An Edwardian tiger eye discs gilt brass necklace from 1910 1920. This attractive 18-1/4" necklace has 7/8 x 9/16" carved oval tiger's eye gemstones with gilded brass links and a rosette box clasp. It is unsigned and the stones have lots of light play and shimmer. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Expedited tracked and insured parcel shipping to the U.S. starts at $20 (other spots may vary, air is higher). Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal.
A cultured pearls strand necklace with a sterling clasp from the 1950s. This fine vintage 16" long strand has 65 pearls of fine lustre and creamy yellowish/white colour. They are individually knotted and they measure around 5 mm. each. They are in excellent vintage condition with no chips, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a previous tight and professional reknotting. Vintage pearls have a far thicker nacre than modern cultured pearls, and will last a lifetime or two if properly handled. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Expedited tracked and insured parcel shipping to the U.S. starts at $21 (other spots may vary, air is higher). Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal.
A genuine 3 strand angel coral necklace with a carved coral drop from the 1980s. This wonderful and scarce necklace features three strands of genuine white and orange/pink angel hair coral 5.3 mm. beads and three baroque pearl and two gold bead spacers per strand. We haven't tested the gold but the coral tests as genuine and it is undyed and original in colour. The shortest strand is 28" and the hand carved floral drop measures 1-3/8 x 3/4". The workmanship is very fine and the drop's tiny linking coral beads are as small as 1.7 mm. This unsigned beauty is in excellent condition with no chips, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Expedited tracked and insured parcel shipping to the U.S. starts at $24 (other spots may vary, air is higher). Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal.
An Art Deco French jet and orange cut glass beaded flapper sautoir necklace with a tassel from the 1920s. No Jazz age flapper would have been complete without a necklace that moved with a tassels - people danced more at parties and weddings in that time. This one is genuine Art Deco (NOT a reproduction) and the necklace hangs 16" long not including the 5-1/8" tassel sautoir drop. The orange beads are 3/16" across with tiny black spacers and the French jet (black glass) beads include round, teardrop and oval shapes, all with facets. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs and all beads are in undamaged condition however there is some loose thread at the tassel mount and although intact it would probably be prudent to have this necklace restrung. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Expedited tracked and insured parcel shipping to the U.S. starts at $21 (other spots may vary, air is higher). Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal.
A Czech amber molded glass cubes and clear beads necklace from the 1910-20 era. This 20-5/8" long vintage beauty features graduated molded amber coloured glass cubic or square beads with impressed star decoration, interspersed with clear glass beads. The cubes range from 1/4 to 5/8" across, this necklace has a spring ring clasp and it is stamped CZECHOSLOV on the end brass loop or ring. It is in very good condition with no cracks, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than the expected minor abrasions/roughness around the extreme edges of a few of the amber beads and one larger chip (shown). All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Tracked Packet shipping to anywhere in the U.S. is $13.50 - this includes online tracking, air service and insurance up to $70. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal.
A Murano blue and gold Edwardian art glass necklace from the 1900-1910 era. This graduated beauty features clear Murano glass ball beads with copious gold highlights and turquoise and green glass jewelling. Each bead has a turquoise glass spacer and this necklace has a springring clasp. The beads range from 1/4 to 11/16" across and this beauty is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs other than some minor rubbing to the gold on a few of the beads. Please note that the stringing is a bit slack and dry from age and should be replaced. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Tracked Packet shipping to anywhere in the U.S. is $13.50 - this includes online tracking, air service and insurance up to $70. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal.
An Art Deco clear crystal graduated bicone bead glass choker necklace from about 1930. This 14" long vintage beauty features graduated clear crystal bicone shaped faceted beads ranging from 1/4" to 5/8" wide. It has a silver plated over brass box clasp and it is a classic and elegant Art Deco design, great for a 1920s flapper wedding or party. This necklace also has facetted flattened round bead spacers and it is strung on herringbone style wire chain. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than the expected minor abrasions/roughness around the extreme edges of the beads and a bit of wear to the plating on the clasp showing a bit of brass. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Tracked Packet shipping to anywhere in the U.S. is $13.50 - this includes online tracking, air service and insurance up to $70. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal.
A strand of genuine cultured pearls circa 1960s with a marked 14K yellow gold clasp and 14k ball spacers. This vintage 38-3/4" necklace has 128 cultured pearls ranging from 7 to 5.5 mm in size. the gold beads consist of one 6.5 mm, two at 4.5 mm and two at 4 mm. The pearls between the gold balls have two smaller pearls flanking three of the 7 mm. pearls, while the pearls leading to the clasp are strung with a length of 5.5 mm pearls leading to a length of 7 mm. pearls. It's a well thought out design and this strand necklace could easily be worn doubled (see image). It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs and the pearls are well-matched with a creamy silver luster with a bit of pink. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Expedited tracked and insured parcel shipping to the U.S. starts at $36 (other spots may vary, air is higher). Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal.
A fine 15-1/2" strand of 68 individually knotted cultured pearls. This necklace has a stamped 14k white gold clasp, and the pearls range from 3.5 to 7 mm. The well-matched pearls have a deep creamy white lustre and only minor surface blemishes, and this necklace is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Expedited tracked and insured parcel shipping to the U.S. starts at $23 (other spots may vary, air is higher). Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: we DO NOT accept PayPal, only VISA and MASTERCARD.
A beautiful triple strand 17" baroque pearls necklace with a large diamond-shaped 14k gold clasp claw-set with natural blue sapphires. The pearls average 6-8 mm. across, and the clasp is stamped 585 CAC. Purchased in Hong Kong approximately 25-30 years ago, this is an elegant addition to your ensemble. This item is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface tracked shipping to the U.S. starts at $25 (other spots may vary, air is higher) - tracking and insurance are included in shipping quotes. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: we DO NOT accept PayPal, only VISA and MASTERCARD.
A vintage Art Deco 17" facetted rock crystal graduated necklace c1920s. This necklace consists of crystal spacers and beads ranging from 3/16" to 5/8" wide, it has a sterling pearl strand style clasp, and it is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a bit of stretching to the stringing. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the continental U.S. starts at $6.30 (other spots may vary) - insured is higher, and mandatory on items over $85 if paid with a credit card. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. NOTE: we DO NOT accept PayPal.
A vintage c1910-20 facetted graduated genuine rock crystal 17-1/4" long necklace. This necklace has rock crystal beads ranging from 3/16 to 9/16", it has a vintage sterling silver pearl strand-type clasp and the first three beads are knotted at the clasp ends. It is on older stringing, and this necklace is in excellent vintage condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs, however, re-stringing at some point in the near future is indicated. It is on heavy quality cord, but cord is starting to stretch. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Small packet air shipping to the U.S. starts at $9.50 (other spots may vary) - insured is higher. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT accept PayPal, only VISA and MASTERCARD.
An excellent quality vintage 17-3/4" strand of graduated cultured pearls c1930s. This necklace consists of 82 cultured pearls ranging in size from 3.5 mm to 7.5 mm; the pearls are excellent quality - well matched and they have an excellent white lustre and smooth finish with thick nacre. This strand has a 10K white gold clasp, and this lovely necklace is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Expedited tracked insured shipping to the U.S. starts at $25 (other spots may vary) - insurance and tracking included in shipping quotes. Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept PayPal, only VISA and MASTERCARD.
A deep red branch coral 24-3/4" necklace with 14k yellow gold fittings. The coral is a nice rich red colour, and the pieces are subtly graduated in size, ranging from 1/4 to 1/2" long. The jump ring is stamped 14K, and this necklace is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Expedited insured air post to the US starts at $19 (other spots may vary) Items paid with a credit card will be shipped to confirmed addresses only. We do ship internationally. All of our prices are in $US. PLEASE NOTE: We do NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL.


Dr. Norman Bethune fought against injustice and suffering wherever he found it. He provided mobile blood transfusions to the wounded in the Spanish Civil War and saved countless lives with mobile medical units when the Japanese invaded China. He died a hero to the Chinese people.


Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labour, and reward will come in the next life with the benevolence of the Mayker. Newt accepts everything – that is, until Devlin arrives. Devlin starts to force Newt to ask questions, to look around, to wonder if the rules are divine or simply a way of keeping everyone under control.
Lene Kaaberbøl's spectactular series The Shamer Chronicles, a witty and chilling quest adventure into the Dead World and a fantastic new translation of one of the most popular German children's classics, this list reflects the very best stories from around the world, for our most discerning readers of all: children.
In this powerful and brilliantly original debut novel, friendship creates strength, courage is hard-won and hope is the path to freedom.
liz hyder is a writer, experienced workshop leader and multi-award-winning PR consultant in the arts. A former member of the National Youth Theatre, she has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and is currently developing several stage projects in the West Midlands. In early 2018, she won Moniack Mhor's Emerging Writer Award. Bearmouth is her debut novel.
The goldsmith and the master thief can easily be mistaken for one another, and this gets them both into and out of all kinds of trouble. From a case of mistaken identity involving the Knight of the Red Rose to the pursuit of the precious silver cups of Talamura, the brothers find themselves caught up in wild adventures that require all of their combined wisdom and cunning.
But it is not long before he understands that all that glitters is not gold: there are things going on in Liberty that Elwyn cannot ignore. Things that profoundly threaten the world he has rejected and things that he has to fight against. The Collective is a richly realised debut novel about tradition, change, the meaning of home and the struggle to be true to yourself.
tonke dragt was born in 1930 in Jakarta and her family later moved to the Netherlands. Her books have won many awards and she was knighted in 2001.
lindsey whitlock is a Midwestern writer preoccupied by places, people and how to live well. She writes from Madison, Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband and three children. The Collective is her debut novel.
'Full of passion' Julia Eccleshare, Guardian A watching face in a market crowd, a mist-shrouded figure on the moor, a haunting presence seen only when he wants to be seen. Sezuan has the Serpent Gift. With the eerie music of his flute, he can weave a web of lies and illusion to trap the keenest mind. He is also Dina's father, and he has come to claim her.
Dina has inherited her mother's gift: she is a Shamer, able to see a person's most guilty secrets just by gazing in their eyes. But sometimes her gift feels more like a curse. Nobody seems to want a friend who can see their deepest shame.
But when Dina's mother is called to Dunark Castle to uncover the truth about a terrible crime, Dina must come to terms with her power, and quickly - or let her mother fall prey to the vicious dragons of Dunark.
Dina's family set family set off in desperate flight, trying to escape Sezuan's snare. But soon, with nowhere else to turn, Dina must learn to see through her father's deceit and use her own gift against him.
Dina has the Shamer's Gift – one look into her eyes, and none can mask their guilt or hide their shame. Now even her brother, Davin, no longer dares to meet her gaze. He burns with a desire to take up the sword and avenge the crimes committed against his family.
The Dragon Lord of Dunark will stop at nothing in his persecution of Shamers, and he is determined to crush any community that shelters them. Those struggling to resist his cruel power have realised that hiding won't work any more. It's time to fight back.
But as preparations for the rebellion begin, Dina starts to have doubts – can she really be part of a plan to unleash war? There must be another way, but can she find it before her world is torn apart?
GERALD KILLINGWORTH A tense, macabre quest to save a baby sister from the Dead World Edwin really doesn't want to be a big brother. Forced to move house, start a new school and make way for this unwelcome interloper in his parents' affections, he feels like everything is chaos. But things might not be as bad as he fears, as Edwin makes an unusual pen-pal, Lanthorne, who introduces him to a strange world filled with dark secrets and thrilling adventures. This excitement seems safe until those secrets and adventures start to intrude on Edwin's life and, more worryingly, on the life of his baby sister. Can Edwin and Lanthorne work together to save Mandoline from the evil Aunt Necra? And can they figure out why Lanthorne's family is so divided, and what the terrible secret is that so many people seem to know all about but refuse to share with Edwin?
'Denmark's greatest writer' Independent Six young sisters live in the depths of the ocean, longing for the chance to see the beauty of the earth. Most eager of all is the youngest mermaid, who counts the days to her fifteenth birthday when her grandmother will allow her to rise to the surface.
Features original illustrations by the author.
Above the water she falls in love with a prince, and so begins her determined quest to join him on earth as a human. In a new translation by the acclaimed Misha Hoekstra, this is a gorgeously illustrated edition of one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairytales.
A magical winter's tale set in Mirrorworld London In the snow-covered city of Londra, young Tabetha survives by finding treasures in the mudbanks of the river Themse. On Christmas Eve, a sinister stranger asks her to keep her eyes open for a priceless, long-lost magical object: the Glass of Lead and Gold.
As word of the Glass spreads across the city, Tabetha finds hersef with some unlikely companions, not least a onearmed girl with a rather impressive soup chef. But will Tabetha discover that there are even greater fortunes to be found than the magical Glass?
cornelia funke is the highly acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord and the Reckless series, which is published by Pushkin. Born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. Her books have now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 37 languages.
josé mauro de vasconcelos (1920– 84) was a Brazilian writer who worked as a sparring partner for boxers, as a labourer on a banana farm, and a fisherman before he started writing at the age of 22. He is most famous for his autobiographical novel, My Sweet Orange Tree.
Tom and Augusta are from different places and different times, but they meet in a virtual world to combine forces in battle, to save a kingdom, escape a web of deceit and to find love. In a place where fictions can be truths and truths fictions, learning who to trust is about more than friendship, it is about survival.
As the Second World War approaches its end, the Netherlands are still under Nazi control and any acts of resistance are punishable by death. But when sixteen-year-old Michiel is asked to take care of a wounded British Spitfire pilot he doesn't think twice. He joins the secret struggle against the Nazis, risking his life to end the occupation and protect those in danger from it.
A brilliantly imaginative adventure story in an underground world On her twelfth birthday, the last thing Cecilia expected was to find herself lost in a labyrinth of tunnels beneath London. Afraid, alone, but determined, she sets to work on her escape, and she soon realises that perhaps there is a reason she and the mysterious marble her sister gave her have ended up so far from home.
International bestselling children's author Cornelia Funke has always been fascinated by fairy tales; they have often crept into her own storytelling. In this enchanting anthology, Funke presents lesser-known stories that challenge the traditional 'happily-ever-after' alongside more familiar tales.
For deep in the darkness roam the terrible Corvus, tyrants of the magical world below. Cecilia's struggle to return to her family becomes a mission of great danger and adventure – without a brave heart, she could be trapped in the darkness forever.
From her native Germany to snowy Siberia, from Japan to Vietnam, this collection includes wondrous tales from around the world: 'The Girl Who Gave a Knight a Kiss out of Necessity', 'The Frog Princess', 'The Boy Who Drew Cats' and many more besides to delight readers of all ages.
nadine wild-palmer lives in South London. Her day job means she can be heard on Channel 4 as the voiceover artist announcing the programme schedules. Nadine is also a singersongwriter and a poet and has worked as a children's librarian.
cornelia funke is the highly acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord and the Reckless series, which is published by Pushkin. Born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. Her books have now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
A thrilling conclusion to the feminist fantasy Red Abbey Chronicles For Maresi, like so many other girls, the Red Abbey was a haven of safety in a world ruled by brutal men. But now she is a young woman, and it is time for her to return to her childhood home to share all that she has learnt from her sisters.
Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant. Her little brother, Davey, won't stop growing – and at seven is as tall as a man. When they receive their monthly instalment of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia set, fun and excitement burst into Lenny and Davey's lives. The amazing, mysterious entries in the book's pages give them a way to dream of escape: Lenny vows to become a beetle expert, while Davey decides he will run away to Canada and build a log cabin.
But when Maresi returns to her village, she realises all is not well – the people are struggling under the rule of the oppressive Earl and cannot see the value of her teachings. Maresi finds she must use all the terrible force of the Crone's magic to protect her people, but can she find the strength to do so when her heart is weakening with love for the first time?
But as Davey's disease progresses, the siblings' richly imagined world becomes harder to cling to in this deeply moving and original novel about grief, family and wonder.
karen foxlee was born in Mount Isa, Australia. She trained and worked as a nurse before studying for a degree in creative writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She is the author of five books.


Since we had a good response to our first Gainesville Consult Night back in August, we are having a second one in Gainesville on the 24th. Our Fall Consult Events are usually our most successful, because people are planning to use FSA and HSA funds (either for the end of 2012 or 2013).
Most of you know that TLC has a Consult Center in Gainesville. You may also know that Nicole and I set up Consult Days and Consult Nights in ECP practices, where we do some preliminary testing, and educate patients on the procedure. We've been very successful with these events, and most patients who attend them will schedule the next step (with us)—coming to TLC Tysons for scans, definite qualification and detailed information on pricing, financing and everything not covered previously. If they make that step, there is a very high likelihood that they also end up scheduling the procedure. Our success with Consult Nights is even more assured, because Dr. Holzman does the consultations! The big attraction, of course, is that the patients can meet the surgeon one-on-one right at their neighborhood eye doctor's office!.
There's only been one "down side" to that. Some practices just feel they would have a hard time filling a 2 hour schedule with enough patients to make it worth Dr. Holzman's time to come to their practice (not that he feels that way, but some of the ECPs do). So we've come up with an alternative we hope will work for you!
We are having a consult night for your interested patients on Wednesday Evening, October 24th from 6:30 to 8:30. at our Gainesville Consult Center with Dr. Holzman!!
Talk to your patients with any level of interest in LASIK about this great opportunity—it's a free consultation with the LASIK surgeon you recommend, at a convenient location and time.
Send in the attached Lead Sheet and we will follow up with the patients to get them scheduled.
That's it! We'll handle the rest, and of course, send your patient back to you for pre and post-op.care. Please contact either Nicole or me if you have any questions. Thanks for your support!
Joan (joan.reich@tlcvision.com) and Nicole (nicole.lowry@tlcvision.com).


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Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and Magnetism
Educational Research and Methods
Karla L. Sanchez Purdue University
Graduate Student in the Computer and Information Technology department, currently working as a Research Assistant in the Computer and Education Technology field.
Alejandra J. Magana Purdue University, West Lafayette orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-7502
is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University West Lafayette. Magana's research interests are centered on the integration of cyberinfrastructure, computation, and computational tools and methods to: (a) leverage the understanding of complex phenomena in science and engineering and (b) support scientific inquiry learning and innovation. Specific efforts focus on studying cyberinfrastructure affordances and identifying how to incorporate advances from the learning sciences into authoring curriculum, assessment, and learning materials to appropriately support learning processes.
David Sederberg Purdue University
Grant P Richards Purdue University, West Lafayette
Dr. Grant P. Richards is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University. His research focuses on learning styles and visual learning tools.
M. Gail Jones NC State University
Gail Jones is professor of STEM education at NC State University, Fellow at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, and Precollege Education Director ASSIST Engineering Center.
Hong Z Tan Purdue University
Hong Z. Tan is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with courtesy appointments in Mechanical Engineering and Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. Her research focuses on haptic human-machine interfaces and haptic perception. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles in haptics research. She is known internationally as a leading expert on haptics psychophysics, taking a perception-based approach to solving engineering problems. She is frequently invited to give keynote speeches at international conferences and research institutions, educating a broad audience on haptics and its emerging applications in human computer interaction, robotics, medicine and education.
Tan received her Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China. She earned her Master and Doctorate degrees, both in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was a Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab before joining the faculty at Purdue's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1998. She has held a McDonnell Visiting Fellowship at Oxford University, a Visiting Associate Professorship in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, a Guest Researcher position in the Institute of Life Science and Technology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a Visiting Researcher position at Microsoft Research Asia.
Tan was a recipient of the prestigious US National Science Foundation's Early Faculty Development (CAREER) Award, and she was a Chinese National Natural Science Funds' Distinguished (Overseas) Young Scholar. In addition to serving on numerous program committees, she was a co-organizer (with Blake Hannaford) of the International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, Tan served as the Founding Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics (TCH). The TCH played a key role in launching the IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH) in 2008. Tan has served as a ToH Associate Editor since the journal's birth, and received a Meritorious Service Award in 2012. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of the World Haptics Conference Editorial Board.
Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and MagnetismBackground and motivationResearch has proven that abstract concepts such as electromagnetism are not fully understood amonghighschool and college students. We hypothesize that multimodal presentation of information—i.e.,visual simulations coupled with haptic technology—may lead to better understanding of difficult conceptscompared to visual presentation alone. According to dual-coding theory individuals learn better wheninformation is presented simultaneously in both visual and verbal channels. Supported by this theory weargue that understanding difficult concepts in science and engineering may be better supported wheninformation is presented simultaneously in visual and tactile channels. Haptic technology takes advantageof the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user, and provides learners withanother level of interaction in addition to the simulation or visualization only by moving a point throughthe volume of the simulation while passing through object boundaries.MethodsThis pretest and posttest quasi experimental design was developed to investigate the impact of visualsimulations coupled with haptic technology on electromagnetism concept learning. Selected questionsfrom Maloney's et al., survey of conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism were used as the datacollection method. A freshmen class of 70 electrical engineering technology students participated in thestudy. Students were divided into two groups: a control group with only visual simulations and anexperimental group with visual simulations plus haptic feedback. The performance of both groups wasexamined and compared to assess impact of haptic feedback on the acquisition of electromagnetismconceptual understanding.ResultsThis abstract reports preliminary results on the pretest and posttest data from a pilot group of six Physicsstudents. All six students were exposed to the experimental condition—i.e., force feedback. As shown inTable 1, these results suggest a slight increase on the posttest in all students but one. Due to the smallsample size a significant difference cannot be concluded at this point. Table 1. Preliminary results from the pilot study on the experimental condition %pretest %posttest Student 1 67% 75% Student 2 67% 75% Student 3 75% 83% Student 4 17% 25% Student 5 92% 92% Student 6 75% 67% TOTAL 65% 69%The final version of this paper will report all data from the freshman class of 70 students. Comparisonsbetween their pretests and posttests, as well as the differences between control and experimental groups,will be also fully described.Conclusions and significancePrevious research on the educational value of haptic technology for supporting learning of psychomotorskills suggests that performance of psychomotor skills is better with combined visual and haptic feedbackrather than with either visual or haptic feedback alone. However, previous studies exploring conceptualunderstanding have yielded inconclusive results and have yet to provide empirical evidence for theexistence of the cognitive impact of haptic technology. We believe that previous studies that have focusedon the use of haptic technology for conceptual understanding have not found significant differencesbecause the visual information was sufficient for students to understand simple concepts. This study, incontrast, focuses on more difficult concepts that are not visible to the naked eye.
Sanchez, K. L., & Magana, A. J., & Sederberg, D., & Richards, G. P., & Jones, M. G., & Tan, H. Z. (2013, June), Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and Magnetism Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. https://peer.asee.org/19845
Sanchez, K. L., & Magana, A. J., & Sederberg, D., & Richards, G. P., & Jones, M. G., & Tan, H. Z. (2013, June), Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and Magnetism  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. https://peer.asee.org/19845
Sanchez, K. L., \& Magana, A. J., \& Sederberg, D., \& Richards, G. P., \& Jones, M. G., \& Tan, H. Z. (2013, June), \emph{Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and Magnetism}
Karla L. Sanchez, Alejandra J. Magana, David Sederberg, Grant P Richards, M. Gail Jones, and Hong Z Tan.  "Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and Magnetism".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19845 Internet.  20 Jan, 2020
Karla L. Sanchez, Alejandra J. Magana, David Sederberg, Grant P Richards, M. Gail Jones, and Hong Z Tan.
"Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and Magnetism".
author = "Karla L. Sanchez, Alejandra J. Magana, David Sederberg, Grant P Richards, M. Gail Jones, and Hong Z Tan"
title = "Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and Magnetism"
AB  -    Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in                                Electricity and MagnetismBackground and motivationResearch has proven that abstract concepts such as electromagnetism are not fully understood amonghighschool and college students. We hypothesize that multimodal presentation of information—i.e.,visual simulations coupled with haptic technology—may lead to better understanding of difficult conceptscompared to visual presentation alone. According to dual-coding theory individuals learn better wheninformation is presented simultaneously in both visual and verbal channels. Supported by this theory weargue that understanding difficult concepts in science and engineering may be better supported wheninformation is presented simultaneously in visual and tactile channels. Haptic technology takes advantageof the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user, and provides learners withanother level of interaction in addition to the simulation or visualization only by moving a point throughthe volume of the simulation while passing through object boundaries.MethodsThis pretest and posttest quasi experimental design was developed to investigate the impact of visualsimulations coupled with haptic technology on electromagnetism concept learning. Selected questionsfrom Maloney's et al., survey of conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism were used as the datacollection method. A freshmen class of 70 electrical engineering technology students participated in thestudy. Students were divided into two groups: a control group with only visual simulations and anexperimental group with visual simulations plus haptic feedback. The performance of both groups wasexamined and compared to assess impact of haptic feedback on the acquisition of electromagnetismconceptual understanding.ResultsThis abstract reports preliminary results on the pretest and posttest data from a pilot group of six Physicsstudents. All six students were exposed to the experimental condition—i.e., force feedback. As shown inTable 1, these results suggest a slight increase on the posttest in all students but one. Due to the smallsample size a significant difference cannot be concluded at this point.             Table 1. Preliminary results from the pilot study on the experimental condition                                               %pretest                    %posttest               Student 1                         67%                         75%               Student 2                         67%                         75%               Student 3                         75%                         83%               Student 4                         17%                         25%               Student 5                         92%                         92%               Student 6                         75%                         67%               TOTAL                             65%                         69%The final version of this paper will report all data from the freshman class of 70 students. Comparisonsbetween their pretests and posttests, as well as the differences between control and experimental groups,will be also fully described.Conclusions and significancePrevious research on the educational value of haptic technology for supporting learning of psychomotorskills suggests that performance of psychomotor skills is better with combined visual and haptic feedbackrather than with either visual or haptic feedback alone. However, previous studies exploring conceptualunderstanding have yielded inconclusive results and have yet to provide empirical evidence for theexistence of the cognitive impact of haptic technology. We believe that previous studies that have focusedon the use of haptic technology for conceptual understanding have not found significant differencesbecause the visual information was sufficient for students to understand simple concepts. This study, incontrast, focuses on more difficult concepts that are not visible to the naked eye.
AU  - Karla L. Sanchez
AU  - Alejandra J. Magana
AU  - David Sederberg
AU  - Grant P Richards
AU  - M. Gail Jones
AU  - Hong Z Tan
TI  - Investigating the Impact of Visuohaptic Simulations for Conceptual Understanding in Electricity and Magnetism

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New York City requiring coronavirus tests for students, staff when schools reopen but Gov. Ned Lamont resists that mandate in Connecticut
By Amanda Blanco
In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, students arrive for in-person classes outside Public School 188 in New York City. (John Minchillo/AP)
While New York City will require in-person students and staff to be tested for COVID-19 on a weekly basis when its elementary schools reopen next week, Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he's not considering such a mandate in Connecticut.
The state is rolling out "tens of thousands" of rapid coronavirus tests to schools for students and staff, but Lamont said testing will remain optional. He said the state is also making sure testing is available at federally qualified health centers for teachers and families who want to get tested.
"We'll also probably do what we can to the schools, not necessarily on a mandatory basis, but at least make it more readily available for people," he said. The BinaxNOW tests from Abbott Laboratories are expected to produce results within 15 minutes, but some health experts have raised concerns about their accuracy.
Most Connecticut schools are not regularly testing students and staff to see if they have the coronavirus but no symptoms. Still, state and school officials maintain there is little evidence of COVID-19 transmission in classrooms and emphasized the importance of in-person education.
Fran Rabinowitz, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, said that when schools quarantine teachers and students who have been in contact with individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus, "We're not seeing them get sick. We're seeing them remain healthy until the end of the quarantine and come back."
Josh Geballe, the state's chief operating officer, said contact tracing data supports Rabinowitz's statement, adding, "It gives you good confidence that that classroom is not a source of transmission. ... The big difference is classrooms as opposed to some other places is [kids] are incredibly good about wearing their masks."
But New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said mandatory testing is a crucial part of the city's school reopening plan, saying "We need this to happen to keep everyone safe."
"I want to be very, very clear: For any child to be in a classroom going forward, they will either have to have a testing consent form on file or an appropriate medical exemption from a doctor," he said during a news conference Sunday. "Literally every single student who will be in-person will need that."
New York City's schools closed for in-person learning on Nov. 19 after the city's rate of positive coronavirus tests surpassed 3%, a figure that had been determined over the summer when infection rates in New York City, Connecticut and much of New England remained below 1%.
Don Williams, executive director of the Connecticut Education Association — the state's largest teachers union — expressed support for New York City's plan to increase testing among school communities and said he'd like to see a similar approach in Connecticut.
"New York City understands that testing must be an essential piece of the approach to COVID in our schools," he said. "By ramping up to weekly testing from monthly testing and expanding the random pool of students and staff who are tested, they are taking a significant step forward that we would like to see in Connecticut."
Williams said the union is supportive of in-person education, "when it can be done safely for students, teachers and staff. Right now, that's not the case because we don't have widespread testing in our schools. We don't have enough uniform protocols for the enforcement of safety measures."
"We have raised the issue of testing consistently, and I'm hopeful that Connecticut will look to New York City and other examples around the country where testing has been a critical part of maintaining safety in our schools," he said. "We need to follow suit in Connecticut ... to bolster the effectiveness of the other safety protocols."
New COVID-19 cases among staff, students decrease
Connecticut reported a drop in new COVID-19 cases among K-12 students and staff from Nov. 19-25, mirroring a slight drop in cases statewide.
Schools reported 918 new cases among students, a 20% drop from the previous week. Cases among staff dropped 27% to 354. Students in a hybrid of online and in-person learning had the largest number of new cases, 421, while in-person students had 281 cases and online-only students reported 211 cases. The learning models of five students who tested positive for the virus were unknown.
From Nov. 7-20, every county in Connecticut exceeded the state's 25 new daily cases per 100,000 residents threshold to consider reducing in-person learning. The number of districts primarily offering in-person education five days a week has dropped by about 10% since late October. But from Nov. 16 to Nov. 20, about 45% of districts were still primarily using that model.
While the percentage of districts operating mostly through a hybrid model — about 37% — has hovered under 40% since late October, the percentage of fully remote districts increased from less than 7% to nearly 18% as a number of districts transitioned to online learning due to staff shortages.
Fully in-person education remained most common among students in pre-K through fifth grade from Nov. 16-Nov. 20, with about 52% of elementary school grades being taught in that model. Hybrid learning was most popular among high schools, with just over half of grades 9-12 operating in a mix of online and in-person learning. About 30% of high school students were being taught completely online, compared to a quarter of those in sixth grade through eighth grade and about 16% of elementary school grades.
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Amanda Blanco can be reached at ablanco@courant.com


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Are you looking for short Korean dramas that you can finish in one sitting? These solid and enjoyable Kdramas are perfect for anyone who wants to take a break from some heavy long-term commitment series. Check out this list of awesome, diverse, and short Korean dramas that you can watch in a single day.
Splash Splash LOVE
Dan Bi is a senior high school student who has to take the College Scholastic Ability Test. She gave up studying math due the stress. On the day of the test, she falls into time lapse and landed in Joseon era. Lee Do is an unstoppable king who puts his efforts in everything because he received the throne at a young age.
Yoo Seul is a student of an art high school. She is a talented pianist and who won various contests, but she is driven by her mother. One day, Yoo Seul has an accident and may never play the piano again because of the accident. With the help of her friend Cha Shik and Yoo Seul's rival Jin Mok, Yoo Seul begins to live a new life.
While strange rumors about their ill King grip a kingdom, the crown prince becomes their only hope against a mysterious plague overtaking the land.
If We Were a Season
Born on the same day and raised side by side, high school students Yoon Hae Rim and Uhm Ki Seok are close friends. They never say it, but they are precious to each other. One day, a transfer student from Seoul comes. Oh Dong Kyung is bold and not afraid to say what he is feeling, unlike the Hae Rim and Ki Seok. Is Dong Keung enough to shake up their friendship?
The Universe's Star
Byul is a female grim reaper whose job is to guide dead souls to the afterworld. When she meets her favorite singer Woo Joo, who is expected to die soon, she decide to save him and discovers the light in her soul as well as the importance of relationships which is shown through this drama that transcends space and time.
Queen of the Ring
Story about a girl Nan-hee who does not believe in herself because she feels she does not look as pretty as others. One day she receives a ring which holds a family secret. Due to the magical ring, she gets Se-gun who's a handsome guy but has a cold-blooded personality to see her as his ideal type.
Han Tae-joo, the heir of TB Group, is under the protection of Kang-gook who has been his best friend for fifteen years. As they grow up, they slowly realize that they might like each other more than friends but do nothing about it. This changes when Choi Hye-mi, a new female student, joins their high school.
Ma Boy
Geu-Rim dreams of becoming a singer and enters the best arts high school in South Korea. Geu-Rim rooms with a popular CM star Irene. Meanwhile, Irene has a secret. Irene is actually a boy who is prettier than most girls.
The Boy Next Door
College students, Park Kyu Tae and Sung Gi Jae are two awkward neighbors that have a small disliking towards each other. After an accident the two boys move in together. They soon figure out that they are both friends with Kim Min Ah. The two end up in hilarious, awkward situations that leads Min Ah and her closeted boyfriend to believe they are gay.
My First First Love
The drama tells the story of five youths and their messy encounters with the concept of first love. Yoon Tae-oh is a college student whose friends — a college drop-out, a runaway family friend, and his long-time childhood friend — decide to unexpectedly move into his house, due to their own individual reasonings. Now they must all learn to live together and learn to love.
Eun-Sung works as a French interpreter. She is friends with Rae-Wan. They have been friends for 8 years, since they were both university students. The friends sleep together and their relationship changes.
Love Alarm revolves around the story of a disruptive technology that enables users to discover love through an application that notifies whether someone within the vicinity of a 10-meter radius has romantic feelings for them.
The Most Beautiful Goodbye
An ordinary middle-aged woman has devoted her life to her family. She is diagnosed with terminal cancer and must prepare her goodbye to her family.
Noble, My Love
Kang Hoon is a CEO of world's largest company D.O.L's Korean branch. One day, he is kidnapped and dramatically escapes from the bad guys, but he bleeds so much that he blackouts in front of an animal hospital. Yoon Seo, a veterinarian, finds him and cures him.
The Hymn of Death
Kim Woo-Jin is a stage drama writer while Korea is under Japanese occupation. He is already married, but he falls in love with Yun Sim-Deok. Yun Sim-Deok is the first Korean soprano. She records the song "Praise of Death" which becomes the first Korean pop song in 1926. Kim Woo-Jin and Yun Sim-Deok's fate ends tragically.
Story about a girl called Sun Eun-woo who was dumped by her boyfriend and tries win him back by making him jealous. She manipulates her social media to create a fake "lovestagram" (love + Instagram) with her childhood friend Yoon Jae-won.
A handsome orthopedic surgeon loses his first love who committed suicide when he was in his high school days. To save her he gets the chance to go back in time.
Gogh, The Starry Night
Go Ho who used to work at a company like any other ordinary people starts to write a rating column for a magazine. This mere evaluation column makes a big hit as she reviews her bad-tempered mentor, Tae Ho, to backbite him. Then one day, her ex-boyfriend Ji Hoon appears as her boss. Ji Hoon's appearance bothers Tae Ho because he secretly had a crush on Go Ho. So Ji Hoon and Tae Ho keep each other in check. Find out who Go Ho chooses between Tae Ho and Ji Hoon or anyone else.
High-End Crush
"High End Crush" is a romantic comedy depicting the heartfelt and pure love story by a man with everything in his hands, who falls in love for the first time in his life with a woman, who has been living in completely opposite circumstances from his.
Adolescence Medley
Choi Jung Woo is a transfer student in Namil High School. After transferring schools 7 times, Jung Woo learns it is easiest not to make friends!
Please let us know your favourite short Korean drama in comments down below.
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Q: CDC::Ellipse doesn't draw correctly circles In a project of mine (VC++2010, MFC), I want to draw a circle using the CDC::Ellipse. I set two points: the first one is the center of the circle, the second one is a point I want it to be on the circumference.
I pass to the CDC::Ellipse( int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2 ) the coordinates of the upper-left corner and lower-right one.
Briefly: with Pitagora Theorem I calculate the distance between the two points ( radius ), then I subtract this value from the coordinates of the center to obtain the upper-left corner and add to obtain the lower-right one.
When I draw the cirlce and the points, and I zoom in, I see that the second one isn't on the circumference as expected, it is slightly inside unless you set it at 0°, 45°, 90° and so on with respect to the absolute sistem of coordinates.
Then I tried to draw the same circle using CDC::Polyline, I gave to this method the points obtained rotating another point around the center, at the distance equal to the radius. In this case the point is on the circumference every where I set it.
The overlap of these two circles has shown that they perfectly overlap at 0°, 45°, 90° and so on, but the gap is maximum at 22.5°, 67.5° and so on.
Has anyone ever noticed a similar behavior?
Thanks to everybody that can help me!
Code snippet:
this is how I calculate the radius given 2 points:
centerPX = vvFPoint( 1380, 845 );
secondPointPX = vvFPoint( 654,654 );
double radiusPX = (sqrt( (secondPointPX.x - centerPX.x) * (secondPointPX.x - centerPX.x) + (secondPointPX.y - centerPX.y) * (secondPointPX.y - centerPX.y) ));

( vvFPoint is a custom type derived from CPoint )
this is how I draw the "circle" with the CDC::Ellipse:
int up = (int)(((double)(m_p1.y-(double)originY - m_radius) / zoom) + 0.5) + offY;
int left = (int)(((double)(m_p1.x-(double)originX - m_radius) / zoom) + 0.5) + offX;
int down = (int)(((double)(m_p1.y-(double)originY + m_radius) / zoom) + 0.5) + offY;
int right = (int)(((double)(m_p1.x-(double)originX + m_radius) / zoom) + 0.5) + offX;
pDC->Ellipse( left, up, right, down);

(m_p1 is the center of the circle, originX/Y is the origin of the image, m_radius is the radius of the circle, zoom is the scale factor, offX/Y is an offset in the client area of my SW)
this is how I draw the circle "manually" (and quite trivial method) using a custom polyline class:
1) create the array of points:
point.x = centerPX.x + radiusPX;
point.y = centerPX.y;
for ( i=0; i < 3600; i++ )
{
    pt1.RotateDeg ( centerPX, (double)0.1 );
    poly->AddPoint( pt1 );
}

(RotateDeg is a custom method to rotate a point using first argument as a pivot and second argument as angle value in degrees, AddPoint is a custom method to create the array of points, poly is my custom polyline object).
2) draw it:
When I call the Draw( CDC* pDC ) I use the previous array to draw the polyline:
pDC->MoveTo(p);

I hope this can help you to reproduce my weird observations!
code snippet 2:
void vvPoint<Tipo>::RotateDeg(const vvPoint<Tipo> &center, double angle)
{
vvPoint<Tipo> ptB;

angle *= -(M_PI / 180);

*this -= center;
ptB.x = ((this->x * cos(angle)) - (this->y * sin(angle)));
ptB.y = ((this->x * sin(angle)) + (this->y * cos(angle)));
*this = ptB + center;
}

But to let you better understand my observations I would like to add a few images so you can see where my whole question started from... The problem is: I can't add images since I need to have 10 reputation. I uploaded a .zip file on dropbox and if you want I can send you the URL of this file. Let me know if this is the correct (and safe..) way to bypass this problem.
Thanks!

A: This might be a possible explanation. As MSDN says about CDC::Ellipse (with my emphasis):

The center of the ellipse is the center of the bounding rectangle
  specified by x1, y1, x2, and y2, or lpRect. The ellipse is drawn with
  the current pen, and its interior is filled with the current brush.
The figure drawn by this function extends up to, but does not include,
  the right and bottom coordinates. This means that the height of the
  figure is y2 – y1 and the width of the figure is x2 – x1.

The way you described how you calculate the bounding rectangle is not entirely clear (some source code would have helped) but, given the second paragraph quoted above, you possibly need to add 1 to your x2 and y2 values, to make sure you have a circle with the desired radius.
It's also worth noting that there may be slight rounding differences between your two drawing methods where you have an odd-sized bounding box (i.e. so the centre point falls logically on a half-pixel).
UPDATE
Using your code snippets (thanks), and assuming no zoom and zero offsets etc., I get a radius of 750.704 pixels and the following parameters for the ellipse:
pDC->Ellipse(629, 94, 2131, 1596);

According to MSDN, this means that the ellipse will be drawn in a figure of the following dimensions:
width  = (2131 - 629) = 1502
height = (1596 -  94) = 1502

So as far as I can see, this should produce a circle rather than an ellipse.
The next thing to do is to find out how you're drawing the polygon - for that we need to see the implementation of RotateDeg - can you post that code? I'm suspecting some simple rounding error here, that maybe gets magnified when you zoom.
UPDATE 2
Just looking at this code:
for ( i=0; i < 3600; i++ )
{
    pt1.RotateDeg ( centerPX, (double)0.1 );
    poly->AddPoint( pt1 );
}

You are rotating your polygon points incrementally by 0.1 degrees each time. This will possibly accumulate some errors, so it may be worth doing it something like this instead:
for ( i=0; i < 3600; i++ )
{
    vvFPoint ptNew = pt1;
    ptNew.RotateDeg ( centerPX, (double)i * 0.1 );
    poly->AddPoint( ptNew );
}

Maybe this will mean you have to change your RotateDeg function to take care of the correct quadrants.
One other point, you mentioned that you see the problem when you zoom into the image. If this means you are using you zoom variable, it is worth checking in this line ...:
pDC->Ellipse( left, up, right, down);

... that the parameters still form a square shape, so (right - left) == (down - up).
UPDATE 3
I just ran your RotateDeg function, in its current form, to see how the error accumulates (by feeding in the previous result to the next iteration). At each step, I calculated the distance between the new point and the centre and compared this with the required radius.
The chart below shows the result, where you can see an error of 4 pixels by the time the points have been calculated.

I think that this at least explains part of the difference (i.e. your polygon drawing is flawed) and - depending on zoom - you may introduce asymmetry into the ellipse parameters, which you can debug by comparing the width to the height as I described above.

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Q: Download file to location that requires permission I'm creating a system to be used inside my company.
This system will create an email signature for the user.
After I have created the signature.html, I want to download it to the user's AppData folder.
var downloadPath = 'C:\\Users\\' + login + '\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Signatures'
download(htmlData, downloadPath, displayInstructions)

function download(url, dest, cb) {
    var file = fs.createWriteStream(url);
    var request = http.get(url, function(response) {
        response.pipe(file);
        file.on('finish', function() {
            file.close(cb);
        });
    });
}

However, when I try to do this, I get an "Unhandled error event" in console, and Chrome Debugger says net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED I assume that this is because the AppData folder is restricted, is there a way I can pass administrative permissions with this function?
I've only been programming for a few months, so feedback is welcome!
All of the code:
// Various variable declaraitons...
//

app.get('/signature/createsig/result/:login/:name/:job/:DDI/:mobile', function(req, res) {
    var htmlData = fs.readFileSync('signature/Signature.htm', 'utf-8');
    var login = req.params.login
    var name = req.params.name
    var job = req.params.job
    var DDI = req.params.DDI
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    htmlData = htmlData.replace(/%%%name%%%/g, name)
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    download(htmlData, downloadPath, displayInstructions)

    function download(url, dest, cb) {
        var file = fs.createWriteStream(url);
        var request = http.get(url, function(response) {
            response.pipe(file);
            file.on('finish', function() {
                file.close(cb);
            });
        });
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    function displayInstructions() {
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Q: Caching with glide without loading I'm loading pictures from database to grid view using glide, everything is ok.
But I also need to upload img from my phone to server and put it in grid view.
I get image from my phone, then upload it to server and then I load it from server back to my app. It's make no sense but I can't understand how to cache img with glide without loading.
My question is - how to cache bitmap using glide without loading it?


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Q: run script before html is loaded vuejs I want to test if the user has login or not, if not he will return to login page.
I want the script that check if the user has login to be executed before html (or template) load.
I have tried
beforeCreate()

and other things, but html still load before the script run.
this is my code
if(sessionStorage.getItem("email") == undefined) location.href = "/";

edit
I made this vue project using CLI so I dont have the normal index.html with head and body where i can simply add script anywhere outside vue.

A: try checking if your condition matches before initiating vue instance and initiate it after satisfying the condition like this:
if(sessionStorage.getItem("email") == undefined) {
   location.href = "/";
} else {
   var app = new Vue({
      el: '#app',
      data: {
         message: 'Hello Vue!'
      }
   })
}

A: It isn't considered "best practice" to implement security code using JavaScript. If a user turns off JavaScript in their browser, they have effectively bypassed your security.
Instead, use server-side code to detect if the current user is logged in, and if not, send an HTML redirect to the login page instead of the normal HTML content.
Pseudo code (as you haven't specified any server-side language):
if(userLogin <> true)
    Return HtmlRedirect("YourLoginPage")
...
Return CuurrentPage

This method prevents any HTML being sent to the user if they are not authorised to see it.

A: I agree with @Dragonlaird said mentioning that it is not a best practice to handle it from the client-side. However, I think you have to try beforeMount or beforeUpdate instead of beforeCreate since you need to do the stuff before HTML (or template) load. According to the Vue.js documentation,

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*beforeMount:
It is called right before the mounting begins: the render function is about to be called for the first time.
But this hook(beforeMount) is not called during server-side rendering.

*beforeUpdate:
It is called when data changes before the DOM is patched. This is a good place to access the existing DOM before an update, e.g. to remove manually added event listeners.
This hook is also not called during server-side rendering, because only the initial render is performed server-side.
For further information please refer Vue.js documentation.
https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/api/#Options-Lifecycle-Hooks


Part 3 overview of the symptoms of PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder including amnesia, sleeplessness, hypervigilance, and anger.
Is to be constantly 'on guard' and 'on the look-out' for potential danger. It is a common behavioral symptom of those suffering PTSD or Trauma.
The occurrence of amnesia is when you can't recall or don't have access to your memory. Usually, it is only partial but in severe cases, people can even forget their identity. This is something that can definitely happen to people suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress. I have seen, many times during treatment that people go blank at a certain point during recall. It is a survival mechanism in order to block off certain memories that are associated with overwhelming emotions. That said, while carefully unfolding the therapeutic process and tracking sensations, it is very probable that they remember again that which had previously seemed inaccessible.
This state indicates that a sense of containment has been lost. Emotional instability shows itself as a continuous movement from one emotional state to another, often to wide ranging extremes. There is constant opting in or out of the current emotional state through intense levels of identification. Persistent emotional instability can lead to bipolar, depression and/or schizophrenia disorder.
It is not uncommon to be constantly on high alert while suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This state of hyper-vigilance serves as a protective mechanism. To relax would entail confronting the emotions associated with a traumatic event or period in one's life, as a result of which, those who suffer PTSD are likely to have disturbed sleep or insomnia. This develops into a guarded posture in order to avoid coming face to face with overwhelming emotions like: grief, helplessness, sorrow, bereavement etc.
Dissociation is a process of fragmentation where a person who suffers Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is forced out of embodiment/feeling into emotion/thought. When there is no resolve and there has been repeated exposure to traumatic events it can lead to furthering complexity into dissociated emotional/thoughts states and emotional deadness. Complex syndromes are most often associated to Developmental Trauma where there has been repeated exposure to traumatic incidences. It can lead to: anxiety disorders/phobias, dissociative disorders, manic depression, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder – to name but a few.
I would put this under dissociative disorders. It is a state induced by trauma that involves severe dissociation. Sufferers of depersonalization report that it's as if their feelings, emotions and sensations are separate from themselves. This state can and is often triggered by high anxiety levels. It comprises a breakdown of the sense of self – hence it's dissociative in nature.
Is to have and seek multiple sexual contacts. Seeking sexual pleasure can be a coping mechanism to avoid and divert away from getting into touch with deeper held emotions related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In terms of Developmental trauma, the inability to bond on a deeper level can be due to compromised attachment bonds.
Being suicidal is when you have thoughts of wanting to take your own life. The effects of trauma can be so overbearing that a person feels compelled to end their life. Suicidal tendencies are often present with those suffering from mental disorders.
Disconnection is somewhat similar in nature to depersonalization but of a more benign form. Being disconnected from one's feelings and emotions often goes together with being in denial of one's state of mind and being self-righteous.
Anger is an emotion that attempts to reclaim lost boundaries when they have been breached or are about to be breached. In a healthy expression, there is no need for that emotion to keep acting itself out. With severely overwhelming cases, where no sense of containment can be re-established, anger can be acted out repeatedly, without resolution. In this case, the anger only holds up a perceived notion of protection to prevent getting into touch with deeper emotions like: sadness, and an overpowering sense of helplessness.
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Word of Mouth Marketing is the original social media platform. Zappos seems to be the go-to case study for anything that is right with advertising, marketing, public relations, customer service, et cetera. Zappos was deliberately built on word-of-mouth communication. Hasn't word of mouth always been a powerful way to influence business results? Zappos is an example of a company whose customer experience is so strong that they can rely on word-of-mouth to drive a significant portion of their sales.
If you could master what has been identified as the most valuable form of marketing—the one that consumers trust above all others and the one that is most likely to drive sales for your company — would you choose to ignore it or embrace it and learn more about it and how it's used in our digital age?
Why would you simply choose to sit back and hope conversations will just happen organically about your brand? If you want to win in today's markets, you need to create a buzz with word of mouth.
Let's look at the facts. According to Nielsen, 92% of consumers believe recommendations from friends and family over all forms of advertising and the American Marketing Association (AMA) decided to find out exactly what brands were doing about that fact. In a recent study, 64% of marketing executives indicated that they believe word of mouth is the most effective form of marketing. However, only 6% say they have mastered it.
The problem is that for the last few years, marketers have been focused on "collecting" instead of "connecting." In other words, brands are too caught up in collecting social media fans and they are forgetting to actually connect with them. Having 100 really passionate fans that love your brand or product is exponentially more effective than having 10,000 "fans" who signed up just to win a free iPad from you. These are the "influencers". Whenever you connect to influencers, they will get the word out about your brand, product or promotion.
Just like in real life—if you have to buy your friends, are they really your friends?
Marketers focus on the 4 P's; Price, Product, Promotion, and Place. Well, now marketers need to focus on the three E's: Engage, Equip and Empower. If you can master these, you can become the most talked about product in your category, which will ultimately lead to increased sales. I've seen a good word of mouth marketing campaign generate thousands of conversations, recommendations and triple sales in just a year and it's these conversations that will drive your online reputation.
Engage—If you're responsible for marketing you need to be personable and memorable. Give your fans the gift of you. Engage and interact with them. Listen to what they are telling you. Be part of the conversation about your brand. Be a presence in your fans' lives. @NikeSupport is a prime example of customer service done well. They constantly respond to followers on Twitter, whether it's about their apparel, Fuel Band or other products. Every few minutes, you can watch them respond to someone new. Your fans and customers crave recognition. By engaging with them you're validating appreciation of their support.
Equip—Give them reasons to talk. It can be amazing products, great service, insider knowledge, social elevation, incredible stories, unbelievable facts or even funny disclosures. It's on you to give them something to talk about. It really depends on understanding your followers and consumers and what they like about you and providing whatever it is they need from you. Apple revolutionizes technological devices and delivers amazing products to its consumers, allowing them to naturally rave about the newest iProduct. Another area to excel in is social customer service. You can engage and equip your influencers right through social media and make your brand, product or service go viral.
Word of Mouth Marketing has always worked, and it will work now. However, technology has increased social connectivity making it easier than ever for consumers to do your marketing for you. A post that takes just a few minutes for a fan to write will be seen by hundreds of friends who trust them, and it can rapidly travel out to thousands more through this chain of connectivity. Very well planned messages have been shared by millions within the span of days. Whenever your message goes viral, your sales will increase so it's important to create well thought out and memorable messages. You should also consider the fact that those who read the post could potentially have millions of offline conversations with friends, families, acquaintances or even consumers looking perplexed in store aisles.
Fueling conversations and driving passion will make a huge difference for your brand.
There are consistent characteristics that successful Word of Mouth campaigns tend to have.
Keep in mind that a good word of mouth strategy is credible, social, repeatable, measurable and respectful. Dishonesty is never acceptable.
These campaigns are most effective when used in connection with social media such as Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Google+.
Do you have a social media manager on your staff? Perhaps it's time!
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The King of Fighters XII
Platform(s): Arcade, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
About Glenn "Otter" Juskiewicz
Xbox 360 Review - 'The King of Fighters XII'
by Glenn "Otter" Juskiewicz on Aug. 7, 2009 @ 3:41 a.m. PDT
The legendary 3-on-3 fighting game series that united rival brawlers from SNK Playmore's classic arcade franchises celebrates its 15th anniversary in style with The King of Fighters XII. For the first time in its history, this epic martial arts showdown has undergone a complete graphical overhaul. The antiquated character sprites used over the past 14 years have been dropped in favor of all-new, high-resolution fighters fluidly animating across painstakingly detailed, 100% hand-drawn backgrounds.
Publisher: SNK Playmore
Developer: SNK Playmore
I remember playing the original King of Fighters back in the early '90s in the local arcades because well, that's what one did before the rise of the plentiful and abundant home console. King of Fighters featured a lot of familiar SNK fighters from other titles, most notably Fatal Fury and Ikari Warriors. The franchise was popular enough to launch a yearly update to the game, which subsequently got named '94, '95 and so on, all of which appeared on the aforementioned home console platform. It's 2009 now, and rather than get mired in two-digit year conversion problems akin to Y2K, we have King of Fighters XII.
There is a good news/bad news relationship with this game, which is at times equally as wonderful as it is disheartening. Let's start off with the good.
The good: King of Fighters XII features 20 characters, both well-established and fresh, so fan boys will still be able to play as Joe Higashi and Raiden. You also get two new characters in the form of Elizabeth and Mature.
The bad: It's only 20 fighters. King of Fighters XI, by comparison, had double that amount. I really can't understand why you'd want to limit your fight roster so drastically. Fans certainly wouldn't mind if it meant playing through modes to unlock additional characters, but XII won't reward you thusly.
The good: I suppose this "good" could be debatable, but with XII, SNK has literally gone back to the drawing board and redrawn all of the characters back to their original 2-D components. This means that the backgrounds and animated sequences still have that old-school flavor, but with the advantage of modern console rendering.
The bad: The game still uses the same 3v3 style of fights that previous titles had, though now Tactical Shift is gone. I don't know if there were people out there who hated the system, but I don't see why removing it was a smart move. If nothing else, having the option to toggle the TSS would be nice, but nope. It's not in XII. You just can't swap out your fighters during bouts or, more importantly, cancel out specific combos. Fights are strictly in an elimination mode style, so if you can kick butt as Duo Lon, you can and have to play as him through every fight until he's knocked out.
The good: Critical Counters have been added, which puts at least a little more finesse and tactical thought to the fighting. Now you can hit a strong punch as a counter and slow down time a bit to launch into a massive chain attack and do some serious damage.
The bad: When you execute a Critical Counter, the game zooms in briefly to "showcase" the attack, and with a sprite-based game, that's just a bad move. It results in some pretty ugly pixel blocking and shows off the age of the KoF franchise rather than highlighting its strengths.
King of Fighters XII just keeps going back and forth like this. You find something cool, and then you find something oddly missing. To boil it down into its purest essence, it's a fighting game, plain and simple. Every character has a light punch, heavy punch, light kick and heavy kick. You can jump at three different planned heights, you can dash forward and back, counter-punch, guard-attack, string together combos, throw, and attack with special power moves. As a true SNK game, it plays as smoothly and familiarly as every other KoF title. One thing King of Fighters XII has over other fighting games is that you can actually play the game properly with a standard controller as opposed to the often-preferred arcade stick controller. Since your primary punches and kicks are lined up, there's no fumbling around the LB or RT buttons. Naturally, you can choose either the thumbstick or d-pad for movement, both of which respond as intended.
King of Fighters XII is a port, and as such, the translations often don't fit the animations on the screen. The audio quality is on par, but every time I went to select my three fighters and was told to "choose my order" of the fighters, it sounded like "choose yo odor," which just made me laugh.
Yes, I am that easily amused.
One thing that I did particularly like was that if I chose to fight either a 3v3 or 1v1 against the computer, at the completion of each fight I was taken back to the character select menu to continue fighting, not back to the main game menu. This could be fine-tuned even further to allow me to keep my same three favorites rather than re-select them every time, but beggars can't be choosers. As it was, it was nice to not have to drill through the same menus every single time.
The arenas and music are likewise a throwback to the old franchise. Background sprite characters move in repeated rhythmic gestations that might irritate some new players but is a nice homage. All in all, King of Fighters XII feels like SNK's attempt to reboot the series by distilling all the previous games into a brand new-yet-familiar game. Unfortunately, it seems to fall short. There aren't enough fighters, stages, fighting modes, in-game unlock codes or achievements to make this feel like any kind of game with longevity.
The game seems to scream online multiplayer, since that's where most of your options are at, but the menu options are archaic and the online play so laggy that it's not even fun. In a game where split-second precise counters and special attacks are key, even a second delay between moves means the difference between flawless victories and throwing your paddle across the room. When you're playing online, you have just as much chance of randomly mashing your buttons and winning as you do with honest-to-goodness planned attacks, which is just unforgiveable.
I hate to say it, and I'm sure it'll result in a lot of fan boy backlash, but when you look at every single aspect of King of Fighters XII and compare it to Street Fighter IV, it loses every time. It loses on replayability, graphics and, most importantly, the multiplayer aspect, which is just unforgiveable.
As you can see, KoF XII keeps flipping back and forth, coupling every good development with a bad one. KoF XII is exactly as average as you can be, being neither wholly unplayable, nor the best of the best. It's as if the King of Fighters is continuing to tell a story that no one really cares to hear anymore. The bottom line is that if you are a huge fan of SNK and the KoF saga, you'll likely love this game, faults and all. If you're a casual gamer with any interest in fighters, there are plenty of other options available that are better and will hold your attention longer, such as Street Fighter IV.
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From Middle English midday, from 古期英語 middæġ ("mid-day, noon"), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday ("midday"), West Frisian middei ("midday, noon, afternoon"), Dutch middag ("midday, noon, afternoon"), German Mittag ("noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon"), Danish middag ("midday, noon, afternoon"), Norwegian Bokmål middag ("midday, noon, afternoon"), Swedish middag ("midday, noon, afternoon").
MiD DAY is an afternoon daily Indian compact newspaper. Editions in various languages are published in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and Pune (launched on August 18, 2008).


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The March 2019 launch of Benetti's impressive 108m FB275 marked the third gigayacht to be delivered by the Livorno, Italy shipyard in 100 days. Boasting impressive technical engineering, the Benetti FB275 will not, however, be the brand's last gigayacht, vowed president and founder, Paolo Vitelli. Speaking on the morning of the launch, he stated that with the yard's new technical know-how and in-house workforce required for building larger vessels, Benetti would strive to deliver at least one 100m-plus yacht per year.
"We had to decide during the peak of the financial crisis whether or not to invest €25 million (S$38.3 million) in a new shed. It was a testing time, but we decided to do so, and now that we have entered the field, we want to continue," he said.
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De 50 meter vlinderslag voor mannen op de wereldkampioenschappen zwemmen 2013 in Barcelona vond plaats op 28 juli, series en halve finales, en 29 juli 2013, finale. Na afloop van de series kwalificeerden de zestien snelste zwemmers zich voor de halve finales, de snelste acht uit de halve finales gingen door naar de finale.

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Voorafgaand aan het toernooi waren dit het wereldrecord en het kampioenschapsrecord

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Halve finales

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Bronvermelding
  Uitslag voorronde
  Uitslag halve finales
  Uitslag finale

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