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Christmas Quest trilogy re-re(?)-release!
Remember what it was like to be a kid at Christmas? Waking up so early that your parents would kill you if you roused them at that hour… fervently hoping that Santa had come and deposited your special wish under the brightly decorated tree… anxiously willing the clock to move, tick-by-unfreakingbelievablyslow-tick… finally, unable to contain your excitement any longer, bounding down the stairs to bask in the glow of another holiday bonanza…
Do you actually remember? It's often hard nowadays, with all the stress and spending, the traffic and noise, to recapture those memories of innocence and magic and joy. Lucky for you, there's Christmas Quest! That's right, with that special day approaching fast, we are pleased to draw your attention once again to not one, not two, but all THREE holiday adventures from the staff right here at Adventure Gamers. It's like gold, frankincense, and myrrh, only more practical and easier to spell. These games give a whole new meaning to the term "evergreen" adventures!
I'm afraid there won't be a new CQ this year, as the trilogy is now complete (plus we didn't want to miss a fourth consecutive holiday season in a mad scramble to make another). Instead, we decided we'd make good use of the entire year to finally iron out those final few (tiny, almost imperceptible) wrinkles in each game, enhance them with improved animations and effects, and convert them all to Flash to play online… except then the whole year passed without doing any of those things, so we're releasing them exactly the same as before. (It's the thought that counts, though, right?) On the plus side, they're still free, and all three games have in fact been updated at least once since original launch, so even if you've downloaded them before, make sure you have the latest version before you play this year.
Whether experiencing Christmas Quest for the very first time or revisiting them to rekindle those warm Christmas feelings (and have a blast doing it), enjoy!
Christmas Quest: The Best Adventure Game Ever!
No, we're not claiming this is the best adventure game ever (though we won't strenuously object if anyone else does). Our very first game (a fact that quickly becomes apparent) tells the story of a young lad who wishes for the best adventure game ever(!), only to wake up on Christmas morning to find that adventure awaits in more ways than one. Part homage, part parody (whichever best excuses its flaws at any given moment), you'll find puns and puzzles and packages galore. And pans! (An AG in-joke that we're not sure even we entirely get; the alliteration is an extra bonus.)
Christmas Quest 2: The Yuletide Flows In
Our sequel takes place a whopping ONE SECOND after the end of the first. That's right, we were episodic before it was cool! Just call us Adventure Trendsetters. In this second game, our lovable but dorky protagonist is all set to finally play the best adventure game ever(!) when – get this – something goes wrong! Who'd have guessed that happening in an adventure? Nevertheless, an unnatural disaster threatens to wash away Christmas for good, though fortunately a straggler elf is left behind to help repair the damage… or at least razz your attempts to do so yourself.
Christmas Quest 3: Santa's Little Help Desk
The third and final adventure begins a whole MINUTE after the conclusion of the second (what happens in that time, we'll never tell!). This time around, Christmas as we know it has been saved, but the same can't be said for our young dork's aging PC. In order to play the you-know-what, some radical repairs are in order with a little help (cough) from tech support and a whole lot of inter-dimensional elf magic. (What, isn't that how everyone does it?) And when all is said and done, maybe – just maybe – you'll discover the best adventure game ever(!) for yourself.
This article originally appeared in Adventure Gamers' now-defunct blog.
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Are you sure you want to do that to your kids? Err… I mean, you're a man of fine tastes, Martin.
I've actually already put in a request for a link update (the old ones didn't survive the major site revamp) with our tech guru, but I'll make sure there's at least a temporary solution in place soon, if not a permanent one.
I'm planning to play those games wiith my kids on Christmas (—and found them, at http://agsarchives.com—), but I'm noticing they're not hosted (or linked to) here on AG? Maybe now is a good time to fix that. :-)


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Aside from all the house worry, we really did have a wonderful summer. We had so much fun spending time together.
Early in the summer we went to Kings Dominion. We had such a blast!! The kids were in loooove and could not stop smiling.
I love how Emma's belly is overlapping her shorts in that one!
Aside from all the rides, Kings Dominion had a new thing going on called Dinosaurs Alive. It was so amazing. They created life size dinosaurs that moved and roared. Very cool, Brandon loves dinosaurs so he was especially happy to see these.
That guy was HUGE! They even had a big sand pit where you could dig up dinosaur bones.
I would have to say Brandon's favorite part of the whole park was the bumper cars. He and Aubrey must have rode those things at least 50 times. They would get in, ride, hope off and get right back in line. He could not stop smiling!
I was really scared that Emma would be fussy since a lot of the time she would have to be in her stroller. I was so wrong, she was so great and happy.
After the kids enjoyed riding all the kids rides they could Hubby decided it was time for Aubrey to ride a 'real' roller coaster. So he found one that wasn't too bad and up they went. Aubrey hated it and came back crying!! She just was not ready for that.
We spent a lot of time at the pool and Aubrey can officially swim on her own. She worked really hard and about mid summer was swimming like a fish in the deep end.
Brandon loves to just bob in the water with his floaties.
Big chunky loves her pool time.
There was the fair.
The museum where they were able to crush corn like in the old days.
Lots and lots of fishing.
Aubrey and her bestie Ava made the bible school rounds and had a wonderful time. Brandon wanted to go so bad but he was just not old enough this year. It gave me a preview of life with her in school.
Hubby's work had a huge picnic for the employees.
Aubrey had fun getting sprayed by the fire trucks.
Emma on her first moon bounce.
I'm sure I'm missing some things but the majoring of summer was spend with just us together. My favorite thing.

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UFOs: Why the government will not be disclosing secret information about alien visits
Is someone going to prove Fox Mulder right? Will somebody convincingly show that aliens have come to Earth?
That's the growing expectation of many members of the UFO community. For seventy years, they've been confidently insisting that some fraction of the strange objects seen flitting through the atmosphere are extraterrestrial craft, piloted by otherworldly beings on a junket to our planet. But while 100 million Americans give this claim a thumbs up – confident that our skies are peppered with interstellar intruders – few scientists agree.
READ ALSO: Here's what we found in a year's worth of UFO reports
It's not that they don't like the idea. After all, it's hard to think of anything that would be more interesting and important than aliens in our airspace, short of the cure for death. And scientists aren't skeptical simply because interstellar travel is stunningly expensive and time consuming, although it's both of those. They demur because the evidence for this idea is seriously iffy. None of it is unambiguous enough to sway their minds.
However, judging by the more recent remarks of UFO proponents, there seems to be a crescendo of confidence that things are about to change. Well-known fans of visitation – for example Steven Greer, Richard Dolan, and Stephen Bassett, all of whom publicly and frequently expound at the many UFO conferences held each year – are saying that "disclosure" is nigh. The federal government is finally going to come clean with solid evidence about alien UFOs.
That would change this subject from one that rolls eyeballs to an accepted fact-of-the universe.
At least some of the disclosure optimism derives from the revelation in 2017 of a secret $22 million government project, begun a decade earlier and innocuously named the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, or AATIP. The best-known results of this five-year effort were several videos taken by Navy pilots using their gun-sight infrared cameras. Some of these videos showed strange, elongated objects whose identity is uncertain. This was an encouraging sign for the disclosure enthusiasts. If the U.S. military was willing to trickle out such suggestive evidence about extraterrestrial visitors, perhaps they were on the cusp of admitting to a larger truth?
To the UFO crowd, that sounds encouraging. But it doesn't make sense.
It's sad that the UFO crowd has come to this – seemingly giving up on proving their own case and hoping that the feds will do their work for them.
To believe the government has been keeping mum about the aliens since the 1940s – surely not an easy thing to do – requires asking why. What's the motivation? It's not credible that it's because of an official fear that the public would go berserk if they were told there are saucers in the skies. One-third of them believe this already, and most have remained berserk-free.
Steven Greer, a former emergency room doctor who now takes folks on escorted tours to witness purported alien craft, has suggested a deeper reason: Extraterrestrial hardware is an existential threat to humanity's global power structure. Greer maintains that reverse engineering alien technology would lead to cheap energy for all countries, first world through third, providing a significantly higher economic standing in parts of the globe that could pose a serious challenge to western dominance.
Consequently, the powers-that-be have kept the UFO phenomenon under wraps. According to Greer, the potential disruption of alien technology is worse than the difficulty and embarrassment of keeping secrets from the public.
But does it really make sense to believe that the federal government could keep a secret of this magnitude during two generations of civil servants? Could the feds really twist the arms of all other nations to participate in such schemery?
In addition, reverse engineering alien technology is about as plausible as the tooth fairy. Imagine giving a cell phone to Ben Franklin and telling him to "reverse engineer" it so George Washington's army could better stay in touch while fighting the British. Any aliens who can rocket themselves to Earth are far more advanced than we are – indeed, the technology gap is surely greater than that separating us from Franklin.
The real problem with the idea of disclosure is not whether or not the government has had a good reason, and an uncanny ability, to keep an alien presence quiet all these years. It's the faulty premise.
If extraterrestrial craft are really strafing the stratosphere, and in numbers sufficient to cause roughly ten thousand citizen reports annually in the U.S. alone, then why must we throw up our hands and claim "only the government can prove it's true"? What about the hundreds of thousands of amateur astronomers who avidly observe the sky on clear nights, but don't seem to see any mysterious flying objects? What of the many thousand commercial satellites that make high resolution photos of our planet all day long without witnessing strange intruders? Are none of these data good enough?
One might argue that the military has better equipment. Of course it does, but if this phenomenon can only be proven with "better equipment," then that's not only a suspiciously convenient argument, it also degrades any claim that the countless saucer photos offered to the public for the past seven decades should be taken seriously.
Besides, does one really need military infrared cameras to find UFOs? Several of the Navy pilots who testified about encounters along the Atlantic seaboard in 2014 and 2015 said they observed these things "nearly every day." That sounds like an opportunity for any civilian with a good camera and a telephoto lens.
It's sad that the UFO crowd has come to this – seemingly giving up on proving their own case and hoping that the feds will do their work for them. Mainstream scientists don't wait for government agencies to prove their theories. That ball's in the researcher's court. And yet UFO proponents are now saying that, deus ex machina, the government will soon book some network air time and fess up about the aliens.
That's both an unconvincing argument and a mentally lazy one.
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I'm very excited to show off a pair of sterling silver and enamel cuff links from Italy.
This is one pair from a small collection of sterling silver cuff links, which includes classic links in plain silver that can be engraved, silver links with patterned tablets and of course coloured enamel links.
Why am I excited..........well who wouldn't be excited at the start of their new enterprise?


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[ tur-nuh-ree ]
/ ˈtɜr nə ri /
consisting of or involving three; threefold; triple.
third in order or rank.
based on the number three.
- consisting of three different elements or groups.
- (formerly) consisting of three atoms.
Mathematics. having three variables.
Metallurgy. (of an alloy) having three principal constituents.
noun, plural ter·na·ries.
a group of three.
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Words nearby ternary
terms of service, terms of trade, termwise, tern, terna, ternary, ternary form, ternary operation, ternate, terne, terne metal
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Example sentences from the Web for ternary
These differ from other Endosporan spores in having invariably a ternary symmetry and constitution (fig. 9).
At the last-mentioned point, the ternary salt with 8H2O is formed.The Phase Rule and Its Applications|Alexander Findlay
Again, as in many Galician songs of this type, the ternary movement of the old arte mayor verse is not strictly regular.Modern Spanish Lyrics|Various
Or, when two compounds are known containing the same pair of elements, why must one be binary and the other ternary?Heroes of Science|M. M. Pattison Muir
A salt of a ternary acid is named in accordance with the acid from which it is derived.An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson
British Dictionary definitions for ternary
/ (ˈtɜːnərɪ) /
consisting of three or groups of three
- (of a number system) to the base three
- involving or containing three variables
(of an alloy, mixture, or chemical compound) having three different components or composed of three different elements
noun plural -ries
a group of three
Word Origin for ternary
C14: from Latin ternārius, from ternī three each
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medical definitions for ternary
[ tûr′nə-rē ]
Composed of three or arranged in threes, as a chemical compound containing three elements.
A group of three.
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Architecture 101: Drawing
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'Architecture 101 : Drawing' is the third installment of an introductory conversation series with emerging architects that is structured around different themes in architecture and design. The series is intended to bring ideas about architecture and design to a broader audience through informational presentations and discussion.
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This coming Sunday many churches in the UK will mark the Racial Justice Sunday, when we reflect on how our prejudices sometimes cause distress and pain to those that are different than us. I feel that too many churches don't take this issue seriously enough. Minority ethnic people still face prejudice and discrimination, and many of them experience these in our churches. You can download resources for Racial Justice Sunday for free from CTBI (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland) website. (Just to say that I was part of the team that prepared this year's resources, so you better use them!)
On a related issue: I wrote a post a while ago suggesting that a community radio station in Glasgow, radio Awaz, actively discriminates against Christians in Glasgow. The Sunday Times at the weekend published short article saying that Mahboob is calling for the cut in public funding on this radio station and he is now going to take his case to the European Parliament. I still think that Asian Christians (in particular those from Pakistan and Iran) suffer double discrimination in this country. This case though brings to the fore a religious dimension which complicates the issue.
I find it though puzzling that sometimes people who are discriminated against find it very easy to exclude and marginalise others.


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Horror is an interesting genre because there are so many facets. Fear, whether rational or not, is a personal experience. I feel that this gives the writers, directors, etc., of horror films a lot of room in which to play. There are movies I don't find remotely creepy that scare my friends, and vice versa. So naturally, this list is very subjective.
1. Halloween — (The original one. Rob Zombie's remake was atrocious.) How can you not love this movie? I watch it every year.
2. Halloween II — They should have stopped with this one. But come on. Trapped in a hospital, unable to fully function because you're on meds, and people are gradually disappearing around you…
3. Saw — Judge me if you must, I didn't sleep after I watched it the first time.
4. Scream — Yes, it's terrible, in a way. Still, it started a string of movies that everyone close to my age watched.
5. Urban Legend — The least lame of those particular slasher films. The premise was actually legitimate. So underrated.
6. The Houses October Built — A mockumentary. Haunted houses, clowns, and a stripper joint where the dancers wear monster masks. Two thumbs up.
7. The Den — Okay, this one bothered me more than it should have. It had that realistic edge, the multiple events that made me say "That could really happen." I was tense throughout.
8. Fright Night — Again, the original. Not that I don't love Anton Yelchin, but Chris Sarandon may literally be the sexiest vampire in the history of ever. When he dances with Amanda Bearse in the club… Rawr!
9. Lights Out — It wasn't exactly scary. However, it was very well done.
10. The Final Girls — In my opinion, not technically a horror film despite being classified as "horror" and "comedy". With that being said, I adored this movie. It was SO good. Funny and full of feeling, as well as all the 80's slasher flick staples, this is a must-have in your collection.
I would give The Funhouse Massacre honorable mention. Another movie that embraces the comedic value of horror films, it toed the line of cheesiness rather admirably, without ever crossing into full-on lame. The killers and their methods actually earned a shiver or two.
And that's it! Most of these can be found on Netflix or Hulu, I believe. And Showtime has been running The Funhouse Massacre into the ground. Pop some popcorn, grab a blanket, and turn off the lights… It's time to get spooky!


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8 thoughts on "Creativity is Becoming a Lost Art"
Thanks for the reminder, Suzanne. I guess, because I'm a writer, I tend to think of myself as creative, but I really don't often take time to "smell the roses," and I'm sure I'm missing out.
Yup….some of our favorite things to play with was a large refrigerator box and an old bedspread:)
So true. It is the simple things that help us to be more creative. A box. A stick. Old scraps of cloth. Releasing the imagination.
One of the greatest joys of having children is being able to use our imagination and creativity again. Meg loves using boxes and making rooms for herself and her dolls. She has a stuffed monkey sleeping in a shoebox bed right now. And Cody and Meg had a blanket fort up all weekend in the family room (although Cody, while not mentally growing out of all this…is physically having struggles fitting into the forts now-a-days!). I love being 8 again! Always hate having to grow up (albeit not all the way) every Monday morning.


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Moreover, Morgan makes introductions and facilitates relationships with social and editorial partners on behalf of A&E®, FYI™, HISTORY®, Lifetime® and LMN®, ensuring that A+E Networks stays at the forefront of the social media space. Prior to her position at A+E, Morgan established the Logo channel's digital and social media marketing department and oversaw the consumer marketing efforts of RuPaul's Drag Race.
At the age of 14, Morgan embraced fan engagement, starting an online forum for her favorite band, teaching herself HTML and marketing her site across the web and on the ground at concerts. Morgan created her own digital marketing degree at The Pennsylvania State University, majoring in Marketing and minoring in Telecommunications and Information Sciences & Technology. Morgan lives in Brooklyn and loves grilled cheese.
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March 29, 2014 at 11:50 pm #5229
I understand and respect your opinion.
But, hearing "I love you" over and over again makes it mean less and less.
It is like when someone says, "Hi. How are you?" Some people don't really want to take the time to listen to how you are doing. It is just a polite greeting.
To me, "I love you" should be filled with heartfelt emotion when spoken not a knee-jerk reaction to ending a conversation.
Please do not take my comments the wrong way. I am not saying I am right or criticizing you. I am merely expressing my opinion on the topic.
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Rock-Paper-Scissors, solves all issues
there is no ambiguity, there is no doubt
upon a tie the opponents re-issue
a new attempt for the loser to pout.
Rock smashes scissors you can see
scissors cut paper for you and me
paper wraps rock, pretty as can be
removing all stalemates so we can be free.
One-Two-Three let's Go-!
hitting our palms for the other to show
looking eye to eye so you cannot cheat
the odds are completely fair for you to be beat.
No more argument, no more fuss
the winner gets the front seat while the loser does cuss
why did I go paper for the rock to be bound
I know they always do scissors in the final round.
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text: The first book in The Adventures of Annie Mouse picture series is now available as an e-book on Amazon. You can find it from my author page on Amazon. Now ALL five of the books are available in both print and e-book. Remember, if you want a print version of any of the books, and Amazon is out of stock, you could always order directly from my website: http://www.anniemousebooks.com. International shipping is available.


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For some reason, most of the country wants yet another god damn election.
Less than a week ago we had the third national vote in as many years.
But rather than being sick of the whole process, the majority of the country would apparently welcome another one.
This is according to a YouGov poll, which found that 43% of the UK wants another general election this autumn.
That's compared to 38%, who would rather not have to go to the polls again.Driver and two others confirmed dead after train derails and bursts into flames
While it might sound totally ridiculous, don't forget that YouGov were pretty much the only pollster to accurately predict last week's hung parliament.
Theresa May's government is likely to do everything in its power to avoid a second general election this year.
Yet, with the absolute chaos that has ensued since last week's result, they may not have a choice.


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text: 5 Tips for Starting Patternmaking for Fashion Design February 25, 2015 Knowing where to start with patternmaking can be overwhelming, as you might not know where exactly to begin. Here are 5 great tips from Craftsy to help get you started. Tip #1: Get the right tools. Just like cooking, it's hard to do the right job without the right tool. Think about your blender: It's hard to blend anything without a blender, right? Some tools can be substituted with a similar item, but many tools have a singular and important task that only it alone can achieve. Same goes with patternmaking. There are many tools that will make your life easier so it's worth while to invest in some quality items to help yourself out. Pictured above are some of the key tools to buy for patternmaking. From left to right, here are some of my favorites: 1- clear ruler, 2- small 5″ scissors, 3- rotary cutter, 4- a seam allowance marker, 5- a mechanical pencil, and 6- a French curve. All of these are critical in patternmaking. In addition to these, I would suggest getting some pattern paper and some manila oak tag paper so you can draft directly onto the paper, then transfer it to manila oak tag paper when it's finalized. Tip #2: Study garment patterns. A great way to gain understanding on how patterns are made is to study existing sewing patterns. If you were going to learn how to build cars, presumably you've looked under the hood of a car before, right? And you've also probably driven a time or too as well! Same goes with sewing patterns. Buy a few and study them. How are they shaped? How do the curves flow and change as they move around the body? Look at the markings on the patterns and figure out what they are for and why they are important. I have patterns that go from present day all the way back to the 1920′s, and they are so different as they change with the times, with styles, and with "standard" body sizes. Educate yourself as much as you can about the thing you intend to make yourself. Tip #3: Invest in patternmaking books. Without question, some of the best information out there is in quality textbooks. My favorites are Patternmaking for Fashion Design and Draping for Apparel Design, both written by the brilliant Helen Joseph-Armstrong. Most of the patternmakers I know agree with me that these are some of the best and most comprehensive books on the market. They are books that are used by both the independent patternmaker as well as the college student learning the art in a classroom setting. In these textbooks, you will learn all the skills for drafting or draping more designs than you could have ever come up with on your own, and do it all in a professional manner that is suited for the industry, should you decide to take it beyond your personal sewing needs. Tip #4: Try patternmaking on your own Once you've learned a thing or two and have invested in some quality tools, then it's time to give it a go for yourself! One of my favorite books is the Lutterloh system. This is a truly unique style of patternmaking where you first browse the styles that are hand drawn in the front of the book, then you look up the pattern in the second part of the book that has all the pattern pieces and measurement markings written in. From there, you use their system to recreate the patterns, following their technique and tools. It's a pretty amazing process and for someone just starting out, it's a great way to become comfortable with the process of drafting patterns for garment construction. Once you've drafted the patterns, then you can sew them up and use all this knowledge in your own designs. These books were made throughout the years and can be found on eBay as well as around the web. Mine is from the 1960′s and has the most amazing vintage designs. Tip #5: Enroll in a patternmaking class! I would say that the absolute best way to learn quickly is to take a class in patternmaking with a qualified patternmaker. If you are in a place that has a local sewing shop, contact them and see if they have any patternmaking classes. If they don't have specific classes, see if any of their customers or employees know enough about patternmaking to give you some lessons on the basics. Alternatively, many communities have custom tailors and seamstresses, that also might be willing to share their knowledge, even if they do not usually teach classes on the subject. Larger cities might have sewing shops with patternmaking classes, and many have college courses, adult continuing education courses, or a trade tech school where you can learn some skills. Do some searching and you might be surprised on how much is out there! The main advice is to not be fearful and just get started! Buy one of the books, start to read it, and see how it goes. Find something that looks amazing to you and try to draft it! Unless you are selling your patterns, there's little harm in trying, experimenting, and failing until you get it right. Give it a shot! Read original article Facebook conversations View All Other blogs My First BERNINA: saida's Story Sep 27, 2018 My First BERNINA: Iris's Story Sep 27, 2018 My First BERNINA: Brenda's Story Sep 27, 2018


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Oh, how nice it feels
may I confess, a moment
of warmth as your
leg casually leans
on my thigh.
My dear, we sit an
armrest apart, and
between the seats a
war blooms, yet
the skies remain clear
as long as you continue
to touch me so.
Alas, the play,
I do so repent. Forgive
me muse for not playing
my part to appreciate
the outward displays of art.
But you must understand, I beg
you please, to find in your
gracious hearts to forgive me
with my dear.
Grace his body with a
graze of my hand.
Noble art, is this.
Divine meditation to
lie with my heart.
Forgive my mind, imagining
ahead of time as at
the present of space, our
bodies divided but by his
simple touch.


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If you have been developing web apps 'for years', then you are probably used to thinking about database storage in terms of SQL.
When I first looked at Redis for example, my first impression was simply .. WTH ? Why so bare bones ?
My second thought was .. "Just look at the performance and scalability of this stuff - so it might be worth going old-skool on the database side of things just for the performance boost."
Yes - there is the performance and scalability angle, but that as it turns out is missing the point entirely.
One of the more difficult things to get your head around with this "new" way of working is getting over the fact that all of the sudden, the system requirements for database storage might be a LOT simpler than you are used to thinking.
In my existing system design (from the PHP/MySQL interpretation of the system), there is a LOT of rather complex data modelling, and all of that complex data is stored in MySQL. So of course, I started this project off by looking at remodelling all of that as a huge collection of loosely defined Redis types.
.... Duh ... WRONG !
Looking at the data a second time, it is apparent that a lot of it ... (well, most of it actually), is there to help restore state for each and every new incoming web request.
When you move from a stateless paradigm (short lived PHP code being invoked from apache via an incoming request) to a long running stateful node.js applet .... you can just as well maintain state in memory / program variables without even having to store any of that in any sort of database.
All that is needed is to work out which sections of that mass of information in the program variables need to be persisted at all ... and simply model those parts using 1 of the 5 nifty data structures provided by Redis.
As it turns out, the bulk of the complex data exists in the Order of Battle data structures. For any given battle, these ORBATs remain constant. All you need to track (and persist) is a little bit of data attached to each unit, which provides the current casualties / fatigue / morale state / orders queue.
That is only half a dozen state variables for each unit in the game. No big deal. No complex relations need to be defined in the database either - just a bunch of flat variables that are related to each unit by name.
Those things turn out to map very nicely to a couple of simple Hashes and Lists in Redis.
All that is needed then is some way of representing the ORBATs for the battle in progress. How to edit these / store them / load them ?
At first thoughts about this problem, I was thinking that maybe MongoDB might be the way to go for this, since the ORBATs are a tree structure with variable fields in each set of data, so that maps well to a MongoDB document.
In the existing model, I have the ORBATs being created and edited in XML format (using TreeLine), and then a bunch of PHP code to load these XML files, parse them, and shove them into MySQL tables.
If I could hack that to load them into a MongoDB document instead, the problem is half fixed,
... 2nd big DUH of the day !!!
Got to remember that we are not in PHP land anymore, we are in Javascript world.
And that means .... JSON.
No need for XML anymore, as JSON is human readable, so its easy enough to knock up ORBATs as straight JSON format files. And that means no need for a special editing program - just edit them directly using vi.
Next problem - how to load those JSON files, parse them, and convert them into data structures in the node.js application to initialise the state of the game ?
... 3rd big DUH of the day !!
As of version 0.5, node has a 1 liner to do this :
So there we go.
Dont need no ORBAT parser (JSON is native to node)
Dont need no Object Mapper (The JSON data IS the object)
Dont need no backend to front-end translator (Same language running at both front-end and back-end)
Dont need no ORBAT database storage (the ORBAT is constant for each battle)
Dont need no complex relations in the persistent storage (1 Hash per unit does the trick)
Dont need no cronjobs to clean redundant data (Redis EXPIRE is your friend)
Thats all completely and utterly wunderbar, and something of a revelation. For once, developing web applications doesn't feel like a broken tower of babel. Nice !
What is quite amazing is that just a few lines of Javascript code in a single file at the backend, and a few simple JSON format text files, and a few simple Redis variables .. gives a complete running web application.
There is a whole mountain of infrastructure that you simply DONT NEED ! Bundling this thing up for distribution suddenly becomes a whole lot simpler with that in mind.
Getting your head around that, I think, is the key to making some progress with these tools.
There is a whole mountain of infrastructure that you simply DONT NEED ! Bundling this thing up for distribution suddenly becomes a whole lot simpler with that in mind.
Getting your head around that, I think, is the key to making some progress with these tools.
The next part of the app deals with synching all of this state information across multiple front end clients, and multiple back end servers (eg - AIs and other cool things) .. and doing it all in real time with low latency and low traffic over the wire.
Thanks to SocketStream, and Redis pub/sub .. there is equal simplicity in the solution to that potential can of worms as well.
So I guess the moral of the story so far ... is that if you are coming into this development environment from a more traditional web application development background ... the quickest way forward might be to forget everything you know, and give yourself the opportunity to approach your own system design problem from a very simple and very clean slate.
The solutions are all there, sitting right under your nose ... but they might be much more trivial and elegant than you are expecting. That takes a little getting used to.
Looking forward to the next phase of the development, as this is starting to make more sense now. Its a fun environment to work in too.


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The first thing you should know about American Dreamz, the new film from writer/director Paul Weitz, is that it's a satire. It cannot, therefore, be held accountable for gaping plot holes, implausible set-ups, Iraqi terrorists who speak to each other in accented English, presidential figures who are more lobotomized than caricatured, and truly dreadful American Idol pop song parodies. All of the above are an intentional part of the fun. You should also know, however, that American Dreamz's brand of satire is closer to Saturday Night Live than Oscar Wilde. Writer/director Paul Weitz hits his targets mostly because they're too wide to miss, and there's nothing particularly nuanced about his portrayal of (North) America's obsession with celebrity (and apathy about most everything else). Still, cheap or otherwise, there are plenty of laughs. American Dreamz ain't subtle, but it's amusing.
The First Act careens between four main stories, all critical to the set-up of the film. In the opening scenes we are introduced to Martin Tweed, the host, judge and producer of the singing contest American Dreamz—the most watched television series in America. His wardrobe (and matching ego) are strikingly Seacrest-esque, while his acerbic wit would make Simon Cowell proud. Hugh Grant (last paired with Weitz in the stellar About a Boy) excels at playing charismatic, self-loathing manipulators, and he hits the mark once again as the charming and miserable Tweed. He informs his staff that he is bored of the usual contestants and orders them to find, among other things, an "Arab" and a "Jew" to compete on the show.
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Being tall can sometimes make life difficult. For instance, tall people are bad at the limbo, they're constantly bombarded with stupid and annoying questions, and they have trouble finding jeans that fit right.
Ex-NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal is one giant of a man. At 7-foot-1, 360 pounds, he has undoubtedly been forced to deal with these and other nagging "tall problems."
RELATED: Shaq's Son Shareef O'Neal Can Ball Out!
But one problem that has been solved for O'Neal is finding a bike that he can actually ride. That's right, The Big Aristotle recently received a custom bike, built so his knees won't hit the handlebars—and it's huge!
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The company called DirtySixer makes big bikes to accommodate big people like Shaq. His new bike has 36-inch wheels, compared to a normal mountain bike, which has 26-inch wheels.
Watch Shaq ride his custom bike for the first time in the video above.
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Scheduled Activities and Events
Schedule: Monday-Thursday 5:00-7:00 PM; Friday 4:30-6:30 PM
Location: Nozomi Aquatic Center, 250 S. Kyrene Road, Chandler AZ 85226.
School transportation is NOT provided. Contact Boosters if you'd like to arrange carpool.
Thursday, August 4 @ 6:00 PM – MPHS Swim Team Meet & Greet: Zzesty Zeeks, 48th Street & Warner
Thursday, August 11 @ 5:30 PM – Mandatory Parent Meeting: LifeGuard Office, Nozomi Pool
August 18 – Swim Suit Fitting/Apparel Orders Due: Submit to Booster Member(s) after practices.
Thursday, August 25 5:30 PM – Maroon & Gold Intersquad Meet:, Nozomi Pool. **Swimmers & Volunteers please report by 5:00 PM**
Post Meet Dinner Fundraiser @ Uncle Bear's immediately afterward.
Swim Team and Yearbook Photos: TBD
Dual Meets: No dual meets scheduled for August.
Invitational Meets: No invitational meets scheduled for August.
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Two things in fact.
This is a first gen Fiat Croma, which shared part of its design with the Saab 9000, Lancia Thema and Alfa 164.
The second thing is that this now long-forgotten Fiat was the first production car to be fitted with a direct injection diesel. It provided only 94 bhp from its 1.9 litres despite a turbo. We've come a long way.


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SLOTHS – Twenty Years
Ahh, let us just relax, kick back, put on the fire, turn down the lights, and relax with some nice post. Every now and then you need some post in your life. Honey, please hand me the post, it's been a rough day, the kids are getting to me, thank you. Dear, I'm not feeling well, would you be so kind as to serve me post in bed? It is my birthday. Of course, if you've been here for awhile, you expect us to pull out one of our legendary food analogies, but that's not going to happen today. When we say post it's not the food conglomerate you believe it to be, it's rather pretty much a required prefix in modern music to make anyone pay attention. What do you play? Ohhh, post black metal, well that's a different thing altogether, we've heard enough of the other kind. Of these post-affixed genres, the hardcore variety has been exploding over the past five years, primarily in France, but now and again we come across some great stuff elsewhere, including Oregon, where there's a pretty decent scene from what we hear, coming out of Portland. SLOTHS would be from this aforementioned city, and they do their post in CAPS with plenty of that uncertainty and in-your-face netiquette that comes with it. Twenty Years is their most recent effort, and it's coming out on clear vinyl this month with a two-day release party of sorts planned in support (they already went on tour). It's a short one with a cover track (which we're not considering for the review), but SLOTHS has what it takes to play with the best of the post, though there are some issues to mention.
Twenty Years has a vibrancy to it that goes from simplicity through power to more of a focus on dreaminess in a surprising way, but it's easily explained with the opener. "Elegy" starts in an unusual manner with SLOTHS slamming into the listener with, wait, what is that, shoegaze assault? That's probably the best way to explain it. The chords sweep around in a massive way, but yet with such delicacy it almost seems out of place until they shift into a cutting riff and then back again. There's a lot of pressure here, both in the playing and the amount of digging required of one's mind in order to pull the organization out of this absolute barrage of sound. There's also quite a bit of interesting genre-hopping, but in such a way that it's seamless and almost something entirely new, with gaze-worthy structures suddenly kicking out into punk-patterned beats. In fact, for this kind of music, there's a lot more here than you'd expect at first sampling of the post, this takes post to the level of post-post without negating the term.
However, Twenty Years in many ways is something like the strange entity on the cover. It's amorphous and vague. What is it? Some visage of death in a cloak? Or are we merely seeing what is in fact a whimpering master of the effay under a comforter? That's the thing, there's a looming presence here, but it's more gray than dark; it can at once look menacing and placid. SLOTHS command some sick riffs and energy, it's easy to see why the house shows they've played look so incredibly awesome. But at the same time Twenty Years can be confusing for the wrong reasons; some of the moments of gaze are combined with the power of the stronger sections, and the overall sound of delicacy can cause it all to jumble together into something unnecessarily complex. The beats suggest movement and force, but yet the atmosphere in front of them sounds like you should be pining away over the last gal who let you down. The easy fix would seem to be balancing their superb mastery of shoegaze sections with more power, perhaps a simple bass boost in production so the listener can more clearly differentiate one section from the next. It's not so confusing that you lose focus, no, it's that the entirety of Twenty Years can sound graceful when it sometimes needs to be a little nasty. SLOTHS have an awesome sound, and regardless we're looking forward to whatever they do, because behind the veil you can clearly picture these guys smashing things apart.
Written by Stanley Stepanic
SLOTHS – Twenty Years
The Ghost is Clear Records/Don't Live Like Me Records/Illuminasty Records
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Although it is only a short 90 minute journey between Calais and Dover, there is still plenty to do onboard the Pride of Burgundy, Pride of Calais, Pride of Dover, Pride of Canterbury and Pride of Kent. You can take a walk on the deck and enjoy the wonderful views during your ferry crossing. Whilst onboard, you can enjoy also a great choice of bars and restaurants from coffee and snacks to full meals in Langan's Brassiere, take advantage of the magazines, newspapers and kids' playareas or upgrade to the elegant settings of the Club Lounge.
AFerry.com now also offer Priority Vehicle Loading for just £12. Just select this option when making your booking.


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Diary of A Fat Chick!!! Part Two…
The Fitness Test.
For those that read my last article, I decided on a lifestyle change at the beginning of the year, and part of this is that I signed up for Boot Camp classes courtesy of BMF!
At the classes you have 3 levels: Blue – for beginners, Red for intermediates & Greens for more experienced and fit people.
Once a month you are given the option to take part in a fitness test if you wish to move up a group.
Below is my story of such a test ? Now normally I am the fat elephant rolling about the park giving folk a laugh while trying to do various exercises…
However, there seems to be a development!
When I joined in February, I could not even 'jog' from the car park to the first 'sleeping policeman' without stopping for breath.
In April I took my first fitness test and was delighted with getting 70 points…some of the guys who had finished the first part came back for me and with lots of encouragement and support helped me to cross the finish line (I will never forget this xx ).
They met me at the Bungalow and jogged me all the way to the Monument. If I am totally honest, I would have just walked it without them.
I think they secretly thought I was lost as I took so long lol.
In August, I decided to try again and was utterly delighted with my performance…
You need 140 points at least to get into a Red bib…Last test I got 70.
In August, I got 131!!!!
How on earth this has happened I do not know; delighted was a total understatement.
I would like to say it was all down to me. However, upon reflection, if it was not for the encouragement from some of the people I have met that I can now call friends, this would not have been possible.
From those that bounce beside me when needed, egging me on when needed and for being as crazy as I am.
My wonderful instructors that constantly encourage me every week and tell me how well I am doing or how much weight I have lost. I promise I would not have done this without them all.
I have learned that getting fit is not just about me, but about the people around me – and without them all I honestly would have not got as far as I have – and can only hope in the future that I can help people in the way that they have all helped me. It's done as a team xxxxxx
Next Fitness Test I will get that Red bib!!!
Until next time


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The route of the Great American Mountain Rally Revival has been finalized. The rally is made of transits between self-start timed sections. While there are times required to complete the entire day, it is not necessary to be on time, all the time, therefore drivers can enjoy the mountain roads and the colorful autumn leaves that New England is famous for in the fall without the constant timing stress except for the timed sections.
Great American Mountain Rally Revival Route
If you want to take part in the Great American Mountain Rally Revival or have any questions then please call the Rallymaster: Gary Hamilton: 978-500-8039 or E-mail questions to: email@example.com (preferred). I will be the Rally Chairman. I look forward to seeing you all there. I will have more information about this rally in the following days.
To enter the Great American Mountain Rally Revival, then you can use the following link to the Motorsport Registration page:
General Instructions will soon be posted on the New England Region website: www.ner.org
If you have any questions about this post, then leave a comment below or you can send me a private email message at the following address: shanna12 at comcast dot net


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[Editor's Note: For some updated information on Oasis of the Seas returning to Haiti, check my new post.]
Some passengers on Royal Caribbean cruise ships are saying they not happy about or comfortable with RCCL's decision to continue docking at Labadee, Haiti, despite the devastation of the recent earthquake.
"I just can't see myself sunning on the beach, playing in the water, eating a barbecue, and enjoying a cocktail while there are tens of thousands of dead people being piled up on the streets, with the survivors stunned and looking for food and water," one passenger writes on the Cruise Critic internet forum.
Another said, "It was hard enough to sit and eat a picnic lunch at Labadee before the quake, knowing how many Haitians were starving. I can't imagine having to choke down a burger there now."
On the TripAdvisor website for Labadee, yet another Haiti visitor commented, "Cruise passengers must not realize that 80 percent of Haitians live in poverty. For most, clean water, food, clothing and medical care are not easy to obtain. Many children in Haiti have hair that is orange at the ends from lack of nutrients. Children die every day from starvation. There is no trash removal, sewage and garbage litters the streets. While Haiti appears to be paradise from this isolated beach, but is an island of tragedy."
A USA Today reader noted, "My family is scheduled to cruise on the Explorer of the Seas next month. I am hoping that Haiti decides that the port in Labadee would be better utilized as a commercial port than as a cruise ship port, and suspends all of RCCL's stops temporarily. How can passengers possibly think of leisurely sunning themselves on a beach just miles away from such a horrible disaster? Does Adam Goldstein wear blinders? I think RCCL should stop at Labadee, donate food & water, but the passengers should boycott any activities on the Island and stay on the ship."
Another reader questioned RCCL's rationale that its ships bring an economic benefit to the country, noting RCCL pays the Haitian government just $6 a passenger in port charges (unchanged since at least 1997), while it pays $65 per passenger at ports such as Bermuda.
The Guardian newspaper in England questioned whether it was appropriate for Royal Caribbean to continue to try and deliver "a vacation experience, so close to the epicenter" of a disaster. The Barbados Free Press published a scalding article, condemning Royal Caribbean.
The criticism has prompted this response from RCCL's president, Adam Goldstein: "How our guests can justify having a good time in Labadee when there is such misery less than 100 miles away? My view is this — it isn't better to replace a visit to Labadee (or for that matter, to stay on the ship while it's docked in Labadee) with a visit to another destination for a vacation. Why? Because being on the island and generating economic activity for the straw market vendors, the hair-braiders and our 230 employees helps with relief while being somewhere else does not help. These 500 people are going to need to support a much larger network of family and friends, including many who are in (or are missing in) the earthquake zone. Also, the north is going to bear a good part of the burden of the agony of the south, and the more economic support there is to the north, the better able the north will be to bear this burden. People enjoying themselves is what we do. People enjoying themselves in Labadee helps with relief. We support our guests who choose to help in this way which is consistent with our nearly 30 year history in Haiti."
The Labadee compound is encircled by a wall, and Royal Caribbean has assured its guests that they will be safe while there and that the facility is adequately guarded, despite news reports that desperate natives have fanned out into the forests in search of food, water, medicine and other supplies.
Royal Caribbean says its ships are bringing such supplies to Labadee, but sending them to another location for distribution by Food for the Poor.
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Six months on from significant government reforms, the Community Development Program (CDP) is delivering better results for remote communities.
The reform package—which commenced in March 2019—included greater flexibility, more local discretion and reduced participation requirements to make it easier for people to engage with the program. It also included the 1,000 Jobs Package, which will support the creation of 1,000 new jobs for CDP participants in remote Australia.
Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, said early signs from the reform package were positive.
"These reforms were all about creating more jobs, improving engagement and reducing penalties—and we are delivering on all fronts," Minister Wyatt said.
"These changes have had an immediate effect on penalties. The latest data released this week shows penalties have almost halved in just six months, after we empowered our providers to use more discretion in how they work with participants. This will build trust and positivity on both sides.
"Engagement is also up—the caseload has increased five per cent since January, to more than 30,000 participants."
Minister Wyatt said early feedback from providers was also strong.
"It is still early days, but we are seeing strong results and hearing positive stories from our providers," Minister Wyatt said.
"Our CDP providers are now almost all Indigenous owned or controlled. They work with local partners and they know their communities."
Liam Flanagan, General Manager Community Services, Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation, said the reforms we having a positive impact.
"The additional flexibility in the program has meant that Indigenous people are starting to see the benefits of the program and how it can work for them in meeting their own personal goals, business ideas, cultural needs, and lifestyles," Mr Flanagan said.
Since the program commenced in July 2015, it has placed participants into over 34,000 jobs in 60 regions across remote Australia.
More information on the Community Development Program is available at https://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/employment/cdp
More information on the 1,000 Jobs Package is available at https://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/employment/1000-jobs-package


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Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Djimon Hounsou
Year made: 2002
Not born in the USA
Director Jim Sheridan has carried out a kind of magical balancing act out here – life in one hand, death in the other. In America toys with and ponders these polar opposites while recognising their inseparable nature, pulling at the heartstrings and raising more than a smile in the process...
It is an old-fashioned immigrant's story set in contemporary New York. There's no flag waving, as the title might suggest, just a personal journey of one Irish family overcoming the everyday obstacles of starting a new life while recovering from the loss of its youngest member.
Johnny (Considine) is struggling to become an actor. His inability to feel anything since the death of his son casts a shadow over his very existence and his relationship with wife Sarah (Morton). The only things holding them together are their two remaining children, Ariel and Christy (Emma and Sarah Bolger). Living below them in their Hell's Kitchen apartment is Mateo (Hounsou), a reclusive artist.
His entry into their lives changes things and forces Paddy and Sarah to deal with the living and the now. Teetering on the brink of painful sugar-coated melodrama, the film somehow stays the right side of tasteful thanks to its selfcreated charm, honest emotions and sublime performances by its players. It would take a cold person not to be touched by the finale.
Unfortunately the extras are disproportionate compared to the tears shed. What there is, though, is of a high quality. Sheridan's commentary is an extremely engaging talk-a-thon as he reminisces about moving to New York and how he went about transferring those experiences to the big screen.
Some of the deleted scenes provide further nice moments with the family but nothing that expands the story as told in the film. It is the short making-of featurette that ties everything up on this disc. Great behind-the-scenes footage is mixed with contributions from the actors and Sheridan's own two daughters, who co-wrote the script with him.
In America is a wonderful experience, touched with emotion, that will fill you with sadness then warm you up better than a hot cup of cocoa.
Film: 4 stars
Extras: 2 stars
Special features
• Audio commentary by director Sheridan
• 'A Personal Journey: The Making Of In America' featurette (20 mins)
• Ten deleted scenes
If you like this why not try…
It's A Wonderful Life
Arguably the greatest feelgood film of all time. Tissues at the ready.
This review first appeared in DVD Review #63
Monday, February 23, 2009
DVD: In America
Director: Jim Sheridan


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Analyst Michael Pachter believes that Sony's new handheld console, the PlayStation Vita, will be able to succeed where its predecessor, the PlayStation Portable failed; eating away at Nintendo's market share.
The Nintendo 3DS hasn't got off to a great start and with a price point that will rival the 3DS, Pachter believes the Vita will be perfectly placed to compete times this time around.
The PSP managed to shift millions of units, but it wasn't able to make any kind of dent on Nintendo's fortunes, as the Nintendo DS went on to be one of the best selling consoles of all time.
Source: MCV


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Baby and I chilling and playing with water.
It's been a bit of a hurtling through uncharted corners of space kind of week. As I've said before, half of my teaching timetable is non-food now. I didn't actually have a practical until the second week and only because I covered a colleague's class. Gateau with fresh cream and everything. It was too hot for it, a lot of the cream curdled before the kids even got into school. But they were good natured kids. Quite a few discussions about healthy eating and our schemes of work.
For those of you not in Britain, Jamie Oliver has caused a knee jerk revolution about food in schools. It is a bit misconstrued. If one was to believe the media, cooking isn't taught in any school in England. There is even talk of setting up lunch time and after school cooking classes with non-teachers. Which begs the question: what the heck is wrong with just re-instating Home Economics and getting rid of the product design focus of Food Technology? A quick survey will no doubt reveal that most if not all Food Tech teachers would prefer traditional 'this is how you cook and this is what food does to the body' type of curriculum.
At our school, the dinners have been changed, sodas and crisps and chocolate are not now sold by the school, but but but Charlie and his Icecream van still get to come on to the premises at lunch time to sell the kids blue ice lollies, blue bubble gum and blue panda pops. I watch my newbie tutor group come barreling in for register in the afternoon, faces and mouth tinged with (you guessed it) blue and a wild look in their eye and I know that the afternoon is going to be fraught for the teachers and them. After having an afternoon lesson with them and having to practically peel one kid off of the ceiling, I've decided that a bit of pressure will need to be applied to get this anomaly sorted out.


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Harrison Hayford
The Many "Rooms" of Herman Melville – Analog Beginnings to the Digital Present
Call Me Herman: The Life and Writings of Herman Melville is a freely accessible collection of reference databases related to the life and writings of the 19th century American author, Herman Melville. After spending a mere 11 years writing and publishing a series of travel narratives and novels that culminated in the rhetorical, philosophical, and literary masterpiece that is Moby-Dick, Melville spent the last 35 years of his life writing and publishing poetry. Besides the four volumes of poetry he successfully saw through to publication — Battle-Pieces, Clarel, John Marr and Other Sailors, and Timoleon — at the time of his death he was still composing, revising, and arranging for publication three other verse-inspired or verse-filled volumes which he unfortunately did not live long enough to complete and publish: Billy Budd, Sailor; Weeds and Wildings Chiefly with a Rose or Two; and Parthenope.
Like any website, Call Me Herman is a work-in-progress, but even in its current, inchoate state, exploring its menus, submenus, and site map will provide visitors with a detailed overview of the entire corpus of Melville's writings—published and unpublished, completed and uncompleted. The various databases include book and subject bibliographies sorted by author and year; a Melville Almanac that highlights important dates in Melville's life; various annotated resource lists; an extensive selection of quotations; a gallery of art works that Melville saw, collected, or wrote about; and categorized listings of current and out of print books of Melville biography, criticism, and editions.
In addition to these archival resources, you will also find a calendar of upcoming events and links to Melville-related websites, blogs, and newsfeeds. The event calendar, links to various websites, blogs, and groups, and the constantly changing content of the newsfeeds indicate the extent to which Melville continues to attract, influence, and inspire readers, writers, scholars, visual artistis, critics, musicians, actors, and playwrights. A planned archive of cartoons and advertising copy will document Melville's continuing influence on popular culture.
The Original Melville Room
Much as this website evolved out of a need for handy reference material, in the pre-internet decades of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, a similar need led to the establishment of what was to become the original Melville Room that was curated and housed on the second floor of Chicago's Newberry Library. In the mid-1960s, the late Professor Harrison Hayford (1916–2001) of Northwestern University began to recruit scholars, editors, independent researchers, librarians, and graduate students to work on
editing and publishing scholarly, critical texts of Melville's writings. As part of this effort, Hayford, with the help of Newberry Library staff—especially that of Richard Colles Johnson—collected, catalogued, and curated the many types of items that became the Newberry Library Melville Collection. Located in what became colloquially known as "The Melville Room," the Newberry Melville collection was comprised of rare first editions of Melville's writings, numerous file cabinets filled with copies or offprints of articles reviews, essays, and various sorts of Melvilliana. These file cabinets were surrounded by rows of bookshelves containing all the works of criticism and biography that had been published to date. The Newberry Library Melville Room served for decades as an essential repository of primary and secondary materials that Hayford and the Newberry staff made readily available to scholars, editors, and graduate students working not only on the texts of the multi-volume Northwestern-Newberry Writings of Herman Melville series, but on their own Melville-related research projects as well.
The Melville Society Archive
Most of the contents of the original Melville Room are now part of the Melville Society Archive, one of several projects administered by scholar and volunteer members of The Melville Society through its Melville Society Cultural Project. Working in collaboration with the New Bedford Whaling Museum (NBWM), the Melville Society Archive is maintained as a part of the NBWM Research Library. Just as with the original Melville Room, anyone with an interest in doing research related to Melville's life and writings is welcome to visit, study, and conduct research in New Bedford, MA using the resources of the Melville Society Archive. The MSCP accepts donations of books, manuscripts, papers, and photos. You can visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum's website for detailed information about visiting, donating, and accessing the resources of the Melville Society Archive.
Database Websites and Traditional Brick and Mortar Archives
Doing original research in libraries, newspaper and periodical archives, museums, and historical society holdings will always be important and essential. But now, more than two decades into the digital information revolution, author- or subject-specific websites complement the resources of the various brick and mortar archives that have been and will continue to be essential to scholars, biographers, and critics doing original research. Two such websites that offer their own unique, complementary resources for Melville scholars, critics, editors, students, and readers are Melville's Marginalia Online which makes available digital images of the annotations Melville made in books he owned, borrowed, or shared and the Melville Electronic Library which is in the process of establishing online versions of Melville's writings. Like these two sites, Call Me Herman is proffered as a complementary resource to the archival holdings and catalogs of important and irreplaceable institutions like the Houghton Library of Harvard College, the Berkshire Historical Society, the Melville Society Archive housed and curated in the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the Mystic Seaport Museum, and the New York Public Library. You can of course add to this list many other libraries, museums, and newspaper and periodical archives located throughout the world that are important for understanding Melville's life and writings.
William Ellis Lives On
I came upon a volume of William Ellis's Polynesian Researches in a bookshop last week in Oakland, CA. Thanks to the work of scholarly sleuths like the late Harrison Hayford, we know that Ellis was Melville's major source for Omoo. Mary K. Bercaw notes how Harrison Hayford was even able to identify the edition Melville used:
Melville characteristically appropriated into his own works blocks of writing from other works whose origin is so clear that the source-hunter can identify not only Melville's source but also the very edition he used. The "fingerprints" by which scholars make such identifications with confidence include peculiar wording, errors in titles or dates, and misspellings that Melville copied without changing. With such fingerprints, Harrison Hayford was able to identify the 1833 Harper edition of William Ellis's Polynesian Researches as the major source for Melville's second book Omoo. Hayford based his identification on internal evidence (evidence found within Melville's writing); there is no external evidence of Melville's having used Ellis: no surviving volume owned by Melville, no library slip, no sales receipt. ((Bercaw, Mary K. "A Fine, Boisterous Something": Nantucket in Moby-Dick. http://www.nha.org/history/hn/HN-fall1991-bercaw.html))
Like many others who have discovered the convenience of digital books available online through Amazon's Kindle and Barnes and Noble's Nook, I am in the process of thinning out my book collection, keeping only what can never be digitally replaced. Books like this modern edition of Ellis are best had and appreciated in their three-dimensional analog form. They will survive my bibliographic cull.
Hopefully this colorfully bound edition of Ellis will be there available for purchase when I return next to Oakland.


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THIS IS MY FIRST BLOG ABOUT MY SON'S ADDICTION. I no longer write here, but you can find me at the blog listed to the right, "Heroin Addiction - Ten Years In".
January 24, 2012
Its Sunny and Bright
Anthony Update: I can't even remember how long its been since I spoke with him, but its been weeks. He called this morning to say he just got out of a 3 day detox and has to wait a while for a bed to open up. He wanted a ride. I said, "sorry, I can't". I admit it was good to hear his voice, but I'm keeping a distance.
Peace, Hope and Love, Barbara
7 comments:
- Her Big Sad said...
I'm glad you're feeling better today - big hugs! P.S. thought of you right off the bat when I saw that Springstein had added LA venue!
- January 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM
- Terri said...
Good for you! I am happy to hear that you were able to tell Ant no! It is hard to do sometimes but it feels good later!
- January 24, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Barb said...
So glad to hear that u are feeling somewhat better. Just continue to take care of yourself and take all the time that you need to reenergize yourself.
Kudos to u for refusing to give Anthony a ride. Stay strong. God Bless.
- January 24, 2012 at 6:17 PM
- Lou said...
Barbara, I think going to see the Boss is just what you need! The Born in the USA CD is still my favorite running music.
- January 24, 2012 at 6:17 PM
- Terri said...
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- January 24, 2012 at 7:12 PM
- Mrs F with 4 said...
I'm glad, on both counts!
- January 24, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- Tori said...
So glad you are feeling a little better! As far as Ant I am so proud of you.
- January 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM


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