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ative form that differs from the prepositional in that the stress shifts to the final syllable: "на двери́", na dverí ("on the door"), but "при две́ри", pri dvéri ("by the door"). These distinct forms are sometimes referenced as "second locative" or "new locative", because they developed independently from the true locative case, which existed in the Old Russian.
With some words, such as дом, dom (house), the second locative form is used only in certain idiomatic expressions, while the prepositional is used elsewhere. For example, "на дому́", na domu ("at the house" or "at home") would be used to describe activity that is performed at home, while "на до́ме" ("on the house") would be used to specify the location of the roof.
The Slovak language uses the locative case to denote location (na Slovensku/in Slovakia), but as in the Russian language, the locative case may be used after certain prepositions with meanings other than location (o Bratislave/about Bratislava, po revolúcii/after the revolution). Cases other than the locative may be used to denote location in Slovak as well (U Milana/at Milan's house -genitive, or nad stolom/above the table -instrumental).
There are several different locative endings in Slovak:
- -e Used for singular nouns of all genders (except masculine animate), e.g. stôl → stole, láska → láske, mesto → meste.
- -u Used for:
- Masculine inanimate singular nouns ending in a velar consonant, e.g. hliník → hliníku, mozog → mozgu, bok → boku, vzduch → vzduchu, or a glottal consonant, e.g. hloh → hlohu
- All neuter singular nouns ending in -kV, -chV, -iV, -uV (V being o or um), e.g. jablko → jablku, ucho → uchu, akvárium → akváriu, vakuum → vakuu
- -i Used for:
- Masculine inanimate nouns ending in a soft consonant (c, č, ď, dz, dž, j, ľ, ň, š, ť, ž), e.g. ovládač ("remote") → o ovládači ("about the remote"), tŕň → tŕni
- Feminine nouns ending in a soft consonant or a soft consonant followed by a, e.g. vôňa → o voni, kosť ("bone") → o kosti ("about bone")
- Feminine nouns ending in -ia or -ea, e.g. Mária → Márii, Andrea → Andrei
- Neuter nouns ending in -e or -ie, e.g. srdce → srdci
- -í used for neuter nouns ending in -ie, e.g. vysvedčenie → vysvedčení
- -ovi used for masculine animate nouns, e.g. chlap → chlapovi, hrdina → hrdinovi
- -om used for masculine and neuter singular adjectives: pekný/pekné → peknom
- -ej used for feminine singular adjectives and feminine nouns ending in -á: pekná gazdiná → peknej gazdinej
- -m used for masculine animate nouns following the kuli pattern (being most names in -i, -y etc.), e.g. Harry → Harrym
- -och used for masculine nouns in plural, e.g. malí chlapi → malých chlapoch
- -ách used for plural feminine and neuter nouns, e.g. ženy ("women") → o ženách ("about women"). There are variations:
- -ach used when the preceding vowel is long or a diphthong (ia, ie, iu, ô), e.g. lásky → láskach, dielo → dielach
- -iach used after soft consonants, e.g. schopnosť → schopnostiach, srdce → srdciach
- -ích / -ých Used for plural adjectives of all genders, e.g. malé obchody ("small shops") → v malých obchodoch ("in small shops"), with the variation:
- -ich / -ych when the preceding vowel is long: rýchle autá ("fast cars") → o rýchlych autách ("about fast cars")
See also Slovak declension for declension patterns for all Slovak grammatical cases, including locative.
In the Armenian language non-animate nouns take -ում (-um) for the locative. Animate nouns (referring to persons especially) do not take the locative.
- համալսարանը (hamalsaranə, the university) → համալսարանում (hamalsaranum, in/at the university)
- ճաշարան (chasharan, a restaurant) → ճաշարանում (chasharanum, in/at a restaurant)
Turkic languages
Some Turkic languages have a locative.
The locative case exists in Turkish, as the suffix generally specified by "-DA". For instance, in Turkish, okul means the school, and okulda means in the school. The morpheme may exist in four different forms, depending on the preceding consonant and vowel. The first phoneme of the locative, "D", changes according to the previous consonant: it is "t" after voiceless consonants, but "d" elsewhere. The vowel changes depending on the phonetic characteristics of the previous vowel: it is "a" after a preceding back vowel, and "e" after a preceding front vowel, congruent with the vowel harmony of the language. This gives four different versions of the morpheme:
- -ta, as in "kitapta", "in the book".
- -te, as in "kentte", "in the city".
- -da, as in "odada", "in the room".
- -de, as in "evde", "in the house".
The locative case exists also in Uzbek. For example, in Uzbek, shakhar means city, and shakharda means in the city, so using -da suffix, the locative case is marked.
Uralic languages
Some Uralic languages have a locative.
Inari Sami
In Inari Sami, the locative suffix is -st.
- kyeleest 'in the language'
- kieđast 'in the hand'.
In the Hungarian language, nine such cases exist, yet the name locative case refers to a form (-t/-tt) used only in a few city/town names along with the inessive case or superessive case. It can also be observed in a few local adverbs and postpositions. It is no longer productive.
- Győrött (also Győrben), Pécsett (also Pécsen), Vácott (also Vácon), Kaposvárt and Kaposvárott (also Kaposváron), Vásárhelyt (also Vásárhelyen)
- itt (here), ott (there), imitt, amott (there yonder), alatt (under), fölött (over), között (between/among), mögött (behind) etc.
The town/city name suffixes -ban/-ben are the inessive ones, and the -on/-en/-ön are the superessive ones.
The Estonian language has a set of six locative cases, three interior and three exterior ones. They are formed by adding a suffix to the genitive form of the noun.
The interior locative cases are:
- Illative - majasse 'into a/the house', or the preferred irregular short form, majja
- Inessive - majas 'in a/the house'
- Elative - majast 'from inside a/the house'
The exterior locative cases are:
- Allative - majale '(on)to a/the house'
- Adessive - majal 'on (top of) a/the house' or 'at a/the house'
- Ablative - majalt 'from a/the house'
While all nouns have a regular ending for the six locative cases, many have a preferred irregular short illative form. Instead of adding an sse suffix to the genitive, the short illative is pronounced in an overlong manner, reflecting phonetic gemination and a shift from the second to third phoneme length, without adding an extra syllable.
Estonian, like some Indo-European languages (Latin, Russian, Irish), does not normally use the verb to have to show possession. The adessive case and the verb to be is used instead. For example, I have a house in Estonian would be Mul on maja in which mul is in the adessive case, on is the third singular of to be (is), and maja is in nominative, not accusative. So maja is the subject, on is the verb and mul is the indirect object. This could be translated to


What to Expect
Pediatric Ophthalmology Spokane Eye ClinicVisiting Spokane Eye Clinic Pediatric Ophthalmology
Visiting the doctor's office can be a scary thing when you're young! We understand that, and we strive to make every child's visit to our a clinic a positive experience. Here's what you can expect when you come to see us at our offices:
 - After check-in, a member of Dr. Colburn's or Dr. Weed's team will greet you and bring you and your child into an exam room.
 - The team member will ask a few basic questions about your child's eye issue and how we can help you.
 - Next, the team member will check a few standard parts of the eye exam. This might involve cool glasses, toys, movies, or other games. Children do best when they're having a good time, so we work hard to make it fun!
 - Dilating drops are almost always required at the initial visit, and then typically once a year after that. These drops serve two important purposes: they allow us to accurately determine the child's need for glasses, and the prescription if necessary, and they let the doctor examine the important structures within your child's eye, like the optic nerve and retina.
 - If dilating drops are required, we have a dedicated kids' waiting room for you to visit, complete with toys and movies, while you wait for the drops to take maximum effect (typically 30 minutes).
 - Dr. Colburn or Dr. Weed will complete the eye exam, discuss any questions you may have, and you'll work together to formulate a customized treatment plan best suited to your family.
For your initial visit, please plan on spending 1.5-2 hours with us, to allow for enough time to thoroughly take care of your child. Future appointments, if needed, may be shorter.
Do I have to have eye drops?
Let's be honest, no one is really that fond of eye drops. For children, getting dilating eye drops can often be the most stressful part of the visit to the eye doctor. This is probably our equivalent of shots as far as the kids are concerned. So this raises the question, is it really necessary that my child gets eye drops?
Dilating the pupils is an important part of a comprehensive eye examination in children. By opening up the pupil wide and using special equipment, we can get a 3-dimensional view of the inside parts of the eye to check for any abnormalities. But even more important than that for most children, it allows us to get the most accurate eyeglasses check possible. Children have a much stronger focusing ability than adults do and can easily lead the eye doctor astray when checking glasses numbers. Dilating the pupil temporarily paralyzes the focusing muscle so that we can be sure on our eyeglass measurements. For this reason, children typically get stronger dilating eye drops than adults do, which is why their eyes may stay blurry for up to 24 hours after the drops.
You should expect your pediatric ophthalmologist to recommend a dilated eye exam for your child upon your first visit with them and then roughly once a year thereafter depending on the situation. These exams do take longer as we have to wait for 30 minutes as the drops take full effect before finishing the eye exam. The whole visit could take between 1-2 hours, so please plan accordingly.
We are careful never to tell children that the eye drops won't hurt. They can sting briefly and we don't ever want to mislead a child. If at all possible we try to put in numbing eye drops first which sting less and then make the dilating eye drops much easier. The doctor's assistants will usually put the eye drops in and may request the assistance of the parents to do so. The goal is to get the eye drops in as quickly and gently as possible and move on to more fun things.
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Preparing for the Exam
In general, we would recommend not making a big deal of discussing the eye drops in advance of the appointment. Though we are not wanting to ambush the child, we do find that spending a lot of time talking and thinking about it in advance usually increases their anxiety level greatly. Also, trying to talk them into it or bargaining usually just drags out the anxiety longer. Best to just get it over with quickly and move on. Although we certainly trust parents' knowledge and judgment with regards to how their own children react, we still wanted to share our recommendations from experience over time.
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Wurrgeng is the 'cold weather' time; humidity is low, daytime temperatures are around 30°C and night-time temperatures are around 17°C. Most creeks stop flowing and the floodplains quickly dry out. Burning continues, extinguished by the dew at night. By day, birds of prey patrol the fire lines as insects and small animals try to escape the flames. Magpie geese, fat and heavy after weeks of abundant food, and a myriad of other waterbirds crowd the shrinking billabongs.

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Tree – Determining Age
Q: I am trying to find out the age of several live oak trees at my father-in-law's house in north Florida. Is there some general way to determine their age based on their diameter?
A: According to Certified Arborist Brian Arnold _PHONE_), determining the age of the oaks through non-invasive observation would be almost impossible. The diameter of the trunk is influenced by many factors, including soil conditions, rainfall and sun exposure. The trunk of a hundred year old tree growing in a good spot might be twice the size of an equally aged tree growing in poor conditions.
It is possible to count tree rings using a tool called an increment borer. The tool bores a hole in the tree trunk and removes a slender core of tissue reaching the center of the trunk. Brian advises against the borer tool because the hole can give insects and diseases access to the trunk interior.
Maybe your best bet is to try contacting previous owners of the house to ask about their earliest memories of the trees.
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Use this procedure to create a logical volume from unassigned storage capacity.
Sun storage documentation uses the following terms:
Logical unit number (LUN)
This manual uses logical volume to refer to all such logical constructs.
This procedure relies on the following prerequisites and assumptions.
All nodes are booted in cluster mode and attached to the storage device.
The storage device is installed and configured. If you are using multipathing, the storage devices is configured as described in the installation procedure.
If you are using Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager, it is installed and configured and the path between Traffic Manager and the storage device is functioning.
Follow the instructions in your storage device's documentation to create and map the logical volume. For a URL to this storage documentation, see Related Documentation.
Completely set up the logical volume. When you are finished, the volume must be created, mapped, mounted, and initialized.
If necessary, partition the volume.
To allow multiple clusters and nonclustered nodes to access the storage device, create initiator groups by using LUN masking.
Are you using multipathing?
Are any devices that are associated with the volume you created at an unconfigured state?
# cfgadm -al | grep disk
If no, proceed to Step 4.
If yes, configure the Traffic Manager paths on each node that is connected to the storage device.
cfgadm -o force_update -c configure controllerinstance
For the procedure about how to configure Traffic Manager paths, see the Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager Installation and Configuration Guide.
On one node that is connected to the storage device, use the format command to label the new logical volume.
From any node in the cluster, update the global device namespace.
You might have a volume management daemon such as vold running on your node, and have a CD-ROM drive connected to the node. Under these conditions, a device busy error might be returned even if no disk is in the drive. This error is expected behavior. You can safely ignore this error message.
To manage this volume with volume management software, use the appropriate Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager or VERITAS Volume Manager commands to update the list of devices on all nodes that are attached to the new volume that you created.
For more information, see your Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager or VERITAS Volume Manager documentation.
To configure a logical volume as a quorum device, see Chapter 5, Administering Quorum, in Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS.
To create a new resource or configure a running resource to use the new logical volume, see Chapter 2, Administering Data Service Resources, in Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS.


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Event Listeners
AnyChart charting library supports the possibility to handle Gantt Chart events. In this tutorial we will list all available events, explain when they are dispatched and what data is available in them. There is also some useful information about how to create an event handler and how to use the data coming from AnyGantt.
First, you need to create a listener to handle the specific event. In general Event Listeners Article you can find more information about creating these JavaScript functions.
Event Types
It is important to keep in mind that JavaScript Resource Gantt Chart and JavaScript Project Gantt Chart are almost identical in terms of data hierarchy.
So the information presented below applies to both chart types, except some details. These are events available for Gantt Chart:
Event Description
rowClick Dispatched when mouse click event happened.
rowDblClick Dispatched when mouse double click event happened.
rowMouseMove Dispatched when mouse move event happened.
rowMouseOver Dispatched when mouse over event happened.
rowMouseOut Dispatched when mouse out event happened.
rowMouseDown Dispatched when mouse down event happened.
rowMouseUp Dispatched when mouse up event happened.
rowSelect Dispatched when some row is selected.
rowCollapseExpand Dispatched when an item that contains other items expands or collapses.
All events return all available data about an active row.
To listen an event use the code below:
//choose an event type from table above:
chart.listen(anychart.enums.EventType.ROW_CLICK, function(event) {
var msg = event['item'].get('name');
if (event['period']) msg += '\nPeriod:'+ event['period']['id'];
return msg;
As you can see from the code above, it is possible to get any information about the item from the event - it contains some useful fields. Here is a list of supported types of information:
Event Field Description
.item It is a Data Item that displays the active row.
.hoveredIndex Contains an index of active row.
.period Contains an active period.
.periodIndex Contains an index of active period.
This sample with Project Gantt Chart demonstrates the usage of this feature. Click on a row to change the Chart title:
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Default Events
When you click on a row or move the mouse over the row, there are some default actions take place.
Events are dispatched in the following order on every click:
 1. rowMouseDown
 2. rowMouseUp
 3. rowClick (which is the same as rowMouseDown + rowMouseUp)
 4. rowSelect
Event Type Default Behaviour
rowMouseUp Makes the row selected.
rowClick Makes the row selected (contains rowMouseUp).
rowDBlclick Collapse/expand items.
rowMouseMove Reports the hovered point state.
rowMouseOver Makes the row hovered.
rowMouseOut Unhovers the row.
Prevent Defaults
To prevent these events dispatching you can use the special method.preventDefault().
In this case these events won't be reported by the chart. Let's disable the default behaviour for the clicks. The sample below illustrates this idea.
chart.listen(anychart.enums.EventType.ROW_CLICK, function(e) {
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The VG interface offers customers a safe and cost-effective interface between test adapters and test system. It is a standard interface that can be applied to all standard test fixtures and test systems. The interface is mechanically closed in a so called VG-receiver. This is a mechanical fixture which is actuated by a hand lever. The VG-receiver connects the two sides mechanically. Into the receiver and each adapter so called VG-block can be used as modular interface. This allows a flexible design of the interface with signal blocks, Coaxblocks, vacuum block, power block in different configurations.
uwe electronic offers different types of VG Fixtures and VG Receivers for 4, 12 or 24 VG blocks and the corresponding VG blocks.

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What is the thesis of "All The Pretty Horses?"
It's a novel.
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Novels do not have theses. Novels have a plot structure, themes, setting, protagonist/antagonist and a host of characters, storylines and subplots. Academic papers have thesis. If you were, for example, writing a paper about the novel, you would propose a thesis for your paper that might, say, explore the ways in which McCarthy uses themes of nature throughout the story.
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The theme of this coming of age novel is courage and loyalty. Novels don't have theses; rather, they have themes.
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A Bodyweight workout with fat burning results.
Bodyweight workouts are often high intensity with fat burning and muscle toning results. No dumbbells or barbells required…just you and an interval timer. Inferno – 4 Minute Fat Burn targets the lower body and is exactly as it sounds, it BURNS!
Equipment Needed: Interval timer
What to Do: Perform each move for 20 seconds and rest 10 seconds after each one. Complete two circuits. Review the videos below for demonstrations of each exercise.
1. Jump Squat
2. Genghis Khan
3. Forward Skaters
4. Power Jumping Jacks
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Complete Case Analysis
Complete case analysis (CCA), also known as case or listwise deletion (LD), is one of the oldest methods to handle missing data and consists in discarding any unit or case whose information is incomplete. Only the cases with observed values for all the variables under consideration are used in the analysis. For example, suppose we have a data set formed by \(i=1,\ldots,n\) individuals and that we want to fit a linear regression on some outcome variable \(y_i\) using some other variables \(x_{i1},\ldots,x_{ik}\) as covariates. CCA uses only the subset of cases with observed values on all the variables included in the analysis (completers).
CCA has been a quite popular approach to deal with missingness, mainly because it is very easy to implement (used by default in many statistical programs) and it allows the comparison of different univariate statistics in a straightforward way (calculated on a common set of cases). However, there are a number of potential disadvantages which threatens the validity of this method:
 1. Bias, when the missing data mechanism is not missing completely at random (MCAR) and the completers are not a random samples of all the cases
 2. Loss of efficiency, due to the potential loss of information in discarding the incomplete cases.
CCA may be justified when the loss of precision and bias are minimal, which is more likley to occur when the proportion of completers is high, although it is difficult to formulate rules that apply in general circumstances. Indeed, both the degree of loss of precision and bias depend not only on the fraction of completers and missingness patterns, but also on the extent to which complete and incomplete cases differ and the parameters of interest.
Let \(\hat{\theta}_{cc}\) be an estimate of a parameter of interest from the completers. One might measure the increase in variance of \(\hat{\theta}_{cc}\) with respect to the estimate \(\hat{\theta}\) that would be obtained in the absence of missing values. Using the notation of Little and Rubin (2019):
\[ \text{Var}(\hat{\theta}_{cc}) = \text{Var}(\hat{\theta})(1 + \Delta^{\star}_{cc}), \]
where \(\Delta^{\star}_{cc}\) is the proportional increase in variance from the loss of information. A more practical measure of the loss of inofrmation is \(\Delta_{cc}\), where
\[ \text{Var}(\hat{\theta}_{cc}) = \text{Var}(\hat{\theta}_{eff})(1 + \Delta_{cc}), \]
and \(\hat{\theta}_{eff}\) is an efficient estimate based on all the available data.
Example 1
Consider bivariate normal monotone data \(\bf y = (y_1,y_2)\), where \(n_{cc}\) out of \(n\) cases are complete and \(n - n_{cc}\) cases have observed values only on \(y_1\). Assume for simplicity that the missingness mechanism is MCAR and that the mean of \(y_j\) is estimated by the empirical mean from the complete cases \(\bar{y}^{cc}_j\). Then, the loss in sample size for estimating the mean of \(y_1\) is:
\[ \Delta_{cc}(\bar{y}_1) = \frac{n - n_{cc}}{n_{cc}}, \]
so that if half the cases are missing, the variance is doubled. For the mean of \(y_2\), the loss of information alos depends on the squared correlation \(\rho^{2}\) between the variables: (Little and Rubin (2019))
\[ \Delta_{cc}(\bar{y}_2) \approx \frac{(n - n_{cc})\rho^{2}}{n_{cc}(1 - \rho^{2}) + n_{cc}\rho^{2}}. \]
\(\Delta_{cc}(\bar{y}_2)\) varies from zero (when \(\rho=0\)) to \(\Delta_{cc}(\bar{y}_1)\) as \(\rho^{2} \rightarrow 1\). However, for the regression coefficients of \(y_2\) on \(y_1\) we have that \(\Delta_{cc}=0\) since the incomplete observations of \(y_1\) provide no information for estimating the parameters of the regression of \(y_2\) on \(y_1\).
Example 2
For inference about the population mean \(\mu\), the bias of CCA depends on the proportion of the completers \(\pi_{cc}\) and the extent to which complete and incomplete cases differ on the variables of interest. Suppose a variable \(y\) is partially-observed and that we partition the data into the subset of the completers \(y_{cc}\) and incompleters \(y_{ic}\), with associated population means \(\mu_{cc}\) and \(\mu_{ic}\), respectively. The overall mean can be written as a weighted average of the means of the two subsets
\[ \mu = \pi_{cc}\mu_{cc} + (1 - \pi_{cc})\mu_{ic}. \]
The bias of CCA is then equal to the expected fraction of incomplete cases multiplied by the differences in the means for complete and incomplete cases
\[ \mu_{cc} - \mu = (1 - \pi_{cc})(\mu_{cc} - \mu_{ic}).
Under MCAR, we have that \(\mu_{cc} = \mu_{ic}\) and therefore the bias is zero.
Example 3
Consider the estimation of the regression of \(y\) on \(x_1,\ldots,x_K\) from data with potential missing values on all variables and with the regression function correctly specified. The bias of CCA for estimating the regression coefficients \(\beta_1,\ldots,\beta_K\) associated with the covariates is null if the probbaility of being a completer depends on the \(x\)s but not \(y\), since the analysis conditions on the values of the covariates (Glynn and Laird (1986), White and Carlin (2010)). This class of missing data mechanisms includes missing not at random (MNAR), where the probability that a covariate is missing depends on the value of that covariate. However, CCA is biased if the probability of being a completer depends on \(y\) after conditioning on the covariates. A nice example of this particular topic and its implications for the analysis has been provided by professor Bartlett using some nice slides
The main virtue of case deletion is simplicity. If a missing data problem can be resolved by discarding only a small part of the sample, then the method can be quite effective. However, even in that situation, one should explore the data (Schafer and Graham (2002)). The discarded information from incomplete cases can be used to study whether the complete cases are plausibly a random subsample of the original sample, that is, whether MCAR is a reasonable assumption. A simple procedure is to compare the distribution of a particular variable \(y\) based on complete cases with the distribution of \(y\) based on incomplete cases for which \(y\) is recorded. Significant differences indicate that the MCAR assumption is invalid, and the complete-case analysis yields potentially biased estimates. Such tests are useful but have limited power when the sample of incomplete cases is small. Also the tests can offer no direct evidence on the validity of the missing at random (MAR) assumption.
Glynn, RJ, and NM Laird. 1986. "Regression Estimates and Missing Data: Complete Case Analysis." Cambridge MA: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics.
White, Ian R, and John B Carlin. 2010. "Bias and Efficiency of Multiple Imputation Compared with Complete-Case Analysis for Missing Covariate Values." Statistics in Medicine 29 (28): 2920–31.
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The VELOMATIC from Schaeffler is an automatic bicycle gearshift system that is suitable for a range of applications. It replaces the conventional manual gearshift system and allows gear hubs in bicycles, pedelecs, and e-bikes to shift gears automatically. The FAG-VELOMATIC automatic transmission is compatible with a wide variety of commonly-used hub gears. It comprises a gearshift actuator and a coupled communications module. The mechanical motion of the bicycle's gearshift system is carried out by the gearshift actuator via a Bowden cable.
The communication module has the function of an information gateway. This intelligent communication allows interaction with almost any conventional electric drive. Thanks to the compact dimensions of its components, it can be installed inside the frame of the bicycle.
The VELOMATIC continuously calculates the optimum gear for the rider based on the bicycle's speed and the incline of the terrain. The gearshift program can be individually adjusted by the rider using the VELODAPTIC bicycle app. The operating software that is installed records the input variables that are needed for regulating the gearshift actuator and derives from them the necessary controlled variables.
- Sensors for uphill and downhill travel
- The system can be integrated into any pedelec with a CAN bus, as it is not dependent on a specific manufacturer
- Automatically switches to the optimum starting gear when the rider comes to a stop based on the incline of the terrain
- Shifting errors are prevented
- Smooth gearshift with no perceptible transition
- Compact and lightweight design
- Extended range for e-bikes due to battery-saving operation
- Premature wear on the bicycle's chain and gearshift system is prevented
- Continuous calculation of the ideal gearshift point using special algorithms
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Obese mothers are risking the health of their babies - they are more likely to have miscarriages and give birth to malformed babies, according to new Australian research.
Sydney gynaecologist Andrew Zuschman, who studied the pregnancy outcomes of obese women between June 2008 and July 2009, also found that nearly half of overweight women give birth by caesarean section, often weeks before the child is due.
One in four babies born to obese women weighed more than 4kg and their weight - and that of their mothers - could cause problems during the birth, according to Zuschman.
Zuschman explained that the shoulders of large babies could get stuck in the birth canal, brining about a dip in the baby's oxygen levels and leaving them with injuries or nerve problems.
"Women in this body mass index category [greater than 30kg/m2] really should be meeting their family doctor before they become pregnant and discussing all of these implications," news.com.au quoted Zuschman, as saying.


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Physical and Health Education Pedagogy
Physical and Health Education Pedagogy is a broad area that addresses issues of teaching-learning in a variety of settings in which physical activity and other health behaviors are involved. This area is also concerned with the facilitation and promotion of healthy lifestyles across the life-span, with a particular emphasis on childhood and adolescence.
Current research in the Physical and Health Education Pedagogy program draws upon educational, developmental, psychosocial and health promotion perspectives to investigate topics such as the impact of participation over time in physical education and sport activities on the health and development of children and youth.
Other topics being currently studied include the role of perceptions of relatedness to others in the internalization of physical activity values and behaviors in children and youth and the promotion of physical activity during adolescence by bringing together school, family, and community resources.
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Adapted Physical Activity
The graduate program broadly emphasizes motor learning, control, performance, and development of persons with developmental disabilities. Developmental disabilities include those with autism, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and coordination problems. Most research is applied in nature to real world physical activity settings, but with a clear theoretical foundation.
Specifically, the research lines of inquiry have two main thrusts:
 - Motor Behavior of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Studies have investigated the motor development and skills of individuals with autism, motor planning, physical activity leisure interests, aspirations as viewed by parents, and the benefits of a variety of instructional interventions.
 - Motor Learning and performance of Children with Developmental Disabilities: These studies have explored skill acquisition of children who have coordination difficulties from a cognitive psychology perspective; more specifically self-regulation while learning a motor task. Self-determination models have guided several research projects including a Pictorial Motivation Scale, a study of choice making, and a scale to investigate the use of self-determination techniques by physical education teachers.
MA Admission Requirements
Sport and Exercise Psychology
What is Sport and Exercise Psychology?
In Canada, Sport and Exercise Psychology is an interdisciplinary field that is acknowledged as a core discipline within Kinesiology and Physical Education programs. Sport and Exercise Psychology involves the scientific study of people and their behaviours in sport and exercise contexts and the practical applications of that knowledge.
Most people study sport and exercise psychology with two objectives in mind: (1) to understand how psychological and social factors influence an individual's behavioural outcomes (e.g., sport performance, exercise motivation) and (2) to understand how participation in sport and exercise influences psychological and social development, health, and well-being (Weinberg & Gould, 1999).
Sport and exercise psychology can be applied to a broad population base, such as elite or recreational athletes, youth, physically and/or mentally disabled, older adults, and chronic disease.
Why Sport and Exercise Psychology at McGill?
Since Sport and Exercise Psychology are regarded as two separate sub-disciplines, McGill University offers distinct concentrations within the graduate degree. A graduate degree in either sport or exercise psychology will help prepare you for a range of truly stimulating career options in teaching, research, coaching, consulting, and/or application of knowledge to the field of kinesiology and exercise science.
McGill University is situated in the downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which is a major cosmopolitan city. McGill is rated among the top universities in the world, and Kinesiology and Physical Education is a multidisciplinary department with internationally-recognized faculty. McGill's graduate program in Sport and Exercise Psychology (M.A., Ph.D.) can offer you a number of distinct advantages, including development and strengthening of knowledge and skills in your interest areas through strong faculty mentoring. In addition, a 5:1 student-faculty ratio will ensure that you will receive personalized attention. Finally, advising focused on the selection of courses, research topics, and practicum experiences will help advance your career goals.
Sport Psychology Emphasis focuses on coaching psychology, youth involvement and development, sport-specific personality, motivation, arousal, anxiety, stress, aggression, group cohesion, psychological skills, and gender issues.
Exercise Psychology Emphasis focuses on exercise and physical activity issues associated with epidemiology, barriers and motives, social influences and social support, community, group, and individual interventions, self-esteem, body image, stress and coping, emotional well-being, quality of life, and special populations.
MA Admission Requirements in Sports and Exercise Psychology


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Exploring an ordinary differential equation (v10016)
- Differential Equation
This applet displays the direction field and solutions for an ordinary differential equation (ODE), and calculates approximate solutions using Euler's method.
Enter the ODE in the textbox for. Set the initial condition by dragging the point or entering values in the textboxes. Click 'Show solution' to display the solution of the ODE subject to the given initial condition. Click 'Show direction field' to display the direction field for the ODE. What is the relationship between the direction field and the solution curve? Click 'Show Euler method approximation' to approximate the solution using Euler's method. Set the step size using the slider or textbox. The curve produced by Euler's method is shown in blue, and the calculated values are shown in the spreadsheet on the right. How does the approximation (blue) compare to the exact solution (green)?


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Vibrating plane wings may delay stalling
Making aircraft wings buzz could one day save lives or lead to more efficient aircraft, says an aerospace engineer.
Experiments suggest it would reduce the chance of small aircraft stalling.
For a plane to stay in the sky, lift pushing upwards must counteract the plane's weight pushing downwards.
Pilots control this by changing the angle of the wing according to how fast the plane's going. The slower the plane is, the higher the wing angle needed to lift the plane.
But below a certain speed, the angle required for the lift will cause a condition known as stalling where the lift force disappears and, if the pilot doesn't do something, the aircraft can plunge nose-first towards the ground.
Pilots are taught how to handle stalling by pointing the planes nose slightly downwards until it picks up enough speed to generate the lift it needs to climb higher again.
Stalling is not a problem for an average jumbo but statistics show that smaller planes are more likely to stall.
And they are most likely to stall when they are at their slowest when they are taking off and landing.
Unfortunately this is also the most dangerous time to stall because there is not much space between the plane and the ground.
Salmon says a report by the US Federal Aviation Administration concludes around 25% of all fatalities in small planes are related to stalling.
Singing the wings
Decades ago researchers had shown that blasting an aircraft wing with sound could help delay the conditions that cause stalling, says Salmon.
Stalling occurs when air stops flowing smoothly over the wing surface.
Experiments in wind tunnels have previously shown that air flows smoothly over a wing at higher angles if the wing's surface is bathed in sound from a huge speaker pointed at it.
"Obviously that is not very practical for an aircraft in flight," says Salmon.
So he decided to integrate the sound source into the wing.
He installed a panel of silver-coated plastic film that expands and contracts when an alternating current is applied to it.
"Kind of like the skin of a drum," says Salmon.
This barely audible buzzing sound was able to delay the conditions that cause stalling.
Tests have only been carried out in a wind tunnel at this stage but Salmon calculates that a plane with the panels would be able to tilt its wing by up to 5° more, equating to 22% more lift at the same speed.
He says his invention is better than existing devices used to delay stalling because it is lighter and adds no drag force.
While acoustic excitation, as it is known, could be used to make small aircraft safer, it could also be used to reduce the size of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), says Salmon.
Rather than getting 22% more lift, a plane wing fitted with his panels could be made 22% smaller, he says.
"If you are not too worried about enhancing the safety, you could use it to enhance the efficiency."
Salmon did his research at the University of New South Wales as part of a Qantas-sponsored aerospace engineering degree and presented it at a aerodynamics conference in the US last year.


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First occurrence of Dissakisite-(Ce) and Jamborite in New York (12.01.12)
Dissakisite-(Ce) - Ca(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)2Si3O12(OH) - the magnesium analogue of the more common allanite (Ce), was found in a specimen from the Henry Rudy Farm, in Orange County. It occurs as millimeter-size pink crystals associated with chondrodite, spinel, and phlogopite in marble (Franklin Marble). To our knowledge, this is the first reported occurrence of this mineral in North America.
Jamborite, (Ni2+Ni3+Co, Fe)(OH)2(OH,S,H2O), was found in a specimen from Antwerp, Jefferson County. It occurs as green sub millimeter-size crystals in a cavity in quartz. This is the third occurrence of this mineral in the USA.


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Calico Scallop Dissected
Like other bivalves, the two valves, or shells, of the calico
scallop are secreted by the thin tissue called the mantle. These
valves are joined at the hinge by a ligament, and connected by a
cylindrical muscle. By contracting this muscle, the scallop can
open and close the two shells.
Calico scallops are hermaphroditic organisms with both male and
female reproductive organs. In the image above the "ripe" gonad
contains the orange eggs and white sperm.
Image Credit: FWC


To support SSO on an instant-cloned VM in a Horizon 7 Linux desktop environment, configure Samba on the master Linux VM on an Ubuntu system.
Use the following steps to use Samba to offline domain join an instant-cloned Linux desktop to Active Directory on an Ubuntu system.
 1. On your master Linux VM, install the winbind and samba packages, including any other dependent libraries such as smbfs and smbclient.
 2. Install the Samba tdb-tools package using the following command.
 sudo apt-get install tdb-tools
 3. Install Horizon 7 Agent for Linux.
 4. Edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf configuration file so that it has content similar to the following example.
 security = ads
 realm = LAB.EXAMPLE.COM
 workgroup = LAB
 idmap uid = 10000-20000
 idmap gid = 10000-20000
 winbind enum users = yes
 winbind enum group = yes
 template homedir = /home/%D/%U
 template shell = /bin/bash
 client use spnego = yes
 client ntlmv2 auth = yes
 encrypt passwords = yes
 winbind use default domain = yes
 restrict anonymous = 2
 5. Edit the /etc/krb5.conf configuration file so that it has content similar to the following example..
 default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM
 krb4_config = /etc/krb.conf
 krb4_realms = /etc/krb.realms
 kdc_timesync = 1
 ccache_type = 4
 forwardable = true
 proxiable = true
 kdc =
 your-domain = EXAMPLE.COM
 .your-domain = EXAMPLE.COM
 6. Edit the /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file, as shown in the following example.
 passwd: files winbind
 group: files winbind
 shadow: files winbind
 gshadow: files
 7. Verify that the host name is correct and that the system date and time are synchronized with your DNS system.
 8. Set the following option in the /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf file to inform the Horizon Agent for Linux that the Linux VM is domain joined using the Samba method.
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The United States' National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed across the nation on the third Friday of September each year. Americans take this time to remember prisoners of war (POW) and recognize those who are still missing in action (MIA).
Many veterans organizations commemorate this day by setting an extra space at an empty table and saying a few words of remembrance. Known as the "POW/MIA Table Ceremony", it reminds us that we can "Never Forget" the soldiers of America who have not come home:
-As you entered the dining area this evening, you may have noticed a small table in the place of honor near our head table. It is set for one.
The military caste is filled with symbolism. This table is our way of symbolizing the fact that the members of our profession of arms are missing from our midst.
They are commonly called, POW/MIA. We call them brothers. They are unable to be with us this evening and so we remember them because of their incarceration.
- This table set for one is small, symbolizing the frailty of one prisoner alone against his oppressors. Remember!
- The tablecloth is white, symbolizing the purity of their intentions to respond to their country's call to arms. Remember!
- The single rose displayed in a vase reminds us of the families and loved ones of our comrades-in-arms who kept the faith awaiting their return. Remember!
- The red ribbon tied so prominently on the vase is reminiscent of the red ribbon worn upon the lapel and breasts of thousands who bear witness to their unyielding determination to demand a proper accounting of our missing. Remember!
- A slice of lemon is on the bread plate to remind us of their bitter fate. Remember!
- There is salt upon the bread plate symbolic of families' tears as they wait. Remember!
- The glass is inverted, they cannot toast with us this night. Remember!
- The chair, the chair is empty, they are not here. Remember!"
The National League of Families' POW/MIA flag symbolizes the United States' resolve to never forget POWs or those who served their country in conflicts and are still missing.
Newt Heisley designed the flag. The flag's design features a silhouette of a young man, which is based on Mr Heisley's son, who was medically discharged from the military. As Mr Heisley looked at his returning son's gaunt features, he imagined what life was for those behind barbed wire fences on foreign shores. He then sketched the profile of his son as the new flag's design was created in his mind.
The flag features a white disk bearing in black silhouette a man's bust, a watch tower with a guard on patrol, and a strand of barbed wire. White letters "POW" and "MIA", with a white five-pointed star in between, are typed above the disk. Below the disk is a black and white wreath above the motto "You Are Not Forgotten" written in white, capital letters.
The POW/MIA flag can be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Patriot Day and Veterans Day. The POW/MIA flag can be seen displayed on these memorial holidays and remembrance days at State Capitols, the White House, the Korean War Veterans Memorial the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, national cemeteries, various government buildings, and major military installations.


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Law Enforcement and Society
Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons of the Holocaust is a one day training run by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), that highlights the core values of American law enforcement and their unique role as protectors of the Constitution and individual rights.
The program was initially created in 1998 at the request of Washington's former Police Chief Charles Ramsey. Since then, more than 60,000 law enforcement professionals have participated in the program. Participating agencies now include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Drug Enforcement Administration, among others.
In 2007, ADL received the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award in recognition of LEAS, and the ongoing partnership between the ADL and FBI.
Article published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on LEAS
Article published by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on LEAS


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This iReport is part of an assignment:
Fight, Bleed, Die - Equality? No
- hhanks, CNN iReport producer
We are in a new era or so we are told. It was evident during Monday's inaugural speech by President Barack Obama accepting the trust of the US of A for a second term. The President made history by use of the term "gay" twice during his address to the nation. He also placed the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in New York City, reputed to be the start of the gay rights movement, on the same footing with the civil rights milestones of Seneca Falls for women's rights and the Selma March for African-American rights.
Yet, as historic and how flourishing the rhetoric, which placed the fight by the GLBT for equality in America by the President on the front page, it does not match up to the reality on the ground.
Out military service members may now openly fight in wars and battles deemed in the national interest. Out members may now bleed to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States. Out gay and lesbian military personel may die to ensure our freedoms guaranteed under the Bill of Rights. But when it comes to legal same-gender spouses having the same rights, benefits and privileges as those of opposite-gender spouses, the military and Department of Defense says, "No."
Yes, thanks to President Obama, unlike when I was in the Air Force, men and women no longer have to keep their sexuality in the "closet". Being out and proud is no longer an impediment to service to the nation. But, as many news reports attest in the last week and lawsuits filed in federal court over the last year, equality is still not a reality for out service members and their legal same-gender spouses.
Unlike opposite-gender spouses, same-gender spouses cannot recieve a military identification card. Same-gender spouses are denied medical benefits and cannot seek treatment at military hospitals. Same-gender couples cannot receive housing allowances offered to opposite-gender couples. From medical benefits, access to clubs and associations, base commissary privileges and so much more, these are denied to the loved ones who are legally wed same-gender spouses.
The Army cites that the Uniform Code of Military Justice does not provide for an exception for sexual orientation in the anti-discrimination statute. The Marine Corps by contrast, when it comes to clubs and associations, is pressing those civilian, but military support organizations, to open the doors to same-gender spouses if those associations want to continue to meet and operate on base.
The Department of Defense has come out in defense of the Army's stand.
While the President talks about acceptance and furtherance of equality for same-gender couples, he has not proposed legislation to change the UCMJ. The President has not sent any guidance to the DOD to allow or provide for equality of same-gender spouses.
Talk is fine, but it is action that matters.
The President's Administration has dropped defending the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court. But at the same time, the President has not sent legislation to Congress to repeal DOMA. The President continues to allow his departments to discriminate against same-gender couples across the nation even in states where same-gender couples enjoy legal status.
The Supreme Court in March will take on DOMA. How the Court rules may either advance equality or will push the fight for equality back for a decade or more.
It is time for more than just lofty speeches. It is time for action to ensure that all Americans are treated equally and fairly under the law.
From the Cornfield, while I still believe whether to grant legal status to same-gender and opposite-gender couples falls under states rights and authority, the federal government has no business denying equality especially after a state has granted that equality. It is time for a lot less talk and a lot more action from President Obama on the federal level and especially with same-gender military spouses.
If our out military members can fight, bleed and die for our country, their loved ones, those spouses keeping the home fires burning deserve to be treated equally under the law.


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Here are today's five thing to know about Homemade Soup:
Also: African Heritage & Health Week
- Women are more than twice as likely to eat soup as men, 9.67% vs. 4.0%.
- The Middle English word soupen meant "to drink in sips", which is how most soups were consumed. The words "soup," "supper," "sip," and "sop" are derived from this term.
- Andy Warhol(who's real name was Andrew Warhola) is famous for his Campbell 's soup can art of the 1960's. Did you know his first works sold for around 100 dollars? Today they sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- We 'eat' and don't drink soup. In most cultures, soup is had as a part of the meal. According to etiquette experts, since we consume soup with a spoon as opposed to sipping it from a bowl, we 'eat' it.
- The word soup is of Sanskrit origin! It is derived from the…
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The Complex Call of the Carolina Chickadee
What can the chick-a-dee call teach us about communication and language?
If you live in North America, Europe or Asia near a forest, suburban open woodlands or even an urban city park, chances are you have heard a member of the avian family Paridae—the chickadees, tits and titmice. Birds use calls to communicate with their flockmates, and most parids share a unique call system, the chick-a-dee call. The call has multiple notes that are arranged in diverse ways. The resulting variation is extraordinary: The chick-a-dee call is one of the most complex signaling systems documented in nonhuman animal species.
Much research on the chick-a-dee call has considered Carolina chickadees, Poecile carolinensis, a species common in the southeastern United States. We focus on this species here, but we also compare findings from other parids. We discuss how the production and reception of these calls may be shaped over individual development, and also how ecological and evolutionary processes may affect call use. Finally, we raise some key questions that must be addressed to unravel some of the complexities of this intriguing signaling system. Increased understanding of the processes and pressures affecting chick-a-dee calls might tell us something important about what drives signaling complexity in animals, and it may also help us understand the evolution of that most complex vocal system, human language.
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The US DOT, PHMSA, and FRA have taken action on multiple fronts to address the safe transport of flammable liquids by rail. The following is a summary of actions taken to date:
- USDOT emergency actions require railroads transporting crude to notify state emergency response commissions and urges use of tank cars with highest integrity.
- On March 6, 2014, USDOT issued an Amended Emergency Order to provide further clarity for shippers and offerors of crude oil, and to prevent attempts to circumvent requirements concerning the safe transport of crude oil by rail.
- USDOT issued an Emergency Order requiring stricter standards to transport crude oil by rail.
- PHMSA launched Operation Classification in North Dakota's Bakken Region to verify that shippers and rail carriers are properly classifying crude oil in accordance with Federal regulations.
- FRA issued Emergency Order 28, establishing additional requirements for attendance and securement of certain freight trains and vehicles to prevent unintended movement. PHMSA and FRA also issue a joint safety advisory detailing a list of recommendations railroads are expected to follow.
- PHMSA and FRA issued a joint safety advisory reiterating the importance of proper characterization, classification, and selection of a packing group for flammable liquids, and the corresponding requirements in the Federal hazardous materials regulations for safety and security planning.
- PHMSA issued a Safety Alert warning of the variability in crude oil's chemical composition, requiring proper testing to ensure the material is properly classified and its hazards characterized prior to transport.
- PHMSA continues to review formal public comments on the September 6, 2013 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposed improved safety requirements for DOT 111 rail tanks cars and other improvements related to rail safety.


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Lewis Edison Waterman
Born November 20 1837 – Died May 1 1901
Patent No. 293,545
Lewis Waterman invented a superior fountain pen that made inkwells and dip
Waterman improved on earlier fountain pen designs by including a nib and
feed mechanism that produced a steady flow of ink. He founded the Ideal
Pen Company (later the L.E. Waterman Company) in New York in 1884, to
manufacture his pen while he continued to improve its design. In
addition to being functionally superior, Waterman pens were
well-balanced and aesthetically pleasing; some had gold and silver
overlays, others were studded with gems. A Waterman pen won the Medal of
Excellence at the Paris World Exposition in 1900.
By 1901, Waterman was selling 1,000 pens per day. They remained popular
until the Great Depression made them an impractical luxury for many.
After World War II, disposable ballpoint pens came to dominate the
industry. Nonetheless, high-quality Waterman fountain pens are still
made today in a wide variety of styles.
Waterman was born in Decatur, New York. With only five years of
schooling, he worked as a teacher, carpenter, and book salesman before
becoming an insurance agent. He is said to have vowed to invent a better
writing instrument when an inferior pen leaked on an important insurance
contract, delaying him long enough that he lost the client.


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Have you ever wondered about the process of world building for a paranormal romance? Most paranormal romances are set in the contemporary world that looks an awful lot like our own with a few exceptions. The twist in most paranormal romances is the presence of the paranormal. That requires a certain amount of world building.
Understanding the Rules
Readers and writers have one thing in common where new worlds are concerned. They need to understand the rules of that world. In Twilight, for example, vampires are created when one vampire bites a human and injects venom. If the human survives the venom's effects, they become a vampire. If not, they die. No matter whether they transform or die, the process is excruciating and takes about 48 to 72 hours. This is important information for the audience because it's a different take on the creation of the vampire.
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the blood swap between vampire and victim is necessary and the victim must die. Then you wait to see if they rise again. Apparently, it doesn't always happen. However, when the victim rises as a vampire, they are not that person as a vampire, instead the soul is gone and a demon moves in. Again, this is important information for the audience to know because it establishes the rules for that world.
In Willow Bend, the wolves can turn humans, but it takes more than one bite and not every turn is successful. The wolf doing the turn must bite the human several times, it's an intimate connection. The human will seemingly get sick as the change runs through them, and eventually they will be turned. Even with the bites, it's important that an emotional connection exists so the wolf turning them can help them transition. Typically the wolves will only turn their mates.
Supernatural Out in the Open
In both of those examples, the supernatural elements are "secret" from the world at large. When you bring the supernatural out into the world, you open up a completely new can of worms. For Nancy Holzner's Deadtown this means cordoning off part of Boston as the "deadtown" and giving Massachusetts the "Monster"chusetts nickname as well as making those supernatural creatures fight for their rights.
In Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson series, the openness of the fae communities led to new laws and reservations. When the werewolves came out, the subsequent society fall out is also documented. In both cases, their own laws and bodies of order govern each of these "paranormal or supernatural" societies.
In Holzner's work, this is a three-person council made up of a vampire, a werewolf and a witch. In Briggs' world, the Grey Lords oversee the Fae while Bran as Marrok rules the werewolves. While each of these drops of information are not always vital to understanding the actual story or don't impact the direct story being told, they are important to adding texture to the world.
In the Wolves of Willow Bend, each Alpha is responsible for their territory and their pack while the Enforcers look after the Lone Wolves who live outside of the packs. Understanding the power each Alpha wields is important particularly when we learn the Italian Alpha Salvatore rules over other Alphas in his country. Yet these wolves still maintain their privacy. Some humans know, but they don't advertise.
Understanding the Worlds Being Built
Almost everyone can name the President of the United States at any given time if they live in the U.S. Not everyone can name the Prime Minister of Britain. Probably even fewer can name the heads of state in France, Germany, Belgium and Japan much less in other parts of the world. These details aren't "important" to our day-to-day lives. Yet when we are telling a story set in any of these places, those details are important.
When you visit another culture whether it's through a book set in a contemporary world or a fantasy setting, you need to have enough information to navigate that world, but not so much that you drown in an encyclopedia entry. Most writers will eventually create a detailed "bible" of their world – think the guide to the realm of Wizarding in Harry Potter where you learn all the ins and outs of the Ministry of Magic. Small drops of that will appear in the works, the parts the readers need to know to make their way while they are visiting. The more time we spend in that world, the more we learn.
Therefore, when it comes to world building, paranormal authors have a lot to think about and paranormal readers are our best tourists. They don't just read the road signs, they check out the sights too.
What are some of your favorite details in the worlds you have visited recently?
The Italian Alpha, Salvatore Esposito, crossed an ocean and dared to venture into unfriendly territory to hunt for his missing sister in Willow Bend. He'll do anything to get her back, even if it means he must resist chasing the fierce enforcer who wakens his primal beast…anything.
As an enforcer, Margo Montgomery monitors the lone wolves. She is in the middle of investigating missing wolves from multiple territories when the order comes in to escort the Salvatore to Willow Bend. There's bad blood between her and the current Alpha of Willow Bend, but they soon discover a new danger—a lone wolf gone rogue.
Now Margo must hunt the rogue—a pursuit made all the more dangerous because it becomes readily apparent the rogue they seek isn't alone and Salvatore refuses to be left behind—not when wolves are vanishing without a trace…


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Lewisville Leader > News
Students take part in mock voting
From staff reports
On Election Day 2012, while citizens across the country head to the polls to a cast their votes, thousands of Lewisville ISD students headed to the polls too. District officials said a presidential election year is a good opportunity for elementary through high school students to learn about the election process and many campuses have capped off the learning opportunity with mock presidential elections.
At the elementary level, students learned the basics: what voting is, who the candidates are, the primary political parties and more. After learning the basics, students began to learn the voting process they will take part in as adults through participation in a mock election.
"This is a great opportunity to start not only telling, but also showing our students what it means to have the right to vote," Hedrick Elementary Principal Trish Cuckler said.
Lewisville High School (LHS) Main, Harmon and Killough campuses learned more about the details of the election. In preparation for the triad's (LHS Main, Harmon, Killough) mock presidential election, sponsored by the LHS Junior State of America and Student Council, students produced a mock presidential debate video to help inform their target voters, students.
"For our students, especially those at main campus who are 18 or close to 18, it's important to study the candidates and issues," LHS Main Principal Jeffrey Kajs said. "If they aren't already eligible to vote, they will be in the next four years and we want to be sure they are prepared to do their research and make informed decisions. Our mock debate and election allows students to have a real-world experience with the process."
Though students at LHS are taking the presidential election seriously, eighth-graders in Amanda Vara's Pre-AP U.S. history class at Durham Middle School (DMS) have been learning about the election process and working on a complex mock presidential election campaign they dubbed "Dragon Elections" since early October.
With Vara's support, students took initiative to target voters at DMS and beyond.
"Our election started out as... a fun way for students to solve a real-world problem," student Justin Pilgreen said. "The problem posed is this: Only 49 percent of 18- to 24-year-old adults voted in the 2008 presidential election. Our job has been to get more people in that age group to vote in this election. We're doing this by simulating the election and voting process at our own school."
The students divided in to Rock the Vote, electoral college, mock election, mock debate, video and documentation and community and communications committees. Each committee did in-depth work to find ways to encourage students to vote, inform them about past elections, learn about the electoral college, research the candidates' plans, create a comprehensive website and reach out to the community to spread their message.
"My class is working hard to conduct the election as close to the real thing as possible," Vara said. "They even developed an electoral college system for our campus and, in order to vote, DMS students must use their student ID card number to access an electronic ballot hosted on our school's website."
The electoral college system developed by Vara's students apportioned votes based on enrollment in social studies classes by teacher. The candidate who won the popular vote in each class received all of the electoral votes allowed for that particular class.
Dragon Elections allowed early voting before and after school and, like in the real world, students had to find time during their day to vote. The school's mock election was held on Election Day, a day where some LISD campuses serve as polling places for the actual election.
"Look. The grownups get to do a mock election too," one Creekside Elementary first-grader said.


9 Types of Guerrilla Marketing Your Company Can Adopt
Street marketing for a smoothie business
Ever since guerrilla marketing was introduced as a viable concept in the 1980s, it has grown from a fringe approach of engaging with customers to one of the most flexible tools in the arsenal of a modern marketing team.
Yet one of the reasons that it has become so successful is the same reason it can be hard to teach – its ever-adaptable nature. With this in mind, we've put together a list of the nine different types of guerrilla marketing, to illustrate just how diverse this approach can be.
What Is Guerrilla Marketing?
Before we dive in, though, it's necessary to take a moment to pin down precisely what is meant by guerrilla marketing. At its core, it is about utilising a low-cost marketing approach, often combined with high levels of creativity and spontaneity, and hoping for an outsized outcome.
This is one of the main appeals of guerrilla marketing for teams with smaller budgets. Traditional marketing, such as media buying or aggressive sales tactics, requires a significant investment of capital to carry out. In contrast, a well-executed guerrilla marketing campaign can yield better results from a much lower initial investment.
Guerrilla marketing is also perfect for digital channels, too – particularly social media. If an idea has the potential to be shared on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, then it has the potential to go viral and create huge exposure for your brand.
Types of Guerrilla Marketing
With this in mind, let's take a brief look at some of the most effective forms of guerrilla marketing.
1. Ambient
Perhaps the most popular approach in this sphere is ambient marketing. It works in a similar way to traditional offline advertisements, such as in a magazine or on television, by placing an attention-grabbing object or image in a highly visible area.
The main difference is that the message in question is placed somewhere unexpected, within the context of an environment that is not a typical space for advertising. The best ambient marketing campaigns make a lasting impression on potential consumers while enhancing the environment they modify.
Jeep and McDonald's have both utilised this approach to significant effect in recent years.
2. Wild Posting
Not altogether dissimilar from regular flyer posting, this technique also takes its cue from a more traditional form of advertising. However, wild posting uses striking visuals and repetition to help its message become more noticeable and more likely to elicit a reaction.
The secret of a successful wild posting campaign is to add positive colour and texture to an otherwise drab urban setting, thereby enhancing the space. With these aesthetic improvements in place, you can use the material to draw attention to whatever product, event or brand your company wants to promote – although you should be careful not to damage or adversely affect the environment.
3. Reverse Graffiti
Another innovative approach to exposing your brand's message is by using reverse graffiti. Despite the sometimes-negative connotations of graffiti as a recognised art form, this approach can work as it uses nonpermanent paint or dye (and, indeed, often covers up existing tags).
This technique gives your advertising the impact of street art without the legal ramifications of permanent tags. While it may seem like a risky tactic, it has been successfully used by big-name brands such as Coca-Cola and Telekom in various European markets. Alternatively, it can be a superb way to reach your target demographic if your brand is designed to be edgy and rebellious.
4. Undercover
One of the more controversial types of guerrilla marketing, this approach consists of making a sales pitch to a consumer without them realising that they have been pitched to. Also referred to as buzz marketing, the most effective deployments of undercover marketing involve creating a stir around something and then hoping it transfers to a real community of consumers.
Of course, if your marketing team decides to pursue this tactic, then they need to ensure that they are doing so in a way that is both legal and ethical. Even if your advertisements have the best intentions at heart, the results can be disastrous – both reputationally and legally – if they run afoul of public perception. Perhaps you remember the Fyre Festival, after all?
5. Grassroots
Arguably, this is a much more palatable approach to creating buzz for a new product; it involves a little more work but, if done right, can yield much better results, too. A grassroots guerrilla marketing campaign focuses on winning over blocs of customers one by one and hoping that their enthusiasm will carry over to a larger stage.
It is worth remembering that while effective, a good grassroots campaign is ultimately a slow burner. However, on the flipside, empowering individuals to advocate for your brand will yield better results for a much longer period. If you are confident that your vision statement is something that a committed group of followers can get behind, a grassroots campaign is a great way to pursue your marketing plans.
6. Ambush
One of the more ambitious guerrilla marketing tactics, ambush marketing occurs when a company interrupts an event with its own message. This has two effects – it forces someone who may be a competitor to share its platform and creates a memorable diversion that can help drive attention to your brand.
However, much like undercover advertising, ambush marketing is a high-risk, high-reward strategy. Interrupting a large event, such as a widely-viewed sporting occasion, will certainly put your brand on the front page, but it can also put it in significant legal jeopardy – especially if other sponsors have pre-existing agreements in place with the event organisers. If your marketing team comes up with a great ambush marketing opportunity, then you shouldn't discount it – but you should certainly make sure that your legal team is consulted prior to any potential fallout from the event, as Dutch beer company Bavaria found out at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
7. Stealth
Stealth marketing is, for want of a better term, the more 'accepted' version of undercover marketing. It is essentially a sophisticated version of product placement, where a company uses products branded with its logo in a realistic setting to improve recognition.
There are multiple ways to enact a successful stealth marketing campaign, although the level of exposure will generally be equivalent to the amount of money you have to spend on it. Getting your company's logo in a movie or television series, for instance, will probably cost your marketing team a significant portion of its overall budget. Therefore, it's better to look for local opportunities that might help increase your visibility within your community, professional or otherwise.
8. Experiential
This approach focuses on providing your potential customers with an experience that they can interact with. Indeed, the best approach to experiential marketing is one that will provide your customers with a memorable situation and connect them with something that symbolises your brand.
To create a strong experiential marketing opportunity, you need to identify a good location to interact with your customer base, and then design an activity that will leave a lasting impression. This could be a sporting event, a fair or even a convention. Once you have identified the event, your marketing team needs to design an experience that connects it all together.
The 'flash mob' craze of several years ago is a good example of experiential guerrilla marketing in action.
9. Viral
While there is an argument to be made that all forms of guerrilla marketing are viral to a certain extent, the concept is important enough to warrant discussion. Essentially, when creating guerrilla marketing materials, you are striving to make them worthy of being discussed. Strong visuals, intriguing content and attention-grabbing execution all help to create sharable content that will do the work of marketing itself.
Therefore, when you are creating your campaigns, try to make them fun, daring and original. Avoid anything that might disturb the law or your core consumers and, with a little effort, your content will help spread your brand and increase sales.
Of course, these are just some of the ways in which you can craft an effective guerrilla marketing campaign, but by the concept's very definition, there is nothing stopping you from innovating and creating an entirely new way of getting noticed. The important thing is that you grab the imagination of your potential customers and do something that is different enough to make you stand out from your competitors. Just make sure you stay on the right side of the law in the process!


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Empowering University Students Through Online Multiple Choice Questions
Editors: Chova, L.G., Martinez, A.L. and Torres, I.C.
Start date: 14 November 2016
Publisher: IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION A& DEVELOPMENT, LAURI VOLPI 6, VALENICA, BURJASSOT 46100, SPAIN
The benefit of using online multiple choice questions (MCQs) to test knowledge acquisition, provide reassurance to learners that required knowledge has be understood and as a tool to detect knowledge deficits or misunderstanding have long been understood. Moving the MCQ online provides an opportunity to widen access, measure participation and interaction and to test the use of theories such as gamification in raising engagement by students. Aim of this paper is to describe how Bournemouth University developed, integrated and operated the MCQ application, Peerwise, to enhance the engagement and learning of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the context of flipped class environment. Using Peerwise, students create MCQs that are answered, rated and commented on by other students. Trophies awarded for contribution, feedback and usage ensure there is interest in the ranking tables and encourage higher levels of participation. Fielding's student as researcher concept is applicable here as students can use this tool to bring about radical change in their learning. The traditional tutor – student relationship is often seen as a demotivator for students whereas Peerwise replaces this with self-regulated learning and a more flexible model that can be accessed at any time, from anywhere and which, crucially, gives immediate feedback and explanations. Issues surrounding the length of time taken to provide feedback and the utility of that feedback are instantly overcome. This personalised and empowering approach enables students to develop their knowledge appropriately as they undertake individual transformations.
Bournemouth University embedded Peerwise in UG units. In line with previous studies Peerwise is found to be beneficial. After the successful trial, Bournemouth University has widened the use of MCQ through a staff-student co-creation project to generate university-wide question repositories that can be quickly and easily embedded in most taught units and which can also be used to give tutors experience and confidence in using a new technology-based learning tool and in this way to develop their own digital literacy. Peerwise allows improving student engagement by empowering students to regulate own learning processes.


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Partnerships between institutions from developed and underdeveloped countries could improve treatment of children with cancer even in areas of the world that have limited resources, according to St. Jude
The emergence of cancer as a major cause of death among children in developing regions of the world is not being adequately addressed by national or international health organizations and charities, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This growing rate of pediatric cancer is occurring as the number of children dying from infectious diseases is being reduced through the efforts of the World Health Organization and international charities, the researchers say.
Health care organizations and charities have traditionally focused on relatively inexpensive strategies for combating infectious diseases, said Ching-Hon Pui, M.D., director of the Leukemia/Lymphoma Division at St. Jude and American Cancer Society F.M. Kirby clinical research professor. This decision has left many children with cancer in much of the developing regions of Asia, South and Central America, Africa and the Middle East without access to effective medical treatment, he added. Pui is a co-author of an editorial on the geographical inequality of pediatric cancer treatment that appears in the May 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
"More than 60 percent of the world's children have little or no access to effective cancer therapy," Pui said. "And their survival rates are very inferior to rates in countries with advanced health care systems. However, the World Health Organization and many international charities don't even list chronic diseases, including cancer, as health priorities on their agendas."
The increasing pediatric cancer death rate in countries with limited resources is especially tragic because strategies exist that could be used to ensure wider access to effective cancer treatment, according to Raul C. Ribeiro, M.D., director of the St. Jude International Outreach Program and another co-author of the editorial. The authors note that one of the most effective strategies is a cooperative process between institutions, called twinning, which is already in place in Central and South America, Africa and Southeast Asia, thanks to the efforts of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology, several institutions in Europe and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. St. Jude has already assisted several developing countries in significantly improving the cure rates of leukemia—the most common childhood cancer—as well as Burkitt lymphoma, Wilms tumor, Hodgkin disease and other curable malignancies.
"We've found that recruiting local oncologists to serve as program directors gives the best results," Ribeiro said. "The recruited oncologists serve as program directors, advocates of pediatric oncology units and coordinators of training for essential cancer care providers."
The authors argue that even the low level of development that exists in some parts of the world is not an insurmountable obstacle to establishing a productive twinning relationship. A program that concentrates on education, training and the treatment of the most responsive cancers could be effective. For example, in parts of Africa it might be possible to successfully treat children who have Burkitt's lymphoma using a single drug, cyclophosphamide. Such twinning projects can be supported initially by the partner in the more affluent country, the authors say. Local charitable groups can raise funds to support an oncology program.
Another benefit of twinning would be broadening the scope of cancer research to include cases in developing countries. This would facilitate studies of the roles that genetic background, environment and lifestyle play in susceptibility to cancer and pathogenesis of particular cancers. Such studies would be easier to conduct if pediatric cancer units are created in resource-poor nations and if their development promotes international cell and tissue banks and the ability to collect long-term treatment follow-up data.
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Digital proofs are made directly from
the computer authored digital file without creating a set of films.
The digital file is the same file that will be used to create the printing
plates. The quality of digital proofs has improved to a level that is
acceptable for use as a contract proof, which is necessary as the industry
moves to a filmless workflow. Further improvements involve proofing
systems that create proofs containing halftone dots, which gives a more
accurate representation of the image to be reproduced.
When using digital systems for proofing,
be aware that the device(s) need to be color calibrated often to maintain
color accuracy, and color bars should be used on every proof.
A digital proofing process involves printing
each of the subtractive primary color components of the image (cyan,
magenta, yellow), and black on one pass through the output device to
create the full color digital proof as shown below.
Different types of digital color printers
A digital sublimation proof is the closest
of all digital proofers to the analog proofing method. Like the analog
method, the transparent colorant is transferred from a sheet or roll
(called ribbons) of clear polyester base, which has been coated with
the colorant. The ribbons are brought into contact with a receiver sheet
and varying temperatures of heat are used to transfer the colored material
in the image area to the receiver. The colorant begins as a solid and
then it is heated to become a gas. Once the colorant is on the receiver,
it cools and becomes a solid again. This procedure is completed for
each color. Most systems can transfer the colorant to the actual printing
stock either directly or as an additional step. The digital sublimation
proof system requires little maintenance and is reasonably consistent.
There are two different types of sublimation
proofers, dye sub and laser sub. The dye sub uses dyes to create the
color on the proof and the heat required in the proofing process is
supplied by a thin pointed metal stylus. The laser sub uses pigments
to create the color on the proof and a laser is used to provide the
heat that is required.
Dye Sublimation Proofers were the
first of the sublimation systems on the market. The proofs are called
Dye Subs. They utilize a series of thousands of styluses and dye based
colorants, which are relatively inexpensive and reasonably fast. The
disadvantages are: the dye colors on the proof will fade with time and
may not match the color at the press; the proofs must be viewed under
proper lighting conditions; the process has limited resolution and produces
a continuous tone effect.
Laser Sublimation Proofers are
the first of the dot oriented digital proofers. This system is much
more expensive and is slower than the dye sub system, but the quality
has been considered equal to the analog proofing system. The laser sublimation
proof system has been optimized for dot resolution and dye match to
the point where it is currently the standard. The disadvantages of this
system are that the proofs can also change color over time and they
must be viewed under proper lighting conditions.
Thermal wax printers work the same way
as the dye-sub printers except the printer ribbon is coated with colored
wax instead of using dyes. As the thermal head heats up, the wax fuses
to the paper. The thermal wax printer also prints only one process color
at a time so the paper must be fed into the printer four separate times
to produce the full color image. Thermal was printers produce a stronger
color than the ink jets, and they are much faster, but they are also
Inkjet printers range from inexpensive
desktop units suitable for letter size paper to floor units capable
of printing banners that are 36" wide and several feet long. The
ink comes in bottles containing the process colors and is sprayed from
nozzles onto the paper. Instead of printing a single row of pixels,
the ink jet printer prints a series of rows, vertically, each time it
travels across the sheet.
Some systems use six-colors to get 'photographic-quality'
output. The six-color inkjet printer add light cyan and light magenta
inks which produce more subtle flesh tones and finer color gradations
than the standard four colors.
There are several types of inkjet technology,
but the most common are drop on demand (DOD) and continuous flow. DOD
works by squirting small droplets of ink onto the paper. A continuous
flow system works with a continuous flow of very small droplets of ink
directed toward a receptor base mounted on a spinning drum. In locations
where color is not needed, the droplets are deflected and captured by
a waste collection system.
Since the proofing substrate is much
whiter and glossier than most papers, the proofs usually appear better
than the printed piece. To compensate for the paper difference, some
inkjet systems allow a simulation of the paper to be printed on the
proof, by printing the paper color with the rest of the document. Also,
some printers allow you to use the same paper that will be used for
printing the job on the press. This method of color management is called
absolute colorimetric rendering.
The inkjet printers require high-quality
coated or glossy paper for the production of photorealistic output.
The special paper that is required is composed of two layers. The base
layer is paper, and the second layer is a coating which accepts inkjet
ink. The surface must allow the ink to dry instantly during printing
to avoid smearing and ink spreading. The weight of the paper must be
heavy enough to avoid bleed through and curling, but of a weight that
can be folded and handled like regular printing stock.
The problems associated with inkjet printers
- The ink has a tendency to smudge immediately after printing.
- The proofs are not waterproof.
- They are expensive to maintain. The special coated paper required
to produce high-quality output is very expensive, and the ink cartridges
which can also be expensive need be changed often. Most systems have
one cartridge for the black ink and one cartridge for the other three
colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow). If one of the three colors runs
out before the other two, the entire cartridge must be replaced.
Laser printers and copiers use a pre-charged
drum or belt that conducts a charge when exposed to light. Toner is
magnetically attracted to the appropriate areas of the image and repelled
from others. The printer transfers the image to the paper where it is
fused by heat and pressure.
Color laser copiers, interfaced with
fast and powerful RIPs, are now being used by service bureaus, quick
printers, and design shops as a way of producing quick proofs or short-run,
variable-data digital color printing.
The thermal proofer is a high-end halftone
digital proofer that uses pigment based colors to produce exceptionally
high quality proofs. This is the fastest growing type of proofer because
it gives the closest match to the actual printing process. It is driven
by a single RIP that is also used to produce press plates.
The substrate is attached to a drum and
a donor sheet (ink sheet) is attached on the top of the substrate. An
infrared diode laser beam strikes the donor sheet and the material is
transferred from the colored donor sheet to the substrate. Since the
same RIP and laser exposure unit that creates the proof also creates
the printing plate, the proof reflects the same dot structure and angles
of the printed press sheet.
The following are factors to consider
when using digital proofs:
- Dots or no dots - many of the technologies cannot produce proofs
with halftone dots. The systems that are able to produce proofs with
halftone dots, may not produce dots that are the exact size and shape,
or at the same screen angle as those imaged on the printing plate.
With the differences in dot size and shape and screen angles, it would
be difficult to predict problems such as moiré patterns.
- Another factor is the ability to see the effects of overprinting.
- The key advantages of digital proofs over analog proofs are that
the costs can be less than half that of an analog color proof and
they are produced in much less time.
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wormhole. To use the entry code as a flag overloads it and invites confusion when your facility is ''turned off'' but you have to enter the wormhole for some reason.
Here are some sample situations handled by wormhole-eval and wormhole. Let the wormhole in question be named DEMO. Initially its status is NIL. The functions below all maintain the convention that the status is either nil or of the form (:key. lst), where :key is either :SKIP or :ENTER and lst is a true-list of arbitrary objects. But since there is no way to prevent the user from entering the DEMO wormhole interactively and doing something to the status, this convention cannot be enforced. Thus, the functions below do what we say they do, e.g., remember all the values of x ever seen, only if they're the only functions messing with the DEMO status. On the other hand, the guards of all the functions below can be verified. We have explicitly declared that the guards on the functions below are to be verified, to confirm that they can be. Guard verification is optional but wormholes (and wormhole-eval in particular) are more efficient when guards have been verified. All of the functions defined below return nil.
The examples below build on each other. If you really want to understand wormholes we recommend that you evaluate each of the forms below, in the order they are discussed.
Q. How do I create a wormhole that prints its status to the comment window?
(defun demo-status ()
 (declare (xargs :verify-guards t))
 (wormhole-eval 'demo
 '(lambda (whs)
 (prog2$ (cw "DEMO status:~%~x0~%" whs)
Note above that after printing the status to the comment window we return the new (unchanged) status whs. Had we just written the call of cw, which returns nil, the function would print the status and then set it to nil!
Q. How do I use a wormhole to collect every symbol, x, passed to the function?
(defun demo-collect (x)
 (declare (xargs :verify-guards t))
 (wormhole-eval 'demo
 '(lambda (whs)
 (make-wormhole-status whs
 (wormhole-entry-code whs)
 (if (symbolp x)
 (cons x (wormhole-data whs))
 (wormhole-data whs))))
We could have also defined this function this way:
(defun demo-collect (x)
 (declare (xargs :verify-guards t))
 (if (symbolp x)
 (wormhole-eval 'demo
 '(lambda (whs)
 (set-wormhole-data whs
 (cons x (wormhole-data whs))))
Both versions always return nil and both versions collect into the wormhole data field just the symbols x upon which demo-collect is called.
Q. How do I use demo-collect? Below is a function that maps over a list and computes its length. But it has been annotated with a call to demo-collect on every element.
 (defun my-len (lst)
 (if (endp lst)
 (+ 1
 (prog2$ (demo-collect (car lst))
 (my-len (cdr lst))))))
Thus, for example:
ACL2!>(my-len '(4 temp car "Hi" rfix))
ACL2!>(demo-status)
DEMO status:
ACL2!>
Q. How do I set the entry code to :ENTER or :SKIP according to whether name is a member-equal of the list of things seen so far? Note that we cannot check this condition outside the wormhole, because it depends on the list of things collected so far. We make the decision inside the lambda-expression. Note that we explicitly check that the guard of member-equal is satisfied by the current wormhole status, since we cannot rely on the invariant that no other function interferes with the status of the DEMO wormhole. In the case that the status is ''unexpected'' we act like the status is nil and set it to (:SKIP. NIL).
(defun demo-set-entry-code (name)
 (declare (xargs :verify-guards t))
 (wormhole-eval 'demo
 '(lambda (whs)
 (if (true-listp (wormhole-data whs))
 (if (member-equal name (wormhole-data whs))
 '(:SKIP. NIL)))
ACL2!>(demo-set-entry-code'monday)
ACL2!>(demo-status)
DEMO status:
ACL2!>(demo-set-entry-code 'rfix)
ACL2!>(demo-status)
DEMO status:
ACL2!>
Q. Suppose I want to collect every symbol and then, if the symbol has an ABSOLUTE-EVENT-NUMBER property in the ACL2 logical world, print the defining event with :pe and then enter an interactive loop; but if the symbol does not have an ABSOLUTE-EVENT-NUMBER, don't print anything and don't enter an interactive loop.
Here it is not important to know what ABSOLUTE-EVENT-NUMBER is; this example just shows that we can use a wormhole to access the ACL2 logical world, even in a function that does not take the state as an argument.
In the code below, we use wormhole instead of wormhole-eval, because we might have to access the logical world and enter an interactive loop. But for efficiency we do as much as we can inside the entry lambda, where we can check whether x is symbol and collect it into the data field of the wormhole status. Note that if we collect x, we also set the entry code to :ENTER. If we don't collect x, we set the entry code to :SKIP.
(defun collect-symbols-and-print-events (x)
 (declare (xargs :guard t))
 (wormhole 'demo
 '(lambda (whs)
 (if (symbolp x)
 (make-wormhole-status whs
 (cons x (wormhole-data whs)))
 (set-wormhole-entry-code whs :SKIP)))
; The wormhole will not get past here is unless the entry code is
; :ENTER. If we get past here, we manufacture a state, put
; x into (@ wormhole-input) and call ld in such a way that the
; first form executed is the quoted if-expression below.
 '(if (getprop (@ wormhole-input)
 'CURRENT-ACL2-WORLD (w state))
 (mv-let (col state)
 (fmt "~%Entering a wormhole on the event name ~x0~%"
 (list (cons #\0 (@ wormhole-input)))
 *standard-co* state nil)
 (declare (ignore col))
 (value nil))
 (pe (@ wormhole-input))
 (set-ld-prompt 'wormhole-prompt state)
 (value :invisible))
 (value :q))
 :ld-verbose nil
 :ld-prompt nil))
The ''first form'' (the if) asks whether the wormhole-input (i.e., x) has an ABSOLUTE-EVENT-NUMBER property. If so, it enters an er-progn to perform a sequence of commands, each of which returns an ACL2 error triple (see programming-with-state). The first form uses fmt to print a greeting. Since fmt returns (mv col state) and we must return an error triple, we embed the fmt term in an (mv-let (col state)... (value nil)). The macro value takes an object and returns a ''normal return'' error triple. The second form in the er-progn uses the ACL2 history macro pe (see pe) to print the defining event for a name. The third form sets the prompt of this read-eval-print loop to the standard function for printing the wormhole prompt. We silenced the printing of the prompt when we called ld, thanks to the :ld-prompt nil keyword option. More on this below. The fourth form returns the error triple value :invisible as the value of the first form. This prevents ld from printing the value of the first form. Since we have not exited ld, that function just continues by reading the next form from the comment window. The user perceives this as entering a read-eval-print loop. We continue in the loop until the user types :q.
On the other branch of the if, if the symbol has no ABSOLUTE-EVENT-NUMBER property, we execute the form (value :q), which is the programming equivalent of typing :q. That causes the ld to exit.
The ld special variables set in the call to wormhole and further manipulated inside the first form to ld may require explanation. By setting :ld-verbose to nil, we prevent ld from printing the familiar ACL2 banner when ld is called. If :ld-verbose nil is deleted, then you would see something like
ACL2 Version 4.0. Level 2.
Type (good-bye) to quit completely out of ACL2.
before the first form is read and evaluated.
By setting :ld-prompt to nil we prevent ld from printing the prompt before reading and evaluating the first form.
As this example shows, to use full-blown wormholes you must understand the protocol for using wormhole status to control whether a wormhole state is manufactured for ld and you must also understand programming with state and the effects of the various ld ''special variables.''
From the discussion above we see that wormholes can be