TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
Define your terms, and
prepare everything in private.
Negotiations come to fruition
easily. Relax and figure out
what to watch for next.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Something that you thought wouldn't work actually will.
Seek funding for it. Accept it as a gift, maybe. Giving it to you may serve someone else.
Research outside your genre.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7 An expert opens your eyes to a whole new level. Although you love action, what you need now is peace, quiet and stability. Work together.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Your willingness to learn new technology gives you an edge. Watch out for surprises at work. Write up your thoughts. Follow up on correspondence.
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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Do your share of the work.
Communicate over long distances. Being interested makes you interesting. The more you discover together, the deeper your love grows.
virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Don't forget the truth; it's always a good starting point Talk a little. Define your terms. How do you want it to be? Work it out so everyone wins.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Relax and enjoy the view.
Notes prove valuable. Think
over what you want. Define
terms, review the steps and
sell it. Prepare everything in
private.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 9
Pay attention to new financial opportunities without losing sight of your commitments.
Have a conversation with your accountant. Diligence pays off.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
Today is an 8 Focus on the openings instead of on the blocks. Find beauty in the details. You move the idea outside the box. Prepare more than you think you can cover.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Today is a 7 Reward your partner with quality time, as much as possible. Go ahead and get romantic. Watch out for surprises. Epic dreams paint a dynamic vision.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Your real friends are there to help you get grounded. It's a great time to tell your story.
Let your emotions pour out.
Don't hold anything back.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Have you considered writing a book? Even if you don't write, you could get a ghostwriter.
You can accomplish more than you thought possible now. Dream big.
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9 Sch. org.
12 Short skirt
13 Astrin- gent
14 Rowing need
15 Quickly
17 Take to the slopes
18 Stretch vehicle
19 Played Hamlet, e.g.
21 Stares stupidly
24 Soon, in poetry
25 Crucifix
26 Some graduate courses
30 — and outs
31 Maximur
32 "The way" in China
33 Debris
35 Crazy
36 Stubborn beast
37 Dissolves
38 Sordid
40 Many millennia
42 Standard
43 Put off
48 Request
49 Operatic solo
50 Goodyear product
51 "Indeed"
52 Transaction
53 Verve
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8 "This is no jokel!"
9 Of the very,
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11 Saharan
16 Man's possessive
20 Swindle
21 Puzzle diagram
e.g.
22 Highly rated
23 Mailing-date indicators
24 Writer Kingsley
26 Location
27 Ostrich's cousin
28 Huck's transport
29 Drunk-ards
31 Frog's perch, maybe
34 Piratic potation
35 Signify
37 Unruly hairdo
38 Fix, in a sense
39 Relaxation
40 Europe's neighbor
41 And others (Lat.)
44 Raw rock
45 Zero
46 Historic period
47 Lair
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"Bootylicious" was the title of a song by Beyonce's previous group, Destiny's Child.
Lessard said Beyonce would be "in the nature history books forever" and that the fly now bearing her name is "pretty bootylicious" with its golden backside.
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It's unknown if the rare species is a bloodsucker like many female horse flies. Lessard says
He says he wanted to pay respect to the insect's beauty by naming it Scaptia (Plinthina) bevonceae.
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Previously published results from Bryan Lessard, a 24-year-old researcher at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, were recently announced on the species that had been sitting in a fly collection since it was captured in 1981 — the same year pop diva Beyonce was born.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bootylicious bug named Beyonce
SCIENCE
CANBERRA, Australia — A newly discovered horse fly in Australia was so "bootylicious" with its golden-haired bum, there was only one name worthy of its beauty: Beyonce.
he was unable to find any live specimens when he went looking in 2010 in northeast Queensland's Atherton Tablelands, where it was captured three decades ago. However, at least one member of the public has alerted him that he was recently bitten by what's locally called the "gold bum fly."
Lessard says he hasn't heard from Beyonce, who recently gave birth to her first child, but he is a fan and hopes she will take his scientific gesture as a compliment. He also said the name was picked to help draw attention to the importance of his field and the need for more researchers to catalog and study insects.
The description of the fly was earlier published in the Australian Journal of Entomology, but the results were announced last week.
Horse flies are "vital pollinators of native plants, not just in Australia, but all over the world," Lessard said. "It's extremely important to name all the undescribed species so we can measure our human impact on the environment and hopefully protect it for future generations to enjoy."
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Unusually named man arrested in Wisconsin
ODD NEWS
Court records show that his name used to be Jeffrey Drew Wilschke. He legally changed it in October.
MADISON, Wis. — Authorities in southern Wisconsin are facing a tongue twister thanks to the arrest of Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop.
The unusually named 30-year-old man was in jail Sunday in Madison, Police say he violated his bail conditions from a previous run-in with the law.
The Capital Times reports that Zopittybop-Bop-Bop was arrested last week after residents complained of excessive drinking and drug use near Reynolds Park in Madison. Authorities say he was arrested in another local park last April after police found a loaded handgun in his backpack.
Associated Press
Low prices on digital albums alter official sales numbers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In the history books, however, the record may come with an asterisk. About 440,000 copies of "Born This Way" were sold by online retailer Amazon.com for 99 cents, as a promotion for its online storage service.
LOS ANGELES — Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" made history last June when it blew onto U.S. pop charts with more than 1.1-million albums sold in the first week, the best debut sales figure since 2005.
After changes last month to Billboard's album charts, those aren't "album sales" and they don't count.
Billboard, the 117-year-old music industry bible, has published weekly sales charts for the top-selling U.S. albums since the mid-1950s. When Billboard exclusively began incorporating sales data from Nielsen SoundScan in 1991, its premier chart, the Billboard 200, became the sole reliable source for tracking music purchases in the United States. By relying on retail statistics rather than estimates from the labels, the Billboard 200 gave the music business an honest look at sales and offered
retailers and consumers a hyperefree way to determine an album's true popularity, a way to close the gap between hype and the albums fans actually wanted to purchase.
But the music business is changing fast. Peer-to-peer file trading undermined the CD business. The popularity of Apple's iTunes store drove music sales increasingly online, toward digital sales. Last year, physical album sales fell 5.7 percent while digital album sales rose 20 percent.
But even as the music industry continued to fight through a tremendous upheaval, in which a band's YouTube views and Facebook friends are touted as data, the Billboard 200 album chart continued to track what fans were actually buying — whether digital albums or real ones.
At the same time, digital streaming services such as Spotify, Rhapsody and MOG offer customers a way to enjoy music as a subscription service, not a retail experience. YouTube views and Facebook friends became the new metrics. Over time, the album lost its dominance as the arbiter of pop power.
Then Amazon and Google
started offering entire albums at cut-rate prices. Billboard was forced to ask itself a question. How inexpensive can an album be before it's basically free, and not a legitimate sale?
Billboard's answer: $3.49, or roughly half the retail cost of an album. Anything sold below that price point, Billboard determined, will no longer be counted as a sale on the Billboard 200.
The new policy is only in effect in the first four weeks of an album's release, or, in the case of Christmas-themed albums, the entire holiday season. It's rare to find a new album priced below $3.49, although Amazon, whose spokespeople did not return calls, will occasionally promote new albums at $2.99 or below in an effort to boost traffic to its site.
But the new math will change the way album sales are calculated, and perhaps even marketed. Had the rules been in effect all year, there would have been no million-selling debut album in 2011. Based on earlier data published in its trade paper, Billboard estimated that sales of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," would have been counted at 660,000 copies.
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CollegeHumor Media hops into making films
LOS ANGELES — Hoping to follow in the footsteps of National Lampoon, the digital-comedy company CollegeHumor Media is taking a stab at the film business.
The firm has signed on to make a movie about thirtysomething underachievers called "Coffee Town," buying a script from former "Arrested Development" writer-producer Brad Copeland and hiring him to direct it. The low-budget movie, which will star a group of up-and-coming actors, is being financed by CollegeHumor and aims to begin shooting in February in Los Angeles.
Although known primarily for its slapstick Web videos across a network of sites, CollegeHumor has been branching out to other platforms. The company, which is owned by the Barry Diller-led IAC, had a short-lived MTV show and also has spun off several books.
"We think we can leverage what we've done into longer things, including features and TV shows," Van Veen said. "There's a market for high-quality long-form content that can go directly to consumers, and we're well-positioned to do
The goal with "Coffee Town," CollegeHumor co-founder Ricky Van Veen said, is to take advantage of the firm's in-house talent as well as capitalize on its brand.
that."
He cited a paid Web special from Louis C.K. that has gained attention in the digital world. The comedian made his one-man show from New York's Beacon Theater available for download at a cost of $5; in the first several weeks, he received nearly 200,000
downloads.
Van Veen said there have been no decisions on whether to distribute "Coffee Town" online. The movie does not yet have traditional theatrical distribution. It is expected to seek that, and other models are being considered as well.
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