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Was the Messiah Supposed to Have Been Divine?
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In my Bible study class when I was a professor living in Hillsdale, MI, the (assistant) pastor matter-of-factly told us that it was understandable that the Pharisees were outraged at Jesus' statements. Even if Jesus were the Messiah, he explained, he still shouldn't have claimed he was one with the Father. In other words, my pastor explained, the religious Jews waiting for the prophesied Messiah not only were expecting a military/political ruler, but they were expecting a man.
I am currently reading Jared Wilson's Your Jesus Is Too Safe, which I'm enjoying a lot and for which I'll write up a proper review when I'm finished. But for right now, I just want to comment on this same issue. Jared writes (and I know him, hence the first name usage):
It wasn't so much that [Jesus] was teaching so many people about love and peace and grace, but that he was teaching so many people that he was the long awaited ruler while simultaneously making himself out to be God. That second part was not expected. The Messiah was anticipated as God's messenger and deliverer of the people, but an incarnate YHWH was beyond the realm of Jewish messianic belief. [Wilson, p. 199]
Now I absolutely love this kind of stuff, where people were misreading the prophesies and hence didn't recognize Jesus. (Even if you think this is all a myth, I'm saying that it is very "neat" in purely literary terms.) For example, some devout Jews didn't understand how Jesus could be the guy, because he came from Nazareth, and the prophesies clearly said the Messiah would come from Bethlehem. (So the trick there is that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but grew up in Nazareth.)
But for today's misunderstanding, I don't see what the problem was. At least according to my translation (which perhaps benefits from being written by Christians!), here is the prophesy in Isaiah 9:
6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David's throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty
will accomplish this.
Look at the parts I've put in bold. Am I missing something? Doesn't that clearly say the Messiah and God the Father are the same?
20 Responses to "Was the Messiah Supposed to Have Been Divine?"
fundamentalist says:
Excellent point! And as CS Lewis like to say, either he was God or he was a lunatic.
IA_ says:
Note also how in your verse the good book says "the government will be upon his shoulders." This a prophecy of the cross as the Romans laid the cross of man's sins upon the Lord Christ's shoulders.
On a similar not to your post I was reading Malachi last night and noticed:
' "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty. ' (Malachi 3:1)
How amazing it was they did not realize in what form the Lord would arrive at the temple. As a young boy among the elders and teachers. (Luke 2:49) " "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" "
Later he would arrive with wrath knowing full well what lash would fall upon his back for the sins of these people.
' Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." ' (John 2:13-16)
He was teaching the people in the temple, as one with authority.
' And every day he was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death, but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.' (Luke 19:47-48)
It was in temple that the priests, those who would offer the sacrifice of lambs confronted God, Jesus, in the flesh. (Luke 20) And where they encountered Judas the betrayer (Matthew 27) whom they used to prepared the sacrifice of Christ. As they had offered the paschal lamb, Jesus Christ, God himself, they knew not what they did.
Yes when the Lord announced "The Lord you are seeking will arrive at the temple" they had no clue what He was saying.
knoxharrington says:
"For example, some devout Jews didn't understand how Jesus could be the guy, because he came from Nazareth, and the prophesies clearly said the Messiah would come from Bethlehem. (So the trick there is that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but grew up in Nazareth.)"
I beat this horse fairly regularly but can anyone give any proof that the Roman authorities ever sanctioned or ordered a census which required everyone to return to the town of their birth? Does it make sense for the census to require so many people to move by stone age transport all over the empire – presumably Palestine was not singled out right? – when the authorities could take a census as they do now – by government make work programs that help decrease the unemployment numbers.
My own take is that this is backfill to "cook the prophetical books." I fully realize that fundamentalist will burst into flames at reading this – that's its own reward. But seriously, is there a sufficient answer to the census question?
Daniel Hewitt says:
Just my idea….the Judea province was unique because of its tax revolts/uprisings. But no, there is not sufficient evidence to answer the question of why (of if) people had to travel to their home towns. This is a valid criticism of Luke's account of Jesus birth narrative.
blah says:
How do we know that Jesus is the messiah/God? The bible says so.
And the bible was written by God, so you know it's true.
Thomas L. Knapp says:
"because he came from Nazareth …. he trick there is that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but grew up in Nazareth"
Jesus is reputed to have pulled some pretty neat tricks, but growing up in, simultaneously, Egypt and a town that didn't exist during his lifetime probably wasn't one of them.
The more reasonable explanation is that that the New Testament references are not geographical references to the town of Nazareth (earliest known existence 3rd century CE) but affiliation references to the Nazorean/Nazaroit movement, a messianic sect which was "zealous for the law."
RG says:
I couldn't find any references online concerning the Nazorean/Nazaroit movement. It's very intriguing. Please direct me to some articles.
knox, this link has your answers: http://formerthings.com/augustus.htm
Thomas, The Bible does not say Jesus grew up in Egypt. Joseph took him and Mary there when Jesus was about two. Then when Herod died he returned to Nazareth. The earliest Gospel manuscripts predate your 3rd century AD date for Nazareth by about a century. Did the authors make up the name of a non-existing place and later someone built it in order to help people believe?
fundamentalist,
I checked the link and did not see any answer to my question – which was not with regard to a census having been taken but rather whether or not people were ordered to return to the town of their birth for census-taking purposes – the link you referenced confirms the former but not the latter. I don't dispute that Roman authorities took censi? but I still do not see proof that they ordered, in this example Joseph, to return from Nazareth to Bethlehem for census purposes. If one wanted to show that Jesus was the messiah fulfilling the prophecy of being from Bethlehem then it would be convenenient to have a census ordered which directed his parents there. My point is, the "miraculous" nature of the census order is probably a myth – as the link you sent notes a census was ordered to take place street by street throughout the empire – not to "direct everyone to return to their village of origin by whatever means necessary" – even though it was an agricultural society and that would require abandoning of crops and resulting in, perhaps, widespread famine.
The question of when Nazareth was brought in to existence is an interesting one but an answer to that question is not necessary for my purposes given the scant evidence (outside the Bible) for the census story.
According to Alfred Edersheim in "Life and Times of Jesus Messiah": "Herod directed a general registration to be made after the Jewish, rather than the Roman, manner. Practically the two would, indeed, in this instance, be very similar. According to the Roman law, all country-people were to be registered in their 'own city' – meaning thereby the town to which the village or place, where they were born, was attached. In so doing, the 'house and lineage' (the nomen and cognomen) of each were marked.7 According to the Jewish mode of registration, the people would have been enrolled according to tribes (ty+m), families or clans (twxp#m), and the house of their fathers (twb) tyk). But as the ten tribes had not returned to Palestine, this could only take place to a very limited extent,8 while it would be easy for each to be registered in 'his own city.' In the case of Joseph and Mary, whose descent from David was not only known, but where, for the sake of the unborn Messiah, it was most important that this should be distinctly noted, it was natural that, in accordance with Jewish law, they should have gone to Bethlehem."
7. Comp. Huschke. Ueber d. z. Zeit d. Geb. J. C. gehalt. Census pp. 119, 120. Most critics have written very confusedly on this point.
from http://www.orlutheran.com/html/census.html "Some scholars have scoffed at the notion that people in faraway Palestine (such as Joseph and Mary) would have had to travel to their ancestral birth place for a census. But we have evidence to show that such traveling was indeed done with a Roman census, in Egypt at least. A Roman census document, dated 104 A.D., has been discovered in Egypt, in which citizens were specifically commanded to return to their original homes for the census.6 Another census document from 119 A.D. has been found in which an Egyptian man identifies himself by giving (1) his name and the names of his father, mother, and grandfather; (2) his original village; (3) his age and profession; (4) a scar above his left eyebrow; (5) his wife's name and age, his wife's father's name; (6) his son's name and age; (6) the names of other relatives living with him. The document is signed by the village registrar and three official witnesses.7 This latter document is of special interest, because it gives us an idea of the kind of information that Joseph and Mary would have had to provide for the census."
1. Paul L. Maier, In the Fullness of Time (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991), 6.
"Actually, the discovery of ancient census forms has shed quite a bit of light on this practice," he said as he leafed through the pages. Finding the reference he was searching for, he quoted from an official governmental order dated AD 104.
" Gaius Vibius Maximus, Prefect of Egypt [says]: Seeing that the time has come for the house to house census, it is necessary to compel all those who for any cause whatsoever are residing out of their provinces to return to their own homes, that they may both carry out the regular order of the census and may also attend diligently to the cultivation of their allotments.
"As you can see," he said as he closed the book, "that practice is confirmed by this document, even though this particular manner of counting people might seem odd to you. And another papyrus, this one from AD 48, indicates that the entire family was involved in the census."
from http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Christmas/The-Case-For-Christmas.aspx quoting John McRay, a former professor at Wheaton College and the author of
Archaeology and the New Testament.
Thanks, fundamentalist. I will exercise generosity and assume your sources are accurate and not axe-grinding.
This does raise an interesting question. Why would God choose as the Chosen (shout out to Potok) people who were so manifestly stupid and hard-headed? Examples: 1) Herod orders the people to drop their subsistence farming in order to travel for a census? (I would be pissed and probably revolt at that if I had to travel from Dallas to Seattle to record myself). And, 2) the Israelites are just delivered from Egypt and before Moses even comes down from the Mount the Israelites (thank you, Edward G. Robinson) are building a golden calf. Really? You are so dim-witted that you completely disregard the miracle of the Red Sea (not to mention Passover, etc.)? Why didn't God (assuming he knew they were going to act this way) just close the Red Sea on them and save the world from currently being plagued by a 2,000 year dispute over a divine deed of trust? As Bart Simpson would say, "chosen, my ass."
Sorry for all the pop culture references – I got on a roll.
That's a good point. The Jews have been a very rebellious group, but they are no more so than any other group of people. Also, the Bible says God chose them because of his promise to Abraham. Other than that, I don't know.
I agree with your assessment fundamentalist vis a vis Jews as rebellious. I know that the explanation for the Jews rebellion is symbolic of human rebellion generally and that the history of the Jews is the history of humanity in relation to "being in and out of fellowship with God."
Again, thanks for the references. I will check them out.
No, I'm not saying that someone founded the town of Nazareth 200-odd years after Jesus so that it could be said that's where he was from (although that's not as far-fetched as it may seem, given the medieval penchant for believing that this or that place was the Holy Sepulchre or that this or that piece of wood was a bit of the True Cross, just because someone of alleged authority said so).
What I am saying is that the scriptural references probably aren't to a geographic location at all but to an extant concept and/or school of thought/action.
Here's some material on the language/etymology involved, and here's a somewhat more pointed/partisan take on the subject.
Thomas, that's an interesting take on the meaning of Nazareth, but I think the number of times in the NT that Jesus is said to have come from Nazareth indicates that people thought it was a town. Here's Edersheim on it:
"St. Matthew, indeed, summarises the whole outward history of the life in Nazareth in one sentence. Henceforth Jesus would stand out before the Jews of His time – and, as we know, of all times,24 by the distinctive designation: 'of Nazareth,' yrcn (Notsri), NazwraioV, the Nazarene.' In the mind of a Palestinian a peculiar significance would attach to the by-Name of the Messiah, especially in its connection with the general teaching of prophetic Scripture. And here we must remember, that St. Matthew primarily addressed his Gospel to Palestinian readers, and that it is the Jewish presentation of the Messiah as meeting Jewish expectancy. In this there is nothing derogatory to the character of the Gospel, no accommodation in the sense of adaptation, since Jesus was not only the Saviour of the world, but especially also the King of the Jews, and we are now considering how He would stand out before the Jewish mind. On one point all were agreed: His Name was Notsri (of Nazareth). St. Matthew proceeds to point out, how entirely this accorded with prophetic Scripture – not, indeed, with any single prediction, but with the whole language of the prophets. From this25 the Jews derived not fewer than eight designations or Names by which the Messiah was to be called. The most prominent among them was that of Tsemach, or 'Branch.'26 We call it the most prominent, not only because it is based upon the clearest Scripture-testimony, but because it evidently occupied the foremost rank in Jewish thinking, being embodied in this earliest portion of their daily liturgy: 'The Branch of David, Thy Servant, speedily make to shoot forth, and His Horn exalt Thou by Thy Salvation….Blessed art Thou Jehovah, Who causeth to spring forth (literally: to branch forth) the Horn of Salvation' (15th Eulogy). Now, what is expressed by the word Tsemach is also conveyed by the term Netser, 'Branch,' in such passages as Isaiah xi,1, which was likewise applied to the Messiah.27 Thus, starting from Isaiah xi. 1, Netser being equivalent to Tsemach, Jesus would, as Notsri or Ben Netser,28 29 bear in popular parlance, and that on the ground of prophetic Scriptures, the exact equivalent of the best-known designation of the Messiah.30 The more significant this, that it was not a self-chosen nor man-given name, but arose, in the providence of God, from what otherwise might have been called the accident of His residence. We admit that this is a Jewish view; but then this Gospel is the Jewish view of the Jewish Messiah.
24. This is still the common, almost universal, designation of Christ among the Jews.
25. Comp. ch. iv. of this book.
26. In accordance with Jer. xxiii. 5; xxxiii. 15; and especially Zech. iii 18.
27. See Appendix IX. 28. So in Be R. 76. 29. Comp. Buxtorf, Lexicon Talm. p. 1383.
30. All this becomes more evident by Delitzsch's ingenious suggestion (Zeitschr. fur luther. Theol. 1876, part iii. p. 402), that the real meaning, though not the literal rendering, of the words of St. Matthew, would be wm# rcn yk – 'for Nezer ['branch'] is His Name.'
from http://philologos.org/__eb-lat/book209.htm
Lord Keynes says:
You really have to look at the Hebrew to see what is the correct translation.
The Hebrew is "el gibbor." That expression is used in Ezekiel 32.21 in the plural with the meaning "mighty chiefs" and "mighty leaders." This it would mean "might warrior/leader" or god-like warraior/hero in Isaiah:
Paul L. Redditt, Introduction to the Prophets, p. 78
Divine Truth Or Human Tradition?, p. 456.
In the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Bible by Jewish scholars in Egypt), the Hebrew is translated into Greek angelos or "messenger/angel of great council." Thus this suggests that the Jewish scholars of the Hellenistic period did not think "el gibbor" meant god or implied divinity. It confirms that modern Christian translators read too much into the passage.
You are correct that Isaiah 9:6 doesn't require that "el gibbor" be translated as "might God." The term was used for men sometimes. So why do so many translators make that leap? Are they stupid or evil? No. Translation often requires interpretation. El gibbor is often used as a name for God in the OT. Determining whether el gibbor refers to God or to a man requires looking at the context. Since Isaiah 9 is a messianic passage, most translators will translate el gibbor as referring to God. Besides, Isaiah 9 isn't the only passage that refers to the messiah as being God. Jesus used the Psalm, "the Lord said to my Lord…" to argue for the divinity of the messiah.
Most of the names for God in the OT were also used for men. The words for lord and savior, for example. Because they are sometimes used to refer to men doesn't mean that in every single instance they must refer only to men. They are often used to refer to God and only the context can determine which one the author meant.
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Georgia continues to attract FDI despite the uncertainties in emerging markets. FDI surged in 2014 to US$ 1.8bn, a record high since 2007, boosted by investments in transport and communication (US$ 433.7mn, up 209.5%), construction (US$ 316.6mn, up 535.1%), and manufacturing (US$ 205.4mn, up 105.9%). The upward trend has persisted into 2015, with total FDI increasing 4.8% y/y in 1H15.
FDI is considered an important source of growth financing in countries with inadequate domestic savings. It was one of the main factors supporting the 6.3% average annual growth rate in Georgia from 2003 to 2014. More importantly, this growth was driven mainly by productivity gains. According to the World Bank calculations, which cover the period from 1999 to 2012, productivity gains accounted for 66% of growth. FDI was likely a key element in efficiency improvement as it brings not only financial resources, but also essential know how.
At the same time, FDI has been driving imports, contributing significantly to the current account deficit. As FDI increased in 2014, the current account deficit widened to 9.7% of GDP from 5.7% in 2013. A significant share of FDI is directed towards the acquisition of capital goods, which are, in turn, imported. FDI that drives capital goods imports can be considered more beneficial. Foreign investors can buy existing enterprises or build new ones. The latter requires additional capital goods and naturally expands the output capacity of the country, laying solid ground for future growth.
As long as FDI is expanding the economic output capacity of the country, the associated external deficit is not a threat since (1) a drop in FDI immediately results in a corresponding reduction in the deficit, ruling out concerns for external financing needs; and (2) expansion of output is laying ground for enhanced export potential (both in goods and services) in the future.
Service exports hold great promise for Georgia, which has been positioning itself as a regional hub for tourism, transport, communication, and financial intermediation, among other services. In terms of tourism, Georgia has already reached new heights with the number of foreign arrivals increasing from 560,000 in 2005 to 5.5 million in 2014. Past data can shed light on FDI's potential role in this achievement. While FDI to GDP was on average 12.7% from 2007 to 2009, FDI in tourism was 66.9% of the value added in tourism, likely contributing significantly to the necessary capacity expansion for hosting the increasing number of tourists. Investments in transport and communication are also far above average, resulting in a significant increase in the country's transit capacity. Transit accounted for 65% of cross-border road and rail shipments and 95% of pipeline shipments in 2014. Moreover, Georgia has already become a regional energy transit corridor with approximately 1.6% of the world's oil production and diversified gas supply passing through the country. The attractiveness of these sectors for FDI over the years has validated the soundness of positioning the country as a regional hub. It is crucial that further efforts are invested in this direction to keep FDI flowing.
While FDI was among the major sources of growth financing in Georgia, buildup of the nation's non-tangible assets, such as ease of doing business and institutional development, has been indispensable in attracting FDI. Pursuing further development in that direction is key to attracting new investors, further improving productivity, and increasing the domestic capacity of export-generating sectors.


Migs Blog: Temple Of The Dog Returns!!!
Oh man, yesterday Ryan Castle shared some incredible news with us! Temple Of The Dog are reuniting to play some shows to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of them putting out one of my all time favorite records.
Yes…you read that correct… Temple Of The Dog are back, and doing a tour for the first time ever!
Temple Of The Dog features Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament.
They will be playing Sunday November 20th at The Paramount, and tickets go on sale next Friday.
I sure hope that Eddie will pop up on stage when they perform…I would imagine he will, and I will completely lose my mind at the show if he does!
For those that don't know…"Temple Of The Dog" is a line from the Mother Love Bone song, "Man Of Golden Words".
This text from a Rock-A-Holic sums it up best: "Steve! I'm so pumped for the Temple of the dog show!!!! It's literally Seattle music history in the making."


In Catholic theology, Purgatory is a place of cleansing after the particular judgment. After death, persons who repented of their sins but had not expiated them in life are purged before entering heaven. Because everyone who enters Purgatory will eventually reach heaven, it is not a place of punishment and is not related to Hell. Prayers for the dead or indulgences[?] can shorten one's own or loved one's stays therein.
The Eastern Orthodox church does not have an official doctrine regarding purgatory per se; however, they do traditionally offer prayers for the dead, asking God to show them his mercy and loving kindness. Theosis, the process of becoming more like God and more united with God, can begin in this life and can continue after death.
Protestant churches generally reject the belief in purgatory. Catholics quote II Maccabees[?] 12:45 in defence; but Protestant do not recognise that book as canonical as it is in a group of books called by Protestants the Apocrypha and by Catholics and Orthodox the Deuterocanonical Books.
Purgatory or Purgatorio is the second book of Dante's Divine Comedy.


Holy cowbells I'm getting old. Somebody sign me up for a life alert.
Time flies when you're having fun, eh? It's hard to believe that I'll be starting my senior year of high school this fall. Where does the time go?


President Trump submitted his budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 programs last week and, as expected, discretionary funding for the U.S. Department of Education would be cut significantly for FY20 programs that would begin this October.
The President is requesting $62 billion for the Education Department for FY2020 fiscal year — a 12 percent reduction when compared with current funding. He proposes to eliminate funding for 29 education programs, including funding for ESSA Title IVA Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants ($1.17 billion); Title II-Supporting Effective Instruction state grants ($2.1 billion); 21st Century Community Learning Centers ($1.2 billion). Title I funding and funding for IDEA (special education grants) would be level-funded.
This is the third year that the Administration has sought to cut ED's budget. Fortunately, thanks to continued advocacy and voices from education community, Congress has repeatedly denied the Administration these cuts in funding. As you will recall, Congress raised Title IV spending from $400 million to $1.1 billion in FY2018.
According to the Department of Education, the budget request also contains $300 million for Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grants, a $170 million increase from fiscal 2019. Of this amount, $200 million would be used for demonstration projects to "improve the quality and effectiveness of classroom instruction by empowering teachers to select their own professional development activities" and $100 million would be used for field-initiated projects that would promote innovation and reform in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, including computer science.
The Administration is also requesting $200 million for Teacher and School Leader Incentive Grants that would "help develop, implement, improve, or expand human capital management systems or performance-based compensation systems. New awards would support mentoring or residencies for novice teachers or increased compensation for effective teachers, particularly in high-need fields and subjects, such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
"For the third year in a row, we are deeply disappointed by the Administration's Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal to eliminate funding for the (ESSA Title IVA) SSAE grant program despite districts finally being able to make use of these funds in a flexible and meaningful way to support students. The SSAE grant program under Title IV-A of ESSA is a flexible block grant that is designed to provide support for much needed student health and safety programs, well-rounded education programs, and the effective use of education technology.
"The Administration's decision to zero out funding for this program—just as districts are utilizing the $1.1 billion Congress provided in FY18 and before the Department of Education has done any data collection on how states and districts are using these funds to support critical school and student needs—shows a complete lack of commitment to the success of the program.
"We find it contradictory of the Administration and the Secretary to routinely highlight the value of SSAE block grant by pointing to the value of the program in its reports (most recently, the Federal Commission on School Safety highlighted this program as a way of improving social emotional learning, school climate, and student safety) and speaking publicly about the flexibility and local control this program offers to districts to use funds based on their unique needs—but continuously call for the complete elimination of funding. Proposing no funding for the SSAE program for FY2020 reiterates the message this Administration continues sending to public schools: that it does not value investments in programs that make students safer at school, improve school climate, provide access to courses like AP, computer science, STEM, CTE, music and the arts, PE, or ensuring educators are prepared to use technology for blended and digital learning.
Last week Democratic lawmakers in both the Senate and House, including teacher U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes (CT-5), introduced a resolution, S. Res. 110 (116), to "clarify" that the Department of Education cannot allow school districts to use federal funds to train or arm teachers with firearms. Specifically, the resolution says that the funding under Title IV of the Every Student Succeeds Act can only be used for policies that will lead to weapons-free schools.
And finally, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would create and expand upon STEM education initiatives at the National Science Foundation for young children, including new research grants to increase the participation of girls in computer science. Read more about the Building Blocks of STEM Act.
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Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée est un proverbe d'Alfred de Musset en un acte publié en 1845 dans la Revue des deux mondes du  novembre 1845. Cette pièce fut jouée pour la première fois en 1848.

Personnages

 Le Comte
 La Marquise

Résumé
Un jour d'hiver, le Comte entre chez la Marquise en s'excusant de ne pas se souvenir de son jour de visite. Celle-ci lui propose de discuter, elle s'ennuie, car elle est seule et attend du monde. On sonne, le Comte hésite à partir, mais reste, car ce n'est qu'une blanchisseuse qui apporte un bonnet. Le Comte informe alors la Marquise que la rumeur dit qu'elle veut se marier avec M. Camus, son voisin de campagne. Elle lui rétorque que la rumeur est fausse et lui déclare qu'elle ne lui dit pas tout ce qui se dit sur lui. Le Comte essaie ensuite de lui faire une déclaration, mais elle refuse : elle n'aime pas qu'on lui fasse la cour. Alors que le Comte s'apprête à sortir, la Marquise lui demande d'aller faire réparer sa bague qui s'est abîmée. Elle lui dit ensuite que le bruit court qu'il est allé à l'Opéra avec de jeunes demoiselles, ce qu'il nie. Elle lui propose de faire sa déclaration ; le Comte, qui pense qu'elle ne le prend pas au sérieux, hésite. Une sonnerie retentit, le Comte s'apprête à sortir, mais c'est une autre blanchisseuse qui vient et il grêle dehors. Alors il reste. Le Comte décide alors de parler d'amour à la Marquise, mais elle l'arrête, car elle pense qu'il ne l'aime pas sérieusement et qu'il se sent obligé de le faire quand il est seul avec une femme. Le Comte, pour lui prouver sa sincérité, se met sur un coussin et refuse d'en partir tant quelle ne l'aura pas écouté, mais celle-ci sort. Le Comte s'apprête à sortir à sa suite, mais elle revient et l'engage à parler sérieusement en lui signalant qu'elle se refuse à être sa maîtresse. Le Comte lui déclare qu'il veut l'épouser, ce qu'elle accepte immédiatement, en lui reprochant de ne pas le lui avoir dit plus tôt.

Adaptations françaises

 1954 : mise en scène René Barré, Les Celestins
 1955 : mise en scène Pierre Bertin, Théâtre Marigny
 1963 : mise en scène Pierre Dux, Les Celestins
 1979 : mise en scène Raymond Gérôme, Comédie Française
 1980 : mise en scène Michel Favory, Ecole Nationale des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre
 1981 : mise en scène Réginald Huguenin et Emmanuel Dessablet, Théâtre Copeau
 1985 : mise en scène Liliane Lataf, Théâtre Déjazet
 1998 : mise en scène Kerline Paul, Théâtre André Bourvil
 1999 : mise en scène Dominique Pasquet, Théâtre du Nord-Ouest
 2000 : mise en scène Philip Boulay, Théâtre de Gennevilliers
 2005 : mise en scène Philip Boulay, Forum culturel du Blanc-Mesnil
 2006 : mise en scène Yann Palheire et Fanny Poulain, Théâtre de Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme
 2007 : mise en scène Claire Truche  et Jean-Philippe Salério, Centre culturel communal de Charlie Chaplin
 2008 : mise en scène Frédérique Panadero, Théâtre la Clarencière
 2009 : mise en scène Isabelle Andréani  et Xavier Lemaire, Théâtre La Luna
 2011 : mise en scène Frédérique Plain, Espace des arts de Chalon-sur-Saône
 2014 : mise en scène Claude Gisbert, Théâtre le Ranelagh
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Every now and then we should think about the quality of our lives. Sound profound? Well hardly, if you find yourself making a trip to the hospital. No bad news though. But still, looking at scores of people thronging through the doors-sick, ailing, sometimes happy but mostly tired and sad. It makes one wonder….
We find that little glimmers of Light, like in the images below, make it worthwhile to go to a hospital. Where else would you see such subtle beauty?
This one is sunlight reflecting off one of the Sloan Kettering Buildings onto the chimney tower of the Kettering Labs on 68th street. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
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Police prowl square as muzzled survivors mark Tiananmen massacre quietly
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04 June 2004 2339 hrs (SST)
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/88496/1/.html
BEIJING : Police swamped China's Tiananmen Square, keeping dissent at bay on the 15th anniversary of a bloody pro-democracy crackdown as survivors and relatives privately mourned the hundreds who died.
With the event highly sensitive to the ruling Communist Party, few, if any, commemorations were taking place to mark the day when hundreds, perhaps thousands, of protestors were killed by Chinese troops.
Police vans criss-crossed the vast square in central Beijing constantly Friday, while on majestic Chang'an Avenue — the main route used by tanks and soldiers in 1989 — uniformed People's Armed Police and undercover teams were out in force.
All traces of the bullet holes and tank tracks that scarred the area have long since been erased.
One wheelchair-bound man dared to protest, wearing a headband with a slogan on it. He managed to unveil and hold up a slip of paper before security forces pounced and took him away, an AFP photographer witnessed.
A group of middle-aged men and women, meanwhile, were seen being processed in the courtyard of the Tiananmen Square police station where detainees are first taken, although why they were there was not clear.
Police refused to comment.
While few in the capital dare to commemorate the massacre publicly, tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong to light candles in an annual event to remember those who died.
In Washington, many of the student leaders of the 1989 protests who now live in exile in America held their own memorial in front of the Chinese embassy.
Taiwan, which split from mainland China in 1949, used the occasion to attack China's poor human rights record and urge its leaders to move towards democracy.
And in India, Tibetans in exile voiced solidarity with the Chinese pro-democracy movement, using the anniversary to urge greater freedom for Chinese-ruled Tibet.
The only candles being lit in Beijing were behind closed doors, and even then it was far from safe.
"They threatened to take me away if I lit a candle," Hu Jia, a leading Tiananmen and AIDS activist, told AFP from his Beijing home where he is under house arrest.
In the lead-up to the anniversary, China's secretive state security police placed known dissidents under house arrest and even forced some from their homes to hotels outside the Chinese capital.
Universities were monitored by a state security police taskforce to prevent commemorations taking place, academics said.
"The Chinese government is trying to wipe out the memory of Tiananmen Square, but the horror of what happened still resonates inside and outside China," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
"We don't even know exactly who died in the massacre. The Chinese authorities need to punish those responsible, compensate the victims and allow those who fled the country to return home."
Qi Zhiyong, who lost a leg when he was run over by an armed personnel carrier on the night of June 4, said he would mark the event mourning for those who died.
"My heart feels very grieved. Democracy has eluded us for such a long time," he told AFP.
Many people in Beijing are too scared to talk about those fateful events, while others are more concerned with jobs and money in a country where economic reforms have rapidly transformed lives.
Some though refuse to forget.
"The police came to warn me and told me not to leave my home and not to invite friends to the house," Zhou Duo, a former economics professor at Peking University who took part in the 1989 demonstrations, told AFP.
"But this year, like every year on June 4, I will make a hunger strike during the day."
The Chinese leadership has shown no signs of changing its position on the crackdown, defending its actions this week as necessary for economic growth and China's emergence on the world stage.
State media, which is banned from using the phrase "liusi" or June 4, predictably made no mention of the anniversary.
Analysts said Beijing was unlikely to change tack any time soon.
"This is still a taboo subject," China specialist Joseph Cheng from City University in Hong Kong said.
"This can be very controversial and this can create a lot of divisions within the leadership. That's why the subject must be suppressed, must be hidden from the public."
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windows, where people were running backward and forward with lights.
of delirium or of madness Kongstrup had done violence to himself.
nature should behave in such a desperate fashion.
possible to point to any origin, all thoughts turned toward her.
his feet up better, and came with a shawl to put round his shoulders.
mother, with eyes that were tranquil with the joy of possession.
carelessly happy as if the whole world were his.
perseverence, Lasse had to allow himself to be superseded.
pettifoggers could make something out of it.
willing, he knew; she badly needed a man's hand in the house.
sullen. Lasse pretended it was Madam Olsen's idea, and not his.
Pelle maintained a refractory silence.
have new school-trousers, and where are they coming from?"
"Well, then, do it! Then you'll do what you say."
and I've no one to trouble about me."
"Why, don't I help you with everything?" asked Pelle reproachfully.
things you don't--there's something--" Lasse came to a standstill.
"Move down to her, then, and I'll go away!"
"Out into the world and get rich!"
but then it dropped again.
like that--if you aren't born with a caul."
Lasse was silent, and thoughtfully kicked the straw in under a cow.
"Is that Bible history, that one there?"
"Is that about the man who drank himself drunk in there?"
same questions often came again, for Lasse had not a good memory.
their own father?" Lasse continued, when Pelle did not answer.
"Yes, of course! Old Noah--the one that Gustav had that song about.
I wonder what he made himself drunk on, the old man?"
"No, I don't think it does," answered Pelle absently.
"Well, I don't suppose I could go wrong in the four greater!"
eyes while he moved his lips in inward repetition.
"Are they coming soon?" asked Pelle.
them off hastily, so as not to lose any of them on the way.
"Shall we take Jacob's twelve sons, too?"
you might go through the twelve lesser prophets with me."
round them! But I shall manage them in time."
"What do you want to know them for, father?" asked Pelle suddenly.
like that. Do you want to keep it all to yourself?"
if I didn't _have_ to."
Lasse almost fainted with horror.
young. Take care you don't take pride in your own shame!"
"I'm in the top form now!"
"Oh, no, I'm sure I haven't!" said Pelle, with assurance.
difficult to get the laddie to contribute it. "How can you be sure?"
more felt earth beneath his feet.
"It must be expensive--a thousand krones, I suppose, at least,"
the number; it merely meant the insurmountably great.
to be able to manage it that way."
"It's Volmer that time he took you on his horns," said Pelle.
Lasse could see at once that it was that, now that he had been told.
fooling can't make a living for a man."
arm. He looked pale but by no means thin. "He's still rather lame,"
down here, so you'd better not quite destroy the post."
could neither go one way nor the other, as his feet slipped.
in a large pool, for he drank constantly and spilt some every time.
they had had roast loin of pork for dinner upstairs.
and looked at him with a coaxing smile.
something passed over his foolish face, like a faint reminiscence.
table, and with her hand swept the spilt beer into it.
is great--there's no mistake about that!"
there'll be a little more food for the others, of course."
back once more to take precautions against fire.
they were, the fields came to an end and the rock began.
than Lasse ever remembered to have heard him speak before.
to which his wife answered softly out of the darkness.
"Oh, I'm awake," said the old woman, in a slow, monotonous voice.
"You can speak out, for I am awake."
"and the peace of God!" Lasse added.
"Well, here I am," said the old woman, feebly patting the quilt.
parish? Have there been any deaths?"
in two or three days."
my sight back, so that I saw the world once more."
"But you only saw it with one eye, like the birds, grandmother,"
said Kalle, trying to laugh.
before me; it's been nice to see what became of them all."
"How old are you now, grandmother?" asked Lasse.
to be almost eighty; but that can scarcely be right."
little difficulty in breathing, but kept on talking.
"You're talking far too much, mother!" said Maria.
better say good-bye to you?"
and I don't feel the least bit sleepy."
think of Anders and all the fun we had together."
gazed at a withered bunch of heather hanging from a beam.
silenced, though her thoughts shifted a little.
ceased to sound in their ears. They sat up and sighed. "Ah, yes,"
said Lasse, "the voice of memory is pleasant!"
looking about for a wife!"
so they knew about it too.
"Aren't you soon coming to show us your sweetheart?" asked Kalle.
"I hear it's a good match."
"Well, well, you might do worse than that!" said the grandmother.
good then to be two to keep one another warm."
first, I don't expect I shall trouble you."
disturb your night's rest, so hard as you two have to work all day.
more for you to eat after this."
that nonsense, for none of us have had to go short because of you.
concertina with him, and you could have a dance in the barn."
until I've finished threshing, for I can't clear the floor now.
the heath in the afternoon?"
there's money for it, you know."
than that and my cap I don't want to have on."
say if we don't dress you properly?"
there!" And she turned her head to the wall.
"You shall have it all just as you like, mother!" said Maria.
head, for it's become so difficult to find rest for it."
"We can take one of the babies' pillows and cover it with white,"
to be like. Kalle's so free with his money."
The old woman closed her eyes. She had tired herself out, after all.
"Are you going already?" she asked.
"We thought you were asleep, grandmother," said Lasse.
were fond of me too. Everything went well with us on the whole."
shaking head. "Recollect yourself, mother!"
then Pelle, and they stole out into the other room.
was shut. Pelle noticed how freely their voices rang again.
doctor to her. What do you think? Shall we go to the expense?"
that she can't live any longer," said Lasse thoughtfully.
in her a little while longer!"
their breathing. "The flock's getting much smaller."
"Yes; one or two fly away from the nest pretty well every year,"
got back his roguish look.
"I'm sure we can do very well with what we've got," said Maria.
"When we take Anna's too, it makes fourteen."
"Oh, yes, count the others too, and you'll get off all the easier!"
Kalle's thirteenth. "She looks healthier than her aunt," he said.
"Does the father of Anna's child still pay what he's bound to?"
child, and that's a good help toward expenses."
and invited them to take their places at it.
Lasse did not answer; he was struggling with a crust.
"Oh, but do cut off the crust if it's too much for your teeth!"
said Maria. Every now and then she listened at her mother's door.
"She's dropped off, after all, poor old soul!" she said.
Kalle pretended to discover the bottle for the first time. "What!
now, hasn't he?" said Kalle.
smiling, and as soon as they looked at her, she looked away.
Maria had to go out into the kitchen to have her laugh out.
love is! But we must see about getting home."
when they got outside the house.
the funeral, let me know. Good-bye, then!"
a nice way of making the relation a legitimate one.
of which no one quite knew the origin.
darkened everything, even when one was not thinking about them.
must not know anything about it.
Madam Olsen's and give her this?" he said, handing the boy a packet.
was the large cross that announced Lasse's coming in the evening.
From the hills Pelle saw that the ice had broken up in the night.
upright, with his hands on the desk and his back against the wall.
showed that he was alive at all.
and settled in the playground--with fists and tips of wooden shoes.
reading than in Fris's time, but on the other hand the hymns suffered.
and the joke was all on their side, for Fris noticed nothing.
not teach, although he had studied Latin in his youth.
boy!" about each and all of them, good and bad alike.
playground like birds let loose from a cage.
his body inclined and his arms stretched out like a pair of wings.
greatest disgrace that could happen to you.
he must be content with being the strongest boy in the school.
it to the next, which was not large enough to bear him--had to go on.
been out on a winter voyage, in ice and heavy seas.
where the boat would come in, and all the school-children followed.
he threw it into a marl-pit as he ran.
past his father without looking at him.
Then Pelle went up to him. "What are you going to do with that?"
that had come upon them, and found no relief.
would be over, when he went home. This he did for several days.
had a kind word to say to the other.
Pelle pushed it angrily from him.
the bottle to his lips and threw back his head.
and shaking his father's arm so that the liquid splashed out.
lying there. "Come now, father!" he begged.
himself! You needn't cry!" Lasse was making for the yard.
Pelle stood in front of him. "Now you must come with me, father!
There's no one to make pay for anything."
nose turned up at every one!"
fumbling with the hook that fastened the lower half of the door.
him along toward their room.
and on to the bed.
far as to have a thought for the shameful side of the matter.
"How should I know?" answered Pelle sulkily.
"Do you suppose I'll go to school to be jeered at by them all?"
Pelle was almost crying again.
fault with you, considering all the disgrace I've brought upon you.
we mustn't let things go all to pieces!"
took out the cork, and let the gin run slowly out into the gutter.
The children grew restless; it was nearly time for them to go home.
passed like a shiver over the children's lips.
in Pelle's gently childlike nature, and kept up a continual chatter.
moving down to Madam Olsen's, we should have been in the wrong box.
angel as you always have been."
But one Saturday he came home from the parson's altogether changed.
and threw himself face downward upon a bundle of hay.
one been unkind to you?"
but for your good!" Lasse's voice was sad.
say, and then burrowed into the hay to keep back his tears.
"I've half killed the parson's son."
difficulty in getting this out.
did he! If I had him here, I'd kick his guts out, the young monkey!
I hope you gave him something he'll remember for a long time?"
threw himself down and screamed. And then the parson came!"
to bring misfortune upon you, though I'm only thinking of your good!
But what shall we do now?"
"I won't stay here any longer," said Pelle decidedly.
together at some good work out there, we shall earn a peck of money.
the bargain. Those kind of folk are very fond of money."
the nest empty!" said Pelle gaily. Lasse chuckled.
to what lay beyond their powers of foresight.
he running on in front and giving warning of ditches and walls.
"Suppose Brother Kalle can't take us in!" he said suddenly.
out." Lasse had lost all hope, and was undermining Pelle's too.
of the chest; but as Lasse did not move, he dropped it and sat down.
crestfallen tone. "I'm afraid I'm not able to tread uncertain paths.
back and get Kongstrup to put in a good word for us with the parson."
Lasse stood and held one handle of the chest.
and they toiled along on their weary way homeward across the fields.
Pelle would not hear of it.
air, if they led me into it blindfold anywhere in the world."
that it really was pleasant.
properly?" he asked in a whisper, with a look of anxiety on his face.
the sleeve of his blouse.
his forehead close to the panel and listened. "There's no one there,"
"Just go in!" exclaimed Pelle. "We can't stand here all day."
"Then you can go first, if you think you know better how to behave!"
of Kongstrup's comfortable breathing came thence.
"Will you come in here?"
a start. It was like being sent out to plough without knowing where.
He must have been in the middle of something very exciting.
"Well, what do you want?" asked Kongstrup at last in slow tones.
the father's sin standing in the son's way."
now and then, and looking helplessly toward the door.
state," began Lasse once more, but at once gave up trying to go on.
only filled his mouth full and began munching quite hard.
and the old mahogany furniture, making up his mind about each thing.
brightened, and Lasse straightened himself up.
them a seat, old man?"
grunt, that might have meant yes, or no, or nothing at all.
"And what about you two? Are you in need of money?"
an old acquaintance. "Then what have you been doing?"
"Oh, I kicked the parson's son."
"And what did you do that for?"
"Because he wouldn't fight, but threw himself down."
Fru Kongstrup laughed and nudged her husband. "Yes, of course.
But what had he done to you?"
"He'd said bad things about Father Lasse."
everything. "I won't tell you!" he said firmly.
me Madam Olsen's concubine--from the Bible story, I suppose."
whispered a coarse joke in his ear, and he could not help it.
The mistress herself was serious enough.
hand upon her husband's arm. "Lasse must explain."
day. And so they've given me that nickname round about, I suppose."
and watched their assault upon the cake-plate with an attentive eye.
they ate. "So that good boy Pelle got angry and kicked out, did he?"
she said suddenly, her eyes flashing.
Fru Kongstrup fixed her eyes upon him.
so forgetful! Then we must begin to think about his clothes."
of them too?" he asked.
notice that she said _we_--_we_ shall, and so on--always?
through fire to please him; but upon my word, she's master there.
she's like your own mother!"
she took up a matter, it was as good as arranged.
mistress who's at the head of things now!" they said to one another.
like a gentleman; he was fitted several times a day.
money if she could help it.
other boys, if he only got a hold with his practical common sense.
wore elastic-sided shoes that had once belonged to Kongstrup himself.
sheaves all the way round.
they had behaved as they ought to have done to her.
slighted affection that at last, at last has justice done to it.
round and shook hands with his comrades. Then they drove home.
"and now you're a man, you know."
and the farmer gave him a two-krone piece.
They still talked about it every day for the short time that was left.
him; but nothing would induce him to go out into the world again.
handy, and she's always looked upon you with a friendly eye."
the quicker and be able to buy a big farm."
to say I can't turn my hand to anything I like?"
have a hard skin all over out there."
he must go. Away! The spring seemed to shout the word in his ears.
his blue eyes and long ears, and satisfy his mind.
his things in time, is spared half the work and all the disgrace."
"I shan't forget that," said Pelle quietly.
on's just been washed," he said reflectively. "But one can't tell.
the evening, if that was all!"
"Do they wear wooden shoes in the town?" asked Pelle.
to-morrow, and save your good shoes."
blouse to keep them clean.
he was anything but happy.
be able to speak out properly to-day.
He had said his "Good-bye and thank-you for all your kindness!"
he did not say very much but he always kept near the boy.
should come and say that they were spoiling everything.
something on it. "He won't let you do that," said Lasse, surprised.
"Try one of the bullocks instead."
object. Lasse came up and took his hand.
his father, and then went down to their room.
your kindness!" he added gently.
was drowned and the girl was expected out of prison.
white dwelling-house, the long range of barns, and all the out-houses.
or ever had done so.
an open, perspiring, victor's brow toward the world.
the great wide world itself!
My lot it may be thrown.
Under heaven's sky so blue."
pother than this about the question: What was Pelle to be?
think about it. So he just went on.
only, and already he was well into the first hundred.
and nodded to them benevolently; he knew something about all of them.
chosen the town, as he himself had done.
you up. At the same time you want to be soft-spoken and friendly."
heels should not turn over.
put behind him. So there was no good in looking back.
and the inside pockets of his open coat were stuffed full of papers.
who had already been three years away.
"Hullo!" cried Pelle, "so you are going away?"


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"Mechanical" isn't typically a word used to describe watercolors, but Scott Campbell's series of ink wash paintings gleam with the metallic precision of the objects he illustrates. Inspired by the spirit of human ingenuity, Campbell (featured in our current issue, Hi-Fructose Vol. 27) began the series of paintings of MacGyver-esque inventions when he was working on a project in Mexico City. During his stay there, he was exposed to Mexican prison tattoo culture and observed the elaborate and unexpected mechanisms inmates created to surmount restrictions in the name of body modification. For this series, Campbell chose ink wash painting for the inherent restrictions it imposes on his creative process — the ink brought forth intense focus and precision, as each mark placed on the page is permanent and nearly impossible to conceal. Campbell's solo show, "Things Get Better," will open May 23 at OHWOW in L.A. and will run through June 22. Take a look at some of the works in the show below.


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VIP Adventure welcomes you to the beautiful province of Québec, home of the oldest European settlement in North America, dating way back to the 16th century.
Although most of the 8 million people of the predominantly French-speaking population live in the southern region of the province, geographically, Québec is immense. Its 1.5 million square kilometers are three times the size of France and five times that of Japan.
With pleasant summer temperatures in the mid-20 degrees C, you'll travel on a historic route taken by early settlers and pioneers of the New World. In 1534 you would have had to use canoes and horses, but this time around, you're on a Can-Am Spyder!
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"Anke & Daan" call the multifaceted Amsterdam their home. Together they want to introduce you to their style of living, as well as the lifestyle of this colourful city.
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1Plot
2Gameplay
3Development
4Release
4.1Source code release
4.2Community development
5Reception
Abuse (video game)
Crack dot Com
Exakt Entertainment (iOS)
NA: Electronic Arts
EU: Origin Systems
Duong Nguyen
Programmer(s)
Jonathan Clark
Murray McMillan
Bobby Prince
MS-DOS, Mac OS, Acorn Archimedes, AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, iOS, Android, Linux, OpenBSD
NA: February 29, 1996
NA: March 5, 1997
Run and gun
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Vrenna using his grenade launcher on two flyers.
Abuse is a run and gun video game developed by Crack dot Com and published by Electronic Arts in North America and Origin Systems in Europe. It was released on February 29, 1996 for MS-DOS. A Mac OS port of the game was published by Bungie and released on March 5, 1997. The game's source code, along with some of the shareware content, has been in the public domain since the late 1990s and has been ported to Linux and many other platforms.
Plot[edit]
The protagonist of the game, Nick Vrenna, has been unjustly incarcerated in a prison where the staff are performing unethical medical experiments upon the inmates. A prison riot occurs and an experiment goes horribly wrong. The people inside the prison - except for Nick, who seems to be immune - are infected with a substance called Abuse that transforms them into monsters. With the water supply in danger of being infected, Nick arms himself and fights through the horde to prevent this, and then escapes from the prison complex.
Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The gameplay consists of fighting various enemies (mostly the various forms of mutants, who prefer to attack in huge swarms) and solving simple puzzles, usually involving switches.
Networked play, through IPX/SPX, is supported.
Development[edit]
Abuse had a very different storyline coming out of production. The update for it replaced the original introduction with the current storyline. The original involved an invasion by an alien species called "ants".[1] The player was a special ops agent, sent into their 'hive' to covertly destroy the aliens by shutting down the cooling system. This story was alluded to in a hidden section towards the end of level 14, where a large area, full of maroon tiles, can be found.[2] The game was in development for 6 months by three people with a budget of $150,000[3]
Release[edit]
Abuse was originally released on February 29, 1996 for MS-DOS and Linux, as an incomplete shareware version by Electronic Arts in North America, and Origin Systems in Europe. The game was ported to Mac OS by Oliver Yu of Crack dot Com and published by Bungie on March 5, 1997. The port was largely reworked for Mac, with the graphics partially redone to work better in 640x480 resolution.
Source code release[edit]
Approximately two years after the release of the game, Crack dot Com decided to release the game's source code.[4] Also the shareware release's game data (excluding the sound effects) was handed into the public domain.
Community development[edit]
Based on the source release the game's community worked initially on maintenance work, e.g. making the game work over TCP/IP.[5] In 2001 Abuse was adapted to SDL multimedia library,[6] with other technical refinements like more than the 8-bit color depth the original version was limited to.
The SDL version allowed easy porting to modern platforms, for instance Microsoft Windows, Linux/X11 and also the Mac version has been updated to run on OS X. Over the years, the game became available for many more platforms, for instance BeOS,[7] Nintendo Wii via Wii homebrew,[8] OpenBSD,[9] and in 2009 AmigaOS 4.[10] The game has also been ported to the mobile devices, to iPhone/iPod Touch under the name Abuse Classic.
Until 2011 the game was maintained by Sam Hocevar on his webpage.[11] In 2014 the game was ported to SDL2 and transferred to a GitHub repository.[12]
In 2016, on the 20th birthday of the game, a community developer released a "20th anniversary source port" on base of the previous works[13][14] which enabled custom resolutions, OpenGL rendering, and Xbox 360 controller support, and fixed the music.
Reception[edit]
Next Generation [15]
Computer Game Review 86/100[16]
Reviewing the DOS original, a Next Generation critic said the game "has everything it needs to be a great arcade classic - intuitive play control, a variety of weapons, creatures, devices, and traps ... scores of secrets to be ferreted out". He also praised the inclusion of an accessible level editor, and said the game's strongest point is the depth of its challenging puzzles, though he criticized the lack of story. He scored the game 4 out of 5 stars.[15] The game was also reviewed in Computer Gaming World.[17]
Due to its futuristic yet spooky atmosphere, Home of the Underdogs regarded Abuse as a 2D platform equivalent of the first person shooter Doom.
Abuse in its open-source version was selected in August 2011 as "HotPick" by Linux Format.[18]
^ Nathaniel Krell. "Overview and Brief Analysis of Abuse's Plot". ABUSE @ Net-Mage.Com 1.4. Archived from the original (TXT) on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2009-05-11. The Ants were fearless, efficient killers. The Unified Underground's only opening was that the Ant defense systems were designed by engineers too arrogant to consider the threat of an individual. It was enough to justify the covert Abuse Missions.
^ Nathaniel Krell. "The Hive in Level 14". ABUSE @ Net-Mage.Com 1.4. Archived from the original (TXT) on 2007-11-06.
^ Al Giovetti. "Dave Taylor of Crack dot Com's Golgotha Interview". Archived from the original on October 2, 2000. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
^ "Purchasing Abuse". Archived from the original on 2003-06-10. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
^ FreeAbuse (1990s)
^ Abuse-SDL on labyrinth.net.au (2001)
^ "BeOS Bible - Games". Retrieved 2012-04-14.
^ "Abuse Wii". Retrieved 2012-04-14.
^ "CVS log for ports/games/abuse/Makefile". cvsweb.openbsd.org.
^ "Abuse ported to AmigaOS 4!". 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
^ abuse on zoy.org
^ abuse on github.com/Xenoveritas (2014)
^ Abuse 1996 - 20th anniversary source port on gog.com "Abuse SDL 0.9a:- Enabled custom resolutions and enabled lights on high resolutions - Re-enabled OpenGL rendering to enable vsync [...]- Added cheats via chat console: bullettime, god, giveall, flypower, sneakypower, fastpower, healthpower, nopower - XBox360 controller support with rebindable buttons "
^ Abuse_1996 on github.com/antrad
^ a b "Abuse". Next Generation. No. 14. Imagine Media. February 1996. p. 174.
^ Snyder, Frank (July 1996). "Abuse". Computer Game Review. Archived from the original on December 21, 1996.
^ Computer Gaming World 144 page 136
^ Linux Format 147 August 2011 page 72
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abuse2.com official homepage until 2003 (archived)
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Everyone raves about Zachary's Chicago Style Pizza and I finally headed over to East Bay with Ms. Lin and Ms. BumbleBee to try it out. I am sorry to say but I think it's WAY OVER-RATED. They were super busy as usual. You walk in to put your name down for a table and head on over to the counter to order the pizza because it takes about 30+ minutes to bake. The interior decor was nice. I loved the past paintings that won to represent the greatness of their pizza. It's a very homey classic feel. The funniest painting was the one with a Golem lookalike grabbing for his "Precious", the Zachary's Pizza.
Ms. BumbleBee started off the night with a beer, which I believe most people find great with pizza. I don't drink a lot and I am not a fan of beer so I can't comment on that, but I can understand that they would go well together. We decided to share the Caesar Salad. The funny thing was I think that was the best thing of the night. You know it's sad that I find a salad more delicious than a pizza with meat! That was some great salad though! It was just normal vegetables with a great Caesar sauce. The flavor was extremely strong and packed a punch. There were tons of crispy croutons that blended well with the salad. I think I would have had a better dining experience if I just ate the salad.
For our pizza we chose to add Mushrooms, Sausage, and Pepperoni as our toppings. The pizza came out piping hot. It looked the same as the pizza at Little Star Pizza. Sadly, it didn't taste anything like the pizza I had there. The only thing I liked about Zachary's was the amount of cheese that you would see stretching as you pull away each slice. They had tons of homemade sausage on the pizza, but I really didn't feel like there was any pepperoni. I think the back end crust at Zachary's was just bland and flavorless. The corn meal crust at Little Star Pizza was much better and adds a special texture to the pizza, instead of the lifeless Zachary's crust. It might just be a personal preference, but I can NOT recommend this place. I was barely able to eat the pizza, I only ate it because there wouldn't be anything else I could grab to eat in it's stead. =*( As for the sauce they use, I am not too fond of it because I found it a little too salty and overpowering but not in a good way. One way to tell if I don't like the food would be if I add a lot of side components to the dish. Normally I like to eat things as is to get the full taste of the food. If I have to add an excess of components to eat the food, then there must be something wrong. The pizza at Zachary's truly made me more appreciative of Little Star Pizza.


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I'd love to get the chance to be a guest designer for you. I took the chance and applied. I love your stamps and dies and use them a lot. I always look forward to each new release.


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