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American History
Catholics in the American Revolution
Nor, perchance did the fact which We now recall take place without some design of divine Providence. Precisely at the epoch when the American colonies, having, with Catholic aid, achieved liberty and independence, coalesced into a constitutional Republic the ecclesiastical hierarchy was happily established amongst you; and at the very time when the popular suffrage placed the great Washington at the helm of the Republic, the first bishop was set by apostolic authority over the American Church. The well-known friendship and familiar intercourse which subsisted between these two men seems to be an evidence that the United States ought to be conjoined in concord and amity with the Catholic Church. And not without cause; for without morality the State cannot endure-a truth which that illustrious citizen of yours, whom We have just mentioned, with a keenness of insight worthy of his genius and statesmanship perceived and proclaimed. But the best and strongest support of morality is religion.
Pope Leo XIII
American Catholics, a very small percentage of the population of the 13 colonies, 1.6 percent, were overwhelmingly patriots and played a role in the American Revolution out of all proportion to the small fragment of the American people they represented. Among the Catholics who assumed leadership roles in the fight for our liberty were:
General Stephen Moylan a noted cavalry commander and the first Muster Master-General of the Continental Army.
Captains Joshua Barney and John Barry, two of the most successful naval commanders in the American Revolution.
Colonel John Fitzgerald was a trusted aide and private secretary to General George Washington.
Father Pierre Gibault, Vicar General of Illinois, whose aid was instrumental in the conquest of the Northwest for America by George Rogers Clark.
Thomas Fitzsimons served as a Pennsylvania militia company commander during the Trenton campaign. Later in the War he helped found the Pennsylvania state navy. After the War he was one of the two Catholic signers of the U.S. Constitution in 1787
Colonel Thomas Moore led a Philadelphia regiment in the War.
Major John Doyle led a group of elite riflemen during the War. Continue reading
The Great Pig War of 1859
The United States and Great Britain after the War of 1812 frequently came into conflict during the Nineteenth Century, and it is a medium sized miracle that one of these conflicts did not end in a third Anglo-American War. The most surreal of these conflicts, beyond a doubt, is the Pig War of 1859.
Both Great Britain and America claimed the San Juan Islands lying between Vancouver Island and the then Washington territory, and the islands were settled by British subjects and American citizens. On June 15, 1859 Lyman Cutlar, an American farmer on San Juan island, came out and found a pig eating tubers in his garden. This was not the first incident involving the wayward pig, and Cutlar shot the pig, killing the porcine invader. The pig was owned by a British subject, Charles Griffin, who took umbrage at the slaying of his wandering porker. The two men had words about the pig. British authorities threatened to arrest Cutlar, and the American settlers called for American military protection.
By August 10, 1859, 461 American soldiers with 14 cannon confronted five British warships carrying 2,140 men. Fortunately, both sides exercised restraint and no shots were fired. James Douglas, the governor of British Vancouver, ordered British Rear Admiral Robert L. Baynes to land Royal Marines on San Juan island and engage the Americans. Baynes flatly refused, saying that for two great nations to come to blows over a squabble over a pig was foolish. London and Washington were equally aghast at the idea of going to war over this case of porcinecide, and General Winfield Scott was sent by President Buchanan to Vancouver to negotiate with Governor Douglas. Agreement was reached that the British and American forces would be reduced to a 100 men each on San Juan island while negotiations were underway between the countries. Ultimately third party arbitration, by Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, led to the islands being awarded to America in 1872. Continue reading
Alexander Hamilton and the National Debt
This country was blessed at its founding to have on the scene a member of the Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, who was a financial genius. His idea to have the Federal government adopt the Revolutionary War debts of the states in order to establish the credit of the new Federal government was a policy of genius. At a stroke he restored the credit of the country as a whole, made certain the debt would be paid, made America attractive to foreign investors and laid the basis of future American prosperity. His ideas on the subject were set forth in his first report to Congress on public credit, 1789, and which may be read here.
The final paragraph of the report is salient for the time in which we live: Continue reading
Apostle to the Sioux
"Happy would I be if I could sacrifice for God what Custer threw away to the world."
Bishop Martin Marty
During his approximately 59 years on this Earth it is probable that the Sioux chieftan Sitting Bull met only one white man he trusted implicitly: Martin Marty.
Marty was born on January 12, 1834 in Schwyz, Switzerland to a shoemaker and his wife. Gifted scholastically, he attended the Benedictine school attached to Einseideln Abbey. Upon graduation he entered the novitiate, taking his final vows in 1855 and being ordained a priest a year later. It is quite likely he would have remained at the abbey for the remainder of his life, "of the world forgetting, and by the world forgot", except that in 1860 his abbot ordered him to take over a disobedient and debt-ridden daughter house of the abbey in Saint Meinrad, Indiana. He performed a minor miracle in restoring the morale and faith of the monks at the abbey at Saint Meinrad and brought it back to fiscal solvency. The abbot decided that he was doing such a good job that he should stay where he was in America. In 1870, the Saint Meinrad Abbey achieved independent status by a Papal decree of Pius IX with Father Marty as the first abbot. It continues in existence to this day as an abbey and a seminary. Continue reading
Top Ten Civil War Movies For The Fourth of July
Any understanding of this nation has to be based, and I mean really based, on an understanding of the Civil War. I believe that firmly. It defined us. The Revolution did what it did. Our involvement in European wars, beginning with the First World War, did what it did. But the Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. And it is very necessary, if you are going to understand the American character in the twentieth century, to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the mid-nineteenth century. It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads.
Shelby Foote
Two years ago I compiled a list of the top ten movies for the Fourth of July which focused on films about the Revolutionary War. Go here to view that post. Last year I compiled a list of top ten patriotic movies for the Fourth, and that post may be viewed here. This year we will focus on the top ten Civil War films for the Fourth of July. I agree with historian Shelby Foote that it is impossible to understand the United States without understanding the Civil War, and it is "therefore fitting and proper" that over the Fourth Civil War movies come to mind.
10. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)-We begin with a non-Civil War movie with the video clip at the beginning of this post. In 1908 English Bulter Charles Ruggles, well played by actor Charles Laughton, comes to work in the American West. It is a hilarious fish out of water comedy, as Ruggles, with his culture and British reserve comes face to face with the Wild West. While living in America, Ruggles becomes interested in American history, and becomes a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. When he recites the Gettysburg Address, the impact on his listeners is obvious, and reminds us that for Americans the Civil War will never be a matter simply relegated to books or memory, but is something that still has a vast impact on us to this day.
9. Friendly Persuasion (1956)-Starring Gary Cooper as Jess Birdwell, the head of a Quaker family in southern Indiana during the Civil War, the film is a superb mix of drama and comedy as the Quakers have to determine whether to continue to embrace their pacifist beliefs or to take up arms against General John Hunt Morgan's Confederate cavalry during his Great Raid of the North in June-July of 1863. When the oldest son of the Birdwell family, portrayed by Anthony Perkins in his pre-Psycho days, takes up arms, his mother, played by Dorothy McGuire is aghast, but Cooper, as Jess Birdwell, defends him. Although he remains true to his pacifist convictions, Birdwell understands that his son is acting in obedience to his conscience, and, as he tells his wife, " A man's life ain't worth a hill of beans except he lives up to his own conscience."
8. Major Dundee (1965)-Sam Pekinpah's flawed, unfinished masterpiece, the film tells the fictional account of a mixed force of Union soldiers and Confederate prisoners who join forces to hunt and ultimately defeat an Apache raider, Sierra Charriba, in 1864-65. Charlton Heston gives an outstanding performance as Major Amos Dundee, a man battling his own personal demons of a failed military career, as he commands this Union-Confederate force through northern Mexico on the trail of the Apache, with fighting often threatening to break out between the Union and Confederate soldiers. Use of Confederate prisoners as Union soldiers in the West was not uncommon. Six Union infantry regiments of Confederate prisoners, called "Galvanized Yankees", served in the West. The final section of the film involving a battle between Major Dundee's force and French Lancers, the French occupying Mexico at the time, has always struck me as one of the best filmed combat sequences in any movie.
7. The Horse Soldiers (1959)-In 1959 John Ford and John Wayne, in the last of their "cavalry collaborations", made The Horse Soldiers, a film based on Harold Sinclair's novel of the same name published in 1956, which is a wonderful fictionalized account of Grierson's Raid. Perhaps the most daring and successful Union cavaly raid of the war, Colonel Benjamin Grierson, a former music teacher and band leader from Jacksonville, Illinois, who, after being bitten by a horse at a young age, hated horses, led from April 17-May 2, 1863 1700 Illinois and Iowa troopers through 600 miles of Confederate territory from southern Tennessee to the Union held Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Grierson and his men ripped up railroads, burned Confederate supplies and tied down many times their number of Confederate troops and succeeded in giving Grant a valuable diversion as he began his movement against Vicksburg. John Wayne gives a fine, if surly, performance as Colonel Marlowe, the leader of the Union cavalry brigade. William Holden as a Union surgeon serves as a foil for Wayne. Constance Towers, as a captured Southern belle, supplies the obligatory Hollywood love interest. Overall the film isn't a bad treatment of the raid, and the period. I especially appreciated two scenes. John Wayne refers to his pre-war activities as "Before this present insanity" and Constance Towers gives the following impassioned speech: Well, you Yankees and your holy principle about savin' the Union. You're plunderin' pirates that's what. Well, you think there's no Confederate army where you're goin'. You think our boys are asleep down here. Well, they'll catch up to you and they'll cut you to pieces you, you nameless, fatherless scum. I wish I could be there to see it. Continue reading
Dumbing Down the Federalist Papers
I remain fairly ambivalent about Glenn Beck (an ambivalence that got me involved in a heated debate on this very site, but that's another matter). His style, especially on television, just doesn't appeal to me. He also seems to believe that having the dial turned to 11 is the only way to get his point across. That said, I am appreciative of his efforts to teach American history to his audience. He's had some excellent academic guests like Ronald Pestritto on his show, and he has an appreciation of some of the nuances of American political thought that go over a lot of other heads.
Then I saw this, and I'm ready to grab the pitchforks. From the product description:
Adapting a selection of these essential essays—pseudonymously authored by the now well-documented triumvirate of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay—for a contemporary audience, Glenn Beck has had them reworked into "modern" English so as to be thoroughly accessible to anyone seeking a better understanding of the Founding Fathers' intent and meaning when laying the groundwork of our government. Beck provides his own illuminating commentary and annotations and, for a number of the essays, has brought together the viewpoints of both liberal and conservative historians and scholars, making this a fair and insightful perspective on the historical works that remain the primary source for interpreting Constitutional law and the rights of American citizens.
So it's the New American Bible for the Federalist Papers. I wonder if Bishop Trautman consulted on this project.
Just as the average person can probably handle such mysterious words as "ineffable," I'm sure that most Americans can pretty much figure out what's going on with the Federalist Papers without Glenn Beck re-translating it for us. Yes, there are no doubt some tricky words in the 500+ pages and 85 essays, but that's what footnotes are for. Annotated versions of the Federalist Papers already exist, and those should suffice for Beck's purposes. Besides, part of the joy of the Federalist Papers is reading Madison and Hamilton's beautiful prose.
Jeff Goldstein elaborates further on why this is problematic.
On the one hand, we're supposed to believe that anyone can read and understand the Constitution — meaning, we don't need a special priesthood to interpret the thing (and of course, this is true, assuming a base level of reading comprehension and intelligence, and assuming one can get past the fact that the document itself is like, over a hundred years old!); and yet at the same time, the Federalist Papers, we're to understand today, are so arcane and abstruse and unintelligible that they aren't even being taught anymore — a problem happily solved by Beck's latest offering, a book that rewrites the Federalist Papers using modern language, which can be yours for only however many dollars (through the website, blah blah blah).
I agree with Jeff that this sends a very poorly thought out mixed message. In fact Beck is playing into the hands of those who criticize the concept of originalism. He's conceding that the language of this era is difficult for people to comprehend, so the only way to make these writings more widely accessible is to completely re-write them. It is a contradiction that I doubt Beck has thoughtfully considered.
Henry David Thoreau: A Rant
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau has always struck me as one of the most buffoonish and over-rated characters in American history. His aunt paying his taxes for him so his great tax protest over the Mexican War lasted all of one night, his accidental setting of a fire that consumed 300 acres of Walden woodlands, Thoreau contracting the tuberculosis that would kill him as a result of a middle of the night excursion to count tree rings and the pacifist Thoreau writing a pamphlet in which he claimed that John Brown, a murderer, embezzler, cattle thief and congenital liar, was humane are only a few of the many episodes in his life that are worthy of a great satirical novel. Continue reading
Mormon Long March
One of the oddest episodes in American military history occurred during the Mexican War. In 1846 the Mormons were beginning their epic trek West which would end with their carving a Mormon Zion out of the wilderness in what is now Utah. The Mormons, realizing they would need at least tacit Federal approval to accomplish this, sent representatives to Washington. The Polk administration asked for a quid pro quo. The Federal government would render assistance if a battalion of Mormons would enlist to fight in the Mexican War. Brigham Young readily agreed, and a battalion was raised after much cajoling by Young, due to the suspicion of most Mormons of the Federal government as a result of Federal indifference to the persecution of Mormons in Illinois and Missouri.
Along with the approximately 500 men, the Battalion was accompanied by 30 Mormon women, 23 of whom served as laundresses, and 51 children. The Mormons were mustered into the Army on July 16, 1846. They were assigned to the Army of the West under General Stephen W. Kearny, a tough regular. From Fort Leavenworth on August 30, 1846, the Mormon Battalion made the longest infantry march in US military history, 1900 miles to San Diego, California which they reached on January 29, 1847. The Battalion captured Tuscon, Arizona on the way to California, but saw no fighting, although the harsh climate and terrain they marched through more than made up for the absence of human adversaries.
The Battalion was discharged on July 26, 1847 in Los Angeles, and most of the men began the long trek to rejoin the Mormons in Utah. Among the men who marched in the Mormon Battalion was George Stoneman, a future governor of California. The video below at the end shows members of the battalion rejoining a Mormon wagon train after their service in the Mexican War.
Gates v. Washington
I think most Americans today fail to realize how close this country came to dying right after its birth. After the disastrous New York campaign, the Continental Army was reduced to a few thousand ill-fed, ill-trained and ill-uniformed men under Washington. As the year of 1776 was coming to an end, many Americans thought the cause of American independence was also coming to an end, but not George Washington. He realized that for the war to continue he had to come up with some masterstroke that would rouse American morale and convince his troops that they stood a chance to win this lop-sided conflict. Continue reading
Most Incompetent Union General
"It seems but little better than murder to give important commands to such men as Banks, Butler, McClernand, Sigel, and Lew Wallace, yet it seems impossible to prevent it." Henry W. Halleck
There are of course several generals in the running for this title: Ambrose Burnside, Don Carlos Buell, John Pope, Henry Halleck, Nathaniel Banks, Franz Siegel and the list could go on for some length. However, for me the most incompetent Union general clearly is Benjamin Butler. A political general appointed by Lincoln to rally War Democrats for the war effort, Butler in command was a defeat waiting to happen for any Union force cursed to be under him. Butler during the Bermuda Hundred campaign in 1864 threw away chance after chance to take Richmond, with a timidity that rose to astonishing levels and an ineptitude at leading his forces that defies belief. Grant summed up Butler's generalship well in his Personal Memoirs when he recalled a conversation with his Chief of Engineers:
He said that the general occupied a place between the James and Appomattox rivers which was of great strength, and where with an inferior force he could hold it for an indefinite length of time against a superior; but that he could do nothing offensively. I then asked him why Butler could not move out from his lines and push across the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad to the rear and on the south side of Richmond. He replied that it was impracticable, because the enemy had substantially the same line across the neck of land that General Butler had. He then took out his pencil and drew a sketch of the locality, remarking that the position was like a bottle and that Butler's line of intrenchments across the neck represented the cork; that the enemy had built an equally strong line immediately in front of him across the neck; and it was therefore as if Butler was in a bottle. He was perfectly safe against an attack; but, as Barnard expressed it, the enemy had corked the bottle and with a small force could hold the cork in its place. Continue reading
Election Day
Don't worry! We are done with elections for a while! I am not going to start writing about 2012 already! However, as annoying as the election commercials, mendacious politicians and all the assorted insults to our intelligence that are part and parcel of political campaigns are, we sometimes forget how truly remarkable a process it is in the history of our planet. Continue reading
Conqueror of the Northwest
One of the largely unsung heroes of the American Revolution is George Rogers Clark. The campaign that he fought in Illinois and Indiana secured to America a claim to these territories that was recognized in the treaty ending the war.
In 1778 Virginian Clark, at 25, was already a seasoned veteran of the savage warfare that raged on the Kentucky frontier throughout the Revolution. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton, known to the patriots as "Hair-buyer" Hamilton, from Detroit constantly aided the Indians war against the settlers in Kentucky, and paid generous bounties to the Indians for the prisoners and scalps they brought him.
Clark realized that the best way to stop the raids into Kentucky was for the patriots to go on the offensive and seize British outposts north of the Ohio river. Recruiting 150 men to form what he called the Illinois regiment, Clark, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Virginia militia, led his force into Illinois and took Kaskaskia on July 4, 1778. The men of the Illinois regiment received an enthusiastic reception from the French, largely due to the efforts of Father Pierre Gibault, Vicar General of the Illinois Country, and Frenchwomen soon busied themselves sewing flags for the regiment. Cahokia and Vincennes were taken without firing a shot, and British power in Illinois and Indiana seemed to vanish over night.
Hamilton did not take long to respond. He raised a force of 30 regulars, 145 French Canadian militiamen and 60 Indians, marched from Detroit and re-took Fort Sackville at Vincennes on December 17, planning to stay there for the winter and then retake Illinois in the spring of 1779. Continue reading
Come, Come Ye Saints
Something for the weekend. A blues arrangement of the Mormon hymn Come, Come Ye Saints. The hymn was written as the Mormons were making their epic trek in 1846 from Illinois to Utah in order to carve their new Zion out of the wilderness.
Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear;
But with joy wend your way.
Though hard to you this journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
Tis better far for us to strive our useless cares from us to drive;
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell –
All is well! All is well!
Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard?
'Tis not so; all is right.
Why should we think to earn a great reward if we now shun the fight?
Gird up your loins; fresh courage take.
Our God will never us forsake;
And soon we'll have this tale to tell-
All is well! All is well!
We'll find the place which God for us prepared,
Far away, in the West,
Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;
There the saints, will be blessed.
We'll make the air, with music ring, Shout praises to our God and King;
Above the rest these words we'll tell –
All is well! All is well!
And should we die before our journey's through,
Happy day! All is well!
We then are free from toil and sorrow, too;
With the just we shall dwell!
But if our lives are spared again to see the Saints their rest obtain,
Oh, how we'll make this chorus swell-
All is well! All is well! Continue reading
The Klan and Progressivism
(Guest post by Paul Zummo, the Cranky Conservative. This post orignally appeared here at Cranky Conservative.)
Michael Zak does what all too many on the left fail to do: crack open some history books and take a real look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan. Zak correctly notes that when the Klan was at its zenith during the 1920s, it was a terrorist wing of the Democratic party, and that since its inception, Republicans were at the forefront in trying to take it down.
It would have been far more truthful for the congresswoman to have admitted the fact that all those who wore sheets a long time ago lifted them to wear Democratic Party clothing. Yes, the Ku Klux Klan was established by the Democratic Party. Yes, the Ku Klux Klan murdered thousands of Republicans — African-American and white – in the years following the Civil War. Yes, the Republican Party and a Republican President, Ulysses Grant, destroyed the KKK with their Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.
How did the Ku Klux Klan re-emerge in the 20th century? For that, the Democratic Party is to blame.
It was a racist Democrat President, Woodrow Wilson, who premiered Birth of a Nation in the White House. That racist movie was based on a racist book written by one of Wilson's racist friends from college. In 1915, the movie spawned the modern-day Klan, with its burning crosses and white sheets.
Inspired by the movie, some Georgia Democrats revived the Klan. Soon, the Ku Klux Klan again became a powerful force within the Democratic Party. The KKK so dominated the 1924 Democratic Convention that Republicans, speaking truth to power, called it the Klanbake. In the 1930s, a Democrat President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, appointed a Klansman, Senator Hugo Black (D-AL), to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 1950s, the Klansmen against whom the civil rights movement struggled were Democrats. The notorious police commissioner Bull Connor, who attacked African-Americans with dogs and clubs and fire hoses, was both a Klansman and the Democratic Party's National Committeeman for Alabama. Starting in the 1980s, the Democratic Party elevated a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan, Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), to third-in-line for the presidency.
I have one quibble with all this. It focuses too much on the partisan aspect of the KKK and not enough on its ideological drive. After all, modern day Democrats could just claim that the Klan represented the conservative wing of the Democratic party. This would be an error.
While most members of the Klan held what would be termed conservative views on social issues, they were hardly purveyors of Burkean conservative values. In fact the Klan typified the Progressive/Populist movement to a tee: "conservative" socially but decidedly left-wing economically and politically. They supported government intrusion into the economy and were backers of the New Deal. Jesse Walker explains some of the areas of overlap between the Progressive movement and the Klan: Continue reading
Stonewall Jackson's Way
Something for the weekend. Stonewall Jackson's Way, sung by the endlessly talented Bobby Horton who has waged a one man crusade to bring Civil War music to modern audiences.
Of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, nicknamed Stonewall by General Barnard Bee at the battle of Bull Run, it was said he lived by the New Testament and fought by the Old. Certainly throughout his life he was a convinced Christian. As a young man he would attend services of various Christian denominations. In Mexico, during his service in the Mexican War, he attended mass, although sadly he did not convert to Catholicism. Instead he eventually became a Presbyterian. His Bible was his constant companion, and he would often speak of God and theological matters in private conversation.
Jackson in his professional life was a soldier. Just before the Civil War he was a professor of natural and experimental philosophy (science) and artillery instruction at the Virginia Military Institute. As a teacher he made a good soldier. His lectures were rather dry. If his students seemed to fail to grasp a lecture, he would repeat it the next day, word for word.
His home life was a mixture of sorrow and joy. His first wife died in childbirth along with their still-born son, a tragedy that would have crushed many a man less iron-willed than Jackson. His second marriage, like his first, was happy, but heartache also haunted it. A daughter died shortly after birth in 1858. A second daughter was born in 1862, shortly before Jackson's own death in 1863.
He and his second wife established and taught a Sunday school for black slaves. At the time it was against the law in Virginia to teach slaves to read, but apparently that is precisely what Jackson and his wife did. One of the last letters he ever posted was his regular contribution he mailed off throughout the war for the financial support of the Sunday school for slaves he and his wife had founded. Continue reading
Invincible Ignorance
Hattip to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. I hope that this blog as the years roll by will play a small role in battling the growing ignorance among many American adults regarding the history of this country. In the meantime, I can only repeat the sage piece of advice from the video clip below:
July 4, 1826
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, fifty years to the day from the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Jefferson died before Adams, and therefore Adams was in error when, with his last breath, he said "Thomas Jefferson survives." However, in a larger sense, a part of Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Adams and all the patriots who brought us our independence, will remain alive as long as Americans continue to read and remember the Declaration of Independence.


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Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight
What It Is
This recently released book is a collection of 20 rhyming poems with bedtime themes as its compelling title reveals. The poems whimsically cover various bedtime topics such as monsters in the closet, who gets the top bunk, thumb-sucking, sleepovers, among others. All are written with a humorous and slightly satirical twist that will give both kids and adults a chuckle.
Why It's Fun
Debbie Levy's use of humor gives us the giggles and lightens what may be stressful nightly struggles for some. The illustrations are very colorful and have a bit of a "cartoonish" feel, which adds to the humor and light satire of the collection. The fact that they all rhyme make the book engaging for kids and parents, especially those of us who aren't poetry buffs. A favorite poem is "Sleep Tight", in which a little girl takes her mother's request to "sleep tight" literally and clenches herself as "tight" as possible all through a very restless night. In the morning, she wisely decides that she will sleep "loose" and not "tight" the next night. "Look Who's Sleeping" is for all parents who've fallen asleep while reading to the kids. But, my absolute favorite is "Lullaby-Bye." Written in the same beat as "Rock-A-Bye Baby," this parody gives that poor little baby who falls when the bough breaks some sympathy and justice. Finally!
Who's Going To Love It
Poetry seems to be having a resurgence in popularity among children's literature with several new collections released this spring. This book is a great way to bring poetry into your home or classroom and Debbie Levy's wit and humor make this a good pick for bedtime or anytime. The publishers recommended age is 6-9, but since each poem stands on it's own, you can read a selection or two at a time to younger kids.
For beginning readers, and even adults, it may take a few readings to get the hang of the beats and rhymes. Ms. Levy's witty twists at the end of each poem are funny, but clever as they are, they may not be as obvious for young minds and may require explanation. I also felt that a couple were a bit odd, and left me saying "Huh??" One example is a poem about "morning breath" called "Pucker Up." The poem's subject refers to actors in movies kissing when they wake up and says such a movie should be called "The Kiss of Death." Sounds a little PG-13, don't you think? However, there is plenty of silliness and laughs throughout and the more you read this book, the more you and your kids will enjoy it.
This collection of poems is a good exercise for young readers to learn about different rhyming tempos. Try taking turns reading lines or stanzas if your child or students are having trouble. All home libraries should have at least one book of children's poetry and this is a good pick!
Reading Time
At least 10 minutes if reading it cover-to-cover
Read-It-Again Points
8 out of 10
Book Information
Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and Other Funny Bedtime Poems
By: Debbie Levy, Illustrated by Stephanie Buscema
Published by: Sterling Publishing (2010)
Approximate retail price: $14.95 (hardcover)

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"Once I Was an Eagle" by Justin Hopkinsby Consequence Of Sound
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Updates for Season 2 Edit
Hi Scott, I saw your post on User:Werthead's talk page. Welcome aboard, glad to have you. That mostly sounds great. New main page headers would be fantastic. I would like to request some titles if possible:
- Latest episode: For use with Template:Latest episode when season 2 begins (replacing the header in that template ideally)
- Featured video: For the latest trailers
- Next episode
I think a poll archive is a nice idea and we should aim to update the poll semi-regularly. A featured article section is a good idea but needs someone to take charge of nominating and rotating the articles.--Opark 77 07:28, February 17, 2012 (UTC)
I would hold off on the main page image for a few weeks - we have a teaser poster but I expect some more useable artwork might follow in the next few weeks. I think I would prioritize thus:
- Making better main page headers, and expanding them so there are headers for the poll, video, and blog sections.
- Adding a live news feed section on the main page.
- Creating a new poll on the main page - something like "Which character's storyline are you most looking forward to in season 2" - and creating a poll archive page we can link to from the main page poll section that would have the current and previous polls listed. (Results from the most recent poll would be shown at the bottom of the current one on the main page.)
- Adding a featured article section on the main page.
- Switching to the new style navigation menu with more drop-down options.
- Updating character portal with deceased characters in black/white or tinted red.
Sorry I can't rule more out. I certainly won't be disappointed if you only manage the first two. I'm afraid I have another request too; an e-mail to HBO media relations or if you wanted to send me their address at email@example.com I will do it (and love having an address that might get an answer for Boardwalk and Luck too). I've been working on Category: Performer Unidentified a bit today and am struggling to narrow it down any further. Could you ask HBO media relations who plays some season 1 characters? We are yet to ID an actor for:
We also still need to identify the role played by some of the season 1 guest stars:
- Colin Carnegie
- Bryan McCaugherty
- Stephen Grech
PS Contributing sounds good. I've been thinking about suggesting a style guide and it won't hurt to have that in there. I would suggest we would probably put it in the narrower right column in case that affects sizing the header. --Opark 77 22:51, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
Looks great thank you, glad they extended your deadline!--Opark 77 07:48, February 22, 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. Fingers crossed.--Opark 77 23:41, February 22, 2012 (UTC)
I run chrome so I'd only ever seen them without rounded corners. Thanks for fixing it.--Opark 77 10:25, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
We have gotten a little further with those actors and characters. Carnegie plays Stevron Frey, McCaugherty plays Walder Rivers, Stephen Grech played a King's Landing urchin. I doubt we'll hear back but if they do come back to you the remaining characters with no identified actor are:
--Opark 77 13:07, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
Family tree templates Edit
I've been working on family trees for the wiki and am reasonably happy with what I've achieved based on the template used at the Harry Potter wiki. My first attempt is Template: House Stark family tree. My main problem is that the template creates a large empty space above the family tree. I wonder if this is something you might be able to help me solve? User:Bchwood offered some general help with the templates and recommended you as a master coder when I brought up this specific issue.--Opark 77 01:39, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
The Stark one looks great now. So all I need to do is not have the new line of the template on a new line in the edit. Weird seeing as most edits don't mind a single line break. I will fix the other versions. Thank you for your help.--Opark 77 07:35, February 25, 2012 (UTC)
Baratheon family tree Edit
Update done, what do you think? I struggled to work Cersei, Mhaegen and Robert's other women onto the same row. I compromised by moving Cerseri and Jaime onto a new row. The alternative would be to omit Mhaegen specifically and have Cersei on one side of Robert and his other women as a group on the other side.--Opark 77 16:04, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I have added a new box for Gendry's mother to make it clear that he only has one! I swapped Mhaegen and Cersei so that all of the bastards are near one another in the row of children and Cersei is on the same row as Robert. I can only have a box to either side of Robert on the same row. The options are:
- Omit Mhaegen, Barra, Gendy and Gendry's mother as separate entities and just have Various women and Various bastards but have all of Robert's generation on the same line.
- As it stands at the moment with some of the mother's of Robert's children on the line below him but clearly separated from his children and clearly not suggested as his children by the connecting lines.
- Which would you prefer?--Opark 77 07:17, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply and your kind words.--Opark 77 21:00, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
New icon Edit
The new icon looks great, thank you!--Opark 77 13:03, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
Background image Edit
We have the official poster now: File:Game_of_Thrones_War_is_Coming.jpg
I was wondering if we could use this to make a new background. The teaser poster also contains similar imagery which could be used to make textures: File:Tease-art.jpeg
What do you think? --Opark 77 13:28, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
If you could that would be great. The idea of adapting the crown sounds good.--Opark 77 00:02, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. I agree about the color scheme - the poster is very red and gold while we are blue and grey at the moment.--Opark 77 12:48, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
Skin Edit
Thank you. I think that the first one looks brilliant and that the second one is also great but to my eye seems like it wouldn't fit in our current ratio of background skin to content space (I am making up names as I go here and expect you probably have some far better terminology!) I think we should put it to a vote on the forum. I don't mind setting up the topic and publicising it to our regulars if you like seeing as you have obviously put a lot of time into this already.
Personally I would welcome having you aboard as an admin but as the newest one here myself I don't think it is my decision. User:Werthead is my liege lord in such matters.--Opark 77 20:52, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for explaining the aspect ratio variance to me, clever stuff. I have started a forum topic and a poll. Will it be ok to go with the consensus in a week?--Opark 77 23:42, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
- So not the best turnout, perhaps I should have made it the main page poll instead because the new one of those is going along nicely. Skin number 4 has it 2:1 so if you want to give implementing it a go you have the blessing of the community.--Opark 77 22:20, March 19, 2012 (UTC)
- The new example looks good. I would happily have all of them on a rotating basis. I think my colleagues both voted for option 4 because it has the titular throne in the image. I will repost the poll on the main page later today and see how we do - updating the community message didn't bring as many eyes as I had hoped.--Opark 77 10:31, March 21, 2012 (UTC)
- The poll has had another week and Example 1 has the majority. Do you think we could adopt that one in time for the premiere?--Opark 77 17:24, March 29, 2012 (UTC)
- New wordmark is cool, closer to the show logo as it appears in the credits and a better fit for the change in color scheme. Lets do it.--Opark 77 20:58, March 29, 2012 (UTC)
- Looks great. Thanks for all your work on it.--Opark 77 07:01, March 30, 2012 (UTC)
Use of images Edit
As one of our active editors I wonder if you could help me by giving an opinion about the way we use images on the forum.--Opark 77 11:02, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you.--Opark 77 20:17, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
- It was useful and interesting, thanks again for sharing it.--Opark 77 22:19, March 19, 2012 (UTC)
Starter GuideEdit
There was some mention of making portals on the forum and this sounds like it would fit under that banner - a navigation area for a specific user need. The HBO viewers guide added a catch up section recently too which might be good for some inspiration.--Opark 77 07:14, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
- First of all it looks really good but I do have some (hopefully constructive) feedback.
- Could we match the colours to the houses? (Stark = Grey (or Green in the show), Lannister = Red, Baratheon = Yellow, Cersei's family could be orange, love that Jon is black!)
- Catelyn's section - it might be confusing to refer to Tyrion as "Imp" at this stage because it is not clarified as his nickname until later. I think simplifying naming to one form of address is a good idea for the portion of the audience who are TV only viewers and have not rewatched since 2011. However, I might be being unfair to their capacity to work things out.
- Teen tyrant is an awesome bit of phrasing for Joffrey in the Sansa section!
- Jon's section third sentence "In the end...ending up" one of those ends should be cut.
- Bran's section first sentence "...thanks Jaime Lannister's cowardly attempt..." should be "thanks to".
- Robert's section mentions a "beloved first wife." He never managed to marry Lyanna - they were betrothed but she disappeared with Rhaeghar and then died before being returned to Robert. Perhaps "first love" and drop the beloved?
- Its a visually interesting piece filled with relevant information, well done.
--Opark 77 14:23, March 26, 2012 (UTC)
As for placement. I think having it as an article is fine. We should put:
:''See also: [[Season 1 refresher guide]]''
Into the plot section of Season 1 and Season 2. If you like it could be the featured article for the next 2 weeks but we'd need a single image and a blurb for the template on the main page. --Opark 77 14:29, March 26, 2012 (UTC)
They do have the violet eyes in the books so maybe the purple. Its difficult because Baratheon is gold/black, Lannister is red/gold and Targaryen in black/red. Maybe it makes the most sense to leave Jon as Stark grey or green and have Targaryen as black. What do you think?--Opark 77 21:27, March 26, 2012 (UTC)
That sounds like a good compromise.--Opark 77 21:49, March 26, 2012 (UTC)
Looks good. My turn to be tired now - 23:47 here in the UK.--Opark 77 22:48, March 26, 2012 (UTC)
Maybe we should link to it from the polls section? If you like questions here are a few more...
I wrote the questions so I'm very happy to see it as a working quiz, reminded me of my days writing questions for the facebook Wire app a few years ago. I would definitely be happy to see it on the main page. --Opark 77 10:28, March 21, 2012 (UTC)
- I like it much better than my idea! The slider is a good fit for it.--Opark 77 10:50, March 21, 2012 (UTC)
You're all set as an admin. Welcome to the team! :-) --Werthead 13:38, March 23, 2012 (UTC)
- Congratulations and welcome aboard.--Opark 77 19:30, March 23, 2012 (UTC)
I have been making some faltering first steps to introducing navboxes to the wiki this week. I designed Template:House navbox based on our infoboxes. I think I understand parameters and templates on a basic level and I can understand basic table formatting but I have exceeded my capabilities here. I have tried to teach myself a bit about parser functions and have implemented the if# function to hide unused fields in the navbox. I have followed the Show Hide guide at the open source wiki to make the tables collapsible. It appears to be mostly working to my surprise. I wonder if you could have a quick look at the template and let me know what you think. I have been unable to figure out how to make the navbox automatically collapse. Any hints in that regard?
I am going to work on some additional navboxes next week so if you have any suggestions for article groups that would benefit from one please let me know.--Opark 77 12:35, March 25, 2012 (UTC)
Additionally using I have imported Template:Tnavbar and Template:Tnavbar-collapsible but using them seems to put the header in the navbox off centre. Can I correct this? If this is all outside of your remit then just let me know and I'll try admin support instead.--Opark 77 13:02, March 25, 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you.--Opark 77 20:38, March 25, 2012 (UTC)
- BTW, the edit link in each House navbox takes you to the editing page of the overall House navbox template--Gonzalo84 01:25, March 26, 2012 (UTC)
- To direct the v/d/e links in Tnavbar-collapsible to each House navbox it needs to be aimed at each house navbox. I knew how to fix this it just took some time to alter the code of each individual House navbox.--Opark 77 06:41, March 26, 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your help.--Opark 77 21:13, March 28, 2012 (UTC)
Wordmark Edit
No joy. I can remove the current one and go to text but if I try to upload a new file it restores the old one. I even tried deleting File:Wiki-wordmark.png and it is still not showing the new one when I clear my cache. Weird.--Opark 77 09:00, March 30, 2012 (UTC)
- You seem to have fixed it. User:Werthead had some misgivings so I started a forum topic. Your input welcome.--Opark 77 20:34, April 1, 2012 (UTC)
New skinEdit
I wish my fellow admins had discussed the new skin when we proposed it instead of now that we have implemented it. User:KarinS seems quite unhappy with it (or me) but I'm not sure what specifically she would like altered (I get the impression that she prefers the old skin but she appears to be in the minority there).
User:Werthead suggested we use grey rather than black for easier reading so I implemented that change, I hope you don't mind me messing with your work.--Opark 77 09:37, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- I preferred the black but am trying to offer a compromise. If the general feeling is that it is no better then we should go back. I think Karin did say it was a bit better and I have asked Werthead if he feels that it is an improvement.--Opark 77 14:59, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- User:QueenBuffy has made me aware that in the visual editor the background image is kind of in the way. Is there anything we can alter to make it less problematic when using the visual editor?--Opark 77 22:12, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- I was the same when she mentioned it to me. Thanks for looking at it. I will let her know.--Opark 77 20:03, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
New wordmarkEdit
I have tried to change the wordmark back but I am now stuck seeing the new one. Could you contact your special forces again?--Opark 77 09:37, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the info. I will try to be patient!--Opark 77 15:07, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
Character portal Edit
Two new viewers (or one that first wrote under their IP and then registered) complained about being "spoiled" by having it on the main page yesterday, I thought having it lower on the front screen might make it avoidable for people just trying to get to the episode article they just watched for example.--Opark 77 06:29, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
You're right only themselves to blame and it is better to have the basic "this character is dead" front and centre so that they are not fully spoiled (with the how and the when of the death) if they are naive enough to visit the wiki when not up to date. I like the red too. I should stop trying to please everyone!--Opark 77 14:55, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- What I would like to do is get the portal up to date with the season 2 starring cast do you think you might have time to work on that?--Opark 77 14:57, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- If you don't have time, I can do it also. I worked on the first one :) --QueenBuffy 15:24, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
poll Edit
When you change the poll, don't forget to change the current statistics under "current poll", to reflect the results of the last weeks results :) --QueenBuffy 06:08, April 20, 2012 (UTC)
Ohh, I clicked history and saw your name last. Hmm, any idea who it was. I'll be sure to let them know :) --QueenBuffy 06:51, April 20, 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! Thinking about asking Werthead if he wants to change the message board to Message pages, the new way of messaging, etc... so much easier. --QueenBuffy 07:00, April 20, 2012 (UTC) So you are Anti-Message Wall? :) --QueenBuffy 07:12, April 20, 2012 (UTC)
Forum Edit
Thanks for the blog about the video game. I have season 2 tunnel vision so haven't really highlighted the release, glad someone did! I would like to read your thoughts on a few recent forum topics:
--Opark 77 07:21, June 1, 2012 (UTC)
Heads up Edit
Letting you know, if you don't mind... we may need your help here in a few weeks designing a few new backgrounds to vote on :) http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Time_for_a_new_Background/Color_Scheme:_Admins_Please_Read
--QueenBuffy 22:50, June 4, 2012 (UTC)
- Sounds so official, doesn't it? haha
Thanks for helping, as always! Love the TB Refresher! GJ! -QueenBuffy
I've added the template to our main page, hopefully Werthead won't mind.--Opark 77 13:50, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
Ch'vyalthan Edit
We have a new editor who has just registered (User:Ch'vyalthan) and is having problems with the editor load stalling and timing out. Their message to me has more detail. I don't have the technical know how to support them, is there anything you can do? Or where should I point them next?--Opark 77 (talk) 09:17, October 29, 2012 (UTC)
Layout Edit
I noticed that background image maybe a bit "too" big. It's hard to tell the shadow is a dragon- perhaps you could make it smaller for us? Also, think you could help making new section headings... so that they aren't red and gold. What about the visual box... it's still showing the crown background. Your help would be much appreciated. (I was about to change the cast portal- but having trouble changing the poll results too- they are also red color)QueenBuffy 22:03, February 27, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm not sure where to put this; but this is the same problem we had in season 2: simply adding a light image as the background, translucent through the back of the text, makes it difficult to read. The dragon image needs to be a sidebar or something, not behind the text, or else we'll have trouble physically reading it.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 22:16, February 27, 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for the input Dragon Demonds. XD1 is great at layouts, so I'm sure he'll help if he can. :) It will all come together. I really like this color scheme though... VERY Season 3! :) QueenBuffy 22:18, February 27, 2013 (UTC)
- I don't want to criticize all of your work or anything: I have no f-ing idea how to do any of this layout stuff.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 22:28, February 27, 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you Scott, it all looks wonderful! Do you know how to change the "visual" box to a solid gray, vs the red/gold crown. QueenBuffy 01:02, February 28, 2013 (UTC)
- I don't want to criticize all of your work or anything: I have no f-ing idea how to do any of this layout stuff.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 22:28, February 27, 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for the input Dragon Demonds. XD1 is great at layouts, so I'm sure he'll help if he can. :) It will all come together. I really like this color scheme though... VERY Season 3! :) QueenBuffy 22:18, February 27, 2013 (UTC)
Visual box Edit
This is what I see when my "Visual box" (not source) is selected. QueenBuffy 01:38, February 28, 2013 (UTC)
- Must be some kind of caching issue, I see plain grey in visual mode...
- Okay,Maybe when I reboot it will fix. :) I will keep my ears open in case anyone else is having this issue. Thanks again. QueenBuffy 02:26, February 28, 2013 (UTC)
- I love the new background. It seems a little pixel-y on my computer. Not sure if it's just mine though. QueenBuffy 16:11, February 28, 2013 (UTC)
- Okay,Maybe when I reboot it will fix. :) I will keep my ears open in case anyone else is having this issue. Thanks again. QueenBuffy 02:26, February 28, 2013 (UTC)
- Oh I hear ya. I waited and waited.. then all we got was the shadow dragon. I am also hoping for more Season 3 promo's that would be fitting as the new bg. Thanks for all your help! QueenBuffy 22:25, February 28, 2013 (UTC)
- OMG YES!!! Please change it to the new BG! That looks amazing! QueenBuffy 05:09, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
Season links in headersEdit
Wait, I thought we did put links to "Season 1" or "Season 2" in the headers under character histories.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 14:33, April 24, 2013 (UTC)
Cleanup Edit
Thank you for the cleanup job. While you are at it, please remove periods from the "(spoilers from the books)" links if you find them. Since those are not sentences, periods are unnecessary.--Gonzalo84 (talk) 19:06, April 24, 2013 (UTC)
- Great job! I have begun to do the same with the external links of actors and crew articles. Feel free to lend a hand.--Gonzalo84 (talk) 20:39, April 25, 2013 (UTC)
Hello I would like to talk about your admin on teen wolf wiki. I'm sorry but he acts like he's king and he banned me for a month for no reason actually. He said he didn't want speculations in comments so I stopped but when I question him he's rude. A lot of people on that wiki have a problem with him and i'll even give you a name of a person who can vouch for me. She even sent a letter to wikia staff complaining about him. He is even threatning to shut down the comments. I'm sorry to be bothering on a different wiki but I can't message you on there, and if I send a essage to staff it can take days or weeks get back to me. I really think we need another admin appointed, so paul can't get out of hand.{{SUBST:Lincoln Burrows/Sig}} 04:53, June 12, 2013 (UTC)
Bracket Edit
Sounds like a great idea! We'd love to have the bracket here at GoT Wiki! QueenBuffy 19:45, October 8, 2014 (UTC)
Personality Quiz Edit
For some reason my internet isn't working tonight, and won't let me see the other example of quiz. I will just go ahead and give you 6 names that jump out at me. (Characters I think have amazing personalities).
1. Tyrion
2. Jaime
3. Arya
4. Bronn
5. The Hound
6. Dany
Hope this helps, and TDD, feel free to give your input. :) QueenBuffy 00:16, October 15, 2014 (UTC)
Template help Edit
Hi Scott, would you be willing and able to help me with creating a utility template for this wiki? I've found a way to achieve the effect I want with raw code, but I figured a template would be a more elegant and efficient solution. Unfortunately it's completely over my head... although it seems like it should be a fairly simple matter I'm having a hard time getting it to work. This is essentially what I'm trying to do, and this is what I've got so far. Obviously, the images need to be customisable (like = fields), as the template would be applied to nearly every character and location article on the wiki. Ideally we also need to be able to link the shields to the relevant page (like House Bolton). Is any of this even possible? If not, are there any real detriments to adding raw coding to so many pages like that? Sorry if these are stupid questions... I'm in completely over my head here.--Ser Patrek, the Wolfskinner 30px 11:34, October 26, 2014 (UTC)
Featured videoEdit
It would be very inappropriate to use footage from the NYCC 2014 panel as our featured video, given the controversy surrounding it which led to Werthead's removal.
It would only reopen wounds we're trying to heal.
Moreover...I can't find any specific mention of anything related to "Game of Thrones Wiki" in the entire panel video I saw on youtube.
...would it instead be possible to use the video of David J. Peterson's "How to Speak Dothraki" video from the same convention? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2l2dk4eYEg
--The Dragon Demands (talk) 20:30, October 29, 2014 (UTC)
Video programmingEdit
What's the video programming?--The Dragon Demands (talk) 22:14, March 4, 2015 (UTC)
- They're looking to do more GoT Fan vs. Critic this season, so I'm just trying to feel out possible GoT Wiki users that are comfortable with & willing to be on camera in that type of setting. "Camera happy" if you will.
- @ (profile)•(talk) 22:58, March 4, 2015 (UTC)
- They're looking to do more GoT Fan vs. Critic this season, so I'm just trying to feel out possible GoT Wiki users that are comfortable with & willing to be on camera in that type of setting. "Camera happy" if you will.
We need your help with something.
We finally updated the front page a few months ago; it wasn't updated when Season 4 began (as planned) so after it ended we cobbled together a new theme out of frustration (well, and with Wikia's help after stumbling around with it a bit).
We need to play around with that a bit more (I've noticed the background map image doesn't fit neatly on different screens).
But for now, a problem is that when we changed the background color scheme from "white text on grey" to "black on tan", the backgrounds of the Navboxes were not updated accordingly.
Another problem is that the new color scheme is "black text on tan, with teal highlights" -- at least, the top bar is teal with WHITE text, not black. I still think that looks nice, but it doesn't work with black text....and particularly, becomes illegible in navboxes containing blue links (I just plain forgot about the blue links, because I was focusing on the top navbar and it contains no link bars).
Anyway, I think the topbar should stay as it is (white text on teal), and indeed, most navboxes which do not include links in them should use the same (such as the episode and TV season navboxes).
However, the "bottom" navboxes (that we add to the bottom of most pages) need a different color scheme.
I played around with it on the Episode Appearances template and managed to achieve this:
Title bars are Wood Brown (#C19A6B) and the body background is Tan (#D2B48C), in order to slightly offset it from the main page background (the idea is that the wiki looks like a medieval parchment map, with blue wax on tan leather -- so I guess the idea is that it's just differently colored leather stitching or whatever).
This color scheme may not be perfect but it is infinitely better than what we are currently using; illegible blue links and black text against grey and blue.
Therefore, with Season 5 fast approaching, we need help updating the other navigation boxes with it (again, not the episode/season ones that use white text on blue, those are legible, but any that have links in them would make a blue link on blue and that's illegible).
Now we've been toying around with doing this by hand on the House navbox, which I've been messing with:
Currently it has the Wood Brown horizontal title bar, but when I try adding it in to the rest it messes up. Instead of a solid tan background, it displays "gridlines" (because I put it in on each horizontal row). Also it's impossible to made the leftmost vertical column another "title bar" of a separate color (it should be Wood Brown just like the top bar).
Better yet, look at what is apparently the automatically generated navbox template: I don't know how to edit it:
Basically we want exactly what this old one does - no gridlines, but subheadings will also display a secondary color box, such as on this page: http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Watch_navbox
(though I think you achieve that by just putting a navbox within a navbox)
Actually, the leftmost vertical line is broken up in to boxes but that isn't a problem (I don't need a straight line) -- the problem is that when I tried changing the entire background it added horizontal lines (maybe because it was done by column).
ANYWAY, the current Navbox color scheme is blue for title bars, and dark grey for the body...with white text for both - but we forgot that blue links are illegible against this.
What I want to do is update whatever the source template is to change that to Wood Brown for title bars, and Tan for the body area...because both blue links and black text will show up reasonably well against this.
Can you help? And if not, can you forward this to those who can? It is a major problem.--00:23, March 7, 2015 (UTC)
- Didn't see this before I left for the weekend, I'll take a look.
- @ (profile)•(talk) 17:07, March 9, 2015 (UTC)
- Didn't see this before I left for the weekend, I'll take a look.
- How does this look?
- http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Watch_navbox
- @ (profile)•(talk) 18:23, March 9, 2015 (UTC)
- That's miles better!--Ser Patrek, the Paintbrush Knight 18:28, March 9, 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for getting on this:
Oh crud, my fault: when I said "Wood Brown and Tan" I meant "Wood Brown and Beige". Should have been Beige, #F5F5DC -- completely my mistake.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 23:25, March 9, 2015 (UTC)
- Better?
- @ (profile)•(talk) 00:52, March 10, 2015 (UTC)
Excellent. Needs to be in place for the House navboxes too. I need to check everything.
I don't know if anyone wants something else artistically, but right now I'm shooting for a quick fix that is at least legible.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 01:05, March 10, 2015 (UTC)
Excellent: everything else is up to speed - a few of the "Credits" and "Appearances" templates had to be done by hand because they don't use the normal Bavbox template, but they were handled easily.
One small point remains, the House information template: http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Template:House_navbox
I changed the title color to Wood Brown, but I can't get the body background to be Beige.
Problem is that when I try it makes those gridlines show up again.
Big point is that, unlike all other navboxes, the House information navbox really needs to be in three vertical columns (and the third one is an image file).
Can you please help with this? If it is impossible to do it without the gridlines (as I attempted http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Template:House_navbox?oldid=176374) it would be better to just leave the background transparent (so it looks like the rest of the article).--The Dragon Demands (talk) 19:50, March 12, 2015 (UTC)
For some reason, the "War" navbox isn't displaying the "Name" item in "War of the Five Kings" -- it IS working in all of the other War pages such as Reyne Rebellion or Dance of the Dragons.
I have no idea why, possibly because the page is very large? Either way this is sort of embarrassing because the War of the Five Kings is the war playing out in the TV series, so it's a very visible page and needs that to be displaying properly.--The Dragon Demands (talk) 22:37, March 12, 2015 (UTC)
Recent uploads Edit
Do you know what's happened to the bar that shows recent image uploads on the right hand side of the page?--Ser Patrek, the Paintbrush Knight 14:07, March 12, 2015 (UTC)
- Can I get an answer to this, please? Sorry to be a pest, but it's absolutely vital that we be able to easily check recent image uploads for policy violations.--Ser Patrek, the Paintbrush Knight 10:40, March 29, 2015 (UTC)
- It took some digging, but what I was able to find out is that unfortunately that module was removed with no plans for its return. In its absence, the best alternative would probably be Special:NewFiles. I have added your concern and disappointment with the removal of this module to a feedback doc that was set up specifically for this change, but I've done so by quoting your previous comment. If you'd like me to add a specific message to the doc that is more detailed, I would be more than happy to do so. I can't say one way or the other if the possibility exists for its return based on a certain amount of feedback from communities, because I really don't know. I'm sorry I didn't have good news for you on this matter, I wish I could have been more helpful. :(
- @ (profile)•(talk) 23:07, March 31, 2015 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. Thanks for the reply. That's disappointing to hear, as it was a useful feature, and I'd much rather have it back than these ridiculous "must watch" videos that Wikia seems intent on cramming into every available space. I hope they see sense and bring the slider back.--Ser Patrek (talk) 11:32, April 2, 2015 (UTC)
NYCC 2015Edit
Reporting in:
--The Dragon Demands (talk) 16:45, October 20, 2015 (UTC)
HBO Giveaway/Promo Edit
Sounds good!!! Feel free to make the changes. Good hearing from you stranger! :) QueenBuffy 22:43, March 14, 2016 (UTC)
I can't tell if this is spam or not, please help:
--The Dragon Demands (talk) 23:32, April 14, 2016 (UTC)
Tourney Edit
Sounds good. Look forward to seeing it. :) QueenBuffy 01:08, April 16, 2016 (UTC)
Discussion at bottom of articlesEdit
I've probably asked this before but forgotten: is there any way to remove discussion threads from displaying at the bottom of articles? I.e. the Jon Snow article displays forum threads at the very bottom which have "Jon Snow" in the title - it shouldn't. --The Dragon Demands (talk) 18:59, April 24, 2016 (UTC)
Problems with banned VandalEdit
I'm too busy working on Season 6 stuff to divert time to wipe this excrement from my boot: please help or forward it to the appropriate task force.
--The Dragon Demands (talk) 03:42, May 11, 2016 (UTC)


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PS 22 Chorus
Saturday, February 26, 2011 8:39 PM
Blue and green dressed Fifth graders, sing to a crowd at Sleeping Beauty's Castle in Disneyland. On Sunday the chorus is invited to Los Angeles to perform on the Oscars. (Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland)
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July 5th, 2012
Thursday's lineups: Tigers vs. Twins
Leyland told reporters in his office this morning that he had a tough time weighing whether to start Quintin Berry today against Scott Diamond, who has given up a .324 batting average and .940 OPS to left-handed hitters this year. Ultimately, the fact that Raburn has seen Diamond before — and he's supposed to hit lefties — won out.
"I tossed and turned with it today to play Berry or Raburn. I ended up playing Raburn," Leyland said. The thought process is if Raburn doesn't help us against left-handers then we have issues. You give him the benefit of the doubt to see if you can maybe get him going a little bit."
It sounds very much like Leyland is sticking with the idea of using this stretch to see if Raburn can turn it around.
"I'm kind of playing the string out right now to see if Raburn's going to do something," Leyland said.
- Austin Jackson, CF
- Ryan Raburn, LF
- Miguel Cabrera, 3B
- Prince Fielder, 1B
- Delmon Young, DH
- Jhonny Peralta, SS
- Brennan Boesch, RF
- Gerald Laird, C
- Ramon Santiago, 2B
P: Rick Porcello
- Denard Span, CF
- Ben Revere, RF
- Joe Mauer, DH
- Ryan Doumit, C
- Justin Morneau, 1B
- Trevor Plouffe, 3B
- Darin Mastroianni, LF
- Brian Dozier, SS
- Jamey Carroll, 2B
P: Scott Diamond
Verlander wants to be judged on 2012, not 2011 for All-Star start
Now that Justin Verlander is done for the first half, he's thinking about his All-Star assignment, and he's thinking about the field of potential starters. And as he waits to see how AL All-Star manager Ron Washington calls it, he made it clear he's not expecting anything based on his Cy Young and MVP awards from last year.
"Yeah, it would be nice. It would be fantastic," Verlander said. "But I know there are some other guys out there having exceptional years. In my opinion, the All-Star Game is year-to-year. This is the halfway point of 2012, not the end of 2011.
"Yeah, I had a good year last year, but I shouldn't be [awarded] for that. If I get to start in the All-Star Game, I want to know it's because I've been the best pitcher up to this point."
The fact that he wasn't available to pitch in the All-Star Game last year, having pitched in the Tigers' final game before the break, shouldn't factor in, he said.
"You're not owed anything in this game," he continued. "Whoever's the best pitcher up to this point is owed that. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity last year. And who knows if I'd have had it anyway? [Jered] Weaver was really good up to that point as well. It would be nice. I'd like to have that on the resume, but like I said, there are some other guys out there having fantastic years as well."


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Thousands of comic book fans, Trekkies, and others are descending upon San Diego's Convention Center in the Gas Lamp District starting today through this Sunday, July 27. Rumors have it that attendance will exceed 125,000; it's confirmed that tickets are sold out. The San Diego Convention Center can only hold so many people...
Celebs like Matt Groening ("The Simpsons" & "Futurama"), Stan Lee (Marvel Comics), Masi Oka ("Heroes"), Keanu Reeves ("The Day The Earth Stood Still"), are going to be attending as well as Mark Wahlberg, Ron Perlman, Jennifer Connelly and director Guy Ritchie (yep, that's Madonna's husband!!!!). They all have projects they want to promote to their fans and this is the place to do it.
There's many more celebrities on board-- we just don't know who we might run into!!!!
Saturday night is the famous Masquerade Contest where Mr. K. will photograph the zaniest, wildest and crazy fans dressed in wild outfits who live for this event...
We'll keep you posted of all that we see... and who knows what will interest you or inspire you?
Be warned-- it could be some crazy stuff that only those who live in the land of 'Geek-dom' appreciate!!!
For more info, check out their website, http://www.comic-con.org.


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My son called us "Mothers of the World," as though we were card-carrying members of an international organization. Actually, we were a handful of neighborhood women looking out for children, intervening when we saw someone get hurt.
If a child fell from his bike, we were there with the band-aids. If a bully knocked a kid down on his way home from school, we were the first to stop the car, approach the bully, and tell him to stop. Our children slunk lower in their seats. Vigilante moms. What could be more embarrassing?
We thought we were doing the right thing. Our children thought we were doing the nosy thing. Whatever you call it, some of us are still doing it. I did it just last week.
In the parking lot of my gym, a man jerked a crying child from his SUV and hit him hard on his backside, making the child scream louder. The boy was six or seven, the man a large guy with an athlete's build.
The child cried out, "Daddy, please stop!" And the man did, and the boy climbed back in the car. But the whole thing repeated itself, and the boy was pulled out and hit again. This time, another Mother of the World moved closer. The beating stopped.
Parents don't like interference when they're disciplining a child, but sometimes they lose control. This was one of those times. The father had worked up a sweat. He was worn out.
As he drove off, he gave a shrug, as if to say, "I know I lost it." On my way home, I decided that if the man had done this to a dog— jerk, pull, beat, repeat—Most of us would call Animal Services. But we hesitate when a child is involved.
But sometimes we don't. Outside of a toy store, a similar scene was re-enacted. A young mother juggled an infant in a baby seat and a prancing toddler, excited about the toys in the shop window. His excitement peaked and he tugged on his mother's arm. She'd had it. She slapped his face and his scream went out over the parking lot. So she did it again. This time, he fell backwards onto the asphalt.
I was like one of those bystanders on the television show, "What Would You Do?" where people are presented with tough situations and then filmed to see what their reaction is. I didn't see any cameras, but I moved closer and asked, "Is everything all right?"
Everything was not all right, but I'd defused the situation, and the mother could take a breath and calm down. I was doing what I had done decades before—getting into someone else's business. I was still, I realized, a Mother of the World.
A few weeks back at a nice Japanese restaurant in another city, my husband and I sat next to a woman with two school-age children. In a loud "I've had some cocktails" voice, she told one of them he was full of s____. Later on, she yelled at the other child that he was ruining her f______ evening with his constant chatter.
The restaurant grew quiet. The child hung his head and started to cry. I stood up. My husband knew what I was going to do.
"Is everything all right?" I asked, using my mantra. She said the kids were driving her crazy, but she'd be just fine. She apologized to the families around her for the cursing, and everybody went back to eating rice and teriyaki.
Full disclosure: I've never cursed my children publicly, but I've felt the kind of anger that only a frazzled parent can feel. We all have. Raising children is hard work and you can reach the end of your patience daily.
That's why, every now and then, you need some nosy stranger to move closer and ask you if everything is all right.


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Bill Clinton coming to Altoona on Friday
Mary P. Hogate
Mary P. Hogate, 92, Bellwood, died Saturday at Valley View Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Millersville, daughter of Alex and Katy (Branza) Peckowych. Surviving are her sisters: Eve Poeschl, Helen Skompski, Catherine Peckowych and Ann Stehman; and brothers: Nick and Mike Peckowych. At the request of the deceased, there will be no public viewing or funeral service. Arrangements by Vincent J. Good Funeral Parlor, Bellwood.


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Mobile and Baldwin County residents head over to Bellingrath Gardens today for free admission with your valid ID.
The free offer is in honor of the 145th birthday of founder Walter Bellingrath. Go here to see the offer.
Rates to compare your savings:
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Since 20 Years we are in the field of construction. We have expertise in constructing various types of building such as residential, commercial, Industrial, exposed R.C.C. work and high rise buildings.
Herewith is attached list of the structures which we have successfully completed till now and list of construction equipment, machinery and staff which we posses.
The Zeal Builders and United Builders are promoted by Mr. Anup Desai. Over the Last 20 Years Zeal Builders and United Builders has grown in to becoming one of the leading Contractor in India.
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One of the critical priorities this fiscal year for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) was to conduct a Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification, known as TRAC, on FDsys. The audit evaluates digital repositories for reliability, and would have been performed by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).
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COLUMBUS — So maybe that was harder than it needed to be.
But even if the third-seeded Northern Burlington boys' basketball team relaxed a bit in yesterday's NJSIAA opener against 14th-seed Jackson Liberty, enough to let a should've-been breeze become a hold-your-breath 50-44 win in overtime, they're over it.
"Not again, not in the playoffs," said senior shooting guard Joey Montalvo, who had a team-high 11 points.
"We know we're good, but this isn't happening again," said senior forward Stephon Gadiare, who had eight points.
It was human nature, letting that much talent — and their imaginations — get the better of them.
But so too is it to realize they need unflinching focus come tomorrow's quarterfinal against six-seed Ocean Township.
Don't worry.
They get it.
Said coach Gene Darling: "With this group of senior leaders, anything is possible."
Like, say, coolly navigating half an overtime period up just one point, with any mistake likely to be their last this season.
Montalvo knocked down a trey on the Greyhounds' first possession.
Jackson's Alan Devalle went up and under with 2:56 to go.
Then came a loose ball, a scrum, a controversial call — Jackson insisted Northern Burlington touched it last, the refs disagreed — and put the ball in Marshe Terry's hands with 22.5 seconds left.
"What I love about our team, everybody steps up," Gadiare said.
Five Greyhounds had eight or more points.
That's how many scored for Jackson in all.
Of course, the hope has to be a prolonged injury to Gadiare, who got rolled up on in that scrum and has an undisclosed lower body issue as a result, isn't what necessitates stepping up.
But it coming from yesterday's scare?
Fine by them.
Joked Montalvo: "Come Thursday, we'll be on."
Northern Burlington: Joey Montalvo 2-2-1-11, Stephon Gadiare 3-0-2-8, Frank Bilancio 4-0-0-8, Jalen Peacock 2-0-0-4, Marcus Brown 3-0-2-8, Marshe Terry 4-0-1-9, Jmaurie Tucker 0-0-2-2.
Jackson Liberty: J'Son Clark 1-0-0-2, Alan Delvalle 5-1-2-15, Mike Healy 4-1-0-11, James Sofield 4-0-4-12, Hansson Renouf 2-0-0-4.
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Pearson Education is the world's biggest education company. Pearson Education's solutions cover a wide spectrum of subjects including business, technology, sciences, law and the humanities. Pearson Education India specializes in the publication of academic and reference books in the fields of computer science, engineering, business & management, professional & trade, higher education and competitive examination preparation books. Pearson Education India is also India's foremost publisher in the school segment (K-12), with book lists in English language teaching (ELT), the humanities, sciences and mathematics, from primary to senior secondary classes.


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- Explore the brand new Mr. Six's Splash Island and the wet and wild Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags New England in Agawam.
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- Savor a leisurely cocktail on the patio outside Max's Tavern in Springfield.
- Enjoy a day on the Connecticut River, feeling the breezes as you cruise along on the Lady Bea out of Brunelle's Marina in South Hadley.
- When all else fails, scream for 42 flavors of ice cream – at Alvin Rondeau's Dairy Bar in Palmer.
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WHEN: Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
WHERE: Everson Museum of Art: Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse.
COST: Suggested donation: $5.
INFORMATION: Call 474-6064 or visit http://www.everson.org.
If your resolution for the new year is to expand your cultural horizons, the Everson Museum of Art is a good place to start.
The I.M. Pei-designed museum is full of such exhibits as "Picture Talk: Visual Language in Contemporary Art," "Gustav Stickley and the Arts and Crafts Movement," "Common Threads: American Art 1960-1980" and more.
A special exhibit called "Pollock Matters," features paintings by modern artist Jackson Pollock.


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Jack Storm and Alex Rush each banged out three hits to lead Fredonia to the District 38 championship, 18-5, over Falconer at Ellery Town Park, in Bemus Point, recently. Dalton Gardner added two hits, Dominic Gullo blasted a triple while Michael Barnes, Joey Gullo, Jacob Skinner, Tyler Putney and Michael Berg contributed hits in the victory. Tyler Putney and Haeden Walters combined on the mound for the victory. Fredonia advances to Hanover for the Sectional tournament, which will begin July 13.
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Pictured are members of the Fredonia 9-10 Year Old Little League team that won the District 38 title recently in Bemus Point. Members of the team, in the front row, from left to right are: Haeden Walters, Dominic Gullo, Joey Gullo, Dalton Gardner, Michael Barnes, Alex Rush and Gabe Schrader. In the second row are: Jack Storm, Alex Christy, Tyler Putney, Jacob Skinner, A.J. St. George and Michael Berg. In back are: Coach Mark Putney, Coach Steve Barnes, Coach Jimmy Rush, Manager Joe Gullo.


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Carbonear Island has been nicknamed the Gibraltar of Newfoundland; locals want to make it a major tourist attraction
An island that held firm in the face of French aggression and was later used by fishermen to process and store fish is being promoted as a potential main attraction for the Baccalieu Trail.
Carbonear Island looks desolate and foreboding from shore, but the rocky outcrop in Carbonear Bay is rich in history. It's this history that the Town of Carbonear and its partners are hoping to capitalize on in a bid to boost tourism.
Photo at left: Efforts are underway to enhance Carbonear's tourism industry. Some of those involved in that initiative include (from left) project manager Florence Button, Mayor Sam Slade, heritage society member Bert Parsons, Herb Brett of the harbour au
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An island that held firm in the face of French aggression and was later used by fishermen to process and store fish is being promoted as a potential main attraction for the Baccalieu Trail.
Carbonear Island looks desolate and foreboding from shore, but the rocky outcrop in Carbonear Bay is rich in history. It's this history that the Town of Carbonear and its partners are hoping to capitalize on in a bid to boost tourism.
"Anytime you have something with such a rich history right in your backyard, you have to grab hold of it," Carbonear Mayor Sam Slade said this week, before the start of an information session about the island at the community centre. The session attracted about 100 people, including representatives of various government departments and agencies and a host of community groups and businesses.
Groups such as the Mariner Res-ource Opportunities Network (M-RON) and the Carbonear Island Development Resource Committee have dusted off a five-year-old report that outlined a tourism development strategy for Carbonear Island. The report describes the island as an anchor tourism project for the Baccalieu Trail that would preserve the island's cultural and natural integrity and provide sustainable economic benefits for the area.
Priorities include building interpretive kiosks at entry points to the town, boat tours, birdwatching, kayaking, walking trails, whale watching, recreational fishing and genealogy. There could also be re-enactments based on local history and an emphasis on developing downtown Carbonear in order to accommodate more tourists.
Today, the only obvious evidence of human occupation on the island, which is roughly 4.4 kilometres from the public wharf, is a solar-powered lighthouse. But its recorded history reads like an adventure novel.
During the Colonial Wars between France and England, there were brutal battles in Newfoundland involving mainly small raiding parties. On at least three occasions, residents of Carbonear and surrounding areas sought refuge from the French on Carbonear Island.
The most famous incident was in the winter of 1697, when forces under the command of Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville, a ruthless and daring French Canadian, set out to destroy the English fishery in Newfoundland. After conquering St. John's in late November, D'Iberville's forces systematically overran English settlements along the eastern shore.
But D'Iberville's forces were repeatedly repelled by the defenders on Carbonear Island, who were armed with only the crudest of weapons.
For a brief period the island was virtually the only holdout against French domination of Newfoundland.
The island was again successfully defended in 1705 by local inhabitants led by William Pynne against a French force from Placentia which had pillaged the coastal fisheries. French forces eventually captured the island in 1762, but it's believed the defenders had abandoned it by then.
Local history buffs now jokingly refer to it as the Gibraltar of Newfoundland, a reference to the famous British bastion on the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, which has survived countless sieges throughout the centuries.
Carbonear Island was designated a National Historic Site in 1981 and is a registered archeological site. Many believe aboriginals once occupied the island, and requests have been made to carry out an archeological survey there. A healthy bird population limits access to the island during the nesting season and whales are commonly seen off its shores.
While Cupids and Brigus are high-profile tourism destinations on the Baccalieu Trail, supporters of the Carbonear Island project say an action plan promoting the Carbonear area would strengthen the tourism industry and bring benefits to the entire region.
But the partners say they can't do it themselves and they're aggressively lobbying two levels of government for financial assistance.
"Like any project of this nature, it can't really move forward unless it has the support of the provincial and federal governments," Slade said, adding that the private sector, especially those in the accommodation business, will also have to play a role.
At the moment, the area is hard-pressed to handle bus tours, noted Clyde D. Wells, chairman of the M-RON board of directors.
"Carbonear, being a hub of the region, it's a great place to centre a key tourism attraction," he said.
Wells describes tourism in the region as a "mixed bag."
Brigus is well-established as the home of Capt. Bob Bartlett, and major planning is underway for the 400th anniversary of the English settlement at Cupids. But while both those sites draw large numbers of tourists, the full potential of the region remains untapped, Wells contends.
"What we haven't been able to do so far is co-ordinate them. Accommodations are a challenge, even though we have probably the second-largest demographic in the province. ... We're divided into so many communities, there's no centralized approach," he said.
"If Newfoundland and Labrador is a tourism destination, then we need - in this region - to develop a destination within the main destination."


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Autumn Turkey Salad
From National Turkey Federation
Raisins, cranberries and almonds bring the flavors of fall to cold turkey salad.
- 4 cups cooked turkey, chopped or cubed
- 1/2 cup diced celery
- 1 cup Calfornia golden raisins
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- 1/3 cup chopped red onion
- 1 1/3 cups light mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Lettuce leaves
- Slivered almonds; for garnish
Combine all ingredients except lettuce and almonds. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. To serve, divide salad onto 8 lettuce-lined plates and garnish with almonds.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving
Calories 310 (32% from fat); Total Fat 11g (sat 3.5g, mono 3g, poly 1g, trans 0g ); Cholesterol 75mg; Protein 24g; Carbohydrate 27g; (Dietary Fiber 2g; Sugars 19g; ); Iron 2mg; Sodium 300mg; Calcium 48mg; Potassium 475mg
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AVON, Ohio – Someone is going to be the lucky winner of a new car this weekend.
Five finalists were chosen today at the school and include: Gary Sprecher of Avon, Rory Szymanel of Elyria, Brooke Hahn of Avon Lake, Jan DeLuca of Avon and Rafael Rivera of Avon.
According to Avon High School Principal Kristina Dobos Buller, there will be a "draw-off" during Friday's boys varsity basketball game with consolation prizes
for the four non-winning ticket holders.
At the basketball game, school officials will announce the winner of the 2012 Chevy Cruze donated by the Firment Dealership of Avon. The 2012 new car is valued at approximately $22,000 and was an outright donation to the high school. Each of the school's four booster organizations had an opportunity to sell tickets at $25 each with a total of 2,000 available tickets. The fundraising event is expected to garner approximately $40,000 for the school.