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User talk:Geocachernemesis

Cookbook vs. Wikipedia
For anything kitchen-related, it is best to avoid linking to Wikipedia. In general, Wikipedia is not focused on cooking and does not provide links back into the cookbook. (there are rare exceptions) We need a Cookbook:Blender article. If you change blender links to go toward Wikipedia, then it is less likely that someone will write the Cookbook:Blender article. Since links to Wikipedia do not go to missing pages in en.wikibooks.org, the Special:Wantedpages page won't find them.

Links Fixed
I've changed all of my links to Wikipedia to link to Cookbook instead. Cheers, Donovan. 22:32, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

see if you can tell the difference

 * Double_boiler
 * Bain-marie

To me, it's looking like the main distinction is that a bain-marie goes in the oven. This suggests that the cookbook's "bain-marie" picture is actually a double-boiler, and that we don't have a bain-marie picture. AlbertCahalan 04:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what I thought. The picture of the bain-marie really does look like a double boiler. As the two are so similar, they could easily coexist on the same page. Cheers, Donovan. 13:02, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

really obscure names
According to Google, "cookie sheet" is 38.7 times as popular as "baking tray". Now, come on. It is quite unreasonable to use a name that most people around the world are unfamiliar with. I just asked my wife what a baking tray was, and it took her half a minute to guess.

I'm sometimes OK with the non-USA terms if the US audience would surely know the term, the US term is ambiguous, and the US term is obscure. I'm OK with "Waffle Maker" (ugh), if you insist.

I know it must suck to kind-of sort-of share a language, but be trained in a minority dialect. Try not to blame me for all the pain and suffering this must cause.

AlbertCahalan 23:22, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Leaving duplicate names in a list is very annoying to someone who wants to read about each item in turn. They'll go to pages more than once. Putting the alternate name in parentheses is reasonable. AlbertCahalan 23:24, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

As far as naming standards go, I have been giving the matter some thought. I find that consistent use of titlecase ("Fish and Chips") is extremely helpful when linking ingredients and recipes. I know the name I need for creating the link. So that's an argument for consistency. Then, what of the best choice? Well, link target names serve only one use outside of editing. They form the page title. This is a strong indication that titlecase is correct. I can also see an argument for pure lowercase, based on readability and allowing the occasional uppercase letter to indicate a proper noun. Switching the whole cookbook to pure lowercase would be a tremendous task, so I think this is not a good option unless there is some huge benefit which I am currently unaware of. Thus I have come to prefer titlecase. It's all over already; the equipment section is one of two main violators, the other being stuff like "East Asian cuisines" (where "cuisine" or cuisines" is always lowercase in spite of everything else being uppercase). Switching to titlecase happens to be the least effort if consistency is desired, which is I'm fairly sure true. AlbertCahalan 23:43, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Baking sheet greatly bothers the ears, but at least it is understandable. Oven tray means nothing to me.

The problems for you are different from the problems for a US citizen. Because of the way the USA exports culture through movies and TV, you are likely to find US terminology understandable. It may annoy you greatly, but you can at least understand it. New Zealand might have wonderful culture, but it isn't being exported to the USA. A wee bit of British makes it over to the US, but not much. This means that cookbook readers in the USA will be left completely clueless by New Zealand terms.

Google constitutes a majority unless you can demonstrate that the search terms are picking up unrelated junk. In the case of "oven tray", I'm pretty sure you are getting this advantage. Over here, "oven tray" might refer to the storage drawer commonly found under an oven. It might refer to something used with industrial ovens, including ones used for drying timber (dead trees) or curing paint.

I suppose that I do dislike linking to your page titles, but that isn't one of the significant issues. I tend to create a new duplicate page when the expected page is missing. This has been done many times. I dislike seeing your page titles at the top of the page, which is a very different problem that is unfixable by adding redirects. Also, adding all these redirects gets tiresome.

There are some definite written guidelines actually.

AlbertCahalan 02:23, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Do notice the date on those definite written guidelines; they are (just barely) old enough to prove that I didn't create them just to argue with you. :-) Also, they have been edited by someone who is British.

2/3 of the world's English speakers use American English. India may use English for government and upper-class business, but the rest of the country speaks hundreds of other languages.

"cookie tray" is not used much. I doubt such an item would be for cooking at all; it sounds like something for serving cookies at a party. If you really don't like "cookie sheet", then please use "baking sheet". Both "oven" and "tray" are uncommon in the names of such objects. It's a sheet, either "cookie sheet" or "baking sheet".

It might help you to know that I got a rather bad impression of the community too when I showed up several months ago. Admins seemed to regularly delete pages without discussion. When a page did go to a vote for deletion, an admin would often be the prosecutor (placed the item up for deletion), judge (counting the votes, throwing away many as being suspect), and executioner (performing the deletion, without waiting for objections). An admin accused me of being a "sock puppet" (ask if you aren't familiar with the term) and also accused me of using sock puppets.

Perhaps a "truly international" wiki is more trouble than it is worth. Very very few American cooks can deal with a British recipe. The big problem is that kitchen scales and balances do not exist in US households. Then there are the unavailable ingredients, etc. This wiki is a cold and hostile place for Americans, but you probably can't see that.

AlbertCahalan 03:40, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Sugar formatting
What was the problem with
 ? With browsers that don't support it (should be rare), it shouldn't do anything. This bit of code is used all over the place to ensure that pictures don't wind up in the wrong section. I know of no other way to properly (independant of font size and window size) prevent pictures from ending up adjacent to the wrong text.

Also note that the order is very wrong now. The brown sugar picture was next to the brown sugar. Now, brown sugar is white and white sugar is brown. AlbertCahalan 23:57, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

So, it worked fine. I use Firefox too, and I see the vertical gaps too. The
 code ensured that everything above and everything below will be separate, thus keeping an image from one section from slopping over into another section. It's like having an invisible line across the page. This is required to align the brown sugar image with the brown sugars, and the white sugar image with the white sugars. I did put those two images there specifically to be adjacent to the text, not to give a general impression. Shrinking the images should be enough to eliminate the gaps, but I'll put the white sugar up top. Having white after brown in the text did kind of bother me anyway, but the image perspective didn't bother me at all. AlbertCahalan 01:02, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

firm vs. hard
Quinces and unripe tomatoes are more than just "firm". I think you could drive nails with a quince! Typical low-cost commercial tomatoes are firm when they get to the store, but they are quite hard when picked. They're like apples. Some kinds of tofu are considered to be firm. AlbertCahalan 08:10, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree that firm is not a great word to describe green tomatoes, but neither is hard. I would call the shell of a nut hard, but not a green tomato. Quinces are more like a firm pear when totally ripe (though a slightly sour one). I took a bite out of the one pictured, and I could probable get used to it (it wasn't all that sour). Anyway, I don't totally disagree with the use of hard, but firm works too. What we really need is another word that means something in between, I simply used firm as it was the first thing that popped into my head when I was editing the page. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 11:52, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

 * So now the quince has a toothy grin and you need dentures? Get about 5 next time, and try the quince crisp recipe. It ought to be pretty good; most apple varieties turn to mush but the quinces should hold up even better than Granny Smith apples. AlbertCahalan 22:47, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

 * My grandparents gave me four off their tree, that's why they were ripe. They are slowly being reintroduced to supermarkets, but those ones are pretty green and hard (as most supermarket fruit is). Yeah, quinces don't disintegrate like apples when cooked. I stewed mine. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 01:38, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

titlecase
When I showed up, it already looked like titlecase was the standard. There were of course deviations, but many recipes were already in titlecase. I figured that the others were mistakes carried over from Wikipedia. Apparently lots of people prefer titlecase, Wikipedia be damned.

If we actually think about this though, we should be using default (natural: "shoe", "April") case in Wikipedia. By forcing the first letter to uppercase, we can't tell the Polish (people) from polish (stuff for shining shoes). It would be good for users to see that August is capatalized for a reason, and pH is not capitalized.

Wikipedia is very different from Wikibooks. Link renaming is nearly universal on Wikibooks. Wikipedia relys on a software hack to make the wiki appear to be case-insensitive to the casual observer, but this hack doesn't work for Wikibooks. (the software uppercases the first letter automatically)

So a technical hack (kludge, really) on Wikipedia leads to Wikipedia policy, but that hack doesn't apply on Wikibooks.

AlbertCahalan 06:47, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I understand your position on the naming of pages from our previous discussions. To prevent newcomers getting the same impression as you did, I've added the other side of the story to grunt work. I know that you don't agree with it, but it's a guideline in Wikibook's manual of style. Maybe you should add comments to its talk page, then if the guideline is changed through consensus, I'll happily fall into line. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 10:46, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

 * De-facto consensus is to ignore that nonsense. Looking at the recent changes page just now I see:
 * Engaged Tenderness - Handbook on Homosexuality
 * Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Mountains Out Of Molehills
 * HSE Discrete Probability
 * How To Build A Computer/Table of Contents
 * Theoretical Mechanics/Vector Algebra
 * Wikisolutions/About Wikisolutions
 * Physics with Calculus
 * FHSST Physics Waves:Practical Applications Electromagnetic
 * Network Plus Certification/Media and Topologies
 * World History:Ancient Civilizations
 * (and that's not half of them)
 * There are also hybrids, like:
 * Movie Making Manual-Linux in film production
 * (etc.)
 * AlbertCahalan 16:37, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Movie Making Manual-Linux in film production
 * (etc.)
 * AlbertCahalan 16:37, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
 * AlbertCahalan 16:37, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not quite sure if a de-facto consensus is the same as an overall consensus in this case. It's possible that the creator and contributors to manual of style don't represent the opinions of the majority. I see that you have added to the discussion over on its talk page, we should continue it there, that's so we can get some sort of consensus on which policy to adopt. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 04:01, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

hmmm
I just noticed your revert war with 217.33.207.195 on the main page. Y'know, if you could support my admin request in spite of our differences you wouldn't have to repeatedly revert stuff so often. It's not as if I'd be abusing admin powers to get my way in our numerous disputes; I think I've shown elsewhere that I can be trusted with such things. BTW, 217.33.207.195 is probably also "Mann Ltd". AlbertCahalan 15:19, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Yeah, it was pretty pointless. After a while, I decided the best thing to do was to walk away. I doubt that 217.33.207.195 is going to reform any time soon. I thought that you were asleep at the time. Some vandals seem to wait until a time of day when the bulk of the admins are inactive. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 22:27, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I think I was asleep, but I'd noticed him the day before and would have blocked him then. He had been trying to make the main page redirect to a gay web site. See this edit. AlbertCahalan 23:04, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Hey Donovan: Could I persuade you to reconsider your vote for Albert? I think both of you would be great admins, so it's kind of troubling to see the two of you blocking each other like this. (If not an outright support, how about an abstain?) MShonle 20:34, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I understand where you are coming from. But, strategically, it would have been better for Albert to appeal to my better nature, and to support my adminship, I would most likely have supported him then. As it is, his negative vote appears to have held thing up needlessly. Even without his support, I was seriously considering supporting his next bid for adminship (the current one was never going to succeed). But, since then, he has been virtually inactive. Before support his next bid for adminship, I would really like to see at least a month of moderately active and helpful editing over the whole of Wikibooks (mainly in fighting vandalism). BTW, I was under the understanding that to gain adminship, I only needed four votes of support, with no more than one in opposition, where abstains counted as neutral votes. I'm currently at seven to one, eight if you count my nominator. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 00:53, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Beware of editing large pages
Your last edit to Jokebook:You have two cows cut off most of the page (see edit diff). It would appear that your browser has trouble editing pages over 32K in length. Don't worry about fixing the problem; I've already done so. Just wanted to warn you so you can be on the lookout for this problem in the future. - dcljr 22:28, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Wow it really did chop off the most of the page. It doesn't look like a 32K problem, because the page is cut at about 8K. Something went seriously wrong somewhere. Thanks for the advice. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 02:10, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
I've nominated you for adminship. Thanks for your help in dealing with spam and vandalism. Guanaco 03:20, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the nomination Guanaco. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 03:45, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

my Adminship
Thankyou for votting support for me, i'd like to note that the reason for my minimal edits is because of many of my edits are to revert spam, because wikipedia is rather large ans extensive and i really can't find anything i can contribute to, other than fighting vandalism, and then on wikinews, i am not the best writer although i want to contribute more article, mainly ones with original reporting if possible, and wikibooks, well even though my spelling isn't the best i love the idea behind Wikibooks and think i could contribute more to actual books and wikiversiry but also in fighting vandalism wich admins powers really help make it less stressful i've noticed, since its much easier with the rollback button and i'd have the ability to block vandals myself without having to find an admin, especially on wikinews this was a problem, cause some vandals would come out when no admins were online, i was though, and that really was a pain since i couldn't block them and no admins were around to do it. Again thankyou for your support.--Ryan524 15:58, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * You're welcome. Your spelling isn't anything a spell checker can't sort out. Any remaining mistakes will be ironed by your fellow Wikibookians in time (that's one advantage of wikis). (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 00:44, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Of Mice and Men rv
Geocachernemesis, just to let you know, not all of 195.144.131.4's edit on Of Mice and Men were misedits; some actually did make sense (if I remembered the book correctly). The contributor just got bored halfway I think. I was scratching my head on what to do with that mass/ mess.

No biggie, I'll go back to fix it later. Thanks for the rv. Lynx7725 09:43, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I didn't feel so bad about it, because many of 195.144.131.4's previous edits have been pretty inane (basically vandalism). I wasn't about to spend an hour sifting through extracting out the good information. It's been a while since I read the book, so it would be difficult to decide what to keep and what to leave out. If 195.144.131.4 wants to do it, then that's fine with me. I left an introductory note on their talk page pointing them to the sandbox, so we'll see what effect that has. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 10:31, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Having me revert the whole lot does make it easier to pick out what was actually added, because you can just look at my diff. But, at the time 195.144.131.4 was stuffing around adding and removing vandalism with each edit, making it difficult to see what was really going on. Maybe I'll use that strategy again in future. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 10:39, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Aye, it worked out well. Alternatively, I can just look at the last good edit (in this case I cleaned up this article the last time, so I simply looked for my own edit there). Either way, just diff'ing the last good edit and 195.144.131.4's last edit save me from wandering through the whole load -- I can ignore the strange stuff (s)he had in between. Lynx7725 10:54, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

GTA:SA Removal of redundant pages
We've been restructuring the San Andreas guide recently. We're keeping a track of all the pages in a metadata page.

Can you delete all the pages under the section entitled Orphaned Redirects? Obviously I mean the redirects themselves, not the pages they redirect to. :-)

If you could also update that section to indicate when this has been done, that would be nice too.

Thanks...

Aya 01:08, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not an admin yet, and I'm pretty busy at the moment. But, you can easily mark those pages for deletion yourself. I've done the first one to show you how. First add the delete tag to the page with an explanation, see Template:Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas/Header. Next, you must add a note to the end of the Speedy deletion candidates section of the Votes for deletion page, otherwise it won't be deleted. That's it, an administrator should come and deleted them within a week (not very speedy, I know). (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 01:34, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Eep. Sorry. I could have sworn you'd been admin'd already. You certainly deserve to be, since you seem to regularly spot and revert malicious edits. Anyways. Disregard my request. Be careful, by the way; the page you added the deletion notice to, was not one of the pages on the list. Aya 13:17, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I must not have been concentrating, at least the page wasn't deleted. Anyway, you can see that you can easily add pages to the VfD page yourself. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 14:04, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome!
I just happened to be the person who noticed the live vandalism had moved over to wikibooks, so I got delegated to clean it up. Since the twits doing it took the opportunity to say hello to me in IRC, I figured I'd better watch for a while and while I was RC patroling I took the time to clean out the speedy deletions. (I was going to also do the VfD, but I got a little lost in the policy and couldn't find if it was simple majority or some form of super-majority.)

By the way, there is an excellent tool which monitors changes on the Wikibooks in real-time, irc://irc.wikimedia.org/en.wikibooks This is an IRC chat room with a bot who is connected to the database and announces all the database changes. There are a couple of software written to use this stream of changes to help people monitoring the recent changes to wikimedia sites as well.

You may want to take a look at the many new pages being created by 80.56.38.110, who seems to be creating a medical dictionary or something?

Must go, will build a user page and then request to be de-admined. - Amgine 16:13, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks again. I'll look into your monitoring link. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 02:04, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Medicine pages
Hi, I'm the one who edited the Medicine section. I'm going to write more there. I added the links to create at least something. Before seriously writing, I'm placing some external links to begin with. I'm in no way related to the Merck company. The Merck Manual is the world's most used medical reference book and is highly respect, written by several hundred mostly American top physicians. While the pages are lacking any actual content, this is a temporary beginning from which, hopefully, books will come forth. Also check the Medicine page, which I redirected to Medicine_Bookshelf, and see the discussion page there. If you're interested in participating, we could talk further there. In the meantime, please note that I just started working on this section of Wikibooks yesterday morning, and I'm not quite finished yet. In fact, the whole section on Medicine currently consists of only one single book (Radiation Oncology), and the book on Emergency Medicine is under construction. I edited the front page of Medicine yesterday, and made a beginning on the Neurology, Cardiology and Pediatrics sections. Anyway, let's keep the topic-related discussions to the Medicine discussion page, if you're interested?

 * Oh good, carry on then.;) I just had to check with you to ensure that you were aware of how it looked. I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt. It should be an interesting book when it fills out a bit more. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 15:13, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

While you were gone...
I did some patrolling over the Independence weekend; you'll notice that the Sandbox has been moved around by Asseca.. My brain is not up to unravelling the covoluted edits there. Also, seems like everything is done by the same user, so I guess there's no harm done.. Even the Sandbox move was good as it cleared the Sandbox out. - Lynx7725 4 July 2005 11:02 (UTC)

Cheers
Thanks for the early imput. I've tidied up the Wikiversity portal site quite a bit, adding content in places where I can. Thanks again --Abc123

Re: Thanks
''Thanks for helping to fight vandalism while I was away. Keep up the good work, because every bit helps. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 01:42, 10 July 2005 (UTC)''
 * No worries. It's not just vandalism, but general stupidity. Obviously the newbies can't help it, and when they create new subpages for existing books, they're not always following naming conventions, and creating their new pages in the global namespace without indicating that they're part of an existing title. Other users are then just adding them to VfD, when it would be far better to convert them to the correct naming convention, and make sure the user in question is aware. To be fair, the site policies are much too difficult to locate for new users (it took me a few weeks to find them all), and incomplete in places, so I'm gonna have a go at improving that. Anyways. Glad you're back. The Wikibooks community needs more users who are prepared to be bold. - Aya 15:59, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Votes for deletion
Can you please refrain from adding speedy deletions to this page. I've changed the rules to try to keep the page short and managable. Providing you've added the 'delete' template, the admins can see the speedies in the page Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. An admin will move it to the VfD page if they believe it requires a vote. Please re-read the VfD page up to the TOC, and the page Wikibooks talk:Votes for deletion for details. - Aya 13:28, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

 * It is quite a major change to the way things had been done, and not particularly well advertised. But, if that's how it's done now, then so be it. My only concern is that it makes it far easier for pages to be listed for speedy deletion, and that could be abused easily. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 23:29, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

I did put in quite a bit of thought before making this change. The deletion policy states that speedies are optional to add in. I guess I should change that to say they should never be added. If you're not certain, use a VfD instead. Just seems like reducing the amount of house-keeping required to keep this site running means more problems can be addressed more quickly. All you have to do now is add the template include, and move on to the next one. And to be fair, speedies could always be easily abused. There's no guarantee that users will add speedies to the VfD page anyway. Besides, so many of the pages I add as speedies are just newbie experiments. There's really no need for a vote on them. You're right in that it's not well advertised. I should've made it more obvious. I'll see what I can do. I just figured taking a more pro-active approach would be good, since Wikipedians seem to want to discuss everything for ages. If I find my stuff getting reverted, then I'll know there's a problem. - Aya 00:48, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The old procedure was pretty ambiguous, but the way I read it was that it was expected that speedies would be listed on the VfD page too, although some contributors didn't do it. I don't have a problem with your change, but you have to be cautious with changes to policy (yes, I know it's frustrating ;). That is, you should be bolder in your edits of individual books than with Wikibooks policy pages. My own disagreement over the correct naming of the ingredients pages in the Cookbook with AlbertCahalan caused unneeded friction, and rather than getting into a move war, I just walked away (but, you may not be so fortunate). (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 01:21, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Well. It was slightly ambiguous. This is one of the problems I'm trying to address, but there's a lot of content here, and it's gonna take time to sort out. It's obvious that Wikibooks != Wikipedia, and the policies copied from Wikipedia to Wikibooks aren't gonna work here (particularly with naming conventions). If you wanna see what's going on in my head, take a look at User:Aya/Wikibooks. As for the page Deletion policy, the section entitled Procedure for deletion states:

 * Pages (and images) to be deleted should be listed on Votes for deletion for a week before deletion takes place. That way, other Wikibookians can have a chance to argue for and against the removal of the page. There are a few, limited, exceptions to this rule:

 * 1. No meaningful content or history (eg "sdhgdf").
 * 2. Test pages (eg "Can I really create a page here?").
 * 3. Pure vandalism (see dealing with vandalism).
 * 4. Very short pages with no definition or context (eg "This guy is great!") or that only have an external link.
 * 5. Reposting previously deleted content, where the page was not listed on votes for undeletion.
 * 6. A user's own user page or his/her own user subpages.

I intepret this to mean that any pages meeting the numbered criteria should NOT be added to the page Votes for deletion, but should instead be either deleted immediately (if you have the privs), or added as a speedy candidate if you don't. So this is the way I have re-worded the page Votes for deletion, merely to keep it consistent with policy. I may re-word the policy page to make it clearer, but I felt I'd just try changing the page Votes for deletion to match policy before changing it, just to see what reaction I got from other users. To be honest, I don't think many other users care that much at all, and there's only a very small hardcore of 'power users' such as yourself and Lynx7225 who even read these pages at all.

By the way: check whatever template it is you use to sign your name. I had to change Donovan to Donovan to prevent subscriping of all following text. - Aya 15:52, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I've fixed the typo in my signature, I think. Yes, Wikibooks is not Wikipedia, but it's still a Wikimedia project. It is desirable for all Wikimedia projects have the same policies wherever possible, because that makes it easier for users to move between projects. If we make our policy different, just because we can, then we will forever be confusing these new users, and we will have to clean up their mess. Metawiki is there for deciding policy that affect all Wikimedia projects, and it's only a matter of time before we will be asked to conform. Some policy that will always differ from Wikipedia and other projects is that to do with what Wikibooks is not, we must clearly define what belongs here (and enforce it). If we don't, then it makes the job of administration far more difficult. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 22:07, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

I had considered using Meta, but I was only trying to solve the case for this site, since it's scope is far broader than any other. Take a look at User:Aya/Wikibooks/A critique of Wikibooks, and direct any further comments to its talk page. Thankyou. - Aya 00:55, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

welcome template
Hi, I modified the Template:Welcome to match your welcome message and I also made Template:Cookbookwelcome which includes the welcome template but also has an area for cookbook-specific messages. Use it like so: ~ See User:134.10.24.231 for an example usage. Kellen 06:44, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks I'll try it out.:) (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 06:50, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the assist!
Just want to say thanks for your work over the last few days -- I'm currently tied up at work and can't do much this week (and probably much of next). - Lynx7725 01:48, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * You're welcome.:) I know exactly how you feel. I'll do what I can until you have more time. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 02:29, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for helping!
Just wanted to say thanks for fixing the newbie experiments in the Mambo Open Source-book - http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Mambo_Open_Source%2FCreate_your_own_template&diff=190080&oldid=175973! --August 16:50, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * You're welcome, I'm glad I could help. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 00:38, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Template:Top 10 active
rv link added to this section by mistake by Chaturganj

 * This is the 3rd time he's done it. I don't think it's a mistake anymore, but a means to advertise his (arguably inappropriate) Treatise on life and every thing that matters.

 * He has also tried changing the date on the Template:New to get it to stay in there longer. I've now completely re-designed the template, to allow for personal projects to be listed there (albeit on a separate list).

 * This means it's now safe to delete that redirect page, so I've added it to speedies. - Aya T C 14:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Okay. I had a word to them about it, and they seemed to have stopped. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 02:04, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

rm edit this section link that is causing confusion

 * Probably wise. It may be worth both of these SQL data sections on the Main page anyway, since no-one can be bothered to keep them up-to-date, and getting an up-to-date DB dump is not easy. Problem is, only an admin can change the main page. I've been thinking of getting those permissions myself, but I worry that it might be controversial to do so, if I plan to subsequently change Wikibooks policy (i.e. no separation of legislative and executive powers). Is this likely to be a problem, or am I just being paranoid? - Aya T C 14:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't honestly know, you would have to ask the admins. In my experience, becoming an admin is virtually impossible here, mainly due to the lack of interest in voting (it will probably take many months). Xiaodai pulled out after only one week, for that very reason. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 02:04, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * It occurs to me that if there's no strict time limits on RFA, or any way to guarantee that the users who are actually able to make admins are any longer active users of the system, then it would be appropriate to assume this site to be devoid of admins, and to make the request on Meta instead. I'm hoping that someone watches that. If not then I may just give up completely. It just seems a shame that there are many trustworthy and attentive users such as yourself who have the best intentions to help out in an administrative capacity, but the system only serves to ensure that it can never happen. I shall investigate how much of this is truth, and how much is speculation. Watch this space. - Aya T C 13:50, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I just gotta add something here. According to Jimbo, it wasn't supposed to be all that hard to become an admin.  The main issues were that a user had to show that he/she had a firm grasp of Wikimedia Foundation policies, and in particular becoming an admin of a particular project had to show that you tended to help out more than you hurt (hopefully much more so).  That you should be involved actively in a particular project (like Wikibooks, not just a particular book) to some degree with a substantial number of edits (no specific number required) to show that you understand basic editing policies on the project.
 * IMHO the process of becoming an admin has been glorified way too much. At this point I don't care if I become an admin, but I don't think it should be a major undertaking.  If the real purpose of the voting page to become an admin was a popularity contest, it is a failure anyway.  It is more like you have to be an agressive user who has done a good job searching all of the pages here at Wikibooks just to find the darn thing, and even then I for one hardly even take a look at it.
 * My previous experience with similar social structures involved the Open Directory Project, where the "admins" (or in that case they were called "metas") took their power way overboard and have all but killed the entire concept. Old editors are fleeing and new editors are getting squashed.  I tried to get some enthusiastic new volunteers "promoted", but my words fell on deaf ears.  The one nice thing I like about the Wikimedia Foundation board is that they are very approachable dispite the huge number of volunteers in all of the projects, and if a particular admin is being particularly harsh (like seems to be happening at Wikinews), they do accept appeals to step in and at least add a couple of more admins if necessary.
 * I don't have any real beef against the current group of admins on Wikibooks, and indeed they are doing a fair job, but I would like to see a couple more people gain admin status. --Rob Horning 08:16, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Yeah, voting for adminship does appear to have become more a popularity contest than simply choosing people who are willing to help out with Wikibooks as a whole, and that don't bite other users excessively. It's a bit like VfD in a way, whereby books are being kept simply because the voters liked it, and without consideration for Wikibook's policy. I think that we do need more admins, to bring up the number that are active at any given time (on the lookout for vandalism and to vote on VfD). I don't have any complaints about our existing admins, and you can't force them to be more active, they are volunteers after all. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 08:53, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

 * You're both correct, and I intend to spend less time talking about the problems, and more time taking on the responsibility of solving them. As a consequence I'm going to attempt to get myself bureaucrat status on this wiki (I think I've even found someone on Meta who can actually get this done), and get some more admins in place ASAP (I believe you'd both make fine candidates). I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting fed up with having to continually revert these automated linkspam attacks, when I (or others) could just block them. Especially now our beloved 'ass pus' perpetrator seems to have returned again. See Requests for adminship for the gory details. I hope I can count on your support, but I'd also understand if you don't think it would be appropriate. - Aya T C 19:43, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
''rv change by Aya. I asked Jacoplane to move their Wikipedia links to the bottom, because it distracts the reader less. I can find the link to the policy section regarding it if you like''

 * A link to policy would be nice, but I still think right-justified stuff looks ugly there. Centered might be more appropriate. - Aya T C 13:50, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I did read it somewhere, but as you know, it can be difficult to find a specific guideline. Anyway, as you say, it probably would look better in the centre or on the left. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 01:13, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the usertalk msg you sent me, im sure it'll help. I've been gonig here for a long time but just made an account and started contributing to the Wikiversity Military STudies page. I hope youw on't have to fix much vandalism around here.

 * Thanks GACSean. Vandalism can be a problem at times. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 21:47, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Proposal for major policy overhaul
As an interested user, it might interest you that I've started to think about changes to existing policy and project scope so that policies are more clearly defined (as suggested by User:Aya, who claims existing policies to be ambiguous) and more open (as suggested by User:Robert Horning over the biography debacle). I've made a post on textbook-l as a result, please reply to my talk page for feedback. KelvSYC 05:58, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Sysop
I've now granted you sysop access. See Requests for adminship for justifications. - Aya T C 01:00, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I was wondering what all of those extra rollback and block link were.;) (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 01:03, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Heh. Surprised me too to get bureaucrat access within 2 days of my request. Now perhaps you can sort of some of the 'millions' of speedy deletions you've added. ;-) - Aya T C 01:22, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for helping out.:) I've deleted the remainder. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 03:03, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Acetone peroxide synthesis
I reverted to your last edit and put a protect on the page. I see your comment though that it's no longer relevant. If so, you can unprotect it as you see fit. MShonle 00:15, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. On second thoughts, maybe the newest editor chopped out too much information. Maybe, I'll leave it protected for a little while before unprotecting it. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 01:23, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Template protection request
Since it would be easy to get an admin to unprotect this... and because they are use so much and in so many place throughout Wikibooks, I am requesting that the following templates be placed under protection:

 * Template:Stage
 * Template:Stage short

This was an avenue for vandalism in the last attack that can be prevented, and I don't see a legitimate reason to change these templates without a wiki-wide discussion first anyway that would also involve an admin.

Thanks in advance for considering this. --Rob Horning 11:16, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. I don't know if I'm supposed to do it without consulting the others, but it's easily undone. As a rule, however, protecting pages is really supposed to be our last resort. GeoT 11:51, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm pointing out that how pervasive these template is used throughout Wikibooks (I bet this snipped of text is accessed more than just about any other piece here) and the fact that I can't see any realistic reason to even change the format of this template without a major discussion, they do need protection. In the last Ass Pus attack, some well-meaning but uninformed new user went through and deleted this template from Wikijunior Solar System (quite a bit of work BTW as it was used about 30 times there), and I bet that happened in some other areas of Wikibooks as well... which is one of my motivations.  I would suggest that the images of 00%.png, 25%.png, 50%.png, 75%.png, and 100%.png should also be protected, but that is more likely to be updated in some expaned guesstimation of the status of a Wikibook.  I'll go ahead and take the heat on this one if somebody complains, but I highly doubt that will be a problem.  Besides, the protection is also in the logs, and as you've said it can be undone very easy. --Rob Horning 18:41, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Rollback
I can't figure this out. How is it you manage to auto-rollback more than one revision in a page's history? For example, your recent rollback to The Final Fantasy Legend. - Aya T E C 01:41, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It doesn't work 100% of the time for some reason. But, you simply go to the history and then check beside the revision that you want to revert to, and then find the diff (handy to see if any damage has actually been done, newbies will often make several edits, and then fix them all). You should have the rollback link on the top right of the screen, and the revision you want to revert to on the top left (if not, then it won't work this time), simply click on the link, and that's it. Geo.T 01:49, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Weird. I tested that on the sandbox, to revert all the way back to Pieman's last edit, but it didn't work. I think it may only work when the last few edits were all made by the same user. - Aya T E C 01:54, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Confirmed. All edits must have been made from the same user. - Aya T E C 01:57, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * That would make sense. I've also found that when reviewing a user's contributions, hitting the rollback link beside their final edit to the page will revert all of their (contiguous) edits to that page. I've just tested it on myself, and it works. Geo.T 02:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I also suspect that regardless of which revision you diff against amongst the previous user's contiguous edits, it will always rollback them all. Note that I can't find any documentation about this on Meta at all. Typical. :-)

Perhaps we should use this thread to start the beginnings of an "administrators guide", especially considering the number of new admins that have been added recently, and those still in the pipeline. It also ought to point out when blocking users is okay. I was slightly annoyed when I noticed AlbertCahalan blocked a newbie for 3 days for this edit to the Cookbook. In his defence, he may have foolishly believed the reverter's incorrect assertion that this user was a 'vandal', but admins really ought to check these sorts of things. Luckily I was watching it all on the IRC system, so I could unblock the user within 5 minutes of the block. - Aya T E C 02:34, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * A set of guidelines for administrators would be a good idea. I'm carrying on the way I did before I became an administrator, and it may not be entirely correct. It is understandable that Albert over did it a bit, because he has been out of the loop for a while. I think that we need to reiterate that suspected vandals should be dealt with carefully, just revert their edits without comment, only warn them on them talk page if they persist, and only block them if they ignore a warning. In practice, I silently rollback everything but the most persistant vandalism. We don't wan't to frighten off casual experimeners, and we don't want to encorage attention seeking vandals by overreacting either. Our goal should be to fix vandalism as quickly as possible, so that others can see that the behaviour will not be accepted, and that their efforts are in vain. PS: I see that you are using the Wikibooks indentation scheme. I though that it was being largly ignored. Geo.T 03:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm thinking something like this for the casual vandal:

 * 1) For a first offence, just silently revert. If it looks more like a newbie experiment than a vandal, then stick the "test" template on their user talk page. We don't want to encourage attention-seeking vandals by putting messages on their talk page.
 * 2) If they should continue, warn that subsequent transgressions will result in a block.
 * 3) If they still don't listen, block for a small amount of time (24h?)
 * 4) After this, increase length of block, but I'm not certain an infinite block is a good idea for the casual vandal.

Exceptions to this are scripted linkspam attempts - zero tolerance to this, so infinite block. Ditto with this AP vandal.

Although there's still the issue of how to tell the difference between a newbie experiment and a vandal.

I prefer the other indentation scheme, but I use this scheme when the depth of nesting hits about 6 or 7. I think this scheme can get a little confusing when there's more than two users in the conversation. - Aya T E C 14:06, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * That sounds sensible. It's hard to tell a vandal from an experimenter, but we should err on the side of caution. Geo.T 22:16, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Nice Work
...keeping up with all the newbies/vandals. ThreeE 04:03, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks.:) Geo.T 04:19, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Geo & User:Geo.
I can rename your main account to one of these if you prefer?. - Aya T E C 13:31, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the offer, but I would rather stick with Geocachernemesis, because that is what I am known as on many other Wikimedia projects (also, Geo is already taken on Wikipedia). I have made it perfectly clear that Geo and Geo. are the same person as Geocachernemesis, and I don't intent to use them as sock puppets (they are handy for testing page protection, however). I hope that it's not a problem. Geo.T 13:41, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Shouldn't be a problem. Initially I was concerned that you'd hijacked these user pages without even creating the accounts, but I checked the userlist to make sure they'd been registered. - Aya T E C 13:47, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Oops, I didn't think of that. Yes, they are both registered to me (e-mailing them will reach the same address as Geocachernemesis does). Geo.T 13:52, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanx a lot for fixing my problem and answering my questions. :) --EnaamA 23:24, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

latest vandal
Hey, we did nice work. It seems that you reverted the edits from the top down, and I reverted edits from the bottom up. I just needed to stop when I reached the ones you already reverted. :-) MShonle 04:03, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * You're welcome.:) Geo.T 04:50, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikibooks talk:Naming policy
Please review your vote on Wikibooks talk:Naming policy. Please take into account that the vote is only about content of the main page and not about possible extensions mentioned on the talk page.

--Krischik T 08:46, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Your De-Adminship
Hello. I would like to inform you that you will have your sysop rights removed here on 1 Nov 2006 due to inactivity. If you would like to discuss the matter, please see WB:RFA. You can re-apply for adminship at a later date if you wish. Thanks. -within focus 21:29, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Please comment or vote...
Wikibooks:Request for enabling special:import

This would make the transwiki of recipes from en.wp a lot easier (recipes seem to make up the majority of w:Category:Copy to Wikibooks). The folks at meta have asked for a show of local support for turning it on. -- SB_Johnny | talk 12:13, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Acetone peroxide synthesis
I have proposed the acetone peroxide synthesis for deletion. What do you think? Ewen 14:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:168.190.200.39

Listen mate, if you want to carry on vandalising pages you will soon find you IP address blocked. Pages are easily reverted to their original form, and you could lose access to lots of useful information. If you want to contribute something about Bush and unemployment or you have a request for info/reasons/ways to solve unemployment, add a comment on the discussion page - do not vandalise something that people like me have gone to some trouble to write! Cheers --Mark Lewis 16:08, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for experimenting with Wikibooks. Your test worked, and has now been removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing material in modules will normally be removed quickly. Please see the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our project. Thanks. -- Herby talk thyme 19:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Instructional Technology

Duplicate Chapter
The chapter "Reusable Learning Objects in Special Education" appears both as a main chapter of this book and as a sub chapter under "Learning Manamgent Systems"!! The text' of these two chapters are different. Günter

Section Organization
I think it would be helpful to group the bulleted list of subjects (topics) into sections. I started one and titled it Learning Objects but I have not figured out how to move the individual bulleted items under the section.

Section Organization Follow-up
Thanks to Dr. Spannaus I have learned how to reorganize topics and pages. Hopefully the topic headings I have chosen are agreeable to users of this book.

Transwiki
You may be interested in this transwiki. If you have another book in mind where such content may be useful, please leave a note on the relevant talk page. Thanks! – Mike.lifeguard  | talk 04:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

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Instructional Technology/Web Content Accessibility Guidelines/508 Guidelines

Under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, agencies must provide employees and members of the public who have disabilities access to electronic and information technology that is comparable to the access available to employees and members of the public who are not individuals with disabilities. This applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. Agency responsibilities for the implementation of Section 508 include incorporating the new requirements into policy and practice as it relates to development, procurement, maintenance, or use of electronic and information technology; managing administrative complaints; and responding to reporting requirements.

The link below provides the standards in detail, as well as the purpose, applications and exceptions to section 508.

508 standards

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Instructional Technology/Web Content Accessibility Guidelines/W3C guidelines

W3C
W3C's mission is: To lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. W3C's global initiatives also include nurturing liaisons with over forty national, regional and international organizations around the globe. These contacts help W3C maintain a culture of global participation in the development of the World Wide Web.

W3C operations are supported by a combination of Member dues, research grants, and other sources of public and private funding. W3C operations are jointly administered by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) in the USA, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France and Keio University in Japan.

The link below provides the details for W3C Recommendation for accessibility for persons with disabilities. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

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Instructional Technology/Web Content Accessibility Guidelines/Technologies available

Technologies Available
Assistive Technology is a generic term including assistive, adaptive and enabling and rehabilitative devices and the process used in selecting, locating and using them. Assistive technologies include: mechanical, electronic, and microprocessor based equipment: This includes microcomputers, electronic communication devices and other sophisticated devices. Non-mechanical and non-electronic aids: For example, a ramp to replace steps would fit in this category. Specialized instructional materials, services and strategies: Large print for persons with visual impairments is one example of specialized instructional material. Augmentative communication system - Any system that aids individuals who are not independent verbal communicators. The system can include speech, gestures, sign language, symbols, synthesized speech, dedicated communication aids or microcomputers.

There are many companies that specialize in assistive technology the links below are just a few.

Dynamic Living ] Assistive Technology, Inc. Dragon Speak JAWS BATS Software

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Introduction to Psychology/Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal psychology is the study of abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning. Abnormal psychology studies the nature of psychopathology and its causes, and this knowledge is applied in clinical psychology to treating patients with psychological disorders.

The names and classifications of these disorders are listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM is intended to be applicable in a wide array of contexts and used by clinicians and researchers of many different orientations (e.g., biological, psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, family/systems). The DSM is currently in its Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and has been designed for use across clinical settings (inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinic, private practice, and primary care), with community populations.

Introduction

 * /Summary/
 * /Introduction/

Problems of Anxiety and Mood

 * 1) /Anxiety Disorders/
 * 2) /Stress Disorders/
 * 3) /Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders/
 * 4) /Mood Disorders/
 * 5) /Suicide/

Problems of the Mind and Body

 * 1) /Eating Disorders/
 * 2) /Substance-Related Disorders/
 * 3) /Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorder/

Problems of Psychosis and the Cognitive Function

 * 1) /Schizophrenia/

Life-Span Problems

 * 1) /Personality Disorders/
 * 2) /Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence/
 * 3) /Disorders of Aging and Cognition/

Conclusion
One disorder that has attracted a great deal of attention is Autism or the Autism Spectrum of Disorders.

Autism spectrum disorders include five specific diagnostic categories: Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Rhett’s syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. These disorders have different criteria as found in the DSM IV, however, they fall under a spectrum of disorders that are developmental, usually presenting symptoms by the age of 3, with impairment in the following areas: 1) communication, 2) social functioning, and 3) restricted or repetitive interests, activities or stereotyped behavior.

Autism occurs in as many as 1 in 500 people with boys affected about 4 times as often as girls. It is the fastest growing category within special education. The causes are unknown, but it appears that there is a biological disorder in the form of abnormal brain development, structure and/or neurochemistry.

Most supported by research as effective are the use of early identification and interventions, specialized and individualized education, interventions with behavioral or applied behavior analysis approaches and other methods supported by well designed and peer reviewed research. Medications can be helpful for some symptom management, as well. Avoid basing your beliefs on celebrities with T.V. exposure, gurus and pundits with claims of miraculous cures or unconventional points of view who bypass the research peer review process or who fail to withstand it.

Some programs using behavioral approaches: *ABA, TEACCH, LEAP

References:

Heward, W.L. (2006). Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (8th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

http://allpsych.com/disorders/dsm.html (referencing the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders criteria)

http://quackwatch.com/

This site is maintained by Dr. Stephen Barrett, MD, focusing on pseudoscience, unproven claims, and quackery.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/search/?keyword=autism

Articles about scientific findings related to autism, including the following:

“ScienceDaily (Jun. 23, 2007) describes an interactive computer software program called FaceSay™ shown to improve the ability of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to recognize faces, facial expressions and emotions, according to the results of a study conducted by psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).”

“ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2008) — describes the use of "virtual peers" or animated life-sized children that simulate the behaviors and conversation of typically developing children to teach children with autism skills.”

“ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2007) — Emerging genetic research may help scientists recognize children with autism at a younger and potentially treatable age, according to an editorial in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.”


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Talk:Carpentry

I would like to make the recommendation that we take a look at the information from WikiPedia for the entries for Carpentry and Woodworking Tools. There seems to be lots of good info there, but I am not sure if it is best to link to that information, copy it, or if there is a way that it can be included.

There also seems to be lots of good information on the carpenter entry that could be re purposed for the description of carpentry, etc...

WikiBooks n00b here ;) --Jphillips66 19:56, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)

 * You should perhaps try to steal some of the members of the woodworking wikiproject on WP. Kellen T 11:50, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

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English in Use/Vocabulary Nouns

Noun
"A Naming word."

A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. Nouns are parts of speech and can be classified in different ways such as proper nouns (e.g. "Janet") versus common nouns (e.g. "girl"), or collective nouns (e.g. "bunch", "herd"). Nouns can be substituted by pronouns (e.g. "she" and "which"). The word noun derives from Latin nomen meaning "name" (as a noun can be considered an object, person, or concept's name).

Further classifications include the distinction between concrete nouns and abstract nouns. Concrete nouns refer to definite objects (e.g. chair, apple, Janet) and abstract nouns refer to ideas or concepts (e.g. justice, liberty). While sometimes useful, the boundaries between these two are not always clear.

In sentences, nouns occur in several different ways, the most common being as subjects (performers of action), or objects (recipients of action). In the sentence "John wrote me a letter", "John" is a subject; "me" and "letter" are objects (of which "letter" is a noun and "me" a pronoun).

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Cookbook:How to Read a Recipe

These are a few things to consider when reading a recipe you intend to try to cook.

Read The Recipe
Yes that would be the first step, wouldn't it? Read it - all of it, carefully. Make sure that you have all the ingredients in the ingredients list. Make sure that there aren't any ingredients required by the text of the recipe that aren't mentioned in the ingredients list (a major faux pas, but it happens to the best of us).

Look at how the different ingredients need to be prepared. Do the onions need to be chopped, diced, irradiated with alpha particles, soaked in 12 year old Australian wine for six days and nights, or what? The difference between halved tomatoes and diced tomatoes can make or break a dish. How you prepare your ingredients is half the battle.

Next, does the recipe call for tools? How specifically? Generally if a good recipe mentions a tool very specifically there is a reason. If it's a really good recipe that reason will be spelled out. By the same token, if the tool is only mentioned vaguely or not directly mentioned at all then you should be safe using whatever you like.

Next comes timing. How long will it take to prepare the various ingredients? How long will it take to prepare the whole recipe? This can be important. You don't want to put the biscuits into the oven at the same time as the turkey - one of these items will be finished a long time before the other and both are best served warm.

Finally, re-read the recipe two more times, going through the motions in your head and getting yourself mentally prepared. The more complicated the recipe, the more crucial this step is.

Prepare Your Ingredients
All right. You have all the tools and ingredients you need, you have the recipe handy, and you're ready to cook. First things first, you must prepare your ingredients. If you need half an onion diced, a bell pepper in strips, and two potatoes cubed, you don't want to be doing that while trying to cook. It will only distract you and create an unnecessary opportunity for you to make a mistake. Prepare all your ingredients before you begin cooking. It will make you happier in the long run and the happier you are the healthier you are. If the recipe calls for a preheated oven, this is probably the time for that as well (see note).

Now that you have all your ingredients prepared, glance at the recipe once more. The term "divided" may be used, which means that the item will be used more than once during preparation, so this is an important reason for CAREFULLY re-reading the recipe. Make sure you haven't forgotten anything. Now you can continue to cook in accordance with your recipe.

Look Beyond The Recipe
Yes, recipes are a good and necessary thing. They allow us to accrue knowledge about cooking. However, as a Mr. Einstein once put it, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Even if you know nothing at all about cooking, stop and think about what you are doing. A little bit of creative thought can make a dish made from any recipe an original masterpiece.

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Investment Business Plan/Index Investments

5.0 Index Investments
Is there a place for index investments in a portfolio? Yes there is. Individuals still working and saving in 401 or 403 plans can definitely make use of index investments vehicles. Since index investments outperform the majority of actively managed mutual funds, it makes a lot of sense to reduce costs and go the index route. Even for investors saving money outside of a tax-deferred account would do well to consider adding index investments to their portfolio options.

If one goes back and reviews the original portfolio plan there are many different asset classes to populate. We have large-cap value and growth, mid-cap value and growth, small-cap value and growth, international including emerging markets, REITs, bonds, precious metals, cash etc. It is nearly impossible for one investor to be expert in all these different asset classes. Furthermore, if one is using NAIC methods for screening, selecting, and analyzing stocks, it is very difficult to find sufficient stocks to populate the value asset classes. This is where index investments such as iShares play an important role in portfolio construction.


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Phoenix/Weapon 5

Weapon 5 is the most powerful weapon in Phoenix. Capable of destroying enemies at a very fast rate. When combined with Upgrade, it is pretty much unstoppable.

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Phoenix/Upgrade

The Upgrade allows you to hold down the fire button, instead of rapidly pressing it. It is best combined with Weapon 5. The Upgrade also upgrades Weapon 1 to double its power.

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Sociology of Religion

Table of contents

 * 1) /Introduction/
 * 2) /Defining Religion/
 * 3) /The Sources of Religion/
 * 4) /Religious Typologies/
 * 5) /World Religions/
 * 6) /Non-World Religions/
 * 7) /Measuring Religiosity/
 * 8) /Religious Conversion/
 * 9) /Religion and Gender/
 * 10) /Religion and Race/
 * 11) /Religion and Class/
 * 12) /Religion and Politics/
 * 13) /Religion and Health/
 * 14) /Fundamentalism/
 * 15) /Religion and Violence/
 * 16) /Secularization/
 * 17) /The Future of Religion/

Additional topics

 * /The Psychology of Religion/
 * /The Social Psychology of Religion/

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The Religious Conversion chapter should include a discussion of cognitive dissonance as found in Batons, Schoenrade, and Ventis (1993); especially how people, when faced with evidence against their beliefs don't actually change them but grow stronger in their beliefs. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rtcearly (talk • contribs).

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Talk:Social Psychology

Introduction
It should be noted in the introduction to this book that it is a perspective and approach to social phenomena and not an actual theory. The social psychological approach to studying social phenomena has generated a number of theories, which should be discussed in the text, but the perspective is not a theory. --Exmoron 22:10, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Notes from Abrams, D. in Group Processes
p. 425 "William James (1890) distinguished between the "I" and the "Me." The "I" is the self as experienced, the active thinking processor. The "Me" is the stock of empirical information about oneself, which has material, social, and spiritual components. The self is a central concept in social psychology (Ashmore & Jussim, 1997; Baumeister, 1999; Dweck, 1999), reflecting in part the importance of the individual in modern society as a target for social influence and a unit of economic activity. However, much of the research activity only considers the self as an individual, and this misses an important part of James's analysis. James argued that, in principle, one has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize one. In practice, these selves are determined by the groups of people about whose opinion one cares. James argued that people can change their persona to reflect the social audience. These transformations involve shifts of identity in different contexts, not merely forms of strategic self-presentation."

p. 447 "Our view is that society and the individual are mutually instantiated (Abrams, 1992a; Abrams et al., 2000; Hogg & Williams, 2000). Theologians and poets have understood this point for centuries and some sociologically inclined psychologists reached similar conclusions half a century ago (e.g., Newcomb, 1950; Sherif, 1936). We believe that this conclusion is gradually being reflected not just in a corner of the discipline, but as change in the meta-theoretical framework (Doise, 1986; Operario & Fiske, 1999). The combination of a social identity perspective with models of social cognitive, interpersonal, and intergroup processes offers hope for achieving a better understanding of the truly social nature of the self." Mead said this 70+ years ago. Why repeat what is known?

Transfer from Wikipedia

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The Table of Contents
The headings are convoluted. Let's give simpler headings for the major subjects. i.e. "The Individual" instead of "Social Elements of the Individual." Seems redundant- people know this is going to be a book about social psychology. What say ye????

Capitalization
Just capitalized all the section titles on the table of contents. If someone wanted them lower case for a reason, feel free to revert.

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Ada Programming/Subprograms

In Ada the subprograms are classified into two categories: procedures and functions. A procedures call is a statement and does not return any value, whereas a function returns a value and must therefore be a part of an expression.

Subprogram parameters may have three modes.

 * : The actual parameter value goes into the call and is not changed there; the formal parameter is a constant and allows only reading – with a caveat, see Ada Programming/Constants. This is the default when no mode is given. The actual parameter can be an expression.
 * : The actual parameter goes into the call and may be redefined. The formal parameter is a variable and can be read and written.
 * : The actual parameter's value before the call is irrelevant, it will get a value in the call. The formal parameter can be read and written. (In Ada 83 parameters were write-only.)

A parameter of any mode may also be explicitly.

 * : The formal parameter is an access (a pointer) to some variable. (This is not a parameter mode from the reference manual point of view.)

Note that parameter modes do not specify the parameter passing method. Their purpose is to document the data flow.

The parameter passing method depends on the type of the parameter. A rule of thumb is that parameters fitting into a register are passed by copy, others are passed by reference. For certain types, there are special rules, for others the parameter passing mode is left to the compiler (which you can assume to do what is most sensible). Tagged types are always passed by reference.

Explicitly parameters and  parameters specify pass by reference.

Unlike in the C class of programming languages, Ada subprogram calls cannot have empty parameters parentheses  when there are no parameters.

Procedures
A procedure call in Ada constitutes a statement by itself.

For example:

A_Test A, B: Integer; C:  Integer C := A + B; A_Test;

When the procedure is called with the statement A_Test (5 + P, 48, Q); the expressions 5 + P and 48 are evaluated (expressions are only allowed for in parameters), and then assigned to the formal parameters A and B, which behave like constants. Then, the value A + B is assigned to formal variable C, whose value will be assigned to the actual parameter Q when the procedure finishes.

C, being an parameter, is an uninitialized variable before the first assignment. (Therefore in Ada 83, there existed the restriction that parameters are write-only. If you wanted to read the value written, you had to declare a local variable, do all calculations with it, and finally assign it to C before return. This was awkward and error prone so the restriction was removed in Ada 95.)

Within a procedure, the return statement can be used without arguments to exit the procedure and return the control to the caller.

For example, to solve an equation of the kind $$ax^2 + bx + c = 0$$:

;  ;  Quadratic_Equation A, B, C :    Float; R1, R2 :  Float; Valid  :  Boolean Z : Float; Z := B**2 - 4.0 * A * C;    Z < 0.0  A = 0.0 Valid := False; R1   := 0.0; R2   := 0.0; Valid := True; R1   := (-B + Sqrt (Z)) / (2.0 * A); R2   := (-B - Sqrt (Z)) / (2.0 * A); ; Quadratic_Equation;

The function SQRT calculates the square root of non-negative values. If the roots are real, they are given back in R1 and R2, but if they are complex or the equation degenerates (A = 0), the execution of the procedure finishes after assigning to the Valid variable the False value, so that it is controlled after the call to the procedure. Notice that the parameters should be modified at least once, and that if a mode is not specified, it is implied.

Functions
A function is a subprogram that can be invoked as part of an expression. Until Ada 2005, functions can only take (the default) or  parameters; the latter can be used as a work-around for the restriction that functions may not have  parameters. Ada 2012 has removed this restriction.

Here is an example of a function body:

Minimum (A, B: Integer) Integer A <= B        A;        B;     ; Minimum;

(There is, by the way, also the attribute, see RM 3.5.) Or in Ada2012:

Minimum (A, B: Integer) Integer ( A <= B A  B); Minimum;

or even shorter as an expression function

Minimum (A, B: Integer) Integer  ( A <= B  A  B);

The formal parameters with mode behave as local constants whose values are provided by the corresponding actual parameters. The statement is used to indicate the value returned by the function call and to give back the control to the expression that called the function. The expression of the statement may be of arbitrary complexity and must be of the same type declared in the specification. If an incompatible type is used, the compiler gives an error. If the restrictions of a subtype are not fulfilled, e.g. a range, it raises a Constraint_Error exception.

The body of the function can contain several statements and the execution of any of them will finish the function, returning control to the caller. If the flow of control within the function branches in several ways, it is necessary to make sure that each one of them is finished with a statement. If at run time the end of a function is reached without encountering a statement, the exception Program_Error is raised. Therefore, the body of a function must have at least one such statement.

Every call to a function produces a new copy of any object declared within it. When the function finalizes, its objects disappear. Therefore, it is possible to call the function recursively. For example, consider this implementation of the factorial function:

Factorial (N : Positive) Positive N = 1 1;       (N * Factorial (N - 1)); ; Factorial;

When evaluating the expression  the function will be called with parameter 4 and within the function it will try to evaluate the expression, calling itself as a function, but in this case parameter N would be 3 (each call copies the parameters) and so on until N = 1 is evaluated which will finalize the recursion and then the expression will begin to be completed in the reverse order.

A formal parameter of a function can be of any type, including vectors or records. Nevertheless, it cannot be an anonymous type, that is, its type must be declared before, for example:

Float_Vector  (Positive  <>)  Float; Add_Components (V: Float_Vector) Float Result : Float := 0.0; I V'        Result := Result + V(I); ;    Result; Add_Components;

In this example, the function can be used on a vector of arbitrary dimension. Therefore, there are no static bounds in the parameters passed to the functions. For example, it is possible to be used in the following way:

V4 : Float_Vector (1 .. 4) := (1.2, 3.4, 5.6, 7.8); Sum : Float; Sum := Add_Components (V4);

In the same way, a function can also return a type whose bounds are not known a priori. For example:

Invert_Components (V : Float_Vector) Float_Vector Result : Float_Vector(V'); I V'        Result(I) := V (V' + V' - I); ;    Result; Invert_Components;

The variable Result has the same bounds as V, so the returned vector will always have the same dimension as the one passed as parameter.

A value returned by a function can be used without assigning it to a variable, it can be referenced as an expression. For example,, where the first element of the vector returned by the function would be obtained (in this case, the last element of V4, i.e. 7.8).

Named parameters
In subprogram calls, named parameter notation (i.e. the name of the formal parameter followed of the symbol and then the actual parameter) allows the rearrangement of the parameters in the call. For example:

Quadratic_Equation (Valid => OK, A => 1.0, B => 2.0, C => 3.0, R1 => P, R2 => Q); F := Factorial (N => (3 + I));

This is especially useful to make clear which parameter is which.

Phi := Arctan (A, B); Phi := Arctan (Y => A, X => B);

The first call (from Ada.Numerics.Elementary_Functions) is not very clear. One might easily confuse the parameters. The second call makes the meaning clear without any ambiguity.

Another use is for calls with numeric literals:

Ada.Float_Text_IO.Put_Line (X, 3, 2, 0); -- ? Ada.Float_Text_IO.Put_Line (X, Fore => 3, Aft => 2, Exp => 0); -- OK

Default parameters
On the other hand, formal parameters may have default values. They can, therefore, be omitted in the subprogram call. For example:

By_Default_Example (A, B: Integer := 0);

can be called in these ways:

By_Default_Example (5, 7); By_Default_Example (5); By_Default_Example; By_Default_Example (B => 3); By_Default_Example (1, B => 2);

In the first statement, a "regular call" is used (with positional association); the second also uses positional association but omits the second parameter to use the default; in the third statement, all parameters are by default; the fourth statement uses named association to omit the first parameter; finally, the fifth statement uses mixed association, here the positional parameters have to precede the named ones.

Note that the default expression is evaluated once for each formal parameter that has no actual parameter. Thus, if in the above example a function would be used as defaults for A and B, the function would be evaluated once in case 2 and 4; twice in case 3, so A and B could have different values; in the others cases, it would not be evaluated.

Renaming
Subprograms may be renamed. The parameter and result profile for a renaming-as-declaration must be mode conformant.

Solve (A, B, C:  Float;    R1, R2 :  Float;    Valid  :  Boolean)  Quadratic_Equation;

This may be especially comfortable for tagged types.

Some_Package Message_Type   ; Print (Message: Message_Type); Some_Package;

Some_Package; Main Message: Some_Package.Message_Type; Print Message.Print; Method_Ref:  := Print'; Some_Package.Print (Message); Message.Print; Print; Method_Ref.; Main;

But note that  is illegal, you have to use a renaming declaration as above.

Since only mode conformance is required (and not full conformance as between specification and body), parameter names and default values may be changed with renamings:

P (X: Integer := 0); R (A: Integer := -1) P;

Wikibook

 * Ada Programming
 * Ada Programming/Operators

Ada Quality and Style Guide

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Super NES Programming

This book is an open work designed for people interested in learning to program for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and assumes some basic knowledge on how to program in assembly language, use a command prompt and emulator.

This book will cover how to write programs for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. As the CPU of the SNES has a 65c816 core, programming for the SNES is done with 65c816 assembly language.

If you find any problems with terms or concepts, you can contribute an explanation to it. Feel free to participate and fix errors; you are welcome to do so.

Part One: Tutorials

 * Introduction to 65816 assembly
 * Initializing the SNES and changing the background color
 * DMA transfer
 * Using tiles and palettes
 * Creating graphics for your SNES programs
 * Loading SPC700 programs for the SNES sound co-processor
 * Using Pointer Tables
 * Joypad Input
 * Using the Super FX chip

Programming Techniques

 * multiplication
 * Animated Sprites
 * Platform Physics
 * Multijointed Sprite Bosses
 * How NOT to cause slowdown

Appendices

 * Technical specifications
 * Memory map
 * 65c816 reference
 * SPC700 reference
 * Homebrew Super NES games
 * SNES Emulators
 * SNES hardware registers
 * Snes_Init.asm Code

Tools

 * The WLA-65816 Micro Assembler is an open-source, cross-platform 65816 assembler used for these tutorials.
 * Geiger's debugging version of Snes9x lets you step through a SNES ROM's execution, set breakpoints, examine audio and video memory, and more. Only available for Windows.
 * higan (formerly bsnes) is an SNES emulator written by byuu that strives for more exact hardware emulation. It strays away from using ROM-specific hacks and the like, but requires higher machine specs than other emulators.

Resources

 * SNES Development Wiki Technical Documents, Tutorials and References
 * Vintage Dev (broken) is a great set of in-depth SNES programming tutorials & tools. Vintage Dev at Wayback Machine (archived January 20, 2010)
 * #snesdev, a Super NES development channel on the EFnet server. (on IRC)
 * Some SNES technical documents
 * ROMhacking.net has a variety of documents on assembly programming, SNES hardware info, and sample source code!

Contributors
Put your name here if you have contributed to this Wikibook.
 * Snarius --Started this book, wrote most of it.

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I've helped out with a few books, namely:
 * Super NES Programming--I'm the main contributor, check it out.
 * Down'n'dirty Blacksmithing, total splitting, gave it some pics.
 * Knowing Knoppix, total splitting again, some cleanup
 * Digital Photography, Split what needs to be splat
 * The Way of the Program, split it into smaller. barrel-sized pieces. Cleaned it up a bit, too.
 * Template:ArosNav made navbar (still dont want to know whar AROS is)
 * The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker split, added template (update:it's deleted as a copyvio)
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Super NES Programming/SNES Specs

Technical specifications

 * Core
 * CPU: Nintendo custom '5A22', believed to be produced by Ricoh; based around a 16-bit CMD/GTE 65c816 (a licensed clone of Western Design Center's 65816). The CPU runs the 65c816-like core with a variable-speed bus, with bus access times determined by addresses accessed, with a maximum theoretical effective clock rate around 3.58 MHz. The SNES/SFC provided the CPU with 128 KB of Work RAM.

 * The CPU also contains other support hardware, including:
 * for interfacing with controller ports;
 * for generating NMI interrupts on Vertical blanking interval;
 * for generating IRQ interrupts on screen positions;
 * Direct memory access unit, supporting two primary modes, general DMA (for block transfers, at a rate of 2.68MB/second) and Horizontal blanking interval DMA (for transferring small data sets at the end of each scanline, outside of the active display period);
 * multiplication and division registers.

 * Cartridge Size Specifications: 2 - 32 Megabits (Mb) which ran at two speeds ('SlowROM' and 'FastROM'). Custom address decoders allow larger sizes, eg. 48 Mb for Star Ocean and Tales of Phantasia

 * Sound
 * Sound Controller Chip: 8-bit Sony SPC700 CPU (inspired by the 6502) for controlling the Digital signal processor running at an effective clock rate around 1.024 MHz.
 * Main Sound Chip: 8-channel Sony S-DSP with hardware ADPCM decompression, pitch modulation, echo effect with feedback (for reverberation) with 8-tap FIR filter, and ADSR and 'GAIN' (discretely controlled) volume envelopes.
 * Memory Cycle Time: 279 ms
 * Sound RAM: 512 kilobit(Kb) shared between SPC700 and S-DSP.
 * Pulse Code Modulator: 16-bit ADPCM (using 4-bit compressed ADPCM samples, expanded to 15-bit resolution, processed with an additional 4-point Gaussian sound interpolation).
 * Note - while not directly related to SNES hardware, the standard extension for SNES audio subsystem state files saved by emulators is SPC_sound_format(.spc), a format used by SPC players.

 * Video
 * Picture Processor Unit: 15-Bit
 * Video RAM: 64 KB of VRAM for screen maps (for 'background' layers) and tile sets (for backgrounds and objects); 512 + 32 bytes of 'OAM' (Object Attribute Memory) for objects; 512 bytes of 'CGRAM' for palette data.
 * Palette: 256 entries; 15-Bit color (BGR555) for a total of 32,768 colors.
 * Maximum colors per layer per scanline: 256.
 * Maximum colors on-screen: 32,768 (using color arithmetic for transparency effects).
 * Resolution: between 256x224 and 512x448. Most games used 256x224 pixels since higher resolutions caused slowdown, flicker, and/or had increased limitations on layers and colors (due to memory bandwidth constraints); the higher resolutions were used for less processor-intensive games, in-game menus, text, and high resolution images.
 * Maximum onscreen objects (sprites): 128 (32 per line, up to 34 8x8 tiles per line).
 * Maximum number of sprite pixels on one scanline: 256. The renderer was designed such that it would drop the frontmost sprites instead of the rearmost sprites if a scanline exceeded the limit, allowing for creative clipping effects.
 * Most common display modes: Pixel-to-pixel text mode 1 (16 colors per tile; 3 scrolling layers) and affine mapped text mode 7 (256 colors per tile; one rotating/scaling layer).

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Cookbook:Blender

| Kitchen appliances

A blender is a kitchen appliance used to blend ingredients or purée food. The term typically refers to a stationary, upright electrical device, which is to be distinguished from a hand-powered or electric mixer that may be used for similar purposes.

A typical blender will be built around a vessel for the ingredients to be blended. At the top of the vessel will be a cap to prevent ingredients from escaping when the blender is switched on. At the bottom will be a blade assembly, typically removable for cleaning purposes. The bottom seal will most likely be watertight. The vessel will rest upon a base containing a motor (for turning the blade assembly) with controls on its surface. Most modern blenders will offer a number of possible speeds.

A wand blender (also known as a hand or stick blender) differs from a standard blender. It does not have a bowl, and its blade is situated at one end of a long stick, this allows it to be used to purée foods in their own containers (e.g., in saucepans while still on the stove top).

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Cookbook:Roasted Chicken Nachos With Green Chili-Cheese Sauce

Nachos made into a meal.

Ingredients

 * 4 medium tomatillos, husked and rinsed (or used canned if unavailable)
 * 2 jalapeños, stemmed
 * ½ medium onion, peeled and quartered
 * 2 garlic cloves, peeled
 * 1 handful fresh cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped
 * 1 lime, juiced
 * 1 teaspoon toasted cumin seeds
 * Kosher (coarse or margarita) salt
 * ¼ cup (60 ml / ½ stick) unsalted butter
 * ¼ cup (60 ml) all-purpose flour
 * 2 cups (480 ml) chicken stock, at room temperature
 * 4 cups (950 ml) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
 * 1 bag (1 pound / 450 g) salted corn tortilla chips
 * 1 ea. (3 pounds / 1350 g) whole roasted chicken, meat finely shredded, skin and bones discarded

Quick Salsa:

 * 1 pint (570 ml) cherry tomatoes, halved
 * 2 green onions, white and green parts, chopped
 * 1 jalapeño, chopped
 * 2 handfuls fresh cilantro leaves, hand shredded
 * 2 limes, juiced
 * Kosher (coarse or margarita) salt and freshly ground black pepper

 * Sour cream and guacamole, for serving

Procedure

 * 1) Bring a pot of water to a boil; add the tomatillos, jalapeños, onion, and garlic. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, until the tomatillos are soft.
 * 2) Drain and cool slightly, then put them in a blender.
 * 3) Add the cilantro, lime juice, and cumin. Puree for a few seconds to blend, and then pour in about a ¼ cup of water and process to a coarse puree; taste and season with a generous pinch of salt. You should have about 2 cups of this green salsa (salsa verde).
 * 4) Make a roux by melting the butter over medium-low heat in a thick-bottomed saucepan.
 * 5) Just as the foam subsides, sprinkle in the flour, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or whisk to prevent lumps.
 * 6) Cook for 2–3 minutes to remove the starchy taste from the flour; don't allow it to brown.
 * 7) Gradually whisk in the chicken stock and simmer for 8 minutes to thicken.
 * 8) Once you have a good base, fold in 2 cups of the shredded Jack cheese; mix until completely melted into a sauce.
 * 9) Stir in the prepared salsa verde until incorporated; remove the green chili cheese sauce from the heat.
 * 10) Make a quick salsa by combining the cherry tomatoes, onions, jalapeño, cilantro, and lime juice in a bowl; season with salt and pepper, tossing to combine.

Assembly

 * 1) Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
 * 2) Get a very large oven-proof platter and cover it with a few handfuls of tortilla chips, follow with a portion of the shredded chicken, a coating of the cheese sauce, and a nice sprinkle of the remaining shredded jack.
 * 3) Make 3–4 layers of the nachos, depending on the size of the platter.
 * 4) Bake the nachos until they are all hot and gooey, about 5–10 minutes.
 * 5) Spoon the tomato salsa over the top of the nachos and serve with the sour cream on the side.


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Super NES Programming/65c816 reference

Stack Instructions

 * 65816 Opcode Table.

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Super NES Programming/SNES Emulators

 * ZSNES is a fast open-source emulator originally developed for DOS, but later ported to Windows, Linux, *BSD, BeOS, and Mac OS X (Intel). Being written primarily in x86 assembly, it is one of the fastest emulators available.  It will run fine on a 200 MHz machine. Today, ZSNES is considered to have the most wide support for special-chip hardware and possesses some of the highest game compatibility around.

 * Snes9x is a portable freeware emulator. In some form or another, Snes9x has been ported to Linux, PowerPC, PSP, Xbox, GP2X, and others. The source code for Snes9x is publicly accessible.

 * Higan (formerly bsnes) is an open-source emulator for Windows and Linux. Its primary focus is accuracy and as such it might be the most accurate SNES emulator currently around. The system requirements for achieving full speed are however quite high (somewhere in the area of 2GHz). For those who want their games to run on the actual SNES console, bsnes should be considered.

 * SNEeSe's primary goal is that of accuracy. It was originally developed for DOS, but is now primarily for MS Windows. SNEeSe uses the Allegro library, and has unmaintained ports to Linux and BeOS. In the future SNEeSe may serve as a testbed for advanced ideas having to do with accurate synchronization.

 * Geiger's snes9x debugger, is a closed-source path tracing emulator, available only for Windows.

 * SNES Station is an emulator for the PlayStation 2.

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Cookbook:Macaroni

| Pasta | Italian Pasta

Macaroni is a pasta that is in the shape of a hollow tube. Macaroni is often used to make Macaroni and Cheese, as well as some soups and casseroles.

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Instructional Technology/Instructional Design/Design Models for Professional Development

This project is being created for IT 7310

It will discuss a Professional Development Model for Technology Integration

INTRODUCTION
Staff development models that usually focus on school improvement often deal with specific problems. For example, MEAP scores are down, how do we improve? Teachers are often required to gain skills or knowledge in a certain area. The main objective in implementing professional development through a model would be to develop and implement a comprehensive model for technological professional development that facilitates technology integration into the curriculum. The model theory that I researched is based on the simple fact that adults learn when they have a need to know or to help solve a real-life problem. (Knowles, 1980) Adults have a need to be self-directing. Adults bring a wealth of experience that should be used in a learning situation. Adults’ readiness to learn is based on a need to solve a problem. Adults want to make immediate application of knowledge. Advances in technology require that educators prepare students not only academically but also to meet the challenges of 21st century demands. Recent studies have shown that teachers are fully aware of the need for their students to be prepared for the rapid growth of the Information Society, and that it is their responsibility to provide children with the opportunity to learn technology.(Loveless, 2004) We have to create personal learning experiences to encourage teachers to embrace this technology. Pressures from high stakes testing has increased the demand for teachers to integrate technology in the classroom. Journals and research have suggested that integrating technology will promote better standardized test scores and motivate students to achieve in all areas of content. Many districts depend on state testing scores for funding and accreditation. Schools are mandated by state and national levels to meet adequate yearly progress. Educational software vendors proclaim that using their software will accommodate these issues regarding state and national requirements. In implementing technology and purchasing software, many decisions are focused on if the program be worth the money and would it help with high stakes testing? Will our teachers be able to successfully implement this learning tool effectively and efficiently?

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL
The Professional Development Plan was based on the principles of Instructional System Design. The model expects that the four phases are done in order with a final assessment.

 * Performance Analysis
 * Needs Assessment
 * Development and Implementation (professional development plan)
 * Assessment (impact of the professional development plan)

References Facilitating Technology Integration through effective Professional Development: Local School Model Authors: Gale Smith and Mary Shoffner

Performance Analysis
In my elementary environment teachers have to have meaning behind change. The teachers were not adequately prepared to use the new technology tools in instructions. Often teachers don't fully use the technology that is available for productivity or integration. Computers are left unused and computer labs are mainly used for drill and practice. Completing a performance analysis to determine how the current work environment is being utilized and making sure that monies spent on technology is being used effectively helps to determine the next step, which is the needs assessment.

Needs Assessment
Surveys need to be prepared to determine the interests, values, and perspectives of the stakeholders. (stakeholders in this model included teachers, assistant teachers, students and parents) Veteran teachers need to be surveyed on staff development preferences. New teachers would need to be surveyed to identify baseline skills.

Development
After a detailed analysis of the surveys to determine the needs and interest of the school staff. The goal is to develop a long range plan which included professional development for the entire year. The yearly plan can contain detailed implementation for each objective. Each objective should list indicators of success, measurement tools, plan of activities, responsible parties and completion dates.

Assessment
Pre-test should be at the being of the school semester. Post- test should be completed in the spring. Both tests result data should remain confidential. The analysis should give a percentile score for example a beginner, intermediate, or advanced skill level for each teacher as well as an average for the entire staff.

Seels and Glasgow ISD Model II: For Practitioners
Instructional systems design (ISD) is based on the premise that learning should not occur in a haphazard manner, but should be developed in accordance with orderly processes and have outcomes that can be measured. Basically, ISD requires defining what is to be learned, planning an intervention that will allow learning to occur, measuring learning to determine if objectives were met, and refining the intervention until objectives are met.

The Seels and Glasgow Model II: For Practitioners is a design model for practitioners that includes many of the components identified in this article. Click the link to view the model Seels and Glasgow Model II.

-Seels & Glasgow, (1998, p. 7) Loveless, Avril M. (2004) The interaction between primary teachers' perceptions of ICT and their pedagogy. Education and Information Technologies, 8(4), 313-326. Seels, B., & Glasgow, Z. (1998). Making Instructional Design Decisions. (2nd ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. --Cicely Douglas 04:48, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Vibrations of Structures

In ship building and even other places, we need to decide on what load a particular structure will be able to bear. The objective of this course is to find out how to do this with reference to a ship in mind. The load can either be a static load as the dead weight or a dynamic load which causes vibrations. Both are detrimental to the structure and as such must be studied.

To do so in an orderly manner, we will first consider only static load, and then move on to the study of vibrations in general.

Contents

 * 1) /Introduction to vibrations/
 * 2) /Single degree of freedom/
 * 3) /Multiple degrees of freedom/
 * 4) /Continuous structures/
 * 5) /Rayleigh-Ritz method/
 * 6) /Finite element analysis/
 * 7) /Vibration mounts/

title: Vibrations of Structures