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"The current generation isn't maxed-out," say fans. Others chime in with the common, "fancy graphics don't make games better, gameplay does," argument.
Are these assertions true? Absolutely. Do they offer up a reasonable argument to delay the next inevitable generation of consoles? No, and here is why.
Many gamers are stuck with the illusion that new hardware only brings better graphics
That's a great point. Many seem to forget that new hardware will bring vastly improved phsyics, AI, and new ways to play and tell a story.
It's not the visuals that make a new generation of gaming exciting after seven years of this current gen, it's the new experiences and ways to play only possible with better tools.
This is a well-argued piece. Nice to see something with points to make about the value of another generation rather than yet more rumors.
I, for one, would love to get me some next-gen consoles ASAP. (If my wallet can handle it, haha.)
Too much exciting new games coming out on the PS3 still to even care about next Gen. lol! well, for me anyway:D
I don't play PC games so this question is honest and serious. Since PC's are years ahead of consoles and a window into the future of consoles.
Can you give me some examples of games currently on PC that vastly improve on physics, AI, and new ways to play and tell a story that can't be done on current consoles?
Not graphically, but gameplay wise.
no one will answer your question funandgun. truth is there is only better physics since it is tied to graphics. stories and how they are presented are opinions. ai and gameplay are mostly stagnant.
more horsepower will not improve on anything but graphics since that is what people buy. expect beautifully tesellated chest high walls with million polygon heads popin out from them for you to shoot at next gen.
Guess you were wrong..
The reason for that is really quite simple: Piracy. Due to the insane amount of piracy on the PC platform, it is not seen as a profitable end-goal for games. Most games exclusive to the platform end up making a loss, without even considering the larger investment required to make a game that's able to utilise the new hardware appropriately.
PC will get games, but they will not be exclusive. Instead, the PC gets games at the same technical level as consoles, with perhaps some cheap Dx11 features such as Tessellation. That means that we'll see a significant improvement in game quality for PC when new consoles release.
@sjaa ...
PC is held back by consoles???
Battlefield 3 disagrees with u!
Where was all the AI advancement ur talking about on a title developed especially for PC as the lead platform?
So consider ur theory busted.
There's a reason why these games were awesome this gen:
Uncharted trilogy
Mass effect trilogy
Alan wake
Assassins creed franchise
These are some of the games with brilliant scripting and storyline which was near absent last gen (well on the level those games are on) and would be possible if PC's hadn't advanced. Also the animations in uncharted are amazing and there's nothing that can compare to it.
Yeah, i think graphics are fine the way they are now. I'm not saying an improvement in graphics is bad but it's not necessary. More RAM and a stronger processor would be much better than improved graphics.
have you seen planetside2 footage? I think it's like 1000 vs 1000 in a persistent world. It's being made by Sony for pc only.
AI can in fact be improved with better hardware. Especially with a faster, multi-core'd CPU. It will just depend on how much effort developers will put into their games.
Judging by how gaming is moving, not a lot of effort is going to be shown.
PC has PhysX, which is an incredible physics engine.
There may well be more, but the only game I have found outside of PC so far that utilizes PhysX is Escape Plan for the Vita.
So in short, yes there are actually games that support improved physics on PC. Including the batman arkham games and many many more
you do realise PhysX, is proprietary to Nvidia ... (as is DX9-10-11 to MS)
You know, the things PC gamers hate.... "Closed" & ""Not Compatible"
Open GL for the win. (hope you get the point.)
It still seems like the biggest improvement for the next generation will only be 20 dollars worth of more memory..
* 3.2 ghz tri core to 3.2 ghz quad core won't make a big difference in gaming.
* The GPU isn't going to be that much of a upgrade, the physics will be upgraded about as much as the graphics... Marginally.
* As far as destructible environments and sandbox games and even AI, the thing that is holding back consoles is Memory. and that is pretty much it.
It is completely possible to make great AI with the current hardware and yet Devs do not. Same with physics. There are plenty of great looking games this gen that are crap. Do we really want more of that?
Current systems are more than capable of providing AI that do not run backwards faster than you can run forward and the current gen can have better AI than those we too often see that have eyes in the back of their head, act like bullet sponges, never drop a weapon and run, never scream and cry when they are wounded as they realize they are really about to die, never panic, and are the most fool hardy bunch of doorknobs in the world.
I could also expound upon AI interactions that are non-kinetic in nature, all easily possible on current gen.
Most AI is dumber than a bag of hammers yet current hardware could do better. It isn't the hardware that is incapable but rather the developers or most often the producers who will not allocate the time and resources for better AI.
Plenty of real life reactions are easily capable on the current gen. But AI are not the advertisement poster for sales as are graphics. Developers are simply playing to that which gains them the most mileage - a pretty picture. That really says something about the shallow nature of gamers and our consumer demographic on the whole.
It is confounding so many believe next gen will improve the most important aspect of gaming - the gameplay. Better hardware isn't a magic bullet that suddenly engenders developers with creativity. It doesn't evolve them as developers over night or even over a year.
Better looking games that cost even more, with the same broken or tired mechanics and AI are precisely what we will get next gen with very few exceptions. I want to see some revolutionary thinking this generation.
Max Payne 3 and it's per bullet impact physics implementation prove this gen is more than able to handle a complex implementation that requires vast amounts of number crunching - because that's what's needed in that type of physics, godlike math. And the game still looks incredible.
I want to see more games like Dust 514 that are breaking the mold of the current gen thought methodology and the manner in which gamers interact with one another.
No one is denying that better more capable hardware make certain aspects of the process easier, but the fact is that hardware is not the stumbling block this generation that some think. We can't solve a problem if it cannot be honestly addressed and games like Max Payne 3 that have taken the time to do things right make fools of those that believe next gen hardware is required for next gen gaming.
Anyone remember those early tech demos of Alan Wake with the tornado hitting? Or the Star Wars Euphoria demo? That's what I'm excited for next generation. It might sound ridiculous, but I've always wanted a game that's a painstakingly created house that you could just go in and destroy with crazy precision, hopefully that'll be a possibility...I'm sick of ragdoll too.
@ Fun and Gun, there is a reason some of us play on PC, its not just PHYSX, and DX11. Its because of games like ARMA 3 and Planet-side 2. ARMA 3 has a 600km island to explore with near photorealistic graphics. Planetside 2 has 1000 vs 1000 matches with graphics better then Halo. And another huge reason is MODDING! I am currently making a mod for crysis 2 that is a whole game set in a open world Chicago, and the graphics on it are incredible, not to mention it's accurate to real Chicago, and looks photo-realistic at times, and features DX11 features on everything. Don't listen to what console gamers tell you, real pc gamers don't buy a gaming pc for better graphics, we buy it for all the things you can do on it that aren't possible on consoles.
Hit the nail on the head. In fact ever since this talk started all I've been wanting is better features, graphics are on the list but it isn't number 1.
It's all important, I am and will always be a graphic whore though..
I have said it before, I will play a shitty game if it looks really pretty.....
It's my Vice and mine alone....
Dunno why we bother asking for better graphics lol. Its guaranteed to get better every gen not matter what.
I think i agree with you here i have a massive back log of games for my 360 and ps3. I have yet to finish uc2 halo cea op flahlash point point rr, lbp 2 driver, resistance 3 skyrim fifa 12 gt5 bf3 rise of knightmares and more and this is just on 2 consoles i still have uc ga mnr on the psv as well as rez mario 3ds Mario kark 3ds and zelda on my psv and 3ds. My biggest problem is i tend to get an hour or so a night and i cant get enough of forza 4 online at the mo it just keeps me going back to it but got a week off soon so going to get through as much as i can.
Any game that utilizes physx is a good example of what could be brought to current gen games, just look at mirrors edge or arkham city with phys x enabled. I've also heard CUDA can do wonders with AI, but sadly since crysis no game devs have taken the risk of pushing the boundaries for a pc only game.
The financial gamble is too much when its much safer to develop for current gen consoles as well as PC, so really all the pc is getting these days is nice shiney versions of console games, with the odd exclusive here and there, but again due to the costs of a lengthy production schedule required to make an engine that takes full advantage of the latest CPU's and GPU's its a big risk for the devs to take, especially if they're under the umbrella of a larger publisher. This is of course all just opinion and speculation from what i've observed in the industry over many years.
I don't know why but I have this feeling when we do see the jump, it's going to be half-life 3 on a new source engine. And thats when I'll finally get around to buying myself a PC... maybe... budget permitting :P
I'm all for new consoles so PC games can truly take advantage of the hardware at their disposal, instead of being developed with current gen consoles in mind. Even if I never get a PC capable of playing these games, I still love seeing the advances in gaming that it always brings time and time again.
here's some pc games current consoles are 100% incapable of playing at anywhere near whats considered playabl;e framerate, graphics, units on screen ect.....
Shogun 2 total war
xbox360/ps3 couldnt even handle rome total war from 2004 with 1000's of units on screen
let alone empire, napoleon, medival
basically consoles cannot do large scale rts
mmo's, only garbage instance with terrible graphics like dcu online
mods, true user content, because morons would dowload something that fu%^#ed up[ their ps3 and sue.
bf3 with 64 players....lol
consoles are ancient man, they are 8 years old hardware wise, they are the vcr's of gaming
they literally cannot do ANYTHING a gaming pc can....like 1080p, 1200p, 1440p, 1600p
lol...they cannot do anti aliasing, v-sync, dx10, dx10.1, dx11,
we can go on like this forever
ps3/360 = last gen
"Can you give me some examples of games currently on PC that vastly improve on physics, AI, and new ways to play and tell a story that can't be done on current consoles?
Not graphically, but gameplay wise."
Congrats, you didn't answer the question at all. Almost everything you listed has to do with graphics, except for RTS, and that genre not working well on consoles has more to do with control scheme than hardware power. PS3 (and maybe 360... not sure) can use mouse and keyboard, and Move was shown to be great for RTS with RUSE, so even your RTS point is pointless. Number of units on screen... again, graphics. The only valid point you made was about mods and user created content in general.
OT - I'm still looking forward to games this year and next, so I have no need for a new console. I'll start wanting next gen to get here when Sony shows PS4 and some games I drool over. Until then, I'm fine. Anyway, I'd rather AI was improved than graphics next gen.
Most of your points are graphics and about the whole MOD's thing; I'd call the person that made the MOD that fucks up ps3's or 360's the moron not the unlucky person who downloads it....
PS3 can do AA, V-sync, 1080p, 256 and prolly even 1000 + players, 1000's of onscreen characters, And ps3 for instance doesn't use DX at all, but custom OpenGL and other libraries.
And there is yet to be a standard TV aimed at private and home household consumers with the following resolutions : 1200p, 1440p, 1600p. so anything but 1080p would be stupid because TV screens doesnt suppurt it and by the time it is supported they will already support much higher res like 4-8K resoultion. (next gen)
Infact BF3 with 64 players to would be possible.
You seem very biased, but truth be told consoles are ancient compared to current high end hardware.
The thing is that developers trade away neat visual elements to gain more detail, thats why games are 720P, sometimes with jaggies, at 30FPS, with tearing and with lower amounts of objects on screen. Its called trade offs and that is what you have to do to make the games the best they can be againts the devs vision and skill level, they need to weigh, measure and optimize to make their vision come alive and be the best game they can make.
Not every console game is a GOW 3, Uncharted, Killzone or Gears, but not every PC game is a Crysis, Metro or BF either. its all up to the devs and if you ask me they have been on the lazy side since Crysis. Thats true when small devs like 4A (metro series) and CD Project RED (the withcer series) make the BEST looking games around while Crytek, Epic games etc slacks off and releases no games to push the bar.
Can't wait for Next gen!
its nice to have new updated hardware but that also means developers will have to use more resources for the updated graphics which might make video game prices increase
last gen we was paying about $54 for a game after tax, this gen is $65 after tax
who knows maybe next gen ill go up to $75
you know all these fans for both ps3/xbox360 who are so ready for next gen will be waiting a while before anything comes out. Both ps3/xbox360 are still 250 and 300 so the prices have to come around 149-99 before we will see a new console. And when both are selling well why should either MS or sony bring out a new one? just to please few fans who just want a new hardware.
gears of war 3 look at how good the game looks and new crysis we don't need new consoles just yet, if new consoles can do 15% better than current ones than that's really not next gen so here is hoping both MS and sony announce their systems at E3 2013 and being them out in fall 2014, by than both ps3 and xbox360 will be under 149 and most likely sold close to 100 or over 100 million consoles
Yeah I mean c'mon the ps3 and xbox 360 were only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to milkin.....I mean bilkin....I mean finding new ways to add value.
I'm still not ready for the next generation simply because I'm broke. I can't afford a new generation of consoles right now.
$25/month to your savings my friend. I'd say you still have around 18 months($450) :]
Very well said, Jimbo. Rather than moan, gamers should simply prepare. That or be content to wait a while before jumping on board each gen.
You could pick it up cheaper after a few years or used if it launched today. You don't necessarily have to buy on day one. The same goes for games - backlog is a good thing price and selection wise.
Some really really good points up there. Well said, mate! One thing I am concerned about though, is the question whether the new consoles will be affordable. PS3 wasn't affordable(At least not to me) when it was released. Let's wait and see. But hey, I don't even own 10$ right now!
I think for Sony at least it will be. It mostly depends on the gamble MS and Nintendo make if you ask me. If they price theirs high, Sony will come in at the same or just under it.
Sony learned that in the economy right now you can't sell a high quality thing at a high price, people will just jump for the cheaper stuff. I say this in regards to Sony as a whole (TV's etc) and the fact PS3 couldn't sell amazingly well when it launched.
My bet? PS3 and Xbox come in at 350 to 400 at max (If I had to pick, it'd be 300 dollars) , WiiU 200 to 250 at most.
Umm WiiU is a new console... And even though people don't like to hear it, it probably sporting newer tech so I'll say. 300-350. Though if it's a real power house ( cause now its just like 3.5 according to rumor. But if it ends being 5-6 times ( its probably not) I'll pay 400-450.
One thing we do know is that WiiU is using a Power7 chip. At the very lowest level. It can run 16 threads. 360 and ps3 do 6. Threads go to AI physics sound and stuff. Those things on the WiiU have th potential to be 2-2.7 times better.
I'm amazed at the number of people that get suckered by Nintendos bs every generation. The Wii-U is not going to be a power house. It is only a couple times more powerful than the 360 or ps4.....both of which will be getting replaced next year. Making buying the Wii-U because it will be more powerful than the ps3 and 360 pure folly.
Edit I meant PS4 and Next Xbox, not the current ones lol
im ready cuz i want to see how draw dropping uncharted "4?" looks on ps4.
Hard to argue against wanting to see that!
What you meant to say is jaw-dropping hehe, but you can't go wrong with a comment like that.
I too am ready for next-gen, bring it on!
and here's why i shouldn't be:
i have a PC that will likely put the specs of next-gen consoles to shame. and i can upgrade it whenever i want/need to.
Its just too bad you wont be able to fully utilize those "specs" as they do in consoles.
Put a 7970 or 680 in a console and it would run the PC counterpart right over.
Why? Because they could utilize all its power!
Why do you think consoles output pretty amazing graphics for their ages?
Go play your "powerhouse". Too bad you're not getting the full potential of it...
i welcome the ps4 and xbox 720 in 2013! 1080p at 60fps? come on. There is NOTHING more u can do with games such as Madden, NBA 2K, COD games. I fine with the latest God of War prequel but I DON'T WANT God of War 4 on ps3. i don't want Gears 4 on xbox 360 and so on, and so on. u can tweek the parts on a car engine but after a certain time U GOTTA GIVE IT UP and get yourself a NEW ride. or keep your current ride and get a 2nd one. the point is KEEP IT MOVE'IN BUDDY!!!!! LOL
Sorry I have gone back to the PC. Consoles are limited. Even Microsoft is going back to the PC with windows 8.
lol they are going to tablets more than pc with windows 8.
but look! This from a game called PLA. I hope the game play will be good.
ms don't really make games on pc. there's flight sim and age of empires, not much else.
Starcraft 1.....that game is like crack to me, i just love seeing those little soldier sprites blowing up when they die....and age of empires is awesome, dont diss
Uhh, Starcraft is from Blizzard not MS. Just saying.
I love this article. Im ready for next gen consoles right now. I think for all the broke ass cry babies out there who don't want a new console to release can go fuc_ themselves. I want to see the future of gaming not the past. If anything they should release a console that can be upgraded like a pc. That way we always stay current in the years to come. Also if the release an over priced console. I will be the first to buy it. Why you ask? Because I like giving my money to anything that involves gaming. As long as it helps the gaming industry.
Tell me about it brother.
I would also be willing to buy a next-gen console day 1!
I don't get why people are so vocal about it not being necessary yet.
If *you guys* don't want to spend money on a new console, then go ahead and play old games.
(there's is nothing stopping anyone from playing on old+cheap hardware)
So the main reason must be their too cheap, and can't live with being left behind.
Why else would anyone advocate against others receiving an upgrade?
The obviously solution would be switch to PC; but I did without much enjoyment. The community was extremely unfriendly, the performance of games varied from impressive to studdery. (and my specs are no where near of concern)
I want a new Xbox or Playstation.
And everyone else saying they aren't ready, CAN KEEP PLAYING THE 360/PS3, if thats' what their still enjoying. Let everyone else upgrade!
I always thought pc had the best community. If you are having studder problems it could be your graphic driver. If you're running sli of xfire it's a common problem, try updating the sli profile. you could also try to get the latest dx and visual C++ redist and run the dxdiag
This guy tells the truth LIKE A BOSS
To cheap? Maybe some people don't have their moms and dads buying their stuff anymore, and have rent, and food, and the like. Don't automatically assume things.
The problem with what you are saying is that if a large enough portion of the gaming community is already tired of high prices and isn't ready to move on to another $500 console and games that will likely now cost $70, companies like MS and Sony aren't going to be in a very big hurry to push out a new console to a crowd half the size they want it to be. That's not good business sense.
They go to message boards and do research and see that nearly a third of posters on some thread or message board say they are happy with current gen, then that's what's going to stick. People just don't understand how the move to HD this gen really affected game devs internally. They are milking this gen because those costs were astronomical, and they would like to see that money back.
Look at how many game devs closed down in the last 2 years. This industry is in terrible shape. If I were an investor, I'd be advising caution and sticking with current gen too.
"To cheap? Maybe some people don't have their moms and dads buying their stuff anymore, and have rent, and food, and the like. Don't automatically assume things."
Maybe this guy should re-read his own comment.
He makes an assumption that I live off my parents' still, and tell me not to assume things. BWAHAHAHA.
Do you really think I'd make a generalization about gamers being cheap, if I don't pay for all the thing he mentioned!?
And then you even repeat what I was responding too!
If a 1/3 of the community is happy with what they have now - GREAT - but that isn't a rebuttal to why the 2/3 shouldn't receive new hardware
What if 30% still liked playing Wii? Would that mean we should go back to sub-HD?
What a *portion* of the community wants shouldn't dictate when Next-gen arrives. And those in favor are quickly becoming the majority.
At no time did I directly say that *you* still live at home. Don't be the typically over-sensitive poster.
My rebuttal stands. I am not looking at things from your point of view, the consumer. I am looking from the point of view of console makers. Console makers don't want to sell a new console to 2/3 of their audience. They want to sell to 3/3 of their audience. If they feel like a large chunk of their audience isn't going to buy a new console and the high-priced software to go with it, then it would be business suicide to try and sell a new console to folks that won't buy. They'd be selling at a loss for even longer than they traditionally do. And in this economy, that would just be stupid.
"And everyone else saying they aren't ready, CAN KEEP PLAYING THE 360/PS3, if thats' what their still enjoying. Let everyone else upgrade!"
Ok, I'll allow you to upgrade to a new console. Oh wait... you can't yet anyway. ****.
"At no time did I directly say that *you* still live at home."
Oh, com'on!
You did says "some people don't have their moms and dads buying their stuff"
Your usage of "some people" was inclusive to *you,* and since it was in response to something I said that would imply that I was not included - thus grouping me with those who do have their stuff paid by their parents.
i dont know where all this super ai and amazing physics is going to come from, the pc is like 10 times more powerful and all they get is battlefield 3 in hd
im not going to buy into the hype of next gen consoles until they deliver the goods
one of the first games id love to see on next gen consoles is a massive plane vs plane, flying refueling planes to support mid range fighters/ setting up landing zones / apache helicopters all over the place/ etc etc
Uh, I'm just going to re-post what @SignifiedSix posted above.
"Its just too bad you wont be able to fully utilize those "specs" as they do in consoles.
Put a 7970 or 680 in a console and it would run the PC counterpart right over.
Why? Because they could utilize all its power!
Why do you think consoles output pretty amazing graphics for their ages?
Go play your "powerhouse". Too bad you're not getting the full potential of it..."
Makes sense?
@Andree1991 I loved Age of Empires. Cheers mate! :D
Their is no super AI in PC titles, because the developers and publishers don't want to invest extra time in PC games. (which is a real shame)
How many devs take advantage of the PC platform? Not many...
Making a new AI system for only 1 platform is probably not worth it from their point of view.
I think evolution and new hardware have to come, but i still feel that i havent enjoy to the fullest my consoles. The number of games that will come this year and next will get me stuck to my screen TV for many, many time. Why do i need to spend 400€ on a new console with few games? Only for AI? For that i would bought a NEW Gaming Pc a long time ago. Dont get me wrong, but i believe that this machines still have the power to entertain us. But new things must come out. Its the business.
man next gen game are gonna suck , its already begun with all these online passes and 1/2 game 1/2 DLC im glad i was around ps1-ps2 -n64 -GC xbox era to enjoy them
i been rydin with Microsoft and Sony since 2005/06. it's 2012 I'm ready for NEW console. If sony stay with there 10 year life cycle plan, E3 this year we should here an announcement for a release 2013. I hope so and i am ready to experience FULL 1080p 3D at 60fps. just imagine God of War 4, Killzone 4, Uncharted 4, Motorstorm and whatever else.


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- ITV Report
Roberto Mancini: Highs and lows at Manchester City
Roberto Mancini was sacked by Manchester City on Monday night, with Malaga's Manuel Pellegrini said to have been lined up as his replacement.
The Italian's three-and-a-half years in charge at the Etihad Stadium have seen some significant highs and lows.
- Galacticos signed
In his first summer at City following his appointment in place of Mark Hughes in December 2009, Mancini raided La Liga for the likes of Barcelona's Yaya Toure and Valencia's David Silva and Serie A for Mario Balotelli to drive the team's Premier League title bid.
- FA Cup winners
City ended their 35-year wait for a major trophy with a 1-0 win over Stoke at Wembley in May 2011. Toure scored the winner 16 minutes from time.
- United 1-6 City
City fans were in dreamland at the home of their greatest rivals in October 2011 as Mancini's side thumped Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford.
Two goals each from Balotelli and Edin Dzeko and one apiece from Sergio Aguero and Silva hinted at perhaps a changing of the guard in the north-west.
- Champions
Mancini led City to their first league title in 44 years in one of the most dramatic final days ever witnessed.
Trailing 2-1 to QPR and needing to win, Dzeko scored an injury-time equaliser before Aguero grabbed the winner to spark wild celebrations inside the Etihad Stadium. To make it even sweeter, United were the team denied.
- Tevez on strike
Mancini said Carlos Tevez was "finished" at the club after accusing him of refusing to play as a substitute in the Champions League game against Bayern Munich in September 2011.
After a disciplinary hearing, fines, a suspension, an unauthorised return to Argentina, appeals, verbal attacks, no transfer and, finally, an apology, Tevez returned to the City fold five months later.
- Champions League failure
After not making it out of the group in their first season in the Champions League, City failed to even win a game in their six group matches this time around.
They picked up just three points to finish bottom of the pool and miss out even on the consolation of a place in the Europa League.
- Balotelli bust-ups
'Mad Mario's' talent on the pitch was rivalled only by his ability to create headlines off it.
A car crash days after signing, bathroom fireworks, dart throwing and** training ground clashes** made for an eventful two-and-a-half years before he joined AC Milan in January.
- Title surrendered
Mancini saw his team surrender their crown meekly back to United, who sealed the return of the trophy in April.
- FA Cup upset
City, overwhelming favourites against relegation-threatened Wigan, contrived to squander their last remaining chance of silverware this season, with Ben Watson's last-gasp header earning the Latics a deserved and famous victory.

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Nationalism is devotion to one's own nation and concern for its values and defense. Frequently compared or contrasted with patriotism, which is the support of one's own country in the present day.
These quotes use the term nationalism.
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- Nationalism does not provide a single way of talking about the world.
- Michael Billig, Banal Nationalism (1995), pp. 86–87
- If you don't offer people a positive, uplifting nationalism, they will grab the nasty one. History and recent events have shown us that.
- David Brooks, "The Central Challenge of the Age: Do Democrats know what unites us?" (5 November 2018), The New York Times
- It is possible, in the interests of a false religion (such as Nationalism or Fascism) to avert one's eyes from the plain fact of human brotherhood; but the fact stubbornly remains, and we ignore it at our peril. We are all in the same boat, and we live in the shadow of a common doom.
- Gerald Bullett, "Walt Whitman", in in Alfred Barratt Brown, Great Democrats, 1934 (reprinted by Spokesman Books, 2013).
- The nationalism of a great nation inevitably degenerates into chauvinism and imperialism. The nationalism of a small nation is aimed primarily at the survival of the nation among others.
- Vasil Bykau, Правілы жыцця Васіля Быкава // belsat.eu (in Belarusian)
- Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.
- Stuart Chase, quoted in Pennsylvania Technology, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1990, p. 11
- It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.
- Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space (1951), p. 187
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- Civic nationalism appeals to universal values, such as freedom and equality. It contrasts with "ethnic nationalism", which is zero-sum, aggressive and nostalgic and which draws on race or history to set the nation apart. In its darkest hour in the first half of the 20th century ethnic nationalism led to war.
- The Economist, "The New Nationalism" (November 2016)
- I am against any nationalism, even in the guise of mere patriotism. Privileges based on position and property have always seemed to me unjust and pernicious, as did any exaggerated personality cult.
- Albert Einstein, My Credo (1932)
- Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
- Albert Einstein, as quoted in Viereck, George Sylvester (26 October 1929), "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck", The Saturday Evening Post: 117, retrieved on 19 May 2013 }
- Novelists...are aware that there are two important views as to the future of civilisation. One view believes that civilisation will continue to develop on the basis of private property, war and insane egotism expressed in the dictatorial nationalist state. The other view believes that humanity is fighting for a new series of values based on social property, which shall banish war, destroy nationalism, and replace it by the free growth of healthy nations co-operating with one another in a world civilisation.
- Ralph Fox, The Novel and the People (1937), reprinted in Patrick Deane, History in Our Hands : A Critical Anthology of Writings on Literature, Culture and Politics from the 1930s, Leicester University Press, 1998
- Nationalism is like cheap alcohol: First, it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, and then it kills you.
- Dan Fried in Christine Spolar "Old divides plague Bosnia" on chicagotribune.com, May 14, 2007.
- Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. "Patriotism" is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by "patriotism" I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one's own nation, which is the concern with the nation's spiritual as much as with its material welfare—never with its power over other nations. Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.
- Erich Fromm, in The Sane Society (1955)
- Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism. Let me illustrate. Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate. Those who have had the fortune of being born on some particular spot consider themselves nobler, better, grander, more intelligent than those living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is, therefore, the duty of everyone living on that chosen spot to fight, kill and die in the attempt to impose his superiority upon all the others.The inhabitants of the other spots reason in like manner, of course, with the result that from early infancy the mind of the child is provided with blood-curdling stories about the Germans, the French, the Italians, Russians, etc. When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country against the attack or invasion of any foreigner. It is for that purpose that we are clamoring for a greater army and navy, more battleships and ammunition.
- Emma Goldman, "What is Patriotism?" (1908)
- The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.
- Sydney J. Harris, Strictly Personal (1953), "Purely Personal Prejudices"
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- Nationalism is a state of mind permeating the large majority of the people and claiming to permeate all its members; it recognises the nation-State as the ideal form of political organization and the nationality as the source of all creative cultural energy and economic well-being. The supreme loyalty of man is therefore due to his nationality, as his own life is supposedly rooted in and made possible by its welfare.
- Those who say that we want nationality, they are standing against Islam....We have no use for the nationalists. Moslems are useful for us. Islam is against nationality....
- Imam Khomeini, [Mehregan Magazine, Volume 12, Numbers 1 & 2, Spring & Summer 2003, p 16.]
- These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these issues are not correct. This issue, which is perhaps being discussed everywhere, regarding paying attention to nation and nationality is nonsense in Islam and is against Islam. One of the things that the designers of Imperialism and their agents have promoted is the idea of nation and nationality.
- Imam Khomeini, [Mehregan Magazine, Volume 12, Numbers 1 & 2, Spring & Summer 2003, p 16.]
- [W]e get today the immoral idea of making whole nations responsible for the misdeeds of their rulers, regardless of whether these had majority support or not. This collective judgment of moral acts is one of the great maladies of the democratic age.
- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Liberty or Equality (40th anniversary edition), 1993, p. 158
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- Consider what Nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors: a Nation not slow and dull, but of quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, suttle and sinewy to discours, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that humane capacity can soar to.
- John Milton, Aeropagitica (1644).
- Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
- George Orwell, "Notes on Nationalism" (1945), Polemic
- In societies such as ours, it is unusual for anyone describable as an intellectual to feel a very deep attachment to his own country. Public opinion — that is, the section of public opinion of which he as an intellectual is aware — will not allow him to do so. Most of the people surrounding him are sceptical and disaffected, and he may adopt the same attitude from imitativeness or sheer cowardice: in that case he will have abandoned the form of nationalism that lies nearest to hand without getting any closer to a genuinely internationalist outlook. He still feels the need for a Fatherland, and it is natural to look for one somewhere abroad. Having found it, he can wallow unrestrainedly in exactly those emotions from which he believes that he has emancipated himself. God, the King, the Empire, the Union Jack — all the overthrown idols can reappear under different names, and because they are not recognised for what they are they can be worshipped with a good conscience. Transferred nationalism, like the use of scapegoats, is a way of attaining salvation without altering one's conduct.
- George Orwell, "Notes on Nationalism" (1945), Polemic
- Nationalism was so perfectly suited to its double task, the domestication of workers and the despoliation of aliens, that it appealed to everyone - everyone, that is, who wielded or aspired to wield a portion of capital.
- Fredy Perlman, "The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism" (1984)
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- To avert national decay, then, the moral character must be guarded. The mighty heart of the nation must be kept sound, so that its pulses, when once roused, will, like the ocean in its strength, sweep all before it. So long as the moral tone is preserved, the sun of our glory will not set; there will come no national decay and death.
- Frederick William Robertson, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 427. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).
- [The newspapers] are talking of nationalism as if it were the property of an individual or as if it were confined to one group only. Nationalism is the property of all. Nobody can take possession of it just as a glittering word which attracts the hearts of stupid people.
- Abd al-Karim Qasim (1959) The historical extempore speech at the Reserve Officers' College
- Individuality is a far more important thing than nationality,and in any given man deserves a thousand-fold more consideration. And since you cannot speak of national character without referring to large numbers of people, it is impossible to be both loud in your praises and honest. National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. If we become disgusted with one, we praise another, until we get disgusted with this one too. Every nation mocks at other nations, and they are all right.
- Arthur Schopenhauer, ["The Wisdom of Life-IV;Position:Section 2- Pride". (1851).Translated by T. Bailey Saunders. (pg.35 in "The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims", Digireads.com Publishing, 2008)].
- National loyalty involves a love of home and a preparedness to defend it; nationalism is a belligerent ideology, which uses national symbols in order to conscript the people to war.
- Roger Scruton, England and the Need for Nations (2006) a love of home and a preparedness to defend it; nationalism is a belligerent ideology, which uses national symbols in order to conscript the people to war.
- Nationalism does nothing but teach you how to hate people that you never met. And all of a sudden you take pride in accomplishments you had no part in whatsoever, and you brag about- and the Americans'll go "Fuck the French! Fuck the French, if we hadn't had saved their ass in two World Wars, they'd be speakin' German right now!" And you go, "Oh, was that us?" Was that me and you, Tommy, we saved the French? Jesus! I know I blacked out a little bit after that fourth shot of Jägermeister last night, but I don't remember... I know we went through the Wendy's drive-thru to get one of them "Freschetta" sandwiches that looked so alluring on the commercial, but then we ordered it and realized we had no money, and we had to ditch out before the second window, and those douchebags in line behind us with the bass music probably got our order and we laughed about that. But I don't remember savin' the French. At all! I went through the last ten calls on my cell phone and there's nothin' incoming or outgoing to the French, lookin' for muscle on a project! I checked my pants, there's no mud stains on the knees from where we were garroting Krauts in the trenches at Verdun. I think "we" didn't do anything but watch sports bloopers while we got hammered. I think "we" should shut the fuck up!
- Doug Stanhope, No Refunds
- As conscious beings advance in mental growth, they come to recognise that this ideal must embrace not merely their own kin or neighbours, not only their tribe or nation, not only the whole race or species, but all conscious beings whatever, no matter how foreign.
- Olaf Stapledon, Philosophy and living
- Perhaps the central question in our understanding of nationalism is the role of the past in the creation of the present. … For nationalists themselves, the role of the past is clear and unproblematic. The nation was always there, indeed it is part of the natural order, even when it was submerged in the hearts of its members.
- Anthony D. Smith (1989, p. 18) As cited in: Öktem, Kerem. "Creating the Turk's Homeland: Modernization, Nationalism and Geography in Southeast Turkey in the late 19 th and 20 th Centuries." Socrates Kokkalis Graduate Workshop. The City: Urban Culture, Architecture and Society. 2003.
- The whole track of history is marked with the ruin of empires which having been founded in injustice, or perpetuated by wrong, were ultimately destroyed.
- William Mackergo Taylor, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 427.
- What are the phenomena of nationalism? Here are some of them: 1) National egoism, from which many other negative traits of nationalism are derived, as for example — a desire for foreign conquest, a desire to oppress other nations, a desire to impose economic exploitation upon other nations, and so on; 2) national-chauvinism which is also a source of many other negative traits of nationalism, as for example national hatred, the disparagement of other nations, the disparagement of their history, culture, and scientific activities and scientific achievements, and so on, the glorification of developments in their own history that were negative and which from our Marxist point of view are considered negative.
- Tito, Concerning the National Question and Social Patriotism Speech held at the Slovene Academy of Arts and Sciences, November 26, 1948, Ljubljana
- It must never be forgotten that religion gave birth to Anglo-American society. In the United States, religion is therefore commingled with all the habits of the nation and all the feelings of patriotism; whence it derives a peculiar force.
- Alexis de Tocqueville, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 427.
- If the great questions of the beginning of this century were mainly political, those which will convulse the world at its close will be social.
- Alexis de Tocqueville, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 427.
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- So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbours. The citizen of the universe would the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer.
- Voltaire, ["Fatherland" in "Miracles and Idolatry" (Selections from the Dictionnaire Philosophique (1764),(pg. 56), Penguin Books, 2005.]
- [N]othing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
- George Washington, farewell address (1796)
- Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert those pillars of human happiness, those firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
- George Washington, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 426.
- I believe in nationality; not in terms of race or of divine commissions for world conquest, but simply this: mankind inevitably organizes itself into communities according to its geographical distribution; these communities by sharing a common history develop common characteristics and inspire a local loyalty; the individual family develops most happily and fully when it accepts these local limits. I do not think that British prosperity must necessarily be inimical to anyone else, but if, on occasions, it is, I want Britain to prosper and not her rivals.
- Evelyn Waugh, Robbery Under Law:The Mexican Object-Lesson (1939), reprinted in Patrick Deane, History in Our Hands : A Critical Anthology of Writings on Literature, Culture and Politics from the 1930s, Leicester University Press, 1998
- It's been argued such ideas lead to : Beggar Thy Neighbour.,Protectionism.
- Evelyn Waugh, Robbery Under Law:The Mexican Object-Lesson (1939), reprinted in Patrick Deane, History in Our Hands : A Critical Anthology of Writings on Literature, Culture and Politics from the 1930s, Leicester University Press, 1998
- For one cannot serve the national spirit merely by getting a lump in the throat whenever one catches sight of the Union Jack, or by seeing red when a newspaper reports that some foreign power has acted aggressively towards England. These reactions bear the same relation to true love of country that a chance encounter between a man and a woman who meet in the street bears to a happy marriage.
- Rebecca West, "The Necessity and Grandeur of the International Ideal" (1935), reprinted in Patrick Deane, History in Our Hands : A Critical Anthology of Writings on Literature, Culture and Politics from the 1930s, Leicester University Press, 1998.
- No advanced thought, no mystical philosophy, no glittering abstractions, no swelling phrases about freedom, not even science with its marvelous inventions and discoveries, can help us much in sustaining this republic; still less can godless theories of creation, or any infidel attempt to rule out the Redeemer from His rightful supremacy in our hearts, afford any hope of security. That way lies despair.
- Robert Charles Winthrop, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 425.
- As for the point of view of doctrine and Islam, the Muslim umma and its mujahid vanguard do not make alliances and hold animosities on the basis of tribalism and nationalism, nor to help the Arabs against the Persians, or the Kurds against the Arabs, or the Amazighs against the Arabs. Rather, Islam commands us to fight for Allah's word to be supreme. We ally ourselves to the helpers of Islam, even if they be Afghans, Persians, Turks or Kurds, and we are hostile to its enemies who collude with the Crusaders and Jews, even if they are pure-blooded Hashemite, Qurayshite Arabs…I ask my Muslim bothers in general and the callers and the mujahideen and their media organizations in particular to highlight the concept of Islamic brotherhood and disown all partisanship, loyalties, and animosities based on nationalism, and I ask them not to allow the wrongdoing of a faction or entity to motivate to speak evil of that party's entire people or race.
- Shaykh Ayman Zawahiri, "Lessons, Examples, and Great Events in the Year 1427," February 13, 2007, Is Zawahiri Striving for Islamist Unity in Preparation for New Attack?. The Jamestown Foundation (July 17, 2007)., PDF Version
These quotes refer to nations and may be interpreted as linked to nationalism, but do not use the word.
- I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever.
- Albert Einstein, in a letter to Alfred Kneser (7 June 1918); Doc. 560 in The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Vol. 8
- If you think in terms of people divided up into countries, you won't follow me. The idea of countries is going by the boards. Young people are getting wonderfully uprooted and they're too strong to get sucked into this 'country' crap.
- Buckminster Fuller, quoted in "The View from the Year 2000" by Barry Farrell in LIFE magazine (26 February 1971).
- Sow but one seed of primal evil in the moral soil of a nation, it will grow to be a tree as broad as the sky,—to take fruitfulness from the earth wherein it is rooted, and to cover it instead with barrenness and gloom.
- Henry Giles, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 427.
- Courage, of all national qualities, is the most precarious; because it is exerted only at intervals, and by a few in every nation; whereas industry, knowledge, civility, may be of constant and universal use, and for several ages, may become habitual to the whole people.
- David Hume, Of National Characters, part I, essay XXI (1758).
- Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." But let it be considered, that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self-interest.
- Samuel Johnson, statement of 7 April 1775, as quoted in Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) by James Boswell, p. 253
- Today, the Muslim world is injured and corrupt people who are the enemies of all Muslims are trying to cause disunity in the Islamic world by intensifying ethnic difference and separating people under names such as 'Shia and Sunni', 'Arabs and non Arabs'.
- Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, "Supreme Leader felicitates world Muslims on Mab'ath occasion". Islamic Republic News Agency. 11 August 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
- Our hearts where they rocked our cradle
Our love where we spent our toil,
And our faith, and our hope, and our honour,
We pledge to our native soil.
- Rudyard Kipling, The Native-Born (1894)
- God gave all men all earth to love
But since our hearts are small
Ordained for each one spot should prove
Beloved over all.
- Rudyard Kipling, Sussex (1902)


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Last night I decided to celebrate the purchase of my new treadmill by adding an excessive few pounds to my rear end. If I'm going to tread it off, I may as well enjoy a bit of the yummy stuff…Right?
Whilst browsing Pinterest, I came across an image of a cake in a mug and naturally this lead to further investigation. Turns out, this cake in a mug can be made in about five minutes, is packed full of chocolate and takes just 50 seconds to cook in the microwave…Fabulous!
I'd like to say this cake is fool proof – It certainly should be, but on writing this post, I have just realised that I strayed from the recipe slightly. I decided to mix enough for two in a bowl, but only added enough sugar for one. We didn't even notice when we ate it, so I'd say there's room for movement on the sugar levels. I also opted to use Taste the Difference Salted Caramel Chocolates, because that's the best we could come up with at 9pm on a Friday evening.
This is certainly a recipe that can be altered. Throw anything you like in the middle and see what happens… Let me know how it goes!
This is how it should really look…
Salted Caramel Mug Cake
What you'll need: {makes 1 mug cake}
4 tablespoons all purpose flour
4 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg – beaten
3 tablespoons skim milk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 salted caramels
What to do:
1. Into a small bowl add: flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt, egg, milk, and vegetable oil. Mix to combine.
2. Pour mixture into a regular sized mug. Drop caramels into center of mixture one at a time.
3. Microwave on high for one minute and 30 seconds. If needed {if cake batter is still gooey}, microwave on high for up to an additional 30 seconds.
My mugs of choice…
Sainsbury's Salted Caramels – You just need a few – Scoff the rest!
Before they hit the microwave…
After 50 seconds…
Recipe from The Family Kitchen
There are nine more mug recipes HERE on their site… Go!


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One of the perks of writing a local column is handing out praise.
There is an ample supply of bad news in the world. So we all appreciate a positive word from time to time. The Internet, newspapers and cable TV sometimes feel like an intravenous feeding of negativity, especially during election season.
Today, I would like to say a good word about our local teachers and administrators.
Along with the good, I have information I would characterize as less-than-stellar, to put it politely. If you are an informed and active citizen in your community, this is something you need to review on an annual basis. You need to know where our community stands in relation to other counties in N.C.
In early August, there was a news release on academic achievements of the past year.
Henderson County Public Schools did a remarkable job in 2011-12, and we will get back to that in a minute.
The "downer" portion of what I have to say is this: For 17 years running, our county has been below state average for local school funding. For school year 2010-11, which is the latest year for which comparative data are available from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, Henderson County Schools ranked 91st out of 115 school systems in terms of per-pupil expenditures excluding child nutrition. (No. 1 being the top funded.) In terms of wealth in 2010-11, Henderson County ranked 16th out of 100 counties for per capita personal income.
(No. 1 being the highest per capita income.) All of these facts are public information. In other words, we are among the wealthiest counties, and our children and our schools deserve better than being near the bottom of the heap. Plus there were some yet-to-be-seen funding promises made when the schools merged in 1993. (And I do need to disclose here that I was employed by the Henderson County Public Schools from 1992-94.) To make things crystal clear, per-pupil funding and debt for school buildings are two different pots of money.
All the fine buildings in the world are meaningless without proper per-pupil funding for what takes place inside them.
We can do better than this, folks. I was pleased to see some of the County Commissioners try to improve a bit during the budget process this spring, and I want to encourage them to keep moving in that direction. We still have a long way to go. Our reserve funds will only take us so far, and one day we are going to have to address this situation.
The positive news is what effective teachers and admin-istrators we have. In 2011-12, 63 out of 64 performance targets were met. In our state where 80 percent of schools met or exceeded academic growth goals, 91.3 percent in Henderson County schools met or exceeded these goals.
Five schools earned Honor School of Excellence designations. One high school was a School of Excellence, and 10 schools were Schools of Distinction.
In our county, we have one of the highest graduation rates, and our dropout rate continues to decline. We are above state average for SAT and ACT scores.
In short, our folks keep doing a good job, no matter what.
So why do the schools need more money? Last year, County Commissioners required the school system to cut its already-sparse budget and then saddled it with the responsibility of paying teacher supplements that have been covered by the county budget in the past. The school system is still assuming that expense. Students are being charged fees they were never charged before. Vacated positions are not being filled. This is going to translate into larger class sizes and less effective learning if it keeps up.
Our school funding is like Jack Spratt — on the lean side in comparison to other counties in areas such as assistant principals, school nurses, technology technicians, counselors and social workers.
Translation: Teachers are doing their busy work and filling in the gaps in these areas, giving them less time to teach. Think what our school system might accomplish with the proper funding in these areas. Given the money crunch, it's important to thank the people who produce these results. Watching the teacher strikes in Chicago, we have even more to be grateful for with our personnel. There are a number of ways educators are being thanked by local banks such as SunTrust, TD and Wells Fargo, which sponsor awards for Teacher of the Year, Principal of the Year, and the HCEF Hall of Fame.
There are dinners hosted by the Henderson County Retired School Personnel and our school board honoring those retiring.
I would like to see our community come up with even more ways to thank our school employees. Some communities create enticement packages, including the most attractive mortgage rates, discounts at businesses and so forth.
Certainly the least we can all do is adjust our attitudes.
Give educators what Aretha sings about: Respect. They deserve it, they have earned it and we can all keep up the message to our commissioners that education is important to our community. Education can make all the difference in the lives of our young people.
There is simply no space here to go into the issues of state and federal funding and cuts. However, I would urge you to do research, study websites and explore which candidates are supportive of education. It is a vital issue.
Before closing, I have one further item to share. Some folks deserve their accolades while they are still among us.
I met Jenny McConnachie years ago, and she was thoughtful to me as a newcomer to the area. Her husband impressed me as he made house calls when our young toddler was bedridden for six weeks with a broken leg. These were minor blips on the radar compared to their other good deeds.
A former Hendersonville resident, Jenny along with her late husband, Dr. Chris McConnachie, left their comfortable surroundings here to found the African Medical Mission some 30 years ago in the Transkei area of South Africa. When I think of the McConnachies, biblical language about good and faithful servants comes to mind.
Through education, healing and hope in their mission work, they enriched the lives of countless people. At the end of the year, this worthwhile nonprofit will close its doors. Jenny is one of those special people in this world who give above and beyond, and will come to the end of her days knowing she left this world a better place. She and those supporters of her cause deserve special words of gratitude.
Mary Garrison lives in Flat Rock. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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3.5 stars (out of 4)
A skilled songwriter for countless R&B singers as well as a Grammy-winning artist in his own right, Van Hunt ran afoul of the music industry with the optimistically titled "Popular" in 2008. The wildly eclectic album was shelved and Hunt cut loose from his major-label deal. He returns with his most adventurous album yet, the independently released "What Were You Hoping For?" (Red Distribution).
From the fractured country feel of "Falls (Violet)" to the hard-rock guitar of "Eyes Like Pearls," the Atlanta-based singer-songwriter stretches the parameters of R&B with a refreshing lack of self-consciousness. Hunt's refusal to be pigeonholed killed his major-label career, but without bean-counters looking over his shoulder, he sounds frisky and playful. His craftsmanship never devolves into shtick. He gives Jimi Hendrix's psychedelic musings a sinister makeover on "Designer Jeans" and turns darkly humorous amid the poverty-strewn punk of "Watching You Go Crazy is Driving Me Insane."
The setting for much of the album is "North Hollywood" in decline, populated with hustlers, two-timers and at least one French-speaking "Cross Dresser." Money is tight and girlfriends are fickle, but the music feels loose and liberated. In the tradition of musical mavericks unconstrained by limitations such as time, space and genre, Hunt titles one of his songs "A Time Machine is My New Girlfriend." Sun Ra, Jimi Hendrix and George Clinton could probably relate.


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2011-06-29 / Obituaries
Mary Schweizer, Crossing Guard, Amityville resident
Amityville resident and longtime Nassau County Crossing Guard Mary P. Schweizer died May 14, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bethpage. She was 87. She was born Aug. 13, 1923 in Ozone Park, Queens to Joseph and Esther (Dolan) Burck. In addition to caring for her family and home in Seaford, she worked as a crossing guard at Sunrise Highway in Seaford from 1959 to 1985.
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Lawmakers within the U.S. Area of Representatives will debate law on Wednesday to respire lifestyles into the stalled Yucca Mountain spent nuclear gasoline unload in Nevada, however critics say the venture is hindered by means of the loss of a very easy delivery path.
Consultant John Shimkus has proposed draft law to restart the licensing of Yucca Mountain, pending since Ronald Reagan used to be president, and on which the federal government has already spent billions of greenbacks for preliminary building and design.
Former President Barack Obama adversarial Yucca and stopped its licensing procedure in 2010. However President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 funds supplies $120 million to restart licensing of Yucca and for construction of intervening time nuclear waste websites till the Nevada venture can also be finished.
Extra information about the Trump management's toughen of Yucca may just come when a broader funds is launched in Would possibly. These days, spent nuclear gasoline, which can also be fatal if left unshielded, is saved at reactors around the nation, first in cooling ponds after which in thick casks.
The Yucca website itself, about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Las Vegas, faces a bulky and expensive licensing procedure that might take years to finish and questions from critics about how lengthy spent gasoline can stay with out radiation leaking.
However in reality getting the spent gasoline from nuclear reactors websites all around the nation by means of educate and truck may well be even trickier.
"Transportation is the Achilles heel of the Yucca Mountain repository website," stated Bob Halstead, the top of Nevada's company for nuclear initiatives.
One educate path studied by means of the Division of Power, referred to as Caliente, has been a minimum of in part blocked by means of Obama's 2015 designation of a countrywide monument known as Basin and Vary.
Every other path, referred to as Mina, is adversarial by means of the Walker River tribe, which withdrew permission in 2007 for the federal government to send waste thru its reservation.


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Detectives hope 'Killing Fields' film help solve 60 murders
Two days ago, Texas City Police Capt. Brian Goetschius persuaded former detective Mike Land to meet him at a nearby Catholic church to pray.
Land, a hard-nosed investigator who recently retired after three decades on the Texas City force, was more accustomed to being summoned to gory crime scenes. But he agreed with Goetschius on the urgency to pray that "something good" come from the movie released on Friday, Texas Killing Fields.
It portrays both men as leading an investigation into some 60 unsolved murders from the 1970s to the 1990s of young women whose bodies were dumped in a swampy field on the outskirts of Texas City.
Both Land and Goetschius hope the thriller triggers someone to come forward with clues to a string of real unsolved Houston-area abductions and murders during that era. Authorities believed at least three serial killers were responsible for 30 deaths. Most of the victims' families still wait for justice.
The detectives acknowledge the film does not detail any of the individual cases, but rather is a fictionalized amalgamation of them. And they emphasize that they were merely working along side hundreds of state, city and federal authorities on these cases.
"The movie just wants to bring attention to the phenomenon that was happening at that time," said Goetschius.
Director Ami Mann said she felt compelled to tell story behind these murders after seeing a 1997 Houston Chronicle article that included photos of victims and a map marking each spot where a body was found.
"There was something about that tapestry of faces that was really striking," she said. "and the ubiquity of the crimes that people thought they could commit ... and then throw the bodies away." The article told about an anonymous phone call to a TV tip line that reported a "serial killer was on the loose." The caller then gave directions to the body of a strangled 16-year-old girl, who'd been dumped in a field off Interstate 45 near Richey in Harris County.
Four bodies found
The article also talked about four nude bodies discovered in a scrubby pasture in League city between 1984 and 1991 that had been turned into someone's personal graveyard. Authorities called it the "killing fields."
The decomposed body of Laura Miller was found in that field in 1986. The 16-year-old disappeared from a League City convenience store two years earlier. Her father would later establish EqquSearch, which conducts searches around the world for the missing.
"I was disappointed that the movie-makers never sat down and talked to any of the victims' families. Didn't get the real story from us," said Tim Miller.
While skeptical of the movie, he hopes it encourages media outlets to take a fresh look at the cold cases.
He said he was interviewed about his daughter for the CBS show 48 Hours Mystery. The program on the topic: "Can a Hollywood movie solve Texas' most notorious killing spree," is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. Saturday.
Land and Goetschius actually never investigated any of the "killing field" cases.
They did assist in many other cases, including the murders of Maria Johnson and Debbie Ackerman. The two 15-year-old Galveston girls disappeared from a shopping mall in 1971. Their bodies were found floating two days later in a Texas City bayou, and the cases remain unsolved.
Local man wrote script
Land, now serving as Texas City's mayor pro-tem, first met the movie's screenwriter, Don Ferrarone, in the late 1990s. Ferrarone was working with the Houston office of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
When Ferrarone retired in 1997, he became intrigued with the furor over all the unsolved murders. He decided to turn it into a movie.
For next decade, he tinkered on the script at his Lake Conroe-area home.
Goetchius introduced the writer to former La Marque Detective Pam Mitchell, who became the model for his female investigator. Mitchell retired three years ago and now lives in Georgia.
Land and Goetschius were paid consultants for the movie's set in New Orleans.
For a review of the film Texas Killing Fields, see the Star section on the iPad.


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Sun City residents celebrated Monday's holiday with food, fun and family as they enjoyed the annual celebration.
BBQ, Brews and the WannaBeatles brought hundreds to the Pinckney Hall in honor of Labor Day. The WannaBeatles enjoyed a standing room only.
The weekend also marked the fifth year that Sun City Hilton Head's golf courses participated in Patriot Golf Day to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation, a nonprofit that provides scholarships for children and spouses of killed or disabled military personnel. The promotion runs until Tuesday.
If you enjoy going to events like the Labor Day celebration, become a Spotted photographer. The Sun Today is seeking volunteers who like to meet people, go to community events and take pictures. For more information, go to spotted.blufftontoday.com or contact webmaster Jessica Sparks at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Ranks 19th on the 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity(R) List
Starwood Hotels Jumps 20 Rankings from 2009 Ranking Marks the 7th Year Starwood Garners Prestigious Distinction
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT)has been named to The 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity(R) list for its demonstrated use of measurable diversity best practices and results. A total of 449 companies participated this year, up 12 percent from last year. This marks the 7th year that Starwood has been honored with this ranking, and was chosen because of its dedication to creating an environment of inclusion and diversity for its customers and more than 145,000 associates worldwide. As a result of the company's increasing focus on diversity as an internal and external driver of business Starwood moved up from 39th ranking in 2009 to 19th representing a significant jump of 20 rankings this year in an increasingly competitive field of companies. Starwood Hotels & Resortshas demonstrated strength in the four areas measured - CEO Commitment, Human Capital, Corporate and Organizational Communications and Supplier diversity.
"Hiring and retaining diverse talent, contracting with diverse suppliers, and marketing our brands to all potential customers simply just makes sound business sense. Starwood's diversity and inclusion efforts are fundamental components to our company's ability to outperform the competition, increase shareholder value, and show the organization's commitment to the economic growth of all the communities in which we operate. Starwood making the 2010 Top 50 Companies for Diversity List serves as a mile marker that we are headed in the right direction along our journey," said Frits van Paasschen, President and CEO of Starwood.
"Both through its deep community philanthropy and through its efforts to create an increasingly inclusive workplace, Starwood demonstrates it is moving ahead of the pack as a diversity leader. Considering the increase in competition this year, this is a truly impressive achievement," said Luke Visconti, Chief Executive Officer of DiversityInc.
To qualify for the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity, participating companies must have more than 1,000 employees and must fill out a detailed questionnaire based completely on empirical questions. The list, now in its 10th year, is metrics-driven and companies doing business with DiversityInc receive no advantage.
"This list represents the businesses that treat diversity as an ethical, moral priority and a powerful business tool. Far too many companies are way behind the curve and will find themselves in trouble in the next few years and decade," continued Visconti. "A diverse work force changes the character and the culture of a company. Thinking that diversity is merely a 'feel-good' or politically correct strategy without real impact will leave companies on the wrong side of history."
DiversityInc was founded in 1998 as a web-based publication, and a print magazine was launched in 2002.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 992 properties in almost 100 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, W(R), Le Méridien(R) and the recently announced Aloft(R) and ElementSM Hotels. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts.
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Further Java Practical Class
Table of Contents
Last week you wrote your own implementation of a Java chat server. This week you will extend your implementation of the Java chat server and integrate a database. The database will be used to store some basic statistics on the use of the chat server together with a record of the conversations which take place. In addition, you will modify the server to replay the last ten messages sent between participants to any new user connecting to the server.
An on-line version of this guide is available at:
You should check this page regularly for announcements and errata. You might find it useful to refer to the on-line version of this guide in order to follow any provided web links or to cut 'n' paste example code.
All of the functionality described it this workbook could, in principle, be achieved by writing data into files in the filesystem. However databases provide several advantages over the filesystem interface in Java. In the context of this workbook, the database provides two distinct advantages: (1) a rich query language which permits the retrieval of precisely the data required from the database; and (2) support for concurrent transactions, permitting more than one Java thread to update data stored in the database without corruption.
There are a huge number of database systems to choose from. In this workbook you will use HSQLDB (http://www.hsqldb.org/), a database written in Java which supports Structured Query Language (SQL). Knowledge of SQL is not an examinable part of this course. You will cover this topic area in much greater detail in the Part 1B Databases course next term.
In order to use HSQLDB, you will need a database driver. Please download the following jar file from the course website now and save it in your home directory:
You will need to tell Eclipse to use this jar file when running your program. Later in the workbook, when you first run an application which accesses a database, you will need to choose Run As... and in the dialog which appears select the "Classpath" tab and add
hsqldb.jar as an external jar.
HSQLDB is able to store a record of all the data in the database as a small set of files in the filesystem, and this is the method we will use today. A production version of the Java chat server would use a more sophisticated configuation in which the database was run as a separate operating system process, the details of which are beyond the scope of this course. To load the HSQLDB driver and create or load a database with a path prefix of
/home/crsid/chat-database you need to perform the following steps in Java:
Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"); Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:hsqldb:file:" +"/home/crsid/chat-database","SA",""); Statement delayStmt = connection.createStatement(); try {delayStmt.execute("SET WRITE_DELAY FALSE");} //Always update data on disk finally {delayStmt.close();}
This creates a small number of files whose names all start with
/home/crsid/chat-database and ensures that any changes to the database are also made to the filesystem. In the above code, and in the remaining examples in the rest of this section, the classes used to talk to the database can be found in the package
java.sql. For example, the fully qualified name for
Connection is
java.sql.Connection. Note that the above six lines are the only lines you will write which are specific to HSQLDB. All the remaining code presented in this Workbook will work with any SQL database.
Later on in this workbook you will modify the Java chat server you wrote last week to write to the database from within instances of the
ClientHandler class. In this workbook you should manually control when a transaction is committed to the database and therefore you will need to do the following:
In an SQL database, data is stored in one or more tables. Each table has one or more columns and zero or more rows and each column has a type. For example, in order to store a record of all the
RelayMessage objects sent to your Java chat server, you might create a table with three columns: a column to record the nickname of the individual who sent the message, a second column to record the message contents, and a third column to record the time. Each row in the table can then be used to record a specific message sent by an individual to the Java chat server at a specific time. The following piece of SQL creates such a table:
Statement sqlStmt = connection.createStatement(); try { sqlStmt.execute("CREATE TABLE messages(nick VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,"+ "message VARCHAR(4096) NOT NULL,timeposted BIGINT NOT NULL)"); } catch (SQLException e) { System.out.println("Warning: Database table \"messages\" already exists."); } finally { sqlStmt.close(); }
In the above snippet of code, the programmer has first got a handle on a new
Statement object by using an instance of the
Connection class you created earlier. This object is then used to execute an SQL query on the database. The query itself is written inside a Java
String. The table is called
messages and contains three columns. The first column is called
nick and is of type
VARCHAR(255), which means it can hold a string of up to 255 characters in length; the phrase
NOT NULL means that the database will not permit the storage of nothing, a string of some description must be provided. The column
message is of type
VARCHAR(4096) and is therefore able to store a string of up to 4096 characters. Finally, the column
timeposted records the time at which the message was sent; the type
BIGINT is a 64-bit integer value, equivalent to a Java
Rows can be added to the table using the SQL command
INSERT. Here is an example which adds one row to the
messages table defined above:
String stmt = "INSERT INTO MESSAGES(nick,message,timeposted) VALUES (?,?,?)"; PreparedStatement insertMessage = connection.prepareStatement(stmt); try { insertMessage.setString(1, "Alastair"); //set value of first "?" to "Alastair" insertMessage.setString(2, "Hello, Andy"); insertMessage.setLong(3, System.currentTimeMillis()); insertMessage.executeUpdate(); } finally { //Notice use of finally clause here to finish statement insertMessage.close(); }
In the above example a different kind of SQL statement, a
PreparedStatement, is used. This type of statement is useful when providing values from variables in Java. In the above, the three values to be added to the new row are substituted with question marks (
?) in the statement. These question marks are replaced with values drawn from Java variables inside the try block. For example, the first question mark (representing the value for the column
nick) is updated with
"Alastair" within the call to
setString. This method of submitting data to the database looks laborious, but it is important to use this method. The alternative, preparing your own
String object with the values held inside it directly, is likely to lead to error since many careful checks are needed (with string length being just one of them). It's good practice to use the
PreparedStatement class to do this for you.
The database supports multiple simultaneous
Connection objects. Each of these objects permit concurrent modifications (such as creating tables or adding rows to the database), and the results of any changes made to the database are isolated until the method
commit is called on the
Connection object. In other words:
commit is called, the thread of execution blocks until all the outstanding SQL statements which have been performed in isolation are written to the database for all other threads to see. Furthermore, all the statements are added in an atomic fashion and consequently all views of the database are consistent.
Data stored in tables can be retrieved by using the SQL
SELECT statement:
stmt = "SELECT nick,message,timeposted FROM messages "+ "ORDER BY timeposted DESC LIMIT 10"; PreparedStatement recentMessages = connection.prepareStatement(stmt); try { ResultSet rs = recentMessages.executeQuery(); try { while (rs.next()) System.out.println(rs.getString(1)+": "+rs.getString(2)+ " ["+rs.getLong(3)+"]"); } finally { rs.close(); } } finally { recentMessages.close(); }
This query returns the top ten most recent posts made by users, latest first. The data returned contains the contents of the columns
message and
timeposted. The contents of the top ten rows are returned encapsulated inside a
ResultSet object. Notice how the object
rs is used to interact with the database—each call to
rs.next loads the next row of data into the
ResultSet object
rs, and calls to
rs.getString or
rs.getLong are used to retrieve the individual column elements of that row. Also, pay particular attention to the use of the
finally clause—it's important to call
close on any instance of
ResultSet or
PreparedStatement after data has been collected, both in the case where execution proceeds normally, and in the case where an
SQLException object is thrown when executing the method
recentMessages.executeQuery or
rs.next; the
finally clause does this neatly.
Whenever your Java program terminates, make sure you close all open database connections:
Full documentation of HSQLDB are available on-line:
This workbook has so far only covered the creation of tables, the addition of rows, and the recall of data from a single database table; the
UPDATE query will be described briefly in the next section. Knowledge of this subset of features is sufficient to complete this Workbook, however you will probably find it helpful for your Group Project work next term, as well as in preparation for the 1B Database course and your general education, to consult the HSQLDB documentation over the holidays and read about
DROP TABLE (i.e. delete a table and all its contents) and
DELETE (remove zero or more rows). There are also many more advanced uses of the
SELECT statement to retrieve and combine data stored in multiple tables.
The last section introduced a small subset of SQL and the associated Java language bindings. In this section you will modify your implementation of the Java chat server you wrote last week to make use of the database. Your database should store data in two tables: (1) the details of every message sent through the server should be recorded in a table called
messages with exactly the same column definitions provided in the last section; and (2) a table called
statistics which should have the following SQL definition:
CREATE TABLE statistics(key VARCHAR(255),value INT)
statistics table should only ever have two rows, which must be initialised only when the table is first created. The initialisation is given in the following two lines of SQL:
INSERT INTO statistics(key,value) VALUES ('Total messages',0) INSERT INTO statistics(key,value) VALUES ('Total logins',0)
Whenever a user logs in to the server, you should increment the count associated with the row recording the total number of logins as follows:
UPDATE statistics SET value = value+1 WHERE key='Total logins'
You should increment the count associated with the row recording the total number of messages whenever a new message is sent in similar fashion.
Rather than scatter the details of the database across multiple locations in your implementation of the Java chat server, you should enhance the definition of your
Database class you wrote in the last section to provide a suitable abstraction. In particular, you should define the following fields and methods inside the class
public class Database { private Connection connection; public Database(String databasePath) throws SQLException { ... } public void close() throws SQLException { ... } public void incrementLogins() throws SQLException { ... } public void addMessage(RelayMessage m) throws SQLException { ... } public List<RelayMessage> getRecent() throws SQLException { ... } public static void main(String []args) { /* leave as-is */ } }
Please do not modify the contents of the main method—leave it exactly as specified in the previous section. The implementation details of the remaining methods and field are as follows:
The class
Database has a single constructor which takes a string describing the filesystem path prefix to the database on disk. The constructor should load the HSQLDB driver and initialise the field
connection with a connection to the database; you should also create the database tables if they don't already exist.
The method
close should do (almost) the inverse of the constructor, namely call the
close method on
incrementLogins method should use the reference held in the field
connection to update the appropriate value stored in the
statistics table. Don't forget to call
addMessage method should add the contents of the
RelayMessage object
m to the
messages table and increment the appropriate value stored in the
statistics table. Make sure you do both these updates as part of one transaction so that concurrent execution of this method is thread-safe. (Thread-safety is essential so that later on, when this method is invoked by instances of
ClientHandler, data in the
statistics table are correctly recorded.)
The method
getRecent should retrieve the top ten most recent messages from the
messages table, and copy them into a class which implements the
java.util.List interface.
Your final task this week is to integrate your implementation of
Database so that it is used by your implementation of the Java chat server. To do so, you will need to do the following:
Create a new field called
database of type
Database inside the
ClientHandler class. Modify the constructor to the
ClientHandler class to accept a reference to a
Database object as the third argument and update
database in the constructor to reference it.
Modify the
main method in
ChatServer to accept two arguments on the command line: the port number for the service, and the filesystem path prefix to the database. Your implementation of the
main method of
ChatServer should then create an instance of
Database and pass a reference to this into the constructor of
Modify your implementation of
ClientHandler so that when a new client connects, it receives up to ten objects of type
RelayMessage immediately which represent the ten most recent messages stored in the
messages table in the database. (Hint: call the method
getRecent on the field
Whenever a new user connects to the server, a suitable part of the
ClientHandler class should call the method
incrementLogins on the field
Whenever a user sends a serialised instance of
ChatMessage to the server, modify your implementation of
ClientHandler to add the message to the database by calling
addMessage on the field
You have now completed all the necessary code to gain your fifth ticklet. Please generate a jar file which contains all the code you have written for package
uk.ac.cam.crsid.fjava.tick5 together with the code you downloaded and imported in package
uk.ac.cam.cl.fjava.messages. Please use Eclipse to export both the class files and the source files into a jar file called
crsid-tick5.jar. Once you have generated your jar file, check that it contains at least the following classes:
crsid@machine~:> jar tf crsid-tick5.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/ChatServer.java uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/ChatServer.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/ClientHandler.java uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/ClientHandler.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/Database.java uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/Database.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/MessageQueue.java uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/MessageQueue.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/MultiQueue.java uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/MultiQueue.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/SafeMessageQueue.java uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick5/SafeMessageQueue.class uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/ChangeNickMessage.class uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/ChangeNickMessage.java uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/ChatMessage.class uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/ChatMessage.java uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/NewMessageType.class uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/NewMessageType.java uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/Message.class uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/Message.java uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/RelayMessage.class uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/RelayMessage.java uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/StatusMessage.class uk/ac/cam/cl/fjava/messages/StatusMessage.java crsid@machine~:>
When you are satisfied you have built the jar correctly, you should submit your jar file as an email attachment to
You should receive an email in response to your submission. The contents of the email will contain the output from a program (written in Java!) which checks whether your jar file contains all the relevant files, and whether your program has run successfully or not. If your jar file does not pass the automated checks, then the response email will tell you what has gone wrong; in this case you should correct any errors in your work and resubmit your jar file. You can resubmit as many times as you like and there is no penalty for re-submission. If, after waiting one hour, you have not received any response you should notify
firstname.lastname@example.com of the problem. You should submit a jar file which successfully passes the automated checks by the deadline, so don't leave it to the last minute!


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