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- Traditional Four-Year Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (TBSN)
- Accelerated One-Year Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (ABSN)
- Registered Nurse to Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN)
- Accelerated Master's of Science in Nursing (AMSN)
- Master of Science in Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (MSN-NP)
- Master of Science in Nursing - Clinical Nurse Leader (MSN-CNL)
- Post-Master's Nurse Practitioner Certificate (Post-MSN NP Certificate)
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Post-Baccalaureate (BSN to DNP)
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Post-Master's (MSN to DNP)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Post-Master's (MSN-DNP)
We are currently accepting applications for the fall 2017 Post-Master's Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. The application deadline is March 1, 2017 and we encourage students to apply and submit all supporting documents as soon as possible as capacity is limited. This program is being offered in response to the growing need for doctorally-prepared nurse clinicians/scholars and educators. DNP prepared professionals provide evidence-based interventions and best practices to support individuals, families, and populations, and develop systems of care, based on research utilization.
The DNP is a practice-focused doctoral degree that educates nurses to become expert clinicians, leaders in health policy, and catalysts for improved health care delivery within an interprofessional environment. This online program is available to students who possess a master's degree in an advanced practice area such as a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist.
The DNP curriculum provides sequencing of courses in a flexible but rational manner. The courses are offered online in the fall and spring semesters with one course offered in the summer session. The program requires two campus visits to Saint Louis University. The first expected visit is a 2-3 day orientation at the beginning of the program. A second visit of 1-2 days is expected at the end of the program to present the capstone project. The post-master's DNP requires a total of 28 credit hours beyond the MSN. Students may transfer 5 to 6 credit hours of comparable graduate level coursework at the discretion of the School of Nursing.
Student Learning Outcomes
The DNP graduate is educated to:
- Use advanced knowledge of mid-range and translational theories from nursing and other disciplines as a framework for advanced nursing practice.
- Critically examine research and scholarship to support evidence-based clinical practice.
- Exemplify ethical principles in the delivery of comprehensive health care.
- Formulate strategies to maximize health in patient populations.
- Develop clinical competence for advanced practice that provides consumers with primary, secondary, and/or tertiary health care.
- Use technology and information to improve the health care.
- Apply principles of epidemiology, biostatistics, and environmental sciences to recognized populations at risk, patterns of disease, and effectiveness of prevention and intervention.
- Apply current knowledge of organizations and financing of the health care system to improve the outcomes of care.
- Design and implement processes to evaluate outcomes and systems for health care delivery.
- Use business and management strategies for the provision of quality care and efficient use of resources.
- Use advanced communication and leadership skills with interprofessional health care teams to create and evaluate health care delivery systems.
- Influence health policy at institutional, local, state, and national levels.
Capstone Project
The capstone is a project which integrates and synthesizes the knowledge students have gained throughout the program. The project will focus on a practice change initiative in risk reduction. Examples include: a program evaluation, a quality improvement project, evaluation of a new practice model, a consulting project, or a pilot study. It is based on the individual student's interests. Students will discuss issues with practice leaders and mentors to identify and refine their project goals. Please click here to view previous DNP capstone projects.


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Starter Connor Birch pitched six innings allowing two runs with six strikeouts and Steve Mahoney scored the game-winning run in the sixth inning to lead Ashland Post 77 over Lowell 3-2 in a Zone 5 American Legion game on Tuesday night.
With the win Ashland improved to 12-4 to earn two key points over Lowell in the Zone 5 playoff hunt. Lowell falls to 11-5 with the loss. The top four teams in the entire zone, including A and B divisions, make the state playoffs.
Sudbury leads Zone 5 with 26 points. Ashland was one of four teams, including Lowell, that entered the night's games with 22. Post 77 now has 24 with two games left in the regular season, at Watertown Thursday and at home against North Chelmsford Friday.
Nick Burns had two hits with an RBI while also saving the game for Post 77. Joe Byrnes had a hit with two stolen bases in the win.
Kyle Goulet hit a sacrifice fly that brought home Mahoney to give Ashland the 3-2 lead in the sixth inning.
Byrnes had a key catch in centerfield during the sixth inning that saved a run with a Lowell runner on first.
NEWTON 7, HUDSON 3: Kenny Manero pitched four-plus innings allowing three earned runs for Hudson as Post 100 fell to Newton Post 440 in the Zone 5A matchup.
Hudson dropped to 5-12 while Newton improved to 7-8.
Leo Coelho went 1-for-3 with an RBI single for Hudson and Kyle Sullivan also went 1-for-3 with a single and a run scored.
Newton scored six runs in the sixth inning to break it open. Hudson's three runs all came in the seventh inning. It was the seventh game in as many days for Post 100, which defeated Newton 8-2 on Monday night.
NATICK 10, BILLERICA 0: Brady Furdon threw a complete game, allowing five hits and walking two while striking out nine, as host Natick Post 107 (6-11) routed Billerica in a Zone 5 matchup.
Natick's Tosh Campbell was 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs, while Zach Blecher was 1-for-3 with two runs and an RBI and Sam Wisnia was 1-for-3 with two runs.
Post 107 closes its regular season with a home game at Mahan Field against Newton Thursday night.
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Board-certified in General as well as Thoracic Surgery, Dr Brock is a surgeon who conducts cancer research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins specializing in bringing innovative basic, bench top research to the clinic and to the bedside. His main research interests are in developing novel molecular biomarkers for solid tumors that can help clinicians diagnose cancer earlier and treat it more effectively. Recently, his laboratory utilized a basic research DNA technique in the clinic to predict patients who will develop recurrent lung cancer even after successful surgery, and to predict patients with esophageal cancer who will be sensitive to certain chemotherapeutic drugs. This work was recently recognized for publication in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr Brock has published over 70 original research papers, book chapters and review articles, has presented often at national and international conferences, and has been the recipient of research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research Excellence, the American College of Surgery Oncology Group as well as the Society of Surgical Oncology.
Board-certified in General as well as Thoracic Surgery, Dr Brock is a surgeon who conducts cancer research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins specializing in bringing innovative basic, bench top research to the clinic and to the bedside. His main research interests are in developing novel molecular biomarkers for solid tumors that can help clinicians diagnose cancer earlier and treat it more effectively. Recently, his laboratory utilized a basic research DNA technique in the clinic to predict patients who will develop recurrent lung cancer even after successful surgery, and to predict patients with esophageal cancer who will be sensitive to certain chemotherapeutic drugs. This work was recently recognized for publication in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr Brock has published over 70 original research papers, book chapters and review articles, has presented often at national and international conferences, and has been the recipient of research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research Excellence, the American College of Surgery Oncology Group as well as the Society of Surgical Oncology.
- Medical Director, Center for Sweat Disorders
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Dr. Brock's research has focused primarily on developing and clinically applying molecular biomarkers, namely DNA methylation, to facilitate the early detection, accurate prognosis and specific chemosensitivity of lung and esophageal cancers. Current projects include using DNA methylation as a more accurate molecular indicator of lymph micrometases in a large cohort of lung cancer patients and as a means of predicting sensitivity of esophageal cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on endoscopic biopsy samples. Dr. Brock actively collaborates with Drs. Stephen Baylin and James Herman in the Division of Tumor Biology in the Cancer Center. Recently, Dr. Brock has received NIH funding to investigate the rising incidence of lung cancer in HIV patients and has begun both a clinical study and a tumor-profiling project in this regard. Finally, the Brock laboratory has developed large relational databases of lung and esophageal patients with matching biological samples to validate biomarker discovery.
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Brock, M.V.; Hooker, C.M.; Engels, E.A.; Moore, R.D.; Gillison, M.L.; Alberg, A.J.; Keruly, J.C.; Yang, S.C.; Heitmiller, R.F.; Baylin, S.B.; Herman, J.G.; Brahmer, J.R. Delayed diagnosis and elevated mortality in an urban population with HIV and lung cancer: implications for patient care. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Sep;43(1):47-55.
Chan, C.W.; Crafton, E.; Fan, H.N.; Flook, J.; Yoshimura, K.; Skarica, M.; Brockstedt, D.; Dubensky, T.W.; Stins, M.F.; Lanier, L.L.; Pardoll, D.M.; Housseau, F. Interferon-producing killer dendritic cells provide a link between innate and adaptive immunity. Nat Med. 2006 Feb;12(2):207-213.
Engels, E.A.; Brock, M.V.; Chen, J.; Hooker, C.M.; Gillison, M.; Moore, R.D. Elevated incidence of lung cancer among HIV-infected individuals. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 20;24(9):1383-1388.
Gallia, G.L.; Rand, V.; Siu, I.M.; Eberhart, C.G.; James, C.D.; Marie, S.K.; Oba-Shinjo, S.M.; Carlotti, C.G.; Caballero, O.L.; Simpson, A.J.; Brock, M.V.; Massion, P.P.; Carson, B.S., Sr.; Riggins, G.J. PIK3CA gene mutations in pediatric and adult glioblastoma multiforme. Mol Cancer Res. 2006 Oct;4(10):709-714.
Guo, M.; House, M.G.; Akiyama, Y.; Qi, Y.; Capagna, D.; Harmon, J.; Baylin, S.B.; Brock, M.V.; Herman, J.G. Hypermethylation of the GATA gene family in esophageal cancer. Int J Cancer. 2006 Nov 1;119(9):2078-2083.
Guo, M.; Ren, J.; House, M.G.; Qi, Y.; Brock, M.V.; Herman, J.G. Accumulation of promoter methylation suggests epigenetic progression in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Aug 1;12(15):4515-4522.
Machida, E.O.; Brock, M.V.; Hooker, C.M.; Nakayama, J.; Ishida, A.; Amano, J.; Picchi, M.A.; Belinsky, S.A.; Herman, J.G.; Taniguchi, S.; Baylin, S.B. Hypermethylation of ASC/TMS1 is a sputum marker for late-stage lung cancer. Cancer Res. 2006 Jun 15;66(12):6210-6218.
Montgomery, E.; Mamelak, A.J.; Gibson, M.; Maitra, A.; Sheikh, S.; Amr, S.S.; Yang, S.; Brock, M.; Forastiere, A.; Zhang, S.; Murphy, K.M.; Berg, K.D. Overexpression of claudin proteins in esophageal adenocarcinoma and its precursor lesions. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2006 Mar;14(1):24-30.
Singh, A.; Misra, V.; Thimmulappa, R.K.; Lee, H.; Ames, S.; Hoque, M.O.; Herman, J.G.; Baylin, S.B.; Sidransky, D.; Gabrielson, E.; Brock, M.V.; Biswal, S. Dysfunctional KEAP1-NRF2 interaction in non-small-cell lung cancer. PLoS Med. 2006 Oct;3(10):e420.
Weiss, E.S.; Doty, J.; Brock, M.V.; Halvorson, L.; Yang, S.C. A case of ectopic parathyroid hormone production by a pulmonary neoplasm. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Apr;131(4):923-924.
Yoshimura, K.; Jain, A.; Allen, H.E.; Laird, L.S.; Chia, C.Y.; Ravi, S.; Brockstedt, D.G.; Giedlin, M.A.; Bahjat, K.S.; Leong, M.L.; Slansky, J.E.; Cook, D.N.; Dubensky, T.W.; Pardoll, D.M.; Schulick, R.D. Selective targeting of antitumor immune responses with engineered live-attenuated Listeria monocytogenes. Cancer Res. 2006 Jan 15;66(2):1096-1104.
Brock, M.V.; Herman, J.G.; Baylin, S.B. Cancer as a manifestation of aberrant chromatin structure. Cancer J. 2007 Jan-Feb;13(1):3-8.
Engel, L.S.; Laden, F.; Andersen, A.; Strickland, P.T.; Blair, A.; Needham, L.L.; Barr, D.B.; Wolff, M.S.; Helzlsouer, K.; Hunter, D.J.; Lan, Q.; Cantor, K.P.; Comstock, G.W.; Brock, J.W.; Bush, D.; Hoover, R.N.; Rothman, N. Polychlorinated biphenyl levels in peripheral blood and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a report from three cohorts. Cancer Res. 2007 Jun 1;67(11):5545-5552.
Gibbons, M.C.; Brock, M.; Alberg, A.J.; Glass, T.; LaVeist, T.A.; Baylin, S.; Levine, D.; Fox, C.E. The sociobiologic integrative model (SBIM): enhancing the integration of sociobehavioral, environmental, and biomolecular knowledge in urban health and disparities research. J Urban Health. 2007 Mar;84(2):198-211.
Goldberg, M.V.; Maris, C.H.; Hipkiss, E.L.; Flies, A.S.; Zhen, L.; Tuder, R.M.; Grosso, J.F.; Harris, T.J.; Getnet, D.; Whartenby, K.A.; Brockstedt, D.G.; Dubensky, T.W., Jr.; Chen, L.; Pardoll, D.M.; Drake, C.G. Role of PD-1 and its ligand, B7-H1, in early fate decisions of CD8 T cells. Blood. 2007 Jul 1;110(1):186-192.
Guo, M.; House, M.G.; Suzuki, H.; Ye, Y.; Brock, M.V.; Lu, F.; Liu, Z.; Rustgi, A.K.; Herman, J.G. Epigenetic silencing of CDX2 is a feature of squamous esophageal cancer. Int J Cancer. 2007 Sep 15;121(6):1219-1226.
Liu, C.; Zhou, S.; Begum, S.; Sidransky, D.; Westra, W.H.; Brock, M.; Califano, J.A. Increased expression and activity of repair genes TDP1 and XPF in non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2007 Mar;55(3):303-311.
Madar, I.; Bencherif, B.; Lever, J.; Heitmiller, R.F.; Yang, S.C.; Brock, M.; Brahmer, J.; Ravert, H.; Dannals, R.; Frost, J.J. Imaging delta- and mu-opioid receptors by PET in lung carcinoma patients. J Nucl Med. 2007 Feb;48(2):207-213.
Sherwood, J.T.; Brock, M.V. Lung cancer: new surgical approaches. Respirology. 2007 May;12(3):326-332.
Taube, J.M.; Askin, F.B.; Brock, M.V.; Westra, W. Impact of elastic staining on the staging of peripheral lung cancers. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Jun;31(6):953-956.
Brock, M.V.; Hooker, C.M.; Ota-Machida, E.; Han, Y.; Guo, M.; Ames, S.; Glockner, S.; Piantadosi, S.; Gabrielson, E.; Pridham, G.; Pelosky, K.; Belinsky, S.A.; Yang, S.C.; Baylin, S.B.; Herman, J.G. DNA methylation markers and early recurrence in stage I lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 13;358(11):1118-1128.
Daniels, J.A.; Gibson, M.K.; Xu, L.; Sun, S.; Canto, M.I.; Heath, E.; Wang, J.; Brock, M.; Montgomery, E. Gastrointestinal tract epithelial changes associated with taxanes: marker of drug toxicity versus effect. Am J Surg Pathol. 2008 Mar;32(3):473-477.
Forastiere, A.A.; Ang, K.K.; Brizel, D.; Brockstein, B.E.; Burtness, B.A.; Cmelak, A.J.; Colevas, A.D.; Dunphy, F.; Eisele, D.W.; Goepfert, H.; Hicks, W.L., Jr.; Kies, M.S.; Lydiatt, W.M.; Maghami, E.; Martins, R.; McCaffrey, T.; Mittal, B.B.; Pfister, D.G.; Pinto, H.A.; Posner, M.R.; Ridge, J.A.; Samant, S.; Schuller, D.E.; Shah, J.P.; Spencer, S.; Trotti, A., 3rd; Weber, R.S.; Wolf, G.T.; Worden, F. Head and neck cancers. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2008 Aug;6(7):646-695.
Guo, M.; Ren, J.; Brock, M.V.; Herman, J.G.; Carraway, H.E. Promoter methylation of HIN-1 in the progression to esophageal squamous cancer. Epigenetics. 2008 Nov;3(6):336-341.
Kleinberg, L.R.; Brock, M.V.; Jagannath, S.B.; Forastiere, A.A. Cancer of the Esophagus. In: Abeloff, M.e.a., editor. 4th Edition ed, Clinical Oncology. New York, NY: Churchill-Livingstone; 2008.
Meguid, R.A.; Brooke, B.S.; Chang, D.C.; Sherwood, J.T.; Brock, M.V.; Yang, S.C. Are surgical outcomes for lung cancer resections improved at teaching hospitals? Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):1015-1024; discussion 1024-1015.
Argiris, A.; Buchanan, A.; Brockstein, B.; Kolesar, J.; Ghebremichael, M.; Pins, M.; Hahn, K.; Axelrod, R.; Forastiere, A. Docetaxel and irinotecan in recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer: a phase 2 trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Cancer. 2009 Oct 1;115(19):4504-4513.
Jiang, T.; Collins, B.J.; Jin, N.; Watkins, D.N.; Brock, M.V.; Matsui, W.; Nelkin, B.D.; Ball, D.W. Achaete-scute complex homologue 1 regulates tumor-initiating capacity in human small cell lung cancer. Cancer Res. 2009 Feb 1;69(3):845-854.
Meguid, R.A.; Hooker, C.M.; Taylor, J.T.; Kleinberg, L.R.; Cattaneo, S.M., 2nd; Sussman, M.S.; Yang, S.C.; Heitmiller, R.F.; Forastiere, A.A.; Brock, M.V. Recurrence after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery for esophageal cancer: does the pattern of recurrence differ for patients with complete response and those with partial or no response? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Dec;138(6):1309-1317.
Meguid, R.A.; Weiss, E.S.; Chang, D.C.; Brock, M.V.; Yang, S.C. The effect of volume on esophageal cancer resections: what constitutes acceptable resection volumes for centers of excellence? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jan;137(1):23-29.
Tjiang, T.; B.J., C.; Jin, N.; Brock, M.V.; Watkins, D.N.; Matsui, W.; Nelkin, B.D.; Ball, D.W. ASCL1 regulates CD133 and tumor-initiating capacity of SCLC. Cancer Research. 2009 (In Press).
Bailey, V.J.; Keeley, B.P.; Zhang, Y.; Ho, Y.P.; Easwaran, H.; Brock, M.V.; Pelosky, K.L.; Carraway, H.E.; Baylin, S.B.; Herman, J.G.; Wang, T.H. Enzymatic incorporation of multiple dyes for increased sensitivity in QD-FRET sensing for DNA methylation detection. Chembiochem. 2010 Jan 4;11(1):71-74.
Bailey, V.J.; Zhang, Y.; Keeley, B.P.; Yin, C.; Pelosky, K.L.; Brock, M.; Baylin, S.B.; Herman, J.G.; Wang, T.H. Single-tube analysis of DNA methylation with silica superparamagnetic beads. Clin Chem. 2010 Jun;56(6):1022-1025.
Bhattacharya, R.; Kowalski, J.; Larson, A.R.; Brock, M.; Alani, R.M. Id1 promotes tumor cell migration in nonsmall cell lung cancers. J Oncol. 2010;2010:856105.
Brock, M.V.; Bouvet, M. Writing a successful NIH Mentored Career Development Grant (K award): hints for the junior faculty surgeon. Ann Surg. 2010 Jun;251(6):1013-1017
Chiao, E.Y.; Dezube, B.J.; Krown, S.E.; Wachsman, W.; Brock, M.V.; Giordano, T.P.; Mitsuyasu, R.; Pantanowitz, L. Time for oncologists to opt in for routine opt-out HIV testing? JAMA. 2010 Jul 21;304(3):334-339
Liu, K.J.; Brock, M.V.; Shih Ie, M.; Wang, T.H. Decoding circulating nucleic acids in human serum using microfluidic single molecule spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Apr 28;132(16):5793-5798
Meguid, R.A.; Hooker, C.M.; Harris, J.; Xu, L.; Westra, W.H.; Sherwood, J.T.; Sussman, M.; Cattaneo, S.M., 2nd; Shin, J.; Cox, S.; Christensen, J.; Prints, Y.; Yuan, N.; Zhang, J.; Yang, S.C.; Brock, M.V. Long-term survival outcomes by smoking status in surgical and nonsurgical patients with non-small cell lung cancer: comparing never smokers and current smokers. Chest. 2010 Sep;138(3):500-509.
Tseng, E.E.; Brock, M.V.; Lange, M.S.; Troncoso, J.C.; Blue, M.E.; Lowenstein, C.J.; Johnston, M.V.; Baumgartner, W.A. Glutamate excitotoxicity mediates neuronal apoptosis after hypothermic circulatory arrest. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Feb;89(2):440-445
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I've been thinking of a group as a category with one object such that all the arrows are invertible. I have a few questions:
First, am I correct in thinking that a natural transformation between group homomorphisms $f,g: A \rightarrow B$ would be elements $b\in B$ such that $bf = gb$?
This next question may be stupid. I know that homomorphisms induce continuous maps of the classifying spaces, and natural transformations induce homotopies between those maps. Since the classifying space $\mathbb{Z}$ has a the homotopy type of a circle, do homomorphisms $f:\mathbb{Z} \rightarrow G$ give us maps that are essentially paths? And can we define a product between such homomorphisms that agrees with the product in the fundamental group?


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Guy Fieri Invades The Golden State; Nobu Malibu Now Serving Lunch
Also, there's a Chinese restaurant called "Face" coming to Santa Monica.
Also, there's a Chinese restaurant called "Face" coming to Santa Monica.
While the nominees mingled, Christina Aguilera took her opportunity to chow down at In-N-Out.
The red velvet beauties feature the signature naked golden eunuch.
Meanwhile, Cat Cora cooks sea bass and tenderloin for Elton John's annual fund-raiser.
Prepare to get loaded, as you'll drain your glass every time an actor "claims that they haven't even prepared a speech."
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LAX's Encounter restaurant gets a nod, while a pizza shop owner is accused of terrorizing his competition.
The two chefs show that sustainability isn't as big of a concern this year as it was when 'The Cove' won Best Documentary.
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I want to determine some structures of matrices that can be transformed into a symmetric matrices using similarity transformation, i.e.,
where $T$ is the similarity transformation matrix. Here, $A$ is a non-negative matrix and the diagonal elements of $A$ is supposed to be the same $(diag(A)=[a, a, \ldots , a])$.
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Did you know that the stark white chef's coat dates back to the mid-19th century, and was developed by world-renowned Chef Marie-Antoine Careme? That long tradition has since been known to represent professionalism and cleanliness, but with newer, more breathable material, chef coats have been able to offer more styling without losing character. Here is our chef wear, which includes aprons, hats, pants, shoes, and, of course, coats.
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It's probably not pertinent, but I'm a Mac user since the 1980's. I freely confess that as a middle-aged dog I find it increasingly harder to keep up with the latest and greatest in available Apple technology.
I also use Windows and for the last six years or so my main desktop was a Windows XP system. I have files spread over three different HDDs on this machine.
I now have a 2011 iMac running Lion and Windows 7 and I am gradually migrating to this machine. I'd like to be able to keep applications on the internal HDD and data-- documents, photos, and so forth-- on an external HDD. I have considered buying this drive and partitioning it (half for Windows, half for Mac), but before I throw any money at this I thought maybe I should ask the wise folks here what they think of this idea.
I also have a related question. I recently upgraded to a new router, and it has a USB port, so I was thinking to attach a separate external HDD to the router and use it for Time Machine. I'm also wondering about the wisdom of this.
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Is there a way I can hide a running app's dock icon Mac OS X?
Important Note: In Mac OS X 10.5+ the method explained below only works for apps which are not using the "Code Signing" feature which was introduced in 10.5 to ensure authenticity of running code. The result of applying this method to a signed app differs; it might cause the app to crash upon starting or results it unexpected behavior.
You can edit the file
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When you will start the App you will see the icon just for one second and the it will disappear.
Hope this helps because I don't know anything about Macs and had to do a lot of research before I finally got it right. This web page was where I was at when I finally got it right so I'm logging this one for future reference.


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My question is kind of hard to follow, but I'm asking if it's possible to make a virtual flash drive and sync it to another device with a USB to USB cable?
To make things more clear, think of a typical flash drive. You connect it to a laptop and it shows up as a removable disk. Is it possible to make a computer a host of a "Virtual Drive" that would be connected to a USB cord on one end, and the other end connecting to another device such as a Xbox 360, or another computer.


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One story in norah gaughan volume 4 is all about excess fabric
That's all I can say for now.
no! nononononono. cannot tease the knitters. we have needles! (really, we're just very, very impatient for people who make big things out of zeeillions of teeeeny leeetle knots)
Tease! 😛
Ooooh, I love drapiness in knits. It's so hard to achieve well (since knit fabrics are not as fluid and thin as cloth – I've tried a few times with bad results), but in your hands…the possibilities! Can't wait to see.
Oooh… pleats! gathers! ruching! I can't wait for this one.
Hmmmm, tantalizing hints! Can't wait.
That's so unkind…..
Looks really interesting … looking forward to volume 4!
such a tease, you are!
Such a tease! Looks good though.
Wow! These samples are so incredible! I can't wait to see Volume 4!!!
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Chinese pamphlets, picture books and other propaganda issued during the early
years of the People's Republic of China between 1947 and 1954. Unlike the
high-end, made-for-export propaganda held by many Western libraries, this is the
"street literature" of the revolution: the comic books, leaflets and
other ephemera distributed to the population of the provincial cities and villages.
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This is an excellent range that competes with the professional models at a consumer price. Pre-heats to 350 degrees in 5 minutes and bakes at high temperatures while the outside stays cool, something our...Read complete review
This is an excellent range that competes with the professional models at a consumer price. Pre-heats to 350 degrees in 5 minutes and bakes at high temperatures while the outside stays cool, something our old range would not do. Digital readout that counts the oven temperature up in degree increments is a nice touch too. Boils water in 5 minutes, compliments of the Super Boil burner. Actually a range that does what was advertised. We did find that pizza cooks faster than in our old oven, and that thin crust pizza will take about 1/3 less time on a pizza stone at the same temperature. The oven temperature is correct, but we think the sealing in of the heat, and the very low cycling of the oven, simply cooks faster than we ever thought possible. This should be a good energy saver! The three piece heavy cast iron grate system forms a continuous grate top and makes sliding large heavy pans across easy, and should be extremely durable. The one piece sealed top wipes clean easily with the grates removed. The oven is huge and accomodates large volumes of food; the automatic or manual oven light is a nice feature. The warming drawer is electric and not gas, so it is easily used separate from the range for keeping foods warm for serving at any of three temperatures, a handy feature on holidays or simply holding food for late arrivals. The single con we noted is the timer beep is so quiet it is almost inaudible if you are not right in the kitchen. In fact, when the exhaust hood is on, it virtually drowns out the beep even if you are in the kitchen. Wish it were adjustable in volume.
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1) As everybody knows knobs are so cheap on this one! Don't read the good reviews on this product, just ask those guys how knobs are performing after 3 months! You will have the answer - Worst design ever. 2) The gas stove cooking top grill height is seriously more! It takes me an hour to make tea just because the flame is not reaching cooking vessel ! Ah, that's really a worst design ever, and even increases gas consumption. I am completely fed up and going to consumer court for this on behalf of all the suffering customers ( when you type - "lg stove" in Google what comes up is - "lg stove knobs", now you can have the idea how widespread this flaw is)
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Cheap knobs are a hazard
By HappyPig
from Lyme, NH
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We have this stove in our house, bought by previous owners. The knobs are garbage as mentioned by other reviewers. The plastic connectors to the range are cracking, which makes it confusing as to whether the burner is actually off. This makes such burners hazardous to use.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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for such a high tech stove,your knobs are pitiful. they are plastic inside and break very easily. no other stove has ever had this problem for me. we have replaced knobs a lot due to this very bad flaw and they are not cheap. fix it to be more durable and you would have a fine product.
stove has issues of duability
By Jis4Judy
from Walpole ma
Love the stoves features but the fragile knobs take away any good feelings I have about my purchase recently I had issues with the sealed burners seems they aren;t sealed completly because moisture got in and interupted the ignition part of the burners
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By patrick1
from Moore, OK
Bought this a little over a year ago. Range itself works fine. The knobs lasted the for the 1 year warranty period then all 5 of them have broken where they connect to the shaft. LG needs to research how to make a stronger and longer lasting knob. I will have to repair or replace all of the knobs since it is now out of warranty.
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Best ever and I've had many brands over the years
By The ol guy
from Bay City, MI, USA
This stove is the BEST... Great for baking, and normal stove top cooking... I have a black one and it's easy to clean too !!!! I'm the man of the house and do all the cooking. Coupled with my new LG microwave, LG really large refrigerator and the most quite dish washer I've ever seen I have fun in the kitchen and love to show it off ... My grandsons birthday is today and I'm taking him shopping for a new 47 inch 240Hz flat screen TV. Based on the quality I've experienced over the past 6 months with my kitchen appliances, we're going to focus on LG 3D smart TV models... Keep up the great work.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Good stove, cheap knobs
By Bought a suite of LG kitchen appliances
from Oak Park IL
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This rage works well enough; the top and oven are easily cleaned. The only problem is with the cheap plastic knobs just over a year after purchasing, the plastic sleeve that holds the knobs onto the rage began cracking, and the faux-stainless plastic exterior on the knobs themselves started to bubble. Replacing them is approximately $150, which is ridiculous.
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Cheap knobs!
By Ron
from Woodbridge, VA
We did a complete kitchen renovation and after much research, decided on outfitting our new kitchen with high-end LG appliances (Gas range, refrigerator and over the range microwave). We have been pleased except for the HORRIBLE quality of the knobs on the range. It has a flawed design (heavy knob, metal sleeve insert on a very cheap plastic interior. ALL the knob interiors haved cracked from normal use and have made cooking a real chore and safety hazard as the gas valves have been left on numerous times even though the knobs setting shows off. I would like LG to send me 5 replacement knobs. I'm sure LG is aware of this problem and hope they have taken steps to correct this MAJOR flaw on an otherwise good product.
By Roldgold
from Texas Coastal
We bought this stove for our vacation home where we have large family gatherings. Cooks well with a power and simmer burner. Warming drawer is a huge convenience. Oven size handles large dishes and the temperature is perfect and meals come out as planned. I wish we had this range at our primary home. We converted the unit to propane with ease and it works like a charm
Quality product with one design flaw
By Gary
from Undisclosed
You have an excellent range with great features. Overall I am well pleased with the quality and appearance of the range. You have one of the best products on the market except for one flaw. The burner knobs on the stove, although very heavy are defective in that they split at the point of attachment to the burner. We have replaced them once within the first 4 months and the replacement knobs likewise have split. LG has a metal insert on the inside of the knob but the outside of the knob is plastic and splits easily either from heat or torque of the knob. LG NEEDS TO INSTALL A METAL SLEEVE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE KNOB TO GIVE IT ADDED SUPPORT. I would welcome a conversation with your design engineer to discuss ways of improving this knob on an otherwise great stove. I can be reached at the email address below. Gary L
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Given two Martingale processes $(X_t)$ and $(Y_t)$, are their sum $(X_t+Y_t)$ and their product $(X_t \times Y_t)$ also Martingale?
If not, will the two $(X_t)$ and $(Y_t)$ being independent grant their sum and product Martingale? Thanks!
Given two Martingale processes $(X_t)$ and $(Y_t)$, are their sum $(X_t+Y_t)$ and their product $(X_t \times Y_t)$ also Martingale?
If not, will the two $(X_t)$ and $(Y_t)$ being independent grant their sum and product Martingale? Thanks!
The product of two independent martingales is a martingale--or rather it is or it is not, depending on the precise formulation of the hypothesis! When it is, one says that the martingales are orthogonal. This is explained, for example, by Alexander Cherny in the chapter Some Particular Problems of Martingale Theory of the Shiryaev Festschrift.
And yes, the sum of two independent martingales is a martingale but, here again, it might be wise to state the result with some care and, first of all, as mentioned by steveO in a comment, to specify the filtration(s) one is considering.
The trivial version is that if $X$ and $Y$ are two martingales (independent or not) with respect to a given filtration $\mathcal{G}$, then the sum $X+Y$ is also a martingale with respect to $\mathcal{G}$. But what happens if one assumes that $X$ is a martingale with respect to its own filtration $\mathcal{F}^X$ and that $Y$ is a martingale with respect to its own filtration $\mathcal{F}^Y$?
(Recall that the filtration $\mathcal{F}^Z$ of a process $Z$ is defined by $\mathcal{F}^Z_n=\sigma(\{Z_k;k\le n\})$ for every $n$.)
Then, if $X$ and $Y$ are independent, $X+Y$ is a martingale with respect to its own filtration $\mathcal{F}^{X+Y}$ but, first, the proof, while not terribly difficult, requires to be careful (and uses more than the linearity of conditional expectations), and, second, for non independent martingales, this becomes horribly wrong.
To get an idea of the problem, consider a given integrable random variable $\xi$ and two $\sigma$-algebras $\mathcal{A}$ and $\mathcal{B}$ and try to find conditions guaranteeing that $E(\xi|\mathcal{A}\vee\mathcal{B})=E(\xi|\mathcal{A})$. Is $\xi$ independent of $\mathcal{B}$ enough? No, one has to assume that $\mathcal{B}$ is independent of $\sigma(X)\vee\mathcal{A}$.
The sum is a martingale by linearity of conditional expectation.
The product is not a martingale in general - if $X_t$ is a martingale, then $X_t \times X_t = X_t^2$ is a submartingale by Jensen's inequality.
I am wondering whether we can write some simple proof without much knowledge of measure theory. I also face this problem in my introductory level course. Suppose that $X_t$ and $Y_t$, $t\in \mathbb{R}$ are two independent martingales. Then can we just say $\mathbb{E}(X_t+Y_t|X_u+Y_u,u\le s)=\mathbb{E}(X_t|X_u+Y_u,u\le s)+\mathbb{E}(Y_t|X_u+Y_u,u\le s)=\mathbb{E}(X_t|X_u,u\le s)+\mathbb{E}(Y_t|Y_u,u\le s)=X_s+Y_s$.
And for the product, can we say $\mathbb{E}(X_tY_t|X_uY_u,u\le s)=\mathbb{E}(X_t|X_uY_u,u\le s)\mathbb{E}(Y_t|X_uY_u,u\le s)=\mathbb{E}(X_t|X_u,u\le s)\mathbb{E}(Y_t|Y_u,u\le s)=X_sY_s$.
Then both the sum and the product are martingales.
Regarding the product of two MGs, for square integrable Martingales $X_t$ and $Y_t$ , you have something called the cross variation process $<X,Y>_t$, this being zero (as) would imply $XY$ is a MG. (See Karatzas Shreve, section 1.5).


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This would be a great feature!
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Sunday proved a proud moment for Weirton's Rick Witkowski of Studio L and his wife, Deb, as they watched the 85th-annual Academy Awards and heard "Inocente" claim the Oscar for best documentary short subject category.
While the couple always make it a point to watch the awards show that honors Hollywood's best, this year's had a personal element to it in that Rick scored some of the music - the vocals part - for "Inocente," which was one of five films nominated in that category, its challengers being "Kings Point," "Mondays at Racine," "Open Heart" and "Redemption."
"Inocente," according to promotional material, "is an intensely personal and vibrant coming-of-age feature documentary about a young artist's fierce determination to never surrender to the bleakness of her surroundings. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be caged by her life as an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nine years."
Witkowski's involvement in the movie was creating the vocal music that represented what Inocente would emotionally have in her head, a project opportunity that unfolded through connections. He was approached about it in December 2011.
That the film would be nominated and that Rick would have this connection to it made watching the Oscars all the more intense. He and his wife typically watch the Academy Awards with some fanfare anyway, accustomed to an at-home celebration that includes dressing up, sipping champagne and filling out ballots to make their picks.
Hearing "Inocente" win generated an enthusiastic response in the Witkowski household.
"The house erupted with cheers, but it was a while before we could fill our glasses and toast because the house phone and cell phones went crazy with congratulations," Rick said, noting that a text came from Albie Hecht, the producer, at the ceremony to share the excitement. I am so proud, and 'Inocente' was so worthy. What an honor to be affiliated with this project - truly a golden moment in my career and life," Rick said.
The award was accepted by executive directors Sean and Andrea Nix Fine of Fine Films and Inocente herself.
Hecht was Rick's connection to the film as the two had collaborated on past projects, including for MTV and Nickelodeon.
Deb, a movie buff bigtime, said she and Rick watched the Oscars in casual attire - often they dress up in grand style for fun - but she did wear a special Oscar statue necklace given to her years ago.
"It hangs right over my heart and took on a new meaning this year," she said.
"We taped the broadcast and watched that portion of it over and over again, and Ricky's heart is still beating fast," she said.


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STEUBENVILLE - The Steubenville Catholic Central softball team did it again.
And so did junior Maddy Gulan.
The Lady Crusaders welcomed Division II Philo to Steve Zamana Field for a regional tournament tune up, and came from behind twice to send the Lady Electrics home with a 7-6 defeat on a Gulan walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. The win was Central's 10th one-run win of the season and the dinger was the 20th of Gulan's career.
"Maddy has really been hitting well," said Central head coach Jim DiCarlo. "She had a single, triple, and home run in the sectional final game, and she didn't make an out today. She's seeing the ball really well right now. She's batting with a lot of confidence. That is her 20th home run which is a career record at Steubenville Central, and she still has another year plus a game or two for this year.
"She's a really strong kid, she's seeing the ball real well, and she's capable of hitting the ball over the fence at any time. We're not shooting for home runs, but if it happens it happens, and this was a wonderful walk-off home run."
The victory moves the Crusaders, who have won sectional and district crowns to go with OVAC regular season and tournament titles this year, to 25-4 as they prepare to face Bloom-Carroll in the regional semifinals Wednesday at Lancaster High School.
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PHILO (22-7): Lyon (LP, 5K, 5BB) and Meadows. Smith 2S, D, 3R; Lyon S, 2R; Tom 2S, 2RBI, R; Mershon RBI; Hill S.
CENTRAL (25-4): McComb (WP, 5K, 2BB) and Gulan. Mirabella 3S, RBI, 2R; Giannamore S, 2R; Gulan 2D, HR, 5RBI, R; McComb 2S, RBI; Grandinetti D; Daley 3S, R; Capaldi S; Knight R.
"You have to give kudos to our kids," said DiCarlo. "These seniors (Sammi Giannamore, Tori Knight, and Taylor Clark) have won 82 games in four years, they've won 25 games this year, they have 4 regular season OVAC championships, they have one tournament OVAC title, they've made districts three years in a row, this will be our second straight in the regionals, and they've won three city championships. It's been a different kid every game. It's been an amazing year.
"We've had adversity, and injuries. Micca Mirabella got her tonsils out before the season so she struggled a little early because of it, and she's also been to the physical therapist for an arm problem. Megan Lloyd has played through a slight separation in her shoulder all year long, even even pitched with that, and of course Taylor Clark's ACL.
"I'm just so happy to play in the regionals because you never want to say goodbye to your seniors. That's the most important thing to me, and I'm glad for them that we won the OVAC this year after knocking on the door the last three."
The Crusaders ripped 14 hits off Philo pitcher Laken Lyon, led by Gulan's two doubles, home run, and five RBIs. She also walked twice to reach base in all five plate appearances. In addition to her game-winning shot she added a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh that tied the game at 4-4, moving it to the extra inning.
Micca Mirabella and Ashlynne Daley each added a trio of base hits. Mirabella collected an RBI and scored two runs with Daley scoring a run and reaching base in all four at-bats, adding a walk to her three hits. Giannamore had a single and two runs scored, Alex McComb had two singles and an RBI, Kelsey Grandinetti had a double, and Fran Capaldi singled. Knight led the eighth off with a walk to get the game-winning rally started, later scoring on Gulan's round tripper.
"The pitcher, I've been told, is very similar to what we're going to face (against Bloom-Carroll)," said DiCarlo. "I wanted to get a game. I didn't want to have a layoff and this is another regional team that is in Division II.
"It's nice to beat another quality team going into the regional."
McComb struck out five and walked two to pick up the win. The freshman is now 21-2 in the circle for the season with a 1.50 ERA.
The Crusaders now focus on 25-3 Bloom-Carroll and pitcher Taran Alvelo, who is 23-3 on the year and struck out 15 in the Bulldogs 1-0 district title win over West Jefferson. DiCarlo believes his coaching staff has the team ready for the challenge.
"Craig Creamer and Billy Lamantia do so many little things that people don't know about," said DiCarlo. "They do a tremendous job with our outfielders. They always hit their cutoffs, and they've made some really nice plays. Billy and Craig do so many things fundamentally, and also in scouting, that help us win games.
"Tommy Winland and Bill Davis are tremendous bench coaches. They've throw tons of B.P. to our kids, and that's why we hit the ball so well. Bill's been with me a long time. he's just a tremendous positive role model for our kids. Tommy is in the process of learning the game of softball, but he works hard, and does a positive job of keeping our kids up on the bench.
"There are defintely teams that have more athleticism than out kids, but I don't think anybody has more heart than our kids.They just battle to the end and believe. They believe in what we're doing, and we believe in our kids."


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Archives 312
Jordan Valley Agricultural Service Project
Recordings ca. 1982-1988
The materials in this collection were transferred to WSU Libraries in approximately October of 1999 by Jill Bonner, who found them abandoned in her office in Hulbert Hall. The tapes were retained as UA 2000-16. The collection was processed in January-February, 2012 by Susan Vetter.
For the Jordan Valley Agricultural Service Project (JVASP), Washington State University contracted under the collaborative assistance provisions of Title XII of the amendments to the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, which created the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and initiated a partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in Jordan in 1981 to found agricultural research stations, develop agricultural extension services similar to those WSU provides in the State of Washington, and train Jordanians to provide those services. The first WSU personnel arrived in Jordan in June 1982. JVASP employed about 90 technical and support staff in Jordan, sponsored 19 academic degree programs, and provided short-term training programs to 41 MOA employees. At the project's conclusion in 1988, fifteen Jordanian extension agents were working in the Valley.
The project established an agricultural research and extension center at Deir Alla and three substations at Wadi Al-Yabis, Abu-Habil, and Karameh. The Jordan Valley and Southern Ghor are major agricultural production areas in Jordan. The Jordan Valley and Southern Ghor are major agricultural production areas in Jordan. JVASP's goal was to increase fruit and vegetable production in them by developing appropriate agricultural technology at the research stations and then disseminating that technology, methods, and other information through extension agents. Advised by WSU faculty, JVASP staff undertook applied research in integrated pest management, plant production, soil science, water management, and production economics.
JVASP followed a WSU partnership with the University of Jordan in the 1970s to assist in developing an agricultural teaching, research, and extension structure at the Amman campus similar to that of a land-grant university such as WSU in the United States. The initial JVASP contract was for $5.6 million and to extend five years through fiscal year 1986. A two-year contract extension carried JVASP until 1988 when it completed.
The College of Agriculture, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) and the government of Indonesia, partnered with eight institutions of the Association of Eastern Island Universities in a multi-million dollar, five-year cooperative education program that began in the October 1979 and concluded at the end of June 1984. The program involved WSU faculty and graduate students working in Indonesia and Indonesian faculty and graduate students visiting the Pullman campus.
Other than the processing file, all items in the collection are video tapes which retain their original labels identifying, in most cases, day of the week (Wednesday or Thursday) and speakers' surnames, but rarely with topic information and always without year or location. The tapes are 3/4" Umatic small video cassettes (7 1/4" x 4 5/8" x 1 3/16") that are used in field recording decks and typically recorded up to 20 minutes. As the JVASP wound down in 1987, a number of WSU personnel spent time in-country in Jordan to finalize the research facilities and training of Jordanian personnel. Because the speaker names on the tapes do not match those of WSU faculty and staff listed as participating in JVASP, these tapes are probably not ones made in Jordan. Rather, they may have been made on the Pullman campus during an orientation for those traveling to Jordan. Because they are on small cassettes, the tapes cannot be played in standard Umatic decks.
The collection is arranged in one short series.
This collection is open and available for research use. Materials are subject to copyright.
USAID Jordan
Agriculture--Jordan River Valley
Washington State University. College of Agriculture
Jordan Valley Agricultural Service Project, Program Report 1981-1988. Washington State University, Ministry of Agriculture Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, United States Agency for International Development. Pullman, Washington: Washington State University, March 1988. Available online from USAID and physically at MASC in UA1990-08, Box 13.
Jordan Valley Service Project Records, unprocessed and uncataloged University Archives collection, preliminary survey available (UA1990-08).
College of Agriculture: International Programs (Campus Coordinator) Records, 1971-1984 (Archives 197)
The tapes are labeled in English and their audio is assumed to also be in English.
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Jordan Valley Agricultural Service Project Recordings ca. 1982-1988 (Archives 312)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA
|Wednesday Noon (1), Morgan Speech (1), 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Wednesday Noon (2), Morgan Speech (2), 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Wednesday Noon (3), Morgan Speech (3), 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Wednesday AM & PM, Butler Talk, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Wednesday PM (1), Dan Meyer (Pest.), Day Bassett, 3.4" Umatic, [1987]
|Wednesday Fill In, Donnelly & Morgan, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Wednesday & Thursday (1), Bassett & Blackwell, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Wednesday & Thursday (2), Blackwell, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Thursday - (1) Manners, Introductions, Politics (US vs Zionist Domination), American Influence, generalities, Yasser Bushnaq, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Thursday - (2) End of talk/questions: Jordanian difference from Palestinians, political not religious, Yasser Bushnaq, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Thursday (3) End of Yasser Bushnaq, questions not audible then blank, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Thursday Fill In, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Thursday Fill In, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Thursday Fill In, 3/4" Umatic, [1987]
|Processing file, includes copies of Hilltopics articles on 1970s WSU / University of Jordan partnership. Paper.


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Or is bike not recommended at all ? (ok, I know second question is for doc)
I've found answer about posture : I often get a sore neck when riding. How can I adjust the setup of my bike to help prevent this happening?
Here I ask which types of bike (there are so many of them and their variants, including: mountain bike, european city bike, touring bicycle ,recumbent bicycle ) are suitable (and which are the best) for:
- flat area
- hilly area
(I am going to buy two bikes, each for different city)


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I am very confused about forum signatures of this forum. when I make any post in this forum then it shown my signature in that post but after I sign off my signatures also go invisible. why? please Help
Confused about forum signature
As per Policy, currently signatures are only for members, not for guests.
Originally Posted by bond124Then my feedback is that this policy is not good for forum, I know it will reduce stammers traffic but it will discourage some loyal forum members also
Probably we can work on something where after certain post count your sig becomes visible to Guests.


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I wanted to make a rather simple double-CSS3 gradient background, which would look like the one in use on my website now. I can't, however, conjure up the code to get both gradients working at once. Can anyone help me? The background image: http://theapplenewsreel.com/Photos/background-main.jpg Once you see it, you'll understand why I want to get rid of the image. Banding on the gradients, plus the 715kb size, make for a cumbersome file.
You might try here: Ultimate CSS Gradient Genrator
Alright, I figured out how to do that: I made a 100% height 1000px width container , and set the background to a CSS gradient generated by that gradient generator you suggested.


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I'm currently using a LG laptop with Nvidia Cuda GeForce GT 335M.
I have difficulty adjusting the screen brightness using FN+Arrow Up/Arrow Down. The brightness indicator will appear and the bar will not decrease beyond the first jump. Subsequently, if I depress the button, the indicator bar will randomly appear to be dim and bright, with no actual difference to the screen brightness.
I have tried to adjust the brightness through System Settings>Screen. Although the bar can be dragged up and down, there seems to be no actual difference in the brightness.
Furthermore, after installing Ubuntu 11.10, I have difficulty adjusting the brightness in Windows 7 as well. The function button does not respond at all, and adjusting it through the Control Panel does not seems to have any actual difference.
What could be the problem?
I have tried to edit the
/etc/X11/xorg.conf, and add the line
Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1", but it is not working for me.


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Dr. Deanna M. Sasaki-Adams is a board-certified neurosurgeon appointed as an Assistant Professor and Section Chief of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed a fellowship in open vascular and skull base surgery at Saint Louis University under the direction of Dr. Saleem Abdulrauf. Her academic interests include treatment of intracerebral aneurysms, intracranial bypass procedures for treatment of giant aneurysms and moyamoya disease, stroke, as well as treatment of skull base tumors including pituitary tumors, meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas, and clival chordomas.
She has completed her residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she received extensive training in the endonasal, endoscopic approach for resection of pituitary lesions and has developed partnerships with the Otolaryngology Department to advance clinical paradigms and academic endeavors centered on the treatment of skull base tumors. She has been appointed Associate Program Director of the residency program and has a sincere interest in resident education. She serves as an active member of the international division of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons to work to support the advancement of neurosurgical education globally. Work on the proposed pituitary surgical simulator has potential to not only improve patient outcomes through enhanced resident learning experiences in certified programs in the United States, but may someday be used to advance neurosurgical training programs in resource-poor countries around the world.
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ANDERSON, S.C. – Using an 18-5 hitting advantage and stellar pitching, the Anderson University softball team celebrated Senior Day with a pair of shutouts past visiting Queens University of Charlotte, 8-0 and 3-0, in South Atlantic Conference action, Saturday afternoon at Smethers Field.
In the final regular-season twin bill at Smethers Field, Anderson (35-9, 13-5 SAC) won its 11th consecutive game and its 14th in the last 16 outings. Queens saw its win streak halted at four and fell to 19-21 overall and 5-11 in its inaugural season in the conference.
The Trojans finished the regular season with a 19-5 mark in their final season on the historic field, which was originally built as an athletic field in the 1960s, and will make way for AU's new student center. The 19 victories set a new school record for home wins, surpassing last season's 18 victories.
Between games of the doubleheader, the Trojans bid farewell to five seniors - Abby Child, Carly Hudson, Laura Jansky, Charlotte Sieber and Danielle Swygert – a senior class that has combined for nearly 800 games played over the past four seasons and earning 135 victories, forming the winningest class in school history.
Game #1
Anderson 8, Queens 0 (6 innings)
Junior second baseman Jessica Neidigh was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, a walk, two RBI and three runs scored. Junior third baseman Bri Cason added a double and a single, while scoring once. Sophomore Molly Child tallied a single and an RBI-double, with Hudson going 1-for-2 and driving in two runs. Swygert drove in a pair of runs and crossed the plate once.
Junior hurler Katelynn Houser (14-4) earned her sixth consecutive victory by limiting the Royals to two hits, as the right-hander tossed her seventh complete game of the campaign. She struck out three and walked just one and has surrendered just two hits in each of her last three appearances.
Neidigh led off the contest with a walk, moved to third on Abby Child's single to left-center and crossed the plate on Swygert's sacrifice fly to left. Freshman Courtney Czentnar then brought home Child with a double to left-center, giving the Trojans an early 2-0 lead.
Anderson added another pair of runs in the third inning, with Hudson garnering a two-out, two-run single to push AU's advantage to 4-0 after three innings.
Cason led off the bottom of the fourth frame with an opposite-field double, while Sieber followed with a single. Neidigh brought both runners home with her first double of the contest and she later scored when the Royals' defense misplayed Swygert's hard-hit grounder with two outs.
After Houser set the top of the Royals's lineup down in order in the top of the sixth, Neidigh led off the home half of the sixth inning with a double and Molly Child pulled a double to the fence in right field to score Neidigh with the decisive run.
Game #2
Anderson 3, Queens 0
Abby Child was a perfect 2-for-2 in the nightcap, with a pair of doubles, a run scored and an RBI, with Swygert adding a two-run RBI in the sixth inning. Cason notched a walk and a double in three trips to the plate, as she extended her hitting streak to six games.
Freshman Augie Pena improved to 7-1 with her third complete game of the season, while scattering three hits over seven full innings. The right-hander struck out three Royals and did not issue a walk.
Pena did not allow a base hit until the third inning, while AU claimed a 1-0 edge in the bottom of the frame on Abby Child's one-out sacrifice fly with the bases loaded.
Queens loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the fifth inning, but Pena escaped any damage by inducing a hard-hit chopper back to the circle that she gloved, fired to Jansky covering the plate and on to Swygert at first to complete the double play. Swygert recorded the final unassisted out on a grounder to the right side.
Abby Child led off the sixth inning with a double to left and Swygert followed with her seventh home run of the season beyond the fence in right-center to give the Trojans a pair of insurance runs and a 3-0 advantage.
Pena then set the Royals down in order for the fifth time of the contest in the seventh inning, as the Trojans moved into a tie for the top spot in the conference, alongside Lenoir-Rhyne.
Anderson closes the regular season with a four-game conference road swing, beginning with Brevard on Tuesday. First-pitch versus the Tornados is set for 2 p.m.


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Where can I find a complete list of every D&D book ever released before 3rd Edition?
Is there such a thing? If not, can we compile a list on here for reference?
I'm mostly interested in the supplement material like modules and the hardcover supplements, not things like playing cards or dungeon tiles or anything like that. Just the books.


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The Weirton United Way, which kicked off its annual fundraising campaign in September with the goal of $280,000, is in the fourth quarter with victory in sight.
The agency is currently at 87 percent of its goal and is in the final push. As part of that effort, the agency will host the Big Game Eve Tailgate Party from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Weirton Knights of Columbus Gallery. Those attending the event must be 21 or older. The event will include food, beverages, music, a Chinese auction and a drawing for a 55-inch 3D television, including a Blu-ray player and $500 NFL Shop gift card. Drawing tickets are available now at $5 each. Tickets for the party are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
For information, contact the United Way office at (304) 748-7213.
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The Weirton United Way is a nonprofit organization serving the community since 1936. The Weirton United Way supports 15 member agencies and is the City of Weirton's principal charity. These agencies support the community in many ways including utility assistance, clothing, food, emergency assistance, and literacy programs. By supporting the United Way, donors enable member agencies to feed the hungry, care for the elderly, support youth development, relieve suffering during disasters and unite our community.
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Behind College Football's Most Amazing Play
Alabama kicker Adam Griffith lined up for a field goal. Auburn return man Chris Davis waited in the end zone with almost no time left on the clock. Over the next few seconds, the kick left Griffith's foot and landed in Davis's arms, producing maybe the most remarkable finish in college-football history. It also set up the Auburn Tigers' surprise appearance in Monday night's Bowl Championship Series title game against the No. 1 Florida State Seminoles.
The Big Game: Dominance Vs. Destiny
The miraculous play, however, wasn't so much about divine intervention as it was the result of strategic creativity, calculated risk and hidden talent—with timely luck and unlikely characters intermingling at just the right moment. A careful review of game film and interviews with people involved show that Auburn wouldn't have won and Alabama wouldn't have lost if not for two audacious coaching decisions. One almost worked. The other one did.
On Nov. 30, as the game clock ticked down in the fourth quarter with the score tied at 28, Auburn had already exceeded expectations. Alabama, the two-time defending national champion, was a 10-point favorite on the road. It had been ranked No. 1 in the country since the preseason. In the previous Iron Bowl rivalry game a year before, the Crimson Tide had embarrassed the Tigers, a 49-0 win that cost Auburn coach Gene Chizik his job and led to the hiring of first-year coach Gus Malzahn.
This season, Auburn fans were still soaking up their last game at Jordan-Hare Stadium, which had ended in astonishing fashion. Trailing by a point with 36 seconds to go, the Tigers lobbed a 73-yard pass that was deflected and still resulted in a game-winning touchdown. By the next morning, the play was known as "The Prayer at Jordan-Hare."
Now, two weeks later, Auburn was hanging in, tying the game with 32 seconds left. That score gave the ball back to Alabama. With time running out, Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon sprinted into Auburn territory and out of bounds at the 38-yard line, just as the clock hit zero and overtime seemed inevitable. The officials said time had expired, but Alabama coach Nick Saban protested. After a lengthy review, the officials delivered their verdict to the boos of 87,451 Tigers fans: One second was reposted on the clock. Alabama had a last chance to score.
Saban, the dominant coach of his generation, faced a dilemma. As it turned out, Alabama had landed on the tiny area of the field packed with uncertainty. Saban would have tried a desperation heave if Alabama were five yards farther back and would've trotted out the kicker for a no-brainer field goal if the Tide were five yards farther up. But in this no man's land, Saban would have to make a decision that could be questioned either way. Would it be a Hail Mary pass, or a prayerful field-goal attempt?
Saban's deliberations were complicated by the struggles of his starting kicker, Cade Foster, who had been almost perfect on the season. But on this day he had missed field goals from 33 and 44 yards and had another 44-yard attempt blocked in the fourth quarter. Already, Saban had showed his uneasiness with Foster by keeping his offense on the field for a fourth down at Auburn's 13-yard line in the fourth quarter, instead of sending out Foster for a chip-shot field goal. After the game, George W. Bush sent Foster a handwritten note. "Dear Cade (#43)," wrote the 43rd president. "Life has its setbacks. I know!"
The television commentators were still talking about Hail Marys when Saban made up his mind: He sent Alabama's kicking team onto the field.
Saban was flouting history. In the last five seasons, college kickers had attempted 11,648 field goals. Only 0.9% were from beyond 55 yards, according to Stats LLC. This 57-yard field goal would have been Alabama's longest field goal ever.
Even more unexpected was that Saban had summoned a new kicker for such a crucial situation. He left Foster on the bench and tapped his backup, a redshirt freshman named Adam Griffith.
Griffith had caught Saban's eye at a summer camp by booting field goals so high that they brushed the ceiling of Alabama's practice facility. Though Griffith wasn't yet a high-school junior, Saban offered him a scholarship that very day. Griffith was born far from big-time college football as the youngest of five brothers and the last adopted from an orphanage in Poland. He moved to Calhoun, Ga., at age 13, knowing barely a word of English. He was still so new to football that after he first met Saban, his father said, he asked if that was the same guy who made a cameo in "The Blind Side" (he was).
In the most pressure-packed of circumstances, Saban was putting his trust in raw ability. Griffith had attempted just two field goals in his college career, making a 20-yarder and missing a 30-yarder in games that had long been decided. But Saban said he had seen him drill 60-yard kicks in practice. Griffith was used to kicking under pressure, too. As a high-school senior, he had nailed a 32-yard field goal in overtime to win a state championship.
At the time, it seemed like a no-lose situation for Alabama. Even if Griffith missed the kick, Alabama still could win in overtime. Only under two scenarios could Saban's decision backfire. Auburn could block the kick and return it for a touchdown, which had happened in major-college football a total of eight times this season. Or Auburn could pull off something so rare that it was scarcely a possibility.
While Saban weighed his options on the sideline, Auburn's coaches were huddled across the field, hatching a plan of their own. One of Auburn's graduate assistants, Cam Clark, made a key point. Like Griffith, Clark came from Calhoun, Ga., and was familiar with his style: Griffith's kicks were quick and high, more like pop flies than line drives. He argued that the Tigers would have trouble blocking a Griffith kick. They would need another strategy.
Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson, a nearly four-decade coaching veteran with two coaching stints at Alabama, suggested positioning a player below the goal posts in case the kick fell short. The coaches quickly dispatched Ryan Smith, a safety often assigned to anticipate fake field-goal plays, to the end zone as Griffith came out for the kick.
Auburn coach Malzahn called a timeout—a common ploy used to try to rattle kickers—as the coaches continued to plot their strategy. "Look, if we're going to put somebody back there, let's put Chris Davis," Malzahn said.
Davis grew up in Birmingham, Ala. and was a high-school quarterback. Nicknamed "Bay Bay," he was a cerebral player who eschewed wearing wristbands, the memorization method of most quarterbacks. The only arm accessory his high-school coach recalled Davis owning was for its inspirational message: "BAY BAY DO YO THING." Davis was an offensive dynamo in high school, but Auburn's coaches pitched him on two other roles: playing cornerback and returning kicks. After Davis committed in Dec. 2009, he said: "They think I can make history down there."
For his first three college seasons, though, Davis didn't return a single kick. Once he earned a job as a starting cornerback, he became so vital that coaches didn't want to distract him with punt returns. But with the turmoil that saw Auburn win the national championship in 2010, then fire Chizik two plummeting seasons later, came opportunity for Davis. The Tigers hired Malzahn, the offensive mastermind of that title team, and he re-examined everything about the roster. Davis had been so frustrated that on Dec. 4, 2012, the day Malzahn was introduced as Auburn's coach, he vented on Twitter: "I need to get on kick return and punt return this year."
Malzahn officially named Davis as his first-string punt returner, ahead of Auburn's incumbents, about 72 hours before Auburn's season opener. Davis thrived in the role. In a position that doesn't lend itself to extravagant statistics—Davis and his backups attempted returns only 41% of the time—his average of 20.1 yards per return ranked No. 2 in the country. He had broken free for an 85-yard touchdown in a Nov. 9 game, three weeks before the Iron Bowl.
Malzahn knew he wanted Davis to have the chance to return a missed field goal. But it was a slim chance. If Griffith were to make the kick, the game would be over. If the kick hit the uprights, or went out of bounds, the ball would be dead. Malzahn spoke to Davis about the situation and sent him to the back of the end zone. "Do what you do," he said.
What happened next was the break that Auburn needed. Davis looked at Alabama's field-goal unit about 50 yards in front of him. Instead of facing a punt-coverage team designed to prevent a runback, with speedy gunners and ultra-athletic tacklers, he faced a bunch of bulky blockers meant to protect the kicker. The average weight of these linebackers, linemen and tight ends was 289 pounds—about 70 pounds beefier than Alabama's punt-coverage team. "Ain't nothing but heavy individuals," Davis later told a friend.
Before the Auburn coaches called the timeout to make their substitutions, they had stacked 10 players on the line, a normal kick-block formation. When they scrapped that plan, they dialed up another, game-changing look. Smith, the original returner, stood five yards from the line of scrimmage. Another defender paced five yards behind him. The field-goal blocker on the right edge barely charged forward when the ball was snapped. Davis waited in the end zone.
Auburn wasn't trying for a field-goal block. It had set up for a modified punt return.
This was an outrageous long shot: Only three times at this level of college football had any team returned a missed field goal for a touchdown—twice in the 1960s and once earlier this season. The concept was so unthinkable that the NCAA doesn't even keep a category in its record book for the play. It counts field-goal returns as punt returns. But the Tigers had nothing to lose. As Johnson said, they were "playing with somebody else's money."
It turned out to be an ingenious call. A slight breeze blew at his back as Griffith sent the ball spinning through the air for almost four seconds. It was a booming kick that tracked toward the uprights and might have sneaked through from 55 yards. But the distance was 57 yards, maybe even more from the field's left hash mark, and the ball fell short—right into Davis's arms.
Davis fielded the ball one yard from the back of the end zone, took five quick steps and feinted right. Then he cut back to the left. By that time, Auburn's blockers were in position. It was a classic mismatch: Davis would be racing into a field-goal-coverage team—the equivalent of a quarterback passing against a defense prepared to stop the run.
Cassanova McKinzy, a teammate of Davis's in high school, landed the first block and opened up 20 yards to Davis's left. From there, he was protected by three Auburn players, lined up like the Big Dipper. Smith, the original returner, made the second crucial hit, leveling an Alabama lineman who had 121 pounds on him. Another Alabama player dove and would have tackled Davis by the right shoulder—if Davis weren't already past him. In a flash, Davis was 10 yards downfield, inches from the sideline, gazing at nothing but open field. Citing a grainy photo, Alabama fans later contended that Davis stepped out of bounds, starting an online petition to go back and play the overtime. Cody Mandell, the overmatched Alabama holder, made one last futile attempt at knocking Davis off his course. But it was too late. Davis was gone.
"Touchdown, Auburn—an answered prayer!" shouted veteran CBS broadcaster Verne Lundquist, who was calling the game. After the 109-yard touchdown return, Lundquist allowed for 65 seconds of silence so viewers could drink in the fan celebration as the TV audience swelled to 21 million people. Above the field, in the coaches' box, Johnson and his fellow assistants were high-fiving. "We had never worked on it," Johnson said of the play. "It was the most amazing thing."
The ripple effects of Davis's mad dash revealed themselves over the next week. Coaches around the country added field-goal returns—and field-goal-return coverage—to their practice agendas. Auburn beat Missouri to win an improbable SEC title, and once Michigan State spoiled Ohio State's undefeated season, the Tigers took their spot in Monday's national championship.
Two days after emerging from the celebratory pile-on, Davis said, he received a standing ovation in his Monday geology class. That night, though, he made it back to his room with his family and sat on a sofa with his grandmother. As a small party raged around them, they watched the play over and over.
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20 Jul 2012 10:41 PM #1
Bad AsssertionError "Cannot mix positive and negative values in BarSeries"
Unfortunately this assert does not seem to work as expected and causes errors (in dev mode)
public class BarSeries<M> extends MultipleColorSeries<M> { private void calculatePaths() { ... double value = yFields.get(j).getValue(store.get(i)).doubleValue(); assert value * minY >= 0 : "Cannot mix positive and negative values in BarSeries."; ... } }
In my data I see values ranging between 0 and 5587930998, could it also be because I sometimes have a chart full of 0's ?
21 Jul 2012 3:23 PM #2
Appears to be the same issue expressed as http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?211228 - As of 3.0.0, the BarSeries cannot handle both positive and negative values. From that assertion, either value is negative, or minY is, which isn't permitted (since both being negative indicates that all bars are negative, and both positive means all are positive). Set a breakpoint on all AssertionErrors and check which value it is that is wrong - there may be a bug in how this assertion is checked, but it seems more likely that some value is negative, or that the minY value has been set too low through some other configuration.
23 Jul 2012 4:11 PM #3
minY is NaN which is causing this assertion to fail. I never set a min or max size for the axis.
Also this only occurs when every item in the data store returns 0 for the bar value. If one or more item in the data store has a non-zero value this error doesn't occur.
23 Jul 2012 6:38 PM #4
Further debugging shows that the from and to fields for the numeric axis are calculated before there is anything in the data store, which is causing them to be set to NaN. Then went the chart is rendered the minY and maxY are NaN causing this assertion to fail.
What is the recommended way to deal with this?
25 Jul 2012 5:59 AM #5
Please help us ;)
I have the same problem!!!
Do you get any solution for this issue?
26 Jul 2012 12:54 AM #6
Put a minimum to your axis. it works for me.
26 Jul 2012 3:18 PM #7
Unfortunately setting the minimum did not solve this issue for me.
27 Jul 2012 12:56 AM #8
Finally it doesn't work for me either...
And i am supposed to deliver this feature next week
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Sunderland have won their last 2 in a row now and climbed up to 11th place well clear of the relegation zone.
Swansea managed to make it through to the Capital one cup final last week drawing 0-0 at home with Chelsea to win 2-0 on Aggregate.
Do you have any comments or predictions? - This fixture will be live on Sky Sports with a 7.45pm kick off.


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Aeroquip StarLite Hoses - Lose Some WeightWritten by on August 11, 2010 Sometimes Losing Weight Can Be Easy. Here's How To Do It With Your Race Car's Plumbing.
Weight is the racer's bane. Every racer wants to cut weight, either simply to make his car lighter, or-if there is a minimum weight rule-so that he has more lead available to move around and improve the overall weight bias. But it's not always quite so easy.
Racing is a rough business, and often components have to be beefy in order to stand up to the punishment they are exposed to weekly. If you cut too much weight with suspension or chassis components, you may just wind up on the trailer early with a DNF. The same thing goes for engine components.
You can go with high-tech materials that maintain strength, but the downside here is they can often be exorbitantly expensive. Plus, if you go the high-technology route, even if it's legal now, as soon as it becomes more popular there's always the chance your racetrack will make it illegal in order to keep costs contained.
One great option that is legal in almost all racing series, is just as durable as its heavier-weight counterpart, is still affordable (although a bit more expensive than standard equipment) and, most importantly, can cut a significant chunk of weight off your car is lightweight hoses.
To find out more we stopped by the shops of CV Products in Thomasville, North Carolina, while CV's Andy Durham installed practically all the plumbing on a new Dirt Late Model for driver Bryon Allison.
Durham chose Aeroquip's StarLite line of lightweight hoses and fittings for the job for both durability and ease of use. Aeroquip says its StarLite hoses are 45 percent lighter than standard stainless steel braided lines, which really adds up when you consider all the fluid that must be moved throughout a race car. On a typical race car this usually equals cutting 15 pounds off the total weight of the car.
Aeroquip's StarLite hose is also a good choice for most racing applications because it is available in AN sizes 4 through 20, has a cover woven from Nomex and Kevlar that is not only flame resistant but also offers good wear resistance, can handle fluids up to 300 degrees F, is quite flexible to make routing easier, and can be used with a support coil so it can also be used in suction lines.
Possibly the best part is the installation of all the lines in the car was done in a single morning's worth of work (although it did require a late lunch). To get the lightest possible package, a race team will want to use the lightweight aluminum crimp fittings, but that requires a special hydraulic crimping tool which runs for approximately three grand. If you check around, however, lots of race shops have the tool.
CV Products, which does a lot of lightweight hose packages for race teams all over the country, says the most common method is for racers to send their old hoses off their car and CV's technicians can duplicate them-including hose size, length, and end styles-in lightweight hoses and send them back.
Or if you don't want to, or can't, ship your old hoses, you have other options. Obviously, you can send in a written list of the hoses you want. Just be sure to be very specific about the AN size of each hose, the length, and what type of ends you want (specifically the angle of the bend, if any). Another option, especially with a brand-new chassis that has never been plumbed before, is to use pieces of string, welding wire, or anything else you have handy to lay out the route of your hoses. Many people find this is a lot simpler than trying to figure out total length, including bends, with a tape measure. Then take those pieces and use a piece of tape to label each end with exactly what type of hose end you want. Also, don't forget to label each piece whether it is a pressure hose or vacuum because the vacuum hoses will require an inner support coil to prevent their collapsing.
Once you've got that done, box it all up and ship it to CV for it to create your plumbing package. All that will be left for you to do is hook everything up.
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Here are our raw materials: StarLite hose in a variety of sizes, support coil, and lightweight aluminum crimp-on hose ends.Before you can begin, you need to have all the major plumbing components in place. This includes the motor, radiator, overflow tanks, power steering pump, oil pump, and oil tank (pictured) if you're running a dry-sump system, oil cooler, and fuel cell (among other things).Once all the components are in place, begin planning how you will route your hoses. Look for the shortest routes that will also protect the hoses from the elements. It may also help to start placing fittings so you can plan what degree bends you will require, as you can see here on the oil pump.With your hose ends in place, you can choose exactly where you want to route the hose and mark the length. StarLite can be cut in a number of ways but the best method is to use a hose cutter.If you have trouble getting the hose ends into the hose, you can use a light lube to help get everything fitted together.Any hose that is under vacuum-namely suction lines from the oil pump to the oil pan-requires an inner coil to ensure that it won't collapse. The coil doesn't add significantly to the weight. Cut it the same length as the hose.CV's Jason Hulin handles most of the hose fabrication. He uses a length of rod with a notch cut in one end. Slip the coil over the rod and insert the bent end into the notch and spin the rod (either by hand or with a drill as you can see here) to compress the liner.Hold the end of the coil (next to the drill) so that it remains compressed and slide it into the hose. Once it is in place, you can release the coil and pull the rod out.
Crimping the hose ends requires a special press using chucks sized specifically for each size end. Unfortunately, there is no cheap hand crimper.The seal for the hose ends isn't the threads. Instead, it is the seat on the female side (which you can see here) and the cone on the male side. The most common sources for leaks between these surfaces are over tightening the hose ends or debris scarring the seat or cone. One of the best ways to avoid leaks s to cap the ends of the hoses whenever they are off the car.Aluminum AN wrenches, like the set from CV shown here, don't scar the hose ends and help keep crew members from over tightening the fittings because the handles are shorter than standard wrenches.A look at some of the completed hoses going into place. When routing your hoses, try to keep them on top of chassis bars to shield them from rocks and debris getting thrown up off the track's surface.The same thing happens with the fuel line from the fuel cell to the filter. By intelligently routing your hoses, they are both out of the way when you are working on the car and protected from the elements.Instead of the StarLite hose, the power steering system feed line requires Aeroquip's High Pressure hose. This hose has a burst pressure of 2,250 lbs on the -6 and 1,750 on the -10. We're also using reusable hose ends here.


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I just recently upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 using the update manager tool.
After the upgrade, I was asked to reboot and it fails with
An error occurred while mounting /media/psf Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery
Skipping gives me this:
Logging in with the command line prompt doesn't bring me to the UI, but stays in terminal mode. I would appreciate next steps to resolving this situation.
I am running Ubuntu on a Parallels 5 VM.
A reboot using recovery mode ends the same way but with this screen I also ran into a mention of mountall having an error, but I'm having trouble replicating the screen at the moment: