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Deloitte Internal Audit - Tech Assurance & Compliance Senior Consultant in Parsippany, New Jersey
A truly effective internal auditing capability is an essential dimension of any organization s risk management structure. Deloitte Advisory Internal Audit aspires to be the leading practice who helps our clients transform Internal Audit to be aligned to the key risks and strategies of their organization.
Work you ll do
Demonstrate understanding of business processes, internal control risk management, IT controls, and related regulatory and compliance standards
Perform internal audit assurance activities (internal audits over financial, operational, compliance, IT, SOX and QARs), consult with engagement leadership and clients on strategic plans and other business matters, and help to anticipate emerging risks for our clients
Use problem solving and critical thinking skills to quickly identify internal control deficiencies, evaluate their risk implications, and draw the appropriate conclusions to best advise our clients
Apply a general knowledge of the technologies used to build complex IT environments
Facilitate use of technology-based tools or methodologies to review, design, and implement products and services based on client needs
Support client engagements by helping plan the audit approach and scope, preparing the audit program, determining auditing procedures, seeing the audit process through completion, and applying internal audit standards in accordance with the Institute of Internal Auditors
Actively participate in decision making with engagement management and seek to understand the broader impact of current decisions
Build and nurture positive working relationships with clients, by providing high quality deliverables and communications
Create internal control documentation for the engagement including narratives, process and data flows, and other supporting work papers.
Play a substantive role with project management by supporting engagement planning, economics, billing and staffing; providing regular status reports for the client, while supervising junior staff
Exercise professional skepticism, judgment and adhere to the code of ethics while on engagements
The team
Our team helps clients turn insight into foresight by exploiting technology-enabled methodologies and innovation to deliver results with more accuracy, efficiency and value. Advising clients on process efficiency, fraud detection, operational quality, internal control and regulatory compliance, we help to reveal greater insights for improved operations and decision-making today, tomorrow, and well into the future. Learn more about Deloitte Advisory s Internal Audit practice. at http://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/risk/solutions/internal-audit-transformation.html
Bachelor's degree (in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems or related field
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Up to 50% travel expected
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
Ability to state complex issues simply
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Experience with working ambiguity
Certification as CPA, CIA, CISA and/or PMP preferred
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At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Center. at https://zoomforth.com/s/deloitte/du#home
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SHERMAN, TX-A Sherman city official spent his morning teaching area kids what it takes to run the city as part of Austin College's "Thinking Camp."
Seventy-two gifted and talented kids from Sherman ISD spent two weeks of their summer vacation learning about how cities are planned and built. Tuesday, they started constructing their model city with the help of Sherman Public Works Director, Don Keene.
Keene stopped by Jefferson Elementary Tuesday helping dozens of kids plan their city and even build skyscrapers! But he said he's most impressed with their curiosity.
"They're way further ahead in their thinking and I thought they were asking a lot of great questions," he said.
Keene said kids asked questions ranging from where to put ice cream shops to where it would be safe to build their homes.
"They really wanted to know, they kinda got fixated towards creeks, how close can you build your house to a creek. He really helped them understand that creeks can be problematic."
Austin College Associate Professor, Dr. Julia Shahid, said the hands-on experience is part of "Thinking Camp" and this year's theme was "The Built Environment: Then and Now" where kids learn what it takes to run the city.
"I think the kids are now saying oh this is not easy, but they've also become much more aware of what do they expect from a city and what would a child friendly city look like," she said.
All 72 kids participating are part of the Challenge Program with Sherman ISD they all laid down the blueprints and started building their cities from the ground up.
"You can see the light bulbs going off on the kids thinking, wow, we have to think about generations to come when we make these decisions and do these things because not only will this affect me but also people in the future," said Keene.
Keene said this forward thinking is promising for the future.
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Our Promised Land of Eretz Yisrael is totally unique. It is a gift from Hashem that is worthy of its own angels.
In ParshaH Vayetze, our father Yaakov is fleeing from his brother Esau. As he prepares to leave Eretz Yisrael for Haran, he goes to sleep and dreams of angels of Hashem going up and down a great ladder that extends to the heaven (Beresheet 28:12).
Many of the commentators note that the description of the angels is unusual. We normally think of angels as being in the heavens and then descending to earth. These angels seem to be operating in reverse order.
The great commentator Rashi says that there are actually two sets of angels. The first set of angels are the angels who are to accompany Yaakov in Eretz Yisrael. As Yaakov is leaving the land, those angels have finished their task and ascend to heaven.
Yaakov is then met by the angels of chutz la'aretz (the lands outside of Eretz Yisrael), who climb down the ladder to accompany Yaakov into exile. (When Yaakov returns many years later to Eretz Yisrael, he is met again by the angels of Eretz Yisrael to accompany him home.)
As part of his dream, Yaakov received a prophetic message from Hashem, promising Yaakov and his descendants ownership of Eretz Yisrael (verse 14). This is another reminder that all of Eretz Yisrael belongs to Klal Yisrael.
When he awakens, Yaakov now recognizes the holiness of the place upon which he has been sleeping (verses 16-17). He makes what on the surface seems to be a very strange oath (verses 20-21). He swears to Hashem that if He protects him on his journey, gives him food and clothes, and then brings him back to his father's home in Eretz Yisrael, Hashem shall be His God.
If we didn't know better, we might think that Yaakov was making His faith in Hashem conditional. HaRav Yissochor Teichtel, who perished in the Shoah shortly after writing his monumental work, Em haBanim Smecha, explains in his introduction that Yaakov already knew what the Rabbis of the Talmud would later teach (in Tractate Ketubot 110b). "One who lives in Eretz Yisrael, it is like he has a God. One who lives outside of Eretz Yisrael, it is like he has no God."
Thus, Yaakov was simply recognizing the fact that his relationship with Hashem outside of Eretz Yisrael would be incomplete. In order for it to be restored, Yaakov would have to safely return to Eretz Yisrael where Hashem would again fully be his God. Even as he prepared for exile, Yaakov proclaimed his desire to re-ascend to Eretz Yisrael and return home.
We learn that our Promised Land of Eretz Yisrael is totally unique. It is a gift from Hashem that is worthy of its own angels. It is only in Eretz Yisrael that our relationship with Hashem is complete. It is only in Eretz Yisrael that we fully see Hashem's "hand" in history and in our lives, and it is only in Eretz Yisrael that we can fully observe His commandments. Though we can and must serve Hashem even in exile, it is only in the land that He has given us that we fully recognize and serve Him as our God.
It is time for us to climb the ladder and embrace our connection to Eretz Yisrael — the Land Hashem has given us.
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Scott: Summit should expand NYE fireworks show
Just a quick idea that I think would make a great tourist and locals event for New Years Eve. Wouldn't it be great to have a fireworks demonstration on NYE that involved massive fireworks blasting off in sequence all along the Tenmile Range from Peak 1 through to Quandary.
The fireworks on the Sydney Harbor Bridge each NYE's … arguably one of the most visually impressive events each NYE, gets worldwide coverage.
With clear skies I bet we could equal that show, and its coverage. I am sure there are some hurdles to making this happen, but it would be pretty cool to have Summit County's NYE celebration shown worldwide each year.
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Today, over eighty years later, the McAlester Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture continues the vision that the original board members created. As the largest nonprofit, member organization in Pittsburg County, the Chamber offers its members valuable benefits to help them succeed in today's business climate. Read more about our chamber here.


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UBS's Steve Milunovich this morning reiterates a Neutral rating on Dell (DELL) while writing that his recent meetings with Dell executives, in particular Jeff Clarke, Dell's head of global operations, suggest to him that leaving aside the PC business, Dell could surprise over the longer term based on the strength of its enterprise business.
On the one hand, Dell is doing its best to make an encouraging story about future PC growth, despite the pall cast over the industry by the dour outlook from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) last week :
Management maintains that PCs will grow as the world's middle class almost doubles by 2020. Although we are not convinced, we are impressed by Dell's efforts to take $1bn of client cost out and by its margin advantage with 70% of PCs sold direct.
However, Milunovich is more interested in what Dell's David Johnson, head of strategy, describes as a more nimble enterprise hardware strategy:
CFO Brian Gladden said his recent discussions with investors have been 75% about PCs, 15% about acquisitions, and 10% about everything else. We think investors may be underappreciating Dell's enterprise potential. The company's goal is to grow enterprise computing's operating income contribution from about 43% today to 60% in F2016. Management believes the industry is at an inflection point, not just in moving to cloud computing but in pursuing a lower-cost infrastructure approach. Steve Felice, Chief Commercial Officer, said there is a change in conversations with CIOs in that they increasingly agree with Dell that more agile and modular approach is needed. In fact, he says they are concerned that Cisco, IBM, and other single-solution vendors may not give objective advice, providing an opening for Dell. David Johnson, head of Corporate Strategy, says the last 20 years were about increasing hardware efficiency, most recently through virtualization. The next step is to simplify the architecture through (1) a next-generation memory architecture Dell will begin introducing later this year, (2) multi-tenancy in clouds, and (3) mirroring public cloud with the same private cloud infrastructure, allowing workloads to move seamlessly between the two. No longer do IT departments need to size themselves for peak loads, which run 5x average loads.
The new infrastructure dovetails with Dell's efforts with respect to cloud computing, argues Milunovich:
Like HP, Dell controls the server, storage, and network so it can provide a converged infrastructure box (pod). Dell will be introducing its first full- function offering in the next few months. Furthermore, it will need cloud offerings, particularly since SMB could be the cloud sweet spot. Dell expects that private cloud will dominate even SMB, however, as these firms are concerned about losing data. Consequently, most of Dell's work will be on premise or mirroring customers' equipment in one of Dell's 12 data centers. Dell argues that infrastructure providers have the advantage in hybrid clouds; our guess is that selling cloud will be one of Dell's foremost enterprise challenges.
Milunovich's stock advice is to stay away for the moment because near-term results are under pressure. But he advises to watch for "new converged infrastructure offerings" by the end of this year.
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This web page lists some Lambeth Health Champion website links that might prove useful.
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It is a directory of services for older people in Lambeth and Southwark, created in partnership with Southwark and Lambeth Integrated Care, Southwark and Lambeth Councils and CCGs.
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The journey began in November 2012, having completed the Healthy Living Champion course I burst with enthusiasm and excitement at the new role, aiming to put all that I learnt into practice as well as pursuing more.
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Despite a promising launch, Research in Motion has cut its PlayBook sales estimates by half causing investors and analysts to panic that the company can't compete with Android and Apple tablets.
Shares slipped on the news but long-term views of the company are still positive, according to the Wall Street Journal, because of strong international demand.
In a note to clients, analyst Kevin Smithen acknowledged "numerous challenges" for the company, including "delayed product launches, insufficient and misallocated R&D, poor management reaction to changing industry trends, subpar communication with investors, strengthening competition, falling [average selling prices], and ineffective CEO and Board structure."
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(Yikes! Does RIM have a chance? It sounds like it's being run by distracted kindergartners.)
The tablet computer market is a growing one, but one still dominated by Android and Apple, so any other tablet operating system has a lot to overcome. (It's rumored that Amazon will also join the fray with its own Android tablet.) While many state that the iPad has the market sewn up, Android tablets are also proliferating and becoming part of the personal and enterprise landscape.
Either way, with such popular competition, RIM can't afford to be inefficient, irrelevant and crippled with poor communication and mediocrity.


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OCaml package guidelines
Package Naming
For libraries, use ocaml-modulename. For applications, use the program name. In either case, the pkgname should be entirely lowercase.
OCaml Library Locations
OCaml libraries should be installed under /usr/lib/ocaml. Libraries were previously installed under /usr/lib/ocaml or /usr/lib/ocaml/site-lib, depending on the package. This mixture prevented some packages from working with others and fragmented OCaml development on Arch Linux. The use of /usr/lib/ocaml/site-lib has therefore been discontinued.
OCaml libraries should be installed using ocaml-findlib. ocaml-findlib includes library metadata in the package that makes it easy to manage libraries. It is a de-facto standard and a lot of OCaml software now requires.
ocaml-findlib extracts necessary data from a file named META that should be included in the source archive. If this file is not included, one should either be obtained from the corresponding Debian, Ubuntu, or Fedora package, or created for the package by the maintainer. A request to include the file should also be made to the upstream developers of the package.
The OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR variable should be used when installing packages with ocaml-lib. See the example PKGBUILD below for details.
OCaml Bytecode and Levels
OCaml can run code on multiple "levels", the top level interprets OCaml Code without compiling, the bytecode level creates machine independent bytecode and the native level creates machine code binaries (just like C/C++).
When building OCaml Packages you need to be aware if the build process is compiling native machine code, bytecode, or as in many cases both. This creates a number of situations which can cause problems with package options and the right dependencies.
If bytecode is produced at all then the PKGBUILD must contain the following to protect the bytecode:
- options=('!strip')
If the package does not contain bytecode and only distributes a binary, then ocaml is not needed as a dependency, but it of course is required as a makedepends since the ocaml package provides the OCaml compiler. If the package contains both native code and bytecode then ocaml should be a dependency and a makedepends.
OCaml code is rarely (if ever) distributed as bytecode only and will almost always include native code, the only case where using any as the arch is advisable is where only un compiled source code is distributed, usually with a library, but many libraries still distribute native code.
The moral of the story here is to be aware of what it is you are distributing, chances are your package contains native machine code and bytecode.
OCaml PKGBUILD Example
# Contributor: Your Name <firstname.lastname@example.com> pkgname=ocaml-<package name> pkgver=4.2 pkgrel=1 license=('') arch=('i686' 'x86_64') pkgdesc="An OCaml Package" url="" depends=('ocaml') makedepends=('ocaml' 'ocaml-findlib') source=() options=('!strip') md5sums=() OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR="${pkgdir}$(ocamlfind printconf destdir)" build() { cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}" mkdir -p "$OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR" ./configure --prefix=/usr make } package() { env DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" \ OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR="$OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR" \ make install }
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Awful Auntie the big book by David Walliams is brought to life on stage at the Milton Keynes Theatre.
This tells the story of Stella Saxby (played by Georgina Leonidas) who when waking up from a coma greeted by Aunt Alberta has no idea how her life has drastically changed.
Stella becomes friends with Soot played by Ashley Cousins who helps her solve the mystery of her parents death whilst avoiding her own. The story between the two characters shows them having an strong bond and has a great plot twist.
Aunt Alberta played by Timothy Speyer was fantastic and played the role so well. The hilarious jokes, fantastic opera singing and costume portrayed the character perfectly. Rarely off stage Aunt Alberta was great throughout and really loved by the audience.
The role of Gibbons the butler played by Richard James made the show. He had the audience laughing throughout with his humour, odd, ditsy and strange antics.
The Great Bavarian Owl Wagner played by Roberta Bellekom was done so well with the music and lighting really setting the scene and the scene with the birdcage the special effects really were brilliant. The set is very clever switching between scenes with the towers and stairs.
The bathroom scene is really funny and had the audience in fits of laughter. The costumes were well done and portrayed the characters from the book just how you would imagine them.
Awful Auntie is a brilliant show to see whether you have read the David Walliams book or not. This was thoroughly enjoyed and had us laughing and gripped throughout. Well worth watching.
The show can be seen until Sunday November 12. For tickets visit www.atgtickets.co.uk/miltonkeynes or call 0844 871 7652


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i am writing a book more obtuse and funnier than finnegans wake. it will remodel todays society. it will reshape the minds of the youth. it will be utterly incomprehensible and will remain unread. i can't wait to finish it. i gave up on a ridiculous experiment in narrative bad influences inveigled me into.
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Opinion: Kiss That Internship Goodbye, Kids
WSJ Bartley fellow Kate Bachelder on a New York court decision that could kill unpaid summer internships. Photo credit: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... since you think it's hard to find a job now ... or wait till companies figure out that they can get sued for hiring you ... as an unpaid intern that's right it's the war on and turns while Street Journal partly allocate back shoulders here to talk about what just happened ... by Kate ... important case has not on a national attention you broke the story on our pages this morning ... Cote was sued exactly and one ... so onJune eleven ... on a federal district judge in New York ruled ... that Fox Searchlight was in violation of the fair Labor standards Act ... for not paints and turns on the side of the twenty ten movie blackspot ... ok it Fox Searchlight another we should probably say another part of our company mine on how nice insurance to get me know what they were getting into when they signed up for this job ... they didn't know they agreed to work for no wages but they felt as though they were exploited so they sued the company for a huge amounts money and to work and in in now we cut as always the flood of lawsuits the following that's correct aam and what are the implications for companies ... that are taking on in terms now ... thinking that their ... thirty s Cheap dolphin and give them work experience to the right while the losses are ultimately shortsighted because they're going to end up hurting the college kids that trying to protect ... and the constant certifying that companies are either going to cut their internship programs or ... turn them into a ticket to the work activity is because ... you can have if you can't make it in the immediate advantage from having in turn which is what this federal district judge ruled on the eleventh was that ... no company can have an immediate advantage why would any company ever happened ... to ... any party handsome payouts to write such as Fox it's the it's the it's ... absolutely in December and TV news caster Turley Bros paid two hundred and fifty K two hundred and eighty nine former interest but under legal fees these are huge settlements and companies are just inside taking the risk of having in her belly in case you've been turned in in a couple of different places aam what are the benefits to college to this isn't something where ... we're finding that there are absolutely pensions are not a perfect system it would be better if we can have some fabulous way for people to get exposed to the workplace ... but I can turn chance to really help kids get their foot mentor ... in college and learn with helping relied upon as a full employee ... there's a lot of value in the things that you learn the people you meet which is where hiring happens an ABC News reports has a need for sapphires happened ... by networking on the mind ... so there's a huge benefit to college kids and if we get rid of them what will they knew and sad the question will become some these unpaid internships will be left in his menial jobs with no ... no way to get the majority of the earrings are really important point because given our are weak economic recovery ... um you know it in place without a high school degree ... those were just out of college and the young ... young people were trying to find a job ... is a really terrible and I may see double digit unemployment so ... I guess this is this is closing the door even further on absolutley and ... by now forty percent of college graduates are underemployed working in positions that don't require a bachelor's degree ... so what would you wanna make it harder for them to get into positions that do require actually ... great it's a great question and I just I made clear that we do pay in terms here at the one true living ... ok great light hoping to keep an eye and says you come back to do this Wall Street Journal partly Filipi Batchelder ... thank you so much for being on mission ...


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The MCWRA (Missouri Civil War Reenactors' Association) was organized in 1981
by reenactors who saw the need to set up a structured organization in
response to the growing number of reenactors portraying the history of our
country from 1861-1865, and to better serve potential sponsors wanting to
have living history events. Since its inception, the MCWRA has been
incorporated in the state of Missouri as a non-profit corporation. The
association is guided by a set of rules and by-laws and is governed by a
Board of Directors, and policies are voted upon by the general membership.
The main event year is primarily from May through October/November, but
cooperation with similar organizations in other states allows reenactors to
participate year round if they desire. Members choose the events they feel
they wish to attend and direct their efforts to supporting those.
The cost of the hobby will depend on the branch chosen (i.e. Infantry,
Artillery, Cavalry, Medical, or Civilian, etc.) and how far one wants to
delve into an impression. Once a reenactor has made the choice as to which
branch is of interest, the MCWRA can provide information on local units, and
contacts whom can give details on uniform costs, suppliers, weapons, tents,
etc. and a general idea of costs involved. Often units have items which can
be borrowed while a new member is gathering all the items desired.
MCWRA membership costs $10.00 per calendar year which includes the
newsletter, The Western Campaigner, which keeps members abreast of MCWRA
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personal accident insurance at a very reasonable cost under the MCWRA
organization. Three meetings are held each year at the Capital Building in
Jefferson City, Mo. The times and dates are listed in the
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A person with knowledge of the details says the Los Angeles Lakers have claimed Carlos Boozer after he was waived by the Chicago Bulls via the amnesty clause.
According to NBA rules, teams with room under the salary cap had to bid at least $1.4 million, the amount of the minimum salary for veterans next season.
The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement, did not say how much the Lakers bid.
The amnesty clause allows teams to waive a player without his salary counting for cap and tax purposes. Boozer is due $16.8 million next season in the final season of his contract.
He will join a Lakers team that has already signed fellow power forwards Jordan Hill and Ed Davis.
(BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer)
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Deborah K. Steinberg
CSX Professor; Dept. Chair, Biological Sciences
Email: [[debbies]]
Phone: (804) 684-7838
Office: Andrews Hall 328
Department: Biological Sciences
Interests: Zooplankton ecology; coastal and deep sea food webs/marine "snow."
Website: {{http://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/zooplankton_ecology/index.php, Zooplankton Ecology}}
- B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987
- Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993
Research Interests
My research interests are in zooplankton ecology and physiology, coastal and deep-sea food webs, and carbon and nutrient cycling. Much of my research program focuses on how zooplankton influence cycling of nutrients and organic matter, and how climate affects long-term change in zooplankton communities. Our laboratory has been involved in a number of projects with this theme, including the role of zooplankton vertical migration in transport of nutrients, the ecology of gelatinous zooplankton "blooms" and their affect on fluxes of organic matter, the importance of zooplankton in the cycling of dissolved organic matter, mesopelagic zooplankton and particle flux, and the effects of mesoscale eddies and a large river plume on zooplankton community structure. We are also using long-term data sets from the Western Antarctic Peninsula and the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda to study the effects of climate change on zooplankton communities, and how these community changes may affect ocean food webs and biogeochemistry. I have worked in a number of marine environments including coastal California, the Antarctic, the Sargasso Sea, the subtropical and subarctic North Pacific, the Amazon River plume, and the Chesapeake Bay.
Current Projects
- LTER Palmer, Antarctica (PAL): Land-shelf-ocean connectivity, ecosystem resilience, and transformation in a sea-ice influenced pelagic ecosystem (NSF OPP)
- The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study: Sustained Biogeochemical, Ecosystem, and Ocean Change Observations and Linkages in the Subtropical North Atlantic (NSF OCE)
- CSBR: Natural History: Organization and digitization of the larval fish collection at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (NSF DBI)
Selected Publications
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- Steinberg, D.K. and M. R. Landry (2017) Zooplankton and the ocean carbon cycle. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 9: 14.1-14.32. doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015924
- Steinberg, D.K., K. E. Ruck, M. R. Gleiber, L. M. Garzio, J. S. Cope, K. S. Bernard, S. E. Stammerjohn, O.M.E. Schofield, L. B. Quetin, and R. M. Ross (2015) Long-term (1993-2013) changes in macrozooplankton off the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research I, 101: 54-70.
- Conroy, B. J., D. K. Steinberg, M. R. Stukel, J. I. Goes, and V. J. Coles (2015) Meso- and microzooplankton grazing in the Amazon River plume and western tropical North Atlantic. Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.10261
- Stone, J.P. and D. K. Steinberg (2014) A long-term time-series study of salp population dynamics in the Sargasso Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
- Ruck, K. E., D. K. Steinberg, E. A. Canuel (2014) Regional differences in quality of krill and fish as prey along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series 509:39-55.
- Steinberg, D. K., M. W. Lomas, and J. S. Cope (2012) Long-term increase in mesozooplankton biomass in the Sargasso Sea: Linkage to climate and implications for food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 26, GB1004, doi:10.1029/2010GB004026
- Bernard, K. S., D. K. Steinberg, O. M. E. Schofield (2012) Summertime grazing impact of the dominant macrozooplankton off the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research I, 62: 111-122.
- Condon, R. H., D. K. Steinberg, P. A. del Giorgio, T. C. Bouvier, D. A. Bronk, H. W. Ducklow (2011) Jellyfish blooms result in a major microbial respiratory sink of carbon in marine systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1015782108.
- Saba, G. K., D. K. Steinberg, D. A. Bronk (2011) The relative importance of sloppy feeding, excretion, and fecal pellet leaching in the release of dissolved carbon and nitrogen by Acartia tonsa copepods. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 404: 47-56.
- Steinberg, D.K., B. A. S. Van Mooy, K. O. Buesseler, P. P. Boyd, T. Kobari, and D. M. Karl (2008) Bacterial vs. zooplankton control of sinking particle flux in the ocean's twilight zone. Limnology and Oceanography. 53 (4): 1327-1338.
Students and Post-Doctoral Associates
Current Students
- Patricia Thibodeau, Ph.D. student, Environmental controls on pteropod ecology and physiology in the Western Antarctic Peninsula
- Jack Conroy, M.S. student, TBD- Western Antarctic Peninsula zooplankton
Past Students
- Brandon Conroy, Ph.D. awarded 2016, Zooplankton community structure and grazing in the Amazon River plume and western tropical North Atlantic
- Joshua Stone, Ph.D. awarded 2016, Population dynamics of gelatinous zooplankton in the Chesapeake Bay and Sargasso Sea, and effects on carbon export
- Jami Ivory, M.S. awarded 2015, Seasonal cycles and interannual variability in the major taxa of mesozooplankton at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) station over two decades (currently scientist with Science Education Association, SEA)
- Miram Gleiber, M.S. awarded 2014, Long-term change in copepod community structure in the Western Antarctic Peninsula: Linkage to climate and implications for carbon cycling (currently Ph.D. student, Oregon State University)
- Lori Garzio (née Price) M.S. awarded 2012, Microzooplankton community composition and grazing impact along the western Antarctic Peninsula (currently Research Analyst, Ocean Observatories Initiative, OOI)
- Kate Ruck, M.S. awarded 2012, Zooplankton prey quality and feeding dynamics along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (currently Science Assistant, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation)
- Jeanna Hudson, M.S. awarded 2012, Trophic Ecology of Mesopelagic Myctophids (Family Myctophidae) from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Iceland to the Azores) (currently Research Technician, VIMS)
- Grace Saba, Ph.D. awarded 2009, The role of copepods and heterotrophic dinoflagellates in the production of dissolved organic matter and inorganic nutrients (currently Assistant Professor, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University)
- Stephanie Wilson, Ph.D. awarded 2009, Mesopelagic zooplankton feeding ecology and effects on particle repackaging and carbon transport in the subtropical and subarctic North Pacific Ocean (currently Research Lecturer/faculty, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, UK)
- Rob Condon, Ph.D. awarded 2008, Impacts of gelatinous zooplankton on dissolved organic matter cycling and bacterioplankton communities in the York River estuary (currently Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Wilmington)
- Bethany Eden, M.S. awarded 2008, Zooplankton community structure in a cyclonic and mode-water eddy in the Sargasso Sea (currently Marine Science teacher, Chesapeake Bay Governor's School, VA)
- Astrid Schnetzer, Ph.D. awarded 2001, (University of Austria, Vienna), Zooplankton vertical migration and POM transport in the Sargasso Sea. (currently Associate Professor, North Carolina State University)
Past Post-Docs
- Dr. Kim Bernard, Antarctic mesozooplankton grazing, and use of acoustics to measure zooplankton distribution (currently Assistant Professor at Oregon State University)
- Dr. Sarah Stone (neé Goldthwait), Zooplankton and biogeochemical cycling in mesoscale eddies (currently Program Manger, eScience Institute, University of Washington)
Courses Taught
- MSCI 501D, 401D: Fundamentals of Marine Science, Biological Oceanography
- MSCI 506: Scientific Communication, with Eric Hilton
- MSCI 652: Marine Plankton Ecology
- MSCI 660: Zooplankton Ecology
- MSCI 698: Special Topics (various)- e.g., Dissolved Organic Matter in Aquatic Systems, with Deborah Bronk; Respiration in Aquatic Ecosystems, with Elizabeth Canuel
Awards & Honors
- 2015 - State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Award
- 2014 - CSX Eminent Scholar Professorship/ Chair in Marine Science
- 2014 - William & Mary Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence
- 2013 - William & Mary Tack Faculty lecture
- 2012 - Sverdrup Award lecture, Ocean Sciences, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- 2007 - Winner of William and Mary Raft Debate
- 2006 - Dean's Prize for Advancement of Women in Marine Science
- 2005 - College of William & Mary Class of 1964 Distinguished Associate Professor of Marine Science
- 2005 - Elected to the Board of Trustees, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Inc.
- 1987 - Antarctic Service Award and Medal, U.S. Department of the Navy
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
- The Oceanography Society (TOS)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)


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Aidan Quinn's new movie is "If I Were You." So, in his early days, who was Aidan Quinn?
"Acting student. Taking lessons in Chicago, where I'm from, at 19. My teacher was Jeremy Piven's father. And this movie, like with me, takes us to the unexpected places life can take us.
"Marcia Gay Harden, with whom I'd worked 10 years ago, is funny in it. The story's about her husband having an affair. She follows the sexy young mistress. They begin a conversation. The mistress wants to kill herself. The wife saves her. The mistress doesn't know her saviour is the husband's wife. And then it goes into different directions.
"I play a man Marsha meets in a funeral home. I'm waiting for my deceased parents. We share our grief, telling stories about our families. What happens next, we're all over each other. Fall for each other madly. The director mercifully cuts before something interesting happens.
"I love movies. I see them even when friends aren't in them. Of course, with the academy you get sent everything. And I watched the awards. Some choices were great, some terrible, some I hadn't seen."
About his TV show "Elementary":
"With my supporting role, I get three days off periodically. Fortunately, Lucy Liu and I like each other because it's a tough 17-hour-a-day grind. Sometimes, filming in a great neighborhood we can pop in and have a nice lunch.
"My life is kids and family. A Teamster drives me home in a van. I go to bed early. My daughter's up 5:45, and you hear everyone walking around. The family doesn't watch my TV show. My 14-year-old's in bed. I'm on at 10 p.m., and she has no interest. She's not enamored of a movie or TV star father. I like it that way."
His film opens Friday.
JACK Nicholson, allowing he's maybe too old for athletic romps, now prefers "the inverted missionary position. I'm less rambunctious. Still have the same libido, but that part of your life changes.". . . Fans, complaining NBC's picking on their "Tonight Show" star, say: "Jay Leno is not old. Just because his writers are feeding him jokes intravenously?"
WITH the economy tanking, problems mounting, taxpayers supporting felons, so much damage and difficulty globally, why can't prisoners — under proper police custody — work paving roads, rebuilding flooded houses, feeding the poor, helping civic projects? If not mandatory, possibly some commutation of their sentence as a reward?
FRIENDS of the Israel Defense Forces raised $27 million at the Waldorf.
Gen. Yitzhak Gershon to a suggestion Israel may not always be around: "Those who suggest that are the ones to disappear. Our country, never. What happens with Syria or Lebanon, who knows? Tension's beneath the surface. We watched the Arab Spring with hope and apprehension. Iran is a region of instability to the world, not just Israel. Radical terrorists speak in code. The threat's worldwide.
"We've dealt with challenges 65 years. Our people returned to their homeland — and we will stay there forever."
Capt. Ziv Shilon: "Oct. 23, 2012. Gaza's border. An explosion. They helicoptered me to the hospital. I didn't lose my two hands for nothing.
"Our nation is not aggressive. We are not ones to attack. But if our enemy harms us, we'll do our best to see they don't hurt our people. No matter what, I am ready to go back to service."
Gen. Shaharabani and Col. Meier: "We're teaching the GIs about battle fatigue and suicide. Watch your buddies for signs. Heavy drinking. No friends. Spending like there's no tomorrow is because a potential suicide's a dead man. He has no tomorrow. Caught in time, we are teaching your Army they can save 95 percent of the cases."
That ballroom was filled with brass, stars and decorations. More metal than a Hummer showroom.
BEING 50 years since we lost JFK, comes "Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation Into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination" by John Munch of "Law & Order" a k a Richard Belzer. Publisher is Skyhorse . . . Yesterday I wrote Woody Allen's producer sister Letty Aronson won't drive through tunnels. Today p.r. lady Peggy Siegal says Woody won't travel through tunnels, either. I don't know why. I don't care. I just report.
HARVARD University is No. 1. Harvard Club isn't. Clinton's Defense Secretary William Cohen and wife Janet Langhart had a function there. The doorman said no such event's scheduled. Wrong day. Back to my car to check the invite. Right day. Right place. Right time. Wrong, said the doorman.
A receptionist finally directed me, but the elevator malfunctioned. A whistle sounded. Twice. I waited interminably. The doors wouldn't close. Finally, another elevator. At Floor 3, I was directed around a corner down a hall. At the appropriate room, Cohen left to get Mrs. Cohen. Arriving exactly on time, I waited 25 minutes. Neither returned. I left.
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Those who follow Indian Domestic cricket for atleast 2 years would be now all too familiar about this Mumbaikar.
He's been exceptional in the domestic circuit for the past few seasons and his career FC average is 63 after 25 matches. With already 8 100s under his belt, one wonders why he has not quite made the airwaves as he should.
I watched him in the Ranji matches, and to be honest, I was wondering that how could he be that prolific with such a technique. He did not overtly impress me at any point of time. But somehow he manages to get the runs on the board.
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Thank you, David [Fein], for that introduction. Thank you Yale Law School, the Trade of Innocents team, the United States Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for organizing this important symposium.
I am honored to join with so many esteemed colleagues gathered here to talk about what more we can all do in the global fight against human trafficking. The groups represented in this room have all been critical partners in trying to eradicate this scourge at home and abroad.
At the Department of Justice we have a number of components deeply involved in our effort to combat human trafficking. These include the United States Attorney's Offices, the Civil Rights Division's Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, and the FBI. And the Office of Justice Programs funds task forces across the country. But even with all of those Department participants, we cannot win this fight alone.
That is why I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the vital importance of partnerships in the Department's effort to combat human trafficking. Law enforcement agencies; federal, state, local, and international authorities; and non-governmental organizations such as the Polaris Project and the International Justice Mission all have key roles to play in advancing this critical mission.
It seems almost unfathomable that today in the 21st Century, we still live in a world where human trafficking persists.
And yet it exists and is often hiding in plain and painful sight. It's the young woman who comes to America for the promise of a new life but finds herself enslaved and sold for sex. Or the child who grew up here in America but ran away from home only to find herself the victim of her desperate acceptance of help from the wrong person. Or the migrant worker who is deprived of identification, transportation, and access to money in order to ensure his total dependence on his employer.
The Department of Justice is resolutely committed to preventing and combating human trafficking in all its forms. For Attorney General Holder and I, this is a deeply held conviction. Earlier this month, I had the privilege of speaking about this modern day form of slavery at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Later this month, the Attorney General will be delivering an important speech on human trafficking at the Clinton Presidential Library.
Yet the Department's commitment extends beyond mere words by its leadership and transcend into real action on the ground – action that has saved lives, delivered on the promise of freedom, and restored dignity to women, children and men held in bondage.
Last year, the Department set a new record in the number of defendants charged in human trafficking cases in a single year. And over the last three years, there has been a 30-percent increase in the number of forced labor and adult sex trafficking cases charged.
Here in Connecticut, you have served as leaders in fighting human trafficking. In 2008, Dennis Paris was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and ten other co-defendants were convicted in connection with a Hartford-based sex trafficking ring that targeted young, vulnerable women and girls. And just last year, Jarell Sanderson was sentenced right here in New Haven to over 25 years in prison for the sex trafficking of a 14-year-old victim.
Now, there's always a bit of a good news/bad news aspect to higher numbers of prosecutions because they reflect not only the good-an effective enforcement effort--but also the bad-the reality that these cases are there to be prosecuted.
Yet it also reminds us that an absolutely essential element in bringing these prosecutions in the first instance has been a broad array of partnerships. These partnerships have proven to be force multipliers and yielded concrete results.
Take the tragic and shocking case out of Virginia where an MS-13 gang member preyed on a 12-year-old girl. He forced her into prostitution, seven days a week, using illegal drugs to keep her compliant. The defendant and his fellow gang members aggressively marketed her for prostitution at apartments, hotels, and businesses.
Law enforcement agencies in partnership with victim advocates working through the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force, we're able to discover this crime, stop it, and last October-two years from the very day that the victim was first ensnared-her trafficker was sentenced to life in prison.
The Department also partners with federal authorities to combat human trafficking.
Last February, the Justice Department launched a Human Trafficking Enhanced Enforcement Initiative to take our counter-trafficking enforcement efforts to a new level.
As a part of this effort, Attorney General Holder, along with the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and the Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, announced the Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team – or "ACTeam" – Initiative. This Initiative is an interagency collaboration among the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Labor aimed at streamlining federal criminal investigations and prosecutions of human trafficking offenses.
Following a rigorous interagency selection process, we launched six Pilot ACTeams around the country. Today, these teams are fully operational and are developing high-impact human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.
As we continue to increase coordination at the federal level, we are also partnering with state and local law enforcement authorities and the National Association of Attorneys General on its Human Trafficking Initiative.
We are providing grant funding through an Enhanced Collaborative Model to state and local law enforcement partners – and to victim service organizations – pairing proactive law enforcement efforts to stop traffickers, with programs to help victims heal and rebuild their lives.
Also we are hosting regional training forums, delivering training and technical assistance to the broader anti-trafficking community, and developing training curricula for state prosecutors and judges.
Yet even as we leverage these domestic partnerships, we recognize, as the title of this symposium notes, that a global perspective on trafficking is needed. Pursuing justice within our borders is simply not enough. That is why we are also taking steps to forge partnerships across borders.
One concrete example of this can be seen in Southeast Asia. During my visit to the Philippines last November, I had the honor of addressing the graduates of a course on Human Trafficking at the Philippine National Police Headquarters. The course was conducted by American and Philippine police instructors through DOJ's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). Graduates of this course are now key partners on the front lines of the fight against human trafficking.
Closer to home, we are working with Mexican law enforcement authorities to dismantle sex trafficking networks operating on both sides of the border. Our joint actions have brought freedom to victims, and secured landmark convictions and substantial sentences against the traffickers in a number of high-impact bilateral cases.
And we continue to work with our friends at the State Department to engage a wider number of international partners on this issue, and to ensure that they, too, are pursuing aggressive enforcement efforts against traffickers and have the tools to do so. I am glad to see Ambassador CdeBaca will be speaking later in the afternoon to share the State Department's perspective.
And so, in surveying these partnerships, while we can all be encouraged by our recent achievements in the fight against human trafficking, we have far more to do.
We must proceed with the humility of knowing that lives have been irreparably harmed and that justice alone can only bring a quantum of solace. It simply cannot undo the harm.
That is why, above and beyond all else, our various partnerships must focus on prevention. Prevention through prosecution of trafficking rings before they can ensnare other victims. Prevention through deterrence so that our prosecutions dissuade others who may follow suit. Prevention through public awareness as films like Trade of Innocents importantly seek to generate. And, lastly, prevention through the education of potential victims who driven by fear, poverty, or lack of education often unwittingly place their lives in the hands of exploitative traffickers.
The efforts we all make in this area are of critical importance. They are of critical importance to the victims, to their families and friends, and, frankly, to the fabric of our entire nation. These are truly among the most vulnerable members of our communities and are in desperate need of our help.
I want to thank all of you for the efforts you have made and that you will continue to make to fight for justice on behalf of victims of human trafficking. Without you they have little hope.
Thank you for the opportunity to share some of my thoughts with you on this vital subject.
Thank you, David [Fein], for that introduction. Thank you Yale Law School, the Trade of Innocents team, the United States Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for organizing this important symposium.


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- Serves 8 to 10
- 1 1/3 cups salted macadamia nuts (about 7 ounces)
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- For filling
- 1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 8 large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 cups well-stirred canned unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 cup well-chilled heavy cream
- 3/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- Preheat oven to 350°F. In a baking pan toast nuts in one layer in middle of oven until golden, about 10 minutes, and cool. Finely chop 2/3 cup nuts. Coarsely chop remaining 2/3 cup nuts and reserve. Cut butter into pieces.
- In a bowl with a pastry blender or in a food processor blend or pulse together finely chopped nuts, flour, sugar, and butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yolks and blend dough until it begins to come together but is still crumbly. Press dough in bottom and up side of an 11-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Chill crust 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Bake crust in middle of oven until golden, about 25 minutes, and transfer to a rack to cool completely.
- Make filling:
- In a small bowl sprinkle gelatin over rum to soften 5 minutes. In a bowl whisk together yolks, sugar, and a pinch salt. In a large saucepan bring coconut milk to a boil and remove pan from heat. Gradually whisk half of coconut milk into yolk mixture and whisk back into pan with remaining coconut milk. Cook custard over moderate heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and a thermometer registers 170°F, about 12 minutes (do not let custard boil). Remove pan from heat and add gelatin mixture, whisking until gelatin is dissolved. Transfer custard to a bowl to cool and chill, stirring frequently, until thickened but not set, about 30 minutes.
- Beat cream until it just holds soft peaks and fold gently into custard. Pour filling into crust. Chill tart until filling is set, about 4 hours.
- Remove rim of pan and sprinkle tart with coconut and reserved nuts.
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- Calories622
- Carbohydrates40 g(13%)
- Fat49 g(76%)
- Protein8 g(16%)
- Saturated Fat26 g(128%)
- Sodium45 mg(2%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber3 g(11%)
- Monounsaturated Fat19 g
- Cholesterol241 mg(80%)


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As part of the French minor at George Fox University, students are required to study abroad at least one semester. We believe that there is no better way to learn a language and its culture than the experience of being immersed in it. George Fox University offers three locations from which students may choose to fulfill this requirement: Paris and Dijon, France and Dakar in Senegal. Please follow the links below to obtain more information about each of these unique experiences.
To find out more about the study abroad programs offered through George Fox, contact Paul Chamberlain , director of global studies at the university, or visit the Off-Campus Study Program website.
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Grains and oilseeds closed higher after crush comes in as expected. March corn closed 10 ½ cents higher at $7.30 ¾, March soybeans 19 cents higher at $14.91 ½, and March wheat up 5 ½ at $8.14.
NOPA crush came out as expected at 157.31 million bushels while soyoil stocks came in well above expectations at 2.384 bln lbs. Despite the bearish stocks soybean oil rallied sharply along with soybeans closing 0.95 higher in the March contract.
Why the strong rally soybean rally today? Even though the market was expecting crush to be at this level it still confirms that domestic demand hasn't shown signs of slowing down. With strong export sales and strong crush we are starting to see the funds come back into the market. We are now over a $1.20 off the lows in soybeans and have settled above the 50 day moving average for the first time since September 20th (see chart). We expect soybean prices to remain firm while corn stays range-bound until the January reports.
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March corn found support at its November lows and looks poised to try to make a move back up to its 50 day moving average at $7.44 ¾. Much of the strength seems to be following soybeans demand based market rally.
March Corn
Wheat had a major technical selloff to reach the 200 day moving average but the selling seems to have slowed. Volume was down substantially today
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General Strategy for Integration
Integrals by nature can be significantly harder and uglier to compute than derivatives. So when evaluating integrals, the goal is to first simplify the function. Are there like terms? If so, combine them first. Finally, is it possible to use an integral identity covered in my last tutorial? If so, use one of those identities. If not, then either u substitution, trig substitution, integration by partial fractions, or integration by parts will have to be used.
U Substitution
As programmers, the concept of using variables to store values (objects, numbers, strings, arrays, and maybe even functions) should be very familiar. This is the entire concept of u substitution. The strategy here is to isolate a single term (or group of terms) whose derivative is also in the function. Then we set u = sub function, and du equal to its derivative. If du has a coefficient differing from the coefficient of the term(s) in the function, it is necessary to multiply the new integral by the reciprocal of that term. Next, the limits of integration on the original integral are run through the u function and adjusted. So given Integral(a, b, f(x)dx), the u substitution would be Integral(u(a), u(b), u du). If an indefinite integral is being evaluated, then it is necessary to convert back to the original function, rather than leaving it in terms of u.
Let's work through some examples to try it out:
1) Integral(0, pi/2, sin(x)cos(x) dx)
In this integral, there are three terms: sin(x), cos(x), and dx. Thinking back to the derivative identities, remember that the derivative of sin(x) is cos(x)dx (remember chain rule- differentiate the inside function x too). So u = sin(x), and du = cos(x)dx. Finally, we have to adjust our limits of integration. So u(0) = 0, and u(pi/2) = 1. Finally, let's evaluate our new integral: Integral(0, 1, u du). This is a much simpler integral to evaluate, as it is now possible to use the power rule. So the answer is 1/2 * u^2 | (x = 0, 1). Or more simply, just 1/2.
2) Integral(-pi/4, pi/4, tan(x) dx)
This is a u substitution problem in disguise. Not many people know the integral of tan(x) immediately. However, understanding that tan(x) = sin(x)/cos(x) makes things much easier. So let's examine our terms: sin(x), (cos(x))-1 (1/cos(x), not arccos(x)), and dx. The trap to avoid here is setting u = sin(x) because cos(x) is in the denominator. Instead, set u = cos(x), and du = -sin(x)dx. However, since sin(x) is a positive term in the original function, it is necessary to multiple the integral by -1 to get the correct answer. Now I can evaluate -1 * Integrate(-sqrt(2)/2, sqrt(2)/2, 1/u du) to get ln|u| |(x = -sqrt(2)/2, sqrt(2)/2). So using the rules of logs, that comes out to ln|sqrt(2)| - ln|2| - ln|sqrt(2)| + ln|2|, or more simply 0.
3) Integral(e^3x dx)
This is a problem where recognizing the chain rule can be used instead of u-substitution. However, let's work through it with u substitution anyways, setting u = 3x and du = dx/3. So simply 1/3 * Integral(e^u du), which comes out to 1/3 * e^3x + c. Notice how the answer is in terms of x instead of u since an indefinite integral is being evaluated.
Trig Substitution
Integration by trig substitution is a technique when a function is composed of trig functions. The purpose of trig substitution is to apply the trig identities where possible in order to simplify the function being integrated to the point where the other integral identities or techniques can be used. Let's look at a couple examples to see how this can help:
1) Integral(sin(x)cos(x)dx)
This was one of the examples for u-substitution. By simply recognizing that sin(2x) = 2sin(x)cos(x), the problem can be re-written as 1/2 * Integral(sin(2x) dx). Using the integral identity that Integral(sin(x)dx) = -cos(x) + c, and accounting for the chain rule, the answer comes out to be -1/4 * cos(2x) + c.
2) Integral((sin^4(x) + sin^2(x)cos^2(x))dx)
At first glance, this integral doesn't look easy to integrate. Let's factor out sin^2(x) from both terms though. The result is sin^2(x)(sin^2(x) + cos^2(x)), which can be simplified using a Pythagorean identity, leaving simply sin^2(x). Sin(x) can't be integrated using the power rule, due to inconsistencies where F'(x) != f(x). So instead, another trig identity is used- a power reduction formula. So sin^2(x) = (1-cos(2x))/2. That is a lot easier to integrate term-by-term. So the final integral being evaluated is 1/2 * Integral((1-cos(2x)dx), which results in 1/2 * (x- sin(2x)/2) + c.
For a more complete list of trig identities, check out this link. Not all of these identities are helpful when simplifying integrals, but many of them are. Certain identities, like the sum-difference formulas, won't be helpful until we cover integration by parts.
Partial Fractions
Partial fractions are used to break down rational functions that cannot be more easily simplified and solved using another integration technique. The idea behind partial fractions is that the denominator can be rationally factored into terms that are added together. The process of combining those terms provides a system of equations that are equal to the various terms in the numerator. The variables from this system of equations are the coefficients when integrating.
Let's look at an example:
Integral((x-1)/(x^2+x) * dx)
Let's start by factoring the denominator: x(x+1). Next, we will break the rational function into partial fractions: A/x + B/(x+1) = (x-1)/(x(x+1)). Next, let's combine the partial fractions so we can set up a system of equations:
[A(x+1) + B(x)]/(x^2+x) = (x-1)/(x^2+x)
Distributing A and B, we get the following system of equations:
x(A+b) = x
Solving this, A = -1 and B = 2.
And since the partial fractions are equivelant to the orignal function, we can integrate those, which are a lot easier. So:
Integral((x-1)/(x^2+x) * dx) = -Integral(1/x * dx) + 2 * Integral(1/(x+1) * dx)
= -ln|x| + 2ln|x+1| + c
This was much easier than integrating the original rational function.
Integration By Parts
Integration by parts is used to integrate products that the other techniques don't handle well. It can also produce inconclusive answers. As such, it is the last-resort technique for integration. It is also the inverse of the product rule for derivatives. As such, let's examine its derivation:
d(uv) = udv + vdu
Integral(d(uv)) = uv = Integral(udv) + Integral(vdu)
Doing some simple algebra, we get:
Integral(udv) = uv - Integral(vdu)
When using integration by parts, the strategy is to take the function be integrated, and break its terms down into u and dv. The u term should be easily differentiated, and the dv term should get simpler when integrated. After finding the u, du, dv, and v terms, plug them into the formula.
Let's look at some examples:
1) Integral(xe^x dx)
u = x dv = e^x * dx du = dx v = e^x
Integral(udv) = x*e^x - Integral(e^xdx)
= x*e^x - e^x + c
Looking at this integral initially, there is no set of terms whose derivative is present, so u substitution is not feasible. There is no denominator, so partial fractions is out; and there is no trig function for trig substitution. Nor is there even an integral identity. So we are stuck with integration by parts. When examining the terms x, e^x, and dx, x is the obvious term for u because it gets simpler when differentiated, moreso than integrating it to get x^2/2. The e^x function is just as simple either way, so it is the dv term. After differentiating u and integrating dv, it becomes as simple as plugging into the formula.
2) Integrate(0, infinity, e^-t * t^(n-1) * dt)
This is one of those functions that causes problems with integration by parts. That is, it doesn't produce a clean, definitive answer the first time around. Let's evaluate it and see what happens:
u = t^(n-1)
du = (n-1) * t^(n-2) * dt
dv = e^-t * dt
v = -e^-t
Integral(0, infinity, udv) = -t^(n-1)/e^t |(x = 0, infinity) + Integral(0, infinity, e^-t * (n-1) * t^(n-2) dt)
When evaluating the uv term, it is practically negligible, since at t = 0, -0^(n-1) = 0; and at x = infinity, e^infinity grows faster than -infinity^(n-1), causing a net of 0.
Since (n-1) is a constant, it can be pulled out front, leaving:
Integral(0, infinity, udv) = (n-1) Integral(0, infinity, e^-t * t^(n-2) * dt)
As we continue to decompose this function using integration by parts, we will finally get Integral(0, infinity, e^-t * dt) as the base case, which evaluates to 1. Looking at a similar function, the factorial, notice how this integral is very similar to the factorial. In fact, this is the gamma function, which allows factorials to be evaluated for continuous values, rather than simply the integers. This also allows us to deal with the binomial theorem, a lot of combinatorics, and other fields in discrete mathematics continuously. Looking back at my earlier tutorial where we discuss continuity, remember that continuity is defined as a lot of discrete points very close together.
A lot of that math is certainly beyond the scope of this tutorial. However, the gamma function is a good introduction to seeing where problems occur with integration by parts, as well as pulling into other areas of mathematics.
This tutorial has covered the major integration techniques prior to multivariate calculus. My next tutorial will cover applications of integrals.