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Classroom rebellion never looked so good as it does it Dsquared's new F/W 2012 campaign.
AUBREY PEEPLES Exclusive INTERVIEW / FASHION STORY "GOOD & BAD GIRL"
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With the recent season finale of ABC's "Nashville," there is still a lot to come for 21-year-old actress and singer Aubrey Peeples. The promising actress/singer tours with the cast of "Nashville" and is staring in a new musical movie coming out called "Jem and the Holograms" based on the 80's cartoon with the same name.
Aubrey shot with us and played with dualities in our editorial with a good girl vs. bad girl theme. We also got to pick her brain and learn more about her.
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Prada's Fall/Winter campaign is set to the backdrop of a geometric, futuristic, and somewhat freaky fantasy photographed in New York by the one-and-only, Steven Meisel.
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Giorgio Armani Designs Uniforms for Olympic Team
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Jeff Gaudinet Puts Kate Moss on a Skateboard
Born out of a mispronunciation while discussing both Kate Moss and skateboarding with his close friend, Oniram, artist Jeff Gaudinet has created "Skate Moss."
Louis Vuitton's Inspired Fall/Winter Fashion Campaign
Shot by Steven Meisel, and featuring 10 models, this is the first Louis Vuitton campaign ever to evoke so exactly the ambiance of the fashion show.
Bon Iver "Keeps" It Real With a New Collaboration.
Los Angeles based footwear company, Keep, mark their second collaboration in a series featuring their favourite musicians with celebrated indie band, Bon Iver.
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Jolie's jewels for a Cause
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I love peaches. My grandfather was a peach farmer and so I grew up associating summer with juicy South Carolina peaches. The last few years have been hit or miss for local peach farmers, with late freezes wiping out much of the crop, or drought leading to low yields and high prices.
But this year? While I don't personally like that the weather in South Carolina turned hot early and never cooled off, it was great for the peach crop. (And my hydrangeas, but that's irrelevant.)
So I've been taking advantage of the locally grown peaches and nectarines, and buying pecks and half bushels of them at a time. But most days I'm the only one eating them straight up (just pitted, peeled and sliced), and I can only eat so many that way before they go bad. I thought I'd share 8 other ways to enjoy and use up a bumper crop of peaches. (Reading this post in winter? That's okay. Numbers 3-7 would work great with frozen peaches!)
1. Grill them
Grilled Peach and Steak Salad is a great entree salad that you can make indoors or out.
2. Make salsa
Instead of using tomatoes, make a fresh salsa using peaches. Combine one finely diced onion (you can soak it in ice water for 10 minutes to tame the bite before draining and adding to the other ingredients), one finely diced green pepper, minced jalapeno to taste, a minced or pressed clove of garlic, a sprinkle each of cumin, chili powder, and salt, and the juice of half a lime to 3 or 4 peeled, pitted and diced peaches. Cover and chill for a few hours before serving with chicken, fish, or chips.
3. BBQ them
I'll have a recipe post up for Peachy BBQ Chicken soon, with pictures, but it couldn't be easier. Peel, pit, and dice about a half dozen peaches. Cook them down in a saucepan, maybe with a spoonful of peach preserves if you have them. Once they're soft and cooked down, add the entire bottle of your favorite bbq sauce. Let simmer and reduce for a half hour or so over medium-low heat, then brush on to baking or grilling chicken about 2/3 of the way through cooking. Serve with additional sauce on the side.
4. Bake some scones
I love scones. I love peaches. This Peach Scone recipe on the King Arthur Flour website combines those two loves. (Disclosure: I haven't made this exact recipe yet, but I own three of KAF's cookbooks and have never had a problem with their recipes.)
5. Cobble something together
I haven't tried this Southern Living Peach Cobbler recipe, but it's in my To-Make pile. Very highly rated on the site, and looks easy-peasy. Hmm…I do have a few dozen peaches staring at me. Maybe I'll make it this week.
6. Make bread
Use up some peaches and have some healthy whole grains while you're at it. The Peach-Oatmeal bread from KAF's Whole Grain Baking book is a great quick bread recipe. I've made it, but I didn't take any pictures, and KAF doesn't have the recipe on their site. So if you'd like to make it before I get around to posting pics and instructions, the Slow Like Honey blog has the recipe and photos.
7. Chill
What could be better than peach ice cream in a waffle cone? Almost like a portable peach pie. Again, Southern Living has a Peach Ice Cream recipe that looks scrumptious, though this one doesn't have any reviews and I haven't tried it so I can't give you any guidance. Don't have an ice cream maker? I have one, but have misplaced the freezer bowl, so I'm going to try the method developed by the blogger at Serious Eats. (You can also use their recipe and just add pureed peaches to the custard base.)
8. Give some to friends
Who wouldn't love a little gift basket of peaches? If you really have more than you can use, spread the wealth! It beats overloading friends with zucchini from your garden!
How do you like to eat your peaches? Have any favorite recipes to share? Let me know in the comments!Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2010


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Camelot (1967)
Directed by Joshua Logan / Moss Hart
Genres - Musical, Romance | Sub-Genres - Musical Romance | Run Time - 179 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Paul Brenner
Joshua Logan directs this lavish version of the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe Broadway success with Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, and Franco Nero in the lead roles originally portrayed on Broadway by Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet. The musical, based on T.H. White's The Once and Future King, chronicles the legend of King Arthur (Richard Harris) and his tortured love affair with his queen Guenevere (Vanessa Redgrave). Arthur first encounters Guenevere, on the day of their wedding, in the enchanted forest surrounding Camelot. After the wedding, Arthur's bliss at his marriage to the lovely Guenevere prompts him to establish the Knights of the Round Table, a lofty order of chivalry in which all the member knights are bound by a desire the help the oppressed, keeping faith with trust and honor. Such is the fame of the Knights of the Round Table that a young French knight, Lancelot Du Lac (Franco Nero), seeks to join the order. Lancelot quickly becomes the most celebrated of all the knights, and Guenevere, aloof at first, falls in love with him. Although both have a deep love for Arthur, their passion knows no bounds, and they begin an illicit love affair behind Arthur's back. Arthur ignores the rumors circling around him, but when his illegitimate son, Mordred (David Hemmings) arrives at Camelot, he exposes Lancelot and Guenevere during a tryst. Lancelot escapes, but Guenevere is sentenced to be burned at the stake. Lancelot rescues her at the last minute, and Arthur prepares for battle, his dreams of an idealistic Camelot shattered.
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Sally was in a wheelchair, and one day she decided: "You know what? FUCK ramps."Julius_Goat
It'll work, it's based on my nightmares.seannyb
If you can think of a better way to become a supervillain, I'm all ears.seannyb
Thanks E-Harmony!Mr.Excalibur
We're gonna need a bigger swatter.Mr.Excalibur
"OK, it's ready. Let's go save the balloon boy."Julius_Goat
FAKE! It doesn't have enough legs. Also, it's made of metal.Mr.Excalibur
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT! I WANT ONE!Mr.Excalibur
It's not quite a magic carpet ride, but it did get him laid.BowToTheBard
He was looking for a nympho, she was into nymphs, together they coined a whole new science, intimacy entomology.RogersIB
Clearly, they are also attracted to shit.Mr.Excalibur
Where is this desert with all this crazy shit going on?seannyb
Maverick's ego had been writing checks his body couldn't write once too often.RogersIB
"I can't believe it. I spend four hour on my hair for prom, and he picks me up in the goddam dragonfly."Julius_Goat


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While I was in Mexico I actually had the time to sit down and relax and in that process I picked up one of those fitness magazines that stare at you every time you are in a grocery store line up. On the cover it said "Get your dream body in just 2 weeks" and there was a picture of a well known trainer and her perfect, toned and sculpted body.
I've been guilty of this in the past, buying one of those magazines and attempting to do whatever exercise they are telling me to do that will make me look exactly like the girl on the cover and two weeks in I do not look anything different.
I am here to tell you that YOU CAN'T GET YOUR DREAM BODY IN JUST 2 WEEKS. Sorry, but it just is not possible. No diet, exercise plan or cleanse will have you looking a certain way in 14 days. And even if it did, are you just supposed to go back to your old routine after 2 weeks and carry on? These routines (similar to what I post on Lainey) are a great way to learn new exercises and spice up the routine you are currently doing but they will not make miracles.
Health is not about looking a certain way and it is not about achieving something in a short amount of time so if you are looking for that quick fix you need to stop.
There is no easy way to become healthy but being healthy is not as bad as some people make it out to be. Getting outside and exercising is actually fun, if you open your mind up to it and find something you enjoy doing and someone you enjoy doing it with.
Eating healthy is enjoyable too and you will be amazed at how good you will feel and how much energy you will have. You will sleep better, your stress levels will drop and your overall mood will improve.
Here are a few tips if you have fallen off the wagon since the start of 2013 to continue to make this year the best yet:
Do not expect miracles. Your tight jeans will still be tight a week or two after you ramp up your fitness routine so give yourself a month before you try to squeeze back into them.
Focus on small tangibles to start because the long term goal will seem daunting to begin with (it is like climbing a mountain and instead of focusing on the top, focus on each step you are taking to reach the peak). Set weekly goals that you can review at the end of each week which will let you know you were successful, even if the scale is not moving.
Do not give up right away if you are finding it difficult. It takes 3 weeks to change a habit so stay consistent and go into it with an open mind. Be positive and try and learn how to enjoy the challenges while making change, rather than dreading them.
Put down the magazine that is promising magic and just start moving. You will surprise yourself what you can accomplish with a little bit of time (more than two weeks of course) and a whole lot of fun.
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Jeannette Thomas, Widow Of Legendary Disney Animator Frank Thomas, and Gamble House Historian/Author, Dies At Age 91
Jeanette Armentrout Thomas, the widow of legendary Disney animator Frank Thomas (one of Walt Disney's renowned "Nine Old Men"), passed away on Saturday September 29th, from age-related illnesses, at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. She was 91-years-old. Jeanette was prominently featured in several documentaries directed by her son, Theodore Thomas, including Frank & Ollie, and Walt and El Grupo. She was also a long time docent at Pasadena's historic Gamble House, and authored an acclaimed 1989 book called, Images of the Gamble House: Masterwork of Greene & Greene.
"My mother was beautiful, poised, accomplished, but would become a bit incredulous if we would point out any of these qualities to her," recalls Ted Thomas. "She took a deep, empathetic interest in the lives of her children, relatives and friends, and our triumphs as well as our stumbles were felt just as much by her. My parents took joy in having found each other, and certainly they helped to make life stimulating and rewarding for all of us in their sphere."
Jeanette was born in 1921 and raised in Greeley, Colorado where her father was Vice President of the Colorado State College of Education, now the University of Northern Colorado. She attended Stephens College in Columbus, Missouri, and then received her bachelors's and master's degrees from Stanford University. She taught in California secondary schools and at the Colorado State College of Education during World War II, and in 1946 married veteran Disney animator Frank Thomas.
In his 2001 Disney Editions book, Walt Disney's Nine Old Men & the Art of Animation, Oscar®-winning animation director/author John Canemaker recounted Frank's courtship with Jeanette and the young animator's impressions of his future bride. "In 1945, after the war, she took a job teaching high school in Redwood City, California, near Palo Alto," says Thomas, who was smitten after their initial meeting and had 'written letters to her all along.' Now that Ms. Armentrout was suddenly 'in the back yard' (that is, in California) their letters became more specific. 'It took me three and a half years, and a war, and teaching, to realize that he was pretty special,' says Jeanette.'
Thomas went on to send Jeanette a musical piece he had written titled "Concerto by Me," which friends told him sounded like a proposal. "Good things happened pretty fast after that," recalled Thomas, who stretched a fifty-mile limit three-day pass to travel 200 miles to visit Jeanette. "So we proposed to each other and we decided what we were going to do," he said. Thomas was discharged from the service in January 1946, and the couple was married in Colorado on February 16th. They were married for 58 years up until Frank's death in 2004.
In addition to being the mother of four children: Ann, Gregg, Theodore, and Douglas, Jeanette was extensively involved with the PTA, the American Field Service, taught music in the La Cañada schools, and was an early and active docent at the Gamble House in Pasadena. Her 1989 book Images of the Gamble House showcased an extensive and intimate knowledge of the history and architecture of the Craftsman masterpiece. For her efforts she received awards from both the Gamble House Docent Council, and the City of Pasadena.
She is survived by her son Gregg, her son Theodore and his wife Kuniko Okubo, her son Douglas and his husband Dan Poirier, three grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Funeral services will be private. Plans for a life celebration will be announced later. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Young Musicians Foundation (195 South Beverly Drive, Suite 414, Beverly Hills, Ca 90212, 310-859-7668, or www.ymf.org/donate)


text: INSIGHTS: First Person HEAR/SAY By Staff Monday, November 19, 2012 12:00 AM "There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it." – Calvin Klein "The biggest lesson that I've learned is that fashion is this tightrope where you have to be consistent but inconsistent. You need the connective thread but at the same time you need a sense of surprise." – Michael Kors "What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language." – Miuccia Prada "With time, fashion has become part of my DNA." – Roberto Cavalli "I think that fashion has become such a big business and with globalization we are on new territory at this point. We are not just designing for a country, we are designing for a world now." – Anna Sui "I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer, you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side." – Tommy Hilfiger


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When it comes to orchids, I'm not the best steward of their care. It isn't for lack of wanting to keep an orchid alive or an affection for the species, in fact, I like to buy orchids from time to time and display them in my home, but truth is, I lack both the talent and patience to make them rebloom. I fully admit I am an Orchid Killer. As we all know, orchids are so pretty displayed indoors – some designers label the mass produced Phalaenopsis as "ubiquitous" but I think all varieties are beautiful. We acquired a few orchids earlier this year, and as with the two dozen other orchids I've ever purchased and owned over the course of my life, they look pretty for two weeks, the blooms fall off, and then the stem turns wooden and petrified, death results, and that's the end of the story. So here's how things changed in our house and someone (not me) became The Orchid Whisperer.
Matt was on a real estate inspection a few months ago, and the woman who lived in the home he was appraising had an impressive collection of orchids that had rebloomed year after year. Knowing his wife to be a notorious Orchid Killer, he inquired how he might take it upon himself to learn a few tricks – perhaps spare the lives of a few of the species – and asked this knowledgeable woman what really was the secret formula for orchids that rebloom? And she spilled it.
So we he tested out these key pieces of advice over the course of the last few months, and hey guess what, they worked.
Exhibit A: I brought home a moth Phalaenopsis orchid pictured here at my kids' public school auction (mixed with curly willow) way back in early March and after the blooms fell off, I pretty much ignored it. It sat there dormant, but Matt followed all the tips suggested, and look at it now, five months later.
I feel three emotions at the same time looking at this orchid. I'm proud, surprised, and just a little envious because under his care, this is what happened:
So not fair.
And to prove his new skill, the orchid below that I photographed for this winter post . . .
Is actually blooming again in my home.
And I had nothing to do with it.
(silently shaking fist in air whilst muttering *damn you Orchid Whisperer!*)
Because, truth be told, if left to me, all orchids end up looking like this:
So guess what people, there's hope!
You too can have an orchid rebloom in your home!
Matt's Five Tips:
1. Repot! After your orchid plant loses its blooms and goes into dormancy, repot it in an orchid pot like this one designed to allow for aeration among the roots.
2. Replant in Bark or Moss. Orchids should be planted in sphagnum moss or bark. If you tend to water your plants a lot, then choose bark because it dries out faster, but if you tend to underwater your plants, then moss is a better choice because it holds moisture longer.
3. Avoid Overwatering. Avoid the watering can or running under the faucet method. Instead place a large ice cube (or several small ice cubes) on the outskirts of the moss or bark to allow for slower watering as the ice cube(s) melt. Do this once a week in between feedings. Use your finger to determine if any moisture remains underneath moss to avoid overwatering. In hot or humid climates where the air conditioner runs indoors, mist once or twice a week with a water spritzer bottle. Humidity helps orchids thrive – bathrooms are a natural place to put them, but not essential.
4. Fertilize. Twice a month add a small amount (less than recommended on the package) of orchid food to an empty squeeze bottle filled with water (ketchup bottles work well). Dose the outer edges of the pot with 6 to 8 ounces of the mixture.
5. Grow in Filtered Light. Most orchids do not thrive in direct sunlight, so situate them in filtered light or in front of sheer curtains. Dark green leaves signal health, but yellowed leaves are a clear sign your orchid is getting too much light.
Here are a few more great resources:
Orchid Care – Things to Consider
Any of you ever had an orchid rebloom for you? Any of your spouses possess a level of talent you can never achieve? Do share.


text: San Antonio, TX - SABCS 2005 - Dr. M.F. Rimawi addresses the Charles A Coltman Jr. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium here today, Thursday December 8, 2005. Over 6,500 physicians, researchers and care givers from 82 countires are attending the 28th annual SABCS international symposium at the Henry Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX. Date: Thursday December 8, 2005 Photo by © SABCS/Todd Buchanan 2005 Technical Questions: firstname.lastname@example.com; Phone: 612-226-5154.


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The building has an 11.8% occupancy rate and a permeable area of 38.7% with 2752.5 square meters endowed with gardens and open areas. note that the Land use and Occupation Law requires only 20%. All boundaries are free from any type of construction. The building only touches them below ground. Lateral clearances are approximately 20m on the left side and 26m on the right side. The top of the building is below the Praça do sol, which guarantees that the view of the Serra do Curral is preserved.
From a geological point of view, this project is geo-supported because, unlike the dominant practices of our current civilization, all features of the geological environment are explored to benefit it, i.e., all negative side effects are internally compensated wherever possible, and all positive side effects are identified and enhanced.


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In a career spanning five decades, Los Angeles artist Ed Moses has been an inventive and prolific abstract painter. Moses, born 1926 in Long Beach, studied at UCLA, receiving B.A. and M.A. degrees. He has remained in the Los Angeles area much of his life. In the course of his career he has explored many styles through the process of painting. His work ranges from compositions featuring repeated patterns, to large fields of flowing color or to hard-edged geometric forms. For him, color is not used to describe objects, but rather to establish pure aesthetic experience.
Moses often speaks about non-objective art, and insists that he has no pre-conceived image or idea. He has stated, "I don't believe in change. I believe in mutation, and every painting I make comes out of the painting that preceded it. What I want to do is hang out with the materials until something appears that I had nothing to do with."
Ed Moses has been exhibiting since 1949, and was part of the original group of artists from the Ferus Gallery in 1957. His paintings were documented in a major retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 1996. The Fellows of Contemporary Art sponsored a drawing retrospective for Moses in 1976. Works by Moses are included in museum collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Menil Foundation, Museum of Modern Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth.
The Labor Department says employers added 243,000 jobs in January, the most in nine months. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent from 8.5 percent in December. That's the lowest in nearly three years.
Employers have added an average of 201,000 jobs per month in the past three months. That's 50,000 more jobs per month than the economy averaged in each month last year.
The January jobs report was filled with other encouraging data and revisions. Hiring was widespread across many high-paying industries. Pay increased. And the economy added 200,000 more jobs in 2011 than first thought.


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If you are worried about your online privacy, it might be of interest to you that Google has quietly brought its Google forget program to the U.S. It has made it quite simple, for the most part. Simply go to myactivity.google.com to see the history of your searches, YouTube viewing and everything else you do on Google platforms, and then be guided through the process of trimming that history.
But be careful. Privacy restrictions bring with them good and bad, and some consumers who become gung ho about deleting activity may find the usefulness of their web surfing drop off. Ads will become much more generic and annoying, as will searches and other web research. Your Chrome browser won't autofill URLs of sites you often visit, and other background activities may become more difficult.
Also, the forgetting process can be painstaking. If you are going to be selective about what is forgotten, you will have to review places you've visited and make deletions one at a time. If you want to clean up a lot of history, you'll need to clear your schedule first.
But the process, even if you opt to not delete a thing, is eye-opening. Seeing every search you've performed and every site you've visited is a powerful wakeup call if you hadn't realized how much is retained.
It also raises questions about whether your security and privacy are actually compromised by Google making all of this data available to you. At the top of the "My Activity" page, you'll see this unconvincing promise: "Only you can see this data. Google protects your privacy and security." Really? No Google employee can see this data? No Google advertiser can, even in aggregated form? That statement coming from Google is akin to a politician saying, "Trust me." But if you are concerned about your online privacy, you probably already knew Google had a lot of data about your online life. The thing that's different is that Google, in making that information available to you, is placing it on the public internet. Password-protected, yes, but the effectiveness of that protection varies widely with the person devising the password.
Google's point, presumably, is that your neighbor, ex-spouse or employer cannot view your personal search history by calling up this page. Maybe it should add, "Depending, of course, on their hacking skills."
Not that a hacker would need great skills if a user has weak credentials, writes them down and leaves them next to the computer, or just lets that neighbor, ex-spouse or employer look over his shoulder as he keys them in.
This is yet another reason for people to use complex passwords that are unique (meaning never used in more than one place) and for Google to go with more stringent multifactor authentication. If Google is going to allow consumers to see everything being retained about them, it should at the very least increase the perception of its security measures.
There's something else to consider here, though, and this has societal implications. Google's forget policy has some key right-to-know overlaps with its takedown policy. The takedown policy allows people to request that stories about or images of them be removed from the database. The forget policy allows the user to decide on his own to delete something.
Should everyone have the right to delete his online history? What about terrorists who want to shield from law enforcement history about sites they have visited? What if it's a CEO or elected or appointed government official who wants to hide activity that's embarrassing or hints at illegality?
Sure, "terrorist" is an emotionally charged term that I included to feed fear and paranoia. Maybe the right to delete is similar to free speech, though: It's only as strong as the degree to which it protects the most vile among us. I like being able to edit my history, but I am painfully aware that allowing the worst among us to do the same can have undesired consequences.
That all said, this is a powerful privacy tool. Use it as you choose, but be mindful of the bigger implications of what Google has done.


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Gas transmitters
Simple, fast, and low maintenance
When it comes to creating gas analyzers that can serve as field instruments, gas transmitters are the logical next step. However, compared to the former, a gas transmitter requires barely any additional technical aids to perform the measurement task. In many cases, there is no need for costly sampling and gas conditioning either.
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- O2 transmitter based on high-performance laser spectroscopy (TDLS)
- For use in use in explosion-hazardous areas (FM, ATEX and IECEx approvals)
- Measurement directly in the process or extractive using a measurement gas cell (option)
- Designed for heavy-duty industrial applications
- Compact design and easy to operate
- Long-term stability
- No moving parts
- Oxygen transmitter based on modern laser spectroscopy (TDLS)
- Compact design adapted to specific application conditions
- Intuitive operation and easy installation
- Can be combined with sample point switching
- Flexible for virtually every application
- Modular extension possible
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|1. Colored Glass Tea Light Holders – $10 (above)
West Elm Los Angeles opens today! I got a semi-private tour of the new West Elm store earlier this week BEFORE the store's opening. The modern furniture and accessories retailer is now in the middle of Los Angeles right on Beverly Boulevard.
Nice Kendall Coleman a West Elm publicist invited me (and a few others) to come meet West Elm's venerable Creative Director Vanessa Holden and then tour the store.
The tour was so much fun! So cool being in a store before it opens. There was an employee meeting and all of the new sales staff was cheering…there were stylists and photographers buzzing around making everything look perfect and making sure to document it all. The space is gorgeous. Kind of a warehouse feel with lots of skylights and industrial touches. Love it.
I felt like a bit of a cliche…kid in a candy store…getting to see a store like this on the eve of its opening.
First and foremost…as far as cool modern home furnishings…it is clear the people at West Elm know what they are doing…so many great home accessories and so much furniture to see…all well edited though and perfectly designed. Love!
|The new West Elm store in Los Angeles the day before opening day! (above)
|2. Kitchen Accessories (above and below)
|3. Mercury Owls – $14-$19 (50% of retail price goes to charity!)(above)
|4. Alphabet Mugs – on sale $4 (above and below)
|5. Modernist Mugs – on sale $6
|6. Bath Accessories! (above and below)
|Love these Hammam ceramic soap dishes with the graphic patterns! (above)
|7. Metal Parsons Desk – $499 (above)
My faves are the metal Parsons desk, the Mercury Owls (cute table or shelf decor), the bath accessories and the Modernist Mugs. So basically everything!
If you are in Los Angeles today…you should go check out this new West Elm. It opens today! Good affordable options for holiday shopping!
West Elm
8366 Beverly Boulevard (at Kings Road)
Los Angeles
Happy Thursday!
P.S. Great dinner last night with best of guy friend BN and newer friend SCS who is a stylish, clever and nice Hollywood exec who runs a cable network. We went to Madeo and practically closed down the restaurant. Madeo is this Hollywood insiders haven…with fabulous Italian fare and a cozy environment. At the end of the night we got to talking politics – lighthearted politics I might add. Me and best of guy friend BN are always arguing politics so now we just talk about fluffy stuff so we don't fight. It was nice though to have someone on my side of the argument. SCS was so hilarious as she quizzed BN on his views and he tried to quiz back (unsuccessfully). Very hilarious and fun dinner. Can't wait to do it again.
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This question is still wide open - all of the answers so far rely on magical calculations. I've only accepted an answer because, by bounty rules, otherwise one would be accepted automatically. I can't change the accepted answer, but it would be amazing to have more discussion on this question.
I'd like a nice proof (or a convincing demonstration), for a surface in $\mathbb R^3$, that explains why the following notions are equivalent:
1) Curvature, as defined by the area of the sphere that Gauss map traces out on a region.
1.5) The integral of the product of principal curvatures.
2) The angle defect of parallel transport about a geodesic triangle.
(This equivalence may be considered as either a part of the Theorema Egregium or a part of Gauss-Bonnet. Proving that numbers 1 and 1.5 are the same is pretty easy).
Motivation: I'm teaching a five-day class for very bright high-school students. The idea is to give them an impression of what geometry is about. However, when I looked at Spivak's proof of this, it was much more of a messy calculation than I expected. I'd like, if at all possible, something more conceptual, ideally with a nice picture attached to it.
Since this doesn't have to be a perfectly complete class, I'll be perfectly happy with a good illustration of why this is true instead of a rigorous proof, if a conceptual and rigorous proof is completely out of the question.
One idea I had is to show the example of a sphere and the hyperbolic plane, and then explain that on very small scales the curvature is constant. However, then I would need a nice proof that the embeddings of the hyperbolic plane in $\mathbb R^3$ have curvature -1.
Thank you very much!
P.S. This question is related, but not quite the same (I hope), to this question: Equivalent definitions of Gaussian curvature
P.P.S. Thank you to whomever recommended to Berger's "Panoramic View of Riemannian Geometry". it was quite useful to me. I do not know why you deleted your answer.
That books claims there is no conceptual proof. However, I'd still be very happy with a nice illustration of why one should believe this, especially for negative curvature.


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Coach Tom Coughlin**
Good Morning. I'll talk a little bit about the injury situation to start out with here. Brandon Jacobs is going to come on the field and test it out and work today. Trumaine McBride will do the same. He may not extend beyond the individual period, but we're going to find out where we're at with that. Jason Pierre-Paul will work on the side with the trainers. Terrell Thomas… this will be the day that he normally is off and Corey Webster is going to work as well.
We prepare ourselves this morning for the San Diego Chargers, a team that has the same record that we have of 5-7. They have beaten, in our division, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys, as you know. They lost in overtime to the Washington Redskins. They beat the Colts and beat the Kansas City Chiefs, so this is an explosive offensive team. They're fifth in the league in total offense at 401. They're second in the league on third down, which is outstanding. Philip Rivers is having a great year. He has a 70 percent completion (percentage), 23 touchdowns, nine interceptions and a 104 quarterback rating. Their defense… this is another team that I really refuse to look at the numbers. If you watched two of the most recent games, we'll start with Cincinnati; it's a very physical game. They're battling back and forth. It's a very low scoring game. They lose to the Bengals, a good Bengals team. But they are a physically aggressive, pressure outfit, which you can expect upwards of 40 to 45 percent pressure in every game that they play. Their special teams has Nick Novak, who is nine for nine over 40 yards. Mike Scifres, their punter, has a 39.9 net and a strong leg and, of course, they have outstanding people back there to return in (Danny) Woodhead, (Keenan) Allen, (Lavelle) Hawkins and even (Eddie) Royal when he's healthy. So this is a team that's a very talented team, an explosive team, a physical team and a team which we look forward to as we dive into with the players being as interested and as anxious as we are to know as much as we can about this team and to study them because we've played them twice in the last eight years, but not recently.
Q: Is it an encouraging sign that JPP is going to be doing a little bit of work today?
A: Anything is encouraging if we can get him out on the field.
Q: How difficult is it to defend Rivers because he seems to spread the ball around well?
A: He does a good job of that. The ball comes out quick. They're diversified in how they operate. All you've got to do is look at that third down number. That's hard to do in this league now and because the nature of their offense, the complicated looks that they see on third down, you have to give them a lot of credit for that.
Q: It's been 10 seasons since Eli and Philip Rivers were traded for each other. What are your memories on that day?
A: I remember Ernie Accorsi making that deal, of being 100 percent in belief that this was the right thing to do for our franchise. I remember that Ernie had studied Eli since he was a freshman in college and had really a strong, strong feeling about him. I remember the fact that he had the confidence and the constitution, if you will, to push the deal through. It wasn't an easy deal to make. I can remember him informing Mr. Mara what he was trying to do at the time and I'm sure Bob Tisch at the time as well. But it was a move that he made with great conviction. Philip Rivers has had an outstanding career in San Diego and Eli Manning has had an outstanding career here, so I think you have a win-win situation there.
Q: In all your years working with general managers, have you ever been around anybody who has had that much conviction about a player?
A: Yes. I think so. Sure.
Q: Had you seen a lot of Eli at that point yourself?
A: I had seen him on tape and I had been to the workouts and that type of thing.
Q: Do you remember the brain trust being very much in agreement at that time or do you remember Ernie (having to convince people)?
A: No. There was solid agreement. I don't know that Ernie needed us, but he was convinced of what he wanted.
Q: Do you remember doing much pre-draft work at all on Rivers?
A: Oh yeah. We did it all. I was at Philip Rivers' workout, too, which was an outstanding workout as well. It was a good year.
Q: How unusual is it to have both guys still starting for their teams 10 years later?
A: That's a good question. I don't know how unusual it is at that position, but to be playing as well as they're playing, I don't think that's unusual either when you pick the right ones.
Q: In a year that's been a little bit inconsistent, could you talk about Justin Tuck's consistency this year and what he's been able to do?
A: Well, he's played solid. He really has. He hasn't had the number like he did last weekend, I understand he's the NFC Defensive Player of the Week, as well. To me, he's played solid, he's practiced hard, he's worked hard, he's done things by example. He's been one of the guys that I've referenced when I talked about if we got credit for the sacks that we've kind of missed or whatever, he's one of the guys that I would include there. To have six and a half sacks, to play the way he's played, to move in over the guard at times, to start outside at times, I think he's played a solid game and we now can hopefully expect that he'll do the same for the remainder of the season.
Q: You haven't had any linebackers put up the kind of numbers that Beason did last week, you know, 13 solos. He's put up those numbers before but you guys don't usually see those numbers. Is that an aberration?
A: No, I don't think so. I think that's the way he plays. He's a very much-involved guy, period. He can go sideline to sideline, he's a solid hitter, he looks for the contact. He's got, I think, outstanding values and makes a very, very strong commitment for his teammates and for his team. He enjoys the role that he plays in terms of being a play-caller. I don't think that it is at all. He's had double-digit tackles since he's been here.
Q: That sideline to sideline is something at the linebacker position that you guys are looking for.
A: Everybody's looking for that.
Q: Do you think you found it?
A: I think so.
Q: With regards to Damontre Moore, you're working him in. Is there a formula with defensive linemen, and him specifically, in terms of development?
A: It depends on the path that you have to take based on the individual. I think if this young man wasn't hurt in the preseason for the length of time that he was that he might be more advanced than he is now. Right now he's a very aggressive, solid part of special teams and we're trying to work him in as best we can. He is a necessary part of the rotation right now.
Q: You go back to Tuck's early years, he didn't have gaudy numbers early on. Do you go back, obviously Damontre is a different type of player than Justin, but do you go back and look at how you develop these guys? You've always had kind of a chain…
A: You do. Again, if you remember Justin was on kickoff coverage and did a good job with that his rookie year, too.
Q: Brandon Myers has had a couple of good games here these last couple of weeks, do you sense that he's finally settling down?
A: Yeah, I think so. I don't know what that means, we're late in the season. I would hope he would be. He has made some plays for us at this time of the year that have been huge plays, none more than that third down the other day, that short-yardage third down. That was really something.
Q: Has Beason lifted up the rest of the defense? Is he that kind of player?
A: He's one of those energetic guys that have definitely helped. Antrel is that kind of player as well. You have some guys that are… but if you do have someone that goes as hard as he does and loves it as much as he does, there isn't any question.
Q: When you look at Danny Woodhead…
A: Yeah, he's made an outstanding contribution. Woodhead, you can see that Phillip Rivers has relied on him. All you have to do is watch, maybe you didn't watch the last drive against Kansas City, he goes to Woodhead twice. Woodhead makes a play with the clock bearing down on him where he fakes like he's going to run out of bounds, ducks back inside and picks up probably another 11 yards before he runs out of bounds. He had two of those big plays at that point in time. He's become a very reliable guy. Rivers knows where he is all the time and goes to him. His run after the catch stuff is still extremely good and he still runs the ball as a third down runner and primarily he's jumped back there and has their longest kickoff return as well.
Q: Do you have an appreciation for guys that kind of come out of nowhere? A small, unknown school like this guy who kind of grinds through and was cut a number of times.
A: I think we all do have an appreciation for that and, of course, where we saw most of him was when he was up north.
Q: How did Jayron Hosley stand up the other night?
A: He did okay, he did. We were just so fortunate to get him in the game and play and play well and stay in the game so I think that has helped a lot. I think this will help him.
Q: Any doubt Ernie Accorsi made the right call that draft day 10 years ago?
A: None whatsoever. There are a couple things out in the hallway you might want to take a look at.
Q: When you look at Eli, he's been sacked 31 times, more than he ever has in his career. How has he handled that sort of pressure mentally, of maybe being under more pressure than he has in the past?
A: He really shows very little angst or very little being upset about it or whatever. He gets back up, shakes it off. Nobody wants that, we don't want that, we're not looking for that, believe me, and I mentioned that this morning. He does a great job of handling that.
Q: Do you still anticipate that you can still make big plays when you go into every week?
A: We do, we anticipate that, sure.
Q: His completion percentage was very high Sunday but you're still not getting those big, downfield shots. Do you feel there is a reason for it? Do you feel like you've had to work differently in designing your passing game week-to-week?
A: No. I don't think we have had to work any differently. The opportunities to go down the field, perhaps for us, haven't been as much as we would like. We missed a couple of them the other night just barely, we thought we had one to Victor in the middle of the field.
Q: Mike Tomlin was fined $100,000 for being on the field in Baltimore last week. Have you ever found yourself on the sideline where you kind of lose track of where you are?
A: Sure, yeah. Right now there's so much of a premium on, "You better say off the white, you better stay off the white." We're all yelling and screaming that. We're reminded by the officials about that every week, too. You find yourself sometimes running down the sideline on the white but nevertheless you're not even supposed to be on the white because the officials have to have access there, and that is a most difficult (15-yard) penalty to absorb.
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Q: San Diego on tape, what do you see?
A: I see a talented team. They do a good job of getting to the quarterback. They have a number of different looks and blitzes and have good players across the board. Their offense has scored a lot of points and is effective, so we're going to have to go out there and play great football if we expect to win.
Q: Do you guys talk playoff scenario possibilities or is it just one game at a time?
A: You just have to keep it one game at a time. I think we kind of know what has to happen, but if we don't handle our business, we're not going to have a shot anyways. All we can do is worry about this next game and going out there and trying to get a win. After that, we'll see what the scenario looks like next week.
Q: The last couple of weeks, Brandon Myers has caught some significant passes. Is that more because of you guys just tweaking the offense to find him more, or is that take what the defense gives you?
A: It just kind of depends on the week, when certain pass plays are called, what the coverage is, and he's been doing a good job of winning his one on one matchups. He's done a good job of getting open when we need him to and that's good. That's a big part of our offense, getting that tight end more involved, and he's done a good job.
Q: Obviously there's a connection with you in San Diego in Philip Rivers. You will probably always be connected. Do you have any thoughts about going there for the second time?
A: It should be an exciting game and obviously kind of a must-win for both teams. I'm just looking forward to going out there and seeing if we can get a win.
Q: You've got a little more hardware than last time you made that visit. Does that change anything?
A: No, I don't think that changes anything. You're playing for this year and this season and it's the next game on the schedule. You're just trying to go out there and play a good ball game.
Q: What are your recollections of that day, maybe the craziness of the draft day, and how it all went down?
A: Just the excitement of being drafted and then traded to the Giants. A lot of things went down that day. Ultimately, I remember it as a positive day and a fun day of my life.
Q: Are you and Philip tight at all?
A: I know Philip, I met Philip in college and did some football camps and different things together. I've sent him text messages and called him over the years, congratulate him on seasons and different things. I've gotten to be around him some and I think he's a tremendous player and I've always kept up with him, just because he came out the same year and followed him in college and knew him a little bit. He's had a tremendous career and is playing great this year and he's a good football player.
Q: Have you ever reminisced about what might have been?
A: No. I've never looked back on those things and I think it's worked out well for both programs.
Q: (…) in that whole circle too?
A: Yeah. Same year. J.P. Losman, as well, but obviously the guys who you come out with, especially quarterbacks, you've kind of followed in college and play in college some. You kind of know your draft class of quarterbacks and how their careers have gone.
Q: Sometimes you get to those decisions and one guy clearly works out and one guy doesn't. You guys have both had successful careers, other than J.P. Three of you did.
A: Obviously Ben and Philip, and all three of us have had good careers and been in the same spot for ten years, which you don't always see. I definitely have kept up with all of those guys and got to know them some and got to talk to them, but you're kind of proud of your own class. You kind of hope your class will go down as a good class of quarterbacks and players.
Q: Have you ever talked to Ernie Accorsi about your draft day and the trade?
A: Maybe one day when I'm done playing I'll sit down with Ernie and hear some stories, but no. Obviously I know what happened on my end and that's good enough.
Q: You do know how he rated you and how much he wanted you out of that class?
A: I didn't know. I read some things over the years that Ernie said, but at the time I didn't know what was going to happen and I haven't thought much about it really.
Q: If there's anything negative that came out of that, I guess it's the perception in San Diego that you didn't want any part of the city. Have you ever gone there on a vacation?
A: No. Nothing against San Diego as a city. We had our rookie symposium there, but besides that, I have been to San Diego for a few other things. I know it's a beautiful city and great weather and has a lot of great things to it.
Q: Ten years later, what was the reason you were kind of against that?
A: I forgot, I think.
Q: How has your body felt this season?
A: Sometimes sacks don't always lead to more soreness. Sometimes it just depends on the type of sack or on the hit. Sometimes a hit is usually worse. If you're throwing it and get hit, that's when you can sometimes take a bigger hit than if you see a sack coming, you can go down or you kind of get more tackled. It all depends on how many big hits you take and I really haven't taken too many.
Q: You've been around Justin Tuck for a long time. You've seen the way he's played this year. I know some things haven't gone well for you guys, but is he, in your mind, a bright spot?
A: Yeah. If you're winning games and have guys playing well and get defensive player of the week. Whether it's Justin Tuck or Terrell Thomas, defensive, offensive, Andre Brown, you want your guys to have success. If they're having success, it usually means the team is having success. If you're winning games, you want those players to go out there and have great games.
Q: Can I ask you real quick about Ryan Nassib? How is he coming along on the field?
A: Ryan's doing good. Most of the stuff, he is running the scout team, but he's making the throws and seems like he's getting more active in the meetings and some of the discussions that we have, of trying to have a great plan for that week. Whether it's about protections or route combinations or just some ideas on how we want to handle things. He's a young guy, so I think it's good he's getting involved in those conversations and trying to add to them.
Q: Sean Ryan said most of his responsibilities have been breaking down plays for films. How is he doing with that? Is that something a quarterback needs to know how to do?
A: I think it's good to know, he does more on Friday. He makes a cutup for the quarterbacks, a lot of green zone stuff, and we'll go through old games or preseason games and different looks than our four down breakdowns. Obviously he wants to kind of know what plays we have and how those turn out, or what looks, or what things can give us problems and how we're calling things. I think he does a good job of showing some things that bring up good discussion and kind of put in the back of your head…if this is a new look, be prepared for it.
LB Jon Beason
Q: This team started 0-6. The fact that you already went on a long streak, do you believe you can do it again?
A: Yeah, no question. Once you go out there and win a game, you do have that confidence that you know how to do it now and everyone starts to buy in and you're doing things the right way; the attention to detail, the small little things that really make up the difference between winning and losing because it's so hard to win in this league. The fact that you win four in a row, the fifth one… It crushes you, but at the same time you get right back on the winning track and now it's all about San Diego.
Q: What is it that Philip Rivers is doing this year that makes him better?
A: Well, he's a seasoned vet. He's got great weapons around him, but he's a gamer. He's a gun-slinger. I love his game. He's a great person. You look at the numbers… They're number two in the league in third down conversions. That's the money down. That's what we call it because this is how you either get off the field or you extend drives and get points. They have some big wins in the division against Philly and Dallas, so we've got our hands full and our work cut out for us but we know that it's on us this week. We've got to stop their offense because that's what makes them go.
Q: There have been games when they haven't moved the ball well and have been beaten. Is there a common thread as to why they haven't done well in those games?
A: You try to look at what they do well and take that away from them. They run the ball well with Matthews. They have Gates, who's a matchup nightmare for everybody. If you can take those two guys out of the game, you have an opportunity to win. But at the same time you know Rivers is going to make that spectacular play on third down, keep the chains moving and that's how they win games.
Q: How difficult is Danny Woodhead to deal with? He seems to do everything for them?
A: He's one of those guys who has overcome the odds and I think he keeps that chip on his shoulder. Steve Smith is the same way; a guy who's going to go out there and lay it on the line because he's always trying to prove himself. He never feels like he's arrived, so from a distance you're a fan just watching him. I love the way he plays. He's hard. He's a tough nosed kid. I remember playing against him in New York when he was here with the Jets. He's a great football player, but he does some things out of the backfield with 4.4 speed. (Sproles) down in New Orleans does the same thing. It's hard to contain those guys out of the backfield.
Q: When you look at Woodhead initially, is it easy to overlook a guy like that? Do you look at his size and say that he can't hurt us?
A: No question, but he's a lot bigger than you think up close and personal. He's a stocky back.
Q: What did you think of the way Justin Tuck played last week?
A: It was great. He had a motor. He was chasing RG3 around, who is a nightmare in itself to try to get a sack on, but you do your job and you stay the course and keep pressing and that's all he does. He's just so consistent at continuing to strive and give great effort on every play and the sacks, they come like that. They come in bunches sometimes and it was a great performance.
DE Jason Pierre-Paul
Q: What are your thoughts for possibly playing Sunday?
A: I'm going to take it day-by-day. I can't really give you an answer on that right now. The only thing that I can do right now is to take it day-by-day and I'll continue to come in and get treatment twice daily and rehab it. As far as playing, I can't really tell you when I'm going to play. I'm just taking it day-by-day.
Q: I saw on your Twitter account you mentioned acupuncture. Is that something new for you and how effective was it?
A: I've been doing that. I got it last night to be exact in my whole body. That's something I've been doing, it's nothing new. It does help. I've been experiencing it and it does help.
Q: How frustrating has this season been for you because it seems like that Oakland game, you were starting to get untracked.
A: I was hot, yeah, I was hot but I hurt my shoulder. This season has been up and down for me. I'm not frustrated at it. At the end of the day I just have to get better and get healthy and come out and know what I can do best and that's play football. For me not playing, it's very frustrating but at the end of the day I'd rather get healthy than put myself in jeopardy out there if I'm out there and can't perform at the level that I know I can perform. This season has been up and down for me but I can't complain about that. The only think I can do now is just to get healthy and finish the season off.
Q: Are you hopeful that you will be back on the field before the season's over?
A: Hopefully. I hope so. Like I said, I'm taking it day-by-day. I'm in the training room 24/7. Even at home I'm doing rehab. I'm doing everything that I possibly can to put me back on the field.
Q: Is it something that you are eventually going to need surgery on or is it…?
A: I don't think so. I hope not. That would set me back some more, I hope not. I'm pretty sure it's nothing that needs surgery on, it just needs rest. I've been rehabbing it 24/7, even at home, so hopefully it can get better before the season's over with.
Safety Antrel Rolle
Q: What do you see when you see San Diego on tape?
A: A great offensive football team. Despite their record, I think they have a lot of multiple weapons, obviously Philip Rivers and his mechanics as a quarterback. I think he has a very good and fast release. I think he's very quick with his decision making and like I said, they have a lot of weapons. They have a lot of multiple weapons, guys in the backfield, tight ends, receivers. I think they have a triple threat all the way around.
Q: The game Justin Tuck had last week, the four sacks, what did you think of that?
A: I think it was phenomenal. I think it was something that we needed here. I think it was something that Justin Tuck needed, as far as his career, and it just lets us and him know that he's still got it. He's still got it and all it takes is a little bit more effort, a little bit more push, a little more drive, a little bit more motivation, and he's been so close all year long. Just Justin has been having those games and it's all about that timing. Just that one split second and he was able to capitalize on that. Like I said, it was a huge momentum boost for this team and we definitely congratulate him and being the NFC Defensive Player of the Week, we're looking forward to keep going. We're looking forward to keeping consistent.
Q: Was there ever any doubt that he is the same player as 3-4 years ago?
A: No, I never doubt any of my teammates. Like I said, I've known Tuck from coming out of high school so I know what he's capable of. Things are going to be a little different when you have nagging injuries. This is really the guy that I've seen since I was over in Brazil watching him play the Super Bowl. The guy I've seen played tons of great football here. It doesn't surprise me that he comes out and has a four-sack game. He's been working extremely hard all year long and it finally just paid off for him.
Q: Rivers, his stats are very clean this year. Is it because he is executing much cleaner?
A: Their offense is different. They have done some things differently with their offense and also his decision making is a lot more crisp this year. He's not taking too many chances. He's very decisive with what he wants to do with the football.
DE Justin Tuck
Q: You've played the run extremely well this season from the beginning of the year. Maybe it goes unnoticed outside of the locker room and then you have a game with four sacks and now it seems like you're the old Justin Tuck. Is it funny how perception, when you do one thing well you don't really get the same kind of notoriety?
A: You said it, I didn't. Yeah, that's why I tell you it doesn't matter what people say as long as these 53 understand that every day we go out there and we try our best and leave it out on the football field. Wherever it ends up, it ends up. That's one thing I can always say, I don't really have any regrets about how I've played, I know I go out there and try my best. Some days they fall into place like Sunday night and sometimes you can have great rushes and they don't show up on the stat sheet. It is what it is.
Q: Is it any harder to see a team that you play once every four years?
A: Yeah, I think so. You don't know this team, you can watch them on film but…Dallas, Philly or Washington, we play twice a year so you know how they like to play you and how they adjust to certain things that you do. This team doesn't, so obviously we have to do a great job of studying, being in that film room and on those iPads a lot to kind of familiarize ourselves with what they do and how they're going to try to combat some of the things that we do.
Q: You personally have had a lot of other big games in much bigger settings but did this mean anything to you to do what you did Sunday? Was it a special day for you?
A: Honestly, it means we got a win. That's how I'm looking at it. Honestly, it wouldn't have meant anything to me if we had lost that football game. With the win you can kind of feel good about the performance but also understand that the only reason why I was able to get sacks was because 10 other guys were doing their job on the football field. Obviously, the NFC Player of the Week is (me), but I can give credit to my entire defense. The coverage was there, guys were pushing the pocket and you just happen to fall in, it happened that I was the one to get the sacks.
Q: How would you put it in words what Beason has done here?
A: I don't know if I can. I think he's been a godsend for us. 17 tackles or 18, however many he had Sunday night, he's done that since he got here. They kind of threw him in the fire the first week in Chicago and he's been that energizer bunny for our defense from the start. We're very lucky to have him.