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Envy is an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it". Envy is one of the seven deadly sins. It is not to be confused with jealousy.
- It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
- Covetousness, which is idolatry.
- The Bible, New Testament, Colossians 3:5.
- Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse; envy alone wants both. Other sins last but for awhile; the gut may be satisfied, anger remits, hatred hath an end, envy never ceaseth.
- Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part I, Section 2, member 3, subsection 7, Envy, Malice, Hatred, Causes (1621).
- A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one, will prey upon the other; and whoso is out of hope, to attain to another's virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another's fortune.
- Francis Bacon, Essays, "Of Envy" (1625).
- ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
- Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy.
- Giannina Braschi, United States of Banana (2011).
- The eradiction of envy: gratitude.
- Giannina Braschi, United States of Banana (2011).
- The rebel ... does not merely claim some good that he does not possess or of which he was deprived. His aim is to claim recognition for something which he has and which has already been recognized by him, in almost every case, as more important than anything of which he could be envious.
- Albert Camus, The Rebel, A. Bower, trans. (1956), p. 17.
- This only grant me, that my means may lie
Too low for envy, for contempt too high.
- Abraham Cowley, of Myself.
- The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.
- Democritus, translation by Kathleen Freeman, Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, Harvard University Press, 1948; republished by Forgotten Books, 2008, ISBN 1606802569 (full text online at GoogleBooks).
- Envy and wrath shorten the life.
- Ecclesiastes 30:24.
- There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but though his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, "Self-Reliance" (1841).
- I am firmly convinced, as I have already said, that to effect any great social improvement, it is sympathy rather than self-interest, the sense of duty rather than the desire for self-advancement, that must be appealed to. Envy is akin to admiration, and it is the admiration that the rich and powerful excite which secures the perpetuation of aristocracies.
- Henry George, Social Problems, Chapter 21: Conclusion (1883).
- However human, envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of the essential conditions for the preservation of such a society that we do not countenance envy, not sanction its demands by camouflaging it as social justice, but treat it, in the words of John Stuart Mill, as "the most anti-social and evil of all passions.
- Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.
- William Hazlitt, Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims, No. 19 (1823).
- The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.
- William Hazlitt, The Plain Speaker, "On Envy" (1826).
- It is better to be envied than pitied.
- Variant: How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
- Herodotus, The Histories, Book 3, Chapter 52; also in Thalia.
- In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences.
- Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, p. 100 (2007).
- I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy — I don't disparage envy but I don't accept it as legitimately my master.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Holmes-Laski Letters: The Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Harold J. Laski, 1916 - 1935 (1953), Volume 2, p. 942.
- In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.
- Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality, Chapter 3 (1973).
- In a crunch a man's reputation never counts for as much as it ought to. Most people are good-hearted and willing to give a man the benefit of the doubt, but the poisonous few are eager to see others brought down, ruined. … Envy, Bob. Envy eats them alive. If you had money, they'd envy you that. But since you don't, they envy you for having such a good, bright, loving daughter. They envy you for just being a happy man. They envy you for not envying them. One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.
- Dean Koontz, Lightning, Part I, Chapter 1.2 (1988).
- Invidiam. tamquam ignem, summa petere.
- Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.
- Livy, Annales (Histories), Book VIII, Section 31 (sometimes poetically translated as "Envy, like fire, soars upward").
- Merely pointing to the fact that some people have a lot more than others is less compelling as a critique; it invites the response "So what? Those who have more aren't hurting anybody; you're just appealing to envy." By contrast, being able to show that those who enjoy a higher socioeconomic status have to a considerable extent achieved and maintained that status by forcibly expropriating and oppressing the less affluent provides for a far more effective indictment.
- Roderick Long, "Inequality and Nozickian Historical Justice," Bleeding Heart Libertarians: Free Markets and Social Justice, March 16, 2011
- Then sought out Envy in her dark abode,
- Defil'd with ropy gore and clots of blood:
- Shut from the winds, and from the wholesome skies,
- In a deep vale the gloomy dungeon lies,
- Dismal and cold, where not a beam of light
- Invades the winter, or disturbs the night.
- ...
- She never smiles but when the wretched weep,
- Nor lulls her malice with a moment's sleep,
- Restless in spite: while watchful to destroy,
- She pines and sickens at another's joy;
- Foe to her self, distressing and distrest,
- She bears her own tormentor in her breast.
- It is true, indeed, of all just and good men, that they are praised more after they have left the world than before, since envy does not long survive them, and some even see it die before them
- Plutarch, The Life of Numa.
- Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow proves the substance true.
- Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, Part II, line 266 (1709).
- Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.
- Pythagoras, as translated in The Sayings of the Wise: Or, Food for Thought: A Book of Moral Wisdom, Gathered from the Ancient Philosophers (1555) by William Baldwin [1908 edition].
- Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
- Theodore Roosevelt, speech at Providence, Rhode Island (August 23, 1902), Presidential Addresses and State Papers (1910), p. 103.
- Each man envies, the strong openly, the weak in secret.
- Scheherazade One Thousand and One Nights Tale of King Umar al-Numan
- O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.
- William Shakespeare, Othello (1603).
- Hazzen unde nîden
daz muoz der biderbe lîden.
der man der werdet al die vrist,
die wîle und er geniten ist.
- Translation: A worthy man is bound to suffer malice and envy: a man grows in worth so long as he is envied.
- Gottfried von Strassburg, Tristan, Line 8395 (c. 1160).
- Base Envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
- James Thomson, The Seasons: Spring, line 283 (1728).
- Égalité is an expression of envy. It means, in the real heart of every Republican, " No one shall be better off than I am;" and while this is preferred to good government, good government is impossible.
- Variant: Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: "Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I."
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Conversation with Nassau William Senior p. 94 (May 22, 1850).
- If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.
- Leo Tolstoy, Path of Life, M. Cote, trans. (2002), p. 89.
- Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.
- Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, XIX.
- I'll tell you a secret, something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now, and we will never be here again.
- Troy, spoken by Achilles to Briseis (2004).
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations[edit]
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 144.
- Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
- Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta (c. 1592), Act I, scene 2.
- Quicquid servatur, cupimus magis: ipsaque furem
Cura vocat. Pauci, quod sinit alter, amant.
- We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.
- Ovid, Amorum (16 BC), III. 4. 25.
- Verum est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor.
- True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
- Phaedrus, Fables, II. 1. 12.
- Alieni appetens sui profusus.
- Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own.
- Sallust, Catilina, V.
- I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires:
But if it be a sin to covet honor
I am the most offending soul alive.
- William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act IV, scene 3, line 24.
- When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness.
- William Shakespeare, King John (1598), Act IV, scene 2, line 28.
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 226-27.
- With that malignant envy which turns pale,
And sickens, even if a friend prevail.
- Charles Churchill, The Rosciad (1761), line 127.
- Rabiem livoris acerbi
Nulla potest placare quies.
- Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.
- Claudianus, De Raptu Proserpinæ, III. 290.
- Envy's a sharper spur than pay:
No author ever spar'd a brother.
- John Gay, Fables (1727), Part I, Fable 10.
- Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise.
For envy is a kind of praise.
- John Gay, The Hound and the Huntsman.
- But, oh! what mighty magician can assuage
A woman's envy?
- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, Progress of Beauty.
- Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
- George Herbert, The Church, Church Porch, Stanza 44.
- The artist envies what the artist gains,
The bard the rival bard's successful strains.
- Hesiod, Works and Days, Book I, line 43.
- Invidus alterius marescit rebus opimis;
Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni
Majus tormentum.
- The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
- Horace, Epistles, I. 2. 57.
- Ego si risi quod ineptus
Pastillos Rufillus olet, Gargonius hircum, lividus et mordax videar?
- If I smile at the strong perfumes of the silly Rufillus must I be regarded as envious and ill-natured?
- Horace, Satires, I. 4. 91.
- Envy! eldest-born of hell!
- Charles Jennens of Gopsall. Also ascribed to Newburgh Hamilton. Chorus of Handel's Oratorio, Saul.
- A proximis quisque minime anteiri vult.
- No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
- Livy, Annales, XXXVIII. 49.
- Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.
- The envious will die, but envy never.
- Molière, Tartuffe (1664), V, 3.
- Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.
- Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
- Ovid, Amorum (16 BC), I, 15, 39.
- Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.
- Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.
- Ovid, Remedia Amoris, CCCLXV.
- Summa petit livor: perflant altissima venti.
- Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.
- Ovid, Remedia Amoris, CCCLXIX.
- Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.
- Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man (1733-34), Epistle II, line 191.
- L'invidia, figliuol mio, se stessa macera,
E si dilegua come agnel per fascino.
- Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.
- Jacopo Sannazaro, Ecloga Octava.
- It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.
- Seneca the Younger, Of a Happy Life, Chapter XIX.
- In seeking tales and informations
Against this man, whose honesty the devil
And his disciples only envy at,
Ye blew the fire that burns ye.
- William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (c. 1613), Act V, scene 3, line 110.
- Such men as he be never at heart's ease
Whiles they behold a greater than themselves:
And therefore are they very dangerous.
- William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar (1599), Act I, scene 2, line 208.
- No metal can,
No, not the hangman's axe, bear half the keenness
Of thy sharp envy.
- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (late 1590s), Act IV, scene 1, line 124.
- Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious.
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597), Act II, scene 2, line 4.
- We make ourselves fools, to disport ourselves;
And spend our flatteries, to drink those men
Upon whose age we void it up again,
With poisonous spite and envy.
- William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens (date uncertain, published 1623), Act I, scene 2, line 141.
- The general's disdain'd
By him one step below; he by the next;
That next by him beneath; so every step,
Exampled by the first pace that is sick
Of his superior, grows to an envious fever
Of pale and bloodless emulation.
- William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act I, scene 3, line 129.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)[edit]
Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).
- The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made higher and broader, or he will hardly get in.
- Thomas Adam, p. 167.
- What a wretched and apostate state is this! To be offended with excellence, and to hate a man because we approve him! The condition of the envious man is the most emphatically miserable; he is not only incapable of rejoicing in another's merit or success, but lives in a world wherein all mankind are in a plot against his quiet, studying their own happiness and advantage.
- Joseph Addison, p. 209.
- Of covetousness, we may truly say that it makes' both the Alpha and Omega in the devil's alphabet, and that it is the first vice in corrupt nature which moves, and the last which dies.
- Robert South, p. 167.
- The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.
- Robert South, p. 167.
- I could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single individual, to stand or fall according as he spoke well or ill. For it is hard to speak properly upon a subject where it is even difficult to convince your hearers that you are speaking the truth. On the one hand, the friend who is familiar with every fact of the story may think that some point has not been set forth with that fullness which he wishes and knows it to deserve; on the other, he who is a stranger to the matter may be led by envy to suspect exaggeration if he hears anything above his own nature. For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity.
- Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Book II, 35.
- The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, but to have them.
- John Tillotson, p. 167.
- If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.
- Edward Young, p. 209.


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- Deal the cards faceup into five rows of five cards each. The rows should not overlap.
- Remove all pairs of adjacent cards (cards next to each other horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) that match each other in number.
- Then close up the holes in the layout by moving cards to the left and up, keeping the cards in the same order in which they were dealt.
- Deal new cards faceup to fill out the bottom row(s), so you end up with five rows of five cards each again.
- Continue removing pairs, closing up holes, and dealing new cards until the entire deck has been dealt.
- The object of the game is to discard the entire deck in pairs.
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It is known that professional photographers use SLRs & regular users use point & shoot camera. What kind of cameras do professional videographers use & whats the difference?
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I'd regard this as off topic as it concerns video cameras not stills, but anyway a lot of professionals use the Red series of cameras:
The most popular being the Red One:
Benefits over consumer level video cameras nicely mirrors the difference between DSLRs and Compacts, namely:
There are other advantages specific to professional videography cameras, namely:
Another difference is that professionals will more often than not hire equipment as the cameras cost more than even the most expensive 35mm DSLRs, and they are typically only shooting for part of the year in intensive bursts. This also enables the use of specialist cameras (such as the Phantom 1000fps camera, which can only be rented, not bought).
It's worth pointing out that DSLRs which shoot video offer many of the advantages posted above, but they lack the modularity and flexibility of output that you get with a professional digital cine camera. They are also limited in terms of shooting time.
One of the big differences is manual control.
Many consumer video cameras don't let you disable automatic control of simple things like focus and exposure (or more often exposure compensation).
I think that lots of cheap video hardware would be very capable of capturing clear and beautiful moving images if only one were able to control it more precisely.
As an example, consider that David Lynch's Inland Empire was shot using reasonably inexpensive but highly controlable DV cameras, and it looks great.
I don't do much in the way of cinematography myself, although it is a field that interests me, and one I hope to break into sometime in the future. I am primarily a photographer, and my first video camera will likely be a Canon 5D Mark III (once released.) The Canon 5D Mark II was one of the first DSLR's to add video capability, and combined with the advanced lenses available to such cameras, you can achieve some of those vaunted "cinematographic" effects.
As I can't offer any specific advice (hopefully another member will be able to answer and provide more useful information than I can), I can supply some very useful links. Here are a few that I have found helpful myself over the last couple months:
Honestly in this day and age the difference in "Pro" and "Amateur" gear is whether or not you're getting paid to use it. I know some amateurs with 5D mk2s and some serious pro shooters with 60ds.
Completely agree with the comments on manual control. But even without manual control and some semblance of exposure compensation you can get amazing results. It is not about the gear, but mastering what you have in your hands to tell the story.
I just spent the last week using an audio recorder that cost less than $200 but it was so much more intuitive than the $600 one I've been using. There is no difference in the sound at all. Mentioning that as an example... realizing you were asking about cameras. And in all fairness putting Flip Video footage on a large monitor - it doesn't stand up... but don't get hung up on "Pro" and Amateur"... get hung up on stories.


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Are you going to buy the new hoodies, long sleeve shirts, or posters from shirt.woot?
Personally I am glad that they are offering pull-over and zip-up hoodies.
So who was your favorite artist of the year? Shirt? etc
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Nope. I'm still upset with myself that I never bought the apron version of kitchen warfare. :(
The new options are nice. My favorite of the bunch: http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=Forbidden-Future-Remix
@dcalotta: Me too. I really liked that one. Better than my Slave Princess Leia apron.
I just googled a bit. Can i change "upset" to "devastated?"
I'm really tempted to get the Reading Rocket Ship poster for my kids room. Can we get an idea on the poster size?
@jeremytheindian: Oops, never mind. Posters are 16" by 19".
I think I am going to stay away from this bunch. I have a ton of sweatshirts and Woot! has gotten a good bit of my money in the past month.
There actually isn't anything on the T-List that I want. There are some cool offerings, just nothing I want.
I really wish they have the Ro-Boss as a poster. I would totally buy that.
I'm always the jerk on these discussions, but while I really like some of the artists that made it this round, the selection exemplifies the reasons I haven't bought a shirt since 2009 (except 2 gifts for friends). I guess the taste of shirt.woot has gotten over me. Which is alright; I don't get to wear tshirts as much as I used too, anyways so it's harder to justify them (I already have 15).
I may have put aside my, hrm, qualms, to get the Schrodinger's cat hoodie, but I'm one of the few that prefer pullovers.
why does every new shirt/hoodie/etc offering have to feature a ramyb entry? enough already. there are plenty of options of his crap in the reckoning. give another artist a chance to make a few dollars woot.
@fes: I understand, but to make you even more perplexed. He was voted as artist of the year with over 20 prints, so that's why there is always and will always be ramyb.
I love the selection & uniqueness of shirt.woot.com...keep up the great artists/entries and vast selection.
In my opinion you should always have a listing on shirt.woot.com that is a A) T-Shirt B) Pullover Version C) Hoody Versions.
This would allow a more holistic shopping experience for the consumer and allow the seller/artist to convert more shoppers. Just a thought!
@bruceleeroy75: But think about that from a business perspective. The added cost of, rather than preparing 5,000 shirts to be printed, they would have to prepare machinery to print every design on several different options. That's added cost of labor, added cost of materials, and likely added cost of machinery.
I understand that while it would be cool, its a fairly unviable thing for woot to do from a business perspective, and it would undoubtedly raise the cost of the shirts/hoodies. Keep in mind they already print different shirts every single day.
@xarous: Forgive me, but I'm tempted to call him the "wal-mart of shirt.woot". Not that he is viciously corrupt or terrible, but rather that you want to hate him and never support him, but sometimes it just can't be beat.
That said, I've never supported him but I shop at wal-mart every now and then ;) (though, like I said I did like the Schrodinger's cat design).
Ill probably buy a hoodie if they are reasonably priced but I find long sleeve tees never fit right. Posters are ok if you're 12...maybe as a gift but not for myself.
I'm debating between two of the hoodies at the moment - good thing I've got the week to decide at least. I had intended to buy the four pony shirt last week but straight up got busy and forgot to. Ahhh well, I didn't really need it I suppose.
The posters look pretttttty awesome, y'all.
I also completely recommend the long-sleeved shirts if you like our tees. Same material/same general fit and the sleeves are long enough to cover my long arms.
I was first sucker (again) on one of them already. :)
Not likely to pull off my usual nerdy stunt of being first AND last, however.
I do like that the long sleeve shirts are made in the USA too. FWIW, they're AA 2007, which retail for $24 blank.
I didn't see Forbidden Future (http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=Forbidden-Future-Remix) on the original run so I was in for that with one of my jumbowoot (thanks!) coupons. I'm curious to see what the "Metallic Ink" looks like.
@dcalotta: Me too!
The posters seem a bit pricey...
I like how the one item is called "Keep Driving Pullover Hoodie." Kind of confusing at first.
But as much as I love these special offerings, I'm not particularly taken by any of the designs so I'll be passing on this round.
Probably not, they are neat but none of the designs are neat enough for me to want buy.
Nope, I'm still boycotting shirt.woot for the 20% price hike they made on shirts of the day.
@dicedeals: Sooo ... you're boycotting every other place that has increased their prices in the past 4 years too, like your local supermarket, gas station, etc., right?
@narfcake Yup. You got it. I've changed I would say 70% of my spending habits so far in 2012 and plan to do more. Supermarkets - Only what I can't get at the farmers market. Gas Stations - bought 2 bikes, one of them with a chargeable electric motor the other runs on old fashion Flintstones power. Even installed a small PV system to charge portable electronics when it's sunny.
Now I never said I wouldn't buy shirts again in the future, but for now I'm still grieving. I bought 25 shirts last year from woot, and if I did the same this year it would cost me an extra $50.
Can you please, please, pretty please bring back the "Peanut Butter & Jealousy T-shirt"? I am on a desperate search for this long lost t-shirt & can not stop until I find it. Don't remember the artist & I am somewhat sure it was a Woot t-shirt, but I do know when I find it, I will need a multiples. I have some friends & coworkers who were equally impressed w/ this design & are willing to part w/ some hard earned cash to get it. I just posted the question below, when I stumbled onto your question & was hoping, just hoping maybe you have seen it before?? I anxiously await your response. - Mrs. Fluffernutter
Bummer, I was going to buy one of the Woot! athletics blue pull over hoodies but work and life got in the way and now I am waaaaay too late. I may get one of these but I think I will wait until some new ones are posted.


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- This driver always makes time to mentor the next generation — whether at home or on the road
- This driver helps rookie truckers learn the ropes
- Home-schooling in a truck means the country is a classroom
- This driver sees the world through Google Glass
- A career trucker brings his tales of the road to people in hospice
- How driver Paul Sedlak finds motivation to reach his fitness goals
- I Love Trucking: More than a job, driving is a way of life
Field Days
Nancy Eberts is not your everyday trucker. Each year, this mother of four joins husband Myron on a six-month journey across America to ensure the country won't run out of corn.
"We cut the crops that feed America," says Nancy, standing with hands on hips outside the crew's accommodation trailer in Kiowa, Kan. The Ebertses are experts in their field, with more than three decades of experience as harvest truckers. That means cutting crops, driving across the country in huge convoys and getting the crop from the field into the giant grain bins before the rains come. Trucks are at the heart of the operation.
The season's first work began in March, when Myron left the family farm in North Dakota to make a series of journeys on his own in his Kenworth. Hauling each of the three combine harvesters as far south as Kansas, he put them at the ready for the coming season. Then, in late April, the Ebertses said goodbye to family and friends, loaded up the trucks and embarked on the 1,300-mile trip to Frederick, Okla., the traditional start of the harvest cutting season and a hive of activity as the crops ripen.
"We married in 1981. The summer of 1982 was our first harvest run," says Nancy. "I've raised kids on the harvest run and been pregnant while working. Most children would go to summer camp or go fishing during their summer break. Ours came on the harvest run. You get to see a lot of the different cultures changing as you move south; it was a great way to raise a family."
The Eberts convoy has a pre-set route moving north, with a number of farms that have become regular stopping points.
"We've cut for some people for 28 years," Nancy says. "It's a relationship. They know how we work. We're quick and efficient and save them a lot of time. And we have the expertise to get the job done properly."
Everything to go
The giant convoy of vehicles that snakes its way down through South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma includes everything Nancy, Myron and their six-person crew will need for the coming harvest tour. Five Kenworths haul grain carts, hoppers, customized flatbed trailers and two units that serve as living quarters, while a service truck and several pick-ups are used to pull the 40- foot harvester heads.
Each machine costs in excess of $400,000 and is often replaced as frequently as every other year due to the extreme nature of the work. Myron runs most of the machines up to around 1,300 cutting hours before selling them to farmers who will use them less frequently. Most manufacturers offer comprehensive support to the industry, running dedicated repair trucks as the harvesting crews slowly move farther north.
Once the convoy arrives in Frederick, the trailers are unhooked and the accommodations unit set up and linked to the main sewerage. Then three of the Kenworths are sent back to Kansas to pick up the three giant combines. On each, one of the two sets of wheels are removed to fit onto the trailers. The trailers are built specifically for transporting combines, focusing on ease of loading and unloading.
"Time is money," says Nancy. "And loss of time makes a difference to Mother Nature. The sooner the crop is cut and in the bin, the happier everyone is."
The harvest is a frantic business, based almost entirely around weather patterns. Corn cannot be cut if it's too wet. Samples from each crop are tested by Myron before cutting to ensure water content is low enough. But the price the farmer receives is based upon weight, and a crop that contains some water is heavier and thus more profitable. That means that until each crop sample reaches that critical point of just the right measure of water, Myron and his crew must simply wait.
When conditions are right, the work is tough. While the combines do the glamour work in the field, the trucks put in the hard yards, taking every single grain of corn to the hoppers and transporting the machinery across the country, meaning logistics are vital to an efficient operation.
"Everyone has their role, and each is expected to pull their weight," Nancy says. "We don't have a huge crew, so each person must have all the skills needed to get the job done. I can drive a truck, and I have my own combine. It's the harvester with the number one on it, of course."
Though the harvest season begins in mid-May, interviews for positions on the crew begin in January. The Ebertses find they have the best luck with people who are just starting out.
"I'm able to train them in the way that I work," Myron says. "Different crews work in different ways and you don't want people who are stuck in their ways, and not prepared to listen to other ways of working."
Each crew member is trained by the Ebertses to get a class A CDL. They find themselves pulling anything from grain carts to the 40,000-pound oversized harvesters. "When we work together, we're like a well-oiled machine," says Nick Nadai, a crew member from Michigan. "When the pressure is on, that's when we really prove ourselves."
The right stuff
With all the equipment on location, the real business of cutting begins. A quarter-mile plot, around 160 acres, can be cleared in as little as four hours and will require seven truck loads to be ferried from the field to the giant bins about 10 miles away, which hold the corn.
While some members of the crew drive the combines, others man the grain cart, which moves the corn from the harvesters making their way round the field to the waiting trucks on the edge of the crop. Once filled, other crew members race the filled trucks to the grain elevators, where they will queue up and unload.
"There have been times where the whole operation has been held up because the trucks have to wait in line for up to eight hours to unload their corn," Myron explains.
Once the crops are cut at each location, Myron and his team will load up the trailers and move onto their next base. The calendar is always an issue. If they have been held up by rain, the crew can expect to work 18-hour days, week after week, to ensure the ripening crops are cut in time.
With the constant movement, rough terrain, and heavyweight loads — a truck hauling a tractor and grain cart can easily top 80,000 pounds — the trucks always get a tough ride.
They run five Kenworths. There are two 2004 Kenworth T800s with C15 475 hp engines, a 1996 Kenworth T800 with a 3406E 475 hp, a 2000 Kenworth T800 with a C12 430 hp and one 1993 Kenworth 900L with a 3406 425 hp.
"Myron looks for durability, and power in low range. He has always liked the CAT engine for its low-end torque and power in low range," Nancy says.
The convoy also includes a 1999 International service truck, packed with all manner of spanners and tools, and two Chevy pickups. The Ebertses have their own mobile housing, and an accommodation trailer for the crew. Their rolling home includes washing facilities, a laundry, a kitchen and a lounge. The crew gets paid at the end of each month, with the Ebertses providing meals and tools for the season.
Moving from one site to the next is a complex operation, with the crew running back and forth between towns to get all the equipment in place. Myron must remain on top of the differing legal requirements each state has in place for oversized vehicles as he plans the convoy's route.
"We can run in North and South Dakota with oversized vehicles without having to apply for permits every time," he explains. "Kansas is trickier because we can't run on the interstate in some areas. In Nebraska you usually just need to tell the authorities in advance."
From Kiowa, Kan., the crew will head north to Turon, then Goodland. By July, the trucks and combines will have moved to Nebraska, cutting in North Platte then Martin in South Dakota. In early September, the crew will be back at the Ebertses' farm in South Heart, N.D.
But the season is far from over. More crops, including soybeans and maize will be cut near the Ebertses' own place throughout the fall. Then the crew loads up the trucks and goes back on the road. Winter wheat will be ready for harvest in Kenmare and Valley City in North Dakota.
Only in mid-December will the work finally be done. The trucks will be parked, the combines rested and the crew sent home. Just a few months later, the trucks will be back on the road and the harvest cycle will begin all over again.
"I have always said the prettiest field is a cut field," Nancy remarks, looking over the results of a day's work. "The harvester and the farmer are both at ease."
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February 18, 2011
U2 Cape Town concert - it's a beautiful day!
The U2 360° stage, nicknamed "The Claw", in the Johannesburg FNB Stadium, on Sunday, February 13. Photo: Colin Ford
Brace yourselves, the day of the long-awaited U2 360° Tour Cape Town concert has finally arrived. If you're lucky enough to have tickets, there is a lot to look forward to.
This concert experience will be like no other, with the audience wrapped around a circular, claw-like stage structure prepped to serve you pyrotechnics like you have never encountered before.
The impressive set-up also includes mobile walkways and detachable ramps, enabling the 360° experience as members of the Irish rock band break away from centre stage and engage with the audience from every angle.
Fans can look forward to a class act, with U2 performing some of their greatest hits. Expect to hear tracks off a selection of their albums, including The Joshua Tree (1987), Achtung Baby (1991) and All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000), as well as their most recent album No Line on the Horizon (2009).
U2 fan Kate Rau attended the U2 concert in Johannesburg on Sunday, February 13, and commented on the experience, saying, "When I arrived home on Monday morning, my feet were tired, I'd lost my voice, I couldn't find my fiancé... but I didn't care, because it was one of the best experiences ever. My head was still banging with U2 tunes and I could still see the U2 Milky Way [fans are encouraged to hold up their cellphones as the stadium lights are turned off, to create a light-studded Milky Way experience]. It was definitely one of the best concerts I've ever been to."
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"I'm kind of in a relationship with somebody."
These are the last words a guy wants to hear from his brand-new female interest.
But if you are a Casual Dater, chances are that you're going to run into one of your own sooner or later.
Corporate Kitten was nuzzling me on her white couch. She didn't even break skin contact. Perhaps her preternatural feminine instincts told her that this was the least convenient time for me to deal with it, and the touch of her face against my chest would somehow soften the impact. It didn't.
I'd planned a very big date for the following evening. Babysitters had been arranged. Tickets to Actor's Theatre were purchased. Outfits selected. Dinner reservations at Vincenzo's. Things were in motion. What now? I had to say something.
"How's that going for you?"
"Not so well."
"Good. I'll pick you up at 7:30."
There are people who might ask why I'd want to date a woman who is already in a relationship, but those people haven't seen this woman naked.
My ego, however, was taking a severe bruising. If she'd kicked me in the crotch, it might've hurt less. If I wasn't the only man in her world, I wanted to be completely ignorant of the fact. Honesty is only the best policy if you're not gambling, and what's dating but a giant gamble?
I was intent on not letting it bother me. I'd spent some time and effort getting that date together. I was invested. We hadn't had a real date since our first, which turned out pretty well for me (and the couch).
Our last three dates had been squeezed into the only time a single mom could accommodate – 10:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. I shouldn't complain, but I was getting tired of sneaking in and out of her condo with two hours of sleep and a wicked hangover. Forcing a man to cross hardwood floors barefoot in the dead of winter was plain sadistic.
But her "other" relationship was troubling. Who was this guy? Why was she seeing me as well? Should I care? Does being on a date with another woman two weeks ago make me a hypocrite? Perhaps.
The point is if you're going to be a Casual Dater, you can't expect anybody else to be different. Men like to labor under the illusion that we're the center of a girl's universe.
We usually aren't.
It's a big world. You can't cry about a woman keeping her options open. Your job as a man is to be her best option. This requires a lot more work than being her only option. Winning by attrition is just mediocrity.
She came to the door, wearing a pencil skirt and knee-high boots. I'm always a sucker for a woman in boots. Mr. Ego was immediately replaced by his less uptight cousin; Mr. Eager. I resolved to stand tall like a man and take on the competition.
I lost to the competition.
But you can't complain about the competition if you don't compete.
As I crept out of her bedroom before the kids woke up, I had few regrets. This time, at least, I kept my shoes by the bed so my feet would stay warm. I glanced back at her, twisted up in the sheets, still wearing her boots.
It was a good date.
Just because I wasn't the only man in her life didn't mean that I couldn't enjoy the experience. In the end, a little ego bruising is good for character. It stings, but so did that bee I stepped on at Camp Piomingo when I was 12, and I survived that just fine.
The bee, however, did not. Ce'st La Vie.
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I like Beamer and I use it but I wanted to check if there other classes for slides or presentation purposes to consider seriously when starting to write a presentation.
Under the topic Presentation Slides at The TeX Catalogue Online you will find some of them, beamer included.
Edit: I forgot to mention Screen Presentations Tools where Michael Wiedmann compares several tools and not only pdf oriented.
There is also Lecturer which makes a pretty clean impression on me. Problem might be that it relies on genuine PDF features for the transition effects and overlays and thus needs a really compliant PDF viewer, which might mean that only Adobe Reader will do a good job. Notably, Preview.app won't work in many cases. Still, if you only use the basic transitions, it may be fine with many viewers.
Context works pretty well as is for presentations; I think it's fairly comparable to Beamer/Tikz overall. See Presentations on the Context wiki.
If you use KOMA-Script for anything else beside presentations, have a look at this short article in the PracTeX-Journal: http://tug.org/pracjourn/2010-2/hofert.html
»Abstract: In this article, we show how scientific presentations can be created based on the KOMA-Script document class scrartcl. The main advantage of the suggested approach is that the presentation slides allow for easy copy-and-paste of content from other LaTeX documents such as research papers or handouts. Using this approach, presentation slides are quickly generated, without the author having to learn how to use other LaTeX presentation packages. Additionally, in contrast to the rather overused templates of the more common presentation packages, the slides can be individually created and thus tailored to the topic of the presentation.«
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I am trying to teach myself Galois theory. Is it true that every for a field extension K->L, that every normal subgroup of Gal(L:K) is of the form Gal(L:M) for some intermediate field M, ie K->M->L?
Let $L/K$ be an arbitrary extension of fields, and put $G = \operatorname{Aut}(L/K)$.
For a subgroup $H$ of $G$, put $L^H = \{x \in L \ | \ \forall \sigma \in H, \ \sigma(x) = x\}$.
We say that a subgroup $H$ of $G$ is closed if $H = \operatorname{Aut}(L/L^H)$.
Theorem (Artin-Kaplansky): Every finite subgroup $H$ of $G$ is closed.
Moreover, a closed subgroup $H$ of $G$ is normal iff for all $\sigma \in G$, $\sigma L^H = L^H$. If $L/K$ is algebraic, this says that $L^H/K$ is normal.
Also, if $[L:K]$ is finite, then $|G| \leq [L:K]$. So for finite extensions, every subgroup is closed.
If $[L:K]$ is infinite, it need not be the case that every subgroup $H$ of $G$ is closed. In fact, if $L/K$ is algebraic and Galois of infinite degree, then there are always nonclosed subgroups, since any closed subgroup $H$ of $G$ is profinite, hence finite or uncountably infinite. But the group $G$ itself is uncountably infinite, so has countably infinite subgroups.
To see a particular example of a nonclosed subgroup which is moreover normal, take $K = \mathbb{F}_p$ and $L = \overline{\mathbb{F}_p}$, an algebraic closure. Then $\operatorname{Aut}(L/K) \cong \widehat{\mathbb{Z}}$, and the closed subgroups are those of the form $n \widehat{\mathbb{Z}}$: they are all open, and in particular uncountably infinite. Then the subgroup of $G$ generated (not topologically generated!) by the Frobenius automorphism $\operatorname{Fr}: x \mapsto x^p$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}$, and is a nonclosed normal subgroup whose closure is $\widehat{\mathbb{Z}}$.


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" Lenses such as shaved Nikon 10.5mm on full frame sensor and Sigma 8mm on cropped sensor can be supported by using a L-bracket and slanted adapter (to be released later) for making spherical panos. "
Suggestion -- make those pieces also fit the lower rail of the regular NN3's and NN5's. That would be a very useful addition for
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5 Topics Guaranteed to Elicit (Condescending) Advice
Do you know what is even worse than a touchy subject like cat declawing that suddenly turns everyone around you into the Hulk? A touchy subject that turns everyone around you into Dear Abby.
Try mentioning any of the below things to a large group of people -- or just try not hiding any of these things from a large group of people -- and you will have so much condescending advice on your hands that you could, I don't know, build a really annoying house out of it. You'll be surprised at how many people you like and respect will suddenly turn into advice columnists from hell.
#5. Diets / Weight Loss
Just mention you are trying to lose a few pounds, and you will be inundated with Diet Experts. Some of them may understand the science, and some of them may have lost weight themselves, and sometimes both, but you can probably bet on neither.
"Look, here's what you need to do."
People who can't keep a pound off will be telling you to stay off carbs and eat all meats, and others will be telling you to banish meats and stick to carbs. Or that if you eat all bananas in the morning, you can eat whatever you want the rest of the day. Some people will tell you it's all about how often you eat, and other people will say it's all about eating nothing after 7pm (a sort of elderly Gremlin diet).
"Midnight? I can't even stay up past 8 anymore."
Whatever they tell you, they will insist that this is the only right way, that this is THE weight loss secret. It doesn't matter what else you eat, as long as you get that morning banana. Or you stay off carbs. Or whatever. If you don't want to listen, they'll throw up their hands and encouragingly tell you that you're doomed to failure.
Morning Banana would be a good name for a band.
This advice actually comes less from a certainty that whatever they're suggesting will work, than from a certainty that whatever you're doing won't work. About half of all Americans are trying to lose weight at any given time, so any given person is likely to have tried a bunch of different methods, which apparently don't work, otherwise they wouldn't keep trying. It takes an incredible amount of discipline to actually lose weight and keep it off, and most people have trouble accepting how much work they'd have to put in, so when they fail, they blame the method and move on to a new one.
Like the Taco Bell diet. Reasoning: It tastes terrible, so it must be good for you!
Because it can't be because weight loss is really hard. It must be because they just haven't found the right diet yet. This next one must be the right one! And if you, their poor sap of a friend, are trying one of the methods they've already tried and failed at, you're clearly barking up the wrong tree, and they've got to stop you for your own sake.
"Stay off the court, Rick, you are just wasting your time with cardio."
I'd suggest you not tell anyone when you're trying to lose weight, but it's pretty hard to get anywhere when your friends unknowingly take you out to Cheesecake Factory or have you over for backyard BBQs, so you have to tell someone. If anyone gives you trouble, you can just tell them you're on the Facepunch Diet, where you punch someone in the face every time they give you diet advice, and that you have never burned so many calories in your life.
#4. Parenting
Even if you're not a parent, don't know any parents, and haven't been near a child since the brief period where you were one, you've probably heard someone complain about unsolicited parenting advice. If not, here's one parent's experience, to catch you up:
"Why would you deny your precious infant breast milk?" said to a friend who had just adopted. Or, my favorite, offered to a weary mother entertaining two kids during an airport delay: "This is coming from a place of love. That's really not a developmentally appropriate task for your daughter."
This, on the other hand, is.
Another stranger told a mom her baby would claw his face off if she didn't cut his nails.
"I can't let them identify me."
Why does everyone want to tell parents what to do, even people with no kids?
Well, parenting is pretty much the most important responsibility most people will ever have -- you have an entire person's life in your hands. So, many parents, especially first-timers, tend to panic about everything, like whether they started their child listening to Baby Mozart six months too late for the maximum developmental boost, or whether their infant's lack of interest in NFL telecasts indicates they might be gay (or European).
Minor choices, or things that differ from kid to kid, can take on catastrophic significance, and people can project this sense of urgency onto other parents, leading them to assume that the proper timeline of Baby Mozart exposure is as much of a life-and-death issue to others as it was to them when they first found out.
Just so you know I'm not making this up.
So they don't see it as annoying a stranger over a minor problem like having crumbs on their lip, they see it as warning someone that's about to step off a cliff.
As for non-parents, a lot of it is Monday-morning quarterbacking, where things look easier and more obvious when you don't have to actually do them. And when it comes to people offering advice about shutting up a crying kid in public, well, that's because the average human mind isn't equipped to come to terms with a world where turning off that awful sound is not possible. There must be a method. If there is a loving God in heaven, there must be.
#3. Computer Advice For A Non-Apple Product
Go to your average general forum/newsgroup/mailing list and look for a discussion asking about problems with any Windows machine. Odds are good that somewhere in there, you will find someone suggesting they should have gotten a Mac.
They will do anything to convince you.
Ask about any problem with any Windows machine, and you can almost bet on getting this response:
Even money that their sig contains a quote from Steve Jobs or some kind of smug zing at Bill Gates or Dell or whatever.
Here's how the rest of the thread will play out: 4 helpful suggestions, 2 more "you should have got a Mac" comments, 3 suggestions that end by pointing out this would never happen on a Mac, and 1 guy promoting Linux.
Probably this guy.
Likewise you have this response to "How long will Windows take to install?", or this question about getting a black screen in Windows Media Center, this question about a blank screen in general, a thread about what camera to buy, or this question about popup ad problems.
Not to pin this whole phenomenon on annoying Mac fanboys alone. You'll see the same thing play out if you ask a broad group about what gaming console to get. The Playstation vs. Xbox assholes are a sight worse than Mac assholes, and I only don't quote them here because I can't read most of their misspelled leetspeak posts.


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Semarang, the charming capital city of the province of Central Java will welcome Chinese New Year 2564 - which this year falls on 10th February 2013 - with a sparkling fiesta : the Semawis Bazaar to be held from 6th to 8th February 2013. This unique event will take place at Semarang's Chinatown complex centered around the Cap Kao Kang and Kapuran streets.
Entering its 10th edition, this annual event emerged from the Chinese tradition of ji kao meh. Ji kao meaning 29 which points to the date, and meh meaning night, thus it is a bazaar held on the 29th night of the last year where people usually shop for all kinds of food and decorations needed to celebrate the turn of the year.
The bazaar will be filled with stalls selling all necessities for Chinese New Year such as decorative ornaments, paper lanterns, flowers, and other items. Since the coming year is the 'Year of the Snake', one can expect a lot of snakes themed into various ornaments. The bazaar will also feature a variety of culinary delights, especially those associated closely with Chinese New Year celebrations.
There will also be highlights of both traditional and contemporary art performances such as : the Barongsai (or Lion Dance), Wayang Potehi (Chinese puppet show), Cengge, plays, live musical performances, and others. Visitors will also be presented with some of the most distinct features of Chinese culture such as Chinese fortune telliing, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Medical treatment, and many others.The bazaar will also be complemented with various games and competitions.
Forming part of the Visit Central Java 2013 program, the Semawis Bazaar is organized by the Komunitas Pecinan Semarang Untuk Wisata (KOPI SEMAWIS) or the Semarang Chinatown Community for Tourism with the full support of the Semarang Chinese Organization Association (PORINTI), the office of Tourism of Central Java, the city of Semarang, and the Suara Merdeka Network.
More Information available at: http://www.visitjawatengah.com/
Photo Courtesy by http://kampungturis.blogspot.com
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What does the spinning cross and the blinking circle on the map mean?
I guess one is your goal, what is the other one?
What does the spinning cross and the blinking circle on the map mean?
The spinning cross shows the room where you last entered the map. The blinking circle shows the room where you were last located when you pressed Esc. The grey lines and squares show the path you took since you last entered the map.
For completeness, a large square indicates a room where you have not found all the exits, a small square indicates a room where you have found all the exits, an arrow indicates an exit (apparently only in one direction) to another part of the map, and a circle on an exit indicates a dead end.
As an addendum: It appears that the untaken exit symbol can also indicate untaken entrances (remember that in a non-Euclidean game like this, there is a distinction).
I have few things to add to murgatroid99 answer. Some elements are temporary, they appear when you play and then disappear at some point of playthrough.
See the picture:
For comparison, this is the map after I have done all these things:


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Not sure if this is the right spot for this, but I know how to get the Windows 95 startup sound as a WAV, but is there a MIDI anywhere? Or do I have to sit at my piano and try to recreate it (as it is one note at a time)
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It's actually a pretty complex piece of synthesizer work--the link ObscureRobot posted in the comments sheds some light on this.
Since the music isn't exactly metered, I didn't bother to attempt to quantify that in transcription (I didn't bother to typeset it either, that would've been more trouble than it's worth). So, I used spatial notation with some relative rhythms notated.
Every instrument is bathed in reverb and tends to 'ping' on the attack with a long decay. I hear four different voices: the "bell" synth that dominates the first few seconds, the piano that enters afterwards, a string-like synth, and a round bass-ish timbre.
I think this sound's inception may be somewhat similar to that of the THX sound--very much dependent on the individual pieces of equipment used to create it, all of which are antiques nowadays. You'd have to ask Brian Eno in order to get much deeper than this--and he probably wan't working in notation in the first place.


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1) He seems to have wrested from his editors more space -- and a bigger travel budget -- than other recent reviewers, including his predecessor.
Rockwell reported from out of town regularly, as I recall.
No complaints here. Macaulay is a fine critic, the Times continues to afford him and the other dance critics space and travel even in this difficult economic time and if anything he's improved since joining the paper.
Rockwell did travel much more often than his colleagues, but I think AM gets around even more than JR did. I know he's been here in Seattle more often than any of his predecessors.
And speaking as a dance critic, I can pretty much guarantee that there is never enough space to discuss everything you'd like to in a review!


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DONORA, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has approved a measure already passed in the state Senate to rename a southwestern Pennsylvania bridge after native son Stan "The Man" Musial, a Hall of Famer who played for baseball's St. Louis Cardinals.
The bridge that carries state Route 1077 over the Monongahela River between Monessen and Musial's hometown of Donora will be renamed once Gov. Tom Corbett approves the measure passed Monday by the state House.
The bridge is about 20 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
State Sen. Tim Solobay, a Washington County Democrat, sponsored the measure which the Senate approved in May.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Solobay says renaming the bridge will "serve as a permanent reminder that, despite humble beginnings, hard work can lead to great accomplishments." Musial collected 3,630 hits in 22 seasons with the Cardinals.
Information from: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, http://www.post-gazette.com


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Just purchased the QRP and a camera plate from NN, but am I thick, or what? How the heck does this go together? I can see how the QRP attaches to the upper rail, and then how the CP fits the QRP, but then how does that, in turn, attach to the bottom of the camera? I have two female 3/8" threads that meet together. Also - why does the CP have to 'lock' into the QRP when the mount, with the screw and the alignment pin are bomber secure to start with?
I must be doing something wrong - or there is yet another piece I have to buy between the camera and the CP.
Camera is Nikon D300


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You can choose the term or phrase of your liking to describe what I'll Have Another, the winner of the Kentucky Derby did at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course last Saturday.
I've been through a few of them myself while pondering the stretch run in the Preakness, the second jewel of the Triple Crown. But I've have settled on a simple "Wow!" as the one that works best for me.
The Preakness appeared to set-up perfectly for Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister, a horse whose reputation has managed to grow in each of his last three starts – two of them losses. He had set a withering pace in the Derby and held on until I'll Have Another, the beneficiary of a perfect, trouble-free journey behind some of the fastest early fractions in the great race's 138-year history, rushed past the front-runner in the final yards.
With no other serious speed horses in the Preakness, Bodemeister figured to gallop out to an easy lead in fractions must softer than those he established on Derby Day. There's nothing more dangerous in Thoroughbred racing than a fast horse on an uncontested lead, a situation in which that leader can save energy that would have been expended had another quick horse or two been there to look him in the eye.
The Bob Baffert-trained Bodemeister figured to relax on a comfortable lead and spurt clear under jockey Mike Smith in upper stretch, just as he had done at the Derby. But this time, he would hang on.
It worked perfectly, except the last part.
That thinking of many – including the writer in this corner – felt I'll Have Another would need to keep Bodemeister in his sites from very close range. He would likely have to move a bit early to engage the horse he had beaten at Churchill Downs and might weaken late in Baltimore.
Instead, I'll Have Another and rookie Triple Crown rider Mario Gutierrez settled in fourth, four lengths off of Bodemeister's uncontested lead. Many jockeys would have pushed the panic button and sent the Derby winner after that rival much earlier, but Gutierrez displayed uncommon patience and didn't ask the Derby winner for his best until midway around the far turn. I'll Have Another still trailed Bodemeister by three lengths with an eighth of a mile to run before his sudden surge in the final yards enabled him to collar the leader just before the wire, nearly shredding the vocal chords of NBC announcer Larry Collmus and leaving the Thoroughbred racing nation within reach of the ever-so-elusive Triple Crown.
The last horse to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, the 1 ½-mile final jewel of the Triple Crown, was Affirmed in 1978. His feat was the third Triple Crown in six years and followed tour de force performances by Secretariat in 1973 and Seattle Slew, the only unbeaten Triple Crown winner, in 1977. The Triple Crown, during that dizzying stretch, seemed on the verge of becoming routine.
But it should have been a sign of things to come that Spectacular Bid, one of the great horses of the 20th century, won the first two jewels before fading in the stretch in the Belmont Stakes. The Bid's failure was the starting point of a Triple Crown drought that now covers 34 years. The previous record dry spell had been the gap of 25 years between the Crown won by the great Calumet Farm star Citation in 1948 and Secretariat's now-mythic '73.
Only 11 horses have won the Triple Crown, and since Affirmed held off arch-rival Alydar to win the Belmont and complete his '78 sweep, 11 horses have won the Derby and the Preakness only to falter in the Belmont.
The story of I'll Have Another gets more intriguing with each year. A bargain purchase for just $35,000 at a 2-year-old sale in Ocala, Fla. in April of 2011, I'll Have Another has run seven times in his career and has not been favored in any of those races. Each of the previous 11 Triple Crown winners had been the favorite in either the Derby or Preakness – or both – prior to their Belmont wins.
His record now stands at 5-1-0 in seven races and he is perfect in four starts as a 3-year-old. If you're concerned about the 1 ½-mile distance of the Belmont Stakes, I'll Have Another's pedigree is dotted with long-winded distance stars such as Ribot, Sea-Bird, Sadler's Wells, Princequillo, Vaguely Noble, Roberto and His Majesty.
He also carries the blood of Native Dancer, who was denied a Triple Crown when he suffered his only career loss in the Kentucky Derby, where he lost by a nose to Dark Star. But on the other side of his pedigree coin is Nijinsky, winner of England's Triple Crown in 1973 and the only horse since 1935 to accomplish that sweep which includes 1 ½-mile Epsom Derby and the St. Leger at approximately a mile and three-quarters,
Although its distance is a quarter-mile longer than the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes often favors horses with early speed, and the stalking style employed by I'll Have Another would seem to be ideal for the race. Despite his relative inexperience, Gutierrez rode Paul Reddam's Derby winner perfectly in both the Derby and Preakness. Perhaps Gutierrez is too green to be scared, but it's working.
Trainer Doug O'Neill has done a terrific job of bringing a fresh horse to the Triple Crown. The break of more than two months between I'll Have Another's 2012 debut in Santa Anita's Robert B. Lewis and his victory in the Santa Anita Derby looks, in retrospect, like a masterstroke.
So now, we wait to see how history will treat I'll Have Another in his bid for the Belmont Stakes on June 9. If you're looking for good Triple Crown omens, that's the same date of the Saturday on which Secretariat scored his record-shattering 31-length romp in the Belmont Stakes that made him a national hero and put the legendary "Big Red" on the covers of Time and Newsweek.
Some tough rivals await at Belmont Park, with Kentucky Derby foes Dullahan (3rd) and Union Rags (a troubled 7th) appearing as the primary dangers. Paynter, a talented late-bloomer with dangerous front-running speed, will likely carry Baffert's hopes of avenging I'll Have Another's wins over Bodemeister, could also show up.
It won't be easy to complete the Triple Crown sweep, but nothing worth having should be. But I'll Have Another has the running style and the pedigree to get the job done, and the improving Derby winner is coming off a performance in the Preakness that is the best of his life.
He'll finally be the betting favorite for the first time in what has turned out to already be a remarkable racing career. We'll see how I'll Have Another responds to that challenge on June 9.
He's handled almost everything else.
Photos by AMBER CHALFIN | Contributing Photographer


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December 9th, 2003
Thanks to everyone who entered our latest caption contest! I had a lot of fun reading all the entries, and it was very hard to choose winners, as is always the way of these things. For future reference, the captions were entered on the Wondermark Facebook page, and there were also some in the comments on this post.
Common themes this time around included: the dromedary as stork delivering a baby; puns on "animal magnetism" or "attraction"; mentions of Insane Clown Posse ("magnets, how do they work?"); references to Camel cigarettes or "Arabian" things like shawarma; proverbs about passing through the eyes of needles; instructions to plant the child at some specific spot in the garden; robots; and long Dickensian dialogues.
That all being said, please enjoy some, in no particular order,
"Mabel had a knack for getting out of her chores."—Graham Bird
"I've told you before! Milkshakes bring boys to the yard."—Gedbury of Slacks Creek
"I'm terribly sorry madam, sometimes the stork delivers the wrong ones. Thank you for keeping the receipt."—David Ault
"Back off, Ermengarde, I got this."—Francis Heaney
"I hate the packaging on these things."—Pan Outeast
"Stand back, Helen! The bastard still has my ball bearings and I've finally got him right where I want him!"—Chuck Jordan
"Is that my good magnet? Are you using my good magnet again?!"—Erik Deckers
"Its budget dwindling rapidly, the BBC production of Moby Dick was forced into increasing levels of abstraction."—Jorpho
"Dammit, woman, don't try to stop me! This is science!"—Kristan Wheaton
"My real dad lets me play with magnets whenever I want!"—Alex S.
"And with Mother's return, the situation went from bad to worse."—Collin Voyles
"Technical foul. Lose one quarter furlong."—Doug Zimmer
"Get in the car. No time to explain."—Shawn LeBlanc
"Wait! I want to change my vote!"—David Tresner-Kirsch
"The view from here is much improv'd:
It is two-toed, not cloven-hooved!"—Pan Outeast
…A reminder! Last caption contest, we instituted a rule that we would ALSO consider, as an exhibition entry, a line of dialogue from the current "Garfield". Which, for the day the contest ended (July 12th), gives us:
"How's the summer treating you?"
[Hold for polite applause.]
Now, without further ado, or distracting reminders to
come visit me at the San Diego Comic-Con this week, at booth #1229…
Tuesday July 12th, at midnight Pacific time, is the deadline to submit to our fourth Caption Contest! You can submit your entry here on the site, or on the Wondermark Facebook page. I will read all the entries and post my favorites soon!
The San Diego Comic-Con is nearly upon us! I'll be at the TopatoCo booth (#1232) provding Roll-a-Sketches, friendly handshakes, and answers to any questions you may have about life.
On Friday night, I'll also be sharing some True Stuff From Old Books as part of a cool variety show called SPACE TIME!, hosted by musician Marian Call:
The incomparable variety show SPACE TIME! returns to SDCC this July. Tickets available now!
Songwriter Marian Call hosts her 6th annual showcase of science and art in San Diego. This year's guests include:
- Historical comic artist & man-about-the-internet David Malki ! of Wondermark!
- Songwriter Seth Boyer, with new original songs about space and time!
- Writers Kayla Cagan and Josh A. Cagan!
- Author (and financial advisor to the internet) Nicole Dieker!
- A discussion of life on Mars by emeritus Mars rover driver Scott Maxwell and Mars rover instrument technician Kim Maxwell!
Come ready to sing and learn and laugh with friends old and new.
$12 online tickets are available until 5PM PST on the evening of the event. If the show has not reached full capacity, the remaining tickets will be available at the door for $15. Seating for food and drinks begins at 6:30pm ($10 minimum per person). Learn more about the venue at 98BottlesSD.com.
No SDCC pass is required, and locals encouraged to attend! The event is in Little Italy, away from most traffic and parking woes associated with the con. Easy public transit available via light rail (use the Middletown or Little Italy stops) and by bus (take the 83, 280, or 290).
Get tickets in advance, in the past this show has sold out!
As you may know, you can order prints of any individual comic strip you like from my TopatoCo store.
I also bring selected favorite prints to conventions! They look like this:
Every convention, people ask if I have specific ones, and while I often do, sometimes of course I don't.
So I'm starting a new thing: if you'll be at Comic-Con (or Gen Con, later this summer), and you want to get a print of a specific comic, email me in advance and I'll make sure to bring it for you.
Just email dave at wondermark dot com, subject: "Comic print." I'll have it waiting at the booth for you to pick up! (They cost $7, and you can pay when you pick it up.)
SPEAKING of my TopatoCo store, I've got two new shirts in there! "Cooking is Wizardry" from this comic, previously only an apron, is now a shirt as well. And also, now you can enjoy "Turctopus", hailing from this comic!


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What are some good places to sell photo prints online? Is it possible? What aspects depend on country, laws, or copyright restrictions?
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It depends very much on what you are trying to accomplish. There are at least 3 broad categories, which I'll try and give some examples. Note that my examples are probably US centric, but the services might also have foreign affiliates, I haven't looked into them all, so...
Selling Prints to Clients
Okay, so you've done a photo shoot with some clients, and they want to order prints from you. Where do you direct them? This will depend somewhat on what country you are in, but here's a few.
Selling prints to strangers
So, you took an awesome landscape picture, and now you want to sell a print to a complete stranger. You could use the above sites, but you might have more luck with a dedicated site. The truth be told, however, is that unless you already have a fairly well known name, you're probably not going to have much luck online from this type of picture. I don't have much experience here, but I'll post a few that I've heard of.
Selling the rights to use your images
This is also known as stock photography. These photos typically either sell a concept, have a type of photo illustrated, but can include landscapes and other general interest pictures. There are at least 2 sub-categories here, I'm more familiar with the micro-stock site. Specifically, you can look into sites such as those listed below.
I would suggest you very strongly consider the pros and cons of the microstock model before submitting your images there. Generally speaking, micro is a model that's much better for the consumers than the producers of content.
If you'd prefer a more traditional stock photography model I would suggest you check out the Alamy agency: http://alamy.com/
I've sold prints on ebay in the past, however they have very strict rules (and a bunch of competitors ready to report you) about anything that could even vaguely be considered 'erotic'. One time I was banned from selling because the 'model was nude' even though all you could see where her head, arms, and legs. I'd like to know how the ebay moderator managed to sneak into my photo shoot to verify their 'fact'.
You will find a lot of competitors on ebay so your work needs to be top notch, popular, and competitively priced to get sold regularly but even then it's only a bit of extra money.


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To access a specific voyage itinerary page, search the four-digit voyage number (example: 3226) in the "search site" box in the upper right hand corner of the Crystal website. If you are unsure of the voyage number, or would like to browse for a voyage that suits your interests, you may also use our Voyage Finder.
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Civic Square, City Walk and Garema Place will be transformed into an adventure playground as Canberra CBD Limited brings Christmas cheer to the City.
Bungee trampolines, camel rides, bumper boats and rock [...]
[ 1 November 2012 to 31 July 2013. ]
An intriguing exhibition up on the War Memorial website:
The small French village of Vignacourt was always behind the front lines. For much of the First World War it was a staging point, casualty clearing station and recreation area for troops of all nationalities moving up to and then back from the battlefields on the [...]
[ 16 August 2012 to 20 December 2012. ]
This in from New Acton and sounding very interesting:
Local Feats is a retrospective of local feature films made in Canberra between 1971 and 2010.
Starting 1971, screened from an old 16mm projector, we will travel through the years each fortnight with the director and one of his/her short films. After a talk and the screenings, the [...]
[ 14 December 2012 to 2 April 2013. ]
The National Gallery has announced Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge is the big summer drawcard coming up.
'The National Gallery of Australia is excited to bring together Australia's first Toulouse-Lautrec retrospective exhibition, showing only in Canberra. Together with our own collection of works, the exhibition will provide a comprehensive insight into the artistic life of [...]


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Poorly suited to run Pentagon
From the outset, President Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as secretary of Defense was unnerving. Mr. Hagel's 12-year Senate record is littered with questionable stances on foreign- and defense-policy issues. The former senator's performance at his recent confirmation hearing is further evidence that he is not suited to run the Pentagon.
When Mr. Hagel went before the Senate Armed Services Committee Jan. 31, he proved ill-informed, indecisive and obstinate. At one point, Mr. Hagel said he supports the president's policy of "containment" with regard to Iran.
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