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Admission into the minor. Students are expected to declare a minor formally. With the assistance of an advisor in the minor department, students should complete the "Declaration of Minor" form before or during the third year of full-time enrollment.
Grade point average. A 2.0 grade point average in the minor is required for completion of the degree. The minor GPA is calculated based on all courses applicable to the minor that the student has attempted at UA.
Minor courses. The minor in civic engagement and leadership requires the successful completion of the following 19 semester hours:
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and as members of the teaching service, managing their patients with greater autonomy under the direct supervision of the attending. Common problems include decompensated psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and personality disorders.
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Joshua Houston had a clutch two-run single, reliever Cameron Bufford pitched a tense scoreless sixth inning, and Chicago held off gritty Philadelphia 6-5 in a matchup of inner-city teams at the Little League World Series. Chicago will play Las Vegas in the U.S. title game Saturday.
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More than 125 million people voted in the 2012 presidential election and for many of them, it was their first time taking part in the Democratic process.
College freshmen made up a big chunk of new voters, as many have turned 18 over the last year. Kaitlyn Seager, a 2012 Valley Stream South High School graduate and student a SUNY Cortland, performed her civic duty on Nov. 6. "I felt that it was important because I am old enough and what result comes of the election will affect my future," she said. "I also wanted to feel that I had a voice in the presidential election."
Seager turned 18 in March, but didn't register until recently. She said representatives of the campus chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group were helping students sign up to vote. At Cortland, Seager was one of a few hundred freshmen to cast a ballot in the 2012 election.
Central High School graduate Matt Infield, a freshman at the University of South Florida, made sure to cast his vote for president. "It was important to vote simply because it is a privilege that many people around the world do not have," he said. "Countless people have died for our country to protect our right to vote so I felt it was important to exercise that right."
Infield said he chose to vote in Florida, instead of in New York through absentee ballot, because he felt his vote would count more in his new state. "Florida is a huge swing state that has decided elections as recently as 2000," he said. "I felt my vote would be much more important to the candidate I was voting for here as opposed to back home."
He waited on line about two hours to vote at the student center at his college, and said it worth every second. Infield, who turned 18 in June, added that it was rewarding to see so many other students taking advantage of their right to vote, as well.
Seager, who said her wait to vote was very brief, did plenty of research on President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. She said she learned a lot about the difference between the two political parties in her Advanced Placement government and politics class last year, and that helped her decide her party affiliation. Since graduating in June, she said she has continued to follow the campaign.
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This week, Craigslist yielded solid gold for me! I guy in the subdivision next door had a 1995 Trek 730 in a 21" frame size which is EXACTLY my dream bike for a build. It was also less than $200 and in much better shape than my 19" 730 so I snatched it up. It was literally "love at first ride". The combination of the bigger frame and the fatter tires is just heavenly for me.
The plan is to powdercoat it (probably black), add pull-back handlebars, maybe a Brooks sprung seat and eventually a silver crankset (I like the looks but the current black one has lot's of life left in it). The bike already has fat 700 x 38c's on it which make a huge difference from the 700 x 35c's on my original bike. I'll eventually try even fatter tires and I'm pretty sure it will take Schwalbe Big Apples. There's tons of clearance even with the 38's on there. The frame is Made in the USA butted Cro-moly and since I've been riding the same year and model since 1995, I have complete confidence in it for my purposes.
When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
Any old (1980s) sport touring bike will do. I had my Raleigh Marathon set up as a backup commuter and it did a creditable job.
I wrecked that one, but have since gotten a Super Course that would be even better, I think, if I decided to outfit it similarly. Schwinn Travellers are great for the purpose as well as all the other bikes suggested in the thread. The way I see it, you can buy a new Rivendell, or you can pay a lot less for a bike that the Rivendells seek to imitate.
1. find a nice sport-touring frameset (or whole bike) on CL or Ebay
2. Renovate to your liking
3. Done!
Here's mine:
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Currently one bike: Singular Gryphon do-it all bike with Nuvinci N360
Coming soon (winter project) Ciocc Designer '84 mod build
Temporary (on loan from a buddy): 1985 Raleigh Prestige
[QUOTE=canyoneagle;13608378]1. find a nice sport-touring frameset (or whole bike) on CL or Ebay
2. Renovate to your liking
3. Done!
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+1 Before and after
'68 Raleigh Sprite, '02 Raleigh C500, '84 Raleigh Gran Prix, '91 Trek 400
My version. No fancy lugs though.
' bought the frameset for $190 and then built it from parts, mostly from CL.
Sadly, I no longer own it.
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"Cycling is for pleasure not penance"
When I built my Atlantis up from a bare frame back in (I think) 1998, the Atlantis *was* the poor man's Rivendell. Mine was one of the first of the Atlantis frames built in Japan.
San Francisco, California
The real deal. Cost a lot--too much. But I wanted one for more than a decade, and bought some nice but less then ideal bikes for almost as much but was not satisfied.
Bob Jackson custom Special Tourist purchased on local craiglist for under $1000. Close to Riv in a lot of ways.
Lotus Eclair. Traded for it with a bike I paid $100 for--so let's say I got it for $100. Very Riv-ish/Bobish. Suppose I could add barcons. Fine as is.
Recent purchase. The geometry of this bike is pretty close to the Riv. (72/71). I suppose I could add a Brooks as well as drop bars or mustache bars and barcons to make it closer to a Riv--but functionally it's scary close: steel, relaxed geometry, handles wide tires, low gears, and handlebars higher than saddle. Less than $100. Yikes!
So you need to ask yourself--what is it about a Riv that you want? The vibe? The function? Or something else?
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I rode a Trek 730 Multi-track from 1995 to 2007 and loved it. I bought a Trek 7.2 FX in 2007 and rode it until a few months ago when I discovered Rivendell. I put the "steel vs Aluminum" debate to the test and steel won, hands down. This led me to looking for a steel bike that I could have a lot of flexibility to modify. I was really close to committing to a Surly LHT or Cross Check frame but the threadless headset and modern stem were a nagging and significant concern. I'm a big fan of classic looks and modern stems just don't cut it for me. My ideal bike is influenced by the old English 3-speeds as much as anything. I just want a lighter, multi-geared version.
I'm a super-clydesdale with degenerative disc disease so Grant's ideas on bicycle comfort really appealed to me. I've run high handlebars since 1995 but until a few months ago, my only inclination towards tire size was to go smaller! I was planning to try a fatter tire on my new build and luckily the 21" 730 I just bought has 700 x 38c's which feel amazingly different (and better) than the 700 x 35c's on my 19" 730. Score another one for Grant!
Basically, I'm looking for a functional bike with at least semi-classical styling. Lugs are cool and if I could have found an early 90's Trek multi-track with lugs I would have grabbed it but their absence on this bike doesn't bother me in the slightest.
The A.H.H was the first Rivendell to really grab my interest, primarily from watching the video of one being assembled from the box. After learning more about Riv's bikes and e-mailing Grant a few times, my interest switched more towards the Huqapillar/Bombadil/Atlantis side of things. Back in 1996 I thought I wanted a "roadie" bike so I bought one and ended up selling it within a year. I like sub one hour rides on bike paths with lots of scenery and people, not riding mile after mile on a highway or road. That bores me to death! I really think the new "Bosco Rubbe" might be the ultimate Rivendell bike for me, if I could put a triple on it. I might consider springing for the production version if for no other reason than there may not be a high quality bike of that type on the market.
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I recently submitted to an overdose of fairy dust and bought a Hunqapillar. I've never ridden anything as comfortable,
but powdercoating my old Trek
And raising the handlebarsbrought it to a whole new level of comfort and usefulness also.
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"You don't deteriorate from age,you age from deterioration" --Joe Weider
I guess my current ride could be considered somewhat of a poor man's retrogrouch bike. The geometry is likely wrong for it to be a Fauxindell.
San Francisco, California
Am I the only person who thinks that it's just wrong for a company named Rivendell to be preaching that weight doesn't matter. I'm not saying that weight does matter, particularly in the style of bikes they make. I'm just saying that things made at Rivendell should be extremely light, almost magically so.
I added another faux Rivendell to my stable in late summer. It's a Waterford RST-22, which normally would not be considered a poor-man's alternative, except I bought the frame,fork and headset used for about half the price of Rivendell's cheapest model. I could never afford a lugged Waterford at today's prices but you can get some great deals on used bikes if you are patient. This one was the perfect size and geometry for me, so I snapped it up as soon as I saw it.
Here is one in the Flavor of the old XO's that I picked up over the weekend.
1984 Trek 890 for "the Urban Canyon" The bike came on 26x1.5 RADIAL Panasonic tires. One year only bike from Trek. Its street biased Geometry.
Plan to go with a Mustache or Dirt drops, LX Derailleurs and 28/36/48 LX crank. 9 speed bar end shift with a real deal "Baggins bag" on a Nitto rack on the front I picked up a couple weeks ago.
Catalog picture http://www.vintage-trek.com/TrekBroc...Terrain.htm#27
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It seems that there is some feeling here that any bike that favors comfort and utility over looking like a race bike is a "poor man's Rivendell." While that probably is the core value, it's undeniable that there is also an aesthetic element that is lacking in many of the bikes posted in this thread. Nevertheless, I'm going to continue that trend by posting my MUP bike here (a made-over 1989 Specialized Rockhopper).
I tried to make Kool Aid, but I didn't have all the ingredients.
It has:
* Steel frame and fork
* Ability to fit very wide tires with fenders
* Comfortable handlebars (bonus points for them being oddly styled)
* Bars higher than the saddle
* Wheels appropriately sized for my lack of height
* Threaded headset with quill stem
* Non-racing geometry
* A bell
It lacks:
* Well thought out geometry
* A tall head tube
* A nice saddle
* A beautiful head badge
* Lugs
* A nice paint job
* A curb weight over 30 pounds
I've thought about having it powder coated and getting a Brooks saddle for it. Someone on the ss-fg forum once suggested (in a context unrelated to this bike) the idea of making faux lugs from JB Weld. I could probably get my powder coater to do something like that. He likes to play around. I'm afraid I can't fix the geometry, though it honestly isn't bad with a tall enough quill stem. I wish it had a taller head tube and lower bottom bracket.
As it sits, I've got less than $500 into it, and most of that was for the wheels and tires. No one will ever look at it and think, "Is that a Rivendell?" I can say, though, that I was influenced by Grant's ideas as I put it together.
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I'll be doing the same thing as you in that I'll be utilizing some of Grant's ideas in my build. Very few bikes will equal the aesthetics of a Rivendell but we can aspire to coming close to the comfort level of one.
Didn't need as long of a wheelbase since it wasn't climbing hills off road. If you look at the Geometry of "mountain bikes" the early ones the main triangle is more of touring bike proportions. In the late 80's up the chain stays of mountain bikes shortened some and the top tube got longer allowing for more knee clearance when climbing steep hills.
Compairing this bike with 23 inch seat tube to my 98 M400 Cannondale with a 22 inch seat tube the top tube of the 890 is close to 2 inches shorter.
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Two schools with a strong commitment to global learning have signed an agreement that encourages student exchanges and other efforts to strengthen relational ties. Representatives of Bell International School (BIS), Nonsan City, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, and EMU gathered May 27 at EMU to get better acquainted and to formalize an agreement between the two institutions. ...More


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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Metropolitan Police Department authorities arrested a man on Sunday for the fatal stabbing of 68-year-old Howard Venable Jr. of Northwest D.C.
Venable was found lying on the floor of a home on Saturday night in the 1600 block of Fuller Street, NW. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, pending an autopsy.
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Former President George HW Bush shaved his head this week to show solidarity with a member of his Secret Service detail's young son who is battling cancer.
Patrick, 2, is being treated for leukemia. The 89-year-old former president shaved his head after learning many members of his security detail had already shaved their heads in support, according to a post on the 41st president's Facebook page.
Members of the detail have set up a website – www.patrickspals.org – where donors can contribute to assist with Patrick's medical bills.
The Bushes lost their second child, Robin, to leukemia 60 years ago this October. Robin was 4-years-old.
41 shaved his head this week to show his solidarity w Patrick, the 2 year-old son of a member of his security detail. pic.twitter.com/XimZcTwEyi
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 24, 2013
41 poses with the members of his Secret Service detail who have also shaved their head to support little Patrick. pic.twitter.com/u9GBtttAOI
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Tucson, AZ (Sports Network) - Mark Lyons made a driving layup with 7.1 seconds
left to lift the eighth-ranked Arizona Wildcats over the fifth-ranked Florida
Gators, 65-64.
Arizona scored the final seven points of the game to improve to 8-0 on the
Solomon Hill had 18 points to pace the Wildcats, who went 18-of-21 from the
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Buena Visa Social Cafe near Cape Town's V & A Waterfront is a Cuban themed restaurant and bar. Its authentic decor is eclectic, with a touch of shabby chic this combined with Cuban and Latino beats, Cuban inspired menu and great friendly service combined transport visitors to Havana -the Buena Vista Social Cafe a popular destination for Capetonians, as well as international visitors.
The menu has been designed around traditional Cuban, Central American and Caribbean fare, with a heavy Mediterranean influence too. There is a varied tapas menu, with both hot and cold dishes to choose from, including a meze platter, piquant jalapenos chilli poppers, scrumptious chicken skewers and flambéed chorizo. There is also a wide selection of Mexican favourites on the Comidas menu, all with a Cuban twist, such as the Chicken Churasco, which is grilled chicken breast with guacamole and salsa on traditional toasted Cuban flat bread.
The Buena Vista Social Cafe is also famous for this meat and seafood. The beef is SA grain fed super beef, aged for 21 days. The Lamb Al Ron, a house speciality, is delicious slices of roasted lamb flambéed in a creamy, Cuban rum sauce. The sea fare includes Cuban inspired linefish, fresh from off the boats and an indulgent seafood platter. The piece de resistance is the Cuban paella – a traditional rice dish with a generous selection of seafood, including prawns. The dish is packed with flavours and made to an authentic recipe; the paella is a fabulous feast!
Ferrymans Tavern, in Cape Town, was the first establishment to open in the V & A Waterfront in 1989. It is a traditional, old fashioned pub with a generous wooden bar counter, brick paved floors, Oregon pine beams and a huge fire place, which during the winter is the perfect place to enjoy a one of the local beers or a great glass of wine. The wonderful homely atmosphere is further enhanced by the old photos, prints and drinking memorabilia that scatters the walls.
With a wide range of local and international beers, as well as Ferrymans Ale, which is made exclusively for the Tavern, it is a great watering hole for locals and foreigners alike. There is a great pub menu for the downstairs Tavern with favourites like fish and chips, chicken pie and curry and rice, and daily specials that feature traditional South African fare and seafood. In the Upstairs restaurants patrons can feast on the weekday buffet for lunch, as well as an a la carte menu with wine pairing for both lunch and dinner.
There is an outside beer garden for those wonderful hot sunny Cape Town days where patrons can sit back and take in the fabulous views while sipping on an ice cold beer. With play area for the kids Ferrymans Tavern is an ideal place for the whole family.
Forresters Arms is situated in the beautiful leafy suburb, Newlands, and is known by the locals as Forries. The popularity of this place is a phenomenon that is easily understood when you experience the vibe, ambience and food.
Simple dishes are offered, but where the food lacks in imagination, it makes up for in portion size and quality. Deliciousness is what you can expect. In summer you can enjoy sitting in the awesome beer garden while the kids make full use of the play area.
Forries is usually packed when sports are showing and the atmospere is bustling. The menu is fairly large and the dishes very well priced. Enjoy burgers, chips, pies and even a Sunday carvery.
This family run restaurant and bar is lively, happening and just downright warm and inviting. Here you can let your hair down, have a 'whatevers', and enjoy delicious, unpretentious food.
The heart of the restaurant is the beer garden where you can relax under the trees and enjoy your drinks and meals. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and 'in-between anytime' snacks are served. Start with a hearty breakfast like a filled-to-the-brim omelette or any one of the variations on the traditional English breakfast on the menu.
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If it is a laid-back, unpretentious atmosphere you are looking for, this is your place. This sports bar focuses less on the frills and more on having a good time. The restaurant and bar has become a home away from home for many locals, partly because of the true South African hospitality and partly because of the space it provides to basically do what you want.
The Grouse and Claret is a centrally located pub and restaurant in Clarens, that is as popular with families as it is with bikers. The pub is a hot spot for live music, and various bands will keep you entertained while you socialise.
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SILVER SPRING, Md., (WUSA) -- "This is actually the DVD portfolio I was working on."
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It was January 9th of this year, when ACI posted a letter on the door that says they regrettably had to close the school for financial reasons.
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Michael thought the $6,000 used to pay tuition at the Maryland trade school was a good investment in his future.
"I put most of my savings in the school. I'm widowed. I just don't have a lot of money," says his mom Sally Liska.
The American Career Institute left students from Maryland to Massachusetts stranded and in limbo after it abruptly shut its doors.
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But, apparently their lenders thought the school was overextended.
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Dr. Howard says, "those funds were in the tune of over $4 million. And, so we were able to use that to support students and provide them refunds."
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I guess we are the Cyclones. Here we go folks. Up by 4, less than a minute remaining and we hand them the gameball before the game ever ends - why couldn't we call a TO?!? Clearly the players needed it.
This is a tough one to take. It was the Nebraska game 2.0.
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I guess we are the Cyclones. Here we go folks. Up by 4, less than a minute remaining and we hand them the gameball before the game ever ends - why couldn't we call a TO?!? Clearly the players needed it.
Well at least Melvin was physical at least once tonight.
Those official were terrible, for both teams playing tonight!
That was one frustrating loss. I think this is what four years of losing has done to us-- we just dont know how to win. It will come. Still leaps and bounds further than I would have thought.
When Prepared, Fear No One.
**** OSU and **** that old **** suckin idiot that was yelling in the stands all night.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
What did Ejim do??? I just got 4 or 5 text messages saying he struggled down the stretch
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Those official were terrible, for both teams playing tonight!
This was one game where I would say the officiating went in our favor.
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Well at least Melvin was physical at least once tonight.
After he took a punch to the gut.
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The players played great. We're better than OSU. Really herky-jerky officiating tonight. Call nothing......call everything.......call nothing.........call everything.......call a flop charge, call a technical on a guy who just got sucker punched.
I feel better about the team than I did before the game. We made some mistakes, and paid for it. This team will go down fighting every time, and that is going to get them some wins.
the reason we lost tonight was Ejim, I dont want to dump on a frosh, but a change needs to be made to help this team out, We get one ******* offensive rebound that last minute we win, o well go clones, cant wait to see us get schooled by the Tigers but I will be there to watch it
Men want to have fun, women want to take fun out to the middle of the woods and shoot it in the head.
Good effort on the road, however, this is the most devastating loss of the season. OSU is the definition of average and they did not play well enough to deserve this one.
Complete meltdown in regulation. Iowa State had a chance tonight to gain some momentum and keep the chance of playing in post season alive. I think that's all but dead now.
We are so great at closing out games. Goodness. I just hope we blow out Tech and OU next week. Not liking our chances against Mizzou.
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MCLEAN, Va. (WUSA) -- Dominion Virginia Power is trying to get the last customers back on line.
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The future could be all about wearables. So much so that they could end up eating into the smartphone segment. So those launching smartphones and fitness bands are just testing the waters for what could be the next big disruptor. Samsung launched its first Gear smartwatches last year. This year, it has upgraded the watches and launched the new Gear Fit, meant to be used as a smart fitness band that keeps a tab on your health. Here is what we thought of the Samsung Gear Fit.
The Gear Fit is not much larger than a ladies watch. In fact, it looks like one too. It is sleek, light weight and sturdy. It has a plastic strap that makes it good for use in sweaty conditions. My problem with the Fit was the orientation of the screen. With a strip-like LCD I did not know whether to wear it facing me or with the text facing out. This was when I realise the brilliance of the traditional watch face. But the 1.84 Curved Super AMOLED touchscreen display is great too and adds to the functionality of this device. The Fit has just one button it for power. Behind the device is a sensor that acts like the heart rate monitor.
The set-up is amazingly simple and you just need the Gear Fit app to run on your Samsung Galaxy device. We tested the Fit with the new Samsung Galaxy S5 and the instructions popping up on the display were good enough for the entire set up to be completed in a couple of minutes. However, you need to add the apps on the phone and not the Fit. But the apps appear instantaneously on the band and dont need to pushed there like in the Pebble.
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Date: 01/05/2013 - 01/24/2013
Did you know you can access free eBooks from the Anoka County Library? Would you like to borrow free eBooks from the Library but aren't sure how? Are you thinking about giving or getting an eReader this holiday season? Anoka County Library is offering several programs in January to help people learn how to download free library eBooks. eBooks are available to Anoka County Library and Columbia Heights Public Library card holders 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from the Anoka County Library website at anokacountylibrary.org.
"If you received an e-reader as a gift this is a great way to learn how to use it and get the most out of the e-lending library offered by Anoka County Library," said Anoka County Commissioner Jim Kordiak.
Three types of programs will be offered: one for Kindle users, one for Nook or other eReader devices, and one for iPad or other mobile devices. Be sure to attend a class that is tailored to your device:
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Is it Wrong?
This seems to me an abuse of the system of journal peer-review. I have a colleague who does this regularly and sees nothing wrong with it on the stipulations that if the under-cooked paper gets accepted (or conditionally accepted), one must publish it with that journal, and if the paper gets an R&R, one must revise and resubmit to that journal.
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It is wrong.
I'm a trained ethicist, so you can close the comments now.
- May 19, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Typical of the anal-ytics who populate this wretched blog. No sensitivity to context (what field is the submitter a member of? is he tenured?) or history or the sociology of philosophy. Just a bald assertion of expertise, a simple judgment that the practice in question is wrong, and then an absurd foreclosure of any openness to interrogation of the matter.
This is to say nothing about the defenseless presupposition of the legitimacy of the peer-review regime and the journal paradigm that dominate the profession. News flash for you latter-day logical positivists: None of Aristotle, Spinoza, Shelling, Kierkegaard, or Nietzsche got past blind-review. Do some real philosophy.
- May 19, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Why wouldn't this person just send the paper to colleagues who would return the paper with constructive comments?
- May 19, 2012 at 11:54 AM
- Christopher Hitchcock said...
I don't see any problem with this practice if the paper is not wildly inappropriate for the journal in question, and your colleague intends to publish a polished version of the paper with the journal if the un-polished version gets accepted or an R&R request.
I've often encouraged junior faculty (on short time-lines) to start sending papers to journals at the same time they send them to colleagues for comments. No matter how polished a paper is, odds are you are going to have to revise it before publication anyway. No point waiting until you think a paper is perfect, sending it out, and then having to do an R&R.
- May 19, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Hear, hear 11:40. The logo-peero-centricism of the hegemonic referee-construct does violence to the Being of philo(so)phy. The trauma to the "rejected" shows it to be nothing but an always-already engine of power. Context is key. Heroic Philosophers should never be "peer"-reviewed. They should be praised. Never questioned by the to-be-published-later graphomaniacs who show so little interpretive imagination! The anal-ytics work on "problems." But real philosophers engage in discursive ruminations. Somewhere there is a picture of a broken guitar. I would devour Lanan's shorts to see a rough draft of Zizek's next philo-bloviation-sophy.
- May 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Surely 11:40 is a Poe.
- May 19, 2012 at 1:23 PM
As someone who has reviewed half baked papers for good journals, I feel that the author is basically wasting my time. Maybe I'm too conscientious a reviewer, but if I have to point out flaws and suggest literature the author should look at before resubmitting, I feel like I'm doing the author's job for him/her. That said, I think Christopher Hitchcock makes a good point. I guess it depends on how unfinished the paper is. Sending out a paper that needs a bit of polish seems fine (as per what CH was saying) but submitting sketchy or halfway finished drafts is just rude.
- May 19, 2012 at 2:27 PM
1:01, awesome.
- May 19, 2012 at 4:38 PM
Like most assessment of crime this seems to be a matter of intent. If someone knows that a paper is half-baked and chooses to waste the time of someone (like me) who tends to make extensive comments on a paper that is promising but not quite there, then I really resent that. But if someone is clueless about what is half-baked, then that's forgivable in a given instance. But if that someone gets rejected/r&rs over and over again and doesn't get the message that the submissions are not sufficiently polished for submission, then that constitutes negligence and is abhorrent for another fault of intent.
I'm with Spiros on this one.
- May 19, 2012 at 7:46 PM
Seems simple enough to evaluate.
What is the premise of the process that you are invoking?
Are you attempting to go with this premise?
To the OP, ask your colleague if they would like to sit around reading unpolished papers of the same level and dishing out commentary.
Given that they seem semi-convinced that they might get through it implies that the level of unpolishedness is not as severe as some may jump too. Without this information, responses are limited in ability to discern whether your indignation is justified.
- May 19, 2012 at 10:07 PM
Don't know if it is wrong but I wouldn't do it. I send my undercooked papers to conferences/ workshops. I take an acceptance at this stage as a positive sign for the paper and then the presentation of the paper at the conference provides the opportunity for feedback. After I have presented and polished the paper a few times, I sent the paper out to journals.
- May 20, 2012 at 12:32 AM
@traumadite --
Is that broken guitar an electric guitar that got run over by a car on the highway? That is a crime against the state.
- May 20, 2012 at 7:48 AM
Anon 11.40: real philosophers can spell "Schelling". There's rigor for you.
- May 20, 2012 at 6:01 PM
My names is Rod Shelling. I've never published anything. I assumed 11:40 was talking about me...
- May 20, 2012 at 7:42 PM
Many journals operate on a kind of 'triage' system with mad/inappropriate submissions weeded out immediately, half-baked ones reviewed (if at all) internally by the editorial team and only those that are closer to being fully baked sent off to referees. In part this is simply a response to referees' concerns about the demands being made on them. So, the less baked your paper is, the greater the chance it'll get bounced with little if anything in the way of useful commentary. My advice is not to wait til its perfect because that day will never come but let it get bashed about a bit at seminars, conferences and at the hands of colleagues before submitting.
- May 21, 2012 at 5:40 AM
Most top journals take laughable amounts of time to review papers, and they rarely publish anything without first giving it an R&R. So I don't see why anyone would wait around before submitting, once the paper is good enough to scrape through the R&R barrier.
The process is something like this:
1. Write paper.
2. Submit to top journal.
3. Send to colleagues, go to conferences, etc.
4. Revise the paper in light of comments from colleagues, comments at conferences, etc.
5. Iterate steps 3 and 4 several times.
6. Hear back from prestigious journal, by which time, if you get the R&R you were aiming for, you will already have a vastly superior version of the paper ready to go once you've made a few token gestures to accommodate the objections from the referees -- objections which, in all probability, you've already pre-empted and taken into account in the revised version.
- May 21, 2012 at 8:26 AM
You don't have to think the papers you submit are perfect, obviously. But submitting papers you think won't (or even worse, ought not) to be accepted as is--with a bit of tidying of presentation--is just rude, and wasting people's time.
- May 21, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Forget about whether it's wrong...how could waiting around for it actually be practically helpful? It also makes me sad your colleague doesn't have any friends (including you?) to read it.
- May 21, 2012 at 10:30 AM
- The Doc said...
Suppose I referee a paper for a journal with the amount of care and effort that I usually provide. (This will involve carefully re-reading obscure parts of the essay, double-checking references that seem to be misattributions or misinterpretations, and writing copious comments, carefully worded both for content and for tone, to protect the ego of someone who I assume is submitting work they are emotionally invested in.) Suppose I am surprised by the low quality of the submission and, I worry that the author (who I assume is a grad student or beginning asst professor) has not been getting good advice about professional standards, so I allow the journal to release my name to the author, in case he or she wants additional feedback. The author emails me and thanks me profusely for my time, explaining that he knew the paper wasn't polished enough for publication, but submitted it to be refereed "simply for the purposes of getting good comments on [his] current draft." I would feel that the author was a tool, and that I had been ill-used.
- May 21, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Typical of the oversensitive cunt-inentals that populate academia. No sensitivity to sarcasm (do you think it's charitable to interpret such a bald assertion and overemphasized appeal to authority as anything other than facetious?) or humor. Your obfuscatory use of adjectives and adverbs really gets my sanctimonious emotions stirring.
News flash for you Derridaphiles: No one has accepted logical positivism in 30 or so years. STFU about it.
- May 21, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Our peer review system is already massively overburdened, and this is particularly detrimental to junior people who need a fast turnaround for the market cycle or tenure clock. Unless the author in question referees 2-3 papers for every submission, it seems both wrong and unprofessional to me.
Side-note: as a referee, when I sense that a paper is half-baked, I'm likely to respond quickly (within a week), and reject with only very brief and general comments about the paper's flaws.
- May 21, 2012 at 4:10 PM
"Our peer review system is already massively overburdened, and this is particularly detrimental to junior people who need a fast turnaround for the market cycle or tenure clock."
And here I'm willing to bet that it's junior faculty and grad students who are doing this more often.
Personally, I do think it's bad to send stuff off to journal that you *know* still needs work. If you know it needs work, you should some idea as to where in the work and why.
More importantly, I think it reflects poorly on the author's ability to develop useful professional contacts. Anyone whose work is at the stage where they can reasonably think about publication is someone who should have enough contacts that they can get a reading of their work without resorting to this kind of practice.
- May 21, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Why is everyone here upset at the fact at the submitter? Shouldn't the real question be that the review comments are being mischaracterized... who really thinks that the review comments of prestigious journal X will give the type of criticisms intended for publication?? Some comments I've gotten back have been clearly meant to eliminate papers; they did not improve upon the content of the paper in any way.
- May 22, 2012 at 12:26 AM
I think you've phrased the question in an unsympathetic way to the subject. How about this question instead?
"Is it wrong to send out a paper that you believe will probably not get accepted to a journal that you know does a good job of securing good reviewers who write good reports, knowing that if it (likely) is not accepted, you'll at least get good comments back?"
I've known many scholars who were very poor judges (in either direction) of their baking skills. I'd say that if you think there's a chance in hell of it being accepted, then it's morally permissible.
- May 22, 2012 at 5:25 PM
"Why is everyone here upset at the fact at the submitter?"
Because the submitter is doing something wrong. But if you want us to be angry at journals because people send half-baked ideas, I'm fine with that, too.
"Shouldn't the real question be that the review comments are being mischaracterized..."
No. Because it's not a given that such comments will not be helpful. Some readers are better than others, and some - as noted earlier - give better reads to more fully-developed works. Just because you have not received useful comments doesn't mean that's true for everyone. Perhaps your work wasn't worth giving more attention to. Or maybe you got a reader who wasn't inclined to be more helpful.
I'd like to suggest that one reason why more articles don't get such favorable reads is precisely because too many people send in work they know to be incomplete. If journal readers are overburdened, by being asked to fulfill the roles that should be fulfilled by advisors and colleagues, then they need to do a better job of triage.
This, ultimately, is why it's bad to send work one knows is not ready. It forces journals to spend less time on each submission.
- May 22, 2012 at 10:07 PM
I'm reading this thread quickly, but has any post considered the responsibility of the editor to assess the quality of the submission before sending it along to a reviewer for a report?
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Two TTI Bolt-On Exhausts Bring 81 HPWritten by on January 16, 2014 We strip and dyno test two proven power producers for the typical 440.
Back in the '90s, we did a dragstrip comparison test between 2 1⁄2-inch compression-bent exhaust, and a 3-inch mandrel-bent TTI system on a '67 Coronet R/T with a 440. That swap helped the 440, and the car dropped 3/10ths of a second in the quarter-mile, and picked up 3 mph. At that time, another better-breathing exercise was to port stock heads, as the now popular Edelbrock aluminum heads weren't in production yet. Two different sets of ported stock heads were strip-tested, using the templates available from Mopar Performance (remember them?). For one test, we used a set of 915 heads that I ported for the 383 in my daily-driven '65 Coronet. The other set was a pair of 906s for the 440 in my '67 R/T. These ported heads brought gains of 4/10th of second and 4 mph on both the 383 and the 440. This all makes sense when you consider roughly 40 cfm of flow was gained at each intake port.
The old theory is that to shave a tenth in e.t., you need to roughly increasing power by 10 hp on the average 11-second or slower car. We wanted to put these mods to the test again. The mule this time would be a friend's beautiful '64 Sport Fury, AKA "The Balls of Fury." It is powered by a mildly-built 440 from Muscle Motors that was assembled in 1999. Instead of home-porting a set of stock heads (30 to 60 hours of grueling work), this time we would bolt on a set of Edelbrock's Performer RPM aluminum heads.
Originally, we wanted to try its new E-Street heads, which are a lower-cost alternative to the Performer RPMs, but we discovered our test car's engine had quench dome pistons, which dictated we use open chamber heads. The E-Streets are only available with a closed chamber, and that would not work with our 440.
An out-of-the-box set of Edelbrock (E-Street or Performer RPM) heads will flow about 60 cfm more air than stock iron heads (915, 906, or 452). Also, the new aluminum castings take nearly 50 pounds off the nose of the car. It's next to impossible for most people to port and polish a stock set of iron heads, and have them be comparable in performance to the new lighter aluminum castings. A few experts can rework and port stock heads to accomplish comparable flow numbers, but it will cost you more coin than buying a new set of Edelbrock aluminum heads.
For this test, the first bolt-on was to replace the 2½-inch exhaust with a 3-inchTTI system. The larger diameter exhaust would allow the 440 to breathe easier before performing the head swap. The strip and dyno testing results for both the exhaust and head swap were quite satisfying, to say the least. A 3-inch exhaust is most beneficial on a 440 and bigger engine. It's been our experience that it is not worth using a 3-inch exhaust on a mild 383 or a 340/360 small-block producing less than 450 horsepower, although better flowing heads are beneficial on most any engine. Follow along, and check out how easy it is to turn a mild-mannered 440 into an asphalt-shredding monster with no loss of drivability.
|Dyno and dragstrip results
|Baseline, 2½-inch TTI Exhaust
|3-inch TTI Exhaust
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02 We removed the TTI 21⁄2-inch exhaust, and placed it alongside the new 3-inch TTI exhaust. Besides a difference in diameter, the 21⁄2 system was equipped with three-chamber Flowmaster mufflers. We ordered our TTI 3-inch exhaust kit (B30HWM6365) with high-flow DynoMax UltraFlo mufflers (TTI PN DYN17221). The DynoMax Super Turbo mufflers are standard equipment with a TTI system, unless you specifically order the Ultra Flo mufflers. TTI includes instructions, all the brackets, hangers, clamps, reducers, gaskets, nuts and bolts needed to make for an easy installation.03a Here are two areas where exhaust flow will be much improved—the collector/reducer area, and through the mufflers. Take notice the larger diameter 3-inch reducer and pipe on the left, and think about the flow advantage it will have compared to the 21⁄2-inch tubes on the right. Also, the exhaust will flow more easily going straight-through the Ultra Flo muffler, instead of a being slowed-down through a chamber or making a u-turn in a reverse-flow (turbo) muffler.03b Here are two areas where exhaust flow will be much improved—the collector/reducer area, and through the mufflers. Take notice the larger diameter 3-inch reducer and pipe on the left, and think about the flow advantage it will have compared to the 21⁄2-inch tubes on the right. Also, the exhaust will flow more easily going straight-through the Ultra Flo muffler, instead of a being slowed-down through a chamber or making a u-turn in a reverse-flow (turbo) muffler.04 You might have to do a little cutting, and we only needed to cut 2-inches from the H-pipe where the mufflers slide on to make a great fit. TTI recommends you begin the installation at the rear. For us, we only needed to slip the new tailpipes into the hangers from the previous TTI 21⁄2-inch exhaust. It's usually not necessary to cut the H-pipe on a '63-'65 Dodge B-body hardtop, whose wheelbase is three inches longer than the same-vintage Plymouth.05a The new 3-inch exhaust bolted right up to the TTI headers (13⁄4-inch primary tubes into 3-inch collectors). Notice there's plenty of clearance all around, and we were able to retain the stock E-brake cable and the aftermarket driveshaft safety loop.05b The new 3-inch exhaust bolted right up to the TTI headers (13⁄4-inch primary tubes into 3-inch collectors). Notice there's plenty of clearance all around, and we were able to retain the stock E-brake cable and the aftermarket driveshaft safety loop.07 We could not wait to try Edelbrock's new E Street heads (PN 5093). They are virtually the same high quality as its Performer RPM units, but are priced lower to compete with the copy-cat imported heads. The foreign-made heads can't compare in long-term quality to the Edelbrock castings. The metallurgy and machining of the Edelbrock heads are far superior to any imported version of a cylinder head.08 The E-Street heads feature a closed chamber design (similar to the 1967 915 head). They will provide a faster burn during combustion, for a few more ponies (typically 10 to 20 hp) than the usual open chamber 906 or 452 castings. Average flow-bench numbers show 60 cfm of airflow over the stockers. The average big-block Mopar will see about 60 to 70 more horsepower making the swap from untouched stock open chamber heads to out-of-the-box Edelbrocks (E-Street or Performer RPM) with the 84cc closed-chamber.09 We didn't expect to see quench-dome pistons when we removed the stock heads. This was the best way to build a big-block Mopar for better combustion and power when using 906 or 452 open chamber heads. Muscle Motors built this 440 the right-way back in 1999. The closed-chamber (84cc) and open chamber (88cc) Edelbrock Performer RPM heads did not become available until after the new millennium.
10 Fortunately for those with quench-dome style pistons, the Edelbrock Performer RPM head is available with the 88cc open chamber (PN 60189). Edelbrock takes the closed chamber 84cc head and .100-inch is machined to make the 88cc open chamber for clearance with quench dome pistons.11 After cleaning the block's deck surface, the new Performer RPM heads were bolted on using the Edelbrock head gasket set (PN 7366). This set includes every gasket needed to perform a head swap on a big-block, except for the valley pan gasket (FelPro PN 1215 for the RB 413, 426, 440 and Fel Pro PN 1214 for the B 383, 400). We should have used individually adjustable rockers for perfect lifter preload, but we wanted a true head-swap-only test to show that the Edelbrock heads will truly bolt-on.12 The new heads created a hair too much lifter preload, causing the 440 to run slightly rougher. Fortunately, we had rocker-shaft shims from Mancini Racing (PN MRE-486 contains 10 each of .010-inch, .015-inch and .030-inch shims). For our application the .015-inch shims gave us a 1⁄4-turn past zero lash at the rocker shaft bolts, and a smoother running engine.14 we anxiously awaited our return to Atco Raceway. After establishing a baseline in the 12.90s, we thought the better flowing exhaust and heads should bring low 12s. After realizing the gain of 81 rwhp, we knew that wouldn't be a problem – as long as we hoop-up on the worn out BFG T.A Drag Radials. A couple of soft launches netted us a 12.22 ET at 111.02 mph, and a back-up pass of 12.17 at 110.84 with 1.81 and 1.74 60-foot times, respectively. For the third and final pass, we felt confident enough to launch a little harder, and were rewarded with a 12.07 at 111.42 mph (1.71 sixty-foot). With a pair of slick, Charlie and Chad's '64 Sport Fury would have gone into the 11s!


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As reported in Bug 59518 – Unable to create Outlook Profile we are currently unable to create ZCO profiles for new users.
The entry in the ZCO logfile shows
SetServiceProfileInfo. CryptProtectData failed. Error 0x2
which points to a function used to encrypt the password for storing it in the profile.
Does anyone know how this function can malbehave?