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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
How to make money with free software...
The Dutch Ministry of Finance organized an architecture competition for which a selected group of architectural offices (unstudio, nox, ...) and artists were invited, including myself. The goal of the competition was not to design a building, but the new 5 euro commemorative coin with the theme 'Netherlands and Architecture'. The winner will be rewarded with a nice price, but most of all with the honor: his design will be realized and will be a legal coin within the Netherlands.
I approached the subject 'Netherlands and Architecture' from two points of view. On one hand I paid tribute to the rich Dutch architecture history and on the other hand to the contemporary quality of Dutch architecture. These form also the two sides of my coin. Traditionally the front of the coin needs to portray the queen, while the back side displays the value of the coin.
Front side
When someone looks closely (click above on picture to enlarge) to my portrait of the queen, it becomes clear that her portrait is constructed with names of important Dutch architects. On the outside the names are clearly readable, while they slowly get smaller to the center. Under a magnifying glass all names are readable, but not with only the human eye. It is fascinating to see how an old medium like a coin can be in this way a 'compact disc' of information.
The tension between what is readable and what not, is also a metaphor how time shapes history. Some big names of the past, might be smaller names in the future and vice versa. To reflect this idea, I chose to order the architects not alphabetically or chronologically but in a new way: I used the internet as a seismograph and ordered the architects by the number of hits on the internet.
Of course this order changes over time and as such this is another time stamp on the coin besides the number '2008'. Only the first 109 architects fitted on the coin, so that was immediately the selection. Apparently becoming famous goes exponentially:
In order to achieve the image I developed my own single-line font system. I let the line width change within the same character in order to evoke an underlying picture:
Back side
Nowadays Dutch architecture is famous for its strong conceptual approach. This translates itself in the fact that there are not only a lot of books about Dutch architects, but also by Dutch architects.
On the back side of the coin I treated the edge of the coin as a book shelve. The books rise as buildings towards the center. Through their careful placement they combine to outline the Netherlands, while birds' silhouettes suggest the capitals of all the provinces. The following scheme reveals the process:
One of the issues was how many books to take: many thin books or fewer thick books. With one very thick book you would only get a circle. To get the best approximation of the Netherlands you would need books of only one page, which is not optimal either. Therefore I needed to find the optimum between these two extremes which you can see in the scheme below. On the left you see the approximation of the Netherlands, in the middle you see the 'skyline' of the books and on the right you see the difference between the 'skyline' of the books and of the border line of the Netherlands:
The following is the idea sketch for the birds. Each bird flies above the capital of each Dutch province. In the final coin these random birds are replaced with a bird which is typical for that province.
The whole design was done for 100% with free software. The biggest part consists of custom software in Python, of course within the SPE editor. For the visual power I used PIL and pyCairo. From time to time also Gimp, Inkscape and Phatch helped quite a bit. All the developing and processing was done on GNU/Linux machines which were running Ubuntu/Debian. In the end I had to collaborate closely on location together with the technicians of the Royal Dutch Mint (coin factory). So all the last bits were done on my Asus Eee PC. (I am still wondering why Asus doesn't offer Ubuntu on its netbooks.) The Eee laptop took a bit longer (30 seconds instead of 3 seconds to generate a whole coin), but did the job just fine. For looking up the number of hits on the internet, I rediscovered Yahoo, which provides a much better api for automatic querying than its competitors. Of course the jury judged only the design and not the software used as others used Maya, Illustrator, ...
And the winner is...
I am proud to announce that I won the competition! So soon 350.000 Dutch people will use the fruits of free software. I would have loved to release the coin under the GPL, which could maybe solve the financial crisis. However for obvious reasons I was not allowed to do that. There will be also special editions for collectors which can be bought world wide: a massive silver edition for € 30,95 and a massive gold edition for € 194,95. They will be probably sold out quickly as these are real collectors items. The coin is released in all Dutch post offices to the public the same day as the Intrepid Ibex: 30th October 2008.
Here are some scans of the real coin:
The coin will be advertised 20 times on prime time on Dutch television with a nice video clip (will be available soon) and advertisements will run in several newspapers. Today was the official launch of the coin, with from left to right: myself, Secretary of State for Finance De Jager, the Chief government Architect Liesbeth van der Pol and Master of the Mint Maarten Brouwer...
196 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2008 11:11 PM
wow, congratulations :-)ReplyDelete
Well, this tickles both my Python and coin collecting nerves! :)ReplyDelete
Well done and congratulations, Stani!
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2008 11:20 PM
Echoing piotr here, "Wow". I subscribe to your feed so that I can get updates regarding SPE and have to confess that I knew absolutely nothing about your professional life. If I had been asked I could not have guessed that are a working artist. That said, I love getting unexpected things in my feeds and this was truly a treat. Reading about the creative process that you used to generate the coin and the levels of symbolism involved was riveting and I can not even begin to imagine a design that could have exceeded yours. While I think it is wonderful you created this with free software, I encourage everyone who reads this to take off their Free Software goggles for a moment and congratulate you on a design that is truly superb. It is a beautiful coin and a fantastic story. Thank you for posting it.ReplyDelete
Awesome news. Congratulations Stani!ReplyDelete
Very impressive from both a design and execution standpoint.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 12:41 AM
This is seriously the coolest story of the use of Ubuntu/Debian/Free Software I've ever heard! AWESOME!ReplyDelete
You should seriously contact the people from Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, so they can link to your blog.
Congratulations on your achievement and thanks for emphasizing the importance of FLOSS on your work.ReplyDelete
This is amazing! Great job!ReplyDelete
You'd think, with how niche this task seemed to be, that it would require some obscure windows-only software or something.. Heh.. Python FTW!
No one in the Netherlands calls their country Holland because north and south Holland are only two of the nation's twelve provinces. EDUCATION!
~The Ninja
Geweldig! Gefeliciteerd.ReplyDelete
Jammer dat ze free software niet noemen op de site van de Nederlandse Munt. Was mooie reclame geweest :)
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 3:17 AM
Congratulations, well deserved for such amazing work.ReplyDelete
Wow, congratulations. I saw this post on planet python's feed, and had to come and leave some comment. Great job, and great post.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 3:59 AM
Wow! Great design with immeasurable amount of detail. Even better, made on Ubuntu.ReplyDelete
Well done, mate!ReplyDelete
Congratulations from Australia!
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 6:30 AM
Wij zijn er even stil van....
Prachtig gedaan en evenzo prachtig resultaat.
Greetings from cairo land,ReplyDelete
Wow, this is very, very, impressive!
/me wants one of those
You made my day!
Schitterend mooi ontwerp. A big step for FREEdom. A nice stunt you pulled of on the Dutch Ubuntu Forum, you little rascal.ReplyDelete
greetz Tico
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 8:33 AM
This is just awesome! I think I have an excuse for going to the Netherlands this year!
Amazingly cool, thanks for the great article, Stani!ReplyDelete
I wonder... Any way to have any part of this on a tshirt?ReplyDelete
Congratulations !!ReplyDelete
Terrific achievement.
Greets from Italy
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 9:34 AM
What a magnificent achievement! You can be pround on so many levels! Thanks a lot for sharing this story. I'll try to catch a few of those coins if I can. Living in Aachen makes the Netherlands "next door" for me :)ReplyDelete
Wow,I find these coins very inspiring, being a Dutch guy myself :)ReplyDelete
Hi Stani,ReplyDelete
my best congratulations!
The design and its depth in meaning is really WOW, especially the "bookshelf"!
(Since I don't use SPE any more I heard about this on the NTG-ConTeXt ML.)
Amazing ! Cheers to your creativity !ReplyDelete
btw: you have been stumbled !
Congratulations. You really deserved it.ReplyDelete
Seems to be a incredible art and computer work.
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 10:51 AM
I bow down before your skills.ReplyDelete
Most impressive! I've always thought SPE was excellent, but this is truly awesome.ReplyDelete
Nice work, fella. Very impressed.ReplyDelete
Well .. it will be a Euro coin, right?ReplyDelete
So everybody in the Euro-states should be theoretically able to get one as change ;)
I get coins with your queen all the time .. but you probably get even more with our eagle ;)
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 12:22 PM
Inspiring post. Looking froward to using your coin in Ireland.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 12:30 PM
Nice work, congratulations!ReplyDelete
You might also like to know that the Ministry of Finance website runs on free software - specifically Apache Cocoon and HippoCMS, I was a part of the team that built it.
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 2:02 PM
Impressive - congratulations.ReplyDelete
truly amazing modern design, and still stands for so much that the casual viewer can understand. great work and my thanks for promoting the open source community, this is a big moment for us. congrats.ReplyDelete
This is indeed an impressive story. I am inspired!ReplyDelete
While it doesn't directly help you, or probably open source in general, I have just ordered the Silver and Gold commemorative version of these coins from the Royal Dutch Mint.
At least I feel like I have invested in open source in some small way. Plus I liked the design very much.
Congratulations Stani.
Wow. Impressive.ReplyDelete
Goh, Stani, ik herinner me nog twee heel aardige mensen die beretrots op hun zoon waren tijdens de Hardy party in Hasselt.ReplyDelete
Ik kan me niet anders voorstellen dan dat hun trots nu onmeetbaar moet zijn.
En ik?
Ik vind het gewoon een prachtig ontwerp. Heel bijzonder.
Ik moet acuut naar het postkantoor.
Amazing work! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Saw your blog via the Python planet feed. Beautiful work and congratulations. You deserve every bit of accolades.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 5:27 PM
So... what has this got to do with architecture?ReplyDelete
Awesome imagination and good crativity... :) u rock buddy.ReplyDelete
Bravo! Python for ever!ReplyDelete
Wow man! God has blessed you with such beautiful creativity and intelligence. Excellent! Amazing!ReplyDelete
And yet again FOSS shows it's quality and usefulness! Bravo Python!
Congratulations! Your coin is beautifull!ReplyDelete
I'm not sure what you mean by "release the coin under GPL", but I guess you mean releasing the code used to generate the design.ReplyDelete
Maybe you could at least donate some of your prise money to some Free Software projects that you used to make this coin or just like.
Awesome in every way.ReplyDelete
Congrats man, a really, really nice looking coin, a true piece of design. Bravo !ReplyDelete
Congratulations on winning!ReplyDelete
How can someone across the ocean (in the US) procure one of these nifty coins?
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 9:29 PM
Prachtig, dat wil ik bij ons ook wel zien. (Hoewel liefst zonder ons koningshuis, dan)ReplyDelete
Greetings from California.ReplyDelete
I got goosebumps.
this is so ridiculously cool. my mind is blown, congratulations on your achievement!ReplyDelete
How do we get a normal or commemorative silver edition in the US? The mint's website says "Shipments to non EU-countries are not possible." =[ReplyDelete
What makes the dark parts of the coin dark? Especially the country on the back. Or is this a secret of the mint?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 11:58 PM
beautiful work!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2008 12:00 AM
Congrats! I want mine!ReplyDelete
What wonderfully elaborate ideas. A real marvel of creativity which well deserves the prize. Congratulations!ReplyDelete
You, sir, are a genius! This is an incredible display of creativity and skill. I have to get one of these coins!ReplyDelete
'quote' In order to achieve the image I developed my own single-line font system. I let the line width change within the same character in order to evoke an underlying picture:'unquote'ReplyDelete
This was done with thte python programming language. Read the whole post.
Great Job! You can send me one! LOL!
I wish the US currency would stop looking like cheap toilet paper, and the coins took on more of that "50 States" Quarter images.
Isn't the US currency sad looking? I've lived in Europe for 10 years, and another 10 years in Asia. I've seen the way other countries look at their currency.
I guess here we just us our credit cards. THAT is the problem.
Phoenix, Arizona
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2008 12:25 AM
Congratulatios! That's an amazing story!ReplyDelete
This is fantastically inspiring! Bravo!ReplyDelete
Good on you, mate!ReplyDelete
Who is the fifth person on the last photo?ReplyDelete
wonderful work!ReplyDelete
Congratulations!!! Highest respect.ReplyDelete
Congrats! Amazing stuff. :)ReplyDelete
conceptually, technically, and artisticaly a triumph.ReplyDelete
fablously well-conceived and executed -- sincere congratulations!
"Pavel, Oct 31, 2:52am: Who is the fifth person on the last photo?"ReplyDelete
The fifth person is actually the mentioned Master of the Mint Maarten Brouwer; Stani forgot to name the 4th person, Koos Postema. He is a dutch news commentator and is probably in the photograph because he will be part of the commercials that will air to promote the coin :)
Very nice design, I'll try and get one today.. if I still can!
(Guess removing is visible, didn't - typos)
Wonderful! I am sure to cover your achievement in one of my blogs. On a lighter note, I was wondering what would happen if all the currencies are released under GPL :-)ReplyDelete
Bravo !! I'm speechless . Exceptional design. I cant possibly find good adjectives to describe the elegance of the coin you have designed. Hats off !!ReplyDelete
Geweldig! Gefeliciteerd. Nu ik dit open-source- en ontwerp-verhaal achter de munt ken, zal ik de munt gaan halen.ReplyDelete
well done!ReplyDelete
what a great job..
greetings from Indonesia
I am very impressed with the design of the coin, as well as the fact that you used custom software for most of it. The architecture books on the reverse, made to look like buildings, while also outlining the Netherlands, it all comes together very well. Congratulations.ReplyDelete
Greetings from India!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! I'm really impressed with the design and the whole creative process.
Hope to see lots more of your work. :)
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2008 9:26 AM
Thank you for the illustrated explanation of the process. I am very impressed!ReplyDelete
Looking forward to seeing the coin in action.
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2008 9:32 AM
Bravo !ReplyDelete
Update: I just went to the postoffice to 'buy' two coins. They're sealed in a credit card size carton. The coins are very nice.ReplyDelete
Absolutely fantasticReplyDelete
The coin is beautiful, physically and conceptually.
And enabled by Python, there's a surprise;)
I guess architects popularity also follows Zipf's law.
See http://www.useit.com/alertbox/zipf.html.
PS: picture of the sealed coins hereReplyDelete
Big congratulations (from france) !ReplyDelete
Your work is impressive : the coin is really beautiful (I want one !). and made with python/ubuntu : I want one ! Great story !
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2008 11:16 AM
Oh no, no accolade to a Python programmer. Nevertheless, be proud, happy and keep up your opus !ReplyDelete
Truly amazing - such detail. Congratulations on winning the competition!ReplyDelete
Applause and emotion from Open Source Publishing.ReplyDelete
Your stroke font is beautiful. Have you released the code/design somewhere under a free licence?
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2008 11:49 AM
Congratulations! Nice design!ReplyDelete
Kudos to you for creating this awesome design, and congratulations with winning the contest - it is well-deserved.
Also, great of you to explain the background of your design and letting us in on the technology you used. Just Brilliant to see you did all this with FOSS software ;)
Roland Bouman
Amazing design, congratulations!ReplyDelete
Amazing!Congratulations from mainland China.ReplyDelete
Is there anyway i could get a silver one of this? I've checked the coin site. Fortunately i can afford one. Unfortunately there's no way to get it. some dilemma like Android G1 to me i guess.
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2008 3:07 PM
Simply *impressive*. I guess you'll have the opportunity to promote freedomware :)ReplyDelete
Nice, very nice, not only the coin itself but all the process that lead to it and your explanation how you did it. Awesome. Many congratulations.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2008 4:09 PM
hi all, and specially Stani, Congratulations for your great work.ReplyDelete
i'm a great fan of FLOSS and python, and of course, debian rules ;)
i hope to get one.
now just a naughty question, is there any hidden symbol in the design?
you know, architects, design, money have a lot to do with massonic symbolism.
is there any massonic symbol in your design?
here in Portugal we have a beautiful house and garden all designed with symbolic massonic signs, it's called Quinta da Regaleira.
a pythonic coin designed on ubuntu with pygtk and pycairo will be my favorite ;-)
Congratulations. This is one of the most brilliant projects I've ever encountered, and your coin design is certainly the best one I've ever seen.ReplyDelete
That was ingenious and inspired, congratulations, sir.ReplyDelete
Awesome! Great work and an excellent concept!ReplyDelete
May God bless you in all you do,
Outstanding work !!ReplyDelete
Congratulations from Portugal !
FLOSS rules the "money-making" business :)
Now that is Art :)ReplyDelete
from the United States of America.
wow :)ReplyDelete
from India.
Congratulations. Great work.ReplyDelete
Cool! Just, cool!ReplyDelete
/brian (denmark)
I'm really moved by your design and the philosophy behind the parts. Thank you for this wonderful creation and for using tools available to us all!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! That coin is a FANTASTIC design.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Amazing in many ways.ReplyDelete
btw. you forgot to mention Koos Postema (one before rightmost person) in your description..
Very Very Impressive. Amazing creativity and execution. Congratulations for this work of art!ReplyDelete
wow i really like the book sky line and the queens side of the coin!ReplyDelete
where did you come up with it?
how long did it take?
- AnonymousNovember 01, 2008 1:32 PM
I don't care was you using FOSS or not, because open source software should be of the same quality as commercial and it's the shame that the fact that something was possible to do using open-source software given as some extraordinary fact.ReplyDelete
But the coin itself and its idea is really great. When I was reading and didn't know that you won, I really wished you that.
And I really want to have one of them
Wow! amazing work! congratulation for this piece of art.ReplyDelete
Is the design free (as in freedom) so that I can print my own coins? :)ReplyDelete
(Sorry, I just had to ask...)
Ha ha wow, I just stared. Congratulations on being awesome.ReplyDelete
congrats on the prize, but as somebody already explained, do you care to explain the architecture part of the coin?ReplyDelete
and your code?
Love the fact that such an intellectual design turned out to be so visually interesting. Many times designers "over think" what they are trying to do...ReplyDelete
I am really impressed ! Congratulations from France !ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 03, 2008 10:11 PM
Jaw-dropping! Congrats! Jernej / SloveniaReplyDelete
More than very well done.ReplyDelete
It appears that they are willing to ship the normal version of the coin to the UK (and I would assume other European countries) if one goes through the Dutch site, but the postage is €9 which is a bit much but I thought I should mention it anyway in case someone feels like getting one.ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning. I would love to see this coin in real-life.ReplyDelete
Does anyone know of a way to buy the coin for those of us not living in Europe (the US for example)?
Any help is appreciated.
Very Well!ReplyDelete
well done and congratulations!ReplyDelete
My wife is a coin collector, and I guess she will WANT one of these badly (I'm just sending her the link). If there only was a way to get one shipped to Mexico...
Congratulations !ReplyDelete
You can find a french translation of your article here :
Regards, Alex.
Wow, congrats. Wonderful design!ReplyDelete
Awesome !!!ReplyDelete
You rock !!!
Beautiful work.ReplyDelete
But I hope you triple checked your Yahoo search results. Carl Weber (39th on your chart) is not an architect, but probably gets confused with Carel Weeber (18th on the chart).
Looking forward to seeing the coin in reality.
Truly a great job, and it's showing some cool inspiration too. Given Python (and SPE :-) are dutch creations, there's more than one way for you to feel proud.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 07, 2008 11:19 AM
absolute killer conception. congrats.ReplyDelete
I want two of them!!ReplyDelete
Wow! You are amazing, I really love the whole concept, very creative and original. Congrats!!!ReplyDelete
Absolutely marvelous!ReplyDelete
That's looking awesome! Funny see that you as a guy from Belgium won. I think a lot of people here won't like it because of that. ;)ReplyDelete
Pure genius. Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Very inspiring. Free software solutions at it's best performance.ReplyDelete
Wow, it's amazing !ReplyDelete
Congratulations !
Damn,it's awesome!ReplyDelete
A real piece of art.
- AnonymousNovember 12, 2008 4:59 PM
Wow in many levels. One is you did it with free software and python tools. Other is you won. Wow indeed :)ReplyDelete
Great work!ReplyDelete
Very impressive, both the design and the story!ReplyDelete
(But what is Koos Postema doing on this picture?)
Is the bird for the provincie of Noord-Holland above Amsterdam while Haarlem is de capital of that province?ReplyDelete
incredible work. i am very interested in getting a hold of this coin too. where can someone from the us get one?ReplyDelete
Truly inspirational work!! Congratulations!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2008 6:12 AM
Awesome.....!!!!Congratulations for the work. My Passion for python added up reading this.... Great Design and Great Open Source Work.ReplyDelete
Awesome....! Congratulations. This work added up my Passion for python. Great work and Great inspirational work towards Open Source.ReplyDelete
this is amazing! congratulations! i'm fascinated!ReplyDelete
I liked the design, and importantly the way you've described it. A lot of people design wonderful things, but expressing the same is not always easy. Take good care.ReplyDelete
Wow! ya eres uno de mis idolos!! muchas felicidades, hiciste un trabajo sorprendente!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on winning the prize and well done for the good work.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2008 7:14 PM
Congratulations on your win.ReplyDelete
I was very interested in the description of your thinking for this project, and forwarded this link to my design students to learn from.
Thank you.
Alvalyn Lundgren
Alvalyn Creative
Pracht van een ontwerp
Outstanding approach and execution. I need one!ReplyDelete
brilliant work! congratulation!ReplyDelete
Greeeeeeeeeaaaaat!!!!!!! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Hello Stani,ReplyDelete
Amazing!! wonderfull work! I love it and congratulations for the victory!
Your friend Mario from Lima - Peru
Beautiful design, As I am in the UK, can you tell me where I can get hold of a normal base metal version. The Dutch mint is only selling the Gold one (its sold out of the Silver one)
It would be really appreciated
- AnonymousDecember 05, 2008 7:09 AM
Wow. try soon...ReplyDelete
Congratulations, Stani!ReplyDelete
good idea, very amazingReplyDelete
beautiful coin, stani
amazing design, really amazing.ReplyDelete
a modern backed by strong and solid concept.
i like the metaphor you used about how time shapes history. it was strong.
AWESOME!!! Congrats' and thx for the best editor around!ReplyDelete
Awesome, congratulations...ReplyDelete
i've never seen anything like these before!!! cool!1ReplyDelete
beautifull, interestingReplyDelete
graphic design...
WOW!!!!!!!! That design totally rocks. Congrats! Looking forward to seeing that coin..If only the UK joined the Euro.. =(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 3:48 AM
Do Be DO....ReplyDelete
Wow. Sweet coin design!ReplyDelete
My most sincere congrats.ReplyDelete
I'm fan of your IDE and now of your whole work.
where is the source code?ReplyDelete
Your design hits on so many levels, meeting the requirements of having the royal image while containing potent messages within the text as an integral part of the visual design. That's so great.ReplyDelete
BTW, the podcast "FLOSS Weekly" on TWIT [TWIT.tv/FLOSS] is looking for Stani for an interview about free and open source software (esp. SPE --big fan here). The contact is Randall Schwartz (merlyn at stonehenge dot com). Check the "Here's what's coming up" link to find Stani's name.
- AnonymousMarch 06, 2009 6:40 AM
good, very goo-od!ReplyDelete
It would be very interesting to see the sourcesReplyDelete
congratulations from Bulgaria :)ReplyDelete
this is wonderfulReplyDelete
Indian from Dubai
Wow this is ingenious, and the fact that it was done with OS tools is awesome! Thanks for sharing the process!ReplyDelete
That's fantastic Stani! Good to see you still are right up there creating new and interesting stuff!ReplyDelete
wow, congratulations dude :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 30, 2009 9:11 PM
great postReplyDelete
Congrats from IndiaReplyDelete
lovely brilliant idea, great execution, well deserved, shall definitely get one!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2009 6:33 AM
Thanks for the information you provide. I will always follow the news from youReplyDelete
Simply Amazing. You are a design genius.ReplyDelete
Stani, your detailed concept rationale is very engaging. And I could say, I knew you when...ReplyDelete
Congratulations from NY via Chicago.
-Tracy Busch
Woaw! Go stani!ReplyDelete
I love the complexity of the creative process and how you unfolding the process to us made the coin even more beautiful.
Hope you can continue to make money with free software :)
Bravo cette piéce de monnaie est magnifique !ReplyDelete
hats off....ReplyDelete
Can I see your other work
This is so cool.... truly inspiring!ReplyDelete
you are a creative genius!
Im so glad to have come across this article :)
Congratulations, It's truly impressive and inspiring. Well done!ReplyDelete
I just saw your post and I was really impressed! It's amazing not only that you made everything with free software but also the incredible imagination and meaning you've put into the coin! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2012 2:33 PM
Best wishes, It's truly amazing and motivating. Well done!ReplyDelete
and the point that it was done with OS resources is awesome! Thanks for discussing the process!
Make money with free software
I am really impressed with the detailing and thought that went into the design of this coin. Hats of to you!ReplyDelete
Brilliant! It is so nice to see someone who is great in the logical as well as the creative aspects of life!ReplyDelete
I felt very happy while reading this site. This was really very informative site for me. I really liked it.Thanks a lot!ReplyDelete
It has been a couple of years....I'm still impressed by this story. I bought 5 of these coins when it came out. I bought them with the intention of donating them to some of the greatest open source software engineers in the world. Soon I will finally be able to do just that. Thanks for a great design!ReplyDelete


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Chad Billingsley (6-4, 4.34) vs. Barry Zito (7-4, 3.45).
COMMENTS: How am I supposed to write a GT after last night's crapfest? And we're playing the Giants? In SF? With Bills coming off the DL and Zito having a comeback year? Really, just shoot me.
Furcal, SS
Johnson, CF
Ethier, RF
Ramirez, LF
Belliard, 1B
Blake, 3B
Ellis, C
Carroll, 2B
Billingsley, P
Can this also serve as the I'm Still Pissed Off About Last Night And Can't Let It Go Game Thread (ISPOALNACLIGGT)?
This is the day. Today starts the turn around. By the break, we will be back in first place.
I'm going with the power of positive thinking today.
That is a fine lookin' avatar you got there, Loney Fan.
A little over 90 minutes until I initiate Operation "No Looky No Peeky."
I hope Loney Fan has a lot to say tonight.
Loney's Lolita!
I'm going with the power of LoneyFan's avatar.
Loney Fan's avatar has as much power as Garret Anderson
He-Man is going with the power of Greyskull
To this day, no one has ever been able to adequately explain to me why Skeletor was so ripped.
Maybe Skeletor is only a skeleton from the neck up. ie, he has flesh (and thus muscle) below his neck.
Sorry the Skeletor bit has been weighing you down all these years, Mr. C. Maybe Skeletor has the same workout regimen as Ned Flanders?
Eternia had all those ripped dudes, but no gym or GNC.
@Mr C, Skeletor was obviously juicing. Look what it did to his gums.
No Kemp today? so the only five tools we will be working with tonight are in tonight's titles picture.
Ed Hardy and Tapout would sell a ton in Eternia.
Need some sexy avatar mojo for tonight's game like Loney Fan.
that should do it.
If he was a skeleton from the neck up, wouldn't Skulletor be more appropriate?
Yeah I'm due an avatar change, too.
Hmmmmm...maybe I should just go right back to the surly Dusty. (Me and the avatar)
Serious anger issues, too.
Orko was the steroid connect
How do you get rid of a really bad hangover? A little hair of the dog. Let's hope our boys in blue rise to the occasion.
MB and her friend are still drinking in hopes of a win. If not, we will have a head start on drowning our sorrows.
Way to get right back up there on that horse, MB!
On the drive home, Vinny!
Aww, tonight's game is a KCAL game?
Oh well, better than what we had to deal with the past two days.
DB - I'm a southern girl. We can hang with the best of them :D
Hmmm, sounds like kemp being held out tonight is disciplinary by what bowa said right now.
What if Skeletor is just an extremely buff skeleton?
good luck tonight, everybody. I won't be watching but i'll be pulling for you, especially you, Chadley.
I guess Fred had all the slivovitz he could take.
Havent seen you in a while MLASF. I figured you were in some sort of wall punching coma after last night.
I've had a busy few days. Thought I did voice my disgust with yesterday's affair on the PGT, and I wrote a post for SCSH on the bullpen's woes.
Just got back in town from Nashville.
I'm still LMFAO at DB's comment yesterday about a right-handed specialist.
I'm boycotting tonights game. I'll check out the 11:00 o'clock recap.
Boy, the Phone Booth looks empty. Couldn't be. Only in Los Angeles do the fans arrive late. It must be some kind of optical illusion.
Do umps just hate us, or what?
That was not an ideal first inning.
Anyone getting the Giants broadcast?
Guy said "see ya later" after Johnson struck out.
I hate him, I hate the Giants.
well that was fun.
I'm still bitter and I'm still pissed so my Epale, everyone is not enthusiastic today.
Salty Karina tonight.
See what you have done dodgers
I'm not feeling too good about Bills today.
Dont worry we have the bullpen nice and fresh to back him up.
Oh wait...
To be fair, Vin says "See ya later" all the time, but not as derisively.
If Ellis' throw was toward first, Torres would've been dead.
Game is on here at the in-laws. I didn't put it on, nor am I actively paying attention.
bills is throwing a ton of pitches already
I just don't have the energy for this anymore. I quit.
nice DP
another pop up.
i appreciate the effort with the slide by manny, but be careful dont get hurt. He is one of the few guys hitting right now.
that was quite an at bat by the beard.
at least he made him waste some pitches.
well we arent really hitting anything but we are fouling off a ton of pitches.
After 8 pitches, Carroll hits the weak grounder.
@Nic J I've been salty all day. Didn't sleep, there was Prisoner of the Azkaban on tv, so in lack of a better thing to do I went into the elliptical at 5 am. Then I went for a run and I was still mad. All I've achieved is pain in my body.
I've wanted to pick up fights all day but I've sensible enough to bite my tongue. This is not like me at all.
First time I've ever said in my life towards anyone: Los Angeles Dodgers, I love you but I don't have to like you right now.
Little did the Dodgers know that their failure would have violent global repercussions.
Dodgers have six minutes to regain my interest before I put on Persons Unknown.
Strangely enough im not mad at all. Disappointed, maybe even indifferent.
Thats probably worse.
that worked out nicely.
A double play!
zito throws a ton of strikes.
Karina, let's hope for a better outcome and a good night's sleep. I'm signing off but will follow the game through the posts. Goodnight all.
goodnight and goodluck.
Sweet dreams, MeanieBreanie.
Meanwhile, Dodgers runners at the corners.
That'll do 'Dre
Hello everyone!
I just got home in time to see Andre score Raffy. I'm still bummed about last night but I'm trying to be positive
that was a weird at bat by manny.
I liked the outcome.
Manny scores Johnson. WooHoo!!
2-1 Dodgers.
Pretty cool to see it still sunny up there, as dusk falls here. You don't see that often out here.
Wake up Kemp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi all. I hate the giants.
Kemp is in a time out right now.
Maybe he can play tomorrow if he acts like a big boy.
Hi, Paul.
Blue keeps giving zito the stupid high corner on that curveball.
meh, looked like he slide a little too early
Hey everyone! Actually, I've been here, but I fell asleep the moment my are his the sofa today, so I felt I should re-announce. Paying for my sins, I'm sure. Woke up to see the DP, but we've got a lead.s
that was a pretty horrible inning.
We suck.
small steps. We are still winning.
I am eating a BLT because it makes me happy. It is my zoloft. Bills made a nice pitch. Baby steps of positive thoughts.
I heard Zito scream "release the Gulls!!"
bills has calmed down.
Damnation, Steve Jobs needs leave my spelling alone. Autocorrected my comment, and the correction as well. That would be MY ARSE! Still not fully awake.
Vin cant even figure out why we suck so bad this year.
ATT is still pretty empty.
I thought the arrival of Buster Posey was supposed to rejuvenate the franchise.
Fookie is in the zone now.
Raffy doing his Pops proud
@Nic - I think Molina cancels him out.
Johnson hitting a very good .309. We don't need that kind of bench production ruining our cred.
So they have a Buster, Maddison, Aubrey, Bengie, and a Freddy.
Sounds like a tough group.
How many white people can fit into one stadium?? Jesus christ get these lily white idiot Whole Food vegan chardonnay Gnats assholes off my otherwise pristine TV screen.
@DB, take a trip on down to Anaheim and you will find out how many white people will fit in a stadium.
I know and their stadium sits 10k.
Andre still off balance.
Holy shit, Karina is so mad, she wants to fight people?
I don't believe it. The Patron Saint of Dodgers Optimism?
Man, I love Karina.
What is the benefit of spinning in a circle while swinging at the ball, Andre?
they are not all white they are just frozen.
@Paul, HA!
Aw shit ump that was the same pitch.
hopefully that walk is just setting up for comical DP by Molina.
Or Renteria.
Still funny.
Nice DP!!
DP bay-bee!
ps- I hope yall are making a lot of Johnson jokes.
pps-I hope Loney Fan has posted a lot.
DB will be severely disappointed.
@Nic - Yeah, for both.
The Giants have an ad behind home plate with a guy crawling after McDonald's fries.
Manny is working the pitch count well here
Rox fulfilling their end of the bargain, for the moment.
The Johnson jokes?
Um, you have to walk now manny.
Too well, it seems.
Ball four, and Manny wanted to hang out and hit anyway.
Seems like our Johnson has shrank in the cold weather.
Oh man that sucks.
This slump is so bad The Beard is going gray
we need a few more runs, if we lose this one in the 9th im going to flip over my coffee table.
stupid big park.
I loved the comments about white/frozen people. You guys crack me up.
I also liked this one from NicJ: "So they have a Buster, Maddison, Aubrey, Bengie, and a Freddy.
Sounds like a tough group." (8:42 PM)
It sounds to me like the cast of "Air Bud 4: Seventh Inning Fetch".
what self respecting adult wears a plush panda bear hat?
I forget that Giants fans obviously arent self respecting.
and that was a beautiful strike. still pissed off about last night.
Where the hell have the other Sons been, anyway? I'm usually the absent one.
zito off the hook.
I am pretty numb but that hurt.
big props to the msb's of the world. effing tie games...
That drastic shift didn't help matters. Johnson was nowhere near the ball.
oh Troncoso is warming.
lets just have him throw the ball over the outfield fence.
Oh, Tron Tron, I hope you're up to it tonight. We can't spare a run this time.
Vin mocks the "beat LA" chant! I love it!
I always thought they were yelling "Chardonnay"
I thought it was "Brie and grapes"
how come we aren't using weaver?I must be missing something.
Bills could potentially lose this game. What a turn of events.
And here comes the Bills meltdown.
Just get the out, pleeeeeze.
1-2 count, all you gotta do is get one by him.
what could possibly go wrong?
We only have two-and-a-half relievers in our 'pen. Broxton, Tron, and Kuo every other day.
Whew! Let's rustle him up a win!
It could be a sitcom. Two And a Half 'Pen.
Great outing by Bills coming off the DL.
Lets try and get him a win boys.
Every version of Gameday is stuck in the bottom of the 5th with 2-0 count to KFP. 2-1 Dodgers. I take it that's not the case anymore.
Yeah, what's up with Shaggy, anyway? Blister?
look at that, AJ is already better than martin.
Kidding, Karina.
Let's go, Dodger MSB
Uh Oh, SD making a run at COL
good sac, Carroll
Carroll is lucky Sandoval didn't eat him on that tag
uh oh, GAARP up
Garret, even Travis Squishikawa got a double. What you got?
tron back in the dugout.
Who is warming?
Man I hate when people flake on me. Well I guess it isn't a flake if they cancel a month in advance.
More good news GAARP is up. Kemp is snoozing.
Garret is 0-2 and quickly en route to his typical K
See what you are making us have to watch Kemp?!?
Garret Anderson just struck out on a ball that traveled fifty feet.
Giants clearly not intimidated by our Johnson.
Disrespected Johnson.
Let's show those Jints how big our Johnson can get in the clutch.
Rox up 8-4. Snakes already lost.
Father time is doing a pretty good job of stopping him from hitting.
Every time I look at this batter's visage, I can't tell what he's thinking. I mean, I can't Reed Johnson.
Johnson in a tight spot now.
good catch NicJ. Fallacy in my rants, nice catch.
I have much to learn.
that was a pathetic AB, Johnson
Ah, that wasn't so good.
This BMW commercial's got more balls than our team right now
where is jackie johnson when you need her
how the hell were we scoring a decent amount of runs off of the Yanks and we are stymied by Zito?
Got pulled away by business now I'm really pissed. Are things going any better here? What's the score?
"...so the game is in the hands of the bullpen." --Vin
Man, this sounds like a bad horror film.
Don't go out there late in the game! You'll be slaughtered!
how was that 1-2 pitch not a strike, ump
Taking me forever to catch up. I'm just now in top of 7th.
what the fuck, Belliard, why did you bail out on that ball? Carroll covered about twice as much ground as you there (and I'm not talking about your gut)
A nice cutoff by Manny.
Nice defense, Manny
should have caught that pop up.
If Carroll had caught that ball, this wouldn't have happened.
If Woody had gone to the police, this would never have happened.
I think the sad part of the "panda gear" is that it's made of real panda.
Hi, I'm Aaron Rowand, and I'll be here until 2012. And I'm pinch running tonight.
Panda wanted to be a shortstop? Is Vin sure that he didn't mean he wanted a short stack?
@Sax, HA!
At least Bochy feels like using his underwhelming centerfielder.
Hey Jeff keep the ball down.
this AB doesn't end well
Jeff working pretty hard for his first out.
Come on Dusty, you can do it, you can condense this game
You get the feeling that at some point Weaver will throw a really bad pitch, be it a ball or a fat one to hit out of the park.
that guy (?) with the panda hat should be punched in the nads
i'm not for violence against kids, but the kid with the panda hat should at least have his lunch money taken.
@Sax - Don't deprive the kid of his sushi and Perrier.
11 pitch AB.
what could possibly go wrong?
This is probably why Broxton and Kuo are abused.
Hey guys. Am I crazy, or did Ethier have a chance at that one, but just stood there and let it come to him?
Hey Erin. I thought so too. Looked like he had a chance at least. Need a replay of that one.
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I don't hold high hopes that, despite the mounting evidence, this will dissuade people from arguing for a steppe PIE origin. And, it shouldn't. Only a vigorous debate will resolve the issue conclusively. And, since IE languages appear on the archaeological record long after their split under any scenario, this may be one of those problems that will never be solved to everyone's satisfaction.
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My own working hypothesis would derive the earliest Proto-Indo-Europeans with groups living in Neolithic eastern Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia. There are details to be fleshed out, such as when this group of people reached the Balkans (pending ancient DNA from the region), and how they interfaced with the populations living in the north of the Black and Caspian seas (e.g., via a trans-Caucasus movement or a counterclockwise spread around the Caspian).late in prehistory. In any case, whether the PIE homeland was in Southern or Eastern Anatolia, the results of this paper explicitly reject the Kurgan Pontic steppe hypothesis.
The distribution for the root location lies in the region of Anatolia in present-day Turkey. To quantify the strength of support for an Anatolian origin, we calculated the Bayes factors (21) comparing the posterior to prior odds ratio of a root location within the hypothesized Anatolian homeland (11) (Fig. 1, yellow polygon) with two versions of the steppe hypothesis—the initial proposed Kurgan steppe homeland (6) and a later refined hypothesis (7) (Table 1). Bayes factors show strong support for the Anatolian hypothesis under a RRW model.
As the earliest representatives of the main Indo-European lineages, our 20 ancient languages might provide more reliable location information. Conversely, the position of the ancient languages in the tree, particularly the three Anatolian varieties, might have unduly biased our results in favor of an Anatolian origin. We investigated both possibilities by repeating the above analyses separately on only the ancient languages and only the contemporary languages (which excludes Anatolian). Consistent with the analysis of the full data set, both analyses still supported an Anatolian origin (Table 1).
The West Asian origin of the Proto-Indo-Europeans makes excellent sense in the light of the genetic evidence. But, as I hint at the above paragraph, the tempo of their expansion into Europe remains to be clarified. I strongly suspect, on the basis of the Iceman and Swedish Neolithic TRB farmer (Gok4) whose DNA has been published that the earliest Neolithic was not Indo-European, because these individuals lack the "West Asian" autosomal component.
Dimini and Vinča in the Balkans? I tend to think that a reasonable proposition, because the 8.2 kiloyear event may have transposed a second set of Neolithic farmers into Europe, of Halafian origin. Or, did they appear later, during the Copper and Bronze Ages with the spread of metallurgy? Until we get ancient DNA from the Balkans and Anatolia, we won't know for sure. But, Y-haplogroups J2, and R1 so conspicuously absent from Neolithic Europe down to 5ka (and in the case of J2, completely missing from the record altogether) must have entered Europe at some point. Did they take the fast train into Europe post-5ka, or did they lurk in both Anatolia and Europe pre-5ka? Thanks to the BEAN project we might find out.
The idea that ~5ka something happened in Europe is also supported by the paper:
Despite support for an Anatolian Indo- European origin, we think it unlikely that agriculture serves as the sole driver of language expansion on the continent. The five major Indo-European subfamilies—Celtic, Germanic, Italic, Balto-Slavic, and Indo-Iranian—all emerged as distinct lineages between 4000 and 6000 years ago (Fig. 2 and fig. S1), contemporaneous with a number of later cultural expansions evident in the archaeological record, including the Kurgan expansion (5–7).So, while the deepest prehistory of Indo-European is firmly rooted in Anatolia during the early Neolithic, this is not inconsistent with something important happening in Europe during c. 5ka. But this was a secondary phenomenon, not the earliest seat of the Indo-Europeans. Also, I would not particularly relate this to the Kurgan expansion, but more probably to the arrival of metallurgical "guilds" with higher social complexity.
We tend to think of the Neolithic farmers, but it is quite likely that people kept coming into Europe since its initial colonization. After all, the people who came to the Americas in 1492 were the vanguard of many others who followed them. The same must have happened in Europe as well: a continuous process of settlement by various groups at different times, at least until the Bronze and Iron Ages when everyone, all over West Eurasia, seem to have become very quarrelsome and more than willing to use their swords, spears, axes, and arrows to dissuade newcomers who ventured into their territory.
Coverage of the new paper elsewhere: NY Times, Nature, Gene Expression, John Hawks.
Mapping the Origins and Expansion of the Indo-European Language Family
Remco Bouckaert et al.
There are two competing hypotheses for the origin of the Indo-European language family. The conventional view places the homeland in the Pontic steppes about 6000 years ago. An alternative hypothesis claims that the languages spread from Anatolia with the expansion of farming 8000 to 9500 years ago. We used Bayesian phylogeographic approaches, together with basic vocabulary data from 103 ancient and contemporary Indo-European languages, to explicitly model the expansion of the family and test these hypotheses. We found decisive support for an Anatolian origin over a steppe origin. Both the inferred timing and root location of the Indo-European language trees fit with an agricultural expansion from Anatolia beginning 8000 to 9500 years ago. These results highlight the critical role that phylogeographic inference can play in resolving debates about human prehistory.


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MIAMI (AP) — Game 7s do more than settle championships. They define legacies.
No matter what happens Thursday night, LeBron James and the Miami Heat, and Tim Duncan's San Antonio Spurs have already won NBA titles and secured a place in history.
Now is their opportunity to elevate it.
The truly memorable teams won the hard way, and that will be the case for the one celebrating at center court this time. It's either a Heat repeat, possible only after James led them back from what seemed certain elimination in the closing seconds of Game 6, or the Spurs shaking off as gut-wrenching a loss as a team can have to become just the fourth club to win a Game 7 of the NBA Finals on the road.
"As a competitor you love it, because you know you have an opportunity and it's up to you," Heat guard Ray Allen said. "We have a chance in our building to make something great. All of our legacies are tied to this moment, this game. It's something our kids will be able to talk about that they were a part of. Forever will remember these moments, so we want to not live and have any regrets."
Allen played in the game the last time the NBA's season went down to the very last day, the Boston Celtics fading at the finish and falling 83-79 to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2010. That made home teams 14-3 in finals Game 7s, with no road team winning since Washington beat Seattle in 1978.
Overcoming those odds, not to mention the NBA's winningest team, would make this more memorable than the Spurs' previous four titles, though this is a franchise that never dwells too much on the past or looks too far into the future.
All that matters is now.
"You know what, it's all about just winning the title. It's not about situation or what has led up to it," Duncan said. "It's a great story for everybody else, but we're here for one reason, one reason only: It's to try to win this game (Thursday). We have had a very good season thus far, and I think we just want to get to the game more than anything. We just want to see what happens and be able to leave everything out there."
The teams trudged back to the arena Wednesday, some 12 hours after the Heat pulled out a 103-100 overtime victory in Game 6 to even the series. The Spurs, five points ahead with 28 seconds left in regulation, had to fight off fatigue and heartbreak, insisting neither would linger into Thursday.
By far the best game of this series, Game 6 immediately took its place among the best finishes in finals history, with everything from James' triple-double to Allen's tying 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left in regulation.
It had close calls, debatable decisions, and the NBA's best player at his very best when his team needed him most.
Games 2-5 in the series had been ugly, but that one was a beauty.
"I think — I know — that game will go down as one of the best finals games that's been seen," Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. "But I think this series will go down as being one of the most competitive, bizarre series that's been seen. So this is what you pay for to watch. You pay to watch two great teams battle to the very, very end, and that's what we'll do (Thursday). It will be to the very last second."
The Heat could become the NBA's first repeat champions since the Lakers in 2010. James and Chris Bosh moved to Miami to join Wade a few weeks later and they are in the finals for the third time in three chances.
But playing for titles is more expected than celebrated now in Miami, and a 66-win season that included a 27-game winning streak — and perhaps the whole Big Three era — goes down as a failure if the Heat fall Thursday. Yet James said he doesn't need the victory to validate his decision to take his talents to South Beach.
"I mean, I need it because I want it and I only came here — my only goal is to win championships," he said. "I said it, this is what I came here for. This is what I wanted to be a part of this team for."
He, Wade and Bosh are going for No. 2, while San Antonio is getting a second shot at what would be a fourth together for Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. All their years together have given the Spurs' trio the belief they can bounce back from Tuesday's collapse.
The team went to dinner after the game, Duncan figuring that was better than guys sitting alone with their thoughts in their rooms. Parker and Boris Diaw discussed a similar situation with the French national team in the 2005 European championships, when they blew a late lead against Greece in the semifinals but then came back to beat Spain for the bronze medal.
"We just have to be positive and forget Game 6," Parker said. "It was a great opportunity, but that's life. It's basketball and everybody will be ready."
So will James, who was planning a relaxing night with family and friends Wednesday. He has the most at stake in the game, and when it's over he'll be either a two-time NBA Finals MVP or a two-time loser in a Heat uniform.
"I want to go down as one of the greatest. I want our team to go down as one of the greatest teams. And we have an opportunity to do that," James said. "Hasn't been many teams to win back-to-back championships. It's so hard. It's the hardest thing. I said last year it was the hardest thing I've ever done, winning my first. Last year don't even come close to what we've gone through in this postseason and in these finals.
"So I'll be there (Thursday) night. I'm going to give it my all."
The Spurs have never lost in the finals, but they've never faced a situation quite like this. They won a Game 7 for the 2005 championship, but that victory over Detroit was at home. The last five finals that went the distance all went to the home team.
"I don't really care what it's been like for anybody else at any time," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "All I know is we have had a hell of a year and we have an opportunity to win a championship. That's all that matters."
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Youth learn analytical and public speaking skills in the Livestock Judging Contest as they place classes of livestock and then give oral reasons on their placing to officials. The Junior Livestock Judging members won the following awards: Josie Stanberry won top individual overall, first in meat goats, and ninth in sheep. Hannah King placed second in sheep and fifth overall in oral reasons. Lynae Bowman placed ninth overall in oral reasons. Wesley Fishel placed fourth in beef cattle, Emma Stanberry placed sixth in swine, and Kali Mabe placed third in swine. The Junior Team placed first in oral reasons and third overall in the contest. The team consisted of Lynae Bowman, Wesley Fishel, Hannah King, and Kali Mabe. The Senior Livestock Judging Team members placing fourth overall and first in meat goats were: Tanner Birkholz, Tyler Bradshaw, Brandon Hartman, and Kate Hice. They won the following awards: Brandon Hartman, second place individual overall, ninth in oral reasons, first in meat goats, and second in beef cattle. Kate Hice, eighth place individual overall, seventh in meat goats, and ninth in cattle. Tanner Birkholz placed tenth overall in sheep.
In the Skillathon Contest youth test their knowledge on livestock management and identify various livestock breeds, feeds, equipment, and cuts of meat. Placing tenth overall in the Junior Skillathon Contest was Lynae Bowman with the Junior Team placing third. In the Senior Skillathon Contest Brandon Hartman placed fourth overall and the Senior Team placed fourth.
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James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in the comedy 'Enough Said,' which follows two adults who have both been through divorces who begin dating. Director Nicole Holofcener remembers James Gandolfini telling her other actors would be better in the role. 'I really wish he could have seen the finished film, because hopefully he would have seen how lovely he is in it,' she said.
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Alec Baldwin, he insisted, would be far better suited.
"He would list some actors he thought could do a much better job," Holofcenter said in a recent interview. "I felt confident he could do this part. More than he did. He was quite certain that he couldn't pull it off."
What began as a stretch outside Gandolfini's comfort zone is now debuting, tragically, as one of Gandolfini's final performances. "Enough Said," which premieres Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of Fox Searchlight's Sept. 18 release, was filmed about a year before the actor died in June. (His final film, the Brooklyn crime movie "Animal Rescue," is expected to be released next year.)
Holofcener's "Enough Said" is about a middle-aged masseuse (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who begins dating a fellow divorcee (Gandolfini) also with a daughter going off to college.
Gandolfini's career was more varied than many realize, vacillating between comedy (the political satire "In the Loop," the Broadway play "God of Carnage"), turns of tenderness (the childless parent drama "We Are the Rileys," the Maurice Sendak adaptation "Where the Wild Things Are") and even musicals (John Turturro's "Romance and Cigarettes"). But he's particularly unadorned in "Enough Said," playing a sensitive, teddy bear of a father falling for Louis-Dreyfus's more hesitant character.
Holofcener, the director of the mother-daughter comedy "Lovely & Amazing," had nearly cast Gandolfini in the Oliver Platt role for her 2010 film "Please Give." Although Holofcener says she was "intimidated by him as a person and an actor," she knew she wanted to work with him. Gandolfini, in turn, had long wanted to move away from some of the more thuggish characters he's best known for — not only Tony Soprano but his henchmen of "True Romance" and "Get Shorty."
"I didn't feel like I was taking a risk," Holofcener said. "A lot of people said, 'Oh, no one's ever seen him in a role like this.' But if you watch 'The Sopranos,' he has an enormous range. That character wasn't just a bully."
Premiering the film in Toronto without Gandolfini, Holofcener said, is "bittersweet."
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Sept. 26, 2023 - Kian Williams, a junior at Wichita State University, is helping the Kansas Aviation Museum chart its future. The work researching aviation connects with the background that shaped a love for history. Williams volunteered at the Reno County Museum as a youngster.
Sept. 21, 2023 — John and Gail Wadsworth have given a lead gift of $1.5 million to Wichita State University and Shocker Athletics, earmarked for the Softball Team Operations Facility at Wilkins Stadium. The building is a part of the $9.65 million Phase 1 of the stadium renovation plan, which will begin development in the spring of 2024.
Sept. 19, 2023 — Through the inaugural Student Practical Architecting Challenge (SPARC), FirePoint Innovations Center at Wichita State University awarded nearly $40,000 to two student-based teams for their novel innovations in devising future-ready, modular and adaptable software systems to support the Department of Defense's (DOD) Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) initiative.
Sept. 14, 2023 - Rudd Scholar Alia Michaelis studied in a hospital in Argentina and works in biochemical research lab while at Wichita State University. Wichita State is proud of its role helping Rudd Scholars pursue passions and realize dreams in the state's largest city.
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Aug. 28, 2023 — Through the Wichita State University chapter of Engineers without Borders, three Shockers recently began the process of working with the rural community of Mercedes de Agua Sucia in Manabi, Ecuador, to build a pedestrian bridge that will give residents safe passage to the main road and nearby cities to sell the goods and products from their farms, shop in nearby El Carmen, and for children to attend school.
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