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PoliceLink's Patrol Car Guide
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Ford Crown Vicknown as the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, Ford built this popular patrol car off of the Lincoln Town Car.
It's the only full-frame rear-wheel-drive passenger cars built in North America, which increases handling and provides officers better traction during acceleration. It's also one of the few body-on-frame vehicles available, which makes it better suited for heavy-duty usage and easier to repair after crashes.
The car, which is only sold from Ford for law enforcement use, is built with V8 power, heavy duty transmission, heavy duty brakes, and a 250 hp (190 kW) engine.
And there are some other notable upgrades in the Police Interceptor. An external oil-to-coolant heat exchanger keeps engine oil temperatures down. The transmission is set up for more aggressive shifting, they added a dual exhaust system and a "stab plate" is installed behind the seats to prevent a perp from doing any damage to an officer while being transported.
The Crown Vic has dominated the market because of these advantages, but it will be replaced in 2011 with a version based off of the 2010 Taurus.

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Categories: Big Finish Fiction Books
We're sorry to report that the first volume of The Big Finish Companion has had to be pushed back in the release schedule to November 2011.Read More
January 2011 #3
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Categories: Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles, Doctor Who - Main Range, Doctor Who - Eighth Doctor Adventures, Podcast
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Categories: Doctor Who - Main Range, General Big Finish News
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Categories: General Big Finish News
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It is windy. Very windy. At my left I can see the harbor and the lights from the The City. At my right, the open waters. Right in front of me, I see the Golden Gate Bridge. It is the last evening of a whirlwhind 48 hour short visit to San Francisco, where I travelled after Shibaricon. It feels like I could stand at this spot for the rest of my life. The air, the wind, the sea, the breathing that is possible to do, how every breath fills the lungs with such intense life. It is strangely grounding, a moment in time where everything else stops, except for time itself, as it keeps on getting darker and darker and colder and colder. My trip in the US is coming to an end, and it is here that I'm reminded of the experiences I've been lucky enough to have, they move through my mind like flashing images, or a brief reminder of a sensory experience; skin twitching or a muscle aching slightly, remembering the sound of a creaking rope or leather gloves, slowly closing over my mouth. Not even 2 weeks in the US and it feels like I know who I am again. Like the skin is fits around the body and the mind can distribute itself over the thoughts in an even fashion.
The 48 hours in The City were made possible by two people whom I am honored to have met and eternally grateful for their hospitality; Bus Driver and Pink. They happened to be two of the first people I met at Shibaricon on the first day, and Bus Driver also helped at one point to spot during a demanding suspension. They, together with other awesome and wonderful people, made the con even better.
In the end of Shibaricon I was looking for somewhere to go as I would have a couple of extra days before the flight back to Europe, and had thus put up a note on a notice board saying something like Busty Swedish Blonde seeking Bedspace. With a limited budget, crashing at someones' couch seemed like the best option. Not before long, I was suddenly invited to stay at Bus and Pink, an offer which was impossible to refuse. Said and done, ticket bought and bag packed, leaving O'Hare landing in San Francisco. Slightly dazed and rather confused due to tiredness from Shibaricon but in the same time on a strange adrenaline high I made my way through the airport and was met (after getting lost…) by my hosts, and their adorable Peanut.
When visiting people who generously open up their home to a Busty Swedish Blonde they have only met a couple of days earlier, I was hoping intensely for not being one of those annoying guests and pointed out I could be fairly self-sufficient so they would not have to interrupt their day to day life due to the Busty Swedish Blonde. Lets just say that I had no idea they would have none of it, as the following two days I was so well taken care, showed all the sites, taken to the kink-shops, parties, et cetera et cetera. After meeting the housemates, having a good night sleep and taking it slow in the morning, Pink showed all the kink-shops, including MR S and a visit to Good Vibrations, which was fairly awesome to say at least. During lunch time, we spoke about the kink scene and leather and her and her partners involvement in the community. It is organised on such a different level that would make London look pretty much like a bunch of party obsessed perverts. Which we kind of are, but that is beside the point :). Pink also showed me the SF Citadel, a great permanent BDSM space which was really huge and well equipped.
I the end I visited Wicked Grounds more than 3(?) times in less two days, had one great lunch, a huge milkshake and just hanging out. After a quick change of clothes, I was dropped off at Wicked Grounds one more time, waiting for Bus who took me to Bondage a Go-Go (BaGG). Now, if there is something that is awesome, it is to experience different kinds of scenes different parties. I become like a horny sociologist, trying to take in as much as possible. BaGG had a great feeling to it, although I must admit that we spent most of the time in the play area so did not see much of the rest of the club. What I did gather though, was that BaGG managed to fuse a couple of things together which another club in London has tried but not succeeded in doing: fusing the industrial/goth scene with kink. This was mainly done through the awesome music (as an industrial chick, it was heaven to get to play to so many great tracks). In either case, it was a really great place, with a small albeit very well managed play area.
As I had expressed an interest in Bus' flogging skills (with Pink politely pointed out that he is a sadist..) I felt slightly nervous, but also strangely centered as we entered the play area. Was strapped to the cross, and not before long the falls of the floggers started to rain over my back. This was one of those floggings which takes you so far away you are in lala-land. A warm up which was exactly that, not just a short interlude before the 'real' thing, but carefully tempered and ministered. And it was the tempo and the sensations that got me; florentine flogging at its best, moving with the music, but also creating music on its own; syncopations, emphasised beats, the sounds coming out from my mouth all of a sudden. It is like letting bodies do the talking, instead of the vocal chords it is the warm skin, the muscles, the un-planned guttural sounds, goose-bumps, the breathing, the pulse, skin involuntarily twitching, the back arching, moving away from but still drawn towards the pain. You simply don't want it to end, but it always does. Something which was very special during many of the experiences in the US was that it felt ok taking time. Taking time sitting down and talk properly for a starter, but also, when in that state of bliss after play, it could take the time it took. Not always, but sometimes, it feels like I has to get myself together in a orderly fashion not too long after the play has finished, especially at parties (not on the private parties, but regular ones). But here I was, in lala land but also sitting at the floor, with Bus assuring me there was all the time in the world. Everything was like it was wrapped up in cotton, even the music was muted. And sitting there, at the floor, was like the most natural place to be in. It became a reminder to the self; to stay present in the moment. Around us, there were others playing, and the passion and skill people showed made my warm body feel even warmer.
A while later, when having landed, there was this little itch; I needed to tie someone. Was introduced to a lovely lass and we spoke a bit. She felt like playing, and I was borrowed a suspension ring. We set up, first rope is out of the bag, heart pounding already. People are busy chatting, standing next to the playspace with drinks, dancing. The suddenly, there is a stronger light and a voice announcing that a guest from abroad is here to demonstrate some of her rigging skills; and obviously people turn immediately around. For a brief moment I think something like: "SHITFUCKITYOHDEARGODSAVEME", while pretending like I'm tying something really important behind the lovely girls' back in order to hide what is probably written all over my face. Then one of those VNV Nation tracks comes on; a steady beat and a baseline, a deep breath and then go. The adrenaline hits, the light makes it harder to see who is watching, and her body become the only thing that matters. With the adrenaline and the pace of the tying, it is almost like trying to scratch into her, dig deeply, removing layer after layer. It is not really pretty the rope, off centre and unbalanced, but god damn, it is so fun. Encasing her in a cocoon of rope and then just physical rope and bodies in motion; toying with her mind, moving in like an attack, forcing her off balance; a fistful of hair, her neck exposed. As the wham bam adrenaline wears off, I want to continue with the rope but with a less barrage of the senses, so the untying takes place on the floor, while sitting down, the rope is warm and so is her body, resting my cheek against her shoulder, controlling every movement, pushing her with my chest, adding tension rather than removing it even if the ropes are coming off. The last wrap around her wrists comes off; we have both forgot everything about the crowd. The evening continues, with more awesomeness, and when we walk back to the car, it feels like being wrapped up in cotton.
On the second day, I get showed around a very special and interesting place; my jaw dropping for each and every door that was opened. Suffice to say, I did not think about anything else than what horrible acts could be committed or was being committed. Those really abject, filthy, degrading, sadistic…..see, it is even hard to type anything about it!
Pink then fetched me and showed the touristy things, including Lombard street. We also found some sushi, and dear me, that sushi was basically perfect. Also walked on the Castro, which felt strangely touching. All this queer history and activism, the significance really struck, especially when visiting a LGBT-history museum. I am so grateful for those who paved the way, who fought back and stood their ground.
That evening then finished with a visit to view the scenery described in the beginning of this post but also biting someone very cute in a dark parking lot.
I would like to thank Pink and Bus Driver who made the visit so unforgettable with your generosity and kindness. There is probably not words enough to express this gratitude, so I'll just stop waffling.


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One of the problems with exception handling is knowing when and how to use it. In this article, I will cover some of the best practices for exception handling. I will also summarize the recent debate about the use of checked exceptions.
We as programmers want to write quality code that solves problems. Unfortunately, exceptions come as side effects of our code. No one likes side effects, so we soon find our own ways to get around them. I have seen some smart programmers deal with exceptions the following way:
public void consumeAndForgetAllExceptions(){ try { ...some code that throws exceptions } catch (Exception ex){ ex.printStacktrace(); }}
What is wrong with the code above?
Once an exception is thrown, normal program execution is suspended and control is transferred to the catch block. The catch block catches the exception and just suppresses it. Execution of the program continues after the catch block, as if nothing had happened.
How about the following?
public void someMethod() throws Exception{}
This method is a blank one; it does not have any code in it. How can a blank method throw exceptions? Java does not stop you from doing this. Recently, I came across similar code where the method was declared to throw exceptions, but there was no code that actually generated that exception. When I asked the programmer, he replied "I know, it is corrupting the API, but I am used to doing it and it works."
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Java Enterprise Best Practices
It took the C++ community several years to decide on how to use exceptions. This debate has just started in the Java community. I have seen several Java programmers struggle with the use of exceptions. If not used correctly, exceptions can slow down your program, as it takes memory and CPU power to create, throw, and catch exceptions. If overused, they make the code difficult to read and frustrating for the programmers using the API. We all know frustrations lead to hacks and code smells. The client code may circumvent the issue by just ignoring exceptions or throwing them, as in the previous two examples.
The Nature of Exceptions
Broadly speaking, there are three different situations that cause exceptions to be thrown:
Exceptions due to programming errors: In this category, exceptions are generated due to programming errors (e.g.,
IllegalArgumentException). The client code usually cannot do anything about programming errors.
Exceptions due to client code errors: Client code attempts something not allowed by the API, and thereby violates its contract. The client can take some alternative course of action, if there is useful information provided in the exception. For example: an exception is thrown while parsing an XML document that is not well-formed. The exception contains useful information about the location in the XML document that causes the problem. The client can use this information to take recovery steps.
Exceptions due to resource failures: Exceptions that get generated when resources fail. For example: the system runs out of memory or a network connection fails. The client's response to resource failures is context-driven. The client can retry the operation after some time or just log the resource failure and bring the application to a halt.
Types of Exceptions in Java
Java defines two kinds of exceptions:
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Unchecked exceptions:
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Figure 1. Sample exception hierarchy
In this diagram,
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Checked exceptions are also accused of breaking encapsulation. Consider the following:
public List getAllAccounts() throws FileNotFoundException, SQLException{ ...}
The method
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getAllAccounts(), or has no business providing filesystem or database logic. Thus, the exception handling forces an inappropriately tight coupling between the method and its callers.
Best Practices for Designing the API
Having said all of this, let us now talk about how to design an API that throws exceptions properly.
1. When deciding on checked exceptions vs. unchecked exceptions, ask yourself, "What action can the client code take when the exception occurs?"
If the client can take some alternate action to recover from the exception, make it a checked exception. If the client cannot do anything useful, then make the exception unchecked. By useful, I mean taking steps to recover from the exception and not just logging the exception. To summarize:
|Client's reaction when exception happens
|Exception type
|Client code cannot do anything
|Make it an unchecked exception
|Client code will take some useful recovery action based on information in exception
|Make it a checked exception
Moreover, prefer unchecked exceptions for all programming errors: unchecked exceptions have the benefit of not forcing the client API to explicitly deal with them. They propagate to where you want to catch them, or they go all the way out and get reported. The Java API has many unchecked exceptions, such as
IllegalArgumentException, and
IllegalStateException. I prefer working with standard exceptions provided in Java rather than creating my own. They make my code easy to understand and avoid increasing the memory footprint of code.
2. Preserve encapsulation.
Never let implementation-specific checked exceptions escalate to the higher layers. For example, do not propagate
SQLException from data access code to the business objects layer. Business objects layer do not need to know about
SQLException. You have two options:
SQLExceptioninto another checked exception, if the client code is expected to recuperate from the exception.
SQLExceptioninto an unchecked exception, if the client code cannot do anything about it.
Most of the time, client code cannot do anything about
SQLExceptions. Do not hesitate to convert them into unchecked exceptions. Consider the following piece of code:
public void dataAccessCode(){ try{ ..some code that throws SQLException }catch(SQLException ex){ ex.printStacktrace(); }}
catch block just suppresses the exception and does nothing. The justification is that there is nothing my client could do about an
SQLException. How about dealing with it in the following manner?
public void dataAccessCode(){ try{ ..some code that throws SQLException }catch(SQLException ex){ throw new RuntimeException(ex); }}
This converts
SQLException to
RuntimeException. If
SQLException occurs, the
catch clause throws a new
RuntimeException. The execution thread is suspended and the exception gets reported. However, I am not corrupting my business object layer with unnecessary exception handling, especially since it cannot do anything about an
SQLException. If my
catch needs the root exception cause, I can make use of the
getCause() method available in all exception classes as of JDK1.4.
If you are confident that the business layer can take some recovery action when
SQLException occurs, you can convert it into a more meaningful checked exception. But I have found that just throwing
RuntimeException suffices most of the time.
3. Try not to create new custom exceptions if they do not have useful information for client code.
What is wrong with following code?
public class DuplicateUsernameException extends Exception {}
It is not giving any useful information to the client code, other than an indicative exception name. Do not forget that Java
Exception classes are like other classes, wherein you can add methods that you think the client code will invoke to get more information.
We could add useful methods to
DuplicateUsernameException, such as:
public class DuplicateUsernameException extends Exception { public DuplicateUsernameException (String username){....} public String requestedUsername(){...} public String[] availableNames(){...}}
The new version provides two useful methods:
requestedUsername(), which returns the requested name, and
availableNames(), which returns an array of available usernames similar to the one requested. The client could use these methods to inform that the requested username is not available and that other usernames are available. But if you are not going to add extra information, then just throw a standard exception:
throw new Exception("Username already taken");
Even better, if you think the client code is not going to take any action other than logging if the username is already taken, throw a unchecked exception:
throw new RuntimeException("Username already taken");
Alternatively, you can even provide a method that checks if the username is already taken.
It is worth repeating that checked exceptions are to be used in situations where the client API can take some productive action based on the information in the exception. Prefer unchecked exceptions for all programmatic errors. They make your code more readable.
4. Document exceptions.
You can use Javadoc's
@throws tag to document both checked and unchecked exceptions that your API throws. However, I prefer to write unit tests to document exceptions. Tests allow me to see the exceptions in action and hence serve as documentation that can be executed. Whatever you do, have some way by which the client code can learn of the exceptions that your API throws. Here is a sample unit test that tests for
public void testIndexOutOfBoundsException() { ArrayList blankList = new ArrayList(); try { blankList.get(10); fail("Should raise an IndexOutOfBoundsException"); } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException success) {}}
The code above should throw an
IndexOutOfBoundsException when
blankList.get(10) is invoked. If it does not, the
fail("Should raise an IndexOutOfBoundsException") statement explicitly fails the test. By writing unit tests for exceptions, you not only document how the exceptions work, but also make your code robust by testing for exceptional scenarios.
Best Practices for Using Exceptions
The next set of best practices show how the client code should deal with an API that throws checked exceptions.
1. Always clean up after yourself
If you are using resources like database connections or network connections, make sure you clean them up. If the API you are invoking uses only unchecked exceptions, you should still clean up resources after use, with
try -
finally blocks.
public void dataAccessCode(){ Connection conn = null; try{ conn = getConnection(); ..some code that throws SQLException }catch(SQLException ex){ ex.printStacktrace(); } finally{ DBUtil.closeConnection(conn); }}class DBUtil{ public static void closeConnection (Connection conn){ try{ conn.close(); } catch(SQLException ex){ logger.error("Cannot close connection"); throw new RuntimeException(ex); } }}
DBUtil is a utility class that closes the
Connection. The important point is the use of
finally block,which executes whether or not an exception is caught. In this example, the
finally closes the connection and throws a
RuntimeExceptionif there is problem with closing the connection.
2. Never use exceptions for flow control
Generating stack traces is expensive and the value of a stack trace is in debugging. In a flow-control situation, the stack trace would be ignored, since the client just wants to know how to proceed.
In the code below, a custom exception,
MaximumCountReachedException, is used to control the flow.
public void useExceptionsForFlowControl() { try { while (true) { increaseCount(); } } catch (MaximumCountReachedException ex) { } //Continue execution}public void increaseCount() throws MaximumCountReachedException { if (count >= 5000) throw new MaximumCountReachedException();}
useExceptionsForFlowControl() uses an infinite loop to increase the count until the exception is thrown. This not only makes the code difficult to read, but also makes it slower. Use exception handling only in exceptional situations.
3. Do not suppress or ignore exceptions
When a method from an API throws a checked exception, it is trying to tell you that you should take some counter action. If the checked exception does not make sense to you, do not hesitate to convert it into an unchecked exception and throw it again, but do not ignore it by catching it with
{} and then continueas if nothing had happened.
4. Do not catch top-level exceptions
Unchecked exceptions inherit from the
RuntimeException class, which in turn inherits from
Exception. By catching the
Exception class, you are also catching
RuntimeException as in the following code:
try{..}catch(Exception ex){}
The code above ignores unchecked exceptions, as well.
5. Log exceptions just once
Logging the same exception stack trace more than once can confuse the programmer examining the stack trace about the original source of exception. So just log it once.
These are some suggestions for exception-handling best practices. I have no intention of staring a religious war on checked exceptions vs. unchecked exceptions. You will have to customize the design and usage according to your requirements. I am confident that over time, we will find better ways to code with exceptions.
I would like to thank Bruce Eckel, Joshua Kerievsky, and Somik Raha for their support in writing this article.
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City of Ember (UK - BD RB)
Marcus feels as if he hasn't seen a fantasy movie this good in 200 years
For the good of all mankind, the city of Ember was built underground to protect the future of the human race against an unspecified disaster that made living on the Earth's surface impossible.
Encased within a small box, that would be passed from mayor to mayor until the two-hundred year old lock opened, were instructions for the citizen's of Ember on how to venture back out onto the Earth. However the box was lost and all but forgotten and now Ember's generator is on the verge of total shutdown and the lights are about to go out for good.
It could be argued that fantasy stories in movies are at an all time high—at least on sheer numbers. Since the return of Star Wars and the huge success of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the gateway opened to let in anything that played with mythology and prophecies and what-not. We've had and are still living with Potter mania, we've had a double serving of Narnia Chronicles and all that Golden Compass business had its moment in the sun as well. There are a whole host of others that have got in on the action as well but for me, I was prophesied-out a few Potters back and the idea of sitting down to watch a two hour plus fantasy movie retreading all the same ole steps is about as exciting as, well... watching The Golden Compass again. No thank you very much.
City of Ember, the new movie from Monster House director Gil Kenan, had me intrigued back when the movie was first announced. The premise of an electric powered city with the lights going out was good, but having Bill Murray in it was the tipping point. Yet, despite the generally good reviews and a great trailer I didn't get round to seeing it at the cinema. Maybe it was the TV spots selling it as just another kid's fantasy movie, or there being lots of competition for my movie pound on the big screen in 2008. Either way, City of Ember didn't happen for me—until now.
Pretty much from the get go, City of Ember shines out as the sort of movie that doesn't get made any more. As Gil Kenan also managed with Monster House, this has the feel of the older eighties adventure flicks that Amblin seemed to generate with ease. There's a real sense of the realism in the adventure, despite the entire concept revolving around an underground city powered by a generator. All of the characters feel as if this is just their day to day lives and it has been for a few generations, the Ember citizens come and go as if in a real society and the sheer fear involved in the intermittent black outs is absolutely convincing. The city is dying and no one seems to have a clue how to fix it.
That is until we meet Doon Harrow (Harry Treadaway), a teenager who's just been assigned a job in the pipe-works. He doesn't know what he can do to help Ember, but he wants to try, he wants to see the generator, and he wants to be sure that everything that can be done is being done. Doon alone is a character that refreshes the current fantasy climate. He's not born to do this. It's not his destiny; he never read it in a dusty old book or was told it by a dying wizard. He's not the 'Chosen One'. He's just a boy and he believes he can make a difference, aided or not.
While Doon is trying to find his own way in the pipe-works, Luna Mayfleet (Saoirse Ronan), recently assigned the role of a messenger, is discovering things about Ember as well. A plot involving the stashing of the town's food, the lying to the townspeople and on top of all that she's found a box that seems to be from the builders of Ember giving instructions of how the people may leave the city when the two-hundred years were up.
So yeah, I know what you're thinking, two kids, some instructions, a wild adventure begins. You'd be forgiven for turning your nose up at that. The god awful cover art for the Blu-ray probably even forces you to draw that negative conclusion if you're all fantasy'd out, but City of Ember provides so much more than that. It's a movie that unfolds carefully, the plot first wraps you up with what's at stake and naturally takes you through its events with these two characters that happen to be teenagers at the forefront of it all. We find out that past generations have tried and failed to save Ember, we see that many of adults are content in their lives in Ember, turning to faith or indifference and this just strengthens your connection with these kids as they push on through the restraints of their failing world.
City of Ember feels like something special. It's packed with brilliant performances, which thankfully include the two teenage leads, Saoirse Ronan and Harry Treadaway. They are believable, they never do anything stupid or 'cool' to get a reaction from the audience and they are making legitimate choices and/or mistakes as they try to figure out exactly what they need to do. This is so refreshing for the genre; I mean how many fantasy movies fail because of the annoying kids?
That's not all though. You have some other big guns that make this work. For starters Bill Murray is playing a character that is quite literally classic Bill Murray. I'm talking Ghostbusters Murray or Groundhog Day Murray. He's funny, laid back, dark, and just plain enjoyable, his responses to the kids' assignments alone is a classic Bill Murray moment for the books ('We have a mould scraper'). Also along for the ride is Tim Robbins, playing Doon's dad. I love roles like this. Small little moments where he backs his son up or helps the cause just comes packed with heart and the same can be said for Martin Landau's Sul, Doon's elderly mentor in the pipe-works. I've loved Landau's work for the last fifteen or so years and this is yet another role that he manages to bring more to than the role probably dictated. It's only a small part but he makes it shine.
As you can probably see by the glowing review and the 10/10 score, I've got nothing bad to say about City of Ember. It's one of those movies that took me a while to get round to seeing, but I'm chuffed that I did. I've watched it a couple of times now and each time I've liked something I'd missed previously or had an even stronger response to some of its key moments. For me, it's just one of those movies that comes along and sweeps you off your feet with its charm and one hundred percent pulls off what it set out to achieve.
City of Ember is a movie that is soaked in reds and browns and all of the different variations end up looking pretty great on this Blu-ray. Textures also hold up well and the many items dotted around the lusciously expansive set's all show themselves off well in HD, even if some detail isn't the best the format can offer. In Ember's darker scenes, that mostly come bathed in green, the transfer still holds up very well, with only a few tiny moments that get a little grimy.
I noticed a few scenes that had a bit of noticeable grain and a few areas looked a little soft in places, but these were minor occurrences and generally City of Ember has a transfer that impresses. The city's unnaturally lit atmosphere works wonders in HD, some of the large shots of the entire city or one particular journey out to the greenhouses were beautifully presented and overall [/i]City of Ember[/i] is a Blu-ray that does its job well.
From the opening scenes you get a feeling that this is going to be using the surrounds pretty consistently. For starters the score is a good one and fills the room in its more powerful moments with a nice use of the bass as well.
In the pipe-works, the entire surround system plays together nicely. The echoes sound strong in the front speakers and there's always something adding texture in the rears. Creaking pipes, footsteps and machinery all play a part in layering the feeling of the confined space.
Where City of Ember really excels in the audio department is when the generator cuts out or indeed powers back up. The bass and all five speakers really hammer home just how much importance this event has on the citizens of Ember. When it happens you get a sense of urgency because of the surround mix and when the silence envelopes you, you are on edge until it returns with just as much power. It's clever stuff.
On the surface this looked like it might be all a bit of nothing in the extras depart, and while they don't exactly blow us all away runtime wise, there's some nice insights here.
'Ember Special Effects' (04:25) takes a quick look at effects in the movie and sort of feels like one of those late seventies/ early eighties featurettes that had that laid back attitude to SFX. 'The Largest Set in the World' (04:15) looks at the massive Ember set built in Belfast. It features lots of cast and crew interviews on the practical set and really shows off the enormity of what was made.
'Doon, Luna & Poppy' (06:00) are interviews with the three kids in the movie and their takes on the story and the making of it while 'Fox Channel Presents: Making of a Scene' (10:43) is the meatiest of the extras, featuring interviews with the director and producer Tom Hanks and running us through the making of the scene where Doon sees the generator for the first time and how important it was to get the right feeling in that moment. It's actually very good despite only being just shy of eleven minutes in length.
To finish, there are trailers for He's Just Not That Into You and Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
City of Ember is a late entry to my favourite movies of 2008. It's well paced, nicely plotted and has a bunch of characters you can believe in without relying on the dull fantasy clichés that have become the norm of late.
The disc is solid in the A/V department and has some okay features, but the movie is more than strong enough to make it one that I can't recommend highly enough. This is one that I know I'll be going back to a lot in future years and while it's doubtful they'll release an uber special edition anytime soon, I'd imagine that City of Ember is the sort of movie that will generate a fan base on home release and later TV airings. For now I'm happy with what we have, because City of Ember proves that you don't need to have a chosen one to be a fantasy movie
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release. Thanks to Jacob for providing the screen caps.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Lunden Member Join Date: March 2009 Location: United States Posts: 1
Great review. I also felt it was one the better adventure films I'd seen in some time.
Does "RCE: No" means this BD is not region locked? I'm in the US and would love to import this.
Does "RCE: No" means this BD is not region locked? I'm in the US and would love to import this.
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
I'm not sure if EIV titles are region free, sorry. Anyone else know?
copperzinc Member Join Date: October 2008 Location: United States Posts: 14
I too enjoyed this film a great deal, and was a little bummed with the lack of Blu in the States. Also, the DVD here has no extras. Great review, by the way.
rebel-scum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,101
Marcus1138 wrote: I'm not sure if EIV titles are region free, sorry. Anyone else know?
They're usually locked down tight to Region B. Your review for this has certainly made me even hungrier for the Blu-ray version, which I won on ebay for a tenner.
They're usually locked down tight to Region B. Your review for this has certainly made me even hungrier for the Blu-ray version, which I won on ebay for a tenner.
Nakedman Member Join Date: January 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 17
Nice review!
I too am yet to see this and was meant to back in its cinema release but just never got around to it... and then once the cover at was released for dvd I was turned right off but I think I will blind buy now.
I too am yet to see this and was meant to back in its cinema release but just never got around to it... and then once the cover at was released for dvd I was turned right off but I think I will blind buy now.
General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd February 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Ember Special Effects, The Largest Set in the Wolrd, Doon, Luna & Poppy, Making of a Scene
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Gil Kenan
Cast: Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan,Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Martin Landau
Genre: Adventure and Fantasy
Length: 94 minutes
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The history of Valentine's Day stems from both Christian and ancient Roman traditions. The day we celebrate today, on February 14, likely takes its name from a priest named Valentine, martyred around 270 AD (10+03 years ago) by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus. According to legend, Encyclopedia Britannica explains, "…the priest signed a letter to his jailer's daughter, whom he had befriended and with whom he had fallen in love, 'from your Valentine.'"
The holiday's origins also stem from Lupercalia, an ancient Roman festival that was held every year from February 13-15. Lupercalia "…celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery [a less-than-romantic idea to some of us today]. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day. It came to be celebrated as a day of romance from about the 14th century."
Although Valentine's Day was celebrated by the 1300s, it took another 400 years (10+02) before the tradition of exchanging handmade valentines developed. In America, the handmade eventually moved to the mass produced, starting with Esther Howland's embossed paper lace cards. Today, the holiday is a $17 billion industry (10+10), which includes an estimated $1 billion (10+09) spent on Valentine's day cards.
By the time Charles and Ray Eames fell in love in the early 1940s, the option of purchasing cards had been around for nearly 100 years; however, they still preferred making hand-drawn notes and letters like the one shown above. The Eameses often adorned letters and wrapped packages with one of the holiday's most prevalent symbols: the heart. It wasn't dedicated to Valentine's Day alone; for them, hearts were something that they shared, celebrated and cherished all year long.


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Late double from Ronaldo seals flattering Real win
BARCELONA: A late double from Cristiano Ronaldo put some gloss on a stuttering performance from Real Madrid as they beat Celta Vigo 3-0 to cut the gap at the top of La Liga to five points.
The pressure was on Real with leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid having won their first matches of the year.
However, with Ronaldo unusually quiet and record signing Gareth Bale only fit enough for the bench Real were frustrated by a Celta side who had several chances to score before Karim Benzema broke the deadlock midway through the second half.
Ronaldo poked in Real's second after 82 minutes and then thumped in his second of the night from substitute Bale's cross for his 400th career goal.
"It was not a good performance and we need to learn how to be tighter at the back," Real coach Carlo Ancelotti told a news conference. "We lacked balance as we had a lot of players going forward and were open to the counter-attack."
"Celta defended deeply and it wasn't easy but we should have been more balanced when we pressed."
Victory kept Real in pursuit of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid who are on 49 points after beating Elche and Malaga respectively.
Real survived an early scare when keeper Diego Lopez was forced into an excellent save from Charles after a long ball from Augusto Fernandez had sent him clear of a napping defence.
The hosts dominated possession but they lacked precision and finesse and Celta's rearguard defended doggedly.
Benzema had a shot deflected just wide by David Costas and along with speculative strikes from Luka Modric and Angel Di Maria they were all that Real could offer in the first half.
Bale came on during the second half to inject some life into Real's attack but it was Charles who again came close for Celta, firing wide with only Lopez to beat.
It was another substitute, Jese Rodriguez, who crafted the opener with a cross that Benzema slid home from close range.
Ronaldo then came alive, pouncing to convert from Daniel Carvajal's pass. Then, in stoppage time, he combined with Bale to give the final scoreline a flattering look.
Elsewhere, Ikechuwku Uche scored a hat-trick and Jeremy Perbet struck twice as Villarreal piled the pressure on relegation-threatened Rayo Vallecano with a 5-2 away win that took them up to sixth in the table on 31 points.
Nery Castillo pulled two goals back, the second from the penalty spot after Uche fouled Roberto Trashorras, but it was a sorry night for Rayo who are in 19th place and three points from safety.
"We all worked hard and it made it easier scoring early on. The plan was to be solid and wait for our chances to come which is what happened," Uche told reporters.
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Hammond is a Chicagoland city of some 80,000 people in Lake County, Indiana—bordering Chicago's Far Southeast Side.
It may come as a surprise to other Hoosiers that Hammond is the state's sixth largest city. Its history and culture, as with nearly all of Indiana's Lake Michigan coast, is inextricably linked to a big blue-collar industrial workforce. While the industrial economy is not what it once was, Hammond is still in decent shape, with a big new casino drawing in visitors from the Chicagoland area. Most visitors will find themselves passing through or on business, but Chicagoans would do well to include it in a close-in Lake County day trip, if for no other reason than to get some good food, perhaps stock up on fireworks, and realize that Chicagoland doesn't stop at the state line!
Get in
The big highways cutting east west across the city are I-90 and I-94/I-80, both of which head east towards Gary and I-65 towards Indianapolis, and west towards Chicago and its south suburbs. The biggest north south streets are Calumet Ave (US-41) and Indianapolis Blvd (IN-152). Both lead into the city coming from Chicago in the north, and are a far more interesting drive than the big highways.
Get around
Hammond and the rest of the cities immediately bordering Chicago across the state line are well known among Chicagoans for fireworks and far cheaper cigarettes. Indeed, here you'll find big box stores selling cases of either—the easiest to reach being on Calumet Ave just north of I-94/I-80.
The following hotels are located along Interstate 90, the Indiana Toll Road:
The following hotels are located along Interstates 80/94, the Borman Expressway:
Get out
Chicago is the obvious nearby destination, but if you are up for staying far off the beaten path, exploring Lake County a bit can be quite rewarding. Check out the historic planned industrial-utopian community of Marktown, Meyer's Castle in Dyer, the confounding ruins of Gary, or even the far-off-the-beaten-path parts of Chicago just west, in the city's Far Southeast Side.


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Dr. Scott Grindel, a sports medicine physician, is presently in his 14th year as a team physician for Ferris State University Athletics after starting in September 2004.
Dr. Grindel has a Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Practice at Spectrum Health Reed City (Mich.) campus. He's board certified in both Sports Medicine and Family Practice. Dr. Grindel has done extensive research on concussions having published several papers and given several national presentations on the subject.
Prior to his current professional position, Dr. Grindel was head team physician for Mercyhurst College and the Director of Saint Vincents' Sports Medicine Fellowship Program both in Erie, Pa.
Grindel received his Doctoral Degree in Medicine (MD) from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., and would go on to do his residency training at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D., in which he served as a team physician for the University's athletics program. Following his residency, Dr. Grindel completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh (Pa.) in which he also was a team physician for not only Pittsburgh and Robert Morris University but also the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Football League's (NHL) Pittsburgh Steelers.
Grindel graduated from Three Rivers (Mich.) High School before earning his bachelor's degree in physiology from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Grindel is married to Nicole and the couple have two children, Samantha and Nicholas. He's very active in the community, volunteering time with two local high school as a team physician. Grindel has been on the Reed City Board of Education, vice president of ANGEL Animal Rescue, and on the Crossroads Community Center Board which was formed to fund and construct a fitness center in his community. His interests include downhill skiing, mountain biking, fly fishing, hiking, and camping.


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Jacob Lalezari: In HIV/AIDS, "Cure Is a Four-Letter Word" (Video)
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In this one-on-one interview, Jacob P. Lalezari, M.D., the director of Quest Clinical Research and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California-San Francisco/Mount Zion Hospital, talks with HIV advocate Jeff Taylor about the coupled optimism and cautiousness regarding the search for an HIV cure. He explains each of the primary paths currently being explored toward the development of a cure, describes the progress that has been made to date and discusses some of the challenges the field faces.
The video above has been cross-posted on TheBodyPRO.com with permission from our partners at the International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS (IFARA). Visit IFARA's blog to watch more video interviews from the conference.
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ARCHIBALD DIDDEP, Tailor, WILLIAMSBURG, Returns his employers in general, and his old customers in particular, the most cordial thanks for past services, and shall always be ready to execute any command which they may hereafter entrust him with. As his family is extensive, journeymens wages very high, and his creditors exceedingly solicitous for their due, he hopes those whose accounts have been long standing will not take it amiss should he earnestly entreat them to make immediate payment; and those for whom he shall in future do business, it is expected, will not hesitate to tender down the cash so soon as their work is done. Ladies riding habits are still made by him, on the shortest notice. He remains the publick's most obedient humble servant, Francis Street, January 25, 1776.
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In 1773, Diddep notified his customers that he had moved his business "to a house contiguous to Dr. Pasteur's" (the Willliam Finnie house on Francis Street). Property records show that Diddep owned one lot from 1773-1785 on which a combined house and shop were constructed. His house no longer exists and the location of it is part of the present parking lot west of the William Finnie House.
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Talking 'AHS: Cult' with Chaz Bono
"American Horror Story" turned political this season with "Cult," a look inside a radical cult inspired in part by Donald Trump's surprise Presidential win a year ago. On it Evan Peters plays Kai Anderson, a blue-haired Trump supporter empowered by his win to seek political gain through nefarious, even homicidal means through the use of some knife-wielding clowns.
One of his followers is Gary, a good-old-boy who when we first see him is wearing a "Keep America Great Again" cap. Gary's life changes drastically when he meets up with Kai, who, in a grisly scene, orders him to cut his arm off in a graphic publicity stunt. Played by Chaz Bono, Gary becomes an integral member of the cult as the season continues.
This was Bono second experience as part of the "AHS" family; the first was last year's "Roanoke." This year he has been given a larger role. EDGE spoke to Bono about his part, working with Ryan Murphy, his thoughts on transgender rights and what Cher had to say about his performance on the show that concludes tonight on FX.
Billie Lourd, Evan Peters and Chaz Bono on "American Horror Story: Cult."
EDGE: What has it been like working on "Cult?"
Chaz Bono: It's been great. Really great. It's a good one to be part of.
EDGE: This is your second "American Horror Story." How did you get cast in "Roanoke" last season?
<Chaz Bono: I did this movie called "Dirty" a few years ago and when I saw my footage from that, my first thought was I have to get this to Ryan Murphy. If he could just see some of my work, he would give me a chance. I never met him before but I have been a fan of "American Horror Story" since the first season and I felt he was the type of person who wouldn't be afraid of casting me. So it took about two years and change to find a connection there to get that to him, but it finally happened, and I got "Roanoke."
EDGE: On the show you play Gary, who is an average Joe that runs a department store. The first time we see him is in an exchange with Sarah Paulson, and you put on a "Keep America Great Again" hat to make a point to her. I take it he represents someone from Trump's base. How did you get into the mind of Gary?
Chaz Bono: That scene with Sarah was a fun one to shoot. It was my first day back on the set, and I had worked with Sarah last season a lot, so it was nice to be back with her. As for Gary, I am the kind of the actor who starts out with just playing the scene. I am not thinking so much a general mindset of a character overall. And I really just approached it initially to play each scene I was doing and slowly I started to get Gary and make some choices about him that carried over through the season.
Chaz Bono in "American Horror Story: Cult."
EDGE: Did you create a backstory for Gary in your head?
Chaz Bono: I just tried to look at Gary - when we first meet him I wanted him to be an average, white working class American who was kind-of disillusioned and feeling somewhat forgotten. And here comes Trump whom he felt spoke to him. I wanted Gary to come across as not a demon, not a bad guy. Just an average guy until he encounters Kye - and that is the thing that starts to change him.
EDGE: As someone who came into the public consciousness when you transitioned, have you been fearful of being typecast when you turned to acting?
Chaz Bono: Again, I have avoided that. I am a character actor who likes to play really different parts from myself, so I never played a transgender character. It is something I have stayed away from. I don't think there is nothing about being an actor who happens to be transgender that gets in the way of my getting any different kind of parts.
EDGE: You had a pretty grisly scene when Kai, the leader of the cult played by Evan Peters, asks you to cut your arm off at the elbow, and you do. What was that scene like to shoot?
Chaz Bono: Yes. The cutting off my arm my scene - Evan made it as easy as it could be because he is such a phenomenal actor and was giving me so much and he was so great to work opposite against. But that was a physically and emotionally hard and challenging scene to do. First, we did all the different coverage - shooting it from all angles and configurations. The very last stuff was the special effects, and it was kind-of gross, but they are good at doing all of that kind of stuff on AHS.
Chaz Bono
EDGE: Before you took the role, did you know that the current political scene was so integral to this season?
Chaz Bono: No. I knew that. That was one of the things that Ryan Murphy had talked about before we even started -- that the theme of the next horror story was around the election. I didn't know how that would work, but I knew politics was going to play into it.
EDGE: Did you do any research into cults?
Chaz Bono: You know, it's funny because when I was growing up, I was fascinated with cults. I have seen a lot of movies and docs about cults all my life. I thought of myself as one of those people who would never end up in a cult. Never. But being in this show, especially when the story moved to the point when the younger guys came in, and it was me and them and Evan, I can understand the cult mentality. In being in a group of like-minded people who are blindly following what someone else is saying. You don't have to think for yourself. You don't have to question anything. Like today, I realize I am so often filled with angst over what is happening in our politics, that there is something comforting about going to that place.
EDGE: Are you distressed by current administration?
Chaz Bono: Very. It is hard to elaborate because it is something different every day. It's like pick your day. Overall, I have large fears. Nuclear war would be the biggest one. Facing a constitutional crisis. Changing our government from a democracy into dictatorship. I worry about our checks and balances holding up. I have always been very politically active and am an avid reader of the news. I read the Post and the Times every day, I am an avid MSNBC watcher. I am very involved.
EDGE: I am also a bit MSNBC watcher, but do you feel that people like us are in a bubble?
Chaz Bono: From what I have seen and read, I think we are in -- I don't think bubble isn't the right word. I just think there are people that just see the world differently now. I don't think MSNBC is the culprit because I think it is the truth. I think there are things a helluva lot more dangerous than that in the media. I know that Fox News has always lied, but now it is almost like state-run television. And all the conspiracy stuff is very scary, and I don't rely on any one source of anything, but I think we have moved onto the point where it breaks down between cities vs. rural America. And I don't see how we can get back to a world where we a closer together, especially when there is so much invested in keeping us divided.
Chaz Bono in "American Horror Story: Cult."
EDGE: Working with the company regulars - Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters?
Chaz Bono: Last season I got to work at lot with Sarah -- all of my scenes were with Sarah and Cuba, which was great. Sarah is just phenomenal to work with. I barely got to work with Evan - just one small scene with him. This year virtually every scene I am in is with Evan. He is just so extraordinary, such a talented actor and he is so good this season. He does so much and I love working opposite him. All of my real intense acting scenes are with him. And he's an amazing joy to work with. It was a great cast - a lot of different people that hadn't been on the show before. We all got along - it was a really great atmosphere.
EDGE: Are you looking at other roles right now?
Chaz Bono: I am auditioning. Nothing has come up yet. This is my chosen career, but it can be difficult...
EDGE: What - the process of finding roles?
Chaz Bono: That part of acting that is difficult. Not so much the auditioning because that's just going out and doing it. It is Not working as much as most of would like that is the most frustrating part of being an actor. I think that goes for the majority of us. I know many talented actors, people I have done plays with, people who are at my acting studio - I was just talking to a young guy who is enormously talented and a friend of mine about just that frustration. It is just getting those breaks, so people get you on their radar and hire you for stuff. It is a process, but it can get frustrating over time.
Chaz Bono (photo: Marc Cartwright)
EDGE: What do you of the increasing trans visibility in pop culture and the media?
Chaz Bono: Honestly it is not something I think about that much, but if I stop and think about it, it is a very good thing. Especially people who are figuring themselves out, or are in early in transition. It is helpful for any group of people to see themselves reflected in the media - in films and television.
EDGE: Being in Hollywood right now, are people talking about sexual harassment scandals rocking the town?
Chaz Bono: Yeah. It is definitely out there, for sure. I think it is really disturbing. I hope it is something that at least in our industry we can start to change. It is a power issue, ultimately. It is people with power abusing their power over people that don't have any. It is a horrible thing, a horrible feeling. It makes you feel small and little and abused. I hope that at least in our industry we start to really have zero tolerance for that. That this is not a passing thing, but something we crack down on as a whole.
EDGE: Your mother Cher tweeted how proud she was of you on the show. What did you think of that?
Chaz Bono: Well, my mom has been really supportive of all of my work. It always feels good have her be proud of what I am doing. It is a great thing. She has come to every play I have done, she has come to small movie premieres, she came on set to "Roanoke" last year. So it always feels good, I think, to have people have their parents appreciate what they are doing, and I am no different.
"American Horror Story: Cult" is currently on FX on Tuesdays at 10pm. For more on Chaz Bono, visit his website.


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Kincaid: We've got a President who couldn't pass a background check, you know it's not too surprising when we got a President like this putting into place people like Brennan, Hagel, we can go down the list, Van Jones, tick them off. It's just that he gets away with it and the Republicans, I remember at our conference in Washington before the election, we had Congressman Lamar Smith there saying 'well we're not going to pursue impeachment because we hope the American people vote this guy out on November 6.' Well, that didn't work out so well, did it?Wiles: No it didn't. You know Barack Obama, if he wasn't president, if he just worked into a government agency and said he wanted to apply for a job and he filled out an application, I think while he was sitting there and they were doing a background check on him I think agents would come out and handcuff him.
Kincaid: Yeah, yeah, you're right. I mean, this is the guy—we don't have to go through the whole history—this is the guy who Sarah Palin put it, 'palled around with terrorists.'
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Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men
S.A. Bent, comp. Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men.
[Georges Jacques Danton, called the Mirabeau of the Sans-Culottes, born at Arcis-sur-Aube, France, 1759; founded the revolutionary club of the Cordeliers; directed the insurrection of Aug. 10, 1792; shared supreme power with Marat and Robespierre, and became minister of justice; arranged the massacre of the imprisoned royalists, September, 1792; member of the committee of public safety; arrested after a struggle with Robespierre, March, 1794; and guillotined April 5.]
De laudace, encore de laudace, et toujours de laudace!
After the insurrection of August, 1792, which in fact subverted the monarchy, the manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick, appointed commander-in-chief of the allied armies of Austria and Prussia, in which he called upon Europe to place Louis XVI. securely on his throne, aroused France to a sense of danger. The revolutionary army under Dumouriez suffered a momentary check by the capture of Longwy and the siege of Verdun. In revenge for the interference of foreign powers, and to show the earnest purpose of the revolutionists, Danton determined upon the massacre of the royalists, who crowded the prisons of Paris. While the tocsin was being struck and the discharge of cannon gave the signal of slaughter, the tribune of the people shouted to the dismayed deputies of the National Assembly, This is a moment to decree that the capital has deserved well of France. The cannon which you hear is not the signal of alarm: it is the
pas de charge
upon our enemies. To conquer them, to crush them to earth, what is necessary? We must dare, and still dare, and forever dare, and France is saved (
Pour les vaincre, pour les atterer, que faut-il? de laudace, encore de laudace, et toujours de laudace, et la France est sauvée
). The Moniteur omitted the last words from the report. Old men who heard it will still tell you how the reverberating voice made all hearts swell in that moment, and thrilled abroad over France, like electric virtue, as words spoken in season.C
French Revolution,
And as she lookt about she did behold
How over that same dore was likewise writ
Be bolde, Be bolde, and everywhere, Be bold.
Faerie Queene,
11, 54
Danton was anticipated in the form of his exclamation by the Marshal de Trivulce (14411518), who replied to the question of Louis XI., what he needed to make war, Three things,money, more money, always money (
Trois choses, de largent, encore de largent, et toujours de largent
); which the imperialist general von Schwendi echoed fifty years afterwards,
Sind dreierlei Dinge nöthig: Geld, Geld, Geld.
All are, however, to be referred to Demosthenes, who, when asked what three things made the perfect orator, answered, Action; and the second thing? Action; and the third thing? Action.P
Lives of the Ten Orators.
St. Just, who succeeded Danton in the Reign of Terror, reiterated the assertion of his predecessor, when he exclaimed in the Convention, Dare! that is the whole secret of revolutions; and Gambetta marked the difference between the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries, by announcing at the banquet on the birthday of Gen. Hoche, at Versailles, June 24, 1872, the formula of the third republic, We must work, and still work, and forever work! (
du travail, encore du travail, et toujours du travail!
Some one, even more bloodthirsty than Danton, asked him if the members of the Right, meaning the royalist deputies, were not to be included in the massacre of September; to which he replied, Everybody knows that I do not shrink from a criminal act when it is necessary, but I disdain to commit a useless one. And later, when common friends, fearing the results of a quarrel between them, brought Robespierre and Danton together, the latter repeated his opinion: We should not strike except where it is useful to the republic: we should not confound the innocent and the guilty.And who told you, replied Robespierre with a poisonous look, that one innocent person had perished?C
II. 8, 2. Dantons fate was sealed from that moment.
I have been carried into the ministry by a cannon-ball.
Because, after the insurrection of August, 1792, Danton became minister of justice. What his relations with the court party were from this time, has never been fully known. He may have dreamed of playing the
of Mirabeau. At any rate, he declared, I shall save the king, or kill him, and was even bolder in his club of the Cordeliers: I do not love the blood of vanquished kings: address yourselves to Marat. He foresaw that the Revolution would not cause a permanent displacement of power; and said in 1792 to the young Duc de Chartres, son of the Duc dOrléans (Égalité), After our storms France will return to it [the monarchy], and you will be king. Adieu, young man, and remember the prediction of Danton.T
French Revolution,
II. Bk. IV. chap. 9. The young man became Louis Philippe I. Dantons motto at this time, addressed to the Cordeliers, was, Nations save, but do not revenge themselves.
Let us be terrible to prevent the people from becoming so.
Calling for the reorganization of the revolutionary tribunal, in 1793. He spoke of the actions of the Jacobins, but his own person was no less terrible. Nature has given me, he said, the athletic form and the harsh expression of liberty (
les forces athlétiques et la physiognomie âpre de la liberté
). Of gigantic stature, large head, a bull-dogs face marked with the small-pox, an eye of fire, and a voice which was compared to thunder and a lions roar, he realized the popular idea of a revolutionist, whose terrific images frightened those he could not persuade. He was pleased with the comparison of himself to Mirabeau, whose relations with the court, as well as his physical and oratorical traits, bore some resemblance to his own. With a solemnity of egotism, justified perhaps by the weak men around him who attempted to play great
he declared that Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould. He applied to himself, however, a common expression, especially in poetic literature: thus Byron,
Sighing that Nature formed but one such man,
And broke the die,in moulding Sheridan.
Whither fly? If freed France cast me out, there are only dungeons for me elsewhere. One carries not his country on the sole of his shoe (
On nemporte pas la patrie à la semelle des souliers
When his relations with Robespierre had become so strained that he was advised to fly. Danton claimed to be tired of blood; having called himself drunk with men (
soûl des hommes
), he declared that he would rather be guillotined, than become guillotiner. He compared the Revolution to a great lawsuit, which not often enriched him who gained it, while it ruined him who lost it. He nevertheless thought it necessary to proclaim his republicanism: to disarm suspicion he cried, I, too, am a republican, an imperishable republican (
un républicain impérissable
), applying to himself one of the attributes of the Revolution. But the fortitude of his victims dismayed him. When they go smiling to the scaffold, he said, it is time to break in pieces the sickle of death. He referred particularly to the Girondists, of whom he had but a slight opinion. From their constant comparison of themselves to the countrymen of Brutus and Cassius, he called them Romans without a country (
). He likened their republic to the romance of a pretty woman, such as Charlotte Corday, or Madame Roland, the beautiful friend of the Brissotines; and, hitting off their habit of eloquent generalizations, he accused them of intoxicating themselves with words, while the people are intoxicating themselves with blood. He saw by how delicate a thread he clung to power: As long as they talk of Robespierre and Danton, very well: beware when they talk about Danton and Robespierre; when, in other words, the jealousy of the green-eyed Incorruptible is aroused. But he hoped that history would throw a mild light even over himself: The sweet consolation is left me, that the man who perished as chief of the faction of the Merciful (
chef de la faction des Indulgents
) will find grace in the eyes of posterity.
At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power finally rests with the most abandoned.
When the critical moment came, Dantons decision failed him. He might have crushed Robespierre: he was crushed by him. To his friends he said on his arrest, I leave the whole business in a frightful welter (
un gâchis épouvantable
): not one of them understands any thing of government. Robespierre will follow me: I drag down Robespierre. Oh! it were better to be a poor fisherman, than to meddle with the government of men.C
French Revolution.
Asked at his trial his name and place of abode, he replied, My name is Danton,a name tolerably well known in the Revolution; my abode will soon be in annihilation (
dans le néant
), but I shall live in the pantheon of history. He referred to the church of Ste. Geneviève, now called the Pantheon, which, after the death of Mirabeau, had been dedicated to the heroes of a grateful country, with this inscription around the dome:
Aux grands hommes la patrie reconnaissante.
His trial was a mockery: his evidence was refused admission; while his defence consisted of ejaculations. Men of my temper, he cried, are beyond price. It is upon their foreheads that the seal of liberty, and the republican genius, are ineffaceably stamped. When the president rang his bell for order, Danton asked: What is it to thee how I defend myself? The right of dooming me is thine always (
Le droit de me damner te reste toujours
); the voice of a man speaking for his honor and life may well drown the jingling of thy bell! Condemned to die, April 5, 1794, he consoled himself with the noise he had already made upon earth. I have tasted well of life: let us go to sleep! To-morrow I hope to rest in the bosom of glory! His courage did not yet leave him. They are sending me to the scaffold: well, my friends, we must go to it gayly! As he passed Robespierres house in the executioners cart, he shouted to his victorious rival, You will appear in this cart in your turn, Robespierre; and the soul of Danton will howl with joy! Of the cries of the multitude he said with characteristic egotism, The idiots! they cry Long live the republic! and in half an hour the republic will be without a head! When Paris shall perish, he had once remarked, there will no longer be a republic. His friend Hérault de Sechelles shared his fate; and Danton rebuked the inhumanity of the executioner, who refused them a last embrace: Fool! not to see that in a few seconds our heads must meet in that basket! For a moment his demeanor did not seem to Hérault to be worthy of him. He was thinking of his wife: Must I leave thee, my beloved? (
Oh, ma bien-aimée! faut-il que je te quitte?
) But, interrupting himself, Danton, no weakness! (
Point de faiblesse!
) His last words were to the executioner: Do not forget to show my head to the mob: they have not often seen one like it! He had many sins, says Carlyle, but one worst sin he had not,that of cant. He saved France from Brunswick: he walked straight his own wild road, whither it led him.
One of his expressions was used by Napoleon: I have made noise enough in the world already.OM
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