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Yep - looking at around 600W for the power system - 2x 4 cell batts I think pushing a 11-13 inch prop.
Thanks Joe - the bagging gear is not too expensive but a little niche in terms of where to find it. I get most of my bagging stuff from the states but the glass, epoxy and foam I get locally. The expensive bits are generally the foam and epoxy. Like Gazza said, the pump is pretty inexpensive. It doesn't need to pull much, in fact too much pull can cause damage to your cores.
Got a fair amount done this weekend but unfortunately my attention span is similar to that of a goldfish and I got distracted by some older cores that I had lying around. I had cut some out for a motor glider based on a slightly modified Drela airfoil and decided that I should do something with it... More on that in a little bit.
First - on the Kahu:
Added a single layer of uni-directional glass to stiffen the winglets. Again as these are flying winglets I can expect some torsional forces at the root (in toward the centre of the wing) so it's fairly important to make sure they don't shift or break off. The glass was applied on the inside and outside then covered with peel ply so that I don't make myself too much work when it comes to finishing.
The other thing I did was cut out the notch (loosely used term, it's more of a big wedge) from the centre and trailing edge. My reason for doing this is that the motor is not terribly light and I don't want to be adding too much ballast in the nose. Ideally the two 3300 4S batts should do the trick but I don't know till I've mocked up the install... I also need to order the parts.
Second - just briefly. The idea behind this wing is for it to be a discus launched wing which I think are not that common. It has a span of 1490mm and has carbon spars top and bottom with carbon bi-directional on the wingtips - it ain't pretty but she's strong and fairly light. If the DLG idea doesn't work I'll go for High Launch.
All up I'm roughly expecting the flying weight to be around 650g or 23oz which should give me a wing loading of 7.485 oz/sq ft. To put that in perspective an AXN Floater has a wing loading of around 8.6 oz/sq ft and they float around quite nicely. It does leave to be seen though if it will actually have any real pitch stability!
I really need to finish one of these planes... I've told myself that I'm not allowed to start any more until I finish one first!!!
Last edited by steveobhave; Sep 23, 2012 at 07:49 AM.
My weekend ended on a Monday night - turns out it's brilliant for getting work done!
Since I have basically been pandering to my rather flighty (sorry) need to engage in building whatever comes to mind, and subsequent need to reign myself in, I thought that an extra day of building would do me some good, and good it did!
First on the books was getting Kahu a good coating of micro to smooth out her top surface. It's a laborious task but the ends results are worth it and it only adds a small amount of weight. Having said that I've started getting a little concerned about her potential AUW and decided that only the top will be getting this love... so far...
Micro on:
After the micro goes on, it's the usual story of biffing the plane in the tent to cure quickly although this time I used the fast epoxy hardener so it went off in 2-3 hours which is all good.
Once out of the tent I gave it a quick going over with the sander and then hit it with some black rattle can paint to provide a good high and low point indicator for the initial finishing sanding.
After working up a pretty good sweat we've got what is really not too bad a finish.
I had hurled a bit more on the leading edge and used some more micro to fill in some bubbles that had formed on the surface during curing.
I shifted over to the DLG flying wing I had dreamed up a couple of weekends ago and after doing some CG calculations decided that I had no choice but to add a pod to it. The other option is to load up the leading edge with lead but that kind of negates the purpose of a glider...
I grabbed a likely bit of scrap and marked out a shape based on what I kind of had in my minds eye. The initial design had a square taper at the back which I wasn't too happy with.
I planned to use the 'lost foam' technique to build this which is why it's covered in packing tape.
After deciding that the square end was both ugly and very poor from a aerodynamic perspective, I peeled all the tape off and worked a nice taper into it. Colour me happy!
I cut out some bi-directional glass from scraps to go around the mould and laid them out within easy application reach.
Turns out that laying out glass on something that small is a proper pain the in proverbial especially around the ends where it tapers in. The glass I used was pretty heavy weight because I wanted it to be pretty sturdy when I accidentally dart the poor thing into the ground, but heavy glass doesn't like tight curves. Still after much swearing and glass manhandling I managed to get the little sucker into a vacuum bag! My hope was that the bag would make up for all my layup inadequacies.
In the interim I attacked the tail. I had done a flat glass layup the night before and it turned out quite nice but seemed a bit too flexible for my liking. I turfed it in the oven to heat treat it, commonly known as a post cure, and it takes a little of the elasticity out of the layup. It still wasn't enough so I had some carbon fibre strands lying around (this stuff isn't cheap so I even hold onto the individual strand groups that pull out sometimes!) and used that to provide some added stiffness.
I cut the tail out and then cut a slot into it for the CF rod to go into leaving a little guide 'flange' at the back and then just used some two part 5 min epoxy to glue it on. After that had set I grabbed the CF strands and some very lightweight glass and used some quick curing epoxy to stick it on. I was going to leave it at that but it kept lifting off the CF rod (grrrr). Enter panic mode and chucking the tail into the bag with the pod (yeah not a great idea to open the bag halfway through the cure but I had little choice).
END RESULT! Yay! Not bad at all!
Having used the DLG flying wing as an excuse to procrastinate (albeit a productive procrastination) I got back to Kahu and drew up a motor mount.
Drilled the holes cut it out and bent it with a vice and a soft mallet... success! But I forgot to take a photo... woops... yeah got distracted again...
The pod came out really nice! I cut out a rough shape for where the fuse would sit over the wing saddle.
Now this is the fun bit - where you 'lose' the foam. I used a generic paint thinner and it seemed to do the trick. Woo melting!
Halfway there and I've freed up some of the packing tape lining.
And it's all out! Yeah I know what it looks like... yes my mind is in the gutter...
Chucked a little bit of micro in the nose both as added ballast and also to strengthen the nose. I also used a little to smooth out the surface a bit.
And it fits!
Next is the tail boom hole... I hate cutting into these things. It gives me the willies but it had to be done. This is my rather elaborate way of making sure I get the hole straight...
And finally all sitting together! You'll notice that the nose is a little dirty. I couldn't resist taking it outside for a glide test so I put what electronics I was expecting to have in the pod plus some washers and of course the first thing it did was a lawn dart impression. DOH! Extract the washers... ah success! It had a rather nice drifty glide, happy days. However this is without the servos and elevons cut in so the washers may well have to go back in. Still the AUW at this stage is looking at around 680g which is still pretty good and still within thermalling wing loading.
Since I had the 'hacking into things' bug I took to Kahu. This was going to be a puzzler because with wings like the Zephyr II the foam cores have no real structural requirement, that all comes from the glass fiber and carbon spars that you glue in. The skin on Kahu does the same job, the down side of this is that if you hack a whole bunch of big holes in it you are steadily reducing it's structural rigidity. This is bad...
Ah well - to it! First Battery bay (you can see my nice motor mount in the background there)
Second battery bay
Motor mount slot
Electronics bay and the battery harness inserted. I forgot to take a photo of the harness but it's nothing to write home about. It took such a rottenly long time to shove the thing in that I didn't want to pull it back out again. I ended up tunneling all through the foam to run the wires. I still need to consider cooling for the ESC as well... having said that I won't be pulling the full 70A that it's capable of so I'm not expecting it to get too hot.
And finally cutting an elevon
I've bought the wing home with me so I can keep working on it over this week. I really want to be getting onto the flight test stage and I'm not going to be able to get to the hangars over next weekend so it's going to be a little while. On the positive side I should be able to get the elevons and wiring all finished. She should be flight worthy the next time I'm out there.
Last edited by steveobhave; Oct 08, 2012 at 07:41 AM.
hey steve i like your pod what weight cloth did u use and how many layers?
also do u have zero degree on your motor mount?
top job
Hey Gazz, it's pretty heafty actually. I think it's something like 8oz bi-directional cloth laid out at 45 degrees and I've used two layers (but there is a fair amount of overlap with two 1.5 inch strips of unidirectional glass wrapped around the fuse at 2 points for 'hoop' strength. It's come out really solid. In terms of the motor mount, it's at a 90 degree angle at this stage but that might change depending on what the flight characteristics are like. I was really hoping to get the maiden in this weekend just gone but I ran out of time. The electronics bays ended up taking a really large amount of time.
Thanks for the comment Gazz, it's great to have someone actually pipe up every now and then I thought there might've been a little more interest but there you go.
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We present a novel method to measure the top quark mass using the transverse decay length of b-hadrons from top decays. This technique relies solely on tracking and thus avoids the jet energy scale uncertainty that is common to all other methods. We apply our new method to the lepton+jets sample corresponding to 695 pb-1 and extract a measurement of mt = 180.7+15.5-13.4 (stat.) ± 8.6 (syst.) GeV/c2. While this is not a competitive measurement of the top quark mass by itself, since the decay length technique is uncorrelated with other methods, this result will help to reduce the overall uncertainty on the top mass in combination with other CDF results.
The top quark's mass therefore (to the extent that the threshold approximation holds) is strongly correlated with the boost given to the b-quark and the subsequent b-hadron after fragmentation. Thus, the average lifetime of the b-hadrons resultant from top decays can be used to statistically infer the mass of the top quark. In this analysis, rather than measuring the average lifetime, we simply measure the experimentally more accessible transverse decay length of the b-hadrons. This correlation is illustrated in the following Figure, which plots the generator level transverse decay length of b-hadrons from top quarks with varied mass. We use the sample mean as an estimator of the slope of the exponential distribution, from which we deduce the top quark mass.
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Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV using the Decay Length Technique
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One of the reasons I haven't been posting here is because I've been playing around on Vox. There are some great features and it is much easier to put together a blog post with photos than it is here on Blogger.
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Howdy - it's nice, but it makes you join to post a comment do they all do that?
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I'm partial to Vox. Right now, I'm keeping the typepad blog, but if I can (find the time to) work out a few kinks with the Vox blog, I'll move.
And thanks for the eggplant recommendation...Added it to my garden journal to try next year.
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Hi everyone,
I'm a graduate English Secondary Education major from New Jersey, and I've recently moved back to Taiwan because my father wishes for me to learn the family trade. However, due to my lack of experience with business management and my lack of understanding when it comes to finance, basics in investing, and money management, I realized I need to take some basic courses. I have searched google with the term "studying finance in Taiwan" but all my hits were for undergrads who wish to study abroad in Taiwan.
Can someone please point me in the right direction? Is there a non-degree "bu-xi-ben" type of thing for individuals who wish to study finance and money management? Or does anyone who is studying abroad now know if one can sign up to take undergraduate business courses without actually having to apply to the university?
I currently live in Hsinchu but I commute to Taipei everyday and sometimes to Taichung for work reasons.
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text: A Sony spokesperson confirmed to GamesInsdustry.biz that the price for Sony's PlayStation Portable Core package (includes a PSP, the battery and an AC adaptor) was cut to 169.99 US$. Last week the official retail price for the same bundle was 199.99 US$. Asked for a similar European action the Sony Official said there is nothing like this planned yet. Source: GamesInsdustry.biz


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Little GTK+ enabled Perl companion to eDonkey and the ed2k GTK+ GUI
to ease the process of adding files to the download queue using
ed2k:// links. It was designed for better ed2k:// URL handling
within Gnome (especially Galeon) but might be used for any other
purpose. It is quite too few code to take care on drafting out a
license, so regard it as GPLed software.
WWW: http://home.ircnet.de/cru/ed2k_urlslave/
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: edonkey-gui-gtk-urlslave
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Eager to send a message to criminals intent on killing police, but wary of making a man who did so a hero among felons, a Cook County Circuit Court judge sentenced Alexis Green to 100 years in prison Monday.
"Kill a policeman, and you fester in jail," Judge Thomas Hett told Green at the close of the daylong hearing. "You will live the rest of your life a caged animal. You will rot-you are nothing."


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Employers will soon find it easier it to give underperforming staff members the elbow under new proposals announced by the Government.
Business secretary Vince Cable wants business owners to consider the use of settlement agreements, formally known as compromise agreements, when handling workplace disputes.
Under the plans, bosses will be able to offer settlement agreements and will be formally protected from this offer being used as evidence in an unfair dismissal case.
Employees will still have employment rights because they have the option to reject the offer and proceed to a tribunal if they wish.
Cable described settlement agreements as being smart, fair and pro-business which deliver results for employers and their workers.
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As Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion prepares to go to court next month to fight another conflict-of-interest battle, her city's governance committee on Monday approved an amended set of rules for staff.
The revised conflict-of-interest policy — similar to the existing code governing councillors' behaviour — includes a generalized ban on accepting event tickets from those doing business with the city, with a handful of exceptions.
The definition of conflict has also been broadened, with the amended policy warning staff to avoid both genuine conflicts of interest "and the appearance of a conflict." The difference, while subtle, was at the core of Mississauga's judicial inquiry, which found Ms. McCallion violated the "spirit" of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act by promoting her son's hotel deal, even though she did not violate the letter of the law. The mayor is now embroiled in a separate conflict case stemming from her participation five years ago in a vote that could have affected her son's project.
It is important for staff to first understand the concept of what constitutes a real or perceived conflict of interest
"It is important for staff to first understand the concept of what constitutes a real or perceived conflict of interest before applying the principles to specific situations," notes a report on the issue from city manager Janice Baker.
Governance committee chair Jim Tovey lauded the revamped policy as "outstanding," noting while policies for elected officials were already tightened up in the wake of the inquiry, this brings staff in line with those values.
"We're not only accountable or seen to be accountable; we're now quantifiable that we are accountable, not only members of council, but members of staff as well," Mr. Tovey said in an interview. "The only time we really, truly get good government is when everyone's on the same page."


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The University at Albany community celebrates the inauguration of the 19th President of the University at Albany, Robert J. Jones, Ph.D.
Student Association hosts Inside the Obama Campaign, featuring David Axelrod, David Plouffe, and Jon Favreau at the SEFCU Arena.
Guests mingle at the inaugural black-tie dinner to benefit student scholarships that will help students achieve their dreams.
UAlbany celebrates the grand opening of its state-of-the art $64 million School of Business building, which will serve as a hub of learning and innovation for business students, alumni and the community at large.
UAlbany alumna, Kimberly Sanger-Jones, hosted a high tea in honor of Dr. Lynn Hassan-Jones at her Loudonville home.
Niskayuna native Gilbert King, author of Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, at a featured New York State Writers Institute appearance.
UAlbany students, faculty, and staff celebrate spirit, pride and community at an event honoring the Great Dane tradition.
Broadway star Carolee Carmello, '83, delights her audience and gives a Master Class at her alma mater, UAlbany.
Gina Muscato
UACCESS -- or UAlbany Collaboratively Creating Excellence, Scholarship and Success -- engages faculty and staff in finding ways to enhance student success and academic excellence by considering issues through the lens of different groups.
Mark Schmidt
Nontombi Naomi Tutu and Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, daughters of Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, bring their insight and wisdom regarding social issues and public health to the UAlbany campus.
Paul Miller
UAlbany students enjoy the Student Association Block Party, the back-to-school event that is the source of most student involvement at UAlbany.
Albany plays Central Connecticut State in the Hall of Fame game. Despite a strong running attack and touchdown lead heading into the fourth quarter, Central Connecticut State Blue Devils achieved a 20-17 victory.
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Ontario Liberals Cheat Their Way to a Majority
It's a cold, snowy day at Queen's Park, the legislature is recessed, and it seems more quiet than usual. There should be committees of MPPs working on all sorts of issues and legislation, but the Liberals haven't struck them. Why? Because rather than getting down to business, they're trying to finagle something out of committees that voters didn't give them: a majority.


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Investors in Nokia are furious over the company's failure to disclose via "accident" a change in CEO Stephen Elop's contract that gave him a $25.5 million bonus for selling the company's smartphone division to Microsoft.
Writing in Forbes — via translation from the Finnish press — Tero Kuittinen says that Nokia had previously told the Finnish press that Elop's compensation package was the same as his predecessor's.
In fact, as you can see on page 149 of this SEC document, Elop's compensation was adjusted to give him a very short-term incentive to sell the company. In the event of a "change of control" he would get all his stock incentives at once (emphasis added):
In the event of a change of control of Nokia, Mr. Elop may terminate his employment upon a material reduction of his duties and responsibilities, upon which he will be entitled to a compensation of 18 months (both annual base salary and target incentive), and his unvested equity will vest in an accelerated manner.
His stock price targets were also pegged to a two year-period instead of the company's long-term performance.
Here's what happened next, according to Forbes:
According to "Helsingin Sanomat", when chairman Siilasmaa was questioned about Elop's contract last Friday, he made the false claim of there being "no essential changes" in Elop's bonus structure compared to previous CEOs. According to Siilasmaa on early Tuesday, Nokia's legal department had committed "a working place accident" of not noticing the slight discrepancy between Elop's contract and the contracts of the previous CEOs.
The Finnish are livid about it, according to BGR:
Many people in Finland are unsurprisingly not happy with this state of affairs, however, and The Financial Times reports that Finnish politicians from both the right and the left are seething that Elop is getting $25 million for selling off pieces of Nokia to Microsoft. Center-right Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, for instance, called the payment "outrageous" and added that "apparently the practices of rewards by large corporations all over the world are so exceptional that they cannot be understood with common sense." Jutta Urpilainen, the centre-left finance minister, similarly wrote that the Elop payday has created "a general toxic atmosphere" that "may be a threat to social harmony."
This sort of thing shouldn't have been too surprising. CEOs are often given incentives to sell the company, although in this case the change wasn't spelled out in plain English. At Business Insider we pointed out back in August that BlackBerry's CEO had a similar incentive to sell the company inserted in his contract.
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Mauricio Pochettino's side put in determined performance to frustrate Blaugrana and leave Real Madrid in the driving seat in the title race
An Alvaro Vazquez header five minutes before time cancelled out Cesc Fabregas' first half strike as Barcelona could only manage a 1-1 draw with Espanyol in La Liga action on Sunday evening.
The away side dominated possession throughout the match, but were unable to capitalise on Fabregas' goal and Mauricio Pochettino's men stayed determined until the end to earn the draw.
The hosts made a bright start, and almost took the lead within the first five minutes when Sergio Garcia clipped a cross to the back post for Joan Verdu, and the former Barcelona man headed towards goal only for Victor Valdes to make an excellent diving save. Verdu smashed the rebound towards goal but Gerard Pique was on hand to make a heroic clearance off the line.
Barca thought they had taken the lead in the 13th minute when Cristian Alvarez passed the ball straight to the feet of Messi and the Argentine squared the ball for Fabregas to slot home. However, the referee spotted a handball from the Argentine, and the goal was disallowed.
It took just three minutes for Pep Guardiola's side to score another, and this time it counted. Dani Alves made a typical run down the right wing and stood a cross up on the edge of the box for Fabregas, and the former Arsenal man powered a header into the bottom corner, with some question marks over the goalkeeping of Alvarez.
The visitors had another disallowed goal just before the hour mark when Dani Alves collected an inch perfect pass through the middle from Xavi before taking the ball around Alvarez and slotting home, but the Brazilian was correctly ruled as offside.
The champions came close to extending their lead in the 76th minute through a Lionel Messi chance. The Argentine somehow dug out a shot on the byline and hit the post with a right-footed attempt from an impossible angle.
Espanyol's grit and determination paid off when they managed to grab an equalising goal in the 85th minute. Raul Rodriguez drove down the right wing and crossed to the near post where Thievy flicked the ball on into the centre and Alvaro was perfectly placed to head home and send the home fans into raptures.
The last few minutes proved to be incredibly dramatic as Pique struck the post with a left-footed shot and Pedro's rebound appeared to be cleared off the line by the arm of Raul Rodriguez, but no penalty was given.
Barcelona now trail Real Madrid by five points in the title race and remain in second position. Espanyol move on to 24 points and find themselves eighth place in La Liga.


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Forum:Mediation With Wikia; A Plan For A Better Uncyclofuture
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Hello everybody,
As most of you know, for many many years now our wiki has had many many grievances with our hosts, Wikia. There are too many problems for me to list here, and for quite some time now, our dialogue with Wikia has not been an open one: they make changes to our site, we complain, they do nothing.
This evening, on IRC, a possible solution to our problems emerged. One of our newest users, Tristessa de St Ange, is a member of the Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal and the Wikipedia:Mediation Committee (more info on her wikipedia userpage). It's clear she knows how to mediate conflicts. And she has volunteered to mediate our conflict with Wikia.
The first step of this process will be a vote to determine whether or not our community actually wants Tristessa's help in this matter. During this voting phase, if anybody from our community would like to volunteer to help Tristessa, please do so. The more volunteers the better.
So, without further ado, let's get to the voting! Yay voting! -- Brigadier General Sir Zombiebaron 08:45, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
Well, hello there! I'm Tristessa, and I hope I'll get to get to know more people on Uncyclopedia very soon. I believe in Uncyclopedia, and in this community; I've already fallen in love within my first ten edits; I intend to be here to stay. I intend to stay because I see a tremendous amount of positive, happy things about the Uncyclopedian community: the only wiki, perhaps, able to "be funny and not just stupid" in a way that gives wikis of infinitely more seriousness a run for their money. I'd like, therefore, to endorse everything that Zombiebaron says above.
Now, no mediation is either desirable or workable without the support of the parties involved, and in this case you — the editors of Uncyclopedia who keep this place what it is — are indeed not only an integral part of the process, but its essential component. As I understand it, from my discussions with Zombiebaron and friends on IRC, some Uncyclopedians say they feel that Uncyclopedia has certain requirements that Wikia is not currently fulfilling, and that is operating the wiki in a way not supported by the community. The issues that exist between Uncyclopedia and Wikia at present appear to be due in a large part to a lack of communication and understanding on both sides, and I think this situation could be relatively easily diffused with frank discussion that takes place in an open and participatory way. This is what I would like to do, acting as an impartial person to facilitate Uncyclopedia and Wikia talking on better terms and with a better quality of communication. All mediation discussions will take place in a manner open to the community, and concerns that show consensus for discussion will be raised. This is I believe the solution, and I hope you will be kind enough to support me in seeing it through.
For those that would like to see relations between Wikia and Uncyclopedia restored, I need not belabour the point further. But for those who feel mistrust and difficulties accepting the idea of reconciliation, I ask only that you bear with me during dialogue in the hope that the results will speak for themselves. I will be honoured to act in this capacity should the community deem it appropriate.--Tristessa de St Ange 09:11, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
Does Uncyclopedia want to let Tristessa mediate our conflict with Wikia?
- For. Obviously. -- Brigadier General Sir Zombiebaron 08:45, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Yes obviously. -- TKFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK 08:47, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Of course. I can't think of any way in which this wouldn't be advantageous to me, and as you all know I take myself very seriously, so this has to be important. ~ 09:02, 27 November 2011
- Yep ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 09:57, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Sounds like a nice initiative and I don't see anything bad coming from this, so why the hell not? —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 11:42, 27 November 2011
- Hello. Part of her name is part of the title of one of my favourite Manic Street Preachers songs. That must make this OK. --UU - natter 13:46, Nov 27
- Hi again, Tris ...? You're really lookin' to be useful over here. Good luck in whatever you're setting out to do! EpicAwesomeness (talk) 14:05, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
- What the hell. Sure! ~[ths] UotM 19:51, 11/27/2011
- oh yeeeeaaah--220.127.116.11 21:12, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Yes please! --Hotadmin4u69 [TALK] 22:21 Nov 27 2011
- Oh, all right I didn't know things had gotten this bad. But I do care.--Sir Shandon (Talk) (Trophy Room) 22:44, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Stupid Fucking Commies I say we take Wikia by force. WHO IS WITH ME?! --++ 22:59, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
- yep, yep! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) , 126.96.36.199's little brother
- Absolutely FOR! In fact, I would like to volunteer to help in any way I can. Since I'm studying to be a shrink, I should be able to handle this. -- Sir "TheSlyPony" Invariably certifiable. 01:45 November 28, 2011 (UTC)
- Big ass for-- Phlegm Leoispotter * (garble! jank!) 04:17, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
- For. --Skizzerz 06:13, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
- Abstain. I would rather the powers that be here choose to deal directly with Wikia (Staff, etc.). I dislike the whole concept of a mid-way discussion where very small placations and minor policy retractions can be made on the part of the more dominant party in the name of 'progress and cooperation' - all the while, little actual changes would be made.--Sycamore (Talk) 10:42, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
- For. --Black Flamingo 14:17, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
- For.. Lord Jaw-Jaw. --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 14:29, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
- For. For the glory of Uncyclopedia- TALK What's it like to be a heretic? 17:17, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
Wuck Fikia. Like, where the hell are our namespaces, maaaan? ~Somebody 17:27, November 28, 2011 (UTC)Very weak "For". Hmm, seems like something good happened after all. I wonder if it had anything to do with Tristessa... ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Dec 1 '11 13:10 (UTC)
- This should be interesting. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • SU&W) 19:07 Nov 28, 2011
- For., per Thekillerfroggy. ajr 19:55, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
- Abstain from abstaining I won't abstain this time. --ShabiDOO 01:11, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
- 25th For.. Win. ~jcm 03:08, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
- For Looks like I'm late to yet another party. -- Simsilikesims(♀GUN) Talk here. 03:10, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
- For. I swoop out of inactivity to vote yes. -- PLEB SIR Lollipop (TALK) - updated on 29 November 2011, at 04:14
- bonobo. 04:31, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
- Sure. Also, Gerrycheevers?! What?! • • • Necropaxx (T) {~} Tuesday, 07:47, Nov 29 2011
- For. Mattsnow 07:52, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
- Abstain Direct communication has proven to be pointless. I feel indirect communication will be more so. Pup 09:59 30 Nov '11
- Abstain. I'm not sure about mediation.... The Goa Tse Clan must decide. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joe9320 (talk • contribs) 10:39, November 30, 2011 (UTC)
- Hey guys, I'm High General Aim's friend, Zach. Since his IP's banned, he told me to stand in for him and to vote For for this. I don't really know how the system works or anything, but he told me to use this sig thing: →A (Ruins) Thanks guys
- Okay. I'm still skeptical of whether or not Wikia actually want to be mediatorized, or whether they'd actually respond to a request to have such done, but this mediation person has swayed me with her awesome command of the English language, as well as her mentalism. She's like Patrick Jane, only instead of being on television once a week, she's here on Uncyclopedia. Helping us mediate stuff. -RAHB 08:34, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
- Man, why won't they air that show more often? —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 20:01, 1 December 2011
- I dunno, RAHB. I changed my vote to a "weak for", but when I read them words up there, I sees "bureaucrat". She coulda said all that stuff in two sentences. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Dec 1 '11 13:13 (UTC)
- I'd say being able to construct large blocks of text without offending anyone is an admirable ability. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 20:01, 1 December 2011
- Yes, I saw the exact same thing, but then I realized that that's how all the good lawyers do it. -RAHB 23:55, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah chocolate OMG!!! It`s Cat the Colourful, Jesus Christ!!! 13:16 1 December 2011
- Wikia suxs forever.--
FcukmanLOOS3R!!! 13:21, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
- Maybe But lines in the quicksand should be drawn: NO ADS being the main one. Aleister 20:00 1-12-'11
- Delete Wikia. --Sir DJ ~ Irreverent 15:17, December 14, 2011 (UTC)
- Yes Mediation Want it! |Si Plebius Dato' (Sir) Joe ang Kemador CUN|IC Kill | 10:28, December 17, 2011 (UTC)
- For. I'd like to help, too. -- 22:44, December 17, 2011 (UTC)
- For. Except for three things: 1) Wikia own the site, and the domain and essentially hold all the cards, and, 2) we look very much like Occupy Wall Street right now insofar as we have no actual, proper, meaningful, sensible or tangible demands. 3) Wikia staff are exactly that, /staff/, they're not executives, they will *never* have any choice or option to do something feelgood that flies directly in the face of what the executive wants. -- Prof. Olipro KUN (W)Anchor Op Bur. (Harass) 03:30, December 18, 2011 (UTC)
- For. If it's something that really helps then I'd say it's worth a try; Tristessa seems to know very well what she's doing so hopefully it all works out for the best. Wikia seem to have a hard time listening to everyone... Sir Georgie • Harangue • Mediocracy 03:43, December 18, 2011 (UTC)
Hold on a sec...
Maybe this is an admin thing...or an IRC thing...that being people talking about problems with wikia. I've never heard one example of problems with wikia (except that there were problems). Could someone give a couple or even one concrete example (other than...they change things)? --ShabiDOO 00:28, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
- We have made a partial list of issues here. The main concern is that Wikia appears to ignore us when we try to get them to fix these issues and other similar issues. -- Brigadier General Sir Zombiebaron 01:07, November 29, 2011 (UTC)
Is this...
...going to be transcendental mediation? Pup 12:53 01 Dec '11
- Naw. This is going to be like that time when I went to the dentist for a root canal, but he wouldn't give me any laughing gas. He said it was because he wanted me to "transcend dental medication", but I think he just likes torturing kids. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Thu, Dec 1 '11 13:07 (UTC)
- Yea free laughing gas for everyone! OMG!!! It`s Cat the Colourful, Jesus Christ!!! 13:20 1 December 2011
- Man, here in Belgium we never get any laughing gas. Instead they inject local anaesthetics with these really long needles. :'( —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 19:56, 1 December 2011
- No way! Here on Pluto...they open up our skulls and cut out the part of the brain that processes pain, then they drill our teeth, and then sew the chunk of brain back in. ITs a nice quick clean job all done by robots in about 5 minutes. --ShabiDOO 00:08, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Haven't any of you guys ever heard of beer? Pup 12:53 02 Dec '11
- No, but I've heard of other sedatives, though! ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Dec 2 '11 15:27 (UTC)
- A pillow and chloroform always worked for my captives... 2K12_DAN.VRS 03:28, December 5, 2011 (UTC)
- No, but I've heard of other sedatives, though! ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Dec 2 '11 15:27 (UTC)
- Haven't any of you guys ever heard of beer? Pup 12:53 02 Dec '11
- No way! Here on Pluto...they open up our skulls and cut out the part of the brain that processes pain, then they drill our teeth, and then sew the chunk of brain back in. ITs a nice quick clean job all done by robots in about 5 minutes. --ShabiDOO 00:08, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Man, here in Belgium we never get any laughing gas. Instead they inject local anaesthetics with these really long needles. :'( —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 19:56, 1 December 2011
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Support grows for CRUDE team
More organizations have come forward to voice their support for documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger. The director was ordered by a judge earlier this month turn over 600-plus hours of footage shot for his film CRUDE to the oil giant Chevron, which hopes to use the footage to defend itself from the litigation efforts chronicled in the film. Berlinger's lawyers have argued that the filmmaker's material should be protected under journalistic privilege and that, by turning over the footage, he would be violating an understanding of confidentiality with his subjects.
Last week, as Berlinger sought to appeal the court's decision, the Writers Guild of America, East, threw its support behind the director, just as the Independent Documentary Association and 20 Oscar-winning directors had done before it. "To accede to such a demand is tantamount to a reporter being told to turn over all of his or her notes and to violate confidentiality agreements with sources," the Writers Guild wrote in an open letter. "As with the members of the IDA, our WGAE members working in the documentary field 'hold ourselves to the highest of journalistic standards in the writing, producing, and editing of our films.' Those standards include the protection of our outtakes, script drafts, research and sources."
The Directors Guild of America then added its voice to the throng. "Documentary filmmakers work under the presumption that their research, sources and draft materials are protected under the First Amendment. Their work often explores sensitive subjects that might not ever reach the public eye if not for the tenacity of the filmmakers and the bravery of their sources," wrote DGA president Taylor Hackford in a statement to the press. "The chilling effect of this court decision will be felt throughout the documentary community, as future filmmakers will be constantly aware that their materials may be seized as evidence, and those who once might have been willing to share their point of view become wary that a documentarian cannot protect them, even if their participation is anonymous. Safeguarding the right of documentary filmmakers to protect their sources is ultimately about protecting the public's right to know and preserving the role of investigative filmmaking in exposing the issues, educating the viewers and informing the public."
And it's not only Berlinger's colleagues who have spoken out on his behalf. On Thursday, The Los Angeles Times urged the judge to reconsider his ruling as well. Forcing the director to relinquish his rights to his own exclusively held material "turns the point of journalistic access on its head," the paper contended in an editorial. "If journalists must reveal what they learn but do not publish from those sources they cultivate most carefully, then sources will keep them at arms' length."
The same day the L.A. Times ran its editorial, a ruling came back from the judge agreeing to extend the deadline by which Berlinger was to turn over the material in order to give the filmmaker time to argue for an emergency appeal.
"The temporary stay enables us to advance what we believe is a meritorious?appeal on this very significant first amendment matter," Berlinger said in a statement to the press following the judge's agreement to push back the deadline. "We still need the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to grant us a permanent stay in order to file a meaningful appeal, but we are grateful for today's positive outcome."
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A PAGEBOY fainted during the Queen's speech. One suspects, however, that it was not from excitement.
The 11 bills put before parliament outlining the coalition's plans for its last year in power before the general election were short of showstopping policies.
It was a programme for government more about stability than a dramatic new vision. Most of the legislation was already in the pipeline.
This was a steady as she goes programme, a sign that both ruling parties will be banking on the economic recovery to encourage people to support them next year.
Labour leader Ed Miliband characterised the programme as one which did not rise to the challenge of helping the low-paid, tackling energy costs or overcoming the housing shortage and cost of living crisis.
From a Scottish point of view, there was fleeting reference to the new Holyrood powers contained in the Scotland Act and the government's desire to keep the UK together. Most of the bills also contained measures that will be relevant north of the Border – from the UK government's pension reforms to its plans for a childcare subsidy worth £2,000 a year through the tax system.
The Scottish Government was quick to argue that yesterday's proposals showed a growing political divide between Edinburgh and London on equality and fairness.
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When the Lespedeza thunbergii begin to bloom I know fall wil...Pollia japonica flower and foliage.Mom and babies stopped by.Stachys coccinea 'Hot Spot Coral' weaving through the Zenobi...For a late flowering sweet fragrance Clerodendrum trichotomu...The black bear stopped by for a drink.Calluna vulgaris in bloom.A close look at the flower and fruit of the Lycium barbarum...Prunus maritime with red plums.Euphorbia x martini 'Tiny Tim' in bloom.Aconitum uncinatum is a late bloomer for me.Acaena microphylla New Zeland burr forms a thick ground cove...
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I'll never forget my first pageant. When preparing for a pageant I was told by my mom, "Mark and label everything." I didn't realize how right she was. The actual competition part of pageantry happens so fast. You're either on stage performing or back stage rushing around changing! Every minute is precious.
Creating a checklist helps you to remember everything and to be organized. During competition, you don't have time to hunt for a missing earring. Or worse, you don't want to be stuck at a pageant with your earring remaining forgotten at home. (Talk about a nightmare!) Being organized is a part of pageantry. For that reason, having a checklist handy will help relieve stress and assure you that all of your items are prepared.
My suggestion is, when creating the list, to organize the list by competition. When creating a list, keep the bullet points simple. If you have to do a task (Like call the director) try to break it down. Having too much can make it all overwhelming.
I'll use evening gown as an example. Think of all the things you'll need when competing.
Evening Gown:
- Heels
- Gown
- Jewelry/ accessories
- Make-up/ hair product for any specific style.
- Any specific undergarments. (Yes. This is important. If you have a thin dress, you DON'T want any lines showing or not have the correct bra.)
When you have made a list for each individual competition, be sure to prepare a list for extra items including, bobby pins, small sewing kit, razor, sharpie marker (for labeling!), butt glue and so forth. Each pageant system is different, so they may call for different items. Walk yourself through the pageant, from the day you get there, to the night you drive home. Even if you think it may not be an important thing to have, write it down anyway. It's better to be over prepared than under prepared. (And you always have the option to rework your checklist before you leave for the pageant.) A checklist is supposed to keep the future competing pageant girl in check. That's why you should write it at least a week before you compete, before you're dealing with nervous/anxious emotions and so you aren't scrambling last minute for stuff.
QUICK TIP: LABEL AND BAGGY EACH ITEM. Sticking with the earrings example, put them in a ziplock bag with all of your other evening gown accessories and write EVENING GOWN and your name on the baggy. You'll appreciate it later, trust me.
Organization is key, my dear PP family!
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Keanu Reeves Articles and Interviews Archive
Number of articles: 3174
(Mobile users – to access the archive, tap 'Articles' on the drop-down menu.)
This archive is the result of the combined efforts of Keanu fans through the ages: started by the Gardeners at the Garden of Keanadu more than 20 years ago, then moved to Reeves Drive, then bought over by Club Keanu, then rebuilt here at WINM when CK crashed in 2008 – I offered to collect and compile articles that fans had saved, in a task that spanned 40 days. We managed to salvage 840 articles by the end of it. About 300 could not be tracked down.
I've been curating this archive ever since. I hope for it to be a useful resource for Keanu fans both old and new, as well as a legacy of the amazing life and career of Keanu Charles Reeves. There is something inherently epic about following a life over a period of about 30 years, and it is a great tale filled with angst and whoa about the possibly-immortal Canadian kid from the broken family who rose to fame through sheer determination and the persistent will to improve, surviving personal tragedies and the relentless barrage of critics to emerge as one of Hollywood's most reluctant stars.
This archive is a window not only into Keanu's journey but also into how celebrity journalism has evolved (or devolved) since the 1980s. It's fascinating how journalists can twist words; context is everything. An answer can change so drastically when stripped of such essential phrases as "he said sarcastically" or "I'm kidding". Others have gone so far as to quote Keanu's words as replies to completely different questions, making them strange and ill-fitting at best, or rude and ignorant at worst. I caught at least one journalist blatantly plagiarising another. A simple misinterpreted phrase can blow up into a story that goes viral on the internet; a single girl's whisper can evolve over the years into a crowd of chanting women; and Keanu can be allegedly involved in a gay wedding simultaneously held in Los Angeles, Hawaii, the Hamptons and France, all while he was off working in Canada.
Speaking of which:
Not everything in these articles can be taken as fact. This archive is, first and foremost, a record of Keanu's life as print media has presented it. Some articles were poorly researched and full of inaccuracies, others were based on unsubstantiated rumours, others were outright fabricated, others are from tabloids. Keanu's name is pronounced kay-ah-nu, not kee-ah-noo. He never converted to Buddhism. He did not marry David Geffen. He did not marry Alan Cumming. He did not marry Autumn Mackintosh. He did not marry Jennifer Syme. He did not marry you. He never engaged in naked swimming pool frolics with Sharon Stone, though he later said he wished that were true. And his parents' names are Patricia Taylor and Samuel Reeves Jr., not 'Patricia Cholmondley' and 'Milo'.
I kept all these in because quite a few had an impact on Keanu's public image, but I include notes where possible if I know an article has been proven false.
I definitely don't have every single thing ever written about Keanu, but my aim is instead to provide a representative archive that can give a fairly accurate account of Keanu's life... or at least, what the media would like you to think Keanu's life is.
He's still a celebrity, after all. For most of us, the media's constructed image of him is all we have to go on. And unless we know Keanu personally, it is that image – rather than the real person – that we are either fans or critics of. It's all illusions we recall. We really don't know Reeves at all.
But we still can try. Enjoy the archive!
DISCLAIMER: The opinions and views expressed in these articles belong to that of their respective authors. They are not in any way representative of those held by WINM or any of the archive's previous curators.
ORIGINS: The original Club-Keanu articles archive; saved or cached articles from the discontinued sites KeanuWeb, Keanu A-Z and keanu-web.net; the 999 Squares Keanu archive; Google News Alerts; helpful people, to whom I am eternally grateful.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has in some way contributed to this collection:
1) Club Keanu and all the other fansites who began and oversaw this archive before I took over, without whom this archive will not exist. The footprints of those previous archivers still remain in small notes or comments scattered here and there amongst the articles. It's a testament to the awesome decade-spanning teamwork in this fandom, and I'm honoured to be a part of it.
2) Fiercelyred and LucaM, who contributed to the bulk of the originally salvaged articles, as well as everyone else who has taken the effort to send me articles I did not yet have.
3) All of you who have helped with the translations, either directly or indirectly: keanugirl76 for the Italian and Spanish translations, Fiercelyred for the German and Dutch, Sephonae for the Spanish and LucaM for the Romanian; as well as everyone else who has pitched in along the way. If you were responsible for one of the translations or transcriptions in this archive and would like to be credited, feel free to e-mail me.
4) Those of you who helped me to type out and/or scan in articles for inclusion – you know who you are. Especially to HyperCaz, who typed out a very long article only to discover I already had it. Your effort shall be remembered. You will not have worked in vain.
5) Keanu Reeves. For existing, and continuing to inspire us: Thank you.


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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Contracting industrial output and an investment slowdown likely capped India's economic growth below 5 percent in the three months to December, despite a pickup in exports and farm output.
Asia's third-largest economy is expected to grow by 4.9 percent in the quarter from a year earlier, in line with expectations for the fiscal year to March and a shade up on the 4.8 percent pace in the preceding quarter, according to a Reuters poll of economists.
The statistics department will release gross domestic product data on Friday around 5.30 pm.
Growth has slowed to half the rate of the boom years of the past decade, likely condemning Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government to defeat in a general election expected to be held in April and May.
Singh had sought to unleash a wave of investments by fast-tracking approvals for $80 billion in infrastructure projects last year, but implementation has been patchy and the eventual spurt in activity will come too late to deliver an election boost.
The opposition's candidate for prime minister, Narendra Modi, whose campaign is building momentum, has meanwhile shifted to a more pro-growth stance, saying India should be more open to foreign investment.
"If Modi manages to secure a strong government, he will be in a much better position to push through policies needed to revive investments and overall economic growth," said Miguel Chanco, India economist at Capital Economics, Singapore.
Goods exports and strong rural demand due to rising farm output are likely to propel the economy in the fiscal third quarter while manufacturing, which had been a growth driver before the global financial crisis, is likely to weigh on overall activity.
Industrial output including manufacturing and mining, which contributes around a quarter of India's $1.8 trillion economy, contracted at rates of between 1.3 percent and 0.6 percent during the October-December period from a year earlier.
Elevated borrowing costs have added to manufacturers' woes after the Reserve Bank of India hiked interest rates three times between September and January to curb stubborn inflation which showed no signs of easing even as growth tumbled.
While wholesale inflation did slow to an eight-month low in January, the fall was driven by softer food and vegetable prices which are considered volatile and could head higher again.
Still, economists expect domestic demand to regain momentum later this year after the elections. The government forecasts a recovery in growth to near 6 percent for the fiscal year 2014/15 which begins in April.
Additional reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Douglas Busvine & Kim Coghill


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MILTON – Denny Thibault has been missing some days and weeks from work, but his employer, Gordon Cook, doesn't mind. Thibault is an RF engineer for Verizon Wireless, but he also serves as a captain in the Ga. Army National Guard.
Earlier this year, Thibault, a Forsyth County resident, returned to work from a second tour of duty. But not all the soldiers in the 1st Squadron-108th Cavalry returned. In their memory, the 108th Memorial Fund created the 1-108th Cavalry Fallen Soldiers Memorial at the Calhoun National Guard Armory, where the battalion's headquarters are located.
On Sept. 22, Verizon Wireless donated $2,000 to the memorial, to honor the memory of fallen troops and in thanksgiving for those who serve the country, including the company's employees.
The support he's been given led Thibault to nominate his boss, Gordon Cook, for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriot Award. Cook was given that award, which is in recognition as an outstanding employer who supports a strong National Guard and Reserve force. Employers are required by law to provide a certain level of support, but it takes a much higher level to earn this award.
"There's no question, no doubt in my mind if Verizon weren't as supportive as they are, I could not be in the National Guard and still support my family and keep my job," Thibault said. "They go above and beyond the minimums of the law in every way. They've been nothing but supportive through my two deployments."
The check Verizon Wireless gave to the Fallen Soldiers Memorial is an example of how Thibault said his employer goes so much farther than anybody expects from an employer.
Capt. Geoffrey Miller of the 1-108th Cavalry also thanked Verizon Wireless for the donation.
"Getting a donation like this from a company as large as Verizon is very important – it's important to us, and it's important to the families and children of those we lost in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2005 and 2006," Miller said.
The soldiers just returned from a deployment in March and wanted to do something different that hadn't been seen in Georgia before, building a memorial at the armory site in Calhoun.
"Companies like Verizon are allowing us to do that," Miller said.
Thibault's responsibilities have grown within the Guard, as he is about to assume command of B Troop in Canton.


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On Diabetes- Ref: USA Today, 10/22-24/10 page 1A.
I believe that if diet was taught in K-12 and made a requirement in college that this problem would almost become non-existent except for heredity genectic type. For example you could teach that the pancreas is our hunger regulator and blood sugar monitoring system. The processes of glycolysis and gluconeogenesis keep our blood sugar in check with the help of the liver, kidney's and heart. Alpha and Beta cells in the pancreas use the hormone glucagon and insulin to keep this balance. This would help people develope good eating habits. We humans are a interesting machine, we humans. It is interesting that pancreatic insulin from pigs, sheep, oxen and cows maybe used in humans. We are close to what we eat!!.
The best college class for learning about exactly why one must eat one's vegetables is Physiology. Besides the diabetes potential harm, most people don't know that any single vitamin deficiency has an effect on a corresponding white blood cell type (and there's a lot of them), either by causing that specific type of white blood cell not to mature and function correctly, or not to be found in the blood except at levels too low to be of help.
It isn't an easy read, but I recommend any recent edition of GANONG'S REVIEW OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY as it shows how we should function normally, and also what happens to us when we decide we can survive on Pixie Stix.
To get away from sugar, try something made out of stevia. Doing very little exercise and replacing nearly all of my sugar consumption with liquid stevia extract or powdered stevia, I've lost fifty pounds and am holding at about 205 or less right now.
Stevia means I can still enjoy a large ice tea on a warm to hot San Diego afternoon. The only reason I add maybe half a teaspoon of sugar to a cup of stevia-sweetened coffee is because of that distinctive sugar taste...
Stevia stops me from worrying about my diabetes. With enlarged major arteries around the heart, 20+ blockages in the nearby arteries less that 2 mm in diameter, and a right coronary artery aneurysm that cardiologists say eliminates open heart surgery as an option, why worry about diabetes after having a first heart attack at 39? Or another one not even worth going to the hospital for only two months ago?
I've got no relevant comment on breast cancer except that my youngest sister has had all of her hair back for years now.


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This would enable multi level routing as compared to the 2 level routing available as of now. On the usage bit, here's an example:
Document Id: myapp!dummyuser!doc
myapp!dummyuser! can be used as the shardkey for searching content for dummyuser.
myapp! can be used for searching across all users of myapp.
I am looking at either a 3 (or 4) level routing. The 32 bit hash would then comprise of 8X4 components from each part (in case of 4 level).
Document Id: myapp!dummyuser!doc
To query all users for a particular app (default setup), the route key should be: 'myapp/8!'.
To query a particular user for a specific app, the route key should be: 'myapp!dummyuser!'
The syntax for querying all users for a particular app is required because this router works at both 2 and 3 level of composite id.
A route key of 'myapp!' would technically translate to constructing the hash range with 16 bits coming from the key i.e. 2-level composite id.
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Commit 1543382 from firstname.lastname@example.com in branch 'dev/branches/branch_4x'
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SOLR-5320: Added support for tri-level compositeId routing. Also merged javadoc fixes and forbidden-api fixes from r1542305, r1542321
Commit 1542272 from firstname.lastname@example.com in branch 'dev/trunk'
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SOLR-5320: Added support for tri-level compositeId routing
Added more test coverage.
The new test adds documents with tri-level ids and validates that a single route-key maps to a single shard only.
Yonik Seeley it'd be great if you could have a look at this and give some feedback.
Noble Paul Yes, I already realized that and have a patch almost ready. Will just put that up in some time.
The router object should be immutable and threadsafe. you are not supposed to change the state (I am referring to the masks)
I see repetition of the same code across multiple methods . Can you not put the entire logic in one place and reuse ?
Working on refactoring and testing this.
Will be uploading a refactored test later in the day.
Adding to that, if the user wants to override the default numBits, everything would be borrowed/lent back to the document id component i.e. the 3rd component (c in the example below).
e.g. : a!b!c
My initial thought about splitting the 32 bits forced me to have a separate router that extended the composite id router.
Here's the original thought:
Document Id: myapp!dummyuser!doc
This could also look like: myapp/numBits1!dummyuser/numBits2!doc
where numBits* are less than or equal to 8 (or not present, when it defaults to 8).
Considering have 8/8/16 bits split between the 3 components of the id.
The point of concern is, in case numBits = 1 (or any other number), how to split the remaining 7 bits or rather 31.
I was trying to equally split the remainder among the 2 components (not really cleanly possible in case of odd bits).
I plan on adding remainder bits to the component that is derived from the docId i.e. 16+7. The new split becomes 1/8/23 bits among the components.
With that in place, I can just change compositeId router to also cater to 3-level composite id routing.
A 3 level composite id routing to begin with is what I think would be good.
I'd use 8 bits each from the first 2 components of the key and 16 bits from the last component.
Functionally, this should work on similar lines as the current 2-level composite id routing.