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Who even cares if it's 600 fonts or 6 fonts? They are Google Fonts. Why note how many fonts contains the GFonts library?
So the question is: why use 2375 lines of code when you can use just 152 lines and get the same result?
@bitfade, thanks for this diamond.
Here is my solution for a quick fix: http://smartik.ws/2015/04/safe-add_query_var-and-remove_query_var/
Instead of adding everywhere esc_url, I better replace the functions names. So this is fixed with a simple global search and replace.
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Am i dreaming or did i just read they now support OAuth
I was about to say the same.
Horrrray! Finally we have Envato OAuth.
The IE is not anymore the default browser for Windows OS, but it will still be included in Windows 10. Win 10 will be shipped with Project Spartan and IE 11.
Thanks for reminder. Just updated a repository I have on Github.https://github.com/Smartik89/SMK-Font-Awesome-PHP-JSON/releases
Work with professionals and nice people, not with everyone.
First chat on skype, see if it is a nice guy. See if it has been worked before as a designer, what it has done before. Ask him to do a task for you. For example extract the thumbnails from the PSD design. If it will agree to do that imediatelly, then it is responsible, but if you are needed to explain why should it do this, then this does not look like a good partnership.
BTW. You can see from start if the partnership will be successful or not, by talking with him. Ask him various thing and if you enjoy the conversation, work with him.
Search the code base for filters and actions hooks and inject the desired code there.Also you can do somthing like this:
function cks_inject_to_redux(){ if( is_admin() && !empty($_GET['page']) && $_GET['page'] == 'redux_page_string' ){ // Add your code here } } add_action( 'admin_head', 'cks_inject_to_redux' );Replace '
redux_page_string' with the string that redux use. You can find it in the page url. Example:
In a few words.
Regular: If the website is open for public. You sell products but the users can access the website without paying for this.
Extended: If your website is not open for public. The users must pay in order to access the website content.
That's how I understand.
OK. I've seen most of the demos on TF, and most of them do it like @gljivec said, other just use dummy "lorem" text or write some other text like "Blog post with video", etc.
Agreed "lorem" text in title looks bad.
What for me, I've started to use . they looks awesome as demo titles, imo. I get them from here: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics.htmlIsn't this a great example?
Action is the foundational key to all success.

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Big Nate already told you all what time it is. Season two of our Nexxtlevelup Winter Bulk Up program has began. Now before I get into any specifics I know a lot of you may be asking what's the point of bulking up. For starters it's a way of challenging yourself, to push yourself mentally and physically to the limit of what you think your body can do in the gym. This is the perfect time of year for such a challenge. With horrible weather outside and nothing but cold an darkness, you kind of don't have much going on outside of work and the gym. No sunny happy hours after work, you're not dating as much or even going out as much due to the effort and energy it takes to leave your house, so you've got nothing better to do than to lift. Another great reason is that putting on solid mass is also a good way to increase strength and keep gains after you slim down if done correctly. Lastly if you need another reason, it's fun as hell to be a swole mother fucker.
Now last year I felt slightly cheated. I enjoyed my successful bulk up to 185 lbs. only to have to drop it all and cut up within a month for a bachelor party in Vegas. Not this year though. I've got all winter to lift and bulk up and no need to cut weight till late spring so I will be able to enjoy the fruits of my labor. This time I wanted to bulk up right with lessons learned from last year. For instance before I started my bulk I made it a goal to slim down and lose as much extra fat as possible. I went through a month's worth of high rep light weight workouts and cardio three days a week. I got down to 165 of pure light weight. I wanted to go into the bulk up knowing I'd started as lean as I could. One supplement I used to accomplish this was Neurocore by my favorite brand Muscle Tech. Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a fan of using preworkout supplements at all. The ones I've experimented with in the past I couldn't feel any significant change at all in my mood or intensity. But Muscle tech's products have worked for me in the past so I gave it a try. It claims to contain 3200mg of Beta-Alanine, 3000mg of creatine HCI, 3000mg of L-Circtlline and 360mg Caffeine Anydrous. Now what I must warn anyone taking this that's sensitive to stimulants is that you will feel it. Take half the recommended serving to start out with and build up to it. If you take too much you'll tell when you run straight to the bathroom. This stuff worked great for me and I could tell the difference in having enough energy to make it through my more intense workouts. A side effect if any is I felt a tingling in my hands and fingertips that also felt like they were itching or on fire. No clue what that has to do with anything but wanted to put it out there.
At 165 I felt cut and trimmed up with the end of the summer and fall starting. My goal this time around is 190lbs by the end of March. Again unlike last year I want to enjoy the gains and nurture it correctly through spring. I'm really aiming to be a lot "thicker" than last year and have started with intense leg training. The best feeling right now is the knowledge that there's no real rush and understanding the work it will take to reach this level. Already beginning I've noticed it's slightly harder than last year with every year that passes my metabolism slows down so I plan on doing three days of very light cardio about every other week. I'm not really big into maxing or care about it at this age but for the experiment I'll put down where I'm at right now.
At the end of my workouts
Bench, 295 x 3
Squat, 305 x 3
Deadlifts 305 x 3
My work out strategy will be the same as last years. Just heavy weights, low reps and try to improve week by week. I'm really focusing on legs this winter working them out twice a week and increasing the intensity. Again this year for anyone looking for the perfect supplement to help with the mass gain I highly recommend Mass Tech. For proof if it works or not look back my gains from last year's winter swole, the shit is the business.
Supplements to try
Neurocore (pre workout)
Masstech (weight gainer)
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Bob Wall has resigned as executive director of the Madison Drum & Bugle Corps Association, effective October 24.
During his year with the organization, Wall led the MDBCA through a remarkable transition. The Madison Scouts returned to a position among drum corps' elite by placing eighth at the Drum Corps International World Championships in Orlando, FL. Capital Sound also advanced to the division II finals for the first time, finishing eighth in their division. Southwind had a solid rebuilding year after a change in leadership and staff.
Wall's accomplishments reach beyond the competitive field. He made many friends and positive contacts within the activity and in the Madison community. His gregarious personality and charm established, and reestablished, relationships and friendships that should last a lifetime.
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My check engine light is on and I had been ignoring it for quite a while. I have 121K on the car.
The diagnosis at AZ yesterday showed code P00030.
Bank 1 Sensor 1.
From my research that would be the upstream sensor.
- Can someone tell me the location of this sensor on the AWM 1.8T 4-Cyl engine?
Searching the forum I get a lot of info on replacing the O2 sensors on V6 engines but not much on AWM 1.8T.
- Also I couldn't find any DIY for the AWM engine. If someone has a link to it please let me know.
Thanks guys for all your help.


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Florida is probably the easiest. Everything is done by mail. Pa requires you to attend in person
You might also want to consider Utah.
This is a discussion on non-res permits within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I'm in SC. I got my New Hampshire non-res permit for $20 before they figured out that they had a cash cow and jacked the ...
I'm in SC. I got my New Hampshire non-res permit for $20 before they figured out that they had a cash cow and jacked the price up to $100. It runs out next year so I'm looking for an alternative. I hate to pay an extortion fee of $100 or more just so I can visit neighboring Georgia and family in PA but realize I probably will have to. I'm looking at Florida but would like other info.
Those of you who have a non-res permit in Florida, Georgia, PA or another state that gets me what I want... How much does it cost and how difficult is it to get?
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Florida is probably the easiest. Everything is done by mail. Pa requires you to attend in person
You might also want to consider Utah.
CCW permit holder for Idaho, Utah, Pennsylvania, Maine and New Hampshire. I can carry in your country but not my own.
The two most popular non-resident permits are Utah and Florida. Since you didn't mention Utah, Florida would be the one to get. It is good for seven years and costs $117.00. You have to send in a set of fingerprints. A certificate from hunter's safety course or completion of a NRA course will do for proof of training.
Arizona is the best IMO, proof of firearms training (hunter's safety, NRA, etc.), 2 fingerprint cards, and $60.00 by mail.
"... advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill." -J.R.R. Tolkien
Don't forget that SC does not honor non-resident permits. You must be a resident of the state where you hold the permit for it to be honored in SC.
OKAY......Lets just make we are all on the same page.
You are in SC, so I assume you have a res SC permit. If not, your non res NH permit (or any other non res permit for that matter) is invalid in SC.
Assuming you already hold a SC permit, for the states you are interested in, an AZ permit is by far the easiest, and cheapest to obtain. Oh, and BTW, AZ does NOT issue a non res permit as such. The only clue is that it a non res is the fact that your address will be outside the state of AZ. The AZ permit does NOT have non resident anywhere on the permit.
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UT requires a specific UT CCW training class given by a UT certified instructor. FL accepts an NRA training certificate as long as it has a live fire component. NRA Basic Handgun would cover that. Or a DD214 with an honorable discharge.
UT is a bit cheaper but you have to factor in the cost of the class, which is about 100 bucks depending on the course IIRC. That makes FL a better deal IMO. Plus you can carry in FL
I said getting the FL permit is the best way to go, because it also gives you the ability to carry in FL. Didn't I say that when I recommended FL?
That be true sir. No shooting required.
I'd go to handgunlaw.us and check out their reciprocity map, then decide which permit you'd get the most use out of.


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Seawall mural scotched in Imperial Beach
"I have always felt it had bad juju!"
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The greatest advice my fashion-savvy mother ever gave me in regards to style was to make your accessories count. Accessories should be the ingredients around which to base your outfit. If you are going to splurge, do it on a great handbag, a killer pair of shoes, or a statement necklace.
When I ran into Jordan Carey in La Jolla last week, I noticed she had that idea down to an art form. The 24-year-old paired less-expensive items with a Badgley Mischka quilted, taupe purse featuring a delicate, gold chain strap (retails for around $300), a vintage, statement, gold ring (her favorite wardrobe item that was gifted to her by her style-conscious grandmother) and a pair of red-rimmed Versace sunglasses (retails for $210).
"My style changes too much for me to spend a ton on clothes. I spend more on accessories," she told me. Carey's go-to shopping spot is Nordstrom.
Carey also wore a pair of Enzo Angiolini black, buckle-accented boots (they are exclusive to Nordstrom and retail for $158.95). Her simple black dress and tights were also purchased at Nordstrom. Her vivid red jacket is from the Gap.
The fashion trend Carey would like to see die is military-print clothing. I'm with her on that one.


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Cape said the coming days could easily undo all their good work but declared himself content with their positioning.
'There's too many little tricks up ahead to know what's going to happen but we'll keep pushing, and we're very happy,' he said. 'It will be very interesting. We're certainly where we want to be and hopefully it will all come together from here.'
Team Sanya watch captain Richard Mason believes the northerly option to be the safest route through the high pressure systems and expects his team to head that way for around a day and a half to avoid the clutches of the light wind zone.
'There was a chance that on the easterly route we'd have been able to nip through the high, but that chance disappeared,' Mason said. 'So now we have to find a safe way to get north, wait for the high to redevelop and scoot round the top of it. Anyway, that's what we think is going to happen.'
Mason said the Sanya crew welcomed the onset of unstable conditions which could give them a chance to steal a march on the fleet from behind.
'It does present plenty of options and we have managed to pull a few miles back on the guys in front which is always heartening,' he said.
'We don't see the forecast as a problem as such as it creates a lot of opportunities. We just need to pick our way through and turn them to our advantage.
'The guys at the front are constantly looking over their shoulders and will be looking to cover one another. They're not going to be too worried about us if we go off in a different direction and bang the corner.'
Abu Dhabi skipper Ian Walker said hopes of a direct route to Lisbon had now evaporated with the arrival of the new high pressure from the north.
'It was a dream scenario -- a very direct and downwind route that avoided the ice gates to the north,' Walker said. 'Sadly, reality is now being faced by the fleet as we gybe north one by one.
'Ahead of us we face a very light wind high pressure zone to cross, a day of upwind sailing, much colder temperatures and a few more days at sea.'
Walker said there could well be a leg leaderboard reshuffle coming.
'I suspect we could see a real shake up in the standings with some big gains and losses,' he said. 'The navigators and skippers will have their hands full as this tricky and rapidly evolving weather unfolds in front of them.
'All of a sudden Lisbon feels a lot further away from us than it did 24 hours ago.'
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In mid-July, we shared information that spotted a mystery Lenovo dubbed the X910 on the Antutu performance report. It was thought then that the device was equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip humming along at 2.2GHz. There was also speculation that the device might be slated to be the successor the K900.
While we cannot bridge that gap completely, we can share that benchmark scores were found on a device noted as the K910, running Android 4.2.2, and it appears to be running the same chipset, scoring an impressive 30,059 Antutu score.
Lenovo has an attractive line-up of smartphones, especially the recent run of flagship models, but the devices have not been widely available in the west. Recent Lenovos we have seen and read about, along with the apparent gear in the works, have seriously piqued our interest and hope to see more of them in the market.
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Novelist E.M. Forster was a writer who might be said to have been simultaneously ahead of his time—or at least better suited to take on certain topics like homosexuality that couldn't be treated frankly during his heyday—and resistant to some of the modernist impulses he saw arising among authors from the generation following his own. Forster was a man of some contradictions and rough edges, as Brooke Allen, describing Frank Kermode's book "Concerning E. M. Forster," points out. —KA
The New Criterion via Arts & Letters Daily:
The one thing everyone seems to know about Forsterian values is the mantra "only connect," but, as Kermode points out, he did not always "connect" so well himself, either in his fiction or in his life:
In general he saw the poor as different from "us," unless they qualified as boys who might be available for sex or were Italian peasants or Indians, and he had no real understanding of them. Of course that goes also for women.
A treasured friend and mentor to many, still he had an undeniably bitchy side. Percy Lubbock, who knew him for years, taunted him: "It's really too funny your becoming the holy man of letters. You're really a spiteful old thing. Why haven't people found you out, and run you down?" All too true, as a perusal of Forster's biography and correspondence bears out. Yet the impression he and his work left behind, the "message" if you will, is overwhelmingly one of love, of tolerance, of connection.
Portrait of the artist: Dora Carrington painted this portrait of E.M. Forster around 1925.


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Netflix has made three Adam Sandler movies so far, and Netflix users love him, to the tune of 5+ hours per subscriber.
Sandler was the first big movie star to lead the Netflix charge by signing a four-movie deal with the streaming giant, which has now been extended to eight movies. The films have largely been trashed by critics — see the 0% Rotten Tomatoes score for "The Ridiculous 6" and 5% for "The Do-Over" — but have been watched a lot by subscribers.
How much?
In an earnings letter Monday, Netflix said that since the launch of "The Ridiculous 6" in December 2015, subscribers have "spent more than half a billion hours enjoying the films of Adam Sandler." Over 500 million hours! Netflix said it will cross the 100 million subscriber mark this weekend, so a conservative estimate puts how much Sandler people are watching at 5+ hours per subscriber.
Admittedly, this is a rough guide. Certain subscribers come and go, so Netflix's total amount of subscribers, since the end of 2015, is likely greater than 100 million. But still, it speaks to the incredible amount of time Netflix users have spent.
"We continue to be excited by our Sandler relationship and our members continue to be thrilled with his films," Netflix wrote in the letter. Given these stats, it's easy to see why.
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Canada grain handlers to expand as crops overwhelm system
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Three Canadian grain handlers said this week that they will expand facilities to handle the country's crops, after a record-smashing harvest overwhelmed the transportation system.
Viterra, owned by Glencore Xstrata PLC (GLEN.L: Quote), said on Thursday it will spend C$100 million ($92 million) to boost grain shipping through Port Metro Vancouver, while CWB, formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board, said it is building a second Western Canadian grain elevator.
Global commodities trader Cargill Ltd CARGIL.UL said on Wednesday that it would expand an elevator site in Manitoba.
The moves come as the country's grain handlers and railways have struggled to move a record harvest to port, causing a massive backlog.
Last year's 76-million tonne Western Canadian crop was larger than expected due to nearly ideal weather during the growing season. But with seed technology companies developing crop varieties to produce bigger yields, the industry expects harvests to trend higher over the long term.
Viterra said it will modernize its Pacific Terminal at the country's busiest port to increase grain shipping and storage.
"Our goal is to create the most efficient port terminal in Canada with unprecedented capability for processing a diverse range of commodities," said Kyle Jeworski, Viterra's chief executive for North America.
Work on the terminal, which handles crops like peas, canola, flax, lentils, soybeans and corn, is expected to wrap up by 2016. Viterra also said last week it would build a new grain elevator at Kindersley, Saskatchewan. Continued...


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Alligator Finds Home Along Paynes' Prairie Trail
But last week, park rangers decided mankind and mother nature were getting a little too close for comfort, and it's all because a mother alligator built her nest just feet from the walking trail.
The roughly 17 year old alligator weighs over 300 pounds, and gets pretty feisty if you get too close to her nest.
"Right now, with the extended drought period, this is the only water, so she came to where she can be close to the nest and next to water," said Dylan Gavagni, Assistant Park Ranger. "Generally, when we are not in a drought stress, they'll be out in the marsh."
So, park rangers decided the smart thing to do was close the walking trail.
"We don't want anybody to come in harm's way when this mother alligator was protecting her nest," said Gavagni.
But after talking it over with Fish and Wildlife officers, the park rangers decided the best thing for everyone involved, including the scaly one with sharp teeth was to re-open the walking trail, but to put up additional protection around the gator to keep people a safe distance away.
Now that they're opening the trail back up, people can actually come up and stand just feet away from her nest. It's a unique experience, but if she's not happy, the mother gator will let you know about it."
And if you want to see the mother alligator in her natural habitat, but can't make it out this weekend, park rangers say she'll be there all summer guarding her nest until the eggs hatch sometime in August.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – The Francis Marion University Office of Career Development will host its 16th-annual Volunteer Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Smith University Center commons area.
Representatives from area volunteer organizations who are in need of volunteers will set up booths and recruit students to become active in the community. Members of the public who are interested in volunteering are also invited to attend.
More than 20 volunteer agencies are expected to be on hand for the fair. Organizations currently scheduled to participate include: Pee Dee Chapter American Red Cross, Pee Dee Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Housing Authority of Florence, Salvation Army, Pee Dee Coalition, Carolinas Hospital System, Family Connection, Childcare Connection, S.C. Doulas for Life Inc., Florence Area Literacy Council, and North Vista Elementary School.
For more information, call the FMU Office of Career Development at 843-661-1676.


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This digitization project contains digitized photographs from the Faxon Collection from the Conference Photographs series (99/1/14) and the Library Building Photographs series (99/1/15), held at the University of Illinois Archives. Some photographs and postcards from the Library Building Photographs collection (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, and California) have also been digitized. Collection size: approximately 250 items.
The Amos Kennedy Collection contains digitized books, postcards, and posters from Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. - a letterpress printer, papermaker, book artist, and teacher. His strong graphics and bold typography passionately address issues of race, freedom, and equality. Collection size: 71 items.
The more than 2,700 photographs in this collection are scanned from the Carl Sandburg Collection housed in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Spanning the years 1893-1987, these images are part of a collection that includes typescripts and galley proofs of many of Sandburg's works, his correspondence with literary and public figures, recordings and transcriptions of Sandburg's radio broadcasts, and a supporting book collection of approximately 5,000 volumes.
The Champaign-Urbana Historic Built Environment offers a selection from the holdings of the Champaign County Historical Archives, which was established as a department of The Urbana Free Library in 1956. Among its holdings of books, manuscripts, and maps, the archives has preserved over 50,000 photographs of local people and locations. This collection provides a sampling of the rich visual history of Champaign-Urbana's historic built environment in the 19th and 20th century, including images of residential, commercial, governmental, educational, medical, and religious structures, and thus reflects the notion that historic buildings serve as an entryway into the community's collective memory.
The Chuck Olin Digital Film Archive consists of production elements from two PBS-broadcast documentaries: "In Our Own Hands: The Hidden Story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II," and "Is Jerusalem Burning? Myth, Memory and the Battle of Latrun." Both films, relying primarily on first-person accounts, tell the story of critical episodes in the formation of the nation-state of Israel. The unedited versions of the first-person accounts contained in the collection offer the student or scholar a unique set of primary-source material. Collection size: 8 interviews.
This is an online collection of political cartoons from the University of Illinois Library Collins collection of books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps and cartoons; it was purchased by the Library in 1917. The collection consists of cartoons drawn primarily from the Weekly Freeman and National Press and United Ireland newspapers. The cartoons address the subject of Irish politics of the late 1800s and early 1900s, and, in particular, Ireland's relationship with England. Collection size: approximately 75 cartoons.
This collection is comprised of 105 digitized posters published in France during the First World War. The selected posters represent a time of national volatility and a visual culture of lithography, illustrations, earlier posters and paintings.
The Historical Maps Online collection contains images of maps charting the last 400 years of historical development in Illinois and the Northwest Territory, including historic topographic maps of Illinois. The collection also contains early large-scale topographic quadrangles published by the United States Geological Survey in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Collection size: approximately 420 maps.
The collection consists of a variety of items that relate to James Reston's career with the Associated Press (1934-1939) and The New York Times (1939-1989). These items include publications, manuscripts, correspondence, speeches, interview transcripts, and photographs. Collection size: approximately 400 items.
The John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection comprises some 1500 plates, each mounted on an individual card. Each card has a specially designed printed form mounted on the verso upon which Mr. Stewart inserted notes about the owner, designer, or subject of the plate. Besides bookplates, the collection contains book stamps and spine labels, especially from institutional libraries. The collection was made between 1903 and 1906 and is rich in contemporary bookplates, many in the art nouveau style, although older plates are also included. While mid-Western and other American plates predominate, a substantial number of English and continental plates are present.
The Maps of Africa to 1900 digital collection contains images of maps listed in the bibliography Maps of Africa to 1900: A Checklist of Maps in Atlases and Geographical Journals in the Collections of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Bassett & Scheven, Urbana: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 2000). As such, this collection mines not only the Library's map collections, but also its extensive collection of 19th century atlases and geographical journals, including the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society (United Kingdom), the Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Paris (France), and Petermanns Geographische Mittheilungen (Germany). Bassett's and Scheven's original bibliography lists 2,416 maps of which nearly 78 percent date from the 19th century. Africanists and historians of cartography are drawn to this century because the map of the continent changed so rapidly in the wake of European explorations, conquests, and colonization (Bassett & Scheven, p. iii). About a quarter of the collection dates from the sixteenth century, 9 percent from the seventeenth, and 13 percent from the eighteenth century. The Library is digitizing as many of the maps as possible, condition permitting. Maps are added to the collection as they are completed.
The Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design is a valuable source of documentation on the history of theatre and is housed in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is a rare collection of original materials on the theatre, comprising over 5000 items from more than 150 productions in England and the United States. These materials include costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric. Collection size: approximately 4700 items.
Émile Chatelain's Paléographie des classiques latins was produced in 14 fascicles between 1884 and 1900, and consists of more than 200 facsimiles of leaves from medieval manuscripts, with explanatory text. The leaves range in date from the fourth to the fifteenth century, and together demonstrate the range of scripts in which the main Latin classics were transmitted from antiquity to the modern world. More than thirty classical authors are represented in the collection, which has been an important paleographical reference work for more than a century. Collection size: approximately 305 items.
Picture Chicago is a collection of images originally published in books about Chicago that were digitized by the University of Illinois' Urbana and Chicago campus libraries. Here you can see photographs of Chicago gangsters, politicians, and early famous Chicagoans; the first taxicab in the city; the early pneumatic tube system installed in the the Chicago Post Office; the devastating fire at the Iroquois Theater in 1904 that took the lives of hundreds of Chicagoans; Michigan Avenue before it was widened; stately North Shore residences; the draft plans to straighten the Chicago River; and much, much more! Within the description of each image you will find a link back to the original digitized text. Picture Chicago is a joint project of the libraries of the Urbana and Chicago campuses of the University of Illinois. Funding to support building this image collection was provided by a 2009 Collections Enhancement and Access Award from the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
Portraits of Actors, 1720-1920, includes almost 3,500 pictures of actors studio portraits and actors posing in costume for a particular role or performing a scene from a play. Dramatists, theatrical managers, singers and musicians are also included, but the majority are British and American actors who worked between about 1770 and 1893. Among the hundreds of actors included are: Sarah Siddons, Edmund Kean, John Philip Kemble, Edwin Booth, Edwin Forrest, William Henry West Betty, Charles Mathews, Dorothy Jordan, Frances Abington, and Ada Rehan. The images were digitized from etchings, engravings, lithographs, mezzotints, aquatints, wood engravings, photographs, and photomechanically-reproduced prints, all from the University of Illinois Theatrical Print Collection.
The Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection includes pictorial and photographic postcards of libraries throughout the United States and Europe. Subjects include public libraries, private libraries, academic libraries, library interiors, reading rooms, and bookmobiles. Collection size: approximately 535 items.
Using digitized primary source materials involves fundamental shifts in the service and teaching methods of curators, librarians, and teachers, regardless of their audiences. This project seeks to develop a successful model program to integrate digital primary source materials into K-12 curriculum and assignments, as well as into the educational programs of museums and libraries. This project brings together a group of libraries and museums and their digital content with K-12 teachers, to identify reliable methods of integrating digitized content into teaching units and learning guides, to demonstrate innovative technology-based applications using these materials, and to evaluate and report on their effectiveness. Collection size: approximately 1600 items.
The University of Illinois began the tradition of inscribing the Bronze Tablets with the names of students receiving University Honors in 1925. A new tablet is hung in the Main Library each year. Inscription on the Bronze Tablets recognizes sustained academic achievement by undergraduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. According to the Student Code, students must have at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point-average through the academic term prior to graduation, and rank in the top three percent of the students in their graduating class. The University Library commissioned Chris Brown Photography to photograph the Tablets. Prints are available for purchase through the Illini Union Bookstore.
The Illinois Built Environment collection provides to the public a first-hand view of select original documents used to shape the Campus. Among others, items include hand sketches of campus plans, original trace and linen drawings of many of the Central Quadrangle buildings, four separate proposed sketches for the original Library, now known as Altgeld Hall, and watercolor renderings for the display of the Alma Mater and many buildings. This collection will grow over time as more original drawings, sketches and renderings are released for public use. Collection size: approximately 270 items.


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Anti-CD19 and Anti-CD22 Immunotoxins in Treating Patients With Refractory or Relapsed B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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RATIONALE: Immunotoxins, such as anti-CD19 and anti-CD22, can find cancer cells that express CD19 and CD22 and kill them without harming normal cells. This may be an effective treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of anti-CD19 and anti-CD22 immunotoxins in treating patients with refractory or relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
|Biological: deglycosylated ricin A chain-conjugated anti-CD19/anti-CD22 immunotoxins
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|Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Phase I Study of Combination Therapy With Anti-CD19 and Anti-CD22 Immunotoxins (Combotox) in Adults With Refractory/Relapse Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Optimum dose of deglycosylated ricin A chain-conjugated anti-CD19 and anti-CD22 immunotoxins (Combotox)
- Efficacy of treatment
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- Determine the maximum tolerated dose of deglycosylated ricin A chain-conjugated anti-CD19 and anti-CD22 immunotoxins (Combotox) in patients with refractory or relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Determine the toxicity of Combotox in these patients.
- Determine the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of Combotox in these patients.
- Determine any antitumor activity of Combotox, in terms of the percentage of blasts in bone marrow and peripheral blood.
- Determine the levels of human antimouse and human anti-dgA antibodies in patients treated with Combotox.
- Determine if there is a correlation between PK parameters and toxicity of Combotox in these patients.
- Determine if the expression of the CD19 and CD22 cell surface antigens is affected by Combotox.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive deglycosylated ricin A chain-conjugated anti-CD19 and anti-CD22 immunotoxins (Combotox) IV over 4 hours on days 1, 3, and 5 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of patients receive escalating doses of Combotox until the maximum tolerated dose is determined.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20 patients will be accrued for this study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|17 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically confirmed adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- B-cell lineage
Refractory or relapsed disease based on a bone marrow/peripheral blood examination, cytogenetic studies, or polymerase chain reaction amplification
- Disease refractory to conventional therapy and other therapies of higher priority
- At least 50% of the blasts (in bone marrow or peripheral blood) expressing CD19 and/or CD22 by flow cytometry
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Life expectancy > 2 months
- Creatinine < 1.5 times normal
- Bilirubin < 1.5 times normal
- ALT or AST < 2.5 times normal
- Prior chemotherapy, biologic therapy, and/or radiotherapy allowed
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00450944
|United States, New York
|Albert Einstein Cancer Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
|Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
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|Amit Verma, MD
|Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc.
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|March 20, 2007
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|February 6, 2009
Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
B-cell adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Burkitt Lymphoma
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Tumor Virus Infections
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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5 Confused Attitudes
Are these 5 your list? Can you give a source or are you trying to divorce this from Buddhism?
Are these 5 your list? Can you give a source or are you trying to divorce this from Buddhism?
Yes, this is just my list. It doesn't have a Buddhist source that I know of.
More generally, nothing on this site should be construed as Buddhism. Some of it might accord with Buddhism, but I make no claims about that one way or the other.
Didn't you mention a book you were reading about Monism and such? I thought that might have inspired this.
No, this is old stuff... It's from my thinking as of about 2004 (written up originally in 2006-7). There's a connection with eternalism and nihilism in Buddhism, and also in Western philosophy. And "mission" tends to go along with monism. But there's no direct source.
One of the constant difficulties of writing in English is its tendency to degenerate into deceptive dead metaphors. "Meaning" and "purpose" as they are used here are such degenerated metaphors. The non-metaphoric use of "meaning" applies to language and other proto-linguistic structures. "Life" is not a language and it does not literally have "meaning". "Meaning" is a metaphor for whatever it is in life that is "like meaning in language". So what does life possess that is like meaning in language? Good question.
In fact, it is so good that it is the real question that we should be asking rather than "What is the meaning of life?" Without reanimation of the metaphor and the acknowledgment that it is a metaphor the "meaning of life" question is literally nonsense and the set of five different pat answers given above are also literally nonsense.
When we stop asking "What is the meaning of life?" and start asking "What does life have that is like "meaning" in language?" what becomes clear is that we do not have a choice of pat answers from which we have to pick the right one. We have no immediate answer at all. We also have the real possibility that there may not be an answer at all.
"Purpose" is a literal characteristic of objects such as tools. Life is not a tool, and the "purpose of life" is a metaphor that has died into mere nonsense. So what is in life that is like "purpose" for tools? Ask it that way and again the pat answers evaporate into nonsense. And we are left with the fact that we have no immediate answer at all, not even a wrong one.
But matters are even worse than this, for without the metaphors we have no obvious place to even look for the answers. This is strong evidence that we are not only asking the wrong question, we are also asking the question about the wrong thing.
What life does have is praxis, which is neither "meaning" nor "purpose" and is in no way like real "meaning" in language or real "purposes" for tools. Everything that lives is in the middle of doing something and remains so for the duration of life.
The wrongly asked questions about the wrong thing can now easily be framed into two correctly asked [and easily answerable] questions about praxis: What am I doing? and What should I be doing? Looked at this way there is no such thing as a "subjective" answer to either question. There are merely things that are possible to do [go to college and get a degree] and things which are not possible to do [sprout wings and fly like an eagle]. Everything in either of the categories is objective, objectively possible or objectively not possible.
This allows us to put the subjectivity back where it belongs, into the reasons for the action and the legitimate questions you can now ask are Why am I doing this? and Why should I be doing that? These questions are legitimately subjective and make it possible to articulate our subjective opinions, not about life, but about the world in which life exists.
Use the categories of subjective answers [eternalism, nihilism, search for a mission, and existentialism] as answers about the world, and not about "life", and use the subjective answers they propose as reasons to do objective things and most of the proliferation of derivative neologisms [such as "meaningness"] offered here is simply not necessary.
Pace Wittgenstein: The solution to the problem is the disappearance of the problem.
Hi, Karmakshanti,
Thank you for your thoughtful comment here, and another one elsewhere on the site today.
I've just come out of three days of retreat, and am about to go into a different retreat for a week, so I am unfortunately unable to reply immediately. I promise to do so shortly after emerging.
Best wishes,
Good luck. I'm having to remind myself once again that my real business is sitting and meditating, so I a welcome a break.
Sorry for the delay in replying, due to having been away from the internet for ten days.
Most likely we are in substantive agreement here.
In case this wasn't obvious, my point on the page was not that any of these five stances to purpose is right. They are all bad ones. In fact, they are obviously bad, and actually unworkable, so it's practically impossible to adhere to any of them consistently. Rather, the point is that because no good approach is readily available, these are the stances that people typically adopt in practice. (I will present what I consider a good approach later.)
You are right that it is a major problem in writing about this material that the word "meaning" has two meanings—the linguistic "meaning of a sentence" one and the "meaning of life" one. I invented the word "meaningness" partly to address that problem. (Probably not very successfully.)
And, I agree strongly that "the meaning of life" is a wrong framework for thinking about the issues. It suggests there is a single, "true" meaning; and that hasn't been plausible for a hundred years at least.
However, the wrong formulation "the meaning of life" points at a set of issues that I think are important and not meaningless: purpose, value, the relationship between self and other, ethics, and so forth. I don't think these issues can be dissolved by Wittgensteinian linguistic analysis.
I do think that what you say about praxis is pointing in the right direction. Your point that "everything that lives is in the middle of doing something and remains so for the duration of life" will be a central theme (in a part of the book none of which I've yet posted to the web).
I'll be using the terms "participation", "activity", and "interaction" in discussing this. Meaningness can only be understood in terms of doing things in the world; not as an isolated individual but as an inseparable part of a physical, social, and cultural context; and not as a box whose contents can be examined and understood at an instant in time, but as a varying process that extends through time.
(Probably that is gibberish at this point; it will take tens of thousands of words to explain in common-sense terms.)
The comment from Karmakshanti made me think of Jordan Peterson's book, "Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief". Have you looked at it at all?
He is more concerned with addressing belief. His background is Psychology. But, I think the book could be useful to your project and help out in developing your terms "participation", "activity" and "interaction".
(I say this now in ignorance, only now starting to read what you have done on "Meaningness". I felt the connection come up in my head and thought I should communicate it now rather than lose the thought.)
Andrew, thank you very much indeed for pointing me at Jordan Peterson's work. I was entirely unaware of it. I've been poking around on his web site and have found much of interest. This paper, for instance, directly addresses both the AI issues and the social/pschological development issues I wrote about in my last page. Remarkable timing.
His book, M o M, has become an important resource for me. In fact, maybe I rely upon it a little too much (ah, the neophyte in me...).
He has some vids too, I think on his webpage. Basically just a lecture series on the text. And there are two hour-long, more condensed versions through TVO (Canadian public broadcasting, kinda like PBS).
I haven't read the C M Theory paper yet. Thank you back for the link, and further reading! :-)
I'm curious David,
What are your thoughts on this text with respect to making life more enjoyable? Do you feel this endeavor has created more enjoyment or less enjoyment with life? I'm a fringe rationalist reader... meaning I mostly let friends select things I'd like readings and send them my way. I'm not a hyper-truth seeker, and am perfectly fine walking around with horse blinders on if the barn is going to burn down on me anyway. Sometimes I find rationalists to be great at solving problems, and too trapped in their truth to find enjoyment in things that are common, incorrect, but use to make them smile.
Hey David,
Just had a clarifying question about this sentence:
"The problem is that no one actually has a 'unique personal gift.'"
I assume you're referring to something like a divinely-endowed gift that one is more or less predestined to discover and pursue? It seems to me that we do all in fact have "unique personal gifts," in a broader sense. You, for instance, have an ability to write this book in the way you're writing it that no one else could precisely duplicate. Every human being seems to do things in such a way that no one else could precisely duplicate their activity. And it seems that this entails that we perform our talents in ways that only we could perform them, making them "unique personal gifts." Perhaps you could clarify your meaning on this.
Yes, your interpretation is correct!
Excellent site/book! Fascinating topic.
On the terminology, especially following the comments discussion on this page:
- Perhaps "meaning" in this context actually refers to something more like "value". That is: "What is the value of my life (or of any particular activities or aspects thereof)?" If value is construed only instrumentally, then value collapses into mere purpose, one's life as a "tool".
The problem, of course, with defining the value of one's life by one's purpose (instrumental value as a tool), is that actually devalues your life intrinsically. Consider: If you were to fulfill that purpose, wouldn't your value then disappear? You would become superfluous.
Regarding the term "eternalism", is this your own coinage of use? In philosophy, "eternalism" typically refers to a certain philosophy of time.
Thank you for this site and your comments.
Glad you like what you have read so far!
Yes, there are multiple "dimensions" of value; purpose is just the one I used as an example in this introductory page.
I'm using the word "eternalism" in a way derived from Buddhist philosophy; specifically Dzogchen. I'm using it not exactly the same way, but pretty close. I thought I had explained this somewhere, but I can't find it. Maybe I never got around to writing it up, because I thought I already had!
The original meaning of "eternalism" in Buddhist philosophy is the view that there is an eternal soul (which most brands of Buddhism reject). Later it came to mean "denial of emptiness," where "emptiness" means roughly what I mean by "nebulosity." And that's quite close to my usage.
I'm aware of the quite different usage in Western philosophy. Unfortunately, there aren't enough words to go around, so they get reused!
Thank you for the response. Understood.
Perhaps "absolutism" would work? That also goes beyond the temporal dimension to include spatial (geographic, trans-cultural, etc). That is, such "meanings" are supposed to apply absolutely across all times, places, cultures, individuals, etc.


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You'd imagine the opening lines of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum set the stall out pretty clearly. ''Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everybody, comedy tonight.'' Says it all, really.
The trouble is, not everybody has heard those lines. And even among those who tend to flock to musical theatre productions in Melbourne there are many who don't recognise the title as belonging to legendary Broadway lyricist/composer Stephen Sondheim's 1962 take on the Roman farces of Plautus.
''It's a little bit of a problem in terms of marketing the show because the title is just kind of bemusing to anyone who doesn't already know it,'' Simon Phillips, the director of the talent-heavy production, said ahead of Saturday's official opening night at Her Majesty's.
With a cast that includes Geoffrey Rush, Magda Szubanski, Shane Bourne and Gerry Connolly as lead hams, and Christie Whelan and Hugh Sheridan as the sweet-voiced young lovers, the show certainly doesn't lack for firepower. In fact, the biggest problem might be convincing all that weaponry to stick to a script that Phillips has repeatedly hailed as a masterpiece of comedic writing.
''I tried to get a group of the wickedest people I knew into it, and tried to tame it but leave it just hanging on the cusp of disarray,'' he says. If that sounds a bit like trying to recreate the big bang in an ice-cream container, he insists it has worked. Preview audiences this week have been ''cacking themselves''.
Comedies, he says, ''really are tough to get right because by the time you finish rehearsing everyone thinks it's the unfunniest thing on the planet''.
The show is playing in the same theatre in which it made its Australian debut in 1964, and one member of that cast — Bob Hornery — is back for seconds.
One old-timer who won't be there to see the curtain come up on Saturday is the venerable Mr Sondheim. The 82-year-old has had to delay his plans to see the Melbourne production following a fall in which he broke his wrist.
That's both blessing and curse to Phillips. ''I really hope he sees it because I think he'll enjoy it, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to get it ready rather than have him arrive and be saying, 'I need more time; please don't judge me'.''
Seriously? After all those years at the helm of the MTC, after taking Priscilla to Broadway, you'd still get the jitters?
''Absolutely,'' he says. ''It's nerve-wracking. He's the maestro.''


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Part One: Strangers in the Night
Twilight Sparkle buried her head in her book as she tried to concentrate, shutting out the crashing of the torrential rain and the wailing of the wind outside her house. Try as she might however, she couldn't shut out the wailing that was going on inside.
"But Twilight!" Spike moaned, tugging at her shoulder. "You said you'd read me a bedtime ghost story! That was an hour ago!"
Twilight rolled her eyes and slammed shut the archaeology textbook she'd been studying. "Fine Spike, fine!" she huffed, trotting over to the pesky dragon and opening the tattered book he had been clutching in his paws. "But if you get scared again, I'm not staying up all night making it better!"
Spike frowned. "But Twilight, that WAS a scary story! I mean, it was a VERY hungry caterpillar! The book even had HOLES in it!" He trembled again, eyes darting round the room as if a caterpillar would lurch out of the shadows at him.
Twilight gave a long, protracted sigh and shook her head. "That wasn't even supposed to be a scary st-" She trailed off in defeat. "Nevermind. Let's get this over with." She scanned the page, and began: "It was a dark and stormy night. The wind howled like a banshee, and lightning forked in the sky."
At that moment, a huge boom of thunder rolled across the sky, and the night was lit up by a crackling of lightning that momentarily illuminated the windswept town of Ponyville outside.
Twilight continued unabated: "All the citizens of Trotsdale had barricaded their homes, for there was a MAD MURDERER PONY on the loose."
Spike yelped and hid under a table, wide-eyed and shaking.
Twilight tutted. "Come on Spike, it's only a story, there's no such thing as 'murder'. You need to learn the difference between make believe and reality." She cleared her throat. "The town library was especially quiet, as Booky McReaderson ugh, who thinks of these names tended to her books. Booky hadn't barricaded the library in case a pony wanted a late night book. 'Still, who would be out in this weather', she thought. 'Only a totally crazy pony'. Suddenly there was a knocking at the door!"
There was a sharp knocking at the door.
Twilight growled as she was interrupted mid-flow. "Spike, quit it with the sound effects!"
Spike meanwhile, was still hiding under a table, shaking. Twilight continued, ignoring her friend. "The knocking continued. Booky knew that only a mad mare would be out in the storm, but the code of the librarian forced her to let in any pony who wanted a book! Slowly she walked to the door, and "
There was a sharper knocking at the door.
Twilight snapped the book shut. "If you're going to mess about Spike, you're not getting your story!"
Spike however, was not messing about. He was tucked in the shadow of the table, pointing to the door. "I-it's not me Twilight. There's... there's someone there!"
Twilight frowned, and cautiously walked to the door. "Don't be ridiculous. Who would be out in this sort of weather. Only a "
She was cut off as the sharp thumping on the door continued, and so gathering up her resolve she threw the door open. Standing on the doorstep was a bright blue pony, drenched from head to hoof and caked in mud, her pink mane completely sodden and drooping over her face, a battered yellow suitcase by her feet.
"Hello" she said. "I'm Dewdrop Dazzle. Can I come in?"
Once Twilight had regained her composure and checked that the new arrival wasn't carrying any sharp implements, she invited the poor soaked unicorn in out of the rain. Dewdrop told her how she had been travelling cross country when she found herself stranded in Ponyville in the middle of a torrential storm. Of course, Twilight invited her to stay for the night and had instructed Spike (once she had scraped him out from beneath the table) to show Dewdrop to the spare room and the shower.
Twilight settled back down with her book, breathing in happily at the peace and quiet that now reigned, the howling of the storm outside soothing rather than scaring. The only thing out of place was the muddy hoofprints Dewdrop had trampled across the floor. "Spike's going to be busy tomorrow!" Twilight tittered to herself as she returned to the important business of late night studying.
This plan was foiled as a clattering commotion echoed from down the stairs. Twilight was just about to admonish Spike for being noisy when the perpetrator came into view. It was Dewdrop Dazzle, now clean and free of mud, her hair carefully dried and hanging in curls about her face.
"Hi Twilight!" she smiled as she trotted into the room, looking about carefully as if seeing it for the first time. "Thanks again for letting me stay!"
Twilight smiled. "It's no problem, I'd have thought you'd be asleep already though after a day's travelling. And..." She paused, suddenly frowning. "Hey, I didn't tell you my name did I?"
Dewdrop smiled brightly. "Oh come on, you're Twilight Sparkle! You're famous! I've heard all about your adventures; that's all the papers in Canterlot are talking about!"
Twilight blushed, turning her head and grinning to herself. "Well..." she coughed. "I hardly think I'm much to write about."
"Are you KIDDING?" Dewdrop had suddenly become rather more animated and was excitedly dancing about. "You defeated Nightmare Moon! And an Ursa Minor! And a hydra! You've got to tell me all about it!"
Twilight slowly closed her book, trying not to feel herself getting too big headed about this attention. "Well, since you're here, I guess a few tales of my adventures before bedtime couldn't hurt..."
"And what colour were its eyes?" Dewdrop pressed, wide-eyed and riveted to the spot, as she had been for the past four hours.
The clock struck 3am.
Twilight drooped wearily, propped up against a stool. "I... I really don't know Dewdrop. Does it matter?" At first she had been happy to talk about herself for once; just knowing that she was looked up to in Canterlot had made her burn with pride. As the hours ticked by however, Dewdrop had pressed her for more and more information about even the most banal of incidents until it felt like an interrogation.
Dewdrop swivelled the lampshade to shine into Twilight's eyes. "I noticed you were getting sleepy, is this better?" she asked with concern. "So how many feathers did the Cockatrice have?"
Twilight blinked once at the flash of light and fell over, her four hooves pointing straight upwards. "Uh, no offense Dewdrop but I think its way past our bedtimes! We can talk again in the morning."
"Okay!" Dewdrop smiled cheerfully as she hopped up the stairs after Twilight.
Twilight shook her head blearily. At least it was only one night, and she was doing a good deed. She waved goodnight to Dewdrop on the landing and wearily trotted into her room. There was a strange echo.
Twilight turned around to switch off the light, to be met face to face with Dewdrop's smiling visage. "Hi!" Dewdrop uttered happily.
Twilight blinked. "I'm uh, going to bed Dewdrop, I'll tell you more stories in the morning, I promise."
Dewdrop nodded. "I'm going to bed too!"
Twilight narrowed her eyes. "This... this is my room. Didn't Spike show you the spare room?"
"Oh!" Dewdrop gave a little gasp. "Yes he showed it to me and I thought was very nice. Oh, did you want me to sleep in there? I can move my stuff out of your room if you like!" She motioned to Twilight's bed, which had the contents of Dewdrop's suitcase sprawled out over it as if the suitcase had exploded.
"Yes" Twilight intoned through gritted teeth. "Yes, if you would; that would be lovely."
Once Dewdrop had removed herself, and her worryingly large array of possessions, Twilight settled down on her bed and finally drifted off to sleep.
The sun shone down on Ponyville the next morning, the storm of the last night all but forgotten. Twilight was getting none of the benefits of the crisp morning air however, as she sat in her living room, blearily pushing her breakfast around her plate. Bags hung under her eyes from lack of sleep; her plans for a morning lie-in had been thwarted by the incessant sounds of Dewdrop Dazzle clattering around downstairs, and she had resolved to be up and awake to ensure the strange blue unicorn wasn't trying to burn down her house.
Dewdrop meanwhile, was surprisingly lively, as if permanently energised. She bounced around the room, clearing up stray books much to Twilight's protestations.
"So, you'll be leaving bright and early I take it?" Twilight hinted heavily, eager to get back to sleep.
"No no, I'm good!" Dewdrop trilled back as she tried to helpfully push an old, expensive and fragile tome into a space in which it couldn't possibly fit.
Twilight's right eye twitched. "Well, I'm sure you've got a long journey ahead of you to... wherever it was you were heading to..."
"Yeah yeah!" Dewdrop said, a bit too quickly. "It can wait, Ponyville's great after all! And I get to spend time with you, Twilight! My hero!"
"Good" Twilight slowly retorted as she tried to bury her head in her book and pretend the blue unicorn didn't exist. She had a horrible sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach that perhaps Dewdrop hadn't been heading anywhere else; that perhaps Twilight's house had been her ultimate destination. But perhaps that was paranoia. Perhaps
"What're we reading?"
Twilight nearly jumped into the air in fright as Dewdrop's head scooted into view right next to her own, staring intently at the book. Twilight twitched again. "I am reading a technical book on ancient Equestrian archaeology, you wouldn't find it interesting."
Dewdrop clapped her front hooves together in joy. "Oh no, I love studying!" With that, she settled down next to Twilight, peering over her shoulder intently at the pages.
Twilight's brow creased, unsettled at this new development. "You know..." she said after an awkward silence. "I might leave you with that and read a different book." She stood up to leave Dewdrop to her reading, and trotted over to the nearest shelf.
She turned around. Dewdrop was standing behind her, smiling innocently. "What're we reading next?" Dewdrop chirped happily.
Twilight attempted to glare Dewdrop into submission, but the pink and blue unicorn just stood there vacantly, eagerly awaiting whatever book Twilight was about to pull out. "Look Dewdrop..." Twilight started. "If you want to help me, we need some more eggs. Could you fetch some from the shops?" 'Before I do something I'll regret' she added to herself mentally.
Dewdrop leaped into the air in glee at being given a mission by Twilight. "Of course Twilight, I won't fail you! Don't worry, I have a map of Ponyville that I made!" In a hyperactive rush, Dewdrop raced upstairs, and then galloped outside, a crumpled, hoof-drawn map of Ponyville in tow.
Twilight sighed heavily as peace and quiet returned. "She's got... a map..." she mumbled to herself darkly, trying to shake the thoughts from her head as she settled back with her book once more. Now she could forget about Dewdrop and get back to studying.
"Dewdrop Dazzle is GREAT!" Spike sauntered into the room cheerfully. "She's cleaned the whole kitchen; that was my morning chore! Now it's SPIKE TIME!"
"That's lovely Spike" Twilight snapped back. "Now go clean the kitchen again." As the little dragon's head fell and he trooped into the kitchen, Twilight let out an exasperated gasp as she was once more left in peace, turned the page of her book, and began to read.
"Ugh" Twilight slowly lifted her head and peeled her mouth off the page of the book where her drool had formed a sticky barrier. Obviously the late night had taken more of a toll than she had realised. The warm glow of the sun was filtering through the windows, a cursory check of the position of the sun indicated that it was midday; she hadn't slept too long.
More importantly, Dewdrop Dazzle was nowhere to be seen.
Twilight rose shakily to her hooves. "Spike, I'm awake!" she called, blearily shaking her face to get the last vestiges of sleep from her head. She patted down her hair and rubbed her eyes, trotting to a full length mirror to make sure she was presentable.
As Twilight's sleep addled mind tried to adjust, she stared at herself in the mirror. Her reflection stared back at her. Thoughts congealed in her head as her brain struggled to return to 'wakefulness' mode. Something was wrong. Suddenly it hit her.
She didn't own a full-length mirror. And her 'reflection' was blue and pink.
"Hello!" said Dewdrop Dazzle, unblinkingly, a look of happiness on her face. "I went into town and got my hair cut so now it looks like yours, isn't that great!" She clapped her hooves together in excitement.
"You... what..." Twilight stared at Dewdrop. The unicorn's hair was not only in an unerringly similar style to Twilight's, but there was a yellow stripe now dyed in it, in imitation of Twilight's own stripe. Dewdrop was now an accurate if garishly coloured copy of Twilight.
"It's a shame you couldn't dye yourself purple" Twilight retorted, half joking, still reeling from the shock of Dewdrop's haircut.
Dewdrop however, wasn't joking. "I know!" she said sadly. "They had run out of purple dye. But don't worry, I ordered some!" She happily bounced about the room, circling Twilight. "So best buddy, what are we doing today? Are we going on an adventure?"
Twilight paused, staring at Dewdrop, mentally restraining herself from doing something unspeakably terrible to the annoying interloper. "You can go on an adventure, I'm going to bed. I'm feeling quite ill" she lied, her horn sparking into life to make her book levitate after her, turning to ascend the stairs.
Dewdrop's face fell into one of honest worry. "Oh no Twilight, are you okay? Do you need anything? Shall I nurse you back to health?"
"No. No. NO!" Twilight almost shouted back. "Don't worry about me, I need to be left alone to get better. You go off and have as many adventures as you like. I'll be fine."
Dewdrop trotted about in a circle, slightly worried and confused as she stared after the retreating Twilight. "Okay!" she called. "Please be okay Twilight; if you need anything, just call!" After a while, she slowly sat down and began leafing through a book that Twilight had discarded earlier in the day.
There was a knock at the door.
Dewdrop looked about, and seeing that she was the only pony about, trotted to the door and opened it. A bundle of pink rolled into the house.
"Hi Twilight!" Pinkie Pie chirped happily from beneath a bob of tangled pink hair. "I like your new look!"
Dewdrop blushed. "I'm not Twilight, Pinkie, I'm Dewdrop Dazzle! I'm Twilight Sparkle's best friend, and she's letting me live her with her!"
Pinkie Pie leapt to her feet. "That's great! New friends are always great, we should have a party for you!" Pinkie's expression suddenly changed and she leaned into Dewdrop's face, staring at her. "Wait a minute, I didn't tell you my name. Are you psychic?"
Dewdrop giggled and shook her head. "No no, I've read all about Twilight's adventures, the stories always talk about her friends! I feel like I know you all already!"
Pinkie gave a sigh of relief. "Whew! It's good you're not psychic or I'd have to be thinking of a brick wall all day!" She hopped into the front room, peering around. "Is Twilight about? There's a yeti on the loose which needs dealing with! Everyone else is waiting for her!"
Dewdrop perked up even more than she was, which was quite a feat. "An adventure?" she gasped. Her face fell. "Twilight said she's feeling ill. But she said it was okay if I went on adventures; I can take her place!"
Pinkie skipped happily towards the door. "Great! There's no time to lose, don't dawdle then!" And with that, the two were off.
Twilight sighed in contentment. The moment she had heard the front door slam, she had cautiously made her way downstairs, calling out to a confused Spike to make sure that the coast was clear. She had then spent a rather relaxing afternoon catching up on her important reading. "This is so much better!" she sighed to Spike. "Peace and quiet."
The front door crashed open. She had spoken too soon.
In trotted not just Dewdrop Dazzle, but Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and all her other friends. All laughing and joking and cheering as if they'd known Dewdrop for years.
"Twilight, Twilight!" Dewdrop hopped happily over to her purple friend. "We had an adventure! It was amazing!"
Twilight stared at her friends, putting down her book. "You... you had an adventure without me?" she stuttered.
Pinkie Pie tilted her head. "Of course, you were ill, silly! But don't worry, we had Dewdrop Dazzle! She is just as good as you!"
"She was amazing!" Rainbow Dash shot into the air, almost hitting the ceiling. "She used her magic on the yeti, and then we were in a tricky situation and she got the answer from a book, and then she sung a song!"
The other ponies nodded their appreciation. Dewdrop Dazzle just beamed proudly.
"That's wonderful" Twilight retorted coldly. "I'm so glad you didn't need me at all, now you have my double."
Any sarcasm was lost as Dewdrop hopped happily about the room. "Thanks Twilight, that means so much coming from you! We have the same interests, isn't it great that we have the same friends now too!"
Pinkie Pie scooted up to Twilight. "I think this calls for a party!"she cheered. Balloons floated up from behind her, as if by magic.
And as if by magic, the balloons popped one by one, Twilight's horn glowing sneakily. "Oops" Twilight deadpanned back. "I guess that means the party's off. Early nights for all!"
"Hey, digging the new look Dewdrop!" Spike had wandered into the room, seeing Dewdrop's haircut for the first time.
Dewdrop beamed with happiness at this statement. "Thanks Spike, my little dragon friend!" she replied.
"My little dragon friend" Twilight hissed under her breath. She glanced about at her friends; none of them seemed to think anything was amiss. In fact, it seemed as if they'd forgotten she existed. Twilight rose to her feet and slammed her book shut. When no-one noticed, she opened it, and slammed it shut again. "I'm suddenly relapsing, I think I need an early night."
Dewdrop blinked as Twilight departed, and looked over at her new friends. "We can still have a party, right?" she asked hopefully. "I've read all about Pinkie Parties, they sound the best!"
That night, Twilight tossed and turned, unable to sleep as her house vibrated to the noise of a boisterous party in full swing. She covered her head with her pillow to block out the noise. At least Dewdrop wouldn't stay for long, she reasoned. She'd soon get bored and find some other pony to latch onto...
Twilight's Best Friend: Part 1 by Blueshift2k5Watch
©2011-2017 Blueshift2k5
One dark and stormy night, Twilight Sparkle is visited by a strange pony. But this pony knows a lot about Twilight Sparkle; in fact, she might just be Twilight's number one fan. And that couldn't be a bad thing, right?
NOTE: Dewdrop Dazzle is the rather lazy Hasbro recolour of Twilight Sparkle - [link]
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has done an excellent illustration of this fic, spoilers for part 3, see it here: [link]
has done a great illustration for part 4! [link]
NOTE: Dewdrop Dazzle is the rather lazy Hasbro recolour of Twilight Sparkle - [link]
Part 2: [link]
Part 3: [link]
Part 4: [link]
has done an excellent illustration of this fic, spoilers for part 3, see it here: [link]
has done a great illustration for part 4! [link]
rather nice story, havin a clone is something unknown to Ponies!
I haven't Facehoofed so Hardin my life @ beginning.
This is so great. I see you went with the doesn't-give-a-shit-about-Spike version of Twilight: "You said you'd read me a bedtime story!"/"Fine! Let's get this over with."
I think the other characters are a little off. Rainbow tends to be more suspicious of strangers then the others, and might find something to be amiss. Also, Fluttershy is pretty good a reading ponies, so she would notice Twilight's reaction. Pinkie Pie however, seems dead on. Also, saying Dewdrop broke into song. Most of the times, when that happens, like when Pinkie breaks into song, the others try to act like they don't know this crazy-pony. Also, them calling their encounter with a Yeti an adventure straight-faced, seems a bit token. Yes it's an adventure, but I don't think anyone would call it that in universe. Also, you would expect them to go into more detail regarding what happened. The way they gloss it over, seems as if they made the whole thing up just to piss off Twi.
Wait, that's the twist ending isn't it. Turns out this is all one big practical joke they're playing on Twilight. HAH! Good one.
Wait, that's the twist ending isn't it. Turns out this is all one big practical joke they're playing on Twilight. HAH! Good one.
plz check out my NYAN DASH!!!
part 1 completed.
you should also put a link of don's pic here
>Twilight tutted. "Come on Spike, it's only a story, there's no such thing as 'murder'. You need to learn the difference between make believe and reality."
That line made this fic me.
That line made this fic me.
Ha! No such thing as 'murder'. I love that for some reason!
Yes, recolour fic! I'm going to need to write one of these eventually.
I swear to God there's a Steven King Novel with this type of plot out there somewhere. Not that I'm saying you're stealing or nothing. Just saying. Asides from that, a good story. Make more!
You're thinking of 'Misery' I believe. Don't worry, this isn't going to go quite down that route!
At first it was cute, but now it's starting to get a little...CREEPY D:
Number one stalker is more like it.
Ahem, very good so far. I'm really liking this, and can't wait to find out what happens next.
Ahem, very good so far. I'm really liking this, and can't wait to find out what happens next.
Wait... do you work for Hasbro's Viral Marketing department? Because now I want to buy a Dewdrop Dazzle.
Holy crud, Dewdrop seems to be a biiiit too friendly for comfort. I wonder where this will lead?
Oh, now this just has me thinking of all the other lazy recolors Hasbro did with the mane cast.
no such thing as Murder... I think Twilight is going to invent it!
Dewdrop so should die her hair purple, then die Twilight's hair..whatever color Dewdrop is. Everypony would think Dewdrop is Twilight and Twilight was Dewdrop >D
I feel so sorry for Twilight. She's my number one liked pony.
number one fan-atic
Single White Pony.
This made me laugh a lot.
This made me laugh a lot.
Holy creeper batman.


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