Is BlackBerry Ltd Now A Software Company?
BlackBerry CEO John Chen shared his vision of the company as a software firm years ago, but at one point does one consider the transition to be over? Apparently some believe it is complete and that BlackBerry has successfully transformed from being a smartphone-focused company into one focused on software. Despite this, much of Wall Street's focus is still on the smartphone business.
What's there to like about BlackBerry?
Seeking Alpha contributor Anchorite argued in a post on Thursday that BlackBerry is actually in the security software business rather than the hardware business, also noting that QNX isn't truly a security offering but rather an operating system that is designed to be secure. The crux of the author's argument is that the stock is one to watch but not yet buy as there are both good and bad things about it right now.
For example, depending on how BlackBerry is valued, it can look a little expensive. Using the price to sales ratio, the company comes in at a multiple of six times, which makes it expensive compared to the 3.8 multiple Symantec has. After adjusting BlackBerry's ratio by subtracting the tangible book value in order to reflect the net equity, however, the writer notes that BlackBerry becomes the cheapest of the two, especially since Symantec's doesn't change with this adjustment.
The writer explains that the reason is because Symantec has acquired multiple companies at big premiums to their tangible book value, which has resulted in a sizable amount of intangible assets on its balance sheet.
Another good thing about BlackBerry is the fact that it has a solid cash position, especially when compared to its peers in the security software business. Even after subtracting long-term debt, the company beats out Symantec, Fortinet, Imperva and FireEye.
The company also has an attractive patent portfolio, which once was a key focus of Wall Street as analysts considered whether a sale of BlackBerry's intellectual property was needed to save it. The Canadian firm has about 38,000 patents, which is far more than the number of patents held by the peers it is compared to by the Seeking Alpha contributor. According to Anchorite, the next closes one of the four peers is Symantec with 3,000 patents.
Will BlackBerry become an acquisition target?
The writer then considered what BlackBerry might be worth if a suitor would make an offer. After comparing the various numbers, he suggests that BlackBerry is undervalued by about 50% but adds that the company wouldn't be worth $20 per share in an acquisition. The main reason is because the company isn't only security software as it also has the hardware business Wall Street would love to see it shut down. As a result, he explains that it's just too hard to slap a value on BlackBerry right now.
Overall, he sees the company as having some good qualities, specifically in terms of its value as a security software and services company and its cash position. However, the writer also notes that the legacy handset business is still a weight around BlackBerry's neck. Additionally, he thinks BlackBerry would only be a compelling acquisition target if its price drops to $6 per share.
So has BlackBerry successfully completed the transition to being a software-focused company? Chen's seeming inability to give up on the hardware business suggests that he's not really ready to let go of it despite his comments that they want to be a software business. The idea is probably that hardware will support the software, but Wall Street might never see BlackBerry as a software business while there are still BlackBerry phones for sale.
BlackBerry shares closed down 0.13% at $7.97 on Friday at the NASDAQ.


Waters Corporation. (10/24/11). "Press Release: Waters Recognizes the Dr. Ganesh Anand Laboratory at the National University of Singapore as Center of Innovation". Milford, MA & Singapore.
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today welcomed Dr. Ganesh Anand's laboratory at the National University of Singapore (NUS) into its Centers of Innovation Program, making it the first such Center in Asia. With this designation, Waters honors Assistant Professor Ganesh Anand and his colleagues at the Department of Biological Sciences at NUS for research into protein-protein, protein-ligand, and protein-nucleic acid interactions.
"As a young scientist, and someone who very early on could see the enormous potential of amide H/D exchange mass spectrometry, Dr. Anand's expert knowledge of the technology and how to apply it is truly innovative," said Tim Riley, PhD, Vice President of Strategic Innovation, Waters Division and Program Director of Waters® Centers of Innovation Program. "His ability to grasp the complexities of science and apply leading-edge technologies makes him a stand-out in the field of life science. It gives me great pleasure to recognize Dr. Anand and support his laboratory's ongoing research through our Centers of Innovation Program."
Dr. Anand is one of very few young experts in the field of amide H/D exchange mass spectrometry (MS) and has been working in the field since 1999, first as a graduate student, then as a postdoctoral fellow and subsequently as Assistant Professor at NUS. He has authored numerous research publications on this topic.
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Dr. Anand is one of thirteen researchers recognized as a Waters Center of Innovation. Others include Prof. Jeremy Nicholson, Imperial College London; Prof. John Engen, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.; Prof. James Scrivens, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Prof. David Cowan of Kings College London; Prof. Arthur Moseley of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Prof. Julie Leary of the University of California - Davis; and Prof. Albert J. Fornace, Jr., Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, D.C.; Prof. Marcos Eberlin, University of Campinas, Brazil; Joseph Dalluge, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota; Dr. Chang Hsu, Future Fuels Institute, Tallahassee, Florida; Dr. Konstantinos Petritis, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona; and Prof. Vladimir Shulaev, University of North Texas Department of Biological Sciences, Denton, Texas.
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New Mexico has low rate for mailing back census forms
Written by silvercitydailypress on April 6, 2010
SANTA FE, N. M. ( AP) — About half of New Mexico's households have returned their census forms by mail, ranking the state among the lowest in the nation for participation in the once- a- decade population count.
The U. S. Census Bureau on Monday reported a 51 percent mail- in participation rate for New Mexico. Only Alaska was lower, at 48 percent. The national rate was 60 percent.
Census spokeswoman Veronica Reyes in Albuquerque said it's unclear why New Mexicans are lagging behind the rest of the nation.
However, New Mexico had a low mail participation rate in the 2000 Census — 65 percent compared with 72 percent forthe nation.
Participation in the censusamong Hispanics traditionally has been lower than other racial and ethnic groups. About 69 percent of Hispanic households returned their census forms by mail in 2000, compared with 79 percent for non- Hispanics, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
Hispanics account for about 45 percent of New Mexico's population — the largestpercentage of any state.
The Census Bureau will accept forms through the mail for much of this month. Census workers will start next month visiting households that failed to mail back their forms.
The federal agency encourages people to returntheir forms by mail because it's less costly than using census takers to collect information.
Reyes said taxpayers will save an estimated $ 85 million for every percentage point increase in the nationwide mail participation rate.
A high mail- in participation rate can help improve the accuracy of the census, according to Reyes.
The population count is important to New Mexico and other states because it's used to distribute billions of dollars in federal aid, apportion seats in the U. S. House of Representatives and draw boundaries of congressional, legislative and other elective offi ce districts.

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12 very decorative, distinguished underplates by Schönwald in good condition with minimal signs of wear on the gold edge. The series Rondo stopped production 10 years ago and was first produced in 1986/7.
A plate weighs approx. 102 g which means the total without packaging is approx. 1.3 kg. For shipping elaborate and secure packaging is required.
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E' stato un piacere fare affari con lui. Ottimo venditore !


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Indian Administrative Services (IAS) exam, conducted by Union Public Service Commission is an exam that requires great effort to clear. IAS Aspirants have to work round the year or at least few months in advance to be exam ready. In such instances, the UPSC IAS Exam Pattern is the best resource to help. It gives you a complete understanding of the IAS Exam with the different stages of the exam, the topics included in the exam along with the number of marks under each section. With this you get an idea to prepare yourself for every stage. Therefore, without wasting anytime, go through it right away.
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WWE Royal Rumble Kickoff Show live review: Bobby Roode's open challenge match for the U.S. Championship, The Revival vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, Kalisto, Lince Dorado, Gran Metalik vs. TJP, Jack Gallagher, and Drew Gulak
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WWE Royal Rumble 2018 Kickoff Show
Aired live January 28, 2018 on WWE Network and social media
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Wells Fargo Center
-The Kickoff Show was hosted by Renee Young, was joined by the panel of Jerry Lawler, David Otunga, and Peter Rosenberg. They hosted the show from their usual spot on the arena floor. Sam Roberts has the man with the fans role again.
-Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were shown backstage. They will answer the absolute worst of the questions submitted by fans in the social media lounge later in the show.
-A video package aired on the women's Royal Rumble match.
-Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss joined the panel. Renee Young noted that the winner of the Rumble matches will be able to challenge the champions of their choosing at WrestleMania. Bliss picked Nia Jax to win the Rumble. Bliss said whoever wins will have the pleasure of losing to her at WrestleMania.
-Backstage, Jason Jordan was telling Seth Rollins that Kurt Angle knew what he was doing when he put them together. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin entered the room. Gable told Jordan he never knew he was such a daddy's boy. Gable laughed and then he and Jordan hugged. Rollins left the room. Jordan introduced himself to Benjamin and noted that he and Gable were so good that they were going to call them the World's Greatest Tag Team. Benjamin took offense. Gable stepped in and said that was before Jordan dumped him for his singles career on Raw. Gable asked how his singles career was going and said he still can't make it on his own. Jordan pointed to his title belt and said it seemed to be going better for him than it was for Gable. Jordan wished Gable well with the Usos and then left the room. "That was your partner?" Benjamin asked. Gable responded by asking, "Can you believe that?"…
-The panel spoke and noted that it was Sheamus's 40th birthday.
-A video package aired with Jim Duggan looking back on winning the first Royal Rumble match.
-Bayley delivered a selfie style promo in which she praised the fans for being the reason there's a women's Royal Rumble. She said she wants to be the first women's winner and point at the WrestleMania sign.
1. Kalisto, Lince Dorado, and Gran Metalik vs. Jack Gallagher, TJP, and Drew Gulak. Vic Joseph and Byron Saxton were on commentary for the match. There were plenty of open seats even opposite the hard camera as the match got underway. The masked babyface trio gathered together in one corner and performed a triple moonsault onto the heels at ringside. An impressive spot heading into a commercial. [C]
Dorado performed a nice double springboard stunner on two opponents. TJP rolled up Kalisto and held his tights for a two count. Kalisto came right back with the Salida del Sol for the win. TJP bickered with his teammates afterward and shoved them both, but the cameras cut away quickly…
Kalisto, Lince Dorado, and Gran Metalik beat Jack Gallagher, TJP, and Drew Gulak in 13:20.
Charlotte joined the panel and bumped Jerry Lawler. Charlotte said she wished she could be in the women's Rumble match. She said she'd like to win and then challenge Bliss for her title and then win both titles at WrestleMania. She indicated that she will be sitting at ringside during the women's Rumble match. She was asked who she would like to see win. She mentioned Becky Lynch, Nikki Bella, and Sasha Banks. She noted that Lynch knows all of her strengths and weaknesses. Charlotte said there's no one she wouldn't want to face. She said she wished she could be the first entrant and would win the match. She said she wants to break Asuka's winning streak. Rosenberg noted that the match is a possibility now that the winner can challenge for the title of their choosing…
Classic footage aired of Ric Flair winning the great 1993 Royal Rumble… A Royal Rumble numbers video aired…
Powell's POV: The build to the Royal Rumble on Raw and Smackdown left so much to be desired this year. Fortunately, these video packages and now the Rumble numbers video are starting to sell the Rumble matches properly.
Owens and Zayn checked in from their locker room (not the social media lounge). They mocked a fan for using "u" rather than writing "you" and another fan for misspelling Zayn's last name. Young fed them bad questions. Owens and Zayn mocked Rosenberg and everything else. Owens said KO Mania would begin with him and Zayn becoming co-champions. Both men answered a question in French.
A Rumble flashback focussed on Shawn Michaels winning the match in 1995.
2. "The Revival" Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Booker T called the match from ringside. JoJo was the ring announcer. Cole noted that 17,629 fans were expected to attend. The venue looked much fuller than it did during the opening match. Gallows and Anderson were getting the better of the match and The Revival regrouped at ringside heading into a break. [C]
The Revival targeted the left knee of Anderson. Gallows tagged in and worked over Wilder. Anderson tagged in and they set up for their finisher, but Dawson broke it up. In the end, Wilder chop blocked the bad leg of Anderson, and then Dawson pinned Anderson…
The Revival defeated Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson in 9:15.
-JBL replaced Jerry Lawler as a panelist for the second hour of the show. The hosts delivered some Rumble hype and also noted that next month's Elimination Chamber event will be a Raw exclusive show…
-Young set up a video package on the great NXT Takeover: Philadelphia sow from the night before (check out John Moore's full review of this event here.
-Rusev and Aiden English checked in from backstage. English hyped it was the Rusev Rumble and noted that it's Rusev Day.
-Alundra Blayze (a/k/a Madusa) joined the panel. She said every era of women's wrestling meant something. She said she would have loved to have had a Royal Rumble back in her day. JBL praised her as a pioneer. Blayze said she feels a sense of pride, but she also credited the women who came before and after her. She said she'd like to be in the match herself. She said she'd like to beat Asuka's ass. The rest of the panel got worked up and she was apologetic. Blayze was asked for a winner. She was amazed by the winner getting to pick who they wrestle at WrestleMania. JBL kept pushing her to predict a winner. She mentioned Nia Jax and then hesitated. "WrestleMania is going to come around before you pick a winner for the Royal Rumble," JBL said. She still didn't answer. She eventually said she's a big fan of Nia Jax.
Powell's POV: Wow, that was a train wreck. It seemed like JBL was trying to direct traffic, but Blayze just refused to take the hint to the point that it became a ridiculous and fun segment. By the way, there's a story on the main page noting that Alicia Fox is out of the Royal Rumble and the Mixed Match Challenge due to injury. WWE has not identified the nature of the injury. Goldust gets to choose a new partner for the MMC.
-Sam Roberts checked in from the crowd and set up a video package on the WWE Universal Championship match. The panel discussed the match. David Otunga questioned whether there would be any alliances within the match. Young noted that the U.S. Title match was coming up shortly…
-A Rumble flashback showed Steve Austin winning in 1998 as Mike Tyson watched "Cold Stone" from a luxury box.
-Bobby Roode made his entrance and cut a brief promo about going from 30 to one in the Rumble and going from eight to one in the U.S. Title tournament. Roode announced that the U.S. open challenge begins now. Mojo Rawley made his entrance…
3. Bobby Roode vs. Mojo Rawley in an open challenge for the U.S. Championship. Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, and Byron Saxton were on commentary for the match. They took an early commercial break while Mojo was on the offensive. [C] Roode came back and went for his finisher, but Rawley powered out and ended up getting a two count. Roode came back and won with the Glorious DDT…
Bobby Roode beat Mojo Rawley in 7:45 to retain the U.S. Championship.
Powell's POV: Imagine the heat in Philly if Mojo's buddy Rob Gronkowski had shown up for this Rawley match. Instead, the crowd seemed more let down by Rawley being the mystery person than anything. Here's hoping that's not an ongoing trend tonight. I know more than typed that and…
-Rosenberg said something about how it was a great indicator of the type of night it was going to be.
-The next Rumble flashback was John Cena winning in 2008 when he was the surprise 30th entrant.
-Ric Flair joined the panel and said he's always happy to be with the company. He said it was a big week for him having also appeared at Raw 25. Flair spoke about his 1993 win. Flair recalled saying "with a tear in my eye" and said sorry to the boys in Atlanta but he was in the big time. Flair addressed the Universal Championship match and said he doesn't wish Brock Lesnar on anybody. Flair picked Lesnar to win the match. Flair also spoke about being a big fan of AJ Styles and said the guy in the best condition will win that match. He called Styles the current version of Shawn Michaels. "He's that good," Flair said. He also talked up the Smackdown Tag Title match. Meanwhile, the crowd was counting down Rumble style whenever the clock would count down to a new minute. Flair cracked that it was Royal Rumble night and he was in Philly, but he couldn't drink.
-The panel ran through the lineup and delivered a little final hype including Flair putting over Philadelphia.
Join me in a separate story on the main page for live coverage of the WWE Royal Rumble event.
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Late To The Game – Deus Ex
Published on June 16, 2016 by Matthew Nemeth
By Robert Yocum
Robert Yocum is a long term nerd who is currently channeling his love of video games in to the written word. While signed up for Facebook and Twitter, he is not very active on either of them because he is old. Not old in terms of human history, just relative to internet and internet culture.
Late to the game is a series where he plays and reviews games that were previously released and for whatever reason, he was not able to play them at the time of release.
Late to the Game: Deus Ex Human Revolution
Deus Ex, Human revolution, was developed by Eidos Montreal and was published by Square Enix in 2011. Human Revolution is the 3rd game to be released in the Deus Ex franchise. The first game, Deus Ex, was developed by Ion Storm and published in 2000 by Eidos Interactive. The second game, Deus Ex: Invisible War was released in 2003 by the same developer and publisher as the first game. While I remember the release of all 3 games, I never really had the chance to play either of the previous versions of the game. So in terms of story and history I am going in cold, which oddly enough works since the game is a prequel to the first two games. I remember when both of the games came out; I remember the games being heralded for both story and game play, so I was looking forward to starting this game.
Deus Ex is derived from Deus Ex Machina, which is a Latin calque from a Greek phrase ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēkhanês theós), which has the meaning "God from the Machine." In literary terms, it is when a situational problem, which seems to have no resolution, is abruptly and suddenly solved by the unexpected intervention of some contrived new event, character, ability, or object.(1) Probably the best known modern example of this is the campy 60's T.V. series Batman, staring Adam West and Burt Ward. Most episode cliffhangers would find the Dynamic Duo in an overly elaborate death trap, when some random object or action would allow them to escape unharmed.
The game itself lends itself to the side of being more literal to the machine aspect then any kind of literary device. The story begins with human mechanical augmentation, I.E. the replacement of missing or defective human body parts with mechanical counterparts, having just started to enter the mainstream. You play the role of Adam Jensen, who is an ex SWAT office now working for Sarif Industries as a security consultant in Detroit. The first thing I noticed about the game was the voice acting of the main character, in that it was quite unbearable. It's not bad, if you would compare it to a high school drama club production, but it makes long for a silent protagonist. The voice acting sounds like someone who has a cold pretending to be Batman. It's gruff and gritty for the sake of being gruff and gritty. I wound up turning on subtitles and putting the TV on mute just to ignore it. Outside of that the game is your pretty standard mix of first person shooting, stealth mechanics, computer hacking interactions, and character interactions.
Normally when you mix too many elements into a game it can muddle up the game play experience. For the most part, however, it does work. The stealth elements are not just there for the sake of it. Most of the game can be played without combat. In fact, there is an achievement, for the Xbox 360 version at least, to beat the game without killing anyone. Boss fights are excluded from that.
It's where the augmentations come in that the game becomes interesting. One of the first augmentations that I picked up was the "Social Enhancer Augmentation." This perk let you read the personality traits of the NPC you were interacting with, and vastly expanded both the conversation tree and optional ways to resolve a situation. For those players who want to play a stealth run there is the Wayfinder Radar System, which expands the radar to include the cone of vision that enemies and security cameras have. The rest of the augmentations follow your standard RPG skill set. You can get better armor, more health, improved hacking, and things like that.
The game itself runs smoothly, which is impressive considering it's a game on a previous generation hardware, which was itself adapted from a different platform, and is running as a backwards compatible emulation on my Xbox One. The graphics are good and there are no real noticeable glitches, hangs, or other kind of bugs.
However, I do find that the stealth elements while certainly a viable option, is designed to slow the game down far much for my tastes. You have a limited number of stealth takedowns. The last counter recharges, but only the last one. So if you are in an area with multiple enemies and you want to progress without active combat you have to: isolate one enemy, take them down, hide their unconscious form so others don't revive them, wait for your last counter to recharge if you are not at a full counter, wait for the next NPC to get into position, and repeat the process.
Ultimately, I think this is a good game, but not one I will continue playing for any long term. The pacing is a bit off centered for my tastes. If you decide to go full stealth the game is really slow. You can wait upwards of five minutes for the NPC's to get into a position where you would be able to move forward. If you go full combat, there tends to be more enemies in the way then bullets you can bring to the fight. I could never find the right balance of both combat and stealth.
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Anorak News | Strictly Come Dancing: Arlene Phillips Naked And Alesha Dixon Shot
Strictly Come Dancing: Arlene Phillips Naked And Alesha Dixon Shot
by Anorak | 23rd, September 2009
STRICTLY Come Dancing: It's the row the media are itching to call Arlene-gate and many viewers are calling dull – will Alesha Dixon find her own way to hold a card with a number from 1 to 10 written on?
S&M Come Dancing
Daily Mirror (front page): "STRICCTLY GAGGED- Exclusive: Clamp over Arlene"
And now appearing in the fetish Gimp dance, motor-mouthed point scorer extraordinaire Arlene Philips….
Arlene Phillips Is Dead
"Strictly-ites, who happily scoffed as Arlene stumbled clumsily over her painfully scripted flights of alliteration, suddenly insist they miss her more fervently than their deceased relatives." – Vanessa Feltz
Arm Done
So no comment on Arlene Phillips, as the BBC directive commands. And as Alesha Dixon tells the Radio Times, the BBC's TV schedules organ:
"Maybe people wanted to start a catfight. But I didn't see it as an argument between Arlene and me. We were just caught in the middle. I haven't even spoken to her about it. Why would I? Was I wounded by some of the comments? Sure. Some of them were very stereotypical and judgmental."
Arms off the table when you're talking, Alesha. Arms. Arms. Arms.
"When I read that I only won in 2007 because I was half-naked, I did take that seriously. That's not someone offering a considered opinion, that's someone being a bitch."
For sure: a considered opinion on a reality-TV show dance contest that isn't a real contest is dull; bitchiness is entertaining.
Wattle. Wattle. Bingo Wings!
ARLENE PHILLIPS acted with dignity when she spoke out in support of ALESHA DIXON – the half-her-age singer who replaced her as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing.
But here's betting that in the privacy of her own home she danced naked through her living room while shouting 'whoop whoop' and punching the air – Martel Maxwell, The Sun
They Shoot Horses
The Sun (front page): "Dance show stretched to 2hrs 15 minutes – Strictlt bum-numbing"
Strictly – hosted by Bruce Forsyth – will run from 7pm to 9.15pm to feature dances by 14 couples in its third-round show. The X Factor starts at 8pm and finishes at the same time.
Last man still watching wins.
Alesha Dixon The Metaphor
YESTERDAY London traders were not downbeat at the prospect of a Lib Dem mansion tax on their docklands pads. No, the assumption that the party will ever get to power in any real sense is an oxymoron but talk of a so-called Tobin tax could be more vexing. Nobel prize-winning economist James Tobin first proposed a tax on currency trading as far back as 1972. The idea, like Alesha Dixon on Strictly Come Dancing, was received with mixed reviews and it was not until the dying decade of last century that a think-tank proffered the suggestion that such a tax could apply to all financial transactions – Tim Jenkins, Western Mail
Your Scores, Puh-leeeeze
ALESHA Dixon-bashing shows no signs of abating, with a staggering 900 viewers complaining about the poor old former Mis-teeq singer's turn on Strictly Come Dancing – Sun
Strictly Come Dancing is already under fire, with nearly 5,000 fans complaining about 66-year-old judge Arlene Phillips being replaced by Alesha Dixon, 30 – Star
What would Alesha have done if her pop career hadn't worked out? Well, she'd have probably been a PE teacher. "I was really good at sports and pretty bossy – the perfect combination. I even did a diploma in sports studies," she admits. – DS
The Criticism Writes Itself
How I longed to hear her brisk verdict on Kristina Rihanoff and the human wardrobe that is Joe Calzaghe. Joe is a gorgeous bloke and a great boxer, but he is to dancing what David Miliband is to romantic comedy. Kristina, the Siberian siren, was doing everything she could to loosen Joe up, short of making him a father on the spot. Alas, it was still like moving bits of heavy machinery. Alesha's verdict on the couple was: 'You was smelling her hair. It looked like you were smelling her hair at one point.'
Pitiful. I felt embarrassed for her.
Briefed by her BBC minders, Alesha dismisses the criticism against her as 'a storm in a teacup'. Some teacup. She's going to be in hot water for a while yet – Allison Pearson
Alesha Dixon Is this Year's John Sergeant
There's some bloke off EastEnders; a muscle-bound behemoth from Crimewatch, the Oxo Mum, a couple of soap actresses, some sporting has-beens, and… oh, I can't be bothered to go on. There's no John Sergeant to care about, no Cherie Lunghi to root for, no Austin Healey to lust after. Where are the personalities? Where is the glamour? The sex appeal? Where is the talent – even if it's the talent to fail magnificently? – Liz Hunt, Telegraph
Where is the talent…eh?
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DUP MP for South Antrim Willie McCrea has been challenged to set out in detail the extent and nature of his relationship with the notorious leader of a loyalist murder gang.
The call by Sinn Féin MLA Mitchel McLaughlin call comes after it was revealed at the Wright Inquiry this week that McCrea held meetings with the then UVF leader in 1991 and 1992 at the height of Wright's sectarian murder campaign in Mid-Ulster.
The Wright inquiry is investigating whether there was any form of collusion by state agencies in the killing of the founder of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) a breakaway from the UVF.
During the period that McCrea was MP for Mid-Ulster, Billy Wright's UVF death squad was involved in the sickening sectarian murders in 1991 at a mobile shop in Craigavon of 16-year-old Catriona Rennie, 19-year-old Eileen Duffy and local man Brian Frizzell as well as the murders of 63-year-old Charlie Fox and his wife Teresa at their home near Moy, County Armagh in 1992.
On Monday at a hearing of the Inquiry in Banbridge, McCrea claimed that just weeks before Billy Wright was killed at Long Kesh by the INLA, he had been tipped off by an anonymous source that both he and Wright would be targeted.
"At the height of the Drumcree crisis and following the murder of Catholic taxi driver, Michael McGoldrick, Wright was expelled from the UVF and went on to form the LVF. Shortly after his expulsion from the UVF Willie McCrea very publicly appeared alongside him at a support rally in Portadown. At that time Mr McCrea claimed that his actions were merely showing support for someone living under threat".
"It has now emerged at the Billy Wright inquiry that far from being the first encounter between Billy Wright and Willie McCrea, the MP was actually holding meetings with the then UVF leader in 1991 and 1992. This despite Wright making little effort to disguise his role as a loyalist murder gang leader in Mr McCrea's then constituency of Mid-Ulster. Mr McCrea needs to explain these revelations considering that Billy Wright was directing a murder campaign against Catholic constituents of Mid-Ulster while Willie McCrea was their constituency MP.
"This revelation will cause deep anger amongst the victims of Billy Wright's murder squad. At best McCrea is guilty of gross hypocrisy. Willie McCrea now must set out in detail the extent and nature of his relationship with Wright and what he knew, if anything, about Mr Wright's activities during this period', McLaughlin said.


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Ruby Weber of Sacramento California is a 5'1", 100-pound woman of 77. Having had her share of hard knocks, they've resulted in a brand of perseverance and quiet strength that makes her downright unforgettable; her story, the stuff of legend.
Having lost track of her siblings and parents years before, at 13, when walking with a friend to her foster home after school, fate stepped in. "A car full of boys stopped to check us out," Ruby explained. One of them was Ruby's older brother. From that encounter, she eventually found all of her siblings nearby in the Seattle area. Her parents had divorced and re-partnered and surprisingly, Ruby's mother was pregnant. The reunion wasn't what Ruby had hoped. She realized that by some grace she'd moved beyond the unfortunate place her family still seemed stuck.
Though she'd later get her GED, while still very young and with only an 8th grade education, employment was limited. Ruby knew how to care for others and that lead to jobs babysitting, sometimes live-in positions. The foster system stopped looking for Ruby and in 1957 she tagged along with a friend to Sacramento. There, still watching children for a living, she would meet Jim "Mother" Miles, who'd become her husband and father of her son James (RIP) and daughter Sibrina. Miles founded a motorcycle club, Hell Bent for Glory, before being invited by Sonny Barger to disband and join the Hells Angels in Oakland. There was enormous law enforcement resistance to HA in the Sacramento Valley, but Miles was instrumental in establishing a presence of the Angels there.
Ruby speaks fondly of Miles: "He was a good father, kind and gentle, laid back," but not one to hold a job. Though done with the relationship in '64, their friendship continued, she and the kids often spending the weekend with Miles and his girlfriend in their home so the kids and he could be together.
Sonny Barger was one of the pallbearers.
Ruby wasn't looking for a relationship when she met her second husband Dan, a non-rider, with a marriage lasting 13 years. In 1977 she married fellow rider Don Weber, who she calls "Weber" and in '89 they moved to a shy two acres adjacent the Auburn Boulevard off-ramp in Sacramento. Until a few years ago the well-groomed parcel provided paddock for beloved horses.


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Les pottos forment un genre (Perodicticus) de primates strepsirrhiniens de la famille des Lorisidae.

Liste d'espèces
D'après l'ouvrage Handbook of the Mammals of the World en 2013, le genre comprend trois espèces :
 Perodicticus potto Müller, 1766 — Potto de Bosman ;
 Perodicticus edwardsi Bouvier, 1879 (ou P. faustus Thomas, 1910) —  ;
 Perodicticus ibeanus Thomas, 1910 — .

Ces deux dernières espèces sont parfois considérées comme des sous-espèces (Perodicticus potto edwardsi et Perodicticus potto ibeanus) de l'unique espèce Perodicticus potto, avec une autre sous-espèce nommée Perodicticus potto stockleyi.

La création du genre Pseudopotto a été proposée en 1996 à partir de deux squelettes, précédemment identifiés comme Perodicticus, en raison de leurs caractéristiques morphologiques très différentes. La place de ce « Faux Potto » fait débat, mais il semblerait qu'une meilleure compréhension des variations au sein des pottos soit nécessaire avant de cautionner la création d'un nouveau genre.

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Liens externes

Lorisidae
Genre de primates (nom scientifique)

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Local Officials Call for Removal of Confederate Memorials After Charlottesville Violence
By Benjamin Hart@realaxelfoley
Clockwise from top left: Roger Taney in Baltimore; Nathan Bedford Forrest in Memphis; Albert Pike in Washington, D.C.; and Wade Hampton in Columbia, South Carolina. Photo: Ron Cogswell (Taney & Hampton); Rob Shenk (Bedford); DB King (Pike)/CC/Flickr
In the aftermath of the deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, local politicians in many cities and states issued calls to remove or destroy Confederate statues and memorials from public land.
The "Unite the Right" group that held Saturday's rally was to meet at a soon-to-be-removed statue of Robert E. Lee on Saturday, but street violence and chaos erupted before the official event took place.
The long-standing debate over Civil War iconography around the United States — primarily in the South — has taken renewed urgency in the last several years amid several high-profile police shootings, the rise of movements like Black Lives Matter in response, and white-supremacist acts of violence like Dylann Roof's slaughter at a South Carolina church. But it has become perhaps even more charged since the election of President Trump, which emboldened white nationalists who see the removal of such iconography as an existential threat.
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of such markers all over the country, many constructed decades after the Civil War by neo-Confederates. Their removal often faces fierce local opposition.
Nonetheless, politicians and citizens pressed ahead to hasten their removal. Below, a rundown of notable developments on this front post-Charlottesville:
- On Saturday afternoon the mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, said he would accelerate the planned removal of statues of John C. Breckinridge, a U.S. vice-president and Confederate Secretary of War, and John Hunt Morgan, and another Confederate general. In a statement, he wrote that "the tragic events in Charlottesville today have accelerated the announcement I intended to make next week."
- Jacksonville, FL City Council president Anna Lopez Brosche announced in a statement that she would prepare a plan to move all Confederate memorials off public property. She cited Charlottesville and wrote, "It is important to never forget the history of our great city; and, these monuments, memorials, and markers represent a time in our history that caused pain to so many."
- The mayor of Baltimore, MD said she'd go ahead with the removal of Confederate statues from the city, and contacted contractors about beginning work. The Baltimore City Council unanimously endorsed her plan.
- Maryland's House Speaker said the statue of Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney, who handed down the Dred Scott decision, should be removed from the state house.
- Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous called for Baltimore's statue of Taney to be melted down.
Ben Jealous is calling for Baltimore's Roger Taney statue to be melted down. He wants the metal used to create a Frederick Douglass memorial pic.twitter.com/8SzJpsh4Rj
— Talia Richman (@TaliRichman) August 14, 2017
- The city of Memphis, TN announced it would sue the state of Tennessee in an effort to get Confederate statues removed.
- A 113-year-old Confederate statue was removed from Gainesville, FL:
6. Workers in Gainesville, Florida, remove Confederate statue https://t.co/BaVnY3Pru9
— ryan teague beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) August 14, 2017
- Protesters gathered around one of Washington, D.C.'s many Confederate statues, this one of General Albert E. Pike:
Chants of "tear it down" in front of statue of Confederate general Albert Pike in D.C. pic.twitter.com/Zh5mcrTqRx
— Nick Wing (@nickpwing) August 14, 2017
- Protesters massed in Nashville, TN to call for the removal of a bust of Confederate hero Nathan Bedford Forrest:
Rally at the Nashville capital to take down the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust. pic.twitter.com/uQOpVQpuIG
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) August 14, 2017
But at least one public official was unmoved, and said so. Henry McMaster, governor of South Carolina, condemned the violence in Charlottesville but said, "We have been over these issues over the years. I think our people are different." The South Carolina legislature voted to remove the Confederate flag that flew outside the grounds of the capitol in the wake of the Roof killings in 2015.
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A major winter storm has been rolling across a 2,000-mile stretch of the Lower 48, causing travel disruptions and dangerous driving conditions. After dumping up to a foot of snow across the Upper Midwest and Corn Belt on Friday and slipping into the Mid-South on Saturday, the Eastern Seaboard is next in line for a wintry mix along the coast and plowable snowfall inland.
More than 80 million people are under winter weather alerts Sunday, from Mississippi to Maine. Snow and ice are affecting southern areas unaccustomed to such weather, including northern parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, as well as the interior Carolinas. Winter storm warnings are in effect along the Appalachians, where a broad 5 to 10 inches of snow is possible. Closer to the Interstate 95 corridor, winter weather advisories are more common, because of the threat of mixing, which would reduce snowfall totals.
A powerful, messy winter storm is charging up the East Coast
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I'm part of the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. By 2050, Latinos will account for 25% of the U.S. population. These rising numbers keep most politicians scratching their heads on how to handle immigration issues wishing there was an easy way out for them of course. In my opinion, they only help to dig the deep-roots of discrimination, all while still gaining followers. Others don't even care about throwing around damaging lies, fueling the violent media machine of prejudice against foreigners who wish to live in this country.
This invisible preconception precludes the common stereotypes many Latinos feel offended by; the feisty Latina, loud, spicy, or gang members, "the machista", and the ones who do the job a gringo doesn't want to take. I've come to embrace the funny side of many of these stereotypes. I feel proud of the traditions, ethics, language, and family values that give us Latinos, a strong sense of identity.
Since my arrival in the free world, one of my visions was to work and help many of the Latinos who suffer from stigma and discrimination. Labels don't offend me, but they're the antithesis of the vast Hispanic culture. This vision of mine has widened in the last 2 years, most specifically, in the mental health field, in part because of my personal experience with mental illness and the consequent stigma from my family and friends. I do not blame them at all; it's part of poor communication and those typical stereotypes I mentioned before. However, it is important to understand the prevalence of depression in the Latino. I was raised on the value of self-reliance. It started early in childhood, living with an alcoholic father meant living in constant vigilance. My older sister took charge of the house when my mother had to leave for work. In my heart, I know mother did everything she could to keep us in a safe environment, but it was not possible. We endured many years of domestic violence from my father, and two drug addict uncles. I couldn't understand why it was happening; I'd ask my grandmother why God had punished us this way. Especially her, living with a sense of hopelessness because she didn't know what to do with my uncles, both of them schizophrenics. It is sad to say they never fully recovered from drug use. When I reflect on those painful memories, I also come to an agreement of the lack of resources my family had. Sure my uncles received psychiatric help in Honduras many times, but the lack of staff, medicine, and support groups made it almost impossible to reach any type of recovery or stability. Even today, Latin American countries do not have the necessary mental health resources available, leaving people in the abyss of depression or other mood disorders.
Once I moved to the U.S. this sense of self-reliance grew stronger. I had to think fast, learn the language, find a job, etc…It was hard. Studies have found that between 40-60% of Latinos have limited English proficiency. I was depressed, but I couldn't talk about it with my mother; I didn't want to be a burden. The obstacle of the language barrier has such an effect on getting diagnosis and treatment that it took me years to find the help I needed. Many don't realize the effect language has on an individual coming from a different country, a different culture. This culture shock remains of someone becoming more withdrawn and not able to express emotions, let alone describing mental illness symptoms. The concept of suffering from mental illness within the Latino community can have devastating consequences. My family is extremely religious, meaning their views about depression rely on letting the shame of sin or "demons" take residence inside the mind, the soul, and the will. "Stephanie you are depressed because you won't attend church on Sundays." "All you need to do is pray." "You need to break free from the curse of your uncles in our family." I remember back in 1997, when my mother took all our CDs to the trashcan, she'd monitor what we watch on T.V. and had friends coming over for "spiritual liberation." I was more prone to have dissociative-type experiences, hallucinations, thinking God was talking to me.
There is a big contrast between cultural experiences and personality disorders. For most Latinos, psychiatric illness is due to stress and acculturation, rather than chemical imbalances in the brain. The use of medication heightens the stigma among Latinos; I battled for years for making the decision to give my son medication for ADHD. My family thought I'd taken the easy way out. There is a saying "No se lava la ropa en casa ajena" (One must not wash their dirty clothes in someone else's home). Problems are handled within the family and it shouldn't be discussed outside the home.
In general, immigration status also plays a strong influence on Latino mental health. A high percent of Hispanics do not have insurance, and also; the lack of Spanish-speaking mental health staff makes it difficult to check any effectiveness in treatment. The Hispanic community is taking gigantic steps within the political realm amid harsh criticism, unveiling the destructive label of anti-immigration laws and taking measures of creating sensitive mental health services for Latino immigrants. I believe with more participation, Latinos will break away from old stereotypes and bring new air to a contaminated world.
Stephanie Ortez is a quirky mother of two wonderful boys, addicted to books and coffee. She works with homeschooled students for the George Washington University school online and the International Academy. Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, and generalized anxiety disorder in her mid-twenties, she is an advocate for those with bipolar disorder and member of Stigma Fighters. She also uses writing as therapy on her blog https://stephanieortez.wordpress.com/. She collects glass bottles and enjoys photography as a hobby.
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Thank you for taking the time to discuss this important issue, Stephanie. I'm glad the US is beginning to make some changes, but clearly, we have a long way to go.


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This week marks a new, exciting time in my personal entrepreneurial journey. I've decided to expand my portfolio into mobile iPhone app development and marketing. There's no denying mobile computing IS the future and early adopters ALWAYS profit the most.
I think it was just one of those things like… "If the guys that created Angry Birds could be so successful off of a simple game, surely I could do at least a fraction of what they've done." I love challenges and this is a good one.
Being an experienced internet marketer, I feel I have a grasp on what creates desire, pain, and pleasure for any given market. I'm going to replicate this in a game for the masses just to see what happens.
The interesting thing is, most iPhone apps that are successful are not built by marketers. I thought, imagine if I could team-up with a talented programmer and combine an awesome idea with the marketing skill-set I've acquired over the years. It's a win-win.
It's really to harness my own creativity to help build an app for the masses that's fun, emotional, and goes viral. With such a large market, my short term goal is to create an extra $1,000 per day in passive income. I'm absolutely convinced this can be done in a relatively short amount of time.
The growth of the mobile apps market is staggering and is expected to DOUBLE in the next couple years.
Eventually, I see myself having a handful of iPhone apps selling like hotcakes in the iTunes app store. I'll keep you updated as my journey progresses. My first app is in development as we speak!
Congrats Matt, do you have any plans to build for Android too?
Thanks Jeremy… At the moment, I'm starting with the iPhone. I'm sure my guy will be able to integrate cross-platform later on, though.
How's the app coming along? Interested to see whether it's a 'traditional' health app or a game style health app or something else perhaps ad how you approach its development.
It's going well so far, Trudy. I'm just previewing it for the first time. It's in Alpha at the moment but everything's coming together nicely. I think we'll be ready to launch in a month.


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Q: Zip lists (dict & list) of unequal length to compose API calls There are two functions:

*

*ReadInp() -> Dict[str, str] This reads a csv and returns a dict with a url as key and a payload as the value.

*ReadTUsr() -> List[List[str, str]] This reads a separate csv and returns 'sample users' as a list of lists. Each inner list is an id type and an id value. For instance:

[['uId', 'T1'], ['srId', 'T2'], ['siId', 'T3'], ['siId', 'T4'], ['srId', 'T5']...]
I need to make url calls that join these two values. The url being called will come from the first return value, but it must splice in the sample user from the second list. These lists may not be the same size, and if the second is exhausted before the first it should iterate again over the list until the first is exhausted.
For instance, the resultant calls would be like:
http://localhost:8080/cabApp/callcab?uId=T1
then POST body:
{'location': '', 'ppl': '2', 'text': 'MyCab'}
Or:
http://localhost:8080/cabApp/call3cab?srId=T2 then POST body: {'display': 'RMP', 'time': '', 'location': 'LA'}
This is what I have tried:
def makeAcall():
    r = ReadInp() # gives dict with endpoint as key and payload as Value
    t = ReadTUsr() # give nested user list
    print(t)
    print(type(r))

    #for k1,v1 in r.items():
    #    for i,j in t:

    for (k1,v1), (i,j) in zip(r.items(), t):

        url = f"{AURL}(k1)}"
        rj = v1
        #uid = {"uId": "T1"}
        headers = {'Accept': "application/json"}
        res = requests.post(url, json=rj, headers=headers, params=(i,j))

        print("Req Resp Code:",res.status_code)
        #api_req_res_text.append(res.text)
        api_req_res_code.append(res.status_code)

    return api_req_res_code

*

*Note1: This is how my dict looks like {'cabApp/callcab1': {'location': '', 'ppl': '2', 'text': 'MyCab'}, 'cab2App/call2cab2': {'ppl': '', 'text': 'Cab2'}, 'cabApp/call3cab': {'display': 'RMP', 'time': '', 'location': 'LA'}...}
Here cabApp/callcab1, cab2App/call2cab2 & cabApp/call3cab are keys, which are endpoints[iterated as k1 in code] and rest all is their individual payloads [iterated as v1] respectively. http://localhost:8080 part is stored in AURL and is static. I can not update the code which builds the API as per the instruction[res where I am making the post request]. What I am searching for is the way to iterate list and use it as value after param.

*Note2: We can change the way it read sample users csv. Right now I am using this code to read sample users csv which gives nested list.

def ReadTUsr():
    with open(T_U_csv, 'r') as file:
        csv_file = csv.reader(file)
        data = [it for it in csv_file]
        #print(data)
        return data

*

*Note3: Earlier ReadTUsr() was dict and was working as expected (was able to iterate and call new sample user for each request) but latest code has duplicate keys in dict (multiple times siId & srId) so it only takes one record from duplicate keys which is default python behavior.

*Que How to iterate sample users (i,j) along with endpoint & payload (k1,v1) while calling each post request for res variable.

A: The easiest way to do this is to enforce your sample user list is equal in length to your url list:
def equalize_lists(users: list, desired_length) -> list:
    if len(users) > desired_length:
        return users[:desired_length]
    else:  # We need to extend the user list
        repeat, extra = (desired_length // len(users), desired_length % len(users))
        for _ in range(repeat):
            users.extend(users)
        users.extend(users[:extra]
        return users

def create_test_calls():
    urls = ReadInp()
    test_users = ReadTUsr()

    users = equalize_lists(test_users, len(urls)
    for ((url, payload), (user_type, user_id)) in zip(urls.items(), users):
        endpoint = f"{AURL}{url}"
        ... etc.

It's a bit unclear how exactly you're constructing your endpoint, but at the point here where endpoint = ... you should have the elements you need, properly associated as url, payload, user_type and user_id. I do recommend using descriptive names! It can make for easier debugging.

A: You can use itertools.cycle to cycle the user list:
from itertools import cycle

# 20 uris with different ports usable for str.format() by supplying
# with u=uri and v=value
uris = [f"http://localhost:{port}/cabApp/callcab?{{u}}={{v}}"
        for port in range(10000,10020)]

# u,v lists / tuples whatever
users = [['uId', 'T1'], ['srId', 'T2'], ['siId', 'T3'],
         ['siId', 'T4'], ['srId', 'T5']]

# cycles around if at end
user_cycle = cycle(users)

# zip exhausts to the smaller list - wich is always uris now
# as user_cycle is "endless"
for idx, (uri, user) in enumerate( zip(uris,user_cycle), 1 ):
    print(f"{idx:>2})", uri.format(u=user[0],v=user[1]))

Output:
 1) http://localhost:10000/cabApp/callcab?uId=T1
 2) http://localhost:10001/cabApp/callcab?srId=T2
 3) http://localhost:10002/cabApp/callcab?siId=T3
 4) http://localhost:10003/cabApp/callcab?siId=T4
 5) http://localhost:10004/cabApp/callcab?srId=T5
 6) http://localhost:10005/cabApp/callcab?uId=T1
 7) http://localhost:10006/cabApp/callcab?srId=T2
 8) http://localhost:10007/cabApp/callcab?siId=T3
 9) http://localhost:10008/cabApp/callcab?siId=T4
10) http://localhost:10009/cabApp/callcab?srId=T5
11) http://localhost:10010/cabApp/callcab?uId=T1
12) http://localhost:10011/cabApp/callcab?srId=T2
13) http://localhost:10012/cabApp/callcab?siId=T3
14) http://localhost:10013/cabApp/callcab?siId=T4
15) http://localhost:10014/cabApp/callcab?srId=T5
16) http://localhost:10015/cabApp/callcab?uId=T1
17) http://localhost:10016/cabApp/callcab?srId=T2
18) http://localhost:10017/cabApp/callcab?siId=T3
19) http://localhost:10018/cabApp/callcab?siId=T4
20) http://localhost:10019/cabApp/callcab?srId=T5

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Newton Lied!
In my previous post on the use of mathematics to describe nature I closed with the following remark about Newton's Principia:
Thirdly the ultimate mathematical book of nature written in the 17th century, Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, was cast in the form it has, propositions deduced logically from axioms, in order to give it the status of an Aristotelian scientia.
This provoked the following comment from Brian (didn't Monty Python film his autobiography?):
Now, be gentle with me here (I'm but a Whiggish twat), but wasn't that because Newton didn't want to expose himself to withering attack on two fronts? If he'd unleashed his fluxions (differential calculus or thereabouts) as well as his cosmology then he'd be in a right pickle. From what I understand, he didn't like being pickled by critics.
Now we have here two problems. Firstly Brian is confusing form and content and secondly he is repeating one of the most widespread myths concerning Newton and the composition of the Principia.
In my original remark I said that the Principia is cast in the form of an Aristotelian scientia that is axiomatic and deductive but naturally the content is principally mathematically and that is not Aristotelian. Brian is of course referring to the content, the mathematics.
In his comment Brian is repeating a myth that can be read all over the place and was unfortunately put into the world by Newton himself. As is well known Newton is the co-inventor (discoverer) of the calculus he is also the author of what is considered to be one of the most important books on mathematical physics ever written. Strangely this book is not written in the language of the then brand new, and as already stated from the author himself invented, analytical mathematics but at least superficially in the style of the classical Greek synthetic mathematics; strange to say the least. The standard explanation is that proffered by Brian the Principia was created using fluxions (Newton's version of the calculus) but then translated into classical geometry so as not to offend, confuse, irritate or whatever the readers. This version of the story was, as already mentioned, created by Newton, who wrote in 1715:
By the help of the new Analysis Mr. Newton found out most of the Prepositions in his Principia Philosophiae: but because the Ancients for making things certain admitted nothing into Geometry before it was demonstrated synthetically, he demonstrated the Propositions synthetically, that the System of the Heavens might be founded upon good Geometry. And this makes it now difficult for unskilful men to see the Analysis by which these propositions were found out.
Now D. T. Whiteside who edited all eight large format volumes of Newton's Collected Mathematical Papers could find no evidence that Newton ever wrote or developed any part of the Principia in any other way than the published form, a conclusion that is confirmed by other Newton experts such as I. B. Cohen and Richard S. Westfall, from which it follows that Newton lied! So there are two questions that need to be answered, why did Newton lie and why did he develop and write the Principia in synthetic geometry and not the modern analysis?
The answer to the first question lies in the infamous calculus priority dispute with Leibniz. The Newton quote above, in which he refers to himself in the third person, is his review of the Commercium Espistolicum published in the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions. The dispute, which had slowly come to the boil during the 1690s and the first decade of the 18th century had involved a series of steadily ruder attacks by the supporters of the two principals. Finally Leibniz provoked by a series of particularly vicious attacks by John Keil had appealed to the Royal Society, of which he was a foreign member, to clear his name. This was not a clever move as Newton was the President of the Royal Society so the committee that he set up to investigate the mutual accusations of plagiarism was more than biased; in fact Newton wrote their supposed neutral report of the affair, the Commercium Espistolicum from 1712, himself naturally finding Leibniz guilty and himself innocent! This was not enough and he returned to subject in 1715 with his review quoted above. In this review and in later writings he claimed to have developed the Principia using analysis in order to counter critics from Leibniz' side who said if Newton had invented the calculus how come he didn't use it to develop the Principia? Their answer being that he had not invented the calculus and his mastery of Leibniz' invention was so weak that he could use it for the Principia! To counter this slur Newton lied!
This still leaves the question open as to why he didn't use it. The answer to this question is hinted at in the passage quoted above and to understand why we have to examine Newton's mathematical development. Neither Newton nor Leibniz invented the calculus or analytical mathematics as is usually claimed. The analytical methods evolved slowly from the middle of the 15th century onwards with many mathematicians making contributions to the development of symbolic algebra, algebraic geometry and finally calculus. As a comparatively young mathematician in the 1660s, Newton developed the work of others such as Descartes, van Schooten, Fermat, John Wallis, Isaac Barrow and James Gregory extending and improving the analysis until he reached the fundamental theory of the calculus, to be fair before Leibniz. Somewhat later with more maturity Newton came to question the philosophical underpinning of the new analytical methods and turned back to what he saw as the philosophically preferable synthetic approach of the Greeks, as he says in the quote above. He didn't reject the new analytical methods, to which he had contributed so much, but proceeded to develop a synthetic calculus, strong traces of which can be found in the proofs in the Principia. Put simply Newton had serious doubts about the reliability of the new analytical mathematics and that is why he didn't use it for his magnum opus.
Anyone interested in learning more can read about Newton's lie in A Guide to Newton's Principia by I. Bernard Cohen, section 5.8 and Richard S. Westfall Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton p. 424 ff. For a detailed analysis of Newton's rejection of analytical methods in mathematic then I heartily recommend, Niccolò Guicciardini, Reading the Principia, CUP, 1999, but with the warning that it's not an easy read!
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That didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. Glad that my half-arsed comment brought forth something of value. (Don't make a post on this comment!)
I'm not a bum print in a historian's favourite chair, so in my defence I claim that popular books on the history of Mathematics have set wrong. For example regarding the myth you so fully deflated, Ian Stewart says:
Newton deduced this law from Kepler's three laws of planetary motion. The published deduction was a masterpiece of classical Euclidean geometry. Newton chose this style of presentation because it involved familiar mathematics, and so could not be easily criticized. But many aspects of the Principia owed their genesis to Newton's unpublished invention of calculus.(pp116)
On the issue of form, I figured that you meant that he chose Aristotelian form (syllogism) over calculus because of the above and the new calculus relied on dodgy underpinnings Stewart again:
Newtons approach to calculating derivatives … suffers from the same problem: it seems only to be approximate…Notably Bishop George Berkeley in his 1734 book The Analyst, a Discourse Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician, pointed out that it is illogical to divide numerator and denominator by o when the later o is set to 0. In effect, the procedure conceals the fact that the fraction is actually 0/0.(pp117)
I guess there's an amphiboly (ambiguity?) of the word form. Or perhaps I'm simply confused.
[Stewart, Ian. Taming the infinite The story of Mathematics]
That was meant to be Mathematics have set me wrong of course.
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Thanks for pointing me to Cohen's section 5.8 in his "Guide" preceding his new translation of the "Principia!" Cohen's "Guide" is an incredibly beautiful and massive introduction; so massive in fact that a guide to the "Guide" is really useful. Later in 5.8 Cohen mentions Newton wrote the "De quadratura" published with his "Opticks" with the intention to include it in the next addition of the Principia as a tutorial to the calculus. So perhaps Newton did plan to educate the masses in calculus, but didn't live long enough to bring it about? Thanks for a really thought provoking article! Regards, Jim
An addendum to my previous comment. Niccolo Guicciardini (who IS this guy anyway?) in his recent book "Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method" has a fascinating section, 10.3, titled "Did Newton use the Calculus in the Principia?" where he launches his discussion off a Whitehead comment concerning his constantly being questioned to this effect. I would recommend Guicciardini's latest book in-toto to anybody interested in this topic, all 2 or 3 of us! I have an e-copy from MIT, but thanks to your recommendations I had to buy a hard copy!
Thony C.
Niccolò Guicciardini is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Bergamo, Italy. He is the author of The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1800 and Reading the Principia: The Debate on Newton's Mathematical Methods for Natural Philosophy from 1687 to 1736.
I'm glad to have been of service with the Cohen; it really is a great piece of work. You returned the favour with your Guicciardini reference I hadn't been aware of his newest book and will certainly be taking a look see. It's actually almost affordable so I might even buy it. When I first came across his Reading the Principia there wasn't a copy available in the inter library loan system here in Germany so I thought about buying one, at the time it was only available in hardback for about $180! I didn't buy it! In the mean time my university library has a copy and that's the one I read, battled my way through.
There's a really good review of the Mathematical Certainty book here
BTW you have a rather nice typo in your second comment; I assume you meant Whiteside and not Whitehead, author of the other Principia.
"Whiteside" it is! My apologies. Are you aware if his 8 volumes of Newton's mathematical papers are available on CD? I appreciate your references to Guicciardini's other books; he has done a really amazing amount of very high quality work in this area. I purchased his "Calculus in Britain" book last night also. I first came across him in "The Cambridge Companion to Newton," I.B. Cohen, ed., chapter 9: "Analysis and synthesis in Newton's mathematical work." Shifting gears, have you posted any thoughts on Chandrasekhar's "Newton's Principia for the Common Reader?" Another interesting book! My lame responses are because I'm a retired aerospace electronics engineer who is trying to put off possibly getting Alzheimer's by working through the early development of the calculus; too early to tell if it's helping or not! I enjoy your blog very much! Regards, Jim
If you are interested in the early history of calculus then two general histories that I would recommend are Carl B. Boyer, The History of Calculus and its Conceptual Development and Charles H. Edwards, The Historical Development of the Calculus.
I haven't read the Chandrasekhar so I can't comment on it. I have no idea if the Whiteside is available on CD but there is a paperback edition for 400 Pounds Sterling!
Into Boyer at this very moment as a prerequisite to Grabiner's "The Origin's of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus," which is a prerequisite to understanding Hermite's point of view as presented in his "Cours d'analyse," which I am trying to translate from the French. "400 Pounds Sterling" has left me quite speechless! Thanks! Regards, Jim
Tushar Das
Are you planning on publishing your translation of Hermite's Cours online? I was trying to find a copy, but there doesn't seem to be one about!
There are the following links to the originals (which I'm sure you are aware of) –
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Hermite%2C+Charles%2C+1822-1901%22
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