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Nagging Doubts - Very Important 8/13/2007
Do we always listen to our nagging doubts or gut reactions? If not, why not, aren't they relevant?
As we interact with people in our respective communities, there's the odd occasion th
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Peace 6/7/2007
What does it mean in a practical sense, to "pursue" peace?...
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The next time.. 4/12/2007
The next time you feel like God can't use you for His glory, just remember...
1. Noah was drunk 2. Abraham was too old 3. Isaac was a daydreamer 4. Jacob was
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His master's voice 4/12/2007
A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side."
Very quietly
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How to reduce stress 4/11/2007
1. Pray 2. Go to bed on time. 3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed. 4. Say "No" to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health. 5. Delega
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You look good.. 4/4/2007
On the BC site, what would you say "winking" at someone actually means - you like the person; think they're cute?
A friend has recently joined BC and I want to make sure I u
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What the Bible says about death 4/2/2007
Death is certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death! Make a personal reflection about this. Very interesting, read until the end.
It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6
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Just Maybe 3/15/2007
Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person too....
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All things work together for good.. 3/15/2007
Maybe God wanted us to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.[COLOR d
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Too much, too little, too late to try again? 3/8/2007
While getting to know someone, of course you share personal information with them about your likes and dislikes, ambitions, desires etc.
It's fair to say that each of us feel we have so much love
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WSDOT performance report takes to land, sea, air
OLYMPIA – Topics in the latest edition of the Washington State Department of Transportation's quarterly performance report – the Gray Notebook – take flight, ride the rails and hit the water.
The latest edition of the Gray Notebook provides annual and semi-annual statewide reports on aviation, ferries, freight rail, owned and leased facilities and environmental programs. Released last week, the report also updates WSDOT's quarterly progress on project delivery and worker and highway safety.
"There are economic benefits stemming from our strategies, programs and investments, and the Gray Notebook explains these in detail," said Daniela Bremmer, WSDOT director of strategic assessment. "However, it is first and foremost an accountability report, so it doesn't shy away from covering areas and programs that may need more attention."
Performance measures are prevalent throughout the Gray Notebook. Here are some highlights from this issue:
• WSDOT's Incident Response program saved travelers and businesses $19.5 million in avoided costs in the third quarter of 2012. During this timeframe, Incident Response teams also assisted with more than 12,000 incidents (Incident Response Quarterly Report, pp. 17-19).
• Washington State Ferries met 15 of the 17 legislative performance goals for fiscal year 2012. Ridership and farebox revenues were $2.1 million higher than projected for the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 (Washington State Ferries Quarterly Update and Annual Report, pp. 20-28).
• Forty percent of WSDOT's primary buildings are in "poor" condition and need significant repairs. There is a $113.1 million backlog for these maintenance and preservation projects. (Asset Management: Capital Facilities Annual Report, pp. 8-12).
• The Washington State Grain Train moved 575 carloads in the second quarter of 2012. This represents a record high in the program's 18-year history (Freight Rail Semi-Annual Update, pp. 42-44).
To find out more about WSDOT accountability and view the Gray Notebook 47, or the condensed "Lite" version, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Accountability/Graynotebook.
WSDOT keeps people, businesses and the economy moving by operating and improving the state's transportation systems. To learn more about what we're doing, go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/news for pictures, videos, news and blogs. Real time traffic information is available at www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic or by dialing 511.


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Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Max Huntsman has told jurors had the plan remained undetected, it could have paid Spaccia and former city manager Robert Rizzo more than $15-million.
On cross examination, Spaccia's defense lawyer Harland Braun pointed out the retirement plan was not specifically against the law.
"So the bottom line, in non technical terms, there's nothing wrong with these plans, nothing illegal, other than the criticism that the amounts of money they were making was excessive," asked Braun?
"That appears to be the case, yes," said Pennington.
Spaccia faces a conflict of interest criminal charge for crafting her own retirement benefits plus one dozen additional counts for other alleged financial misdeeds.
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Clear type ahead buffer in VXML - Call Studio 8.5
I'd like to take control of the type ahead buffer within my VXML script developed in Call Studio.
So far the only thing I could find about it is a reference to a VXML prompt attribute, but nothing about how it can be set in Call Studio. Has someone successfully used this? If yes, can this be set within Call Studio?
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/voice/vxml/developer/guide/refgde1.html#wp1049198 says:
"cisco-typeaheadflush Attribute for <prompt>
The default value of cisco-typeaheadflush is false. A false value means that the typeahead buffer is not flushed after the prompt plays out. If the prompt is bargeinable, the digit which barges in is not flushed.
So you could just insert an audio element with a short WAV file of silence that is bargeable to swallow the type-ahead and then they cannot barge in on the special audio element that you want them to hear in entirety.


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laygamer.net: 2012 is done and dusted for gaming this year, with Far Cry 3 being the last real notable release on the gaming calendar. Well, except for those Wii U games that Geoff is burning his life-force away to get finished and reviewed. And that Epic Mickey game on the 3DS that I'm certain is a form of a divine punishment. But enough of that! What's 2013 got in store for gamers then, huh? Let's take a looksie.
Now to play Devil's Advocate on both side of the Fence.
Good: Obviously MS is prepping for the Nextbox and new IPs on that.
Bad: One exclusive of a semi-tired franchise to tide over 360 fans.
Oh, and I know that this list is missing a couple exclusives on all the platforms too; Deadly Premonition comes to mind. And DL titles aren't on there either, but they still count.
It seems Microsoft has already moved its major studios to next gen development. Playground Games made Forza Horizon while Turn 10 works on a true next gen Forza sequel. 343i has already revealed work on the next Halo has started and People Can Fly are developing Gears of War Judgement which leads me to assume Epic is already at work on a next gen Gears of War game. I haven't seen anything on Crytek's XBox exclusive title since it was announced almost 2 years ago so I'm assuming that will be released next gen as well. Microsoft doesn't have many exclusive IPs so it's not surprising to see them ready for a next gen console release by prepping what they do have for a console release timetable.
This --> "Turn 10 works on a true next gen Forza sequel" just made my day! Forza alone is reason enough for me to pony up for new hardware. I hope it's a release title and they continue to support triple screens.
We ALL know in June 2013, the new consoles will show up at E3 2013.
So let's go month for month and see WHEN the BIG exclusives and Multiplats come out to get a the true whole picture of what the gaming landscape will be prior to 2013.
First let's set up January for the now 7 year old 360..
On January first MS will have come off a holiday where the biggest exclusive of 2012, Halo 4 will be less than 2 months old and will still chart huge in 2013. Not only that, but just like the VGA world premiere trailer showed H4's co-op spartan Ops episodic campaign starts in 23 Jan 2013.
While the the PS3 gets a worldwide Jan release of Japan's Nu No Kuni that came out in Nov of this year.
Now to the rest of the big games from Jan to June
Devil May Cry
Nu no kuni (2012) US/EU rlease
Dead Space 3
Metal Gear Rising
Bioshock: Infinite
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3)
Tomb Raider
God of War: Ascension (PS3)
Gears of War: Judgement (360)
Dead Island: Riptide
GTA V (if not pushed up)
Last of Us (PS3)
E3 2013 arrives where we are speculating that the Xbox 720 and the PS4 will be announced.
But if you can speculate about other titles on other systems that have no release date and are simply projected to release in 2013, then you have to point to the the fact that we know two things that are projected for the 360.
- Summer of Arcade of Xbox Live with projected titles that were shown on last year's E3 stage
- Bungie's Destiny which is rumored to be an Xbox 360 exclusive.
At the end of the day,the most notable exclusives early on is that the God of War/ Gears of War prequel battle will be great for both consoles.
And that Naughty Dogs Last of Us will be huge for the PS3, but it comes in the shadow of the collossus (pun intended) Grand Theft Auto 5, which will stop the entire gaming planet when released in the Rockstar 'launch window'
Great times to be a gamer for all systems
Evil, Destiny will not be exclusive. There's no way. Its Actiblizz.
@ bicfitness
Yeah..again Destiny is only rumored to be an Xbox console exclusive. Bungieis also to be hiring on the PS3 dev side of things.
The game is supposed to come next Fall, but who knows what will happen at this point.
I don't see why it matters, There are so many multiPlatforms next year it didn't matter.
Its like this year, The was really only 1 big PS3 exclusive (ASBR) Did it matter? NOPE
I here you saying they are prepping next gen but listen to it.
Turn 10 Prepping Forza 5
Epic prepping Gears 4
343i prepping Halo 5
This is still the same games we have played for years. MS needs to have their studios do something else. Turn 10 could make an RPG, Epic could make a fighting game, 343i is stuck with Halo, but other Ms developers could start doing something original and fresh. It doesn't hurt to innovate a little.
Like Sony isn't working on the next gen SOCOM 14 or Uncharted 4 or Killzone 4 right?
Why would Turn 10 make an RPG? Would you expect Polyphony Digital to make an RPG? What Microsoft needs is to invest into more studios and I think they have. I would like to see Rare do more.
Prepping for Gears 4 when Gears of War: Judgement isn't even out yet? Epic is Putting such dedication for Judgement I see...
@All wrong
But they ALSO brought us incredible, unique games like inFamous, LBP, Demon's Souls, etc.
That's what puts the gaming experience of Playstation a mile ahead of the competition.
@Riderz1337. The fact that epic isn't making judgment makes your statement make no sense.... People can ally are behind judgement, aka, epics subdivision...people who made Bulletstorm....
@JustInTlME, Oh the people who made Bulletstorm are making Judgement? Well that's reassuring.
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Microsoft didn't bring unique Exclusives?
Excuse me while i through Alan wake out of the window.
Lets also think of Games that originaly only released on xbox then later came out on everything else.
Bioshock and Mass effect.
Then think how Gears has revolutionized this gen by showing us how powerful the current consoles are and how a cover system should be done.
Alan Wake was going to be a PC game (and originally open world, but I'm SURE we don't have console limitations, that came into play after Microsoft stepped in, to thank for that /s) and Bioshock launched on PC same day as 360.
And Gears was only revolutionary in popularizing generic cover-based romps.
True. Id love to see microsoft redo a version of nfl fever provided e.a and the nfl can get out of bed. Im all anout some halo...the universe is filthy rich with content. Forza alright. And gears is dead not much to appealing after 3's story arch. Would like to see some ages of the empires on xbox. Munches oddesy maybe...Psychonaughts 2. Halo 2 remake?
Why aren't all of your comments this well thought out?
Xbox 360 has 13 currently untitled exclusive games slated for 2013. Not including Kinect games.
Good attempt at trolling. Website voted down.
Your link doesn't mention 13 exclusive games for 2013, you got another?
Its useless, any facts you come up with, knowledgeable predictions and good opinions N4G will just disagree and spin everything.
Leave it to this site predict MS gaming future since they know everyting.
Nobody wins excepts the Sony fans its always about them, am I right N4G?
Either way, Gears and a bunch of XBL titles and third party games should tie people over until E3, Simple.
I'm sure Microsoft has some XBLA titles coming exclusively to the 360 next year and maybe a hidden retail title that is not Kinect required. Then again, they could always leave to third party like the did with the first Xbox.
Why does all the sites that talk about the games coming out in 2013 use that image, if there are errors on it. Where is MLB 13: The Show?
for the ps3 side they also left out until dawn and rain.
There are quite a few mistakes, and omissions for instance I see they are missing a few PC exclusives like : starforge,warface (crytek), marvel heroes online, x:rebirth (looks stunning) and mount and blade 2 (on a new engine).
I think this does give a good idea though.
Heres another interesting one:
That is pretty good, except Scribblenuats Unlimited is already out. I picked up the limited edition and got a Pink hat. I will have a grand time with my Handhelds next year. Bubs+
A great list of all the exclusives across each platform.
As an owner of both consoles, I can't help but be disappointed with Microsoft's steady decline of exclusives over the last couple of years. Even if they have XBLA titles, that's still isn't enough because 9 times out of 10 every game isn't going to be a sure fire hit.
One thing that no gamer will deny is that at least Sony had a healthy dose of exclusives this generation. Last Of Us will be the game everyone will be talking about next year. I can guarantee that 100%.
Grand Theft Auto stopped by to say hello. Hello :)
Games don't talk.
People forget that not everyone cares that much for GTA.
Don't think you should ride of XBLA so early.
I bought Minecraft over 2 months ago and its the best 1600 MS points that I have spent...I always wondered what the hype was for this pixelated game but after playing it I see what people were talking about.
MS made a smart move on making MC a 360 console exclusive...you would be surprise how many kids ask there mom for a 360 just to play MC.
Mark my words as the economy is getting worst more people will be looking to buy XBLA and indie games over $60 retail games.
On the PS3 side
1. Ni no Kuni (Not exclusive, released in 2010 DS and 2011 PS3)
2. Atelier Ayesha (Released in 2012)
3. Tales of Xillia/2 (Released in 2011 and 2012)
4. Yakuza 5 (released in 2012)
99% of the gamers on N4G are US or EU people. Ninokuni DS isn't the same game(graphics are way more ambitious on PS3, and the battle system is different, for exemple), and none of those games has ever reached US or EU. All those games release EXCLUSIVELY ON PS3 in 2013 in our territories. Except Yakuza 5, who has no date (and may never have) for now.
ps: Sorry for my english.
None of those games released in the US/EU. So they are relatively new to us. Also Yakuza 5 just released this month in Japan or later this month.
No one mentioned The Last Story, XenoBlade or Phantom Breaker when they were getting localized here in the states or Europe. So, why do it to the Ps3?
The PS3 Ni-no is vastly different from the DS version. They have similar stories, but everything else is different. So it is exclusive.
Why is this logic always used for Japanese PS3 games? If it is not localized it does not exist. Do you not see the flaw in this logic?
It does count as a game, but it can't be singled out for being released in the US after a period of time because it was released in another region before reaching another.
I asked you the same thing about The Last Story and Xenoblade, why is it that it is still consider an exclusive and a new release for that system when it was releasing last year, but not PS3 Japanese localized games?
The game is still a new release for that year in a new region and that is why it should be listed. Your post was so vague that, we can take it anyway and it could be completely wrong as to what you were trying to get at.
XBLA games don't exist any more I guess.
That's what I said when this misleading graphic was posted in another article.
Let's reflect on 2013's games in December 2013..
Think he forgot to add Activision/Bungie Destiny to the Exclusives for Xbox 360.
Bungie's next game is coming for the PS3 as well
This all info from the leaked contract & seeing as how no one at either Act/ bungie has stated anything to the contrary , am guessing contract is still valid.
@BigBoss1964 not till after it has been on 360 & its predecessor
@shonen_82 360 & Predecessor
@rbailey first exclusively on 360 & it's predecessor a year before all others .
I believe they said that's coming for 720. I could be wrong tho.
Actually Destiny is going to be multiplatform.
You mean "successor" lol it's predecessor would mean the original Xbox lol they don't make games for that anymore :)
The initial leaked contract stated they were considering a PS3 version. The latest leak from a few weeks ago mentions PS3 as a platform.
The game was going to be an accidental exclusive, but it looks like they were able to port to PS3.
i think so
Yeah, that appears to be the most logical answer. It's evident that this E3 will be the announcement of the Nextbox and the holiday season will be the release. I am sure all these Xbox 360 games being released next fall will also be nextbox games with a 360 version.
I just have to say it , sorry ... xbox360 has no games.
well I buy all my multiplats on 360. PS3 I get all exclusive titles. So this really dosent bother me.
Bubble Up
I have all the consoles, hear my wallet cry.
I buy multiplats for PS3 and exclusives for PS3 & 360. This will just be yet another reason for me to not turn on my 360 for 2013.
you buy multiplats on ps3 when 98% of multiplats runs better, look better and has better online on 360, seriously what idiot would do that. I know one that does not actually have a 360.
you get bunch of free full games every single month from ps+
seriously why would you sub to XBL gold, are you sane?
The only 360 exclusive I'm buying next year is Gears of War Judgment.
lol it is the only exclusive for xbox360 next year
May I just say how much I LOVE that header image of the Highlander! Perfect!
I'm pretty sure they forgot State Of Decay from Undead Labs. That game is looking to be fantastic.
EXACTLY!!!! Man i hope they release State of Decay soon! Something tells me UL will be releasing SoD a few days before or on Christmas!
It's pretty clear both Microsoft end Sony are waiting for next gen to show all the games.
Most of the games will come for both current and next gen, it would be stupid to show the games on current before showing next gen versions. PS3 and X360 will still have strong support, but expect BIG things from Sony and MS next year.
however looking at the multiplats, Xbox is getting every single one of them.


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What does ashow youwhen you have your wusb11 2.6 connected?Code:ifconfig -a
Ok so here's the deal. I have a linksys wireless-b usb adapter (wusb11 2.6) and it seems to not be compatible with linux :/. I tried ifconfig and iwconfig and it does not show up. However, I try my other similar linksys wireless g usb adapter (wusb54Gv2) on my other similar box and it works fine-for a while. On that machine, the adapter shows up on both configs as wlan0 as expected. I run "sudo /etc/init.d/wicd start" and am able to connect to my protected network. However, it eventually disappears after about 5 minutes and there are 0 networks in range. I checked iwconfig again and my device still shows up, yet all the networks magically disappear. I am not a linux guru. Does anyone have any advice?
What does ashow youwhen you have your wusb11 2.6 connected?Code:ifconfig -a
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Never had any problem.
May be some one around you sending deauth attack to you.
You can try what KMdave said, ifconfig -a.Originally Posted by KMdave
it's show all the network adapter.
After seeing what your device name there, eg. eth0 ath0 and the other, you must
do up the device. eg. ifconfig ath0 up. after that look at your iwconfig. if it's going alright there must be your device in iwconfig. Maybe you haven't activated the device with ifconfig XXXX up.
Thanks for the advice guys, I'll give it a shot real quick. And no there is no possibility of someone using a deauth attack against me; I live in a very small city, and I am 99% sure I am the only hacker.
Yeah well I can hack on windows... just linux does not get along with me nicely. On a side note, nothing worked. ifconfig wlan0 up did nothing productive. The card is up, yet no networks detected.
Since when do you need linux to hack? It's not the only operating system. Am I not a hacker because I don't know how to configure network connections on every OS? Sorry, that was just an ignorant statement. I am trying to learn another OS and cannot seem to see what the problem on it is, which is why I came to its home forum. If no one knows, that's fine. If it helps, I'm running on a HP pavillion a750y and the other box is a HP pavillion 850y. The ifconfig -a shows that it is up and running, however wicd still reveals no networks. But as I already stated, I am not a linux guru and would just like some advice.
Regardless, can anyone help? ifconfig -a shows that the adapter is up and running, yet no networks are found.
Second, ifconfig -a show you all the network device.
It doesn't mean that any device found on ifconfig -a already up. Just see again in your 'ifconfig' without -a. is it there or not ?
Third, Hacker would try to googling how to do a thing about this if that hacker wanna learn, not asking to people. This is basic problem about networking and a lot of sample case out there with some 'pretty' answer.
You sometimes have to when it takes mod approval to post. If you disagree with a mod, they might not approve a post; hence repeating a question three different ways. The three attempts at posting were made at different parts of the day while I saw new posts from other authors coming in which confirmed my theory of a mod not agreeing with what I say. It seems that someone eventually approved them all to make me look bad when the third reply would have sufficed.
As I have already stated, the device shows up on ifconfig -a. Someone said to try ifconfig wlan0 up. I tried that and now wlan0 says "up."
Thirdly, a hacker would do whatever it takes to fix the problem. Do you honestly think I have not tediously searched the bottoms of the internet for a fix for this problem? I would not resort to asking a forum unless I had searched days on end for a problem. Yes I RTFM, yes I googled, yes I searched the forums. Nothing worked; no one had a similar problem of a device showing up but then not working with wicd.
And finally, I fiddled around with powercycling the device, spamming ifconfig and iwconfig and it eventually worked. Now good day to you sirs.


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Well I've been trying to implement my own MVC framework for a while now. I've been following a structure quite similar to PHP major frameworks such as Zend, Symfony, CakePHP, Codeigniter and Yii, which uses a front controller that delegates its actions to those app controllers. However, after I viewed this thread on sitepoint, I am a bit confused:
As you can see, the design seems quite different. In major frameworks, each action is defined as methods inside an app controller such as public function edit() or public function editAction(), while in the thread from sitepoint, each action is a command class like Class UserAddCommand and Class UserEditCommand. For this, I have a few questions to ask:
Is it a better approach to define each action as a command class/object(sitepoint's example), or as a method inside a controller(like php major frameworks)? Sitepoint's example is more similar to the way Martin Fowler originally illustrated the controller pattern, but why isnt it widely adopted in php frameworks?
What is the difference between an app controller in CakePHP/Codeigniter and an application controller as defined by Martin Fowler? Are they the same thing? They seem to be doing different tasks, though both are referred to as app controllers...
Sitepoint's MVC example also has each view defined as view classes(such as Class UserAddView and Class UserEditView), in which the html code is generated from PHP script. Is it a better practice than to embed PHP in html as what major frameworks are doing?
This is a big topic without a straightforward answer. I've written about the differences here: http://r.je/views-are-not-templates.html and there was a very good discussion about the differences here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?1008353-MVC-vs-PAC that was split off from a similar discussion. There's a post here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7621832/architecture-more-suitable-for-web-apps-than-mvc/7622038#7622038 which details some of the variations (Although I'm not sure I agree 100% with the accuracy, it's a good starting point)
What it boils down to is that, in MVC (as described by Fowler, other academics and pretty much everyone else outside the PHP world) a controller is tied to a single view, it doesn't do view selection and it handles actions that apply to that view only. E.g. a list of blogs could have sort, search, delete and edit actions. Sort, delete and search all result in the same view (a refresh of the list) whereas editing a record requires a different view, and therefore a different controller.
What the PHP community did (branching from Ruby on Rails who seem to be the starting point of this) was take a PAC architecture and call it MVC because they were trying to implement MVC, however, web MVC stemmed from joining an entry point, a template and a database abstraction layer, components which existed years before the term MVC was being thrown around, people started labelling what they were already doing as "MVC" because they didn't understand what MVC is. And here we are, over a decade later and this simple mislabelling has created all sorts of confusion and problems within the PHP community.
I can't think of any practical benefit to the one-action-per-class approach. On the other hand, if you have related actions within the same class, like the major frameworks do, then you can use private methods to consolidate any repetitious code between actions.
Sitepoint's example is more similar to the way Martin Fowler originally illustrated the controller pattern, but why isnt it widely adopted in php frameworks? ... What is the difference between an app controller in CakePHP/Codeigniter and an application controller as defined by Martin Fowler? Are they the same thing? They seem to be doing different tasks, though both are referred to as app controllers.
As TomB and his links noted, the architecture that Fowler called MVC and the architecture that frameworks now call MVC are actually quite different, and trying to figure out how the two match up can be a bit like trying to figure out how the round peg fits into the square hole.
Those example views also echo just a single line of text. If they started trying to generate whole pages of HTML, then I think it would become more obvious that it's better to embed PHP in html, like the major frameworks are doing.
Fabien Potencier, the creator of Symfony, has a "Create Your Own Framework" book (of sorts) that you may find interesting.
It's not one-action-per-class! It's one-controller-per-view! The reason for this is that it allows you to remove the repeated view generation logic from each controller action. Why does every action need to call $this->render() or similar? It's redundant!
I went back and re-read the OP's post, and he was definitely asking about one action per class. Quote:
In major frameworks, each action is defined as methods inside an app controller such as public function edit() or public function editAction(), while in the thread from sitepoint, each action is a command class like Class UserAddCommand and Class UserEditCommand. For this, I have a few questions to ask: ... Is it a better approach to define each action as a command class/object(sitepoint's example), or as a method inside a controller(like php major frameworks)?
I see, so those frameworks aint actually using MVC at all, or we can say they are using PAC that is labeled as MVC? Come to think about it, I do remember Java's MVC being quite different. The variations among controllers are so obvious, although I am still a bit confused when it comes down to the concept of appcontroller/applciation controller. Isnt PHP frameworks appcontroller more like page controllers rather than application controllers? The view is actually a GUI container that handles not only the construction of GUI components, but also a listener for user mouse/keyboard events. Those things are all nonexistent in server-side programming, although its possible to mimic them by turning HTML elements into GUI components/containers.
And yeah, I am still curious at whether it is more appropriate in a PHP application to define each controller action as a method in those so-called appcontrollers, or as command class/object.
More or less, yes. For example, Symfony defines a controller as any callable that accepts a request and returns a response.
I don't think either option is any more appropriate than the other, but keeping related actions as methods within a class comes with practical benefits.
I see, this makes sense to me. Wonder why CakePHP and Codeigniter name them appcontrollers rather than page controllers, perhaps thats just the way PHP frameworks work, their MVC is not the original definition of smalltalk MVC anyway.
Thats true, it is the approach I've been following for a while. I was wondering though, what would you do when your controller action method gets too big? Does this imply that an implementation of fat controller design, which is bad since the better way should be fat-model-thin-controller?
Also there is a small issue that at least 80% action method will check this if...else condition:
// business logic for execute form.
// business logic for display form.
Tbh I have no idea how to avoid this code duplication, although it may not be that bad considering even many large PHP frameworks are doing the same thing.
Hmm, one reason I can think why it's not redundant is that in the internet world not every action renders the page in the browser. An action can launch a file download operation, send data in a specified format like xml, json, etc. or it can simply do some internal database work like storing information from POST and ending up issuing an http redirect header.
Unless I am missing something, isn't it the job of the specific action to decide what kind of response to send back to the browser? Yes, in most cases it will run render(), but it can also run download(), sendXml(), redirect(), sendHttpErrorCode(403), etc.
Usually that means you can, and possibly should, refactor some of that logic out of the controller and into reusable classes. For example, the logic to define and validate a form can be implemented in separate classes. Or the logic that alters your application's data can be implemented in model classes.
I suspect other frameworks allow this as well, but in Symfony, we can define our routes by not just the URL, but also the request method. So GET /path/to/edit could send you to the edit action, where the form is merely displayed, and POST /path/to/edit could send you to the update action, where the form is processed.
No, what kind of response goes back to the browser is clearly the job of the view. Whether the view is displaying a PDF, a CSV or a HTML page isn't a concern of the controller. A controller is concerned with handling user input, that's all. It shouldn't matter what the view is doing, the view could be outputting the data as a pie chart in a jpeg, but it's no concern of the controller's. This is the exact reason why tightly coupling views and controllers in the way that most of the big frameworks do is a very bad idea. In MVC you'd simply substitute the view, keeping the same model and controller. The view could be formatting the data in any way. Using a controller to decide which view to show introduces repeated logic as soon as you want to do this.
I see, thats indeed a good way to demonstrate the idea of fat-model-thin-controller.
Well if each action/command is defined as class rather than controller method, you will be able to execute the control logic or switch statement in the front controller class to decide which method for the command class to run. The command class may consist of two separate methods for standard action and form-post action. But yeah, there are indeed practical issues with having action/command as separate classes, so I am not sure if the benefit of avoiding code duplication like form submission check will actually make good compensation for its issues.
Yes, this makes sense after you've explained it. But where would redirection go in this case? It seems weird to have a view whose only job is to send a redirect header. Redirection is usually done after collecting POST data - the controller passes the data to appropriate classes that save it to the database (or log the user in, etc.) and then who is responsible for redirecting the user to the next page?
It's debatable but this is technically program flow rather than display logic. Yes "Display a thank you message" is display logic, but "this view is no longer relevant" is not. It's actually an exit(). In a desktop application, this would be analogous to closing a window; neither the view or the controller that were active are now relevant. Where you'd go back to would be another window... another view with its own controller.
Yes, you could have "redirect" as a view but it doesn't really fit into the MVC concept as the redirect will always happen as the result of user input rather than as a direct result of any display logic. You could even argue "Which view is active" is application state, which nudges the idea towards a top level model which handled the state of the overall application! (However, this doesn't make sense in PHP!)


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As a student at the University of South Carolina in the 1970s, Donald Bailey loved going to basketball games. It was a time when legendary Coach Frank McGuire ruled the Carolina Coliseum and led the Gamecocks to six consecutive seasons of 20 wins or more.
But it was a sight off the court that has stayed with Bailey for more than 30 years. Before every game, McGuire would enter the arena and kiss his disabled son, Frankie, seated courtside in his wheelchair.
"When they saw Frankie at the games, the parents knew that it was OK to bring them along," said Carol Ann McGuire-Morgan, the coach's daughter and Frankie's sister. "Dad was more pleased to see the wheelchairs in the arena than the basketball hoops in the backyards."
"I vividly remember the impact that (gesture) had on students," said Bailey, who lives in Charleston and is a former member of the USC Board of Trustees.
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West Hartford, Conn. - Ty Thompson took an assist from cousin Miles Thompson to score the game-winner in overtime, to lead UAlbany to a 12-11 win over Hartford in America East Conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday evening at Alumni Stadium. UAlbany improves to 2-8 overall, and 2-0 in league play.
Each team only scored one goal each in the first quarter. Jared Franze broke the scoreless tie at 3:39, giving Hartford the first lead, before Will Stenberg netted the equalizer for the Great Danes 50 seconds later. The Hawks took a 2-0 lead to start the second quarter on a second goal from Franze, but UAlbany scored the next four goals to take a 5-2 advantage. Miles Thompson started the rally with an assist from Joe Resetarits, before Resetarits netted back-to-back goals less than a minute apart. Lyle Thompson completed the run with an unassisted shot at 8:02. Hartford would close out the scoring in the half with a goal by Rory Nunamacher at 3:41, to close the gap to 5-3 at the break.
Rocky Bonitatibus started off the second half with a goal less than a minute into play, before Miles Thompson netted his second goal of the game less than a minute later to put the Great Danes up, 7-3 early in the third. Hartford responded with consecutive goals to close the gap to 7-5, but Resetarits completed his hat trick with an assist from Bonitatibus to hold onto a three-goal advantage. However, the Hawks closed the deficit to two on a tally from Martin Bowes with 1:12 to play in the quarter.
Miles Thompson finished off his hat trick to start the fourth quarter, but Hartford scored three straight goals to follow, getting back-to-back tallies from Carter Bender and another from Franze to tie the game at 9-9. Lyle Thompson netted an unassisted goal with 6:32 left to play, but Hartford scored the next two goals to take an 11-10 lead with 5:26 left to play. The Great Danes would not give in, as Matt Mackenzie picked up a groundball and flew to the other side of the field, getting an unassisted goal into the net with just three seconds on the clock, tying the game and sending it to overtime. Less than halfway through the overtime period, Miles Thompson passed the ball off to Ty, who found the back of the net to give the Great Danes the sudden victory.
UAlbany controlled the stats sheet, outshooting Hartford, 48-27 and holding a 39-29 advantage in groundballs. The Great Danes also came away with 17-of-27 faceoffs, led by Keith Olson, who went 16-of-26 in the circle. Freshman Max Huber played the complete game in the net for the Great Danes, making six saves. Goalkeeper Scott Bement made 15 saves between the pipes for Hartford (3-8, AE 0-2).
"It was a playoff-like atmosphere," said UAlbany head coach Scott Marr, whose team defeated the defending America East Champion, and the team picked to repeat in the 2012 Preseason Coaches' Poll. "I am so proud of our group for playing the full sixty minutes. This is one of the best games I have been a part of."
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Creatures of the Wind Spring 2013
Some venerable sage—that would be Thomas Edison—once remarked that genius was one percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. If Edison had been making pronouncements on the fashion world nowadays, he might have been moved to comment that when it comes to clothes, especially created by those on the younger end of the spectrum, it's more along the lines of one part inspiration to plenty of aspiration. You can't just think it; you've got to want to make it (literally, and metaphorically). Which neatly brings us to Shane Gabier and Chris Peters, the talented, engaging duo behind Creatures of the Wind, the little Chicagoan label that could. Their vision of spring 2013 is suffused with haute couture shapes of the 1960s straight off the boat from Paris yet loosened up with some all-American ease, then rendered in ornate Euro techno-fabrics (one Swiss jacquard affair shimmered with a woven star hologram; chiffon came scattered with butterflies) alongside artfully crumpled Japanese muslin-like cotton, and colored in glorious hues (kelly green, marigold, candied pink) that fairly sang with optimism.
Less than a year ago, Gabier and Peters walked off with one of the prizes at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. Since then they've been counseled by Rag & Bone's David Neville and Marcus Wainwright (both in attendance at the show), collaborated with J.Crew, been nominated for the 2012 CFDA awards, and have generally risen to must-see status at the New York collections. All very good and well deserved, undoubtedly, but perhaps most satisfying of all was seeing at their show today that Gabier and Peters are intent on challenging themselves to define, and refine, who they are, and what they are capable of, the very occasional misstep aside; I'm still not convinced by the proportions of a long fluid skirt under an A-line overskirt, truth be told. That caveat aside, this collection was a gorgeously assured and focused move on from their rather more uneven fall, glowing with inspiration and aspiration.
The former, Gabier revealed backstage, was, "the strength of femininity without recourse to masculine associations," which took them to the grace and dignity of sculpted couture-y volumes, which they neatly defused from looking too lady with utilitarian detailing (kilt-ish straps and buckles, rows of seaming) and gleaming pointy oxford flats. But it's their aspirations that made this collection so wholly enchanting: the handwork (Swarovski crystals placed on a skirt by friend, Chicago artist Kristina Sparks); the fusion of sportiness with opulence (great easy wide pants with fancified loose jackets); and, perhaps most intriguing, a kind of narrative charm, such as finally feeling inspired to use the 1970s snakeskin lamé they found in Chicago three years ago. It's that act that speaks loudest to who they are as designers; a belief in the idea that fashion can be about making clothes with poetry and personality. And with spring, it worked.


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" Donut Shop "
I've always been a bit non-plussed when it came to donuts. I remember the halcyon days of when MacDonald's used to offer a rather nice cappuccino/coffee flavoured donut. And who could ever forget the excitement of when supermarkets such as Morrisons started putting all sorts of flavoured jams into their store fresh goodies. These were great as a treat if someone brought them home, or in the case of Macdonald's you really didn't have many other pudding options, but I always knew they were never my preferred treat. However, a few months ago that started to change...
As in many other areas of the UK, Leeds has only relatively recently secured its own branch of Krispy Kreme, and on the first visit I really wasn't expecting much. Even approaching the shop, you can smell a distinct sugary smell - very sweet and inviting. I'm guessing it's the same with most branches, but when you walk in the shop has an American diner feel to it, and people can either go in to pick up donuts to take away, or sit and indulge themselves along with a drink. Ours even has a drive through. The back wall of the main shop area is see-through so as you queue you can see the machine producing the donuts, and hundreds slowly float past you up the conveyor belt.
They serve a wide range of donut flavours and types with something to suit most tastes. Some are ring donuts with a glaze or icing of some sort, whilst others are filled donuts - and all are made to look appetising. I have a few favourites at the moment. One is the caramel iced, a ring donut with a gorgeous caramel flavour icing on top. The donuts themselves are light and fluffy, unlike a lot of others which can be quite stodgy or sickly, and the icing on top just makes them taste wonderful. I also love a strawberry gloss - a ring donut with bright pink sticky strawberry topping that resembles lip gloss - and an apple pie which is a donut filled with apple, and dusted with a lattice of cinnamon on top. I must admit I can't really recommend the sticky toffee cake. After being tempted today, I was very surprised that the lovely donut was actually replaced with a donut shaped cake affair, which was actually quite dry. The topping was a toffee buttercream with a swirl of toffee source and toffee pieces, but it was too sickly and heavy - not what I've come to expect from a Krispy Kreme so not for me!
They do seem to keep some flavours as permanent fixtures, whilst others are temporary or seasonal. At the moment they are serving Krispy Screams - one is the pumpkin which has a chocolate filling and is iced with a bright orange flavour and colour icing to look like a pumpkin. They are also serving the Spiderweb, filled with Kreme and covered in chocolate and with a white spiderweb iced on.
This is by no means a cheap place to visit - and in full support of the obesity crisis, it is much better value to buy your donuts by the dozen (or so we learned this afternoon). You can buy them individually or in any quantity that you like. Individually the donuts are around £1.40- £1.80 each depending on the type that you buy. You appear to get a small reduction if you buy three, we were today told it would be around £8.50 if we bought six, depending on type, or you can buy a full dozen of your own choosing for £10.95. You can also buy cheaper dozens if you take their selection which will probably include a fair few plain ones. You can also buy hot and cold drinks, and even Krispy Kreme souvenirs.
Overall, these are the only donuts that invoke a yearning in me, which must mean I like them very much. I could only ever see myself ordering half of the flavours they offer, but the half I do want are enough to keep me going back!
My husband introduced me to these babies! Big mistake! I can't get enough of them, there are so many different flavours that I can never get bored. Don't get me wrong, I'm not stuffing myself with delicious doughnuts every day. These are a treat because at £11 for a box of 12 it is much more than your average doughnut. However, these aren't your average doughnut, there are many different flavours and they are bringing new ones out for different occasions such as Easter or Christmas.
There is the;
salted caramel,
Chocolate praline fudge cake,
Pistachio and White chocolate nougat,
Chocolate iced,
Chocolate creme,
Chocolate custard,
Chocolate dream cake,
Glazed raspberry,
Lemon meringue pie,
Original glazed,
Apple cinnamon,
Strawberries and Kreme,
Chocolate sprinkles,
Maple iced,
Strawberry gloss
And butterscotch sundae.
My personal favourites are the chocolate custard, the custard is so creamy and there is alot of it, and the original glazed it's plain perfection, not too sweet either.
These doughnuts are very filling and one is usually enough, also because they are very sweet! Krispy Kreme are best eaten the same day as after a day or even two they aren't as soft and go slightly hard.
Currently there is an offer on for a box of 12 original and 12 mixed for £13 which is an absolute bargain considering one box is £11
ever since buying a krispy creme from Tesco about 2 years ago i have become addicted to them. i am a sweet fan anyway and love normal jam doughnuts but these are on a completly different scale and can not be compared to your usual average doughnut. My favourite Krispy Creme doughnut is the one with a chocolate topping and a liquid chocolate centre. this is one of the best things i have ever tasted. although at over £1 per doughnut this is slight excessive but it is so worth it. They taste so sweet and as soon as you take your first bite you are hooked. always keep an eye out for their special doughnuts they do at Christmas, halloween, easter etc they always do something with a theme for the occassion. I have tried most of the other doughnuts they do but my favourite is still the chocolate one as it is just pure heaven. i am not keen on the caramel one or the strawberry one just because the icing glaze is so sweet i feel this is just too much flavour in one hit, but each to their own oppinion. it does depend on what you like in general as to what your taste bud will love the most!
Now I'm not a doughnut fan but when my friend brought some Krispy Kremes back from London about 5 years ago I knew then and there that I was Krispy Kreme fan for life.
It seems there is a Krispy Kreme outlet in every city apart from Lincoln. So when anyone I know travels outside of Lincoln I request a box of Krispy Kremes if they're passing. When I'm traveling I seek out my nearest Krispy Kreme outlet via their website and plan my route to it.
Why do I love them so? Because they are, without a single doubt, the most sweetest thing I've ever put into my mouth. They even smell of sweetness. I love all the Krispy Kreme doughnuts but my two favourite ones are the chocolate ring with rainbow sprinkles and the chocolate covered creme filled one - a taste of heaven!
Krispy Kreme also do themed doughnuts depending on the season or who their sponsorship deal is with. They have valentines, easter, halloween, christmas dougnuts. I have also seen a Glamour magazine doughnut which was a standard ring doughnut but with a thick, pink glaze over it to imitate lip gloss. Weird right? But it tastes oh so good!
The price of Krispy Kremes vary from place to place but you're talking over a £1 each. Try next time you see them.
I visit Birmingham a few times a year, as I have friends there, and it is also home to an excellent Chinese supermarket where I order bulk cooking ingredients . One place I always stop off whilst I'm there is Krispy Kreme, located in the Selfridges store in Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre.
Essentially, it's a donut shop. It does sell coffee too, though I've never personally had one . The range of donuts is impressive though - they have simple gazed ring donuts, and some filled donuts - these aren't the boring jam filled ones you'd by in the supermarket though, but rather more exotic varieties.
I usually tend to buy the 'Assorted Dozen' package - 12 different donuts for £9.50 or thereabouts. Yup, that is pretty pricey, but you do get a good mixed selection in your box, and its a nice thing to share with friends.
The donuts are baked fresh every day, which is good as I have to travel back with them on the train. I find that not only will they stay fresh until I get home, but that they will actually last two or three days before they begin to go hard and stale.
I've always found the donuts themselves to be soft and fluffy, with just a subtle sweet sugary flavour. It is however, the filling that makes the donut, and my personal favourite has to be the Strawberry and Cream variety - a nice squidgy donut, generously filled with fruity strawberry jam and luxuriously thick cream, and decorated with an icing glaze, shortcake crumbs, white chocolate curls, and freeze dried strawberry pieces. It's wonderful, but it does have to be said that it is very rich and sickly, and I certainly could not eat more than one in a sitting. Probably a good thing, given that these are fried donuts and liable at times to be fairly greasy.
I also very much like the Cookies and Cream ring donut - a ring of chocolate cake, decorated with a thick buttercream style icing and topped with crumbled pieces of chocolate cookie.
For those that like something a little less rich, there are some simple glazed ring donuts, or some chocolate iced ones in the box. They are all substantially larger in size than those you would by in the supermarket, but very tasty.
There is a small sitting in area at the Birmingham branch, but really unless you're on a major spree at Selfridges, it's just easier to buy to take away, as it does get pretty crowded. There is also sometimes a large queue, but the staff always seem friendly and quite chirpy.
Overall, I think Krispy Kreme is well worth a visit if you happen to be in the area anyway. I think the 'dozens' make wonderful gifts for friends, or excellent contributions to a party, though I wouldn't recommend them unless you have a good few people to share them with, as the donuts are so sweet that most people would struggle to eat more than one. I also have to commend Krispy Kreme on the fact that the dozens are well packaged, which makes them easy to carry around without them getting squished. They are a little expensive though, for which I will be deducting one star!
Earlier this year I was introduced to Krispy Kreme doughnuts while on a shopping trip. Ever since my first bite I have been addicted to these delicious round things!
Krispy Kreme is a doughnut company founded by Vernon Rudolph. He started making the yeast-raised doughnuts in 1933 and they soon became quite popular. In 1950 expansion occurred and by the 1960's Krispy Kreme was a well known brand throughout the southeastern states of America.
In 2001 Krispy Kreme opened their first store outside of the USA in Canada and now, 10 years on you will see this logo around the world.
In the UK you will find Krispy Kreme stores located in many large shopping centres and places like Oxford Street, however they are becoming much more popular over here and stores are popping up everywhere!
Tesco also have mini Krispy Kreme fridges with a range of doughnuts! Most Tesco Extra stores have them and it seems like the smaller stores are also stocking them now!
The stores tend to be fairly busy but, it doesn't take long to get a doughnut! As you walk in there is a large counter with many different types of doughnut on display. If you have never had a Krispy Kreme before it can be a little daunting being in a busy place with so many doughnuts to choose from! But, you can take a step back or to the side to browse the counter and decided which one you want.
Once you know join the queue and someone will take your order, you then walk to the till and pay and your doughnut will be waiting for you.
Not only can you purchase a doughnut in the stores but you can also get yourself a hot or cold drink and a few other goodies.
Once you have your order you can sit down in-store and enjoy or in many stores they have a small outside area where you can sit and eat.
I have only been to a Krispy Kreme store twice as I don't have a store close to home. Once was a take out order and the other eat in. Both times I got served extremely quickly even though it was busy and the store was very clean.
There were plenty of staff behind the counter and I'd always see another staff member cleaning tables and sweeping.
Now onto the doughnut itself!
There are many types of doughnut ranging from an Original Glazed to a Lemon Meringue Pie. My favourite is a Chocolate Dreamcake or Chocolate Sprinkles.
All the doughnuts are average doughnut sized they aren't small at all but, at the same time they aren't huge I'd say they are the perfect size. There is enough to fill you up but not enough to make you feel sick.
When I first bit into the soft, smooth chocolate topped doughnut I had never tasted anything so good! My taste bud's must have gone crazy because I couldn't wait to eat more. On the next bite I got into the chocolate centre, the chocolate was smooth and creamy and just tasted so good!
When I had finished the doughnut I was actually sad it was all gone. So sad I licked the chocolate left in the paper bag it came in. (I may add I'm not the only person that does this :D )
Ever since my first Krispy Kreme my mouth waters whenever I talk or walk past them! Since this day I have tried many a Krispy Kreme doughnut- Raspberry Glazed, Strawberries and Kreme, Cookies and Kreme, Butterscotch Fudge and a few more, and I am yet to come across one I don't like!
They are all just so delicious.
A basic Glazed doughnut will set you back around £1.30 which is very expensive but worth it! The filled doughnuts are approx £1.45ish.
You can also make up your own box or buy a box of 12 assorted doughnuts for around £9. Or you can get a box of 12 Original Glazed for about £7.
The appearance and taste of Krispy Kreme's are amazing but, to many doughnuts aren't so good for the body.
A 52g Original Glazed will add on 217 calories and a 90g Stawberries and Kreme will add on 323.
On the plus side the doughnuts are suitable for vegetarians and for people who follow the Halal diet.
Allergen information: Contains wheat, egg, milk, soya.
May contain nuts and sulphites. Also contain: colours, antioxidants, flavourings and preservatives.
Overall these are the best doughnuts I have ever had and whenever I go into Tesco I end up purchasing one.
They are expensive but, for a treat every now and then I think it's ok. I used to buy a pack of 4 Tesco Doughnuts for £1.10 but, since Krispy Kreme no other doughnut compares.
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Once you take your first bite of a Krispy Kreme, you will most probably become addicted. They are so mourish and delicious, you just can't stop eating them. I can safely say that this applies to me!
I first came across Krispy Kreme doughnuts about 2 years ago while shopping with friends. We had seen and heard of these beauties but never tried them. We managed to find the Krispy Kreme shop in our local shopping mall and brought 2 each. I had an original glaze doughnut and a Rudolf the red nose reindeer one (it was Christmas time). I have been completely hooked ever since.
I have to admit, the range of doughnuts is huge. You can get anything from the traditional glaze doughnut (a bit like a yumyum if you've ever had one), to a completely over the top chocolate sprinkle doughnut. All of which are delicious.
A few of my favourites are the original glaze which is a plain ring doughnut with sugary icing all over. Next would have to be the chocolate dream cake - by far the most over the top doughnut I have ever come across. It is a plain doughnut with chocolate filling, caked in chocolate flavoured icing with chocolate flakes on top. The last in my short list (before I run to the shop to buy some) is a jam filled doughnut covered in strawberry icing and sprinkles. I am unsure of the name but it looks as good as it tastes.
I might of only mentioned a few, but you can choose from over 20 different types. All toppings and fillings that you could imagine. Depending on the season you can also buy special ones.. for example there is a heart shaped doughnut that is very pink and sprinkly at Valentines day and a Rudolf one at Christmas which has a red nose and caramel icing.
The prices of the doughnuts vary depending on which you buy. The original glaze doughnut is £1, whereas the more elaborate designed ones are £1.40 (special seasonal ones are sometimes a little more). What I love about Krispy Kreme is that you can buy a box which costs a set price and you fill it with whichever doughnuts take your fancy. You can choose between different box sizes depending how many you would like.
Obviously ingredients and nutritional values change dependant on the doughnut you choose so if you visit the website below you will find all information about your chosen delight. I have to admit they are very sugary and probably full of calories though!
I personally cannot get enough of these and would love to be able to eat them all the time without putting on weight, but unfortunately this is impossible so they make for a tasty treat. I really enjoy trying all of the different and sometimes new flavours and they are really good for replacing popcorn on movie nights with friends.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts are as the title gives away a doughnut store. The one I visit is based within Selfridges in The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham so my review will be based on this. I have also experienced Krispy Kreme Doughnuts at The Midland Music Festival where they had a store and they are simply delicious.
Krispy Kreme is an American company which has been around since 1937 the first came to the UK to Harrods in October 2003 and have since grown across the country.
Krispy Creme doughnuts come in whole doghnut form with fillings in the middle and doughnuts with holes in the middle and both are delicious. They come with sugar coating or icing, with custard filling or with jam. They do special seasonal doughnuts so at the moment you can grab a Kreepy Creme Pumpkin which is a doughnut with Orange icing on a Cocoa pumpkin face and green coloured 'kreme' inside very Halloween. One of my favourites is Cinnamon apple filled which is filled with a delicious mix of apple and cinnamon but it will set me back 269 calories but it is totally worth it and it is hard work walking around Birmingham! The doughnuts come in lots of different flavours and are displayed for you to see when you enter the shop, the thing I liked as well about Krispy Kreme is you can see the doughnuts being made as you que so you know they are coming out fresh, each time I go in I also get offered samples which is great but can mean I buy more than what I actually want.
I think Krispy Kreme are great for a treat the store is based in Selfridges food department downstairs and so is open plan, the area has seats and tables for you to make yourself comfy and it has always been clean when I have been in there, the staff are always friendly and I would definately recommend the Birmingham one if your there shopping and fancy a treat they are definatley a treat though because not only are they calorific they are also quite expensive starting price around £1.50 + price will very depending on what kind you have.
There was a time when I was bereft of these delicacies! Indeed when I lived in Bristol they were just something I'd heard of on the television, like Dunkin Donuts and Twinkies.
Then, during a trip to London my partner offered to take me shopping and get me something he know I'd love. Oxford Street and Diamonds, Camden Market and a new outfit, nope Tesco and Krispy Kremes. Although I do have to thank him for them now.
Apart from London, the most popular place I've found them is Manchester, which is excellent as I now live there!
You'll find them in the larger Tesco's, they also have a couple of stores but I've seen them slowly appearing in motorway service stations.
So Krispy Kremes, what exactly are they? They are doughnuts but not like any you've ever tasted! Forget the soggy things drenched in sugar that set your teeth on edge with a watery tasteless jam, think dense fluffy dough, smooth chocolate and thick cream in the middle.
The basic Krispy Kreme is a plain ring with a sweet glaze. It's soft and dense and the glaze is sugary but not over sweet and sickly, firm enough not to crack all over the place or too soft to drip everywhere.
But I'm not a huge fan of these! I like the different variety selections.
I'll give you a quick rundown of some of the ones available at the moment, and they just happen to be my favourite.
Chocolate covered Kreme - My absolute favourite, that special Kreme filling covered with chocolate. The Kreme is that really thick stuff, mock cream I believe they call it, but its sweeter and more lovely.
Chocolate covered Dreamcake - a whole chocolate doughnut filled with chocolate Kreme, covered with chocolate and chocolate curls - A chocoholics dream, but very rich.
Caramel Dreamcake - as the above but with caramel.
Chocolate covered custard - Just like the Kreme but with a lovely thick custard.
Cookies and Kreme Cake - Fairly new and quite misleading. It's a round very dense chocolate ring with a white icing and crunchy chocolate topping.
They also have special ones through the year; the snowmen ones are quite divine! At the moment its Strawberries and Kreme. Covered in pink icing with strawberry and white chocolate curls, filled with Kreme and strawberry sauce.
Lemon meringue is filled with Kreme and lemon with a crispy meringue on top.
Have I tempted you? I hope so!
What may well not tempt you is the price, an individual variety one averages at around £1.25, definitely not cheap, but if you have something like the Chocolate Dreamcake you may not want more than one!
You can buy them by the dozen, a variety will cost around £9.45, add in a dozen standard Krispy Kremes and its up to approx £16. On the plus side they are fresh very day, so they do last a couple of days, maybe 3, but its unlikely as they wont last that long anyway!
They do sell other things though, umm drinks that is! I highly recommend the 'home made' lemonade, sharp and cloudy and perfect for a hot summers day! Have a sit down in their café and treat yourself to a coffee with a lovely doughnut served by their always helpful cheery staff.
If you are in Manchester make sure you pop along to their American Diner designed store by the Trafford Centre, huge and extremely clean, you also get to see the doughnuts being made. And best of all they are open till 10pm and the 1am as a drive through. You can also have a birthday party there with a special birthday cake made up of a huge stack of Krispy Kremes.
So as you can tell I'm a huge Krispy Kreme fan, I haven't give you the nutritional information because a) it would frighten you, and b) if you are that worried about it you would be eating them anyway!
But seriously it would take too long to list it all and it can be found on their website.
Indulge yourself people, treat yourself just once and appreciate the loveliness that is Krispy Kremes!
I've literally just finished writing this and my friends has popped up on Facebook to say they've opened up a drive-through in Avon mead in Bristol. Happy Days!
There is absolutely no doubt about how completely and utterly heavenly Krispy Kreme is. It's like every donut lovers dream. A store, dedicated entirely to supplying sweet toothed customers with fresh, hot donuts in a million and one varieties all year round. What could be better? I tried my first Krispy Kreme two years ago, and I won't ever look back! If you haven't ever had the pleasure of tasting a Krispy Kreme donut, please do not hesitate to find your nearest supplier and fill your boots! If you have experiences the immense delight that is Krispy Kreme, then you'll know exactly what I am talking about when I say they are the most fantasticly wonderful donuts ever to grace this earth!
Krispy Kreme was founded in July of 1937 by a chap named Vernon Rudolph. He purchased a donut recipe from a french chef, rented out a building in North Carolina, USA, and began selling these glazed donuts to passers by and local businesses. And by golly I'm glad he did! By the 40's and 50's Krispy Kreme donuts expanded into a small chain of stores throughout the USA, and since then, Krispy Kreme has exploded and is now as common as muck in America!
Here in the UK, chains of Krispy Kreme stores have started to spring up here and there all over the place. Krispy Kreme sales first started in London within Selfridges and Harrods, but the demand soon grew for these donuts, to the point where Krispy Kreme started to open their own stores here there and everywhere. You can still pick their donuts up from concession stands inside Harrods and Selfridges stores, and if you're lucky enough to live near one of the chosen Tesco stores, you can purchase these delicious donuts from one of the 'hot cabinets' in selected Tesco outlets. Yummy!
Two years ago it was hard to get my grubby mitts on a Krispy Kreme donut (which may have been all the better for my waistline..), but now there are plenty of stores and outlets throughout the UK selling the donuts so there's no excuse for anyone to be missing out!
Krispy Kreme's main product for sale is, of course, the donut. This may seem a little bland, for those of you out of the loop, as when most people think of 'donut', they think of the plain, boring sugar ring donuts that you can pick up willy nilly in any supermarket. Alas, you are greatly missing the point here. Krispy Kreme carry a vast and delicious array of different donuts to suit everyone's taste!
The donuts on sale everyday within Krispy Kreme stores consist of these flavours/types:
Original Glazed:
I believe this is the most popular within the stores, as it is plain and simple, yet perfect in everyway! A ring donut covered in a generous layer of Krispy Kremes glazing. Delicious!
Glazed Raspberry Filled:
This shell doughnut is covered top to bottom in our signature glaze and filled to the brim with a thick raspberry filling.
Caramel Dreamcake:
A shell donut filled with a deliciously smooth caramel, dipped in luscious chocolate icing and decorated with cute caramel and white chocolate curls, set to satisfy every caramel lover's cravings.
Chocolate Dreamcake:
This is my Girlfriend's favourite! A firm favourite with chocolate lovers, this shell doughnut is filled with a rich chocolate fudge filling, topped with chocolate icing and finished with white and dark chocolate curls
Maple Iced Glazed:
The signature glazed doughnut dipped in a smooth maple icing, for a new twist on an old favourite.
Glazed Chocolate Cake:
A rich, moist chocolate cake doughnut, covered with thick Krispy Kreme glaze. This one does resemble a dog poop, but tastes wonderful!
Powdered Blueberry Filled:
Thick and tasty blueberry filling inside a shell donut, dusted thickly with powdered sugar.
Glazed Kreme Filled:
This is my personal favourite - oh boy! A glazed doughnut shell filled with Krispy Kreme's rich crème filling. Heaven on earth, I tell you!
Glazed Cruller:
A twisted cake doughnut inspired by the traditional French Cruller shape, finished with a layer of glaze.
Cinnamon Apple Filled:
A shell doughnut, filled with a warming mix of apple and cinnamon, finished with a cinnamon sugar dusting.
Chocolate Iced With Sprinkles:
An original glazed donut, dipped in chocolate icing and sprinkled with rainbow coloured sugar strand sprinkles. Definitely a firm favourite with children, and at parties!
Chocolate Iced Kreme Filled:
A chocolate iced shell doughnut filled with Krispy Kreme's rich crème filling.
Chocolate Iced Glazed:
An Original Glazed donut taken one step further by dipping the top in smooth chocolate icing.
Chocolate Iced Custard Filled:
A shell doughnut filled with rich custard and hand-dipped in our chocolate icing.
Krispy Kreme has so many different donuts to choose from that it's hard to just settle for one. If you're not sure which to pick, you can always take home a box of 6 or 12 to try selection of their vast and varied range!
Not only do Krispy Kreme stock these staple flavours, they also cater for special times of the year by producing limited edition flavours and designs of donuts to suit the occassion or celebration. For example, at Halloween Krispy Kreme released a skeleton face kreme filled donut, a spider web filled donut and a new take on the sprinkles donut featuring black, orange and green sugar strand sprinkles. Awesome! At Christmas, Krispy Kreme went one better and produced a jam and cream filled snowman donut, a 'Minced Pie' donut that was filled with minced meat, and a sprinkles donut covered with festived coloured sugar strands.
Currently, Krisp Kreme is stocking two limited edition flavours to celebrate the arrival of summer. These flavours are:
Lemon Meringue Pie:
A lemon and kreme filled doughnut with a lightly toasted soft meringue topping.
Strawberries and Kreme:
A delicious strawberries and kreme filled doughnut, finished with white chocolate curls, shortcake crumble and tasty strawberry pieces.
It's worth checking back at the Krispy Kreme website - www.krispykreme.co.uk - at various times of the year to see what new flavours the store is currently promoting, as you never know what they will do next!
Krispy Kreme donuts are made with extreme care and fantastic expertise, so when it comes to the price, you can expect to be paying a little more than you would do for a bag of plain sugar donuts from the supermarket! They can appear a little pricey, but believe me, they are worth every penny and make a wonderous, delicious treat for now and again!
Prices for the donuts vary depending on what it is you want. An Original Glazed donut can cost you as little as £1.10, and a premium filled and dipped donut can cost you as much as £1.50 each. You can purchase boxes of donuts which you choose yourself, and this does reduce the price a little, but only if you are capable of eating 12 donuts alone..or with friends (if you can bring yourself to share them!)
Krispy Kreme stores also offer a selection of beverages to accompany your donut purchase. They stock both hot and cold drinks and even have their own range of hot drinks and 'chillers'.
In Krispy Kreme stores, their hot drinks menu consists of: Espresso, Americano, Latte, Mocha, Filter, Cappuccino and Hot Chocolate. They also carry a range of 'Winter Warmers' in the colder months which include: Caramel Latte, Gingerbread Latte, Cookies and Creme Latte, Nougat Latte, Spiced Apple and Cinnamon Steamer and Orange Chocolate.
Krispy Kreme's 'Chiller' range are much like a slush. Blended ice and chosen flavour served in a tall plastic cup to be consumed with a straw. The flavours available are: Pure Fruit, Layered Latte, Latte and Double Chocolate. Yum. A perfect way to cool down in these summer months ahead of us!
So, overall, Krispy Kreme has to be one of my favourite companies! Who could say not to a filled, glazed, sprinkled donut? Those boring supermarket sugar dusted donuts don't come close to these delicious, moist, warm and gooey delights! In my opinion, these are the best donuts available out there in the entire world! I've tasted a lot of donuts, how do you think I got so chubby? So I know my stuff when it comes to delicious, calorie laden sweet treats! Weight Watchers beware, though. These heavenly baked and glazed beasts can carry up to as much as 12g of fat per donut. Eek! It's best just to keep these yummy babies to an occassional treat if you're watching your weight - but they are worth ever single calorie that is baked into their soft and chewy, sweet and heavenly dough!
The only downside to Krispy Kreme is that the prices are a little..well..pricey! If you're not used to paying premium prices for donuts, your hair will probably be raised when you lay eyes on the price board behind the counter. However, everything in moderation! Krispy Kreme is worth every penny, as they are delicious and wonderful. Keeping your purchases to a minimum will make the prices not seem too bad, and keep your hips from crying!
As a final word - get yourself down to Krispy Kreme, and bring me one on your way back ;)
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Krispy kreme doughnuts have to be my be all and end all in the doughnut range as the best.
I was only converted to them last year as have never heard of them before they brought out the range from america in tescos here and ever since it has been my health downfall to buy these doughnuts whenever I go into tescos, I simply cannot resist.
Where many shops or companies will produce doughnuts in a standard flavour of the cake, jam and sugar, krispy kreme goes beyond that and have a variety of flavours which are displayed and can be picked yourself.
The flavours consist of:
original glazed and cream filled
cinnamon and apple, which is devine
chocolate iced and cream, great for little ones with sprinkles added
custard, lemon, jam and blueberry varieties
caramel and maple glazed ones to
The list is endless and each doughnut is perfectly cooked so its doughy and fresh taste is preserved incredibly and you wont bite into a doughier doughnut ever. The fun of it also is that this company regularly add different flavours on special occassions and themed doughnuts also. For example at christmas they did snowman doughnuts and they do beautiful heart shaped strawberry doughnuts for valentines day.
They also do blended iced drinks in certain stores which look delicious but personally I have never tried one as yet, albeit this will soon change!
Orders of the doughnuts can also be taken over the internet which is perfect for when you have freinds coming over and need a delicious cake treat, as well as being able to be purchased as a dozen of which can either be bought with a box already filled or you can choose your own flavours, which is perfect.
The doughnuts are not cheap however at approx £1 + per doughnut but so incredibly worth it for the best doughnut tasting experience. If you are trying to raise money for a charity of your choice krispy kreme have a fundraising scheme where you buy douhgnuts at a cheaper rate and sell them on. An excellent oppotunity to raise money and youre guaranteed sales as everyone loves these doughnuts.
Krispy Kreme is a doughnut shop originating from across the pond (America for those of you who haven't grasped my lingo yet!)
A lot of people still haven't heard of this brand but if you go to the website you can actually go and search for one that is near you. You can find outlets in places like Tescos and House of Fraser as well as shops all over the place.
Some of the Krispy Kreme places have seating but most are grab and go.
~The range~
The original (and boring) is the Original Glazed. This is just a normal doughnut with a hole in the middle. It has a thin layer of sugary icing on top and is a creamy brown colour. It tastes nice and very soft when you bite into it.
Cinnamon ring doughnut. This is like the above original glazed with a hint of cinnamon . its nice but its basically the normal one with a little spiciness to it!
Chocolate dreamcake doughnut. A doughnut filled with chocolate, covered with chocolate icing and with little chocolate shavings on top. Delicious! I prefer the chocolate ones to the rest and this one is delicious.
Glazed chocolate cake. Good name as it's a beast of a doughnut! It is a cake type doughnut which is even stodgier than the other doughnuts and believe me they are stodgy and filling. I had two and felt sick! It is definitely more like a cake and not as soft as the others.
Powdered strawberry. Like the classic strawberry filled dougnut- a round version filled with sweet sticky jam and covered with a dusting of powdered sugar.
There are also currently some special doughnuts available too such as the Christmas sprinkles - a Christmas special doughnut- out right now but won't be for long!
Or the snowman one you can get it which is shaped like a snowman and decorated with white icing with a holly leaf and chocolate buttons. His stomach is filled with strawberry in the middle.
There are a whopping 17 varieties to choose from including custard filled, cream filled, strawberry filled...
£1 each for the original glazed
About £1.40 a doughnut for the other not plain ones..
Krispy Kreme also do gift boxes so you can buy a dozen doughnuts at a time. Costing just under £10 per dozen
~Nutritional info~
Alcohol - There is no alcohol in the finished product.
Vegetarian - Doughnuts are suitable for vegetarians.
Halal - The only animal products used in their doughnuts are eggs (white and yolks) and dairy products including milk, butter, yoghurt, whey, non-fat milk and non-fat whey. So therefore our products are considered to be Halal.
Doughnuts contain: wheat, egg, milk. Doughnuts may contain: sulphur dioxide, antioxidants, colours, flavourings & preservatives. They do not knowingly add nuts to our doughnuts, however they cannot guarantee a 100% nut free environment.
~My opinion~
The choice is fab and the taste is amazing. These doughnuts are very filling. Bigger in proportion than normal doughnuts they are filled with cream or custard etc and one with a coffee makes a great filling breakfast.
They are expensive though, Asda are currently doing a tray of 10 for about £4 and they're chocolate ones with sprinkles! Good as a treat and the gift boxes are really nice for birthdays and office treats!
Tasty but pricey hence the low rating.
Krispy Kreme is one of those places that I never even knew existed until Selfridges came into Birmingham and there was a Krispy Kreme section. Since then I do not even want to think about the amount of doughnuts I have brought from there as it is a bit disgusting but they are very good and I have to say the best of these type of doughnuts around. Here is why my family love it when I get these and every time we go to Birmingham we do try and get a box of them.
Krispy Kreme is a doughnut shop which has originated from America and when it has come over to Britain we now see these shops in a few places. I have only ever seen one in Selfridges in Birmingham and Manchester and also Cheshire Oaks Shopping Centre. If you go to the website you can actually go and search for one that is near you but I seem to think they are primarily based in main city centres.
The logo is a green type square which has Krispy Kreme in red letters and then the word doughnuts underneath just in case you forget what they sell. The shops have a very clean and clinical look about them which I like as it shows how they take care over the doughnuts. The one in Birmingham if you stand next to the counter you can actually see the doughnuts getting made which is quite fun to see.
Before I go into the types of doughnuts you can get here I have to tell you about the smell. When you even walk anywhere near by a Krispy Kreme shop, you will smell the doughnuts before you see them. It is a very strong sweet smell which is practically just sugary goodness. The smell is addictive I am sure and entices you into the shop. Some of the Krispy Kreme places do have places to sit down and eat our doughnuts which is nice but some you just have to grab and go which is fine too.
Now lets get to the actual doughnuts. The original and probably most favourite is the original glazed. This is just a doughnut which has a thin layer of sugary icing on top and it is so soft when you bite into it. Sometimes when you go you can get them just made so they are still warm which is delicious. These have 217 calories per doughnut which is a lot less than I thought it would. The problem comes with the fact that you could easily eat about 4 of them which I have done before - oh dear!
Now apart from the original glazed you can get other ones. Here are a few of my favourites. At the minute I love the snowman one you can get it which is shaped like a snowman and decorated with white icing with a holly leaf and chocolate buttons. You bits into the soft dough and you get strawberry in the middle which is yummy. If you are around try one of these before Christmas is over.
Cinnamon ring doughnuts are the original glazed which have a hint of cinnamon so it gives it a little spice which reminds me of a cinnamon pretzel so lovely. Then there is the chocolate dreamcake doughnut which is a doughnut filled with chocolate and then chocolate icing and curls on top. So yummy you will want a couple! My final one I love is the glazed chocolate cake which is a cake type doughnut which tastes a lot more stodgy and not as soft as you would expect. It is very rich chocolate though so I can only manage one of these.
You can also get other doughnut varieties filled with caramel and lemon and more. They have about 17 varieties I think which is good and the staff will even let you know how many calories are in each doughnut if you ask them. They are around £1 each for the original glazed and then go up to about £1.40 a doughnut depending on what you have which is not bad at all.
The best thing about Krispy Kreme though is the gift boxes they do so you can buy a dozen doughnuts at a time. At the minute we have a card which gives us 2 free boxes a month and you can win these in competitions which is great. If you don't get one though you are looking at just under £10 per dozen bow so great for a party.
One more thing to tell you is that when I worked in Birmingham sometimes I would come to Krispy Kreme and they would give free original glazed ones out but this did not happen all of the time.
In conclusion Krispy Kreme are a fad that has come over from America and is here to stay as they are the most delicious doughnuts ever. We got a box the other Saturday and by Sunday afternoon they had all gone with my Mom having 6 of them all to herself! There is a good variety and they are soft and squidgy to eat so if you pass by one of these shops you cant get much better.
Thanks for reading.
It seems that Krispy Kreme is taking over the UK at the moment. For a long time in they Midlands they were simply known as the donuts you can in Selfridges and everybody travels for miles to enjoy them. This really shows the extent to which us Brits have adopted the American obsession with eating as much salt and sugar as possible. They are probably they best donuts you can get at the moment, and there is a nice variety of fillings and toppings, and hoops if you prefer not to have a filling. If you do make a trip to somewhere like Selfridges in Birmingham where they actually make them, and don't just sell them like in Tesco, then sweet smell of freshly baked donuts does wet your appetite and sometimes they even have people distributing free sugar coated rings in the queue. Can't be bad. It is also cheaper by the dozen, so you can feed your family or housemates for less than £9 for 12
These are by far, and I mean by a country mile, the best doughnuts I have ever tasted and it's nothing short of an incredible tasting experience. I've no idea how they do it, but it's done incredibly well.
I buy there from two places, my local Tesco, and in Bluewater Mall. The ordinary glazed doughnuts cost £1.10 and the filled donuts with flavouring inside them cost £1.35. I don't think I've even seen them sold outside of London and the surrounding areas but given the unique style and creativity, it's only a matter of time before they expand vastly I would imagine.
The main advantage is the taste. They taste simply amazing and they are also unconventional. The dough is always soft in texture and the flavour rich in filling but they also have the knowledge and the creativity to build on this. Recently I bought an original glazed which was soft and sweet in icing, a chocolate dream cake which had sprinkles and a smooth chocolate filling and a strawberry powdered filling, which has icing and a filling inside. What I mean by the creativity though it that they bring out new versions all of the time and to suit the moment. With Halloween approaching , they recently had a doughnut with chocolate orange filling and chocolate sprinkles to create a Halloween themed doughnut. Fantastic!
Another benefit is their stores, at the Bluewater Mall, you can get a coffee and a doughnut and the two go together wonderfully. Their coffee tastes great and you get an overall experience. Also, they box up varieties, which is great for taking them into work or for another occasion so you can have the full variety of what they offer.
Any downsides, well, yes and you're hardly going to be surprised to hear that I think price is one of them. I minimum of £1.10 for a single solitary doughnut is very excessive but on the other side I do think it is worth is once in a while and provided you don't buy one everyday and run the risk of bankrupting yourself. Also, given that they are so good at their craft, I do believe they are able to justify the pricing.
Secondly is availability. They are fairly easily located in and around London and you can pretty much go to any Tesco or shopping mall around and you'll find one. go outside of London though and you're probably reading this and have little idea what I'm on about. I do think they will expand further but until that time they probably will remain a South East England delicacy.
Overall, it's a wonderful and well crafted range of doughnuts made with care and consideration. Expensive? Yes. But worth it? Yes but not to the extreme.


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GOP Presidential Candidates – Principled or 'Political Animals'? – Jeff Knox Discusses Their Views On Gun Rights, Economy, and Constitution
Jeff Knox has a thoughtful article on the various GOP Presidential candidates. 'Political animals', what a name.
. . . Among the Republican candidates we see plenty of narcissism with very little principled commitment to constitutional ideals. Gingrich, Romney, and Perry, while they display some differences on policy matters, are, above all, political animals running to be President and have demonstrated a willingness to shift their policies and agenda as needed to advance their political ambitions. Bachman and Santorum likewise show strong narcissistic aspirations, but with a bit more consistency regarding "social conservative" issues. Their dedication to those issues however, suggest a willingness to place the Constitution behind their own religious and social preferences – acceptable on a personal level, but not in an official capacity.
Of all of the candidates, the only one who could be characterized as being agenda-driven for restoration of the Founders' Constitutional principles, and with personal ambition being a secondary, or even tertiary issue, is Ron Paul. Paul has a long and consistent record of unwavering support for, and defense of, the Second Amendment and the Constitution. The problem with Paul however, is that his agenda is perceived as too aggressive and there is significant doubt as to his ability to be able to put all of the pieces together to make it work. A president has only limited power and even if Paul exercised that power to its utmost, there is much to his agenda that would require support from the Congress – support that he simply would not get. As President, Paul would face constant resistance and undermining from not only Democrats, but from Republicans as well, along with opposition from the media and, perhaps most significantly, federal bureaucrats. Another challenge for Paul would be finding qualified people to serve in his cabinet who agree with his agenda and have the knowledge and experience necessary to be effective. . .
There are some interesting reader comments about the logic Jeff expresses here. We want to restore our country to the Constitution, defend gun rights, etc., but, but, but, but. . . Sorry, I just don't share that view. Why even talk about the gun rights issues and then vote for someone else who doesn't and won't defend the gun rights of America's millions of law-abiding gun owners?
Please click through to the article and read more here.