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October 22, 2010
Happy Birthday, Daniel Boone!
In honor of American frontiersman Daniel Boone's birth 276 years ago today in Berks County, Pennsylvania, we here at ATM thought we would take the opportunity to showcase And Daniel Boone Comes to Life on the Underwood Portable. On display in "Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg," an exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Rockwell painting happens to be the first Spielberg acquired, inspiring his now extensive collection.
The filmmaker has said that the painting reminds him of the screenwriting process. "I would sit down in front of my typewriter to try to write a story for a movie…waiting for that little thought bubble to appear over my head [with] an image that would get my fingers dancing on the keys. [It] was very evocative for me that [Rockwell's writer] was imagining Daniel Boone before he actually began to write about him," said Spielberg. "And the most frustrating is the work of the imagination of the writer as he pulls these disparate visual elements out of the sky and finds a way to express them in words."
Rockwell depicts Boone, who helped blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains near the crux of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky, as a filmmaker might on a movie screen.
"It's a brilliant composition," says Virginia Mecklenburg, a senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, calling my attention to how the angles of the rifle and the lamp shade create diagonal thrusts in the painting. Typical of Rockwell, she says, "The real-world part of it is very realistic, very specific. You see the wrinkles in the guy's white shirt, where he has rolled up his sleeves into this cuff just above his elbow, and the design on the lamp shade." And yet, in contrast, the world of the imagination is looser, almost misty.
Mecklenburg hopes that the Rockwell paintings and drawings, on display through January 2, strike a chord with visitors, as —And Daniel Boone Comes to Life on the Underwood Portable has for Spielberg. "I hope the paintings make them think about people and episodes in their own lives that have had special meaning for them," she says.
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2012-02-28 7:26
After an updating of my Nokia N9 with PR1.2 my battery starts draining super fast.
Device Idle starts to consume 5 times more. With PR1.2 it takes only 19mA, but now it's 92mA!
Is anyone has the same problem?
2012-02-28 7:34
I am still waiting for my OTA (or NSU) update here in Norway, but I have this problem on pr 1.1. In my case it is a proces called Smartsearch, that uses more then 90% cpu, and my power consumption varies from 150 - 300 mA in idle state. Please check it, and give feedback, I was told that this issue was solved in PR 1.2. I hope this is correct. I suggest you download programs that you can use to check what is using the battery and program that tells you which proceses takes up cpu. This may help you to find out what the problem is. I hope that it is not smartsearch proces,
2012-02-28 7:46
Avarage Active Consumption: 307mA
Avarage Idle Consumption: 92mA
Before (PR1.1):
Avarage Active Consumption: the same (~300mA)
Avarage Idle Consumption: 19mA !!!
2012-02-28 7:50
And I can't find any Smartsearch process on my phone.
2012-02-28 7:58
How about /usr/bin/messageserver? This can be a battery drainer too.
2012-02-28 8:22
Affecting me as well after the update!
Resource monitor shows that those processes load the CPU:
messaging-ui -prestart
call-history -prestart
Battery Usage Monitor alerts with drainage with idle consumption rising from 22 to 94 mA
2012-02-28 9:36
Here is my syslog file:
... and my syslog.old file;
Can anyone give me any ideas what could be wrong?
2012-02-28 9:52
Finding lots of SMARTSEARCH related errors I googled it and dropped everything in the /home/user/.cache folder, as someone suggested. Let's see if it helps.
2012-02-28 9:54
2012-02-28 10:02
Dropped the cache, rebooted, looking at "top" for the past five minutes - no overloading of CPU anymore. Seems like it helped. I'll keep an eye on that and will see if it really helped in the long run.
2012-02-28 10:08
I lost all my contacts and messages with dropping this folder
LUCKILY I backed up that folder. Seems like I have to restore that and look for a more precise solution than just dropping the cache folder.
2012-02-28 10:13
I have the same problem on 2 phones with the same processes.
2012-02-28 10:17
To be more precise that suggestion I found while googling was to drop the .cache/tracker folder, which seems to be the cache of the thing called smartsearch (although I have to confess I don't understand very well what it is).
I'll restore everything except /tracker folder and will report.
I want to warn you not to do what I write here. If you do anything - you're doing it at your own risk. I'm more or less into linux but I'm not N9 specialist and I'm just experimenting trying to fix things.
2012-02-28 10:31
I have the same issue after PR1.2 upgrade.
SYS usage is permanently over 25% in resource monitor, average idle consumption is 95 mA with 3G connection switched off. The phone is lagging even on basic tasks as scroll in the contacts.
2012-02-28 10:32
I couldn't restore the contacts from that backed up folder and from a phone backup either.
So I have to make a full reset now I guess. So don't follow my example
2012-02-28 16:01
Full reset helped indeed but of course that's not the best way to do it
2012-02-29 9:41
Reset->Restore Settings was enough for me. Now Idle consumption is 15mA.
It will preserve all user files and does not require long restore, just a few tweaks.
2012-02-29 23:39
2012-03-01 11:14
2012-03-01 11:34
You got to install the "Battery Usage" app. Just search it in the OVI shop


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The Lincoln 10U Girls All-Star team is organizing the Girls Just Wanna Play Ball 5K to cover costs associated with the trip to state.
Head coach Jeff Chappell said the goal is to not put any financial strain on the girls' families.
"You know, some families it's not that big a deal to go, but it might be for others," Chappell said. "Nobody has said anything to me about it, but we don't want to burden anyone."
Chappell said the idea for a 5K started as a joke, but quickly took off.
"We were walking off the field one day and I said 'Why don't we do a 5K as a fundraiser?'" Chappell said. "I was just joking around, but Betsy Hopson runs in a lot of 5Ks and the next day she had a flier made, people contacted and we were already getting sponsors."
The event, being held at Lincoln High School June 30, will start at the football field's track and will cover much of the campus. The run will be contained to the school's campus and every participant will receive a T-shirt from their entry fees.
Fees are $25 for pre-registered participants, $15 for student runners and $30 for on-site registration.
Interested runners may register for the 5K at active.com, or contact Jeff Chappell or Betsy Hopson. Pre-registration ends June 27.
Chappell said the goal is just to make the entire experience more enjoyable for the girls.
"They come out here and practice in 95-degree weather three or four times a week," Chappell said. "If we have enough money left, we'd like to take them to a water park or get trophies made or something. All the money is going to be spent on the girls."
Chappell said the response has been good so far. Many runners have expressed interest and the team has a few businesses lined up as sponsors.
"We said if we got 25 to run we wouldn't be disappointed," Chappell said. "We would love to hit the 100 mark. Betsy's getting us 100 shirts printed up."
The team went to state last year, as an 8U group and finished third. Chappell said he hopes to improve on that finish this time around.
"They've been looking forward to it since the beginning of the season," Chappell said. "They get to go put their talents in front of a lot of people. We'll be playing teams from all over the state."
The All-Star team is made up of 12 players from the league's two teams this year.
Chappell said the hardest part of his coaching is making the decision of who to put on the team.
"We picked what we judged as the 12 bet or the 12 hardest working girls who want to improve," Chappell said. "I think it's a good reward because some of them might not be the most skilled athletes, but they work hard and they try to get better."
Chappell said he judges his coaching success by how well his girls play at the next level.
"You really don't know how well you've done until you see some of them go on to play at Lincoln High," Chappell said. "If they succeed and don't have to be taught any fundamentals or anything like that, I'll know I did a good job."


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Representative Publications
Social Philosophy
"Turing, Searle, and the Wizard of Oz: Life and Custom Among the Automata—or How Ought We to Assess the Attribution of Capacities of Living Systems to Technological Artefacts?" Technē: Research in Philosophy and Technology, 14:2, Spring 2010.
"Design and Responsibility: The Interdependence of Natural, Artifactual, and Human Systems," in Philosophy and Design: from Engineering to Architecture, Vermaas, Pieter E., et al (eds.), Springer, 2008.
"The Structure of Technological Revolutions and the Gutenberg Myth," in New Directions in Philosophy of Technology, Pitt, Joseph C. (ed.), Kluwer, 1995. [edited version reprinted in Internet Dreams: Archetypes, Myths, and Metaphors, Stefik, Mark (ed.), Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996.]
"Computers and Rumors of Revolution," The Journal of Computing and Society, volume 1, number 1, 1990.
"Navigating the Eternally Unfolding Present: Toward and Epistemology of Practice," (with Hendrik Wagenaar), The American Review of Public Administration, volume 42, number 1, January 2012.
"The Push and Pull of the World: How Experience Animates Practice," (with Hendrik Wagenaar), Evidence & Policy, volume 7, number 2, 2011.
"Understanding Policy Practices: Action, Dialectic and Deliberation in Policy Analysis," (with Hendrik Wagenaar), in Deliberative Policy Analysis: Understanding Governance in the Network Society, Hajer, Maarten A. and Wagenaar, Hendrik (eds.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
"Bridging Epistemologies: the Generative Dance Between Knowledge and Knowing," (with John Seely Brown), Organization Science, volume 10, number 4 1999.
"Culture and Organizational Learning," (with D. Yanow), Journal of Management Inquiry, volume 20, number 4, December 2011 [orig. 1993].
Value Theory
"Making the Technological Trustworthy: On Pitt on Technology and Trust," Knowledge, Technology and Policy [now called: Philosophy & Technology], volume 23, 2010.
"That Which Governs Best: Leadership, Ethics and Human Systems," in The Quest for Moral Leaders: Essays on Leadership Ethics, Ciulla, Joanne B., Price, Terry L. and Murphy, Susan E. (eds.), Cambridge UK: Edward Elgar, 2005.
"Joy and Bones: Moral Reflections on Handling Fragments from Beethoven's Skull." Beethoven Journal. Volume 20, Numbers 1 & 2, Summer and Winter, 2005.
"Technology and Responsibility: Reflections on Genesis 1-3" Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, volume 45, number 4 Fall, 1996.
"Autonomy, Interdependence and Moral Governance: Pluralism in a Rocking Boat" in Rethinking Public Policy-Making: Questioning Assumptions, Challenging Beliefs (essays in honour of Sir Geoffrey Vickers on his centenary), London, UK: SAGE Publications, 1994.


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Summary of the Play
Waiting for Godot is a play in two acts. Act I begins on a country road by a tree. It is evening. Estragon, an old man, is sitting on a low mound trying to remove his boot. Vladimir, another old man, joins him. They begin to chat.
They have apparently known each other for years. Once perhaps respectable, they are now homeless, debilitated, and often suicidal. They wonder out loud why they did not kill themselves years ago; they consider the possibility of doing it today. They are waiting for someone they call "Godot". While they wait, they share conversation, food, and memories.
Two other elderly men, Pozzo and Lucky, arrive on the scene. It is clear that Pozzo is the master, and Lucky is the slave. Upon command, the slave dances and thinks out loud for the entertainment of the others, until he is forcibly silenced.
After Lucky and Pozzo depart, a boy arrives. He tells Estragon and Vladimir that Godot will not be there today, but will be there tomorrow. He leaves, and they continue to wait.
The second act is almost the same as the first. The tree has sprouted leaves, Estragon and Vladimir chat while they wait for Godot, and Pozzo and Lucky arrive again. This time, Pozzo is blind and helpless, and Lucky is mute.
After some interaction, Pozzo and Lucky leave, and the boy arrives. He has the same message as before. Godot will be there tomorrow. Estragon and Vladimir are left to wait as before.
The Life and Work of Samuel Beckett
"I have a clear memory of my own fetal existence. It was an existence where no voice, no possible movement could free me from the agony and darkness I was subjected to." So says Samuel Barclay Beckett who was born on or about Good Friday, April 13, 1906. He was born in Foxrock, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, in a large house called Cooldrinagh.
Here, in this secluded three story Tudor home, surrounded by acres of gardens, a croquet lawn, stables for his mother's donkeys and dogs, a hen house, and a tennis court, Beckett and his older brother spent their childhood. High brick walls separated them from the outside world, and ensured them uninterrupted tea parties, piano lessons, and formal dinners.
Their much-loved father took them hiking and swimming. Their mother, against whom Beckett rebelled almost all of his life, took them to church. By the time they were five, the boys were in school. By the time they were 12, they were local tennis champions—aiming all shots at their opponents' heads.
Before he left for boarding school in 1920, Beckett had already developed into an avid reader. He kept his books on a small shelf above his bed, along with busts of Shakespeare and Dante. At boarding school, he excelled at sports, and received a solid educational foundation. He entered Trinity College (Dublin) in 1923.
There he became an intellectual. He read Descartes, French poetry, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, and Apollinaire, and discovered the theatre of O'Casey and Pirandello. He was also rebellious and moody. He had a reputation for reckless driving, heavy drinking, and irreverent behavior. In spite of this, he graduated first in his class in 1927 with a major in modern languages.
In preparation for a teaching career at Trinity, Beckett went to France, where he worked with James Joyce, did research on René Descartes, and won a prize for his poem, Whoroscope. He wrote a study on Proust, noting: "We are alone. We cannot know, and we cannot be known;" and "There is no communication because there are no vehicles of communication."
Living by these words, he resigned from teaching once he received his M.A. degree from Trinity in 1931. He had hated it, and his students characterized him thus: "An exhausted aesthete who all life's poisonous wines had sipped, and found them rather tedious."
By the time his father died in 1933, leaving him a small income, Beckett's character had already been formed. Between bouts with physical and mental illnesses that included flus, colds, aching joints, depression, anxiety, boils, cysts, constipation, insomnia, and glaucoma in both eyes, he would live the rest of his life as a writer.
In the next fifty years he would go on to produce an impressive collection of work in a variety of genres. He created essays, poems, short stories, novels, plays, mime, and film. In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In December 1989, after too long a stay in "an old crock's home," Samuel Beckett died of respiratory failure at the age of 83. Right before he died, he was asked if anything in life was worthwhile. "Precious little," he replied.
Before attempting to make any sense out of Waiting for Godot, it is necessary to put some things into perspective. When Beckett wrote this play (from October 1948 to January 1949), he was already more than forty years old. Half of his life had passed. He considered himself a novelist who wrote Godot #1 "as a form of relaxation, to get away from the awful prose I was writing at the time." It was like a game to him, a momentary release from the real work of constructing fiction. It was not the vehicle he would have chosen to make him famous.
However, once it was performed in 1953, it did make him famous. It inspired an abundance of critical comment, explanation and exegesis in a relatively short time. It became a contemporary classic.
Beckett consistently refused to comment on, or explain his work to the public. "My work is a matter of fundamental sounds (no joke intended) made as fully as possible, and I accept responsibility for nothing else. If people want to have headaches among the overtones, let them. And provide their own aspirin."
Beckett maintained control over his text throughout his life. Originally writing it in French, he translated it for an English-speaking audience, and both translated and directed the German production in 1975. He had it memorized and, when appropriate, changed some of the dialogue and stage direction himself. He wanted to "get it right", he said. He was not alone in this. Over the years, the material has been scrutinized by experts with their own biases, all trying to get it right.
There is a story in Beckett's novel, Watt, written in 1942, about a Mr. Ash, who goes to a great deal of trouble to check his watch (one similar to the one that reappears in Pozzo's pocket) for the exact time. "Seventeen minutes past five exactly, as God is my witness," he says. However, right at that moment Big Ben, the official clock of Westminster, strikes six. "This in my opinion is the type of all information whatsoever, be it voluntary or solicited," Beckett's narrator concludes. If you want a stone, ask a turnover. If you want a turnover, ask plum pudding."
This story characterizes some of the critics, as well as some of the interpretations of Waiting for Godot. It has been seen as existentialist (depicting man as lost as insecure in a world without God); Marxist (representing man turning away from his capitalist society, and embracing socialism and communism as alternatives to political alienation); Freudian (Vladimir represents the 'ego', Estragon represents the 'id'); and Christian (the play as a parable illustrating man's need for salvation). Yet, while these theories have some validity, they are all open to debate. They reflect a complex culture but limit understanding of the play. "The great success of Waiting for Godot," Beckett said, "had arisen from a misunderstanding: critic and public alike were busy interpreting in allegorical or symbolic terms a play which strove at all costs to avoid definition."
The inspiration for Godot may be found in the work of the late nineteenth-century symbolist playwrights. A description of symbolist drama, written by Remy de Gourmont in 1895, (which was also referred to as "static drama"), seems to have some relevance:
Hidden in mist somewhere there is an island, and on that island there is a castle, and in that castle there is a great room lit by a little lamp. And in that room people are waiting. Waiting for what? They don't know! They're waiting for someone to open the door, waiting for their lamp to go out, waiting for Fear and Death. They talk. Yes, they speak words that shatter the silence of the moment. And then they listen again, leaving their sentences unfinished, their gesture uncomplicated. They are listening. They are waiting. Will she come perhaps, or won't she? Yes, she will come; she always comes. But it is late, and she will not come perhaps until tomorrow. The people collected under that little lamp in that great room have, nevertheless, begun to smile; they still have hope. Then there is a knock - a 'knock' and that is all there is: And it is Life Complete, All of Life.
While it may be helpful to examine the roots of Beckett's work, it is also necessary to mention that a new category was invented by critics of the fifties and sixties to house Waiting for Godot. This category, Theater of the Absurd, was used to describe the new kind of theater that Beckett represented. While Martin Esslin defined it as "striving to express its sense of the senselessness of the human condition and the inadequacy of the rational approach by the open abandonment of rational devices and discursive thought," other critics had their own interpretations. They characterized it as having absurd dialogue, characters and situations. It included the work of dramatists as diverse as Jean Genet, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee and Eugene Ionesco.
Some critics referred to Eugene Ionesco as the Grand Master of the Theater of the Absurd. His play, The Bald Soprano, produced in Paris three years before Waiting for Godot, ran for twenty years and was the first example of the "anti-theater theater." Although it seemed to follow the outline for light comedy by using a drawing room setting, it quickly transformed the clichéd dialogue of two model British families into madness and hysteria. This was absurdity in its typical sense, as hilarious farce.
This was not the kind of absurdity represented by Beckett, whose work was characterized by despair and deprivation. His work more closely resembles Camus' idea of the Absurd in The Myth of Sisyphus. Beckett's characters live in a world that no longer makes sense, that has no God, and offers no easy answers or solutions. Godot never comes. Kierkegaard (1813-1835), in a more Christian sense, labeled this Despair.
Ionesco once remarked, "I started writing for the theater because I hated it." Beckett's thoughts went even deeper. In his novel, Molloy, his character states, "You would do better, at least no worse, to obliterate texts than to blacken margins, to fill in the holes of words till all is blank and flat and the whole ghastly business looks like what it is, senseless, speechless, issueless misery."
Ionesco made every attempt to explain himself and his work to the public. Beckett did just the opposite. He resisted the impulse to explain or categorize his material. In fact, he abhorred all attempts to do so. He wanted form and content to remain inseparable, and the reading or experience of his work to speak for itself.
Although he attempted to be silent on the subject of his own work, agreeing with the French poet Baudelaire (1821-1867), about "the devastating vanity and uselessness of explaining anything to anyone," Beckett wrote literary criticism. Initially, he did it for the money, and toyed with the idea of making it a career. His essay on Joyce for Our Exagmination, his book on Proust, and his reviews for the Bookman and the Criterion, were all commissioned.
After 1934, however, Beckett's criticism became more personal. He wrote in defense of friends and fellow artists who were unjustly attacked or ignored. At one point, railing against the idea that art has a primary duty to be clear and accessible, Beckett wrote: "The time is not perhaps altogether too green for the vile suggestion that art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear."
In his essay on Joyce, Beckett wrote "no language is so sophisticated as English—it is abstracted to death," and claimed that the public's inability to understand information stems from being "too decadent to receive it." In another instance, he attacked the average reader by writing, "This rapid skimming and absorption of the scant cream of sense is made possible by what I may call a continuous process of copious intellectual salivation."
The essay on Proust was Beckett's critical masterpiece. In it he establishes his own basic philosophy about the inability to understand experience because of the dearth of methods for expression. He blames this on Time ("that double-headed monster of damnation and salvation"), Memory ("yesterday has deformed us or been deformed by us"), and Habit ("the ballast that chains a dog to his vomit").
Throughout his life, Samuel Beckett also wrote poetry. In 1930, he received first prize in a contest conducted by the Hours Press for his 98 line poem Whoroscope. This poem was based on the life of René Descartes (1596-1650), a French philosopher and mathematician. Although it was praised for its swift and witty language, the poem was difficult to interpret. Beckett was asked to provide explanatory footnotes for it, which he did. Clearly, at that point in his life, he was compliant.
He continued to write poetry through the 1930s and 1940s in both English and French. Then, in 1974, after a break of twenty-five years, he began to publish poetry again.
Before, during, and after Waiting for Godot, Beckett wrote novels. His first published novel Murphy (1938), was one of grotesque but comic action, and included characters such as Miss Rosie Dew, Miss Carridge, Augustus Tinklepenny, Bim and Bom, Dr. Killiecrankie, and Murphy, who takes a job at the Magdalen Mental Mercyseat. At the end of the novel, Murphy dies accidentally. Although his last request is to be cremated and have his ashes flushed down the toilet of the Abbey Theater, they remain scattered on the floor of a saloon.
From 1942 to 1944, while living in Roussillon, Beckett wrote Watt, which included veiled autobiographical accounts of his life. The main character is a patient in an asylum, who dictates his story to a fellow patient in a confusing language with a distorted chronology. A note in the addendum of Watt gives a sense of Beckett's paradoxical humour. "The following precious and illuminating material should be carefully studied. Only fatigue and disgust prevented its incorporation."
Watt was not designed for a postwar public's reading pleasure. It did not get published until 1953, and it was immediately banned in Ireland. This did not prevent Beckett, the novelist, from continuing on. His next novel was Molloy (1947), the first of a trilogy that was to include Malone meurt and L'Innommable.
Molloy is presented in two phases with two stories—one about Molloy, and the other about Moran. Both characters suffer from paralysis. When Molloy speaks, it is difficult to know whether events are real or imagined. Boundaries between his conscious and unconscious mind are blurred. When Moran speaks, everything he says is immediately cancelled, and nothing that happens is to be believed. This novel was referred to by critics as an "epic of the absurd," taking place in a "void" and outlining disintegration—of the heroes, of time, and of life.
Malone meurt was the book Beckett was writing in 1948 when he took his break and created Godot. Apparently Beckett's friends and family were worried that the introductory sentences in this novel, "I shall soon be quite dead at last in spite of all. Perhaps next month," applied to Beckett himself. They insisted that he stop writing and rest. Whether or not he was heeding their advice, he did humor himself by writing Godot, "to get away from the awful prose I was writing at the time."
Critics assumed that the philosophical underpinnings of Malone meurt were from the writings of Descartes (1596-1650), who wrote about the supposed split between the physical/mechanical and the mental/spiritual universes. There was also the influence of Geulinex (1624-1669), who wrote "Where you are worth nothing, there you should want nothing;" and Berkeley (1685-1753), who said there is no reality except in the mind.
Beckett, as usual, responded by claiming, "I don't know where the writing comes from and I am often quite surprised when I see what I have committed to paper."
His novels end with failure or death, the concept of "lessness is part of them". They become more and more difficult to follow as the humor is engulfed by tragedy, and the language is used to imitate what is being narrated. When Malone dies, his pencil finally gives out along with his consciousness:
or with it or with his hammer or with his stick or with his
fist or in thought in dream I mean never he will never
or with his pencil or with his stick or
or light light I mean
never there he will never
never anything
any more
The last book of the trilogy, L'Innommable, completed in 1950, begins with a character who is neither male nor female, has no nose, and cannot move. All it does is sit in a jar with its hands on its knees, narrating a story which ends with the paradox, "I can't go on, I'll go on."
After the success of Waiting for Godot, Beckett wrote more plays. "The best possible play is one in which there are no actors, only the text. I'm trying to think of a way to write one," he said.
True to his word, he attempted to eliminate his characters. While Waiting for Godot had five actors, Endgame (1958) had only four. One character was dying, and two others were consigned to ashcans. The stage poem, "Play" (1964), was down to three performers, all stashed away in funereal urns. Happy Days (1961) had a woman buried to her waist and then her head in sand. Her husband remained invisible until he crawled out of his hole to say hello.
Krapp's Last Tape (1960) was a monologue with a single actor. Breath, first performed in 1969, had entirely buried its protagonist in a pile of garbage or expelled him to the wings. Even that was too much for Beckett, who then reverted to body parts. In Not I (1972), there is nothing but a blackened stage and a lit-up pair of lips.
Historical Background
Samuel Beckett lived from 1906 until 1989, during which time the world went through enormous social, cultural, and political changes.
Socially, Beckett was born into a privileged Anglo-Irish Protestant family whose household seemed unaffected by the changes around it. However, as a child, he witnessed first-hand the destruction and devastation caused by the Easter Rebellion of 1916 in Dublin.
As a young adult, he was exposed to the leading literary and political figures in Dublin. The pubs overlapped the world created by language and theater. He frequented the Abbey Theatre, home of Irish Nationalism, the Gate, home of experimental European drama, and the Queens Theatre, which was the center for melodrama. Beckett also got a taste of vaudeville; he loved the movies of Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and, later, the Marx Brothers.
When censorship renewed itself in Ireland in the late 1920s, and Beckett's book, More Pricks Than Kicks, came under attack, the stage was set for his subsequent move to France. He delighted in saying how he preferred "France in war to Ireland in peace," even though he had been stabbed on a Paris street for no apparent reason in 1938.
Fiercely protective of his private life, especially his relationship and marriage to Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil, and not wanting to utter "another blot on silence," Beckett claimed to be apolitical. However, his actions proved otherwise. He openly attacked anti-semitism, worked with the French Resistance during World War II, and joined an Irish Red Cross unit after the war to set up a hospital in Normandy.
In 1946, he began his most productive period. He wrote in French, perhaps in an attempt to "strip his language to the bare essentials of his vision." The world had come to a temporary resting point, only to succumb again to the endless recurrent political battles of a "post-nuclear age." In a world where traditional values and beliefs were under intense scrutiny, life seldom resembled a tidy, well-constructed play. In fact, it may have provided the right climate for Waiting for Godot.
En attendant Godot, (Waiting for Godot), was first presented on January 5, 1953, at the Babylone Theatre in Paris, France, to a packed house of more than 200 people. It had been financed by a small, state grant obtained by its producer, Roger Blin. Although the general public and conventional press winced in confusion over its meaning, it received enough praise from the "right" people to ensure its success.
In her review for La Liberation, Sylvain Zegel wrote: "Paris had just recognized in Samuel Beckett one of today's best playwrights". At 47, Beckett had become famous, and the phrase, "Waiting for Godot," became an everyday expression of political cartoonists throughout the world.
The English version of Waiting for Godot opened in London at the Arts Theatre Club on August 3, 1955. Although the popular press initially dismissed it as "rubbish," leading theater critics jumped to its rescue. As a result, it managed to play to capacity audiences until May, 1956. When it opened in Dublin, it received more favorable reviews.
Waiting for Godot had its premiere in the United States at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida on January 3, 1956. Reviewers hated it, and audiences walked out. The running joke was that the only place to be sure of finding a cab in Miami was outside of the theater, between acts.
The play got a better reception when it opened on Broadway, in April 1956. It was publicized as entertainment for "thoughtful and discriminating" audiences. In his review for The New York Times, Brooks Atkinson wrote, "Theater goers can rail at it, but they canNot Ignore it. For Mr. Beckett is a valid writer."
Since then, Waiting for Godot has entertained audiences as diverse as children, prisoners and university students, and has been accepted as one of the classics of the twentieth-century stage.
Of course, it has never been without its critics. Norman Mailer characterized its admirers as "snobs of undue ambition and impotent imagination." And Beckett himself, called it a "bad" play.
Clearly, Samuel Beckett is not a writer for the general public. His work is for students and scholars. They have created an abundance of literature of their own about Beckett, including The Journal of Beckett Studies, begun in 1976.
In 1988, however, both general public and scholar alike competed for tickets to a performance of Waiting for Godot at Lincoln Center, in New York City. Directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams and Steve Martin, it received enormous publicity. Most noteworthy was the fact that the audience included the extremes of Beckett followers, including those who sat with annotated texts, monitoring every word and every action.
While it may be helpful to examine the roots of Beckett's work, it is also necessary to mention that a new category was invented by critics of the sixties. This category, Theater of the Absurd, was used to describe the new kind of theater that Beckett represented. Martin Esslin defined it as dealing with "its sense of the senselessness of the human condition and the inadequacy of the rational approach by the open abandonment of rational devices and discursive thought." It was characterized by absurd dialogue, characters and situations. It included the plays of Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet, Harold Pinter and Edward Albee.
Beckett resisted the impulse to explain or categorize this material. In fact, he abhorred all attempts to do so. He wanted form and content to remain inseparable, and the reading or experience of the play to speak for itself.
Master List of Characters
Estragon (Gogo)—Male vagabond in his later life; once a poet. Now ragged, with smelly and sore feet; longtime companion and friend of Vladimir.
Vladimir (Didi)—Male vagabond in later life; once respectable, now old and in pain, with garlic breath; possibly heavier than Estragon; more domineering and paternal.
Lucky—Obedient, male slave of Pozzo; with long, white hair; dances and thinks aloud on command in the first act; mute in the second act.
Pozzo—Sadistic, pipe smoking bald man who owns land and is a slave owner. Approximately in his sixties; intimidating voice; condescending attitude; in the first act, occasionally uses vaporizer for his throat and glasses for emphasis. Blind and helpless in the second act.
A boy—Timid and respectful. Of no particular age.
Estimated Reading Time
The play is in two acts, and it is about 100 pages long. The entire play can be read in less than two hours. The material requires more than one reading, and students should be patient with themselves and their ability to absorb its meaning. This is not an easy play; scholars have been dissecting it for years.
It is suggested that the play be read straight through the first time, in order to get a sense of the characters, the dialogue, and the concentric action.
Although it can be read silently, it may be helpful to stop at various points and read sections out loud. This will Breathe life into the characters and center attention on the sound of the language. The monologues lend themselves to this kind of reading, but students should select sections based on their individual preferences, learning styles and background knowledge. If possible, students should work cooperatively with others and participate in a series of oral readings.
Videotapes and audiotapes are available at public libraries for various productions of Waiting for Godot. It is strongly suggested that you make use of these additional resources.
This summary is based on the Third Printing, 1978, by Grove Press, of The Collected Works of Samuel Beckett — Waiting for Godot.
The subdivisions for Act I (A-1 to A-6) and Act II (B-1 to B-5) are based on the Regiebuch, a detailed director's prompt book, written by Samuel Beckett as Director of the 1975 German production of Warten auf Godot.
In 1975, Samuel Beckett directed the German production, Warten auf Godot, at the Schiller Theater. For this occasion, "To give form to the confusion," he divided the play into eleven sections. These divisions served as a guide to the play's structure.
The format of this MAXnotes guide follows Beckett's outline. His Regiebuch, the guide for the German production, divides the play into the following sections:
A-1: Opening of Act I to "People are bloody ignorant apes."
A-2: Estragon's inspection ("Rises painfully…") to entry of Pozzo and Lucky.
A-3: The entrance of Pozzo and Lucky until Pozzo sits.
A-4: From Pozzo sitting down to Pozzo: "My memory is defective."
A-5: Estragon: "In the meantime nothing happens." to the exit of Pozzo and Lucky.
A-6: Exit of Pozzo and Lucky to end of Act I.
B-1: Opening of Act II to Vladimir: "Ah! Que voulez-vous. Exactly."
B-2: Estragon: "That wasn't such a bad little canter." to the entry of Pozzo and Lucky.
B-3: Entry of Pozzo and Lucky to Vladimir: "We are men."
B-4: Estragon: "Sweet mother earth!" to exit of Pozzo and Lucky.
B-5: Exit of Pozzo and Lucky to end of Act II.
Summary (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
Estragon tries to take off his boot but fails. Vladimir agrees with him that it sometimes appears that there is nothing one could do. They are glad to be reunited after a night apart. With Vladimir's help, Estragon succeeds in removing his boot, which was causing him pain. Vladimir, also in pain, cannot laugh in comfort; he tries smiling instead, but it is not satisfactory.
Vladimir muses on the one Gospel account that says Christ saved one of the thieves. Estragon wants to leave, but they cannot leave because they are waiting for Godot. They become confused about the arrangements and wonder if they are waiting at the right time, in the right place, and on the right day. They quarrel briefly but then, as always, they reconcile.
Estragon and Vladimir consider hanging themselves from the nearby tree but decide that it would be safer to do nothing until they hear what Godot says. They do not know what they have asked Godot for. They conclude that they have forgone their rights. Vladimir gives Estragon a carrot, which he eats hungrily. They decide that although they are not bound to Godot, they are in fact unable to act.
Pozzo enters, driving Lucky, who is laden with luggage, by a rope around his neck. Estragon and Vladimir mistake Pozzo for Godot but accept him as Pozzo. Although he attempts to intimidate them, he is glad of their company. After ordering Lucky to bring him his stool and his coat, Pozzo gives Lucky the whip. Lucky...
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Summary (Masterplots II: Christian Literature)
Waiting for Godot is an unremitting picture of despair and futility. It established a new direction for modern theater and made Samuel Beckett one of the foremost dramatists of that new trend in theater. In each act, two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, longtime friends, appear at twilight on a desolate country road in the middle of nowhere to wait for an obscure figure named Godot, whom they have never seen, but whom they believe will rescue them from their otherwise empty and banal lives. The play may be understood as a metaphor for the human condition in the modern world.
Designed to cope with the banality and emptiness of their lives, this behavior is ritualistic. Every day they return to the same place to wait for the mysterious Godot. To pass the time and to fill the emptiness, they engage in comic banter and vaudevillian shtick. In act 1, just as the two tramps discuss whether they are tied to each other, this place, and to Godot, two others, Pozzo and Lucky, arrive, tied together by a long rope. Their arrival provides a grotesquely comic interlude that dramatizes the tramps' condition. Bound together and inseparable, Pozzo and Lucky share a common fate: Neither can do without the other. Metaphysically, all these "ties" represent the desperation of humans bound to a meaningless existence they cannot abandon. Figuratively speaking, the tramps are at the end of their rope.
Aware that language has failed them, their thinking is...
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Summary (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Arguably, Waiting for Godot provides an optimum point of entry not only into Beckett's enigmatic body of mature work but also into the antirational theater that emerged on the European continent during the decade following World War II, permanently altering the expectations of spectators (and playwrights) all over the world. In Beckett's first performed and published play, as in contemporary (but quite different) plays by Eugène Ionesco, Arthur Adamov, Max Frisch, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt, plot is all but discarded as a necessary element of drama, the tension residing instead in metaphysical concerns and in interaction (or noninteraction) among the characters.
The play is set on a desolate roadside, requiring little in the way of scenery. Two aging tramps, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), reminiscent of the film comics Laurel and Hardy gone to seed, exchange desultory conversation as they wait for the arrival of a man called Godot, who in fact never appears. Vladimir, like Laurel, is spare of build; Estragon, like Oliver Hardy, considerably stouter. "Nothing to be done," says Estragon in the play's first line, which in fact summarizes all the ensuing dialogue and action, although Estragon, at that moment, refers only to the act of taking off his shoes. Beckett's lines, even when translated into English from the original French, tend thus to send ambivalent messages and meanings that continue to reverberate long after the curtain...
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Act Summary and Analysis
Act I, Section A-1: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Estragon: (Gogo): half tramp, half clown, ex-poet, well over 50 years old; has sore feet, limps
Vladimir (Didi): once respectable friend of Gogo's; protective but domineering; walks with short stiff strides and legs apart; has bladder pain
The play opens on a country road with a bare tree. It is evening. Estragon is sitting on a low mound, trying to remove his boot. "Nothing to be done," he says, as Vladimir approaches.
They greet each other as before. They have been apart, at least for the night, and Estragon tells of having been beaten by strangers in a ditch. Vladimir reminds himself of the burden of caring for Estragon. Suicide seems like a better idea. He laments not having done it years ago with Estragon, hand-in-hand from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Now it is too late. They are no longer respectable. They would not even be allowed to go up to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
Estragon asks for help with his boot, but gets none. Vladimir has his own problems; he has even forgotten to button his fly.
Estragon succeeds in removing his boot, and examines it. Vladimir removes his hat, and Estragon does the same. Vladimir suggests repenting. "Our being born?" Estragon says. Vladimir's laugh makes him grab himself in pain. He can't laugh, because he has too much physical pain. A smile will suffice.
Vladimir remembers a tale from the...
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Act I, Section A-2: Summary and Analysis
Estragon gets up from the mound. He is in pain. He limps around and wants to leave. Vladimir reminds him that they must stay and wait for Godot. Estragon is not sure that they are waiting in the right spot or on the right day. Vladimir examines the spot, points out the tree as the landmark, but gets confused about the day.
Estragon naps on the mound. Vladimir paces, then wakes him. "I felt lonely," Vladimir says. Estragon wants to share his dream, but Vladimir resists. They argue, then embrace.
The idea of suicide seems to appeal to both of them. They chat about the possibility of hanging themselves from the tree. "It'd give us an erection," Vladimir says. "Let's hang ourselves immediately!" Estragon concludes.
However, the method is problematic. The tree may not sustain Vladimir's weight, and he may be left all alone. Also, the possibility exists that Godot may come and offer them something they want, something they may have asked for. And so they wait.
When Estragon gets hungry, Vladimir produces a carrot. This leads to talk about food, then more talk about Godot. Estragon wants to know if they are "tied" to Godot. "Tied?" Vladimir asks. "Ti-ed." Estragon repeats. "But to whom? By whom?" Vladimir asks. "To your man," answers Estragon, who by this time seems to have forgotten Godot's name.
This discussion ends. Estragon repeats, "Nothing to be...
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Act I, Section A-3: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Lucky: male, looks very old and tired; has long gray hair and bulging eyes; his neck has running sores caused by the rope that is tied around it; once a great dancer and thinker, he now serves as Pozzo's slave; carries Pozzo's things and responds to his commands; has a temper that he uses against Estragon, and cries easily
Pozzo: gentleman landowner; bald and old; commanding presence; sadistic owner of Lucky; occasionally wears glasses, smokes a pipe
Lucky enters with a rope around his neck. He is carrying "a heavy bag, a folding stool, a picnic basket and a greatcoat." Behind him, jerking the end of the long rope, is Pozzo. He is cracking a whip and yelling out commands.
At first, Estragon thinks this may be Godot. However, in a "terrifying voice," Pozzo introduces himself. He seems surprised that Estragon and Vladimir do not know of him. He puts on his glasses to make sure they "are human."
Pozzo inquires about Godot. This is Pozzo's land, although he admits, "The road is free to all", he wants to know why Estragon and Vladimir are there.
Almost immediately, however, he loses interest. He has his own business to attend to. Referring to Lucky as "pig" and "hog," he orders him to give him his coat, hold the whip, and open the stool so he can sit.
Lucky does as he is told, moving back and forth from his original spot. In...
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Act I, Section A-4: Summary and Analysis
Lucky goes back to his spot. Pozzo opens the basket, removes the chicken and wine, and starts eating.
Vladimir and Estragon takes a closer look at Lucky. They inspect his face and the sores on his neck. They wonder out loud whether he is "a halfwit" or "a cretin."
Estragon wants the chicken bones Pozzo's thrown on the ground. He is told to ask Lucky for permission to eat them. When Lucky ignores him, Pozzo grants him permission to eat them.
While Pozzo smokes his pipe, Vladimir and Estragon complain about the "disgrace" of Lucky's treatment. They decide to leave. However, Pozzo reminds them about their appointment with Godot. He does not want them to go; he wants company while he smokes his second pipe.
Estragon and Vladimir wonder why Lucky does not put down his bags. They ask Pozzo about this, but he is too busy talking about himself. They ask again. This time, Pozzo relishes the attention ("Is everybody listening? Is everybody ready?"), and even jerks Lucky to attention. However, by the time he is ready to answer, he has forgotten the question.
When it is repeated, Pozzo goes into a lengthy explanation. He explains that he is on his way to sell Lucky at the fair. Since Lucky does not want to be sold, he is trying to impress Pozzo with his actions.
At this point, Lucky starts crying. Pozzo gives Estragon a handkerchief to wipe away the tears. As Estragon...
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Act I, Section A-5: Summary and Analysis
Pozzo wants to repay Estragon and Vladimir for being "civil" to him. Although Estragon suggests money, Pozzo offers entertainment.
He proposes that Lucky dance, sing, recite, or think for them. Estragon suggests that Lucky first dance, then think. On command, Lucky puts down his bags and dances the same step twice.
Although this attempt proves disappointing, Vladimir wants to hear Lucky think. Pozzo insists that Vladimir return Lucky's hat to his head in order to get him to perform. Once this task is accomplished, Pozzo commands, "Think, pig!"
Lucky does so. He shouts out a litany of remarks. At long last, Vladimir grabs his hat. Lucky falls and is finally silent.
Pozzo, in his anger, takes the hat, tramples it, and announces, "There's an end to his thinking!"
Worried that Lucky may now be dead, Vladimir and Estragon attempt to lift him and hold him up. They quickly grow impatient with this, and allow him to fall.
Upon Pozzo's insistence, they finally get him standing again on his own, holding the bags. Pozzo hunts for his watch, doesn't find it, realizes he must have left it at home, and attempts to go.
This is not an easy task. "I don't seem to be able…(long hesitation)…to depart." he says. "Such is life," Estragon agrees.
However, before long, Pozzo and Lucky exit.
A-5 focuses on...
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Act I, Section A-6: Summary and Analysis
New Character:
Boy: delivers messages for Godot and takes care of his goats; somewhat fearful and shy
Estragon wants to leave. Vladimir reminds him that they must wait for Godot. A boy arrives with a message from Godot. Before he has a chance to continue, Estragon grabs him and shakes him. Vladimir intervenes.
Estragon admits that he is "unhappy," but doesn't remember why. He manages to limp to his mound, sit down, and remove his boots.
Finally, the boy blurts out the message. "He tells them that Godot will not come this evening but surely tomorrow."
Vladimir questions the boy about his job, his brother, and his relationship with Godot. The boy tells him that he takes care of Godot's goats while his brother "minds the sheep." Godot is good to him, but beats his brother. The boy asks what he should tell Godot. "Tell him you saw us," Vladimir replies.
The boy runs off. It is night. The moon rises. Estragon leaves his boots on the ground, for someone with "smaller feet." He wants to go barefoot, like Christ.
Vladimir assures Estragon that "Tomorrow will be better;" Godot will be there. Estragon wants to bring rope to hang himself. He reminisces about a former suicide attempt.
They consider the possibility of parting, but they stay together. They agree to leave, but they do not move.
A-6 is the...
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Act II, Section B-1: Summary and Analysis
It is the next day, the same time, the same place. Estragon's boots are where he left them, "heels together, toes splayed." The tree has a few leaves.
Vladimir enters and sings a song. Estragon arrives, barefoot and unhappy. They greet each other and embrace. Vladimir's singing made Estragon feel unwanted. "He's all alone, he thinks I'm gone forever, and he sings."
Vladimir tries to explain his mood, but can't. Estragon's been beaten again, this time by "ten of them." Vladimir is reminded of Estragon's dependence on him. They agree to say to each other, "We are happy."
Vladimir remembers "yesterday," the tree, Pozzo and Lucky, the scenery. Estragon has forgotten the tree. He remembers getting kicked and eating bones. Vladimir talks of the Macon country, of picking grapes with Estragon, some time before. Estragon becomes angry. He doesn't remember that part of his life. He only knows where he is now—in the Cackon country.
They talk of the dead and death. They remember Godot. Again they wait. While they wait, they contradict each other and question each other. They manage to pass the time.
B-1, like A-1, defines the situation. Vladimir and Estragon question the time and place of their appointment, and go through their verbal patter to pass the time.
The "round-song" that Vladimir sings while he "comes and goes"...
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Act II , Section B-2: Summary and Analysis
Vladimir talks about what just occurred. He notices how the tree has changed. The tree was bare and black and now it is covered with leaves.
He tries to remind Estragon of the encounter with Pozzo and Lucky. He succeeds in finding Estragon's wound. Then he sees Estragon's boots. Estragon insists they are not his.
Estragon is tired and wants to leave. Vladimir reminds him about Godot.
This time, the only food in Vladimir's pocket is a black radish and turnips. He offers to go find carrots, but he does not move.
Vladimir puts the boots on Estragon's feet. They are loose but fit. Estragon sits on his mound and tries to sleep while Vladimir sings. At first, the singing is too loud. When it is softer, Estragon falls asleep.
When he awakens, he wants to tell his dream, but is silenced. Then he wants to leave. They can't because of Godot.
They find Lucky's hat. They play at exchanging and adjusting hats. Estragon wants to leave; Vladimir wants to play.
They play at being Lucky and Pozzo—Vladimir as Lucky; Estragon as Pozzo. They part, then come together again.
They fear someone is approaching. They try hiding behind the tree. The tree can't hide them. They are safe anyway because nobody comes.
They exchange insults, ending with Estragon's "Crritic!" They make up, do exercises, deep breathing, and play at being the tree.
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Act II, Section B-3: Summary and Analysis
Pozzo and Lucky enter. Pozzo is now blind. Otherwise they seem the same. The rope is shorter than before and seems to be pulling Pozzo; the other trappings are the same. As they enter, Pozzo bumps into Lucky, and they both fall.
Vladimir recognizes Pozzo; Estragon thinks he is Godot. Although Pozzo asks for help again and again, his pleas are ignored.
Estragon and Vladimir discuss the situation. Vladimir philosophizes about this-and-that. Estragon concludes, "We are all born mad. Some remain so."
Pozzo offers to pay for help. Vladimir finally attempts to pull him up, but fails. Estragon threatens to leave. Someone farts. Estragon tries to help Vladimir up, but he also falls. They are all down on the ground. Pozzo asks "Who are you?" Vladimir replies, "We are men."
B-3 is a reversal of A-4. Pozzo, who dominated Vladimir and Estragon with his chatter, is now on the ground crying for help, and it is Vladimir who dominates this section with his rhetoric.
Pozzo and Lucky have changed since Act I. Pozzo is blind and, although it is not apparent until B-4, Lucky is dumb. There are no outward changes in Vladimir and Estragon. They may be sentenced to life forever. They seem not to have aged, nor are they dead. Neither one, however, immediately recognizes Pozzo and Lucky. Vladimir then notices Pozzo, and reminds Estragon of the previous events.
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Act II, Section B-4: Summary and Analysis
Pozzo crawls away but remains down. Vladimir, is afraid Pozzo is dying. Estragon responds by amusing himself. He calls Pozzo, "Abel," and Lucky, "Cain." Then he ponders a cloud.
Vladimir and Estragon decide to pass the time by helping Pozzo. Once up, Pozzo tells them he is blind. They carry him around for a while, then release him. Pozzo has lost his sense of time, and wants to locate Lucky. "Where is my menial?" he asks.
Vladimir suggests this is Estragon's chance to get back at Lucky for kicking him. Lucky is down, and Estragon can revive him by following Pozzo's suggestions of pulling the rope or giving him "a taste of his boot, in the face and the privates...."
Estragon starts kicking him. In the process, he hurts himself, retires to the mound, and falls asleep.
Pozzo commands Lucky to get up. When he is up, he lifts the bags, puts the end of his rope in Pozzo's hand, and they are ready to go.
Vladimir wants to hear Lucky sing or think or recite. "But he is dumb," Pozzo responds. "Since when?" Vladimir asks. Furious at his obsession with time, Pozzo blurts out, "One day, is that not enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second.... They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more." Pozzo pulls on...
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Act II, Section B-5: Summary and Analysis
Vladimir and Estragon are alone. Vladimir awakens Estragon,does not want to hear his dream, and wonders about Pozzo's blindness. Estragon again asks if Pozzo was Godot.
Estragon's feet hurt. Vladimir ponders the "truth" of what happened, and what will continue to happen.
The boy enters. He doesn't recognize Vladimir and doesn't remember being there before. Vladimir knows the message by heart. He says it for the boy. He asks the boy about his brother. "He's sick, Sir," the boy says. Vladimir asks if Godot has a beard, if it's "fair" or "black." The boy replies, "I think it's white, Sir."
Again, the boy wants to know what to tell Godot. "Tell him you saw me...." Vladimir answers. Then he grabs the boy and warns him not to forget this meeting.
"The sun sets, the moon rises." Estragon gets up, removes his boots, puts them on the ground, and talks about leaving. Vladimir reminds him about Godot.
They look at the tree, and wonder if it's a willow. They would like to hang themselves. Estragon removes the cord from his waist that was holding up his pants. His pants fall down to his ankles.
They remain there while they test the strength of the cord. It breaks. Estragon says they can bring a stronger rope when they return. They agree to hang themselves unless Godot appears.
Vladimir tells Estragon to pull up his trousers. He does...
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An honorable mention award of $200 goes to Don Marshall for i>Seeker, an intriguing story that begins with two missionaries presumed dead in an explosion in their Paris apartment building. The father of one of them, unable to put aside the spiritual feeling that his son is still alive, goes on a worldwide search to the upper Midwest, to New York, to Paris, to the South of France, to the Caribbean, to San Francisco, to Tahiti.
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These 5 Chefs will compete LIVE during the Saturday Grand Tasting in mystery basket style competition and also showcase their exceptional food in the Grand Tastings in the exhibit area!
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Pee is one of the first body fluids a kid learns about. You probably learned about pee (also called urine) when you were little and started using the toilet instead of diapers. Now that you're older, you can understand much more about the amazing yellow stuff called pee.
You drink, you pee. But urine is more than just that drink you had a few hours ago. The body produces pee as a way to get rid of waste and extra water that it doesn't need. Before leaving your body, urine travels through the urinary tract.
The urinary tract is a pathway that includes the:
The kidneys are key players in the urinary tract. They do two important jobs — filter waste from the blood and produce pee to get rid of it. If they didn't do this, toxins (bad stuff) would quickly build up in your body and make you sick. That's why you hear about people getting kidney transplants sometimes. You need at least one working kidney to be healthy.
You might wonder how your body ends up with waste it needs to get rid of. Body processes such as digestion and metabolism (when the body turns food into energy) produce wastes, or byproducts. The body takes what it needs, but the waste has to go somewhere. Thanks to the kidneys and pee, it has a way to get out.
When you're asked to give a urine sample during a doctor's visit, the results reveal how well your two kidneys are working. For example, white blood cells in the urine can be a sign of an infection.
Pee also is a way for your body to keep the right amount of water. Did you ever notice that if you drink a lot, you pee more and the pee is pale yellow? That's because your body is getting rid of extra water and your pee has more water in it than usual.
Let's talk more about how the kidneys filter blood. When blood goes through the kidneys, water and some of the other stuff that is in blood (like protein, glucose, and other nutrients) go back into the bloodstream, while the excess stuff and waste is taken out. Urine is what is left behind. But what is it exactly?
Urine contains:
Once pee is produced, it travels from the kidney to the bladder, where it's stored until you need to go to the bathroom. The bladder expands as it fills; when it's full, nerve endings in the bladder wall send a message to the brain that you need to pee.
When you're in the bathroom, ready to go, the bladder walls contract and the sphincter (a ringlike muscle that guards the exit from the bladder to the urethra) relaxes. The urine then flows from the bladder and out of the body through the urethra. For boys, the urethra ends at the tip of the penis. For girls, it's above the vaginal opening.
You might not think much about peeing or your urinary tract, but here's how you can help keep everything flowing as it should:
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Upotte! is a wonderful manga series - now with an anime adaptation - that combines moe elements with world-famous guns. The story takes place at Seishou Academy, a school where girls learn to shoot machine guns as part of the curriculum. But they aren't just excellent shots -- they're also moe versions of famous guns like the Belgian FN FNC, the American M16A4, and so on. This manga is larger than a standard manga and beautifully printed.
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Awesome review T_ski as always. Did you find that the installation of the rubber fan holders into the fan itself a pain in the ass? When I got my HDTS 1283 in March and I went to put it together, that was the biggest pain for me. Getting the thin ends into the fan mounting holes. Other than that, it made great contact with my cpu. I did the same check you all do when you are doing your tests. On this model, I like the additional heatpipe and also the 2mm extra diameter on the pipes. This should allow for a tad bit lower temperatures compared to its brother. On my oc, Mine runs idle at around 29c (according to cpu temp and software readings) On load, its around 41C. I like the white LEDs on here. Id prefer a tad better more powerful fan than what Xigmatek usually includes, but it gets the job done. One major beef I have, and really caught on to yesterday, is when you mount the cooler, it doesnt have a way for you to mount it with the air blowing out the back of the case. With the cooler I have, its blowing down onto the bottom of the case, granted I have a fan attached on the outside of my window side to bring in fresh air (the original HDTS 1283 is too tall to have it on the inside) but that can only help so much, especially given I got one intake and one outtake fan (big gripe about the Sigma Luna W case.) Other than that, this looks a tad better with flow, though it doesnt have the spoiler to direct some of the airflow on the mosfets and such.
It's not a bad fan really, there could just be a better one there. The biggest problem for me was first, putting the robber holders into the fan holes, then putting the cooler on with the AM2 bracket retention mechanism. That made me think I was gonna break either the bracket or the cooler or the retention bar itself or even my mobo.
Well, I know what I'm buying next week! lol... I love my cooler I have now.. but hell... I like that review!
yeah, Im gonna keep mine for awhile and maybe go this next go around or water Hey ColdStorm, how much of a difference did that Scythe Fan making in cooling performance compared to the stock Xigmatek fan?
Damn it the hell!!! ::scream:: I'm guessing you wasn't very happy when you posted that wareagle reminded me of cartman lol, But thats a seriously nice cooler cant seem to find any xigmatek coolers in the uk to even know how much they are. Good review.
http://scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=700899 dont look very hard im sure they will get the new one as soon as uk get stock
Nice review. I like the fan myself. Looks to be a nice cooler but i am more then happy with my 1283 till i get the money to get TEC cooling
same the fan is pretty mint ,same my 1283 is good enough with my q6600 tec cooling eh pos pc im thinking of it but costly and dangerous but worth a go for the temps
same thing i was thinking it is risky and cost alot but you gotta love the low temps. I was thinking 200+w tec on my BE that should give some nice temps if not a 400w+would
i think 160w tec myself after some lapping 1st and gota get the relay de electric grease and whats not
I think i will set up water cooling first then get TEC later on. Because i have to have water anyways so why not get it first then get a TEC. EDIT: this is the TEC i am thinking http://www.frozencpu.com/products/2411/exp-04/437W_Qmax_Peltier.html?tl=g30c105 EDIT AGAIN: sorry for spaming the thread
Keep an eye out for the "today only" stuff as I got one a few weeks ago with 5 quid off that price. I kinda wish I'd waited though now.
I got about a 3c-5c difference. The only thing I would say to people about the fan, is that its LOUD! I have two of them running. All my fans in the system is over 110cfm's but I made sure that the Scythe was hooked to the CPU and behind it... That way no Vortec was going to happen. If you want a Good CFM fan that isn't the sound of a vacuum, then try the Silverstone 110cfm fan.. I had to put a fan controller on the fans so I could keep it going while I was at work! lmao I'm planing to go water, but I'll try anything Air first... I don't have a CPU that requires to much volts, and I tend to keep it low 24/7.
Nice Review, but would have been nice if you had included other coolers than Intel stock? Its hard to compare?? For an example, I would want to know if it cools better than my current TR 120 Xtreme??
In fact, it's on offer today 'til 12pm monday! £17.63 inc vat. You have to click it on the today only list otherwise it charges full price.
Naw Gam, I wasnt mad, was just putting out there my experiences with the cooler. @Cold, thats a worthwhile temp difference though. If I ever get the galls to take it out and get a new fan, Ill look into it. The fan I have on the Xigma now (the stock one) isnt loud at all. In fact, the loudest fan is on my HIS IceQ3 HD 3870. Noise doesnt really bother me though. If it cools, that is awesome. I would like for them to create a different mounting mechanism so that we can install the cooler facing towards the back to keep the airflow in line.
The Gx2 fan at 100% (I run it 24/7 there) is not even as loud as the two Kaze's ... But, I do like them. My next step is to just buy a Delta fan and see how it is! I'd just have to get my fan controller on it! lol
Yeah I hear ya. As I said I dont mind noise, Id rather hear a little noise than lose life of my components. This cooler here is definitely top notch. I noticed on Petras that Sunbeamtech/Tuniq has a Direct Heat Pipe cooler out now.
My computer is near my TV, so the noise isn't a problem what so ever! lol I need to grab a few more Kaze's in my case! lol..
Wareagle: I was thinking of fans, and went to Petra's Tech Shop.. I really like the Sunbeamtech does look sweet and Frostytech gave it #1 stats... But, I think I'm still going to go with the Xigmatek one.. The Sunbeam has "paperclip" like hooks for the fans.. No thank you really... But, I am going to grab up two of these fans!! Then another two scythe fans...


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Goal Accomplished!!!! - Stacia Naquin
Updated: 12/12/2013 - I finally did my pull up!!! It was a New Year's Resolution that took me ALL YEAR! But I did it.
Police are searching for a man who held up a motel near Garden of the Gods Road and I-25 Saturday night.
Police say the man walked into the front lobby of the Quality Inn Motel shortly before 9 p.m. and pulled a handgun on the clerk, demanding money. He then took an undisclosed amount of cash and walked out the main doors. He was last seen walking across the parking lot.
Police say they quickly set up a perimeter and used a K-9 unit to attempt to track the suspect without success.
The suspect they are looking for is a white man in a white t-shirt and blue jeans. He is 45 to 50 years old with short gray hair, 6 feet tall and 165 lbs.
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SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MARKS UP FY 2014 APPROPRIATIONS BILL July 18, 2013
The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved the Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies (CJS) FY �14 Appropriations bill. The legislation provides NSF with $7.426 billion, an increase of $542 million (or 7.3%) over the FY '13 current funding level of $6.884 billion, and is $200 million (2.7%) below the FY '14 request. Read more.
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MARKS UP FY 2014 APPROPRIATIONS BILL July 17, 2013
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations marked up the FY 2014 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (CJS) today and provided $6.995 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF). This represents an increase of $111.8 million (or 1.6%) over the FY 2013 current funding level, but is $630 million (9%) below the FY 2014 President�s request. Read more.


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This is quite the experimental idea, set up by a friend of mine:
My friend is a director and has started making his own film, or at least think up ideas for it. He has a basic idea, but needs ideas to fill up the script and asked me to set this up.
This will be an rp that follows a basic idea and will be read to have ideas for the film my friend is going to make. All participants, A.K.A. everybody that writes in this rp or sends in ideas for the story-line, will be given credit for the ideas when the movie is finished. It's not a mass production, just something for my friends C.V.
My friend is bound to a small budget, so the demon's appearance and /or things he does shouldn't be too over the top. So, no wings, no extreme special effects. He can use a green-screen, but that's about it.
The story will revolve around a boy named Malcolm. While playing some sports with two friends in the park, he steps onto a strange rock. The rock turns out to be a container for a demon named Zythny, a powerful demon that had tried to overthrow Satan himself, thus being bound to this rock.
Zythny has the ability to transfer himself into a being that touches him. When Malcolm touched the rock, Zythny transported himself into his body.
-At this moment Zythny and Malcolm enter Malcolm's subconscious in which Zythny explains what Malcolm has to do; he has to take a life every few hours, or his soul will be devoured. When Zythny eats Malcolm's soul he will gain full control over his body and be able to kill everybody, starting with Malcolm's loved ones.-
Once he "regains his senses" Malcolm's body is taken over by Zythny temporarily and the demon kills one of his friends. The other one flees, but is caught and killed shortly after.
Malcolm is forced to watch while Zythny uses his body, but the control is broken shortly after Zythny kills his friends. Zythny is only powerful enough to take over Malcolm's body when he needs a soul to feed on. After he kills Malcolm can have his body back.
This will be the start of the film and the start of the story-line. I myself will not be participating in this rp, as a limited amount of characters are available.
The playable characters are;
Zythny's followers/fans (x3)
Malcolm's friends (Who are killed in the beginning)
Malcolm's girlfriend (Who would be introduced later in the story-line.)
Basic personalities:
Zythny Kutaru: Zythny is ruthless, a massive jerk, a sadist and in general a horrible person demon.
Malcolm Richfield: Malcolm is a laid back young man. He rarely fights, hasn't done wrong or bad deeds in his life and is considered a good friend to all who meet him.
Zythny's followers: Basically weird people that are fans of Zythny after reading about him in an old book. They are often found trying to stop Malcolm from killing people, as it would grant Zythny a body to rule over them. They are somewhat goth/punk. Personalities can be developed to a person's taste.
Malcolm's friends: Not really a personality needed, as they are killed right at the beginning. Can be treated as NPC's.
Malcolm's girlfriend: Not a specific personality is chosen at this point. It is to be decided by the person who wishes to play her.
Info giver: Later in the story Malcolm is forced to try and find out how to stop Zythny. Even though Zythny can see everything he sees, Malcolm will try to find a solution and meets his main info-giver. This person has to be a male, but further character development is chosen by the person who wishes to play him.
Main detective: Killings in a small town are obviously noticed. A detective, not narrowly affiliated to the police, will try to find out who is killing people and why. This person can be created by the person who wishes to play him.
Nearing the end of the rp and film everybody will die, with the option of letting Zythny's followers live, as they are not extremely important.
I hope you like this experimental idea. When this gets going I will make an actual rp and an OOC to post ideas for the story-line.


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15 people competedin a Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament held during the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
Most 50-Kilogram Rock Slabs Broken On Body Using A Sledge Hammer
Giftson Paul had 100 50-kilogram rocks broken on his torso.
Most Rocks Pet In One Minute In A Prius
This record was set as part of Toyota Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself.
The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.
Most Deftones Songs Named In 30 Seconds
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Clint P. bench pressed the "Mighty Cumberland River Rock" 37 times.
Fastest Time To Bench Press The "Mighty Cumberland River Rock" 25 Times
Clint P. bench pressed the 130-pound Mighty Cumberland River Rock 25 times in 21.10 seconds.
Most Consecutive Knuckle Push-Ups On A Rock Bed
Nate T. performed 58 knuckle push-ups on a rock bed.
Longest Time Balancing A Stick On One Finger While In Lotus Pose On A Rock In A Creek
Tai Star balanced a stick on his finger for one minute, 47.3 seconds while holding a lotus position on a rock in a creek.
Longest Time Balancing On One Hand On A Rock In A Creek
Tai Star balanced himself on one hand on a rock in Grizzly Creek outside Oroville, California. He remained in position for 21.61 seconds.
Michael L. performed a handstand on a rock for one minute, 20.82 seconds.