The Japanese have set a new world’s record for calculating pi: 2,576,980,377,524 decimal places in 73 hours 36 minutes.
Those of you who know me well, also know of my long standing fascination with calculations of pi, and should realize I couldn’t pass this one up.
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The government of Scotland has released Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the convicted bomber of Pan Am Flight 103, from prison on “compassionate grounds”.
Nichole Elizabeth Avonye, Jerry Don Avritt, Noelle Lydie Berti, Siv Ulla Engstrom, Stacie Denise Franklin, Paul Isaac Garrett, Elke Etha Kuehne, Maria Nieves Larracoechea, James Bruce MacQuarrie, Lilibeth Tobila McAlolooy, Mary Geraldine Murphy, Jocelyn Reina, Myra Josephine Royal, Irja Syhnove Skabo, Milutin Velimirovich, Raymond Ronald Wagner, John Michael Gerard Ahern, Sarah Margaret Aicher, John David Akerstrom, Ronald Ely Alexander, Thomas Joseph Ammerman, Martin Lewis Apfelbaum, Rachel Marie Asrelsky, William Garretson Atkinson III, Judith Ellen Atkinson, Clare Louise Bacciochi, Harry Michael Bainbridge, Stuart Murray Barclay, Jean Mary Bell, Julian MacBain Benello, Lawrence Ray Bennett, Philip Vernon Bergstrom, Alistair David Berkley, Michael Stuart Bernstein, Steven Russell Berrell, Surinder Mohan Bhatia, Kenneth John Bissett, Diane Anne Boatman-Fuller, Stephen John Boland, Glen John Bouckley, Paula Marie Bouckley, Nicole Elise Boulanger, Francis Boyer, Nicholas Bright, Daniel Solomon Browner (Bier), Colleen Renee Brunner, Timothy Guy Burman, Michael Warren Buser, Warren Max Buser, Steven Lee Butler, William Martin Cadman, Fabiana Caffarone, Hernan Caffarone, Valerie Canady, Gregory Capasso, Timothy Michael Cardwell, Bernt Wilmar Carlsson, Richard Anthony Cawley, Frank Ciulla, Theodora Eugenia Cohen, Eric Michael Coker, Jason Michael Coker, Gary Leonard Colasanti, Bridget Concannon, Sean Concannon, Thomas Concannon, Tracey Jane Corner, Scott Cory, Willis Larry Coursey, Patricia Mary Coyle, John Binning Cummock, Joseph Patrick Curry, William Allen Daniels, Gretchen Joyce Dater, Shannon Davis, Gabriel Della-Ripa, Joyce Christine DiMauro, Gianfranca DiNardo, Peter Thomas Stanley Dix, Om Dixit, Shanti Dixit, David Scott Dornstein, Michael Joseph Doyle, Edgar Howard Eggleston III, Turhan Ergin, Charles Thomas Fisher IV, Clayton Lee Flick, John Patrick Flynn, Arthur Fondiler, Robert Gerard Fortune, Paul Matthew Stephen Freeman, James Ralph Fuller, Ibolya Robertine Gabor, Amy Beth Gallagher, Matthew Kevin Gannon, Kenneth Raymond Garczynski, Kenneth James Gibson, William David Giebler, Olive Leonora Gordon, Linda Susan Gordon-Gorgacz, Anne Madelene Gorgacz, Loretta Anne Gorgacz, David Gould, Andre Nikolai Guevorgian, Nicola Jane Hall, Lorraine Frances Halsch, Lynne Carol Hartunian, Anthony Lacey Hawkins, Pamela Elaine Herbert, Rodney Peter Hilbert, Alfred Hill, Katherine Augusta Hollister, Josephine Lisa Hudson, Melina Kristina Hudson, Sophie Ailette Miriam Hudson, Karen Lee Hunt, Roger Elwood Hurst, Elizabeth Sophie Ivell, Khalid Nazir Jaafar, Robert van Houten Jeck, Paul Avron Jeffreys, Rachel Jeffreys, Kathleen Mary Jermyn, Beth Ann Johnson, Mary Alice Lincoln Johnson, Timothy Baron Johnson, Christopher Andrew Jones, Julianne Frances Kelly, Jay Joseph Kingham, Patricia Ann Klein, Gregory Kosmowski, Minas Christopher Kulukundis, Ronald Albert LaRiviere, Robert Milton Leckburg, William Chase Leyrer, Wendy Anne Lincoln, Alexander Silas Lowenstein, Lloyd David Ludlow, Maria Theresia Lurbke, William Edward Mack, Douglas Eugene Malicote, Wendy Gay Malicote, Elizabeth Lillian Marek, Louis Anthony Marengo, Noel George Martin, Diane Marie Maslowski, William John McAllister, Daniel Emmet McCarthy, Robert Eugene McCollum, Charles Dennis McKee, Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, Jane Susan Melber, John Merrill, Suzanne Marie Miazga, Joseph Kenneth Miller, Jewel Courtney Mitchell, Richard Paul Monetti, Jane Ann Morgan, Eva Ingeborg Morson, Helga Rachael Mosey, Ingrid Elizabeth Mulroy, John Mulroy, Sean Kevin Mulroy, Karen Elizabeth Noonan, Daniel Emmett O’Connor, Mary Denice O’Neil, Anne Lindsey Otenasek, Bryony Elise Owen, Gwyneth Yvonne Margaret Owen, Laura Abigail Owens, Martha Owens, Robert Plack Owens, Sarah Rebecca Owens, Robert Italo Pagnucco, Christos Michael Papadopoulos, Peter Raymond Peirce, Michael Pescatore, Sarah Susannah Buchanan Philipps, Frederick Sandford Phillips, James Andrew Campbell Pitt, David Platt, Walter Leonard Porter, Pamela Lynn Posen, William Pugh, Crisostomo Estrella Quiguyan, Rajesh Tarsis Priskel Ramses, Anmol Rattan, Garima Rattan, Suruchi Rattan, Anita Lynn Reeves, Mark Alan Rein, Diane Marie Rencevicz, Louise Ann Rogers, Edina Roller, Janos Gabor Roller, Zsuzsana Roller, Hanne Maria Root, Saul Mark Rosen, Andrea Victoria Rosenthal, Daniel Peter Rosenthal, Arnaud David Rubin, Elyse Jeanne Saraceni, Scott Christopher Saunders, Theresa Elizabeth Jane Saunders, Johannes Otto Schauble, Robert Thomas Schlageter, Thomas Britton Schultz, Sally Elizabeth Scott, Amy Elizabeth Shapiro, Mridula Shastri, Joan Sheanshang, Irving Stanley Sigal, Martin Bernard Christopher Simpson, Cynthia Joan Smith, Ingrid Anita Smith, James Alvin Smith, Mary Edna Smith, Geraldine Anne Stevenson, Hannah Louise Stevenson, John Charles Stevenson, Rachael Stevenson, Charlotte Ann Stinnett, Michael Gary Stinnett, Stacey Leanne Stinnett, James Ralph Stow, Elia G. Stratis, Anthony Selwyn Swan, Flora MacDonald Margaret Swire, Marc Alex Tager, Hidekazu Tanaka, Andrew Alexander Teran, Arva Anthony Thomas, Jonathan Ryan Thomas, Lawanda Thomas, Mark Lawrence Tobin, David William Trimmer-Smith, Alexia Kathryn Tsairis, Barry Joseph Valentino, Thomas Floro Van-Tienhoven, Asaad Eidi Vejdany, Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, Peter Vulcu, Janina Jozefa Waido, Thomas Edwin Walker, Kesha Weedon, Jerome Lee Weston, Jonathan White, Bonnie Leigh Williams, Brittany Leigh Williams, Eric Jon Williams, George Waterson Williams, Stephanie Leigh Williams, Miriam Luby Wolfe, Chelsea Marie Woods, Dedera Lynn Woods, Joe Nathan Woods, Joe Nathan Woods, Jr., Andrew Christopher Gillies Wright, Mark James Zwynenburg, Kathleen Mary Flannigan, Thomas Brown Flannigan, Joanne Flannigan, Dora Henrietta Henry, Maurice Peter Henry, Mary Lancaster, Jean Aitkin Murray, John Somerville, Rosaleen Later Somerville, Paul Somerville, and Lyndsey Ann Somerville were all unavailable for comment.
(List by way of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103. Errors in transcription are solely my own.)