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Teaching Spelling: A Practical Resource.
Bolton, Faye; Snowball, Diane
Premised on the idea that spelling should be taught in the context of writing, this book is designed to enhance teachers' understanding of how their students learn to spell and to provide advice and practical activities for the day-to-day classroom program. The first part of the book provides specific information about management of the class spelling program, and details about goals and other means of assessment. The second part provides resource lists of various types of words and activities related to those lists. Chapters in the book are: (1) The Basis for Teaching Spelling; (2) Achieving Spelling Competency; (3) Class Explorations and Student Responsibilities; (4) Assessment; (5) Exploring Sound/Symbol Relationships; (6) The Structure of Words; (7) Creating Words; (8) Shortened Words; (9) The Positive Apostrophe; (10) Alternative Spellings; and (11) Games for Playing with Words. A list of resources is attached. (RS)
Descriptors: Affixes, Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods
Heinemann, 361 Hanover St., Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912 ($16).
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High Five Hulks :)
I am back! After a slog after the competition, I have had a good and heavy week. After training today, I foam rolled my legs for about an hour, and they really needed it. I am hoping a really long sleep tonight and I'll recover :)
Until the new week, here is a video of me doing something I have been wanting to do since before the competition but haven't been allowed to (incase of injury...again!) and then I had to wait for the gym to be clear of anyone who might judge my tomfoolery haha
For utter comedy lifting gold, click here
As things move up a notch in training, remember rest and recovery become even more important. Fuel yourself, don't fool yourself
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Concrete is a mixture of portland cement, water, and aggregates. Aggregates are materials such as sand, gravel, crushed rock, and blast furnace slag (waste). The cement and water form a paste that binds the aggregates into a rocklike mass as the paste hardens. Builders generally use both a fine aggregate such as sand, and a coarse aggregate such as crushed rock, to make concrete. The aggregates must be free from silt, mud, clay, dust, and other materials that might weaken the concrete. The water used to make concrete should also be free from dirt and other impurities.
Builders may add materials called admixtures to concrete to give it special properties. Very fine materials such as fly ash, a product of coal-burning power plants, make fresh concrete more plastic (easily shaped). Other admixtures include various fats, sugars, and minerals. These are used to speed up or slow down the hardening of the concrete or to give it color or increased durability and weather resistance.
Before concrete is mixed, workers measure the proper amounts of the materials. The strength and durability of concrete depend chiefly on the amount of water used. If too much water is added, the cement paste will be too weak to hold the aggregates together firmly when it hardens. The less water used, within reasonable limits, the stronger the concrete will be.
Concrete can be mixed either by hand or by machine. Machine mixing makes more uniform batches. Proper mixing coats every particle of aggregate and fills all the spaces between them with cement paste. For most home repairs, concrete can be hand mixed.
The methods for mixing concrete by machines vary. The concrete may be mixed by machines at the place where the concrete will be used. Ready-mix companies make huge batches of concrete at mixing plants, and haul it to the work site in trucks. Some firms use mixing machines mounted on trucks. These machines mix the concrete as the truck carries it to the building site.
Homeowners can buy prepared mixtures of cement and aggregates for small repair jobs. Only water has to be added to such mixtures.
Workers place the freshly mixed, wet concrete into forms made of wood, plywood, or steel. The forms hold the concrete in shape until it hardens. The concrete may be dumped directly into the forms, or poured down chutes. Workers use wheelbarrows, two-wheeled carts called buggies, small rail cars, trucks, or buckets lifted by cranes. The concrete may also be pumped through steel pipes.
After the concrete is placed, it must be worked into the corners and sides of the forms with wooden spades and puddling sticks. The concrete should also be tamped, or packed down, to prevent open spaces called honeycombs. Sometimes workers stick vibrators into the concrete or fasten them to the forms in order to help settle the concrete.
Concrete placed for floors, sidewalks, and driveways should be leveled off with a straight-edged board. Next, it should stand until the film of moisture on its surface has disappeared. Then, the concrete should be smoothed off with a wooden trowel called a wood float. The float produces a rough surface that prevents slipping or skidding after the concrete hardens. A smoother surface can be made by using a steel trowel after the wood float. Motorized rotary steel floats are often used.
Curing makes concrete harden properly. After the concrete becomes firm enough to resist marring, it should be sprinkled with water, then covered with wet canvas, wet burlap, or wet sand. This cover keeps the concrete from drying too rapidly. A chemical reaction between portland cement and water makes concrete harden. For this reason, the longer concrete remains moist, the stronger it becomes. In hot weather, concrete should be kept moist at least three days. Cold weather slows the rate at which concrete hardens. Hardening concrete must be protected by canvas or straw when the temperature drops near freezing.
Concrete shrinks as it hardens. This results from the loss of moisture as the concrete dries, or from the cooling of the concrete. The chemical reaction of water and portland cement produces heat. When large amounts of concrete are used, as in dams, this heat must be drained away to make the concrete harden properly. This is usually done by running cold water through pipes stuck into the concrete. Cement companies have developed a special portland cement that produces less heat than other cements.
Raw materials
Portland cement contains about 60 per cent lime, 25 per cent silica, and 5 per cent alumina. Iron oxide and gypsum make up the rest of the materials. The gypsum regulates the setting, or hardening, time of cement. The lime comes from materials such as limestone, oyster shells, and a type of clay called marl. Shale, clay, silica sand, slate, and blast-furnace slag provide the silica and alumina. Iron oxide is supplied by iron ore, pyrite, and other materials.
Most cement plants are located near limestone quarries. They may also be near deposits of clay and other raw materials. Ships, trains, trucks, and conveyer belts haul the limestone and other raw materials to the plants. In the plants, the materials go through a chemical process that consists of three basic steps: (1) crushing and grinding, (2) burning, and (3) finish grinding.
Crushing and grinding
The quarried limestone is dumped into primary crushers that can handle pieces as large as an upright piano. This first crushing smashes the rock into pieces about the size of a softball. Secondary crushers, or hammer mills, then break the rock into pieces about 3/4 inch (19 millimeters) wide.
Next, the crushed rock and other raw materials are mixed in the right proportions to make portland cement. This mixture is then ground in rotating ball mills and tube mills. These mills contain thousands of steel balls that grind the mixture into fine particles. The materials can be ground by either a wet or dry method. In the wet process, water is added during the grinding until a soupy mixture called a slurry forms.
After the raw materials have been ground, they are fed into a kiln, a huge cylindrical furnace made of steel and lined with firebricks. A cement kiln rotates about one turn a minute, and is the largest piece of moving machinery used in any industry. It may be over 25 feet (8 meters) in diameter and 750 feet (229 meters) in length. The kiln is mounted with one end higher than the other. The ground, raw materials are fed into the higher end and slide slowly toward the lower end as the kiln revolves. It takes about four hours for the materials to travel through the kiln. Oil, gas, or powdered coal is burned at the lower end. This produces a flame that heats the materials to 2600 to 3000 0F. (1430 to 1600 0C). The heat changes the materials into a substance called clinker, in pieces about the size of marbles.
Finish grinding
Large fans cool the clinker after it leaves the kiln. The clinker may be stockpiled for future use, or it may be reground at once in ball or tube mills. A small amount of gypsum is added to the clinker before the regrinding. This final grinding produces powdery portland cement that is finer than flour. The cement is stored in silos until it is shipped.
Cement plants ship cement either in bulk (unpackaged) or packed in strong paper sacks. Unpackaged cement is shipped by railroad, truck, or barge. Packaged cement is shipped in sacks containing 94 pounds (43 kilograms), or 1 cubic foot (0.03 cubic meter), of cement to the sack.


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I've been thinking and striving to answer the sort of questions asked here on Big Think every day for every bit of 9 years. I do it because I immensely love life in its entirety. I have a feeling of love for everyone. I am building on that. Not afraid to say it and intend to let it be known. So, needless to say, when I heard about this web site I was excited. There are clashing egos, disagreements, there's bickering, and there are beautifully awesome ideas brought up. This ongoing Big Think discussion is wonderful. A dream come true.
So, what is your goal(s) here? There have been similar questions asked but, I think it's important to keep asking yourself. Keep your eye on the goal. Mine is to do what ever I can to save the world. To love and continue to try to understand. To communicate. To mix it up a little. I hope my contribution is beneficial to you.
A lot of people want to do there part to save the world. Nice to meet those of you that are here.


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Having a secret is as uncomfortable for me as a panty wedge. It alters my body movements, causes me to glance sideways constantly and seek out dark corners to back into.
My acting skills are roughly on par with the kids in the Barney videos. When combined with my inherited Catholic conscience, I have an amazing ability to physically display the possession of a secret.
I slump and slink in a way that causes mall cops to follow me for hours. They can see I look guilty and since I usually carry an oversize bag, clearly I could be swiping designer jeans or small appliances at any opportunity.
Naturally mall security would assume that taking twenty minutes to decipher all the choices of K-cups in Bed Bath and Beyond is a cover for sizing up the expensive knife sets across the aisle. No one could take that long to choose between medium roast and decaf. Obviously I'm up to something.
I know I am being watched and want so much to wave the mall cop over and explain, "Hey I've recently given up drinking and the evenings at home are a bitch. Do you think a dark roast would keep me up at night or should I just go decaf and maybe splash in a little flavoured syrup? Also I'm finding the detox headaches in the morning a bit much and caffeine helps. Lighter roast has more caffeine but I really prefer the taste of medium roast. Hey, did you know Safeway has a really great fat free cream?"
Much as I know this conversation would end the mall stalking and possibly even kindle a new friendship, I sigh and resign myself to being tailed all the way to my car. I'm not telling this guy my secret any more than I'm telling the rest of the world.
I did, however, finally tell my husband. It was a relief to me, and his kindness and support make me love him even more. We are one of those couples who dated in high school and managed to have a long happy marriage in spite of ourselves. I think one of the challenges for couples that start their lives together at a young age is that life's changes can cause them to grow in opposite directions. We have made a conscious effort to grow together, but each change brings challenges. New directions we take as individuals must be discussed and decided as a couple, and sometimes this means compromise.
In typical "man" mode, sharing a problem with my husband always means getting his specific solutions. You should just…. This is a common male/female communication challenge – women want to explore feelings and be heard; men want to find a solution and act on it.
I might say, "Uck. I am having a fat day." This should be the cue for him to rub my back and tell me I am beautiful. Instead I hear, "You should just watch your portion control" or may favourite: "You should just buy bigger pants."
So for years, when I've half-heartedly said "I should really quit drinking," his suggestions have been "You should just drink on weekends" or "You should just have red wine on occasion because it is still good for you," or even just "You should."
All of these are perfectly good and valid answers. Most folks can drink on weekends or special occasions. Most folks can manage a healthy amount of red wine. Most folks could just quit.
As I've said in other posts, you can't ask for viable solutions if you aren't honest about the problem. And since I wasn't prepared to admit the seriousness of my situation to anyone but myself, my God, and the kind readers of my anonymous posts it really wasn't fair to expect a useful conversation.
Ten days into my new life, I opened up over a bowl of WonTon soup and shared the essence of the story. It wasn't exactly a heart to heart. More like letting out blobs of truth in spurts, the way a repelling rock climber is issued line from a spotter below. A bit more. A bit more. Until there it was, and here it is, and here we are.
Unburdened of my secret, I feel myself standing straighter and breathing normally. It's such a relief to be my whole self with the most important person in my life. I can't imagine telling others, but last week I couldn't imagine telling anyone at all.
It can only get better from here.
Posted on April 2, 2011, in Getting Sober. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
I've just discovered your blog at 2 days sober. Pouring back over all the beginning entries for inspiration. Thank you.
I just found your blog! Welcome! Thank you so much for your honesty and willingness to share your experiences.
I'm so glad you've told some trusted people. I am 3 1/2 years sober, and I remember well those dark days of secrecy and isolation. I was so terrified of telling anyone that I stayed sick and alone for a looooong time. I think it's great you have this place to come talk about it; I'm glad to have found your blog.
I'm putting you on my blogroll at http://www.cryingoutnow.com — if you haven't seen it yet it's a blog where women come tell their stories of addiction and recovery. Some women are still drinking, some are newly sober and some have been sober a while. In the blogroll are many other bloggers traveling this path – I'm sure they will find you! 🙂 We are NOT alone.
I just read this. I'm sober 7 years. I get that 'secret' of being a drinker
An alcoholic. A problem. After a while, it became more clear to me that everyone else already knew. I acted a fool, lost control, embarrassed someone, on and on. People sometimes responded "you're not an alcoholic". Those were my posh friends which I would have never subjected them to my behavior after a 4 drink night. I suffered those nights having to hold back! Couldn't wait to get home and have enough to pass out!
We change over time. We accept our Thinkin is 'off'. The drink could just as easily been sex, gambling, drugs, overeating etc. We all have strange wiring. I bet there are few who care that we choose to stop drinking. I figure that was my self seeking part of myself who really wanted people to know more about me
I also know that 'normies' can never ever 'GET' my addiction. I quit trying to explain. I used to try! I was so excited about my newfound knowledge of the disease and excited for the work laid out in front of me. Ummm, THAT part IS all about me. So I stick with the winners,those who choose to live in the solution & work daily tolive by better principles. I'm happy. And I getto choose my companions today. Sometimes it's sad, but necessary. I choose sobriety. I choose life! Just for today. God bless you every day ~. Keep coming back!


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Five local artists designed and hand-painted rain barrels to be auctioned off from June 29 through July 29 as part of Kutztown Thriving's newest initiative in downtown Kutztown.
Kutztown Thriving, a sub-committee of the Kutztown Community Partnership, was established last year with the goal of the betterment of the community through various health-based initiatives. The rain barrel project will follow work done so far to establish four pollinator gardens around the borough: at the welcome sign on Greenwich Street, at the German Heritage Center, at North Park, and by the Borough Hall.
The rain barrels, 55-gallon, above-ground tanks that collect rainwater from gutter drains for gardening and cleaning, will be displayed in local businesses throughout the month. Patrons of the shops can then bid on the rain barrels. The winning bidders will be announced at the Kutztown Kruizz on July 29. All proceeds will go to Kutztown Community Partnership and Kutztown Thriving projects.
"Our goal for this art initiative is to provide an opportunity for local artists to create a piece of artwork that benefits the environment through water conservation," said Jackie Downing, Kutztown Thriving's art initiatives lead. "In addition, we want local businesses to benefit from the foot traffic the bidders of the silent auction will bring."
Participating artists are Joanne Lapic of Paisley and Company; Nathan Hurst, a local illustrator and Kutztown University alumnus; Alyssa Damiani of Reviving Design; Kathleen Suchecki Walck of Walnut and Laurel Handmade and Courtney Hampton, a Kutztown Area High School student.
"It was difficult to choose the winners for this year. We had some great submissions," said Joan Reilly, the project lead.
According to KCP Office Manager Maggie Stange, artists were asked to submit a sketch of their proposed rain barrel art. The judges then chose an artist based on sketches, descriptions and marketability of the design to the general public.
This is Kutztown Thriving's first hand painted rain barrel art contest and auction and businesses in town are coming together to support the project. The barrels will be put on display with local merchants on a rotating schedule. The Kutztown Thriving tab on the KCP website and Facebook page will have updates to let people know where all the barrels are located.
The businesses participating are Firefly Book Store, Young Ones Records, Meadow View Farm, CJ Hummel's Restaurant, Kospia Farms in Alburtis, Hive Farm to Take-Out Restaurant, Blair Vineyards, Wanamaker's General Store, Tommy Boy's Pizza, the Main Street Inn, the Rodale Institute, Second Nature Health Food Store, and Saucony Creek Brewing + Gastropub.
The auction process will conclude at the Kutztown Kruizz main stage and presentations will be made on July 29. The Kutztown Kruizz this year will include classic cars, vintage motorcycles and live music.


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Looking for a fun and simple alphabet activity for your preschooler?
Try this ABC FIND IT! Game!
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I love turning our learning goals into games; learning is so much more hands-on and fun that way! This ABC FIND IT! Game is a mix of I SPY and letter recognition. If you and your child are familiar with SPOT IT! Games, you'll love this simple letter version.
Preschool Alphabet GameSupplies:
- Letter Manipulatives
- Index Cards
- Scissors
- Marker
First, prep the alphabet cards by cutting index cards in half. Write one letter from the alphabet, A-Z, on each card.
Depending on your letter manipulatives you can choose to work on matching uppercase letter to uppercase letter, lowercase letter to lowercase letter, or uppercase letter to lowercase letter.
Another option is to use one-sided alphabet flashcards.
How to Play:
Place the alphabet cards face down.
Arrange the letter manipulatives all over the floor or table in front of you.
Flip over a card and be the first to FIND and grab the matching letter!
Keep playing until there are no more letters. Be quick! Have fun!
Enjoy this fun alphabet game! It's:
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The Just for Laughs festival officially starts July 10 and runs until July 28. That is 18 days of comedic genius travelling to and performing in our fine city.
I spend the better portion of the year looking forward to the festival – as a comedy performer myself it is truly a treat to see such a variety of talent every night. While there are a few performers that I wish could have made it to JFL this year (Reggie Watts, Louis CK, Janeane Garofalo) the people who bring the comics to us have done a damn good job at collecting some very funny people. And if you're like me you probably want to see them all – but that's hardly possible. Here's a list of the top 8 shows I'm looking forward to – in no particular order.
Maria Bamford at Theatre Ste Catherine July 18-24
I saw the Bammer two summers ago at Theatre Ste Catherine and it was one of the best experiences in comedy I have ever had. Her ability to switch between characters is unmatched – the absurdity of her performance brought me to a happy place I didn't know existed. If you haven't seen her series The Maria Bamford Show you need to do that right now – then come back to reading the rest of this preview.
Dave Merheje's Family Affairs at Café Cleopatre July 22-26
This show is part of Zoofest ("the wild side of Just for Laughs") and is sure to be one of the best shows you could see this summer. Merheje has the ability to make me cry with laughter and I rarely even cry from sadness. A Montreal favourite, I never miss an opportunity to see him perform. Fun fact: he travels with a duffle bag of hats.
Sam Simmons "Meanwhile" at Mini-Main July 22-27
I was fortunate enough to see Sam Simmons' show About the Weather several times last year at Theatre Ste Catherine. He changed the way I thought about one-man-shows. The way he gets his story across is deep, funny and bizarre. Fun fact: before Simmons was touring the world with his shows, he worked for a zoo in Australia.
Hannibal Buress at L'Astral July 24
You have one night to see his solo show. Do it. Buy your ticket now. He was hands down the best comedian I saw last summer. If you're not convinced yet then check out his hour long special Animal Furnace from Comedy Central; I had to watch it twice because I was laughing so hard the first time that I missed a few jokes.
Midnight Surprise at Theatre Ste Catherine July 18-27
I went to this show nearly every night last summer. It starts at midnight (as if you didn't know that) and features a different lineup of comics every night. You won't know who is going to be there until the show starts. The people who run this show get the best alternative acts at the festival. And it only costs $20.
Marc Maron at Place Des Arts Cinquième Salle July 27
Marc Maron has become one of my favourite comedians. His podcast WTF presents touching and funny interviews with some of the best comedians alive. His style is personal, self reflective, maybe angry, but mostly (and this is my favourite trait in a comic) honest. His new book Attempting Normal was a great read, his TV show is finding its audience, and he has a new 90 minute special heading to Netflix soon. See him now before he burns out from exhaustion. Also, for you aspiring comedians – look up his JFL keynote address from 2011 for a little bit of inspiration.
Amy Schumer at Métropolis July 24
I missed Amy Schumer several times last summer and I'm very excited that she's back this year. Her 2011 debut album "Cutting" was dark, thoughtful and very funny. Her standup special Mostly Sex Stuff has been a grand success and her new TV show Inside Amy Schumer is attracting a lot of positive attention. Take this opportunity to see her at Métropolis.
DeAnne Smith Stand Up Strip Down at Mainline Theatre July 22-24
Comedy and burlesque go very well together. This midnight show hosted by our very own DeAnne Smith and Miss Sugarpuss (Holly Gauthier-Frankel) will feature a different line up of some of the best comics from JFL who may or may not strip down during their set.
Read our review of Stand Up Strip Down
In addition to all of these shows, JFL has some amazing gala hosts, including Sarah Silverman, Kathy Griffin, Kristin Chenoweth, Joan Rivers, and many more. Start making your schedule now. It's going to be a crazy 18 days. If you're having trouble selecting which solo shows to see, then check out Paul Provenza's Set-List at Cabaret Underworld, Andy Kindler's Alternative Show at Katacombes, or drop by the Comedy Nest or Comedy Works during the festival – you never who is going to drop in for a set (sometimes the Gala hosts need a warm up).


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Poochie Cures Cancer HD is my fanfic. I decided if I was going to write a fanfiction, it was going to be the biggest most awesomenest fanfiction ever. So… I'm writing Poochie Cures Cancer HD, about a cartoon hippy ninja dog from space who finds himself in a maelstrom encompassing tv-, 3d-, and cartoon-land. Will the forces of evil and good come together to fight against suffering and disease? Will Michael fill Irma's hole with as many friends as possible? Only one way to find out:
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Almost 200 recruits expected to attend Kentucky-Tennessee game
Halloween has been good to Kentucky.
Between the crew of SEC Nation surprising fans Friday night and a big-time matchup set for Saturday night, Big Blue Nation has been buzzing with good reason.
The festivities aren't over yet, though. Tonight against Tennessee, the future of the Wildcats program will be at Commonwealth Stadium, as reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader's Ben Roberts.
Just got word that UK is expecting close to 200 recruits for tonight's game vs. Tennessee. Nearly all of the Cats' commitments will be here.
— Ben Roberts (@NextCats) October 31, 2015
According to Rivals, the Wildcats have 22 players who have committed for 2016, including three four-star athletes. Landon Young, Drake Jackson and Tate Leavitt, all offensive linemen, anchor the class. The 2017 class has six commitments, all three-star recruits, including hometown quarterback Walker Wood. Kentucky's lone commitment from the 2018 group is wide receiver Jermaine Eskridge out of Tampa Fla.
With the Vols in town, a Kentucky win would be a huge statement to these recruits, who will soon be entrusted with the program. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcasted on SEC Network. The stage has been set — now the Wildcats are looking for an exclamation point.


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This is the site of the house built for Rowland Albermarle Arthur Bettington, a stockbroker, who raised "Bettington's Horse" in 1895 and rode out to support Dr Jameson's abortive invasion of the Transvaal. In 1899 Bettington with his four sons volunteered. He joined Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry with the rank of captain and fought in the Natal campaign until he was wounded at Spionkop.
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1. How do you plan to get young members more involved in the Labour Party?
Young people have been the backbone of our campaigning – giving huge amounts of time, effort and energy to knocking on doors and fighting across the country to get rid of the Coalition Government. It is important we don't lose their energy and interest but instead support them to channel this into transforming our communities from the ground up and showing how Labour in power makes a difference. We don't have to wait five years to be powerful even if we are in opposition. Our young members and supporters are a key part of this process- we have to develop their ability not only to campaign but also lead for Labour. As a former youth worker I know we have to give responsibility to get responsibility – that's why I want us to have a development officer as well as campaigns team working with young people to help their skills so that they can run campaigns and actions at all levels of Labour. Working with young people to run conferences and events, this role would be to support their ability to not only represent Labour – whether within the youth movement or within the wider party and in elected positions- but also engage their peers in our movement too.
2. What is your strategy to press the Government to allow 16 and 17- year-olds to vote in the European Referendum?
With so much at stake given the nature of our economic and social ties with Europe, the decision as to whether we continue to take part in the EU or exit will define the opportunities and risks of generations to come. It is right that young people whose right to free movement around Europe for work could be affected are given the same right to vote as those over 18. This is a once in a lifetime choice and it is wrong of David Cameron to use low turnout amongst older generations as a reason to deny 16 and 17 year olds the chance to have their say. That is why I have already challenged the Government about its decision to deny 16 and 17 year olds the right to participate in the recent debate and will continue to do so. To make this case for their rights we must be willing to cooperate with those youth led groups who share our concern for this issue if not our movement. This includes partners such as the Votes at 16 campaign and the British Youth Council. I also want to put Young Labour and Labour Students at the heart of our leadership of this work as they can help encourage their peers to participate as well as lead by example for the importance of this issue to their lives. We should be clear that our role is to give them a platform and the right support to have their voices heard in this way.
3. How can Labour get more women and young people, as well as BAME, disabled and LGBT members to stand for selection as candidates?
We have to do more not only to help a broader range of people stand- including supporting financially those who are selected- but also to help them become involved in Labour in the first place. We shouldn't wait until people join Labour, but actively seek to 'scout' out those who share our values but not our membership card and mentor them in their campaigning. This means valuing the process of helping people be active in itself. My own 'circular firing up' squad project to develop the leadership skills of women has already helped women become MEPs, PPCs and councillors as well as take on roles within their local parties and communities. Using this experience of how to develop leadership skills, I would invest in development and training support to help us proactively reach out to a broad range of people and support their involvement in politics – including developing their confidence and capacity to become candidates and win elections- at all levels of the party.
4. Do you support an equal minimum wage for young people?
I support the principle of a fair days pay for a fair days work at any age - that's why I believe the Low Pay Commission must urgently investigate whether young people are being exploited by being paid the lower rate of the minimum wage to do the same job as those who are older, or whether the youth rate is supporting genuine access to jobs for young people alongside apprenticeships and internships. The rate of the minimum wage is just the start of getting this right - we have to do much more to ensure young people can get the training and development opportunities they require to get into work without being abused by employers seeking to avoid paying a proper wage. That's why I have been a long time supporter and activist within the Intern Aware campaign and was proud that the four week limit on such positions became Labour party policy at the last election.
5. How can Labour get more young people involved in politics and increase electoral turnout amongst young people?
Despite their high levels of involvement in a broad range of causes, young people are no different to older people in feeling disengaged from the party political process – in thinking collective action doesn't make a difference. Yet for us as a party of the left this sense of alienation is toxic because being able to work with other people through political participation is so vital to achieving social justice. We need to bust open the myth that you can't continue being a campaigner if you go into politics because you have to compromise. Political activism at its best is about how we find answers to the challenges we face and put them into policy – campaigning organisations are equally vital in creating awareness of issues and the need to act. To change this I'd like to see the voting age for all elections reduced to 16, citizenship lessons in schools and more support for youth organisations that help young people learn the skills of advocacy and campaigns so that we challenge the notion politics doesn't have an important role to play in changing the world. But I also think we can do more ourselves for all age groups to make us again the vehicle for their concerns for social justice. This means opening up our movement, using the latest techniques and technologies to make it easier, more meaningful and more powerful to be involved in politics. We could also better support the political education roles within our local parties and the work they can do in going into schools and helping young people become involved in local campaigns including encouraging young people to fulfil this role themselves.


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John read the link I sent in post #16 re the Power Supply 101 it will give you all the refs to volts the PSU puts out and you can measure them at the leads or the board if it is still hooked up.
Just make sure you use a digital multimeter and not an analogue one as they inject voltages into the system one is measuring.
The voltages are or should be within 5% either way + or - of the stated voltage. So for example on the 12v rail it should fall between 11.4v and 12.6v or out of that range they make the machine unstable.
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Access to historical photographs of Africa is essential to successful understanding of African life and culture. Collecting such photographs has always been an integral component of collection building for the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University. But many collections of African photographs primarily document European life and work in Africa, and aspects of African life perceived as "exotic" by European photographers.
The Winterton Collection of East African Photographs, acquired by the Herskovits Library in December 2002, is distinctive for its comprehensiveness of scope and its emphasis on the more prosaic matters of daily African life and culture. Assembled over a 30-year period by British collector Humphrey Winterton, it is comprised of 7,610 images taken primarily in East Africa between about 1860 and 1960, organized in 75 separate albums, scrapbooks, or loose collections. The earliest photographs in the collection were taken in 1860 inside the Zanzibar slave market by the Scottish explorer James Augustus Grant, whose best-selling work A Walk across Africa was published in 1864. The latest were taken during the pre-independence election in Kenya and depict Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, addressing a campaign rally.
The Winterton Collection documents street scenes in emerging urban areas as well as the less-than-glamorous aspects of colonial life. It also chronicles remarkable changes to the East African landscape. It depicts the building of East Africa's railways, the growth of its urban centers, and the development of colonial administration. It preserves a record of rural life as well as of the travels and work of European colonial officials and private businessmen. There are outstanding examples of portraiture, especially from emerging commercial studios in Nairobi and Zanzibar. The Winterton Collection also constitutes an unsurpassed resource for the study of the history of photography in East Africa. An existing inventory to the collection enhances its accessibility.
Research and teaching about Africa has a long history at Northwestern, where the Program of African Studies, established in 1948, was the first of its kind at a major research institution in the United States. Since its arrival at Northwestern, the Winterton Collection has had a significant impact on both undergraduate teaching and on the research of graduate students and faculty. Images from the collection are used in classroom lectures and discussion, undergraduates are assigned research that makes use of them, and an art history seminar was focused solely on the Winterton Collection for an entire quarter. The photographs have also been used in documenting faculty research and graduate student dissertations. Beyond Northwestern, the collection has been used to document research in monographs, dissertations, and journal articles; accompany text in popular historical magazines; and provide images for a major motion picture and an educational DVD.
The initial Winterton Web site, created in 2004, has generated a great deal of interest in using the collection. This interest will expand greatly as a result of an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership grant (2006-08), which makes possible the digitization, cataloging, and creation of an inventory that will be accessible through a new Web site.
Collection Profile: David Easterbrook
Overview: Russell Maylone and Jeffrey Garrett
Illustrations: Northwestern University Library


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Only help if you can be helpfulHey All, A topic has come up of late in the IRC channel in regards to the general feel of the forums and the community that supports them. Things have progressed further than I would have liked with out this being addressed more publicly because I would much rather have snubbed this out sooner rather than later.. but I have been busy. Here is the general rule I would like people to follow: Wheaton's Law "Don't be a dick." Those of you from the IRC channel know that this is the only rule I ask people in there to follow and we generally have a good and lively time chatting about all manner of things. This is basic rule that just about everyone understands and I am going to expand it to the forums from here moving forward. If you can not help people in a helpful and polite manner then I simply ask you to stop. Now I generally take a back seat to moderating the forums as I like to participate in the suggestions forum fairly heavily at times and would rather do so as a forums user than a moderator. But I am also fairly well known for being the person who constantly puts their foot down and so I am stepping up and doing so on here. If you find yourself unable to respond to a message politely then I ask that you do not respond. This mostly focuses on the increasing level of hostility found within the Suggestion forum as well as the Server forum. I do not care if this is the 30th some odd time you have seen someone make the same suggestion. Or even if the new post on an older topic is one entry above the old one. I expect the members of this forum to respond politely to the user, new or old, and point to the older topic if it applies and even go the extra step to suggest they either add in new information or to summarize the outcome of the previous discussion based upon the new post's entry into it. That is what we are here for, that is why I close most topics instead of deleting them, so that they can be found and referenced down the road. The next topic is the slew of derailment attempts I have seen as of late. If you want to have fun and joke around that is what the off topic forum is for and pretty much anything goes there. I do not expect to read a suggestion thread and have to go through 3 pages of image memes people have shot back and forth. Quite simply this is a waste of my time to read and then have to clean up. Now for the summary. I am going to start taking a more active role, especially in policing the suggestion forum, and handing out warn levels to people whom I see doing this. These will be indiscriminate and applied not to just the first person who derails or is impolite on a topic or response, but to everyone whom follows the lead of that person. As I do not like doing things with out giving you all warning this post shall serve as that warning. If you have a desire to bring this topic up with me then I invite you to do so on the IRC channel. Lets raise the level of quality and grow the community. Let us not descend into the quality often found on the minecraft or league of legend forums. There is simply no need for that here. Be passionate about things, just do not be abusive.
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AluAlu posted a topic in DiscussionI've been enjoying the intricacy of the original mod and had many friends playing this mod as well, so I'm very curious how the new mod will turn out with it's from-scratch approach. What I've been wondering is- will 2.x will have a new approach on survival itself? From 1.x I felt the challange lied in progress and detail. Survival was only an issue in the first few hours of gameplay.
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Shiphty posted a topic in DiscussionIn some of the posts and comments on this forum I've read it hinted or overtly stated repeatedly that TFCraft needs to be more challenging. This seems to me, a legitimate suggestion, in and of itself. However, the proposed ways that that suggestion could or should be accomplished are very often, in my view, more of a list of ways to simply drag out the game or make playing it more annoying. I don't have a quick fix or brilliant plan on how to achieve the challenge level so many of us desire. I'm merely calling attention to the fact that difficulty alone will not necessarily do the trick. While there should be challenge, there should also be accomplishment and victory over challenges. When we first start off we've got no equipment, no food, no shelter, no water, no fire... there's a lot of challenge to be had. But we can gather resources and eventually, with determination, skill, and luck, fix those problems. After we make a shelter, we have one... and we're safe in it. What I'm getting at is that dragging out old challenges or making them impossible to overcome will only make the game more tedious. Some folks seem to desire it to be impossible for you to make your home safe from hostile mobs, or establish some kind of farm where you are thriving and don't have to constantly worry about where you will acquire food. Others seem to think that it ought to take even longer to break through stone, even with a steel pick. Rather than dragging out these old (but essential) challenges, why not add new challenges? Some of this has been done... we didn't have thirst with vanilla minecraft... now we do. Others seem to be in the works, there is temperature change but we don't feel the effect on our Steve's body yet. I'm not sure what direction Bioxx and Dunk want to take TFCraft concerning tech trees but I don't think that simple wind power and water power would be out of line. We have a quern... why not a mill? Yes, I know that BTW did it first... who cares? You know who did it before BTW? Folks for hundreds of years in real life. Dungeons and Dragons had zombies... minecraft has zombies. Some ideas are just good. Why not take another page from Dwarf Fortress and employ lava power? Or use primitive mechanical power to pump water (actually I hear that is also in the works)?What about more mobs of different kinds? Not necessarily ones that will attack you but maybe ones that will try to steal your stuff (goblin thieves) or deeper rock layers with more precious minerals below... and terrible creatures? Anyhow, new challenges... that's what I suggest, rather than making old ones more annoying and insurmountable.


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Patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) most commonly present with insidiously progressive memory loss, to which other spheres of cognitive impairment are added over several years. This loss may be associated with slowly progressive behavioral changes. After memory loss occurs, patients may also experience language disorders (eg, anomia) and impairment in their visuospatial skills and executive functions.
Patients with mild AD usually have somewhat less obvious executive, language, and/or visuospatial dysfunction. In atypical presentations, dysfunction in cognitive domains other than memory may be most apparent. In later stages, many patients develop extrapyramidal dysfunction.
Substantially less common, but biopsy or autopsy-proven, presentations include right parietal lobe syndrome, progressive aphasia, spastic paraparesis, and impaired visuospatial skills, which is subsumed under the visual variant of AD.
It is important to obtain a complete history not only from the patient but also from someone who knows the patient well. In addition, a family history of AD or other forms of dementia should be noted.
Physical Examination
At the time of initial diagnosis, a complete physical examination, including a detailed neurologic examination and a mental status examination, should be performed to evaluate disease stage and rule out comorbid conditions. Initial mental status testing should include evaluation of the following:
Attention and concentration
Recent and remote memory
Praxis (ie, ability to perform skilled motor tasks without nonverbal prompting)
Executive function
Visuospatial function
Cognitive features of early AD include memory loss, mild anomic aphasia, and visuospatial dysfunction. At all subsequent follow-up visits, a full mental status examination should be performed to evaluate disease progression and identify the development of any new neuropsychiatric symptoms.
Brief standardized examinations, such as the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE), are less sensitive and specific than longer batteries that are specifically tailored to individual patients. Other examples include the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) examination. Nonetheless, screening exams have a role, particularly as a baseline. For more information, see the Medscape Reference article Screening for Cognitive Impairment.
A complete neurologic examination is performed to look for signs of other diseases that could cause dementia, such as Parkinson disease or multiple strokes.In patients with AD, the neurologic exam is generally normal but may reveal minor abnormalities such as hyposmia or anosmia.
Stages of Alzheimer Disease
AD can be classified into the following stages:
Preclinical Alzheimer disease
The pathologic changes associated with AD begin in the entorhinal cortex, which is near the hippocampus and directly connected to it. AD then proceeds to the hippocampus, which is the structure that is essential to the formation of short-term and long-term memories (see the images below). Affected regions begin to atrophy. These brain changes probably start 10-20 years before any visible signs or symptoms appear.
Memory loss, the first visible sign, is the main feature of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Many scientists think MCI is often an initial, transitional clinical phase between normal brain aging and AD. For more information, see the Medscape Reference article Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Preclinical Alzheimer disease. Image courtesy of NPreclinical Alzheimer disease. Image courtesy of NIH. Preclinical Alzheimer disease. Image courtesy of NPreclinical Alzheimer disease. Image courtesy of NIH.
A patient with preclinical AD may appear completely normal on physical examination and mental status testing. At this stage, there is normally no alteration in judgment or the ability to perform activities of daily living.
Mild Alzheimer disease
As AD begins to affect the cerebral cortex, memory loss continues and impairment of other cognitive abilities emerges. This stage is referred to as mild AD. The clinical diagnosis of AD is usually made during this stage. Signs of mild AD can include the following:
Memory loss
Confusion about the location of familiar places (getting lost begins to occur)
Taking longer to accomplish normal daily tasks
Trouble handling money and paying bills
Compromised judgment often leading to bad decisions
Loss of spontaneity and sense of initiative
Mood and personality changes; increased anxiety
The growing number of plaques and tangles first damage areas of the brain that control memory, language, and reasoning (see the images below). Later in the disease, physical abilities decline. This leads to a situation in mild AD in which a person seems to be healthy but is actually having more and more trouble making sense of the world around him or her. The realization that something is wrong often comes gradually because the early signs can be confused with changes that can happen normally with aging.
Mild Alzheimer disease. The disease begins to affeMild Alzheimer disease. The disease begins to affect the cerebral cortex, memory loss continues, and changes in other cognitive abilities emerge. The clinical diagnosis of AD is usually made during this stage. Image courtesy of NIH. Mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease. Image courtesyMild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease. Image courtesy of NIH.
Acknowledging these signs of AD and deciding to seek diagnostic testing can be a hurdle for patients and their families to cross. In many cases, the family has a more difficult time handling the diagnosis than the patient does, probably because of apathy from the AD. Following the initial diagnosis, patients should be carefully monitored for depressed mood. Although it is common for patients with early AD to be depressed about the diagnosis, they rarely become suicidal.
Moderate Alzheimer disease
By the time AD reaches the moderate stage, damage has spread further to the areas of the cerebral cortex that control language, reasoning, sensory processing, and conscious thought. Affected regions continue to atrophy, and signs and symptoms of the disease become more pronounced and widespread. Behavior problems, such as wandering and agitation, can occur. More intensive supervision and care become necessary, and this can be difficult for many spouses and families.
The symptoms of this stage can include the following:
Increasing memory loss and confusion
Shortened attention span
Problems recognizing friends and family members
Difficulty with language; problems with reading, writing, working with numbers
Difficulty organizing thoughts and thinking logically
Inability to learn new things or to cope with new or unexpected situations
Restlessness, agitation, anxiety, tearfulness, wandering, especially in the late afternoon or at night
Repetitive statements or movement; occasional muscle twitches
Hallucinations, delusions, suspiciousness or paranoia, irritability
Loss of impulse control (shown through behavior such as undressing at inappropriate times or places or vulgar language)
Perceptual-motor problems (such as trouble getting out of a chair or setting the table)
Behavior is the result of complex brain processes, all of which take place in a fraction of a second in the healthy brain. In AD, many of these processes are disturbed, and this is the basis for many distressing or inappropriate behaviors. For example, patients may angrily refuse to take a bath or get dressed because they do not understand what the caregiver has asked them to do. If they do understand, they may not remember how to do what was asked.
This anger is a mask for underlying confusion and anxiety. Consequently, the risk for violent and homicidal behavior is highest at this stage of disease progression. Patients should be carefully monitored for any behavior that may compromise the safety of those around them.
For a person who cannot remember the past or anticipate the future, the world around them can be strange and frightening. Staying close to a trusted and familiar caregiver may be the only thing that makes sense and provides security. A person with AD may constantly follow his or her caregiver and fret when the person is out of sight.
Judgment and impulse control continue to decline at this stage. For example, taking off clothes may seem reasonable to a person with AD who feels hot and does not understand or remember that undressing in public is not acceptable.
Severe Alzheimer disease
In the last stage, severe AD, plaques and tangles are widespread throughout the brain, and areas of the brain have atrophied further (see the images below). Patients cannot recognize family and loved ones or communicate in any way. They are completely dependent on others for care. All sense of self seems to vanish.
Severe Alzheimer disease. In the last stage of AD,Severe Alzheimer disease. In the last stage of AD, plaques and tangles are widespread throughout the brain, and areas of the brain have atrophied further. Patients cannot recognize family and loved ones or communicate in any way. They are completely dependent on others for care. All sense of self seems to vanish. Image courtesy of NIH. Severe Alzheimer disease. Image courtesy of NIH. Severe Alzheimer disease. Image courtesy of NIH.
Other symptoms can include the following:
Weight loss
Seizures, skin infections, difficulty swallowing
Groaning, moaning, or grunting
Increased sleeping
Lack of bladder and bowel control
In end-stage AD, patients may be in bed much or all of the time. Death is often the result of other illnesses, frequently aspiration pneumonia.
Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis
Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis of AD have been formulated by the National Institutes of Health-Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (NIH-ADRDA); the American Psychiatric Association, in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Revision, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR); and the Consortium to Establish a Registry in Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). In 2011, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Alzheimer's Association (AA) workgroup released new research and clinical diagnostic criteria for AD.[49]
The NIH-ADRDA criteria for the diagnosis of AD require the finding of a slowly progressive memory loss of insidious onset in a fully conscious patient. AD cannot be diagnosed in patients with clouded consciousness or delirium. Toxic metabolic conditions and brain neoplasms must also be excluded as potential causes of the patient's dementia.
The focus of the 2011 NIA-AA criteria is the need to create a more accurate diagnosis of preclinical disease so that treatment can begin before neurons are significantly damaged, while they are more likely to respond. Therefore, the report includes criteria for diagnosis of the following:
Asymptomatic, preclinical AD (for purposes of research, not clinical diagnosis)[50] Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), an early symptomatic but predementia phase of AD[51] AD dementia[52]
DSM-IV-TR criteria
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision(DSM-IV-TR) lists 6 diagnostic criteria, labeled A-F, for dementia of the Alzheimer type (see Table 1, below). These guidelines are widely believed to be 90-95% accurate (as histopathologically verified) when followed carefully. They are important not only for routine management but also for selecting and enrolling patients in therapeutic trials.


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Icthyophaga humilis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Icthyophaga humilis (Müller & Schlegel, 1841)
Common Name(s):
Ichthyophaga humilis
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The genus Icthyophaga (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously spelled Ichthyophaga.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|BirdLife International
|Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
|Davidson, P. & Naoroji, R.
|Benstead, P., Mahood, S. & Taylor, J.
This species depends on forest-fringed waterbodies with good stocks of fish. It is thought to be undergoing a moderately rapid population reduction owing to forest degradation, over-fishing and perhaps especially, pollution, and may already have a moderately small population. It is consequently classified as Near Threatened
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Ichthyophaga humilis occurs in India (restricted to Himalayan foothills and north-east, with an additional small population in Karnataka state in the south [Lethaby 2005]; declining in range and population), Bangladesh, Nepal (rare and local in lowlands), Bhutan (very rare at lower altitudes), China (rare visitor to Hainan), Myanmar (widespread, scarce to locally fairly common), Thailand (rare in west and south), Cambodia (recently recorded - status unclear [P. Davidson in litt. 2003]), Laos (small numbers persist in several catchments, although fragmentation of populations and their small size renders them vulnerable to local extinction), Vietnam (rare to locally fairly common in west Tonkin and south Annam), Peninsular Malaysia (previously common; now scarce to locally fairly common but declining) and east Malaysia, Brunei (scarce), Indonesia (uncommon in Sumatra and Borneo; locally common in south-east Sulawesi, uncommon to rare elsewhere, and in the Sula islands and Buru) (BirdLife International 2001).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Bangladesh; Bhutan; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; India; Indonesia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam
|Additional data:
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|The global population is preliminarily estimated to number 10,000-50,000 mature individuals, pending further research. This is roughly equivalent to 15,000-75,000 individuals in total.
Trend Justification: A moderately rapid and on-going population decline is suspected on the basis of rates of habitat loss and degradation.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|It frequents large forested rivers and wetlands in the lowlands and foothills up to 2,400 m, but usually below 1,000 m.
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Generation Length (years):
|Movement patterns:
|Not a Migrant
|Major Threat(s):
|Loss of forest habitat along rivers, siltation, over-fishing and increasing human disturbance of waterways are causing widespread declines. It is also declining in Uttar Pradesh, India, partly because of pesticide use and this is presumably relevant throughout much of its range.
|Conservation Actions:
Conservation Actions Underway
CITES Appendix II. Conservation Actions Proposed
Survey to reveal important areas and regularly monitor at various sites throughout its range. Protect forest in areas known to be important to the species. Research the link between pesticide use and the decline.
|BirdLife International. 2016. Icthyophaga humilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22695156A93493324. . Downloaded on 21 August 2018.
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