search Strategist
Most job seekers wander aimlessly through their job search. One of Sarah's areas of focus is helping job seekers develop a thoughtful job search strategy to guide their actions. Humble and generous with her expertise, she posts nearly every day and also shares resume writing tips, interview advice, learnings from her coaching sessions, discussions with other experts, and insightful articles she's found.
When asked what piece of advice she'd most like to pass on to job seekers, Sarah told Jobscan:
Before you start your job search, know your target and focus. Research is a big component of a strategic, effective job search. Create a list (literally) of decision makers and leverage your network to secure in-person networking meetings. If you do not have a network, LinkedIn can help you bridge gaps. As someone who has relocated multiple times for a spouse's job, I have personally landed jobs at top employers in completely cold networks. Remember, informational interviews are the secret sauce in a job search.
7) Kerri Twigg, Career Coach
Kerri is all about the human side of job search and career development. She helps job seekers leverage their personal narratives and stories to strengthen their qualifications and become a more memorable candidate. Kerri often posts videos that are full of the energy and positivity that provides a shot in the arm for weary job seekers. Her topics range from a unique brand of resume writing to job interview tips to much needed self-care during a disheartening job search.
When asked about the new challenges job seekers have started facing since she was featured in this list last year, Kerri told Jobscan:
"The newest challenge I see is people being told they should be on LinkedIn, but not knowing why they are there or what to do. There is so much information on using LinkedIn effectively, but it is written for entrepreneurs and wanna-be influencers, not job seekers. It's important for job seekers to know those are two different games. Going viral or getting a lot of likes usually isn't a way to get a job, even if it feels good.
The most successful job getting strategies happen without a lot of fanfare. So remember to determine: why you are on LinkedIn, who you want to reach, and model your skills intentionally."
8) Michael Quinn, LinkedIn Expert and Veteran Advocate
While his posts and insights typically provide value to all job seekers, Michael is particularly committed to helping veterans successfully transition from the military to gainful employment in the private sector. Many of Michael's posts discuss how job seekers can utilize LinkedIn to uncover opportunities or apply for jobs more effectively. In fact, his LinkedIn cheat sheet might be the most comprehensive LinkedIn resource for job seekers.
When asked what piece of advice he'd most like to pass on to job seekers this year, Michael told Jobscan:
Less than 4% of resumes submitted blindly online result in an interview because internal promotions and employee referrals take up the bulk of the five candidates that make it to a hiring manager. My primary advice is to focus on networking; conduct informational interviews with professionals in your desired industry, company or job to determine your fit and build relationships that could lead to referrals. Employee referrals almost always lead to at least a screening interview.
I don't put in the effort to tailor my resume until someone asks for it, but I do recommend using Jobscan to make sure it aligns with the posted job before sending. Jobscan LinkedIn Optimization is also a great tool to use when developing content for your LinkedIn profile. Their keyword correlation can improve your chances of appearing in search results for your dream job.
9) Linda Tuerk, Headhunter and Job Search Coach
Linda keeps a pulse on hiring trends by splitting her time as a Silicon Valley recruiter and job search coach. My favorite thing about following Linda is that she's not afraid to go against the grain, call out the ridiculous practices happening in her industry, or poke holes in the ideas of inexperienced "experts."
If you're worried that your feed is becoming too much of an echo chamber, follow Linda.
When asked about the new challenges job seekers have started facing since she was featured in this list last year, Linda told Jobscan:
"Job search advice is not one-size fits all, and what is an excellent strategy for one person can backfire on another. For example, some professionally produced (and beautiful!) resumes can make you look more expensive than you are. Unfortunately, that can get you screened out immediately (they're afraid you'll be bored). Branding slogans can backfire if you're not clear about what you do. I've seen hiring execs turn down candidates when headlines are 'sales-y' or self-congratulating. Hiring teams are juggling way too much, so make it easy for them to identify you (on a small screen) by skillset. You can express your individuality later!"
10) Hannah Morgan, Job Search Trainer
Hannah doesn't post as much content straight to LinkedIn as her peers on this list. She is, however, known as one of the great content curators on LinkedIn and is deeply respected within job search circles. In addition to sharing her own articles for U.S. News & World Report and her website Career Sherpa, she collects and shares exceptional articles from around the web featuring new job search tips, trends in hiring, recruiting insights, and more.
When asked about the new challenges job seekers have started facing since she was featured in this list last year, Hannah told Jobscan:
"In this tight labor market – with low unemployment and employers hiring up, every employee can benefit from having a solid online presence. This means having a keyword rich LinkedIn profile AND posting regular status updates on LinkedIn related to their field of interest. But don't stop there. Build a personal website using the same keyword rich strategy as you used on LinkedIn and regularly engage with like-minded thinkers on your favorite social media platform.
Recruiters and hiring managers from small to large companies are searching LinkedIn and other places online, for people with the skills and experience needed. Having an online presence both on LinkedIn as well as a personal website makes it easier for employers to find you.
Having an active and keyword rich online presence is the best pro-active, long-term career strategy. It gives you credibility, allows you to showcase your work and personality and makes it easier for future employers to discover you."
11) Ed Han, Recruiter
If you're looking to add some consistency to your feed, Ed's your guy with his "LinkedIn Tip of the Day." His posts are typically bite sized and provide great advice about creating and optimizing your profile, growing your network, and interacting with recruiters.
You can count on seeing Ed in your feed just about every day. That's a lot of great LinkedIn tips over the course of a month or a year. Ed has shared literally hundreds of them.
When asked what piece of advice he'd most like to pass on to job seekers, Ed told Jobscan:
"You prepare for an important business meeting by researching the people with whom you'll be meeting and their stakeholders. What commonalities do you have? How can you quickly establish a rapport? You want to know the context within which the meeting is taking place so you maybe research the organization's financials and, if public, the recent equity research. You might even speak with recently-separated employees to get an inside view of the organization so that you aren't just relying up the opinions of the people you're meeting.
Interviews are business meetings, and never forget it."
12) Diana YK Chan, Career Coach
Diana started her career coaching business over eight years ago while working as a recruiter for Google. She helps job seekers recognize and communicate their in-demand talent. These days, Diana mostly posts videos (conveniently subtitled if you don't have headphones handy) sharing credible advice about topics as 101 as handshakes or as novel as a video cover letter.
When asked what piece of advice she'd most like to pass on to job seekers, Diana told Jobscan:
"Know your WHY messages:
– Why you want what you want?
– Why hire you?
– Why this role?
– Why this company?
By getting crystal clear with your why messages, it will help you be more confident and convincing when communicating to the potential employer your value proposition. This will also help you be consistent in identifying relevant examples/stories to qualify yourself as the ideal candidate."
13) Adrienne Tom, Executive Resume Writer
Adrienne posts on a near daily basis, typically sticking to resume writing topics but occasionally diverting into job search tactics, LinkedIn tips, or interview advice, as seen below. Adrienne preaches the importance of a resume that delivers straight facts and impact as efficiently as possible. She writes in much the same way.
When asked what piece of advice she'd most like to pass on to job seekers this year, Adrienne told Jobscan:
"Carefully contemplate and adhere to the '3-Knows' before writing a resume:
– Know Yourself. This may seem obvious, but it often isn't. Many job seekers understand their work and their jobs really well, but lack awareness of individual skill sets, unique strengths, and personal value. Deep analysis and careful pondering are required to identify what sets you apart from competitors.
– Know Your Audience. Never write a resume without a clear target; this is like taking shots in the dark. To ensure your resume doesn't miss the mark, zero in on who your audience is and strategically select facts that align with the reader's needs. Have a job posting or clear target in hand before you start to write.
– Know What Matters Most. When it comes to your career history, not all facts are equal. Yes, you might have prior success working independently. However, if your target job stresses the importance of team work then specific and measurable results of team work must take center stage. Resume content that strays too far away from audience requirements won't be valued or read."
14) Emily Brown, HR Professional and Career Coach
Emily taps into a her past experience in HR to provide clear advice, examples, and solutions to job seekers ranging from resume best practices and interview pitfalls, plus career and workplace development.
When asked what piece of advice she'd most like to pass on to job seekers, Emily told Jobscan:
"Learn how to customize your content (i.e. resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile) to garner traction, stand out, and get noticed. Tailoring your content and branding for each prospective employer allows them to easily see how your experience, education, skills, and behavior analytics directly align to the position. Research the company, understand their primary focus, and study the job description to frame up your value statements with quantified metrics and substantiate your worth as it relates to the role. This demonstrates your ability to provide value to their organization and truly differentiates you from the competition."
15) Jessica Hernandez, Executive Resume Writer
Jessica and her team at Great Resumes Fast produce a wide variety of content for job seekers. Her LinkedIn feed might be more varied than anyone else's on this list, with Q&A text posts, videos, infographics, ebooks, and collaborations with other experts.
When asked what piece of advice she'd most like to pass on to job seekers, Jessica told Jobscan:
"Clarity about your career goals and the position you want play a key role in your success job searching and advancing your career. It's hard to chart a path when your vision and direction are blurry. Be clear about where you want to be in one year, three years, and five years. Knowing the direction you want to head with your career will help you make the right choices to get there. Otherwise, you're floating aimlessly through your career and not making progress."
BONUS: 30 more to follow on LinkedIn!
Choosing just 15 experts to feature is an impossible task. There are so many amazing people on LinkedIn dedicated to providing support to job seekers. Take your LinkedIn feed to yet another level by following these honorable mentions as well:
Bob McIntosh, Kyle Elliott, Madeline Mann, Alison Doyle, Amanda Goodall
Virginia Franco, Tim Salau, Mark Anthony Dyson, Courtney Kirschbaum, Jamie Fischer
Daisy Wright, Wendi Weiner, Susan P. Joyce, Meg Guiseppi, Donna Svei
Marie Zimenoff, Erin Ewart, Ebony Joyce, Jeremy Podany, Karen Tisdell
Erin Kennedy, Jena Viviano, Ana Lokotkova, Lindsay Mustain, John Ribeiro
Phyllis Mufson, Dorothy Dalton, Matt Krumrie, Lauren McDonald, Lise Stransky
And please follow Jobscan and Jon Shields (that's me) for more articles like this one!
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A few carried humanoid life forms, or so it seemed. A few materialized courtesy of the observers' possibly having had a drink too many, as in the case of an unidentified flying light cluster witnessed loitering in the sky by the patrons of a pub in Kent.
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"The government has been telling us the truth," declared David Clarke, a senior lecturer in journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, who has a side interest in U.F.O.'s. "There are a lot of weird things in the sky, and some of them we can't explain, but there's not a shred of evidence for a single alien visitation."
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The spokeswoman, who spoke on condition of anonymity — not because she works with Agent Mulder in some shadowy basement office, but because that is government policy — said the ministry had begun making the files public because it had been inundated with U.F.O.-related requests under Britain's Freedom of Information Act.
The files from 1978 to 2002 were released this month. Some older files have already been declassified and made public; the rest will be released over the next few years. Available on the Web from the National Archives at ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk, they cover hundreds of sightings but are hardly the X-Files. Much of the material consists of one-page forms carrying details like how big the supposed aircraft was and what, if anything, it seemed to be doing.
A citizen who gives her profession as "meals on wheels operator" describes her shock and awe at the sight of a smallish "Vulcan-shaped object" hovering in the sky. Another witness says she was roused from bed by a brilliant light emanating from a U.F.O. "the size of a milk-bottle base."
"Some time on a Monday evening during the break in watching 'Quincy' — I checked my watch — I noticed an unusual happening in the sky," one correspondent wrote. And from Cornwall, a report arrived from a 28-year-old motorist who observed a bright yellow light "which bobbed and weaved" over the road, an image recalling Tinkerbell's mode of travel in
"The light changed to a purplish color, prior to its exit into a thick hedgerow," the report reads.
The files include random newspaper clippings of questionable journalistic rigor. A 1986 Daily Mirror article reports that the light "from a glowing red object" suffused the cockpit of a Royal Air Force jet carrying
There are long letters asking big questions. "When is a flying saucer not a flying saucer?" muses one correspondent. "And is the mothership man-made or from a distant planet?"
In the old days, the United States systematically compiled reports of U.F.O. sightings, too. But its last program, known as Project Blue Book, was closed down in 1969 after government officials concluded that if something was out there, it was not anything they wanted to investigate.
Some U.F.O. enthusiasts said last week that they believed the British government had not released all of its files and was concealing the truth about a massive cover-up it had long perpetrated on the British people.
But Joe McGonagle, a self-described U.F.O. researcher here, said the documents showed that far from concealing anything, the government had failed to investigate the sightings properly in the first place.
"A lot of people imagined that there was this vast U.F.O. project with lots of people working on it, when in reality it was a civil servant spending 25 percent of his time on it, filing reports," he said.
It is not as if the authorities have always failed to take the issue seriously. In 1950, the government convened a secret committee, the Flying Saucer Working Party, to investigate sightings of U.F.O.'s. It concluded that U.F.O.'s were optical illusions, weather phenomena, airplanes seen from strange angles and the like, which has been the government's line ever since.
In 1979, the House of Lords debated the matter at the urging of the Earl of Clancarty, who believed that man was descended from aliens who crawled from the earth's core via special tunnels or flew in spaceships 65,000 years ago.
He was not the only noble believer.
"I should like to tell your lords about some of the sightings I have seen," said the Earl of Halsbury, "beginning at the age of 6, when I saw an angel."
Lord Gainford said he had seen a U.F.O., which he described as "bright white ball with a touch of red followed by a white cone," at a New Year's Eve party in
None of their accounts were as detailed as that of a 78-year-old ex-soldier in Aldershot. His story, which he told to a U.F.O. investigator, can be found in the newly released files.
"Anxious to avoid causing offense," the report said, the man asked no questions, even obvious ones like, what planet do you come from? Instead, he returned to the riverbank, where he finished his tea (by then cold) and resumed fishing.
He was reluctant to tell his family, the report says: "I knew my wife would say 'No more fishing for you, old man.' "Continue reading the main story


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Johnnie Walker is one of the best known and most loved whiskies in the world. Their Black Label whisky is nearly a brand in it's own right, featuring on countless advertising boards, in hundreds of thousands of bars across the world, and of course being a major sponsor within sport. And whilst a tie-in which motor-racing may not be the most natural fit (don't drink and drive kids), they are probably most famous for another type of driving (sorry!), that in Golf.
Always true to their heart, Johnnie Walker have stood by their heritage and with that, Scotland, in running the Johnnie Walker Championship for as long as I can remember. 2014 however, golf really does come home. As Scotland, and in particular Gleneagles, along with Johnnie Walker welcome one of the biggest sporting events in the world. The 2014 Ryder Cup.
To celebrate such an event, Johnnie Walker are doing something a little bit special, they are launching a brand new (and rather special) limited edition version of their premium whisky, Blue Label. The Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ryder Cup Edition. To help launch this notable feat, and of course taste some whisky, we hot-footed it North across to border and to Gleneagles for launch, and with a secret hope of a little golf included.
Whilst I didn't admit it on the trip up, I am not the biggest whisky fan. A nice crisp lager followed by dark rum is the true way to my heart (and head). But 9 holes in to one of the wettest rounds of golf of my life, I may have fell in love. Did the weather and soaked through de-meaner have something to do with it? Maybe. But even after a warm shower and thorough drying out, the sheer tones and quality of Johnnie Walker Blue Label still found it's way into my hands and indeed flowing through my veins. The crisp and sharp yet manageable taste is actually quite refreshing. Whilst Johnnie Walker hold the largest reserve of Scotch whisky in the world, only one in 10,000 barrels actually make it to a Blue Label bottle. The Ryder Cup edition is ever rarer, with each bottle individually numbered and only 2350 bottles produced.
We caught up with brand ambassador Colin Montgomerie, playing the 18th hole with the man himself on this years Ryder Course, the Centenary. We chatted golf, Ryder Cup and whisky, and he couldn't have been more honest and open when talking about all three. A pleasant surprise when put in comparison to some professionals of their sport. We even managed to catch a few words with Ryder Cup captain to be, Sam Torrance, who, whilst sampling the delights of Blue Label, was on sparkling form, even if we can't put most of what he said into print.
The Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ryder Cup Limited Edition is available now for just over £200 from specialist whisky and drink outlets. If you are a fan of golf or whisky, you will definitely want one of these on your shelf. And if you are a fan of both, you might even have to buy two.


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Between a surf session and a surf guide, I surfed 4 hours yesterday morning. Here's the fun conditions we scored.
In the late afternoon I went windfoiling and it was amazing. I was at the harbor and I put a whole hour into it. By the end of the session, the wind got stronger and I was able to foil from one side of the harbor to the other. When you're learning, you need a bit more wind to foil than when you're proficient, the trick is to just sheet out almost completely when you're up and in a gust.
I believe I had the "Dave Kalama's eyes" when derigging in the parking lot. Foiling is a really amazing new feeling and all of a sudden, the good old going back and forth on a windsurfer becames a lot of fun again. Stoked to be doing this.
Below is the graph of the wind at the harbor and I'm honestly surprised to see such big numbers between 5 and 6pm when I was out. The iWindsurf.com sensors called "Kanaha west" and "Kanaha" are at the end of the two piers. Inside the harbor, it was definitely less than that.
Jimmie Hepp went to shoot the kiters at kite beach and this is a photo from this gallery.
3am significant buoy readings
South shore
1.7ft @ 12s from 138° (SE)
That's the only southerly energy reading at the outer buoys, today might be another day of minimal energy. Nonetheless, check the webcams, because I don't think it will be flat.
As a matter of fact, I think I'll be driving towards Lahaina early again. My shoulders are sore (specially the muscles around the collar bones from holding the sail without the harness), but this is going to be my last session until Saturday, since tonight and tomorrow I'll be doing liver flush n.3. The idea is to do one a month until no more gallbladder stones come out for two flushes in a row. At that point one can consider himself stone free, with great benefits towards proper food absorption and health in general.
North shore
4.4ft @ 8s from 77° (ENE)
The windswell is now from 77 degrees, which is parallel to the north shore, so today Hookipa should be a little smaller than yesterday, but still not flat. Wind sensor there is reading 10(5-15)mph at 4.30am.
8am wind map
2pm wind map. Looks like less wind than 8am, this is going to be another good test for this new model which, for the moment, I consider just "ok". Still missing the MC2km maps, which were definitely more precise and reliable.
North Pacific map shows a weak but proper NW fetch plus the windswell one. Here's how Pat Caldwell describes the first one: Fresh to strong breezes with pockets to near gales east of the dateline north of 35°N 6/15-17 is expected to begin a long lived, short wave period event starting Sunday afternoon from 315-330 degrees.
Down south, the strong fetch east of New Zealand is still there, while I completely overlooked (and didn't circle it) the ESE one that appears in the fetches map on the right.
Here's a couple of comments from Pat Caldwell about the next swell: The pacioos/cdip american samoa buoy is rising sharply on 6/13. Since the source winds were gale or less, the dominant wave periods are 14-16 seconds. Shorter wave periods lose swell size more rapidly with travel.
Surf is expected to slowly build Friday from 185-200 degrees. The event should peak late Saturday from 180-195 degrees, then slowly drop on Sunday.
A much stronger system with seas to 35 feet well S to SE of New Zealand 6/10-11 raced eastward. It should add some long-period swell starting late Saturday from 190-200 degrees.
And after those first two pulses, there will be a third even bigger one on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday.
There's still an area of clouds over between Oahu and Kauai and, looking at the rain forecast on Windguru, Maui should be effected too today.
This is the rain radar image.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
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Arsenal look to have agreed a deal to keep promising young midfielder Gedion Zelalem on loan with Scottish Championship side Rangers, where the teen has been impressive so far this season, as reported by the Metro.
The 18-year-old looks to have a bright future ahead of him, but needs to toughen up if he's going to succeed in the Premier League. The rough nature of the Scottish league is the perfect place to do that, so it's excellent news that Zelalem has been doing enough to warrant an extension.
Current Rangers boss Mark Warburton was confident the young USA international's contract at the club would be extended, and suggested the ball was in Arsenal's court. He did say the feedback was positive on our end though, hinting that a deal was as good as done.
"So far, we are in good shape. The feedback from Arsenal has been very positive," he said.
"He is speaking to his family and, hopefully, we are closing to securing him.
"The current deal is until January, but, as long as everyone is happy, we will extend that.
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"I have been delighted with his contribution and the last game he played for Rangers was his best so far.
"We have a great relationship with Arsenal and our job is to make sure they know their asset is being developed properly."
Zelalem is a technically outstanding player with excellent vision, and boasts a number of qualities that make him perfect for Arsenal. It would be fantastic to see another midfielder rise through the ranks at the club, and Zelalem certainly looks capable of breaking into the first team eventually.
Arsenal transfer news
He's still young, so could still bulk up significantly. But he'll have to be quick about it, because at the moment he's far too lightweight for the English top flight.


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Below are some computing skills which are self-graded based on individual confidence and competence as of January 2017.
The grading of the skills is as follows:
A I am very competent and confident.
B I am competent and confident.
C I have an adequate level of competence but wish to strengthen my skills.
D I feel competent at few or no aspects and need considerable training and support.
Level of knowledge and/or skill in the following:
KS 1 Floor Turtles e.g. Bee-Bot, Pro-Bot B
KS 1 Programming Language e.g. ScratchJr, Daisy the Dinosaur, Lightbot B
KS 2 Programming Languages e.g. Scratch, Kodu C
KS 2 Physical computing devices e.g. Crumble controller, Codebug, Makey Makey D
Computer Networks (E.g. LAN, Internet, workings of search engines) D
Presentation Software (E.g. Prezi or PowerPoint) A
Spreadsheets B
Databases D
Graphics D
Video Editing (E.g. Movie Maker) D
Music Creation and Podcasting (E.g. Garage Band, Audacity) D
Animation (E.g. I can animate App) D
Blogging B
Twitter A
Facebook A
Mobile App Publishing (E.g. Blippit) D
Coding in HTML D
Ability to demonstrate and use the following hardware & equipment:
Tablet/Mobile Devices A
Video Recording/Cameras B
Printers (Trouble shooting) B
Interactive Whiteboard/Projectors B
Voting/handheld devices C
Ability to harness technology as a primary teacher:
Identify areas of the curriculum that could be enhanced by Computing A
Use Computing so that it does not obscure the subject content/message A
Access information relevant to teaching from the internet A
Locate and access computer and non-computer materials, resources, support B
Use Computing to prepare and adapt teaching materials. A
Use Computing for administration systems for recording progress. A
Ability to develop lesson plans that integrate the effective use of computing across the curriculum to:
Support teaching and learning B
Cover the programmes of study of the National Curriculum for computing C
Teach computing elements of the other core and foundation curriculum subjects B
Identify and detail the resources, software /hardware to support the lessons D
Improve learning of able children and those with special educational needs B
Knowledge and skills relating to classroom management of Computing including:
How to organise and manage group work A
How to approach whole class teaching A
How to organise computing equipment to allow pupils access A
Ability to monitor and assess children's use of Computing:
Identifying where they need extending and supporting B
Identifying how computing influences objectives and outcomes A
Deciding whether or not all pupils have access to the objectives and outcomes B
Determining how group work may affect pupil capability B
Awareness of issues and legislation relating to pupils' access to information:
Awareness of the role of the teacher in respect of child protection and Computing. A
Protection of pupils from unsuitable areas of the internet. A
Copyright regulations A
The Data Protection Act A
Health and Safety regulations A


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What will the next generation of consoles bring? Will gamers see more cross platform play like with Portal 2? Better social media integration within consoles? More of project $10? Will Nintendo finally make online play easy? Are $60 games done? What about Apple and Steam? GoozerNation takes a look at some of these rumors and asks which are plausible, and which ones will never happen?
the only way apple comes out with a console is if it's a 6-touchscreen rubik's cube.
Apple wont enter the console market they are not about games like microsoft were.
Ido see cross platform play with the next xbox and windows though and i see sony and nintendo doing the same with there next home consoles and the 3ds and psv.
I think we will also see less exclusives next gen too the only exclusives will come from within there own studies as developers want maximum profit and the best way will be multi platform on all 3.
I do see next gen being all about online play though and i see the term game console to be none existent next gen and all consoles will be media hubs giving us access to more or less the most popular online services out there and also have them built into the games too.
Im looking forward to next gen but im happy to wait another 12 months or maybe more as we still have some amazing games to come on all the home consoles.


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Gravity Visualized
Gravity Visualized is a video of physics teacher Dan Burns explaining his space-time warping demo. A 2-kg mass in the middle with rolling marbles show orbits. A large marble rolling with a smaller one next to it will mimic the Earth-Moon system. Two handfuls of marbles thrown in opposite directions will show why the survivors all go in the same direction, just like the formation of the solar system. Imagine how students from K-Gray might play-to-learn with this exceptional space-time simulator!


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February 2014
Volume 29 Number 2
WinJS on Windows 8.1 : Build More Efficient Windows Store Apps Using JavaScript: Performance
In exploring howto build more efficient Windows Store apps, I first looked at error handling. In this second article, I'll examine several techniques for improving a Windows Store app's performance, focusing on memory usage and HTML UI responsiveness. I'll introduce the new predictable object lifecycle model in the Windows Library for JavaScript on Windows 8.1 (WinJS 2.0). Then, I'll examine Web Workers and the new Scheduler API in WinJS 2.0, both of which complete background tasks without locking the UI. As in the previous article, I'll present both diagnostic tools for finding the problems and solutions for addressing the issues uncovered.
I'll assume you're fairly familiar with building Windows Store apps using JavaScript. If you're relatively new to the platform, I suggest beginning with the basic "Hello World" example (bit.ly/vVbVHC) or, for more of a challenge, the "Hilo" sample for JavaScript (bit.ly/SgI0AA). If you haven't read the previous article, you can find it at msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dn519922.
Setting up the Example
Throughout this article, I draw on specific examples you can test in your own code. You can follow along or download the complete code to peruse at your leisure.
I'm using different test cases than in the previous article, so you'll want to add some new buttons to the global NavBar if you're following along. (You can just start a brand-new Navigation app project if you prefer—that works, too.) The new NavBarCommands are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Additional NavBarCommands in Default.html

<div id="dispose"
location: '/pages/dispose/dispose.html',
icon: 'delete',
label: 'Dispose pattern in JS'
<div id="scheduler"
location: '/pages/scheduler/scheduler.html',
icon: 'clock',
label: 'Scheduler'
<div id="worker"
location: '/pages/worker/worker.html',
icon: 'repair',
label: 'Web worker'
For these test cases, I use the more realistic scenario of an app that surfaces content from the Web. This app fetches data from the United States Library of Congress Print & Photographs Online Catalog Web service (1.usa.gov/1d8nEio). I've written a module that wraps calls to the Web service in promise objects and defines classes for storing the received data. Figure 2shows the module, in a file titled searchLOC.js (/js/searchLOC.js).
Figure 2 Accessing the Print & Photographs Online Catalog Web Service
(function () {
"use strict";
var baseUrl = "http://loc.gov/pictures/"
var httpClient = new Windows.Web.Http.HttpClient();
function searchPictures(query) {
var url = baseUrl + "search/?q=" + query + "&fo=json";
var queryURL = encodeURI(url);
return httpClient.getStringAsync(
new Windows.Foundation.Uri(queryURL)).
then(function (response) {
return JSON.parse(response).results.map(function (result) {
return new SearchResult(result);
function getCollections() {
var url = baseUrl + "?fo=json";
return httpClient.getStringAsync(new Windows.Foundation.Uri(url)).
then(function (response) {
return JSON.parse(response).featured.
map(function (collection) {
return new Collection(collection);
function getCollection(collection) {
var url = baseUrl + "search/?co=" + collection.code + "&fo=json";
var queryUrl = encodeURI(url);
return httpClient.getStringAsync(new Windows.Foundation.Uri(queryurl)).
then(function (response) {
collection.pictures = JSON.parse(response).
results.map(function (picture) {
return new SearchResult(picture);
return collection;
function Collection(info) {
this.title = info.title;
this.featuredThumb = info.thumb_featured;
this.code = info.code;
this.pictures = [];
function SearchResult(data) {
this.pictureThumb = data.image.thumb;
this.title = data.title;
this.date = data.created_published_date;
WinJS.Namespace.define("LOCPictures", {
Collection: Collection,
searchPictures: searchPictures,
getCollections: getCollections,
getCollection: getCollection
Remember to link to the searchLOC.js file from default.html at the root of your project before you try to call into it.
Disposing of Objects
In JavaScript, an object remains in memory as long as it can be reached through a lexical environment or chain of references. Once all references to the object have been removed, the Garbage Collector de-allocates memory from the object. As long as a reference to the object remains, the object stays in memory. A memory leak occurs if a reference to an object (and therefore the object itself) remains beyond when it's needed.
One common cause of memory leaks in JavaScript applications are "zombie" objects, which typically occur when a JavaScript object references a DOM object and that DOM object is removed from the document (through a call to removeChild or innerHTML). The corresponding JavaScript object remains in memory, even though the corresponding HTML has vanished:
var newSpan = document.createElement("span");
document.getElementById("someDiv").innerHTML = "";
WinJS.log && WinJS.log(newSpan === "undefined");
// The previous statement outputs false to the JavaScript console.
// The variable "newSpan" still remains even though the corresponding
// DOM object is gone.
Checking for Memory Leaks
Luckily, Visual Studio 2013 has new features that can help developers track down memory leaks—in particular the Performance and Diagnostics window. For this test case and the next, I'll demonstrate a couple of the tools that it surfaces.
For this test case, I'll add a custom control to my solution that purposely allows memory leaks. This control, named SearchLOCControl (/js/SearchLOCControl.js), creates a search text box and then displays results after a response to a query has been received. Figure 3 shows the code for SearchLOCControl.js. Again, remember to link to this new JavaScript file from default.html.
Figure 3 Custom SearchLOCControl
(function () {
"use strict";
WinJS.Namespace.define("SearchLOCControl", {
Control: WinJS.Class.define(function (element) {
this.element = element;
this.element.winControl = this;
var htmlString = "
Library of Congress Picture Search
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"

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"" +
"
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// NOTE: This is an unusual technique for accomplishing this
// task. The code here is written for extreme brevity.
MSApp.execUnsafeLocalFunction(function () {
this.searchQuery = $("#searchQuery")[0];
searchQuery.winControl.addEventListener("querysubmitted", this.submitQuery);
}, {
submitQuery: function (evt) {
var queryString = evt.target.winControl.queryText;
var searchResultsList = $("#searchResults")[0];
$(searchResultsList).append("<progress class='win-ring'></progress>");
if (queryString != "") {
var searchResults = LOCPictures.searchPictures(queryString).
then(function (response) {
var searchList = new WinJS.Binding.List(response),
if (searchResultsList.winControl) {
searchListView = searchResultsList.winControl;
searchListView.itemDataSource = searchList.dataSource;
else {
searchListView = new WinJS.UI.ListView(searchResultsList, {
itemDataSource: searchList.dataSource,
itemTemplate: $("#searchResultsTemplate")[0],
layout: { type: WinJS.UI.CellSpanningLayout}
Note that I use jQuery to build my custom control, which I add to my solution using the NuGet Package Manager. Once you've downloaded the NuGet package to your solution, you'll need to manually add a reference to the jQuery library in default.html.
The SearchLOCControl relies on some styling I've added to default.css (/css/default.css), which is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4 Styling Added to Default.css
.searchList {
height: 700px !important;
width: auto !important;
.searchResultsItem {
display: -ms-inline-grid;
-ms-grid-columns: 200px;
-ms-grid-rows: 150px 150px
.searchResultsItem img {
-ms-grid-row: 1;
max-height: 150px;
max-width: 150px;
.searchResultsItem .details {
-ms-grid-row: 2;
Now I add a new page control named dispose.html (/pages/dispose/dispose.html) to the solution and add the following HTML markup inside the
 tag of dispose to create the custom control:
<button id="dispose">Dispose</button>

Finally, I add code to the PageControl.ready event handler in the dispose.js file (/pages/dispose/dispose.js) that naively destroys the control and creates a memory leak by setting the innerHTML of the control's host
 to an empty string, as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5 Code in Dispose.js to "Destroy" the Custom Control
(function () {
"use strict";
WinJS.UI.Pages.define("/pages/dispose/dispose.html", {
ready: function (element, options) {
$("#dispose").click(function () {
var searchControl = $("#searchControl")[0];
searchControl.innerHTML = "";
// Other page control code.
Now I can test the control's memory usage. The Performance and Diagnostics window provides several tools for measuring the performance of a Windows Store app, including CPU sampling, app energy consumption, UI responsiveness and JavaScript function timing. (You can read more about these tools on the Visual Studio team's blog at bit.ly/1bESdOH.) If it's not already visible, you'll need to open the Performance and Diagnostics pane, either through the Debug menu (Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows) or through the Analyze menu (Visual Studio Professional 2013 and Visual Studio Ultimate 2013).
For this test, I use the JavaScript memory monitoring tool. Here are the steps for performing the test:
- In the Performance and Diagnostics window, select JavaScript Memory and then click Start. The project then runs in debugging mode. If prompted by a User Account Control dialog box, click Yes.
- With the app project running, navigate to the dispose page, then switch to the desktop. In Visual Studio, in the current diagnostic session (a tab titled "Report*.diagsession"), click Take Heap Snapshot.
- Switch back to the running app. In the search box, enter a query (for example, "Lincoln") and then press Enter. A ListView control appears that displays the image search results.
- Switch back to the desktop. In Visual Studio, in the current diagnostic session (a tab titled "Report*.diagsession"), click Take Heap Snapshot.
- Switch back to the running app. Click the Dispose button. The custom control disappears from the page.
- Switch back to the desktop. In Visual Studio, in the current diagnostic session (a tab titled "Report*.diagsession") click Take Heap Snapshot and then click Stop. There are now three snapshots listed in the diagnostic session, as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6 Memory Usage Before Implementing the Dispose Pattern
With the diagnostics data in hand, I can analyze the memory usage of the custom control. From a quick glance at the diagnostics session, I suspect that "disposing" the control didn't free up all of the memory associated with it.
In the report, I can examine the JavaScript objects on the heap for each snapshot. I want to know what remained in memory after the custom control was removed from the DOM. I'll click the link associated with the number of objects on the heap in the third snapshot (Snapshot #3 in Figure 6).
First I'll look at the Dominators view, which shows a sorted list of the objects by retained size. The objects consuming the most memory that are potentially easiest to free are listed at the top. In the Dominators view, I see a reference to the
 with an id value "searchControl." When I expand it, I see that the search box, ListView and data associated with it are all in memory.
When I right-click the row for the searchControl
 and select Show in root view, I see the event handlers for the button clicks are still in memory, too, as Figure 7 shows.
Figure 7 Unattached Event Handler Code Taking up Memory
Thankfully, I can fix this easily with only a few changes to my code.
Implementing the Dispose Pattern in WinJS
In WinJS 2.0, all of the WinJS controls implement a "dispose" pattern to address the issue of memory leaks. Whenever a WinJS control falls out of scope (for example, when the user navigates to another page), WinJS cleans up all references to it. The control is marked for disposal, meaning that the internal Garbage Collector knows to release all the memory allocated to the object.
The dispose pattern in WinJS has three important characteristics that a control must provide in order to be properly disposed:
- The top-level container DOM element must have the CSS class "win-disposable."
- The control's class must include a field called _disposed that is initially set to false. You can add this member to a control (along with the win-disposable CSS class) by calling WinJS.Utilities.markDisposable.
- The JavaScript class that defines the control must expose a "dispose" method. In the dispose method:
- All memory allocated to objects associated with the control needs to be released.
- All event handlers need to be detached from the child DOM objects.
- All children of the control must have their dispose methods called. The best way to do this is by calling WinJS.Utilities.disposeSubTree on the host element.
- All outstanding promises that might be referenced within the control need to be canceled (by calling the Promise.cancel method and then nulling the variable out).
So, in the constructor function for SearchLOCControl.Control, I add the following lines of code:
this._disposed = false;
WinJS.Utilities.addClass(element, "win-disposable");
Next, inside the SearchLOCControl class definition (the call to WinJS.Class.define), I add a new instance member named dispose. Here's the code for the dispose method:
dispose: function () {
this._disposed = true;
this.searchQuery = null;
this._element.winControl = null;
this._element = null;
Generally speaking, you don't need to clean up any variable in your code that's entirely contained within the code for the element. When the code for the control goes away, so do all of the internal variables. However, if the code for the control references something outside of itself—such as a DOM element, for example—then that reference will need to be nulled out.
Finally, I add an explicit call to the dispose method in dispose.js (/pages/dispose/dispose.js). Here's the updated click event handler for the button in dispose.html:
$("#dispose").click(function () {
var searchControl = $("#searchControl")[0];
searchControl.innerHTML = "";
Now when I run the same JavaScript memory test, the diagnostics session looks much better (see Figure 8).
Figure 8 Memory Usage After Implementing Dispose
Examining the memory heap, I can see the "searchControl"
 no longer has child elements associated with it (see Figure 9). None of the sub controls remain in memory and the associated event handlers are gone, too (see Figure 10).
Figure 9 Dominators View After Implementing Dispose
Figure 10 Roots View After Implementing Dispose
Improving Responsiveness: Scheduler and Web Workers
Apps can become unresponsive when the UI is waiting to be updated based on an external process. For example, if an app makes multiple requests to a Web service in order to populate a UI control, the control—the entire UI, for that matter—can get stuck while waiting on the requests. This can cause the app to stutter or seem unresponsive.
To demonstrate this, I create another test case where I populate a Hub control with the "featured collections" provided by the Library of Congress Web service. I add a new Page Control named scheduler.html for the test case to my project (/pages/scheduler/scheduler.js). In the HTML for the page, I declare a Hub control that contains six HubSection controls (one for each featured collection). The HTML for the Hub control inside the
 tags in scheduler.html is shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11 Hub and HubSection Controls Declared in Scheduler.html

<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.HubSection"
header: 'Featured Collection 1'
<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.HubSection"
header: 'Featured Collection 2'
<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.HubSection"
header: 'Featured Collection 3'
<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.HubSection"
header: 'Featured Collection 4'
<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.HubSection"
header: 'Featured Collection 5'
<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.HubSection"
header: 'Featured Collection 6'
Next, I get the featured collections data from the Web service. I'll add a new file named data.js to my solution (/js/data.js) that calls the Web service and returns a WinJS.Binding.List object. Figure 12 shows the code for getting the featured collections data. Again, remember to link to data.js from default.html.
Figure 12 Getting the Data from the Web Service
(function () {
"use strict";
var data = LOCPictures.getCollections().
then(function (message) {
var data = message;
var dataList = new WinJS.Binding.List(data);
var collectionTasks = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
return WinJS.Promise.join(collectionTasks).then(function () {
return dataList;
function getFeaturedCollection(collection) {
return LOCPictures.getCollection(collection);
WinJS.Namespace.define("Data", {
featuredCollections: data
Now I need to insert the data into the Hub control. In the scheduler.js file (/pages/scheduler/scheduler.js), I'll add some code to the PageControl.ready function and define a new function, populateSection. The complete code is shown in Figure 13.
Figure 13 Populating the Hub Control Dynamically
(function () {
"use strict";
var dataRequest;
WinJS.UI.Pages.define("/pages/scheduler/scheduler.html", {
ready: function (element, options) {
performance.mark("navigated to scheduler");
dataRequest = Data.featuredCollections.
then(function (collections) {
performance.mark("got collection");
var hub = element.querySelector("#featuredHub");
if (!hub) { return; }
var hubSections = hub.winControl.sections,
hubSection, collection;
for (var i = 0; i < hubSections.length; i++) {
hubSection = hubSections.getItem(i);
collection = collections.getItem(i);
populateSection(hubSection, collection);
unload: function () {
// Other PageControl members ...
function populateSection(section, collection) {
performance.mark("creating a hub section");
section.data.header = collection.data.title;
var contentElement = section.data.contentElement;
contentElement.innerHTML = "";
var pictures = collection.data.pictures;
for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
$(contentElement).append("");
(i % 2) && $(contentElement).append("
")
Note in Figure 13 that I capture a reference to the promise returned by the call to Data.getFeaturedCollections and then explicitly cancel the promise when the page unloads. This avoids a possible race condition in a scenario where the user navigates to the page and then navigates away before the call to getFeaturedCollections has returned.
When I press F5 and navigate to scheduler.html, I notice the Hub control populates slowly after the page loads. It may be merely annoying on my machine, but on less powerful machines the lag could be significant.
Visual Studio 2013 includes tools for measuring the responsiveness of the UI in a Windows Store app. In the Performance and Diagnostics pane, I select the HTML UI Responsiveness test and then click Start. After the app starts running, I navigate to scheduler.html and watch the results appear in the Hub control. Once I've completed the task, I switch back to the Desktop and then click Stop in the diagnostics session tab. Figure 14 displays the results.
Figure 14 HTML UI Responsiveness for Scheduler.html
I see the frame rate dropped to 3 FPS for roughly half a second. I select the period of low frame rate to see more details (see Figure 15).
Figure 15 Timeline Details Where the UI Thread Evaluates Scheduler.js
At this point in the timeline (Figure 15), the UI thread is absorbed in running scheduler.js. If you look closely at the timeline details, you see several user marks (orange "tick" marks). These indicate specific calls to performance.mark in the code. In scheduler.js, the first call to performance.mark occurs when scheduler.html loads. Populating each HubSection control with content invokes a subsequent call. From the results, more than half of the time spent evaluating scheduler.js occurred between when I navigated to the page (the first user mark) and when the sixth HubSection was populated with images (the last user mark).
(Keep in mind results will vary depending on your hardware. The HTML UI responsiveness tests shown in this article were run on a Microsoft Surface Pro with a third-generation Intel Core i5-3317U processor, running at 1.7Ghz, and Intel HD Graphics 400. )
To reduce lag, I might refactor my code so the HubSection controls are populated in a staggered manner. Users see content in the app soon after they navigate to it. The content for the first one to two hub sections should load immediately after navigation and the other HubSections can load afterward.
JavaScript is a single-threaded environment, meaning everything is on the UI thread. In WinJS 2.0, Microsoft introduced the WinJS.Utilities.Scheduler to organize work performed on the UI thread (see bit.ly/1bFbpfb for more information).
The Scheduler creates a single queue of jobs to be run on the UI thread in the app. Jobs are completed based on priority, where higher priority jobs can preempt or postpone lower-priority jobs. Jobs are scheduled around actual user interaction on the UI thread, where the Scheduler slices up the time between calls and completes as many of the queued jobs as it can.
As mentioned, the scheduler executes jobs based on their priority, as set using the WinJS.Utilities.Scheduler.Priority enumeration. The enumeration has seven values (in descending order): max, high, aboveNormal, normal, belowNormal, idle and min. Jobs of equal priority are run on a first-in, first-out basis.
Turning to the test case, I create a job on the Scheduler to populate each HubSection when scheduler.html loads. For each HubSection, I call Scheduler.schedule and pass in a function that populates the HubSection. The first two jobs are run at normal priority and all the others are run when the UI thread is idle. In the third parameter for the schedule method, thisArg, I pass in some context for the job.
The schedule method returns a Job object, which lets me monitor a job's progress or cancel it. For each job, I assign the same OwnerToken object to its owner property. This lets me cancel all scheduled jobs attributed to that owner token. See Figure 16.
Figure 16 Updated Scheduler.js Using Scheduler API
(function () {
"use strict";
var dataRequest, jobOwnerToken;
var scheduler = WinJS.Utilities.Scheduler;
WinJS.UI.Pages.define("/pages/scheduler/scheduler.html", {
ready: function (element, options) {
performance.mark("navigated to scheduler");
dataRequest = Data.featuredCollections.
then(function (collections) {
performance.mark("got collection");
var hub = element.querySelector("#featuredHub");
if (!hub) { return; }
var hubSections = hub.winControl.sections,
hubSection, collection, priority;
jobOwnerToken = scheduler.createOwnerToken();
for (var i = 0; i < hubSections.length; i++) {
hubSection = hubSections.getItem(i);
collection = collections.getItem(i);
priority == (i < 2) ? scheduler.Priority.normal :
scheduler.schedule(function () {
populateSection(this.section, this.collection)
{ section: hubSection, collection: collection },
"adding hub section").
owner = jobOwnerToken;
unload: function () {
dataRequest && dataRequest.cancel();
jobOwnerToken && jobOwnerToken.cancelAll();
// Other PageControl members ...
function populateSection(section, collection) {
performance.mark("creating a hub section");
section.data.header = collection.data.title;
var contentElement = section.data.contentElement;
contentElement.innerHTML = "";
var pictures = collection.data.pictures;
for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
$(contentElement).append("");
(i % 2) && $(contentElement).append("
")
Now when I run the HTML UI Responsiveness diagnostics test, I should see some different results. Figure 17 shows the results of the second test.
Figure 17 HTML UI Responsiveness After Using Scheduler.js
During the second test, the app dropped fewer frames over a shorter period of time. The experience in the app was better, too: the Hub control populated more quickly and there was almost no lag.
Manipulating the DOM Affects UI Responsiveness
Adding new elements to the DOM on an HTML page can hurt performance, particularly if you're adding more than a handful of new elements. The page needs to recalculate the positions of the other items on the page, then reapply styles, and, finally, repaint the page. For example, a CSS instruction that sets the top, left, width, height, or display style for an element will cause the page to be recalculated. (I recommend using either the built-in animation features in WinJS or the animation transforms available in CSS3 for manipulating the position of HTML elements instead.)
Yet injecting and displaying dynamic content is a common app design. Your best option for performance, when possible, is to use the data binding provided by the platform. Data binding in WinJS is optimized for a quick and responsive UX.
Otherwise, you'll need to decide between injecting raw HTML as a string into another element with innerHTML, or adding individual elements one at a time using createElement and appendChild. Using innerHTML will most often provide better performance, but you might not be able to manipulate the HTML once it's been inserted.
In my examples, I chose the $.append method in jQuery. With append, I can pass along raw HTML as a string and get immediate programmatic access to the new DOM nodes. (It also provides pretty good performance.)
Web Workers
The standard Web platform includes the Web Worker API that lets an app run background tasks off the UI thread. In short, Web Workers (or just Workers) allow for multi-threading in JavaScript applications. You pass simple messages (a string or simple JavaScript object) to the Worker thread and the Worker returns messages back to the main thread using the postMessage method.
Workers run in a different script context from the rest of the app, so they can't access the UI. You can't create new HTML elements using createElement or leverage features of third-party libraries that rely on the document object (for example, the jQuery function—$). However, Workers can access the Windows Runtime APIs, which means they can write to app data, issue toasts and tile updates, or even save files. They're well-suited for background tasks that require no input from the user, are computationally expensive or require multiple calls to a Web service. If you want more information about the Web Worker API, see the Worker reference documentation at bit.ly/1fllmip.
The benefit of using a Worker thread is that UI responsiveness won't be affected by the background work. The UI remains responsive and practically no frames are dropped. Also, Workers can import other JavaScript libraries that don't rely on the DOM, including the fundamental library for WinJS (base.js). So, you can, for instance, create promises in a Worker thread.
On the other hand, Workers aren't a cure-all for performance issues. The cycles for the Worker threads are still being allocated from the total CPU cycles available on the machine, even if they aren't coming from the UI thread. You need to be judicious about using Workers.
For the next test case, I'll use a Worker thread to retrieve a collection of images from the Library of Congress and populate a ListView control with those pictures. First, I'll add a new script to store the Worker thread named LOC-worker.js to my project, as follows:
(function () {
"use strict";
self.addEventListener("message", function (message) {
importScripts("//Microsoft.WinJS.2.0/js/base.js", "searchLoC.js");
function (response) {
I use the importScripts function to bring base.js from the WinJS library and seachLOC.js scripts into the Worker's context, making them available for use.
Next, I add a new Page Control item named worker.html to my project (/pages/worker/worker.html). I add a little markup within the
 tags in worker.html to contain the ListView control and define its layout. The control will be created dynamically when the Worker returns:

<progress class="win-ring"></progress>

Finally, I add the code to worker.js that creates a new Worker thread and then populates the HTML based on the response. The code in worker.js is shown in Figure 18.
Figure 18 Creating a Worker Thread and Then Populating the UI
(function () {
"use strict";
WinJS.UI.Pages.define("/pages/worker/worker.html", {
ready: function (element, options) {
performance.mark("navigated to Worker");
var getBaseballCards = new Worker('/js/LOC-worker.js'),
baseballCards = new LOCPictures.Collection({
title: "Baseball cards",
thumbFeatured: null,
code: "bbc"
getBaseballCards.onmessage = function (message) {
// Other PageControl members ...
function createCollection(info) {
var collection = new WinJS.Binding.List(info.pictures),
collectionElement = $("# searchResultsTemplate")[0],
collectionList = new WinJS.UI.ListView(collectionElement, {
itemDataSource: collection.dataSource,
itemTemplate: $('#collectionTemplate')[0],
layout: {type: WinJS.UI.GridLayout}
When you run the app and navigate to the page, you'll notice minimal lag between navigation and populating the ListView control with images. If you run this test case through the HTML UI responsiveness tool, you'll see output similar to what's shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19 HTML UI Responsiveness When Using a Worker Thread
Notice the app dropped very few frames after I navigated to the worker.html page (after the first user mark in the timeline). The UI remained incredibly responsive because the fetching of data was off-loaded to the Worker thread.
When to Choose between the Scheduler and Worker APIs
Because both the Scheduler and the Worker APIs let you manage background tasks in your code, you might be wondering when to use one over the other. (Please note that the two code samples I've provided in this article aren't a fair "apples to apples" comparison of the two APIs.)
The Worker API, because it runs on a different thread, provides better performance than Scheduler in a head-to-head comparison. However, because the Scheduler uses timeslices of the UI thread, it has the context of the current page. You can use the Scheduler to update UI elements on a page or dynamically create new elements on the page.
If your background code needs to interact with the UI in any kind of meaningful way, you should use Scheduler. However, if your code doesn't rely on the context of the app and only passes simple data back and forth, consider using a Worker. The benefit of using a Worker thread is that UI responsiveness won't be affected by the background work.
The Scheduler and Web Worker APIs aren't your only choices for spawning multiple threads in a Windows Store app. You can also build a Windows Runtime Component in C++, C# or Visual Basic .NET that can create new threads. WinRT Components can expose APIs that the JavaScript code can call. For more information, see bit.ly/19DfFaO.
I doubt many developers set out to write buggy, glitchy or unresponsive apps (unless they're writing an article about buggy, glitchy and unresponsive apps). The trick is to find those bugs in your app code and fix them, preferably before the app goes in front of users. In this series of articles, I've demonstrated several tools for catching problems in your code and techniques for writing more efficient app code.
Of course, none of these techniques or tools is a silver bullet that will automatically fix a problem. They can help improve the experience, but they don't eliminate the need for good coding practices. The fundamentals of programming, in general, remain as true for Window Store apps built with JavaScript as for any other platform.
Eric Schmidt is a content developer in the Microsoft Windows Developer Content team, writing about the Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS). When previously in the Microsoft Office Division, he built code samples for the apps for Office platform. Otherwise, he spends time with his family, plays string bass, builds HTML5 video games, or blogs about plastic building toys (historybricks.com).
THANKS to the following Microsoft technical experts for reviewing this article: Kraig Brockschmidt, Greg Bulmash and Josh Williams
Kraig Brockschmidt is a Senior Program Manager in the Windows Ecosystem team, working directly with the developer community and key partners on building Windows Store apps. He is author of Programming Windows Store Apps in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (now in its second edition).
Josh Williams is a Principal Software Development Engineer Lead in the Windows Developer Experience team. He and his team built the Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS).
Greg Bulmash writes for the Internet Explorer Developer Center (http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie) and documents the F12 Developer Tools for IE11. In his spare time he tries to keep his coding skills up to date and helps kids learn to code by organizing the Seattle chapter of CoderDojo.


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- Parking is free 1
- Parking is scarce 1
- Dine before you go 1
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