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Danzig, Free City of
Danzig was first under the Teutonic Order, until 1454, when it voluntarily came under the protectorate of Poland, from 1454 until 1772. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1391, and under the Polish regime was to all intents an independent free city. In 1772 (fully only in 1793) it became Prussian, remaining so until 1920.
The Treaty of Versailles (effective 20 January 1920) placed the city of Danzig and its immediate vicinity (ca. 790 square miles) under the protection of the League of Nations as an independent state (Free City of Danzig [German, Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk]), in an attempt to solve the conflict between the principle of self-determination (the city was German) and the need of Poland for a free port of access to the Baltic. From 7 November 1920, the city had its own government with an elected senate of 21 senators and a president. It contained besides the city proper also the rural township of Danzig Heights, Danzig Lowland and Elbing, the townships Neustadt and Marienburg and the towns of Zoppot (pop. 15,000), Tiegenhof (3,000), and Neuteich (2,400). The total urban population was 225,000, the rural population 125,000. Of these, 220,000 were Protestants, 120,000 Catholics, 6,000 Mennonites, and 4,000 Jews.
Of the 120 delegates in the Volkstag in 1920, three were Mennonites. The constitution gave the Mennonites equal rights with other citizens, and in addition permitted them to substitute an affirmation for an oath. The Mennonites in the Free City belonged to the following congregations: Danzig, Fürstenwerder with its subsidiary Neunhuben, Ladekopp-Orlofferfelde, Tiegenhagen, Rosenort, and Heubuden. Heubuden was divided, only that part lying west of the Nogat belonging to the Free City.
The history of the territory was a turbulent one after the accession of Adolf Hitler to power in 1933. In 1934 Hitler arbitrarily denounced the German-Polish nonaggression treaty, and demanded the return of Danzig to Germany, which naturally was refused. After that time, the Nazi party agitated and terrorized the population until by 1937 the Gestapo was in complete control of the city. Even a terrorized election of 1935 failed to secure the necessary two-thirds majority for the Nazis (they received only 57.3 percent). In August 1939, by a coup d'etat, Forster declared himself head of the state, and shortly thereafter Hitler reincorporated Danzig into the Reich. The war with Poland was occasioned by this act, and was followed by World War II.
After the war, the Danzig was incorporated into Poland and renamed Gdańsk.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 390.
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Do you know what sous vide is? It's THE BEST way to cook steaks! It's how the restaurants do it Here are my two sous vide machines – the Oliso Sous Vide is the one I use most often, since it's on my counter. But the Joule is my favorite because it's so small and I can use any pot.
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Why is grass-fed so much healthier and tastier than grain-finished beef? For regular supermarket steaks, cattle are finished with antibiotics, hormones and a combination of grains to fatten up the cattle for better marbling, increase the weight for slaughter and decrease costs. Grain-fed cattle "finish" must faster than grass-fed. Faster to market means less cost for the rancher. But that also means bland-tasting beef that is so pumped with hormones and antibiotics.
Just a note though: grain-finished, conventional beef is fattier, and the fat contributes to "juiciness" and perceived "flavor." However, there is a big difference between flavor coming from fat vs. flavor coming from the quality of the meat itself.
Ordering good quality meat is more expensive. Just expect that. But here's what I can say for sure. The cheapest cut of pasture-raised, forage-fed steak from Grass Roots will taste so much better than the most expensive supermarket, conventional, feedlot steak. I say the same about my local, small butcher here in Henderson, Nevada. I'd rather buy the cheapest cut of sirloin at The Butcher Block, down the street, than the most expensive, prime supermarket steak at Vons or Albertsons Supermarket. I'd rather support the small rancher who cares about animal husbandry and producing the best quality beef for customers vs. a large corporation that focuses on time to market, fattening up cattle for increased profits.
Chicken. OMG…..ORDER THE CHICKEN…..a whole chicken at Grass Roots is $17.25. Yes, it's more expensive than your local Wegmans or Smith's conventional chicken. But the quality of what you get is so worth it. Pastured, happy chicken, raised with care on a small farm is SO MUCH BETTER than chicken grown in a small cage in a concrete-floored warehouse. Worth it, for sure.
As for the pork from Grass Fed, it's good. I'm not a big pork eater outside of PORK BEELLLLLYYYYY and bacon (ok, same thing). So, I'm not the best judge of this category. The bacon from Grass Roots was good, not exceptional, but really good.
For a handful of NFL franchises, the slow time could soon be interrupted, thanks to the most important annual deadline applicable to the franchise tag.
The Steelers , the Cowboys, the Lions, and the Rams have until Monday, July 16, to work out long-term deals with running back Le'Veon Bell , defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence , defensive end Ziggy Ansah, and safety Lamarcus Joyner , respectively. If a long-term deal isn't signed and approved by the league office before 4:00 p.m. ET on the 16th, the window for doing a long-term closes until the 2018 regular season ends.
For Lawrence, Ansah, and Joyner (each of whom have signed the one-year franchise tender), it would put them each on track for a 20-percent raise in 2019 or a trip to the open market — absent a long-term deal with their current teams negotiated after the season ends. For Bell, who hasn't signed the franchise tender, it means the quarterback franchise tag for 2019 or unrestricted free agency, absent a last-ditch effort to negotiate a long-term contract between the end of the regular season and the moment Bell signs elsewhere.
The Cowboys and Lawrence reportedly will talk this week. For the Lions, the indication consistently has been that they hope to assess Ansah in 2018 and make a long-term decision for 2019. The Rams would probably have a hard time giving big money to Joyner before finally extending the contract of defensive tackle Aaron Donald , who is a year away from the franchise-tag dance.
Bell remains the biggest name, and his situation presents the highest stakes. Last year, he exercised his prerogative to stay away from the team until Labor Day, which allowed him to apply maximum leverage while still getting his full $12.1 million salary. Until he signs the tender, the Steelers could rescind it.
That remains unlikely, but it would definitely put Bell in a tough spot, thrusting him onto the market long after the big money has been spent and the rosters have been set. The Steelers would do it only if they believe they can thrive without Bell. Few if any outside the organization do.
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The basic principle governing this entire project was to be as lightweight as possible. We wanted an end product with no repetitive or unnecessary code, and that would be relatively future-proof. Across the board, we strove to avoid unnecessary modules and to create our own custom ones to perform just the functionality we needed; no more and no less. We avoided Views, made generous use of Drupal hooks and theme functions, and ended up with a site that does what we want, without overly-large modules and excess code slowing it down.
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William F. Buckley, Jr. has died. I'll post my thoughts a bit later. For now, I urge you to head to NRO's Corner to read the many tributes already posted there.
UPDATE: I'm a relatively recent convert to conservatism, but a long-time admirer of Buckley. During the late 1970s, Firing Line was the only non-sports television program I watched regularly. Though I resisted many of Buckley's ideas at that time, they remained in the back of my head and assisted in my subsequent movement to the right.
I finally met Buckley last May at a dinner in New York. It was held on the roof of a church in mid-town Manhattan. I encountered Buckley in the lobby of the church. I was holding back issues of Commentary, which I had scooped up at the last minute (instead of my back issues of National Review) to read on the train to New York. I introduced myself and then apologized for carrying "the wrong magazine." Buckley chuckled and, as we took the church elevator together, proceeded to offer his commentary on Norman Podhoretz's latest article on how to deal with Iran.
The encounter lasted for perhaps three minutes, but that was long enough for me to witness Buckley's wit, graciousness and intellectual power — the same traits that had made me a regular Firing Line viewer all those years ago. What a thrill (and piece of good fortune) to have had that conversation.
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Gloves from two of Muhammad Ali's biggest fights are among items being auctioned off by the estate of his former trainer, Angelo Dundee.
One set of gloves was worn by Ali when he won the title from Sonny Liston in a huge upset in 1964, while the other set is from his "Fight of the Century'' loss at Madison Square Garden in 1971 to Joe Frazier.
Dundee's son, Jim, said the gloves have been stored in a safe deposit box since the fights. They are among more than 100 items that the family is selling in the online sale by SCP Auctions.
"It's kind of bittersweet,'' Dundee said. "These have been in our possession for nearly 50 years. Dad would bring them home and I would store them.''
Angelo Dundee, who was Ali's trainer throughout his career and also trained Sugar Ray Leonard among others, died Feb. 1 at the age of 90.
On Thursday, each set of gloves had been bid up to $241,577. The auction, which also features gloves from Leonard's infamous "No mas'' fight with Roberto Duran in 1980 and other Ali memorabilia, ends Friday at SCPAuctions.com
Jim Dundee said money from the sale would help pay expenses for his sister, Terri, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, and some would go to the Muhammad Ali Foundation.


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Germans take pride in their engineering and organisational skills but their country's reputation for efficiency has been exploded by a farcical series of delays in building Berlin's new international airport.
Although the postponements in opening what is ostensibly a completed marvel of architecture have drawn the most attention, Germany's stifling bureaucracy, red tape and planning rules have also blighted dozens more big projects.
The embarrassing and expensive delays in multi-billion euro projects such as Berlin's airport, Hamburg's new opera house, Germany's BND spy agency headquarters, Cologne's underground, Stuttgart's train station, and thousands of kilometers of overhead power grid are no laughing matter for a country whose reputation for engineering excellence is a major selling point.
Because Germany relies on exports for more than half of its national wealth, its inability to complete these major infrastructure projects even close to on time or within budget has badly tarnished that carefully cultivated reputation.
"We haven't exactly covered ourselves in glory with the Berlin airport and these other big construction projects," said Michael Knipper, managing director of the Federation of the German Construction Industry.
"The biggest problem in Germany is the bureaucracy," Knipper said in an interview with Reuters. "I don't know of any other country in Europe that has anywhere near as complicated and expensive an approvals and building process as Germany."
The Willy Brandt International airport in Berlin was already nearly two decades in the planning and hopes for completion in 2007 and then 2008 were already outdated when construction began in 2006. Its opening has been pushed back at least four times since then from 2011 to June 2012 then to March 2013,then October 2013 and now to some indefinite point after 2014.
'Will Definitely Be Open On Time'
Back in January 2012, at the annual New Year's party at the new airport's construction site, a jubilant Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit went out of his way in a speech to scold critics who warned the airport would not open on time five months later.
"We can say with great pride that the new airport will definitely open on time on June 3, 2012," he said in front of a clock counting down "131 days til opening". "That's the truth." Famous last words for which Wowereit has been duly pilloried.
The cost of the airport, which will replace three smaller Berlin airports, has doubled to 4.3 billion euros ($5.6 billion) due mostly to the delays, which are mainly the result of problems with an inadequate fire-safety system.
The most embarrassing delay from June 3, 2012 to March 2013 came just four weeks before the scheduled grand opening when one local authority in charge of the fire-safety system simply refused to give its approval.
The grand opening party at the terminal for 40,000 had to be cancelled, plans to close the city's 64-year-old inner city Tegel airport were shelved at the last minute and the carefully planned overnight move from Tegel to Willy Brandt was scrapped.
The airport's 15-seat supervisory board, packed with 10 politicians such as Wowereit rather than construction experts, was blamed for failing to oversee the fire-safety issue more rigorously while reportedly paying more attention to matters such as upgrading the veneer to an elegant walnut and switching the floor tiles to a more stately and expensive limestone.
"The supervision and control of the Berlin airport construction has been incompetent," said Manuel Rene Theisen, a professor of business administration at Munich University, an expert on the airport. "It's the result of political meddling.
"Instead of hiring a general contractor to oversee it all as they should have, political leaders put themselves in charge and the outcome is a disaster,"Theisen told Reuters. "It's turned Berlin into a laughing stock and it's damaged Germany's reputation.
"Germany has a reputation for efficiency but you can lose your good namewith bad things like this."
That is indeed a most worrying aspect for many Germans. At first the postponements of the Berlin airport were more of a source of bemused derision inside Germany about the northeastern capital city that many in the south and west love to hate.
But the series of lengthening delays is now turning out to be more than a joke or a slight inconvenience for travelers.
Hits German Psyche
In a country where modern national heroes are in short supply in part due to its belligerent 20th century past, the airport and other debacles have hurt an important part of German national pride - construction and engineering.
Germans exude a sense of superiority when it comes to the way they make their machines and buildings.
"What should have been a flagship project is turning into a source of shame," wrote the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in an editorial.
"Not only in Germany is there a sense that Germans can't do big construction projects on time any more but also abroad doubts are growing about German reliability," it wrote.
Theisen and Knipper at the Federation of German Construction Industry say a big part of the problem with the Berlin airport and other infrastructure projects is that the public sector - elected officials - are often in charge and have an eye either on their re-election or creating monumental buildings.
"It's seldom the case that public sector has the qualified people with the necessary expertise for big projects," Knipper said. "Sometimes public authorities turn over their projects to general contractors. Sometimes they don't. Berlin didn't want to turn it over to a general contractor. That was a mistake."
Unlike in other countries, there are almost no public-private partnerships on major construction projects in Germany, due to regulations, Knipper said.
By contrast, private sector projects are generally finished on time and on budget, he said. And it wasn't always like this. It only took 90 days in 1948 at the start of the Cold War to build Tegel, an airport vital to the success of the Air Lift.
Other Headaches
The new Berlin airport is only the latest and most high-profile example of big public infrastructure projects plagued by extremely long delays and high cost overruns. Some of the other public projects causing headaches include:
- Hamburg's Elbe Philharmonic Concert Hall. The opening has been delayed by about three years to 2017 and the costs have risen from 77 million euros in 2007 to 575 million euros.
- Stuttgart central rail station. The project was started in 1994 but it took until 2010 for construction to begin due to long planning delays. Further delays due to a controversy over the demolition of the existing station caused apolitical upheaval. It won't be finished until 2020. Costs will rise from 2.4 billion euros in 1998 to 6.8 billion euros currently. Some experts see the bill climbing to 11 billion euros.
- Cologne underground. Work on a 1.l billion-euro underground train line has been interrupted repeatedly by accidents, including the collapse of a nearby building. It was supposed to be finished by 2011 but completion is now not expected until 2018.
- The BND intelligence agency building. The building with offices for 4,000 staff - spread out over the size of 35 football fields in the middle of Berlin- was supposed to be finished in 2011 but that has been delayed to 2015. The cost nearly doubled to 1.4 billion


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What is Takeover Day?
Each year, charity Kids in Museums organises Takeover Day, a brilliant opportunity for museums to encourage families, children and young people to get involved in the way they work. You can read more about Kids in Museums on their website.
What happened at Burgh House?
Just over a week ago, two year 6 classes from New End Primary School visited Burgh House and learned about the importance of memories to museums. The classes interviewed long term residents of Hampstead Gordon Greener and Tony Ghilchik, who told them about how the area had changed over the years. Each class then recorded their own mini oral histories based on their experiences of Hampstead and going to school in the local area. Before they left the children also conducted their own reminiscence sessions, handling real museum objects wearing gloves, and telling each other what the objects helped them to remember.
WOW! What will happen next?
The oral histories will be available to hear and read in the museum early next year and will form part of the museum collection. An online exhibition is being developed on the classes' responses to the reminiscence objects, which will also be live in the New Year. Year 6 will be invited to a launch party to celebrate their brilliant achievements, and contribution to the Burgh House collection!
More information on Takeover Day 2014 at Burgh House will be published in early 2015, but in the meantime we would like to say a really big thank you to education volunteer Louise Eccles and Operations and Events Manager Andrew Hunt who helped each class take over, and of course to year 6 at New End School for all their hard work!


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By Richard M. DavidsonGenesis 1-2 constitutes the foundational biblical passage both for those who support and those who oppose women's ordination. Does this passage uphold God's ideal of the full equality of men and women, both in value before God and in egalitarian (non-hierarchical) male-female interrelationships, as those who support women's ordination claim? Or does this passage present a creation order of ontological equality (in value before God) but of functional hierarchy (different roles involving female submission to male headship), as opponents of women's ordination insist? In this blog, distilling some 30 years of personal research on this passage, I argue that Genesis 1-2 presents Adam and Eve not only as equal in worth before God (ontologically), but as equal partners without hierarchy (functionally).[1]
A. Genesis 1 teaches us that male and female participate equally in the image of God, both ontologically and functionally. "So God created man [Heb. ha'adam 'humankind'] in His own image, in the image of God created he Him; male and female created He them" (Gen 1:27).
This foundational passage (and its surrounding context) gives no hint of a divine creation hierarchical order in the relation of man and woman. Here man and woman are fully equal, with no subordination of one to the other. Both man and woman together are blessed and given the mandate to be fruitful, multiply, and subdue the earth; both together are given dominion over the earth, not the man dominion over the woman (Gen 1:28).
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Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Thirteenth Edition, introduces readers to the intrinsic beauty of calculus and the power of its applications. For more than half a century, this text has been revered for its clear and precise explanations, thoughtfully chosen examples, superior figures, and time-tested exercise sets. With this new edition, the exercises were refined, updated, and expanded—always with the goal of developing technical competence while furthering readers' appreciation of the subject. Co-authors Hass and Weir have made it their passion to improve the text in keeping with the shifts in both the preparation and ambitions of today's learners.
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About the Author
Joel Hass received his PhD from the University of California—Berkeley. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of California—Davis. He has coauthored six widely used calculus texts as well as two calculus study guides. He is currently on the editorial board of Geometriae Dedicata and Media-Enhanced Mathematics. He has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, and he was a Sloan Research Fellow. Hass's current areas of research include the geometry of proteins, three dimensional manifolds, applied math, and computational complexity. In his free time, Hass enjoys kayaking.
Maurice D. Weir holds a DA and MS from Carnegie-Mellon University and received his BS at Whitman College. He is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Weir enjoys teaching Mathematical Modeling and Differential Equations. His current areas of research include modeling and simulation as well as mathematics education. Weir has been awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, the Superior Civilian Service Award, and the Schieffelin Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has coauthored eight books, including the University Calculus series and the twelfth edition of Thomas' Calculus.
George B. Thomas, Jr. (late) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was a professor of mathematics for thirty-eight years; he served as the executive officer of the department for ten years and as graduate registration officer for five years. Thomas held a spot on the board of governors of the Mathematical Association of America and on the executive committee of the mathematics division of the American Society for Engineering Education. His book, Calculus and Analytic Geometry, was first published in 1951 and has since gone through multiple revisions. The text is now in its twelfth edition and continues to guide students through their calculus courses. He also co-authored monographs on mathematics, including the text Probability and Statistics.
Table of Contents
1. Functions
1.1 Functions and Their Graphs
1.2 Combining Functions; Shifting and Scaling Graphs
1.3 Trigonometric Functions
1.4 Graphing with Software
2. Limits and Continuity
2.1 Rates of Change and Tangents to Curves
2.2 Limit of a Function and Limit Laws
2.3 The Precise Definition of a Limit
2.4 One-Sided Limits
2.5 Continuity
2.6 Limits Involving Infinity; Asymptotes of Graphs
3. Differentiation
3.1 Tangents and the Derivative at a Point
3.2 The Derivative as a Function
3.3 Differentiation Rules
3.4 The Derivative as a Rate of Change
3.5 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
3.6 The Chain Rule
3.7 Implicit Differentiation
3.8 Related Rates
3.9 Linearization and Differentials
4. Applications of Derivatives
4.1 Extreme Values of Functions
4.2 The Mean Value Theorem
4.3 Monotonic Functions and the First Derivative Test
4.4 Concavity and Curve Sketching
4.5 Applied Optimization
4.6 Newton's Method
4.7 Antiderivatives
5. Integration
5.1 Area and Estimating with Finite Sums
5.2 Sigma Notation and Limits of Finite Sums
5.3 The Definite Integral
5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
5.5 Indefinite Integrals and the Substitution Method
5.6 Substitution and Area Between Curves
6. Applications of Definite Integrals
6.1 Volumes Using Cross-Sections
6.2 Volumes Using Cylindrical Shells
6.3 Arc Length
6.4 Areas of Surfaces of Revolution
6.5 Work and Fluid Forces
6.6 Moments and Centers of Mass
7. Transcendental Functions
7.1 Inverse Functions and Their Derivatives
7.2 Natural Logarithms
7.3 Exponential Functions
7.4 Exponential Change and Separable Differential Equations
7.5 Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule
7.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
7.7 Hyperbolic Functions
7.8 Relative Rates of Growth
8. Techniques of Integration
8.1 Using Basic Integration Formulas
8.2 Integration by Parts
8.3 Trigonometric Integrals
8.4 Trigonometric Substitutions
8.5 Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions
8.6 Integral Tables and Computer Algebra Systems
8.7 Numerical Integration
8.8 Improper Integrals
8.9 Probability
9. First-Order Differential Equations
9.1 Solutions, Slope Fields, and Euler's Method
9.2 First-Order Linear Equations
9.3 Applications
9.4 Graphical Solutions of Autonomous Equations
9.5 Systems of Equations and Phase Planes
10. Infinite Sequences and Series
10.1 Sequences
10.2 Infinite Series
10.3 The Integral Test
10.4 Comparison Tests
10.5 Absolute Convergence; The Ratio and Root Tests
10.6 Alternating Series and Conditional Convergence
10.7 Power Series
10.8 Taylor and Maclaurin Series
10.9 Convergence of Taylor Series
10.10 The Binomial Series and Applications of Taylor Series
11. Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
11.1 Parametrizations of Plane Curves
11.2 Calculus with Parametric Curves
11.3 Polar Coordinates
11.4 Graphing Polar Coordinate Equations
11.5 Areas and Lengths in Polar Coordinates
11.6 Conic Sections
11.7 Conics in Polar Coordinates
12. Vectors and the Geometry of Space
12.1 Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems
12.2 Vectors
12.3 The Dot Product
12.4 The Cross Product
12.5 Lines and Planes in Space
12.6 Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces
13. Vector-Valued Functions and Motion in Space
13.1 Curves in Space and Their Tangents
13.2 Integrals of Vector Functions; Projectile Motion
13.3 Arc Length in Space
13.4 Curvature and Normal Vectors of a Curve
13.5 Tangential and Normal Components of Acceleration
13.6 Velocity and Acceleration in Polar Coordinates
14. Partial Derivatives
14.1 Functions of Several Variables
14.2 Limits and Continuity in Higher Dimensions
14.3 Partial Derivatives
14.4 The Chain Rule
14.5 Directional Derivatives and Gradient Vectors
14.6 Tangent Planes and Differentials
14.7 Extreme Values and Saddle Points
14.8 Lagrange Multipliers
14.9 Taylor's Formula for Two Variables
14.10 Partial Derivatives with Constrained Variables
15. Multiple Integrals
15.1 Double and Iterated Integrals over Rectangles
15.2 Double Integrals over General Regions
15.3 Area by Double Integration
15.4 Double Integrals in Polar Form
15.5 Triple Integrals in Rectangular Coordinates
15.6 Moments and Centers of Mass
15.7 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
15.8 Substitutions in Multiple Integrals
16. Integrals and Vector Fields
16.1 Line Integrals
16.2 Vector Fields and Line Integrals: Work, Circulation, and Flux
16.3 Path Independence, Conservative Fields, and Potential Functions
16.4 Green's Theorem in the Plane
16.5 Surfaces and Area
16.6 Surface Integrals
16.7 Stokes' Theorem
16.8 The Divergence Theorem and a Unified Theory
17. Second-Order Differential Equations (online)
17.1 Second-Order Linear Equations
17.2 Nonhomogeneous Linear Equations
17.3 Applications
17.4 Euler Equations
17.5 Power-Series Solutions
1. Real Numbers and the Real Line
2. Mathematical Induction
3. Lines, Circles, and Parabolas
4. Proofs of Limit Theorems
5. Commonly Occurring Limits
6. Theory of the Real Numbers
7. Complex Numbers
8. The Distributive Law for Vector Cross Products
9. The Mixed Derivative Theorem and the Increment Theorem
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By Jeremiah John
Lead by USCAA All-Americans and captains Kera Macfarlane-Nielson and Patrick Gonzalez, the Southern Virginia women's and men's cross country teams began their 2013 season at the Washington and Lee invitational Saturday morning. The men's team finished fourth of seven teams, with two runners in the top 15, while the women's team finished sixth of seven with one top-15 finisher.
The meet began with the women's 6K race, the Knights facing off against familiar opponents Ferrum, Mary Baldwin, and Randolph, as well as CAC conference opponent St. Mary's (Md.) and host Washington and Lee. Coming off a dominating 2012 season in which the Generals won the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and placed fourth at the South-Southeast Regionals, the Generals women's team easily won the invitational with seven of the top 10 finishers. This was the second year in a row that the Generals have won their home invitational.
Southern Virginia was led by senior Kera Macfarlane-Nielson, who placed 11th on the hilly 5k course with a time of 22:27.8. Macfarlane-Nielson, the team's top finisher on last year's USCAA championship team, is one of only two returning runners for the Knights, along with junior Katelyn Tonini. First-year runner Becca Lords claimed a top-25 finish in her college debut, placing 22nd with a time of 23:22.9. Along with Lords, fellow first-year runners Sadie Taylor and Hayden Larman joined Macfarlane-Nielson and Tonini to round out the Knights' top five finishers.
The men's 8k race began at 11 am, on a sunnier day and a drier course than the Knights have seen in several years in Lexington. The race began well for the Knights, as junior captain and 2012 USCAA All-American Patrick Gonzalez joined freshman Michael Ward to lead all runners through the first mile. Both runners fell back a bit in the woods, but Gonzalez still managed a fourth-place finish and his personal best time on the course, with a time of 28:58.2. Ward finished his college debut in 11th place with a time of 29:53.9. Returner Kevin Prince joined Gonzalez and Ward in the top 16 with a time of 30:30.4.
The young Generals men's team, led by freshman Mac Strehler's 28:40.0 finish, edged St. Mary's (Md.) to win the meet with 42 points. Southern Virginia's men's team placed in the middle of the pack at fourth, beating familiar opponents Hampden-Sydney, Randolph, and Bluefield.
Before the meet, former Washington and Lee men's cross country coach John Tucker was honored for his 24 years of coaching the Generals, ending last year with his retirement. In his honor, the annual Washington and Lee Invitational was re-named the John Tucker Invitational.


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ANGRY NRL stars have hit out at a proposed worldwide ban on shoulder charges, with Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah calling for a review of the decision.
After outlawing the controversial tackling technique at an ARLC meeting on Tuesday, officials revealed they had already been in contact with their counterparts in England and other countries in an attempt to have the shoulder charge banned from all levels of the game next year.
But players and fans launched an immediate campaign against the ruling, with NRL stars taking to Twitter to condemn the decision.
''They will ban tackling next,'' Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne tweeted.
Many players complained that an element of the game that made league unique would now be lost.
''There's nothing better than seeing someone get smashed by a shoulder charge. What a joke,'' Tigers prop Aaron Woods tweeted.
New Roosters five-eighth James Maloney described the ban as the ''worst decision ever made'', while teammate Frank-Paul Nuuausala tweeted: ''Might as well play uppercut yourself. Gonna play soccer now.''
NSW and Cronulla captain Paul Gallen said he was in ''shock'' and noted that most of the highlights reel shown at this year's grand final breakfast featured shoulder charges.
''We don't want players getting hurt, but it's taking some of the toughness out of the game,'' Gallen told Triple M. ''When you have a look at the highlight reels they're all big hits, the fans love shoulder charges.''
Farah told the radio station he wanted the decision overturned. ''It's a bit surprising. I think it should still be a part of our game,'' he said. ''When executed correctly, they're a crowd pleaser; they love it. Your own teammates get a lift.
''I'd like to see it reviewed somewhere down the track and maybe bring it back in some time.''
However, Sydney Roosters doctor John Orchard applauded the ARLC for the ruling.
''Given the concussions this year, it was good management to act to make game safer,'' he said on Twitter. ''If the NRL players wanted to keep the shoulder charge, they needed to ALL stop hitting others in the head. 2012 - too many of them went high.''
A review overseen by Roosters chief executive Brian Canavan found there had been 71 shoulder charges last season - of which 12 had resulted in the player making contact with the ball carrier's head.
Coincidentally, the Roosters have signed Sonny Bill Williams, considered the best exponent of the tactic before his departure to rugby union in 2008, and he recently told Fairfax Media the shoulder charge wasn't a problem if executed correctly.
Warriors fullback Omar Slaimankhel tweeted: ''The hitman @SonnyBWilliams is back in the NRL and they have already banned the shoulder charge. Not cool.''
Canavan's report said shoulder charges made up 0.05 per cent of the 142,355 tackles this year and less than 4 per cent of those resulted in injury to the attacking player, but with the average player now four kilograms heavier and 12 millimetres taller than a decade ago the injury risk was high.
The report also found the average G-force of the shoulder charge (measured from accelerometer data taken from GPS tracking) was 76 per cent greater than a conventional head-on tackle (10.682 compared with 6.056).
''We believe this is the time to eliminate a potential risk,'' NRL interim chief Shane Mattiske said.
''Worst decision ever made ... BANNING THE SHOULDER CHARGE ... if u don't like the contact sport we play ... maybe MARBLES would be more up Ur alley.'' James Maloney (Roosters)
''If the shoulder charge is taken out of the game. We should just play soccer this is a joke. Don't like it don't play the sport.'' Josh McGuire (Broncos)
''Almost 100% sure that 100% of the players were happy with how the rules were! #whatsdoing???'' Wade Graham (Sharks)
''What d hell,just heard d news about the shoulder charge band.R u serious?Thats wat makes out game more entertaining.'' #SAVETHESHOULDERCHARGE Krisnan Inu (Bulldogs)
''No tackling will be next.'' Jarryd Hayne (Eels)
''There was no better feeling getting shoulder charged first run of the game! Sad day for rugby league!'' Bryce Gibbs (Sharks)
''Is it just me or does it seem like we are doing everything we can to wreck the #greatestgameofall.'' Luke Patten (retired)
''Can we also play with a spherical ball?'' Sam Burgess (Rabbitohs)
''They should ban the ball from rugby league! And play with a fluffy Teddy bear! #whatsdoing.'' Josh Cordoba (Broncos)
''In the famous words of Tana Umaga, this is Rugby (League) not tiddily winks.'' Adam Henry (Roosters)
''Not fussed by its extinction but an SBW game now might be like going to a PSY concert with no Gangnum!'' Joel Caine (retired)


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Mluger Bill wrote: I stopped and gave him the ol' Gallic shrug only to cop a mouthful and an energetic "Keep Left" gesture. Not sure if he liked the kiss I blew him just before the light changed, he blasted his way into the right lane, cutting off the other cars before roaring off into the queue at the ped crossing in front of Jeffs shed.
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Despite the abundance of natural resources in Guinea, its population endures high poverty and malnutrition rates. Since 2000, the country has experienced socio-economic adversity. Governance problems, limited economic progress and the overall deterioration of the economy have undermined living conditions.
The poverty rate rose from 40 percent in 1996 to 49 percent in 2004. During the same period, the share of the population living in extreme poverty has grown significantly from 18 percent to 27 percent. Lately, Guinea has shown signs of socio-political instability.
Even though several neighbouring countries (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire) have been ravaged by internal conflicts, Guinea has remained a haven of peace. For this reason, the country's Forest region has long been host to hundreds of thousands of refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone, and more recently to some 4,000 Ivorian refugees.
The continued presence of refugees has contributed to the widespread decline of the Forest region. According to a recent food security survey, 40 percent of its inhabitants are now food-insecure. The two regions hardest hit by poverty and illiteracy remain Upper and Middle Guinea. These two regions also suffer from chronic food insecurity.
The majority of the population relies on subsistence agriculture without any financial safety net and are especially vulnerable to small-scale natural disasters (floods, late rains, etc).
WFP Activities
- School Feeding Programme, in Middle and Upper Guinea: the government aims to give a basic education to all Guineans by 2013. Its main priority is increasing primary school attendance, especially among girls. To this end, WFP has implemented a school feeding programme in Middle and Upper Guinea which feeds nearly 122,000 students in the 2005-06 school year. In participating schools, each student receives a hot lunch every school day, giving them the sustenance they need to learn. Girls in fourth to sixth grades also receive a take-home ration, giving parents an added incentive to keep them at school. The programme aims to boost school enrolment and attendance rates as well as sensitise communities to key concepts in food security and hygiene. Although the programme was only launched in March 2002, attendance and performance have already risen in targeted schools.
- Community-based Rural Development in Middle and Upper Guinea: WFP food assistance supports the Government's efforts to improve the living conditions and food security of poor rural people in Middle and Upper Guinea, by focusing on women's income generating activities, natural resource management and rural infrastructure through food-for-work and food for training. In 2006, these activities will benefit to an estimated 35,000 people in Upper and Middle Guinea.
- Emergency Food Aid Programme in Forest Guinea: the current project started in January 2005 and assists people going hungry in emergencies resulting from armed conflicts in neighbouring countries. The programme is currently focusing on assistance to Liberian and Ivorian refugees living in seven refugee camps. WFP provides food to 45,000 Liberian and Ivorian refugees whose economic self-sufficiency is limited. WFP also supports Supplementary and Therapeutic Feeding Centres for both the refugees and host population surrounding the camps. In early 2003, WFP started an emergency school feeding programme in Forest Guinea to support host communities. Currently 65,000 primary school children are benefiting from this activity.
- Nationwide air operations with links to neighbouring countries : an 18-seater WFP aircraft transports humanitarian passengers five days a week to locations throughout Guinea (Conakry, Kissidougou and N'Zerekore), Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The flights are free of charge for all employees of humanitarian agencies. The plane is also used for diplomatic missions and medical evacuations. The air operation plays a key role in responding to emergency situations by transporting goods and people, particularly in areas of instability and where ground transport is difficult.


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EZpay is a cash management tool designed to support U.S. military personnel training in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
The program, which improves convenience for trainees, was developed and is managed jointly by the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marines and U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The program uses smart-card technology and off-line batch processing to take workload out of the base Finance Office, thus freeing up military personnel for other essential duties.
Also, trainees get benefits from the security of the card instead of previous methods of payment which included cash, money orders, and paper chits.
EZpay cards are issued at all Army, Air Force, and Marine Basic Training sites in the U.S. and selected officer training locations.
EZpay cards are a type of payment card referred to as Stored Value Cards (SVC). The SVC comes pre-loaded with either $300, $350 or $400 depending on service as the trainee's advance of their first pay.
Most trainees arrive without bank accounts, so this allows them time to set up an account for future direct deposits of their pay.
Funds on the card can be used to purchase goods and services at the Post Exchange or Base Exchange, Military Clothing, on-post bank, and most concessionaires on base.
EZpay has been in existence since 1997 and can be found on nine U.S. military installations. As of November 2014, 3.1 million cards have been issued, 20.4 million transactions performed and $899 million in physical currency replaced.
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May 2014
Driving under the influence of marijuana is a dangerous public health concern. NIDA researchers have discovered that breath expelled into a Breathalyzer-style collection device contained measurable amounts of THC for up to 2 hours after participants in a recent clinical trial smoked the drug.
April 2014 Exposing rats to THC increases the likelihood that the animals will later self-administer nicotine. THC-exposed rats are also willing to work harder to obtain nicotine. When extrapolated to people, the findings suggest that THC's pharmacological impact on the brain may make a person who uses marijuana more vulnerable to developing nicotine addiction, an underappreciated health consequence of marijuana use.
March 2014
Methamphetamine alters brain structures involved in decision-making and impairs the ability to suppress habitual behaviors that have become useless or counterproductive. The two effects were correlated, indicating that the structural change underlies the decline in mental flexibility.
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October 2013
People with cannabis use disorder (CUD) are likely also to have social anxiety disorder (SAD), and comorbid SAD is associated with greater severity of cannabis-related problems. These findings highlight the importance of assessing CUD patients for SAD, as that disorder can be both a contributing cause and a consequence of CUD. Treating both disorders may be a key to helping patients recover from each.
May 2013 A new vaccine hindered the often-abused prescription opioids oxycodone and hydrocodone from entering the brain and suppressed one of the drugs' signature central nervous system effects. The findings warrant continued development of the vaccine as a potential aid in the treatment of oxycodone and hydrocodone abuse and dependence.
December 2009 Compares data on substance abuse and sexual risk among college students and their peers who do not attend college.
April 2009 Describes a consortium of three universities that launched a 12-month intensive online program last August that leads to a master's degree in addiction studies.
March 2008 Reports on results from a study showing that men and women with alcohol use disorders are more likely to report nonmedical use of prescription drugs than people who don't drink at all.


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Excavation reveals thousands of pounds of solid waste dumped illegally in AuburnBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
October 22. 2013 9:55AM
AUBURN — After months of speculation by town and police officials regarding illegal dumping at the closed landfill off Raymond Road, thousands of pounds of solid waste that appears to have been buried after the landfill closed was dug up Monday morning exactly at the spot where the initial tip said it would be.
Police Officer Bill Barry said that while the investigation is still ongoing and no official blame has been assigned, it appears to him that town Road Agent Mike Dross either is responsible for or had knowledge of the dumping.
"Either (Dross) had knowledge of it or he was responsible, we don't know yet, we're looking into that and we'll find out what happens. Ultimately I think the town is going to have to figure out who did it, why, how much it costs and who is going to pay for all this," Barry said while gesturing to the large excavation equipment and the excavated solid waste strewn about on the landfill.
Along with removing the buried materials, officials from Stantec Consulting Services took water samples from the dug-up pit to test for any possible groundwater contamination. The material was found 10 feet beneath the surface behind a giant pile of dirt.
Dross, who has previously said that the landfill is his responsibility, said he had no comment.
The Board of Selectmen initially authorized Stantec, the town's engineering firm, to oversee the excavation at a cost of $4,500. However, Dan Lane of Stantec, who was overseeing the excavation, said that he didn't have an estimate as to how much extra cost the town would incur properly disposing of the dug-up solid waste.
"There is a lot of solid waste here, a lot of tires and scrap metal and what appears to be pieces of furniture and a mattress. We are looking into whether this constitutes illegal dumping; we have to go through the process to identify when the timing of this may have been. The landfill closed about 10 years, and based upon what I have seen of the excavated material, there is a likelihood that it was buried after the landfill was closed," Greg Carrigan of the Department of Environmental Services Response and Complaint Investigation Section said.
Carrigan and Barry both checked dates on tires, food packaging, and anything that could help identify when the material was buried. Every tire that had a legible build date said that the tire was constructed during 2007 at the earliest and the food packaging unearthed had expiration dates ranging from 2011 to 2013. Dross has been Road Agent since 2006.
"Based upon the evidence and dates of the materials in the pile, this probably occurred after 2006," Barry said.
Carrigan said that since the material constitutes solid waste it should have been disposed of using a permitted facility.
"Typically there is a cost associated with disposing of this stuff, and if you don't do that you don't have to pay," Carrigan said.
In 2012, Dross oversaw a budget of close to $1.7 million for roughly 60 miles of road, much more money than towns like Chester, Candia and Brookline, which also have elected road agents and a similar amount of roads.
Since becoming Road Agent Dross has contracted roughly $800,000 worth of work to himself.
"When police get information about possible wrongdoing it is our obligation to look into it, and for some town officials to say we have a vendetta against Dross is not true, we got this information and we are obligated to look into it. We'll see what we find, the investigation will determine who was involved and why," Barry said.
Selectmen James Headd and Paul Raiche have both stated their support for Dross, as has Town Administrator Bill Herman. All three have also praised the job he has done as Road Agent.
The landfill investigation is one of three police investigations looking into the possibility of the involvement of Dross.
On Friday, at a cost of $5,000, officials from Stantec oversaw drilling on Eaton Hill Road after reports surfaced that police were investigating a claim that Dross had paved it using illegal materials gathered from the closed incinerator.
Barry said that police are also looking into whether or not Dross was involved in illegal dumping on the private property of Geraldine Silva.
When asked about what was found during the morning at the dump during Monday night's Select Board meeting, Chair Russell Sullivan said, "We have no reports on it yet, We are waiting on Stantec to get a report back to us. We could probably discuss it better when we get the report, which I believe will occur within the week."


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Do you ever talk to your food? I don't.
If I did I might be inclined to tell these shrimp enchiladas how sorry I am.
Sorry for doubting them and thinking they weren't worthy before even putting one single bite into my mouth. I should know better. Jumping to hasty conclusions never ends well for me.
I mistakenly thought the shrimp would turn into rubber bands when in fact nothing could be farther from the truth.
Instead they were so soft and tender they all but melted in my mouth.
Corn-tortilla-bundles-of-joy filled with not only shrimp but sweet, crispy corn, buttery bites of avocado and crumbled queso cheese (Because the Blonde Duck told me it's the only kind of cheese you should put on enchiladas. It's the law in Texas. They'll put you in jail for using cheddar. . . I'm never stepping foot there. . . I'm surely wanted.).
Topped with my creamy homemade sauce made of chicken broth, sour cream, green chiles and little else, these are two sides of dreamy.
Oh yeah. . . shrimp enchiladas? Are you there?
I wish I had made you sooner.
My bad.
Enchiladas stuffed full of succulent shrimp, corn and avocado smothered in a creamy green chile sauce.
- In a large skillet heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat and saute onion, garlic and corn until corn is tender, seasoning well with salt and pepper and stirring often.
- Add shrimp and oregano, cook until shrimp just start to curl up. Remove from heat. Mix in avocado and 3/4 cup cheese. Taste and season as needed with salt and pepper.
- Make sauce: In a large heavy bottomed saucepan melt butter over medium-low heat; stir in flour and cook 2-3 minutes. Whisk in broth, bring up to a simmer and cook 3 more minutes.
- Turn heat to low and whisk in green chiles and sour cream until fully incorporated. Remove from heat.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
- Mix about 1/2 cup of the sauce into the shrimp mixture.
- Wrap tortillas in damp paper towels and place on a microwave safe plate and microwave 1 - 1 1/2 minutes until soft and pliable.
- Add about 1/2 cup filling off center to each tortilla and roll up. Place in pan. Repeat until all the filling is used.
- Pour the sauce over top and sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup of cheese. Bake 25-30 minutes until bubbly all over.
- Garnish with fresh chopped herbs and serve with sour cream.


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Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has signed forward/center Andray Blatche to a contract extension and has exercised its fourth-year option on center JaVale McGee. Per team policy, terms of the contracts were not released.
"Andray and JaVale are two pieces that we feel can solidify our frontcourt for years to come and extending their contracts certainly fits in with our long-term plan of rebuilding this team with a core of young, talented players," said Grunfeld. "Both players performed very well over the second half of last season and we're confident that they will continue to develop and build on the potential and promise that they have shown throughout the beginning stages of their careers."
Blatche averaged career-highs of 14.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 81 games for the Wizards last season. The sixth-year big man increased his productivity in the 32 games following the All-Star break, averaging 22.1 points and 8.3 rebounds while posting five games of 30+ points and 10+ rebounds during that stretch. Blatche finished with 24 games of scoring 20+ points and 16 double-doubles on the year while leading the team in games played, minutes, field goals made & attempted, steals and free throw attempts. He has increased his scoring and rebounding averages in each of his five seasons since being acquired by the Wizards in the second round (49th overall pick) of the 2005 NBA Draft.
McGee averaged 6.4 points and 4.0 rebounds last season while ranking ninth in the NBA with 1.7 blocks and first in the NBA in blocks per 48 minutes (5.01). Like Blatche, he increased his numbers after the All-Star break, averaging 10.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocks (including 13.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game during the month of April). McGee, who was selected by the Wizards with the 18th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, has participated in the USA Basketball Men's National Team mini-camp for the past two summers and was tabbed as one of 15 finalists for the team's 12-man roster for the 2010 World Championships.


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After win over Cowboys, New York Times columnist compares Robert Griffin III to Barack Obama
WASHINGTON — The two electrifying rookies exploded onto the scene with killer smiles, undeniable gifts, an affinity for superheroes, poise beyond their years and the ability to play at top form when it's all on the line. Both stay so calm under pressure that they have evoked comparisons to Cool Hand Luke.
The capital of winning and losing now revolves around two natural-born world shakers: the president of the United States and the quarterback of the Washington Redskins. Only one of them, however, is old enough to appreciate the compliment of being compared to Paul Newman's character in the 1967 classic prison drama "Cool Hand Luke."
"Coach said you're just like Cool Hand Luke," a reporter said to Robert Griffin III, after the Baylor graduate and Heisman Trophy winner returned home to Texas on Thanksgiving and scored four touchdowns to lasso the Dallas Cowboys, the Redskins' biggest rival. "Do you know who Cool Hand Luke is?"
The 22-year-old Griffin did not. But he laughed, shaking his braids held back with a silver headband, and observed, "He must be pretty cool."
RGIII has made the Redskins vibrant again and coalesced the city around football. The Redskins have only a 5-6 record — that was the first Thanksgiving game the team had won since 1973 — but the city has gone wild for the charismatic Griffin, who is as fleet on the field as an unopposed incumbent with a super PAC.
Comparing him favorably with the "impossibly wasteful" Tony Romo, The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins wrote that RGIII is the "one with flash and beauty, and substance, and urgency." He is having less a rookie season, The Post noted, than a coronation.
Even the crowd at Cowboys Stadium could not resist, chanting "RGIII!" and booing their own team off the field at halftime."The most valuable player in the entire National Football League," Jimmy Johnson, the former Cowboys coach, declared on the Fox halftime show.
My family of rabid Redskins fans stopped talking to me about football back in the '70s, when they took me to a game and I didn't recognize Roger Staubach. So they're stunned now at my sudden desire to dissect RGIII's mastery of the bootleg.
His passes thrill, and his partnership with another unpretentious rookie, the compact but fierce running back Alfred Morris, dazzles. But what is really endearing is his spirit: a zeal to make every play count, a work ethic and self-effacing charm that has everyone rooting for him, a leadership style that causes teammates to lift their games. You can see RGIII going up and down the sidelines patting his teammates for encouragement. And in a rare move, the team voted to make the rookie quarterback a captain.
In a sports world dimmed by fallen heroes like Tiger Woods, Joe Paterno and Lance Armstrong, RGIII offers values on and off the field that make us feel that it's OK to believe again.
The Bears fan in the White House has talked about inviting RGIII (who got his degree in political science) over for a basketball game, as long as they are on the same team. The president should take the opportunity to absorb some leadership lessons from the new wunderkind.
While Obama has developed an unnerving and enervating pattern of going into a prewin slump — as in New Hampshire and Texas in the 2008 primaries or the first debate with Mitt Romney — RGIII never allows his batteries to run down while he's playing. His parents were Army sergeants — he was born in Okinawa, Japan, and his father served in Iraq — who imbued their son with the ethos of hard work and discipline. The only time Griffin drooped was when he got a concussion in the game against Atlanta.
While Obama prefers to preen as the man alone in the arena — keeping other pols at a distance onstage, parsimoniously handing out thanks and failing to mention his party or top surrogate Bill Clinton in his last victory speech — RGIII never passes up a chance to share credit.
While Obama — who has had a failure to communicate — finds media a bother, Griffin has an easy charm with the press. He never shows aggrievement.
While Obama gets tangled up in his head — trying to decide if he's too noble to play politics or if spending some evenings schmoozing with pols and flattering them to further his agenda will leave him too depleted — RGIII keeps the joy, intensity and bonhomie in his game.
As a Democratic senator recently told me: "If only the president would have us over to the White House sometimes and talk to us, it could really help. When Bill Clinton called and asked if he could have my vote, I was more prone to do it because we had developed a rapport."
Let's hope that as Barry watches Robert, he'll learn that stunning opponents with big plays, and then building on that excitement, can energize his teammates, scare his opponents and lead to big wins.


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Chicago, Illinois (December 6, 2012)--CropLife Foundation (CLF) announces that it will publish a comprehensive report in spring 2013 entitled "The Role of Precision Seed Protection in Modern Crop Production." The report closely examines research from case studies conducted throughout the U.S. and outlines the benefits of using pesticides for sustainable crop production. Preliminary findings of the report were presented at the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) Corn & Sorghum and Soybean Seed Research Conference and Seed Expo 2012. Jay Vroom, chairman of the board of directors of CLF, introduced the report during the Dec. 6 conference general session.
"Precision seed protection, as part of an integrated pest management system and when combined responsibly with other crop protection products, makes it possible for U.S. farmers to grow more resilient crops that can withstand harsh climate conditions and provide consumers more healthy and nutritious food choices," said Vroom. "CLF looks forward to the publication of this report in the spring and sharing important findings on the benefits of precision seed protection for modern agriculture.
The report cites many specific benefits for modern crop production as a result of precision seed protection, including:
• Research demonstrates that the use of precision seed protection in corn results in improved plant health and stress tolerance under drought conditions.
• Soybean seed treatments reduce the damage caused by soybean cyst nematodes, which can decrease yields by 15 to 30 percent.
• Modern precision equipment is highly computerized and ensures that seed protection products are applied at the correct rates and leave minimal environmental impact.
• Precision seed protection increases crop yields, decreases operating costs and encourages other sustainable practices such as no-till farming.
The report states that global precision seed protection sales grew from $700 million in 1997 to $2.25 billion in 2010 and are projected to exceed $3 billion in 2016.
According to the report, the earliest forms of seed treatment appeared in ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations, when growers soaked seeds in onion and cypress sap. Farmers in the 17th century discovered a reduction in crop disease after soaking seeds in sea water and utilized that technique for 100 years. Copper sulfate was a treatment option throughout the 1800s. "Next generation" products were introduced in the 1970s and neonicotinoid insecticides were first registered as seed treatments by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1994. The introduction of these modern products revolutionized seed protection and led to greater populations of healthier, more uniform plants.
CLF is dedicated to educational outreach, stewardship and scientific research, and has published more than 80 case studies examining the benefits of using pesticides for crop production in both the U.S. and abroad. These studies and additional resources are available at www.croplifefoundation.org.


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An update on gallbladder mucoceles in dogs
Before 2000, gallbladder mucoceles were rarely reported in dogs. However, they are now considered one of the more common causes of extrahepatic biliary disease. While gallbladder mucoceles were initially treated by cholecystectomy, case-based evidence indicates that some may resolve with medical therapy.1
In this article, we review gallbladder anatomy and physiology and discuss the pathophysiology of mucocele development. We also describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of dogs with gallbladder mucoceles.
GALLBLADDER ANATOMYThe gallbladder is an excretory organ found between the quadrate and right medial liver lobes. It is pear-shaped and composed of a fundus, body, and neck. From the gallbladder's neck, the hepatic ducts join the cystic duct to form the common bile duct, which leads to the duodenum.
The gallbladder wall has five layers: epithelium, mucosa, tunica muscularis externa, tunica serosa, and tunica adventitia.2
1. The epithelium is simple columnar and highly absorptive. It plays an important role in gallbladder function because it secretes mucin, immunoglobulins, and acid.
2. The mucosa is a combined layer consisting of the lamina propria and tunica submucosa.2 These layers of the mucosa are indistinguishable and contain a dense population of lymphocytes and plasma cells.
3. The tunica muscularis externa consists of scant, randomly organized smooth muscle fibers.
4. The tunica serosa is a membranous layer surrounding the gallbladder that faces away from the liver.
5. The tunica adventitia is the outermost gallbladder layer and faces the liver.
The gallbladder plays many important roles in digestive health and function, including storing and concentrating bile. Within the gallbladder, water, electrolytes, lipids, and proteins are absorbed from the bile. This absorption allows for a five- to 20-time increase in bile bilirubin and bile salt concentrations. The gallbladder also acidifies bile through epithelial acid secretions and adds mucin to bile by bile acid stimulation of the mucosa.
Bile is required for the successful digestion and absorption of nutrients. It aids in fat digestion and absorption by emulsifying large fat particles into smaller ones that are more susceptible to pancreatic lipase. Bile also enhances intestinal absorption of digested fats and aids in the excretion of waste products, including cholesterol and bilirubin.
Bile is produced by hepatocytes and collected in the hepatic canaliculi. From the canaliculi, bile drains into interlobular ducts. These ducts progressively merge to form hepatic ducts, which join the cystic duct to form the common bile duct.
The common bile duct enters the duodenal lumen at the major duodenal papilla; this junction is commonly referred to as the sphincter of Oddi. The pancreatic duct also empties into the small intestine at this point.
The pH of bile ranges from 5.9 to 7.8. Bile is made of water, bile acids, bilirubin, cholesterol, lecithin, and electrolytes.3 Although some bile flows directly into the small intestine from the liver, most of it is temporarily stored in the gallbladder. Substantial bile modifications occur within the gallbladder: sodium, chloride, and water are removed and hydrogen ions are added. After a meal, the gallbladder also secretes bicarbonate-rich mucin, which mixes with the stored bile. The gallbladder contents become inspissated (sludgelike) when more fluid is reabsorbed or more mucin is added.
Biliary sludge
Biliary sludge is a mobile mixture of precipitated cholesterol crystals, bile pigments, bile salts, and mucin. In people, inspissated bile is considered abnormal and is associated with cholestasis, choleliths, cholecystitis, biliary infection, fasting, and partial parenteral nutrition.4 In dogs, biliary sludge may be associated with disease but is also often seen in clinically normal geriatric dogs.5 At present, the significance of biliary sludge in dogs is unknown.


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If you're a professional athlete, injuries are almost guaranteed. Whether it's a repetitive stress injury from tennis, a torn ACL from football or something more brutal like a hockey stick to the face, sports injuries are simply a part of life for the professional athlete.
Those who spend their hours on the field may court blunt force trauma, but that doesn't mean they can't injure themselves off the field as well. During this year's baseball spring training, New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain suffered an open dislocation of his right ankle while playing with his son on a trampoline at a play center in Florida, undergoing surgery on the injury immediately afterward. Chamberlain was released from the hospital three days later and is expected to spend six weeks wearing a cast, although his doctors and coaches are optimistic that he'll be fit to play this year.
Chamberlain's injury is another example of how professional athletes suffer the same stubbed toes, paper cuts and tumbles down the stairs as the rest of us, and sometimes he or she suffers off-field injuries so bizarre that they become noteworthy.
What follows is a list of professional athletes whose boo-boos came while they were off-duty. In some cases, the injuries cost the teams the athlete's services, and in other cases they simply cost the athlete his dignity. Read ahead and see which athletes had the costliest encounters with inanimate objects when they were supposed to be safe and sound.
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Kevin Durant might be the most humble superstar in sports once the smoke clears, but there's no one balling quite like the Oklahoma City star right now. In the words of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, Kevin Durant is "Bout that action, boss." In what might be the 2014 NBA Finals preview, the match up between he LeBron James turned into one an instant classic between two of the game's giants.
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Apple and Cinnamon Cake
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13 comments:
- George@CulinaryTravels said...
Ooh Maria, I could eat a slice of that right now. I've a dish full of cooking apples too ... mmm....
- 2 October 2009 at 16:25
- Lucie said...
oh that looks lovely, so moist by the look of it. I am awash with apples too! Beautiful kitty pictures too. Lucie x
- 2 October 2009 at 17:05
- Happy cook said...
Wow you have a new cat. That is so so sweet. She looks so so adorable too.
Love the cake.
Mary berry recipes are always full proof.
- 2 October 2009 at 18:22
- Maria♥ said...
Thanks for the lovely comments. This cake is definitely a must bake!
Happy Cook, Madison isn't a new cat, we've had him since he was a kitten and his now 10 years old. We also have another cat called Coco whose 9 years old and we've also had her since she was a kitten. I won't be getting any new kittens for a while!
- 2 October 2009 at 18:44
- Snooky doodle said...
oh I love apple cake and paired with cinnamon is heavenly :)
- 2 October 2009 at 19:55
- Nickki said...
Yum, Maria! That looks like such a perfect cake for this time of year. I also have an abundance of apples so I'm going to be busy baking over the weekend! :-)
- 3 October 2009 at 10:57
- Magali said...
I like the apples...the cinnamon...the smell of cinnamon is delicious...
Madison is very cute...
- 3 October 2009 at 14:25
- Coby said...
{Sigh} You know, looking at those photos, I am sure I can SMELL those aromas! Apple in cake is one of my all-time favourites and you go and add it's best buddy cinnamon? Yes please!
That Madison of yours. Sweet 'baby' face but a hint of mischief too if I am not mistaken?:)
I am glad you are finding comfort in him Maria.
- 4 October 2009 at 11:09
- C said...
I love the look of your cake Maria - it looks juicy and moist, perfect to show off the autumn apples - lucky you having home grown apples! There just seems to be so much fruit available to bake with at the moment! Cinnamon is always a winner with apple too.
I was so sorry to hear about Ollie, but glad you still have Madison and Coco to comfort you.
- 4 October 2009 at 22:01
- JillyB said...
I so envy you your baking apple trees, I really miss Bramley apples and am sure that they make your cake taste wonderful.
I'm just catching up and was so sorry to hear about Ollie but glad that you've got Madison to cuddle up to.
- 5 October 2009 at 01:30
- The Caked Crusader said...
That is my kinda cake! It's been too long since I've made an apple cake....I neeeeeed apple cake!
- 5 October 2009 at 10:41
- farmlanebooks said...
I've just made this apple cake and it was delicious - thank you for the recipe!
- 18 September 2011 at 14:17
I made this last week... and my whole family love it. Even Hubby... who hates cakes usually! Thanks for a fabulous recipe. :-)
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Rehkemper (left) and Jones (Jones) blocked a critical Violet attack in the second set, but NYU defeated Harvard 3-2 (Gil Talbot).
NEW YORK – The Harvard men's volleyball team forced a fifth set against NYU, but it wasn't enough to topple the Violets, losing 3-2 Friday night. The Crimson fall to 8-12 overall and 0-6 in the Hay division this season.
NYU took the error-prone opening set, 25-22, to begin the match. Michael Owen propelled the Crimson to an early second set lead, 8-4, following two services aces. Matt Jones tallied three kills in the set, while he and Kyle Rehkemper blocked the Violets final attack of the set to even the score at 1-1.
The Violets took another one-set lead following a 16 kill effort to win the third, 25-20. The Crimson battled back in the fourth set as five Harvard student-athletes notched kills, attacking at a 44.4 attack rate to take the set, 25-21.
In the fifth, Nick Capriccio carried the Violets with three kills to secure the NYU victory, 3-2. Jones led all attackers with 26 kills in the match, but it was the even attacking of Capriccio, Patrick Dodd and Taylor Fauntleroy that led the Violets to the win Friday.
Harvard is back on the court Saturday when it visits NJIT in its final road match of the season.