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Electric resistance rivet heating
Posted 22 November 2010 - 11:11 PM
Has anyone ever used or seen one of these? Could a spot welder be modified to do this?
Locomotive riveting
I know there are other ways, I am really just interested in information on this method
Abraham Lincoln
Posted 22 November 2010 - 11:56 PM
Posted 23 November 2010 - 01:06 AM
Posted 23 November 2010 - 01:31 AM
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Posted 23 November 2010 - 01:36 AM
But I am kind of hoping to find someone with real experience or better yet with a machine....
Abraham Lincoln
Posted 23 November 2010 - 02:31 AM
I think there are spot riveters out there with enough ommph I think the issue would be not nuking the contacts with prolonged exposure to the rivet...
But I am kind of hoping to find someone with real experience or better yet with a machine....
I watched one in action the other day along with an old pneumatic rivet press. The owner lives here in NZ and has used it to rebuild and rerivet steam boilers for traction engines and alike. He's 80 odd years old and had plenty of experience(and only a long plane flight away ). I'm happy to get you his details.
Posted 23 November 2010 - 07:59 AM
This computer is disagreeing with the video, so I'll try another computer later.
Posted 23 November 2010 - 08:29 AM
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Posted 23 November 2010 - 09:30 AM
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Posted 23 November 2010 - 10:57 AM
I know we are not supposed to talk about other ways this could be done. but if they had a mini one burner gas forge they could stock that thing with rivets and keep it inside with them. you could do that job with two people. It honestly seems like very a slow way to do it.
I was thinking the same thing- whats wrong with a good ol forge- or cut out the middle man give the guy inside a can to catch the rivets and toss them up there instead of on the floor
Posted 23 November 2010 - 11:22 AM
Posted 23 November 2010 - 11:35 AM
Would induction heating be a better match for this job?
Just what I was thinking Thom.The induction unit is small enough and mobile enough to move to the work and seems to be much quicker than the resistance type heater.
With an induction heater the rivets could be heated right there and quickly.I`m betting they could take the two guys who heat and pass the rivets and put them on bucking and heading and double their riveting output.
Don`t sound much like a former union man now do I?
Posted 23 November 2010 - 12:12 PM
I have an induction heater and I am sure that is the most efficient way to heat the rivets, However at this point its not about heating rivets, Its about researching this machine and this method..
Thats why I made the statement I was not interested in other methods.. Not that I am close minded on the subject, its just It really is just about this proses
Abraham Lincoln
Posted 23 November 2010 - 12:14 PM
I watched one in action the other day along with an old pneumatic rivet press. The owner lives here in NZ and has used it to rebuild and rerivet steam boilers for traction engines and alike. He's 80 odd years old and had plenty of experience(and only a long plane flight away ). I'm happy to get you his details.
Sure Jason anything you could provide would be helpful as these machines seem to be pretty scarce around these parts..
Abraham Lincoln
Posted 23 November 2010 - 12:45 PM
Sure Jason anything you could provide would be helpful as these machines seem to be pretty scarce around these parts..
I'll email you Larry.
Posted 23 November 2010 - 12:45 PM
maybe Grant has a recipe that calls for a hot rivet
Posted 23 November 2010 - 01:20 PM
I talked to an electrical engineer about direct resistance heating a while back, and it turns out that it doesn't work very well for asymmetrical cross-sections. Thin parts of the work heat faster -- much faster -- and could very well burn up before thicker sections got up to temp. But for round bars and the like, it's pretty cool stuff. (I believe he also said you'd need a big transformer for any serious work. This was several years ago, so my memory is a little hazy.)
It kind of looks like this is what's happening here. The shaft of the rivet is heating up faster than the broader head.
Larry, can I ask a personal question? Why are you interested in this particular way of heating? Simple curiosity, or is there something specific that this may be applied to?
Posted 23 November 2010 - 01:32 PM
Posted 23 November 2010 - 04:11 PM
I am the guy with the yellow hat on in the video putting the rivets in. Next Monday I have to go away for work and will go by where we keep that old green cooker. I will grab the details off the side and some photos of the beast and post them up for you.
From memory, as it has been a while since use, it is a 3 phase machine, with water cooled replaceable copper heads. It took just under a minute to cook a 3/4" rivet from cold. The name of the man driving the cooker is Don French, a well respected boiler inspector from the New South Wales Railways. I have seen the cooker get the rivets so hot that the centre blows out under the force of the contactor arms, but that was only when the old man was distracted talking boiler stuff. There is a bit of prep in getting the rivets ready for the cooker; we found that the makers mark placed on top of the rivet head during manufacture had to be ground off otherwise there wasnt enough contact surface to get the 'trons to flow.
As to the process. We had both a coke forge and a gas forge available but this was the most economical way to do it. The limiting factor was the hold up gear inside the tender. The mass of webbing meant that you could only get 2 or 3 rivets in at a time prior to having to put a new leg on the dolly and rearrange the props to get the right snap length. It ended up being wasteful on gas and coke. The best we managed was 70 rivets an hour, with the age of some of the guys that was moving. We have used that cooker for many jobs, from gun and snap to hydraulic horseshoe and it is perfect. In the time it takes to move the gear to the next hole you have another rivet ready.
As it was a volunteer workforce the curator was keen to have everyone doing something so that they felt part of the process. Some of the iterations and workflows are more involved people wise than they needed to be, but I think that in the end the point is to include everyone that sacrificed the time to be a part of the longgg rebuild.
As to the locomotive, it is now running on the main line around New South Wales.
I will be in touch,
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I've waited 25 patient years for my hoya to bloom. Each year it would get bigger and bigger. Now, I have this MASSIVE plant and F-I-N-A-L-L-Y I have flowers!!!
It's not root bound, even now. 3 months ago, I repotted the plant because I was pretty sure the soil was devoid of anything. There wasn't an awesome amount of roots, kinda surprising, considering how big (and heavy) the plant is. And now, it is blooming and boy is it ever. It's going bloom crazy. (and I'm loving it!) Perhaps the new soil was just what the plant-doctor ordered. I thought it was a Pubicalyx, because the leaves are a handsome emerald glossy green, silver splotched, and quite elongated, and new stems are dark purple along with the new leaves; however, the flowers would make it seem like it is a carnosa. Carnosa's are supposed to have a scent and this is quite scent-less. But I'm NOT complaining - I. Finally. Have. Blossoms! No complaints here! |
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- Posted by plantomaniac08 8a (My Page) on Sat, Jul 21, 12 at 21:24
I'm no hoya expert, but the leaves on your Hoya don't strike me as carnosa. But, whatever the species, it's beautiful! Congratulations on your flowers, twenty five years is a long time to wait (come to think of it, I'm twenty five...)! Planto |
Congratulations! ~ Mary |
This is a picture of a leaf on my left hand - the leaves are longer than my index or middle fingers. Maybe someone can finally clear up for me which Hoya I have! |
It looks like my motoskei, same leaf and bloom. It is trying to bloom now and if it does not blast I will post a pix here if you do not mind, to compare. ~ Mary |
Congratulations on the Hoya carnosa blooms. That sure was a long wait. When you have those beautiful dark green leaves on Hoya carnosa it means that the plant needs more light if you want it to bloom well. A medium green is a better indication of proper light levels. I attached a link to an article by Christine Burton about Hoya carnosa. I did mention Hoya motoskei in a recent thread but it is in fact a name synonymous with Hoya carnosa. Mike |
Here is a link that might be useful: Hoya carnosa
I read this too and decided to keep the label with it of motoskei!! |
I'm confused, why keep the name Hoya motoskei? Mike |
I was going with her ending statements of preserving a name that was on it and leaving it at that instead of anything else, just did not see harm in it that is all. ~ Mary |
Mary you are right, it's ok to keep the name a plant came with but when the name is no longer the accepted name of that species then it is best to use the currently accepted name. There is a great page on Hoya carnosa on Simones Hoyas. You can use Google Translate to translate the page from German to English. Go to Hoya Arten and use the drop down tab to choose Hoya carnosa. There is a list of the names that are now synonyms of Hoya carnosa. http://www.simones-hoyas.de/ The link I posted talks about Botanical names and their synonyms and how this all works when applied to Taxonomy and Nomenclature. Mike |
Here is a link that might be useful: Synonymy in the context of Botanical Nomenclature
Wow, lots of information! I shall slowly conform! Thanks Mike! ~ Mary |
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 13:03
Thanks for taking the time to lay this all out, Mike. So, in this case, would you say it would be appropriate to label the plant Hoya carnosa (syn. motoskei), since the name motoskei is still commonly bandied about Hoya circles? Or would you just go for a straight up Hoya carnosa label? I was thinking that a lot of the time people are reluctant to change their labels when one species is sunk into another (for any reason), because either it makes it harder to articulate that they have two differentiable plants (with the same name), or because others are using the old name to search for the plant (e.g. people look for plants labeled motoskei because the leaves are allegedly larger and rounder). Still, it's possible to label your plants accurately and still reference its former identity. That helps guide others through the transition. (e.g. Hoya stoneana, form. longifolia pubescens; Hoya tsangii, form. odetteae) Maybe then people will feel easier about plunging forward with new tags. On the other hand, it seems to me that not all the plants that are given the label motoskei are even the collection of carnosa that people associate with this name. I see all the time new members posting a picture of a "mystery carnosa," feeling certain that it is different from the other carnosa they have, and concluding, after a Google search, that it is this "motoskei" plant. Then we end up with a variety of carnosas that are tagged this way, and the name doesn't have any value. That side of things puts me more in favor of a straightforward Hoya carnosa label. Obviously, I'm just thinking aloud here. :P After reading what I've written, one can only conclude that I have "all of the opinions." |
That is totally acceptable, to note a synonym of a species on the name tag. Mostly listing of synonyms is done when referring to a species in a piece of botanical literature, a paper or article. In horticulture I would say it is more important to know the current name and then be familiar with the most commonly used synonyms. Many names that are now synonyms are very old and not in use anymore anyways. Take a look at the link I provided. This is an orchid page but it's just easier to use because all the really thorough Hoya sites are in other languages. Notice how the synonyms are listed, written in the proper way with the names of the person/people who originally published the plant under that name and the year of publication. Ideally the name of the publication the species was published in should also appear so that anyone interested can reference the original publication. This is all very important to understanding where the names came from and how we have arrived at the currently accepted name. Many times plants are described by more than one person/people under multiple names and this can be spread apart by years, decades, or longer. Many plants are initially lumped into Genera that they actually do not belong in and through the years as more research is done species get moved around and corrections made. The tuff part is that like you mentioned above there are often multiple names that are associated with one plant. Hoya stoneana and Hoya longifolia are two separate and unique species but there has been confusion between them. Their names are not synonymous and their association is a different kind of mistake altogether. The Hoya tsangii and Hoya odetteae reference is however a good example of a synonym (odetteae) and the currently accepted species name. On the topic of the name Hoya motoskei. I think too many people get caught up on leaf colour. Leaf colour has nothing to do with species identification and a dark leafed Hoya carnosa is simply that and not another species. Environmental factors are obviously strong factors but so are genetics. Plants grown from seed are individuals and just like I have brown hair and my sister has red hair, we can show a range of characteristics and still be the same species. Mike |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bulbophyllum auratum - Synonyms
Wow, so much information. Thank you for all the wonderful information. My carnosa is in a large bay window that gets full morning sun for 5-6 hours each morning, so it would be really hard to give it more light without frying it. It remains with dark leaves with handsome silver splotches on them, as shown in the picture of the one in my hand, but there are also leaves that are a brighter/lighter green. The leaves are large, some are huge and take the whole length of my hand, but most are averaging 5-6 inches in length and a good 2-3 inches wide. It is really starting to come into bloom now with 3 active bloom clusters and at least 4-5 more starting. A few blooms are on older, existing stems with leaves, but most are on newly sprouted stems that have yet to leaf out. Each blossom cluster spreads out to at least 4-5 inches wide. Just beautiful. So the plant seems to be happy. I'm just happy that it's happy. :) It made the wait worthwhile. |
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 12 at 12:44
@ Mike Yeah, I know the stoneana and 'pubescent longifolia' is a different kind of scenario. You're right, I am probably adding to the confusion by referencing it. Mostly, I just wanted to point out that people have the option to update their labels to the correct name, without discarding references that might be useful to people who haven't caught up to the current consensus. Although it might not be the most elegant or formal of practice, it can help us all get on the same page as each other during the transition. That orchid page was a nice example, thanks. You're right, we don't often see Hoya identifications written out as thoroughly. @ ssuarkc Yeah, a picture of a single leaf can be misleading. Glad your plant is blooming well and happy. I hope you never have to wait on it again! |
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Have you ever had a customer interested in your product, and you scrambled so quickly to impress him and submit pricing and samples quicker than the competition, that you were unprepared and totally missed the real "need" of the client? This selling tactic is called "Show Up and Throw Up."
It can be found in any industry. But in the inkjet industry, it has an overall negative effect on the market.
When selling high-speed, wide-format inkjet output, the sale can take up to one year. It is highly competitive, with many inkjet devices producing about the same print quality all around the same pricing structure. Yes, it is a long sales cycle. But, it must be remembered, it's not a used car sales transaction, but rather a world-changing event for the buyer.
This makes growing the high-speed inkjet market a slow-evolving process. We would all like it to move faster and gain a faster acceptance into the printing world. But, as long as we use the same sales tactics designed around selling a "product" and not how the product will "impact the customer's market," the sales cycle will remain a long-duration sales process.
So, if it is a long sales cycle, why is the selling tactic, more often than not, a high-speed, who can get there first, let's throw everything at it all at once and see what sticks, selling concept?
Let me explain. I had the pleasure to sit in with the VP of Production at a large print shop who was looking at a new piece of inkjet equipment. We will call him Bob. Bob took over the family business and has expanded its market during the past few decades. Currently Bob's shop runs offset and digital toner devices in different forms, both color and mono. Bob is interested in integrating this new inkjet technology into his workflow.
He started talking with a couple of OEMs who, in turn, sent salespeople in to talk to him. He was confused a bit with the first representative, as it was his regular toner rep who had never mentioned anything about inkjet previously. And, as he expected, this gentleman was knowledgeable about toner, but very green on discussing inkjet.
Bob is concerned with overall cost, but also how it will impact current and future markets. The rep struggled with Bob's questions of how high-speed, wide-format inkjet printing would impact his business:
According to Bob, none of the sales reps were prepared to talk in such detail, as well as understand him needing such a device. They aggressively focused on "iron" and not how this device would work in harmony, now and in the future, in his existing environment and processes.
Each one scrambled to submit pricing and samples before actually spending any time with him in his shop to understand what impact it would have on his world. They threw up right in front of him. Consequently, his comfort level with inkjet deteriorated quickly.
As I have mentioned many times before in my blogs, it is the market's responsibility to teach new and existing users the differences and the impact inkjet will have now and in the future. And to make them feel comfortable with changes that will occur to their processes and markets.
How often have you experienced "show up and throw up" selling? How do you ensure that sales reps slow down and truly understand your needs? What do you feel needs to be changed in the sales process to make you feel comfortable about disrupting your world with new technology?


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Whos going: Me: Kev, 45. Wife: Tam, 39. Daughter 1: India, 12. Daughter 2: Georgia, 9. Want to know any more than that? Go look at http://freespace.virgin.net/kevin.stringer/index.htm its really not too painful. Up at 6:30 am as the sun is just rising. I sit on the verandah and write up my trip report while the ocean slips by and a warm breeze caresses my face. You cant beat a facial caressing to set you up for the day. This is the first REAL day of our holiday because it is the first full day of the cruise. India and Georgia join me as we enjoy the peace and quiet. At least we do until the family next door rise and start chatting away loudly. At least they disappear back into their room quite quickly so we can get our relaxation time back. Am I coming across as anti-social here? Im not really, I just dont like people. By 7:30 am Tam has surfaced and we decide to have breakfast at Topsiders. Its beautiful at this time of the morning as there are not too many people about and we sit and enjoy the morning sunshine staring at the wake of the ship disappearing into the distance. Breakfast here is the usual mammoth American breakfast buffet. The only complaint is the bacon, crispy as per normal. Sorry my American friends, you can put a man on the moon and build killer theme parks, but you aint no good at bacon. After breakfast we sit alone on the aft overlook on deck 7. Or as Tam puts it, the blunt end of the ship (as opposed to the pointy end). She may be an intelligent, attractive woman, but technical she aint. We get out todays Navigator to see what we want to do today. By the time we have finished with the highlighter pen every second of the day has been mapped out. Up to deck 10 where Tam and I relax on the sunbeds for an hour while the girls have a dip in the pool. Its not really too full as its still early, so they enjoy it. At 10:00 am we attend the DVC members meeting. The place is packed with over 150 people and we are amazed to find when the host asks if there are any overseas members that we are the only ones. We are given free baseball caps on the way in and, after an informational chat, they have a quiz where they pull names out of a hat and give away prizes if you get a trivia question right. Of course, no one gets one wrong as they are gently helped along the way to the right answers. Our name is pulled out and we are told the answer Jeopardy style and have to work out the question. He says the answer is the Boardwalk Villas, so I tell him the question must be What is my home resort? It might not be the correct answer, but he is amused enough to give us the DVC tote bag anyway. We also collect a pen and some luggage tags. Now thats what I call a decent haul of swag! Next for us is a Disney Behind the Scenes presentation in the Buena Vista Theatre where a man tells us about synergy in the Disney organisation and shows a couple of films. He then opens it up for questions. Some of these are a bit in depth and the girls are bored, but I enjoy it. The best part is at the end when they show some behind the scenes footage from the Haunted Mansion film starring Eddie Murphy that is in production. Im going to see this one, it looks great. It seems we have come full circle from classic films suggesting rides and attractions at WDW to attractions providing the material for films. At 1:00 pm its time for lunch at Lumieres. Outside of Palo this is considered the best restaurant on the cruise. The setting is a little more formal than the other restaurants and themed around Beauty and the Beast (obviously!) We pass on the appetizer and skip straight to the main course. Georgia, ever adventurous, plumps for the burger. Tam and Ind both have the baby back ribs and I have the steak sandwich. The food is excellent and the ladies especially enjoy the ribs. Dessert is the pecan pie (which Tam declares the best shes ever had) and chocolate fudge sundae. The food is as good, if not better than I had expected. As you can tell I am a lot more upbeat today. Sorry about yesterday, maybe I was just tired. Or perhaps I am entering grumpy old age early. It seems that if you avoid the childrens and family pool areas you can find some very relaxing places. Next event of the day is Mr Toads Wild Race. This consists of children pulling on a piece of string to move a wooden toad along a track. India and Georgia both have a go and win through to the semi-finals. Here they are beaten by a professional jockey from Brooklyn. All right, its by a girl of Georgias age really, but Im sure she is on illegal stimulants. Reeces Pieces and Coca Cola. Outside to deck 10 where we listen to a reggae band and enjoy a beer in the 90 degree sunshine. The breeze is marvellous as it takes the edge off the temperature. As Tam says, this is more like we imagined the cruise to be. Spank my bottom and call me Norman if Im not starting to enjoy myself! Back to the stateroom at 4:40 pm to get ready for the evenings activities. This is semi-formal night and will be first time that I get to wear my rented tux. I have to say that I really look as cool as John Travolta on a good day. Even Tam says so. Dont believe me? Ask her then. You: Does he look as cool as John Travolta on a good day? Tam: Yes he does Me: Told you so Tam and the girls are dressed up to the nines as well. We take photos and then head to the Walt Disney Theatre to see the Hercules show. This is a fun production which roughly follows the same script as the film, but with some major deviations. I feel like Im attending Oscar night as I walk into the thousand seater theatre dressed in my tux with a beer in my hand. I know champagne would be more appropriate, or possibly a vodka martini (shaken not stirred) but Im a simple soul at heart. After the show we move to Off Beat to watch the childrens duelling pianos show. I think the only issue I have with the family entertainment is that its geared to the younger age group. My girls fall into the Too old for kids shows, but not old enough for the teen things age group. Of course, the Oceaneers Lab is more age specific, but if you want to do things as a family it is more difficult. As an example, the duelling pianos show ends with Chip n Dale coming into the room for the Okey Cokey. Or as its called in America, the Hokey Pokey. I prefer this, it sounds vaguely smutty. When they announce Everyone on stage for the Hokey Pokey I am half way out of my seat before I realise they are talking about a dance. Dinner tonight is in Parrot Cay, which I must say is much less garish than I expected. Our new friends from Jacksonville are there again, but no one else, so we are sat on a table for 14 with half the seats empty. It would be better if they could put us on a smaller table, much more conducive to conversation. Fred is an ex military man who now trains new pilots on flight simulators. Makes my job as quality engineer seem a little dull. Both India and I follow Liams advice and have the ribs which are excellent. Tam has the grouper and Georgia experiments with the PB & J sandwich. Dessert is crème brulee cheesecake and lemon meringue tart, again very good. During the meal Fred asks me about the World Cup. Jackpot! We have been put on a table with one of the very few Americans who know anything at all about football (the round ball variety). We spend a considerable part of the meal discussing the US showing in the World Cup. After the meal Tam and I are off clubbing, so the girls take their Key to the World cards and go off to get some sweets, then have a walk about before taking themselves off to bed. Tam and I go to Rockin Bar D to watch a Canadian comedian/ventriloquist. He is incredibly good and even creates a character out of a split tennis ball with a couple of eyes on it. We move on to watch the adult duelling pianos show which is reasonably well attended. This show seems a little short as they only play for ¾ of an hour. I am used to Jellyrolls on the Boardwalk where they play all night. At this point I am starting to feel a little foolish in my tuxedo. Although it is semi-formal night there are very few who have bothered to wear even a jacket and tie. I have gone from James Bond to a penguin in a matter of hours. Tam is now starting to get tired. You get a feeling for this sort of thing when you have been married for a number of years, call it intuition. That and the fact that I glance across at her during a particularly rousing rendition of Great Balls of Fire to see that she has nodded off. Still she hasnt done too badly as it is now midnight. Off to the stateroom where we find Don has left a towel swan on the bed. Nice one. |
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Kev I think you'd make the best James Bond to date - loving your reports
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A funny report especially the smutty version of the Hokey Cokey. LOL Carolyn
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You should be used to the Americans calling it Hokey Pokey from chat Kevin
I really enjoyed reading all that you did on the Cruise - I've often wondered if there would be enough to keep everyone amused all day and night on the cruises.
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Re: A Very British Trip Report (Cruise Edition) Day 4
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Well Norman I'm ever so glad that you started to enjoy the cruise more The first day is always a bit frenetic I think...seems like everyone's a bit excited for some reason - bizarre huh?
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Submitted by TJSINIOWA Carbs: 20.4g | Fat: 4g | Fiber: 1.8g | Protein: 4.5g | Calories: 132.5
Incredible! 5.0/5
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This is wonderful compared to McDonalds or Tim hortons mix, I have substituded splenda inplace of suger to lower calories, could be done with suger This is the base recipie I use..I plan on increasing the coffee& Cocoa & splenda to have a richer drink..( I am used to black coffee:) but is very awsome! This is a good start of a base that you could do with many other options( using flavored dry creamer, sugar instead of splenda, adding whipcream & drizzling chocolate like the high end coffee shops..) I hope you enjoy this as much as I have! Submitted by HARDESTY1 Carbs: 24g | Fat: 6.4g | Fiber: 1.4g | Protein: 8.3g | Calories: 173.3
I am known for my pancakes, so trust me on this one! Submitted by AMROZ123 Carbs: 18.2g | Fat: 0.4g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 5.2g | Calories: 92.6
Faster, cheaper and just as rich and delicious but so much more healthy than the restaurant versions. Try substituting the unsweetened chocolate Almond Breeze almond milk for a chocolately treat. Submitted by MRSDUDLEY Carbs: 10.5g | Fat: 3.5g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 1.3g | Calories: 58.4
Incredible! 5.0/5
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Grab this healthy cookie for an on-the-go breakfast. Submitted by LBWALBU Carbs: 313.9g | Fat: 177.4g | Fiber: 19g | Protein: 43.1g | Calories: 2920.7
Very Good 4.5/5
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A Delicious Fat-free Alternative to Starbucks! Submitted by JLIUZZO Carbs: 15.3g | Fat: 0.1g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 2.9g | Calories: 75.7
This homemade alternative to store-bought granola bars, is a good source of protein, fiber and healthy fats. Tasty and so simple to make! A quarter cup of raisins (not included here) also make a yummy addition! Submitted by COACH_NICOLE Carbs: 39.6g | Fat: 5.4g | Fiber: 4.5g | Protein: 6.9g | Calories: 220.4
Very Good 4.3/5
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Very moist with great banana flavor, but still lower in calories with only one gram of fat. My whole family loves these. Submitted by MBMORRISON66 Carbs: 19.7g | Fat: 1g | Fiber: 2.2g | Protein: 2.9g | Calories: 92.6
Very Good 4.5/5
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A healthy on-the-go snack. Submitted by SHES.SMOKIN Carbs: 21.5g | Fat: 9g | Fiber: 2.5g | Protein: 3.6g | Calories: 174.4
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Excellent waffles, fun to top with some sugar free Cool Whip. Submitted by SAAI865 Carbs: 19.8g | Fat: 8.8g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 5g | Calories: 165.7
Very Good 4.6/5
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tasty heart healthy filling waffles or can make pancakes from this recipe as well Submitted by MURKOV Carbs: 20.2g | Fat: 1.2g | Fiber: 3.9g | Protein: 7.9g | Calories: 118.7
At 300 calories a pop, donuts are an easy way to wreck a healthy breakfast. Not my baked ones. They're bursting with fruit and flavor--not fat! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 21g | Fat: 1.9g | Fiber: 2.2g | Protein: 2.4g | Calories: 104.9
Make these rolls at night and pop them in the microwave (about 20 seconds) or toaster oven (on low) until warm. Pair them with a banana or apple, a peeled hard-boiled egg, and a cup of milk, and breakfast is ready to go in two minutes flat! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 24.6g | Fat: 8.9g | Fiber: 3.1g | Protein: 11g | Calories: 229.4
This is a great dessert that's delicious when strawberries are in season. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 21.3g | Fat: 4.9g | Fiber: 3.4g | Protein: 5.5g | Calories: 144.9


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Good news. Next step is for us Africans to learn one or two things about competence. That border guard talking to his girlfriend on the job is classic example of African incompetence and lack of professionalism. My barber is a good, decent, hardworking Nigerian guy. But he thinks of nothing talking on his mobile in Hausa for minutes on end while I am sitting in his seat. He will never remove last customer's hair from the chair pedestal or the floor unless I demand so which I do.
Competence is not genetic trait so people can be trained to become competent at their jobs.
Another of our weaknesses is probably harder to overcome. Our lack of entrepreneurial nose. In most African societies I know about including my own, selling things to your neighbour and clansmen is considered the most ignoble of activities. You share what you have not sell to each other. That is why its Lebanese immigrants who control almost all the trade and industry in West Africa and in East Africa, its Asians who run things.
Will we ever master the simple capitalist fundament of producing goods and services and selling them at a profit? I have my doubts but we will see.
Oh and about Somalia's war receding. The West might just have laid the foundations for another by lifting the arms embargo on Somalia and not on Somaliland which is internationally unrecognised. Given that Somalia attempted genocide against Somalilanders in the 1980s and almost succeeded, alarm bells are ringing across Somaliland communities inside and outside the country. The would-be genocidiares of the 1980s are still very much around and in power in Mogadishu and some are already showing their intent.
One of the first acts of the newly appointed Somalia Prime Minister was to send an official request to the US government to 'pardon' the only man convicted of the crimes committed by the Somalia regime of the 1980s against the people of Somaliland. The man in question was then Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.
As so often has been the case in recent African history, foreign powers fighting their own battles(in this case it is the War on Terror and against piracy)are fuelling the fires of 'bush' wars in which Africans burn. Watch this one coming because I believe it will . And it is made in Washington and London.
This piece is well written, though I am compelled to make a comment about the segment on Conakry, Guinea. The truth is that checkpoints are not gone. In fact, many fellow countrymen who left the country a decade ago and who have spent the past winter break in country, have experienced not only the checkpoints, but also the inconvenience of being pulled out of their vehicle, only to watch some soldiers drive off with their car. Going out at night will prove this point quickly.
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I created the diagrams from your description and counted the 4th diagram to contain 25 squares
BTW, shouldn't the 2nd diagram contain 5 squares ?
So we have the following set of ordered pairs
taking consecute differences of the second column we get 4, 8, 12, ...
(that is, 5-1=4,13-5=8, 25-13=12)
if we take difference of those results we get 4,4,4,...
You can now work backwards and complete the first 2 columns
BTW, since the second difference column consists of a constant value, we know that the original ordered pairs can be represented by a quadratic function.
That way you could calculate the number of squares at any stage, rather than do in by recursion.
Do you know how to find that function?
No i dont know the function and i still dont get how you went from 13 to 25 squares, can you explain how do i come up with that answer for future questions?
I suggest using different colour pencil, simply construct the figures they way you described it
start with 1 square ---> sum = 1
draw a square on all the exposed sides, that would add 4 new squares ---> sum = 5
I then drew a square on each of the exposed sides, adding 8 new ones --->sum = 13
at this point you have 5 rows
top row: 1 square
2nd row: 3 squares
3rd row: 5 squares
4th row: 3 squares
5th row: 1 square ..... total = 13
now if you add another "layer" on this figure you would be adding 8 new squares for a total of 25
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The Official Rules
The official definition of the rules for the Hugo Awards can be found in Article 3 of the Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society. What follows is a plain English interpretation of those rules. In case of any ambiguity, the Constitution does, of course, take precedence.
Types of Award Category
There are three main types of Hugo Award category:
- Individual works, for example a single book or film, in which case the Award is given for that work;
- People, for example Best Professional Artist, in which case the Award is given for the work that person has done in the year of eligibility. Please note that "year of eligibility" qualification. If X happens to be the most famous SF artist in the world, but he has produced no work in the year of eligibility, then he should not be nominated.
- Serial publications, for example Best Fanzine, in which case the Award is given for the entire run of that publication in the year of eligibility, not for a single issue.
Year of Eligibility
All Awards are given for work in a given year. Individual works are eligible only in their first year of publication. For people and serial publications the Award is given for all achievements in the year in question. Please note that if a book is first published in hardcover and then later in paperback then it is eligible only for the year in which the hardback was published. If you want to vote in the Hugos and can't afford hardbacks, try your local library. They may well be able to help. For any work, the year is from the printed publication date if there is one, or else from the copyright date. (Many printed works are actually available before their printed publication date, but this does not matter for Hugo eligibility.)
Note that the Hugo Awards are labeled for the year they are presented, not for the year in which the works were published. For example, the 2007 Hugo Awards are generally for works first published or appearing in 2006.
Country & Language of Publication
The Hugos are World awards. Works are eligible when they are first published. They can be published anywhere in the world (or out of it), and they can be published in any language.
Because the vast majority of Hugo voters currently come from English-speaking countries, works first published in a language other than English are also eligible in their first year of publication in English translation.
Because a large proportion of the people who nominate on the Hugo Awards reside in the USA, and because those people often do not get to see works first published outside the USA until those works get US publication, WSFS has been experimenting with extending the eligibility of works first published outside the USA. This extension has to be renewed annually by the WSFS Business Meeting, because we anticipate that eventually publishers will mostly buy worldwide rights, and ebooks will make barriers to acquiring books go away.
Also Worldcon does travel around the world so voters may not always be mostly American. Because of this, the rule has not always been adopted every year since it was introduced. Check the Hugo Award nominating ballot for the current year to see whether works published in prior years outside of the USA are eligible if they were published for the first time in the USA in the current year.
Serialized Works
Works such as TV series, comics and sometimes even whole novels are sometimes published in multiple parts making up a complete story arc. The individual elements of such a story arc are always eligible for their year of publication. However, voters may want to nominate a complete story arc. In such cases it is the publication date of the final installment of the series that counts for eligibility purposes.
If an individual installment of a story arc achieves a nomination on its own then the complete story arc will probably be ruled ineligible if nominated. This is because the voters have clearly indicated that the installment stands on its own as a complete work and is not part of a longer work. (The same would apply if, for example, book 1 of a trilogy were to be nominated on its own.)
Web Sites, E-books, and Medium of Distribution
Works published electronically rather than on paper have always been accepted as nominees. A decision of the 2009 WSFS Business Meeting formally acknowledged this by ratifying a Constitutional Amendment that added the words "or the equivalent in other media" to various category definitions. There is no requirement that a work be published on paper (for written/graphic fiction and non fiction), on film or video tape (for dramatic presentations), or that it be distributed through any traditional methods such as bookstores, movie theatres, etc. In other words, publishing and distributing your work on a web site is exactly the same as having copies of your book in a bookstore or your movie shown in a movie theatre. Aside from the fundamental distinctions between written, graphic, and dramatic works, medium of distribution has nothing to do with a work's eligibility.
Self-Published Works
There is no restriction on who publishes a work. For example, if an author makes a novel available to be read on a web site or prints copies at his/her own expense, that novel is eligible just the same as a novel published by a well-known publishing company and sold in traditional bookstores.
Length of Work
Several of the category definitions are based on the length of a work. Don't worry if you have not counted the number of words in a story that you want to nominate. Firstly you can check with some recommendation lists such as the ones linked to on this site. If the story is listed there it will almost certainly be in the right category. And if that doesn't help, guess. The people who administer the voting are there to help, and they will generally move your nominations into the correct category if you have them wrong.
Professional Work
Some Hugo categories (Best Professional Artist, Best Fan Artist, Best Semiprozine, and Best Fanzine) are defined by whether the work done was professional, semi-professional, or fannish. The definition of what is a "professional" publication is somewhat technical. A professional publication either (1) provided at least a quarter the income of any one person or, (2) was owned or published by any entity which provided at least a quarter the income of any of its staff and/or owner.
Note that this distinction about "professional" applies only to the difference between Best Professional Artist and Best Fan Artist and to the definition of a Semiprozine and Fanzine. It has nothing to do with the written-fiction categories such as Best Novel or Best Short Story. Works do not have to be published in a "professional" publication (as defined here) to be eligible for a Hugo Award.
(See the Best Semiprozine category for the definition of semi-professional.)
Science Fiction? Fantasy? Horror?
While the World Science Fiction Society sponsors the Hugos, they are not limited to sf. Works of fantasy or horror are eligible if the members of the Worldcon think they are eligible.
The Categories
The current list of Hugo Award categories is as follows:
- Best Novel: Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
- Best Novella: Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
- Best Novelette: Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words.
- Best Short Story: Awarded for science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
- Best Related Work: Awarded to a work related to the field of science fiction, fantasy, or fandom, appearing for the first time during the previous calendar year or which has been substantially modified during the previous calendar year. The type of works eligible include, but are not limited to, collections of art, works of literary criticism, books about the making of a film or TV series, biographies and so on, provided that they do not qualify for another category.
- Best Graphic Story: A science fiction or fantasy story told in graphic form, such as a comic book, graphic novel, or webcomic.
- Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form): This Award can be given a dramatized production in any medium, including film, television, radio, live theater, computer games or music. The work must last 90 minutes or longer (excluding commercials).
- Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form): This Award can be given a dramatized production in any medium, including film, television, radio, live theater, computer games or music. The work must be less than 90 minutes long (excluding commercials).
- Best Editor (Long Form): This is the first of the person categories, so the Award is given for the work that person has done in the year of eligibility. To be eligible the person must have edited at least 4 novel-length (i.e. 40,000 words or more) books devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy in the year of eligibility that are not anthologies or collections.
- Best Editor (Short Form): To be eligible the person must have edited at least four anthologies, collections or magazine issues devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which must have been published in the year of eligibility.
- Best Professional Artist: Another person category, this time for artists and illustrators. The work on which the nominees are judged must class as "professional" (see above for a discussion of how "professional" is defined).
- Best Semiprozine: This is the first of the three serial publication/work categories. To qualify, the publication must have produced at least 4 issues, at least one of which must have appeared in the year of eligibility (this being similar to the requirements for magazine editors in Best Editor, Short Form), and meet additional requirements as listed below.
Semiprozine is the most complicated category because of the need to define semi-professional. A lot of science fiction and fantasy magazines are run on a semi-professional basis: that is they pay a little, but generally not enough to make a living for anyone. The object of this category is to separate such things from fanzines, which are generally loss-making hobbyist pursuits. To qualify a publication must not be professional (see above) and must meet at least one of the following criteria:- The publication pays its contributors and/or staff in other than copies of the publication.
- The publication was generally available only for paid purchase.
- Best Fanzine: This Award is for anything that is neither professional nor semi-professional and that does not qualify as a Fancast (see below). The publication must also satisfy the rule of a minimum of 4 issues, at least one of which must have appeared in the year of eligibility.
- Best Fancast: Awarded for any non-professional audio- or video-casting with at least four (4) episodes that had at least one (1) episode released in the previous calendar year.
- Best Fan Writer: This is another person category. Note that it does not just apply to writing done in fanzines. Work published in semiprozines, and even on mailing lists, blogs, BBSs, and similar electronic fora, can be including when judging people for this Award. Only work in professional publications should not be considered.
- Best Fan Artist: The final category is also for people. Again note that the work by which artists should be judged is not limited to material published in fanzines. Material for semiprozines or material on public displays (such as in convention art shows) is also eligible. Fan artists can have work published in professional publications as well. You should not consider such professionally-published works when judging this award.
The John W. Campbell Award
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is not a Hugo. It is voted for and presented alongside the Hugos, but the eligibility rules are not governed by the WSFS Constitution. For further details of the Campbell see its own web site.
Additional Hugo Award categories
Worldcon Committees have the right to add one extra Hugo Award category each year. These extra Hugo Award categories are not permanent. This rule is not intended for regular use, but rather for special circumstances. Generally no additional awards are presented.
Special Awards
Some Worldcons give out special awards during the Hugo Awards ceremony. These awards are at the committee's discretion, rather than by general vote. Such special awards may not use the Hugo Award rocket and are not considered Hugo Awards, but they are sometimes included in lists of Hugo Awards because they were presented at the same ceremony.