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In 1768 Lexell was invited to St Petersburg. The St Petersburg Academy of Sciences had been founded by Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Great, in 1725 and Euler had worked there since 1727. By this time Euler was getting quite old, being 62 years of age when the young mathematician Lexell arrived in 1769. However, working in the same Academy as Euler and other high quality scientists was something which Lexell found exciting and enjoyable. Euler discussed research plans with Lexell and the other mathematicians at the Academy. They shared ideas while Lexell sometimes developed further ideas suggested by Euler, sometimes calculating tables, and compiling examples. For example Lexell is given full credit on the title page for his help with Euler's 1772 publication Theoria motuum lunae, nova methodo pertractata Ⓣ.
In 1771 Lexell was appointed professor of astronomy at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences and a few years later he was approached by the Swedish government trying to persuade him to return to Sweden. By this time Lexell had achieved quite a fine reputation as both a mathematician and astronomer and he was highly involved in the exciting work at the Academy. Knowing this, the Swedish government tried too attract him with back with a cleverly worked out offer. He would be appointed to a chair at the University of Abo immediately (this was in 1775) but since he was so involved at work being undertaken at the St Petersburg Academy he would be allowed to remain there for five years to complete the work before returning to Abo. Despite the attractive proposition, Lexell was having none of it and turned it down in favour of staying permanently in St Petersburg.
Despite wanting to remain in St Petersburg after 1780, Lexell did in fact spend two years travelling through to the mathematical centres of excellence throughout Europe, in particular visiting Germany, France and England. He returned to St Petersburg in 1782 and, following Euler's death in 1783, Lexell was appointed to succeed him to the chair of mathematics at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He did not hold this chair for very long since he died in the following year.
Lexell's work in mathematics is mainly in the area of analysis and geometry. Lexell made a detailed investigation of exact equations differential equations. His work here extended a necessary condition which had been discovered earlier by Condorcet and Euler. He also gave a proof which was not based on using the calculus of variations. In addition Lexell developed a theory of integrating factors for differential equations at the same time as Euler but, although it has often been thought that he learnt of the technique from Euler, the author of [2] argues that he independently discovered original methods to solve problems investigated by Euler.
Lexell did work in analysis on topics other than differential equations, for example he suggested a classification of elliptic integrals and he worked on the Lagrange series. He was also the first to develop a general system of polygonometry. This is a study of polygons similar to earlier work on triangles. It involves the solution of polygons given certain sides and angles between them, their mensuration, division by diagonals, circumscribing polygons around circles and inscribing polygons in circles. His work on this topic was continued by Lhuilier.
Lexell made major contributions to spherical geometry and trigonometry. In fact trigonometry was the main tool used by Lexell in his work on polygonometry. Spherical geometry was a major tool in his astronomical studies.
Specific problems which Lexell studied in astronomy were his calculation of the solar parallax and his calculation of the orbits of several comets. One comet for which he calculated an orbit had been discovered by Messier. Lexell found that it had a period of five and a half years which made it the first comet to be discovered with a short period. He observed it pass close to Jupiter and its moons and since the moons were unaffected Lexell deduced that, despite the large size of comets, their mass was extremely low.
When William Herschel discovered a new body in the solar system on 13 March 1781, Lexell computed its orbit which showed that it was a planet (later named Uranus) twice as far from the sun as Saturn, rather than a comet as had been thought at first. Although he did not predict the position of Neptune, as did Adams and Le Verrier, Lexell's initial calculations of the orbit of Uranus showed that it was being perturbed and he deduced that the perturbations were due to another more distant planet.
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GURGAON, India — British police sought help from Interpol on Friday, after a newspaper reported that one of its undercover reporters bought personal data on 1,000 British customers from an Indian call center employee.
Karan Bahree, an employee at Infinity eSearch, a web designing company in Gurgaon, a New Delhi suburb that has become a hub of outsourcing companies, did not report to work Friday but denied any wrongdoing.
Bahree "says he is innocent ... he told us that he was only trying to make a presentation to someone," said Deepak Masih, lawyer for Infinity eSearch. The company said it had nothing to do with the scandal, and that it had given Bahree, on probation for three months in the company, until Friday evening to formally explain his role.
"Yesterday he was in office and left at 5:30 when all of us left. He didn't come to work today," said Rahul Dutta, the Infinity managing director.
Also Friday, British police sought help from Interpol.
"We face (a) jurisdiction issue. We cannot charge anybody in India. So we are working through the Interpol so that Indian police can speak to the people involved," London Police spokeswoman Orna Joseph told the private NDTV news channel.
India's information technology minister said the government would not intervene.
"It is a matter between a company and its employees. It is also a subject matter between the call center company and the company which has given this contract," Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran told reporters.
The allegations have put India's money-spinning outsourcing industry _ with the largest share of call center business in the world _ into a corner over whether the customer data it has access to is safe.
The Sun newspaper said it paid 3.00 pounds ($5.40) each for details on the Britons' bank accounts, credit cards, passports and drivers' licenses, including numbers and pass codes. Addresses and phone numbers were also included, the tabloid said.
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Versteeg back and contributing with Blackhawksby Brian Hedger / Chicago Blackhawks
|Versteeg warms up before facing the Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 19 (Getty Images).
After he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs following the Chicago Blackhawks' 2010 Stanley Cup championship, Kris Versteeg had a message for the guy who orchestrated it.
He told Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman, "If there's ever a chance to come back, I would love to come back and play here."
Bowman, in turn, made it happen three years later. Following the Chicago Blackhawks' 5-4 shootout win against the Phoenix Coyotes on Nov. 14 at United Center, he announced a surprise trade with the Florida Panthers that brought Versteeg back to the Windy City.
Even Versteeg was stunned.
"I thought if I did come back, it would be through free agency one day," Versteeg said after the Blackhawks' morning skate Tuesday, prior to facing the Dallas Stars at United Center (8 p.m., NBCSN, TSN2). "I figured it'd be later in my career, well into free agency, but obviously it's before that."
The timing was both unpredicted and impeccable.
It took the hockey world by complete surprise and happened at a perfect time for the Blackhawks, who used Versteeg immediately among their top-six forwards. Marian Hossa, Chicago's top right wing, missed the next three games with a lower-body injury and then missed two more during a seven-game road trip because of a personal matter back in Chicago.
Hossa's back now, but Versteeg is still helping the Blackhawks stay afloat through another issue. Power forward Bryan Bickell (lower body) has missed six straight games, so Versteeg is keeping his spot warm at left wing on the third line.
Perfect timing for the trade?
"It kind of seemed like that," said Versteeg, who has a goal and three assists since coming back to Chicago. "I know what I was brought in here to do … to try and fill roles and fill spots when other guys go out or guys aren't feeling well or playing well. It's just to do my best at whatever opportunity I'm given."
It's the same role he played for the Blackhawks during their championship run in 2010, bouncing from line to line, chipping in wherever needed. The only difference is Versteeg is more experienced playing key roles. After being traded from the Philadelphia Flyers to Florida on July 1, 2011, Versteeg ascended to the top line for the Panthers and helped them qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2011-12 with 23 goals and 31 assists in 71 games.
A knee injury cut his 2012-13 season to just 10 games and the Panthers traded him 18 games into this season before he could fully bounce back.
"When I left [Chicago], I wanted to expand my role," Versteeg said. "I played a lot of minutes when I played here before, but when I left I tried to be more of a top guy in different areas. In Florida, the year I was healthy and got my chance, we got to the playoffs and had a pretty good season. That was exciting for me to play the big minutes and try to be one of those go-to guys. So, I've kind of learned how to play in different roles and scenarios."
It's experience that Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville loves to have at his disposal. Prior to the trade, the Blackhawks were shuffling a number of rookies into and out of roles on the third and fourth lines. Now, even with the recent injuries, Versteeg has helped add some consistency to the mix.
"It gives us a good fit," Quenneville said. "We know what we got in the player and he gives us some versatility in where you're going to use him. He can play either wing and any line. He can play in all situations, as well, so that versatility really comes in handy with a guy that has some skill and can make plays. It gives a lot more options making lines and putting it together."
Versteeg can also bring something to either of the Blackhawks' special teams units, not to mention his addition to the locker room. His sense of humor, outgoing personality and familiarity with most of his new teammates has made the transition period a lot easier and Florida is also paying half of his salary, which reduces the hit on the Blackhawks' salary cap number to a reported $2.2 million a year.
"He's versatile, he can play on pretty much any line, penalty kill and power play," said Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane, a good friend of Versteeg. "To think that when [Bickell] does come back, you see a really good third line developing there with Bickell, Versteeg and [Andrew Shaw]. I think it was a great move."
So does Versteeg.
He does have something to prove after knee surgery, but it's clear what he values most. Now that Versteeg back with the Blackhawks, a team that sits on top of the NHL standings with 44 points, he already has the vision of winning another Stanley Cup entrenched in his mind.
"To be able to come here and get another chance to win another Stanley Cup, I'll play whatever role there is," he said. "You know your numbers might not be there and you know other things might not be there, but you also know that you're contributing to a successful team. That's all that matters to me."


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Published: August 29, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
The greatest quarterback ever?
A three-time Super Bowl winner, Tom Brady enters the 2012 season seeking No. 4. The New England Patriots QB's standing among the best to ever play is a hotly debated topic, but some believe he already tops the list
Albert Breer
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Tom Brady won't forget the half-dozen quarterbacks he had to beat out at Michigan, or the uber-recruit, Drew Henson, he had to fight off to become one of most prolific passers in school history. He won't let the memory dull of watching six more quarterbacks go in front of him in the 2000 NFL Draft.
And the New England Patriots superstar quarterback never loses sight of where it all started. As it turns out, his existence at Serra High, a parochial school in suburban San Francisco, was hardly perfect either.
"In high school, the thing they were always on Tommy about was his feet. He was too slow," said John Kirby, one of Brady's best friends, and favorite receivers, from Serra. "That was his
Despite starting just two years at Michigan and having to fight to keep the job, Brady left Ann Arbor with the second- and third-most prolific seasons in school history, the fourth-most career yards and fifth-most touchdown passes ever by a Wolverine.
thing to prove, that he could roll out, that he could run for a few yards. We gave him a hard time about it, but by the end, he always got the yards he needed to get. I thought he wound up being pretty good at it."
Seventeen years after graduating from Serra, you'll still hear Brady poking fun at his own foot speed. You'll hear him quip about having to "make the team" and "win a job," things he had to do at Michigan and in the NFL.
He'll say those things with a smile on his face. But the ghosts are always chasing him. He doesn't want to lose the memory of how he arrived.
"No," Brady responded to NFL.com, when asked about letting those slights fade, "because you always have to have that lack of self-confidence that you need to build on."
He's Got The Super
Bowls and The Stats
One reason why Tom Brady's career stands out among the greats is its completeness. He has flourished in the two chief measurements of a quarterback's success: championships and statistical dominance. Here is a sampling of Brady's across-the-board excellence:
Brady enters his 13th season as a pro with a résumé already unlike any quarterback who has played the professional game. Four quarterbacks have won multiple Super Bowl MVPs. Four have won three Super Bowls. Two have made five Super Bowl starts. Seven have won multiple regular-season MVPs. Seven have averaged 300 yards passing per game over a season. Seven have thrown 40 touchdown passes in a season.
But the kid from San Mateo is the only one to make every one of those lists. So will he wind up being the best ever? Maybe. But if he gets to that abstract mountaintop, it'll be a result of a drive that wasn't born of a desire to become a legend.
"It's the fear of failure," said Tom Brady Sr., his dad. "Isn't that what drives all of them? It's not the challenge of success, because those guys win and forget about it 10 minutes later. I remember [the Patriots] won 21 games in a row, and lost to Pittsburgh, and he said to me, 'Geez, I don't know if we'll ever win another game.' These guys' self-confidence is an inch deep."
The result of that narrow focus might well be the greatest career a quarterback has ever had.
But Brady won't let himself think about that. Insecurity creeps back into the frame. The way he sees it, if he steps back to check himself out, that narrow margin of error he had when buried on the depth chart at Michigan or fighting for a roster spot in New England will come back into play. And he's not going to risk it.
"I guess it's because I feel the same way I've always felt, I feel like I have to come out here and earn a position like everyone else," Brady said. "I try to be the best quarterback on this team, the best quarterback I can be. I don't think about the future, the past. You know, I've been really blessed to be on a great team with great teammates and develop great relationships and win a lot of football games. And that never gets old."
'I get to go to work in sweats'
The risk for Brady, 35, is having football taken away. Most assume the end is in sight anyway. But if he has an exit strategy, he hasn't told many people about it.
"He wants to keep playing," said Aaron Shea, his tight end and close friend at Michigan, who now works as director of player engagement with the Browns. "When I had him out here for my son's christening (Brady is the godfather), I asked him, 'So how many more years do you wanna go?' He said, 'I wanna play 20 years (in the NFL).' That's just him. That's the way he thinks."
Winning his first title at 24, Brady's NFL reputation has forever been that of a champion. His 25 career fourth-quarter comebacks and 35 game-winning drives back that up. But all this wasn't born in the pros. "He's really cold-hearted," says his dad, Tom Sr. "When he was in college, people lost it, but Brent Musburger called him the 'Comeback Kid.' He did it time and again. It was his forte then. It is now. He's very comfortable in that situation."
Where so many players underestimate how difficult it will be to pull away from the game, Brady has no problem appreciating his surroundings.
That underscores one reason why, year after year, he's been so good. It's easier when you love it like he does.
"I talked to him earlier in the year about how long he wanted to play, and he said, 'Dad, I never wanna work as hard as you work,'" Tom Sr. said. "He said, 'I get to go to work in sweats, the Patriots feed me, I hang out with my friends, I get to exercise, and I play games. Why would I ever wanna do anything different?' We've run into quarterbacks who say, 'Geez, at 37, I knew I couldn't do it anymore, that was it.' But I'm telling you he feels the best he ever has.
"Frankly, I absolutely think he wants to play another six or seven or eight years, as long as he can perform or as long as Bill Belichick will have him. I don't know that this story can be written yet; he may only be two-thirds of the way through his career."
But the real proof exists in the meeting rooms and practice fields in sleepy Southeastern Massachusetts. It's on display on those Sundays when he's lighting up the scoreboard. It comes to life on the Mondays and Wednesdays and Fridays when very few are watching: He hardly looks like someone riding off into the sunset.
'He's definitely one of the most passionate people I've been around,' said Brian Hoyer, his backup in New England since 2009. 'It doesn't matter if it's an OTA or a playoff game: He's playing every play like it's his last. I give him a hard time about being old, but he seems like he's the same age as me (26). To be that way all the time, it's impressive. And he's so meticulous, to the point where it drives people crazy. He wants to know other people have it down the way he wants it.'
The reason why? Because if people know how he wants it, then he can make them better.
There are few quarterbacks who fit the term "field general" better than Brady. It's apparent in how he lifts the game of those around him. But, as part of that, he also asks more of his teammates than most other signal-callers do. "He's meticulous to the point where it drives you crazy," said his backup, Brian Hoyer. "He wants to know other people have it down the way he wants it."
'He gets it out of everyone else'
Just like Brady's had to will himself to be better, those around him say he's always had a way of making his teammates more able than they otherwise would be.
He's made average groups (the Patriots' 2006 offense) good enough to win when it matters. That is not by accident.
He hasn't had a Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, Marvin Harrison or Lynn Swann -- like Joe Montana, Troy Aikman, Peyton Manning and Terry Bradshaw respectively did -- which means he's had to adjust. The one thing common is that those who've passed through Foxboro are better for being around No. 12.
"I was at this Allen Conference in Sun Valley, and someone asked me about him, and the best thing I could say is he's a very unique person," said Patriots owner Robert Kraft. "I've met a lot of players. I have a deep affection for a lot of players. But what stands out about him being a leader in a unique way is that everyone who plays with him, he makes them look better. He makes everyone look good. He's a born leader, he's so skillful. And I know part of that drive and energy is he had to work for it."
Shea recounts a story from their senior year at Michigan, playing against archrival Ohio State with a BCS berth on the line. On one particular play, the Buckeyes blew a coverage and Shea came wide open. He came back to the huddle and told Brady about it. Twice.
Brady responded, "Hey, if you're gonna be a little b---- about it, I'm not gonna throw it to you." Shea laughs about it now, because it's an example of the fire that the quarterback has, occasionally redirected in this kind of way, but most often transferrable to everyone else in the huddle.
"Tommy does such a good job of making you feel like you're the best receiver, the best left tackle, the best tight end on the field," Shea said. "He tells you he loves you. He makes you feel good about yourself. He expects a high level of play from himself, and more than any other player, he gets it out of everyone else. He's got Bill, a tough-guy coach there. And then Tommy's there to say, 'Hey listen, we won't drop that again.' He brings out the best in everyone."
It's an understanding, Shea says, of everything around him, and what it'll take to win. And that brings another story up. Brady, his ex-teammate says, would always be up for a game of HORSE, mostly because there was a 3-point bank shot he could hit every time. He knew he'd win with it. But then, Shea continues, if he was challenged to play 1-on-1, Brady would "always have an excuse" to duck out.
The implication here, Shea says, is that Brady knows what it takes to win. And he won't put himself, or his team, in some other position of peril.
"He's very, very analytical," Tom Sr. said. "He has scoped everything out in his life, not just in football. He's very thoughtful, deeply thoughtful, and he does absolutely nothing off the cuff. He tries to be totally prepared for everything."
The glory Brady's achieved is the result of a work ethic that those closest to him describe as maniacal. "We had summer practice back in high school, it wasn't mandatory, and everyone had stuff going on, so you went when you could," said Brady's target at Serra High, John Kirby. "He was there every day, three or four hours a day. … Granted everything has to fall in place, but he already had the plan. And then, when his time came, he was ready."
'I gotta get a couple more'
That spills over to the guy that Brady is. Hoyer remembers being approached by Brady his rookie year, 2008, and Brady saying, "Hi, I'm Tom." Hoyer said, "I was like, 'No s---.' But for as good a player as he is, you won't find a better person."
He'd been such a normal guy to Hoyer, in fact, that when Brady threw two touchdowns passes in the final 1:04 of the Patriots' 2009 opener -- his first game back from ACL surgery -- to lead a furious comeback win, the backup had to remind himself who he was around.
"I remember driving home and thinking to myself, 'Did that really happen?'" Hoyer said. "I was there, we were down 11 points with three minutes left. How did that happen?"
Around Brady, those close to him say, it's easy to forget who he is, because of, well, who he is.
Shea jokes that these days he might have to wait a day for a phone call back, but his texts are always returned immediately. Kirby says he has a response within 20 minutes every time.
"Knowing Tom Brady, everything about him and the way he works, I don't think he cares about (his legacy)," Kirby explained. "It's about making his teammates better, it's about the success of the team and the staff, it's about doing everything he can to prepare. He'll come through for the team. And I still see that today. I can still call or email, he responds right away. And I know it's not always easy to be a big star. Honestly, I can't say that, if the positions were switched, I'd be able to pull that off."
Kirby, now the assistant AD at Serra, ran the annual "Fund a Dream" event earlier in the year, and Brady's presence helped pull in over $800,000. His replica Serra jersey fetched $100,000. When another auction attendee said he'd donate $100K if someone would match the donation, Brady's hand was the one that went up.
"You get what you give," Kirby said. "I think it's all the same for him, the way he works with community and the high school here, that's the same way he works with his teammates."
His legacy will wind up being directly linked to the final product of all this -- the individual wins, the late-game drives, the sustained success. But what he'd like to be remembered for, according to these guys, probably has more to do with the process than the result.
"I think he'd want to be known as always being there for the guys," Shea said. "He'd hope that every one of his teammates knows he gave everything he had. No one knows how much he does -- the treatment, working on his arm strength, the film study. He's one of the best teammates I've had. Eventually, he'll walk away and he won't tell himself he was the best. I've told him I think he's the best of all time. He'll always say, 'I gotta get a couple more.'"
On and off the field, Brady has made it easy for owner Robert Kraft to position the quarterback as the face of the franchise. "We talk about a lot of things outside of football," Kraft said. "I love the guy. He works hard, he associates with excellent people, and channels that attitude into his personal life." When asked about Brady's future with the team, with his contract up after 2014, Kraft replied: "I hope he's here for the rest of his career. But that's for he and his wife to decide."
'I think Tommy is better than Joe Montana'
Shea remembers talking to a 24-year-old Brady just after his first Super Bowl win, and Brady saying, to his stunned friend, that he was just thinking about "next year." Shea reminded his buddy that he wasn't talking to a member of the media. Brady wouldn't relent.
Brady's dad relays a story after the Patriots' third Super Bowl win (and second in a row). His son mentioned to teammate Tedy Bruschi that no team had ever won three straight. Bruschi, according to Tom Sr., was thinking, 'My God, we just won the second one.'
And so, in talking about his legacy, it shouldn't be any surprise how Brady responds when the idea of matching his boyhood idol, Joe Montana, with a record fourth Super Bowl win comes up.
"Well, I'd love to win four, just because I've already won three," Brady said. "You love to win them, that's why we're playing. And we've had some opportunities and we haven't really taken advantage of them. There's disappointing parts of that."
Then, he furthers the point by relaying a story of his own.
"You know, I was saying this morning to some of my teammates, it's not about …" Brady said, pausing to recall the occasion. "I mean, sometimes, when you're a young player, you don't understand the magnitude of this year, because this is the only year, there's nothing after this year. You don't look down the road anymore as you become a veteran player through your experience, because this is the opportunity that you have. In college, when you're a sophomore, you know you have three years left.
"In professional football, you have one year. And this is the year you're worried about, and you're trying to be the best player you can be, and you're trying to develop some type of different skill so you can add that to a different part of the offense, and the game. That's the challenge every year, to develop new ways to become a better player."
But while Brady refuses to reflect, it's not out of bounds for the rest of us to examine just what we're watching now -- a player whose beaten path to stardom seems to have created the perfect circumstance for a rise to the very top of the all-time list of quarterbacks.
It's easy to forget, too, that Montana wasn't unlike Brady. A run-of-the-mill high school recruit rising to prominence at a storied program. An everyman draft pick paired with the perfect coach and ambitious ownership driven to redefine a once-snake-bitten franchise.
Those same 49ers were Kraft's model when he bought the Patriots in 1994. He has since brought three championships to New England and given the sports-crazed region another superstar.
"I think that Tommy, with all due respect, is better than Joe Montana," Kraft said. "I know that's a leap, but I really think he might already be the best of all time. I watch how involved he is, how driven he is. He's like Belichick, he's into the details. And he's got a skill that makes him so special, he can process all of it so quickly. … And then, he's just got that quality. Certain people have that sincerity. He's a very genuine guy. People can relate to him. People can trust him."
Kraft paused, then said, "He's like a fifth son to me. He's special."
Next month, Brady gets another shot at bolstering that legacy, backing up all those folks who say he's already the greatest. All the while, his focus remains elsewhere.
When apprised of Kraft's comments, the assertion that he has indeed passed his idol, Brady takes a moment to think. But winds up right back in that same place he always does, with nothing more on his mind than what's in his sight now.
"Well, that's my boss. And I love Mr. Kraft for a lot of reasons, and we have a great relationship, and a great friendship," Brady said. "He's been through a lot the last few years. There'd be nothing more exciting for all us players than to win for him, because it means a lot to him, and it means a lot to Coach Belichick. I think the great part about being around here is that the expectation is only to win, and there's nothing else. It's not about selling tickets or t-shirts. It's to win football games."
Brady's done that, to be sure, winning more consistently in the regular season (78 percent of the time), and more period in the playoffs (16 times) than any other quarterback ever.
But in his mind, he's still the slow kid on the high school team, the placeholder for the super-recruit on the college team, and the forgettable low-round pick on the pro team. He's the kid who was confident enough to tell Shea in 2001, when he was fourth-string in New England, that he was planning to beat out Drew Bledsoe, yet insecure enough to never feel his job is totally secure.
So we can all wonder how Brady will add to that robust record, and to all the stats he's compiled in what's becoming a Montana-meets-Marino career.
But he'll just worry about making the team first.


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Score it another divisional win for the New England Patriots.
Score it another divisional win for the New England Patriots.
With NFL free agency now in its third week and the draft less than six weeks away, the Patriots are "winning" the offseason in the AFC East, a division they won by four games in 2013 and one they've come to own during the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era (11 first-place finishes in 13 years).
For starters, swapping Aqib Talib (now in Denver) for Darrelle Revis (released by Tampa Bay) at the cornerback position was an upgrade the Patriots didn't realize a year ago when they essentially did the same thing at wide receiver by letting Wes Welker walk and bringing in Danny Amendola.
The position was further bolstered by the signing of Brandon Browner, a physical presence (6-foot-4, 220 pounds) on the corner who was once a member of Seattle's "Legion of Boom."
Julian Edelman was a key re-signing, the second coming of Welker averted, and the signing of former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Brandon LaFell added size (6-foot-2, 210 pounds) and experience to a position lacking in both.
While running back LeGarrette Blount remains on the open market, to this point the Patriots' biggest free-agent loss has been Brandon Spikes, although the fact that the team and the linebacker would be going their separate ways became clear long before the Buffalo Bills placed a contract in front of him.
Spikes' physicality may be missed, but he was a liability in pass coverage; the Patriots have actually become more athletic at the position with Jamie Collins moving into a starting role with Jerod Mayo and Dont'a Hightower.
Beyond that, the Patriots took a hit in the depth area at linebacker, but perhaps even more so on special teams, when Dane Fletcher signed with the Buccaneers.
Then Thursday came word that defensive tackle Vince Wilfork had agreed to restructure his contract, a deal that could keep him in New England for another three years.
In New York. the Jets' signing of Michael Vick could go either way.
On the one hand, Vick could mark an improvement that puts second-year quarterback Geno Smith on the bench; on the other hand, it could lay the groundwork for a Tim Tebow effect the second time around.
If Vick, who lost his job in Philadelphia to Nick Foles, doesn't go to the head of the Jets' depth chart, New Yorkers are sure to clamor for him whenever Smith struggles, as he so often did as his team finished 8-8 and four games behind the Patriots last season.
Coming off an 87-reception season, Eric Decker was added from Denver, but the wide receiver won't be catching passes from anyone who's about to be mistaken for Peyton Manning.
The offensive line is a question mark, having lost Austin Howard (Oakland) and Vladimir Ducasse (Minnesota), but adding Brent Giacomini from the Super Bowl champion Seahawks.
Along the way, the Jets parted ways with quarterback Mark Sanchez (NFL.com reported he came to terms with the Eagles on Thursday), wide receiver Santonio Holmes and cornerback Antonio Cromartie.
Cromartie's departure (he's in Arizona now) creates a major void the Jets will be challenged to fill.
In the aftermath of its .500 finish in 2013, Miami's moves won't erase the gap in the AFC East, but with the additions of tackle Branden Albert (from Kansas City) and Shelley Smith (St. Louis) the Dolphins have at least made some moves aimed at beginning to make over an offensive line that was a disaster — both on and off the field last year.
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BioLineRx Announces Positive Phase II Results for BL-7040, an Orally Available Treatment for Inflamm
BioLineRx Announces Positive Phase II Results for BL-7040, an Orally Available Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BioLineRx (NAS: BLRX) (TASE:BLRX), a biopharmaceutical development company, announced today positive Phase IIa results for BL-7040, an orally available drug for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study showed that BL-7040 is safe and effective in treating ulcerative colitis, a form of IBD.
The Phase IIa trial was an open-label, proof-of-concept study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of BL-7040 in patients with moderately active ulcerative colitis. Patients were treated for up to five weeks with BL-7040: 12 mg/day for up to three weeks, followed by 40 mg/day for two additional weeks. The clinical trial was carried out at five leading medical centers in Israel.
Sixteen of the 22 patients who were enrolled in the clinical trial completed the full five-week course of treatment and two-week follow-up. The primary clinical endpoint in the study - a reduction in the Mayo score between baseline and completion of treatment - was achieved. Fifty percent of patients (8 patients) met the primary endpoint, while the remaining 8 patients demonstrated a stable clinical condition or minor improvement. Fifty-six percent of patients (9 patients) demonstrated decreases of at least 1 point in the rectal-bleeding sub-score and 69% (11 patients) had rectal-bleeding sub-scores of ≤1 (in 6 of the 11 patients, no rectal bleeding was seen at all).
Fifty percent of the patients completing study treatment also met certain secondary endpoints, such as a partial Mayo score reduction and mucosal healing evaluated by endoscopy sub-score measurements. Additional secondary endpoints in the study were the IBD Quality-of-Life Questionnaire, and the serum CRP and fecal calprotectin measurements. The results of these additional secondary endpoints were not conclusive, although certain positive trends were noted.
BL-7040 was highly safe and well tolerated by the study participants, with a very low incidence of drug related, mild-to-moderate adverse events (AEs), as well as one serious adverse event (SAE) not related to the treatment. Both patients and investigators were very satisfied with the safety and tolerability profile of the treatment and, in particular, emphasized the ease of oral administration.
"Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are prevalent conditions that affect the quality of life of millions across the globe. It is estimated that as many as 1.4 million individuals in the U.S. suffer from these diseases. In addition to discomfort, which can be quite extreme, IBD can cause significant complications, including anemia, intestinal abscesses, intestinal perforation and more. Current treatments are far from satisfactory, and many people stand to benefit from a new and effective treatment," said Dr. Kinneret Savitsky, Chief Executive Officer of BioLineRx.
"Based on historical data, current steroidal or biological treatment regimens have yielded clinical response rates of between 30% and 70% in studies with significantly longer treatment periods; thus, the results of our five-week, proof-of-concept study suggest positive efficacy for BL-7040. A number of experts in the IBD field who have reviewed the results of our study all agree that these are very encouraging and positive results, and that the reduction in rectal bleeding is particularly impressive. Our immediate next steps include evaluating the most advantageous ways to progress with this therapeutic candidate from a clinical and business perspective, including examining potential additional indications. In parallel, we also plan to accelerate discussions with potential co-development and licensing partners for this asset," concluded Dr. Savitsky.
About Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
IBD is a chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal disease characterized by chronic abdominal pain, discomfort, bloating and alteration of bowel habits. Approximately 1-in-500 people worldwide suffer from IBD. The condition has few specific treatment options available. Sales of existing drugs are estimated at $1.8 billion annually; however, current treatment options do not fully address patients' needs.
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BioLineRx is a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical development company. BioLineRx is dedicated to building a portfolio of products for unmet medical needs or with advantages over currently available therapies. BioLineRx's current portfolio consists of six clinical stage candidates: BL-1040, for prevention of pathological cardiac remodeling following a myocardial infarction, which has been out-licensed to Ikaria Inc., is currently undergoing a pivotal CE-Mark registration trial; BL-5010 for non-surgical removal of skin lesions has completed a Phase I/II study; BL-7040 for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has completed a Phase IIa trial; BL-8040 for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other hematological cancers will shortly commence a Phase II study; BL-1021 for neuropathic pain is in Phase I development; and BL-1020 for schizophrenia. In addition, BioLineRx has six products in various pre-clinical development stages for a variety of indications, including central nervous system diseases, infectious diseases, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases.
BioLineRx's business model is based on acquiring molecules mainly from biotechnological incubators and academic institutions. The Company performs feasibility assessment studies and development through pre-clinical and clinical stages, with partial funding from the Israeli Government's Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS). The final stage includes partnering with medium and large pharmaceutical companies for advanced clinical development (Phase III) and commercialization. For more information on BioLineRx, please visitwww.biolinerx.com, the content of which does not form a part of this press release.
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Hubert Quinerly knew his Kinston girls basketball team couldn�t keep its red-hot shooting pace going forever.
But the Vikings didn�t let their shooting woes carry over to the defensive end, and that�s why they�re going back to the regional finals.
FAYETTEVILLE � Hubert Quinerly knew his Kinston girls basketball team couldn�t keep its red-hot shooting pace going forever.
But the Vikings didn�t let their shooting woes carry over to the defensive end, and that�s why they�re going back to the regional finals.
Lydia Rivers scored 20 points, all in the paint, and Brittany Drumgoole was an assist shy of a triple-double in Kinston�s 49-45 come-from-behind win over Bunn at the Crown Arena on Friday.
The Vikings (25-4) will face Siler City Jordan-Matthews, a 60-47 winner over Graham, at 6 p.m. today for the second straight year for a berth in next weekend�s state 2A championship in Chapel Hill.
�When you shoot 32 percent for the game that�s bad (and) you should be losing, but we got enough defensive stops to help us,� Quinerly said.
�With Brittany getting 13 rebounds, that was huge � and Lydia got us started. It was just a team effort defensively.�
Had it not been for the defense, the Vikings might have played their last game.
Bunn (23-7) didn�t necessarily torch the nets in the first half, but its 34.5 percent from the floor was good enough for a 26-21 halftime lead. The Wildcats, who led by as many as nine, hit four 3s in the first half while Kinston came up empty in nine attempts.
In the second half, the Vikings extended their defense, and used it to tie it at 29 on a 3 by Monique Lofton at the 5:29 mark of the third period � just their second 3 of the game � and kept it close until taking the lead for good on a pair of free throws by Drumgoole, who hit 8 of 10 from the line and had 14 points, just inside of 4 minutes to play.
�Most of the time when we play, we don�t miss that many shots � especially in the first half. I told (Alexis Williams) and (Monique), �Y�all shoot it. Don�t stop shooting.� They were going to end up dropping in the second half and they came out dropping,� Drumgoole said.
�That�s our game. We can shoot it and we can get to the rack, too, and that�s what we kept doing.�
In the first half all 21 of Kinston�s points came in the paint, and it didn�t hit a shot outside of the lane until Williams drained a 3 the possession prior to Lofton�s that tied it at 29.
Rivers had 13 first-half points.
A 3 by Bunn�s Whitney Bunn put the Wildcats up 39-35 after 30 seconds had gone by in the fourth quarter, causing a fist pump from the senior who finished her career with over 1,700 points.
Several possessions later, Kinston tied it at 39 on a left-handed drive from Lofton, who finished with eight points, then the Wildcats answered when Precious Walker drove the lane for a 41-39 lead with 5:44 to play.
It was the last field goal Bunn hit until Whitney Bunn drained a 3 with 16 seconds left to make it 48-45.
�We had a tough time shooting the ball in the second half. We couldn�t seem to get the ball to go in the basket. You�ve got to give a lot of credit to Kinston for the defense they played. They made some great adjustments,� Wildcats coach Ben Daniels said.
�(Coach Quinerly�s) girls played their butts off. They earned the win. That�s a darn good team they�ve got over there and they should be proud.�
Bunn followed her 3 with a steal of the ensuing inbounds pass but came up short on her next attempt, which was contested.
Drumgoole was fouled with 5.6 seconds to play and hit the first of two free throws to seal the win.
�This was a tough win. You hate to see anybody you lose this game,� Quinerly said.
�I thought we did a great job. Our game plan was dead on. (The Wildcats) knocked down some shots and we thought they would. I thought we were going to hit more shots than what we did. But in the end a win is a win.�
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Bunn 12 14 10 9�45
Kinston 11 10 11 17�49
WILDCATS (23-7) �Whitney Bunn 13, Precious Walker 13, Key 7, Vines 6, Gallatin 5, Simmons 1, Branch, Cofield.
VIKINGS (25-4) � Lydia Rivers 20, Brittany Drumgoole 14, Lofton 8, Harper 4, Williams 3, Addison, Faison.


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Press Release: UCPOLICE Safety Alert - Possible Mountain Lion Sighting
On 10-12-12, UCPD received unconfirmed information of a Mountain Lion sighting near the Smyth-Fernwald construction site. Third-hand information was relayed to UCPD regarding a contract security guard that saw three cubs chasing a doe and two fawns, possibly during the evening of 10-10-12.
Deer are a major food source for Mountain Lions. Last year, several sightings of mountain lions occurred in the hills above the Berkeley campus and carcasses of animals suspected to have been attacked by mountain lions were also discovered.
UCPD is following up on this information and will release further information to the public after interviews with the security company/guards are completed.
To reduce the chances of encountering a Mountain Lion:
• Avoid hiking alone, especially between dusk and dawn, when lions
normally do their hunting. Make plenty of noise while you hike so as to
reduce the chances of surprising a lion.
• Always keep children in sight while hiking and within arm's reach in
areas that can conceal a lion. Mountain Lions seem to be drawn to
• Hike with a good walking stick; this can be useful in warding off a lion.
To reduce the chances of an attack when encountering a Mountain Lion:
• Do not approach a lion, especially if it is feeding or with its young.
Most lions will avoid confrontation. Give them a way to escape.
• Stay calm and face the lion. Do not run because this may trigger the
lion's instinct to attack. Try to appear larger by raising your hands.
• Pick up small children so they don't panic and run. This will also make
you appear larger. Avoid bending over or crouching.
• If the lion acts aggressively, throw rocks, branches, or whatever can be
obtained without turning your back or bending over.
• Fight back if attacked. Since a mountain lion usually tries to bite the
head or neck, try to remain standing and face the attacking animal. People
have successfully fought back with rocks, sticks, or bare hands.
Beginning at dusk, 7 days a week, you can access the BearWalk web link at
http://bearwalk.berkeley.edu/ to make a request for a safe way home, and
to see a live map of our night safety buses and their proximity relative
to your location. You can also contact BearWalk via phone at 642-WALK
(9255). Remember, shuttles stop on the North Side of Moffitt every half
hour. For further info please visit the UCPD website at
This alert was distributed as a public service to the University community.
As with any emergency situation, if you see suspicious activity, call 9-1-1.
>From a cell phone on or near campus, call (510) 642-3333.
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An Interview With Paolo Lugari, Founder of Las Gaviotas
Paolo Lugari, the founder of Las Gaviotas in Colombia, describes how the incredible energy of the human spirit has made Las Gaviotas into a world-famous example of sustainable living in a harsh environment.
Paolo Lugari, founder of Las Gaviotas, a self-sufficient, sustainable society in Los Llanos plains in Colombia, says of the location of his village, "They always put social experiments in the easiest, most fertile places. We wanted the hardest place. We figured if we could do it here, we could do it anywhere."
Lugari explains how difficulty can motivate creativity, his belief that the only shortages we face are not of resources but of imagination, and why he thinks human ingenuity is the answer to creating sustainable societies as an alternative to those that contribute to climate change.
- Gaviotas: Oasis of the Imagination: In the "big, wet desert" of los llanos, nothing grows except a few nutrient-poor grasses. Paolo Lugari said he could build a self-sufficient society there–and make it sustainable
- 2010 Update: Gaviotas—Still Dreaming and Growing: Ten years ago in YES! We featured the story of
Gaviotas, a sustainable village in the Colombian plains. Has the promise of this story turned into reality?


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As little as possible, he's nuts. So was mine so I know how you feel.
So many people believe this. Is he listening to info wars and watching you tube. The Sumerians wrote the history of the world that all religions stole from. That is how we get Genesis. The Jews took the female goddess out of the Bible because it was a god and goddess that created man, it took many tries until a race could mine for gold and be slaves. The flood was also in the Sumerian myths with a different name than Moses. A god was tired of humans and a nicer god told a Moses type character to build a boat a save two of every animal. When they landed they built a burnt offering. The entire beginning of Genesis is Sumerian myth. The gods mating with females and the Annunaki as the watchers. Will he go to Wikipedia. Look up Enki, Enlil, Thoth and Sumerian myths. Good Luck, my dad became a right wing crazy because he was dying with cancer and listened to the crazy radio programs and he was saying politicians should be hung from the lightpoles. This was not my Dad so I understand your concern. Of course, I am condensing the Sumerian stories but maybe it would help if you could find something for him to read.
I dealt with this in my ex, I convinced her to seek a mental health professional and she is still seeing one. That kind of paranoia is really unhealthy, if you care for this person you need to somehow get them to see someone.
Why do you love your dad? I mean to say, if he wasn't your dad but still was the exact same person, would you love him and want to be around him? He seems to be a condescending person who won't even listen to what their son has to say nor try to understand. Sometimes parents are nothing more than two people who had sex and popped out a child (or adopted), and you don't need to feel that there needs to be more (but we're indoctrinated to think otherwise). You've planted the seed, there's not much more you can do unless you're willing to spend more time on it (keep in mind it could be vaine), which is totally up to you. See if you're better off continuing to try to dissuade him or to go plant other seeds elsewhere (or to do both). Lost causes do exist, so be careful not to screw up your mind over this. I have a slightly similar situation with me being a vegan and my parents being irrational about it (saying every point I make is irrelevant or a lie or that "science is just science"), I bring it up whenever I'm with them (which is quite rare because they are acting immorally and I won't stand for it) and long for the day I can completely stop seeing them.
Tell him what you told us, that you love him but you are concerned about his beliefs, that it bothers you that he won't be open-minded, that he should know better, etc.
I think you underestimate the extent to which belief, when one gets deeply immersed in them, whether it is in conspiracy theories, ideologies or religion, get embedded inside your entire way of thinking, shaping the way you think about (almost) everything, makes you seek for constant confirmation, especially when confronted with conflicting information in order not to have to actually deal with it.
When a victim once sufficiently indoctrinated meets disbelief or perceives a lack of reinforcement ("open mindedness as it is usually designated") of those ideas from their immediate surrounding, be it family, relatives or friends he or she usually has by then so thoroughly identified with this particular belief or set of beliefs as to take this as an attack on their person as opposed to on their ideas and hence see this as betrayal. And I mean really no less than that.
This is what makes it so difficult to deal with: when it reaches this emotional level when rational arguments no longer have any effect.
This applies also to veganism for example. Something in which you probably already have ideologically immersed yourself and likely are able to see only the side of it, using scientific studies, or using carefully concocted arguments about morality or otherwise, confirming your already held beliefs. It might come to a point that it is getting extremely hard for you to imagine other people can, based on honest evaluation of all information they have had access to come to other conclusions than you.
To Matthew I don't think you can do that much about it. I would think that attacking the irrational (set of) beliefs head on is usually bound to fail for said reason. A devious Socratic approach or perhaps even better as you did with your example to show how to derive the gravitation of Jupiter from simple Newtonian mechanics, embedding the problem in related science and getting him to properly understand the underlying science is probably on longer term more effective. Let him mull over it. Likewise I think, it might work over the longer term, to make them familiar with critical thinking, learn to recognize all the fallacious traps, and apply it first to subjects they are still/ already skeptical about, since other peoples mistakes are so much easier to recognize, and then expand from there.
I wouldn't say that we are indoctrinated to think our parents are more than two people who had sex and out popped a baby. If our parents were to turn their backs on us immediately after birth that may be the case. Parents do a lot more than just give birth to their offspring. They nurture and care for us. Truly most of us wouldn't have survived were it not for our parents so reducing them to nothing more than a vehicle to bring us into the world is pretty damn ignorant.
Get him to read Carl Sagan's book "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark".
The book is intended to explain the scientific method to laypeople, and to encourage people to learn critical or skeptical thinking. It explains methods to help distinguish between ideas that are considered valid science, and ideas that can be considered pseudoscience. Sagan states that when new ideas are offered for consideration, they should be tested by means of skeptical thinking, and should stand up to rigorous questioning.
I would go with.michael shermer's talk about the baloney detection kit. (science)
Tell him you are part of "them" and send to watch him. In other words: massive amounts of trolling possible.


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ZDNet just turned 20 years old. Learn how it got started, hear about its rivalry and merger with CNET, and learn how it's related to the story of my first Internet address.
What do ZDNet's 20th anniversary and my first Internet account have in common? CompuServe.
TechRepublic's sister site ZDNet just turned 20 years old. For those of you who have been part of the technology world for at least a couple decades, you are probably scratching your heads at that number because the Web has only been around as a popular phenomenon since 1993-1994 when Web browsers Mosaic and Netscape Navigator were created.
However, the precursors to the Web were bulletin boards and private services — both of which users connected to with their dial-up modems. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the biggest and most well-known of those services was CompuServe, which provided moderated forums, e-mail, and some early forms of electronic news and information. On April 1, 1991, Ziff-Net (the precursor of ZDNet) launched on CompuServe, after signing a deal to bring some of the articles from its fleet of computer magazines to CompuServe's electronic bulletin boards. Ziff-Net was later launched on the Prodigy network as well in a similar format.
Coincidentally, 1991 was also the year that I saved up and bought my own computer, joined CompuServe, and got my very first email address. Back then, CompuServe email addresses were numbers (mimicking phone numbers) and mine was something like firstname.lastname@example.com. I was a senior in high school and I only knew one other person on the planet with an email address — my uncle at NASA. I don't really remember anything that we emailed about except that he eventually told me about the next cool thing called the World Wide Web and encouraged me to get a copy of Mosaic from the University of Illinois so that I could try it out.
To hear about how ZDNet got its start, its rivalry and eventual merger with CNET, its early embrace of blogging, and where it's headed in the future, take a look at this five-minute video that includes interviews with some of ZDNet's early pioneers.


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Oscar Aftermath
So, how 'bout those Oscars last night, huh? Hoo-WHEE. Good times. Like, that dress? And that thing what's-his-face said? And, oh - that montage?! WOW.
This Oscar cookie is very excited. Or...not.
Ok, fine, I didn't actually watch the Oscars last night. Except the bit with Captain Kirk and the soft-shoe number, since I figured it could only all go downhill from there. However, for your edu-tainment [wink] I've decided to present my own personal homage to all of the Best Picture nominees. Right after I google them to find out what they are.
Wow, I haven't seen ANY of these. Still, they're Oscar nominees, so you know that means they're the very best soul-crushingly depressing pieces of cinema to make you want to sit in ashes and sack cloth while weeping over the injustice and frailty of the human condition.
[poker face]
...so let's get right to it!!
Look, I don't want to spoil the ending or anything, so here: Lincoln's hat.
Zero Dark Thirty
I'm sure you've heard the same things I have about this movie, which is to say it has torture in it.
In other news: this cake is supposed to say "You're Awesome."
You may now make your own inappropriate jokes.
(This way *I* don't get the e-mails. WIN-WIN.)
With a name like "Love" I actually had a wild moment of hope thinking this movie wouldn't elicit much wailing and gnashing of teeth, but then I read the synopsis. Yeeeeah. When will you learn, Jen?
Anyway, I don't have a cake celebrating old age and debilitating disease, but I *do* have something nearly as romantic:
"Unnng, girl, I just spent $6.99 on this with my price saver card. Yeah. What was your name again?"
It's an alien skull and crossbones. Because sci-fi. And pirates. You know, ARRRRRRgo?
Beasts of the Southern Wild
'Nuff said.
Django Unchained
This is a Quentin Tarantino film, so of course it's extremely violent and wholly inappropriate for children.
Yeah, like that.
Les Misérables
Oooh, finally, a story I know! I saw Les Mis performed live once in the theater (pronounced "thay-uh-tah" for maximum snobbery), and then spent the next six weeks trying to beat "Master of the House" out of my brain. That song should be weaponized, you guys. Seriously. You could get entire battlefields to surrender, all of them cry-singing, "Master of the house, quick to catch yer eye, AAAUUGGHH MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKEITSTOP."
Anyway, this next cake is supposed to be a fireman, but he looks a lot more like the bad guy in Les Mis to me:
"We'll be ready for these schoolboys, they will wet themselves WITH BLOOD. Which I will catch in my handy-dandy little yellow cup here!
"So...ice cream?"
Life of Pi
Once again I had a vain hope of some light-hearted comedy, but no. Shipwreck, dead family, stranded on a life boat with a wild tiger...you know, the usual.
I like how the wreckerator saved me the trouble with that label there.
No, it's not really a wreck - it's actually quite brilliant.
Silver Linings Playbook
Ok, I just read the synopsis on this one, and other than the broken marriage, almost beating a guy to death, mental illnesses, and gambling addictions, it seems like a fun romp!
Plus there's dancing!
To be fair, Wikipedia didn't say what kind of dancing.
Well, congrats again to the nominees, since I'm sure they all managed to be far more depressing than these wrecks. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to click through all the "best-dressed" slideshows and find out if the folks on Twitter ever found out what WAS up with Kristen Stewart's hair.
I'd like to thank the Academy, my hubby John, and of course Amy K., Ashley L., Sarah B., Suzanne A., Robin H., Danielle G., Kelsey E., Sam H., Taylor G., Rachel W., & Anony M. You like me! You REALLY like me!


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Shames' organization claims to be successor to UCAN, which the original group denies
Consumer advocate Michael Shames, dismissed from the Utility Consumers' Action Network last week amid allegations of mismanagement and money laundering, has applied to become a key party to a
Shames filed a request for intervenor status with the California Public Utilities Commission as the representative of a new organization he is calling San Diego Consumers' Action Network.
"In making this request, SDCAN seeks to act as the successor to UCAN, and adopt prior filings/submissions by UCAN as its own," the filing states.
"This request is made following an agreement between SDCAN and UCAN regarding representation of the interests of SDG&E customers before the Commission… Additionally, Michael Shames, who formerly led all of UCAN's work before the Commission, has now moved to SDCAN, where he will continue to represent the interests of SDG&E customers at the CPUC."
The application appears to contain work Shames performed while he served as the executive director of UCAN, which filed for dissolution in February amid dwindling reserves and a federal investigation into its business practices.
UCAN executive director Kim Malcolm said there is no agreement between UCAN and Shames that his new organization could take over the pleadings or any other work in the case.
"His organization is not a successor to UCAN," she said Wednesday. "I had no idea that he was creating this organization or that he would file this document."
Malcolm said she would file a response with the commission this week to clarify the record.
UCAN Chairman Kendall Squires said: "From my reading of his filing, there are certain factual statements in there which UCAN will respond to in the appropriate forum."
Shames has declined multiple requests for an interview.
He has yet to explain why UCAN held secret bank accounts or why he didn't tell board members about bonuses he accepted for UCAN work. The
Shames also declined to provide details about the San Diego Consumers' Action Network. The filing Tuesday refers to SDCAN as an "unincorporated nonprofit association."
Meanwhile, former San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre, who represented two UCAN employees who sued the nonprofit to prevent its dissolution, accused Shames of taking UCAN property.
"What Shames did is theft," said Aguirre, now in private practice. "He has no right to say he is a successor to UCAN. Kim deserves a chance and UCAN deserves a chance. Shames is an albatross that needs to hang on somebody else's neck."
State rules permit consumer groups and other stakeholders to petition regulators to become parties to cases that are pending before the utilities commission.
If a regulator agrees, an intervenor can be awarded payments for the expense of contributing to a case. An intervenor in the SDG&E rate-hike case could be worth several hundred thousand dollars in commissions.
It is not clear whether regulators will approve the request Shames submitted Tuesday.


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Review: The Playboy Club…It Ain't No Mad Men, BabyPosted on September 21st, 2011 7 comments
True Retro Lovers, you're in for a let down.
Now, those of you who read Tiki Lounge Talk regularly know that I don't usually review a movie or TV show. I generally just present stuff I really dig, hoping you'll dig it too. I know I sound like I'm slamming this show…in fact, I sort of enjoyed it, and will continue watching it (unless it gets really bad). I'm just disappointed that NBC went all through the trouble of doing a show set in the 1960s and completely missed the point of doing a show set in the 1960s. It's the ambiance, the over-all look, feel and texture of Mad Men's style that roped us in to Mad Men. The writing and unorthodox story telling keeps us coming back. Rehashing a good old "oops I killed the gangster, uh oh" plot just doesn't cut it for me. Read the rest of this entry »


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Adios A&N: Clothing store leaves Mall
Before Christmas, it was business as usual at the A&N store on the Downtown Mall. Some of its narrow aisles were impassable, crowded with bulky parkas and flight jackets; others were blocked with boxes.
After the holidays, seemingly without warning, the discount sportswear retailer sold its last Nikes December 31 and papered over its windows.
"All good things come to an end," says Ron Britt, operations manager for the 52-store, 137-year-old Richmond-based chain. Having new A&N stores at Seminole Square and Pantops, "really was enough to cover Charlottesville," he says.
And the Downtown Mall is "a little rough for a retailer," Britt points out. Besides lower sales, the store at the corner of East Main and 5th Street SE, which had been there since Britt started with A&N 35 years ago, had no back door, he says. The 100 to 150 boxes the store got each week had to be unloaded on Water Street and hiked up a block and a half to the store's front door. "It was pretty tough on employees," he says.
Those employees will be transferred to the two other stores. But downtown residents who shopped at A&N now have fewer nearby shopping options.
"I can't think of another store on the Downtown Mall with such a broad appeal and such affordable prices," says Antics owner/ inveterate bargain hunter Amy Lemley, who liked the store's funky-style accessories along with its basic wear. "Everyday I would see mothers and children, high school-age people, and other shoppers headed there," she says.
And the store filled a need for residents without cars who needed staples– a need that will not be filled by the entertainment-destination kind of businesses and boutiques populating the Mall. "You don't say, 'I need some socks and underwear– let's go to the Downtown Mall,'" says Lemley.
Aubrey Watts, Charlottesville director of economic development, would like to continue to see a variety of retail options downtown, but says that A&N's passing is "part of the orderly, economic redevelopment of downtown." When a new business comes in and refurbishes a property, it becomes more valuable. He cites Woolworth's transformation from five and dime to upscale paper purveyor Caspari.
"I think that's healthy," says Watts. "Worse would be to see it boarded up and sitting empty."
Landlord Gabe Silverman, for one, will miss A&N, where he bought all his Levis and sneakers. "I liked it for what it sold– not food, not fru-fru," he says. "If CVS were to go, that's the last place for the average person to shop."
He expects no problems finding a new tenant for the one-story, circa 1920 store. "Lots of people are lined up to rent or buy," Silverman says.
"It'll probably be another stupid restaurant," he predicts.
Where are you going to find bargain apparel on the Downtown Mall now that A&N has headed for the 'burbs? The athletic store closed its doors New Year's Eve.


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The Color Emotion Guide
The Color Emotion Guide arranges well known company logos into a rainbow of emotion to help readers understand which logos are using color to create a perception of their brands.
Logo designers have several puzzles to solve when presented with a new logo design project. One of the main considerations that a designer must deal with is to understand what it is that the client wants to achieve with the logo design.
The designer asks the client a series of questions that illicit answers helping to bring the parts of the puzzle together. A typical question might be "What qualities does your business want to be known for?" The answer might be for a doctor for instance, "I want to be known as someone you can trust". So the question and answer begs: How does the designer portray trust in the logo design?
Scientists have been studying the way we react to colors for many years. Certain colors make us feel a certain way about something. As long as the designer knows what these colors and emotions are, the designer can use that information to help present the business in the right way. These are not hard and fast rules but smart designers use the information to their clients advantage.
This fun infographic lays out the emotions and qualities that well known brands like to be known for. The color psychology is only one part of the puzzle but I think you will agree it is a very important part of it.
As far as I can tell, this appears to be a design from The Logo Company, but it was very hard to track down. Infographics are usually shared without the accompanying articles, so designs need to include basic information like their own company logo, a copyright statement and the URL back to the original design in the actual image file.
Found on Laughing Squid


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Hampton Voters Consider Conservation Effort Tuesday
By Karen Dandurant
Hampton Union, Tuesday, March 1, 2011
[The following article is courtesy of the Hampton Union and Seacoast Online.]
[Cheryl Senter photo]
HAMPTON -- Members of the Conservation Commission led a snowshoe tour Sunday of the Batchelder Farm property, land they hope voters will support protecting next week.
A warrant article, to be voted on Tuesday, March 8, asks for voter support to raise and appropriate $250,000 that will be put toward purchasing the easement rights to the 120-acre parcel along Exeter Road, preventing development of the land and preserving it for passive recreation uses by residents.
"It has long been a priority for the conservation commission to protect this land," said David Viale of the Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire. "If successful, we will hold and manage the easement of the land. This is a historic piece for Hampton. It has always been in the Batchelder family and they are descendents of one of the original founding families of the town."
Viale said the land is also a priority for preservation through the New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan and the Land Conservation Plan for New Hampshire's Coastal Watersheds.
"It has some of the most productive farm soils in the state and there are significant wildlife habitats and water resources," he said. "We have an agreement with the landowners, but the option to purchase the rights expires in July. Someone could easily put 10 or more houses here and we do not want to see that happen."
Tom Batchelder, one of four brothers who own the property, said he hopes to see it remain untouched.
"We all grew up here," he said. "This has always been here for us and it's easy to take it for granted. But I have seen so much change in Hampton since I have been here, so I know it could happen."
Viale said the total price of the easement rights is about $840,000. They already have $130,000 in committed funds, and if voters approve the land preservation proposal in March, the conservationists can apply for up to $400,000 in federal funds. Any remaining costs can likely be made up through donations of private funds.
"We are asking voters to support about 30 percent of the cost," Viale said. "In terms of tax money, that's 8 cents per $1,000 dollars of (property) valuation. For the average homeowner, at a (home) assessed value of $366,000, that's a one-time cost of $30."
Conservation Commission Chairman Jay Diener said that while he hasn't talked to everyone in town, those he has spoken with are in favor of the plan.
"No one spoke against it at the deliberative session," Diener said. "In fact, people spoke in favor of it. The warrant article does have the endorsement of both the selectmen and the Budget Committee."
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