Alberta's need for highly skilled, white-collar workers to serve the booming oil sector is nearing panic mode. Companies are using every method at their means to find qualified candidates, including paying employees finder's fees of as much as $7,500, using employees in offices outside Canada, and trying to lure Canadian ex-pats to return home from the United States, with huge signing bonuses and stock options.
Soaring energy prices and record profits have led to unprecedented demand for talent in Alberta, from labourers to "C-level" senior executives. Among the most sought-after are white-collar workers -- including lawyers, accountants and sales people -- and companies are getting creative to attract and retain them.
Accounting firms are having to turn down work to focus on key existing clients because they simply don't have enough staff to meet demand.
"It's almost getting to crisis position in terms of professional services firms. If you look at accounting or tax firms, they're significantly challenged right now," says Kevin Hall, co-managing partner of Ray & Berndtson, a Calgary executive search firm. Some clients say the labour shortage is more dire than during the oil boom of the 1960s and '70s, he adds.
Some companies are trying to poach from the competition, driving salaries to unprecedented highs. In some cases, this has led to unwritten agreements between rivals not to recruit from one another to keep salaries from soaring higher, says Brent Shervey, managing director of Boyden Global Executive Search.
"When I speak with clients, some instruct us not to approach other companies" with which they have agreements, he says.
People from across the country have flocked to the oil-rich province. In the fourth quarter of 2005, a record 25,100 people settled in Alberta, a growth rate five times the national average, according to a recent Statistics Canada report.
Alberta's unemployment rate fell to 3.9% from 4.4% in 2005, while the national average dropped to 6.7% from 7.2%.
Calgary, the financial heart of the energy sector, got most of the new jobs created in Alberta last year, says Bruce Graham, chief executive of Calgary Economic Development. The oil industry created 8,800 new jobs in the city in 2005, for a total of 651,600, many of which were white-collar positions serving the sector. For example, 7,700 jobs were created in the professional, scientific and technical services sectors last year, up 7.7% from 2004.
To retain staff, firms are applying "velvet handcuffs," offering medium- and long-term incentive bonuses and stock options, Mr. Shervey says. A report last year by Calgary-based investment bank Tristone Capital Corp., shows the value of existing employee stock options in the energy sector reached an estimated $7.7-billion.
Salaries in fields such as finance, information technology and sales are soaring, says Phil Wallace, senior vice-president of Aon Consulting. "These sectors are seeing increasing pressure on salaries because of increasing competition in the oil sector. Everything we're seeing is that it's heating up, not cooling off."
Many companies are using "selective premiums," or salary increases, for highly valued jobs, rather than increasing salaries across the board, Mr. Wallace says. Others are offering retention bonuses tied to performance, coupled with large signing bonuses.
"The problem with focusing on pay [alone] is that it makes it really easy to go to another firm if you've got a good offer," says Scott Munn, principal at Mercer Human Resources. As a result, companies are offering flexible work hours, day care and more vacation time.
"Everybody is offering good money. Frankly, some places offer great money, but they aren't too fun to work at after a while," says David Fulton, vice-president of human resources at Shell Canada Ltd. He says Shell focuses on career progression, development, and a healthy work environment, coupled with financial incentives, as part of its retention strategy.


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Misc for October 27, 2014
October is my favorite month. Cooler weather, playoff baseball, memories of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves creeping me ever closer into an axiety disorder.
It's the year 2000 and, while not the jetpack futuretopia I had imagined as a boy, it is the zenith of a certain phase of my life. A manic ascent of responsibility and success. Travel, Napster, E*Trade. Making more money at 25 than I do today at 40, 60-hour weeks the norm.
Yet I can't seem to hang on through the ride. I've fallen in love and the sense that it could ever be lost begins to preoccupy the few spare thought cycles left to me apart from work and sleep. I'd always been afraid of flying on my frequent business trips, but now I felt like there was so much more to lose. I was acknowledged as a rising star in my job, even as I was more sure than ever it was happening beyond and despite my own efforts, and that my own career would far exceed the life of the company to which I devoted every ounce of available mental energy.
I found myself gripped by a kind of mundane existential horror. Constant sweats and racing thoughts. Numbness and pain all through my arms and chest. Spinning dizziness springing from nowhere. And always the fear.
I became certain that I would die on or around my approaching 26th year.
As I've grown older and more comfortable talking about these experiences I've found it's actually rather common for panic disorders to manifest in a person's mid-twenties, particularly when paired with biological factors and family history. Hey,even my neuroses are normcore!
In spite of, or perhaps because of, my fragile state of mind, I chose that October to immerse myself in what was marketed as a horror novel. Good idea! Amazon's editors describe House of Leaves thus:
Had The Blair Witch Project been a book instead of a film, and had it been written by, say, Nabokov at his most playful, revised by Stephen King at his most cerebral, and typeset by the futurist editors of Blast at their most avant-garde, the result might have been something like [it].
The PoMo shenanigans I still cherished post-lit-degree were on full display—House of Leaves is a found story, about a book, about a documentary film. Ersatz editor Johnny Truant (a Pynchonesque name on top of everything) writes about the book you are reading about reading:
For some reason, you will no longer be the person you believed you once were. You'll detect slow and subtle shifts going on all around you, more importantly shifts in you. Worse, you'll realize it's always been shifting, like a shimmer of sorts, a vast shimmer, only dark like a room. But you won't understand why or how.
And I'll be damned if that isn't exactly how I felt as I sank ever deeper in Danielewski's book. Hypnotized by it, like it should have come with a warning label. Like the house it describes, House of Leaves seemed impossibly deeper and larger than itself as I read and re-read the twisting accounts within.
As that fall froze into winter, my anxiety intensified until one day I found myself in an urgent care center, 100% convinced that I was having a heart attack, that everything had gone irretrievably wrong and that I had somehow squandered everything good ever given to me in my life.
Of course it wasn't true. Our minds are liars. Help is always available and I was fortunate enough to have someone help me find it. The woman I was so afraid of losing stood by me every step of the way while I found a mix of mindfulness and medication that, mostly, keeps the darkness away. Today she's my wife. That next October I quit the job that made me so physically and emotionally sick.
My copy of House of Leaves still sits in a box in the basement, though. Waiting for me to return.
And now, some links!
World-ending:
There was a nice writeup in The New Yorker about Walter M. Miller, Jr. and one of my favorite science fiction books ever written ("A Canticle for Leibowitz").
Homecoming:
Why every newborn you see on Facebook is wrapped in the same baby blanket and its relationship to the largest employer in the village where I live.
Texting:
A different approach to texting from Backchannel's Virginia Heffernan:
Linguists may dismiss the form's shortcuts and tacky neologisms, but in texting is the beginning of the full-fledged digital grammar.
For all we do it, though, texting is culturally invisible. No wonder we screw things up with texting — sexts, solicitations, quarrels, misfires and misunderstanding. We don't know what the hell we're doing. Unlike with gaming, no books exist about the dark allure of texting; its elegant storytelling; its shocking semiotics.
Changing:
Data scientist Alice Zhao analyzed the texts she and her (now) husband have changed over the course of their relationship in How Text Messages Change from Dating to Marriage
Enlightening:
Douchebag: The White Racial Slur We've All Been Waiting For
Weighing:
An iPad filled with apps weighs more than one with nothing installed
Touching:
How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple's Siri
In a world where the commonly held wisdom is that technology isolates us, it's worth considering another side of the story.
Heartbreaking:
The Halloween of my dreams by the late Marjorie Williams
Wish-fulfilling:
My friend Michele on The Fickle Fame of Twitter
Childhood-defining:
Just where exactly is Sesame Street?
Be well my friends.
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"This World Is Not My Home", Amy LaVere's debut CD, was a year in the making and is our most asked about release. Great songs and a great band: Jimbo Mathus, Paul Taylor, Jim Dickinson, Tommy Burroughs, Tony Thomas, Jason Freeman, Forrest Parker, Paul Buchignani and, of course, Amy LaVere on the upright bass. Produced by Paul Taylor.


Foxboro's magnetic flow meter is designed for all types of flow measurements that can be encountered in the municipal sector. It is recognized for a long time as a reliable and solid instrument. All diameters are available for applications of flow measurement of drinking water or wastewater.
For wastewater flow that is found in manholes, Drexelbrook's ultrasonic is used. This equipment contains in it's memory all calculations of the types of channels used in the municipal sector such as Parshall flume, V-Notch, Weir, etc. This unit is inexpensive and highly resistant to low temperatures.
Water flow measurement with portable units.
To check the flow of water pipes, Thermo has portable measurement systems. For drinking water or clean water, Thermo's "Transit Time" system is used. For dirty water or with particles in suspension, Thermo's "Doppler" system is used. These systems are very efficient and are used to control leakage.
pH and conductivity measurement of water.
In the municipal sector, chlorine is added to kill bacteria. The dosing monitoring is done using Foxboro's conductivity and pH probes. This controls the dosing of chlorine and reduces the cost of this product.
Level measurement in artesian wells.
Drexelbrook offers a continuous probe to measure the water level of wells. This measurement is very difficult because there is virtually no space for the probe. The Drexelbrook probe is installed directly on the pump conduit. It is used to give the actual level of the water and avoids burning the pump if the water level is too low.
wireless communication between pumping stations.
Communication between pumping stations is critical. Elpro radios help send the information to various pumping plants and thus help to improve the data processing of information to the control panel. A radio may be used as a repeater from a pumping station to pick up the signal of a well that is very far.
In the water network system, there is a tank that's there to balance the excessive pressures (water hammer). Drexelbrook offers a level measuring probe for that tank which is very robust and accepts the clogging produced by the wastewater. This system is very reliable and does not require maintenance.
There exists a protection for submersible pumps to prevent failures or blockages. Wilcoxon's probe is installed underwater permanently to protect this type of pump. It allows to predict in advance the corrections to be made to the pump.
In wastewater treatment plants, there is a settling sludge tank. To read the sludge level in the tank which is filled with water, Drexelbrook's sonar system or Markland's optical system are used. However, Drexelbrook's sonar system can read the level of sludge and the interface with two separate output signals. This allows, in heavy rainfall, to not lose the veil of sludge and return sediments back to the environment.
In wastewater treatment plants, it is important to know the percentage of oxygen of water before returning it to the environment. Foxboro has a system that measures the oxygen level of the water with a very high efficiency.


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BMM Testlabs and BMM Innovation Group Exhibiting at ICE 2023
BMM Testlabs is pleased to participate in the ICE London tradeshow taking place at ExCel in London between February 7-9, 2023. Attendees and exhibitors are encouraged to stop by the BMM Testlabs stand (N3-520) to network with our world-renowned product certification, quality assurance testing, and compliance services team of experts. Martin Storm, Executive Chairman and CEO, commented, "BMM is excited to be participating at ICE London again this year. Our team of experts will be available to provide help and expertise to all ICE attendees, whether they are start-ups, first time attendees, or large companies. Our reputation, combined with our team of experts, delivers the knowledge, experience, and tools necessary to lead newcomers and established companies to create compliant products for gaming markets all over the world." Marzia Turrini, Executive Vice President, EURSAM, continued, "BMM is among the top two suppliers of online testing and certification services in Europe. We have established new dedicated teams and expanded our existing teams around the world to ensure that our online product certification, security testing, and audits continue to meet the expectations of our global customers. Our team of experts looks forward to educating all European suppliers interested in navigating the myriad of new regulatory frameworks during the ICE expo." BMM will be joined in booth N3-520 by the BMM Innovation Group (BIG), which will be the first time BIG Cyber and RG24seven exhibit at ICE London. Amit Sharma, CEO of the BMM Innovation Group, will be present at ICE to discuss BIG Cyber's services, which includes a 24/7 monitoring SOC and SIEM platform, fully managed cyber awareness training, security testing, and more. Wendy Anderson, CEO of RG24seven, will be present at ICE to demo the free training platform and discuss how RG24seven supports and protects the gaming industry through responsible, effective, and free employee training. For more information about BMM Testlabs or the BMM Innovation Group (BIG Cyber and RG24seven), visit us at stand...
BMM Testlabs and BIG Cyber Earn Excellence Awards at Financial Intelligence Gala in Bucharest
BMM Testlabs is pleased to announce that BMM Testlabs and its innovation arm, BIG Cyber, have been awarded the Excellence Award in Audit, Certification, and Cyber Security at the 5th annual Financial Intelligence Gala. The event was held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Bucharest, Romania, on December 7th, 2022, celebrating successful businesses in Romania. Vlad Dicu, Chief Operating Officer, BMM Testlabs Romania, commented, "We are ever so grateful to our clients, colleagues, and partners for their continued support throughout the region. BMM Romania is very pleased to be recognized by Financial Intelligence, a prime financial portal in Romania, as the leading electronic gambling machine and responsible gambling certification testlab. In 2023, we aim to strengthen our position by improving our client experience, enhancing our offerings, and contributing to the success of our clients and partners." Alexandru Petrescu, Senior Vice President, BIG Cyber, continued, "BIG Cyber is delighted to be recognized by Financial Intelligence as the leading, high-end cybersecurity provider within the local gambling market. Like all industries and government today, gambling is vulnerable to an increasing number of cyber-attacks. BIG Cyber understands that the regulated gambling industry is built upon trust and fairness, so any breach can shake the confidence and loyalty of players. Our products and services are designed to strengthen the cyber posture of operators, suppliers, and businesses worldwide. You can find out more information on our website...
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BMM Testlabs in very happy to share highlights from the opening of our newest office in India this week! Martin Storm, Executive Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are grateful to our customers around the world for the opportunity to grow our business with them, and now extend our services from this strategic technology market in...
Brazil Misses Out on World-Cup Betting. What's India's Wager?
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Exclusive Yogonet Interview with Adrianna Samuels, Vice President of Digital Business Development
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Traffic will be reduced to one lane through the construction zones and width restrictions are likely, the department said. Reduced speed limits and temporary traffic lights also will be in place.
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Last year, the major scouting organization said that they would admit girls into their ranks and beginning in 2019, they will allow them to reach the rank of Eagle Scout.
In a statement released Wednesday, the BSA explained that the name change was part of an overall recruitment campaign called "Scout Me In."
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In recent years, the Boy Scouts have sought to become a more inclusive organization. This has included ending their ban on openly gay scout leaders as well as allowing girls who self-identify as boys to join their ranks.
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Our clients come from all walks of life. They're young, they're old, they're regular people who do regular things, extraordinary people who do extraordinary things, and they're also celebrities and superstars. Yet as different and diverse as they are, they all have one thing in common: they all want to be the best that they can, regardless of their condition, regardless of their stage in life.
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We have worked with everyone from toddlers and teens to young adults and parents. Oftentimes, we see teens who have suffered concussions from accidents or sports; we've seen adults who suffer from developmental disorders; we've seen toddlers who have experienced drowning. Each one of these individuals had something in common. No matter where in the world they were from, their circumstance, or their challenge, each of them were in search of better neurological health. For these clients and families, we provide a method to help get them past their learning challenges, headaches, dizziness, depression and pain. We provide hope, and we provide healing.
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Aging Loved Ones
Our specialists work with aging loved ones that manifest degenerative neurological disorders, such as early-stage dementia and Parkinson's disease. These disorders often make your loved one irritable, tremble uncontrollably, lose their balance, forget family members' names and become apathetic. We help them by giving them better control of their body, improving their memory, invigorating their life and maintaining their independence for a while longer.
Athletes & Executives
Aside from assisting athletes overcome injuries and concussions, we also help those looking to enhance their performance through our NeuroElite Performance Academy. Specifically designed for individuals who experience high-stress situations, our human performance program helps them reach their full potential.
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Stroke/Hypoxia, Concussion, TBI
An acquired brain injury is brain damage/dysfunction that was caused by an event and can be either traumatic such as... An acquired brain injury is brain damage/dysfunction that was caused by an event and can be either traumatic such as with concussion and TBIs, or non-traumatic such as stroke, hypoxia, ischemia, infection, or toxins/poisons. People with acquired brain injuries may or may not have finding on MRI or CT scans. Often there are symptoms regarding movement, sensation, cognition and/or emotional systems. Acquired brain injuries can occur at any age from birth as with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, to childhood non-fatal drowning anoxic brain injuries, to adolescent concussions and poisonings, to heart attack and stroke in adulthood.
Ontario Brain Injury Association. "What is Acquired Brain Injury". Retrieved 5 March 2011.
https://www.braininjuryhub.co.uk/
Anatomical Lesions
Tumors, Cancer, Spinal Cord Injury, Malformations
Anatomical neurological lesions include cancer/tumors, spinal cord injuries, and malformations either from genetic or surgical consequences. These types of neurological... Anatomical neurological lesions include cancer/tumors, spinal cord injuries, and malformations either from genetic or surgical consequences. These types of neurological conditions often appear on diagnostic imaging and are sometimes referred to as a "hard lesion." For some people, treatment revolves around making the area of injury work better. For others, treatment is towards creating beneficial compensations. Location and severity of the lesion are factors in this decision-making process.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17839-brain-lesions
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/spinal-cord-injury/symptoms-causes/syc-20377890
Cognitive Challenge
AD/HD, Apraxia, Dyslexia
Cognitive challenges include attention deficit disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, apraxia, dyspraxia, and dyslexia to name a few. For these challenges,... Cognitive challenges include attention deficit disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, apraxia, dyspraxia, and dyslexia to name a few. For these challenges, the complex sequence, coordination, control, and timing of movements, thoughts, and language can be difficult. Oftentimes, people associate these challenges with children, when in fact adults can suffer from ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, and dyspraxia as well. Dementia, Executive Function Loss, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Sensory Processing Disorder, are also included in this category of neurological challenges.
https://www.apraxia-kids.org/
https://dyslexia.yale.edu/dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia/
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd-the-basics/index.shtml
Genetic Disorder/Challenge
Down, Fragile X, Rett Syndrome, Not Specified
Genetic disorders and challenges are as vast as the genome itself. Genetic disorders with neurological consequences may be due to...
Genetic disorders and challenges are as vast as the genome itself. Genetic disorders with neurological consequences may be due to changes from a single gene, a single chromosome, or a more complex reason. These disorders include Down's Syndrome, Cri du Chat, Fragile X, Rett Syndrome, Tatton-Brown-Rahman Syndrome, Essential Tremor, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, to name a few. These disorders can affect the myelination of the neurons, the neurons themselves, and/or the connectivity between neurons, while others have an effect on the entire system.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22197/
Degenerative Disorder
Alzheimer's/Dementia, ALS, MS, Parkinson's
Degenerative disorders are a result from a progressive loss of structure or function of neurons. Neurodegeneration often occur later in...
Degenerative disorders are a result from a progressive loss of structure or function of neurons. Neurodegeneration often occur later in life and while currently labeled as uncurable, improvements in symptomology and brain function may be possible with the appropriate therapies. Degenerative neurological conditions can include Alzheimer's disease/dementia, Lewy Body dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Anterolateral Sclerosis aka Lou Gehrig's disease, Motor Neuron disease, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease.
http://www.imedpub.com/scholarly/degenerative-neurology-journals-articles-ppts-list.php
Movement Disorder
Ataxia, Balance, Dystonia, Myoclonus, Tic, Tremor
Movement refers to a group of neurological conditions that cause abnormal increased movements, which may be voluntary or involuntary. Movement...
Movement refers to a group of neurological conditions that cause abnormal increased movements, which may be voluntary or involuntary. Movement disorders can also cause reduced or slow movements. This can be from an injury, degenerative condition, genetic condition, or due to exposure to certain chemicals/toxins. Ataxia, dystonia, myoclonus, tics, and tremors are all different types of movement disorders.
https://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/About/Movement-Disorder-Overviews.htm
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/movement-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20363893
Neurodevelopmental Challenge
Autism Spectrum, Developmental Delays
Neurodevelopmental challenges include the autism spectrum of disorders and other developmental delays. For people with these conditions, there may be... Neurodevelopmental challenges include the autism spectrum of disorders and other developmental delays. For people with these conditions, there may be environmental and genetic precipitators. Children with neurodevelopmental disorders seemingly have no cause for their challenges, yet can experience difficulties with language and speech, motor skills, behavior, memory, learning, socialization, or other neurological functions.
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/ace3_neurodevelopmental.pdf
Performance Desires
Cognitive, Sports, Otherwise Healthy
The desire to do better and be better is one that drives a percentage of the population to keep pushing... The desire to do better and be better is one that drives a percentage of the population to keep pushing past their limits and reaching successes beyond what they've already achieved. This applies to the realm of brain health as well. There is a saying that goes "the brain has limitless potential for improvement" that epitomizes the philosophy of functional neurological care. Optimizing the brain's potential and the efficiency of the neurological systems can help people reach their performance desires whether that is thinking faster in the board room or going for gold at the Olympics. Clients in this category are not necessarily needing medical treatment and are healthy by all standards, but wish to push past their functional boundaries.
Primary Autonomic Issues
Orthostatic Intolerance, Syncope, POTS
The autonomic nervous system controls many of the facets of life that do not require conscious thought including blood flow,... The autonomic nervous system controls many of the facets of life that do not require conscious thought including blood flow, digestion, sweating, the size of the pupils to name a few. When this system has dysfunction, many neurological syndromes and disorders can occur including: dysautonomia, orthostatic intolerance, syncope, and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
Primary Epilepsy
Recurring Seizures Only
Epilepsy is a term used to identify a spectrum of brain disorders ranging from severe to much milder. In epilepsy,... Epilepsy is a term used to identify a spectrum of brain disorders ranging from severe to much milder. In epilepsy, an individual has had multiple seizures, where the normal pattern of neuronal activity becomes disturbed. This may lead to strange sensations, emotions, and behavior or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness. Strengthening the normal pattern or fortifying the brain areas and pathways that exhibit weakness may be one way to decrease frequency or intensity of recurring seizures.
https://www.epilepsy.com/
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Epilepsy-Information-Page
Secondary Psychological Challenges
Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, OCD, PTSD
Often, neurological challenges can present as psychological challenges as well. Brain Injuries, developmental challenges, and degenerative diseases all have secondary...
Often, neurological challenges can present as psychological challenges as well. Brain Injuries, developmental challenges, and degenerative diseases all have secondary psychological challenges that we may be able to help.
https://www.nami.org/learn-more/mental-health-by-the-numbers
Sensory Disturbance
Pain, Dizziness, Sensitivity, No Motor or Cognitive
Sensory disturbances may consist of loss of sensation, abnormal sensations, or pain. Abnormal sensations can be tactile in nature like... Sensory disturbances may consist of loss of sensation, abnormal sensations, or pain. Abnormal sensations can be tactile in nature like touch, but also include sensitivity to light and sound, dizziness, and disorientation. Pure sensory disturbances occur without deficits to the cognitive or thinking systems and without deficits to the motor or movement systems.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnint.2017.00014/full
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1093/innovait/inp099?journalCode=inoa&
Some people are attuned to their bodies, and while they may not have a diagnosis, know that something is "off"... Some people are attuned to their bodies, and while they may not have a diagnosis, know that something is "off" with their brain. For these people, unique and thorough neurological evaluation is key to understanding what has gone wrong, and what is needed to correct it. To learn more about how we can help you find a better quality of life, contact us.


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Crawl is a 2019 American natural horror film directed by Alexandre Aja, written by brothers Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, and produced by Sam Raimi. It stars Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper as a daughter and father who, along with their dog, find themselves trapped in the crawl space of their home and preyed upon by alligators during a Category 5 hurricane in Florida.

Aja rewrote the original spec script from the Rasmussen brothers to expand the length of the story and its characters. The film was officially announced by the media in May 2018, and production started in Serbia in August with cinematographer Maxime Alexandre. The film was primarily shot within a warehouse facility located in the Port of Belgrade and wrapped shooting after 41 days in September. During post-production, the film score was composed by Max Aruj and Steffen Thum, and visual effects such as the alligators were produced by Rodeo FX. It took three months to complete the visual effects.

Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Crawl opted out of conventional film screenings for critics and premiered in the United States on July 12, 2019. With an "R" rating from the Motion Picture Association, the film grossed $91.5 million against a $13–15 million production budget. It was met with generally positive reviews for its direction, pacing, and visual effects, and earned a nomination for Best Wide Release at the 2020 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. In April 2021, after growing speculation, Aja confirmed a sequel was in development.

Plot

University of Florida swimmer Haley Keller receives a call from her sister Beth, who informs her that Category 5 Hurricane Wendy is on its way to Florida and advises her to get out of the state. Concerned for the safety of her estranged father Dave, Haley goes to check on him at his condo but finds it empty. She goes against the instructions of Beth's ex-boyfriend Wayne, a member of the Florida Police Department, by deciding to check out their old family home in Coral Lake, a location at risk of flooding.

Haley descends into the house's crawl space with the help of the family dog, Sugar, and finds her father unconscious. Suddenly, her main exit is cut off by several large American alligators. As the house begins to flood, Haley attempts to navigate around them to retrieve her phone but is ambushed by two alligators that destroy the phone and injure her leg. She notices three people looting a nearby gas station, but her efforts to draw their attention do not work, and she watches in despair as they are devoured by alligators.

Wayne and his partner Pete arrive at the old house in search of Haley and her father. While Wayne heads into the house to look for them, Pete is ambushed and ripped apart by a swarm of alligators. Wayne locates them as they warn him of the dangers in the crawl space before being pulled into the crawl space by an alligator and devoured underwater. In a last-ditch effort to escape, Haley swims to a storm drain, where she discovers the alligators have made their nest and laid eggs.

Haley successfully kills an alligator using a gun she retrieves from Wayne's body, shooting down the alligator's throat while her arm is inside of it. She then swims out into the flooded street through the storm drain and enters the house to crowbar the living room floor open, saving Dave from drowning. Haley, Dave, and Sugar carefully make their way onto a boat outside as the eye of the hurricane moves over the neighborhood. The floodwaters break the nearby levees, crashing them back into the house.

As Dave and Sugar make their way up the stairs, Dave loses his right arm when he is attacked by an alligator. Haley navigates around the kitchen and uses a discarded police radio to broadcast a distress signal to authorities. She also manages to trap an alligator in the house bathroom and attempts to flag down a rescue helicopter from an upstairs bedroom. However, Haley is attacked by another alligator that tries to perform a death roll. While Dave and Sugar escape to the attic, Haley stabs the alligator in the eye with a flare and all three reunite on the roof. After narrowly avoiding another alligator, Haley lights a flare and flags down the rescue helicopter as Dave proudly watches.

Cast

 Kaya Scodelario as Haley Keller
 Barry Pepper as Dave Keller
 Morfydd Clark as Beth Keller
 Ross Anderson as Wayne Taylor
 Jose Palma as Pete
 George Somner as Marv
 Anson Boon as Stan
 Ami Metcalf as Lee
 Colin McFarlane as the Governor
 Cso-Cso as Sugar, Dave's dog

Production

Development

Brothers Michael and Shawn Rasmussen wrote the spec script for the film, and producer Craig Flores gave it to French filmmaker Alexandre Aja in 2017. Aja was initially intrigued by the logline itself, and departed from a James Wan–directed project to read the screenplay. However, he became disappointed with the story's actual length, which took place in one location, the crawl space, and followed the characters as they were antagonized by a single alligator, with a second alligator appearing in the third act. Aja rewrote the script over the course of a year to introduce new locations and expand the characters. He worked with Flores and Dana Stevens to improve the screenplay and ultimately decided to make Haley Keller a skilled swimmer and her father Dave her former coach to make their journey in the film realistic.

The scene where Haley goes against the instructions of several people to retrieve her father was influenced by a scene in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). It was added in to highlight her determination and give audiences the "[feeling] that something is coming and building up" in an "old school" fashion. Aja wanted to put each character in the worst-case scenario possible so he rewrote the screenplay as a "home invasion movie" where the hurricane was an antagonist. He did extensive research on hurricanes and alligators, and looked through "hundreds of hours" of real-world footage to find examples of both topics in their "ferocious" and "powerful" nature. The design of the alligators were based on a stuffed Mississippi alligator located at the American Museum of Natural History and a sheltered alligator in Miami nicknamed "Godzilla".

On May 1, 2018, Paramount Pictures announced it had acquired the rights to the film, and described the antagonists as the "most savage and feared predators" in Florida. Aja, whose previous credits at the time included the horror films Piranha 3D (2010) and Horns (2013), came on board to direct the thriller produced by Flores and Sam Raimi. The project had previously been in development through Lakeshore Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures before moving to Paramount to benefit from the success of A Quiet Place (2018), another low-budget horror film from the studio. Aja listed the one-location styles of Alien (1979) and Cujo (1983), and the setting in Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981) as inspirations for the film. With Jaws (1975) serving as "the blueprint", Aja wanted the film to feel similar to riding a rollercoaster: suspenseful. Paramount agreed to keep the runtime short, and ultimately decided on a mere 87 minutes. Aja went against the advice of multiple executives to introduce the alligators early on in the film, as he believed this would be unexpected to the general audience. One idea considered for the ending would have seen the main characters get eaten by an alligator. Aja also said there were several discussions on "whether the dog would live or not"; alternate scenarios involved an alligator biting the dog's tail off, the main characters feeding the dog to the alligators to escape their home, and the dog sacrificing itself to save its owners. The happy ending was picked to evoke a positive response from audiences.

Casting
Kaya Scodelario entered negotiations to star in May 2018. Paramount executive Wyck Godfrey gave her the chance to join the film in a leading role without having to audition. Accepting the part, she said she picked the film based on "the material and the character, and if it's going to empower me or teach me or test me." To physically prepare for the role, Scodelario was trained to swim by coaches from England and Serbia, including a former Olympian, who helped her for six to seven weeks at the London Aquatics Centre. Her training progressed from her having to swim in a kiddie pool with floaties to swimming at a "good speed and quite good stamina". Barry Pepper, having previously worked with Scodelario in 2015 on Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, was added to the cast in June 2018. He also underwent months of training to improve his swimming, and said he enjoyed the idea of working on a film about a father-and-daughter relationship living in Florida.

Design and filming
Crawl is the first Paramount film to be shot in the country of Serbia. Principal photography began in August 2018 and concluded in September after 41 days. Maxime Alexandre was the cinematographer. The majority of filming took place in the city of Belgrade, particularly on a set located in a warehouse facility for shipping containers in the Port of Belgrade. On July 30, 2018, days before production officially began, the set was visited by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and United States Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Randolph Scott. Vučić said he was "extremely glad" of the studio's decision to film in the country.

Using Arri Alexa cameras, including an Alexa SXT and an Alexa Mini, the film was shot with Leica Summilux-C lenses and Alura lightweight zooms on a Steadicam and a Technocrane. Within the facility, three soundstages were equipped, "the largest one for the exterior house and neighborhood, another for the house exterior and interiors, first and second floor—also used for underwater filming—and a third stage for the basement and roof scenes". In an interview, Pepper mentioned that the warehouses used were the size of football fields and that the houses, gas stations, and trees were built on set.

Alan Gilmore was the film's production designer. To make the usage of water realistic, he watched several photo documentaries from New Orleans to research natural disasters and the effects a hurricane could have on houses without sustainable protection to make sure "it looks exactly right and causes the right damage and the right effects". For the main location, a house was constructed inside one of the warehouses and the production crew added a water tank they were able to fill to flood the house as filming progressed.

Overall, seven water tanks were built, of which two were filled simply to carry water, four were used for each section of the house, and a larger three-meter tall 60-meter by 80-meter tank was used for the neighborhood. According to the Serbia Film Commission, most of the film was shot after the house was flooded with the main water tanks, with 5 million liters of water being used on a daily basis. Scodelario found the shoot "the most physically demanding" of her career: "I was broken at the end of every day. We were shooting 16- to 18-hour days. I was on set all day, every day. I lost about 12 pounds shooting the movie, but I gained some of it in muscle, which I was quite impressed with. I broke a finger; I came home every day bruised, bloodied and cut open." She has spoken of how she "beefed up" her character as much as she could, eschewing makeup and playing most of the film in her bare feet, explaining: "I fought to have her barefoot [...] I didn't want protection on my feet. As a girl who's a swimmer, she's going to wear flip-flops and once she has to crawl around, she's going to kick them off." Additional filming took place in the United States, specifically around Tampa Bay in Tierra Verde, Lake Maggiore in St. Petersburg, and Thonotosassa, where exterior scenes and B-roll footage was shot. Scenes involving characters driving were shot in front of green screens, with some footage being filmed with stuntmen while actors were still in Belgrade.

Practical alligators, including the baby alligators, were created for a mere four to five takes in the film. To simulate the CGI alligators, scenes varied between Serbian stuntmen wearing green spandex suits, divers recreating alligator movements underwater, the director holding a pole attached to a pillow wrapped in green fabric, and actors reacting to fake alligator heads on sticks. Most of the weather elements seen in the film, including the wind and the rain, were provided on-set during filming, while the setting, trees, and hurricane itself were computer-generated. After filming concluded, the visual effects were handled during post-production for three months by Rodeo FX, supervised by Thomas Montminy Brodeur and Keith Kolder, who created a total 244 shots for the film.

Music

The film score was produced by Lorne Balfe and composed by Max Aruj and Steffen Thum. Aja said the initial composer left due to creative differences, so Aruj and Thum had less than a month to compose the score; Paramount reassured them the film would not be delayed after Aja expressed his concerns. Aruj and Thum had collaborated on multiple projects while working under Remote Control Productions, including on the Netflix film iBoy (2017). The score was recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna. It was released on July 12, 2019, by Paramount Music, and on Vinyl LP by Rusted Wave on March 6, 2020.

Marketing
The marketing campaign from Paramount Pictures for Crawl began on April 4, 2019, when initial footage was shown at CinemaCon. While /Film said the footage made the premise of the film feel similar to a "wacky sounding horror movie", Bloody Disgusting compared it to Burning Bright (2010), and Screen Rant wrote that they believed the film would have a "claustrophobic effect" on moviegoers. Early reactions compared the film to 47 Meters Down (2017) and Jaws.

On May 2, 2019, an official trailer for the feature film was released alongside the first theatrical release poster; the second poster was released two weeks later. With Chris Evangelista from /Film writing that it was "something I very much want to see", the footage from the trailer was compared to Deep Blue Sea (1999), Open Water (2003), Rogue (2007), Bait 3D (2012), and The Shallows (2016). From Syfy Wire, Josh Weiss compared the premise to the Florida Man internet meme and said that based on the trailer, Crawl would be able to compete with the Lake Placid film series, a franchise centered on crocodile horror films. Screen Rant journalist Cooper Hood wrote that the trailer "effectively conveys the thrills and sense of dread that it wants", and compared it to Don't Breathe (2016). Within a few hours of release, the trailer was watched by over a million viewers, which Entertainment Weekly credited to the "viral marketing" from Paramount, who had models, influencers, and celebrities, including several from Jersey Shore, Floribama Shore, and Siesta Key, share content from the film. In July 2019, Comic Book Resources went on to say the trailer "gave away the best scenes" without "kill[ing] any of the suspense". That same month, several clips and film stills were released; Brad Miska from Bloody Disgusting recommended viewers to avoid watching them before seeing the film.

In a marketing summary from Deadline Hollywood, Anthony D'Alessandro analyzed the reason Crawl, alongside Stuber, failed to generate the same buzz created by The Meg in 2018 and that year's Spider-Man: Far From Home and Toy Story 4. In his report, the reasoning was credited to the release of a single trailer, the appearance of digital advertisements only weeks before the film's release, and the social media campaign gaining 57 million views, below the average 82 million for horror films. Additionally, it was revealed that Paramount had used $25 million for television commercials aired on at least twenty-seven networks.

Release

Theatrical
Weeks prior to its release, the Crawl marketing crew opted out of conventional film screenings for critics and only had one during its campaign for promotional purposes. Its release to positive reviews named it "one of [the] most pleasant (and most terrifying) surprises" of 2019, and the "best 'not screened for film critics' movie in years".

In January 2019, Crawl was given a theatrical release date for later that year on August 23, to compete against the premieres of Angel Has Fallen and Overcomer. In March, the premiere date for the film was brought forward to July 12, 2019, this time to compete against The Farewell and Stuber. After the Motion Picture Association gave Crawl an "R" rating for "Bloody creature violence, and brief language," it was announced that the film would also be released in 4DX auditoriums.

Home media
Paramount Home Entertainment released Crawl via digital download on September 24, 2019, with a Blu-ray, DVD, and video on demand physical release on October 15. Special features, lasting 45 minutes, include a motion comic of an alternate opening scene involving a family being eaten by alligators, deleted and extended scenes, a compilation of scenes titled "Alligator Attacks", behind-the-scenes footage and featurettes, and interviews with the cast and crew.

Reception

Box office
Crawl grossed $39 million in the United States and Canada, and $55.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $91.5 million against a production budget of $13–15 million. Marketed as a counterprogramming option for moviegoers, the film's box office performance was seen as a commercial success.

The film premiered in the United States and Canada on July 12, in 3,170 theaters, where initial estimates predicted the feature would open with $10–14 million. In its four-day opening weekend, Crawl placed third at the box office and earned $12 million, following its earnings of $4.4 million on Friday, including $1 million from Thursday night previews, $4.3 million on Saturday, and $3.4 million on Sunday. Audiences were 64% above the age of 25, 60% between the ages of 18–34, and 51% male. Outside of the two countries, the film opened in theaters in 20 foreign markets, making $4.8 million in its first week, for a $16.8 million opening weekend worldwide.

In its second weekend in the United States and Canada, Crawl placed fourth at the box office, having fallen behind due to the release of The Lion King, and grossed $6 million for a $24 million total domestically after 10 days in release. That same week, the film made $2.7 million in 21 foreign markets. In its third weekend, Crawl moved to fifth place, due to the release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and made $4 million. Outside of the two countries, the film grossed $3.4 million, for a $45 million total worldwide. In its fourth weekend, the film reached $53 million worldwide as eighth at the box office, before falling below the top ten list for the rest of its theatrical release.

Critical response
 The site's critical consensus reads, "An action-packed creature feature that's fast, terrifying, and benefits greatly from a completely game Kaya Scodelario, Crawl is a fun throw-back with just enough self-awareness to work."  Audiences polled by CinemaScore during its opening weekend gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported audience members gave it an average rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, with 46% saying they would definitely recommend it.
Contemporary reviews of the film praised its suspense, brisk pacing, and visual presentation of its main antagonists. In a comparison with 2019's Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Daniel Menegaz from Entertainment Weekly shared positive feedback to Crawls self-awareness, low runtime, and overall execution of its "simple" premise. Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino called it one of his favorite films of 2019.

Giving it a "B−", A.A. Dowd from The A.V. Club lauded the film for extensively using its "R" rating to increase its usage of gore. In his three-star and a half review for Rolling Stone, David Fear applauded the performances of the leads and Aja's directing. While Slates Keith Phipps praised the action sequences and found its summer release to be adequate, Tomris Laffly from RogerEbert.com wrote that the film was engaging enough to please an audience. From the Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips said that he "liked it pretty well" as a "pleasantly unpleasant" film. Furthermore, Vultures Angelica Jade Bastién gave an entirely positive review, lending remarks to Scodelario's acting, Alexandre's cinematography, and premise that "more than delivers" as a "great example of a simple story exceedingly well-told".

Despite the generally positive reviews, several critics gave Crawl a mixed review. Writing for The New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis criticized the film's screenplay while calling it an efficient popcorn movie. From The New Yorker, Richard Brody gave positive remarks to the jumpscares but found the visual effects to be unintentionally humorous. With Varietys Owen Gleiberman pillorying the realism of Haley's survival, IndieWire referred to the feature as an entertaining and suspenseful B movie, giving it a "C+". Meanwhile, The Guardian Simran Hans and Clarisse Loughrey from The Independent both gave the film two stars out of five; the latter summarized it by writing that the film had "its bloody moments, with plenty of lingering shots of gaping wounds and protruding bones [but] just doesn't seem as gleeful in its carnage as the situation calls for".

Various journalists analyzed the presence of climate change in the film. From GQ, Noah Berlatsky wrote that the hurricane was the actual antagonist, opining that Crawl was set in an apocalyptic world where climate change was not resolved. Furthermore, Bustle magazine criticized the feature for having the hurricane "act as backdrop and excuse for something ludicrous as a giant alligator". Miles Howard, from Vice, found that Crawl was marketed to create "climate anxiety" in audiences with experiences with natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, writing that the film presented the hurricane as the representation of an "impending ecological collapse". Writing for Thrillist, Emma Stefansky said the film was thrilling enough to scare viewers but stated that "it's the looming menace of climate change and its consequences that ought to scare us the most". In November 2019, The Hill ranked Crawl as one of the top ten films of the year tackling climate change in an effective manner.

Accolades
At the 2020 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, Crawl received a nomination for Best Wide Release. The film also earned a pair of nominations for Best Horror Film from the Hollywood Critics Association and IGN Awards, losing both to Us. At the 13th Houston Film Critics Society Awards, the feature received a nomination for Best Stunt Coordination Team, but lost to John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. The National Film & TV Awards nominated the film for Best Actress (Kaya Scodelario) and Best Producer (Alexandre Aja, Craig Flores, and Sam Raimi), losing both to Jennifer Lopez from Hustlers and Will Ferrell from Booksmart, respectively.

Possible sequel
In July 2019, Aja said a sequel to the film would focus on different characters in a different story. In October, he mentioned that the production crew had been developing "a few stories" for a future installment. Following its positive reception, Aja said he was "sure the question of a sequel [was] going to come up". Two years later, in April 2021, Aja revealed that a screenplay was, in fact, being written for a potential sequel, but that he could not disclose any more information.

See also
 Burning Bright (2010), film about two siblings trapped at home with a tiger during a hurricane

References

External links

2010s American films
2010s English-language films
2019 horror films
American natural horror films
American survival films
Films about father–daughter relationships
Films about crocodilians
Films about hurricanes
Films about tropical cyclones
Films directed by Alexandre Aja
Films produced by Sam Raimi
Films set in Florida
Films shot in Belgrade
Films shot in Florida
Flood films
Paramount Pictures films
Films set in basement

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Well would you believe it? Apparently it's not snowing in Ardrossan and it's just about cleared in Greenock. Where did this come from? I know it was cold yesterday, really cold, but I don't think I've seen such blizzard conditions in Largs in all the time I've lived here and that's 13 years!!!
Mind you, I haven't been sitting at home doing nothing all day although I did decide it wasn't worthwhile opening Sugar & Spice today because who in their right mind was going to buy ice cream or Easter gifts today. Instead, I decided to do some work in my office just along the road at The Bean and Leaf however, after several power cuts and alarm bells ringing in my ears I decided the best option was just to go home, crank up the heating and relax.
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Q: Rails Create Related Models together I have two Models Order(id, user_id,...) and OrderEvent(id, order_id, ...)the data of these are stored in two Objects @order and @order_event.

Now i want to save Order and update the order_id in OrderEvent and
  then save the content in the database.

In CakePHP if we had the content structured in a certain way we could save all of these together at once. Is there a way to save the content in a single call so that if there is any validation error both records are not created and fails
Order
--- !ruby/object:Order
attributes:
  id:
  host_id: 1
  user_id: 1
  order_no: PH1504-F3D11353
  type_of_order: events
  order_date: !ruby/object:DateTime 2015-04-17 10:49:52.066168000 Z
  sub_total: 7050.0
  tax_rate:
  rate_cost:
  deliver_charges:
  discount_code:
  discount_rate:
  discount_cost:
  total_cost: 7050.0
  order_dishes_count:
  order_events_count:
  status: 0
  created_at:
  updated_at:

OrderEvent
--- !ruby/object:OrderEvent
attributes:
  id:
  order_id:
  event_id: 2
  no_of_ppl: 3
  event_date: 2015-01-22 00:00:00.000000000 Z
  cost: 2350.0
  total_cost: 7050.0
  status: 0
  created_at:
  updated_at:

Order
class Order < ActiveRecord::Base

  belongs_to :user
  belongs_to :host

  has_many :order_events
  has_many :messages

end

OrderEvent
class OrderEvent < ActiveRecord::Base

  belongs_to :event
  belongs_to :order
end

A: If you have set proper associations, following will work for you:
@order = Order.create(...)
@order_event = @order.order_events.create(...) # pass all attrs except id & order_id

EDIT:

If I have the object ready and just wanna save can I use '.save' instead of .create –  Harsha M V

In that case, you can directly update @order_event as:
@order_event.update(:order => @order)

A: What you are looking for might be :
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/NestedAttributes/ClassMethods.html
If you only want to update the OrderEvent just do
class OrderEvent
  belongs_to :order
end

And in your controller
@order_event.update_attributes(order: @order)

Edit : update_attributes saves to the database.
See http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/Persistence/update for more info.
If you have both models ready but none has an id yet then I think you should go for nested attributes :
class Order
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :order_events
  has_many :order_events
end

class OrderEvent
  belongs_to :order
end

I controller, In order to save the Order, with its order_events :
def update
  @order.update_attributes(order_events_attributes: [@order_event])
end

Should work like a charm.

A: Best way is to use Transactions of rails. Reference : Transactions

A: Inverse_of and accepts_nested_attributes_for allow you to create two associated objects at the same time.
Your models should be something like:
class Order < ActiveRecord::Base

  has_many :order_events, inverse_of: :order

  accepts_nested_attributes_for :order_events

end

class OrderEvent < ActiveRecord::Base

  belongs_to :order, inverse_of: :order_event
end

In the orders controller:
def new
  @order = Order.new
  @order.order_events.build
end

def create
  @order = Order.new(order_params)
  ...
end

Allow order_events attributes in the params:
def order_params
   params.require(:order).permit(order_event_attributes: [])
end

In the form:
<%= form_for @order do |f| %>
  <%= f.fields_for :order_events do |event| %>
  <!-- event fields go here -->
<% end %>

Here is an article with more details what invese_of does: http://viget.com/extend/exploring-the-inverse-of-option-on-rails-model-associations

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Theremino is an Open Source system, to connect computers with the real world. Applications range from music, to teaching, to scientific research. Unlike similar systems (for example Arduino), the system works immediately, and does not require any firmware programming.
The form Theremino Master is not a card with micro programmable controller (as Arduino), but an Input Output device, like a Mouse. And' can still use Arduino modules. See the application ArduHAL and its documentation.
The Theremino system is also applicable to systems "embedded", that require fast reactions (for example the drones). The FlatPC for applications "embedded" are tiny, cheap and light, as explained on this page.
The tablets and PCs power, the flexibility of the InOut modules, and an entire ecosystem, of more than one hundred applications, makes the system Theremino "different". The system Theremino, is not a copy of Arduino. We want to specify it, because many are fooled, by the shape of the InOut modules. Whom, admittedly, they look like clones of Arduino.
Even the name Theremino, unfortunately, has unintentionally fostered this misunderstanding. That many do not believe, but it's the truth. When he was chosen the name, None of us were aware of the existence of Arduino and the name refers only, to Leon Theremin and Input Output. Clicking on this picture, you open a Google Doodle He teaches her to play the Theremin.
The system Theremino is also a container, for the exchange of ideas, among fans. As well as a catalog, of sensors and actuators, a teaching aid, and a collection of technologies for Input-Output, programming and open source electronics.
Here there are software information, advice on which computers use and recommendations for stand-alone systems and real-time.
For a convenient index, divided by topics, Please refer to the application page.
Applications, all free and open-source, can be downloaded from download pages.
Hardware modules you buy, from external producers, or they build, with the open-hardware.
Here you will find the information about forms of the system, and their wiring diagrams.
Transducers (sensors and actuators) and the modules of the system, report links and tips, to buy at the best price.
In introduction, you will find more details on your system, and notes are available techniques, information various and explanatory videos.
The most active blogs are: master and slaves / multimedia / Robotics and cnc / gamma-spectrometry / geigers-and-ionchambers.
External resources are available, for deepening scientific and educational: Physics Open Lab / www.mastrohora.it.
In these pages are available, the details on the Creative Commons License, on processing of personal data, and on the CE and ROHS certifications.
To find individual topics, We recommend that you use the "Search", located at the upper left side. Then "CTRL-F" on individual pages.
Theremino is similar (or compatible) with Arduino?
No, are two very different systems.
Here there is a feature comparison chart.
Arduino is a "Single board micro-controller" that must be programmed, from time to time, with an ad hoc firmware. If, for example,, you want to read a temperature, then you program the firmware to get it, If temperatures are two, you change and reprogramming the firmware, to read two.
Theremino is a "input-output device", like a mouse or printer. By linking modules, works instantly, without having to program its firmware.
Arduino is designed to run all by himself, without PC and without operating system.
Theremino It also uses the power of the operating system, PC processor and coprocessor. The total combined power, is about 1000 times greater.
Arduino communicates via USB, but becomes virtual serial, and the processor itself, You must prepare your data for serial. So data undergo four conversions: from byte to serial and serial to USB, then on your PC are again converted from virtual serial USB. Finally are read from the virtual serial and converted back into the original bytes. This slows down the speed of communication with PC.
Theremino communicates via native USB and the micro of the Master has within it two independent sections, one deals with In-Out and the other is dedicated to USB communication. Whereby the connection between PC and hardware is always fluid.
Arduino programming with the Sketch, you learn so a specific language, that will not be used for anything other than for Arduino.
Theremino is a teaching system, How to program the PC in the main programming languages (Basic, CSharp, CPP and Phyton). What you learn will be useful even in a professional environment.
And' can still use Arduino modules as input-output subsystem for the PC. See the application ArduHAL and its documentation.
They are all similar to each other, a micro-controller mounted on a PCB, with around some Input/Output connectors. There are already many, why propose another?
The best explanation was from Stefano, a maker, who wrote: Clearly we always starts from Arduino, but soon I realized its limitations: it is a small computer with In/Out to be programmed, while I want to a large computer, and add the In/Out to it.!
Since the "head" is the PC the most appropriate technical term is "Soft PLC".
The application HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) Refreshes all inputs and outputs at regular intervals (normally 500 times per second) and normalizes the data, simplifying communication with hardware.
Software modules ….. High level applications. Head of system thinking.
Slots …………………….. Communication between all system components.
Master modules …….. Hardware modules, connected to the USB.
Slave modules ……….. Hardware modules, connected through the serial line DPM.
Adapters ………………. Special sensors and adapters Pin standard, of the system Theremino.
Output transducers .. Servo motors, sounds, video, light controllers, On/Off controls etc..
Input transducers ….. Light sensors, position, temperature, tension, current, ability etc..
The Slots (interprocess communication) are the basis of the system Theremino and set it apart from all the similar systems. With the slots not only hardware but also forms applications can communicate with each other.
Applications, available in open source, cover all common operations, from multimedia, laboratory measurements. New applications can be developed starting from the Open Source code of existing ones, as new bricks, to expand the possibilities of the system.
Applications can also be added as modules, multiple applications can be configured to communicate with each other, and partner, without reprogramme.
The modular software is a new concept. No system, until now, have you ever used the communication and modularity as the system Theremino.
In system Theremino, each application is only concerned with its specific functions, and multiple applications work together, to achieve the desired result. This allows you to build complex systems, with simple brick.
With Theremino you don't have to be experienced programmers, to realize their own ideas. Even the artists, chemists, the musicians, Geologists, climate scientists and students, can build what he needs, by combining the existing hardware and software modules.
The "PIN" of the system are individually configurable, with a large number of preprogrammed functions, covering every requirement of Input-Output.
You can connect sensors and assign new functions, In-Out pins, even during operation. You can add modules, and set them up in seconds. The modules are automatically recognized, and communicate with each other, through a single-wire serial line. Each line can have up to 200 modules and each module ten Pin. The total number of InOut is virtually unlimited, and they can communicate with each other, or with other applications, via HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) and Slots (Interprocess Communication). Modules can communicate with each other, up to kilometers, serial line, great distances on network cables and on the WEB. Usable operating systems are Windows, UNIX, Linux, Mac OSX and Android.
The simplicity, the small size and low cost modules, do not reduce the performance, Indeed the opposite is true. Simplicity makes the system very robust, and performs such, You can refresh all InOut simultaneously, smoothly (up to 500..1000 times per second).
Theremino system applications are portable. Copied to external memory and bring on another PC, will continue to function, exactly where were you arrive. You can also duplicate, in several separate folders, and make them work simultaneously, with separate parameters, without interfering with each other.
This also entails, that your computer is not affected (Note 1). That you do not install anything on your system, do not install Drivers, do not write in "Registry", and don't use shared data-base. Applications "thereminiche" do not change anything, out of their folders. Other information on this page.
In system Theremino, applications do not have a fixed address (a folder type "Programs/Theremino"), but they can move, without having to "record", their new address, at a centralized unit. The slots are the only point of contact between applications, some kind of mail boxes.
The Theremino HAL was initially conceived as a driver, had a single data base, in common for all applications, and presented its icon in the status bar, near the clock. But soon we, This made it dark, and non-transparent, its operation. Anyone with a modicum of familiarity, with driver issues, can confirm it. For further confirmation, Search YouTube "Drivers Nightmare": Here's an example, and also other examples.
(Note 1) The basic principle, not to alter the operating system, This is only applicable in Windows. Other operating system (Linux, MacOSX and Android), claim the installation of drivers and software. According to our principles, This is a mistake, a complication for users, and a potential source of insecurity. In such systems, users are continuously prompted for, keywords and approvals. But users can't locate malicious software, so get used to approve all. Applications become more complex every year, and human control, no longer able to understand, What actually do. Must be the same operating system, to act by antivirus, with a integrated antivirus and free from temptations.
Why the modules they look so simple?
The modules of the system Theremino (despite being very flexible and configurable), are designed with low technology and few components.
Current technology, would build PCB, with insulation of a few tenths and microscopic tracks. It would be easy to redo our modules, with these techniques. Tolerating add, a few dozen nonessential components, we could facilitate the design and reduce the production cost. The producers would be happier and aesthetics would satisfy best, the miniaturization lovers.
Increase reliability even in humid conditions.
You can do without the protective coating (called "Solder").
Not impose stringent manufacturing tolerances allow the building even on a thousand holes or with photo etched (no holes metallics).
Allow the construction of the PCB with the cutter (minimum insulation around 0.8 mm, single face and nothing metallic holes).
Allow you to easily remove the components, for substitutions, changes and experiments, without spoiling the PCB (Touring and abundant diameter holes).
Use only simple connectors, strips in step 2.54, that everyone in the drawer, or easily recycled from old equipment.
Don't overdo the miniaturization. Our modules are already quite small, Some have written that are far too small. Exaggeration makes it difficult to handle them.
We thank Marco Vitangeli for this wonderful example.


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Q: get 5 id and title of popular posts in the wordpress I'm an android developer. I included require('../../../wp-blog-header.php'); in a separated file as a web service.
now,I would like to get 5 titles and ids of popular posts.
I found below link, but I do not have enough acknowledge about it.
Wordpress - get 5 popular posts by views without plugin

A: The easiest way is to create a custom page template, and put everything there what is needed, in this case, the title.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates
You can get the title here
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_title
It is not a good idea I think to separate the logic like this, it is a better way, if you are using the core functionality, and create the custom template as your need

A: try to use this code .
require('../../../wp-load.php');  // correct this with file location
$popularpost  = new WP_Query( array( 'posts_per_page' => 5) );  // will contain all data
$data=array();
foreach($popularpost as $key=>$post)
{
  $data[]['id']=$post->ID;
   $data[]['id']=$post->title;
}
echo json_encode($data) ; // just to return json data for android