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The following is a very brief overview of the Arthurian legend (based on the version found in Le Morte d'Arthur (1485) by Thomas Malory):Arthur is born to Uther Pendragon (King of Britain) and Lady Igraine, after the wizard Merlin tricks Igraine into thinking that Pendragon is her husband Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall. After Arthur's birth, Merlin takes the boy to the home of a country lord, Ectorius, to be raised as a foster-child (although Ectorius is ignorant of Arthur's true parentage). Fifteen years later, Pendragon is killed by the Saxons, and having foreseen his death, Merlin has his sword, Excalibur, magically set in a stone so that only the rightful heir to the throne will be able to remove it. After Pendragon's death, a tournament is held in London to bring all potential heirs together. Ectorius and his sons attend the event, and when Ectorius' son Kay breaks his sword during the tournament, Arthur determines to find him a new one. He comes across the Sword in the Stone, as Merlin had intended all along, and not realising the significance of what he is doing, he pulls it out. Stunned, Ectorius and Kay swear fealty to him, and he is subsequently crowned king of Britain.He immediately sets about consolidating the kingdom by uniting the various clans and warlords, and defeating the invading Saxons. He takes Merlin as his chief advisor and he sees to the needs of the common people, leading to his Kingship being celebrated up and down the land. However, early in his reign he begets a son with his half-sister, Morgause (although they are both unaware of their relationship at the time). Upon finding out that she is related to him by blood, he takes every newborn boy in the kingdom and sends them to sea to be executed. However, the boat on which they are travelling crashes before the babies are killed, and Arthur's son, Mordred, survives. Unaware of this, Arthur marries a princess, Guinevere, and inherits the Round Table from her father Leodegrance (King of Carmelide), who was entrusted with its security by Pendragon. Arthur then gathers his knights at Camelot and establishes the Knights of the Round Table.At first, Arthur finds himself without an enemy. There are no more invaders, and all internal disputes and conflicts have been resolved by the knights. The recent arrival of Lancelot (who has been sent by his foster mother, the Lady of the Lake, to guard Arthur) and Tristan to Camelot has only added to the harmony. However, Rome accuses Arthur of not paying tribute to Emperor Lucius and Arthur reacts impetuously by claiming that Britain conquered Rome long before Rome conquered Britain, so in fact, Lucius should pay tribute to him. Furious at this affront, Lucius raises a massive army to crush Arthur (and hopefully Christianity along with him). Arthur sails to Normandy to meet his cousin Hoel, who he hopes will join his army, but upon arriving he finds a giant terrorising the region, eating the men and raping and killing the women. In an effort to inspire the common people to support him, Arthur fights the giant in single combat, defeating him and gaining many much needed troops for his conflict with Rome. His army subsequently triumphs over the Romans, and Arthur is crowned Emperor of Rome. It is determined that he will rule by means of a proxy government, and he returns to Britain where he and the knights receive a hero's welcome.Back in Britain, Lancelot quickly establishes himself as Arthur's most skilled and daring knight, as well as the most chivalrous and honourable. Among his adventures, he is enchanted into a deep sleep by Morgause's sister, Morgan le Fay, a powerful magician who once studied under Merlin. Lancelot, however, manages to escape her castle. He also proves victorious in a tournament fighting on behalf of his fellow Knight of the Round Table, Bagdemagus. Additionally, he slays a rogue knight, Turquine, who had several of the Round Table Knights held prisoner. He is also prone to assisting damsels in distress, and he regularly champions the cause of the oppressed and shows sympathy to those he has defeated in combat. However, he also admits that he is in love with Guinevere, although he says they have never slept together.Whilst Lancelot is having his adventures, a man with no memories arrives at the court. Mocked by some of the knights, he is about to leave when a woman, Lynette, comes to Arthur asking for assistance against the Red Knight of the Red Lands (Sir Ironside), who has the strength of seven men, and is holding Lynette's sister, Lyonesse, prisoner. Much to Lynette's horror, Arthur sends the unknown man, who had been put to work in Arthur's kitchen. The man subsequently encounters the Black, Green, Puce, and Blue knights, defeating them all before finally facing the Red Knight. He defeats the knight and is able to persuade all of the knights to return with him to Camelot, except the Black knight, who he kills. Back in Camelot, the man determines to win the respect of the Knights of the Round Table, and organises a tournament, where, in disguise, he defeats several of them. Shortly after the tournament, he discovers he is in fact Sir Gareth Beaumains, Arthur's nephew, and Knight of the Round Table Gawain's brother. He is thus welcomed to the Table and knighted by Lancelot who becomes his mentor and friend.Meanwhile, Tristan meets a woman from his past, Iseult, an Irish princess married to his uncle, Mark of Cornwall. Tristan had met her years before when she healed him after a battle. They had fallen in love, but Tristan had had to return to Camelot. Later, Tristan had returned to Ireland to win the hand of Iseult for Mark but they had again fallen in love on the way back to Britain, and Mark had banished Tristan from Cornwall. However, Tristan and Iseult meet again, deciding they can no longer be apart, and so they flee from Mark. Lancelot hides them and they live together for many years. However, Mark eventually finds them, stabbing Tristan in the back, but not killing him. Mark is then about to kill Iseult, but she pleads with him to let her die at the hands of her love, Tristan. Mark agrees and Tristan crushes her in a final embrace.At this point, the knights embark on a quest for the Holy Grail. After many adventures Perceval, Bors, and Lancelot's illegitimate son Galahad achieve the Grail. Upon finding it, the purest of the knights, and the only one deemed to be truly without sin, Galahad, vanishes as his soul leaves the earth and travels to heaven.Back in Camelot, things are not going well. The affair between Lancelot and Guinevere has become common knowledge amongst the knights, and is driving a wedge between Arthur and his greatest knight. At this point, Maleagant, from the otherworldly land of Gorre, kidnaps Guinevere and holds her prisoner in his castle. Lancelot arrives at the castle to free her, and knowing the knight's reputation, Maleagant begs for sympathy, which Guinevere persuades the reluctant Lancelot to grant. However, upon realising that Maleagant is aware of their affair, Lancelot feels he must kill him, and arranges to fight him in single combat. However, to make things fairer, Lancelot removes half of his armour and ties one hand behind his back. Nevertheless, he easily defeats Maleagant and returns Guinevere to Camelot.Meanwhile, Mordred has returned to Britain and revealed himself to Arthur. Posing as an honourable youth, deeply respectful of his father and the knights, Mordred secretly has plans to usurp the throne and kill the man who sentenced him to death when he was an infant. When Arthur's nephew (and Gareth and Gawain's brother), Agravaine learns of the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, he is set to publicly reveal the news but is killed by Lancelot, who goes into hiding. Knowing that Lancelot will do anything for Guinevere, Arthur decides to use her as bait, by sentencing her to burn her at the stake. However, some of the knights refuse to be a party to such a thing and leave to join Lancelot. Nevertheless, the ceremony goes ahead, and the fires are lit. Lancelot and his knights arrive and a battle breaks out during which many knights on both sides die (including Gareth, who is accidentally killed by his mentor, Lancelot.) Horrified at what has happened, and wishing revenge on Lancelot for the death of Gareth, Gawain forces Arthur into declaring war on Lancelot, who has fled to France. After the forces meet again, Gawain and Lancelot engage in single combat, which is won by Lancelot, who spares Gawain's life. Meanwhile, against the advice of his advisors, Arthur has left Mordred in charge of Britain. However, he soon learns that Mordred has seized the throne, and he leads his forces back home. In the subsequent invasion, Gawain is mortally injured, and writes to Lancelot, begging for his help against Mordred and for forgiveness for his role in splitting the Round Table. Lancelot agrees, and Arthur sues for a temporary peace with Mordred until Lancelot arrives. At the negotiations however, when a soldier draws his sword to kill an adder, both sides attack one another, and Arthur is forced to fight Mordred without Lancelot. At the Battle of Camlann, Arthur charges Mordred and impales him with a spear. But with the last of his strength, Mordred impales himself even further, pulling himself to within striking distance of the exhausted Arthur. He then mortally wounds Arthur, before dying himself. As he is dying, Arthur commands Bedivere, one of his most trusted knights, to cast Excalibur into the lake, where it is retrieved by the hand of the Lady of the Lake. Arthur is then taken on a boat to Avalon, vowing to return again when Britain most needs him. When Lancelot arrives, he mourns the deaths of his comrades, and travels to Amesbury to see Guinevere, who has become a nun. Ashamed of what has happened, Lancelot discards his weapons and becomes a monk. Arthur's successor is appointed (Constantine III), and his remaining knights head to the Holy Land to crusade against the Turks, where they are slaughtered on Good Friday.
The earliest known references to Arthur are found in 6th century Welsh and Breton poetry and folklore. In these texts, Arthur is presented as a warrior who protects Britain from various supernatural beasts, such as cat-monsters, dragons, giants and witches. The leader of a band of superhuman heroes, Arthur is depicted as living in the wild and having a close relationship with the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn. One particular text with reference to Arthur is Y Gododdin by Aneirin, which includes information on a soldier who slew 300 men, but then claims of the solder that "he was no Arthur." Scholars, however, believe that the reference to Arthur may have been added at a considerably later date.The earliest datable reference to an historical Arthur (as opposed to a mythological figure) is found in Historia Brittonum (c.830), an anthology compiled by a Welsh monk named Nennius, who describes Arthur as a military commander ("dux bellorum") rather than a king. Nennius lists twelve battles fought by Arthur, culminating in the Battle of Mons Badonicus (the Battle of Mount Badon), where he is said to have single-handedly killed 960 men. However, it is worth noting that both Nennius' authorship of Historia as well as its usefulness as an historical document are disputed by many scholars.The next reference to Arthur is found in the anonymous Annales Cambriae, a compilation of chronicles primarily from Wales written some time in the early 10th century. The Annales twice mention Arthur, and also mention Myrddin (Merlin) and Medraut (Mordred). According to the Annales, the Battle of Mons Badonicus occurred in the year 516, and at the battle "Arthur carried the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ on his shoulders for three days and three nights, and the Britons were victorious." This is usually interpreted to mean that Arthur's shield bore an image of Christ. The Annales also claims that both Arthur and Medraut died in 537, at the Battle of Camlann, and Merlin went insane in 573, at the Battle of Arfderydd. As with the Historia, however, the historical reliability of the Annales has been disputed by scholars.A reference to a possible historical Arthur is found in the Legenda Sancti Goeznovii (1019), the only early text other than Historia and the Annales which describes Arthur in human, rather than mythological, terms. The Preface details how Vortigern usurps the British throne and invites the Saxons into the country. However, the Saxons begin to run amok, until they are driven out by the new king, Arthur. After Arthur's death then, the Saxons return and conquer Britain. The date of Legenda is seriously disputed, however, with some scholars placing it as late as the 13th century, long after the traditional Arthurian myth had begun to spread.The Historia and the Annales (and possibly Legenda) contain the only early historical references to Arthur, but due to their unreliability, coupled with a lack of references to Arthur in historically dependable texts, many scholars have argued that Arthur has no authentic historical precedent, but is instead purely a fictional character built up over the centuries. Scholars such as, for example, Nowell Myers and David Dumville point out that Arthur is not mentioned in numerous texts which do mention the Battle of Mons Badonicus; for example, the 6th century polemic De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas, which was written within living memory of the Battle; Bede's 8th century Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; or the 9th century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. All of these texts are considered historical reliable, and all deal with incidents during the supposed lifetime of Arthur, yet none of them mention him.Nevertheless, although there is a dearth of references to an historical Arthur, there is no such problem with references to a mythological figure. An early reference to the folkloric Arthur is found in the Welsh prose story Culhwch ac Olwen (c. 1100), which includes a list of over 200 of Arthur's men, of whom Cei (Kay), Bedwyr (Bedivere) and Gwalchmei (Gawain) are his most trusted lieutenants. In the story, Arthur helps his kinsman Culhwch win the hand of Olwen by completing a series of impossible tasks, including the hunt for a semi-divine boar (this hunt is also mentioned in Historia).Arthur also appears in several Latin texts of the period, although none of them are regarded as historically reliable. In the Life of Saint Gildas, written in the early 12th century by Caradoc of Llancarfan, Arthur is said to have killed Gildas' brother Hueil and rescued his future wife Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) from Glastonbury. In the Life of Saint Cadoc, (c.1100) by Lifris of Llancarfan, Arthur demands a herd of cattle from a man who killed three of his soldiers. Arthur is also mentioned in the Life of Saint Carannog, the Life of Saint Padarn (where he is presented as a maniacal tyrant who tries to steal Padarn's tunic) and the Life of Saint Eufflam, all written in the early 12th century. Arthur is also mentioned numerous times in the early Welsh Triads, a collection of short summaries of Welsh tradition and legend, which present Arthur as "Penteyrnedd yr Ynys hon" (Chief of the Lords of this Island).A vital text in terms of the codification of the Arthurian legend is Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittaniae (c.1138). The first narrative account of Arthur's exploits, it is here where Uther Pendragon is first depicted as Arthur's father, Merlin is first presented as a wizard and the sword Caliburnus (Excalibur) first appears. Becoming king at age 15, Arthur's most important knights are Kaius (Kay), Beduerus (Bedivere) and Gualguanus (Gawain). They fight a series of successful battles and expand the empire into Ireland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark. Arthur also conquers Gaul, a Roman territory at the time, leading to a conflict with the Romans. He defeats a Roman army in Gaul and prepares to march on Rome itself, however, word reaches him that back in Britain his nephew Modredus (Mordred) has married his wife Guenhuuara (Guinevere) against her wishes and seized the throne. Arthur returns to Britain and defeats Modredus in the Battle of Camlann, during which both himself and Modredus are killed (as is described in the Annales). Before his death, Arthur hands the crown to his kinsman Constantine, and is then taken to the isle of Avalon to be healed, promising he will return when Britain most needs him. How much of the story is invented, and how much based on pre-existing material is unknown. Geoffrey certainly consulted Nennius' Historia and the Annales, and most scholars believe he knew Culhwch ac Olwen, but beyond this, no known sources exist, and most scholars believe that Geoffrey simply created a fictional tale around the few scant historical references available to him.Whatever the case regarding historical accuracy however, the enormous popularity of Geoffrey's Historia instigated an avalanche of Arthurian romances which expanded on the basic narrative, and ultimately gave birth to an entirely new national mythology. Throughout the late 12th and on into the 13th century, the cycle continued to expand across Europe, especially in France, as more and more characters became bound up in the legend and more and more historical events became mythologized. An important early addition to the narrative is that of the Round Table, which was first mentioned in Roman de Brut (1155) by Wace. However, the most significant writer in this period was Chrétien de Troyes, who wrote five Arthurian narratives; Érec et Énide (1170), Cligès (1176), Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion (1177), Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette (c.1181) and Perceval, le Conte du Graal (c.1190). Érec and Cligès are tales of courtly love set in Arthur's time and Yvain is the tale of a supernatural adventure undertaken by Gawain. By far the most important as regards today's manifestation of the legend are Lancelot (which introduces the character of Lancelot, as well as the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, and first mentions Camelot) and Perceval (which introduces the character of Perceval, as well as the quest for the Holy Grail, which would be expanded on in Robert de Boron's Merlin, written in the early 13th century). Also important in this period is the introduction of another new character; Tristan, a figure from Celtic folklore, who was first included in the Arthurian myth in Prose Tristan by Luce de Gat (c.1233), an adaptation of the mythological Celtic story of the romance of Tristan and Iseult.The next significant piece of literature is known as the Vulgate Cycle (also known as the Lancelot Grail Cycle and Prose Lancelot). The Vulgate was an early 13th century anonymous anthology composed of five separate tales which elaborated upon previously iterated parts of the legend; Estoire del Saint Grail (deals with Joseph of Arimathea bringing the Grail to Britain), Estoire de Merlin (deals with the early history of Merlin and Arthur), Lancelot propre (deals with the adventures of Lancelot, goes into detail about the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, and also introduces the Lady of the Lake), Queste del Saint Graal (deals with the Grail Quest and first introduces Galahad), and Mort Artu (deals with Arthur's death at the hands of Mordred, who is presented as his illegitimate son for the first time). The Vulgate was followed c.1240 by the Post-Vulgate Cycle, which is essentially a retelling of the same basic narratives found in the Vulgate, although in it, the Knights of the Round Table grow in importance and for the first time in the legend, the Lady of the Lake gives Excalibur to Arthur.The most significant aspect of the Post-Vulgate Cycle today is that it was the primary source for Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1485), a retelling of the entire legend in English. Le Morte galvanizes many of the aspects of the Legend best known today; the duping of Igraine by Uther Pendragon and Merlin, the removal of Excalibur from the stone (first described in Robert de Boron's 13th century Merlin), the purity of the Knights of the Round Table, the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, the Grail Quest, the death of Arthur at the hands of Mordred, the returning of Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake, Arthur's passage to Avalon and his promise to return when most needed. Almost all subsequent reiterations of the myth are closely based on Malory and as such, the Arthurian legend had been wholly established and had entered the zeitgeist.After Malory, with the waning of the Middle Ages and the birth of the Renaissance, the popularity of the legend began to decline. With many scholars questioning the historical underpinnings, and when the myth was retold, it tended to be in a symbolic fashion, or as comedy. The only significant work to deal with Arthur seriously in this period, although it brings nothing new to the legend, is Edmund Spencer's epic poem The Faerie Queen (1590-1596).It was not until the 19th century birth of Romanticism, and the attendant interest in the Middle Ages in general and chivalry in specific, that the legend would once again become popular. In 1819, Le Morte d'Arthur was republished for the first time since 1634, leading to a resurgence of the legend in poetry; in 1832 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, wrote the Arthurian based poem "The Lady of Shalott", and in 1835 William Wordsworth wrote "The Egyptian Maid", an allegory of the Grail Quest. Tennyson continued to write poetry based on the Arthurian mythology, culminating in Idylls of the King (1856-1885), twelve narrative poems which recast the entire mythology as laid out in Malory based on Victorian sensibilities. Idylls was hugely popular and spawned hundreds of imitations as well as bringing about a resurgence of interest in the original myths. From that point forth, the Arthurian legend has always been a popular subject for art and literature, and in the early twenty first century, it is, if anything, more popular than ever.
As can be seen from the details above, the basic plot differs a great deal. Many of the best known aspects of the myth are absent from the film, with perhaps the most significant being Merlin's status as a wizard, the Grail Quest, the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere and the absence of Camelot, Avalon and Mordred. However, the film specifically chose to recast the legend as history; its purported aim was to deal with the possible reality behind the legend, not with the legend itself. According to the production notes,
few know that Arthur really existed, that he lived more than 500 years before the first romantic tales of his adventures were written down, and that the reality is a far cry from the chivalrous tales of the Round Table. King Arthur sets out to put the record straight, by taking us back to the 5th century, to the Dark Ages. There, stripped of the elaborate magic and romance of the medieval stories, a new but authentic image of Arthur and his men is presented. [production notes no longer available online]
Fuqua's film purports to give a more historically accurate take on the popular Arthurian legend; that's all very well, but we already know these names in another context. And within the new film's occasionally sloppy storytelling, we start filling in the blanks, using our knowledge of the previous stories - and the result is confusion. Lancelot is introduced as if he's a major character, but he actually has little to do. If he were named, say, Fred, this wouldn't be a problem; but as it is, we keep waiting for plot points that never develop. And drop-in characters like Merlin are simply mystifying - if we didn't already know he was a wizard, we might conclude that he was just a wacko. [Seattle Times article no longer available online]
The answer to this question is simple; according to Antoine Fuqua,
It's much more reality-based as opposed to the fantasy. It excited me because it's King Arthur as you've never seen him before. What appealed to me was that it was based on a sense of a reality. There was historical research done and there were some facts we found that we didn't know before. It's thrilling to discover that there is this hero that you grew up with who actually really existed.
Like all good mythical heroes, King Arthur is all things to all men. For the poets of the Middle Ages, his legend provided the perfect empty vessel into which to pour the ideals of "courtly love". For Henry II, who attempted to legitimise his own rule via Arthurian precedents established in Geoffrey of Monmouth's semi-spurious Historia Regum Britanniae, Arthur was a political propaganda tool. For the monks of Glastonbury Abbey, who fabricated Arthur's tomb sometime in the late 12th century with an eye on box-office receipts of their own, Arthur was a money-spinning tourist attraction.
For the screenwriter David Franzoni, Arthur is a metaphor for American Vietnam GIs [...] The film's depiction of Rome's waning imperial influence, of its exploitative client-state relationship with Britain, of its maltreatment of its prisoners and its vulnerability to bands of Pictish insurgents, seems to parallel imperialist America's current situation.
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I understand Rome's posturing when it became the ultimate military state. It comes from fear. And America is perhaps going through a lot of that right now, so it's not unfair to read into it that it could be about Iraq. But I began writing the movie before we went into Iraq. The GI connection is what is important for me. Like the Sarmatian knights, if you're a GI you're surrounded by people who hate you; you hate what you're doing, but you have to do it; and you're living for the day you get out. I see Arthur as being like someone drafted to Vietnam, who goes there full of ideas and gung ho, then gets it all shot away and comes down to himself. And that used to be an American hero, but we've become so cowboyed and numbed, we've lost track of who we once were.
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Arthur, in the version that has been best known for centuries with its romantic picture of Camelot, its honourable knights who fight tournaments and go in search of adventure, and the tragic death of Arthur in his last battle with his incestuous son, Mordred, is a sad, subtle, poetic legend, full of emotional nuance. The filmmakers' assumption seems to be that modern audiences need something harsher, simpler, more political - Arthur and the Britons fight for "freedom". But in evacuating myth from the world we rob ourselves of an imaginative, and even a moral, resource. By turning Arthur into a statebuilding soldier defending "freedom", his story is made glibly compatible with the way things are done now, the lies that make wars rational. [...] The stories of King Arthur are about war, and so is Homer's Iliad. But when these stories are told properly, in the grandeur and passion of myth, they are far more wise about the futility of war than any supposedly "realistic" retelling.
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It is an unnamed battle which took place during the Marcomannic Wars between Rome and various Germanic tribes, one of which was Sarmatia (situated roughly in the region of present day Georgia). The battle took place in the area of present day Vienna in 175, with the victorious Romans led by Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
According to the controversial opening legend of the film, "Recently discovered archaeological evidence sheds light on [Arthur's] true identity."This refers to the Artognou stone, often mislabelled the Arthur stone, which was discovered in 1998 at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall. According to historical advisor John Matthews,
The archaeological discoveries they are referring to are connected to the Sarmatians. The Sarmatians were posted to Britain, as part of the Roman Legion, five and a half thousand of them. They basically formed a kind of unique cultural enclave up in a place called Ribchester, in present-day Lancashire, and that base has been excavated over the years, and recently more wholly than before. What's come out of that is the fact that they not only stayed there for several hundred years, but that they kept a sense of their cultural identity, of their religious beliefs, and that's one of the reasons that this is the film it is, and the story it is, because it's some of their ideas and beliefs that influenced the Arthurian legend, so we believe.
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I wanted them to put something else. "Recently documented evidence", anything would have been better. [...] At the press showing, quite a few people laughed at that and I couldn't blame them.
Because not everyone feels that historical inaccuracies are goofs per se, and as such, have no place in the goofs section, the FAQ page seems to provide a good neutral place where such inaccuracies can be recorded, as well as (in italicized text) reasons hypothesized as to how or why these inaccuracies may have occurred.Before looking at historical inaccuracies in King Arthur, it is worth noting that the basic premise of the film is that Arthur and his knights were originally Sarmatians. This theory is known as the "Sarmatian hypothesis", and was formulated by C. Scott Littleton and Ann C. Thomas in 1978 ("The Sarmatian Connection: New Light on the Origin of the Arthurian and Holy Grail Legends", Journal of American Folklore 91:3 (Fall, 1978), 512-27). In 1994, Littleton and Linda A. Malcor identified a Roman military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus, as the historical Arthur (for more information, see their book From Scythia to Camelot: A Radical Reassessment of the Legends of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table and the Holy Grail). Malcor went on to work as one of two primary historical advisers on the film, the other being John Matthews, himself a proponent of the Sarmatian hypothesis and a believer in an historical Arthur from the 5th century. However, having said that, the Arthur of the film is based not on Castus but on Ambrosius Aurelianus, a Romano-Briton who operated during the 3rd century.With this in mind then, the opening legend of the film claims that... "Historians agree that the classical 15th century tale of King Arthur and his knights rose from a real hero who lived a thousand years earlier in a period often called the Dark Ages." Unfortunately, this isn't even remotely close to the truth, and upon the release of the film, this false claim seriously angered many historians. There is no such agreement, and the Sarmatian hypothesis remains a fringe theory in Arthurian studies, as does the notion that Arthur was a real historical figure. In both cases, critics point out that there is no solid evidence whatsoever to back up the claims, which are instead based on speculation, conjecture and circumstantial evidence. In this sense then, even the opening text of the film makes two sizable errors; claiming the Artognou stone provides evidence of Arthur's historical existence (which it doesn't), and claiming that historians are in agreement that there was an historical Arthur (which they aren't). Not a great start for a film which champions itself as historically accurate.Moving on to look at some of the subsequent inaccuracies in the film then,- The majority of the events in the film take place in 467 (the film begins in 452 and then jumps forward fifteen years), but included in the narrative is one of Germanus' visits to Britain (which occurred in 429 and 447), the arrivals of Cerdic (Stellan Skarsgård) and Cynric (Til Schweiger) in Britain (495), the Battle of Mons Badonicus (c.517), and Cerdic and Cynic's deaths (534 and 556 respectively). None of these events occurred in 467. This kind of historical telescoping is very common in period narratives (Shakespeare was notorious for it). Obviously the historical advisors would be familiar with these dates (one would hope), and to change them as the film does isn't so much an error or an inaccuracy as it is a choice made for narrative expediency. The vast majority of historical narratives do likewise, simply so as to compress real time into filmic time.- The Roman legions are shown withdrawing from Britain in 467, but in reality, they had completely withdrawn by 410. This is a difficult one to explain. One assumes that the historical advisors would have been aware of the 410 date, as it is not in dispute. For the purposes of the narrative, the film could have been set in 410 without any major alterations. However, to do so would move the events in the film even further away from the historical dates involving Germanus, Cerdic and Cynric. In this sense then, the change from 410 to 467 may be another example of historical telescoping; an attempt to find a happy medium between events as far apart as 410 and 556.- All of the main characters in the film have their 12th century names (which we still use today), rather than their Latin or, more correctly, Celtic equivalents; for example, "Guinevere" should be called "Gwynhwyfer", "Merlin" should be called "Myrddin", "Gawain" should be called "Gwalchmei" etc. Obviously, this was a conscious choice on the part of the filmmakers to ensure audience identification. The names of Merlin, Guinevere, Gawain, etc are known by the vast majority of people in their modern form only, not their original Celtic forms. As such, although it does create an anachronism, it is no less of an "error" than the fact that the characters are speaking modern English. In this sense then, the filmmakers simply decided to adopt the names with which people are most familiar.- Arthur's notions of freedom are anachronistic. He thinks about freedom in a very modern sense, but the concepts underpinning his ideas would not become common until the Age of Enlightenment, many centuries later. He believes in free will in the sense of "freedom to act"; he tells Alecto (Lorenzo De Angelis) that "all men are free, equal. And each of us has the right to choose his own destiny," a concept of freedom totally alien in the 5th century. His belief system seems to suggest that he is a Compatibilist; he believes in God, and hence a deterministic universe, but he also believes in the ability of man to exert free will within the confines of that determinism. Compatibilists believe that there is no inherent paradox in the belief that mankind can maintain free will within an order predetermined by an omniscient being. However, such views did not become common until espoused by the likes of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), and would have been completely nonsensical in the 5th century. As with the issue of names, the sense of freedom espoused by Arthur could simply have been chosen so as to connect to a modern audience. The film needs to be understood and assimilated by a contemporary 21st century audience, which has a very different impression of what does and does not constitute freedom than a 5th century audience. If Arthur speaks about freedom, but then gives a 5th century theory of what freedom is, an audience would see something it didn't recognise as freedom, but would be told that that is exactly what it is. So again, the filmmakers probably chose to go with the anachronism for the sake of understanding the context. Having said that however, it could simply have come about due to lack of adequate historical research, a theory which is somewhat supported by the next inaccuracy.- The beliefs and biography of Pelagius are represented incorrectly. Arthur tells Germanus that Pelagius' "teachings on free will and equality have been a great influence" and tells Alecto that Pelagius teaches a doctrine in which "all men are free, equal. And each of us has the right to choose his own destiny." In the Director's Cut of the film, Pelagius actually appears in an early scene (played by Owen Teale) where he is asked by young Arthur (Shane Murray-Corcoran) where does free will fit into his life if it has already been determined that he is to be a military commander, like his father before him. Pelagius answers, "it has always fallen to a few to sacrifice for the good of many. The world isn't perfect, but perhaps people like me, and you, and them can make it so." Later in the film, Alecto tells Arthur that Pelagius is dead, having been killed after being declared a heretic by "Germanus and the others". Whilst the film is accurate in the sense that Pelagius did oppose the established church teachings on the issue of free will, it misrepresents the nature of his beliefs. The film presents his concepts of free will as akin to contemporary notions of political freedom and freedom to act (see the inaccuracy above regarding Arthur's concept of free will). This places Pelagius (and Arthur) in the role of a civil libertine, a pseudo-campaigner for social justice. In reality however, topics such as freedom to act and political freedom were of no interest to Pelagius. Rather, he denied the notion of Original Sin and argued instead that Man was free to choose between good and evil without divine intervention or influence. He also believed that living life according to the natural laws of honour and goodness would be enough to assure the soul a place in Heaven. This is quite different from the societal concept of freedom seen in the film. Additionally, Pelagius was not executed for heresy in 466 (Alecto says he was killed a year ago); he was declared a heretic by the Council of Carthage in 418, and left Rome. Unconfirmed reports state that he died of natural causes in Palestine in 420, but after 418, there is no solid record of him, and no one knows where he went or what he did. Whilst there is the chance that Pelagius' theories were "modernised" to facilitate audience understanding (as with Arthur's beliefs), the basic error in the interpretation of Pelagius' doctrine may simply have arisen due to careless research on the part of David Franzoni. The factual errors in his biography were probably purposefully chosen. Pelagius serves a dual role in the film; to provide a basis for Arthur's benevolent beliefs and to illustrate, by his execution, the evils of Rome, the church and Germanus. He thus functions as a narrative device, with his biography changed to facilitate this role.- Saint Germanus is portrayed in the film as a cruel and pompous aristocrat, a dishonourable liar, and certainly not someone likely to be canonised. This is the exact opposite of most depictions and records of him. For example, according to Alban Butler's The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints (1759), Germanus, "extended his hospitality to all sorts of persons, washed the feet of the poor and served them with his own hands, while he himself fasted." Again, this "mistake" probably came about for the purposes of narrative expediency. As with Pelagius, Germanus serves a narrative function within the film; he is a bureaucratic pseudo-villain, a foil to Arthur's benevolence and morality, and a representative of the dishonour which the film presents as existing at the heart of the Church. Germanus was one of the few Catholic bishops to visit Britain in the time, and, for this reason alone, he was most likely chosen in the role of Christian villain, irrespective of his real life activities.- The politics of Rome are depicted throughout the movie as if the leader of Rome is the Pope (who in 467 would have been Hilarius). For example, the Pope is said to have the power to grant lands in any of the Empire's territories (Marius (Ken Stott) tells Arthur, "Everything we have is here, in the land given to us by the Pope of Rome"). Similarly, a bishop, rather than a military officer, is sent to deliver the knights' discharges, and the decision to send them north of Hadrian's Wall is taken by the Pope rather than the Emperor (Germanus tells Arthur that "Rome has issued a final order for you and your men", and when Arthur is reluctant to follow the order, Germanus asks him "Will you defy the Pope?"). In reality, the Empire was controlled by the Emperor (who in 467 would have been Romulus Augustulus), with each regional territory was controlled by a magister militum. The Pope would not gain the power to grant lands and make such important decisions until many centuries later. Unlike some of the inaccuracies above, there would be no problem here with presenting the situation just as it existed at the time; whereas an audience may not accept 5th century concepts of freedom as their own concepts of freedom, no audience would have trouble accepting an Empire controlled by an Emperor rather than an Empire controlled by a Pope. As such, there are two possibilities here; either the filmmakers consciously chose to anachronistically increase the power of the Pope, possibly so as to play into the notion of Arthur's faith and the sense of dishonour inherent in the church, or it is very poor historical research on the part of David Franzoni.- The knights ride horses with stirrups, however, stirrups were not used in Europe at the time. Stirrups were invented in China in the late 5th century and not seen in western Europe until the 7th century, long after the events of the film. Interestingly enough, in relation to this point, the production notes falsely claim that during the 5th century, Romans "learned the use of the stirrup, which gives stability to the mounted warrior, enabling him to stand in the stirrup to thrust with sword and spear against barbarian infantry" (from production notes no longer available online). This is inaccurate. The Romans did have solid saddles (which led to the subsequent invention of stirrups), but they did not have stirrups. It is difficult to attribute this error to anything other than poor historical research on the part of the art department and/or the historical advisors.- The hilts on Lancelot's swords are affixed with modern day torx screws. This error cannot be attributed to anything other than carelessness on the part of the art department.- Lancelot fights with two hands, using a gladius sword in each hand. Whilst this may look good, there is no evidence whatsoever of anyone of the time period, in any culture, using two hands to fight. This is obviously attributable to aesthetics; Lancelot looks good fighting with two swords, so it doesn't matter if it's historically inaccurate or not.- Tristan's (Mads Mikkelsen) hawk is a Harris' Hawk, which is native to South America, Chile and Argentina. These countries would not even be discovered by Europeans for over 1000 years. Again, this error seems due to simple carelessness on the part of the filmmakers.- There was never a group of people called the Woads. However, this in and of itself is not an inaccuracy as such, because, as the production notes explain,
the name Pict or pictus actually means "the Painted People" probably deriving from their habit of tattooing themselves with tribal markings, using a blue dye produced from the woad plant to give them their fearsome appearance. This gives us the name for the Picts in the movie, where they are called "woads" by the Romans - a typical way of referring to your enemies with an insulting term.
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the Picts are probably the oldest native inhabitants of Britain, yet almost nothing is known about them. Wild tribes people living north of Hadrian's Wall, they carried on a guerrilla war against the Romans. Their name means "the Painted Ones" - probably given to them from their habit of tattooing themselves with intricate markings, believed to be tribal or religious. The Woads, as they are called in the movie - the name is taken from the blue dye which they use to paint their bodies. Calling the Picts "Woads" was a device meant to echo similar belittling titles given to enemies wherever they are encountered.
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According to the production notes, it is Ogham for "Defender of the Land".
Lancelot narrates the film from start to finish. However, towards the end of the movie, he is killed, prompting the question of how could he be narrating.Antoine Fuqua addresses this issue on his Director's Commentary, where he explains that originally, there was no wedding scene at the end of the film; it went straight from the funeral to the slow motion shots of the horses riding. However, after a poor test screening, the audience's biggest request was that there be some kind of scene at the end to complete the romance, so the wedding scene was added (over Fuqua's objections). Originally, the idea had been that the fade from the smoke of Lancelot's pyre to the shot of the horse would imply that his spirit had lived on in the animal, and that the other two horses are the spirits of Dagonet and Tristan (Lancelot's father (Clive Russell) tells him before he leaves home that the spirits of great warriors are reincarnated as horses). However, because of the wedding scene, this sense was lost, the fade from the smoke to the horse was now interrupted, so there was no immediate connection for the audience. As such, the filmmakers decided to have him narrate so as to give the impression that he had lived on somewhere beyond the psychical.
No, but they were digitally enhanced for the US movie poster.Knightley has spoken about this incident several times. She explained that the decision was taken by Disney's marketing people after a survey said that "other women refuse to look at famous actresses and stars with small breasts." In fact, according to Knightley, she is "not allowed to be on a magazine cover in the US without at least a C-cup because it 'turns people off'" (quoted here).Speaking to The Daily Mail in 2006, Knightley commented,
I remember we had an interesting discussion when they said, "We want to make them slightly larger and you'll get approval" and I was like, "OK, fine. I honestly don't give a shit." But then they showed me the first copy and these things must have been double-Es - and they were down to my knees. And I was like, "I don't mind you making them bigger, but don't give me droopy breasts. They look like your grandmother's tits. [quoted here]
Most certainly. According to a recent study, there are more than 100 films about the Round Table, King Arthur (or the House of Pendragon), Excalibur and Camelot.As well as various spoofs and stories based in and around King Arthur, such as, for example, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1959), the following are some of the better known films which deal directly with the Arthurian legend:Knights of the Round Table (1953), Lancelot and Guinevere (1963), Siege of the Saxons (1963), The Sword in the Stone (1963), Camelot (1967), Lancelot du Lac (1974), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Perceval le Gallois (1978), Excalibur (1981), Parsifal (1983), Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984), First Knight (1997).The best known TV adaptations would include:The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-1957), Arthur of the Britons (1972-1973), The Legend of King Arthur (1979), Morte d'Arthur (1984), Arthur the King (1985), The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991-1993), Guinevere (1994), Merlin (1998), The Mists of Avalon (2001), Kaamelott (2004-2009) and Camelot (2011).
The R1 US Extended Unrated DVD released by Touchstone Home Entertainment in 2004, contains the following special features:• Director's Cut of the film• Feature length audio commentary with director Antoine Fuqua• "Knight Vision" Trivia Track (includes historical info, behind the scenes info and info totally unrelated to the film, such as the medical definition of a fracture, when ice skates were invented and how many calories are used during a kiss! (Yeah, I know.)• Alternate ending with optional commentary by Antoine Fuqua• Blood on the Land: The Making of a King, a 17-minute making-of featurette• King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion, a 16-minute discussion of the film amongst the cast and crew• King Arthur Xbox Video Game Demo (can only be played in an Xbox - obviously!)• Photo GalleryBoth the R2 UK Theatrical Cut DVD and the R2 UK Director's Cut DVD, both released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment (UK) in 2004, contain only "Blood on the Land" and the alternate ending.The R1 US Theatrical Cut DVD released by Touchstone Home Entertainment in 2004, contains all the features found on the R1 US Extended Unrated DVD, plus an additional commentary track featuring the cast and crew. However, this DVD is available in 1.33:1 full screen only and the commentary track is composed of exerts from interviews spliced together to cover the duration of the film.
There is approximately fifteen minutes of difference between the theatrical cut and the Director's Cut. A detailed comparison between the theatrical version and the unrated version, with images, can be found here, while a comprehensive list of additional scenes, and other variations can be found here.
The scene on the battlefield with Lancelot's body is slightly longer and involves a short monologue from Merlin, where he ensures Arthur that he hasn't failed his knights despite the death of Lancelot and Tristan. This is followed by the funeral scene, which is also longer, with Bors giving a short speech. This is then followed by a scene of Lucan (John G. Brennan) trying to remove Excalibur from a stone. He fails, but Arthur tells him that one day he'll be strong enough to do it. Black smoke then rises from Lancelot's pyre and there is a fade to the slow motion shots of the horses riding.The wedding scene was added at the behest of the studio. It's worth noting that Antoine Fuqua dislikes the new ending, and on his DVD commentary states that he much prefers the original, darker ending.
Yes, although only the Director's Cut. The US Director's Cut and the UK Extended Unrated Edition, both released in 2007, contain the same special features as the R1 US Extended Unrated DVD.
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CUT-price retailer B&M Bargains is considering moving into the former Focus DIY store in Rawtenstall.
The Bocholt Way branch, closed after Focus went into administration, could be acquired by B&M Bargains, the Merseyside-based low-cost retailer.
The retailer is currently considering whether to turn the unit into one of its home stores selling hundreds of household goods and food items.
Cheshire-based Focus DIY, which was founded by former Crown Paints boss Bill Archer, collapsed in May.
Local residents hope news of the take over will dissuade youths starting fires outside the town centre store.
In the past six weeks the store has been targeted around a dozen times.
All Focus stores were down to close, although B&M acquired 11 outlets, including one in Burnley, which opened last week.
A spokesman from B&M Bargains said: "No decision has yet been reached regarding the purchase of a site in Rawtenstall.
"It is correct to say that we are considering a store in Rossendale but it is too soon to comment on whether a deal will go ahead.
"At the moment we are have no timescale about when a decision will be made, but we hope to make a decision in the not to distant future."
Lancashire county councillor Tony Winder, who represents Rossendale North said: "News of any new business moving into a small town like Rawtenstall is positive news.
"I am sure there is a demand for a business and products like this and I hope B&M bargains decide to take over the former Focus site and prevent it from standing empty."


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Misty was put to sleep on April 17, 2009. I found out she had Kidney Disease on Easter. It wasn't until after finding this out that I put everything together and knew she had all the symptoms. She had been losing weight for some time. I changed her food from senior to adult Science Diet because I thought she needed more calories. Her teeth were bad and she had bad breath. I simply thought it was that she needed her teeth cleaned, which I had done not so long ago. I watched her eating her food one evening and it sounded like she was gumming the dry so I changed her to canned. I put her on Pedigree to start with. She absolutely loved it. She would be at my heels while I smashed her vitamin (which she had quit taking) and mixed it into her food. She would follow at my heels while I carried her dish into the other room and would almost jump into her water dish trying to get to the dish before I got it set down. She stood there a gobbled down the canned food, never leaving a speck in her dish. The problem was, every night she would throw up. I changed her food again to Science Diet canned for seniors. She loved it also, but was still throwing up and started moving her bowels all over the floor, only at night. I didn't put two and two together. Easter morning, she wouldn't eat. She spent all day, while I was getting ready for Easter dinner, in her kennel. I tried her on some ham, which she ate. Then, my son-in-law heard her crying. I went to her. She was laying on her side in her kennel crying. I picked her up and held her. I called the vets office and was told to call Vet Emergency. I took her there and they did tests on her and found she had Kidney Disease and had probably had it for quite some time. They kept her there overnight with IVs to flush out her kidneys. They said if I took her home and waited to take her to the vet the next day, she probably would not make it through the night.
The next morning, I picked her up at 6:30 am along with her IVs and transferred her to her vet, where she stayed for three days. I brought her home on my birthday. I was so excited she was coming home. Before taking her inside, I set her down in the yard to go potty. She fell over and went all over herself. She was able to get herself back up again, but fell over again. I took her in the house and held her for awhile. I was suppose to give her two different types of meds and Hills K/D. I could not get her to take her meds. I tried to mix them in her food but could not get her to eat. She, for that day, was existing, not living. She made it through the night but pooped all over everywhere. She was very weak she tried to stand to get a drink and fell head first into her water dish. The next morning I called the vet and told him it was time we put her down. She cannot live like this. She was so weak she could not even stand up. She wouldn't eat so would not be able to regain her strength. What little she did eat came out of her in one way or the other. She had diarrhea and was vomiting. With Misty it seemed so sudden. She was herself up until Easter (except for the night problems) and 5 days later I was putting her down. Cuddles was at least 17 and was blind and could not stand without leaning against a wall. I knew he was in pain. Misty just seemed like she was great one day and sick the next. I still feel it was my fault. I should never have put her on the canned food. I didn't know. I miss her more than anything. I won't be getting another dog to take her place. I just don't think it's possible to love another as much as I loved Misty.
I asked God for a flower, He gave me a garden.
I asked God for a tree, He gave me a forest.
I asked God for a river, He gave me an ocean.
I asked God for the world, He gave me "Misty Rose"
My heart is lost to you always and forever.
Misty: It's your 14th birthday. To me you are still a baby. My baby. I miss you so much it hurts every day. I hope you are having a good time in Heaven. I know you have made lots of friends and of course met your long lost brother, Cuddles.
Things here are just not the same. I actually missed all your barking on Halloween. You barked and ran to the door every time the doorbell rang. It always made dad mad. Then there's your birthday. How can I not miss you then? Then the Holidays. You never learned to open your own presents, like Cuddles used to do. We just opened them for you. You did always know which presents were yours. All we had to do was say "Where's your present Misty?" and you'd go pull it out from under the tree.
Monica was over today. I was typing a form for her. She suddenly turned around and said she thought she heard you breathing. So, I'm not crazy. I've been saying ever since you've been gone that I thought I heard you changing position on the wood floor behind me, only to turn and you not being there. Monica said she thought she heard you let out a sigh like you did when you wanted some attention.
Dad still says no more dogs. He has never been a dog lover. He just doesn't understand. I'm going to keep hinting and maybe, with a little luck, he'll give in. I need another dog to fill that void that you left. You filled it when Cuddles left me. I know you would want me to get another dog to love. There is enough room in my heart for Cuddles, you and another fur baby. Then again, I don't know if I could stand to lose another like I did you and Cuddles. It hurts so bad. You were my little girl, my baby.
I hope you have lots of wonderful things planned for your first birthday in heaven.
Have a really Happy birthday sweetheart and don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I have all these wonderful people at Critters to help me. They all know exactly how I feel, unlike daddy. It takes a pet lover to know a pet lover. I will see you someday.
I Love You, Baby. I always will. You will remain in my heart right next to Cuddles forever and ever.
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This riveting one-man show based on the work of the great English writer demands one question: why didn't someone do this sooner — say, 25 years sooner, in 1984?
The fine British-born actor Kevin Williamson, making an overdue return to the fringe after eight years, is a tad hale and hearty to portray the gaunt and tubercular Orwell (born Eric Blair) as he retypes the draft of his enduring final novel.
But any doubts you have melt away as Williamson holds sway on the stage, wearing a housecoat in a late-1940s hospital room, bringing Orwell's fierce conscience and "window-pane" prose to life.
The 60-minute script, by Williamson and the veteran Edmonton playwright Ken (Spiral Dive) Brown, is a mashup of Orwell's published writing, with excerpts from such self-revelatory essays as his witnessing a hanging in Burma and attending a posh public school in England. The result is a stirring portrait of the artist in his own words.
What Brown and Williamson should do is add 30 or 40 minutes — goodness knows the source material is rich enough — and sell this to regional theatres wherever English is spoken. It would be theatrical gold.
— Morley Walker
From the official Fringe Festival program:
"There is no such thing as keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues." - George Orwell
English Suitcase returns to Winnipeg with the world premiere of a new play about the author of 1984 and Animal Farm.
Performed by Suitcase Artistic Director & founder Kevin Williamson, written & directed by Ken Brown, creator of 2008's hit show Spiral Dive.
RECOMMENDED: General Audience
60 min.
Venue#18 The Gas Station Theatre 445 River Ave (at Osborne St.)
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Limited edition 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve.
With the 1983 release of the Trevor Horn-produced 90125, Yes pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in rock history.
The album not only marked the return of vocalist founder Jon Anderson and original keyboardist Tony Kaye, but also a radical shift in style, with Yes largely trading in their trademark 1970s symphonic progressive rock sound for contemporary, synthesized 1980s pop. The lead single, "Owner of a Lonely Heart," became #1 in the US and drove the album into the Top 5 helping it sell three million units during a chart stay of 53 weeks, by far Yes' most successful album. Other top-ten-heavy-airplay tracks include "Hold On," "It Can Happen," "Leave It," and "Changes" while "Cinema" won the 1984 Grammy for the 'Best Rock Instrumental.'
The band decided that the music was going in a different direction that they were not excited about. They told their manager to fire everyone that was associated with them and hire new people.- Disc 1 -
1 Hold on
2 Si
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus uses some type of "fortified glass", after all
0. phoneArena posted on 27 Oct 2011, 06:03
Samsung replied that the first Android ICS handset utilizes another kind of "fortified glass". after Corning, the makers of the reinforced Gorilla Glass found in many smartphones and tablets, tweeted that the Galaxy Nexus is not using their product in its screen package...
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1. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Whew thank god. I was really worried when I heard it wasn't having GGlass but kudos to Samsung for this.
9. bobfreking55 (Posts: 866; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
The curved display would also probably prevent it from scratches etc. and I think Samsung could have developed something better. :)
no worries.
22. sgogeta4 (Posts: 394; Member since: 02 Feb 2011)
Not surprising. Commented on this in the PA article saying that the Nexus wasn't going with Corning's Gorilla glass.
24. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
I always encourage people to buy screen protectors for their phones. GGlass or not, they prevent scratches.
My concern is cracking the screen from being dropped. Cases can only protect so much and without GGLASS or something similar its always a fear.
30. iankellogg (Posts: 155; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
I think I am squarely in the minority but I never put screen protectors or cases on my phones. I strongly believe that a phone should be designed to survive anything AS IS. If your phone needs protection then it is a piece of s**t. i'm looking at you iPhone 4Shattermagnet.
45. bolaG (Posts: 468; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
I got to agree with the part of "...a phone should be designed to survive anything as is." cases just look awful :(
44. robinrisk (unregistered)
How? Gorilla glass doesnt get scratched by anything short of a drilling machine, so i guess whith gorila glass there´s no need for screen protectors, it´s already built into the phone.
48. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
I'm far more concerned with my screen getting cracked than scratched. Most scratches cant be seen unless you are under a bright light with the right angle and I have seen it first hand if you put a invishield screen protector on a phone with a scratch on it, it actually covers up the scratch and you can't see it.
23. rd_nest (Posts: 1656; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Gorilla Glass was trademarked in 2008 for Corning's alkali aluminosilicate glass, their patent for such glass ran out some 20 years ago, anyone can make as much alkali aluminosilicate glass as they want without having to pay Corning for a name, Apple uses alkali aluminosilicate glass in the iPhone not Gorilla Glass. Using a non-name version isn't what makes them fail drop tests, since alkali aluminosilicate glass isn't shatterproof by whatever you call it but due to the design of the phone itself, alkali aluminosilicate glass is just more scratch resistant and a bit more bendable.
Glass is made by Samsung Corning Precision Glass.
It is joint venture company between Samsung and Corning.
It's the same type of glass used in S2, but without the Gorilla branding.
54. KRONeage (Posts: 144; Member since: 17 Apr 2011)
Samsung Corning (joint venture since 1973) merged with Samsung recently. However it is still listed in Corning's holdings. They have incorporated the Fusion Technology used in LCD Glass substrates into making mobile glass substrates.
Now they've jointly advanced the technology in their own R&D labs at Samsung. Anyway only Corning's plant in America and Japan can use the Trademark "Gorilla Glass" for mobile screens only (phones and tablet PC's). These Gorilla Glass screens must be flat by the very nature of the process used and it's the process, not the use of alkali alumino-sillicate that was patented and trademarked in "Gorilla Glass" formulation!
So in Samsung Korea had to make a fortified glass that is thicker at top and bottom than it is in the center. So the main difference is in a fortified glass (like usedNokia's N9) to achieve curved edges instead of the sharp edges of Gorrilla Glass and be of tapered thickness. It also has to be more flexible, even though no flexible phones are being made yet, Samsung Corning is ready this. The screen itself is flat. Only the glass is tapered in thickness. But the high tech Fusion process
55. jumpercable69 (Posts: 1; Member since: 04 Jun 2012)
Corning experimented with chemically strengthened glass in 1960, as part of an initiative called "Project Muscle". Within a few years it had developed what it named "Chemcor" glass. Corning could find no practical use for the glass at the time and the predecessor of "Gorilla Glass" was never put into mass production, excepting its use in approximately one hundred 1968 Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda race cars, where the reduced weight was key. This information is from Wikipedia. You might think this is incorrect information but I heard exactly the same thing about 3 years ago. So it is correct to the best of my knowledge.
2. bigboss (Posts: 80; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
What if this 'fortified glass' performs better than Gorilla Glass in real life?
4. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
who said better than? the article says just as well as.
i was actually wondering about this when i read the corning tweet. just because they aren't using the brand name doesnt mean they arent using the technology (or a very similar one)
17. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
good.. i can breathe again. lol. the lack of protective glass might have been my final straw.
25. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Agreed remix, I can get over the lack of a micro SD slot and some other gripes but it doesn't matter how awesome a phone is, it looks like s**t with a cracked screen.
16. aries.phills (Posts: 140; Member since: 17 May 2011)
Then G Glass will have to run for its money. Technically, thats what we want. COMPETITION!!!!!!!!
33. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
sorry big boss. i need to stop posting as soon as i get to work in the morning. i misread your post somehow.
3. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
I would like to find out bigboss, just not on my phone :P
5. bigboss (Posts: 80; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
That is a valid point ROARY. It is really unknown that how many people would buy the phone unless they are convinced that it is strong enough. Samsung made a mistake here.
13. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1237; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)
Really? You really think sales are going to be hurt because it may not be gorilla glass? Whoever would pass up on this phone simply because it doesn't have gorilla glass is a (insert derogatory name here). Plus I've cracked the glass of both my phones that have gorilla glass. Gorilla glass isn't THAT great.
27. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
What phones? I have stomped on my dead Droid x multiple times and even took a hammer to it. Not even a scratch.
31. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Not only is that good to know about Gorilla Glass, it sounds like a really, really good time. Wonder if I know anyone with an old "X" laying around.....
39. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
my X is still in use and does have a tiny scratch on the screen. im not sure how it got there, its about 1/2 cm in length, but its there (and ive done nothing like stomping or hammering my phone)
40. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Its not scratch proof but it will help a lot to prevent it from cracking.
43. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
In the time that I worked for Verizon Wireless, I had a D1. Whenever someone asked me how durable it was I would walk them outside and literally throw the phone on the pavement.
Maybe it was a dumb idea, maybe not. All I know is I probably did that over fifty times and while the body was scratched to hell the phone continued to function properly and I never broke the screen.
I also sold a shit ton of Droids.
47. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1237; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)
I've cracked the screens of my Samsung Fascinate and Motorola Droid.
49. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
OG Droid and Fascinate don't have GGlass or at least the updated more durable versions found on the Droid X and SGS2. I bought a broken Droid X off of Ebay, the screen was in perfect condition. Just had a bad ESD and was basically sold cheap for parts.
I put it through a lot of tests. Stomped on the screen as hard as I could multiple times with my steel toe boots on. Not a scratch, I took a hammer to the screen multiple times. Again, not a scratch nor was it cracked.
I picked it up and threw it as hard as I could on cement floor multiple times, not a scratch on it. The back and sides of the metal were chipped of course but the screen was undamaged.
6. XiphiasGladius (Posts: 813; Member since: 21 Aug 2011)
Hope to see this in 2012 Sony Smartphones.
7. bigboss (Posts: 80; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
What do you want to see in sony smartphones?
53. XiphiasGladius (Posts: 813; Member since: 21 Aug 2011)
Those so called fortified glasses. . .


text: The Death of Superman wiki last edited by Darkside_of_the_Sun on 03/24/16 06:44PM View full history Plot SummaryKnown as the biggest story ever, in which Superman finally meets his match and battles to protect the city that he loves from the monster known as Doomsday. By the battle's end Doomsday is dead; however, Superman is fatally wounded and dies in the arms of Lois Lane. Though Superman is dead, four new characters are about to emerge: The Reign of the Supermen is about to begin.Full PlotBye Bye Birdie.Another normal day for Superman, fighting the Underworlders, while in Ohio a green-clothed fist beats its way out of an underground chamber. Once the monster is above ground, he instantly starts to destroy, crushing a bird in his hand, and snapping the neck of a deer. As it cuts a path across Ohio and Pennsylvania it continues maiming, and destroying. The news spreads quickly about this monster, and the Justice League of America prepares to attack it.Pinned to the SkyAfter the league clean up a mess left by the beast, Maxima uses her psionic powers to track the creature. Attempting to establish first contact, the Warrior Queen finds that the monster's mind is nothing more than hate, death, and blood lust personified. As they move towards it, they see the monster's path of destruction. When the see the creature he throws a tree like a spear and crushes the Bug ship. This tosses the league around and they are left scrambling to save their own before they can regroup Guy Gardner charges into action and asks the beast to "take [his] pick cremation or burial".The beast catches Guy off guard and moves faster than Guy can see. After that all hell breaks loose for the team. absent their strongest member Superman the League suffers. Several Leagues are knocked out and Blue Beetle is put in a coma. As the battle gets larger the League tries to fight the beast while saving lives of civilians. The battle is so big that Superman hears about it in Metropolis and goes into action. By the time he gets there Maxima has been convinced by Ice to take Blue Beetle to the hospital; everyone else was knocked out but Booster Gold who was hit so hard he was not even in sight. At this point Ice tries to hold the monster off all by herself.Superman's Doomsday!Superman runs into Booster in midair on the way to help and Booster Gold again dubs the creature Doomsday. The League starts to recover and fight. They even gather the remnants of the league Bloodwynd, Fire and Guy Gardner, Booster and Superman shoot Doomsday with their respective energy projectile weapons. It does has little effect. Doomsday punches Superman, who stands unharmed, but when Doomsday kicks him in the stomach, Superman gets knocked into the air. Then Booster is made powerless by his suit getting destroyed and Guy's eyes have been swollen shut from Doomsday's first tossing his face into concrete.Maxima comes back from saving Blue Beetle and helps fight Doomsday but is done in by a mistake she makes. Doomsday meanwhile makes his way to Metropolis, and Superman realizes he must stop him. Doomsday crushes everything. None of Metropolis' defenses can stop him. Not Supergirl, team Luthor, Cadmus or the Guardian. They fight a huge battle, shattering windows with their blows, and finally ending with one hit from each. Doomsday was seemingly dead. but so was Superman.Collected EditionsThe Death of SupermanThe Death of SupermanSuperman: The Death and Return of Superman OmnibusSuperman: The Death and Return of Superman OmnibusRelated IssuesSuperman: The Man of Steel #17 - The Underworld Rises AgainSuperman #73 - Trapped -- at Vanishing Point!Adventures of Superman #496 - Truth And ConsequencesAction Comics #683 - The Trail of the JackalDeadman: Dead Again #3 - Dead End!DC Universe: Legacies #7 - Doomsday!; Snapshot: Reunion!DC Retroactive: Superman - The '80s #1 - New Day, Final Destiny; Day of Destiny!


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St Leonard's and St Bartholomew's to represent Ribble Valley and Hyndburn in Lancashire School Games.
Pupils from St Leonard's and St Bartholomew's primary schools are through to the SPAR Lancashire School Games county final after taking victory in quad kids' athletics.
The pupils at St Leonard's and St Bartholomew's sealed their place in the county finals after beating 19 other schools from the Ribble Valley and Hyndburn districts and will now face other winners from across Lancashire.
A record number of over 240 children from 20 schools took part in the quad kids' tournament showing the increased interest in athletics since the 2012 Olympics.
Quad kids is a combined athletics event where each athlete completes a jump, throw, 50m run and 400m run.
Jane Johnson, School Games Organiser for Ribble Valley and Hyndburn, said: "The standard of competition was extremely high and all competitors should be extremely proud of their achievements.
"I would like to thank Hyndburn Athletics Club which played a large part in organising and running the event and making it such a huge success."


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Religion Calendar
Updated 11:10 pm, Friday, May 17, 2013
Syrian Christians: 11 a.m., Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 386 N. Castell Ave. in New Braunfels, ecumenical prayer for Christian churches in Syria under attack. 830-885-2369.
Book signing: Noon-2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 18030 U.S. 281. Lisa Burkhardt Worley's "Pearls of Promise." pearlsofpromise ministries.com.
Gospel competition: 7 p.m., New Creation Christian Fellowship, 8700 Fourwinds Drive, featuring church choirs. $10. 210-444-1658, www. gospelcompete.com.
Opening reception: 2-5 p.m., Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, 111 Torcido Drive. "Sacred Ground" show. 210-824-5387, www.dwtx.org.
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Concert band: 3 p.m., Crossroads Baptist Church, 8300 Tezel Road. Heart of Texas Concert Band will perform. 210-863-7308, www.heartof texasconcertband.com.
Evensong: 4 p.m., Our Lady of Atonement Catholic Church, 15415 Red Robin. Evensong by Musica Sacra San Antonio. 210-913-0407.
Film screening: 6:30-9 p.m., Bahá'í Center, 735 W. Magnolia Ave. "Education under Fire" about Bahá'í struggle to continue schooling in Iran. www.sanantonio bahai.org.
Recovery program: 7 p.m., Unity Heights Office Building, 8103 Broadway. Recovery program for those battling compulsion or addiction, based on spiritual principles. Deanna Melendez, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.unityofsa.org.
Jehovah's Witnesses: Bell County Expo Center, 301 W. Loop 121, Belton. Annual convention. www.jw.org.
May 25
Southern Gospel: 6 p.m., Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 10915 Vance Jackson Road. Armstrong Family will perform. www.stgma.org.
June 9
Folklife Mass: 10 a.m., Fountain Plaza, Tower of the Americas, HemisFair Park. Folklife Mass will be celebrated.
Caregiver support group: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., second Thursdays, Christus Sister Mary Hospice, meditation room, 5131 Medical Drive, Suite 300.
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The last time I told this story was here in fall of 2011. My story of St. Francis for those of you who already know him needs a few updates now in 2014. Read on, there's more to the story.
Many summers ago my aunt in Houston was moving from the family home where she and my uncle had raised their children in favor of a smaller home in an effort to downsize and make other transitions in her life. Her husband had passed away several years earlier. In my adolescent life, I remember my uncle's death as one of the first I had experienced in my family. He and my aunt shared a full life together. They shared their experiences with us via letters and postcards. They traveled quite a bit and my brothers and sister loved visiting them. One trip they took was to Italy for the Rome Olympics back in 1960, so in that Olympic year we looked forward to hearing about the trip. While there, they purchased a statue of St. Francis and had it shipped back to their home. St. Francis occupied a place in the backyard garden for several years.
In making the move to a smaller home, my aunt had sold off, given away and moved larger pieces of furniture with the help of a moving company. One Saturday, my father, brother, sister, a friend of mine and I, went to help her move her treasures, the things that she wanted to move personally. She had a pick-up truck at her disposal, a station wagon and our family to help her. We came with two cars to complete the job of moving the treasures she did not entrust to movers.
It was a hot day in July. We carefully moved items, wrapped them in sheets, or packed them in boxes placing them in the bed of the truck or on various car seats. I remember walking through the house and remembering the happy times we had spent on visits there. I recalled the happy reunion of all my uncles and aunts in the family room, sitting, laughing and cutting up. I remembered my cousin baking brownies in the kitchen and dancing to music as she baked. She seemed so grown up to me as she swayed to the rock-n-roll tunes she played. I remember reading the Sunday comic section of the newspaper on the floor of my uncle's study. So many memories.
Then, I remember standing on the balcony of the second floor of her home to survey the lovely garden one last time. Another memory. We had gone on Easter egg hunts in that backyard. I still remember it was late morning as we worked moving things to the cars under the hot summer sun. There was no breeze.
I heard my dad call to my aunt asking, "What about St. Francis, does he go too?"
My aunt called back, "No, he stays." At that instant a wind blew up in the back yard rustling the leaves of the trees that shaded the yard. The stone figure of St. Francis fell face forward into the mulch of the garden. We were dumbfounded and speechless.
"That does it. He goes," my aunt gasped. And so it happened that we scooped up St. Francis, wrapped a blanket around him, and placed him in the bed of the truck. One of the first things when we arrived to her new home was to decide on a suitable spot to place him so he could be viewed from the living room and dining room, and he could view family life within. Within our family circle, we call it our "miracle of St. Francis." Over the years, several of us siblings have searched and found the perfect statue to place in our gardens as a reminder of that occurrence.
Recently, in Northern Virginia at my sister's house, as I sat in her back room, I would gaze out the window and focus on her St. Francis. She and I reflected again together on that one unrepeatable moment.
What is a miracle? I like Storm Jameson's definition, "The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable." All of us together that day, experienced something rare, unique and unrepeatable. In an instant, it was as if a husband, father, brother-in-law, uncle didn't want to be left behind. The little statue of St. Francis could have been reduced to just decorative statuary in a garden, an interesting souvenir from a memorable trip. But the wind rushing up as it did, pushing St. Francis face down stirred us to rescue him from that undignified position. Now, when we reflect on this, because we experienced it, it's easier to believe in another miracle. Still there's a conundrum. If we wait in anticipation, the element of surprise we experienced that day is taken away. Perhaps there are different levels of awareness of miracles. We can appreciate every day and realize the miracles that surround us, and then there are the breath taking ones that stir change, make us take a different course filling us with insights not thought before…they humble us deeply. So I take Storm Jameson's observation every day noticing what's delightfully unrepeatable, yet I will remember the moment when a whole family on a hot lazy day, woke up to a miracle that has moved our family in recent generations.
Several Christmases ago, daughter #2 and my husband searched statuary gardens and then gave this St. Francis to me. Father and daughter together found the one unrepeatable gift that transcended perfume, chocolate or flavored coffee. He stood outside our living room window, a reminder of a family "miracle". Many have sat in the chair by that window and noticed him, felt his presence. Unrepeatable moments.
Last weekend, as Rick and I moved our treasures that we will not entrust to movers, we took St. Francis to his new home out in the country under a beautiful oak, where we can view him from the back porch, the back room window and our bedroom, and he can greet all who come up the driveway.
One more note: Perhaps my aunt reacted as she did not only in memory of her husband, but in memory of her father. You see, he came to Mexico City for business interests and was appointed the Consul General from Holland to Mexico in the early 1900's. When I took students to Mexico, DF, I told her our hotel was an old one, the Hotel St. Francis on Reforma (the main boulevard of Mexico City).
"That's where Papi (my grandfather) stayed when he first came to Mexico and before he married Moesje (my grandmother)," she informed me.


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The power plant which was constructed by the local contractor CES (www.CleanEnergySolution.com), a sister company for MBH, is made up of two parts, one is the treatment system of the landfill gas mainly through carbon filters, and the second part is the generation plant itself. The power plant is connected to the Damour substation via 12km 20kV underground cables to feed the local network.
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The conference will be an excellent occasion to be acquainted with our following events:
- Recent developments and latest innovations in the field of diesel and gas reciprocating engines which are offered by GE Transportation, GE Jenbacher and GE Waukesha companies, and which will be presented by leading practitioners from GE;
- ENERGY GROUP companies' activities, products, services and partnerships with GE Transportation, GE Jenbacher and GE Waukesha:
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• CES: EPC and O&M specialists of wind, hydro and landfill gas-to-energy conversion power plants
- Networking with senior officials and executives from public and private organizations, namely general and electromechanical contractors, consultants in the power industry, power developers, oil & gas companies, governmental institutions and utilities, industrialists, and real estate developers.
Attendees are also cordially invited to attend our Gala Dinner which will take place at 7:00 PM in the Night Ballroom of the Jumeirah Creekside Hotel.
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Technical sales engineers are a key point of contact for clients and provide both pre- and after-sales advice. They liaise regularly with other members of the sales team and colleagues from a range of departments, such as research, development, design, purchasing, production and quality, as well as senior company managers.
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DELIGHTED vice-chairman Chris Reeves has "every confidence" that Poole Town will pass Thursday's ground inspection following the completion of work requested by grading chiefs.
The Football Association (FA) will run the rule over the new-look Tatnam Road site to decide whether it meets the C grade required for Dolphins to compete in this season's play-offs and remain in the Southern League Premier Division next season.
Reeves revealed that work on the new stand, extra toilets, an additional turnstile, provision for 100 extra seats and permanent hard standing down the school side of the ground had been finished.
The new clubhouse and boardroom has been opened with extensions made to the visitors' and referee's changing rooms within an existing building.
Reeves told the Daily Echo: "It has all been done and we have emailed the ground grading team to tell then we have pulled it off. It is such a relief and we are so looking forward to showing them round.
"The place has been transformed and we have been absolutely blown away by what we have been able to do. With the inspection being on Thursday, we also have the opportunity to do bits of cosmetic work to really show off the ground at its very best.
"It has been such a frenetic exercise making sure all the boxes got ticked. It has been a massive ask and we have barely had time to catch our breath."
Should Poole win promotion to the Conference South this season, they would need to achieve the B grade by March 31 2015.
Following Saturday's shock defeat to struggling Bedford, Dolphins will look to get back on track their quest for the top five with a home match against Banbury United tomorrow (7.45pm).
Manager Tom Killick has fitness concerns over Cherries loanee Jon Muleba and midfielder Carl Pettefer.
Elsewhere, Bashley face a bottom-two clash with Bedford, while Hamworthy United travel to AFC Portchester in the Wessex League Premier Division.


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Scandinavia in White
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From Lapland to Lofoten during the Arctic winter. Reindeer races, northern lights, fishers' cottages, winter markets, dogsledding, lavvu camps, the ice hotel ... it's all here.
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Graham Meale
Like most of us, Graham Meale spent a good deal of his life hostage to a mortgage. In 2004, at age 47, he realised that there was more to life, got his first passport and began working hard to fill it up. His goal is to see every nation on Earth that doesn't have a McDonalds.


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My sister purchased this Mothercare Giraffe for my son before he was even born so he could have a teddy in the hospital when he arrived. At the time she paid £10 for him from a Mothercare store.
The giraffe is a good size 25 x 8 x 20 cm and is suitable from birth. It is a lovely plush material which is very soft and cuddly. The stuffing in it is also very cuddly and not too firm so small babies can grab at it easily. The actual design of the giraffe is great and i think it will be quite hard wearing and long lasting. In the bottoms of the feet are, what feels like bean bag fillings, which allow the giraffe to stand up and also provides an interest point for little babies to learn textures etc
As a toy for a small baby it is good for helping hand eye coordination as they try and grab at it, and as they get older it can be used for imaginative play. There is of course the obvious use as a lovely squashy teddy bear as a comfort for them. My son held it a lot when he was younger and it was always in the cot with him. And now at the age of 18 months he plays with it still with his other teddys and still wants him there in his cotbed at night with him.
The toy is fully machine washable - a very good plus point with little babies and toddlers! Even with several washes under his belt our giraffe is still looking as good as new.
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