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Feb. 25, 2013
Patriot League Men's Basketball Release - 2.25.13
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- When last week started, Bucknell was in a tie for first place in the Patriot League. Now, the Bison have a two-game lead and are one win away from making League history.
With a victory in its regular-season home finale against American on Wednesday, or at Navy on Saturday, Bucknell would become the first team in League history to claim three straight outright regular-season titles, and just the second to earn the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League Tournament for three years in a row.
The Bison have already clinched at least a top-two seed in the League Tournament, with the other spot in that domain still up for grabs. Lafayette took a leg up on Sunday when it defeated rival Lehigh 79-71, and would earn the No. 2 seed in the tournament and chance to host in the semifinals by winning its final two games. The Leopards are at Colgate Wednesday.
Lehigh, which is tied for second with the Leopards, needs two wins and a Lafayette loss to reach the No. 2 spot. The Mountain Hawks host Navy on Wednesday.
The top three teams have already clinched home games in the League Tournament quarterfinals, with the last spot still up for grabs. Army has the inside track, and would seal its position with a win at home against Holy Cross on Wednesday.
All four of Wednesday's contests can be seen on Patriot League All-Access.
Patriot League Anaconda Weekly Awards (Feb. 18-24)
Anaconda Player of the Week
TONY JOHNSON, LAFAYETTE Sr., G, 6-0, 175; Folsom, Calif./Folsom
Johnson has put the Leopards on his back recently and has Lafayette into a tie for second place in the Patriot League after two brilliant performances last week. He had 20 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals in a 79-76 win at Holy Cross on Wednesday, and had two big plays in Lafayette's comeback effort. He got the Leopards to within three on a three-point play with 1:33 left, then hit the game-winning three-pointer with 3.5 seconds to go to send Lafayette to the win with a game-closing 9-0 run. Johnson was even better in a 79-71 win at home against rival Lehigh on Sunday, making 10-of-12 shots and all five three-point attempts while scoring a career-high 29 points along with four assists. With the score tied at 64-64 and under five minutes to play, Johnson made consecutive three-pointers to ignite a 10-0 run and put Lafayette ahead for good. Johnson had previously hit a game-winning shot with under five seconds left to send Lafayette to a 63-62 win over Bucknell on Feb. 16 and start the Leopards' three-game win streak. He leads the Patriot League in field-goal percentage (54.5%), steals (2.1) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2) while ranking third in assists (4.9) and fifth in free-throw percentage (79.8%). Johnson is named Patriot League Anaconda Player of the Week for the first time in his career.
Anaconda Rookie of the Week
CULLEN HAMILTON, HOLY CROSS Fr., G, 6-3, 185; Washington, D.C./Potomac (Va.)
Hamilton put up two strong efforts in defeat for the Crusaders. He had a career-high 18 points on 6-of-8 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range in a 79-76 loss to Lafayette on Wednesday, and also pulled down a career-high tying seven rebounds in the game. Hamilton followed that up with 10 points and four boards in a 74-57 loss at Bucknell on Sunday. Hamilton made 10-of-18 shots and 6-of-12 three-pointers on the week. He is named Patriot League Anaconda Rookie of the Week for the second time.
Honorable Mention
ELLA ELLIS, ARMY Sr., F, 6-7, 195; Houston, Texas/Eisenhower (USMAPS)
Ellis had 34 points, his highest career total in regulation, in a 77-63 win over Colgate on Wednesday and 15 in a 72-58 triumph at American on Saturday to average 24.5 points while shooting 66.7% from the field (16-of-24) and 57.1% from three-point range (8-of-14) last week.
MIKE MUSCALA, BUCKNELL Sr., F/C, 6-11, 239; Roseville, Minn./Roseville
Muscala had 12 points and nine rebounds in a 61-55 win at Lehigh on Monday and 25 points and seven boards on his Senior Day in a 74-57 victory over Holy Cross on Sunday. He averaged 18.5 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 56% (14-of-25) from the field for the week.
HOLDEN GREINER, LEHIGH Sr., F, 6-8, 210; Traverse City, Mich./St. Francis
Greiner averaged 22.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists while shooting 62.1% (18-of-29) from the field in two losses for Lehigh last week. He had 17 points against Bucknell on Monday and a career-high 27 versus Lafayette on Sunday.
JUSTIN BURRELL, HOLY CROSS So., G, 5-9, 165; Dumfries, Va./Potomac
Burrell averaged 17.5 points and 4.5 assists while shooting 53.8% (14-of-26) from the field for the Crusaders last week.
Patriot League Twitter Notebook - @PL_MBB
*Bucknell can earn the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League Tournament and outright regular-season title with a win against American Wednesday.
*The Bison are trying to become the first team to claim three straight outright regular-season titles and second to earn the No. 1 seed three years in a row.
*Bucknell would take the No. 1 seed for the fifth time overall, passing Holy Cross for the most in League history.
*Bucknell, Lafayette and Lehigh have secured home games in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament on March 6.
*Army can clinch the last home spot with a win or a Colgate loss Wednesday.
*The Black Knights are also trying to secure their first winning League record.
*Lafayette aims for its first four-game Patriot League win streak since 2010.
*The Leopards are trying to win nine League games for the first time since 2004 and fifth in school history.
*Lehigh is trying to win a ninth Patriot League game for the sixth time.
*Bucknell goes for its fourth straight season sweep of American.
*Lehigh (Navy) and Lafayette (Colgate) each aim for a third-straight season sweep of their opponent on Wednesday.
*Army hopes to sweep the season series with Holy Cross for the first time.
*The team trailing at halfitme has won six of the last 12 Patriot League games.
*Lafayette has come back from a halftime margin and a double-digit second-half deficit in each of its three consecutive wins.
Patriot League Notebook
Bucknell Goes for Top Seed, Patriot League History
Bucknell moved into a two-game lead in the Patriot League race on Sunday, and now the Bison close in on making Patriot League history this week. With a win over American on Wednesday, or at Navy on Saturday, Bucknell would become the first school to win the outright regular-season Patriot League title in three consecutive seasons. The Bison also aim to join Lafayette (1998-00) as the only schools to earn the No. 1 seed in the League Tournament in three consecutive years. Bucknell would take the No. 1 seed for the fifth time overall, passing Holy Cross for the most in League history. By winning their last two games, the Bison would become the first team to win at least 12 Patriot League games in three straight seasons and be 37-5 in League play in a three-year span, second to only their own run from 2005-07 (38-4) for the best in League history.
Three Quarterfinal Hosts Set, One More to Be Decided
Three of the four hosts are set for the Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament quarterfinals on March 6, with two teams vying for the one remaining spot. Lafayette will host for the first time since 2010 after beating Lehigh on Sunday, and the Leopards will earn the No. 2 seed in the field and right to also host in the semifinals if they win their last two games. Bucknell and Lehigh are each hosting for the fourth year in a row, with the Bison needing just one win for their third straight No. 1 seed and right to play each postseason game at Sojka Pavilion. Army and Colgate are each still in play for the final spot to host in the quartefinals, with the Black Knights needing only one win in their final two games to secure a top-four seed for the first time since 2009. Colgate would have to win its final two games and have Army lose twice for a chance to host a game for the first time since 2008.
Comebacks, Drama Highlight Lafayette's Three-Game Win Streak
Led once again by senior Tony Johnson, Lafayette won yet another game in the final minutes when it beat Lehigh 79-71 on Sunday. The Leopards went on a late 10-0 run to break open a tie game in the last five minutes and earn the win. Johnson hit consecutive three-pointers to start the surge and finished with a career-high 29 points in the win. This coming after he hit game-winning shots in the final five seconds against Bucknell on Feb. 16 and Holy Cross on Wednesday. Lafayette rallied from 11 down against Bucknell and 13 against Holy Cross in the second half before coming back from a 10-point deficit in the last 10 minutes against Lehigh. Lafayette has won seven of its last nine games, and is one win away from its best League record since 2004.
Army Setting a Number of Firsts in Breakthrough Season
Army is enjoying a turnaround season, and the Black Knights have the numbers to prove it. They posted a 72-58 victory at American on Saturday to set a number of historical firsts in Patriot League play. Army won a seventh Patriot League game for the first time in school history, and also guarantees its first non-losing record in League action. The Black Knights have their first four-game Patriot League win streak, and extended their school record of consecutive League road victories to four in a row. Army also won at American for the first time as a Patriot League member, and in turn sweeps the Eagles for the first time. On Wednesday, the Black Knights will try to sweep Holy Cross for the first time, lock up their first winning mark in Patriot League action and earn their first five-game win streak at any point in the year since 2006-07.
Reversing the Trends
Patriot League games have become much closer and more dramatic as the season has progressed. After only two teams rallied from halfitme deficits to win in the first 36 games, it has happened six times in the past 12 contests including three by Lafayette. Only five of the first 36 League games were within five points, but five of the past 12 have been that close. After the first eight completed Patriot League series ended in sweeps, seven of the last 12 have been split. The home teams are taking over, too. After the home/road split was 16-16 at one point, the home squads have surged ahead for a 27-21 advantage to date.
Senior Stars
The 2012-13 season has displayed an outstanding group of seniors in the Patriot League. Bucknell's trio of Mike Muscala, Joe Willman and Bryson Johnson were all honored on Sunday at Sojka Pavilion, and they will not soon be forgotten. With 1,941 career points, Muscala is just 32 shy of Al Leslie's Bucknell scoring record. The trio has led a class with 87 victories, tying the class of 2007 for most in school history. Muscala is second in Patriot League annals in rebounds (1,032) and blocked shots (362) while leading the nation in double-doubles this season. Johnson is the all-time Patriot League three-point king (311), while all three are 1,000-point scorers. Three other seniors are enjoying fine finishes to their careers. Army's Ella Ellis is just three points shy of 1,500 for his career while standing second to Muscala in scoring this season, American's Stephen Lumpkins is third in Patriot League history in rebounds and among the leaders nationally this year and Lafayette's Tony Johnson leads the League in multiple categories and is enjoying an outstanding run of late. Not to be forgotten is Lehigh's C.J. McCollum, the injured all-time leading scorer in the Patriot League, and Lehigh's Gabe Knutson who stands 31st in League history in scoring.
Patriot League Games
American Eagles (10-17, 5-7) at Bucknell Bison (23-5, 10-2)
Sojka Pavilion; Lewisburg, Pa. - Wednesday, 7 p.m.
*Bucknell tries to earn its third-straight No. 1 seed and outright regular-season title when it hosts American on Wednesday.
*The Bison are aiming to become the first team in League history to win the outright title in three straight seasons.
*Bucknell would join Lafayette (1998-00) as the only schools to claim the No. 1 seed for three years in a row.
*Bucknell would take the No. 1 seed for the fifth time overall, passing Holy Cross for the most in League history.
*The Bison have won the last seven games against the Eagles, including a 56-55 win at Bender Arena on Jan. 30.
*Bucknell scored the last seven points of that game, winning on a bucket by Mike Muscala with 0.8 seconds remaining.
*Bucknell has swept the season series with American in each of the last three years.
*Six of the last eight meetings have been decided by six points or less.
*Bucknell has a 32-20 lead in the series, and is up 17-8 since American entered the Patriot League.
*The Eagles have never lost more than seven games in Patriot League play.
Lafayette Leopards (15-14, 8-4) at Colgate Raiders (11-18, 5-7)
Cotterell Court; Hamilton, N.Y. - Wednesday, 7 p.m.
*Lafayette tries to keep its roll going when it visits Colgate on Wednesday evening.
*The Leopards have won three straight and seven of nine to reach a tie for second place in the Patriot League.
*Lafayette can clinch the No. 2 seed in the League Tournament with a win and losses by Lehigh and Army.
*Lafayette dominated the Raiders in a 69-40 win at home on Jan. 30.
*The Leopards have won the last six games against the Raiders, with season sweeps in each of the last two years.
*Colgate has a 46-45 edge in the series, while leading the Leopards 28-17 in regular-season Patriot League games.
*The Raiders need two wins and two Army losses to have a chance to end up as the No. 4 seed in the League Tournament.
*Lafayette is trying to win a fourth-straight Patriot League game for the first time since 2010.
*A win would also give the Leopards nine wins in Patriot League action for the first time since 2004 and fifth all-time.
*A victory would give the Raiders their highest League win total since 2010, and a five-game League home win streak.
Navy Midshipmen (8-20, 2-10) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (18-8, 8-4)
Stabler Arena; Bethlehem, Pa. - Wednesday, 7 p.m.
TV: Service Electric 2 Sports
*Lehigh tries to get back on track when it hosts Navy on Wednesday night.
*The Mountain Hawks have dropped three straight Patriot League games for the first time since 2009.
*Lehigh has won its last six against Navy, including a 71-49 victory in Annapolis on Jan. 30.
*The Mountain Hawks have swept the season series with the Mids in each of the last two years.
*The Mids had previously swept Lehigh in 2010 before the Mountain Hawks' run of six in a row.
*Lehigh is trying to win nine Patriot League games for the sixth time, and third in the past four seasons.
*Navy has a 44-23 lead over Lehigh in the all-time series, with a 26-21 edge as Patriot League members.
*Lehigh needs two wins and a Lafayette loss to earn the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League Tournament.
*Navy will be the No. 8 seed in the League tourney unless it wins its final two games and Holy Cross loses twice.
Holy Cross Crusaders (11-16, 3-9) at Army Black Knights (14-13, 7-5)
Christl Arena; West Point, N.Y. - Wednesday, 7 p.m.
*Army tries to earn a top-four seed in the Patriot League Tournament for the second time in school history when it hosts Holy Cross on Wednesday.
*The Black Knights finished in the top four in 2009, the last time they hosted in the quarterfinal round.
*Army has a school-record seven League wins, and would secure its first winning League mark by beating Holy Cross.
*The Black Knights also enter the contest with a school-record four consecutive League wins.
*They have not won five in a row at any point in the season since a six-game run in non-League play in 2006-07.
*Army posted an 80-66 win at Holy Cross when the teams met in Worcester on Jan. 30.
*The Black Knights are trying to sweep the season series with the Crusaders for the first time.
*Holy Cross leads the all-time series 57-18, with a 38-11 record since the teams entered the Patriot League.
*Holy Cross has never lost more than nine games in Patriot League play.
Team Notebooks
AMERICAN Two straight losses have put the Eagles in position to finish outside of the top four seeds in the Patriot League Tournament for the first time...American can still end up tied for fourth place in the standings, but can no longer finish as a top four seed and host in the quarterfinals of the League Tournament...American fell 72-58 at home against Army on Saturday after dropping a 50-44 contest at Navy on Wednesday...The Eagles are 5-7 in the Patriot League, matching their most-ever losses in League action...American was swept by Army for the first time...After the Eagles rallied to take a three-point lead early in the second half, Army went back ahead for good with a 9-0 run and pulled away later with a 22-4 stretch... Stephen Lumpkins led the Eagles with 10 points...It is just the fourth time the Eagles have lost seven games in League play in their 12 seasons...American closes its regular season on the road, visiting Bucknell on Wednesday and Lafayette on Saturday.
ARMY Army set a number of school historical standards, and more importantly strengthened its chances for a home game in this year's Patriot League Tournament, by making 13 three-pointers and pulling away in the second half for a 72-58 win at American on Saturday at Bender Arena...The Black Knights moved two games ahead of the Eagles and Colgate for fourth place in the standings...They need just one win or a Colgate loss to claim a home game in the quarterfinals on March 6...Army won a seventh Patriot League game for the first time in school history, and also guarantees its first non-losing record in League action...The Black Knights have their first-ever four-game Patriot League win streak, and extended their school record of consecutive League road victories to four in a row...Army also won at American for the first time as a Patriot League member, and in turn sweeps the Eagles for the first time...The Black Knights had lights out shooting once again, making 26-of-51 shots and 13-of-24 three-pointers in the game...Four players scored in double figures for Army, led by Ella Ellis with 15 and Kyle Wilson with 14...After falling behind by three early in the second half, Army scored the next nine points to take a 40-34 lead and later put together a 22-4 stretch to blow the game wide open as it went on to the 72-58 victory...The Black Knights dished out 19 assists on their 26 field goals and committed only 11 turnovers while forcing 16 by the Eagles...Three of Army's four consecutive wins have come by double digits, and the Black Knights have scored at least 70 points in seven of the last nine games...Army hosts Holy Cross Wednesday and visits Lehigh on Saturday on CBS Sports Network.
BUCKNELL Senior Day at Bucknell provided a fitting send-off, as the class led by Mike Muscala, Joe Willman and Bryson Johnson helped the Bison to their third-straight Patriot League regular-season title with a 74-57 win over Holy Cross on Sunday at Sojka Pavilion...Bucknell clinches at least a share of the Patriot League regular-season title for the third consecutive season, becoming only the fourth team to pull off that feat and first since Lafayette (1998-00)...The Bison also join that Leopards' group as well as themselves and Holy Cross from 2005-07 as the only teams to win at least 10 Patriot League games in three straight seasons...Bucknell has gone 35-5 in the Patriot League over the last three years...With one more win, the Bison will become the first team in Patriot League history to win three consecutive outright regular-season titles...Muscala had 25 points on 11-of-16 from the field and pulled down seven boards, while Willman finished with 14 points on 7-of-12 shooting and had nine rebounds on the day they were honored...The Bison never trailed in the game, opening things up early by taking an 18-8 lead less than 11 minutes into the contest...Bucknell led by as many as 15 points in the first half before Holy Cross got back to within 31-24 at the break...Bucknell pulled back away with an 11-2 run to open the second half, and went up by as many as 21 points as it coasted to the 74-57 win...Cameron Ayers also finished in double figures with 15 points while making 4-of-5 shots from beyond the arc...He is six points away from 1,000, and would join Muscala, Willman and Johnson to make the Bison one of just five teams in the nation with four 1,000-point scorers...Bucknell defeated the Crusaders at home for the third straight time, and swept the season series with Holy Cross for the second time in three years...Bucknell goes for its third straight outright regular-season title and No. 1 seed in the League Tournament when it hosts American Wednesday, then visits Navy Saturday.
COLGATE Down by five at halftime, Colgate opened the second half on a 22-3 run and pulled away for a 59-46 win over Navy on Sunday at Cotterell Court...Colgate won its fourth-straight against the Mids, sweeping Navy for the second year in a row...The Raiders, who are tied for fifth place with American, remain in the hunt for a home game in the Patriot League Tournament...Colgate trailed throughout the first half and was down 27-22 at the break, but roared back from there...The Raiders took the lead with the first eight points of the second half and scored 12 in a row after a Navy basket as part of the 22-3 surge that made it 44-30 with 8:15 to go...Navy got back to within eight points with 1:35 to play, but the Raiders finished it off with the next seven points to score the 59-46 win...Pat Moore led Colgate with 13 points, while Clayton Graham came up with 10 points and eight rebounds...Luke Roh led the team with 12 rebounds and six assists...Colgate held a 46-28 edge on the glass, and pulled down 17 offensive rebounds in the game...The Raiders have won their last four Patriot League home games as they welcome Lafayette on Wednesday, then finish the regular season at Holy Cross on Saturday.
HOLY CROSS Holy Cross fell behind early and could never get back into the game as it lost 74-57 at Bucknell on Sunday...The Crusaders dropped their third straight game, with the previous two coming in heartbreaking fashion on three-pointers in the final seconds...Holy Cross never led at Bucknell, falling behind by 10 points early and as many as 15 in the first half before cutting it to 31-24 at the break...The Bison opened the second half on an 11-2 run to pull back away and Holy Cross never got closer than 14 points the rest of the way... Justin Burrell led the Crusaders with 16 points, Phil Beans had 15 and Cullen Hamilton added 10..Burrell averaged 17.5 points in two games last week, while Hamilton put up 14 points per contest to receive the Patriot League Anaconda Rookie of the Week award for the second time this season...Holy Cross has lost eight of its last nine games, and fell for the fourth straight time on the road to go 1-5 away from the Hart Center in League action...The Crusaders matched their highest loss total in Patriot League play with nine...They try to finish the season strong when they visit Army on Wednesday and host Colgate on Saturday.
LAFAYETTE It didn't happen in the final seconds this time, but Lafayette senior point guard Tony Johnson took over down the stretch once again as the Leopards used a late run to knock off rival Lehigh by a 79-71 final on Sunday at Kirby Sports Center in a game shown on CBS Sports Network...With the win, the Leopards pull into a tie for second place with the Mountain Hawks and clinch a home game in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals on March 6...Lafayette holds the tiebreaker edge over Lehigh by sweeping the Mountain Hawks for the first time since 2002, excluding one that came by forfeit in 2005...Lafayette won its third straight game and seventh in the last nine...Lafayette was down most of the way, including by as many as 10 points with 10:46 left...The Leopards fought back from there, going on a 14-2 run to claim a 61-59 lead on a three-pointer by Bryce Scott with 6:52 to go...With the score tied at 64-64, Johnson took over in the final five minutes to lead the Leopards to victory.. The senior canned back-to-back three-pointers to give Lafayette a 70-64 lead, and Dan Trist followed up with two straight buckets to complete a 10-0 run that put the Leopards up 74-64 with just 1:33 left on their way to the 79-71 win...Johnson finished with a career-high 29 points, and the Patriot League leader in field-goal percentage was nearly perfect in that area by going 10-of-12 overall and 5-of-5 from three-point range...He averaged 24.5 points, 5.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game last week while shooting 75% from the field and 66.7% from three-point range...On Monday, Johnson was named Patriot League Anaconda Player of the Week for the first time in his career...The Leopards were lights out in the second half, going 16-of-24 from the field and 6-of-10 from three-point range after intermission to finish at 28-of-54 overall and 11-of-25 from long range in the game... Lafayette limited Lehigh to just 4-of-15 from three-point range...The Leopards will host a Patriot League Tournament game for the first time since 2010...They are 11-3 at Kirby Sports Center this year, with 10 wins in the last 11 home games...Lafayette goes on the road Wednesday at Colgate, then finishes the regular season at home against American on Saturday.
LEHIGH Lehigh lost a third-straight Patriot League game for the first time since 2009 as it fell 79-71 at Lafayette on Sunday...The Mountain Hawks also dropped a 61-55 final at home against Bucknell on Monday after losing 64-60 at Colgate last Saturday...Lehigh was swept in the season series by the Leopards for the first time since 2002 (excluding a sweep by forfeit in 2005) and falls into a second-place tie with Lafayette...The Mountain Hawks are out of the running for the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League Tournament...Lehigh held a small lead throughout the first half, and stretched it out a bit by scoring the final five points of the period for a 39-33 edge at the break...Lehigh continued to hold the advantage early in the second half, scoring eight straight points for its biggest lead at 57-47 with 10:46 to play...But Lafayette caught fire the rest of the way, taking the lead with a 14-2 run and then scoring 10 straight points after the score was tied at 64-64 to go on to the win...Holden Greiner did all he could for the Mountain Hawks with a career-high 27 points on 10-of-14 from the field...Gabe Knutson added 19 points and eight rebounds, while Mackey McKnight finished with 11...Lehigh shot over 50% at 29-of-55, but was hurt by its three-point shooting at 4-of-15...The Mountain Hawks are just 8-of-48 from three-point range in their three-game losing streak...Lehigh tries to get back on track at home this week against Navy on Wednesday and Army on Saturday.
NAVY The Mids got off to a fast start on Sunday at Colgate, but could not keep it up as they fell to the Raiders 59-46 at Cotterell Court... Navy scored the first nine points of the game, and led throughout the first half in opening up a 27-22 lead at the break...However, Colgate stormed out of the locker room with a
22-3 surge to start the second half and went on to the 13-point win... Tilman Dunbar led the Mids with 13 points and five assists, while Worth Smith added 10...Will Kelly had eight points in the game, but the rest of the Mids combined for just 15 on 4-of-23 shooting from the field...Kelly averaged 7.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in Navy's games last week...The Mids lost for the 14th time in its past 16 games and eighth in the last nine contests, though they had stopped a losing skid with a 50-44 win over American on Wednesday...Navy closes the season at Lehigh on Wednesday and at home against Bucknell on Saturday, needing to win both games for a shot to avoid being the No. 8 seed in the League tourney.


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Reports on US arms sale ban denied
A senior Azerbaijani official has dismissed media reports claiming the United States government banned sale of weapons to Azerbaijan.
``Overall, the U.S. has never sold weaponry to Azerbaijan. Likewise, Azerbaijan has never put forward an initiative to buy weapons from the U.S. So, these reports are absolutely baseless,`` Ali Hasanov, the Presidential Administration`s department head, told the Baku-based APA news agency.
Hasanov said the provocative reports were circulated by anti-Azerbaijani forces.
``The goal is to shape a negative opinion about the U.S. amidst the Azerbaijani public and harm the relations between the two countries,`` he said, adding that the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and the media outlets it supports are behind the release of such reports.
ANCA claimed that the US State Department has excluded Azerbaijan from the list of importers of military machinery and refused to sell the country spare parts for the production of military helicopters. The issue was cast into spotlight after Democratic Congressman Howard Berman sent a letter to Congress.
U.S. Charge d`Affaires in Azerbaijan Adam Sterling also dismissed the reports on the arms sale ban.
``When companies want to sell defense articles outside the U.S. they get a license for the sale from the State Department,`` Sterling told reporters on Tuesday. ``This case involved a single application from a company which wants to sell a defense article to a number of countries and in the list of countries there was Azerbaijan and that private company amended its license and removed Azerbaijan from the application.``
Sterling didn`t specify the name of the company.
He added the United States has a very strong security relationship with Azerbaijan as a very strong security partner.

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No English Christmas dinner table is complete without the Christmas Cracker – it's a delightful combination of the tacky and ridiculous – complete with terrible joke, nasty plastic gift and tissue paper paper hat. Using this festive item as inspiration, I wanted to come up with a simple fabric version that could be used in the traditional way, or as an fun way of wrapping a special Christmas or birthday gift…and Melody's fabulous fabrics are the cherries on the top for this quick and easy make. And the other bonus? They can be used over and over again, so they're eco friendly as well as cute!
You will need:
- 2 pieces of fabric 8.5 inches wide by 11.75 inches
- 2 pieces of cardboard tube (i used the inside of a kitchen towel) 4 inches long
- Several pieces of ribbon for ties in pretty colours – around 16 inches long
- Spray starch
- Iron
- Rotary cutter and ruler
- Scissors for cutting cardboard
- Tape
- Small amount of fusible web cut into strips
- Pencil
- Strong double sided tape
- Pinking shears or decorative scissors (optional)
1. Take one of the cardboard tubes and cut through it lengthways. Cut around half an inch off then tape back together to make a smaller tube. (See figure 1) Put aside for later.
2. Spray starch the fabric.
3. Put one of the pieces of fabric in front of you with the wrong side facing upwards and with the short sides top and bottom. Fold the top over by 3 inches and press. Use the fusible web to secure into place. Do the same to the other piece of fabric.
4. With the pencil, draw a line 1/2 an inch underneath the raw edge.
5. Draw another line on the opposite edge, 1 inch from the bottom.
6. Use this as a guide to fold the bottom edge up by 1/2 an inch. Press and secure with fusible web. Repeat on other piece of fabric. (See figure 2)
7. Trim the left hand side of the long edge using pinking shears or decorative scissors if required.
8. Place strips of doubled sided tape all over the fabric, making sure 1 piece is close to the 'hem' of the bottom edge, and 1 piece is close to the 'decorative' raw edge. (See figure 3)
9. Place one of the cardboard tubes on the edge of the fabric, lining it up exactly with the 'hemmed' edge and roll to wrap the tube completely in the fabric, ensuring a smooth finish. (See figure 4) Repeat with the other tube. (See figure 5)
10. Slot the thinner tube into the fatter one to ensure the fit. It should be snug but not tight.
11. Use the ribbons to tie one end fairly tightly. (See figure 6)
12. Tie the other end and admire your handiwork! (See figure 7)
13. Now fill your cracker with treats – and add a paper hat, terrible joke and a cracker snap if desired
You can decorate the top of the cracker any way you please – use fabric flowers, or wide ribbons to add extra embellishments!
Depending on the thickness of the fabric, you may find your cracker ends are a bit floppy – you can either add extra interfacing, or place a screwed up piece of tissue paper in the ends to help keep the shape on the festive table setting.
Thanks, Lu! You can find Lucie Summers, one of Moda Fabrics' exciting new designers, at her blog, Summersville, and browse her adorable handmade wares at her Etsy shop of the same name.


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Lillian Williams, 76, celebrated the holiday season with four generations of her family.
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The singer says "reckless" paparazzi should have learned from Princess Diana's death after he is involved in a minor collision.
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Justin Bieber has lashed out at the paparazzi and compared his treatment by them to that of Princess Diana.
The Canadian pop star was reportedly involved in a minor collision with a photographer while driving his red Ferrari in West Hollywood on Tuesday.
TMZ reported that the Baby singer slammed on his brakes when he saw he was being followed by a paparazzo in a Prius.
It is not thought that anyone was harmed but Bieber took to Twitter to attack the man for driving "recklessly".
"I don't have a problem with Paparazzi but when they act recklessly they put us all in danger," he wrote.
"There should be laws against what I just experienced. We should have learned from the death of Princess Diana ..."
Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
Earlier this year it was Bieber's own driving which landed him in trouble. He was arrested in Miami for careless driving and resisting arrest in January.
His lawyers reached a plea deal where the 20-year-old agreed to donate £30,000 to charity and attend a 12-hour anger management course.
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Corvallis, Ore. – The Oregon State Women's Soccer Team lost a close match to UC Irvine 2-0 Friday night.
The first opportunity for the Beavers came in the 12th minute when senior captain Jacy Drobney sent a rocket on frame, but it was deflected for a corner by UCI's keeper Jennifer Randazzo.
Irvine retaliated in the 13th minute when Laura McGrail capitalized on a turnover and placed the ball just past OSU's Sammy Jo Prudhomme, giving the Anteaters a 1-0 lead going into the half.
The Anteaters would later double their lead 13 minutes into the second half. McGrail capitalized on another turnover and found the net for her second goal of the night, giving Irvine a 2-0 win over the Beavers.
"I think we were outplayed tonight," said Head Coach Linus Rhode. "Both sides of the ball we were outplayed and when we look at our performance, we have some work to do."
The Beavers are looking to move forward from tonight's match and focus on Sunday's game against Hawai'i.
"Hawai'i is a different team than Irvine," Rhode said. "They are a different type of team and play a different formation so it will be interesting to see how the matchup is on Sunday."
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Pack your lunch and come at the Robert Mills House for a special tour of Prideful Possessions: A South Carolina Silver Sampler. Afterwards, we will enjoy a picnic lunch in the gardens of the Robert Mills House or in the Carriage House at Robert Mills in the event of inclement weather.The event will take place on April 17 from 12-1 p.m.The event is free for Historic Columbia members, $5 for adults, $3 for college students.
Showcasing rarely displayed pieces from Historic Columbia's museum collection, Prideful Possessions: A South Carolina Silver Sampler is a thematically-driven show will investigate makers, sellers and consumers of silver in Columbia and Richland County during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Explore the forms and function of various pieces while you learn the stories behind the manufacture, collection and use of coin and sterling, domestic and imported wares.
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This egg boiler comes from the collection of silver belonging to Wade Hampton I and carries his initials. You would fill it with boiling water and lower the egg rack into it.
Hampton meat dome
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AstraZeneca (AZ) said it will close its Avishkar research and development site in Bangalore later this year—idling all 168 staffers based there—as part of its global R&D restructuring announced last year.
The staffers now work there on "pharmaceutical development and drug discovery research into neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, and malaria," AZ said in a statement. Employees will start leaving AZ "at the end of April," with the site expected to close later this year, the company added.
"We realize this is difficult news for our research colleagues in Bangalore, and our priority is to support them over the coming months," said Sudhir Nambiar, site head and vp, pharmaceutical development, R&D Bangalore.
The company will no longer carry out early-stage research into neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, and malaria, though it will continue to advance a Phase II investigational compound AZD5847 for tuberculosis.
AZ said it will continue to provide expertise to help advance existing third-party neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis research programs, while continuing to make its compound library in the specialties available through "open innovation" partnerships.
AZ halved its core therapy areas to three when CEO Pascal Soriot announced its restructuring in March 2013, saying the company would focus R&D efforts on cardiovascular and metabolic disease; oncology; and respiratory, inflammation, and autoimmunity diseases. The pharma giant hopes the moves will revive an R&D operation that has struggled in recent years to recover from several late-stage setbacks and the expected "patent cliff" expiration of several brand-name drugs through the end of this year.
At the recent JP Morgan 32nd Annual Healthcare Conference, Soriot said AZ will keep R&D spending flat through 2016.
Pharmaceutical development projects now carried out in Bangalore will either be carried out by external providers or be transferred to the company's Macclesfield site near Cambridge, U.K.—one of three global R&D centers being created by AZ. The other two are in Mölndal, Sweden, near Gothenburg, which will focus primarily on small molecules, and in Gaithersburg, MD, headquarters of the company's MedImmune subsidiary and already the primary location for AZ biologics activities.
However, AZ will continue to operate in India, saying its commercial organization and clinical operations at the Avishkar site will move to a new location in Bangalore later this year. The company employs more than 1,200 people in sales, marketing, and manufacturing in India, and declared that it remained committed to maintaining "a significant presence" in the country.
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This is far from pretty. Iraq war veteran and Army Reservist Aremio Solis has been named as one of 50 busted in a pedophile sting in Central Florida dubbed Operation SpiderWeb 2, reports state. Solis, 31, allegedly answered an online ad for "fun" with a thirteen year-old girl and, after exchanging text messages, visited a pre-agreed upon address only to find Police officers at the ready!
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I'm replicating a paper, which modelled the NAIRU like this:
equation 1 says output is equal to a tendency, h, and a cycle, x. Eq 2 says the tendency is explained by a tendency also, g, and a random error.
Eq 3 explains that tendency g. Eq4 says the cyclical component of output is defined by an AR(2). Eq 5,6,7 have similar explanations. Forget equation 8, i made a mistake repeating that one.
So, i'm a bit lost declaring the model under Kalman filter
The first matrix is the state, the second one the transition or signal
So how i do declare the state and space under Eviews? I've read example but nothing useful. Multiplying the matrix that generates the states i get
@state y=h+x
@state u=c(1)*x+ c(2)*x(-1)+ c(3)*x(-2)+ s+[var = exp(c(4))]
@signal h=h(-1)+g(-1)+[var = exp(c(5))]
@signal x=c(6) x(-1)+c(7) x(-2)+[var = exp(c(4))]
@signal x(1)=x(-1) //@signal sv2=sv1(-1)? i don't know how to express this correctly.
@signal s=s(-1)+[var = exp(c(8))]
@signal g=g(-1)+[var = exp(c(9))]
Please, give some help. I'm not used to work with Kalman filter. Thanks in advance for your time and interest.


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Brian Hohlfeld is an American screenwriter best known for writing He Said, She Said and his work with the Winnie the Pooh franchise. Hohlfeld is responsible for numerous uncredited feature rewrites including work on The Mighty Ducks. Before moving to Los Angeles, California, he taught film appreciation at Webster University in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. He writes and produces the series My Friends Tigger & Pooh for which he received the 2008 Humanitas Prize for Children's Animation.
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The question is simple. When we join the two broken surfaces, what is it that keeps the surfaces from connecting with each other, while earlier they were attached to each other? Also, would the two sides join again if I hold them together for an infinite amount of time?
When I stretch a rubber band, it breaks. When I hold the broken ends together, why doesn't it join again?
You are thinking of a lego or a jigsaw puzzle. You have to think of huge numbers and tiny dimensions . There are $10^{23}$ molecules in a mole. The atomic dimensions are less than $10^{-9}$ meters. The lattice that has been broken will not fit the puzzle if it has been moved further than this last small distance because the molecular forces will not match. In addition the break will have displaced the locations of atoms and molecules on the two sides, in this microscopic distance making fusion even more improbable.
First of all you need to understand how the rubber is held together in the first place. Rubber, plastics, carbon fibre and pretty much all forms of living tissue are held together in the same manner. All, or a large part of the molecules are long strings, either repeating the same simple pattern, or a number of slightly different patterns organised in random order. In some cases the strings are several thousand atoms in length. When the strings are packed tightly together they attract one another, thus they end up sticking together, and because of the interlaced structure the combined strength is much larger than this attraction between two flat surfaces would be.
If you pull hard enough to break such a structure one or a combination of two things will happen:
Rubber in particular is a material that takes long to settle, the molecules of a common rubber band are slowly shifting positions, making and breaking bonds between molecules. This means that it is actually possible for some rubber bands to rejoin given time (or become a big clump in the pack), pressure or heat may speed up the process. Unfortunately this shifting also in general makes the rubber weaker with time, if it has shifted enough to rejoin it has probably also shifted enough to be uselessly weak.
Your question is perfectly valid despite most people may think it's odd as reason looks obvious.
There's a property of system called entropy which must not decrease for any process (do some research on web; You may have problem in understanding it as you're in high school). Only those processes in the universe happen in which entropy of system either stays same or increases. For all real-world processes, entropy increases (stays same thing is for ideal reversible processes).
When you touch something hot, heat is transferred from that object to your body. You can argue about that: "Why not opposite?" Your argument would be valid as energy conservation law wouldn't be violated even if heat transfers from your body to that hot object. You can do such argument on almost all real life processes.
In case of your broken rubber band, it won't be attached again to become as before even if you try to undo all energy changes you did at molecular level (holding pieces together is also such try).
The key to all is entropy change. So, the answer to your question: The rubber band won't be attached again automatically because entropy of system would be decreased by that.
And, don't underestimate entropy thing. It is discussed in high-level theories like string theory, QFT. Entropy change is sometimes called "arrow of time".
Many of the proposed answers focus on entropy and the low probability of all the microscopic components of the process coming together to result in a reformed band. I'm not convinced these answers get to the second part of your question: given infinite time will the band be reformed? Before coming to my approach to answering your question, a brief look at rubber.
Some chemistry
Let's assume that the rubber band is made out of natural rubber, which is a polymer of isoprene with some impurities in it. We'll ignore the impurities. The isoprene polymer, or polyisoprene, looks like this:
These long chains (n is easily > 10^4) can slip and slide across one another, and without any stability make for a really crappy material for holding things together (a chewed piece of gum molded into the shape of a band would have better elastic and stability properties). To add stability and elasticity to natural rubber, the polymers are crosslinked through vulcanization. Sulfur is added and makes bridges between neighboring polymers, allowing them to move but not get too far away. The crosslinked polymers look something like this, although note that the actual material wouldn't have as high of a sulfur density as depicted in this figure
Some reactions
Let's walk through your thought experiment. When the rubber band is stretched to the point of breaking, chemical bonds are broken. Looking at the cross-linked image above, the options are S-S bonds, S-C bonds and C-C or C=C bonds. Looking at the bond dissociation enthalpies we see that the S-S and S-C bonds are the weakest of the set; so in all likely hood, the bonds that are being broken are the bonds added through the vulcanization/cross-linking process.
In an oversimplified picture, we can express rubber band breaking like this:
$$formed\ band \rightleftharpoons broken\ band \\ S-C \rightleftharpoons S\cdot +\ C\cdot$$
I use double arrows here because in your thought experiment, we are assuming that the band breaking is a reversible processes. Given that bond breaking requires energy, it stands to reason that your conjecture has some merit; namely, bond formation is energetically feasible and given enough time should occur, resulting in a reformed band.
Some thermodynamics
Chemical reactions can occur under thermodynamic or kinetic control. I interpret your statement "...given infinite time..." as what is the product of this reaction under thermodynamic control?. We therefore need to look at the Gibbs free energy of the bond dissociation reaction to determine the thermodynamically favored products ($S\cdot + C\cdot$ vs. $S-C$, or broken band vs. whole band). For a thermodynamically favorable process, $\Delta G = \Delta H - T\Delta S$, $\Delta G$ must be negative. For bond breaking, $\Delta H$ is positive and $\Delta S$ is positive, meaning that $\Delta G$ is negative when $T \Delta S$ is greater than $\Delta H$. We can therefore claim that there is a temperature at which breaking of the rubber band is thermodynamically favorable. Intuitively this makes sense: heat up the rubber band, eventually it will no longer be a rubber band. Since we are interested in the reverse reaction, we change the signs of the thermodynamic properties and bond formation (band repairing) would be thermodynamically favorable at low temperatures (although that low temp may have to be very close to absolute zero at which point chemistry starts getting weird).
So I think the key to this question is your use of the term infinite, which moves us from a kinetic regime to a thermodynamic regime. I'm also making some pretty hefty assumptions (e.g. approximating band breaking/forming with a single type of bond breaking/forming) which may be too broad. Under these constraints, the thermodynamics suggest that a formed band is more favorable than a broken band. If my model is overly simplified, you can use the same process with more conservative assumptions.
In reality, these type of thermodynamic thought experiments aren't terribly helpful. Diamond, for example, is more thermodynamically stable than graphite. I'm not going to win over the girl-next door by giving her pencil and saying, "my love for you is as eternal as this diamond will be". As soon as you move back into the realm of finite time, kinetic control is going to take over, and the energy barriers to rubber-band formation are going to be too high for the repair to happen.
You have broken the chemical bonds between the molecules by inserting energy which is then dissipated. You also distorted the molecule structure. To repair this you should again insert energy. Holding the pieces together does not provide the energy, nor reorders the molecule structure. The answer to your second question is this no.
Exact mechanism varies with material, simple materials (non-organic) are easier to analyze. Simplest answer is if you bring them together they will join, provided size is small. For example in Cold Welding less than 10 nm wire is rejoined just by contact. The exact mechanics depends on what kind of Intermolecular force is in play.
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Of Furyk's donation to his alma mater, $20,000 will go directly to the men's golf program. The remaining $100,000 will be used in conjunction with the PGA of America's Growth of the Game initiative, "Golf: For Business and Life." The initiative introduces golf to college juniors and seniors, familiarizes them with the game, and teaches them how to use golf as a business tool.
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The NFL game times today prompt an unusual TV schedule for January 19, 2014. The NFL schedule today 1-19-14 won't send any matches to the usual Sunday football primetime schedule on NBC. What time are the football games today, what are the NFL game times today, and what is the football tv schedule for Sunday January 19?
The NFL schedule today features the later game not on NBC but on FOX. But even with that second game, Fox chose not to move the match to the usual Sunday NFL primetime schedule. As a result, if you are preparing your NFL Playoff viewing at home, don't expect to see an early evening game. The first game starts in two hours from now only and the second follows promptly thereafter in the early afternoon.
Sunday's schedule kicks off with the Patriots vs. Broncos game heading to CBS at a start time of 3:00 PM EST. Then the 49ers vs. Seahawks game heads to FOX at a start time of 6:30 PM EST.
The Pats are coming off a 12-4 season, while the Broncos went 13-3. Denver had only one loss at home, with a 7-1 home record. The Pats however split their regular season road games, with a 4-4 score. The Seahawks are coming off the same regular season record at home as Broncos. They too had a 7-1 at home season. But the 49ers have been winning big on the road. They went 6-2 on the road and 12-4 overall.
Kaepernick has thrown roughly 3200 yards this season compared to Wilson's 3400 yards. Both players have roughly the same number of touchdown passes, with Kaepernick delivering twenty-one and Wilson at twenty-six. For live score results today click HERE.


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TC TO JAMES JOHNSTON; 26 October 1825; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18251026-TC-JJ-01; CL 3:398-400.
Hoddam Hill, 26th October 1825.
My dear Johnstone—I was last night assisting at the late but jovial celebration of the Mainhill Kirn,1 and happened among other members of the party to meet with honest Gavin of Bogside,2 one of whose first announcements was that he had a few days ago had a letter from you, containing compliments to me, and a memento that in the article of correspondence I was your debtor. This I had for some time known, and felt with proper repentance, and purposes of alteration; Gavin's hint falls in timefully with a slight interval in my occupation; and today I mean to clear scores.
Your last letter3 with the news of your Haddington journey found me in a season of busy dissipation, but was cordially welcomed, and afforded true satisfaction, I may say, to every individual of the family. We all rejoice in your prospects of a settlement, and feel great confidence that you will succeed both in obtaining and happily conducting the employment. In Haddington and its neighbourhood you will find many worthy persons of the stamp you like; among whom you will be able to fix down, as in a home, and feel yourself "a man among your fellow-men." Gilbert Burns I regard as a most estimable character; and I think you may now count on his forwarding your object by all means in his power, as well as rendering it agreeable to you should you attain it. I am told that he has far more to say in the affair than any other. I will give you more introductions should you go to settle there; and in a short time you will need none. Brown the late Burgher Preacher has left that quarter, and come to settle at Moffat; so that the coast is now clear. Let us rejoice in the prospect of any luck at all, in this most magnificent earth; and "be thankful," as the late Mr. M'Leod of Brownknowe was wont to say, "that we are not in Purgatory"!
Of my own history since you left these parts, I need say but little. Few persons in the British Isles have spent an idler summer than I, and it is long since I spent one as happy. Basil Montagu of London wishes it to be written on his tombstone that he was "a lover of all quiet things"; but in my opinion I (and several snails) may with justice dispute him the pre-eminence in this distinction. I have done, thought, felt, or spoken very little since I saw you. At times I get into a Highland anger at this arrangement; and of late I have begun to change it a little; but on the whole I think it prudent to content myself with my present modicum of even negative good fortune, and like a prudent Christian to jook [duck] and let the jaw [wave] gae by, however hard my stance may be, so it but even moderately shelter me. I believe myself to be improving in point of health; and with health I calculate that many other blessings will be restored to me. I have been at school for many years under the tuition of a pedagogue called Fate; he is an excellent teacher, but his fees are very high, and his tawse4 are rather heavy. By and by I shall become a good child, and the old knave will cease to flog me.
We live here on our hill-top enjoying a degree of solitude that might content the great Zimmermann5 himself. Few mortals come to visit us, I go to visit none; I have not even once been down at Ruthwell since my return to Scotland! No news, literary, political, or economical, get at us; except perhaps a transient hint of the Stagshaw or Falkirk Tryst, or a note of jubilee at the present fairish prices of oats and barley. Like Gallio6 of old I care for none of these things. My heart is weary of the inane toils of mortal men; I have gladly given them up the world for a season "to make a kirk and a mill of,"7 if it please them; all I require is that they would be so good as "leave me, leave me to repose." Perhaps a better day is coming; if not, qu' importe [what does it matter]? "The mind of man," it appears from Mr. Smith, late cordwainer in Ecclefechan, "can accomodate itself to circumstances." Let it do so, and be hanged to it! …
Edward Irving was in Annan last week for a little while; and I passed half a day with him. He is of a green hue, solemn, sad, and in bad bodily condition. The worthy man (for so he is, when every say is said) has lost his boy at Kirkcaldy, and left his wife there, who had brought him a daughter only ten days before that event. He bears it well; for his heart is full of other wondrous things, from which he draws peculiar consolation. He seems, as his enemies would say, still madder than before. But it is not madness: would to Heaven we were all thus mad! He is about publishing another Book, or Prophecy. Irving is actually one of the memorabilia of this century.
In the last Edinburgh Review you would find a critique of Wilhelm Meister, apparently by Jeffrey himself.8 It amused me not a little; and, I may say, gratified me too. I think the critic very honest, and very seldom unjust in his feeling of individual passages; but for the general whole, which constitutes the essence of a work like this, he seems to have no manner of idea of it, except as a heap of beautiful and ugly fragments. True criticism, thanks to our Reviews and Magazines, bids fair to become one of the artes perditæ [lost arts] ere long: And then—"then joy old England raise," for thy mob of gentlemen9 will have halcyon times, goose feathers will rise in value, and paper will again be manufactured from straw! Jeffrey's little theory of Goethe is an exquisite affair. Yet Jeffrey is an honest and clever man, and by far the best of them all.
Gavin tells us you are coming down to Annandale this winter; my only prayer is, come soon. John, who is sitting by me, hopes to see you as you pass through Edinburgh, and sends you his best regards. All the rest salute you kindly. John has been very busy all summer, and is to leave us in a week or two. Write when you have any time, at large and at length.— I am, ever your affectionate friend,
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The New York State Senate passed legislation yesterday legalizing marijuana for certified medical uses. The bill passed in the Assembly earlier and Governor Andrew Cuomo will sign the bill into law. "The Compassionate Care Act" allows physicians to prescribe approved forms of marijuana to patients suffering from a limited number of conditions. The bill specifically prohibits smoking as a method of ingesting.
With this law, New York joins 21 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing this medical option for patients suffering severe illnesses. The organization Compassionate Care NY campaigned for the bill's passage, citing its proved effectiveness in relieving suffering without the harmful effects of additive narcotics and the drug's ability to reduce incidents of epileptic seizures in children. A Siena Research Institute poll found that the majority of New Yorkers approve of legalizing marijuana for medical use.
The Department of Health (DOH) will register medical practitioners who have undergone training, allowing them to certify patients in need of the drug. The DOH will issue patients and caregivers with ID cards that must be presented when purchasing medical marijuana products. Doctors may prescribe marijuana for cancer, HIV/AIDS, ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), Parkinson's Disease, multiple sclerosis, nervous tissue damage of the spinal cord, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathies, and Huntington's Disease. The DOH may expand this list, possibly including post-traumatic stress disorder, in the future.
"Medical marijuana has the capacity to do a lot of good for a lot of people who are in pain and suffering, and are in desperate need of a treatment that will provide some relief. At the same time, medical marijuana is a difficult issue because there are risks to public health and safety that have to be averted. I believe this bill is the right balance." — Governor Andrew Cuomo
Practitioners may not certify themselves and will be charged with a Class-E felony for knowingly certifying an individual who has no medical need for the drug. Patients who sell or trade their drug will be guilty of a misdemeanor. The law also creates a 7-percent excise tax on the sale of medical marijuana. Proceeds of the excise tax will be split between the county where the drug was produced and the county where is was dispensed, with portions going to Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and the Division of Criminal Justice Services to enforce measures related to the legislation.
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In Marty's World Famous Cookbook, he shares a great many of his secrets with us...the reasons everyone stops by in Ontario's wonderful cottage country. The biggest secret of all....shhhhh, don't tell....is to keep things simple. This book is aimed directly at my need to uncomplicate life in the kitchen and still make delicious food that everyone raves about.
I've earmarked many a tasty dish...like his late grandfather's mushroom soup...not just because I adore mushroom soups, but because I love the story...you'll have to get the book to read it. Same with his famous butter tarts. He even wants those of us who make them to send photos to his website and he'll post all the variations. His beetless borscht sounds like a winner for my daughter who hates beets. Or how about some of Marty's personal favorites like Men's Night Steak Sandwich with his own Butternut BBQ Rub and garlic drizzle, for my son-in-law's traditional Monday Night Guy Night. Of course, my daughter would have to make them, so start begging, Ez.
Then there's Marty's simple wings, gnocchi with prosciutto and cremini mushrooms and don't get me started on his desserts. Just mentioning them adds to my waistline.
Cranberry Orange Loaf . It's perfect for a late lazy morning snack with a mug of steaming coffee or afternoon with a cup of tea.
Marty's Guacamole was fantastic with pita chips for some drop in guests we had last week and will be again when my brother-in-law visits this week.
So what are you waiting for...get a copy of Marty's book and pretend you're in the Muskokas.


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I'm trying to figure out the differences over the years... Here's what I "belive to be right" so far...
52-55: Shorter shaft on the breather valve & thin gears, different body plate.
56-59: Same length on the shaft up to 76, as well as body plate, thicker gears.
And that's pretty much all info I've been able to dig up. Can anyone please fill in the blanks? Breather window sizes & gear thickness?
Thanks Stefan.


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TC TO JOSEPH NEUBERG ; 14 May 1859; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18590514-TC-JN-01; CL 35: 94
Chelsea (Saturday), 14 May 1859—
Dear Ng,
There is nothing new here; or nothing new that is good (a death sad to us has happened at Falmouth; a cousin of my wife's;1 a very fine young soul, tragically cut off);—and we are weltering about, with little progress, in this inclement element;—nothing new at all that is not rather bad! But you had better come and glance at the old again, tomorrow evg, and let us compare Notes.
Yours always truly
T. Carlyle


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JNI is not merely a hospital that helps you treat and cure the specific diseases for which you have chosen to come here but it helps you to learn a new way of life that will be your lifelong companion, enhancing the quality of your physical, psychological and spiritual existence, even long after you have left this abode of health and wellbeing.
Naturopathy is a drugless system of healing. Naturopathy believes that the human body owes its existence to nature's five elements – Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether – a composite representation of all forces of nature. In positive health, each of these elements is in equilibrium. Any disturbances in this equilibrium due to any cause leads to disease.
The ten days I spent at the Institute of Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences will always glitter like a bright star on the canvas of my memories. In fatct, this Institute is not a hospital but an ashram, which nature has adorned with a beautiful landscape and flowering gardens...
Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The Campus Map shows all the important areas of activity in which you would spend most of your time during your stay with us.On your arrival, you will be taken to your accommodation by eco friendly, battery-driven cart via all those prime areas, and the driver will explain each areas from outside.
Students and researchers interested in presenting posters on various aspects on Naturopathy, Yoga and other allied branches can send soft copy of the posters to firstname.lastname@example.com
Nature cure is a way of life. It is pure and drugless science but a slow process requiring patience and faith. The patients' own sacrifice, efforts and faith in nature yield benefits. You should take it seriously that your stay is more important for learning to maintain and retain the benefits derived here...
For availing benefits of Naturopathy, admission is required in the Institute. An application containing all medical details should be sent to us. For sending applications online you can use the links in this website. For collecting 'Offline Application', send your request to firstname.lastname@example.com


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Last week, UK heartthrob James Blake released his Enough Thunder EP, featuring more echoey ethereal singsongs. Of course, we are jumping with joy at the six scrumptious tracks, including "Fall Creek Boys Choir," a collaboration with Bon Iver. Below, you'll find a special live performance at KCRW of the title track. Enjoy!
James Blake – Enough Thunder (live on KCRW) by Hypetrak
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Feds Tighten Rules for Anemia Drugs–a Little
After months of deliberation, the feds are tightening the criteria for giving anti-anemia medicines to cancer patients on Medicare. But the final rules, released yesterday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, aren't as strict as those the agency originally proposed and that drug makers, doctors and some patient groups had feared. (The rules are posted here.)
Proper use of the drugs — mainly Amgen's Aranesp and Johnson & Johnson's Procrit — has been debated recently, as concerns about safety risks have risen. Doctors have been cutting back already — an apparent factor in job cuts announced this morning by J&J.
But the federal limits initially proposed would have forced many doctors to cut back even more. The rules announced yesterday say the government will pay for treatment when patients' hemoglobin levels, the prime measure of anemia, fall below 10 grams per deciliter of blood. Early proposals put the the lower limit at 9. The FDA recommends keeping patients between 10 and 12.
The drugs are approved for cancer patients whose chemotherapy causes anemia, but doctors often use the drugs to treat patients whose anemia stems from the cancer itself. Under the new rules, Medicare won't pay for this unapproved use, and will only cover the drugs for eight weeks after the end of a chemotherapy session.
The rules are important not only because Medicare is a major insurer, but also because private insurers tend to follow Medicare's lead.
The American Society of Hematology and the American Society for Clinical Oncology had both opposed the tighter rules proposed initially. "It appears that they listened to the scientific arguments that were made" in making the rules less strict, Samuel Silver of ASH told the WSJ.
"In a lot of respects it looks as though CMS has blinked in the face of the huge outcry over the initial proposal," Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Geoffrey Porges told the New York Times. But he added that the new policy would still lead to a "significant reduction" in use of the drugs.


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Attention cycling fans: The folks at VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations want you to know you'll soon have a chance to pedal your way back to the Tuscan Renaissance in northwest Italy.
Among highlights of the 10-day adventure – called "Cycling Italy's Middle Ages: Lucca to Pisa" – will be a visit to the historic city of Florence (where you'll get immersed in the city's artworks, museums and centuries-old landmarks, including a walk across the Arno River on the Ponte Vecchio). Also on the itinerary will be stops at Pisa (with plenty of time to explore the famed Campo dei Miracoli and to climb the 290 steps inside the Leaning Tower) and Vinci, the hometown of Leonardo Da Vinci (including a tour of a castle-like museum dedicated to the famous artist).
You'll pedal 18 to 40 miles a day along undulating rivers, through quaint villages, on gently rolling roads lined by olive trees, along protected marshlands, past ancient castles and even atop the city walls of Lucca. Along the way you'll take a dip in thermal waters, enjoy some family-style meals with local folks and sample homemade cheeses, olive oils and wines.
The tour is scheduled six times this fall leaving on these dates: Sept. 7, Sept. 14, Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 12 and Oct. 19.
Cost of the 10-day tour starts at $3,845 per person, including your international airfare. Or you can buy a seven-day, land-only package starting at $2,845 per person. For more details click the website for VBT's Cycling Italy's Middle Ages.


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BISHOPVILLE A tough basketball season came to a close Thursday for the Andrew Jackson High School Volunteers.
AJ, on the road for its Conference IV-AA regular-season finale, dropped a pair of losses to the host Lee Central Stallions.
The Lady Vols, who went winless in region play, dropped a 49-20 setback to the LC Lady Stallions in the opener.
The nightcap was closer, but the Stallions avenged an earlier loss to the Vols, who compiled a 1-9 mark in league play, with a 75-66 win.
The South Middle School girls completed a second straight unbeaten season, and the A.R. Rucker boys capped a sterling 13-1 campaign with a sweet revenge win Thursday.
Lancaster area middle school rivals A.R. Rucker and South each had something to cheer about in the season-ending doubleheader at the packed Lancaster High School gym.
The Lady Mustangs put the finishing touches on a banner 14-0 season with a 36-24 win over the rival Lady Rams in the opener.
As the resident "house band" at the Dollywood Theme Park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., it's estimated that the Kingdom Heirs sing to more than 2 million people each year – more than any other Southern gospel group.
They put on multiple performances each day from March through October.
When that ends, there is Christmas show that runs through Jan.1. And it's been that way since 1986.
That only gives the Kingdom Heirs about eight weeks a year to get out on the road.
Lancaster dropped a pair of Region IV-AAAA basketball losses to Blythewood on Tuesday night, but the news wasn't all bad for the Bruins on departing the Midlands.
The LHS boys, who dropped their second loss in three region games, learned that Ridge View, which downed the No. 10 Bruins 81-64 last Friday night at RVHS to forge a tie for the region lead, also lost on Tuesday night.
South Pointe notched a 72-68 win over the Ridge View Blazers to keep the teams tied at the top of region play.
INDIAN LAND Indian Land High School basketball senior night was one for the Warriors to savor on Thursday.
The IL teams completed a season's hoops sweep of the rival Buford Yellow Jackets.
The Lady Warriors rolled to a 78-40 victory and the IL boys capped the notable night with a 62-55 win over the Jackets.
Each game followed a similar trend for the winning Warriors. The IL teams took control in the third quarter to take command on the way to victory.
INDIAN LAND A high school media center is supposed to be one of the quietest places on campus during the school day, but for a brief, special moment that changed Friday afternoon at Indian Land High School.
Just after ILHS senior offensive lineman Sam Seigler signed to play football at The Citadel, an admiring group of students and teachers applauded the moment.
The forecast for a winter storm forced Lancaster County School District officials to cancel two high school basketball games scheduled for Friday night.
The Lancaster-Spring Valley Region IV-AAAA game scheduled for the Lancaster High School gym was postponed late Friday morning when Spring Valley High School officials contacted LHS and said they would be unable to travel after Richland County School officials canceled all after-school activities.
The Lancaster man who was one of the last people to see Deborah Cole alive still has $2,500 in reward money to offer for information about her death.
The Lancaster News ran an article last week about the July 9, 2000, death of Cole. The case, which hasn't been solved, was featured in the newspaper's ongoing series focusing on cold cases.
Franklin James said he was Cole's boyfriend at the time of her death. He said he dropped Cole off at a friend's house in the Midway area shortly after midnight on July 9 and never saw her again.
Dawn Smith Jordan offered the crowd at the ninth annual Matt Blackwell Foundation scholarship dinner a choice – to embrace faith or fear.
"What are you going to choose? To have faith or fall apart?" Jordan asked the crowd of more than 200 people at Lancaster Golf Club's Fairway Room on Tuesday. "Know that some good will come out of bad times."
A suspect wanted for a Jan. 16 murder at a Lancaster night club was arrested Friday afternoon.
The Lancaster Police Department arrested Demarcus Lewis Davis, 20, about 3:45 p.m., Capt. Harlean Howard said. Davis was found hiding in a closet at 703 Pardue St.
Davis has been charged with murder, assault and battery with intent to kill and two counts of possession of a gun during the commission of a violent crime.
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A man got really drunk one night in his local pub. The barman refused to serve him any more alcohol and told him he should be heading home. The man thought this was a good idea so he stood up to leave but fell over straight away. He tried to stand up again but only fell over again. He thought if only he could get outside and get some fresh air he'd be grand. So he crawled outside then tried to stand up and fell over again. In the end after falling over lots more he decided to crawl home. When he got back to his house he pulled himself up using the door handle but as soon as he let go he fell over again. He had to crawl up the stairs and managed to fall over onto the bed and fell asleep. When he finally woke up the next morning his wife asked him what he was doing at the pub last night. He denied it but she said, "I know you were there..." he maintained his innocence until "...the barman rang to say you forgot your wheelchair again...."
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Shuna Fish Lydon Leaves Peels With Epic Good-bye Letter ... About Not Saying Good-bye
Her journey continues; just leave the scones.
Poetic pastry chef Shuna Fish Lydon — who once said that she despised the privilege that is culinary school — has resigned from Peels, a restaurant she says is "receding," in a poignant, if endless, farewell note just posted on her blog. All interpretations of her deep thoughts, darker and richer than any of Peels' always-outstanding desserts, are welcome ... [eggbeater]


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The Master Plan was developed through a grant the city received from Tri-County Health and focuses on short term, implementable improvements to the on-street system to improve walking and biking in Littleton. The final plan was adopted in November and will be used as a working plan to guide future improvements. Send comments to David Flaig in the Public Works Department.
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The Regional State Archives in Oslo and The National Archives are both situated in the National Archives Building at Kringsjå by Sognsvann and have the same reading room and opening hours.
The National Archives Building is located at the edge of the forest by the Sognsvann subway station in Oslo. Photo: Jaro Hollan.
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