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Holland, Dozier and Holland
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland wrote and produced many of the songs that are most closely identified with Motown.
These include "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "You Can't Hurry Love" (the Supremes), "Heat Wave" and "Jimmy Mack" (Martha and the Vandellas), "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Baby I Need Your Loving" (the Four Tops), and "Can I Get a Witness" and "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" (Marvin Gaye). These classics are only the tip of the iceberg, insofar as Holland-Dozier-Holland's 10-year output at Motown is concerned. In their behind-the-scenes roles as staff producers and songwriters, Holland-Dozier-Holland were as responsible as any of the performers for Motown's spectacular success.
Holland, Dozier and Holland were all born in Detroit: Brian Holland on February 15, 1941; Lamont Dozier on June 16, 1941, and Eddie Holland on October 30, 1939. Their relationship with Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. dates back to 1958, before he started the label. Eddie Holland's 1958 Mercury single, "You," was one of Gordy's earliest productions. Gordy also produced some sessions for Brian Holland, And in 1961, Lamont Dozier began recording for Anna Records, owned by Gordy's sister Gwen.
Holland, Dozier and Holland inaugurated their collaboration in 1962, with the single "Dearest One," released under Dozier's name on the Mel-O-Dy label, a Motown subsidiary. The formation of the team was the logical outcome of the assembly-line methods that characterized Motown. "Yes, it was a job, but we loved the job," Brian Holland said. "We really did sit there and work all day at coming up with this song, that melody." In fact, the trio literally had to punch the clock when they arrived for work at nine o'clock each morning. Their workplace was a cinderblock recording studio in Motown's "Hitsville" offices.
In short order, Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote and produced the first of many hits, Martha and the Vandellas' "Come and Get These Memories," which went to Number Three on the R&B chart and Number 29 on the pop chart in 1963. That same year, the trio also wrote and produced Marvin Gaye's "Can I Get a Witness," the Marvelettes' "Locking Up My Heart" and "Forever," the Miracles' "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" and "Mickey's Monkey," and Martha and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave" and "Quicksand."
All of those songs preceded the trio's record-breaking success with the Supremes. In June 1964, "Where Did Our Love Go" became the first of six consecutive Number One singles for the Supremes and Holland, Dozier and Holland.
The trio epitomized the Motown sound: a fluid, uptempo style that combined catchy lyrics with the fervor of gospel, the groove of R&B and the polish of pop. More than 50 of Motown's most memorable songs can be attributed to Holland-Dozier-Holland. They produced hits for nearly every act on the Motown family of labels.
The, in 1967, H-D-H, as they were familiarly called, entered into a dispute with Berry Gordy Jr. over profit-sharing and royalties. Eddie Holland had the others stage a work slowdown, and by early 1968 the trio had left the label. The founded the Invictus/Hot Wax label, where they continued their hitmaking ways with Freda Payne ("Band of Gold"), Chairman of the Board ("Give Me Just a Little More Time") and the Honey Cones ("Want Ads"). The sound of those records – with the syncopated rhythm guitars and gospel-inflected vocal arrangements purveying catchy lyrics – was a distinctive as their Motown classics.
After Invictus/Hot Wax folded in 1973, Dozier resuscitated his performing career, and the Hollands wrote and produced for a number of artists, including the Supremes andMichael Jackson. In the Eighties, Dozier co-wrote hits with Phil Collins, Boy George and Mick Hucknall of Simply Red. In 1988, the Holland brothers founded the Holland Group production company and revived their label Music Merchant.
Holland, Dozier and Holland are mentioned (along with the Four Tops and their vocalist Levi Stubbs, as well as Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong) in the lyrics of the song "Levi Stubbs' Tears" from the 1986 Billy Bragg album, Talking with the Taxman about Poetry; and also in the lyrics of The Magnetic Fields' song "The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure," from their 1999 album, 69 Love Songs.
For a "one-time-only reunion," the three composed the score for the musical production of The First Wives Club, based on the novel by Olivia Goldsmith and a later hit film. The musical included 22 new songs from the songwriting trio.
Holland, Dozier and Holland were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. They were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988. And in 2003, they were named BMI Icons at the 51st BMI Pop Awards.


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Hi yall! Welcome to the Orca Bay Mystery Quilt-Along for those who are working on Bonnie Hunters Orca Bay Mystery Quilt. Everyone is welcome to come and play along with us!!!
This thread will be the "homebase" for our Quilt-Along. Setting up a "Group" didn't work out a a viable option, so we are going to hang out here to chat, share pointers and encouragement, and cheer each other on. Remember Bonnie's rule! NO WHINING!!
I will be acting as your host through this journey, any questions, comments or conflicts can be addressed to me through a p.m.. If you cant reach me Sadiemae has agreed to help me out as we take this step as the first Quilt-Along for the new Quilting Board!! I know you will find her very knowledgeable and helpful. Patrice J. will be lurking in the background to boink me in the head if yall misbehave really badly.
Introduction to the Quilt
Bonnie has written a wonderful introduction to this quilt on her website.
Ground rules and Guidelines
As much as I dislike rules(boy do I dislike rules!) it is necessary to lay groundwork so that we all understand up front what to expect and what is expected so things can run smoothly. Please take the time to read the guidelines set forth here.
1. Be kind, there will be No Flaming. This is a very friendly, encouraging and supportive group. Be patient, please keep in mind that there are those participating here with a wide range of quilting skills from the novice to the master and every level between. We want this to be enjoyable for all.
2.All copyrights will be honored and protected.
The only link that will be posted for this mystery quilt is listed above. Bonnie will be removing all access to this ystery in May 1, 2012. It will be coming out again in her new book due out July 2012.
Because we wish to respect Bonnie Hunters (the author's) efforts to create this quilt, as well as any contractual obligations she has to the publishers of the commercial products, we will not permit uploading of the PDF files of this mystery quilt. That decision is based on ethics and because it is much safer from a legal perspective than trying to guess what would or wouldn't get somebody or everybody - including Bonnie - successfully sued.
3. This is not a swap it is a Quilt-a-long. This means you are making your own quilt. Therefore you can choose whichever fabrics you like best.
Share your pictures at Orca Bay Mystery Quilt Picture Sharing Thread so everyone can see what we are up to:

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I don't think Christians are evil. But the Christian God is evil, and belief in him runs the risk of non-evil people embracing evil through lazy moral and intellectual concessions to things that do not deserve to be conceded. And the Problem of Evil settles it.
The PoE came up on yesterday's show, and in response to the show we got some correspondence from an atheist who's having this very discussion with a Christian friend. As we see from the friend's responses, theodicy isn't so much an exercise in rebutting the Problem of Evil as making excuses for it. It often falls back on appealing to God's incomprehensibility to the minds of mankind. That God created minds incapable of understanding his cunning plans and mysterious ways, while simultaneously mandating our eternal punishment for rejecting him based on our failure to understand him, pretty much counts as the greatest dick move in the history of everything. (Or it would, if God existed. Fortunately, he doesn't.)
Anyway, as these conversations usually go, the hypothetical Crime That You'd Really Think God Should Stop, Because Come On — the rape of a child — ended up on the table. This one always ends up being the example, because whether theist or atheist, child rape is something that anyone who isn't utterly diseased between the ears can agree crosses the moral event horizon into utter irredeemability. The Christian will still look for a path to redemption here, and this fellow instantly resorted to the most common defense of the PoE: the Appeal to Free Will.
The power of free-will allows evil. Omnipotent meaning "state of being all-powerful" does not necessitate God has to correct evil for it is a result of the free-will he gave us. I believe omni-benevolent is generally given as an attribute to God, which He is. He is all perfect and flawless in essence. Evil came out of the free will he gave us. The Omniscient aspect is something that none of us can comprehend as humans because none of us have it. Thus, He knows what is best permanently and can see things with a perspective that none of us are even capable of seeing them. His action (or what may be perceived to us as non-action) are all a result of His omniscience which may be played out in timing and setting. I don't see this contradiction being valid.
This explanation shows how freely Christians toss around the three "omnis" and play with the definitions of them until they are more or less meaningless. Immediately after describing omniscience as "something that none of us can comprehend," he then presumes to comprehend it by explaining that God "knows what is best permanently" and is just way way smarter than us. But this is a dodge, not a response, because it not only appeals to an unknown but an admitted unknown. Seriously, he's saying no less than "Because none of us can understand God's ways, you're wrong in saying they're wrong and I'm right in saying they're right." It's self-evidently absurd.
The appeal to free will is the very worst example of theodicy there is, for many reasons. First, it excuses God's inaction by taking into account only the freewill of evildoers, not their victims. As Tracie said to a caller a few weeks ago (and which has now become the all-time most quoted line from AXP), "The difference between me and your God is that if I could stop someone raping a child, I would." What kind of moral monster sits back and watches the most helpless and innocent victim have her life destroyed, solely because of some perverse notion of the inviolability of free will? Doesn't the victim's free will — which is presumably screaming "I do not wish to be raped, please, kthxbai!" — matter? Who wants to worship the patron god of child rapists? And this is the same deity from whom Christians insist I have gotten my morals?
The appeal to free will also conflates will with action. Free will only implies the ability to desire a thing. It doesn't imply an ability to act on that desire. There are many things I cannot do because of the very nature of the organism I am. I would like to be able to teleport. I would like to live to be 1000 in perfect health. I would like to be the meat in a Jennifer Aniston/Jessica Chastain sandwich. (You're welcome for that visual.) Does the fact I cannot do these things mean my free will has been taken away?
In short, free will is the most common, but dead worst rebuttal to the PoE there is. It doesn't even appreciate the problem.
In the follow-up, you watch in despair — rather what it must look like to witness a school bus plunge off a bridge — as this Christian contorts himself into thinking up ways in which the rape of a child can fit into God's Great Plan. It's truly monstrous, but it presents as clearly as anything could that what Christians consider most important, even when considering life's darkest and most inexcusable evils, is that when the dust settles, their God emerges untarnished and every bit as worthy of fawning worship. Try to read this without too much headdesking.
I do agree that there are a lot of tough circumstances that are capable of making anyone question whether there is a loving God that exists. It is truly amazing that suffering can be so prevalent in our world.
After doing some investigations myself, one question that I really had a hard time answering is, "what is just?" … How would we define a just God when He has created everything and breathed life into all things? If you do believe in a God, then you would believe that He had the power to give it to us, then He also has the right to take away life. You see it in the Bible many times when God is not happy, and He allows things to happen in order to bring people back to the right path.
In the rape case you mentioned, I agree, why should a child have to endure something so horrid? That is a question that is hard for us to answer. I think about it in a similar way as mentioned above, if God had strucken him dead on the spot, would he have been just in giving the rapist another chance at redemption and everlasting life? If he stopped him and let him live, would he have had a drive to change his ways or would he be constantly driven to find another chance at doing such a thing? I believe that God finds ways to console the victim and to provide His love to the child, while also providing those instances where the rapist will suffer in guilt through all his confrontations with those around him. A lot of the time, I believe God's solutions are long term and utilize time as another dimension. We like to see instant justification, but we do not have the element of time as a visible parameter that we have to work with, so we find it instantly "unjust" since we have no idea what the future holds. This goes back to the statement I made earlier about "what is just?". We have part of the picture and truly cannot assess or define it without having all of the cards shown on the table, so to say.
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Okay, let's consider…
…why should a child have to endure something so horrid? That is a question that is hard for us to answer.
No. It is not a hard question to answer. It is the easiest question to answer that one could ever be presented with in an average three score and ten years of existence. The answer is: "There is, without exception, never a circumstance in which a child should have to endure sexual violation of any kind." If you disagree, or think there are possible exceptions, then you suck at being a person. That is all.
I believe that God finds ways to console the victim and to provide His love to the child, while also providing those instances where the rapist will suffer in guilt through all his confrontations with those around him.
Oh, so he believes this? Well, jolly good show, old bean. Has he ever sought to confirm it? He says he did "some investigations." What were they? How many childhood rape victims has he ever interviewed, to ask about all the ways God "consoled" them and made their attackers feel guilt and shame? Did these victims agree that the rapist's valuable lesson in learning the feelings of guilt and shame was worth their getting raped (assuming any such feelings actually arose)? So the whole horrific exercise was just something that the rapist really needed, in order to learn some kind of empathy lesson, and their role as victim was simply to be a tool for that end?
Were the victims consulted by God on this first? "Excuse me, innocent child. But there's this fellow who has a deep, sociopathic need to rape kids, and rather than simply erase it from him — because, you know, [echo] FREE WILL [/echo] — I've decided he needs to actually go through with it and then feel bad about it to learn that lesson, and, well, you're as good as anyone for that. So, what do you say? A little rape? I mean, it would really help him out. Look, how about a pony? I mean, if he doesn't kill you, because that could happen, and I could stop it, but like I said — [echo] FREE WILL [/echo]!"
This guy hasn't thought about this. He hasn't done any "soul searching." He has simply concocted an elaborate series of excuses that allow him not to think about any horrible troubling thing, so that he can, at all costs, preserve his faith in a totally just God who does everything right all the time, even when his way of doing everything right looks like an unforgivable fuckup to us (because we cannot understand his multi-dimensional ways).
Now, let us take this whole ghastly exercise in finding the silver lining in the cloud of child rape, and marry it to an attitude prevalent in conservative Christian culture: the obsession with sexual "purity," and the tying of (almost always a woman's) entire personal worth into her level of sexual experience. Just today I read an article in which famous kidnapee and child-rape survivor Elizabeth Smart talks about the psychological damage she's having to overcome from her experience, and the way her religious culture's attitudes contributed to that damage.
Smart was recovered while she and her kidnappers were walking down a suburban street, leading many Americans who followed her story on the national news to wonder: Why didn't she just run away as soon as she was brought outside?…
Speaking to an audience at Johns Hopkins about issues of human trafficking and sexual violence, Smart recently offered an answer to that question. She explained that some human trafficking victims don't run away because they feel worthless after being raped, particularly if they have been raised in conservative cultures that push abstinence-only education and emphasize sexual purity:
Smart said she "felt so dirty and so filthy" after she was raped by her captor, and she understands why someone wouldn't run "because of that alone."
Smart spoke at a Johns Hopkins human trafficking forum, saying she was raised in a religious household and recalled a school teacher who spoke once about abstinence and compared sex to chewing gum.
"I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, I'm that chewed up piece of gum, nobody re-chews a piece of gum, you throw it away.' And that's how easy it is to feel like you no longer have worth, you no longer have value," Smart said. "Why would it even be worth screaming out? Why would it even make a difference if you are rescued? Your life still has no value."
So: marry "God has a plan we cannot understand, and besides, evildoers need to learn lessons" to "YOU, WOMAN, ARE UNCLEEEAAAN!" and you have a pretty comprehensively shitty deal for the victims here, don't you?
The Problem of Evil doesn't merely reveal Christianity's moral failings. It's the headshot that takes Christianity down for good and all, as the polar opposite of a moral belief system. Really, it's over. Walk away from this evil, Christians, I implore you. It will be the best for you, and probably good for some little one you love.


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Has anyone even gotten the chance to play GTA online yet?
Has anyone even gotten the chance to play GTA online yet?
I'd say it's more likely a server thing than anything to do with your connections. Most people have a decent connection these days. If the server the game connects him to is on and the one you're sent to isn't, there's your problem. Technical issues are always going to be in bigger abundance when something first goes live.
So I think I'm getting this game for my birthday. I told my wife I don't want a book or a bottle of whiskey or anything like the past failed attempts at getting me a b-day gift I'll enjoy.
I own a PS3 so sorry in advance if you're drive-by'ed some night a few weeks down the road by a mad man going for the world record for longest wheelie ha,ha
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So I get home from work today and my wife is all "I have a suprise for you!!!"
I got it, early at that because my b day is a few weeks away. I just installed the patch and I'm ready to roll with this. My bad ass warrior/archer/blacksmith/enchanter in Skyrim is on the shelf indefinitely. Sorry dude.
So I got a couple hours in last night and here are some thoughts about the game so far:
1. Graphics: GTA games in the past never really had a focus on having some of the best graphics around. While they always looked good, they never were best in class. This game looks awesome and this is coming from someone who was playing Skyrim the night before.
2. Gameplay: This is not "your fathers GTA". I gotta be honest, as soon as I was free to explore I stole a car and went joy riding. So I go up into the mountains in what looks like an Audi sports car and I end up flipping the car over. I rush out immediately because the thing is going to catch fire and blow because that's what always happens, right? Nothing happens... So I steal an SUV from a passer by and just up the road is a nice looking cliff for me to fly off. I hit that cliff full speed but go off slightly unbalanced, barrel roll and when I land it's upside down and immediately the car explodes. It will take a little bit to get used to these changes. I also got shot up by the cops in my house while trying to save... And based on how that went down I'm not even sure that saving would have removed my wanted level. Oh and I stumbled across a lion which killed me on sight ha, ha... This GTA seems like it's going to be more challenging.
3. Music: I love the music. First tune I heard brought me back and that was "Still Dre"; loved that song. Lots of good rap from what I consider the golden years and lots of good rock.
4. Voice acting: Top notch so far. I'm pretty sure Franklin's voice actor did C.J. from San Andreas. Michael is done well as well.
5. Map: It's frickin' huge and it's mind boggling to think about the detail on top of the sheer size.
6. Strip club: That was a shocker. It ain't like "your father's GTA strip club" ha, ha. Kids should not be playing this game.
7. Weird symbols: Never noticed this crap in past games but there are pyramids and eye's of Horus falling out of the woodwork...
I found the map tiny for some reason. Like the Los santos area is pretty small, the northern country side is big but there ain't shit to do there. The story was great tho and the shooting was much improved as well as the driving. They added some elements from midnight club which is also made by rockstar
Sooo 2k14 is 2k13 with updated rosters ... Very upset. I was expecting a complete overhaul, as they were preaching. Amir's model hasn't changed in 3 years. Demar's hasn't changed since his rookie season. JV doesn't even look like himself .. And to top it all off, NBA Live 14 is only coming out on PS4 and XB1.
However, after playing Skyrim for so long, I did expect more caves and stuff in the mountains, but alas, can't have everything we want in life.
Not to mention they STILL insist and hampering Raptors fans with this "Tim Green" Player Scout on the staff, that costs $8M a year. Absolutely ridiculous, you can't make any staff moves because of this stupid contract. The guy doesn't even exist.
Thinking about buying an online membership to play GTA online. How is everyone liking it? is it worth it?
I heard that Rockstar is giving everybody ha half million in play money for GTA Online. Time to go on a virtual shopping spree ha, ha.
Well i was playing and some random player gave me like $3 milliion and now im filthy rich. Ton of hackers on GTA online
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One must first ask the obvious questions: (1) what is the purpose of the standards? (2) how will they be used? (3) how will performance relative to the standards be measured? There may be a number of purposes behind the decision to use some sort of standard that I am unaware of but in my experience they really come down to two. Standards are set up to measure laboratory performance or to measure individual performance. The first instance should be less controversial so I will tackle it first. Measuring laboratory performance can be used for cost accounting, setting staffing levels, benchmarking against peers/competitors or any combination. In these instances, it is very important that the standard be tied to some relatively universally acknowledged measurements or the data are meaningless. On this continent we have two such systems that are up-to-date and widely used and one that is hopelessly out-of-date and still frequently used. The two current standards are LMIP measurements from the CAP and Canadian workload measurement system. The hopeless one is the old CAP workload values that are still used by some but reflect none of the technological and market-place changes (automation, wider availability of ready-made reagents, shift from pathologist gross to technician or PA gross...) that have occurred over the past 10 years. The LMIP is a subscription system that carries a healthy price-tag but roughly measures the amount of output (slides) that can be expected from an average FTE over a period of time. This works out to about 1000 slides per FTE per month inclusive of a certain percentage of special stains etc. The Canadian system assigns a number of units of effort (minutes) to each technical task. The numbers of each task performed are then counted up and multiplied by the unit and you have an approximation of the level of effort required for a given lab. This system is much more versatile for cost accounting and for laboratories that perform a lot of specialty tests or have significantly different mix of workload from those in the LMIP (all research labs). The Canadian value to produce one finished H&E slide from one cut and blocked tissue (but not processed) is nine minutes. No system can be perfect and there will be justifiable variations from lab to lab. Canadian standards are based on actual time-studies in laboratories and contain small increments of overhead activities and step-function costs such as supervision and processor changing. Larger laboratories can perform better because they spread these activities over a larger specimen volume. LMIP is simply not suitable for research settings because it is based on actual clinical laboratories performance over longer time-spans (thus accounting for some fluctuations in daily workload). So as Tim Morken pointed out, these measures must be put into the context of the specific lab and its performance versus these measures over time. I disagree that simply looking at labor utilization versus workload may be used for staffing decisions because such a decision making process invites technicians and supervisors to "game" the system. Academia and the government are notorious havens for such "gaming behavior." The use of "standards" for assessing individual performance is a real problem. A government study (post office or census, I can't find the reference) in the '50s examined the performance of card punch operators when given various performance expectations. The study found that those that were given specific expectations in terms of the number of cards to be processed seldom reached the expectations (regardless of the actual number) and experienced significant stress when they did so. Those who were not given expectations soon surpassed the productivity of those that were and experienced no stress--go figure. If you must provide quantitative measures of employee productivity (as I must thanks to policies beyond my control) be VERY careful. From almost six years now of experience with this I can tell you there is no good way to do it. The best method I have used is a multivariable regression that allowed me to identify individuals whose presence in the lab significantly impacted total laboratory productivity. The powers that be found that method too complicated (they didn't understand it). Currently each individual keeps track of the number of blocks they cut and embed and these are monitored over long periods of time to control for differences in daily assignments and workloads. This is less than adequate but it does tend to give a more realistic picture and stifle some of the negative behaviors. I can provide a few pointers for those establishing a new system or modifying an old one: Do Not set a standard "X blocks per hour." There is no way to properly monitor this unless you intend to stand over the techs with a stop watch and an abacus all the time. If you only monitor sometimes then performance when you monitor will be significantly different from when you don't. You will be measuring ability and not productivity. I disagree to some extent with the statement someone made that some techs are more talented. Many poor performing techs are capable of cutting at rates close to those of the better techs. They just don't. Do Not count blocks over short periods of time (days or weeks). You do not have an unlimited supply of blocks. Those one person cuts are those another person doesn't. You will create block hogs. Do have behavior and quality measures in addition to productivity. If productivity is the primary basis for deciding compensation or continued employment, poor quality and counter-productive behaviors will abound. I've tried to be brief but given the amount of time I have wrestled with this issue it is difficult. And it is silly. Everyone in the lab knows who is not pulling their weight--just introduce peer evaluation and avoid all this busy work. Bert Dotson


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Last year began on a depressing note for the Marine Museum. It appeared to be in dire straits with the very real possibility that it might have to close. Thanks to The Herald News for keeping the public informed, the community came together as one to help. Now, in the spring of 2013, the museum is on solid footing with an exciting future. The Herald News will be publishing a monthly column of news from the museum. We have titled the column, "Full Steam Ahead," to reflect our enthusiasm for the future.
Last year began on a depressing note for the Marine Museum. It appeared to be in dire straits with the very real possibility that it might have to close. Thanks to The Herald News for keeping the public informed, the community came together as one to help. Now, in the spring of 2013, the museum is on solid footing with an exciting future. The Herald News will be publishing a monthly column of news from the museum. We have titled the column, "Full Steam Ahead," to reflect our enthusiasm for the future.
We'd like to reacquaint you with the museum and what it has to offer. Shortly after the Battleship arrived at her permanent berth in Fall River, the USS Massachusetts Memorial Committee felt there was a need for an adjunct land-based museum to provide a counterpoint to a warship. At their behest, members from different segments of the community began the process of establishing a nearby museum to complement the USS Massachusetts, or Big Mamie as she was so lovingly referred to by her supporters, and to tell "the rest of the story" about Fall River.
The Marine Museum now contains more than 150 ship models, including a 28-foot model of the Titanic complete with lighting. On display are Bob Ballard's videos of the discovery of the sunken vessel as she lies today, settled on the ocean floor. There is also a trove of memorabilia from the Fall River Line. The development of this transportation system played a significant role in Fall River's rich history. In addition, there are 30,000 photographs, uniforms, and audio recordings. Navigational instruments of the time are exhibited, as well as ships bells and whistles. You are invited to visit and roam around the museum at your leisure.
Upstairs is a library with more than 4,000 books, a variety of publications, all available to history buffs as well as those doing research. After the library materials are recorded in a computerized collection system, students and scholars may access the museum's collection online. Upstairs, 20 people can use the library for research and 25 may utilize the Board Room for meetings.
The Marine Museum also holds events, with most open to the public. There are annual events such as Titanic Week and Fall River Line Day. We hold Free Fun Fridays, fundraisers, concerts, memorials, etc.
The month of April will be an exciting & invigorating month at the Museum. Mayor Flanagan has proclaimed April as Maritime Month in Fall River. Scheduled for April are:
April 2 at 7 p.m., Michael J. Tougias, author of "Overboard," "A Storm Too Soon" and "The Finest Hours" will offer a presentation. Tougias, "the master of maritime disaster," offers a unique, affordable seminar on his specialty. Few American authors — if any — can better evoke the realities that underlie a term such as "desperate rescue attempt." Tougias' latest book is "A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue," about three yachtsmen's eleventh-hour salvation by an unlikely gang of heroes.
April 7 at 3 p.m. The Beans, a sea chantey group hailing out of New Bedford, will perform.
April 13 at 6:30 p.m., the Titanic Repast, in coordination with Little Theatre. It will be an elegant 10-course tasting of all the items that were served on the Titanic at the last first- class dinner.
In those days you were served smaller portions with many specific courses such as hors d'oeuvres, shellfish, consommé, fish, game, cream soups, beef or lamb, pates, salad, palate cleansers (often unusual sorbets), vegetables all served with numerous sauces. Other items include punch, cold desserts, sweets, fruit, cheese and biscuit courses, along with cafe noir.
Meals lasted over three hours.
To quote from Fannie's Last Supper, "Culinary adventurism was "enjoyed by the rich and powerful ... massive feasts were de rigueur." "... They were in the land of the overstuffed gourmand." Morin's Catering is interpreting the typical gargantuan menu, offered after the turn of the century, in a manner to represent the dishes of the time — in a more understated, less monumental manner in order to suit our modern- day palate.
People are encouraged to come costumed or dressed in vintage clothing, with black tie optional. There will be entertainment by the Little Theatre cast and members who will be in rehearsal for "Titanic," the musical which is being presented at Bristol Community College in May.
April 17 through the 20, the Museum will have a daily scheduled showing of videos of the RMS Titanic. A section of its wooden deck railing and other artifacts of the ill fated ship are on display.
April 18 at 7 p.m. Maritime Poetry Readings.
April 21 at 3 p.m.: Exhibit and talk by Onne VanderWal from Newport, R.I., an award winning nautical photographer and sailor.
April 28 at 3 p.m.: Tom Goux, program director of the Ernestina, will bring us The Rum Soaked Crooks, singing songs of our sailing ancestors.
With the exception of the Titanic Repast, admission for these events is free for members, children under 12, and library card holders. Regular admission is $6, seniors $5. Group rates (minimum of 20) are $4. The Titanic Repast is a fundraising event. Tickets are $125.
Volunteers, mostly members, are the backbone of the Marine Museum. What is especially gratifying is their enthusiasm and "can do" attitude. We still need help in areas such as archival cataloguing, archival restoration, data entry, filing of museum information, library supervision, office work, bookkeeping, tour guiding, conducting programs, grant writing, working on exhibit displays, and work with the social media. Please let us know if you would like to help.
New members are always welcome: Students $10, Individual $30, Family $40.
The Marine Museum at Fall River is located at 70 Water St., in Battleship Cove. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions please contact us at 508-674.3533 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Phil Hudner retired from Bank of America and lives in Westport, where he was a member of the Planning Board. He currently serves as a trustee of the Marine Museum.


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Notes: Clemens not a lock for Game 5
Garner says Rocket is still day-to-day with sore left hamstring
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
Garner said on Monday that Clemens was "penciled in" to start Game 5. That's minus the red pen.
"I think I said I still have him penciled in for Game 5," Garner said. "And that I'm still looking at it day-to-day."
Clemens, who left his Game 1 start after two innings with a strain of his troubled left hamstring, has received daily treatments in an effort to rehabilitate the hamstring, which first gave him problems early in September.
Garner isn't saying whether Clemens will definitely pitch on Thursday because the skipper simply doesn't know. Nor does Clemens.
"I thought I said he's sore," Garner said. "That I wouldn't be encouraged or discouraged at that necessarily, because he could feel better and not get any better. He could not feel much better, but then get better."
Should Clemens not start Thursday, Wandy Rodriguez or Ezequiel Astacio would move into the rotation, even though they both made relief appearances in the 14th inning of Tuesday night's epic Game 3.
General manager Tim Purpura estimated Clemens' chances to start Thursday were 50-50, but he sounded optimistic that The Rocket will be ready.
"Knowing Roger the way we do, nothing surprises me," Purpura said. "I'm not counting him out until he says he can't go. I expect him to walk out to the bullpen and warm up for Game 5.
"Yesterday, I think he was sore. He's making progress. He has been taking anti-inflammatory medication that seems to be helping."
Case closed, roof open: By the time batting practice began on Tuesday, most of the Astros were ready to move on from the topic of the roof being ordered opened by Major League Baseball. Unfortunately, the media wouldn't let the controversy die.
Clearly, the players, and Garner, were not happy that they were not permitted to play under the controlled conditions of a closed roof. They were also not too thrilled that the subject of the roof was taking away from the excitement of the first World Series game played in Texas.
"This is what happens when baseball is covered 24/7," Morgan Ensberg said. "When you do get any sort of issue that's the hot topic, you want to get people to sound off on it. You would rather not deal with it and just play the games."
"It's not a distraction," Lance Berkman vowed. "When the game starts ... we don't care. It's not going to make us play any better or worse. But I guess maybe there would be a psychological edge if we had it closed."
Ensberg suggested the MLB's decision to close the roof was driven by the almighty dollar.
"Is there a blimp?" he asked. "It's strange to me that Major League Baseball would want to step in. If I see a blimp tonight, I'll know why it's open."
Backe rested: Brandon Backe will have eight days of rest when he makes his Game 4 start versus the White Sox on Wednesday. The down time is probably good for his arm, but not so good for his stomach, which has undoubtedly been jumping in anticipation of this start.
Backe is quite excitable, as fans across the country were exposed to during the playoffs, when the right-hander was miked by FOX as part of a "Sounds of the Game" feature.
Backe offers no apologies for his passion for the game of baseball and his role as an Astros starter.
"I really love baseball," he said. "I'm just showing my emotions out there. Maybe it's sometimes a little unprofessional, I don't know. I just act the way I act.
"My team has done so well -- my fans, my Astros that I grew up watching have done so well this year and last year -- and I'm just so happy to be on the team. It's hard to hold back the excitement."
Love for Lidge: Forgive the Astros if they roll their eyes at the 9,754th question regarding Brad Lidge's emotional state.
The Astros are not worried about their closer, who gave up the game-winning home run to Scott Podsednik in Game 2 in Chicago. They also have tremendous confidence in Lidge, should he be called upon to close any of the remaining World Series games.
"We're not going around giving him hugs," Morgan Ensberg said with a chuckle. "We're not going to go up to him and rubbing his back. We're not that type of team.
"He's the best closer in the game and he's going to show you why."
0-2 experience: The Astros are accustomed to returning to Minute Maid Park down 0-2 in a big playoff series. Last year, they lost the first two games of the National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals and returned home to win the next three.
Every player who was asked if that experience helped them cope with their 0-2 start versus the White Sox said yes.
"When you've been in a situation where you've been there before, you know it can be done," Jeff Bagwell said. "This is a great team we're playing, but we were 0-2 last year to a great team and found a way to win three straight. That's our motivation and that's what we have to look at and take it from there."
"We know we're capable of dropping two on the road and then coming back here and taking three," Lidge said. "We did it last year against a great Cardinals team. The two games we played in Chicago were real close. They didn't go our way, we had some bad breaks here and there. We didn't execute in certain situations. If we had, we could have won those games. Knowing that, and knowing we're home for three, is going to help us a lot."
Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.