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Produced By: Erick Sermon
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[Bridge: Slim Shady]
No matter what people say, I'm gon' keep rapping this way
No matter what you may think, I'mma keep doing my thing
[Verse 1: Slim Shady]
I'm the worst thing since fat bald men
Decided to write songs to teach Mouseketeers to sing
I stick Britney Spears in a room full of mirrors
So she gets fifty years of bad luck
Causing terror to Christina Aguilera
Beware of this rap terrorist with a therapist
Got a habit of holding Tylenol in his hands
Till it melts in his fucking palms and dissolves in his glands
(So who is it?) The fool who visit the playground
With two biscuits to lay down the school district
Get pistol-whipped with a Mossberg
With a pistol grip, and fed pitbull shits
Sniff glue sticks like I give two shits
If I get too rich, I just get sued
[Verse 2: Redman]
Yo, I leave wit no injure, after I blow four in ya
One handstand on top of yo ninja
Crash it, Doc stir the madness
Till y'all outta work like Tony Atlas
Walking, cans in the laundry basket
America's most, with the army after us
Fuck flossing, we take what's yours
Unload fifteen like a ace and four
I'm outta work, but Doc laid them off
(Shit, the power's out) The tape is off!
Yo, you targeted from arsonists
Papermate pens filled wit arsenic
I got hoes that don't know what Prada is
Doc could shape up, touch your barber miss
Fade you with a bloody blade
I turn rap camps into Crystal Lake
Fuck bitches face is what I'mma do
Cause that's what white boy Tano do
[Hook - Eminem & Redman]
So how is everybody doing tonight?
Hope you're in the mood to get drunk and scream in a fight
Cause uh, we getting down for the fuck of it
So suck my dick if y'all don't wanna bump to this... Off the Wall!!
[Verse 3: Redman]
Yo, you could buy Jaz spitting, hospital, son admit it
Rip your lips off, kiss my ass with it
Slap bitches, got Marshall Math's (printing)
Weed, X, and the acid tabs did it
I'm "What's Happening," with no re-run
Like Rob DeNiro when the Heat come
My barrel hang out the Camaro
Aimed at the nose of them hoes, it's hard to breathe from
Flash the gat, your town, bogarting
Your wallet, your chain the main target
Beef is like cold engine: don't start it
Bust in the air and hit a airplane pilot
We clowned you, rap surround sounds around you
From ten speed and brown shoe
Doc and Eminem, cock the M&M
Blood flows with 2Pacalypse and them
[Verse 4: Slim Shady]
It's like, Funk Doctor meets the punk rocker
Got the drugs stocked inside the lunch box (uhh)
Pop junk like I just got jumped
Popped the trunk and pulled out the shotgun pump
Knock wood, it's all good; thank God for vodka
Cause wit my luck, I'll probably get shot by a stalker
Probably got a fanatic waiting upstairs in the attic
Wit a automatic calling me up there
My man, Stan, with a gat in his hand
Staking my house out in a tan, tinted sedan
Pull your mouth out till you can't finish a damn
Ham sandwich, or your can spinach and Spam
Till you gotta sip through a straw
, shoplift through the mall
Pictures of me on my mom's living room wall
Hey Ma... maybe I'll give you a call
Psyche! You fucking bitch, suck a dick and two balls!
I'm giving you all my job descrip', which is
To piss bitches and priests off with this (...need Jesus!)
Pop more pills till police officers
Arrive at the scene and pull me off of Kim
Teeth off my dick, hands off my balls
But y'all can kiss my ass, pants off and all!
Cause I'm so goddamn off the wall
I might as well just be a painting smashed on the floor
[Outro: Slim Shady]
No matter what people say
I'm gon' keep doing my thing
No matter... oh
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Comment: Re:Hey, Apple did alright with Jobs (Score 2) 101
by djupedal (#45288359) Attached to: Lenovo Want Ashton Kutcher As More Than Just a Pretty Face
I worked inside Lenovo a few years back and I wish them the best today.
Comment: Tight Ship (Score 1) 558
by djupedal (#45193613) Attached to: Why Does Windows Have Terrible Battery Life?
You say you are comparing on the same hardware, but there is no hardware in common for all the OSes you state.
Doesn't matter. There is no comparison between disjointed hardware and software on one side, and Apple's start-to-end products on the other. That's what this is about, not how everything out there compares directly. It's also why Apple is able to deliver such stellar battery life across the board.
Comment: Nonsense (Score 1) 205
It's never been about spending or how much - it's always about value, plain and simple ROI. NASA has always appeared needy, these days more than ever, and when someone gets noisy about needing funding, people get suspicious.
Why is it NASA always wants just a bit more and their promised discovery is right around the corner? They get used to being funded and hate updating resumes for the private sector. No surprise there and no surprise tax payers mistrust funding them without end.
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0.14417 | <urn:uuid:32ee5b1c-5f3e-44ff-91d3-b8197c9214da> | en | 0.920647 | Take the tour ×
Trying to port a Delphi library to Android. Free Pascal has Android/ARM support - a prebuilt compiler for Windows is available. However, Android NDK now supports MIPS and x86 as well. What's the status of support for those in FPC? For now, my project is more or less CPU agnostic - the native bits are built for all four supported architectures. Don't want to let go of that.
I'm not after the full cycle of Android development in Pascal - just an algorithm library that does no I/O. I tried translating it into C with p2c, but the translator chokes on the sources.
Should I just try and build cross-compiler for the relevant CPU with Linux, and then link against the NDK libraries?
EDIT: I've built the cross-compiler for Intel/Linux from the sources of the Android branch. It works, except you have to invoke ppcross386 to compile, not fpc. The latter, it seems, ignores the -Tlinux option and invokes the Intel/Win32 compiler.
EDIT2: with a small change to the makefile and sources, the MIPS cross-compiler builds. However, as building moves on to the cross-CPU RTL, it errors out almost right away.
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While support for MIPS ISA can be found here and there in the FP sources, it's not officially done yet. Waiting for the 2.7 release.
In the meantime, there's support for compiling to JVM in the trunk, it's documented in the FP wiki. Maybe I can leverage that as a stopgap...
EDIT: Free Pascal over JVM works in general on Android, but its rules are somewhat different from regular Pascal. Otherwise correct Pascal conks out when compiled to JVM. So it's unfit for porting large bodies of legacy Pascal code that was not written with JVM in mind in the first place.
EDIT: I got my FPC project working on MIPS/Android, but my recipe is not fit for general consumption, because the scope of Pascal RTL usage in my project is very limited. It involves cross-compiling from Pascal to MIPS assembly (targeting MIPSEL/Linux), then feeding the generated assembly sources to the NDK build system, providing along a C/assembly reimplementation of a limited subset of Pascal RTL. There's a far-jump fixup step along the way.
The whole body of Pascal RTL is big and scary. My solution, which involves reimplementing the Pascal RTL in C from scratch, is, well, the opposite of generally applicable.
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The JVM idea could use to be fleshed out a little, since Android doesn't run a JVM. Are you producing code to to feed into android's java-to-dalvik bytecode converter? Or are you adding a 3rd party JVM to Android (possible but unusual)? – Chris Stratton Dec 6 at 16:32
Free Pascal is capable of compiling into Java bytecode (as .class files) that can be fed to the Android build system as a dependency library. Details here. My stumbling block here. – Seva Alekseyev Dec 6 at 16:58
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0.144237 | <urn:uuid:25ac6567-2459-47a8-95bd-75d41f93817b> | en | 0.839897 | Take the tour ×
Possible Duplicate:
Replace letters in a string
I have some texts "anh yêu em"
I want to convert to this text "anh yeu em".
Does anyone know to convert this text "anh yêu em" to "anh yeu em" in the Objective-C?
Many thanks,
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You can use NSString dataUsingEncoding to convert vietnamese unicode character to equivalent ascii character.
For details, pls follow this url nsstring-unicode-to-ascii-equivalent
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0.08851 | <urn:uuid:6b0188e8-54ca-45a8-b8f1-b1d92590da8e> | en | 0.913138 | Take the tour ×
I have the following ones:
• One main Android application.
• One Android library project.
The main project adds the library project. The problem is, I need same Database and same data model for both apps. I need access same tables of the database and I also need the same data model cause there is data I need to share between each other.
Can anyone explain me how can I do it??
Thanks a lot!!
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question is why in this case you divide your project to app and library ... what is the purpose of the library project in your case ? – Selvin Nov 29 '12 at 15:18
+1 ^^ to that one ^^ – JustDanyul Nov 29 '12 at 15:24
Cause of the requeriments of the project I need to create it like library and I need "more or less" independent development teams......I know it seems weird, but it has to be that way.... – zapotec Nov 29 '12 at 15:36
Having disjunct development teams is common practice these days. And, I don't mean this in a hash way at all, but its really not an excuse for poor software design. – JustDanyul Nov 29 '12 at 15:46
That answer doesn´t help. Thanks anyway........ – zapotec Nov 29 '12 at 16:01
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This is my application on facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/SlcChallenge/app_439780382750381 Here my problem is that. Facebook sends signed_request for some user and does't returns from some user. So when facebook doesn't send signed request my page gets error. my page tab url is https://tippll.com/pagetab.php/
Please help me to find the solution. Thanks in advance Krishna Karki
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If on canvas load you receive a code instead of a signed_request, this means that Facebook could not authenticate the user (and retrieve an access_token, and has fallen back to sending a code for you to exchange for an access_token.
Double-check your canvas URL settings in your facebook application. This can sometimes happen if you have URL rewriting non-SSL requests through to SSL domains (or even just url rewrites in general).
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yea i have url rewriting on my htaccess. now what should i do to solve this? – Krishna Karki Dec 11 '12 at 16:41
The Canvas URL has to match the URL that facebook sends the user. In my case, I was rewriting users to the https url, although facebook was expecting an http url`. Because of the mismatch, the token could not be verified, and a code was sent instead. – Julian H. Lam Dec 11 '12 at 17:53
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What I want is, there is a textbox with maximum length of 5. The values allowed are..
1. any integer // for example 1, 3, 9, 9239 all are valid
2. real number, with exaclty one point after decimal // eg. 1.2, 93.7 valid and 61.37, 55.67 invalid
3. it is also allowed to enter only decimal and a digit after that, that is .7 is valid entry (would be considered as 0.7)
I found this page, http://www.regular-expressions.info/refadv.html
So what I thought is that
1. There is a digit
2. If there is a digit and a decimal after that, there must be one number after that
3. If there is no digit there must be a decimal and a digit after that
So, the regex I made is..
a single digit one or more => /d+
an optional decimal point followed by exactly one digit => (?:[.]\d{1})?
if first condition matches => (?(first condition) => (?((?<=\d+)
then, match the option decimal and one exact digit =>(?((?<=\d+)(?:[.]\d{1})?
else => |
find if there is a decimal and one exact digit => (?:[.]\d{1}){1}
check the whole condition globally => /gm
overall expression =>
But it doesn't outputs anything..
Here's the fiddle
ps: the pattern1 and pattern2 there, are related to my previous question.
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jsfiddle.net/DerekL/Fs6aq/5 You forget a / in your example, that's why it is not working. – Derek 朕會功夫 Dec 12 '12 at 8:36
Please notice that JavaScript regexes do not support lookbehind. – Bergi Dec 12 '12 at 22:09
@Bergi: Finally! The reason why its not working – Razort4x Dec 13 '12 at 5:11
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You can try the following pattern:
It seems to fulfil all your requirements:
> /^\d{0,4}\.?\d$/.test(".4")
> /^\d{0,4}\.?\d$/.test(".45")
> /^\d{0,4}\.?\d$/.test("1234.4")
> /^\d{0,4}\.?\d$/.test("12345.4")
> /^\d{0,4}\.?\d$/.test("12345")
> /^\d{0,4}\.?\d$/.test("123456")
This pattern assumes that the number can have a maximum of five digits and an optional decimal point.
If the maximum length of five includes the optional decimal point then the pattern is slightly more complex:
The first part of the group deals with integer numbers of the required length, the second option of the group deals with real numbers which maximum length (including the decimal point) is five.
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Maybe you are complicating things too much. I did a quick test and unless I'm missing something this regex seems to work fine:
Demo: http://jsbin.com/esihex/4/edit
Edit: To check the length you can do it without regex:
if ( value.replace('.','').length <= 5 && regex.test( value ) ) {
Notice that I used replace to remove the dots so they don't count as characters when getting the length.
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In your example, .7 returns false, which should be true according to what he wants. – Derek 朕會功夫 Dec 12 '12 at 8:33
Mmmm, .7 returns true, If trailing zeroes are allowed it would be as easy as /^\d*\.?\d0*$/ – elclanrs Dec 12 '12 at 8:36
My bad, kinda sleepy right now... – Derek 朕會功夫 Dec 12 '12 at 8:37
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I don't know what are you trying to do with those conditionals in your regex. I also looked at your jsfiddle, which outputs nothing for me. But I made a two versions of a regex that matches the correct values for the textbox, which are ^(?!(.{6,}))(?:[1-9]\d*)*(?:\.\d*[1-9])?$ and ^(?!(.{6,}))(?:\d*)*(?:\.\d*)?$.
The first disallows to start with zero, or end with zero after the decimal.
Comment if you need explanation of the regex.
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Consider this code:
var checkedString = "45.3 fsd fsd fsdfsd 673.24 fsd63.2ds 32.2 ds 32 ds 44 fasd 432 235f d653 dsdfs";
checkedString = " "+checkedString;
var results = checkedString.match(/[\s]{1}(\d+\.*\d{1})(?![\d\.\w])+/gm);
results.map(function(result) {
return result.trim();
Couldn't make it in other way because in JS (?<= (lookbehind) regexp is not working.
This will be returned:
So probably it's what you've expected.
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0.078446 | <urn:uuid:1b73574e-8e8f-4b2d-9eeb-56d517ba07c9> | en | 0.879315 | Take the tour ×
I have designed a website that uses node.js and socket.io for the onsite instant messaging system. However, for running node.js, we need to run the node.js server module on the webserver as we all know that node.js is server side javascript. So, for this, I would need to install node.js and socket.io in the webserver and then run node.js server. Do the online webhosting accounts like those of godaddy.com or ipage.com allow the user to install stuff and run a server like node.js? Thanks.
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Three of the most famous webhost providers ( two of them especially popular for node.js )
1. Heroku - doesn't support Websockets.
2. Nodejitsu - support Websockets
3. Amazon web services - support Websockets too...
Use them. There are a lot of materials on the Internet on how to run socket.io application using those services. I don't think that even if ipage.com supports websockets they have documented it!
There is a pretty good list with services that provide Websockets in NodeJS Wiki/Hosting page!
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Al present I am running my website in my MAMP server. Just trying to find out a good yet cost effective solution to host my website. – user1951547 Jan 13 at 15:25
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0.323345 | <urn:uuid:f1294f12-f71d-415a-97d7-8ebfc96a8fe8> | en | 0.883466 | Take the tour ×
I've used GIMP to create a sprite using a transparent background. Once I put it in the Image Packer the transparent background disappears and the whole image is messed up. After a bit of googling without finding a single useful thing I decided to use a pink background, but I can't find support for setting a pixel to alpha (I can read the pixel's color though!)
How do I fix this and have a transparent background in my sprite (org.newdawn.slick.Image to be precise)?
Useful links: None as far as I can remember. Took me 45 minutes to jump to this site for help, so there's either pretty much nothing or literally no support.
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Are you sure the image is saved in a format that supports the transparency? For example JPG does NOT support transparency. PNG does.
Also are you sure that when saving the picture the background is indeed transparent and not white? To double check the background is transparent the majority of image editors will display a grey and white checked grids to show transparency.
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I am trying to implement a breadth first (level) tree traversal. I'm very close, but I can't figure out how I'm getting duplicates. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance. JR
(define (atom? x)
(not (pair? x)))
;;Functions to manipulate a binary tree
(define (leaf? node) (atom? node))
(define (left node) (cadr node))
(define (right node) (caddr node))
(define (label node) (if (leaf? node) node (car node)))
;; Breadth First using queue
(define (breadth node)
(q 'enqueue! node) ;; Enqueue tree
(output 'enqueue! (label node)) ;; Output root
(helper node)
(output 'queue->list) ;; Output elements in queue
(define (helper node)
(if (not(q 'empty?)) ;; If queue is not empty
(if(not(leaf? node))
(q 'enqueue! (left node)) ;; left tree to q
(output 'enqueue! (label(left node))) ;; Output root of left tree
(q 'enqueue! (right node)) ;; Enqueue right tree to q
(output 'enqueue! (label(right node))) ;; Output root of right tree
(helper (q 'dequeue!)) ;; Dequeues 1st element in q
;; and recursively calls helper
(define (make-queue)
(let ((front '())
(back '()))
(lambda (msg . obj)
(cond ((eq? msg 'empty?) (null? front))
((eq? msg 'enqueue!)
(if (null? front)
(set! front obj)
(set! back obj))
(set-cdr! back obj)
(set! back obj))))
((eq? msg 'dequeue!)
(let ((val (car front)))
(set! front (cdr front))
((eq? msg 'queue->list) front)))))
(define q (make-queue))
(define output (make-queue))
(define tree '(A (B C D)(E (F G H) I)))
Welcome to DrScheme, version 4.2.2 [3m].
Language: R5RS; memory limit: 128 megabytes.
> (breadth tree)
(a b e b e c d f i c d f i g h g h) ;; Should be (a b e c d f i g h)
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Since it's homework, I'll just give a hint: rewrite helper to take no arguments.
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One of our application is implemented in flex and adobe air. We want to have the user press combination of keys, say 'ABC', and have the keyboard return a different character, 'FOG', to whatever app is in focus. This should work even if app has no focus.
Will it possible in Adobe Air/Flex? If yes, provide me some examples?
Thanks in advance
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That won't work. Flash/AIR can only listen to keyboard events when it has focus, so as a background application it won't be able to manipulate the key codes that come directly from the driver.
Even if it was possible to notice when a key was pressed, it is not possible to change that value. So if you want to change which key codes are returned, you should rather write a driver for it, or try to get access to it with a lower level approach (C & WinAPI maybe).
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On a 2003 server box, with SQL server 2008 installed (ReportServer deployed in IIS mode), I've got a virtual directory within IIS with it's security set to 'windows authentication', with the following html code:
<iframe src="/reportserver" witdh="50%" height="50%" />
From the outside, I've got a first login/pwd box displayed to access the html code, then a second one to display the content of the iframe.
On the same type of server, but with SQL Server 2005, I don't have this issue (i.e. only one login box).
My thought is that the first token should give acces to both the page and the iframe, isn't it?
Any hints on how to setup the reportserver to fix this?
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I recently had a similar issue. Turned out that Reporting Services for 2008 was installing with SSL enabled by default and I was getting forced redirections to https://localhost/ReportServer. Just mentioning it because it caught me by surprise...
I disabled SSL redirects by setting the SecureConnectionLevel = 0 in the RSReportServer.config file.
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interesting, and how did you detect this redirection? And how did you disable SSL on reportServer? – Vinzz Mar 12 '10 at 14:26
try going to machinename/reportserver if your address bar changes to machinename/reportserver then there is some redirection going on. – Leigh S Mar 12 '10 at 14:34
no redirection there, but I'll digg into the <authenticationtypes> section of my SSRS config file... thanks for the hint – Vinzz Mar 12 '10 at 14:37
Found the issue, my AuthenticationTypes section was only listing RSWindowsNTLM. I added RSWindowsNegotiate and it solved my issue. I'll give you the answer. – Vinzz Mar 12 '10 at 14:52
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I have a flash application written in action script 2, and at one point it makes multiple back-to-back JavaScript requests using getUrl().
They have to be done as separate requests because IE had a limit on the length of a single request, and fails silently if that limit is passed.
When ever this happens, if the user has their sound turned on there is a barrage of "click click click".
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Found a related solution here: http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2007/11/30/ In summary, instead of this:
iframe.src = "...";
You do this:
var newIFrame = document.createElement("iframe");
newIFrame.src = "...";
iframe.parentNode.replaceChild(newIframe, iframe);
Would it be possible to load the external objects using DOM methods like this? Isn't there a flash to JavaScript bridge, so you could trigger some JS function from within your Flash script? It's kind of a kludge, but it might work.
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This has bugged me for ages as well. Nothing to do as far as I know :/
Happy to be corrected, though!
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That's my recollection as well. c.f. help2go.com/Tutorials/Web_Browsers/… [1]: help2go.com/Tutorials/Web_Browsers/… – wombleton Apr 13 '10 at 11:23
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You can change the "Start Navigation" Windows sound to "None". That will disable the clicking sound.
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Downvote for Larry Osterman?! Oh, snap! – Ben Zotto Apr 15 '10 at 23:20
OP wants to do it programmatically - using js/flash etc. – Amarghosh Apr 16 '10 at 4:51
You can disable the sound programatically - just clear the value of the start navigation registry key. But that's the only way of disabling the navigation sound in IE - the web browser control alway plays the Start Navigation sound. – Larry Osterman Apr 16 '10 at 13:47
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I'm not familiar with the expression back-to-back call. Can you elaborate on what those calls are supposed to do?
If you mean that you're calling JS functions from AS and you have to use multiple getUrl calls because you want to communicate more information than IE can handle in one request (in which you are hiding your JS calls) then why don't you use ExternalInterface? If I'm not mistaken this feature was in AS2 and shouldn't produce any noise :-).
<script language="JavaScript">
function alertUser(message) {
return true;
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.call("alertUser", "hello");
I'm assuming that the problem is in the amount of information you want to communicate to the JS. Otherwise you could just write JS wrapper function and call that using following:
And you would get only one click.
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Forget about it, you can't fix stupid browser design. MS choose to annoy their users, that is their problem, not yours. If you fix it for them, you only take away their incentive to fix it where it ought to be fixed.
Users who get annoyed by this should find their way to the sound settings.
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I'm new to OpenGL/JOGL. I'm experimenting with lighting:
When I disable the first line, all the objects in my scene get somewhat dark, but they still have some light. Where else could that light be coming from? (This is the only light source I have.) Is there some default ambient light that I can turn off?
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Yep, there are glMaterial(GL_AMBIENT, ...) and glLightModel(GL_LIGHT_MODEL_AMBIENT, ...) which are both set by default to (0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 1.0);
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falloutsoftware.com/tutorials/gl/gl8.htm explains things pretty well. – ybungalobill Sep 26 '10 at 15:49
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I have done a series of transformations using glMultMatrix. How do I multiply a vector (nX, nY, nZ, 1) to the matrix I have from the transformation? How do I get that matrix to multiply with a vector?
pyglet.gl.lib.GLException: invalid operation
I am getting above error if I use glMultMatrix. I need to call this multiplication between glBegin and glEnd.
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Lets say you have two matrix A (m x n) and B (p x q), the matrix product [C] = [A] x [B] will be p x q order; and the operation is only valid if the number of columns in A is equal to the number of rows in B, it is: n = p. – Arce Brito Nov 5 '10 at 2:28
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If I'm reading your question right, you want something that returns the result of a Matrix-vector product between the current ModelView/Projection matrix and a vector you specify.
In that case, OpenGL can't do the multiplication for you. Instead, you need to extract the current matrix and do the multiplication yourself:
import numpy as np
someVector = np.array([2,3,4,5])
modelViewMatrix = glGetDoublev(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX)
result = np.dot(modelViewMatrix, someVector)
Depending on what you're trying to do, you might need to get both the ModelView and Projection matrices and multiply them first.
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I'm experimenting my distributed clustering algorithm (implemented with MPI) on 24 computers that I set up as a cluster using BCCD (Bootable Cluster CD) that can be downloaded at http://bccd.net/.
I've written a batch program to run my experiment that consists in running my algorithm several times varying the number of nodes and the size of the input data.
I want to know the amount of data used in the MPI communications for each run of my algorithm so I can see how the amount of data changes when varying the previous mentioned parameters. And I want to do all this automatically using a batch program.
Someone told me to use tcpdump, but I found some difficulties in this approach.
First, I don't know how to call tcpdump in my batch program (which is written in C++ using the command system for making calls) before each run of my algorithm, since tcpdump requires another terminal to run in parallel with my application. And I can't run tcpdump in another computer since the network uses a switch. So I need to run it on the master node.
Second, I saw the traffic with tcpdump while my experiment was going on and I couldn't figure out what was the port used by MPI. It seems to use many ports. I wanted to know that for filtering the packages.
Third, I tried capturing whole packages and saving it to a file using tcpdump and in a few seconds the file was 3,5MB. But my whole experiment takes 2 days. So the final log file will be huge if I follow this approach.
The ideal approach would be to capture just the size field in the header of the packages and sum this up to obtain the total amount of data transmitted. In that way the logfile would be much smaller than if I were capturing the whole package. But I don't know how to do it.
Another restriction is that I don't have access to the computer disc. So I only have the RAM and my 4GB USB Flash drive. So I can't have huge logfiles.
I have already thought about using some MPI tracing or profiling tool such as those mentioned at http://www.open-mpi.org/faq/?category=perftools. I have only tested Sun Performance Analyzer until now. The problem is that I guess it will be difficult to install those tools on BCCD and maybe even impossible. In addtion to that, this tool will make my experiment take longer to end, sice it adds overhead. But if someone is familiar with BCCD and think it is a good choice to use one of those tools, so please let me know.
Hope someone have a solution.
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Implementations like tcpdump won't work if there are multi-core nodes which use shard memory to communicate, anyway.
Using something like MPE is almost certainly the way to go. Those tools add very little overhead, and some overhead is always going to be necessary if you want to count messages. You can use mpitrace to write out every MPI call, and parse the resulting text file yourself. By the way, note that MPE is explicitly discussed on the bccd website. MPICH2 comes with MPE built in, but it can be compiled for any implementation. I've only found a very modest overhead for MPE.
IPM is another nice tool that does counting of messages and sizes; you should be able either parse the XML output, or use the postprocessing tools and just manually integrate the graphs (say either bytes_rx/bytes_tx by rank, or the message buffer size/count graph). The overhead for IPM is even less than for MPE, and mostly comes after the program's finished running to do the file I/O.
If you were really super worried about the overhead with either of these approaches, you could always write your own MPI wrappers using the profiling interface that wrapped MPI_Send, MPI_Recv, etc, and just counted # of bytes sent and recieved for each process, and output only that total at the end.
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Thanks for your response. I will check these possibilities. – cesarsalgado Feb 6 '11 at 14:01
The profiling interface is probably the most direct way to get the information you are looking for. It is also possible that the specific MPI implementation already provides a report of the total message sizes that are exchanged. – Stan Graves Feb 11 '11 at 17:34
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I want to learn the (maximum) security features in android.
Whatever security feature may be.
Can you please guide me for that ?
If you know security features please list it here. So that i can learn it very well.
So far i have gone through :
Thanks, Kartik
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This question lacks focus, and there for you will not obtain a solid answer. – Rook May 7 '11 at 19:51
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Here are a few other things:
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I'm building the image uploading component for a social networking site. I am uploading multiple files using imgfile[] as the <input>'s name and this part is working fine.
$upload_form.= "<ul class='imgfile_ul' id='$imgfile_ul_id' style='padding:0px'>";
$upload_form.= "<li class='' id='$imgfile_li_id' style='border:0px'><label class='msgs_in_black'>Filename:</label><input type='file' name='imgfile[]' class='imgfile_cls' id='$imgfile_id'/></li>";
$upload_form.= "</ul>";
My question is about what happens when I display the uploaded files.
$temp_name = $_FILES['imgfile']['tmp_name'][$i];
$file_name = $_FILES['imgfile']['name'][$i];
If two users upload files at the exact same time from two different places, is there a chance it will use the same filename and I'll receive the other user's files instead of the correct one?
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PHP creates a unique temporary file for every uploaded file - the odds that two different uploadds would receive the same randomly generated name are essentially non-existent.
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so there is nothing wrong in my code about this thing isnt it Marc? – reetu Jul 21 '11 at 19:47
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the $_FILES variable is local to the currently executing script (started by the http post request), so it's not possible a user will get another users uploaded files
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I'm designing a web application to support use of a CDN in the future.
Two options I've considered:
1. Use domain aliasing for static content on the site, including CSS, JS, and some images.
2. Use "edge side includes" to designate static content regions.
(1) is simpler and I've implemented it before. For example, we would prefix each IMG src with http://images1.mysite.com/, and then later update the corresponding DNS to use the CDN. The drawback I've heard from users of our internal "pre-production" site is that they would have to push the images to images1.mysite.com to preview their changes internally -- ideally, files would not get pushed to images1.mysite.com until they're ready for production. (NOTE - hosts file changes and DNS tricks are not an option here.)
Instead, they would like to simply use relative or absolute paths for static content. e.g. /images/myimage.gif
(2) is not as familiar to me and I would like more info. Would this allow our "pre-production" team to reference static content with a relative path in "pre-production environment" and yet have it work with the CDN in production without HTML modifications?
Could someone compare the two options, in terms of ease of development, flexibility, and cost?
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Here's a variation on the second option to consider.
Leave relative image URLs alone in your HTML. On your production server, have image requests return a server-side redirect to the image location on the CDN. This generates marginally more traffic than the other techniques, but it generates an access log entry for each image hit, keeps your HTML and site structure simple, factors specific CDN dependencies out of your site source, and lets you enable, disable or switch CDN-based image service on the fly.
If you are using a demand-pulled CDN such as Coral, you also need to ensure that requests either issued by or declined by the CDN are served directly from your production server. See Using CoralCDN as a server operator for more information on this technique.
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Please Note: CoralCDN has pretty bad response times than serving from your own webserver. I guess that's the case from other parts of the world too. It is probably (only) good option when you get spikes but coral takes the load. Think of Coral for reliability - not performance. – mixdev Jun 16 '10 at 22:11
I was mostly using Coral as an example since if your code is correct "It Just Works" -- it may be relatively slow but there's no fuss, muss, forms to fill or bills to pay, which is good if you're doing proof of concept work. – Jeffrey Hantin Jun 18 '10 at 22:11
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Well, I'm writing this code for my class and I'm getting linker errors LNK2019 and LNK1120 using Visual Studio. I'm not all too sure why it's doing what it's doing, but I digress.
Header file:
#ifndef PointClass
#define PointClass
#include <iostream>
namespace PointClass
class point
// CONSTRUCTOR
point(double initial_x = 0.0, double initial_y = 0.0);
void shift(double x_amount, double y_amount);
void rotate90( );
double get_x( ) const { return x; }
double get_y( ) const { return y; }
friend std::istream& operator >>(std::istream& ins, point& target);
double x, y; // x and y coordinates of this point
// NONMEMBER FUNCTIONS for the point class
double distance(const point& p1, const point& p2);
point middle(const point& p1, const point& p2);
point operator +(const point& p1, const point& p2);
bool operator ==(const point& p1, const point& p2);
bool operator !=(const point& p1, const point& p2);
std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream & outs, const point& source);
And the CPP file:
#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>
#include "point.h"
using namespace std;
namespace PointClass
point::point(double initial_x, double initial_y)
x = initial_x; // Constructor sets point to a given position
y = initial_y;
void point::shift(double x_amount, double y_amount)
x += x_amount;
y += y_amount;
void point::rotate90( )
double new_x;
double new_y;
new_x = y; // For a 90 degree clockwise rotation the new y is -1
new_y = -x; // times original x, and the new x is the original y
x = new_x;
y = new_y;
(p1.get_x( ) == p2.get_x( ))
(p1.get_y( ) == p2.get_y( ));
return !(p1 == p2);
double x_sum, y_sum;
// Compute the x and y of the sum:
x_sum = (p1.get_x( ) + p2.get_x( ));
y_sum = (p1.get_y( ) + p2.get_y( ));
point sum(x_sum, y_sum);
return sum;
ostream& operator <<(ostream& outs, const point& source)
outs << source.get_x( ) << " " << source.get_y( );
return outs;
istream& operator >>(istream& ins, point& target)
ins >> target.x >> target.y;
return ins;
int rotations_needed(point p)
int answer;
answer = 0;
while ((p.get_x( ) < 0) || (p.get_y( ) < 0))
p.rotate90( );
return answer;
void rotate_to_upper_right(point& p)
p.rotate90( );
double a, b, c_squared;
// Calculate differences in x and y coordinates
a = p1.get_x( ) - p2.get_x( ); // Difference in x coordinates
b = p1.get_y( ) - p2.get_y( ); // Difference in y coordinates
// Pythagorean Theorem to calculate square of distance between points
c_squared = a*a + b*b;
return sqrt(c_squared); // sqrt calculates square root
double x_midpoint, y_midpoint;
// Compute the x and y midpoints
x_midpoint = (p1.get_x( ) + p2.get_x( )) / 2;
y_midpoint = (p1.get_y( ) + p2.get_y( )) / 2;
// Construct a new point and return it
point midpoint(x_midpoint, y_midpoint);
return midpoint;
Is there anything I can do to fix it?
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Copy & paste of the error messages would be a bit more constructive. – Steve-o Aug 31 '11 at 6:15
r u compiling with -lm option..?? – Mr.32 Aug 31 '11 at 6:23
i think this will help you stackoverflow.com/questions/1252049/… – Mr.32 Aug 31 '11 at 6:27
The code you post here doesn't point to the linker errors. You should post the error messages or the whole program. – Stan Aug 31 '11 at 6:36
@Steff Yeah, there's a lot you could do to fix this code, or at least make it better. The answers you've gotten are really good and you should read them and make sure you understand them thoroughly. You should maybe rewind a little bit...stub out some functions and comment your code temporarily until you get it to compile and link and then go from there. The key is that you understand your mistake when you find it so that you don't repeat it (or at least remember how to fix it). Good luck! – Keith Layne Aug 31 '11 at 7:25
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You seem to have a namespace called PointClass, and headers guards using PointClass. Consider changing that for a start.
#ifndef PointClass // Rename this, it might be clashing with your namespace.
#define PointClass
namespace PointClass
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+1 Good point although not OP's problem. This will produce compiler errors (since 'PointClass' is now being substituted with '') in using namespace PointClass statements, but namespace PointClass {} and PointClass::member... statements are fine. Good to avoid though. – Martin Gunia Aug 31 '11 at 6:32
No it will cause linker errors. The namespace will be turned into an unnamed namespace, which will mean that the namespace will be different for different compilation units. This means that these functions will never be defined for other compilation units. – Mankarse Aug 31 '11 at 6:36
@Mankarse: It does not produce linker error for me (MSVC2008). I suspect he's missing some other implementation. – Martin Gunia Aug 31 '11 at 6:38
@Martin. That code on its own will not cause linker errors, but if you try to use the class in a different compilation unit then it will. I agree that there may be other issues with Steff's though. – Mankarse Aug 31 '11 at 6:40
@Mankarse: You're right, using the function from another cpp unit causes link errors (had only one .cpp before). I'm always using more unique guards so never gave them a thought as being just like any other macro :) – Martin Gunia Aug 31 '11 at 6:41
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Read the error message:
Linker Error 2019: unresolved external symbol 'symbol' referenced in function 'function'
It gives you the name of a global variable or (more likely) a function that is called without definition, i.e. you didn't write a function body for it or did not add the source with its definition to your project.
The error LNK1120 is a consequence of the first error.
Without the complete error message it's hard to tell. As @Darcy pointed out, you should change the names in #ifdefand #define since
#define PointClass
tells the preprocessor to substitute this name with nothing in the following source code. This results in a unnamed local namespace. All names defined inside this local namespace are accessible from inside that compilation unit (cpp file) only.
Choose a unique name for the "include guard" which should not occure anywhere else in the program. A possible pattern could imitate the name of the header file:
#define POINT_H
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I need to get folder names in my server, as you know when you start cmd.exe it has default path name like "C:\Documents and ....". I can get folder names which are in my "C:/" by typing dir *.* /b /o:n > index.txt.
so I have this; C:\Documents and Settings\Name>dir *.* /b /o:n > index.txt
I need this if there is a way; \\Server\Volume\File>dir *.* /b /o:n > index.txt
sorry for my broken english, any help wellcome.
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pushd \\Server\Volume
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You could map the drive and then browse that directory:
net use Z: \\Server\Volume
cd /d Z:\
Hope this helps :)
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pushd assigns an available drive letter automatically, see my answer – Benoit Sep 22 '11 at 17:11
ah right, didn't know that, thanks. – Bali C Sep 23 '11 at 8:26
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In previous iOS versions, using the Twitter functionality (with bit.ly) Works perfect. However, when I click submit to twitter, it posts, but doesn't remove the dialog. It sounds similar to this bug (in fact the cancel button doesn't work either):
I tried the solution listed, but it doesn't work. Any ideas?
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I got an answer on the actual bug
"Now that the NDA is lifted, I just changed the two instances of [[currentView parentViewController] dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES] in SHK.m to [currentView dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES].
This gist is my SHK.m: https://gist.github.com/1281191"
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That does not work for me. – Luc Dec 7 '11 at 5:57
if ([currentView parentViewController] != nil) also has to change to if (currentView != nil) like in itruf's answer. – Protocole Feb 7 '12 at 6:45
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I've changed code in function hideCurrentViewControllerAnimated and it works perfect.
My code:
- (void)hideCurrentViewControllerAnimated:(BOOL)animated
if (isDismissingView)
if (currentView != nil)
self.isDismissingView = YES;
[currentView dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
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Awesome, thanks, this worked for me when the other didn't. – rob5408 Jan 9 '12 at 22:03
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I am trying to get the user email address, and in a specific scenario I have a problem. The scenario is:
1. Register a new facebook user
2. Do not verify email on FB
3. Try to do FB connect from the app
4. On the pop up(FB pop up) that say you have to verify the email(on FB), click on the "allow" button.(DO NOT CLOSE THE POP UP)
5. Verify the email with FB
6. Click "allow" once more on the pop up - the pop up will close
-----a. The app will be allowed on the user FB account but when we will try to get his basic information his email will be show as FB email
7. To get his real email we need to remove the app from the user FB account and then try again from the app so that the app will get new permissions to the user account.
Is there a way to not be must to remove the app from the user account and re-allow it?
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This sounds like an extreme edge case my QA people would find and report as a bug. :D When a user is connecting to an application, they can specify the email (either their real one, or a facebook proxy one). So it appears that when a user has not verified their email, but allows access to the app, they are not given a dropdown to choose which email to use (real vs proxy) because facebook does not have a verified "real" one on file. So, even with that asside, there is no way for a user to "change" which of the two emails to use for an app without deauthorizing and then reauthorizing the app.
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I'm trying to use the audioplayer with a slider in order to seek into a track (nothing complicated).
But I have a weird behavior... for some value of currentTime (between 0 and trackDuration), the player stop playing the track, and goes into "audioPlayerDidFinishPlaying:successfully:" with successfully to NO. And it did not go into "audioPlayerDecodeErrorDidOccur:error:"
It's like it can't read the time i'm giving to it.
For exemple the duration of the track is: 295.784424 seconds i set the currentTime to 55.0s (ie: 54.963878 or 54.963900 or 54.987755, etc... when printed as %f). The "crashes" always happen when the currentTime is 54.987755... and I really don't understand why...
So if you have any idea... ^^
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I also struggled to get audio skipping working properly with 'AVAudioPlayer setCurrentTime:`
After alot of experimentation i've found a sequence that works reliably on the simulator and the device: (tested on OS3.1+)
// Skips to an audio position (in seconds) of the current file on the [AVAudioPlayer* audioPlayer] class instance
// This works correctly for a playing and paused audioPlayer
- (void) skipToSeconds:(float)position
// Negative values skip to start of file
if ( position<0.0f )
position = 0.0f;
// Rounds down to remove sub-second precision
position = (int)position;
// Prevent skipping past end of file
if ( position>=(int)audioPlayer.duration )
NSLog( @"Audio: IGNORING skip to <%.02f> (past EOF) of <%.02f> seconds", position, audioPlayer.duration );
// See if playback is active prior to skipping
BOOL skipWhilePlaying = audioPlayer.playing;
// Perform skip
NSLog( @"Audio: skip to <%.02f> of <%.02f> seconds", position, audioPlayer.duration );
// NOTE: This stop,set,prepare,(play) sequence produces reliable results on the simulator and device.
[audioPlayer stop];
[audioPlayer setCurrentTime:position];
[audioPlayer prepareToPlay];
// Resume playback if it was active prior to skipping
if ( skipWhilePlaying )
[audioPlayer play];
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I've tried with a device, and this is an issue that occurs only with the simulator. All my files are well played on the device, and I can seek easily inside them.
I've tried mp3, aac and wav.
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For some reason when I get this error, flag is still set to YES. I've managed to find a workaround by checking currentTime vs. duration and restarting the player immediately if the currentTime isn't 0.0 (the end of the sound). All of my testing is done on the simulator as I do not have a license to test on my phone yet. Hope this helps. See edits for a couple quirks.
if ([_player currentTime] != [_player duration] && [_player currentTime] != 0.0f) {
[_player play];
EDIT: Unfortunately, I have still found errors when seeking to the very beginning or very end of a sound (or in a very small increment of either). I've found that if you create special cases that handle those two instances you are generally covered. You should stop the player, set the currentTime to 0.0 and then either start the player again if seeking to the beginning or manually calling the finish delegate if you are seeking to the end (if you implemented it).
If I find a better solution or get more feedback running this on an actual device I'll update.
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Have you tried with a different video file? Perhaps it's corrupted.
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Yes, i've tried with different files, for each mp3 it crashes for the same values :( May be it needs to be a multiple of a specific number or something else, but i can't find anything now :( – StrAbZ May 20 '09 at 7:58
Totally guessing here, but how about casting the time interval into int and then back to double? This will get rid of fractional values. Maybe that'll help. – EightyEight May 20 '09 at 18:01
Already tried that, it always give me this kind of results :( But according to other persons it's may be an issue with the simulator, so I need to try with a device. – StrAbZ May 21 '09 at 14:23
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With the below snippet I want to append/prepend a string to a list that is part of a value stored in a map.
From the snippet below I get the error
Couldn't match expected type `Char' with actual type `[Char]'
Expected type: Map.Map ([Char], Integer) [Char]
Actual type: Map.Map ([Char], Integer) [[Char]]
and I am not quite sure what that should tell me. Can that be solved with a change in the code or must there be something like
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
Together with an instance declaration?
import Data.Time
import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
import qualified Data.PSQueue as PSQ
import qualified Data.Map as Map
import Data.Maybe
import Control.Category
import Control.Concurrent
import Control.Concurrent.MVar
import Control.Monad
key = ("", 4711)
messages = ["aaa", "bbbb", "ccccc"]
newRq = do
time <- getPOSIXTime
let q = PSQ.singleton key time
let m = Map.singleton key messages
return (q, m)
appendMsg :: String -> (String, Integer) -> Map.Map ([Char], Integer) [Char] -> Map.Map ([Char], Integer) [Char]
appendMsg a (b, c) m = m2
f x = x ++ a
m2 = Map.adjust f (b, c) m
main :: IO()
main = do
(q, m) <- newRq
let m2 = appendMsg "first" key m
print (m2)
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You need a change in the code. You start with a Map (String, Integer) [String], by creating a singleton with value messages. Your update function however is written for Map (String, Integer) String. Either change it to the appropriate type by making it f x = x ++ [a] (and change the type signature to
appendMsg :: String -> (String, Integer) -> Map (String, Integer) [String]
-> Map (String, Integer) [String]
too) or change your initial map by using e.g. unwords messages. (I think you'll rather want the first.)
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Tried that already. However, then I get an error saying No instance for (IsString Char) arising from the literal "ccccc". Adding import Data.String` does not help either. – J Fritsch Feb 9 '12 at 10:16
Forgot to mention, you have to change the type declaration of appendMsg to use Map (String, Integer) [String] too. – Daniel Fischer Feb 9 '12 at 10:25
Thanks! Is by the way a [String] not a [Char]? – J Fritsch Feb 9 '12 at 10:56
No, a String is a [Char], so a [String] is a [[Char]]. You could of course replace all Strings in the signature with [Char], but I find it helpful to distinguish between String for meaningful text and [Char] for arbitrary lists of Char, e.g. vowels :: [Char]. – Daniel Fischer Feb 9 '12 at 11:08
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[Char] and String are the same type. The Haskell prelude has the following type synonym definition:
type String = [Char]
... which basically means those two types mean the exact same thing and are completely interchangeable. This means we can rewrite the compiler error as:
Expected type: Map (String, Integer) String
Actual type: Map (String, Integer) [String]
The two type parameters of the Map type are its Key type and its Value type. So if you have a Map Int String type, that means it's a map with Ints as keys and Strings as values. This means you can now interpret the compiler message a little more clearly:
Expected type: Map from keys of type "(String, Integer)" to values of type "String"
Actual type: Map from keys of type "(String, Integer)" to values of type "[String]"
This tells us that somewhere in your code you gave it a map where every value is a [String] (i.e. a list of strings), but it was expecting a map where every value was just a single String. In fact, you can trace the error to this line of code:
let m = Map.singleton key messages
messages is, you guessed it, an list of Strings (i.e. [String]), and you told it to store the entire array messages as a single element in the map m when you used the singleton function to initialize it. So Haskell correctly inferred the value type of m had to be [String] (which was obviously not what you intended).
The compiler then noticed something was amiss when you tried to append a string to every element in your map in the following line:
let m2 = appendMsg "first" key m
You told the compiler "Please concatenate this string onto every element of my map" and the compiler then tells you "But you don't have multiple strings stored in your map; You have just one list of strings stored as a single value in your map, so I can't append 'first' onto the array itself".
The fix is simple where instead of using singleton to initialize m, you just fromList, which takes a list of elements (i.e. messages) and converts each element in the list to an element of the map, which is what you intended.
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"(i.e. an array of strings)", I suppose you know the difference and just were a bit off guard, but it's important to keep the difference between lists and arrays to avoid confusing newbies. Trying to treat lists as arrays is a common mistake leading to frustration. – Daniel Fischer Feb 9 '12 at 10:02
Yeah, I meant to say list. – Gabriel Gonzalez Feb 9 '12 at 15:30
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The map you're creating with Map.singleton key messages is a Map.Map (String, Integer) [String]. However your declaration of appendMsg indicates that you really want a Map.Map (String, Integer) String. You need to revisit your newRq and figure out what you're really trying to do with that Map.singleton line.
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I have a large real 1-d data set called r. I would like plot:
mean(log(1+a*r)) vs a, with a > -1 .
How can i do this?
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You can use sapply to evaluate the function on a set of values.
x <- seq(-1,1,length=20)
y <- sapply(x, function(a) mean(log(1+a*r)) )
plot(x,y, type="l")
Alternatively, you can define a function to compute this quantity and use curve to plot it. The function has to be vectorized.
r <- runif(100)
f <- function(a) mean(log(1+a*r))
f <- Vectorize(f)
curve(f, xlim=c(-1,1), las=1)
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Vincent you are the king of R :) – emanuele Mar 28 '12 at 9:38
How can i do with two data set r' and r'' and with two parameters a,b? namely mean(log(1+a*r'+b*r'')) vs a,b – emanuele Apr 5 '12 at 16:28
To plot a function of two variables, you can use persp, image, contour (or levelplot, contourplot in the lattice package). To build the data, you can use outer and Vectorize. – Vincent Zoonekynd Apr 5 '12 at 22:26
I'm trying to use outer, but seems to me that doesn't accepts parametric functions. isn't it? – emanuele Apr 6 '12 at 7:46
The argument of outer has to be a function, not an expression. And this function has to accept vectors: if it does not, you can try outer(xs, ys, Vectorize(f)). – Vincent Zoonekynd Apr 6 '12 at 7:55
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Flying tips?
Anyone give me any tips of VoDS of them flying to show how to GO FAST while flying? I can't do a lot of the expert levels because I go too slow flying, prob because I don't do any tricks because I don't know how to.
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Risk boosts are -very- important in the Expert levels of tracks with flying sections. If you see a solid obstacle that's on course or just off to the side, drive towards it and use a stunt at the last second before you crash into it, and you'll get a boost of speed that's equivalent to a level 1 drift. In tracks like Adder's Lair or Dream Valley, it's possible to almost endlessly risk boost for the whole flying sections. Watching and copying the Expert Staff Ghost for Adder's Lair is extremely helpful for this, since it's right at the start and you can just restart to do it all again for practice.
You can also spam level 1 boosts more often in flying mode via drifting while pulling back in the opposite direction, and using a stunt if you're about to crash. Building up the level 3 drifts when you can is still more important, of course.
Perforated Soul 02 月 20 @ 2:35上午
I've found that following the best path is more important than level 3 boosts in this game. Ie, sometimes a level 2 or even level 1 boost will be faster than straying off the optimal path for a level 3(this seems to be true for all vehicles). That being said, I've not mastered flying or any part of the game. What Itsuki said about risk boosts is true, it is important, but if you can't stay on track just driving(flying), don't try risk boosts. I suppose the key is to follow the opitmal path, to optimize your drifting and risk boosts. It is a little more challenging flying because you have to not only control the left and right controls but the up and down as well. Also try to do a trick as you transform. You can beat all the world tour(and gp) without risk boosts. The expert time attack ghosts on the other definitely helps.
Colgate 02 月 20 @ 3:01上午
I'm not saying to always try to turn every corner into a level 3 drift boost, of course. Just when you can or when there's an obvious chance to, like the large structures you travel 180 around the outside of such as the two in both flying parts of Sanctuary Falls. Straying off path for even a little bit in Expert levels is practically suicide, but the flying sections tend to have all sorts of corners or little twists, even on 'linear' stages like Carrier Zone due to it curving to the left for a little bit after the transformation ring before shifting right and into the center again, which makes drift boosting quite easy to spam.
Worth noting that even though you don't 'need' the risk boosts against the CPU, in particular you can use them on Adder's Lair (combined with driving well overall) to get a massive lead against even the selected CPU for the round that's pushed to become the winner from the outset. So even if you get spammed with drones or swarms, you have a lot of chances to recover.
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Every time I'm opening a file in FileZilla, which I've previously opened, FileZilla shows a dialog with options: to reopen local file, or discard local file the download and edit file anew. As I always redownload the remote file, I'm looking for a way to make FileZilla stop showing this dialog and always redownload the file
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0.394197 | <urn:uuid:cb39431c-ee0b-4cc2-b05b-4d6a63e58467> | en | 0.934252 | '''Basic Trope''': A hero pulls a FaceHeelTurn and gets a new outfit to match.
* '''Straight''': Maybelle [[FaceHeelTurn betrays her]] [[TrueCompanions friends]] and joins TheEmpire. She then replaces her old, brightly colored clothes with [[PaintItBlack darker]], [[EvilIsSexy sexier]] attire.
* '''Exaggerated''': Whenever Maybelle forgets to clean her room, refuses to share cookies with her little brother, shoves someone and doesn't apologise - ominous music is heard, and Maybelle's white dress suddently turns into a red and black Stripperiffic outfit, and her golden hair become dark purple with neon green highlights...
* '''Downplayed''': Maybelle joins TheEmpire after leaving LaResistance. She keeps most of her old outfit, but a couple pieces are switched out to create a more ominous effect.
* '''Justified''': Maybelle's new duds are the uniform or dress code of her new faction.
* '''Inverted''':
** GoodCostumeSwitch.
** Maybelle dresses in darker, sexier fashion while she is a hero. Upon her FaceHeelTurn, she dresses in brighter and more conservative clothing.
* '''Subverted''': Maybelle keeps her old outfit after joining the empire.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, she only retains it long enough to lure [[TheHero Albert]] into a trap, then tears it off to reveal her new skintight evil threads underneath.
* '''Parodied''':
** Upon switching sides, Maybelle is immediately ushered off to meet Emperor Evulz' personal tailor, who bombards her with criticisms and suggestions.
** [[TheLancer Axel]] gets his clothes ripped in a fight, leading to fashionable asymmetry, and covered in ash, making them black. This leads to him becoming inexplicably evil. [[FoeYay Hiro is determined to get him naked to turn him good again.]]
** Maybelle gets her clothes ripped up into a stripperiffic black outfit. She then tries to steal some new clothes to wear, but everyone thinks she's turned evil.
** Every time Maybelle thinks about doing something particularly good or evil, she tears off her clothes to reveal either a good or evil set of clothes under it. This continues until either people start tripping over her discarded clothing or she accidentally runs out of layers.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes, HeelFaceTurn[=s=] cause a costume switch, sometimes, they don't.
* '''Averted''': Maybelle's style has always been and still is alignment-neutral.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to make it clear that Maybelle's one of the bad guys now -- Makeover time! And remember, don't skimp on the {{Fanservice}}!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Maybelle. Long time no see. Are those new clothes?" "They came with the evil."
* '''Invoked''': Maybelle wants the world to know of her new ideologies and picks out a new outfit to announce it to the world.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** "I like the clothes I have, and I'm not changing them now just because I'm evil."
** Maybelle keeps the old outfit in order to make her former allies hesitant to attack her.
* '''Discussed''': "Has she started wearing a cleavage-exposing, black leather outfit yet? No? Then she's probably still on our side."
* '''Conversed''': "What is it about evil that makes all these characters want to suddenly start wearing leather?"
* '''Deconstructed''': People eventually figure this out, leading to a bizarrely literal "fashion police" and the gradual erosion of freedom of expression.
* '''Reconstructed''': In fact, things go so far that the uniform of the Fashion Police becomes the only Evil Costume to which Faces Turned Heels will switch.
* '''Played For Laughs:'''
** Maybelle, already shown to be quite shallow and obsessed with her appearance, switches sides because EvilIsSexy and she's fallen in love with Emperor Evulz' fashion sense.
** Maybelle becomes a FashionVictimVillain, much to her former friend's amusement.
* '''Played For Drama:''' The evil costume in itself goes against the principles that they once held. Maybelle who once [[ActualPacifist refused to fight]] now wears an outfit bearing the heads of her slain foes.
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Don’t forget the rest of the world
How to follow the most successful day in British Olympic history?
When we pick up six golds in 12 hours, what happens next?
I found the answer in my deeply contrarian instincts. There was only one thing for it - a day of watching foreign women throwing balls at goals - handball and water
Amid the understandable Brit-mania sweeping the country, I hope we remember these Games are about more than our own success.
They are global celebration, a place of diversity where people are united by sport.
What better place to remember this than the Copper Box, where Brazil played Angola in the handball?
In the cynical, pre-Olympic age, handball was a punchline. A byword for obscure sport played by goofy Eastern Europeans. The kind of thing you might watch ironically in a Danish hotel.
It is not one of these Olympics' hot tickets, but it has its own stadium (though it moves to the Basketball Arena for the knock-out stages) and it provided an uplifting experience.
Although there were some Union Jacks about for Britain's game against Croatia later on Sunday, this was certainly the most foreign-feeling venue I have visited.
On display were the following flags: Brazilian, Angolan, Swedish, Norwegian, French, Belgian, Hungarian and Kenyan (!).
Adding to the foreign feeling - my unfamiliarity with the sport, and the cacophony of horns, thunder sticks, chants in Portuguese and even a group of Brazilian 'ultras' behind the goal to my right.
You could have been anywhere in the world. I loved it. As did an almost-packed house.
The intimacy of the venue is brilliant - a tight, 7,000-capacity arena that gives you a great view of the action.
And what action. I had seen handball on TV, but never in person.
It was fast, physical and aggressive - Angola's Marcelina Kiala was pole-axed by a horrible clash of heads in the second half but played on.
Play of the day came from Brazil's Alexandra Nascimento, who made an amazing running one-handed catch from the goalkeeper's 35-metre throw out.
Sprinting downfield, she judged the ball perfectly as it dropped over her right shoulder, threw out an arm and made a perfect grab. If an NFL receiver had made that catch, somebody would instantly have handed him $25 million.
Trailing 22-13 at half-time, Angola made a stirring comeback to 27-25 with three minutes to go. The place was going absolutely wild. Brazil held on, and both teams got a terrific ovation.
That is the great thing about the Olympics - you cannot move for brilliant sport and shouting fans.
In an obscure stadium, watching obscure teams playing an obscure sport, the atmosphere and entertainment made you feel like this it was the only place in the world.
ACCESSIBILITY/FACILITIES: 8/10 - Slightly hidden away behind the food stands at the bottom of the Olympic Park, the Copper Box is nevertheless straightforward to get to and the relatively small capacity makes finding your seat easy.
VIEW: 9/10 - You could tell this was a purpose-built stadium. The perfect size, the perfect ambience. And a great view from anywhere.
FANS: 9/10 - What a great atmosphere. The crowd really got behind Angola as they made their late comeback, and the noise was terrific throughout.
SPECTACLE: 7/10 - Much as I enjoyed it, this wasn't unforgettable Olympic history unfolding. But my goodness it was fun.
X-FACTOR: 8/10 - As I queued for coffee at half-time, I stood behind a dad and his son - the lad was almost unfeasibly excited about a women's handball game. It was magic. That's your Olympic legacy right there.
TOTAL SCORE: 41/50 - Intimate.
I expected to find the water polo more exciting than the handball, but the opposite was true.
I was there for the women's quarter-final between Hungary and Russia. These countries contested the infamous 'Blood in the Water' match in Melbourne in 1956 when Russia was the USSR.
Another purpose-built stadium produced plenty of noise but I just couldn't get into the game.
Anything that involves swimming is necessarily quite slow, and every attack seemed to be much the same - one team advances; lobs the ball about while the opposition parks the bus; shoots just before shot clock runs out.
To my untrained eye, it had none of the speed or clever use of space of handball. It seemed to be mainly about evading your marker's clutches long enough to get a shot away.
Of course there is more to the game than this - but the 'more' lurks under the water, judging by the amount of tugging, dunking, scragging and yelping going on.
It looked tiring and difficult, but provided no visual razzle-dazzle.
However, the end was a treat. Russia trailed 11-10 in the final seconds and had one last chance to send the match to extra time.
Hungary goalkeeeper Flora Bolonyai saved the Russian shot only for the rebound to be bundled in - but time expired before the ball hit the net and Hungary won.
London 2012 - thrills around every corner.
ACCESSIBILITY/FACILITIES: 8/10 - Just about the first place you come to when you enter the Olympic Park. My side of the stadium (the small side) didn't appear to have any refreshments.
VIEW: 5/10 - An idea: a pool with glass sides so spectators can get an aquarium-style underwater view. So much goes on under the surface it is hard to grasp what is really going on. The view is not great from the back of the tall main stand.
FANS: 7/10 - Plenty of noise when the ball went in, but otherwise there were just yells of encouragement (many from the very shouty Hungarian coach) rather than a wall of sound. The loudest roar when Hungary scored the game-clinching goal to make it 11-9.
SPECTACLE: 6/10 - I'm afraid it just didn't appeal to me. Touring as many venues as possible gives me about an hour to 'get' a sport. I couldn't do it with water polo, and that is probably my fault. Good finish, though.
X-FACTOR: 6/10 - It's a proper Olympic sport played in a fine venue. But you probably need more than passing acquaintance with it to get the most from your viewing.
TOTAL SCORE: 32/50 - submerged.
Other venues rated
Eton Dorney (rowing): 41/50 - momentous
Lord's (archery): 40/50 - ancient and modern
North Greenwich Arena (gymnastics): 39/50 - complex
Aquatics Centre: 38/50 - noisy
Basketball Arena: 36/50 - slick
Lee Valley White Water Centre: 36/50 - thrilling
Horse Guards Parade (beach volley): 36/50 - raucous
Box Hill (road race cycling): 35/50 - rural
Riverbank Arena (hockey): 32/50 - temporary
ExCel (weightlifting): 31/50 - functional
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Alex Chick is Deputy Managing Editor of Eurosport-Yahoo!. He has worked at Eurosport since 2006, during which time he has watched 2.9 million hours of hysterical rolling sports news, witnessed the demonisation of four England managers and even enjoyed the odd bit of sport. | http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/armchair-pundit/don-t-forget-rest-world-151401618.html?.tsrc=yahoo | dclm-gs1-258400002 | false | false | {
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Man arrested over murder
Police officers arrested a man from the Norwich area following the death of 25-year-old Tafadzwa Kahn during a party at the boxer's home on Saturday night. Some reports claim there were more than 100 people at the party at the time.
Kahn was pronounced dead at the scene after the incident, which happened shortly after midnight.
A post mortem examination found multiple stab wounds to the body as the cause of death.
Hide's home remains sealed off as the forensic investigation at the house in the village of Bawburgh continues.
Hide, 40, held the WBO version of the heavyweight world championship between 1997 and 1999. | http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/man-arrested-over-murder-hide-073014264.html | dclm-gs1-258420002 | false | false | {
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Amanda Knox could face the threat of an extradition request from the Italian government after Italy's highest court overturned her acquittal over the murder of Meredith Kercher.
Although Italian law cannot compel Knox to return from the US for the new trial there is an extradition treaty in place between Italy and America.
Signed in 1984 when Ronald Reagan was president, the treaty obligates each country to extradite anyone charged with or convicted of an extraditable offence - or any offences punishable under the laws of both countries by a jail sentence of more than one year.
Meredith Kercher
Italy must provide the US with specific documents to demonstrate they have "probable cause to believe" that Miss Kercher was murdered and Miss Knox committed the offence.
It would then be up to the US to decide if it honours the request. US and Italian authorities could also come to a deal that would keep Knox in America.
If Knox fails to attend the trial the appellate court hearing the case could also declare her in contempt of court - but that carries no additional penalties.
Knox, now 25, and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 29 today, were arrested shortly after Miss Kercher's body was found in a pool of blood.
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito face a retrial (AP)
The appeals court that acquitted them in 2011 criticised virtually the entire case mounted by prosecutors. The appellate court noted that the murder weapon was never found, said that DNA tests were faulty and that prosecutors provided no murder motive.
Although the court yesterday heard gruesome details, including how Miss Kercher choked on her own blood, it was not ruling on the guilt or innocence of the defendants. Its sole task was to decide if the appellate trial was properly conducted.
Details of today's ruling issued are not expected to be issued for several weeks.
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Updated May 24, 2008 05:43:00
Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao have jointly denounced the United States's plans for a missile shield.
Mr Medvedev is on a two-day state visit to China and the leaders issued the joint statement issued after the two leaders met in the Chinese capital.
The statement said the creation of a global anti-missile defence system including it deployment in certain parts of the world would not contribute to maintaining strategic balance and stability.
The plan would hinder international arms control and non proliferation efforts as well as cooperation between states and regional stability.
The United States has proposed to site a radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland as part of a shield to defend against states it considers a threat, such as Iran and North Korea.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, china, russian-federation
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YOU MISS THE PICTURE!!! I am a black male, mid 30s, and TOTALLY disagree with the decision made last even. I think what the City Council did last evening was pure stupidity. Your comments concerning white officers go right along with that decision. The crime in Memphis requires and needs a fully staffed police department. It doesn't matter if they are White, Black, Hispanic, male or female. We NEED officers on the streets. There are bad cops of all races. Many people simply need to focus on their own behavior and activities that require them to have run-ins with the police. If some would stop stealing, killing and raping, they most likely wouldn’t have to deal with the police.
Since the City has not been able to keep the department fully staffed, why not relax the residency laws? What's more important...the safety of ALL citizens, tourists, visitors, etc. or the bull___t The City Council is neck-deep in??? There are qualified people around who've lost their jobs and would apply if they could. Think about it...when they're on duty, they'll at least spend some money in Memphis/Shelby County for gas, lunch, etc.
I said it before when the City Council jerked around with the education in children in this city...I'LL NEVER VOTE FOR ANY OF THOSE FOOLS ON THE COUNCIL NOW!!! WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE ENTIRE BUNCH AND START OVER!!!
I agree, I believe the members of the Council who voted this down was not representing their constituents. I mean both Mayors, business leaders, and concerned citizens wanted this to pass...Hmmm, what is the role of the Council?
Also, can you imagine if all companies used this approach. FedEx, AutoZone, and others could only hire people who lived in the county in which their offices were located....that would be crazy....
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Nope, Pickler didn't surrender any charter but his arrogance-and the people that supported him and his arrogance with their arrogance-gave the ones that did surrender it enough reason to do so.
BTW, I didn't and don't want to consolidate the two systems. If the fact that Picker and the rest of you crazies that wanted that special school district was not on the table then I wouldn't have voted yes.
I know that you will likely get your special school district anyway but not without it costing more and really the folks who surrendered the charter didn't have any other hand to play.
The only other hands they have to play is what is about to happen. They are about to make some associates, partners in their respective law firms with the amount of billable hours that are coming down the pike.
I've heard of lawyers becoming rich in divorce cases but I've never heard them becoming rich on marriages...even shotgun marriages.
I realize that it hard to be honest and anonymous but no intelligent person really believes that Pickler-and the folks who supported his ten year effort on special school district status was not the impetus or maybe cover-for the MCS board decision.
Yep..for the camp in the city that ultimately wants to consolidate both governments as well...your arrogance, blind ambition, and lack of foresight was made to order for them.
I for one am not appreciative of your gift.
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P.S. You never let a team dictate to you, or make you change what you do. You make them adjust to what you do. Especially, when that team is not on the same planet as you player wise. You dictate to them. That's what every great program does. Duke plays man. Kentucky plays Man. North Carolina plays Man, Kansas plays Man. Syracuse Plays the 2-3, Michigan State plays man. You know what they are going to do 4 weeks in advance, they are not going to change. You have to beat it. What do we do? We Press 1 game the next we don't. We play Man for 5 mins, switch to a 2-3, and then switch to a 1-3-1. How do you expect your team to believe in what you are doing if you yourself don't believe in it first? Its not that hard
You're problem is that you think we're a great program. Outside Calipari's three year run, we have nowhere near the success of the other teams that you mention above. No national titles, no history of consistently bringing in top players.
Think back to the pre-Calipari years. Just before he got here we were thought of even making any type of post-season. GO back just before that to the Finch era..except for his 1 deep run to Elite 8 and a couple of Sweet 16's, he had marginal success compared to the major teams of that era (Duke, Arkansas, Michigan)..he did fine in conference, but it's not like we were getting 2-3 wins over Top 25 teams every year.
Just because Calipari had one dominant run doesn't suddenly mean we're going to be Top 25 every year, competing for national championships, etc.
Sure, this team was projected to be Top 10..but so where a lot of other teams (i.e. Vanderbilt, Louisville, UCLA, etc.) Sometime teams just don't perform like all the experts though they would. But you can't seem to except seem to think that Pastner is the biggest idiot of all time and can't coach at all...when the reality is that maybe these players just aren't that good.
Only a fool would take Calipari's 3-year run and set that as the benchmark for this program
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Women: can't live with them, can't cheat on them with 40 porn stars and reality show contestants without them swinging at your grill with a pitching wedge. On November 27, 2009—two days after a story of his relationship with Rachel Uchitel broke in the Daily EnquirerTiger Woods crashed his Cadillac Escalade during a purported domestic dispute with his wife Elin.
In the following weeks and months, it was discovered that Woods had been living every 15-year-old boy's fantasy, reportedly having sex with dozens of casual partners while married to a Swedish model. The consequences for the once great golfer included endorsement drops from Gatorade and General Motors, a $110M divorce settlement, and having to painfully answer every questions with "That's a private matter" for two straight years.
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The NBA has evolved into a globally recognized brand.
Jerry West and the letters 'NBA' have become as iconic as Coca-Cola from a marketing standpoint. There isn't a person on earth, unless you live under a rock, who doesn't know who LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are. These dudes have become household names from America to Australia and everywhere in between. And let's not forget about the various outreach projects the NBA conducts in Europe, Africa, etc. A rise in foreign-born players over the last few decades has done wonders to build the NBA as a brand as well.
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Markitude writes:
That's just it, peoples. You're no smarter than he is. You can wait for the check to clear and get your money. Then when the check bounces you still owe the money to the bank. Even if they have already given you cash.
"If you thought that once a check cleared it was a "done deal", you are wrong. The bank has every right to take their money back from you if the check is later determined to be counterfeit."
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cruzb04#15831 writes:
whatdouthink, I have your answer regarding when the trail will be complete:
4 (non-contiguous) miles completed in 12 years = 3 years per mile
To complete the remaining 38 miles - 3 years/mile x 38 miles = 114 years
2009 + 114 years = 2123
Therefore it's likely that your great-great grandchildren will be able to enjoy the complete trail system.
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big_thinker writes:
This is very unfortunate. Insurance companies don't just hold patients hostage; they hold independent retailers hostage, too. Completely revolting, but not altogether surprising.
The biggest issue with downtown is that there's not a big enough number of people living near it to sustain its businesses on "off hours." For the majority of folks, there is somewhere closer/more convenient/more dependable to go for whatever they want... without the joy of having to traipse by Hammerheads to witness another arrest while they're on their way.
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Sir you need to read some history books. The present Republican party is no where near the platform of a moderate Democrat.
But I do agree with you that the problem is that the present Republican party isn't a group of supporters with simular beliefs. It is seperate groups of single issue voters with very different beliefs that have been brought together by a fantastic "spin" job lead by money of international big business. These "fat cats" could care less about abortion, the constitution or America as a country. What they care about is money. They are spinning all these issues to get single issue voters to vote Republican so that taxes decrease and perks increase for the rich and corporations. Then they can put more money into the Cayman Islands like Mr. Romney.
Frankly a vote for the present Republican party is really a vote to destroy the American middle class and the American economy so that the rich can become richer. The present Republicans are changing what "populism" used to be. Populism used to be a folksy appeal to the "average guy" to be against the "elite". Present Republicans are being manipulated to vote with the "elite".
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SCENE I. An open Place. Thunder and Lightning.
[Enter three Witches.]
THIRD WITCH. That will be ere the set of sun.
FIRST WITCH. Where the place?
SECOND WITCH. Upon the heath.
THIRD WITCH. There to meet with Macbeth.
FIRST WITCH. I come, Graymalkin!
ALL. Paddock calls:−−anon:−− Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air.
[Witches vanish.]
SCENE II. A Camp near Forres.
MALCOLM. This is the sergeant Who, like a good and hardy soldier, fought 'Gainst my captivity.−−Hail,
merciless Macdonwald,−− Worthy to be a rebel,−−for to that The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm
upon him,−−from the Western isles Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied; And fortune, on his damned
quarrel smiling, Show'd like a rebel's whore. But all's too weak; For brave Macbeth,−−well he deserves that
name,−− Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smok'd with bloody execution, Like valor's
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[Exit Soldier, attended.]
Who comes here?
MALCOLM. The worthy Thane of Ross.
[Enter Ross.]
ROSS. God save the King!
DUNCAN. Whence cam'st thou, worthy thane?
conflict; Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapp'd in proof, Confronted him with self−comparisons, Point against
DUNCAN. Great happiness!
Till he disbursed, at Saint Colme's−inch, Ten thousand dollars to our general use.
DUNCAN. No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest:−−go pronounce his present
death, And with his former title greet Macbeth.
ROSS. I'll see it done.
DUNCAN. What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.
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SECOND WITCH. Killing swine.
THIRD WITCH. Sister, where thou?
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SECOND WITCH. I'll give thee a wind.
FIRST WITCH. Thou art kind.
THIRD WITCH. And I another.
FIRST WITCH. I myself have all the other: And the very ports they blow, All the quarters that they know I'
lid; He shall live a man forbid: Weary seven−nights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak, and pine: Though
his bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest−tost.−− Look what I have.
SECOND WITCH. Show me, show me.
FIRST WITCH. Here I have a pilot's thumb, Wreck'd as homeward he did come.
[Drum within.]
THIRD WITCH. A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come.
and thrice to mine, And thrice again, to make up nine:−− Peace!−−the charm's wound up.
[Enter Macbeth and Banquo.]
BANQUO. How far is't call'd to Forres?−−What are these So wither'd, and so wild in their attire, That look
not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on't?−−Live you? or are you aught That man may question?
You seem to understand me, By each at once her chappy finger laying Upon her skinny lips:−−you should be
MACBETH. Speak, if you can;−−what are you?
FIRST WITCH. All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
SECOND WITCH. All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
THIRD WITCH. All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter!
BANQUO. Good sir, why do you start; and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair?−− I' the name of truth,
and great prediction Of noble having and of royal hope, That he seems rapt withal:−−to me you speak not: If
you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow, and which will not, Speak then to me,
who neither beg nor fear Your favors nor your hate.
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FIRST WITCH. Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.
SECOND WITCH. Not so happy, yet much happier.
THIRD WITCH. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!
FIRST WITCH. Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!
MACBETH. Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more: By Sinel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis; But
how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman; and to be king Stands not within the
Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?−−Speak, I charge you.
[Witches vanish.]
BANQUO. The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, And these are of them:−−whither are they vanish'd?
MACBETH. Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted As breath into the wind.−−Would they had stay'd!
reason prisoner?
MACBETH. Your children shall be kings.
BANQUO. You shall be king.
MACBETH. And Thane of Cawdor too; went it not so?
BANQUO. To the selfsame tune and words. Who's here?
[Enter Ross and Angus.]
ROSS. The king hath happily receiv'd, Macbeth, The news of thy success: and when he reads Thy personal
that, In viewing o'er the rest o' the self−same day, He finds thee in the stout Norweyan ranks, Nothing afeard
bear Thy praises in his kingdom's great defense, And pour'd them down before him.
ANGUS. We are sent To give thee, from our royal master, thanks; Only to herald thee into his sight, Not pay
BANQUO. What, can the devil speak true?
MACBETH. The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress me In borrow'd robes?
ANGUS. Who was the Thane lives yet; But under heavy judgement bears that life Which he deserves to lose.
Whether he was combin'd With those of Norway, or did line the rebel With hidden help and vantage, or that
overthrown him.
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MACBETH. [Aside.] Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor: The greatest is behind.−−Thanks for your pains.−− Do
you not hope your children shall be kings, When those that gave the Thane of Cawdor to me Promis'd no less
to them?
BANQUO. That, trusted home, Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, Besides the Thane of Cawdor. But 'tis
strange: And oftentimes to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest
trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence.−− Cousins, a word, I pray you.
MACBETH. [Aside.] Two truths are told, As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme.−−I
thank you, gentlemen.−− [Aside.] This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good:−−if ill, Why
hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to
fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man, that function Is smother'd in surmise; and nothing is But what is
BANQUO. Look, how our partner's rapt.
MACBETH. [Aside.] If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me Without my stir.
BANQUO. New honors come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould But with the aid
of use.
MACBETH. [Aside.] Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
BANQUO. Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure.
MACBETH. Give me your favor:−−my dull brain was wrought With things forgotten. Kind gentlemen, your
pains Are register'd where every day I turn The leaf to read them.−−Let us toward the king.−− Think upon
what hath chanc'd; and, at more time, The interim having weigh'd it, let us speak Our free hearts each to other.
BANQUO. Very gladly.
MACBETH. Till then, enough.−−Come, friends.
SCENE IV. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
[Flourish. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, and Attendants.]
DUNCAN. Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not Those in commission yet return'd?
report, That very frankly he confess'd his treasons; Implor'd your highness' pardon; and set forth A deep
death, To throw away the dearest thing he ow'd As 'twere a careless trifle.
absolute trust.−−
[Enter Macbeth, Banquo, Ross, and Angus.]
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swiftest wing of recompense is slow To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserv'd; That the proportion
can pay.
doing everything Safe toward your love and honor.
DUNCAN. Welcome hither: I have begun to plant thee, and will labor To make thee full of growing.−−Noble
Banquo, That hast no less deserv'd, nor must be known No less to have done so,let me infold thee And hold
thee to my heart.
BANQUO. There if I grow, The harvest is your own.
DUNCAN. My plenteous joys, Wanton in fulness, seek to hide themselves In drops of sorrow.−−Sons,
kinsmen, thanes, And you whose places are the nearest, know, We will establish our estate upon Our eldest,
Malcolm; whom we name hereafter The Prince of Cumberland: which honor must Not unaccompanied invest
him only, But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine On all deservers.−−From hence to Inverness, And bind
us further to you.
MACBETH. The rest is labor, which is not us'd for you: I'll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful The
hearing of my wife with your approach; So, humbly take my leave.
DUNCAN. My worthy Cawdor!
MACBETH. [Aside.] The Prince of Cumberland!−−That is a step, On which I must fall down, or else
o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye
wink at the hand! yet let that be, Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
DUNCAN. True, worthy Banquo!−−he is full so valiant; And in his commendations I am fed,−− It is a
banquet to me. Let us after him, Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome: It is a peerless kinsman.
[Flourish. Exeunt.]
SCENE V. Inverness. A Room in Macbeth's Castle.
[Enter Lady Macbeth, reading a letter.]
LADY MACBETH. "They met me in the day of success; and I have learned by the perfectest report they have
all−hailed me, 'Thane of Cawdor'; by which title, before, these weird sisters saluted me, and referred me to the
of greatness; that thou mightst not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of what greatness is promised
thee. Lay it to thy heart, and farewell."
Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be What thou art promis'd; yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the
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false, And yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great Glamis, That which cries, "Thus thou must do, if
thou have it: And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone." Hie thee hither, That
I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valor of my tongue All that impedes thee from the
[Enter an Attendant.]
What is your tidings?
ATTENDANT. The king comes here tonight.
LADY MACBETH. Thou'rt mad to say it: Is not thy master with him? who, were't so, Would have inform'd
for preparation.
ATTENDANT. So please you, it is true:−−our thane is coming: One of my fellows had the speed of him;
LADY MACBETH. Give him tending; He brings great news.
[Exit Attendant.]
spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here; And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top−full Of direst
take my milk for gall, your murdering ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's
mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell That my keen knife see not the wound
it makes Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry, "Hold, hold!"
[Enter Macbeth.]
Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all−hail hereafter! Thy letters have transported me
MACBETH. My dearest love, Duncan comes here tonight.
LADY MACBETH. And when goes hence?
MACBETH. To−morrow,−−as he purposes.
LADY MACBETH. O, never Shall sun that morrow see! Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May
read strange matters:−−to beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your
you shall put This night's great business into my despatch; Which shall to all our nights and days to come
Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.
MACBETH. We will speak further.
LADY MACBETH. Only look up clear; To alter favor ever is to fear: Leave all the rest to me.
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SCENE VI. The same. Before the Castle.
[Hautboys. Servants of Macbeth attending.]
[Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Banquo, Lennox, Macduff, Ross, Angus, and Attendants.]
DUNCAN. This castle hath a pleasant seat: the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle
BANQUO. This guest of summer, The temple−haunting martlet, does approve By his lov'd mansionry, that
the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze, buttress, Nor coigne of vantage, but this bird hath
made His pendant bed and procreant cradle: Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd The air is
[Enter Lady Macbeth.]
DUNCAN. See, see, our honour'd hostess!−− The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, Which still we
thank as love. Herein I teach you How you shall bid God ild us for your pains, And thank us for your trouble.
LADY MACBETH. All our service In every point twice done, and then done double, Were poor and single
DUNCAN. Where's the Thane of Cawdor? We cours'd him at the heels, and had a purpose To be his
and noble hostess, We are your guest tonight.
LADY MACBETH. Your servants ever Have theirs, themselves, and what is theirs, in compt, To make their
towards him. By your leave, hostess.
SCENE VII. The same. A Lobby in the Castle.
[Hautboys and torches. Enter, and pass over, a Sewer and divers Servants with dishes and service. Then enter
MACBETH. If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could
trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success; that but this blow Might be the be−all and
the end−all−−here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,−− We'd jump the life to come. But in these
cases We still have judgement here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which being taught, return To
plague the inventor: this even−handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own
trumpet−tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking−off: And pity, like a naked new−born babe,
deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.−−I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on the other.
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[Enter Lady Macbeth.]
How now! what news?
LADY MACBETH. He has almost supp'd: why have you left the chamber?
MACBETH. Hath he ask'd for me?
LADY MACBETH. Know you not he has?
MACBETH. We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought
LADY MACBETH. Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since? And wakes it now,
be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the
poor cat i' the adage?
MACBETH. Pr'ythee, peace! I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.
while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums And dash'd the brains out,
had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
MACBETH. If we should fail?
LADY MACBETH. We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking−place, And we'll not fail. When Duncan
is asleep,−− Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey Soundly invite him, his two chamberlains Will I
reason A limbec only: when in swinish sleep Their drenched natures lie as in a death, What cannot you and I
perform upon The unguarded Duncan? what not put upon His spongy officers; who shall bear the guilt Of our
great quell?
MACBETH. Bring forth men−children only; For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males.
Will it not be receiv'd, When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two Of his own chamber, and us'd their
very daggers, That they have don't?
LADY MACBETH. Who dares receive it other, As we shall make our griefs and clamor roar Upon his death?
SCENE I. Inverness. Court within the Castle.
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[Enter Banquo, preceeded by Fleance with a torch.]
BANQUO. How goes the night, boy?
BANQUO. And she goes down at twelve.
FLEANCE. I take't, 'tis later, sir.
BANQUO. Hold, take my sword.−−There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out:−−take thee that
too.−− A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, And yet I would not sleep:−−merciful powers, Restrain in
me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose!−−Give me my sword. Who's there?
[Enter Macbeth, and a Servant with a torch.]
MACBETH. A friend.
BANQUO. What, sir, not yet at rest? The king's a−bed: He hath been in unusual pleasure and Sent forth great
largess to your officers: This diamond he greets your wife withal, By the name of most kind hostess; and shut
up In measureless content.
MACBETH. Being unprepar'd, Our will became the servant to defect; Which else should free have wrought.
words upon that business, If you would grant the time.
BANQUO. At your kind'st leisure.
MACBETH. If you shall cleave to my consent,−−when 'tis, It shall make honor for you.
BANQUO. So I lose none In seeking to augment it, but still keep My bosom franchis'd, and allegiance clear, I
shall be counsell'd.
MACBETH. Good repose the while!
BANQUO. Thanks, sir: the like to you!
[Exeunt Banquo and Fleance.]
[Exit Servant.]
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee:−− I have thee
of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat−oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As
Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest: I see thee still; And on thy blade
and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.−−There's no such thing: It is the bloody business
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which informs Thus to mine eyes.−−Now o'er the one half−world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams
abuse The curtain'd sleep; now witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd
strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.−−Thou sure and firm−set earth, Hear not my steps, which way
now suits with it.−−Whiles I threat, he lives; Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives.
[A bell rings.]
to hell.
[Enter Lady Macbeth.]
LADY MACBETH. That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold: What hath quench'd them hath
given me fire.−−Hark!−−Peace! It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bellman, Which gives the stern'st good
MACBETH. [Within.] Who's there?−−what, ho!
LADY MACBETH. Alack! I am afraid they have awak'd, And 'tis not done: the attempt, and not the deed,
Confounds us.−−Hark!−−I laid their daggers ready; He could not miss 'em.−−Had he not resembled My father
as he slept, I had done't.−−My husband!
[Re−enter Macbeth.]
MACBETH. I have done the deed.−−Didst thou not hear a noise?
LADY MACBETH. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. Did not you speak?
MACBETH. As I descended?
MACBETH. Hark!−− Who lies i' the second chamber?
LADY MACBETH. Donalbain.
MACBETH. This is a sorry sight.
[Looking on his hands.]
MACBETH. There's one did laugh in's sleep, and one cried, "Murder!" That they did wake each other: I stood
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LADY MACBETH. There are two lodg'd together.
MACBETH. One cried, "God bless us!" and, "Amen," the other; As they had seen me with these hangman's
hands. Listening their fear, I could not say "Amen," When they did say, "God bless us."
LADY MACBETH. Consider it not so deeply.
MACBETH. But wherefore could not I pronounce "Amen"? I had most need of blessing, and "Amen" Stuck
in my throat.
LADY MACBETH. These deeds must not be thought After these ways; so, it will make us mad.
MACBETH. I heard a voice cry, "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep,"−−the innocent sleep; Sleep
great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast.
LADY MACBETH. What do you mean?
MACBETH. Still it cried, "Sleep no more!" to all the house: "Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore
Cawdor Shall sleep no more,−−Macbeth shall sleep no more!"
think So brainsickly of things.−−Go get some water, And wash this filthy witness from your hand.−− Why did
with blood.
it must seem their guilt.
[Exit. Knocking within.]
[Re−enter Lady Macbeth.]
LADY MACBETH. My hands are of your color, but I shame To wear a heart so white. [Knocking within.] I
hear knocking At the south entry:−−retire we to our chamber. A little water clears us of this deed: How easy is
it then! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.−−[Knocking within.] Hark, more knocking: Get on your
nightgown, lest occasion call us And show us to be watchers:−−be not lost So poorly in your thoughts.
MACBETH. To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself. [Knocking within.] Wake Duncan with thy
knocking! I would thou couldst!
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[Enter a Porter. Knocking within.]
PORTER. Here's a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of hell−gate, he should have old turning the key.
[Knocking.] Knock, knock, knock. Who's there, i' the name of Belzebub? Here's a farmer that hanged himself
for't.−−[Knocking.] Knock, knock! Who's there, in the other devil's name? Faith, here's an equivocator, that
not equivocate to heaven: O, come in, equivocator. [Knocking.] Knock, knock, knock! Who's there? Faith,
goose.−− [Knocking.] Knock, knock: never at quiet! What are you?−−But this place is too cold for hell. I'll
everlasting bonfire. [Knocking.] Anon, anon! I pray you, remember the porter.
[Opens the gate.]
[Enter Macduff and Lennox.]
PORTER. Faith, sir, we were carousing till the second cock: and drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
MACDUFF. What three things does drink especially provoke?
PORTER. Marry, sir, nose−painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes; it provokes
the desire, but it takes away the performance: therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with
him; makes him stand to, and not stand to: in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and giving him the lie,
leaves him.
MACDUFF. I believe drink gave thee the lie last night.
PORTER. That it did, sir, i' the very throat o' me; but I requited him for his lie; and, I think, being too strong
MACDUFF. Is thy master stirring?−− Our knocking has awak'd him; here he comes.
[Enter Macbeth.]
LENNOX. Good morrow, noble sir!
MACBETH. Good morrow, both!
MACDUFF. Is the king stirring, worthy thane?
MACBETH. Not yet.
MACDUFF. He did command me to call timely on him: I have almost slipp'd the hour.
MACBETH. I'll bring you to him.
MACDUFF. I know this is a joyful trouble to you; But yet 'tis one.
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MACBETH. The labour we delight in physics pain. This is the door.
MACDUFF. I'll make so bold to call. For 'tis my limited service.
[Exit Macduff.]
LENNOX. Goes the king hence to−day?
MACBETH. He does: he did appoint so.
Lamentings heard i' the air, strange screams of death; And prophesying, with accents terrible, Of dire
combustion and confus'd events, New hatch'd to the woeful time: the obscure bird Clamour'd the live−long
night; some say the earth Was feverous, and did shake.
MACBETH. 'Twas a rough night.
LENNOX. My young remembrance cannot parallel A fellow to it.
[Re−enter Macduff.]
MACDUFF. O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee!
MACBETH, LENNOX. What's the matter?
MACDUFF. Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope The Lord's
MACBETH. What is't you say? the life?
LENNOX. Mean you his majesty?
MACDUFF. Approach the chamber, and destroy your sight With a new Gorgon:−−do not bid me speak; See,
and then speak yourselves.
[Exeunt Macbeth and Lennox.]
Awake, awake!−− Ring the alarum bell:−−murder and treason! Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! awake!
image! Malcolm! Banquo! As from your graves rise up, and walk like sprites To countenance this horror!
[Alarum−bell rings.]
[Re−enter Lady Macbeth.]
LADY MACBETH. What's the business, That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley The sleepers of the
house? speak, speak!
murder as it fell.
[Re−enter Banquo.]
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O Banquo, Banquo! Our royal master's murder'd!
LADY MACBETH. Woe, alas! What, in our house?
BANQUO. Too cruel any where.−− Dear Duff, I pr'ythee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so.
[Re−enter Macbeth and Lennox, with Ross.]
lees Is left this vault to brag of.
[Enter Malcolm and Donalbain.]
DONALBAIN. What is amiss?
source of it is stopp'd.
MACDUFF. Your royal father's murder'd.
MALCOLM. O, by whom?
LENNOX. Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done't: Their hands and faces were all badg'd with blood;
So were their daggers, which, unwip'd, we found Upon their pillows: They star'd, and were distracted; no
man's life Was to be trusted with them.
MACDUFF. Wherefore did you so?
MACBETH. Who can be wise, amaz'd, temperate, and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man: The
expedition of my violent love Outrun the pauser reason. Here lay Duncan, His silver skin lac'd with his golden
a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make's love known?
LADY MACBETH. Help me hence, ho!
MACDUFF. Look to the lady.
MALCOLM. Why do we hold our tongues, That most may claim this argument for ours?
DONALBAIN. What should be spoken here, where our fate, Hid in an auger hole, may rush, and seize us?
Let's away; Our tears are not yet brew'd.
MALCOLM. Nor our strong sorrow Upon the foot of motion.
BANQUO. Look to the lady:−−
[Lady Macbeth is carried out.]
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piece of work To know it further. Fears and scruples shake us: In the great hand of God I stand; and thence,
Against the undivulg'd pretense I fight Of treasonous malice.
MACDUFF. And so do I.
ALL. So all.
MACBETH. Let's briefly put on manly readiness, And meet i' the hall together.
ALL. Well contented.
[Exeunt all but Malcolm and Donalbain.]
false man does easy. I'll to England.
MALCOLM. This murderous shaft that's shot Hath not yet lighted; and our safest way Is to avoid the aim.
Therefore to horse; And let us not be dainty of leave−taking, But shift away: there's warrant in that theft
Which steals itself, when there's no mercy left.
SCENE II. The same. Without the Castle.
[Enter Ross and an old Man.]
OLD MAN. Threescore and ten I can remember well: Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours
clock 'tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp; Is't night's predominance, or the day's shame,
OLD MAN. 'Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, towering in her pride of
place, Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
ROSS. And Duncan's horses,−−a thing most strange and certain,−− Beauteous and swift, the minions of their
War with mankind.
OLD MAN. 'Tis said they eat each other.
ROSS. They did so; to the amazement of mine eyes, That look'd upon't. Here comes the good Macduff.
[Enter Macduff.]
How goes the world, sir, now?
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MACDUFF. Why, see you not?
ROSS. Is't known who did this more than bloody deed?
MACDUFF. Those that Macbeth hath slain.
ROSS. Alas, the day! What good could they pretend?
MACDUFF. They were suborn'd: Malcolm and Donalbain, the king's two sons, Are stol'n away and fled;
which puts upon them Suspicion of the deed.
ROSS. 'Gainst nature still: Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!−−Then 'tis most
like, The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.
MACDUFF. He is already nam'd; and gone to Scone To be invested.
ROSS. Where is Duncan's body?
MACDUFF. Carried to Colme−kill, The sacred storehouse of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones.
ROSS. Will you to Scone?
MACDUFF. No, cousin, I'll to Fife.
ROSS. Well, I will thither.
MACDUFF. Well, may you see things well done there,−−adieu!−− Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!
ROSS. Farewell, father.
SCENE I. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
[Enter Banquo.]
BANQUO. Thou hast it now,−−king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promis'd; and, I fear, Thou
play'dst most foully for't; yet it was said It should not stand in thy posterity; But that myself should be the root
and father Of many kings. If there come truth from them,−− As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine,−−
hush; no more.
[Sennet sounded. Enter Macbeth as King, Lady Macbeth as Queen; Lennox, Ross, Lords, Ladies, and
MACBETH. Here's our chief guest.
LADY MACBETH. If he had been forgotten, It had been as a gap in our great feast, And all−thing
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MACBETH. To−night we hold a solemn supper, sir, And I'll request your presence.
BANQUO. Let your highness Command upon me; to the which my duties Are with a most indissoluble tie
For ever knit.
MACBETH. Ride you this afternoon?
BANQUO. Ay, my good lord.
MACBETH. We should have else desir'd your good advice,−− Which still hath been both grave and
prosperous,−− In this day's council; but we'll take to−morrow. Is't far you ride?
become a borrower of the night, For a dark hour or twain.
MACBETH. Fail not our feast.
BANQUO. My lord, I will not.
MACBETH. We hear our bloody cousins are bestow'd In England and in Ireland; not confessing Their cruel
parricide, filling their hearers With strange invention: but of that to−morrow; When therewithal we shall have
BANQUO. Ay, my good lord: our time does call upon's.
MACBETH. I wish your horses swift and sure of foot; And so I do commend you to their backs. Farewell.−−
[Exit Banquo.]
ourself Till supper time alone: while then, God be with you!
MACBETH. Bring them before us.
[Exit Attendant.]
To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus:−−our fears in Banquo. Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature
him, My genius is rebuk'd; as, it is said, Mark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters When first they put
the name of king upon me, And bade them speak to him; then, prophet−like, They hail'd him father to a line of
kings: Upon my head they plac'd a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be
wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If't be so, For Banquo's issue have I fil'd my
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Rather than so, come, fate, into the list, And champion me to the utterance!−−Who's there?−−
[Re−enter Attendant, with two Murderers.]
[Exit Attendant.]
Was it not yesterday we spoke together?
FIRST MURDERER. It was, so please your highness.
MACBETH. Well then, now Have you consider'd of my speeches? Know That it was he, in the times past,
which held you So under fortune; which you thought had been Our innocent self: this I made good to you In
our last conference, pass'd in probation with you How you were borne in hand, how cross'd, the instruments,
Who wrought with them, and all things else that might To half a soul and to a notion craz'd Say, "Thus did
FIRST MURDERER. You made it known to us.
MACBETH. I did so; and went further, which is now Our point of second meeting. Do you find Your patience
so predominant in your nature, That you can let this go? Are you so gospell'd, To pray for this good man and
for his issue, Whose heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave, And beggar'd yours forever?
FIRST MURDERER. We are men, my liege.
MACBETH. Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men; As hounds, and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,
Shoughs, water−rugs, and demi−wolves are clept All by the name of dogs: the valu'd file Distinguishes the
swift, the slow, the subtle, The house−keeper, the hunter, every one According to the gift which bounteous
nature Hath in him clos'd; whereby he does receive Particular addition, from the bill That writes them all
alike: and so of men. Now, if you have a station in the file, Not i' the worst rank of manhood, say it; And I will
put that business in your bosoms, Whose execution takes your enemy off; Grapples you to the heart and love
SECOND MURDERER. I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incens'd
that I am reckless what I do to spite the world.
FIRST MURDERER. And I another, So weary with disasters, tugg'd with fortune, That I would set my life on
any chance, To mend it or be rid on't.
MACBETH. Both of you Know Banquo was your enemy.
BOTH MURDERERS. True, my lord.
MACBETH. So is he mine; and in such bloody distance, That every minute of his being thrusts Against my
near'st of life; and though I could With barefac'd power sweep him from my sight, And bid my will avouch it,
Who I myself struck down: and thence it is That I to your assistance do make love; Masking the business from
the common eye For sundry weighty reasons.
SECOND MURDERER. We shall, my lord, Perform what you command us.
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FIRST MURDERER. Though our lives−−
MACBETH. Your spirits shine through you. Within this hour at most, I will advise you where to plant
yourselves; Acquaint you with the perfect spy o' the time, The moment on't; for't must be done to−night And
something from the palace; always thought That I require a clearness; and with him,−− To leave no rubs nor
botches in the work,−− Fleance his son, that keeps him company, Whose absence is no less material to me
BOTH MURDERERS. We are resolv'd, my lord.
MACBETH. I'll call upon you straight: abide within.
[Exeunt Murderers.]
It is concluded:−−Banquo, thy soul's flight, If it find heaven, must find it out to−night.
SCENE II. The same. Another Room in the Palace.
[Enter Lady Macbeth and a Servant.]
LADY MACBETH. Is Banquo gone from court?
SERVANT. Ay, madam, but returns again to−night.
LADY MACBETH. Say to the king, I would attend his leisure For a few words.
SERVANT. Madam, I will.
LADY MACBETH. Naught's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content: 'Tis safer to be that
which we destroy, Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy.
[Enter Macbeth.]
How now, my lord! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companions making; Using those
without regard: what's done is done.
MACBETH. We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it; She'll close, and be herself; whilst our poor malice
Remains in danger of her former tooth. But let the frame of things disjoint, Both the worlds suffer, Ere we will
LADY MACBETH. Come on; Gently my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks; Be bright and jovial 'mong your
guests to−night.
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eminence, both with eye and tongue: Unsafe the while, that we Must lave our honors in these flattering
streams; And make our faces vizards to our hearts, Disguising what they are.
LADY MACBETH. You must leave this.
LADY MACBETH. But in them nature's copy's not eterne.
MACBETH. There's comfort yet; they are assailable; Then be thou jocund: ere the bat hath flown His
cloister'd flight, ere to black Hecate's summons, The shard−borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung
LADY MACBETH. What's to be done?
MACBETH. Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night,
great bond Which keeps me pale!−−Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things
of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.−− Thou marvell'st at
my words: but hold thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill: So, pr'ythee, go with me.
[Enter three Murderers.]
FIRST MURDERER. But who did bid thee join with us?
SECOND MURDERER. He needs not our mistrust; since he delivers Our offices and what we have to do To
the direction just.
FIRST MURDERER. Then stand with us. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day: Now spurs the
lated traveller apace, To gain the timely inn; and near approaches The subject of our watch.
THIRD MURDERER. Hark! I hear horses.
SECOND MURDERER. Then 'tis he; the rest That are within the note of expectation Already are i' the court.
FIRST MURDERER. His horses go about.
THIRD MURDERER. Almost a mile; but he does usually, So all men do, from hence to the palace gate Make
it their walk.
SECOND MURDERER. A light, a light!
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[Enter Banquo, and Fleance with a torch.]
BANQUO. It will be rain to−night.
FIRST MURDERER. Let it come down.
[Assaults Banquo.]
BANQUO. O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou mayst revenge.−−O slave!
[Dies. Fleance escapes.]
THIRD MURDERER. Who did strike out the light?
FIRST MURDERER. Was't not the way?
THIRD MURDERER. There's but one down: the son is fled.
SECOND MURDERER. We have lost best half of our affair.
FIRST MURDERER. Well, let's away, and say how much is done.
SCENE IV. The same. A Room of state in the Palace. A banquet prepared.
[Enter Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Ross, Lennox, Lords, and Attendants.]
MACBETH. You know your own degrees: sit down. At first And last the hearty welcome.
LORDS. Thanks to your majesty.
MACBETH. Ourself will mingle with society, And play the humble host. Our hostess keeps her state; but, in
best time, We will require her welcome.
MACBETH. See, they encounter thee with their hearts' thanks.−− Both sides are even: here I'll sit i' the midst:
[Enter first Murderer to the door.]
Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure The table round.−−There's blood upon thy face.
MURDERER. 'Tis Banquo's then.
MACBETH. 'Tis better thee without than he within. Is he despatch'd?
MURDERER. My lord, his throat is cut; that I did for him.
MACBETH. Thou art the best o' the cut−throats; yet he's good That did the like for Fleance: if thou didst it,
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Thou art the nonpareil.
MURDERER. Most royal sir, Fleance is 'scap'd.
MACBETH. Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect; Whole as the marble, founded as the rock; As
broad and general as the casing air: But now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confin'd, bound in To saucy doubts and
fears. But Banquo's safe?
a death to nature.
MACBETH. Thanks for that: There the grown serpent lies; the worm that's fled Hath nature that in time will
venom breed, No teeth for the present.−−Get thee gone; to−morrow We'll hear, ourselves, again.
[Exit Murderer.]
LADY MACBETH. My royal lord, You do not give the cheer: the feast is sold That is not often vouch'd,
while 'tis a−making, 'Tis given with welcome; to feed were best at home; From thence the sauce to meat is
ceremony; Meeting were bare without it.
MACBETH. Sweet remembrancer!−− Now, good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both!
LENNOX. May't please your highness sit.
[The Ghost of Banquo rises, and sits in Macbeth's place.]
MACBETH. Here had we now our country's honor roof'd, Were the grac'd person of our Banquo present;
Who may I rather challenge for unkindness Than pity for mischance!
ROSS. His absence, sir, Lays blame upon his promise. Please't your highness To grace us with your royal
MACBETH. The table's full.
LENNOX. Here is a place reserv'd, sir.
MACBETH. Which of you have done this?
LORDS. What, my good lord?
MACBETH. Thou canst not say I did it: never shake Thy gory locks at me.
ROSS. Gentlemen, rise; his highness is not well.
LADY MACBETH. Sit, worthy friends:−−my lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth: pray you,
offend him, and extend his passion: Feed, and regard him not.−−Are you a man?
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LADY MACBETH. O proper stuff! This is the very painting of your fear: This is the air−drawn dagger
which, you said, Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws, and starts,−− Impostors to true fear,−−would well
become A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authoriz'd by her grandam. Shame itself! Why do you make such
MACBETH. Pr'ythee, see there! behold! look! lo! how say you?−− Why, what care I? If thou canst nod, speak
too.−− If charnel houses and our graves must send Those that we bury back, our monuments Shall be the
maws of kites.
[Ghost disappears.]
LADY MACBETH. What, quite unmann'd in folly?
MACBETH. If I stand here, I saw him.
LADY MACBETH. Fie, for shame!
MACBETH. Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere humane statute purg'd the gentle weal; Ay,
and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear: the time has been, That, when the brains
LADY MACBETH. My worthy lord, Your noble friends do lack you.
MACBETH. I do forget:−− Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends; I have a strange infirmity, which is
nothing To those that know me. Come, love and health to all; Then I'll sit down.−−Give me some wine, fill
full.−− I drink to the general joy o' the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss: Would he
LORDS. Our duties, and the pledge.
[Ghost rises again.]
LADY MACBETH. Think of this, good peers, But as a thing of custom: 'tis no other, Only it spoils the
pleasure of the time.
shadow! Unreal mockery, hence!
[Ghost disappears.]
Why, so;−−being gone, I am a man again.−−Pray you, sit still.
LADY MACBETH. You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, With most admir'd disorder.
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MACBETH. Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder? You
ROSS. What sights, my lord?
LADY MACBETH. I pray you, speak not; he grows worse and worse; Question enrages him: at once,
good−night:−− Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once.
LENNOX. Good−night; and better health Attend his majesty!
LADY MACBETH. A kind good−night to all!
[Exeunt all Lords and Atendants.]
MACBETH. It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood: Stones have been known to move, and trees
to speak; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot−pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The
secret'st man of blood.−−What is the night?
MACBETH. How say'st thou, that Macduff denies his person At our great bidding?
LADY MACBETH. Did you send to him, sir?
fee'd. I will to−morrow, (And betimes I will) to the weird sisters: More shall they speak; for now I am bent to
MACBETH. Come, we'll to sleep. My strange and self−abuse Is the initiate fear that wants hard use:−− We
are yet but young in deed.
SCENE V. The heath.
[Thunder. Enter the three Witches, meeting Hecate.]
FIRST WITCH. Why, how now, Hecate? you look angerly.
Hath been but for a wayward son, Spiteful and wrathful; who, as others do, Loves for his own ends, not for
come to know his destiny. Your vessels and your spells provide, Your charms, and everything beside. I am for
the air; this night I'll spend Unto a dismal and a fatal end. Great business must be wrought ere noon: Upon the
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distill'd by magic sleights, Shall raise such artificial sprites, As, by the strength of their illusion, Shall draw
And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.
[Music and song within, "Come away, come away" &c.]
Hark! I am call'd; my little spirit, see, Sits in a foggy cloud and stays for me.
SCENE VI. Forres. A Room in the Palace.
[Enter Lennox and another Lord.]
LENNOX. My former speeches have but hit your thoughts, Which can interpret further: only, I say, Thing's
have been strangely borne. The gracious Duncan Was pitied of Macbeth:−−marry, he was dead:−− And the
Men must not walk too late. Who cannot want the thought, how monstrous It was for Malcolm and for
Donalbain To kill their gracious father? damned fact! How it did grieve Macbeth! did he not straight, In pious
rage, the two delinquents tear That were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleep? Was not that nobly done? Ay,
and wisely too; For 'twould have anger'd any heart alive, To hear the men deny't. So that, I say, He has borne
all things well: and I do think, That had he Duncan's sons under his key,−− As, an't please heaven, he shall
not,−−they should find What 'twere to kill a father; so should Fleance. But, peace!−−for from broad words,
and 'cause he fail'd His presence at the tyrant's feast, I hear, Macduff lives in disgrace. Sir, can you tell Where
he bestows himself?
LORD. The son of Duncan, From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth, Lives in the English court and is
high respect: thither Macduff Is gone to pray the holy king, upon his aid To wake Northumberland, and
warlike Siward: That, by the help of these,−−with Him above To ratify the work,−−we may again Give to our
tables meat, sleep to our nights; Free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives; Do faithful homage, and
receive free honours,−− All which we pine for now: and this report Hath so exasperate the king that he
Prepares for some attempt of war.
LENNOX. Sent he to Macduff?
LORD. He did: and with an absolute "Sir, not I," The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums, as who
should say, "You'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer."
LENNOX. And that well might Advise him to a caution, to hold what distance His wisdom can provide. Some
holy angel Fly to the court of England, and unfold His message ere he come; that a swift blessing May soon
return to this our suffering country Under a hand accurs'd!
LORD. I'll send my prayers with him.
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SCENE I. A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron Boiling.
[Thunder. Enter the three Witches.]
FIRST WITCH. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.
SECOND WITCH. Thrice; and once the hedge−pig whin'd.
THIRD WITCH. Harpier cries:−−"tis time, 'tis time.
FIRST WITCH. Round about the caldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw.−− Toad, that under cold stone,
Days and nights has thirty−one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot!
ALL. Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire, burn; and caldron, bubble.
bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind−worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,−− For a charm
of powerful trouble, Like a hell−broth boil and bubble.
THIRD WITCH. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witch's mummy, maw and gulf Of the ravin'd salt−sea shark,
Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat, and slips of yew Sliver'd in the
moon's eclipse, Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips, Finger of birth−strangl'd babe Ditch−deliver'd by a drab,−−
Make the gruel thick and slab: Add thereto a tiger's chaudron, For the ingredients of our caldron.
[Enter Hecate.]
HECATE. O, well done! I commend your pains; And everyone shall share i' the gains. And now about the
cauldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in.
Song. Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray; Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may.
[Exit Hecate.]
SECOND WITCH. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:−− Open, locks,
whoever knocks!
[Enter Macbeth.]
ALL. A deed without a name.
MACBETH. I conjure you, by that which you profess,−− Howe'er you come to know it,−−answer me:
Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and
swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd, and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their
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Of nature's germins tumble all together, Even till destruction sicken,−−answer me To what I ask you.
THIRD WITCH. We'll answer.
MACBETH. Call 'em, let me see 'em.
FIRST WITCH. Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten From the
murderer's gibbet throw Into the flame.
ALL. Come, high or low; Thyself and office deftly show!
[Thunder. An Apparition of an armed Head rises.]
MACBETH. Tell me, thou unknown power,−−
FIRST WITCH. He knows thy thought: Hear his speech, but say thou naught.
APPARITION. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife.−−Dismiss
MACBETH. Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks; Thou hast harp'd my fear aright:−−but one word
FIRST WITCH. He will not be commanded: here's another, More potent than the first.
[Thunder. An Apparition of a bloody Child rises.]
APPARITION.−− Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!
MACBETH. Had I three ears, I'd hear thee.
Shall harm Macbeth.
a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale−hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of
thunder.−−What is this,
[Thunder. An Apparition of a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand, rises.]
That rises like the issue of a king, And wears upon his baby brow the round And top of sovereignty?
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ALL. Listen, but speak not to't.
APPARITION. Be lion−mettled, proud; and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are:
Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him.
MACBETH. That will never be: Who can impress the forest; bid the tree Unfix his earth−bound root? Sweet
bodements, good! Rebellion's head, rise never till the wood Of Birnam rise, and our high−plac'd Macbeth
Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath To time and mortal custom.−−Yet my heart Throbs to know one
thing: tell me,−−if your art Can tell so much,−−shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom?
ALL. Seek to know no more.
MACBETH. I will be satisfied: deny me this, And an eternal curse fall on you! Let me know:−− Why sinks
that cauldron? and what noise is this?
ALL. Show his eyes, and grieve his heart; Come like shadows, so depart!
[Eight kings appear, and pass over in order, the last with a glass in his hand; Banquo following.]
MACBETH. Thou are too like the spirit of Banquo; down! Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs:−−and thy
hair, Thou other gold−bound brow, is like the first;−− A third is like the former.−−Filthy hags! Why do you
show me this?−−A fourth!−−Start, eyes! What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom? Another
yet!−−A seventh!−−I'll see no more:−− And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass Which shows me many
more; and some I see That twofold balls and treble sceptres carry: Horrible sight!−−Now I see 'tis true; For the
blood−bolter'd Banquo smiles upon me, And points at them for his.−−What! is this so?
FIRST WITCH. Ay, sir, all this is so:−−but why Stands Macbeth thus amazedly?−− Come,sisters, cheer we
up his sprites, And show the best of our delights; I'll charm the air to give a sound, While you perform your
antic round; That this great king may kindly say, Our duties did his welcome pay.
[Music. The Witches dance, and then vanish.]
MACBETH. Where are they? Gone?−−Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar!−− Come
in, without there!
[Enter Lennox.]
LENNOX. What's your grace's will?
MACBETH. Saw you the weird sisters?
LENNOX. No, my lord.
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MACBETH. Came they not by you?
LENNOX. No indeed, my lord.
MACBETH. Infected be the air whereon they ride; And damn'd all those that trust them!−−I did hear The
galloping of horse: who was't came by?
MACBETH. Fled to England!
LENNOX. Ay, my good lord.
MACBETH. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits: The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed
go with it: from this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even
line. No boasting like a fool; This deed I'll do before this purpose cool: But no more sights!−−Where are these
gentlemen? Come, bring me where they are.
SCENE II. Fife. A Room in Macduff's Castle.
[Enter Lady Macduff, her Son, and Ross.]
ROSS. You must have patience, madam.
LADY MACDUFF. He had none: His flight was madness: when our actions do not, Our fears do make us
ROSS. You know not Whether it was his wisdom or his fear.
LADY MACDUFF. Wisdom! to leave his wife, to leave his babes, His mansion, and his titles, in a place
From whence himself does fly? He loves us not: He wants the natural touch; for the poor wren, The most
diminutive of birds, will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl. All is the fear, and nothing is the
ROSS. My dearest coz, I pray you, school yourself: but, for your husband, He is noble, wise, Judicious, and
best knows The fits o' the season. I dare not speak much further: But cruel are the times, when we are traitors,
And do not know ourselves; when we hold rumour From what we fear, yet know not what we fear, But float
upon a wild and violent sea Each way and move.−−I take my leave of you: Shall not be long but I'll be here
again: Things at the worst will cease, or else climb upward To what they were before.−−My pretty cousin,
Blessing upon you!
LADY MACDUFF. Father'd he is, and yet he's fatherless.
leave at once.
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LADY MACDUFF. Sirrah, your father's dead; And what will you do now? How will you live?
SON. As birds do, mother.
LADY MACDUFF. What, with worms and flies?
LADY MACDUFF. Poor bird! thou'dst never fear the net nor lime, The pit−fall nor the gin.
LADY MACDUFF. Yes, he is dead: how wilt thou do for father?
SON. Nay, how will you do for a husband?
SON. Then you'll buy 'em to sell again.
LADY MACDUFF. Thou speak'st with all thy wit; and yet, i' faith, With wit enough for thee.
SON. Was my father a traitor, mother?
LADY MACDUFF. Ay, that he was.
SON. What is a traitor?
LADY MACDUFF. Why, one that swears and lies.
SON. And be all traitors that do so?
LADY MACDUFF. Everyone that does so is a traitor, and must be hanged.
LADY MACDUFF. Every one.
SON. Who must hang them?
LADY MACDUFF. Why, the honest men.
SON. Then the liars and swearers are fools: for there are liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men and
hang up them.
new father.
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LADY MACDUFF. Poor prattler, how thou talk'st!
[Enter a Messenger.]
MESSENGER. Bless you, fair dame! I am not to you known, Though in your state of honor I am perfect. I
LADY MACDUFF. Whither should I fly? I have done no harm. But I remember now I am in this earthly
world; where to do harm Is often laudable; to do good sometime Accounted dangerous folly: why then, alas,
Do I put up that womanly defence, To say I have done no harm?−−What are these faces?
[Enter Murderers.]
FIRST MURDERER. Where is your husband?
LADY MACDUFF. I hope, in no place so unsanctified Where such as thou mayst find him.
FIRST MURDERER. He's a traitor.
SON. Thou liest, thou shag−haar'd villain!
FIRST MURDERER. What, you egg!
[Stabbing him.]
Young fry of treachery!
SON. He has kill'd me, mother: Run away, I pray you!
[Dies. Exit Lady Macduff, crying Murder, and pursued by the Murderers.]
SCENE III. England. Before the King's Palace.
[Enter Malcolm and Macduff.]
MALCOLM. Let us seek out some desolate shade and there Weep our sad bosoms empty.
MACDUFF. Let us rather Hold fast the mortal sword, and, like good men, Bestride our down−fall'n birthdom:
each new morn New widows howl; new orphans cry; new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds
As if it felt with Scotland, and yell'd out Like syllable of dolour.
MALCOLM. What I believe, I'll wail; What know, believe; and what I can redress, As I shall find the time to
tongues, Was once thought honest: you have loved him well; He hath not touch'd you yet. I am young; but
something You may deserve of him through me; and wisdom To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb To
appease an angry god.
MACDUFF. I am not treacherous.
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MALCOLM. But Macbeth is. A good and virtuous nature may recoil In an imperial charge. But I shall crave
your pardon; That which you are, my thoughts cannot transpose; Angels are bright still, though the brightest
fell: Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet grace must still look so.
MACDUFF. I have lost my hopes.
MALCOLM. Perchance even there where I did find my doubts. Why in that rawness left you wife and
child,−− Those precious motives, those strong knots of love,−− Without leave−taking?−−I pray you, Let not
my jealousies be your dishonors, But mine own safeties:−−you may be rightly just, Whatever I shall think.
MACDUFF. Bleed, bleed, poor country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dare not check
thee! wear thou thy wrongs, The title is affeer'd.−−Fare thee well, lord: I would not be the villain that thou
think'st For the whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp And the rich East to boot.
yoke; It weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash Is added to her wounds. I think, withal, There would be
hands uplifted in my right; And here, from gracious England, have I offer Of goodly thousands: but, for all
vices than it had before; More suffer, and more sundry ways than ever, By him that shall succeed.
MACDUFF. What should he be?
be open'd, black Macbeth Will seem as pure as snow; and the poor state Esteem him as a lamb, being
compar'd With my confineless harms.
MACDUFF. Not in the legions Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd In evils to top Macbeth.
MALCOLM. I grant him bloody, Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, Sudden, malicious, smacking of
Your matrons, and your maids, could not fill up The cistern of my lust; and my desire All continent
impediments would o'erbear, That did oppose my will: better Macbeth Than such an one to reign.
MACDUFF. Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny; it hath been The untimely emptying of the happy
enough; there cannot be That vulture in you, to devour so many As will to greatness dedicate themselves,
Finding it so inclin'd.
MALCOLM. With this there grows, In my most ill−compos'd affection, such A stanchless avarice, that, were
I king, I should cut off the nobles for their lands; Desire his jewels, and this other's house: And my
more−having would be as a sauce To make me hunger more; that I should forge Quarrels unjust against the
good and loyal, Destroying them for wealth.
MACDUFF. This avarice Sticks deeper; grows with more pernicious root Than summer−seeming lust; and it
hath been The sword of our slain kings: yet do not fear; Scotland hath foysons to fill up your will, Of your
MALCOLM. But I have none: the king−becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, Bounty,
perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them; but abound In
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MACDUFF. O Scotland, Scotland!
MALCOLM. If such a one be fit to govern, speak: I am as I have spoken.
MACDUFF. Fit to govern! No, not to live!−−O nation miserable, With an untitled tyrant bloody−scepter'd,
interdiction stands accurs'd And does blaspheme his breed?−−Thy royal father Was a most sainted king; the
queen that bore thee, Oftener upon her knees than on her feet, Died every day she lived. Fare−thee−well!
These evils thou repeat'st upon thyself Have banish'd me from Scotland.−−O my breast, Thy hope ends here!
MALCOLM. Macduff, this noble passion, Child of integrity, hath from my soul Wiped the black scruples,
to win me Into his power; and modest wisdom plucks me From over−credulous haste: but God above Deal
never was forsworn; Scarcely have coveted what was mine own; At no time broke my faith; would not betray
The devil to his fellow; and delight No less in truth than life: my first false speaking Was this upon
myself:−−what I am truly, Is thine and my poor country's to command: Whither, indeed, before thy
here−approach, Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men Already at a point, was setting forth: Now we'll
MACDUFF. Such welcome and unwelcome things at once 'Tis hard to reconcile.
[Enter a Doctor.]
MALCOLM. Well; more anon.−−Comes the king forth, I pray you?
DOCTOR. Ay, sir: there are a crew of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great
assay of art; but, at his touch, Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand, They presently amend.
MALCOLM. I thank you, doctor.
[Exit Doctor.]
MACDUFF. What's the disease he means?
MALCOLM. 'Tis call'd the evil: A most miraculous work in this good king; Which often, since my
here−remain in England, I have seen him do. How he solicits heaven, Himself best knows: but
strangely−visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he cures;
royalty he leaves The healing benediction. With this strange virtue, He hath a heavenly gift of prophecy; And
MACDUFF. See, who comes here?
MALCOLM. My countryman; but yet I know him not.
[Enter Ross.]
MACDUFF. My ever−gentle cousin, welcome hither.
MALCOLM. I know him now. Good God, betimes remove The means that makes us strangers!
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ROSS. Sir, amen.
MACDUFF. Stands Scotland where it did?
ROSS. Alas, poor country,−− Almost afraid to know itself! It cannot Be call'd our mother, but our grave:
where nothing, But who knows nothing, is once seen to smile; Where sighs, and groans, and shrieks, that rent
the air, Are made, not mark'd; where violent sorrow seems A modern ecstasy; the dead man's knell Is there
MACDUFF. O, relation Too nice, and yet too true!
MALCOLM. What's the newest grief?
ROSS. That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one.
MACDUFF. How does my wife?
ROSS. Why, well.
MACDUFF. And all my children?
ROSS. Well too.
MACDUFF. The tyrant has not batter'd at their peace?
ROSS. No; they were well at peace when I did leave 'em.
MACDUFF. Be not a niggard of your speech: how goes't?
their dire distresses.
MALCOLM. Be't their comfort We are coming thither: gracious England hath Lent us good Siward and ten
desert air, Where hearing should not latch them.
MACDUFF. What concern they? The general cause? or is it a fee−grief Due to some single breast?
ROSS. No mind that's honest But in it shares some woe; though the main part Pertains to you alone.
MACDUFF. If it be mine, Keep it not from me, quickly let me have it.
ROSS. Let not your ears despise my tongue for ever, Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound That
ever yet they heard.
MACDUFF. Humh! I guess at it.
ROSS. Your castle is surpris'd; your wife and babes Savagely slaughter'd: to relate the manner Were, on the
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MALCOLM. Merciful heaven!−− What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the
grief that does not speak Whispers the o'er−fraught heart, and bids it break.
MACDUFF. My children too?
ROSS. Wife, children, servants, all That could be found.
MACDUFF. And I must be from thence! My wife kill'd too?
ROSS. I have said.
MALCOLM. Be comforted: Let's make us medicines of our great revenge, To cure this deadly grief.
MACDUFF. He has no children.−−All my pretty ones? Did you say all?−−O hell−kite!−−All? What, all my
pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop?
MALCOLM. Dispute it like a man.
most precious to me.−−Did heaven look on, And would not take their part? Sinful Macduff, They were all
heaven rest them now!
MALCOLM. Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief Convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.
MACDUFF. O, I could play the woman with mine eye, And braggart with my tongue!−−But, gentle heavens,
leave: Macbeth Is ripe for shaking, and the powers above Put on their instruments. Receive what cheer you
may; The night is long that never finds the day.
SCENE I. Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.
[Enter a Doctor of Physic and a Waiting−Gentlewoman.]
nightgown upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it, write upon it, read it, afterwards seal it, and
DOCTOR. A great perturbation in nature,−−to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the effects of
watching−− In this slumbery agitation, besides her walking and other actual performances, what, at any time,
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have you heard her say?
DOCTOR. You may to me; and 'tis most meet you should.
GENTLEWOMAN. Neither to you nor any one; having no witness to confirm my speech. Lo you, here she
[Enter Lady Macbeth, with a taper.]
DOCTOR. How came she by that light?
DOCTOR. You see, her eyes are open.
GENTLEWOMAN. Ay, but their sense is shut.
continue in this a quarter of an hour.
LADY MACBETH. Yet here's a spot.
DOCTOR. Hark, she speaks: I will set down what comes from her, to satisfy my remembrance the more
LADY MACBETH. Out, damned spot! out, I say!−− One; two; why, then 'tis time to do't ;−−Hell is
murky!−−Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our
power to account?−−Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?
DOCTOR. Do you mark that?
LADY MACBETH. The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now?−−What, will these hands ne'er be
LADY MACBETH. Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand. Oh, oh, oh!
DOCTOR. Well, well, well,−−
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GENTLEWOMAN. Pray God it be, sir.
DOCTOR. This disease is beyond my practice: yet I have known those which have walked in their sleep who
have died holily in their beds.
LADY MACBETH. Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so pale:−−I tell you yet again,
Banquo's buried; he cannot come out on's grave.
DOCTOR. Even so?
LADY MACBETH. To bed, to bed; there's knocking at the gate: come, come, come, come, give me your
hand: what's done cannot be undone: to bed, to bed, to bed.
DOCTOR. Will she go now to bed?
DOCTOR. Foul whisperings are abroad: unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their
deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. More needs she the divine than the physician.−− God, God, forgive
us all!−−Look after her; Remove from her the means of all annoyance, And still keep eyes upon her:−−so,
good−night: My mind she has mated, and amaz'd my sight: I think, but dare not speak.
GENTLEWOMAN. Good−night, good doctor.
SCENE II. The Country near Dunsinane.
[Enter. with drum and colours, Menteith, Caithness, Angus, Lennox, and Soldiers.]
MENTEITH. The English power is near, led on by Malcolm, His uncle Siward, and the good Macduff.
ANGUS. Near Birnam wood Shall we well meet them; that way are they coming.
CAITHNESS. Who knows if Donalbain be with his brother?
LENNOX. For certain, sir, he is not: I have a file Of all the gentry: there is Siward's son And many unrough
youths, that even now Protest their first of manhood.
MENTEITH. What does the tyrant?
CAITHNESS. Great Dunsinane he strongly fortifies: Some say he's mad; others, that lesser hate him, Do call
ANGUS. Now does he feel His secret murders sticking on his hands; Now minutely revolts upbraid his
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MENTEITH. Who, then, shall blame His pester'd senses to recoil and start, When all that is within him does
condemn Itself for being there?
CAITHNESS. Well, march we on, To give obedience where 'tis truly ow'd: Meet we the medicine of the
sickly weal; And with him pour we, in our country's purge, Each drop of us.
LENNOX. Or so much as it needs, To dew the sovereign flower, and drown the weeds. Make we our march
towards Birnam.
[Exeunt, marching.]
SCENE III. Dunsinane. A Room in the Castle.
[Enter Macbeth, Doctor, and Attendants.]
MACBETH. Bring me no more reports; let them fly all: Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane I cannot taint
consequences have pronounc'd me thus,−− "Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman Shall e'er have
power upon thee."−−Then fly, false thanes, And mingle with the English epicures: The mind I sway by, and
the heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
[Enter a Servant.]
The devil damn thee black, thou cream−fac'd loon! Where gott'st thou that goose look?
SERVANT. There is ten thousand−−
MACBETH. Geese, villain?
SERVANT. Soldiers, sir.
MACBETH. Go prick thy face and over−red thy fear, Thou lily−liver'd boy. What soldiers, patch? Death of
thy soul! those linen cheeks of thine Are counsellors to fear. What soldiers, whey−face?
SERVANT. The English force, so please you.
MACBETH. Take thy face hence.
[Exit Servant.]
Seyton!−−I am sick at heart, When I behold−−Seyton, I say!− This push Will chair me ever or disseat me
now. I have liv'd long enough: my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf; And that which should
Curses, not loud but deep, mouth−honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
[Enter Seyton.]
SEYTON. What's your gracious pleasure?
MACBETH. What news more?
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MACBETH. I'll fight till from my bones my flesh be hack'd. Give me my armour.
SEYTON. 'Tis not needed yet.
MACBETH. I'll put it on. Send out more horses, skirr the country round; Hang those that talk of fear.−−Give
me mine armour.−− How does your patient, doctor?
DOCTOR. Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick−coming fancies, That keep her from her rest.
MACBETH. Cure her of that: Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd; Pluck from the memory a rooted
sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff'd
bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
DOCTOR. Therein the patient Must minister to himself.
MACBETH. Throw physic to the dogs,−−I'll none of it.−− Come, put mine armour on; give me my staff:−−
Seyton, send out.−−Doctor, the Thanes fly from me.−− Come, sir, despatch.−−If thou couldst, doctor, cast
the very echo, That should applaud again.−−Pull't off, I say.−− What rhubarb, senna, or what purgative drug,
Would scour these English hence? Hear'st thou of them?
DOCTOR. Ay, my good lord; your royal preparation Makes us hear something.
MACBETH. Bring it after me.−− I will not be afraid of death and bane, Till Birnam forest come to
[Exeunt all except Doctor.]
DOCTOR. Were I from Dunsinane away and clear, Profit again should hardly draw me here.
SCENE IV. Country nearDunsinane: a Wood in view.
[Enter, with drum and colours, Malcolm, old Siward and his Son, Macduff, Menteith, Caithness, Angus,
Lennox, Ross, and Soldiers, marching.]
MALCOLM. Cousins, I hope the days are near at hand That chambers will be safe.
MENTEITH. We doubt it nothing.
SIWARD. What wood is this before us?
MENTEITH. The wood of Birnam.
MALCOLM. Let every soldier hew him down a bough, And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow The
SOLDIERS. It shall be done.
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SIWARD. We learn no other but the confident tyrant Keeps still in Dunsinane, and will endure Our setting
down before't.
him the revolt; And none serve with him but constrained things, Whose hearts are absent too.
MACDUFF. Let our just censures Attend the true event, and put we on Industrious soldiership.
SIWARD. The time approaches, That will with due decision make us know What we shall say we have, and
what we owe. Thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relate; But certain issue strokes must arbitrate:
Towards which advance the war.
[Exeunt, marching.]
SCENE V. Dunsinane. Within the castle.
MACBETH. Hang out our banners on the outward walls; The cry is still, "They come:" our castle's strength
[A cry of women within.]
What is that noise?
a night−shriek; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in't: I have supp'd full
with horrors; Direness, familiar to my slaught'rous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
[Re−enter Seyton.]
Wherefore was that cry?
SEYTON. The queen, my lord, is dead.
MACBETH. She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word.−− To−morrow,
and to−morrow, and to−morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded
[Enter a Messenger.]
Thou com'st to use thy tongue; thy story quickly.
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MACBETH. Well, say, sir.
wood began to move.
MACBETH. Liar, and slave!
[Strikimg him.]
MESSENGER. Let me endure your wrath, if't be not so. Within this three mile may you see it coming; I say, a
moving grove.
speech be sooth, I care not if thou dost for me as much.−− I pull in resolution; and begin To doubt the
equivocation of the fiend That lies like truth. "Fear not, till Birnam wood Do come to Dunsinane;" and now a
wood Comes toward Dunsinane.−−Arm, arm, and out!−− If this which he avouches does appear, There is nor
flying hence nor tarrying here. I 'gin to be a−weary of the sun, And wish the estate o' the world were now
undone.−− Ring the alarum bell!−−Blow, wind! come, wrack! At least we'll die with harness on our back.
SCENE VI. The same. A Plain before the Castle.
[Enter, with drum and colours, Malcolm, old Siward, Macduff, &c., and their Army, with boughs.]
MALCOLM. Now near enough; your leafy screens throw down, And show like those you are.−−You, worthy
uncle, Shall with my cousin, your right−noble son, Lead our first battle: worthy Macduff and we Shall take
upon's what else remains to do, According to our order.
SIWARD. Fare you well.−− Do we but find the tyrant's power to−night, Let us be beaten, if we cannot fight.
MACDUFF. Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath, Those clamorous harbingers of blood and
SCENE VII. The same. Another part of the Plain.
[Alarums. Enter Macbeth.]
MACBETH. They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, But, bear−like I must fight the course.−−What's he
[Enter young Siward.]
YOUNG SIWARD. What is thy name?
MACBETH. Thou'lt be afraid to hear it.
YOUNG SIWARD. No; though thou call'st thyself a hotter name Than any is in hell.
MACBETH. My name's Macbeth.
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YOUNG SIWARD. The devil himself could not pronounce a title More hateful to mine ear.
MACBETH. No, nor more fearful.
YOUNG SIWARD. Thou liest, abhorred tyrant; with my sword I'll prove the lie thou speak'st.
[They fight, and young Seward is slain.]
MACBETH. Thou wast born of woman.−− But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, Brandish'd by man
that's of a woman born.
[Alarums. Enter Macduff.]
MACDUFF. That way the noise is.−−Tyrant, show thy face! If thou be'st slain and with no stroke of mine,
bear their staves; either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword, with an unbatter'd edge, I sheathe again undeeded.
And more I beg not.
[Exit. Alarums.]
[Enter Malcolm and old Siward.]
SIWARD. This way, my lord;−−the castle's gently render'd: The tyrant's people on both sides do fight; The
MALCOLM. We have met with foes That strike beside us.
SIWARD. Enter, sir, the castle.
[Exeunt. Alarums.]
SCENE VIII. The same. Another part of the field.
[Enter Macbeth.]
Do better upon them.
[Enter Macduff.]
MACDUFF. Turn, hell−hound, turn!
MACBETH. Of all men else I have avoided thee: But get thee back; my soul is too much charg'd With blood
of thine already.
MACDUFF. I have no words,−− My voice is in my sword: thou bloodier villain Than terms can give thee out!
[They fight.]
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MACBETH. Thou losest labour: As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as
woman born.
MACDUFF. Despair thy charm; And let the angel whom thou still hast serv'd Tell thee, Macduff was from his
mother's womb Untimely ripp'd.
ear, And break it to our hope!−−I'll not fight with thee.
rarer monsters are, Painted upon a pole, and underwrit, "Here may you see the tyrant."
MACBETH. I will not yield, To kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet, And to be baited with the
rabble's curse. Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane, And thou oppos'd, being of no woman born, Yet
I will try the last. Before my body I throw my warlike shield: lay on, Macduff; And damn'd be him that first
cries, "Hold, enough!"
[Exeunt fighting.]
[Retreat. Flourish. Enter, with drum and colours, Malcolm, old Siward, Ross, Lennox, Angus, Caithness,
Menteith, and Soldiers.
MALCOLM. I would the friends we miss were safe arriv'd.
MALCOLM. Macduff is missing, and your noble son.
ROSS. Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt: He only liv'd but till he was a man; The which no sooner
SIWARD. Then he is dead?
FLEANCE. Ay, and brought off the field: your cause of sorrow Must not be measur'd by his worth, for then It
hath no end.
SIWARD. Had he his hurts before?
ROSS. Ay, on the front.
fairer death: And, so his knell is knoll'd.
MALCOLM. He's worth more sorrow, And that I'll spend for him.
SIWARD. He's worth no more: They say he parted well, and paid his score: And so, God be with him!−−Here
comes newer comfort.
[Re−enter Macduff, with Macbeth's head.]
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MACDUFF. Hail, king, for so thou art: behold, where stands The usurper's cursed head: the time is free: I see
thee compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl That speak my salutation in their minds; Whose voices I desire aloud
with mine,−− Hail, King of Scotland!
ALL. Hail, King of Scotland!
MALCOLM. We shall not spend a large expense of time Before we reckon with your several loves, And
honour nam'd. What's more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time,−− As calling home our exil'd
butcher, and his fiend−like queen,−− Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands Took off her life;−−this,
[Flourish. Exeunt.]
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Understanding The Real Power Of Cosmic Ordering
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Lecture 24: patterns of infection BSCI 437
Flint et al, Chapter 16
General points
• Infection can be
– Acute
– Persistent
• Effects can range from
– Unnoticeable
– Deadly
Viral life cycles
Cytopathic: rapidly kill the cell while producing a burst of new particles
Non-cytopathic: infection yields virions without causing immediate cell death
Incubation period
The time between the initial infection and the onset of disease symptoms.
Can range from a few days (cold viruses) to years (HIV)
Stages of viral infection
1. Primary infection- Infection of cells in the general location where virus enters.
Common for example with cold viruses and Diarrhea causing viruses. Many viruses
including HIV initially infect cells in the infected area.
2. Viremia- Virus enters the blood system and can be detected in the blood stream.
Not all viruses do this. Some remain only localized.
3. Secondary infection- Infection of other organ of cell types by the virus.
Many viruses have high affinity for specific organs due to the presence of receptors or
specific cell metabolic functions. Examples are infection of salivary glands by mumps
virus, brain tissue by encephalitis virus, and liver tissue by hepatitis virus.
Stages of viral infection – Varicella zoster infection (Fig. 16.3)
• Primary infection: VZV infects via conjunctiva and upper respiratory tract
• Days 0 – 3: Replicates in primary lymph nodes
• Days 4 – 6: primary viremia,
• Days 6 – 13: replication in liver, spleen, other organs
• Day 14: infection of skin and appearance of rash. Infection of sensory ganglia
and establishment of latent infection
The ability of an infectious agent to cause disease. A relative term in the sense
that it depends on the particular host that is infected and the state of that host as
well as the site of infection.
o Rabies and Ebola are highly virulent.
o Some viruses infect animals but are virulent only when the host immune
response is suppressed. Examples are certain herpes and hepatitis B virus
that become virulent when human hosts are treated with
immunosuppressant drugs after organ transplant.
General patterns of infection (Fig. 16.1)
Acute
Persistent
Latent, reactivating
Slow
Acute Infections
• Acute infections only detected by clinical symptoms.
• Can be acutely infected but assymptomatic…subclincal.
• Viruses usually produce large amounts of progeny
• Rapid onset of symptoms
• Rapid resolution of infection either by
– Immune clearance or
– Death
Defense against acute infections
Most acute infections are rapidly resolved
Limited by the intrinsic and innate immune responses
Localization to the immediate site of infection,
Clearance by macrophages, NK cells, polymorphonuclear cells, complement.
Adaptive immune response provides memory against subsequent infection.
Virus-specific humoral and cellular responses
If not quickly limited, acute infections are resolved by host death
e.g. many haemorragic viruses, severely immunocompromised patients
Antigenic variation – the viral response
• Survival of acute infection lifelong immunity to that specific virus
• How is it that we get sick from other acute viruses over and over?
o e.g. common cold, influenza
• Answer: viruses capitalize on high rates of mutation to evolve around immune
• Structural plasticity: virions that can tolerate many amino acid substitutions yet
remain infections.
o Rhinoviruses and Influenzaviruses are incredibly structurally plastic.
o Limits ability to make effective vaccines
• Many viruses are not structurally plastic: e.g. poliovirus. One vaccination can
confer lifelong immunity
Structural plasticity: Antigenic variation
The immune system detects “epitopes” on “antigens”: structural features of molecules
• Antigenic variation:
o Changes in the epitopes of viral proteins that are presented to the immune
• Antigenic drift:
o Appearance of virions with slightly altered surface proteins following
passage in the natural host.
o An evolutionary process where natural selection is driven by the host
immune response
• Antigenic shift:
o A major change in a surface protein as a gene encoding a completely new
surface protein is acquired.
o Results from coinfection of one host with two different viral serotypes.
o Due to reassortment of genes among two or more viruses.
o Very commonly seen with viruses having segmented genomes.
o Reassortment and recombination of blocks of genetic information result in
viral hybrids that are immunologically new to the host.
Acute infections and Public Health
Acute infections are commonly associated with epidemics
e.g. polio, influenza, measles, common cold
Main problem: by the time symptoms emerge, the patient has passed on the infection
Difficult to control in large populations and crowded environments
e.g. work, daycare, dorms
Effective antiviral drug therapy requires early intervention, safe drugs with few side
effects…..not really practical for acute infections.
Cost: 90% of outpatient visits due to self-limiting acute viral infections.
Persistant Infections. Four general classes.
1) Infection by viruses which actively produce large amounts of progeny, but which
cause little cytopathology.
2) Infection by normally lytic virus but in which the extent of virus multiplication is
somehow limited, so that the yield of virus is small.
3) Limitation of reinfection by various viral and cellular factors, so that the proportion
of infected cells in the total cell population remains small but constant.
Viral factors tend to be decreased virulence, and interference of virus
production by defective interfering particles.
Cellular factors include differences in permissiveness to infection/virus
replication, and immune surveillance.
4) Chromosomal integration of proviral genomes
Result in “silent” infections, infrequent or constant rounds of low level, and only
slight production of cytopathic virus.
Some persistent viral infections of humans (see Table 16.2)
Adenovirus Adenoids, tonsils, lymphocytes None known
Epstein-Barr B-cells, nasophayngial epithelia Lynphoma, carcinoma
H.Cytomegalovirus Kidney, salivary gland, WBCs? Pneumonia, retinitis
Hepatitis B virus Liver, lynphocytes Cirrhosis, liver cancer
Hepatitis C virus Liver Cirrhosis, liver cancer
HIV CD4+ T-cells, macrophates, AIDS
HSV 1 and 2 Sensory and autonomic ganglia Cold sore, genital herpes
HTLV 1 and 2 T-cells Leukemia, brain infections
Papillomaviruses Skin, epithelial cells Papillomas, carcinomas
Polyomavirus BK Kidney Hemorrhagic cystitis
Polyomavirus JC Kidney, CNS Progressive multifocal
Measoes CNS Subacute sclersoing
Rubella virus CNS Progressive rubella
Varicella-Zoster Sensory ganglia Shingles, postherpetic neuralgia
Perpetuating a persistent infection by modulating the adaptive immune response:
Blocking display of viral antigen in context of MHC class I (See Fig. 16.5).
CTL response clears out virus infected cells
Requires CD8 interaction with MHC class I molecules displaying viral
Blocking such display provides an advantage to a virus.
Examples:
o HIV Tat protein blocks transcription of MHC class I and of 2
o hCMB US11 and US2 proteins route MHC class I protein out of ER to
o HSV ICP47 blocks proteolytic processing of internal antigens by the
o hCMV blocks transport of processed antigens to ER
o Many viral proteins block transport of MHC class I/antigen complexes
to golgi
o HIV Nef protein directs MHC class I/antigen complexes from plasma
membrane to the lysosome.
MHC Class II modulation after infection
Exogeneous antigenprocessing in the antigen-presenting cell: the pathway for
MHC class II peptide presentation. (see Fig. 15.20)
Antigen presenting cells – Macrophages, dendritic cells, B-cells. Gobble up
antigens from outside, process them, present them to CD4 T-cells in the
context of MHC class II. Presentation of viral antigen in this contact activates
T-helper cells, activating specific immune response.
Any viral protein that can modulate the MHC class II antigen presentation
pathway would therefore interfere with T-helper cell activation.
Examples:
HIV Nef: triggers rapid internalization of CD4 and MHC class I and II.
EBV BZLF2: Physically blocks MHC class II molecules
Killing activated CTLs
Activated CTLs express the membrane-bound Fas receptor: related to TNF
Fas binds the Fas-Ligand (FasL)
Binding of FasL on target cells by Fas on activated CTLs activates T-cell aptosis.
Many viruses, e.g. HIV-1 increase expression of FasL on the surfaces of infected
Direct infection of cells of the immune system
Allows viruses to suppress the immune response, e.g. HIV
Mobility of immune cells allows viruses to disseminate through host – e.g. CMV
Infections of tissues with reduced immune surveillance
Tissues with surfaces exposed to environment
Higher thresholds of immune activation,
e.g. skin, glands, bile ducts, kidney tubules.
o Cytomegalovirus infects cells on the surfaces of glands and ducts (kidney,
salivary, mammary), ensuring constant shedding of new virus into
o Papillomaviruses: Productive replication of only occurs in the outer,
terminally differentiated skin cells. The result is skin warts.
Other compartments of the body can’t mount inflammatory responses
To do so would be to severely damage them.
e.g. CNS, eye, areas of lymphoid drainage.
Persistent infection of these tissues by viruses is common.
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Re: AA Sharpening - how early?
In reply to michaeladawson, 10 months ago
Image processing in astrophotography handles noise first and artifacts second then sharpening early in the processing then selective sharpening later on.
If you sharpen an image it tends to emphasise noise.
Dim areas of an image are usually where the noise is. So if you intend pushing shadows you will bring up noise that will be exagerrated heavily by any sharpening process.
So my workflow would be the same as the previous post - noise and artifact control at the start then minor sharpening then colour processing then a selective sharpening once you are happy with correcting any colour bias, colour tweaking.
My image processing philosphy is:
1. Respect the light
2. Any image processing should be natural and like you never did anything.
3. Its better to get excellent data than to try to process a poor image into something decent. That is spend more time getting the shot right with an excellent image. Image processing then is totally easy. If you have to work processing hard then you messed up the capture stage. A well captured image is easy to process to a great result.
Ideal image processing looks like you did nothing. If the final image shows evidence of processing then you failed and were too heavy handed. I tend to pull back a processing step because of this.
Be subtle, modern image processing software is very powerful and highly manipulative. Its easy to slam an image into CSI Miami colours (which is fine if done for that effect).
Oversharpened images is a rookie error and looks terrible. Easy does it with sharpening and the minimum filter in Photoshop is one that should be used in particular, very sparingly. I generally use high pass selective sharpening/contrast enhancement using layers in Photoshop. I also use Deconvolution in the early stages of image processing (astro photos). Again sparingly.
There is a technique of multiple deconvolution layers blended together that can bring out amazing details in images in select areas of interest in the image. Again this is done early in the image.
Also with sharpening you are really wanting to sharpen the luminance part of the image not the red,green,blue colour part. That can actually be slightly blurred. You can separate an image this way by changing it to Lab mode in Photoshop. It splits the image into luminance and channel a and b (colour). So you could sharpen a bit more without simply amping colour noise this way.
A final rule. Finish the processing and leave it. Come back to it later or the next day and see if you still like it. You'd be surprised how often you go "yuck what was I thinking?" You regain your perspective and you can be too "in" an image after a while when processing it too long.
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The Toughbook has been around for a while wooing many corporate and military users but failing to make a significant blip on the radar for most mainstream consumers. But the latest iteration of the Toughbook, the Panasonic Toughbook UMPC, could change the computer's profile among general consumers as it offers a powerful PC using a tiny form factor once lorded over by the now discontinued 12-inch Apple Powerbook G4. Using Intel's Atom processor and offering a barcode reader, a built-in webcam and a bright 5.6-inch display, the new Toughbook (price to be announced) could be the successor to the 12-inch Powerbook throne.
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0.127538 | <urn:uuid:b0e69999-43e0-4317-9055-e84508b5b674> | en | 0.965637 | VUVUZELA, overleveraged, quantitative easing, staycation, bargainous, social media, defriend, tweetup, bromance, buzzkill, cheeseball, chillax, frenemy, interweb and wardrobe malfunction. According to Reuters, these are among the words welcomed into the Oxford Dictionary of English in its latest edition. According to a certain view, their "in the dictionary" status makes them now "real words". I don't share that view (the set of legitimate words is bigger than any dictionary, and anyway which dictionary and why?) But I'm not some accept-it-all softie, either, and I have to say I think a few of these are odd additions.
Vuvuzela is a real word for a real thing, borrowed into English and likely to stay, especially in South African English, for a good long run. "Overleveraged" and "quantitative easing" are borrowed too, but only from specialist usage into general knowledge, alas. (Does anyone really think "overleveraged" wasn't a word before this week, by the way? My Microsoft spellchecker even recognises it.) "Staycation" is a quirky portmanteau, but it seems like it has staying power. A sign of the times.
That said, "chillax", also a portmanteau, is a pleonasm too, and a faddish one that seems pretty evanescent to me. OED material? I'd want to see it last a little longer. "Tweetup"? I'd be leery of any word based on a technology that may or may not exist in five or ten years. "Wardrobe malfunction" is practically a proper noun for me. How often is this used beyond its original Super Bowl context? Worse, Reuters defines it as "an instance of a person accidentally exposing an intimate part of their body as result of an article of clothing slipping out of position". Accidentally? Now I'm even more confused, since the original was anything but accidental.
"Cheeseball" and "buzzkill" have been around a while; if people still use them I'd say they can stay. "Bromance" usefully fills a gap. "Defriend", as it's not based on a single technology or platform, seems likely to last, too.
Overall, a mixed bag. Which of these would you keep and which would you keep out until better proven?
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0.373173 | <urn:uuid:ecf66ef3-62f4-4263-bb08-eb2700d497d0> | en | 0.938651 | Sure, Clearwire is still busily rolling out its mobile WiMAX network across the US, but the fledgling wireless standard isn't having the best time of it lately -- Nokia just discontinued the N810 WiMAX Edition, which was easily the highest-profile WiMAX product on the market, and now Nortel is closing down its entire mobile WiMAX division. Considering Nortel's struggle to stay afloat in our super-awesome economy, the move isn't too shocking -- but at least Nortel partner Alvarion is working to pick up the pieces, so hopefully the impact on the broader WiMAX market won't be too huge.
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0.461909 | <urn:uuid:7ec6cfe7-ebf8-481d-a891-8612915e282c> | en | 0.862908 | Beef, Mashed Potato Stuffed Bell Peppers W/Garlicky Bread Crumbs
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1. 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
2. 1 small onion, finely chopped
3. 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
4. 1/2 lb lean ground beef
5. salt and pepper
6. 2 lbs baking potatoes, boiled and mashed
7. 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
8. 2 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley
9. 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
10. 4 large red bell peppers or 4 large green bell peppers, caps removed and reserved, seeds and white membranes discarded
1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
2. In a medium skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and two thirds of the garlic and cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the ground beef and cook, stirring to break up the beef, for about 5 minutes, or until browned; season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the mashed potatoes with 1/2 cup Parmesan and the parsley.
4. In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs with the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, the remaining one third of the garlic and the remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan.
5. Stand the bell peppers upright in a baking dish. Stuff each pepper with one quarter of the potato mixture, then one quarter of the meat mixture. Top the stuffed peppers with the garlicky bread crumbs and the bell pepper caps, and drizzle with olive oil. Roast the stuffed peppers until tender, about 30 minutes. | http://www.food.com/recipefullpage.do?rid=197724 | dclm-gs1-259580002 | false | false | {
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1. 3/4 cup lukewarm water ( 110 F)
2. 1 tablespoon nonfat dry milk powder
3. 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
4. 2 large eggs, separated, divided
5. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6. 1 teaspoon almond extract
7. 3/8 teaspoon salt
8. 1/4 cup granulated sugar
9. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
10. 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
11. 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves (optional)
12. 1 -2 teaspoon lemon zest (optional)
13. 1 -2 teaspoon orange zest (optional)
14. 3/4 cup dried currants or 3/4 cup sultanas or 3/4 cup raisins
15. 3 cups bread flour or 3 cups all-purpose flour, approximately
16. 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
Additional ingredients
1. 2 tablespoons water
2. 1/4-1/2 cup white icing, to decorate tops
1. NOTE: Consult your bread machine to determine whether or not the wet or dry ingredients need to go in first; I have listed the ingredients assuming wet first, ending with yeast; simply go in reverse, starting with yeast and work backwards to lukewarm water if your manual says to add dry first.
2. Place lukewarm water, milk powder, butter pieces, both egg whites and just 1 of the eggs yolks, vanilla, almond flavoring, salt, sugar, spices, zests, and fruit in order in your machine.
3. Add 3 level cups of flour the the center of your pan and then make a small well in the flour; Add yeast to that well.
4. Select dough cycle on your machine.
5. After 5 minutes, take a peek in your machine at the dough, adding more water or flour if needed, adding 1 Tbsp of either at a time (or more) (this will vary depending on the humidity of the day).
6. When dough cycle has completed, remove dough from machine and punch down on a floured surface; dough will be a bit sticky at this point.
7. Cover with a damp towel and allow to rest 10 minutes.
8. Have ready a greased 9x13" pan.
9. Roll dough into 12 large balls and place in the pan; cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk (it is ok if dough balls touch as they rise); this may take 45 min- 1 hour.
10. One dough has risen,remove cover,and mix your remaining egg yolk with 2 Tbsp water and brush over the dough balls.
11. Bake in a preheated 375 F oven (190 C) for 20 minutes.
12. Remove from pan immediately and let cool on wire racks.
13. When fully cooled, pipe white icing of your choice in the shape of crosses atop each bun.
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1. 8 ounces puff pastry
2. 1 egg, beaten
3. 6 tablespoons apricot preserves
4. 2 tablespoons sugar
5. 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
6. cream or yogurt, to serve
1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and cut into a 12 inch square. Cut in half to make two rectangles.
3. Place one piece of pastry on a wetted baking sheet and brush all around the edges with beaten egg. Spread over the apricot preserves.
4. Fold the remaining rectangle in half lengthwise and cut about eight diagonal slits from the center fold to within 1/2 inch from the edge.
5. Unfold the pastry and lay it on top of the preserve-covered pastry on the baking sheet. Press the pastry edges together well to seal.
6. Brush the slashed pastry with water and sprinkle over the sugar and flaked almonds.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until well risen and golden brown. Serve sliced with cream or yogurt. | http://www.food.com/recipefullpage.do?rid=483445 | dclm-gs1-259600002 | false | false | {
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0.118318 | <urn:uuid:067a3f1e-8f6a-40c0-b207-7c5774edc3b8> | en | 0.87908 | Oracle... one DB connects, one does not...
I have a rather stange problem. I have a database on
LINUX that we created. We then exported data from a
VMS database and imported it to the Linux database. I
can connect just fine in SQL*Plus... but our JDBC
application is freezing up when trying to issue a
What is *really* odd is:
1. After about 12 hours of inactivity, it starts
working ok again. So something is getting reset. We
have been trying to figure out what it might be, but
we have yet to be able to do so.
2. We created another database, on the same box, with
the same configuration, and imported the data again
from the same dump file and we don't have the same
Any ideas???
Robert G. Freeman
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#5 - stormeye (10/26/2012) [-]
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
Do you want to get rid of the doctor, Dinky?
#9 to #5 - nerdrugger (10/26/2012) [-]
dinky the doctor doesnt want to go
#11 - dribble (10/26/2012) [-]
If they say so :)
#14 - corundum (10/26/2012) [-]
#1 - Kosai (10/26/2012) [-]
#18 - sinery (10/26/2012) [-]
I'd do it whether he wants it or not.
#4 to #2 - nerdrugger (10/26/2012) [-]
doctor what did i say before. this is a muffin eating household
#6 to #4 - jdsalenger (10/26/2012) [-]
But our daughter needs the nutrition from apples so she can grow up big and strong!
#7 to #6 - nerdrugger (10/26/2012) [-]
please she'll be fine and now lets go for a fly
#8 to #7 - jdsalenger (10/26/2012) [-]
Derpy: You okay Doctor?
User avatar #13 - shinigamigod (10/26/2012) [-]
I can accept the DR Whooves with Derpy assistant fan made coupling. Simply because oh his cutie mark + her being the dim-witted assistant.
The Lyra Bon-Bon one to as they're always together.
But the Dinky Derpy one I simply cannot ever accept as they have never been seen together. Just because someone once saw that her skin and mane colour is ever so slightly like hers they decided to make the connection she must obviously be her daughter.
They aren't even the same type of pony, it's just stupid
#15 to #13 - jdsalenger (10/26/2012) [-]
How Dinky was born.
User avatar #16 to #15 - shinigamigod (10/26/2012) [-]
It still has no connection to the show.
You could make a million comics showing them together and it will never be true.
At least Lyra and Bon-Bon are always together in the show.
Dinky was even shown in the last episode (2nd part) of season 2 with 2 others you would assume to be her parents.
My point is the pairing makes no sense. The only connection people made was how their colours are similar (not even the same, but similar) There is nothing connecting them at all not even context can put them together it is only in fan made comics/fics which is why I reject it.
#17 to #16 - yeahguy (10/26/2012) [-]
Theres a reason she isnt her daughter actually. Dinky has an older sister, as seen in the sisterhood social, who was said to be a relative to derpy because she also had a error 'derp' face in the griffon episode, dinky being derpy's daughter means that (i just found out the ponies name is sparkler, see picture) would also have to be her daughter, which seems implausible considering they both appear to be the same age. While it makes for cute fanon, it makes no sense. Get on my pony nerd level.
User avatar #19 to #17 - shinigamigod (10/26/2012) [-]
The thing I truly dislike about it is how forced it is even when every aspect of the story provided from the show contradicts it.
Bon-Bon and Lyra are at least shown together in the show.
DR Whooves and Derpy are a completely separate theme which has no bearing on the shows themes and therefore no conflict is possible (not to mention as I am not a fan of Dr Who I rarely read these comics anyway)
User avatar #20 to #19 - yeahguy (10/26/2012) [-]
"Not a fan of doctor who" Oh man, i do not envy the position you are about to be in...
User avatar #21 to #20 - shinigamigod (10/27/2012) [-]
I am not a fan because I can't be bothered to watch it.
I have no opinion one way or the other of it.
#22 to #21 - yeahguy (10/27/2012) [-]
you may need this later in life then.
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#95 - ekesss (10/31/2012) [-]
#1 - retrochris (10/31/2012) [-]
Seems like 4 Billion is a magic Disney number.
Remember when Marvel was sold to them.
#2 to #1 - Milos (10/31/2012) [-]
There are some things money can't buy.
Those are bought with ******** of money.
There are some things money can't buy.
User avatar #3 to #1 - dementedllama (10/31/2012) [-]
Sure, who wouldn't sell their operation immediately if the first offer is 4 billion dollars?
#114 to #55 - robpattinsonisafag (10/31/2012) [-]
How did you reply to #3 comment?
User avatar #56 to #55 - dementedllama (10/31/2012) [-]
But that's because he can't even comprehend the number 4.
#62 to #56 - anonymous poster (10/31/2012) [-]
Left 4 dead?
User avatar #214 to #56 - dixego (11/01/2012) [-]
Let alone 4 billion.
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User avatar #15 to #3 - Ragon (10/31/2012) [-]
that wasn't their first offer, Disney had been working on this for about a year and a half now
User avatar #13 to #3 - mhden (10/31/2012) [-]
Bill gates
#98 - lametitan (10/31/2012) [-]
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#106 - schizoo (10/31/2012) [-]
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#281 - mikhailovych (11/01/2012) [-]
If Battlefront 3 is made I won't care where it comes from
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If Battlefront 3 is made I won't care where it comes from
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#294 to #281 - maxbomb (11/01/2012) [-]
I love battlefront...
I love battlefront...
User avatar #296 to #294 - mikhailovych (11/01/2012) [-]
I did hate though how after a while even on the highest difficulty you become unstoppable because of all the medals that become permanent
User avatar #292 to #281 - Rockaman (11/01/2012) [-]
Dunno, if mickey mouses are included then I do care!
User avatar #286 to #281 - hydraetis (11/01/2012) [-]
....You make an incredibly valid point of valid points.
User avatar #338 to #281 - safo (11/01/2012) [-]
why did they cancel Megas XLR? that show was hilariously good
User avatar #314 to #281 - pianoasis (11/01/2012) [-]
Theres also something called sya wars 1313 coming out
User avatar #393 to #281 - tkfourtwoone (11/01/2012) [-]
Oh yeah, you're having it rough with Battlefront, you poor things...
What about LucasArts made REALLY GOOD Star Wars games... like the Space Sims (X-wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance)?!
Us space sims fans didn't have a breadcrumb since 1999!
Heck, remake them with HD graphics, but leave the gameplay unchanged!
User avatar #78 - commanderbunbun (10/31/2012) [-]
disney wants a monopoly of all franchises starring an orphan.
batman, you're next.....
#59 - slendie (10/31/2012) [-]
Get out there and make me some God damn money!
User avatar #61 - devorezz (10/31/2012) [-]
And now: Kingdom Hearts 4. Sora teams up with Spiderman, Thor, Yoda, and Obi-Wan.
#83 - ninjajunkie (10/31/2012) [-]
What George really did....
What George really did....
#155 - controlled (11/01/2012) [-]
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#34 - alucord ONLINE (10/31/2012) [-]
#175 to #34 - samxdaxman (11/01/2012) [-]
*cough cough*
#193 to #34 - drillur (11/01/2012) [-]
*cough cough*
User avatar #208 to #193 - GraphJam (11/01/2012) [-]
I think he''s saying that Han Solo didn't get anywhere
User avatar #211 to #208 - drillur (11/01/2012) [-]
He's not, considering Ford has had plenty of acting jobs past Star Wars, whereas Hamill has gone under the radar of most people. So, in the picture, since Luke didn't sign, his career "stopped."
Although I guess in the picture Hamill could be backstabbing Ford... **** now I don't know anymore
User avatar #217 to #211 - GraphJam (11/01/2012) [-]
That's what I meant. My apoogizes.
User avatar #218 to #217 - GraphJam (11/01/2012) [-]
#326 - konamicode (11/01/2012) [-]
>Why would I make any more when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?" Lucas told The New York Times earlier this year.
I don't think you're a terrible person, Mr. Lucas..
User avatar #333 to #326 - dragonhorn (11/01/2012) [-]
I know. Everyone nitpicked the 3 prequels to death because they were so in love with the original trilogy. Now, I expect to be thumbed down repeatedly, but I was entertained by the prequels, and that's all I ask from a movie. If you hated them, that's ok too.
#139 - theugandanhero (11/01/2012) [-]
#313 - lolfire (11/01/2012) [-]
Holy **** it could happen.
#317 to #313 - evantheboss (11/01/2012) [-]
I wanna bang the red head in that game. Or at least I did back when I was like 13 lol. I miss Kingdom Hearts :(
#322 to #317 - lolfire (11/01/2012) [-]
I know what you mean...
User avatar #356 to #322 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
i hear a crack in my childhood...
User avatar #350 to #322 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
I must know the source of this, for reason.
#340 to #313 - loffarn (11/01/2012) [-]
Disney & SquareEnix BRING IT ON!
Disney & SquareEnix BRING IT ON!
#318 to #313 - youxbarstard (11/01/2012) [-]
I actually wouldn't mind watching Luke and Sora fight each other.
#353 to #313 - anonymous poster (11/01/2012) [-]
and marvel :O
#359 to #353 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
i am started to thinking that we are asking too much from KH... travel to different worlds=infinite possibilities!!!
User avatar #352 to #313 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
Don't dissapoint me, KH3!!
User avatar #349 to #313 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
But only in KH3, if the damn thing is ever released.
User avatar #351 to #349 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
Square announced that they will work on KH3 when FFvsXIII is finished
User avatar #355 to #354 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
And i heard that FFvsXIII will have the same combat method as KH(fast paced), and judging by the preview, i cannot wait!!
User avatar #357 to #355 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
I've never played FF, ever.
User avatar #358 to #357 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
me too, better start now...
User avatar #361 to #358 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
I don't have enough time. I have to fap, do a **** ton of college work, go on here, and some how find time to play AC3, which I haven't started yet.
#362 to #361 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
AC3 is some serious **** . I too have too much college work, and other work that is not related to college at all. i haven't touched my ps3(not in sexual way) for 3 month more of less.
( Then again, why do i have time for Funnyjunk...)
User avatar #363 to #362 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
I ask myself that question at least twice a week.
#364 to #363 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
And i should start making a personal statement for transferring to University. CURSE MY LAZYNESS!!!
User avatar #365 to #364 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
I've missed 2 quizzes, 2 exams, and 1 writing assignment, and that's just for my online class.
User avatar #368 to #365 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
that is already quite cross in' the line ya know. unless ya'all gonna drop that class. if i were you i would at least try before failin'
User avatar #370 to #368 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
I plan on passing it. I was busy the couple of weeks that the quizzes and the first exam were due, I forgot about the second quiz, and I didn't know about the writing assignment until, like, a week before it was due. It would've taken at least three days to get my research done, another two to "write" it in my head, and another two to write both a rough draft, and then hammer it out in to a turn-in-able final draft. I have a hellish work schedule, I go to school for the majority of two days, and it's too damned noisy at my house to be able to concentrate.
User avatar #371 to #370 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
that's rough, just like when i found out that my English 102 teacher is racist. He gave me a frickin 2.5 for 'all' my hard work (i shed blood and tears making those essays, dammit!)
User avatar #372 to #371 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
That....sucks, that's the only way to describe it. No, wait....that ******* sucks; there, that's better.
User avatar #374 to #372 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
at the bright side: i still passed though it lowered my cumulative GPA in a cruel way...
User avatar #376 to #374 - vortexrain (11/01/2012) [-]
Good for you dude.
Sorry to be rude, but could you leave me alone?
I'm about to go take care of some business that's related to comment 332.
#380 to #376 - gidmp (11/01/2012) [-]
Of course... Thanks for your company
#290 - theblockhead (11/01/2012) [-]
i dont know, 4 billion, i would probly give up anything for that much
#306 to #290 - fracturedlaser (11/01/2012) [-]
Yeah? What about masturbation?
User avatar #323 to #306 - rjgnal ONLINE (11/01/2012) [-]
with that money you could change whores more often than socks
User avatar #311 to #306 - pianoasis (11/01/2012) [-]
definitely would
#411 to #306 - theblockhead (11/01/2012) [-]
if i had 4 billion i would have to do that
User avatar #223 - jellyman ONLINE (11/01/2012) [-]
I don't see whats wrong with this. Disney bought Marvel and The Avengers turned out to be amazing and it reached third in the box office and maybe it can get higher.
Maybe the new Star Wars trilogy won't be so bad either
User avatar #225 to #223 - NolanNasty (11/01/2012) [-]
am i the only one who dosen't have a boner about that movie?
#227 to #225 - zeustesticle (11/01/2012) [-]
User avatar #229 to #227 - NolanNasty (11/01/2012) [-]
honestly, what was so good about it? I mean it was ok... but personally i think it got WAY too much attention.
#234 to #229 - zeustesticle (11/01/2012) [-]
Thats because you're a hipster going against the mainstream.
User avatar #235 to #234 - NolanNasty (11/01/2012) [-]
So if i don't like the avengers movie i am a hipster?
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#238 to #235 - cactaur (11/01/2012) [-]
now you're getting it!
User avatar #239 to #238 - NolanNasty (11/01/2012) [-]
tell me then, what was so ******* amazing about that movie?
#246 to #239 - arbazio (11/01/2012) [-]
The graphics. The story. The way each hero got a fair amount of screen time and they each contributed towards driving the plot forward. This was a difficult challenge, as each hero is epic in their own way, but I, personally, connected with all of them. The choreography was fantastic too, the action was just immense. I could go on, but I'm sure that will suffice.
You probably didn't read any of this, as you are a feeble minded facile ape-like being who is contempt with flinging its own poop at things it doesn't understand. I bid you good day, or as your people say; "SCREEEEEECH RAAAAAAAR GRRRRR UGG!!!!!"
User avatar #409 to #246 - NolanNasty (11/01/2012) [-]
you are either 12 or a retard... now i can respect the fact that you like the movie. However when you start binging in poop and whatnot you are dumbing yourself down to astounding levels.
I thought the movie was fine but i also thought the "villains" except from Loki sucked.
User avatar #248 to #239 - robxsandwich (11/01/2012) [-]
Well, it's an opinion, but I thought it was funny, had some awesome action parts, and had an interesting story with really cool characters.
#136 - austinschut (11/01/2012) [-]
Can someone explain to me why everyone is bitching about star wars getting bought out by Disney?
Disney bought out Marvel and as soon as they did, we got The Avengers, a new spider-man revamp and a big boost in the quality of Comic Book movies. It's not like Disney is going to throw Mickey mouse into all the movies, it just means the movies are distributed by a different company.
All Disney is doing is buying out franchises that aren't doing so well and giving them a 2012 polish. Sure it may seem unnecessary, but the star wars franchise is dying compared to how it was 10 years ago.
Disney just gets the rights to distribute it while George Lucas can retire to 4 billion dollars in his pocket. Nobody loses.
I can see why people are upset about the old remakes being made, but in all honesty, if we didn't have remakes, the star wars franchise would die and the future generations will have no clue what star wars is.
User avatar #157 to #136 - ivoryhammer (11/01/2012) [-]
The gaming market of Star Wars is booming pretty well, you have the BioWare games, the new Star Wars game I can't remember the name of, and a big demand for Battlefront 3
User avatar #190 to #157 - bigbawser (11/01/2012) [-]
In all honesty SWTOR may just be bioware's worst game. The class stories are great, but it acts like a single player game that is populated by other people playing the game. I'll admit, I loved playing as a Chiss Imperial Agent, but there is also literally no end game to speak of other than what was there when you were leveling. While i may finish the story after it becomes Free to play, there isn't anything tying me down to it. Then again i haven't played since march.
User avatar #250 to #190 - ivoryhammer (11/01/2012) [-]
It is BioWare's worst game, but pretty much all of BioWare's games are amazing so it's not really saying much, I would have preferred it if they just made a KoToR3 instead of the MMO
User avatar #257 to #250 - bigbawser (11/01/2012) [-]
here's a crazy theory: SWTOR is KOTOR3, but when EA wanted an mmo Bioware was forced to start over, and add terrible multiplayer. oddly the pvp was okay. except sorcerers. **** them. The sooner they drop it, the sooner they can get back to doing what they do best: Making RPGs with interesting and exciting IPs. KoToR was tecnically a new branch of the star wars IP, since they more or less brought it to life.
User avatar #276 to #257 - ivoryhammer (11/01/2012) [-]
Yeah I figured EA pushed BioWare into the MMO thing, I wish BioWare would self publish
User avatar #279 to #276 - bigbawser (11/01/2012) [-]
There may be hope, but the Iron Vice that is EA... well, there's a better chance of EA actually collapsing in 10-15 years, than some of the good companies that were fooled in to partnering with them ( I say that cause I want to believe it, but we both know it's probably not true) being able to leave. Sad thing is that I love Visceral's work with Dead Space but my hatred for EA went into full "steam" when they started pushing Origin.
User avatar #297 to #279 - ivoryhammer (11/01/2012) [-]
Yeah Origin is stupid, I wish they'd just use Steam, it's much better
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User avatar #73 to #38 - finni ONLINE (10/31/2012) [-]
I only liked Episode 3
#40 to #38 - anonymous poster (10/31/2012) [-]
So do I. And I don't think that they ruined Star Wars at all.
Nor the Star Wars game with the dancing minigame for XBOX360. That game was awesome and I loled when I saw the emperor dancing Ghosts 'n' Stuff.
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1. Well, I'm 50% Irish and a Notre Dame fan. Perhaps I should put tape over the logo on my hats, and t-shirts. I mean the Lepurchan does have his "dukes" up like a 1930's style boxer. I mean, that is offensive, right?
I guess that means all Irish are drunken brawlers?
Give it a rest with the mascot names already!!!!!!
Oh and Marquette-- BRING BACK THE WARRIORS
2. This is not the first time this has happened, every year when the Braves are in town the sign is covered as well as when the Indians played here (Indians vs Angels, snow game).
3. Personally I don't like the casino so not having to see the Potawatomi sign is good. The casino exploitation of disadvantaged Americans by their Native American counterparts should stop.
Maybe they could consider keeping the sign covered up longer until they resolve their ethical dilemma. Something tells me that dollars speak louder than their recent actions.
4. Get a life!
And what do the Potawatomi's associate their name with? Their rich Native American history? No, a skeezy casino that preys on the poor and is full of the scum of the central city gambling away their social security and disability checks. Then they take their millions to support crooked pols like Doyle.
So Potawatomi's, spare us the feigned offense.
5. Meh. If they spent the money to buy the sign, they can ask for it to be covered up as much as they want.
6. i thought this was going to be about some drunk college kids stealing it
7. The Braves. BIG DEAL. That's like saying 'the warrior youths'. I can think of only one mascot in the US that is offensive. That would be in our nation's capitol. The Washington Redskins. That would be the equal to say, the Milwaukee White Boys. Still, the fact that we have a racist mascot name welcoming visitors to DC is ridiculous. Beyond that, I can't really see why any of the other Indian/Native American mascots would be offensive, at least not from my perspective.
8. As for the Potowatomi being horrible people for 'exploiting' us with their casino, that's ridiculous. Last I checked, this country WAS the Native Americans', until Europeans ransacked it, took what they wanted, treated them as animals in many cases, and ravaged the land. The result is a people completely reliant upon gambling for an income. But yeah, you guys have it so tough, I forgot. We're talking about mascot names here, not how controversial you can sound on some blog.
9. Actually, I think if the casino employees wanted to force the poor into their casinos, guns would not be the proper weapon of choice. How about some sensitivity for the history of the Native Americans... you force them to abandon their culture, and now you want them to use the white man's guns? Try visiting a museum sometime, only then can you truly appreciate the original history of America.
How racist and culturally insensitive you are, Ms. Amanda.
10. What's really ironic is the Braves have a similar deal with a Native American casino. That tribe seems to be able to get over the nickname and logo.
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memyselfI writes:
"There wasn't a lot of jobs growth"
OMG, that's an understatement.
There is NOTHING for employment in this area. There are very few and far between odd jobs on craigslist!
Then, when you DO find a job, it is minimum wage. Why? Because they CAN. The people that are employing know the desperation out here, so they know they can give you whatever they wish....which is nothing close to what this job pays elsewhere. People would move for employment, but if they do not have the means to do that? They are pretty much screwed.
I see how many homeless people there are now as well as suicides. If there are no jobs, what ARE you supposed to do at that point. If you are not "disabled" or have children under 18, you cannot get any government help. This is unreal discouraging.
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karek writes:
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If Ragsdale is so corrupt, it is not Haslam 's fault . It is the stupid people who elected him mayor.
As far as Ragsdale's private life is concerned,it should be his own business. But if he did illegal things as a mayor , it is the duty of the press and the people to expose him.
Bill Haslam intends to run for governor and there is nothing wrong by having lunch with the mayor. It does not mean that you agree with what the guy is doing.
and if the American people had stopped looking at who is sleeping with whom and focused on the country. Bill Clinton might have paid more attention to Freeh when he was ringing the bell about the danger of Islamists in this country . The White House was too busy with Monica Lewinsky.
and we had Sept 11.
For God sake , can the press stop focusing on what is going on in the beds of the politicians and start reporting on vital options and real corruption.If some reporters would start exposing the judicial corruption only from West to East Tennessee, he will be busy for a very very long time
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798orange writes:
in response to mightycujo:
Aside from the fact he has the freedom of speech and can say what he likes as many times as he wants, why don't you pay attention to what's going on if you want credible evidence and refute what he says and quit insulting everyone else's intelligence?
Can't, can you?
A reliable constant on these discussions is how you can consistently dumb them down or get down in the mud. Can you supply the supporting evidence that he cannot seem to find?
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Written on Sex offender admits tampering with child's birth certificate:
Excuse my language, but why in the hell does a "violent" sex offender get probation for this? Better yet, why is he not still locked up? He has been previously convicted of aggrevated sexual battery of a nine year old! What judge gave him probation?
Written on KCSO reserve officer struck by vehicle while directing traffic:
What relevance did Mr. Leuthold's comment have to the article? Oh, none!
Written on Knox County teachers vent on superintendent:
One of the reasons for our scholastic ranking is the fact that we are virtually the only country that test ALL students. Most other nations only test those that are allowed to continue at the secondary level. When I was in high school, only students considering college took the ACT/SAT. Now, all students are required to take it whether they want to or not. Needless to say, many refuse to mark answers or just mark anything. You would see test scores skyrocket if only college bound kids took the test. The testing companies are making out like bandits and tax dollars pay for the testing.
The top three administrators for our system have virtually no teaching experience. Dr. McIntyre taught less than a year over twenty years ago, Russ Oaks (chief of staff) has never taught and Ms. Towns (she has been in charge of the evaluation system) has never taught. I would love to see them teach a low level class and be evaluated by the current rubric.
It is imperative to evaluate teachers for retention and growth; however, the present system is punitive. Teachers and building level administrators are so bogged down with paperwork that there is little, if any, time to have meaningful interaction with the students. A lot needs to be done to fix this, hopefully, some reasonable, experienced people can work it out.
Written on Mrs. Williams, Union County civic leader, dies:
How does an 87 year old graduate from high school in 1934? She would have been about 8 years old. Aside from the math confusion, it sounds like Mrs. Williams was an intelligent, hard working and community minded person.
Written on Karns teen hospitalized after dog attack:
The owner of the dogs should be taken to Young Williams for evaluation!
Written on Wartburg man pleads guilty to federal sex crimes involving infant:
in response to Eagleeye38:
Just execute this POS and get his miserable life over with! Anyone got a problem with that?
Written on Multiple charges filed after chase:
If he has a lengthy rap sheet at 31 years old, why is he not in jail?
The mother and son should definitely be charged, however, the officers were wrong to fire on the vehicle. They knew there were other children inside.
Written on [Updated with Video] Snake-handling pastor pleads not guilty at hearing, vows religious fight:
Wonder where this "preacher" went to seminary? He has had his 15 minutes of infamy and raised his reality show ratings, so let's move on to something else. Also, as a Christian, he should be a good steward to the creatures of the earth. The treatment of the snakes was abusive.
Written on Blount judge won't recuse herself in rape-kidnap case :
If a male judge had prostate cancer as did the victim or defendant, should he recuse himself?
If he or others in the church get bitten by the snakes, the anti-venom and treatment are very expensive. Want to bet that the cost would be on the hospitals and taxpayers?
Written on Improper seizure of football tickets costs Knox County officer police powers, two days pay:
Since his job does not require him to carry a weapon or arrest people, losing his POST certification is almost moot. When will he be able to re-apply for it? Will he be required to take training that will enable him to learn the policies/laws he should have already known? I wonder how many tickets/alcohol he could confiscate if he walked through some of the UT lots reserved for big donors?
Written on 5-year-old videos rape of younger sister on iPhone:
Hopefully the other prisoners will give him a real nice welcome.
Written on Duggar fans flock to hear why couple supports tougher abortion laws:
Would the Duggers have a hard time making ends meet without their show? Also, I just wonder what type of insurance a family that big has?
Written on State lawmaker greets Obama official with 'Websites for Dummies' text:
Grandstanding and TOTAL lack of class by the state senator. Wouldn't it be nice if our legislators could act like grown-ups and play well with others? Something might actually get done.
Written on Audit Committee weighs options for reviewing criminal court clerk's office:
According to an article in the Ftn City Focus written by Steve Hunley, Ms. McCroskey is a victim of political sabotage.
Written on Knox Criminal Court Clerk's Office may be audited:
Why are elected office holders, such as Ms. McCroskey, not given vacation/sick days like everyone else? And, If they exceed the allotment, their pay can be docked. Can the attendance policy (or lack of) be addressed by commission? Also, some salaries in her office and others are way out of line for what is hardly more than clerical work.
Written on Judge clears way for sale of McClung Warehouses:
How much are we actually paying? A million dollars is a big discrepancy in the price!
Written on District attorney urged to seek death penalty in Rhea County boy's death:
If they are guilty, hang them high.
Written on Judge orders release of Knox emails; law director declines, may appeal:
county computer + county internet=public domain
Written on Unsealed indictments shed light on case against parents in child sex case:
Glad the guy committed suicide. If guilty, the parents should be executed .
Written on Alcohol incident led to Knox employees' sudden resignations:
Why would she risk her job for him? Inquiring minds want to know!
Written on Tenn couple waives hearing in child selling case :
If they are guilty the death penalty is even too good!
Written on New indictments leveled against OR woman accused of killing granddaughter:
There is no excuse for her behavior; she needs to be punished. I just wonder where the parents of the poor children were?
Written on Tenn. death row inmate convicted in Fla. murder:
Why are we wasting time and money? He needs to be executed immediately!
Written on Attorney: Union County neighbor in killing came to son's aid:
Have the Waggoners had issues with other neighbors? Who lived across from them before the Woodby's and were there problems with them? Have the Woodby tapes been made available to the media yet, if so, what do they show?
Written on Grizzlies celebrating No. 1 franchise designation:
Ok, someone want to change the headline?
Written on Judge reverses magistrate; infant's name will be Messiah not Martin:
Thanks for the info. I searched the TBA for her info but nothing showed up under LuAnn Ballew.
Written on Family welcomes move to seek execution of accused pharmacy killer:
He did it. Present the evidence, find him guilty and execute him. It should not take more than a few weeks and will save the taxpayers a fortune.
Does Ms. Ballew have a college degree or law degree? Isn't her position a political appointment from a judicial district?
Written on Neighbors praise homicide victim as 'awful good neighbor':
Probable motive:
Cancer + prescription narcotics + addicted assailant = murder
RIP Mr. Downey
Written on 'Messiah' naming case headed back to court:
Does Ms. Ballew have a law and/or college degree? If so, where did she attain her higher learning? Isn't she a political appointment from a judicial district?
Written on Ethics Commission stalemate results in no fine against lobbyist Tom Ingram:
The Ethics Commission is appointed by Gov. Haslam, correct? Isn't Ingram a long time friend and employee of the governor? Do members of the ethics committee draw salaries or benefits? Do they ever penalize anyone?
Written on Burglary call ends with female suspect shot after high speed chase, man arrested:
There have been numerous incidences, even some in Knox County, where a suspect has taken an unattended police car. Did it ever occur to the officers officers to make a practice of removing the keys?
Written on Obama delays Syria vote, says diplomacy may work :
"make" or "may"? One would think that AP writers would proofread.
Written on Knox man arrested on 5th charge of indecent exposure:
Wow, what a tough sentence!
Written on KPD: Oak Ridge physician arrested on drugs, weapons charges:
Will the state medical board have the guts to pull his license or will he get the usual slap on the wrist?
Written on Rick Byrd named chairman of NCAA rules committee:
Congratulations to a great coach and person.
Written on East Tennessee woman hospitalized to remove stolen $5,000 from rectum:
I can think of hundreds of different hiding places for stashing cash, but none involving body orifices. Certainly don't believe this was the first time she tried something like this.
Written on Mercedes Place shopping center in Bearden in receivership:
Who owns the shopping center now? That fact seems to have been omitted from the article.
Written on Hasan: 'Illegal war' provoked Fort Hood rampage:
He did it. Military execution. Wish the money spent on him and this trial could go to help the victims and their families.
Written on Knoxville man gets 25 years for three child rape convictions:
I don't care why he did it! Execution. We are not protecting our children.
Written on Maryville man held on child molestation charges from Florida:
I was thinking Marshal Sam McCloud.
Written on Richard F. Chambers: County Commission should tread carefully on Walls decision:
Who is on the KC Audit Committee? Who appoints them and what qualifications are required?
Who thought it was a good idea for St. Mary's to buy Baptist?
Written on 78-year-old Fountain City barber injured in robbery:
A 78 year old man is going to work and being a productive citizen and two worthless pieces of garbage come along and do this. I hope they catch them soon and put them under the jail. People like this do not deserve air.
Written on Oklahoma State tennis schedule released:
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06-09-2000, 07:37 PM
Secret Option Screen
A secret options screen can be accessed by crashing into the SSD at the battle of Endor 15 times on consecutive attempts. New battles await!
is this true?
A man without a sig is a man without his jewls!
Rogue Nine
06-09-2000, 07:40 PM
Um, this should go into XWA General. You should know, Horn.
06-09-2000, 09:47 PM
LOL... snicker... bwahahahahah.. hee... giggle... snort... hee...
Thats the best one yet, for a cheat free XWA game
06-10-2000, 12:07 AM
^_^ This is a first. Here's a hint: NEVER listen to ANY rumour about having you do something multiple times.
06-10-2000, 02:38 AM
There are no extra missions in the XWA CD's or file, there would have to be some in order to fly them
06-13-2000, 08:45 AM
Keep in mind that the programmers plug-in "cheats" for alpha and beta testing, not for making gamers' life easier ! So doing something 15 times in a row, doesn't sound like something that would make their life easier...
06-13-2000, 03:08 PM
Good point, but why would programers use secret missions in beta testing?
06-13-2000, 09:51 PM
How on earth did ytou figure that one out?
15 times? what the hell where u doin?
Shining monkeyz
Y-Wing Prodigy
06-16-2000, 10:55 AM
What a black hole effect. I can just feel the intellect being drained away from the message board. If there was a secret by doing this, I'm sure we would have heard about it long before.
P.S. What's the fun in smashing into it when you can blow it up??
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If you are in the market for a diamond ring you may want to study up on diamond cuts and shapes. The cut and shape of a diamond make a lot of difference in the sparkle and shine of the stone. Differentiating between cut and shape can get confusing because the shapes are often referred to as cuts. For example a princess cut diamond is actually the shape.
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Other less popular shapes of diamonds include trilliant, radiant, asscher and cushion. Each is just as beautiful as the more popular shapes. The trilliant diamond is a brilliant cut triangle shaped diamond. The radiant diamond is rectangular shaped diamond. It is similarly cut like an emerald cut but has many more facets. The radiant diamond is a much more forgiving cut of diamond. It can be less than perfect and still look beautiful.
The asscher cut diamond is a square shape similar to the princess cut. However, it is cut instead and faceted like that of an emerald cut diamond. The cushion cut diamond is also called a candlelight or pillow cut diamond. The cushion cut diamond's shape is between an oval and an emerald cut.
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1. Nov 19, 2012
This was a good game until Arenanet started lying to it's customers. Sham
e on you Anet, I thought better of you. Expand
2. Aug 28, 2012
3. Feb 15, 2013
-Disheartened Fan
4. Nov 20, 2012
5. Feb 15, 2013
6. Sep 12, 2012
7. Nov 19, 2012
This game was originally a 9 or a 10, you could play as you liked and be rewarded for it. But with the addition of the new Ascended Gear, the game has suddenly become very limited: grind the new dungeon 1000 times or be left behind. This transition is a betrayal of the "no gear treadmill" philosophy and makes the game more like a lame version World of Warcraft.
After playing for a wh
ile you start to find the classes pretty limited and kind of dull. Only a few tactics are worth taking, leaving you with like 1 or 2 builds instead of the diversity promised.
After playing them, the dungeons are generally poorly constructed and not a lot of fun.
8. Dec 3, 2012
9. Sep 3, 2012
So when I started the game, I was impressed by the voice acting and the polish of the graphics. I was also impressed with the amount of character classes i could choose between. I was also impressed with the idea of being able to customize my character's story line by choices made before the game began. Once the first 5 hours of game play was completed I was then let down by a tedious quest sytem, repetitive random events and ptiful PVP system. Im just going to get this out of the way right away, I come from the old school of everquest, Asheron's call, Ultima online ect... and am really only interested in pvp but i can apreciate a deep story driven PVE system like The Old Republic Online. In the old days you had an active choice to make at the beginning. Do I join a PVP server or a PVE server, This game gives you no option witch worried me right away. As I am going through playing multiple classes and multiple levels feeling real lonely because the quest system does not encourage teaming up, instead if you happen to be in the same area as another player,guess what, you are a team, and once the event is over you all disperse, never exchanging names or talking at all because well, what the point? Ok so I kept on going, deciding to join the pvp system at lvl 20 just so I knew what I was doing with the character before I joined. I expected a dynamic PVP experience. Instead all i got was a chaotic combat system and yet another linear experience. Go here to defend this, Run here to defend that, with no clear and defined rolls to play in the battle.The PVP was just like the rest of the game, Linear and lonely. Overall i cannot give the game the lowest score because it has pretty looking skills and spells with clean graphics that cover up a hollow role playing experience. in short, good graphics, linear and repetitive PVE experience, and pathetic and totaly seperate from the game PVP sytem. Not exactly what i was expecting, but when its free to play, how good can it be? as a side note, what the hell happened to open world PVP servers where anything goes? I miss those days. Expand
10. Nov 21, 2012
All the promises that were made before release and all the selling points of this game have been thrown out the window with the latest patch.
There was supposed to be no grind, no gear treadmills, no gated content. Before 15 Nov 2012 this game was 9/10, now it's a clear case of bait and switch. Don't be fooled by all the old reviews, and read up some current information about the dire
ction the game has taken. Expand
11. Jan 14, 2013
GW2...really? its not even close to gw1. The story is lame, the dungons are easy pvp is dying on the vine, wvw3 and des are a zerg fest , with the additional bonus of lagging out . The classes dont even feel diffrent from one another, and its entire no-trinity system hase made it a dps fest with no skill involved. Grats anet you took a great games title and @##$ all over it. Oh yea get ready to get dinged into the cash grab trading post, pfft ..and no farming, free to play is still to expensive, it feels like SWTOR all over again with all the problems they fail to adress. Expand
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13. Aug 29, 2012
Try this game before you buy it! Borrow a friends account or wait for a free trial or something, but don't spend money on it until you actually know what you're buying into. There's not much more I can say that the other negative reviewers haven't already covered. But this game is simply not worth $60 ($20 maybe). Don't fall for the hype!
14. Aug 29, 2012
We'll start with the dated graphics. once again an MMO designer makes a game to run in the lowest systems making a mediocre graphics experience for everyone. Then we continue with the character controls. Floaty and disconnected. You start an attack and your character takes over - you don't have real control over it.. Just like a dog you tell "attack" and "stop" and lead by a leash. Auto-attacks and tab target, once more. Not even SWTOR relied on auto-attacks and they criticized its combat as WoW clone. This is far more clonish to WoW than anything else I've played in the genre. In fact, Ranger plays the exact same as Hunter. Their in game Cash Store is ever present like any F2P title, hounding you to conveniently purchase with cash things that will take you more work to get online. People already simply purchase advantages in PvP and save themselves the time. Finally its players are very much like a cult - they'll hound anyone not sharing a perfect opinion of GW like a pariah. Death threats have been lobbed on personal emails, that's how fanatical they get. Between the mediocre gameplay, dated graphics, and mindless- aggressive cult core of players it's something to stay away from. Expand
15. Dec 13, 2012
Had a great start and tons of potential but the devs have squandered it. Storyline starts out great with your choices having impact but around halfway through it gets hijacked by a Mary Sue who saves the world for you. Graphics are marginally better than the originals and most of the music is recycled from GW. Gameplay is dull with each weapon having a locked set of skills leaving you with 1 healing skill, 3 "utility" slots, and an elite skill. Most skills are bland because the devs have killed the "trinity" (aka an actual class system) leaving everyone being tanky DPS for dungeons and glass cannons for pvp. 4 months after launch and there are still tons of gameplay bugs, elite skills are almost all garbage (so bad that you forget to use them), CC & debuffs are unbalanced and boring (stuns last 1-2 seconds but cripple can stack to over a minute easily), and class customization is non-existent with barebone traits. The world is beautiful and at first fun to explore, but if you go for map completion the hearts are very tedious and all the starting zones feel the same. Endgame consists of unevenly difficult & boring dungeons, chaotic & pointless server vs. server PvP, KOTH PvP with cosmetics-only rewards, and grinding for hundreds of hours for "legendary" weapons. Overall, this is a terrible sequel and has nothing to do with the original Guild War series apart from races and some skill names. The devs are clearly building the game for the "WoW audience" and have not only abandoned their original fans but are actively alienating them. Expand
16. Aug 30, 2012
I would love to be able to review the game. However I find myself in impossible situation to do it although I pre-purchased it. I was able to play for two days during the Headstart during which I have encountered all possible errors and aberrant behavior. The client kept telling me it can't log-in in my account because of my firewall while my friend's account worked just fine on the same machine. Nothing unexpected till third day when I am informed by the log-in error that my account has been banned. I did not receive any kind of notification from NCSoft/ArenaNet or any other kind of messages but welcoming emails. I filed a support ticket, I got an automated copy-paste of the Support FAQ. I wait three days without knowing what is going on. After that my temporary ban is turned into a permanent ban and it seems GW2 staff does this when it believes an account has been compromised. I update my support ticket, the only reaction is that the log-in screen is now telling me the account is permanently terminated for selling gold and in-game items for real-world money. Apparently I did all that during the ban.
Even during the short game time I had, a poor experience doesn't even begin to cover it. The all so praised dynamic events are nothing more then scripted events that trigger themselves over and over again. You end up performing the same invasion 10 times in a row if you don't like wandering around. There is no world reacting to what you do, quests are as tedious and boring as in other MMOS, they just don't show you the numbers any more: you don't even know when you will be done with killing X number of critters. The combat system is nothing they advertised, it's a combat system very similar to all other MMOs where you need to select a target and perform an ability.
The only good and innovative part, for which I give it a 1, is that groups are not needed to share the progress of a quest or the kill of a mob and all resources and loot is client-side so you don't need to fight with other players for a resource node.
They've spent 5 years working on this game: It's design is 5 years old with a quick patch of recent ideas and the worst customer support and automated hacking detection system yet.
17. Sep 3, 2012
After a couple of hours playing I realized it's just **** Th
tl;dr, don't belive the hype.
18. Sep 1, 2012
19. Sep 2, 2012
I rather dislike a lot in this game. For all the hype, I expected a lot. However, the graphics are nothing to write home about, the story is not that enjoyable, and the combat system simply isn't engaging. I cannot recommend it enough that you try this game for 6-8 hours before buying it. Be sure to play it for a while, you'll notice many people are adjusting their reviews as time goes on.
20. Sep 11, 2012
Unfortunately, I fell for the overwhelming amount of great reviews for this game. After seeing that the game had "sold out" of digital download copies, I thought, "maybe this is the mmo to end all mmos." So I rush down to a brick and mortar store to pick up a hard copy, install, create an account. Within 8 hours I get an email telling me that some clown in China is trying to access my account....great! Anyhow, I launch the game expecting pure awesomeness. What I see is a graphical amalgamation of Wow and Aion, which works out pretty well, because if you average out the years in which those engines were put into play, then you come up with graphics circa 2007...that's generous. Everything else is completely predictable - kill this, collect that, don't worry about the story. This is what killed SWTOR in my opinion; you can't try to polish up the things you like about various MMOs, slap them together and expect a miracle. And that's what you see here - a little bit of WoW, Aion, Rift, SWTOR, and a few of the legacy items that made the first GW successful, but ultimately the game is devoid of any revolutionary mechanics. On the other hand, I've been playing The Secret World for a little over 2 months now, and besides the very few bugs remaining, it has captivated me from day one! Fantastic gfx, engrossing storyline, challenging skill system, the ability to be absolutely anything with the mere swapping of skills that are available to everyone. While it may not be for everyone, at least it advanced the genre so that people can see where we could and should be with these games. How fans tolerate the same mediocre fodder is beyond me. Expand
21. Aug 30, 2012
22. Aug 31, 2012
23. Sep 3, 2012
This is one broken piece of software. So many events and dungeons are broken, preventing you from completing areas ... but you will throw away a couple of hours before you realies you have waisted your time. No AUCTION house, well there is one but it's broken too. SHUT forums wtf? Bots, hackers and the list goes on. Worst of all, it's the same wolf just in different clothing
24. Nov 20, 2012
Overhyped. The graphics are excellent at the time of launch, but the good features stop there. It has a disguised form of grinding that tries to fool players into thinking they are not grinding while doing exactly what grinding is: repeated kills over and over.
The classes are a huge let down. Most have cool animations and effects but these have no impact on gameplay as the abilities are
weak and generic. All classes can do all the functions as melee damage, ranged damage, healing and support and as such excel at none which just furthers the feeling of weak classes. Furthermore you can be up-leveled (rarely) or down-leveled (more commonly) to provide a fixed challenge level. While some people like the constant challenge, this only increases the feeling of weakness since you can never enjoy the power you accrued.
Mobs are repeated through several areas, just leveled up and with maybe a different name (not always), which contributes to the tedium after a while.
Add to all this that it has no demo nor trial nor the possibility to sell the game you bought (as per the aggreement) nor a money-back guarantee and we have a trap where we just sank our money. All this fear of losing money on the part of the company only reflects a lack of confidence on the tittle.
Bottom-line: not worth it.
25. Sep 2, 2013
Terrible RvR system where the map is too big, Planetside 2 did it better tbh. Loot is boring, always crap, you craft your gear and then you're done...you don't even need to grind/hunt for gear. Event drops are crap too. Puzzle drops are even worse. Raids are a terrible bore because enemies have tons of health. Stat system is simple there is no allocation and only a few secondary stats. The grind is pretty easy but boring because you have 4-8 skills and no tactics required to level in high level areas...you can just solo and mechanics and skill required is no problem. Gear is generic with no interesting abilities/stat variations. GW2 is pretty though. Expand
26. ryn
Oct 15, 2012
I'll keep this short. The graphics and sound come together to form a breathtaking world. Unfortunately, this alone isn't enough to make a compelling game. The combat is fun and engaging (perhaps more so than in competing titles) for the first couple of days. But I have yet to play an MMO that manages to keep it interesting after that and GW2 is no exception. Unfortunately this hits GW2 hard, because as the developers pointed out many times: there is no "carrot" in GW2. What's supposed to keep you playing is the fun of playing the game itself (walking around killing things, exploring, doing dynamic events, etc.) and NOT loot rewards. Well, general game-play quickly becomes sleep-inducing. Crafting is a major gold-sink and feels like a waste of time, even if the interface itself isn't bad. The economy is a complete joke, with 99% of items selling at vendor price and the other 1% climbing to insane new heights every day. Unless you've played from release and speculated your way to huge profits when various recipes were changed or discovered, you are going to be dirt-poor from 1-80 and beyond. The dungeons are boring and frustrating at the same time, but to expect differently when you put 5 classes that all do everything in a dungeon that you over-tune to hell to make it "challenging" is madness. World-vs-World PvP is a zerg-fest of epic proportions and if you think that structured PvP will appeal to you, go play Dota2 or LoL instead for a much more complete and fun experience. The personal story is decent up to level 50 or so, then it looses pretty much all it's appeal and turns into another terrible, unrewarding grind. Expand
27. Mar 10, 2013
after months the game still has some of the initial bugs and the improvements made to the game are not really improvements but stepback´s so anet has to do better if they want to sell games because the game has stagnated and is slowly dying. and check once and for all the lag problems that are the worst of the game.
28. Sep 2, 2012
Huge disappointment, completely over-hyped...
The jumping puzzles were difficult and fun but nothing new having just pla
yed SWToR.
For that, I give it a 4/10.
29. Sep 6, 2012
Security is absolutely the most glaring issue with the game.
After years of learning security best practices from other game
30. Sep 13, 2012
31. Oct 29, 2012
32. Nov 11, 2012
33. Aug 30, 2012
This game really suck a lot!!!
34. Sep 6, 2012
35. Sep 1, 2012
36. Sep 6, 2012
welcome to the MMOPG genre, role it out yourself kid.
37. Sep 26, 2012
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40. Dec 16, 2012
41. Oct 1, 2012
42. Sep 28, 2012
43. Feb 1, 2013
And again the grinding...."sigh"
Once this was a skill based game.
Now its just a standard MMORPG like all the others.
44. Sep 29, 2012
45. Nov 9, 2012
46. Sep 4, 2012
Do not buy this game if you are looking for a deep MMO to play long term, that certainly is not what this game is. This game is a decent game for about a month of PvE play. The dynamic events are not dynamic at all, there is absolutely no end game content at all. You can get all the best gear in about a day or two of level 80 play, and after that there is nothing more the strive for. There is no carrot and nothing to progress. The game play is shallow at best. In PvP all your abilities feel like they are lagged, however this is by design as Arenanet wants you to be able to Dodge roll away from attacks so they put a delay on nearly every ability, which ends up making the combat feel slow and laggy. If you are looking for a quality long term MMO, then definitely stick with World of Warcraft, your money is far better spent there. Expand
47. Sep 5, 2012
This quote from the Manifesto video doomed this game IMO:
"... in Guild Wars 2, it's your world. It's your story. You affect things around you in a very permanent way." "You are rescuing a village, that will stay rescued." I'll come right out and say it... Naaah. Not a chance, it's the same old, same old, never ending loop of quests. They have not come up with any solution for personali
zing an entire MMO world to the player. Their main claim to revolutionary game design was a complete fabrication. That alone heavily drops the score for me. Secondly, the event system is very, very repetitive. Just as repetitive as any other MMO to date. They change who you are fighting, what you are fetching, what you are wiping off walls, and where you are, but you are still defending, fetching, and wiping just to move on and do it all over. Lastly, the personal story is level based so you must, MUST grind out on things that have no story, or a very weak on if any, in order to get to the meat of the story in the game. Bad design, personal story must level with the character so they can always progress. That right there made me stop playing because I was not going to WOW grind to get to play and enjoyable single player experience. Oh and don't try grouping with too many people because the overload servers can't keep parties on the same servers. Overall, Guild Wars 2 Is like a bargain bin CD of a bunch of niche MMO's. 50 classic games for $60, but really nothing in it to separate it from the competition and the lack of a goal makes it hard to press on. Expand
48. Sep 6, 2012
This is a game for kids. Quests are so stupid, and your character seems like a body with a doolish head. No interaction needed with other players... everybody rush on "dynamics" events, you don't see anything and you do not need any skills to win the event... absolutly deplorable. World vs World is unplayable, and battlegrounds are boring. This is ver yfar from the revolution they annonced ! Maybe F2P players like it.. I really don't understand this score... Expand
49. Sep 6, 2012
The so-called dynamic events just repeats over and over, with no real difference in winning or failing the event, usually you are surrounded by lot of other players so you can simply press auto-attack key and go afk. Perhaps the game is good in pvp, but for the pve part it's nothing a real pve fan will play.
50. Oct 15, 2012
This game loses it's luster VERY fast. I had no reason to get to the end game (Which is 80 levels of doing "Grind Free" questing). I got a character to level 58. I started losing interest around level 50. My character has around 30 moves, all on short cool down, but they all generally do the same thing. Apply an effect, knock back, increase attack speed. Boring. Also, the whole gimmick on how there's no grinding is complete bull. The only thing end game is, is grinding to get cooler looking gear. You have to run dungeons THOUSANDS of times to get full dungeon sets, and don't get me even started on the ridiculous difficulty of dungeons. Also, Arenanet advertising heavily on a "role-less" game is a complete lie as well. You HAVE to have a tank, a designated healer, etc. in order to survive in these stupidly difficult dungeons. The story is rather lame, and the quests all start feeling the same. The world is nice looking, but I noticed repeats in designs and looks, the areas aren't varied very well and I got bored very fast of the style pretty fast as well. Also, anyone who thinks this game revolutionized questing is delusional, they just cover up the questing by making it an area where you can quest instead of having to turn it in. W v W is alright, but you can only do well if you have a solid in take of money, since the seige equipment costs lots of currency. This game was fun for about a month, which is all it needs to get a good review from most people (most people stop playing after that long anyways....) while you need to put in a LOT more time than that to get to the "end game". Collapse
51. Dec 2, 2012
52. Dec 16, 2012
53. Sep 27, 2012
Ok, time to finally let this drop. i tried to give them time and it was (fortunately for them) a busy month, but it wasnt enough.
Guild Wars 2 is the latest in a growing line of mmorpgs (IT IS NOT AN ACTION GAME!) that are severely over hyped and under developed. Despite all their nonsense about not releasing it "until its done" what we have is bugs across every possible system in the g
ame. Almost asif NC Soft said "finish it up or we are not paying you" and they did. From account security (always fun having 200+ emails fill your inbox to tell you that ip addys from china are attempting to log into your account) to quests in general (there is nothing "dynamic" about scripted events sorry kids) bugs bugs bugs. Perhaps if they had done a proper beta test instead of a bunch of B/S hype generating weekends they could have fixed them before launch... but no, the AH still goes down daily, the guilds bug daily... there is nothing that isnt broken on this game!
Visually it falls short of the mark too, while they assured us it would "support dx10" LIES! the closest thing to this game is honestly AOC, both in the amount of hype concerning it, and the dismal product that got released.
Gameplay... [tab]1-2-3-4 ever heard that one? well thats all you are getting here too.
Sound- the sound is really good actually, too bad it is the LEAST important thing about a game! But hey, they atleast got something right... although its kind of stupid to be told you have been poisoned 3 min after it wears off... but again BUGS!
Over all i would give it a solid 5, meaning that this game is average in EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. It is not above average on ANY level! But seeing all the BULLS HIT 10's i am going to do the right thing and drop it. if anyone actually reads this theyll know the truth, otherwise metacritic is kind of a crap metric since it LETS B/S scores through.. even on such a MASSIVE turd such as guild wars 2.
i cant express enough what a totally disappointing turd this game is.
54. Nov 26, 2012
55. Sep 3, 2012
For me this game looks quite unattractive because of high fantasy setting that is so popular in MMO genre in our days. Visuals are also not so great, world design is quite childish and of course tons of too colorful SFX in more or less large combat. CPvP is the only thing that can save this MMO since there is no other end-game content because mass PvP seems to be random zerg based by design (due to long queries all serious guild coordinated action is usually impossible). Expand
56. Sep 2, 2012
-Combat in general is slow and there's even input delay. This is a big issue when this is pretty much what you'd be doing most of the time.
-Server load issues. Overflow is a big one when trying to party.
-Bad voice overs and dialogue lines.
-PvE questing areas, open quests, dungeons, finding vistas and whatnot are just in extreme boring.
Not my game at least.
57. Sep 17, 2012
buy if you like semi free to play pve and uncomplicated pvp with awkward, counter intuitive controls, avoid if you like games a little more challenging
58. Sep 27, 2012
While the world is pretty and full of detail, unfortunately the beauty was only skin deep, for me. The game is severely repetitive, kill centaurs, water flowers, feed chicken, collect tree branches... over and over and over and over. The WvW pvp was just a zergfest, you either roll or you're getting rolled.Dynamic events, which are supposed to change the world around you as you participate and finish is no different than finishing an event in WOW. You succeed until the event you just finished re spawns... and it starts all over again. Expand
59. Oct 14, 2012
If you were to chart an exciting quest, it might start out slow, and then ramp up and up, until the climax at which point you would face some thrilling final challenge, after which you would feel a flood of endorphins for having accomplished something. This is not how GW2 works. Instead, you wander around, and a little message says, "Go kill those things to save the farm or whatever." So you go kill whatever for a while with a hundred other people, and then the things are all killed, and you get a letter that says, "Hey, thanks for killing those things. Here's some gold." It doesn't lead anywhere, no story is built, it's not the start of some greater mission to work towards, and you don't feel more powerful or accomplished. Frankly, Guild Wars 2 is boring. I only feel compelled to play this game because I spent money on it. The story, lore, and dialog are paper thin, which would be forgivable if the gameplay was at all interesting.
The worst sin of this game, though? They've built a beautiful world, and given you a difficult to control, buggy, awful camera with which to view it. Super narrow FOV with no way to change it, collides with random objects and jerks around wildly (especially indoors), shows you more of the ground than the scenery, and always prefers to stick your character front and center, blocking whatever you actually want to look at. All of this makes exploring the world, which should be a fun diversion, a headache.
60. Feb 14, 2013
This is a tacky review, sorry.
61. Nov 30, 2012
Played this game for a couple of months and found that its just too buggy. Many dungeons to not work and the new fractals dungeons crash constantly (usually toward the end). The game is full of cheaters and its just a very bad game would not recommend it to anyone. Give it a year or so for them to work out the bugs and stop the blatant cheating.
62. Sep 27, 2012
63. Dec 28, 2012
My, my, ArenaNet surely did it's homework in researching "things that every MMO fan seems to want". Beautiful graphics, excellent music, huge open world, no subscription fees - all of that you can find in Guild Wars 2. Too bad that in their pursuit for a perfect MMO formula, ArenaNet forgot to add one critical element to this otherwise perfect equation - fun. No argument for PvP balance can overrule the fact that restricting your class to only a handful of skillsets (as opposed to hundreds in GW1) was an absolutely horrible design choice that doomed the entire experience from the start. The new questing system is also vastly overrated. It really doesn't matter if I have to walk to the NPC or have the quest activated on the go, when it's still the same kill & fetch bullsh*t every other MMO has already done to death. Biggest disappointment of the year. Expand
64. Sep 12, 2012
Boring enough to not care to write an entire review on.
Do yourself a favor and pass it up for something more interesting and engaging like The Secret World.
65. Jan 31, 2013
Absoluty,insanely bad, boring, repetitive, pointless game. Glad I could sell my account to another poor soul. Bleh. Arenanet is a horrible company and the whole game concept is full of fail. The cutscenes are as ugly and boring as the game.
66. Sep 5, 2012
Disney on steroids or PCP great graphics ,crafting looks well done but some what tedious.Characters are great stories weak least thief was .I found it little better than WOW or most the other fantasy MMOs out there. I have been playing MMos since before Ultima Online .Its good but not up to the hype .
67. Sep 7, 2012
the game is decent but... their security and user support are HORRIBLE. my friend got hacked... they have a serious flawed system where a hacker could just simply go to your account and with your password just change the email where every notification arrives without you need to accept or confirm a notification to your email, then if u try to recovery your account u cant because everything will go to the HACKERS EMAIL, how retarded they were to make that system, also the automatic recovery system is disabled so everyone including users who forgot their password have to summit tickets to account support... I'm really disapointed, they only hacked his GW2 account he has lots of games and other valuable accounts. Expand
68. Sep 10, 2012
Someone please explain to me the purpose of this game. I have waited 4 years for this game to come out and it really might be the worst game I have ever played. I love MMOs but Guild Wars makes no sense, the combat is awful , the open world combat everyone talks about is just pure chaos, you just dont feel like yor actually doing anything, just one of the horde. I just run around and really dont even want to kill any mobs as the xp is awful. I really wanted to like this game but really am so confused of how this is fun at all. Expand
69. Sep 10, 2012
Why is this game getting such high reviews? It takes a few hours but under the shiney wrapper tha flaws come quick and they are huge.
-Abilities are bland.
-Character development is non-existent.
-Combat invovles mashing same 4 to 5 buttons - you unlock a few more but I already mention the abilities are terrible - so you'll just mash 4 of the available 8.
-Gear is bland and generic- li
ttle variety - if you see someone of the same class odds are pretty high he's rocking same stuff you have. Lots of dyes but the underlying gear all looks the same.
-Crafting is pointless - you'll find the same gear - so nothing you craft is of any value on the auction.
-Local events are pointless Zerg fests mashin gthose 4 butons and wondering what if anything you did.
-NPC voices are poorly done and repetative.
-About as much depth as an episode of iCarly.
-SO I paid my $60 - leveled to 30 - uninstalled the game and took a long shower to wash off the dirty feeling from playing it. You have been warned.
70. Sep 11, 2012
As a Guild Wars fan, it truly breaks my heart to be forced to give such an amazing MMO's sequel such a poor overall score, but Guild Wars 2 might have well been made by a completely different developer as it totally missed the mark on what made its predecessor a great game.
While Guild Wars 2 brags about its "player unique stories" (or however they phrased it), the plot totally misses t
he mark cinematically and writing wise. In Guild Wars, the story was paced quite well with only one or two minor side quests that needed completing before you got to the next mission area. Missions also contained bonus side quests that if completed could bring in oodles of xp, which is always a good thing. Unfortunately, Guild Wars 2 breaks one of writings biggest no-nos in that it butchers the pacing of the story with so much filler (grinding) that by the time you level up the three or four required levels to do the next mission, the momentum of the story has already been lost. At the same time, the story fails to deliver a memorable villain in the likes of Shiro Tagachi or Varesh Ossa. With my character at level 30 and well into the "story", I have yet to come across a villain I either cared about or thought of as memorable. At the same time, the horrible cinematics pale in comparison to their Guild Wars predecessors, going from an actual cutscene to nothing but "talking heads".
Then you have the lack of instancing and henchmen/heros. Two of the best things that ever happened to an MMO. Gone now are the days that you can enjoy the world and the story in solitude without having to worry about fifty other people doing the same quest. Henchmen/Heroes were also an awesome part of Guild Wars, albeit slightly flawed intellectually. As one who was looking forward to improved AI and a removal of gold/item stealing, I was greatly dismayed when they announced their horrific new "Dynamic Level Adjustment", one of the worst features of an MMO since pay to win stores and player driven economies (I'm looking at you Final Fantasy).
Another huge caveat is the lack of questing. Sure this game has "events" and "group quests" that will appear at "random" around the different zones, but with so few per area, and with them and story missions offering little xp, not only will you find yourself stuck in the same area till you are ready to blow your brains out, but that you'll be grinding the same quests over and over and OVER before you can enjoy the actual point of Guild Wars, the story.
Finally we get to the terrible skill system and lack of armor. If Guild Wars suffered from anything, it was a massive lack in armor variants. Guild Wars 2 compounds this by having even fewer armors. And while Guild Wars offered the great benefits of dual classing and more skills than one could possibly fathom, Guild Wars 2's system is like the difference between pre and post searing Ascalon. There's no comparison.
In the end, Guild Wars 2's biggest flaw was to sell out on everything that made it great trying to cater to 'main stream MMOers' and in doing so, completely failed to hit the target in almost every way.
End Score 1/10
+1 Graphics
-3 points for lack of instancing
-2 points for removal of henchmen/heroes
-2 points for dynamic level adjustment
-2 point for lack of normal quests and poor story implementation
-1 for story missions not being repeatable, lack of armor variants
71. Sep 24, 2012
I only bought this game for the PvP which was advertised as the most balanced without forcing classes into certain play styles. However as it turns out the balancing is actually worse than in any other MMO I played before. Also the PvP content with 2 decent, 1 meh and 1 terrible map which all are of the same 'conquer and hold points' type gets boring very fast. There is not even a function which allows player to duel.
The game was released in a premature state and suggestions as well as critic are answered by the devs with silence mostly and if one of them actually decides to answer it is some snooty l2p comment.
Most disappointing game of the year with false adverisement that border on customer fraud.
72. Sep 26, 2012
GW2 is loose MMO RPG and it is likely that you will get tired of it at some point.
GW2 fails to deliver a good story - in both content and form
No flight paths. Just teleporting.what a disappointment.
73. Dec 18, 2012
This game is horrible, the game gets interesting in the start, but it rappidly becomes boring. All of my friends quit playing after reaching about lvl 10 or so. They are hardcore mmorpg players and always get adicted to them. Many GW2 players says that the "end game" is ****
74. Dec 24, 2012
I buy very few games usually. The hype of some friends about this made me buy it. A waste of money, for me. I got bored in the first 20 level. I simply doesn't feel part of a world. The first thing a good rpg, online or offline, should do is to have a great history/ world (Azeroth, for example) in wich you can feel part of something. I found nothing of it here. The event are something funny... for the first 3 or 4 times. Then they are really boring. Also, the fact you can group with people basically whoever they are, is something that really is against the online experience. I want to make friends and allies in an online game. This, again, is not the case. Try the game before buy it! Expand
75. Dec 30, 2012
Story: 4 ---------------- The great overarching plot from GW1 is replaced by hundreds of meaningless (but fun) mini-events and some often contrived personal quests.
Visuals: 10 ----------- It doesn't get a whole lot better for an MMO and the ANet art team is great at creating visual interest.
Sound: 9 --------------- Jeremy Soul is a genius. The only reason this isn't a 10 is because
of the headache-inducing noise of necromancer spells and deafeningly cacophonous boss fights.
Combat: 7 ------------- It's good for an MMO but if you've ever played any action RPG you know exactly what you're missing. It's not as good as TERA's combat but it's good.
Game Design: 8 ----- In all aspects the game is well-designed but it seems that ArenaNet is not immune to problems with class balance. Certain classes suffer from crippling class-specific design issues and poor skill synergy so much that the player must master every available skill and use them in every fight (engineer, elementalist). Others need do only know how to use a few skills to win most NPC encounters (guardian, thief, warrior). Basically, it's the same situation as with every other MMORPG.
Fun Factor: 10 ------- Yeah, it's fun. It still gets repetitive, there isn't enough end game content yet and choosing one of the inferior classes can really be a downer but compared to any other MMORPG, it's the best there is. That means it deserves a 10 even if it isn't quite perfect.
Overall: 8 -------------- A very good game with the potential for greatness. Here's hoping ArenaNet can tap that potential in future updates and class balance patches.
76. Sep 7, 2012
PVP is the only part i care abut and it was ok but needs some work, specifically WvW play. Over half the time is spent running back to the fight that got boring fast. The other half was spent getting one shot by ranged and arrows from siege weapons.
The game may be good in a few month to a year when they iron out some of its flaws but for now as a pvp it just didn't hold up to my expectations.
77. Apr 7, 2013
click the button which is not on cooldown combat is dumbed down its just stupid, the different skills are so bad designed at the beginning you will may enjoy the game but after 2-3 hours you will see how boring this game actually is i am not a fanboy of any mmo but this game was a big let down for me
78. Sep 7, 2012
Guild Wars 2 looked to be a very hopeful game for me, a game I thought I would be playing for a decent 6 months or more, around the same timeframe I played WoW a few years back. The way the game was advertised was very well done, they made the game looks so clean and crisp, the graphics looked amazing. What they did was professionally iced a crummy cake. The game is very deceiving at first. The diverse character creation draws you in, and you choose what your characters going to be like, before you even experience them playing the game. I played human mostly, and made a guardian and engineer. After killing a few centaurs from some random town attack, I'm called in to help fight some massive rock hand that emerged from the ground. After joining the 10 other players that are smacking the rock with their daggers and bullets, the boss dies with like 5 minutes, and then my character passed out. I'm then told to help the town out with their daily chores, watering corn, feeding cows and destroying wasp nests. Wtf? What happend to all the centaurs, why did they even attack. To be honest, I think the storyline and moral behind all this is very generic and didn't really interest me at all. The skills are very limited, and get very tedious after a while. The skill/trait system is very dry, and didn't inspire me to go further at all. The instanced city ruined the whole 'epicness' and the teleportation system isn't a very creative way of travelling. WvW consisted of attacking a gate for 15mins before it was destroyed, and showed little potential for melee clases, as they got destroyed if they ran into a 20 man pack of players, all AoEing the ground and using their root abilities to pretty much ruin melee potential. The last stand skill ruined pvp, as it always felt I had to kill the player twice, instead of a nice clean one shot. It was way too balanced as well, giving every class ability ranged and heal abilitys, there is no special "individuality" among the classes as they could all do similar things. The biggest reason I didn't continue though was the lack of potential. What was the point of hitting level 80, when you get the same benefits at any point of the game. They wanted to make the game balanced and fair, and they did. I got my money back on the game after playing the 3-day head start and a few days after that. If you've played WoW and loved it, don't play this game. This is all my opinion guys, many of you probably like the style of the game, but I guarantee you, after 6 months, this game will barely be heard of. Expand
79. Jan 26, 2013
If you want in-game money you have to convert the store gems into gold. They put diminishing returns on loot so you get literally nothing. This is not a game for casuals, this is a game for children just like diablo 3.
All the class abilities are the same except with different animations. War's that can oneshot people "Bob deserves a promotion for that" Game is a joke, a very well executed scam.
80. Sep 27, 2012
I had been waiting a longtime for GW 2, and I have been pleased with the game until this week when the developers introduced code limiting the amount of time you can spend farming for materials, loot - whatever. They claim this diminishing return code that they have injected into the game is to help stem off botters, however it negatively affects the regular player.
On my server events
are now dead, bots still run rampant and overall quality of the game has already degraded. The entire economy is an out of whack mess.
Visually the game is beautiful, combat is okay and I do enjoy the puzzle aspects of the game...but those things alone are not enough to keep me interested.
Anets communication is poor at best. Threads and topics on their official forums are moderated heavily to diminish the negativity that is floating around, or threads are disappearing alltogether without reason or explanation.
81. Sep 27, 2012
Not a bad launch for an MMO but it had several issues like the trading post. They trying something innovative with classes being a jack of all trades. No specific tank, control, healer, dps classes. Each class is a little of each all rolled into one, its just they each do it a little different. This makes teamwork more difficult later on when people team up for dungeons causing several frustrating wipes. There are alot of pluses here but the class system is innovative but your either a like or hate it. I'm just too ingrained from other MMO's I have played like FF XI, DCUO, and SWTOR. If your willing to take a walk out of the MMO comfort zone, I suggest trying it. You may like it. I unfortunately did not. Expand
82. Jan 1, 2013
This game is ok, totally over hyped, the game world is huge but it is unfortunate that it is mainly just a cut and paste world. It's saving grace is that it is Buy to Play meaning you can dive in and out as you please.
83. Jan 2, 2013
From a PvP perspective this game is 100% fail. No comment on PvE as it's limited (no raiding) and dungeons are bugged and extremely limited w/out holy trinity. GW1 was an amazing game and we all had high hopes for the PvP in the sequel. There are only a few PvP maps and they are all capture the point. Balancing is unbelievably bad and the developers make idiotic, boneheaded class balance tweaks every month or so that satisfy nobody. No public test servers! Only TWO (yes two) developers working on class balance for the entire game, and they seem to be completely clueless about the game. This game may be more suited for casual players, but for people serious about PvP, it is a major, massive step back from GW1 and a very big disappointment. Expand
84. Jan 2, 2013
this game is totally wrecked. i have not even got the chance to play it yet because of the insane registering. i missed out on the $30 dollar amazon deal, still got it for a ok price, but not worth it either way. i highly encourage you to discourage your friends and family from getting this game.. unless your on the brink of suicide, or you just like being sad and depressed. i'd rather play hexen without a monitor. Expand
85. Jan 10, 2013
Nothing about this game matches the quality of the rating it has accrued. These are just SOME of my main gripes and there's a lot of them. But mostly, this game is just so !@#$ing boring.
Questing: There's a lot of detail but the lack of quantitative reward for exploring this detail or even enjoyment you get from it is minimal. Just because you don't "pick-up" a quest doesn't make it a gr
ound breaking system. It is, in essence, the same as every other RPG on the market. This just makes you hate exploring the lore of the game even more because you're skipping it 90% of the time.
Lack of incentive: There is almost no incentive for doing anything in this game. Everything is spoon-fed. There's no real need to prioritize doing anything. You could assign your skills at random and still make it 80 easily. And for that matter...
Why even have a leveling cap if you're just going to adjust everything to begin with. There's not real satisfaction in gaining a level. You don't measurably "improve". In fact, you get progressively worse, suffering from diminishing returns on stats until you buy a new set of gear The fact that your levels are adjusted to your zone and all PvP is at 80 level makes a leveling system almost completely redundant. Sure, you gain more skills but it doesn't really make you more "powerful". I felt just as useless at level 80 as I did at 30 because you're limited to the number of skills that fit in your tiny action bar. Advancing to higher level zones is almost redundant because you can literally reach level 80 by grinding in the first zone you hit and completing random events. The fact that diminishing returns DOESN'T apply to higher level characters reduces the number of people in the mid-level zones making it incredibly hard to complete those group events you need randoms to walk by for.
is extremely limited. You're given a set number of action bar slots for each class and are restricted to it. This pigeon holes you into the same skills, the same rotations and the same strategies for combat. Even swapping weapons seems pointless because your other set of weapons probably doesn't match the playing style you chose. Social Combat: The social nature of PvE questing in Guild Wars 2 actually detracts from its purpose. Nobody wants to join your party against a common foe, just pick up whoever walks along, kill it and they'll be on their merry way. I didn't get to talk to them, I don't even know who they are because the interface is clumsy and I'll never be able to contact them again. You just can't make friends in the world because it makes people care less about what you're doing.
This game is just incredibly boring. It is a chore to play and offers almost no stimulation beyond visual. The interface is a horror, gameplay isn't fluid and you can't lose yourself in the game.
86. Feb 2, 2013
This game keeps being praised as the best thing since sliced bread and is not even up to par with current MMORPGs; you could say is only an online game and not an RPG. Over a decade ago, games like Ever Quest were able to create a sense of immersion and atmosphere, you could role play your character and every role had it's own play style and strategy. You where invaluable to your team and it felt rewarding. Now, almost 15 years later, this game is just a common button smasher, every character is the same but with a different paint coat. No "trinity" means that there is no strategy and everyone is a DPS class. Everyone looks the same, feels the same and you can reach the maximum level in 2-4 weeks. After that, all the exotic gear is the same thing for everyone. If you like exploration and discovering the maps then this game will have some temporary appeal to you, but the combat is horrible, dungeons are unrewarding and brutal, PVP is a Zerg fest and crafting is the worst I've seen. I am disappointed that this game can't compare to games 15 years old and is just some pretty graphics with no substance. Expand
87. Jul 15, 2013
Don't be deceived. The game is grindy, has a terrible story, and ruined the Guild Wars name. The PvE is grindy and repetitive. The game has some serious balance issues with classes as well. The PVP is a joke and doesn't exist in my opinion. Most everything in the PvE and PvP is just done by zerging. It's like they buff the enemies so you have to zerg them then say "SEE? THIS GAME IS FOR THE PROS!". There is limited freedom in choosing a build which is something I loved about the original. Lastly, the community is godawful. Stay away. I regret wasting my time in this "sequel". Expand
88. Apr 18, 2013
This game is average at its best. But when you ding level 80, the game start to be boring real quick with lack of content. There's no progression or any reason to do PvE or PvP.
I had so high hopes.
89. May 26, 2013
The game is not great, that is for sure. Its not that bad if you are only looking for weeks worth of gaming. But as a lasting MMO it leaves much to be desired.
First of all GW2 is nothing like GW1. The PVP in GW2 is very generic, and pretty much crap. They made it so you can get to max level in a very short amount of time.. You can probably do it in 2 3 days if you really try, but wil
l take the average player about a week maybe two.
The dungeons are all broken with all the players just exploiting their way to bosses that they kill for useless loot. For the amount of time this game has been out they should have fixed a lot of the exploits that allow players to complete dungeons in 5 10 minutes.
You can obtain the best gear in the game in a very short amount of time, (less than a month of game time), and whats left to do is basically repeating the same mindless content every day so you can get loot that looks different. It wont improve your character or change your stats, but you can make yourself look different. You basically continue playing so you can earn different skins.
The world bosses are very mindless. 10 50 players just chaotically attacking a giant mobs foot. No strategy is required, and no skill in using your generic weapon based skills.
So after you do basically everything this game has to offer in 3 weeks of playing all you are left with is World vs World. WvW is the large server vs server PvP. Its ok, but not great, and definitely doesn't give a reason to continue playing. Its no Esport that's for sure.
All in all, the game isnt horrible, but its not good either. Its a meh. Play it for a month, and you are pretty much done.
90. Feb 1, 2013
This game requires skill, the story is fairly flat (little people who make the engineers but that something new in short, you want to spend your money do not take well GW2.
91. Sep 23, 2012
Another overhyped MMORPG that doesn't have nothing especial. Not better than TOR, The Secret World, and TERA, all things considered. The same "kill X and Y" with another face. Lack of progression. No endgame.
92. May 28, 2013
Really a poor game and disappointing if you were expecting a game somewhat similar to the earlier Guild Wars installments. I was expecting a game that would at least somewhat resemble Guild Wars 1 but this game was entirely different, missing all the traits that made Guild Wars 1 such an addicting game. I missed the cooperative elements such as the co-op missions even more. This game is just another WOW clone, and the graphics are the same if not worse than the earlier Guild Wars games. Expand
93. Jun 8, 2013
Taking everything what made the original Guild Wars so unqiue and tossing it the trash can. The whole game concept is solely focussed on commercial success.
94. Nov 10, 2013
I will never understand why so many critics and people love this game both at the "good" beginning and now. I was never enthralled playing this game, the combat that was so widely heralded as amazing is just mashing five buttons. The only way to pvp is by queing for it which I find very odd in a game for in MMOs like SWTOR and WoW these races have reasons to fight, although here your servers just fight. All species work together in peace even though the beast characters are said to be savages. I was never into this game from the start of it, it just felt like another boring MMO with a bad combat system, and story which I could not care less about, just dragons invading cough cough Skyrim. This game is boring and offers nothing new to MMOs that others like WoW should copy or iterate. Do not buy into the hype of this game it is not worth it at all. Expand
95. Oct 13, 2013
This game is so different than Guild Wars Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall and EotN. It is a massively multi-player game that feels so so singleplayer. There are no more Cooperative missions and every explorable area has dynamic quests that can be done with anyone. Despite this, there is little player to player interaction in the PvE mode and it has nothing compared to the thrills of Cooperative Missions in the first Guild Wars games. I don't like the graphics as much either and I prefer the art direction in Guild Wars 1. It's really too bad Guild Wars 1 is a dying game because it was such a great game and much better than Guild Wars 2. Expand
96. Jul 18, 2013
Two of the biggest problem of this game is the poor history and weakly content in max. lvl.
But is the best mmorpg after world of warcraft, better than Tera, Rift, or Aion.
97. Jun 22, 2013
I played and enjoyed GW1 the day after it was released and overall I played around 100-150 hours. I was therefore looking forward to GW2 and had high expectations after they talked about how it would be so different to all those other boring mmos. Well, after 35 hours I know, not very much), I am very bored and not sure if I will play much more.
The combat is the dull combat from every
other mmo I've played, with the dull kill this, kill that quests, but done slightly differently. Also,there has not been one interesting quest because there are no interesting stories or characters. The main story has some charm (I'm playing as an Asura), but overall I just don't care. You just do the same things over, and over, and over, and over again. That being said, this game is better than gw1, but gw1 came out 8 years ago and I need a lot more innovation and tricks to impress me than what GW2 offers.
There are good things about this game. It is very pretty. Everything from the character designs to the world to the UI are great. The music is also great and there are no subscription fees.
In the end, if you enjoy other mmos like WOW, or TOR then you will probably really enjoy this. If you don't enjoy those mmos, and you think this game is going to be some great leap forward, I think you will be quite disappointed.
98. Jun 23, 2013
The idea of a new MMORPG was a normal idea but somehow something came after I played for 5 months leveling felt like a big chore it took way to long there was no raids, horrible gear' bad spells, each of the level requirements sucks badly it was a bad idea for Arena Net to release this game in such of a disappointment. I say the environments are so pretty and the idea of combat and magic in each class is quite astonishing. WVWVW is broken because of the very long queue times. I hated about this game it was a big chore for me I tried to level higher but SEREOUSLY IT SUCKS FOR EACH QUEST THERE SHOULD BE MORE QUEST. Expand
99. Jul 21, 2013
Ok, i will try to be as impartial as i can be. The game itself isn't really SO bad. I can't say it's innovative, anyway. Only somebody who clearly didn't play enough different MMORPGs in his life can say this game is innovative. The PVE is basically a re-adaptation of the "public questing" introduced by Warhammer Online and already more or less adopted by Rift. The game on the first months feeled playable but on the end really empty, you had a various number of things to do to achieve a single thing: lvl80 and achievement points.
What i really don't like about this game is the incredible overrating about it.
Seriously guys, did you even play anything else which wasn't complete crap?
This game is playable, but it's not awesome at all, it's just a mediocre readaptation of things already seen on a lot of different MMOs.
The thing that really makes me angry instead is the fact that EVERYBODY IGNORES that this is actually Not only a Item Mall freemium game (despite having a high retail price) But it's also pay2win, mostly on the beginning.
Is it really sufficient to hide the "money selling" behind a couple of steps you need to do... to make it completely invisible? people doesn't feel like the game is pay2win, they doesn't even seem to notice that is actually possible.
The whole game is full of anti-goldseller mechanics (like not being able to send money throught mail/ no direct trading avaiable) and they state it's because goldsellers spoils the game.
But, OMG, you are doing it!! you are selling golds, how can you say something like that when the only reason for doing that is not wanting to have competitors?
I'm seriously embarassed by a lot of things, several sites state this game as "free 2 play" while they state other games like Path of Exile as "item mall" games, SERIOUSLY?
Are they at least getting money for doing things as ridiculous as this one, i wonder?
By the way this game isn't either good or bad overall, if you force yourself to believe this is the best MMORPG of the moment you can maybe actually get to believe it, hopefully that's not true.
So try to open your eyes and notice that there are many other games offering better things at a lower prices than this one.
100. Nov 25, 2013
Expect one shots
Expect terrible class balancing
101. Oct 15, 2012
Universal acclaim - based on 69 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 68 out of 69
2. Negative: 0 out of 69
1. 90
2. Jan 2, 2013
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Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 34 out of 53
2. Negative: 1 out of 53
1. Jun 26, 2012
Dirt Showdown is all the in-between stuff from other racing games. It's those filler events you had to play to get to the next actual race. Basically, driving game gametax, now given its own game. It's as if someone lifted up all the rally races from the previous Dirts, swept out the detritus that was left, collected it into a tidy little pile, and then slapped a name on it. Dirt Showdown.
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings
User score distribution:
1. Positive: 5 out of 11
2. Negative: 5 out of 11
1. Jun 18, 2012
What a Disappointment the Dirt series has become after it's forefather, the Colin McRae series (they did him an honour in dropping his name). A terrible arcadey mixmash, with horrible physics and dull gameplay, Pick up any Destruction Derby game instead or play out the DD parts of Grid. Full Review »
2. Jun 14, 2012
DiRT Showdown the new game of the DiRT saga, and I need say: wow, the game is fantastic, but is not perfect, have some mistakes, is same than the others, have other great points. The game is really funny, have much amazing things. Great game. Full Review »
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Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 17 out of 34
2. Negative: 1 out of 34
2. 100
Charged by a passion for life, A Home at the End of the World is a major achievement.
3. 88
Colin Farrell is astonishing in the movie.
4. Reviewed by: David Rooney
Driven by soulful performances and by a genuine sense of wonder for the unpredictable permutations of love and family.
5. 75
How many movies these days leave you wanting more? The funny and heartfelt Home is a small treasure.
6. Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
The movie is really a lovely ensemble piece. Beautifully conceived and written by Michael Cunningham (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours), the film has a distinctly novelistic and literate style.
7. 75
Bobby marks a turning point for Colin Farrell, whose vulgarities and inelegance tend to get the better of his range.
8. Reviewed by: Sara Brady
9. There's something essential and emotional missing in this character-driven piece. It's more an admirably performed and observed study -- of a time, place and three very different people -- than it is the heartbreaking and engrossing story it could have been.
10. Cunningham's 1990 novel makes an assured, if not entirely satisfying, transition to the big screen in this terrifically acted exploration of the bonds that transcend traditional notions of family.
11. Cunningham's depth of feeling transformed the book's premise into something beyond sniggers or camp, and the best moments in the movie, which was directed by theater veteran Michael Mayer in his film debut and adapted by Cunningham, have a similar emotional charge.
12. Reviewed by: David Ansen
Packs an irresistible emotional punch.
13. 70
Watching Spacek dance around the bedroom, slowly loosening up while Laura Nyro plays, is one of the joys of this cinematic season.
14. Three actors play Bobby at different ages, and none of them quite jibe with the other – 16-year-old Bobby seems far savvier than the twenty-something version (who is played by a defanged Colin Farrell).
15. Farrell has the toughest role, playing a man who doesn't understand the powerful crosscurrents of his own emotions, the love, guilt and loyalty that become opposing forces and begin to destroy the relationships he covets.
16. The beautiful Wright Penn has a harder time anchoring the free-spirited Clare in territory that feels honest and true - there's a stagey quality to the actress' performance that goes beyond the stagey quality of her character.
17. The actors here are uniformly excellent, and the story has a definite lightweight charm.
18. 60
At the movie's end, nuance is all we have left; beyond the admirable efforts of some of the actors, the picture leaves behind nothing so human as a fingerprint.
19. The film's first half is easily the best and brightest. As the movie moves into the more saddening sections, however, it loses most of its power.
20. The cast is good and the story affecting, though at times Michael Mayer's direction makes the production seem a little choked up over its own enlightenment. Sissy Spacek is memorable in a secondary role.
21. Most of the movie feels like Farrell's performance: deeply sincere, and more showy than convincing.
22. Reviewed by: Sid Smith
The novel's interesting character of Alice, Jonathan's mother, is so cut and drained of complexity that it becomes a polite, blank waste of Sissy Spacek's talent.
23. 50
The themes of A Home at the End of the World are all of the greeting-card variety -- home is where the heart is, family is what we make it, etc. -- and while they've been presented with great warmth and sincerity, they still come off as more than a little banal.
24. The picture is also the story of one character in particular, Bobby, and when it comes to Bobby, A Home at the End of the World is sappy and bogus.
25. Farrell looks so stymied we feel for the guy -- and when the door closes on A Home at the End of the World, that's the only feeling in town.
26. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
A perfect example of how a top-flight cast can compensate for unimaginative filmmaking.
27. Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
The end result is a slow (occasionally glacially) paced movie that relies more on soulful facial expressions than dialogue that honestly represents what the characters are feeling.
28. Reviewed by: Karen Karbo
The film equivalent of the blind date described as "really nice." It's neither bad nor good, just sort of earnest and well-meaning.
29. 50
I can't think of another contemporary novel -- unless it be Cunningham's far more ambitious and less successful "The Hours" -- less suited for the journey to film under any direction but that of, say, Russian dreamer Alexander Sokurov.
30. 50
The result: some intriguing moments, even more intriguing performances, and a film that doesn't quite work.
31. There are times when one suspects that this film potentially could be the raunchiest sitcom pilot ever.
32. In parceling his story into discrete scenes, Mr. Cunningham has turned a delicate novel into a bland and clumsy film. A Home at the End of the World, is so thoroughly decent in its intentions and so tactful in its methods that people are likely to persuade themselves that it's better than it is, which is not very good.
33. Reviewed by: Jorge Morales
34. 38
Well-meaning yawn-fest.
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings
User score distribution:
1. Positive: 8 out of 13
2. Negative: 3 out of 13
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Feb 16, 2007
A very touching and moving film. Colin Farrell did an outstanding job; his character, though not unflawed, saw the best in people. There was an innocence about him. My favorite seen is when Colin's character, Bobby, consoles Jonathan, played by Dallas Roberts, about his "bruise" (scene 21 on disc). Very believable; they have a great connection which started at a young age that some others could only wish they have. Full Review » | http://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-home-at-the-end-of-the-world/critic-reviews?dist=neutral | dclm-gs1-260310002 | false | false | {
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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings
User score distribution:
1. Positive: 8 out of 34
2. Negative: 17 out of 34
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1. Aug 16, 2013
But the stakes seem small. Director Robert Luketic showed a nice hand at light comedy in Legally Blonde, but he has no feel for the tensions of corporate deception. The twists aren't surprising, the perils feel artificial, and even Hemsworth's chest gets a little ho-hum after a while. The most interesting aspect of Paranoia is the appearance of Oldman and Ford, who is looking especially grizzled but hasn't lost that twisted smile of menace. They're fun to watch, even though the movie's biggest mystery is how they got roped into it. Must have had something to do with answering their cellphones. Expand
2. Aug 30, 2013
The main things missing from the thriller “Paranoia” are thrills. The leading man, Liam Hemsworth, is as good looking as they come and certainly Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman as former friends now out to destroy each other play their roles to the hilt. Richard Dreyfuss adds the sympathy, the only sympathy, to the success of Hemsworth who wants it all and Amber Heard supplies the love internterest in a role that certainly doesn’t give off any thrills as to who will end up together.
There are a few mysteries in the film such as how does Hemsworth rise so fast showing so little talent in the IT field and just how does Embeth Davidtz fit in as Oldman’s right hand? The setup, and execution of the screenplay by Jason Hall and Berry L. Levy, is overshadowed by the sights and sounds of all the glass office buildings in Manhattan and the Brooklyn neighborhood.
Director Robert Luketic keeps the action going with car chases and all kinds of technical gadgets and throws in a red herring that should be easily seen through by even a casual moviegoer.
Harrison, Ford, Dreyfus and Davidtz offer whatever tension there is in the movie while Hemsworth, Heard, various sets and cars offer relaxation for the eyes but “Paranoia” should disappear quickly from the large screen and go to DVD and the small screen.
3. Sep 20, 2013
The idea is good and the cast is good, the problem is the next: All the movie is really terrible! The development is really poor, the script is bad, and the performances are really terrible (Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford do a great job, the problem is that the script is so bad, and they try to do all the possible to do something good). Paranoia is a box of good ideas but poorly executed.
4. Aug 21, 2013
After he's fired from his giant tech company, Liam Hemsworth is secretly hired back to spy on their major competitor. Predictability ensues. The inevitable twists are not surprising. You at least expect some slick visuals or neat futuristic stuff. Expectations dashed. Hensworth makes a generically handsome but bland leading man. Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman add some seasoned performances. Overall, there's nothing about the script that's the least bit new or interesting and the laconic direction never delivers any suspense or…wait for it…paranoia. Expand
5. Nov 10, 2013
Cheesy and painfully predictable. Hollywood should be on notice, Liam has no where near the talent nor star power that his brother Chris has so don't bother putting him a lead role because he can't act his way out of a paper bag. His only worth is being a small secondary character whose only need is to look good. That being said, Neither Oldman nor Ford are good in this, Mainly because of the god awful, poorly written dialogue and the pathetic plot. Anyone else love how it's pretty much an exact rip off of Wall Street?
Overall, There is a reason why Users and Critics agree this movie sucks. It honestly does nothing good.
6. Nov 28, 2013
Nobody will know what is going on and nobody will care either in this horribly directed film. So many times characters are about to explain something and then they say nothing because the screenwriters didn't know what to say. Paranoia is a flashy high tech film that offers no intelligence, boring acting and terrible editing.
7. Nov 21, 2013
This film is just a waste you have Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford and you create this really. There's just nothing here you don't care about any of the characters. Overall Ford and Oldman keeps this thing from a complete disaster, but it's close. D+
8. Aug 17, 2013
Short, sweet and to the point, this movie is a movie that takes 0 risk of any stake and can be forgotten within the ride home from the movie theater. Be sure to check out my YouTube channel "TheMovieManLife" for all things movies.
9. Nov 11, 2013
Typical cliche rubbish.
Another mindless waste of time where everyhting just seems to fall into place for our hero. Been done 1000 times before nad this is no different. Turned it off at 12 minutes. Could not stand to watch anymore.
Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 29 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 0 out of 29
2. Negative: 12 out of 29
1. Reviewed by: Steve Davis
Aug 21, 2013
You could drive an 18-wheeler through the substantial number of plot holes in Paranoia.
2. Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
Aug 20, 2013
This is a film at odds with itself, wanting to be a 99 percenter rallying cry but wallowing in and fetishizing 1 percenter accoutrement at every turn.
3. Reviewed by: Nick Schager
Aug 20, 2013
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Tim Walz
The farm bill expired earlier this year because of House Republican infighting over how deeply to cut food stamp spending.
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., said he wants to see the farm bill completed in the lame-duck session of Congress.
"The farm bill was a huge component of my race, one on the policy but two on the idea that why can't you can't get something that simple done?" Walz said. "So I'm all for it. Let's put it in the negotiations on this."
The new farm bill would create a national eligibility standard for food stamps, end direct payments to farmers and expand federally subsidized crop insurance programs.
Meanwhile, some Democrats and union leaders have called for Obama to delay negotiating a final agreement with Republicans until after New Year's to maximize his bargaining position with Republicans. Walz, however, was not on board with that idea, saying it would create uncertainty for taxpayers.
"But I don't like the idea of crossing over that cliff, letting them expire and then coming back to it again," he said. "I think the rates are right for those making less $250,000. I think they should be given the certainty that those are there. I think we let that top rate go back to the Clinton-era rates."
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A farmer harvests corn on a farm near Spring Mills, Pa. According to current biofuel laws, if you burn ethanol from corn in your car, the government doesn't count the carbon dioxide that comes out of the tailpipe as an actual carbon emission.
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On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to give a price tag for the Senate's global warming bill. That will frame next week's scheduled debate on the legislation.
One key part of the climate bill has to do with fuels made from green plants. These can reduce the use of fossil fuels, and they also are a big draw for farm-state votes.
But scientists writing in the current issue of Science magazine point out a huge error in existing biofuel laws that could actually make climate change worse. They say these rules inadvertently encourage deforestation, which in turn contributes to global warming.
Something Doesn't Add Up
If you burn ethanol from corn in your car, the government doesn't count the carbon dioxide that comes out of the tailpipe as an actual carbon emission. That's because they figure the corn plant originally took that carbon dioxide out of the air, so you're just putting it back.
But 13 prominent scientists writing in Science says that's bad logic when it comes to many types of biofuels. Author Tim Searchinger of Princeton University offers an extreme example to make the point.
"Even if you were to cut down the world's forests and turn them into a parking lot, and take the wood and put it in a boiler — which obviously releases enormous amounts of carbon from the trees — that is treated as a pure way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions," Searchinger says. "And that's obviously an error."
And that error isn't trivial. It's now enshrined in European law as well as the Kyoto climate treaty.
"The problem is that when the world agreed to a treaty that limited the amount of carbon that goes up the smokestack, they didn't agree to limit the amount of carbon released by cutting down trees," he says.
Forests Worth More Dead Than Alive
Searchinger explains that in an effort to avoid double-counting carbon emissions, the treaty negotiators ended up with a system that never counts them at all.
And he says the climate bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year makes basically the same error, though at the moment, the Senate bill does have forest safeguards in place.
As a result of this accounting error, countries trying to reduce their carbon emissions actually have an incentive to cut down forests and burn them up or replant the area with biofuel crops. In fact, Searchinger says power plants in Northern Europe are starting to chip up wood and burn it for energy in the name of reducing emissions.
"The fundamental effect of this flaw is to make forests worth more dead than alive," he says.
This spring, another report in Science pondered what would happen in the coming decades if biofuel carbon was never counted as an emission. Jae Edmonds of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says they calculated that almost all the world's forests would be chopped down by the middle of this century.
"You can't actually imagine this going on like this with no one noticing and nobody stepping in to intervene," Edmonds says. "But the numerical experiment is instructive in that it takes the phenomenon into sharp relief."
An Easy Fix
Searchinger says the good news is that it's easy to fix the problem. Nations simply need to count all carbon dioxide coming out of tailpipes and smokestacks, regardless of the source. Then, if the source of the biofuel is a destructive source, like deforestation, there would be no carbon emissions credit. But if it is from a good source, like plants grown on previously barren land, that would earn a carbon credit.
"There are substantial amounts of bio-energy we can make, that do give us greenhouse gas benefits," Searchinger says. "What we don't want to do is create a false and perverse incentive simply to clear the world's forests."
Whether this new accounting scheme would affect the domestic biofuels industry is debatable. Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, says it shouldn't matter.
"Some of the points that have been made in the [research] paper today, we agree with," Dinneen says. "You should never, under any circumstance, tear down a forest for the growing of a biofuel."
But some scientists argue that the domestic biofuels industry does, indirectly, lead to deforestation in the tropics, by raising the global price of corn and encouraging farmers in South America to clear land to plant grain.
Edmonds, of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, says that if we could place a cash value on preserving forests, that ends up being good for the atmosphere.
"You don't end up not producing quite as much biofuels," he says, "but you don't need as much because you don't have to make up for the deforestation."
The real challenge now, Edmonds says, is figuring out how to put a new carbon accounting scheme into practice.
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shenanigan writes:
in response to Pragmatic1:
You gat an "A" on repeating Republican talking points and an "F" on facts and reality.
The NDN endorsed Obama because he was the best choice.
Obama didn't lead us to the edge. GW Bush did. Remember the first stimulus? It was Bush's desperation shot. Remember McCain "suspending his campaign to straighten things out?" Obama didn't lead us to the edge, he led us away.
Obamacare a failure? Really? The Budget office said it was cost effective in reducing the debt. More people are being covered. Failure? Why? And your alternative?
No Foreign Policy successes? Ever hear of Iraq, the place we used to be? How about Syria, or Egypt, the places he kept us out of. How about Osama binLaden? Think Osama's followers thinks Obama didn't score?
Have you taken a good look at what has been happening with wealth distribution? Really, theory is one thing but understand that 90% of all the wealth is captured in the top 20%, and its getting worse. This the poor and middle class are benefiting from the rise in the stock market? Hey, its true, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Do you think anyone could have imagined that, in such a time of national need. one major party would be hijacked and held hostage, preventing anything from getting done, at the expense of the American people?
Obama the worst President ever? Not by a long shot. Obama will get re-elected, because he is running against a man without consistent core principals or even a plan.
GW Bush will not even attend the Republican Convention, or if he does they will hide him away.
You don't win elections when you stand for nothing and expect people to fall for anything.
I suggest you go to bed early on November 6th and don't get up for a few days.
And whatever you do, don't turn on Faux News, it will be entirely too depressing.
Let me get this straight . .. ..
We're going to be "gifted" with a "cost effective" health care plan we are forced to purchase
and fined if we don't,
which, purportedly covers at least ten million more people,
without adding a single new doctor,
but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents,
written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it,
passed by a Congress that was stupid enough not to read it
but smart enough to exempt themselves from it,
and exempted ten of thousands of people, for some unknown reason, before it even starts,
with exemptions determined by a bureaucrat, without one legislated guideline
with thousands of regulations, taxes, and fines that haven’t even been written yet by bureaucrats, not our elected representatives
with original CBO cost estimate of $900 billion over ten years, revised by the CBO to $2.6 trillion over ten years.
and signed by a President who smokes and was told to cut back on alcohol consumption,
with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, and couldn't find a job out of college until daddy gave him a job
by a congress which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, and the Great Society that has continually gotten worse for 60 years after $6.3 trillion being spent,
with CBO estimates of $33,646 cost per additional insured
where “Tort reform is not in the bill because the people who wrote it did not want to take on the trial lawyers. And, that is the plain and simple truth.”
with provisions to make lawyers richer off the system and suing health care providers and selling out Doctors
with the SAME GOVERNMENT REGULATED/MANDATED insurance policies WRITTEN BY lobbyist WITH MANDATED COVERAGES, no competitive free market policies available across state lines that we have been forced by government to take with minimal choice, for the past decade (nothing changed).
all to be overseen by an obese surgeon general and a herd of HHS secretary bureaucrats
and supposed to be paid for by a country that's broke and headed for Another Recession!!
Hell, back in 1990 as the internet scenario goes, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for $13,000,000 in tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. (do you know how much profit you need to make to owe $13 million in back taxes?) Now we are trusting the ONLY health care insurance of our country to the same nit-wits who couldn't make money running a hore house and selling booze!
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Freedom_Fighter (Inactive) writes:
in response to citizenH:
Don't buy Breitbart's VIEW/ Opinion and twisting of the UN speech today.
And, don't buy your crapppp.
Don't vote for Obama - he will will w/out you. Too bad you and your cronies could not come up with a better candidate to represent you and your ideals. THe only one you have now is totally inept!
One thing is clear. Radical Islam belief is convert or die. Period. Nothing Obama, Romney, or any other US apologist will change this core fact. Our weakness just emboldens them more. Obama thought he could heal the divide between the middle east and the US, but the big difference is they have a plan to convert the world. Saying "we are sorry" doesn't cut it and just makes them more anxious to slit our throats. (They won't care if you have a D or an R in front of your name...)
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Arch Neurol. 2003 Jul;60(7):949-56.
Cinguloparietal atrophy distinguishes Alzheimer disease from semantic dementia.
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• Memory and Aging Center and the Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco, 94143, USA. adam.boxer@memory.ucsf.edu
Progressive brain atrophy is associated with Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias. Regional differences in brain atrophy may reflect clinical features of disease.
To identify regions of cerebral atrophy that are associated with AD vs other dementias.
University hospital dementia clinic.
Eleven patients with AD and 11 with semantic dementia (SD), matched for age, sex, education, and degree of overall cognitive impairment and 15 normal controls.
Voxel-based morphometry was used to compare patterns of gray matter loss, measured on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images, between patients with AD or SD, a subtype of frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and controls. Statistically significant differences in regional gray matter concentration, after multiple-comparisons correction, between groups of subjects were identified.
Patients with AD were more impaired than those with SD on tests of visuospatial function and on simple calculations. Consistent with these neuropsychological deficits, the most significant area of atrophy in the AD group was the left parietal cortex vs controls (z = 5.0; P =.04). Compared with SD, AD was associated with more atrophy in the left parietal lobe (z = 5.6; P =.04) and bilaterally in the posterior cingulate/precuneus (z = 5.1; P =.04). A discriminant function analysis demonstrated that the degree of atrophy of right posterior cingulate, left parietal lobe, right amygdala, and right anterior temporal lobe structures correctly classified 96% of the patients.
Alzheimer disease is associated with a specific pattern of cortical atrophy compared with SD.
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In many Third World countries, children can be a source of income. Photo / AP
It is my experience that any discussion about strengthening the social safety net for the economically disadvantaged quickly meets resistance via two types of objections.
One of these holds that the less fortunate are by and large lazy and lackadaisical, and who would rather exploit the benefits of the social welfare system than earn an honest living. The second objection is usually posed as the following question: If they are so poor, why do they have so many kids?
In this column I intend to tackle the second question about the poor having many kids. Here the obvious conclusion that one must draw is that the poor are poor because they have so many kids who need to be fed and clothed; if only they did not procreate with such fecundity, then they could easily find a way out of poverty.
It turns out that this implied causality is utterly incorrect. It is not the case that they are poor because they have so many kids but rather that they have more children because they are poor.
There are different ways of thinking about this. Let me explain.
The evidence suggests that across the world citizens of richer countries tend to have fewer kids compared to those in poorer countries. So the birth rates in countries like Sweden or Switzerland are much lower than those in Bangladesh and sub-Saharan Africa.
But even within the same country birth rates (typically the number of live births per thousand persons) start to drop as income levels rise. This has happened in recent years in many developing countries such as India. Even within the same country this pattern is evident. The birth-rate in India's poorest state of Bihar is almost twice that in richer states like Kerala or Tamil Nadu.
There are many reasons behind this. Part of the answer comes from evolutionary biology. In poorer societies where many children die in infancy, people tend to have more children so as to ensure that at least some of those children live to adulthood. Furthermore, in countries with inadequate social security and retirement benefits, parents often rely on children to take care of them in old age.
In many Third World countries - which may not have child labour legislation - children can also be a source of income as they can be sent off to work in the field, in the local tea-shop or as domestic servants.
But as income levels rise, birth rates fall. With rising incomes, there are more opportunities, including for women. Now the cost of having a baby needs to be considered against the consequent loss of income from her wages, a trade-off that was not required when jobs for women were few and far between.
Clearly then, the way to get women to have fewer babies is to increase their options and income; with increasing income and education birth rates fall.
But what does this have to do with the poor in a rich country like New Zealand? Clearly compared to the poor in Bangladesh, the poor here are far better off. So how come they have more kids?
It is worth pointing out that this finding is also widespread. Even in rich countries, the socio-economically disadvantaged tend to have more children.
How many more? According to data provided by Statistics New Zealand our average fertility rate (roughly the average number of babies per mother) is 1.96. For Asians and Europeans the rates are 1.67 and 1.77 respectively. For Maori it is 2.59 and for Pacific Islanders it is 2.94. So yes, on average, the Maori and Pacific Islanders do tend to have more children than Asians or Pakeha.
There is certainly a difference, but not a large one, as some tend to think.
Where does this difference come from? There is an approximate childbearing age, roughly between 15 and 49. How are some mothers managing to have more kids?
The answer is that some - particularly those who are economically worse off - are having kids at a much earlier age. For instance, looking only at 15 through 19-year-olds the fertility rates among Maori and Pacific Islanders are two to four times higher than the national average.
But in understanding what is driving early pregnancies among some groups, one needs to think a little more deeply about the choices facing young people.
Having a baby is a choice and like most choices it involves trade-offs. For women from more privileged backgrounds, child-bearing at an earlier age is very costly in terms of the sacrifices this involves, in terms of their education, their careers and their foregone income.
But research undertaken among young and welfare-dependent mothers in low income neighbourhoods of Philadelphia suggests that they perceive no strong impetus to postpone child-birth since they have limited other options and no sterling careers to look forward to. The same seems to be true among the economically disadvantaged in most rich countries.
Why does this perception persist? Surely in countries like New Zealand there are plenty of opportunities for young people of all backgrounds.
It is entirely possible that this view of having limited options is mistaken but the perception, if it exists, may be enough to guide child-bearing choices; or may be the perception is closer to reality and the hurdles that need to be overcome on the path to rewarding careers are indeed much more formidable.
Current evidence suggests that children born in poverty continue to suffer disadvantageous after-effects in a wide variety of ways. Many - if not most - of these are not in their control.
The bottom-line is inescapable: Deprivation leads women to have more kids; kids are not the primary cause of that deprivation.
Ananish Chaudhuri is Professor of Experimental Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Auckland Business School. The views expressed are his own.
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Lachner et al.
What does it mean to "mock-infect" the fibroblasts during the experiment to look for nuclear localization of SUV39H1 proteins?
Wysocka el at.
When the authors look for defects from knockdown of xWDR5, they use use embryos derived from eggs of multiple frogs so that there will not be phenotypic differences from different genetic backgrounds. How does using eggs from many frogs do this? It seems like they would want to use embryos from the same frog instead.
Wysocha et al
I found their suggestion that WDR5 specifically recognizes the H3 tail methylated at K4 a bit confusing, and do not understand how they made that leap from the analysis of Ash2 and RbBP5.
Lachner et al
I really enjoyed how they used the GFP analysis to better show that HP1 localization is dependent on Suv39h activity and not Suv39h proteins, and the result of 80-90% was so high. I would however, have liked to hear more about how Lys9 in H3 acts like a molecular switch, because I think that is one of the strongest suggestions in their paper.
Wysocka et al.
I think the increase in DiMeK4 in HOXA9 P2 can be explained by the decrease in trimethylation, e.g. less DiMeK4 is converted to TriMeK4, that's why the levels go up; which fits the model; moreover they see the same in HOXC8 P4; but in HOXC8 P3 the levels go down which can not be explained at all, I think. Maybe if they had more WDR5 targets the results would me more consistent. They say there might be differences in the dynamic of regulation between the two Hox genes anyway
Lachner et al.
In the WDR5 paper they do ChIP and gene expression analysis. Maybe they might have done it for the HP1 paper too, if, of course it was possible to do in 2001 (which I don't know). Also, is there any reason for using (Myc)3-tagging other than just not having specific anibodies against the proteins of interest?
Wysocka et al
They suggest that their data provides evidence that WDR5 acts as a "sensor" protein - in what way? It does not seem to show how the timing of WDR5 binding and subsequent activation is related to signals that indicate expression would be appropriate (although it does show that WDR5 would be a good target for manipulating/ regulating expression)
Lachner et al
This paper discusses what features of HP1 are required for it to bind the H3 lys 9 N terminus. However the experiments only show the characteristics needed in vitro - I think they should have done the pull down assay with nucleosomes. Also, what is the significance of understanding the binding? Why would dimerization be important and do these results actually show that it is necessary?
Lachner: What are the mechanisms for passing on the histone code to the next generation? And, what are some characteristics of the chromo domain?
Wysocka: What is the functional difference between methylations, di-methylation, and tri-methylation? Does more methylation equal more silencing, or is the relationship not linear, but more dependent on recognition of the elements involved?
Lachner et al: Presumably the authors of this paper are short of time. It would have been nice if they'd replicated some of the studies shown in the second paper; including perhaps a loss of function analysis in a model organism.
Wysocka et al:
Lachner, et al.:
How come we never learned about histone phosphorylation? Has it been studied much?
In figure 1.c, they simply assume that adding the Myc tags does not interfere with the function of the protein. How valid is this assumption? When does adding Myc or FLAG tags interfere, and what experimental methods could be used to verify that tag addition is not affecting protein function?
Wysocka, et al.:
I don't entirely understand the hypothetical model (page 870). Do they know how a histone methyltransferase is recruited to a completely unmodified histone tail? WDR5 seems to control a positive feedback loop - if there is no H3 K4 methylation then it cannot methylate, but if there is some H3 K4 methylation then it causes more methylation. What stops WDR5 from running wild and causing a huge amount of methylation in response to one mistakenly methylated histone tail? They call WDR5 a "sensor" protein, because it reads and writes the same mark, but I think it is more of a "positive feedback" protein.
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July 13, 2007 (original broadcast date)
Bill Moyers talks with Bruce Fein and John Nichols
BILL MOYERS: One of the fellows you're about to meet wrote the first article of impeachment against President Clinton. Bruce Fein did so because perjury is a legal crime. And Fein believed no one is above the law. A constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein served in the Justice Department during the Reagan administration and as general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission. Bruce Fein has been affiliated with conservative think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation and now writes a weekly column for THE WASHINGTON TIMES and
He's joined by John Nichols, the Washington correspondent for THE NATION and an associate editor of the CAPITOL TIMES. Among his many books is this most recent one, THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT: THE FOUNDERS' CURE FOR ROYALISM. Good to see you both. Bruce, you wrote that article of impeachment against Bill Clinton. Why did you think he should be impeached?
BILL MOYERS: Bruce you wrote that article of impeachment against Bill Clinton. Why did you think he should be impeached?
BRUCE FEIN: I think he was setting a precedent that placed the president above the law. I did not believe that the initial perjury or misstatements-- that came perhaps in a moment of embarrassment stemming from the Paula Jones lawsuit was justified impeachment if he apologized. Even his second perjury before the grand jury when Ken Starr's staff was questioning him, as long as he expressed repentance, would not have set an example of saying every man, if you're president, is entitled to be a law unto himself. I think Bush's crimes are a little bit different. I think they're a little bit more worrisome than Clinton's. You don't have to have--
BILL MOYERS: More worrisome?
BILL MOYERS: You're talking about terrifying power but this is a terrifying time. People are afraid of those people abroad who want to kill us. Do you think, in any way, that justifies the claims that Bruce just said Bush has made?
JOHN NICHOLS: I think that the war on terror, as defined by our president, is perpetual war. And I think that he has acted precisely as Madison feared. He has taken powers unto himself that were never intended to be in the executive. And, frankly, that when an executive uses them, in the way that this president has, you actually undermine the process of uniting the country and really focusing the country on the issues that need to be dealt with. Let's be clear. If we had a president who was seeking to inspire us to take seriously the issues that are in play and to bring all the government together, he'd be consulting with Congress. He'd be working with Congress. And, frankly, Congress, through the system of checks and balances, would be preventing him from doing insane things like invading Iraq.
BRUCE FEIN: In the past, presidents like Abe Lincoln, who confronted a far dire emergency in the Civil War than today, sought congressional ratification approval of his emergency measures. He didn't seek to hide them from the people and from Congress and to prevent there to be accountability. And, of course, Congress did ratify what he had done. Secondly, sure, times can be terrifying. But that also should alert us to the fact that we can make mistakes. The executive can make mistakes.
Take World War II. We locked up 120,000 Japanese Americans, said they were all disloyal. Well, we got 120,000 mistakes. They lost their property. They lost their liberty for years and years because we made a huge mistake. And that can be true after 9/11 as well. No one wants other downgrade the fact that we have abominations out there and people want to kill us. But we should not inflate the danger and we should not cast aside what we are as a people. We can fight and defeat these individuals, these criminals, based upon our system of law and justice. It's not a-- we have a fighting constitution. It's always worked in the past. But it still remains the constitution of checks of balances.
BILL MOYERS: A fighting constitution--
BRUCE FEIN: It's a fighting constitution that enables us-
BILL MOYERS: What do you mean?
BRUCE FEIN: That with the-- with the consent of Congress and the president working hand in glove with consistent with due process of law, we have the authority to suspend habeas corpus in times of invasion or rebellion. It has enabled us to defeat all of our enemies consistent with the law.
BILL MOYERS: Congress did not stand up to George Bush for five years when it was controlled by Republicans. And I don't see any strong evidence that the Democrats are playing the role that you think the Congress should be playing.
BRUCE FEIN: That is correct. But it doesn't exculpate the president that Congress has not sought immediately to sanctions his excesses.
BRUCE FEIN: --exactly right. And Bill, this could not happen if we had a Congress that was aggressive, if we had a Congress the likes of Watergate when Nixon was president and he tried to-- obstruct justice and defeat the course of law. We have a Congress that basically is an invertebrate.
BILL MOYERS: But why is Congress supine?
JOHN NICHOLS: They are supine for two reasons. One, they are politicians who do not-- quite know how to handle the moment. And they know that something very bad happened on September 11th, 2001, now five years ago, six years ago. And they don't know how to respond to it. Whereas Bush and Karl Rove have responded in a supremely political manner to it and, frankly, jumped around them. That's one part of the problem.
BILL MOYERS: Jumped around Congress?
JOHN NICHOLS: Jumped around Congress at every turn. I mean, they don't even tell them, they don't consult with them. They clearly have no regard for the checks and balances. But the other thing that's-- in play here-- and I think this is a-- much deeper problem. I think the members of our Congress have no understanding of the Constitution. And as a result, they-- don't understand their critical role in the governance of the country.
They-- it-- when the Republicans are in charge, they see their job as challenging-- or as supporting the president in whatever he does, defending him, making it possible for him to do whatever he wants. When the Democrats are in charge, they seem to see their role as trying to score political points as opposed to what ought to be sort of a-- common ground of--
BILL MOYERS: --because the fact of the matter is approaching an-- election year, you don't really think, do you, that the Democrats want to experience a backlash by taking on a Republican president in an election-
JOHN NICHOLS: Well, it--
BILL MOYERS: --or that the Republicans want to impeach an administration that they elected in 2000 and reelected in 2004? There is a political element here, right?
BRUCE FEIN: There's always going to be a political element, Bill. But in the past, there's always been a few statesmen who have said, "You know, the political fallout doesn't concern me as much as the Constitution of the United States." We have to keep that undefiled throughout posterity 'cause if it's not us, it will corrode. It will disappear on the installment plan. And that has been true in the past. When we had during Watergate Republicans and remember Barry Goldwater, Mr. Republican, who approached the president and said, "You've got to resign." There have always been that cream who said the country is more important than my party. We don't have that anymore.
JOHN NICHOLS: People don't want to let this go. They do not accept Nancy Pelosi's argument that impeachment is, quote/unquote, off the table. Because I guess maybe they're glad she didn't take some other part of the Constitution off the table like freedom of speech. But they also don't accept the argument that, oh, well, there's a presidential campaign going on. So let's just hold our breath till Bush and Cheney get done.
When I go out across America, what I hear is something that's really very refreshing and very hopeful about this country. An awfully lot of Americans understand what Thomas Jefferson understood. And that is that the election of a president does not make him a king for four years. That if a president sins against the Constitution-- and does damage to the republic, the people have a right in an organic process to demand of their House of Representatives, the branch of government closest to the people, that it act to remove that president. And I think that sentiment is afoot in the land.
BILL MOYERS: This is the first time I've heard talk of impeaching both a president and a vice-president. I mean, this-- as you saw in that poll, more people want to impeach Dick Cheney than George Bush. What's going on?
BILL MOYERS: Bruce, you talk about overreaching. What, in practical terms, do you mean by that?
BRUCE FEIN: --at the time of the Revolution.
JOHN NICHOLS: Can I-- can I--
BRUCE FEIN: That is clearly overreaching.
JOHN NICHOLS: Let me keep us on Cheney for a second here, because that is--
BILL MOYERS: You think Cheney should be subject to impeachment hearings?
JOHN NICHOLS: Without a doubt. Cheney is, for all practical purposes, the foreign policy president of the United States. There are many domestic policies in which George Bush really is the dominant player. But on foreign policy Dick Cheney has been calling the shots for six years and he continues to call the shots. Remember back in 2000, in the presidential debates, George Bush said America should be a humble country in the world, shouldn't go about nation building. And Dick Cheney, in the vice-presidential debate, spent eight minutes talking about Iraq.
Now the fact of the matter is that on foreign policy, Dick Cheney believes that the executive branch should be supreme. He said this back to the days when he was in the House during Iran-Contra. He wrote the minority report saying Congress shouldn't sanction the president in any way, President Reagan.
BILL MOYERS: And he's always taken an expansive--
BILL MOYERS: --view of presidential power.
JOHN NICHOLS: And put these pieces together. If Cheney believes in this expansive power. You've got a-- unique crisis, a unique problem because the vice-president of the United States believes that Congress shouldn't even be a part of the foreign policy debate. And he is setting the foreign policy. I mean--
BILL MOYERS: I served a president who went to war on his own initiative, and it was a mess, Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson. There wasn't serious talk about impeaching Lyndon Johnson or Hubert Humphrey. Something is different today.
BRUCE FEIN: Yeah, of course, the-- difference is one thing to claim that, you know, Gulf of Tonkin resolution, was too broadly drafted. But we're talking about assertions of power that affect the individual liberties of every American citizen. Opening your mail, your e-mails, your phone calls. Breaking and entering your homes. Creating a pall of fear and intimidation if you say anything against the president you may find retaliation very quickly. We're claiming he's setting precedents that will lie around like loaded weapons anytime there's another 9/11.
BILL MOYERS: That struck me about your writings and your book. You say your great-- your great fear is that Bush and Cheney will hand off to their successors a toolbox that they will not avoid using.
JOHN NICHOLS: Well, let's try a metaphor. Let's say that-- when George Washington chopped down the cherry tree, he used the wood to make a little box. And in that box the president puts his powers. We've taken things out. We've put things in over the years.
BRUCE FEIN: Well, that's accurate but also we do find this peculiarity that Congress is giving up powers voluntarily. because there's nothing right now, Bill, that would prevent Congress from the immediate shutting down all of George Bush's and Dick Cheney's illegal programs. Simply saying there's no money to collect foreign intelligence-
BILL MOYERS: The power of the purse-
BRUCE FEIN: --the power of the purse. That is an absolute power. And yet Congress shies from it. It was utilized during the Vietnam War, you may recall, in 1973. Congress said there's no money to go and extend the war into Laos and Cambodia. And even President Nixon said okay. This was a president who at one time said, "If I do it, it's legal." So that it we do find Congress yielding the power to the executive branch. It's the very puzzle that the founding fathers would have been stunned at. They worried most over the legislative branch in, you know, usurping powers of the other branches. And--
BILL MOYERS: Well, what you just said indicts the Congress more than you're indicting George Bush and Dick Cheney.
JOHN NICHOLS: Can I mention another branch of government?
BILL MOYERS: Yeah, sure.
JOHN NICHOLS: Plotted out of the vice-president's office without question. Notations of the vice-president on news articles saying, "Let's go get this guy." Right? You know, you can't have that and not have a media going and saying to the president at press conferences, you know, "Aren't-- isn't what you're doing a violation of the Constitution?" Now, just imagine if the-- if the members of the White House Press Corps on a regular basis were saying to Tony Snow, "But hasn't what the president's done here violated the Constitution?" The whole national dialogue would shift. And Congress itself would suddenly become a better player. So I'm not absolving Congress. I'm certainly not absolving Bush and Cheney. But I am saying that we have a media problem here as well.
BRUCE FEIN: Let me underscore one of the things that you remember, Bill, 'cause I was there at the time of Watergate. And this relates to one political-- official in the White House, Sara Taylor's testimony. And claiming that George Bush could tell her to be silent.
BILL MOYERS: That was a great moment when Sara Taylor said, "I took an oath to uphold the president." Did you see that?
BRUCE FEIN: Yes. And that was like the military in Germany saying, "My oath is to the Fuhrer, not to the country." She took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. I did, too, when I was in the government. There's no oath that says, "I'm loyal to a president even if he defiles the Constitution."
BILL MOYERS: Just this week Harriet Miers, the president's former counsel, did not show up to testify before the congressional hearing. What do you make of that in regard to this issue of power?
BRUCE FEIN: Well, it shows how far we've come from even the mon-- monarchical days of Richard Nixon where he didn't have the audacity to tell John Dean, "No, you can't testify before the Watergate committee about conversations you had with me about obstructing justice or otherwise."
BILL MOYERS: John Dean was his counsel--
BRUCE FEIN: White House counsel--
BILL MOYERS: --just as Harriet Miers--
BRUCE FEIN: --is to President Bush. Yes.
BILL MOYERS: And Nixon said to Dean, "You must go up there and testify"?
BRUCE FEIN: No. He didn't attempt to impose any objection at all. And Dean, of course, broke the Watergate story that led to Nixon's impeachment and the House's judiciary committee--
BILL MOYERS: And look what--
BRUCE FEIN: --and resignation. And now we have a comparable situation where a Harriet Miers could perhaps expose things regarding President-- Bush's knowledge of the electronic surveillance program or the firing of U.S. attorneys, which seems to contradict what Alberto Gonzalez has said about White House involvement. And yet President Bush is saying, "You can't talk, Harriet Miers, because I don't want any of that political or legal embarrassment." And unlike John Dean who brought the Constitution forward with his testimony, Harriet Miers still is silent.
BILL MOYERS: And you would put that in the bill of particular about impeachment?
BRUCE FEIN: Certainly with regard to the one example of the abuse of presidential authority, seeking to obstruct a legitimate congressional investigation by a preposterous assertion of executive privilege. Remember, in a democracy, in-- under the Constitution, transparency and sunshine is the rule. The exception is only for matters of grave national security secrets. That certainly doesn't apply here.
BILL MOYERS: How does the Scooter Libby affair play into this? Do you think that people-- I mean, how did the Scooter Libby thing play into this? People seem really angry about this. And this is, to me, where the tipping point came.
JOHN NICHOLS: If it wasn't for the president's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence, we would not be sitting at this table and talking right now.
BILL MOYERS: About impeachment?
JOHN NICHOLS: About impeachment. That sentence opened up a dialogue in this country and even in Congress. A number of members of Congress stepped up and signed on to Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment against Vice-president Cheney after the Scooter Libby commutation.
JOHN NICHOLS: We're talking tonight because of the Scooter Libby affair. And--
BILL MOYERS: You mean the impeachment--
JOHN NICHOLS: You-- we're at this table because the fact of the matter is that impeachment has moved well up the list of things we can talk about because of the Scooter Libby affair. Now, should it be the-- one that tipped it? I think Bruce and I would probably both agree no. There are probably more important issues. But the Scooter Libby affair gets to the heart of what I think an awfully lot of Americans are concerned about with this administration and with the executive branch in-- general, that it is lawless, that-- it can rewrite the rules for itself, that it can protect itself.
And, you know, the founders anticipated just such a moment. If you look at the discussions in the Federalist Papers but also at the Constitutional Convention, when they spoke about impeachment, one of the things that Madison and George Mason spoke about was the notion that you needed the power to impeach particularly as regards to pardons and commutations because a president might try to take the burden of the law off members of his administration to prevent them from cooperating with Congress in order to expose wrongdoings by the president himself. And so Madison said that is why we must have the power to impeach. Because otherwise a president might be able to use his authority and pardons and such to prevent an investigation from getting to him.
BILL MOYERS: Are you suggesting that Libby had the goods on Cheney and Bush?
JOHN NICHOLS: I think the bottom line is Scooter Libby was involved in conversations that, frankly, if those conversations were brought up, the American people would be very helpful to our discourse about whether we entered this war illegally and whether we've continued this war in ways which we never should have.
BRUCE FEIN: I think the spark against the Libby commutation is a little bit different focus. I think it's less on the idea he's covering up for Cheney or Bush than the indication that Bush is totally heedless of any honor for law and accountability. That he has special rules for him and his cabinet. You may recall at the outset of the investigation he said, "Anybody in my office who is responsible for this leak will not work for me." Karl Rove was shown to leak and Karl Rove was still sitting in the White House. And he says, "Well, he will issue a commutation here." But he's not issued commutations in similar circumstances to anybody else.
Moreover, the perjury of the obstruction of justice of Libby is a carbon copy of Clinton, which Republicans, including me, supported. That's why I said you've got to give a stiff sentence here. How can you say that Clinton's deserves impeachment and here you're communing someone who did the same thing. And it's that sort of outrage that this is now a sneering attitude towards everybody else. "I am king. You play by other people's rules, but as long as I am in the White House, I get to play by my rules." That is something that-
BRUCE FEIN: --offends everybody.
BILL MOYERS: Sneering is not an impeachable offense.
BRUCE FEIN: Sneering in isolation is not but this is combined with all of the other things he's done outside the law. The intelligence gathering, the enemy combatant status, the kidnappings in-- dungeons abroad, all in secret and never disclosing anything to Congress or the American people. Indeed, we couldn't even be discussing some of these issues here like the foreign intelligence collection program if it weren't leaked to THE NEW YORK TIMES. If he had his way, this would be secret forever.
BILL MOYERS: So practically, what do you think should happen now? And what do people listening, what can they do?
BRUCE FEIN: I think what ought to happen is there needs to be these hearings in the judiciary hearing this is why we care.
BILL MOYERS: Impeachment hearing--
BRUCE FEIN: Impeachment--
BRUCE FEIN: This is why these are--
BILL MOYERS: You're saying you want the judiciary committee to call formal hearings on the impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney?
BRUCE FEIN: Yes. Because there are political crimes that have been perpetrated in combination. It hasn't been one, the other being in isolation. And the hearings have to be not into this is a Republican or Democrat. This is something that needs to set a precedent, whoever occupies the White House in 2009. You do not want to have that occupant, whether it's John McCain or Hillary Clinton or Rudy Giuliani or John Edwards to have this authority to go outside the law and say, "I am the law. I do what I want. No one else's view matters."
BILL MOYERS: But Nancy Pelosi doesn't agree.
JOHN NICHOLS: --and others are. But--
BILL MOYERS: And Bob Barr, who's been here.
BRUCE FEIN: David Keene*
*The above assertion by Bruce Fein was a misstatement. David Keene, President of the American Conservative Union does not support impeachment, although supports legislation repudiating many of President Bush's usurpations.
BRUCE FEIN: The great genius of the founding fathers, their revolutionary idea, with the chief mission of the state is to make you and them free to pursue their ambitions and faculties. Not to build empires, not to aggrandize government. That's the mission of the state, to make them free, to think, to chart their own destiny. And the burden is on government to give really good explanations as to why they're taking these extraordinary measures. And on that score, Bush has flunked on every single occasion. And we need to get the American people to think. Every time that there's an incursion on freedom, they have to demand why. What is the explanation? Give me a good reason before I give up my freedom.
BILL MOYERS: But read that prologue of the Constitution. The first obligation is to defend the people, to defend their freedom, to defend their rights. And I hear people out there talking in their living rooms right now, Bruce and John, saying, "But wait a minute, you know, we've got these terrorists. We know. Look what happened in London just two weeks ago. We know they're out there. Who else is looking out for us except Bush and Cheney?"
BILL MOYERS: --we don't need to do what Bush-
BRUCE FEIN: No, we don't. They're doing these for optical purposes.
BILL MOYERS: What do you mean "optical"?
BRUCE FEIN: They're trying to create the appearance that they're tougher than all of their opponents 'cause they're willing to violate the law, even though the violations have nothing to do with actually defeating the terrorism. And we have instances where the president now for years has flouted the Foreign Intelligence Act. He's never said why the act has ever inhibited anybody. Remember, this act has been around for over a quarter of a century, and no president ever said it impaired his gathering of foreign intelligence. And suddenly the president's, "No, we have to violate it and flout it because it doesn't work." Well, why? He's never explained it. He's never explained why this act stopped gathering of all the intelligence that was needed to fight the terrorists.
BILL MOYERS: No president and no vice-president have been sitting in the White House or sitting in Washington when terrorists, when killers tried to come in airplanes and crashed into the White House, crashed into the Capitol. Can-- isn't there something to be said for--
We know this is not the danger of the Soviet Union or Hirohito or the Third Reich. And yet the president continues to insist. That's why we need military commissions. We need to say you're an enemy combatant and stick you in prison forever without any judicial review and otherwise.That is a total distortion of what the genuine nature of the problem is and our ability to fight and defeat these terrorists with ordinary civil-- the criminal proceedings. And then-- and as you say, they have utilized, Bill, repeatedly. The World Trade Center bombings in 1993, in the aftermath of 9/11 we've had countless conspiracy cases that stopped the terrorist-- enterprises in the bud. And the-- fact is that the utilization of these extraordinary measures has been relatively infrequent, showing that they're largely, they're relevant to the quest to defeat al-Qaeda.
JOHN NICHOLS: Let's go to another zone of this where, you know, they've really been way off the deep end and that is torture. Has the use of torture has the vice-president sort of winking and nodding enthusiasm for the use of torture, has Abu Ghraib helped America? Are we in a better position in the world, in-- getting cooperation from other countries? Are we in a better position in Iraq because of those pictures from Abu Ghraib? I would suggest to you that using these extraordinary powers and doing so in a non-transparent way, in a secretive way, which certainly suggests that even a-- an awareness of the illegality of it, that-- does more harm than good.
And this is, again, what the founders intended. They intended a consultative process. When the president seizes power, extraordinary power unto himself, he isolates himself. He isolates himself from the rest of the government, and he isolates himself from the people. And so I think that people out there in America who are worried, you know, "Wow, if we take on and try and constrain the president in a time of war, in a time of danger, we may be endangering the country," are actually going the wrong direction.
BRUCE FEIN: And, in fact, without the dialogue you continue the folly like in Vietnam when you shut off debate. And that's what's happened in Iraq, why we continue to persist. Like the 88th charge of the Light Brigade that keeps failing. You think it'll work on the 89th time. But I want to go to a more important point that John mentioned, with specifics as to how-- what the president has done, has made us less safe. We have now indictments in both Italy and Germany against CIA operatives because they abducted and threw into dungeons and tortured people abroad. We need their cooperation if we're going to defeat al-Qaeda.
BILL MOYERS: You mean the cooperation of those governments.
BRUCE FEIN: Of those governments. And now they're saying, "The heck with it. You know, you can't come on our soil and kidnap people outside the law and throw them into dungeons."
BILL MOYERS: That's what Putin does. Putin is doing that--
BRUCE FEIN: Polonium 210, you know? You-- can we borrow some from you? And moreover, think, Bill, of the precedent it sets. It is basically saying, "Mr. Putin, you can kidnap an American outside the Louvre in Paris, throw him in a dungeon in Belarus and say, "Hey, he said sympathetic things about the Chechyans." And therefore, you can operate outside the law because the Chechyans are people you oppose. That's the precedent the president is saying is legal. But the other element with regard to the abuses to point out are Abu Ghraib. That's-- those pictures are all on al-Jazeera television. And they get shown every single day, 24 hours a day, to the Muslim youth that's seeking some meaning in their life. And that's what increases the recruitment attractiveness of al-Qaeda. Those Abu Ghraib abuses--
BILL MOYERS: Well, did you see the Associated Press reported a day or two ago that al-Qaeda, according to intelligence reports, al-Qaeda is now at greater strength than it was before 9/11.
BRUCE FEIN: And that's because of the recruitment. That's-- and because of the abuses, they are able to portray the United States' conflict with terrorism as a conflict with Islam, not with terrorists.
JOHN NICHOLS: And let us--
BRUCE FEIN: And that is a terrible, terrible danger for the American people.
JOHN NICHOLS: But let's take President Bush at his word. Let's take him at his word. He says that what he is doing is that this is a war on terror. That the goal is to weaken al-Qaeda, that is to make America more secure. And so throw out all this other discussion, all the other dialogue we've had. Has he been successful? Has-- is he doing it the right way? Well, I think we have an awful lot of evidence from the government itself, from the CIA itself is that it hasn't worked. It has been a highly ineffective strategy. And so the question of whether he's making us more secure really is a debatable one. And the role of Congress at such a point becomes absolutely critical. We don't-- you don't say, "Oh, well, you know, the Congress-- the president seems to be screwing up. And so-- well, let's sit back and see what he does next." And that seems to be what Democrats in Congress are saying.
BILL MOYERS: Remember in the setup to our discussion I pointed out that Tom DeLay, then the third most powerful Republican in the House, made it his mission to impeach Bill Clinton. Is there a Tom DeLay in the Congress today making it his or her mission to impeach Bush and Cheney?
JOHN NICHOLS: Look-- I'm glad there-- I'm glad there isn't a Tom DeLay. Because Tom DeLay was seeking to impeach Bill Clinton for political reasons. He did not--
BILL MOYERS: Infidelity.
JOHN NICHOLS: No, it wasn't infidelity. It was he didn't like the fact that Bill Clinton was president. He wanted to remove the president by means other than an election. I hope there is someone there who seeks to constrain the presidents of the United States and constrains the presidency of the United States, not merely because they happen to disagree with the guy but because--
BILL MOYERS: I have to interrupt you and say, look, you guys don't live in la-la land. Both of you are in-- in and around power all the time. Why doesn't Nancy Pelosi see it her duty to take on at least the impeachment hearings that you say would educate the public about the states that you think--
BRUCE FEIN: I go back to the real vulnerability and weakness of Congress, that they don't have anybody who can, as a chairman or even asking a question like John or me say, "Mr. Attorney General, you answer that question. This is the United States of America. Transparency is the rule here. We don't have secret government. That's what Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote about in the Gulag. That's not the United States of America. We pay your salary. We have a right to know 'cause it's our duty to decide whether what you're doing is legal and wise, not yours. Answer that question or you're held in contempt right now." And that's-- and all you need is that tone of voice. But what happens up there? "Well, would you please answer?" Well, are you sure? When-- could you get John Ashcroft? I mean, it's just staggering.
JOHN NICHOLS: And you know what?
BRUCE FEIN: All you would need a lecture like that and they'd answer. They'd be embarrassed--And you have to have a certain vision, Bill. You have-- you have to have a certain depth of conviction about philosophy and what the Constitution means, why those people died. They reached that last full measure of devotion, Cemetery Hill, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, the Battle of the Bulge, because there was something higher. You have to feel that in your body and your stomach cause you've mastered all those people who have sacrificed in the past and you know the danger of unchecked power 'cause you read history. You're not a novice. There isn't anybody in the Congress who's able to do that because they don't have that background. But they don't have that temperament.
JOHN NICHOLS: --there may be such people but their first step, their first step must be something that is very hard in these days of extreme partisanship and these days in money and politics and a media that doesn't cover politics very well. Their first step has to be to say, "I cherish my country more than my party and more than the next election." And so-- probably. We're talking about a Democrat.
BILL MOYERS: --to take the lead?
JOHN NICHOLS: And that Democrat's first responsibility is to go to Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, the person who decides what committee assignments they may have and even how nice an office they may get, and say, "You know, Nancy, I respect you. I respect you greatly, Mrs. Speaker. But the country's more important. So you can-- you can get mad at me. You can, you know, push back internally and whatever. But I'm going to the American people and I'm going to talk to them like Bruce Fein just did. Now, my sense is the response to the American people and, frankly, the response of a lot of other members of Congress would be to stand up and applaud. But you have to have that initial courage to do so.
BRUCE FEIN: I think that you have to have not only the courage but you have to have that conviction because it's part of your being.
BILL MOYERS: But the--
BRUCE FEIN: You understand what the United States is about.
BILL MOYERS: But by your-- by what you're saying, you're admitting that nobody has that conviction because it's not happening.
BRUCE FEIN: I agree. And it's hard to know how to just make it happen by spontaneous combustion, Bill. And that's the frustrating element here. Because without that those intellectual and temperamental ingredients, it just isn't going to happen. You do need a leadership element in there. And I don't see it either in the House or the Senate now.
BILL MOYERS: You just said in one sentence there "impeach Bush and Cheney." You're talking about taking that ax against the head of government, both of them.
JOHN NICHOLS: No. No, no, no.
BRUCE FEIN: It's not an ax, Bill.
JOHN NICHOLS: We're talking--
BRUCE FEIN: It's not an ax-- it's not--Impeachment is not a criminal proceeding.
JOHN NICHOLS: You are being--
BRUCE FEIN: --we cannot entrust the reins of power, unchecked power, with these people. They're untrustworthy. They're asserting theories of governments that are monarchical. We don't want them to exercise it. We don't want Hillary Clinton or Rudy Giuliani or anyone in the future to exercise that.
JOHN NICHOLS: Bill Moyers, you are making a mistake. You are making a mistake that too many people make.
JOHN NICHOLS: You are seeing impeachment as a constitutional crisis. Impeachment is the cure for a constitutional crisis. Don't mistake the medicine for the disease. When you have a constitutional crisis, the founders are very clear. They said there is a way to deal with this. We don't have to have a war. We don't have to raise an army and go to Washington. We have procedures in place where we can sanction a president appropriately, do what needs to be done up to the point of removing him from office and continue the republic. So we're not talking here about taking an ax to government. Quite the opposite. We are talking about applying some necessary strong medicine that may cure not merely the crisis of the moment but, done right-
BRUCE FEIN: Moreover, it's--
JOHN NICHOLS: --might actually cure--
BRUCE FEIN: It's not an attack on Bush and Cheney in the sense of their personal-- attacks. Listen, if you impeach them, they can live happily ever after into their-
JOHN NICHOLS: And go to San Clemente.
BRUCE FEIN: Yes, go to San Clemente or go back to the ranch or whatever. But it's saying no, it's the Constitution that's more important than your aggrandizing of power. And not just for you because the precedent that would be set would bind every successor in the presidency as well, no matter Republican, Democrat, Independent, or otherwise.
JOHN NICHOLS: The fact of the matter is that, again, the genius of impeachment is it tells the president that, wow, there is a Congress. And that Congress is on your case. And it causes, I think at its best, it causes a president to want to prove he can cooperate, to want to prove he can live within the law.
BRUCE FEIN: Can I interrupt just a second here?
BILL MOYERS: Yeah, sure, sure.
BRUCE FEIN: 'Cause it seems to me very important. I think that if impeachment proceedings began and the president and the vice-president sat back and said, "We understand now. We both understand. We renounce this claim. No military commissions. We're going to comply with the law," the impeachment proceedings ought to stop and they should. It's not trying to be punitive and recriminate against the officials but you've got to get it right. And it's that what I hope would happen.
I've said if the president now renouncing the power and said, "It was wrong and I now respect and honor the separation and the genius of the founding fathers," that's great. And all of the purpose of impeachment would have been accomplished. They could stay in office and we'd have the greatest precedent with regards to executive authority and the separation of powers and checks and balances. This is not an effort to try to blacken the names of the president and vice-president. And nothing would gratify me more than having them stand up and say, "Yeah, I've thought about this now. My mind is concentrated wonderfully," as Sam Johnson would say. The prospect of impeachment, I've been convinced.
JOHN NICHOLS: But also we would have hit that educational moment, that rare moment where a president of the United States has been forced to-- go before the American people and say, "Oh, yeah, I just remembered, you're the boss. You are the bosses. Not me. And that I am not a king." Again, this is why raising impeachment at this point, it's a very late point, is so important. Because we are defining what the presidency will be in the future today because we do know the high crimes and misdemeanors of George Bush and Dick Cheney. They have been well illustrated even by a-- rather lax media. They have been discussed in Congress
. If we know these things and we do not hold them to account, then we are saying, as a people and as a Congress, we are saying that we can find out that you have violated the rule of law. We can find out that you have disregarded the Constitution. You-- we can find out that you've done harm to the republic. But there will still be no penalty for that. If that's the standard that we've set, it will hold. It will not be erased in the future.
BRUCE FEIN: One of the lessons we should have learned from the Nixon impeachment is that it didn't quite fulfill its purpose because Nixon was never compelled to renounce what he'd done.
BRUCE FEIN: And after which he boasted that what the president does it it's legal. He wasn't repentant at all. If we had insisted maybe as a condition of the pardon or otherwise, you need to repent. We are a government of laws, not of men. And it's wrong for anyone to assert unchecked power. That would have had such a pedagogical effect that would have deterred anything in the future. We've got to make certain this time around we get that proper acknowledgement from the--
JOHN NICHOLS: --there was a group of members, Democratic members of the House, who went to Tipp O'Neil and to-
BILL MOYERS: Then speaker of the House.
JOHN NICHOLS: --back in 1974, after Nixon had resigned, and said, "We must continue the impeachment process." It's-- it is under the Constitution certainly appropriate to do so. And we must continue it because we have to close the circle on presidential power. And the leaders in Congress, the Democratic leaders in Congress at the time said, "No, the-- country has suffered too much." Well, this is the problem. Our leaders treat us as children. They think that we cannot handle a serious dialogue about the future of our republic, about what it will be and how it will operate. And so, you know, to an extent, we begin to act like children. We, you know, follow other interests. We decide to be entertained rather than to be citizens.
Well, you know, and Bruce makes frequent references to the fall of the Roman Empire. You know, that's the point at where the fall comes. It doesn't come because of a bad leader. It doesn't come because of a dysfunctional Congress. It comes when the people accept that-- role of the child or of the subject and are no longer citizens. And so I think this moment becomes so very, very important because we know the high crimes and misdemeanors.
The people themselves have said, if the polls are correct, that, you know, something ought to be done. If nothing is done, if we do not step forward at this point, if we do not step up to this point, then we have, frankly, told the people, you know, you can even recognize that the king has no clothes, but we're not gonna put any clothes on him. And at that point, the country is in very, very dire circumstances.
BILL MOYERS: Bruce Fein and John Nichols, thanks to both of you for being with us on The Journal. It's been a very interesting discussion.
BRUCE FEIN: Thank you.
JOHN NICHOLS: Thank you.
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Stage Scene
For a discussion of the recent Tony awards and the state of American theater, Gwen Ifill talks to Carey Perloff, artistic director of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who won a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for her play, "The Heidi Chronicles."
GWEN IFILL: Last night's Tony awards were a study in contrasts. The big winner: An extravagant musical reinvention of an old Julie Andrews movie.
MARY TYLER MOORE: And the 2002 Tony Award for best new musical goes to "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
GWEN IFILL: "Thoroughly Modern Millie," an old-fashioned story of a small-town girl in the big city, won six Tonys, including best musical, and best actress for newcomer Sutton Foster.
GWEN IFILL: The runner-up in the musical category was "Urinetown," a satire with an unlikely title, that got its start on the lower east side of Manhattan.
SPOKESPERSON: Tony goes to "Urinetown: The Musical."
GWEN IFILL: "Urinetown," a spoof about a town which bans the use of private restrooms, won for best book of a musical, best direction, and best original score.
JOHN RANDO: I have to thank my extraordinary cast. They were there from the beginning, way down in the trenches. They all shared the same dressing room, all 16 of them-- the same toilet, which is very fitting for our show.
GWEN IFILL: Unlike last year's box office and critical phenomenon, "The Producers," no single production swept this year's Tonys. Instead, 11 shows shared the awards. Almost 40 years after winning his first Tony for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," Edward Albee won his second last night, for the drama "The Goat or Who is Sylvia," beating out Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan Lori Parks' entry, "Top Dog/Underdog." Mary Zimmerman won the Tony for play direction for "Metamorphoses," a retelling of the stories of King Midas, Hermes, and Orpheus.
Broadway theater took a hit after the September 11 attacks. Attendance was down 8 percent in 2001. But revenue was down less than 4 percent, in part because tickets cost more.
GWEN IFILL: So was Broadway's big night a reflection on the state of the American theater? For answers and opinions, we turn to two theater vets: Carey Perloff, the artistic director of the American conservatory theater in San Francisco, and playwright Wendy Wasserstein. She won a Tony and a Pulitzer prize in 1989 for her play, "The Heidi Chronicles." Welcome, women. What if anything... I'll start with you, Wendy Wasserstein, did last night's Tony awards have to do with the state of American theater, but the state of Broadway especially, right now?
WENDY WASSERSTEIN: Well, I think in the way that so many of the Tony winners actually had honed their skills not on Broadway. Someone like the director Mary Zimmerman has worked in Chicago for years. The writers of "Urinetown" worked, you know, on the lower east side. I think many of the people who go on to win Tony awards, in fact, have worked in the lively American theater across the country, including Carey Perloff.
GWEN IFILL: Well, Carey Perloff, there were all piece revivals and musicals turned into musicals, like the "Thoroughly Modern Millie," which made such a good splash last night. What does that tell us about the state of Broadway right now?
CAREY PERLOFF: Well, it's a cautious moment because we're in an economically troubled time in this country. I think the first thing we should say is it's thrilling that given the trauma in the country this year that we were able to come together and celebrate the theater last night and that the theater has survived and it's flourishing and is providing a place in this country for people to come together. And that was very heartening to me.
There will always be more traditional material, or safer material, than cutting-edge material by the time it gets to the level of Broadway, but I would reiterate what Wendy said, that there were some great surprises that Edward Albee was there with a radical play like "The Goat." That "Urinetown" is such a lively and unpredictable show, and that it made it not only to Broadway but to the Tonys I think is a very hopeful sign.
GWEN IFILL: But "Urinetown" which you pointed out, which is kind of offbeat, to put it mildly, didn't hold a candle in the end to the very traditional "Thoroughly Modern Millie." What did you think of the fact of....
CAREY PERLOFF: That's not true. It won... look, it won the best book, the best music, and the best director, so how it could not win the best musical is a little peculiar, but that's the way that voting goes. You know, I think that people are excited about two very different kinds of shows, you know, one much more traditional and more appealing probably to certain constituents and one that represents the new, I think.
GWEN IFILL: Wendy Wasserstein, you're a New Yorker, how did Broadway theater rebound, or did it rebound, after September 11?
WENDY WASSERSTEIN: I actually think it's truly rebounded because I'm a Tony voter so I spent the past weeks going to the Broadway theater. And actually the audiences there have seemed very excited about, you know, very different things. Sitting in the audience of "Private Lives" last week, for many of those people, it was the first time they had ever seen that play, and they were, you know, thrilled with it, clapping in between the scenes. And I thought that was remarkably healthy.
And I felt that same way seeing "The Crucible" and even seeing Edward Albee's play "The Goat." Afterwards I heard people talking about it. I mean, I think at issue here is, you know, "where are the new plays? How many new plays are being done on Broadway? How many new musicals there are." A lot of revivals. But the atmosphere is one-- I agree with Carey-- there's an upness to it and I think there's a joy in coming together, in rediscovering that sort of communal effect the theater has.
GWEN IFILL: Well, help us with your own question.
CAREY PERLOFF: I also think...
GWEN IFILL: One second, Carey. I'll be with you in a second. Where are the new plays, Wendy?
WENDY WASSERSTEIN: I think the new plays... I don't know any playwright who writes a play specifically for Broadway. I mean, maybe Neil Simon, but in terms of the next generations of playwrights, they were all done at the regional theater at the off Broadway theater, at the non-for-profit theater. They are developed in places that specifically nurture new writing. Then along the road, maybe one or two of them lands up on Broadway, but that doesn't ten to be the norm.
GWEN IFILL: Carey Perloff, you wanted to jump in.
CAREY PERLOFF: One of the things I think that was exciting about watching the awards last night is to see new talent emerge on the acting front as well, like Sutton Foster who was an understudy in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and got her chance. And I think that's always a sort of glorious moment in the theater when artists can breakthrough. I think, as Wendy said, in terms of playwrights, it's really important to nurture writers in communities that are accustomed to new work over a long period of time so that those works can actually breathe before they're sent into the marketplace.
GWEN IFILL: You can take this chance to plug yourself if you like, but where are those communities where this kind of new work is taking place?
CAREY PERLOFF: Oh, I think there are fertile communities all over. I think Seattle is one. We do a lot of new work in San Francisco. There's new work happening in Los Angeles, in Chicago, in Dallas, in Hartford, in Providence, you know, particularly in theaters that are also attached to playwriting programs or that have theater labs somewhere attached to them.
Every theater has its sort of cadre of writers about whom it's particularly passionate. And I think if you travel around the country, what's interesting about the ecology of the American theater is how particular it is from community to community. Depending on what the gestalt of that community is, you'll see either much more scripted new work or there are communities in which the theater is more ensemble-based and less based on plays particularly. But I think, you know, Broadway represents just one aspect of a very fertile, broad ecology in the American theater.
GWEN IFILL: Well, Wendy Wasserstein, respond to that. What is your take on the ecology of the American theater?
WENDY WASSERSTEIN: Well, I think even if you look at last night's awards, as I said, Mary Zimmerman worked in Chicago. "Metamorphosis" was done at the Second Stage Theater, a small off-Broadway theater. Suzanne Lori Parks, who won the Pulitzer, has worked at the public theater with George Wolf for years. I mean, I think that you have to look at these relationships and artists across the country in various... in the large regional theaters and in the smaller theaters as well. Plays take time. Plays need to be nurtured, but I think what's very true is there is a yearning, not only to be in the community, but also to have that experience of an individual's voice hitting you, that it's not something that processed in a way. Playwrighting and the theater is still an art form, and therefore, it has... it works in a very distinct way.
GWEN IFILL: Is there a financial disincentive -- I'm going to stay with you a minute, Wendy -- is there a financial disincentive to risk taking on Broadway or in theater or in any other city?
WENDY WASSERSTEIN: There is in a way. I was thinking about, there was once a workshop of a play of mine "An American Daughter" at the Seattle Rep. And for $5 you could have come to city Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore and Liev Schreiber, and Adam Arkin in a reading of that play. And it wasn't even a big deal. In Seattle, it wasn't a big event or anything. It was just a reading of a play. I think in that... that's very hard to happen in New York. That's much easier in towns across the country.
GWEN IFILL: Carey Perloff, there has been some criticism, at least among the critical glitterati in New York, about "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and about the great big popular musicals which walk away with awards so often. Last year there was the same criticism of "42nd street," as I recall. Where is the creative work that's going to happen that's going to revive Broadway to original work, or does that even have to happen?
CAREY PERLOFF: Well, you know, there are artists bubbling up all over the place who right now wouldn't think of and perhaps will never think of Broadway as being their outlet. I was just at a big theater communications group conference in Portland, the subject of which was new work. And literally the mention of Broadway never came up, and this was 150 theater professionals from all over the country developing a very wide range of very interesting work.
For example, my theater just developed a new music theater piece with David Lang, the composer of the "Bangin' a Can" music festival in New York, and Mac Wellman, who's one of the most important avant-garde playwrights downtown in New York, created a new music theater piece which we're going to tour. And Broadway is absolutely not its destination. It's not that kind of piece, but it was a piece that was thrilling and very important for this community and I think will be important in Europe and in communities around the country. So I think there are many ways that new work can flourish. Broadway is one destination, but what I'm finding in the theater now is there are a lot of younger artists for whom Broadway is not necessarily the destination they're seeking.
GWEN IFILL: Okay. Well, the theater then is alive and well. Carey Perloff and Wendy Wasserstein, thank you very much for joining us.
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NATO Bloodshed in Afghanistan Spikes Ahead of Planned Surge
Violence raged in Afghanistan this week, just ahead of the launch of a major NATO offensive in the country's Taliban-held south. Ray Suarez talks to GlobalPost reporter Jean MacKenzie in Kabul for the latest.
JUDY WOODRUFF: It was another deadly day for NATO troops in Southern Afghanistan. Two Americans died in a roadside bombing, and a British soldier was shot and killed while on patrol. Twenty-four NATO soldiers have been killed in the country in the last week alone. For more on recent military and political developments, we get a report from Jean MacKenzie of GlobalPost, the international news Web site.
Ray Suarez talked with her from Kabul earlier today.
RAY SUAREZ: Jean MacKenzie, welcome.
This most recent action represented the largest NATO one-day loss of life since last year. Are Taliban fighters more active than they have been in previous months?
JEAN MACKENZIE, GlobalPost: I think that would be a pretty accurate assessment. The Taliban have declared an offensive called al-Fath, or "the Victory," and have warned that they are going to step up their attacks.
I think that that's what we're seeing. There were five NATO soldiers killed the day before and at least three were killed today. So, we have seen 20 soldiers lose their lives over the past three days. Of course, there are more soldiers in Afghanistan now than there were because of the U.S. troop surge.
And this is also contributing to -- to the rise in casualties. We have more boots on the ground in more dangerous places. And that, combined with Taliban's new aggressiveness, is -- is making life very difficult.
RAY SUAREZ: There was also violence around the peace jirga, the conference of 1,500 tribal and political leaders, that met to discuss President Karzai's efforts to reach out to the Taliban. Did some of the increase in combat and bombings have to do with that jirga, the gathering brought together by President Karzai?
JEAN MACKENZIE: Well, I think the Taliban delivered a very clear message to the peace jirga, which is that they were not prepared to -- to talk at this point, that, until the -- until they saw a real opening with the Afghan government and with the international community, they would answer any -- any overtures, what they called phony overtures, with violence. And that is what we saw on the first day of the jirga.
RAY SUAREZ: At the conclusion of the peace jirga, what did they finally come up with? What were their recommendations for going forward?
JEAN MACKENZIE: Well, the conference came up with a set of suggestions that were then coordinated into a final declaration.
The final declaration included outreach to the Taliban, a beginning of negotiations, reintegration of low-level Taliban fighters, release of Taliban prisoners from detention centers in Afghanistan, both foreign and Afghan detention centers, and also more control over the foreign forces, an end to night raids, house searches, and bombing of civilian areas.
RAY SUAREZ: Also, in the past few days, we have seen the resignation of Amrullah Saleh, the head of Afghan intelligence, and Hanif Atmar, the interior minister.
Were these significant cabinet posts, significant losses to the Karzai team?
JEAN MACKENZIE: They were very significant cabinet posts. This is two of the three security ministers, and they were very strong and very powerful ministers.
I think people in Kabul are talking about little else these days, except what the reasons are for the removal of Atmar and Saleh. Of course, their resignations were forced. They were quite open about this. Karzai apparently had a very acrimonious meeting with both of them, at the end of which they tendered their resignations, which were immediately accepted.
The announced reason for this was the attacks on the jirga, but very few people in Kabul are giving this any credence. We have heard versions ranging from the ministers have been plotting against Karzai, to American involvement, that they wanted one or both of the ministers gone, to British involvement, that they wanted one or both of the ministers gone.
Everyone has got an explanation, but none of these explanations seem to jibe with -- with each other.
RAY SUAREZ: It's interesting that you mentioned the British and the Americans, because a lot of the reporting around these Atmar and Saleh's departure describes them as men who worked well and closely with their counterparts in Western intelligence and were considered pretty competent.
JEAN MACKENZIE: They were considered to be competent managers. They were known as the technocrats.
Atmar has been in three different ministries since 2002. Saleh has been the intelligence chief since 2004. It was a significant loss. It will be a significant loss. And there -- there's likely to be a period of great instability, until we know who is going to head these ministries.
But I think a lot of time is going to pass before we know exactly why Atmar and Saleh were removed and what actually stands behind that.
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Pete Carroll gets a lot of credit for his approach to the mental side of football and life for the matter. The USC head coach is the man who has made "Win Forever" and "Always Compete" as common of phrases among his players and staff as "please" and "thank you" are to a child.
But is Carroll really pushing the envelope with his theories? This week as much as any, it's important to examine it. With No. 3 USC headed to Ohio State this weekend, Carroll has re-issued one of his greatest hits: "Each game is the same."
It turns out that tune has already been recorded.
At the beginning of the wildly popular movie "Hoosiers," Gene Hackman walks his team into the biggest arena any of them have ever seen. He has one player get on another's shoulders and measure the distance from the rim to the floor - showing them the dimensions of the playing floor are exactly the same.
Now, consider this quote from Carroll on Monday:
"It's interesting, we often forget that the field is the same, the ball's the same, the officials and all that stuff, it's all the same. You go to a different place, and it's just louder."
I sure hope that theory isn't copyrighted.
In fact a lot of what Carroll preaches is rehashed common sense. USC wide receiver Damian Williams said he's heard a lot of Carroll's motivational tools, demanding excellence in all areas of life, approaching each game with maximum effort, from other coaches throughout his career.
But, regardless of it being cliche or hokey or both, it resonates. And ultimately, that's what matters.
"It's true though," Williams said. "I think that he says it just to see who can really grasp a hold of the idea. It's more of a tool. It's obviously true. But if you really think about it, you are playing with the same size football. You're playing on the same size field. You're playing with the same people you played with the week before; it's the same team you're on.
"If you think of it that way, you won't let anything get too big."
And USC doesn't.
The Trojans have a remarkable track record in games like Saturday's game at Ohio State, and the players know that whatever Carroll's preaching has worked.
It's an incredible power to have.
"It's always about knowing that Coach Carroll really knows his stuff," defensive end Everson Griffen said. "What he says, if you put into perspective and apply it, it really does work. If you just go out there, no matter what environment, if you're disciplined and you're focused the whole, time, you should be ready for anything they throw at you."
History and belief in Carroll's philosophies go hand in hand. It becomes much easier to take one game at a time if taking one game at a time has produced Heisman winners and National Championships.
It probably was tougher to convince guys like Carson Palmer and Troy Polamalu to "Win Forever" than it is to get current Trojans to buy in because guys like Griffen and Williams can see the results from the past.
Without question, guys like Palmer and Polamalu were receptive to the new philosophies because of what had happened with Paul Hackett. Like a pretty girl on the rebound after a rocky relationship, anything new seems like an upgrade.
But Carroll's philosophies worked then like they work now. It's just the winning makes them much more believable.
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Professor Leigh Simmons, of the University of Western Australia, said having a diverse set of genes was beneficial because it meant a person had more defences against invading germs. Such genetic ''success'' was thought to influence mate choice, he said.
When looking for a partner, people are subconsciously seeking out someone with different genes from their own to create offspring with a lot of genetic diversity, said Professor Simmons.
He said that a specific group of genes called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), a driver of the immune system, had previously been shown to influence mate choice.
To test if this genetic diversity affected the number of sexual partners a person had, Professor Simmons and his colleagues assessed the genetic variability of 74 females and had them fill in a questionnaire about their sex life.
After removing the bias associated with age and sexual attitudes, Professor Simmons found those women who had more genetic diversity in their MHC complex reported more sexual partners over their lifetime.
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Wade and Cross have given up on Childress for now, but as they walk across the bullpen, Cross still doesn't get why Childress didn't shoot Ruiz at the drop. Uh, because Childress wasn't there? Wade argues, "His brain is scrambled. You read the notebooks. And he quoted his notebooks to Daniel Frye. Dialectics and that nonsense." Cross knows that, and Wade reassures her that they got him. Kitty happens along after an absence of a couple of episodes, and Wade wheedles a victory cigarette out of her, even though he quit. He tries to get Cross to join him, but she's still not feeling it. Not that feeling a lot of anything is her strong suit.
Instead, she returns to Childress in the interrogation room and asks him about his earlier reference to people stealing from him. "Did they steal your notebooks?" she asks. Good question. That would certainly explain a few things. Childress lifts his head off the table and says yes, as what he assumed was part of his past harassment by law enforcement. "Because you were hunting immigrants?" Cross asks. Childress prefers the terms "tracking" and "escorting." Notice that, still, nobody has used the word "poisoning."
Cross sits back down across from him to find out more about this harassment and who was behind it. Childress says it was the feds, storming his place and hauling things away. "Did they give some of them back?" he asks himself rhetorically, like a cast member on a reality show. "Yeah. But some things, including my…key writings…they kept." Childress says that power-tripping is human nature. "I don't think that's true," Cross says, like they're actually in a pot-filled dorm room instead of a place that just sounds like one, but Childress is rolling again. "Slaves dream not of freedom but of becoming masters," he quotes. Cross decides to leave it alone for now, probably because she's dreaming of not being in a room with this stinky weirdo any more.
Ray appears to have the ranch to himself. Or at least he'd better, when his gun-running buddy Tim from Florida drives an ice cream truck with Florida plates onto the property. The two lowlifes greet each other heartily, and Tim goes around to open the back gate, revealing a stack of locked wooden crates the size of small coffins. Ray's pretty impressed, but his buzz is killed when Tim says he's only delivering to Ray, not shipping to Mexico. Ray's going to have to move them himself. And given that these crates don't look light or even easy to remove from the truck, that's going to take some doing. Between all the manual labor and lingual labor this sideline is turning out to entail, Ray must really want to sell some guns.
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Fantasy, faux, or animal pelts: the fur flies when it comes to debating the ethics behind the look
Why do I suddenly find myself wearing fur? Not obscene quantities of it. I am not swathed in mink. I don't have a bedraggled fox corpse languishing round my shoulders. But touches of fur have sprouted within the confines of my wardrobe. There are rabbit ear muffs; trapper hats (possibly fake, possibly not); a profusion of shearling (in aviator jackets, on tippets, in boots; and yes, sheepskin is fur – it is skin with hair attached, so…). There's an abundance of fantasy (the new name for fake) fur in there, too – on gilets and mitts, even on one hilarious Topshop Boutique miniskirt.
How did it come to this? Twenty years ago I would not have countenanced the idea. I thought fur the ultimate of the evils that vacuous, vain, self-serving man was capable of perpetrating against mild-mannered, beautiful nature. So what's changed? Tastes. Fur was once the preserve of unfashionable, mothball-encrusted, fusty, elderly Italian women. Now it's gone edgy and cool and fashion, all Kate Moss in sealskin Mukluk boots and Mad Men-evoking art students in vintage fox capes. The vintage trend has muddied the issue enormously. As thrift shop one-offs became more and more current, morals were tested. Is it ethical to not wear a fur piece that was made when sensitivities were different and fashion was less politicised? Or is that wasteful, and so is it actually more ethical to wear it?
Simultaneously, vast improvements in the look and feel of fake fur mean that those who like the appearance of fur but are not comfortable with the morals of it can buy convincing lookie-likies. Good-looking fake fur has undoubtedly contributed to the social acceptability of real fur. It's de-stigmatised the aesthetic.
But am I right to wear it? Probably not. I wear fur as I wear leather and suede, suppressing the raw fact of it. And yes, leather is a by-product (as is shearling), and therefore generally supposed to be more acceptable than fur. But is it really? It's a by-product of meat: the animals that gave it up were raised and slaughtered with meat in mind. The by-product argument suggests it's acceptable to kill an animal if you're killing it for more than one purpose. Erm – seriously? So no, I possibly shouldn't be wearing fur. Or leather. Or eating meat. I'll add it to the incredibly long list of things I shouldn't do any more. One day I'll be a better person.
Is statement jewellery a good thing? Or is it one of those fashion-industry conspiracies to make us all look a little bit mad? MICHAELA HART, NORTHAMPTON
Statement jewellery is, IMHO, an extremely good thing, but then again, I am loosely allied to the fashion industry and therefore possibly not trustworthy. But actually – stuff that. In this instance, I speak the truth. Vast jewels – especially collar necklaces or dangling cocktail earrings – are an excellent way to gussy up an otherwise unremarkable day look/LBD. Anyone who tells you they make you look mad is a man. Above: necklace, £298, Merle O'Grady (my-wardrobe.com).
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The history of the international golf tournament – and how a British seed-packet magnate played his part
Members of Team Europe hold the Ryder Cup
Members of Team Europe hold the Ryder Cup after sealing victory on the final day of the 2012 tournament. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Age: 85.
Appearance: Once every two years.
What is it? A nail-biting international golf tournament, held this year in Medinah, Illinois.
A golf tournament? Nail-biting? I'd rather watch my nails grow. I know where you're coming from, but the Ryder Cup is different.
How? Well there are two teams, America and Europe, with 12 golfers each competing over three days. They start with foursomes matches, where team pairs take alternate shots using the same ball. Then they move to fourball, where each player has his own ball ...
I'm going to stop you there. That sounds boring and stupid. This year America moved into the final day – the singles matches – comfortably ahead, 10 points to six, their victory all but assured.
Boring, stupid and typical. And then Europe won.
Really? Yup – after a day of changing fortunes, they squeaked ahead to win 14½ points to 13½, an unprecedented turnaround that came right down to the wire, with a successful 6ft putt from German Martin Kaymer.
Sounds about as exciting as lawn-mowing time trials. Not for the newcomers who happened to tune in yesterday: with 12 pairs on the course at once, the final day moves at a hectic pace. Sedate knots of spectators are replaced by large, boisterous, deeply partisan crowds. The atmosphere is distinctly gladiatorial.
This is still the game with the little ball and the flags sticking out of holes, right? Yes, and so much more.
I'll take your word for it. How did it all start? The cup began in 1927 when Samuel Ryder, a British seed-packet magnate and golf enthusiast, donated the 100 guinea gold trophy. Originally designed as a tournament between the US and Britain and Ireland, it was extended to include European golfers in 1979. Before that, the US almost always won. Since then, Europe has maintained a narrow overall lead.
Do say: "If it features Europeans beating Americans, I'm sure I can enjoy this healthy competition as some sort of proxy war."
Don't say: "Hey Tiger! Miss it! MISS! LOSER!"
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