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<div id="representation">
	<blockquote>Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won't stay inside anymore.</blockquote><br/>
	- Andy Weir, The Martian
</div>

<script type="text/html" id="ready_template">
	<label>
    Count From:
    <input data-bind="value: countFrom"/>
    <button data-bind="click: setCountFrom">Set</button>
  </label>

	<p>Counter:<span data-bind="text:model.counter"></span></p>
  <button data-bind="click: start">Start</button>
</script>

<script type="text/html" id="counting_template">
	<p>Count down:<span data-bind="text:model.counter"></span></p>
  <button data-bind="click: abort">Abort</button>
</script>

<script type="text/html" id="aborted_template">
	<p>Aborted at...

JavaScript

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Model 
//

var model = {
  counter: 10, 
  started: false,
  launched: false,
  aborted: false} ;

model.present = function(data) {
	if (state.counting(model)) {
		if (model.counter === 0) {
			model.launched = data.launched || false ;
		} else {
			model.aborted = data.aborted || false ;
			if (data.counter !== undefined) { model.counter = data.counter ; }
		}
	} else {
		if (state.ready(model)) {
			model.started = data.started || false ;
      if(!isNaN(data.counter)) model.counter = data.counter;
		}
	}
	state.render(model) ;
}


////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// State
//
var state =  { } ;

model.state = state ;

//display the state representation
state.display = function(representation) {
	var stateRepresentation = document.getElementById("representation");
  
  //clean up representation
  while (stateRepresentation.hasChildNodes()) {
   stateRepresentation.removeChild(stateRepresentation.lastChild);
  }
  
  //rebuild representation
  var representationDiv = document.createElement('div');
  stateRepresentation.appendChild(representationDiv);
	representationDiv.innerHTML = representation;
  
  //apply view model to representation (knockout.js)
  var viewModel = state.viewModel(model);
  ko.applyBindings(viewModel, representationDiv);
}

state.viewModel = function(model) {
  //prepare view model
  var viewModel = { model: model };
  
  viewModel.countFrom = ko.observable(model.counter);
  
  viewModel.setCountFrom = function() {
  	actions.settings({ counter: parseInt(viewModel.countFrom()) });
  };
  
  viewModel.abort = function () { 
  	actions.abort({});
  };
  
  viewModel.start = function () { 
  	actions.start({});
  };
  
  return viewModel;
}

// Derive the state representation as a function of the systen
// control state
state.representation = function(model) {
	var representation = 'oops... something went wrong, the...