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Show Monday. February 5. 2007 DAILY HERALD S2 Style Continued from Bl m into your sporting wardrobe. Of course, the standard male palette is still dominant: black, gray and white, with splashes of red. However, green is gaining some popularity, and there's always an oddball neon option for the daring sportsman. ft 'I Don't forget A the shades And because chances are good you'll be playing in the sun, don't forget the shades. Your eyes and your game will benefit from some dapper sport shades with those comfy rubber grips around the ears. Fit is important too snug or too loose and they'll be a nuisance. Frames that wrap around the face are flattering and functional when keeping out the sun's glare. Some choices come with interchangeable color lenses, but the jury's still out on whether they really enhance your performance. For golf and tennis, lenses of certain colors supposedly make it easier to see the ball, so experiment in the store before your purchase. If nothing else, it'll give the sales associates something to talk about when you leave. Him: Adidas color block shirt, $70; Nike shorts, v" ' , '' 11 , i I ... Calloway hat, $20. Sunglasses, $60 from Golf Discount Superstore. Hen Jaime Sadock polo, $85, matching skort $85; Ping $55; At. . - i"'" visor, $18. KAREN ELSHOUT St. Louis Euler A taste Continued from Bl being mailed to college math departments around the try. It's unprecedented hoopla for this usually stoic group. "To a large extent, that's how mathematicians celebrate. Deep down, they're not party dolls, really and truly. They celebrate by bringing his works to the attention of those who might not know as much about him as they would like him to know," said Don Albers, editorial director for the association. "He's a hero to mathematicians of the current generation as well as past generations." There will be birthday cakes and parties. There will be Euler "Jeopcoun- rj i 1' JIM COOPERAssociated Press center and Clinton Kelly left of the TLC show "What Not To Wear," help Associated Press music writer Nekesa Moody (right pick out an outfit for the upcoming Grammys. Television hosts Stacy London Grammy Continued from Bl ' Though wanted to look worthy enough to rub shoulI ders with celebrities, I didn't have celeb money, so we met up at the ultimate discount H&M. It only trendy shop duo took the minutes to pull a plethora of possibilities: a paisley coat, an orange dress with a plunging neckline, a white beaded baby-do- ll cocktail dress, and a satin blue dress, among others. While some celebrities may spend weeks selecting their Grammy duds, I only had a couple of hours. So I tried on, and they critiqued at a quick d pace. A pair of pants? "It's looking a little MC Hammer the '80s are back, but we don't want to bring them back THAT much," London smirked "What 1 like about this is that this narrows your waistline," Kelly surmised as I squeezed into one dress saying the magic words every woman wants to hear. As they surveyed the possibilities, they also threw out a few tips: "In general, when you're going with stuff that's probably a little less expensive in terms of quality, black is always very bask, it's always going to look expensive," said London, as we crowded into dressing room while I threw another outfit on my frame. "When you go for color prints, you want to make sure that what you're doing fits really wcl because the materials probably aren't as expensive as if you were shopping at ' Ait nzzj- - well-dresse- d i. 1 "K. - high-waiste- Armani" Abo, I learned, H i a big mistake to go shopping for that perfect little dress for a specific JIM COOPERAssoctsted Press "In general, when you're going with stuff black is always very basic, it's special event. Instead, just go shopping for a perfect little dress and pick it up anytime, whether the event is months away or not even in the cards. Otherwise, you'll be harried and pressured, and choose an outfit that you're likely to be disappointed with in the long run. Once you get that outfit, go toa tailor and get M fitted just for you. That's something completely foreign to this reporter. I admitted, rather shamefully, that I'd never been to a tailor a statement that elicited a look of complete shock, then befuddkrnent, and, finally, deep adrtwrishment from London. (It was similar to the look when she found out I once wore a corduroy outfit to the Grammys you had to see K, 1 wasn't that bad). aways thaf s probably a little less expensive in terms of quality, going to loofe expensive," says Stacy London (left. "It's something you are going to have to get used to doing," Kelly said in a serious tone, as if talking to a student who has admitted never doing homework. Finally, after about a dozen outfits were strewn about the dressing room, THE outfit was e found a black with a lace collar and embroidery down the front. Cost? $69. 1 also picked out a couple of backup options for other events (luring Grammy week, including satin black pants and a whhend-blacprint satin mod-styl- mini-dres- s, k top. But we weren't done. Just to make sure I don't mess up the outfit, London wrote down instructions to puD off the look, including no "everyday jewelry. That means that as much as I may love my cross necklace or rings I've had since college, ditch them: "People make this mistake all the time," London lamented Instead she suggested a nice cocktail ring, drop pearl earrings and no necklace at aH They also suggested specific makeup, shoes and accessories, and insisted on a trip to a tailor and a lingerie shop (most women are wearing the wrong bra size and it only took them one glance to determine I was one of them). They left me with one more bit of advice on my goal for the evening: Forget about trying to Bey once. "No one can compete with Bey once. laughed KeDy. With their help, though, I might just get closer to her stratosphere. ardy!" The Swiss consulates in the United States have invited Euler experts to visit and host Euler math activities for groups of schoolchildren. And of course, Euler will be the feature of the year at the association's annual Math Fest this summer. Among those planning a celebration and talks on Euler is Muhlenberg in Allentown, Pa. Euler wrote more than 25,000 pages with theorems and formulas, while coping with blindness in one eye most of his life and total blindness in his later years, noted Dunham. "No matter what part of mathematics people are in, they can trace the roots of it or a big part of the development of it to this blind Swiss guy who lived back in the 18th century," said Dennis DeTurck, dean of the college of arts and sciences and professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. Euler discovered how water flows. His work was key in the construction of ships so they could move faster. He designed the perfect shape for teeth on a gear. He developed the equations needed to make accurate lunar tables to determine longitude at sea. He calculated the moment of inertia, a key principle in the design of machines. And his fans like to note that he was a nice guy and an another feat adept writer uncommon for mathemati- of Euler To test Leonhard Euler's polyhedral formula: 1. Pick up any cube or box. 2. Count the number of vertices (comers), edges and faces. 3. Add the number of vertices and faces. 4. Subtract the number of edges from that number, and you'll end up with two. Always. Note: You should count eight vertices, 12 edges and six faces. than 20,000 scanned pages. The comic book, a first of its kind for its Swiss publisher, offers a lighthearted portrayal of Euler's life, starting from his precocious youth to his boredom in school through his inventive years. Mathematicians caught their first glimpse of the comic at the association's winter conference recently in New Orleans. The German version was published six months ago and has become popular, said Tom Grasso, editor of Computational Sciences and Engineering, a publication out of Birkhauser Boston, whose Switzerland base has released the comic book. It was so popular that the publisher has done an English version, which will be available in the United States next month. "It's a kind of book. A lot of people are buying it for kids and grandkids," Grasso said Professors are coveting their Euler posters. "Not only did I receive mine, but I asked all of my friends if I could have theirs," said an excited Ed Sandifer, a math professor at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, who plans to create an Euler "Jeopardy!" game for mathematicians. general-audienc- e k A Euler trip in Jury will take participants to Euler's birthplace in Basel, Switzerland as well as St. Pecians. tersburg and Berlin, where he Euler was born on April spent his working life. 15 a date befitting a math "For the whole Cold War, his original work was trapped guy, although he couldn't have known it at the time. on the other side of the Iron Curtain. With the fall of the "Everybody else thinks of April 15 as tax day, but if you Berlin WalL suddenly all of this was available for us in study Euler, you think of it as Euler's birthday," said Rob the West," Sandifer said Euler scholars wont find Bradley, a math professor at Adelphi University in Garden themselves in such a frenzy Oty.N.Y. again until 2033, the 250th anBradley, president of the niversary of his death. Euler Society, which was "Some people are already formed in 2001, said Euler's making plans for that," said work is considered by some Sandifer. "The editors are tryto be the "intellectual ances-- , ing to identify the people who tor" of Sudoku. know Euler now who win Two Dartmouth University still be available to edit books about Euler that year." graduate students took precious time away from their It's not overplay, defended doctoral studies to upload Sandifer. "We care about this most of Euler's works in their even more than we cared about Einstein's 100th birthoriginal form online. They have put up 830 pieces, more day or Newton's birthday two-wee- |