#Melville Avenue

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Long shadows: our winter ramble from Whyteleafe via Kenley airfield and on to Coulsdon Common took in some stunning scenery Inside Croydon’s autumn amble from Whyteleafe to Coulsdon Common, via Kenley airfield, raised £80 in donations for local charity Garwood Foundation. Nearly 20 loyal readers and hardy ramblers applied to take part in the walk, led by Ken Towl and following a section of the…

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ガゼット history (1998-2002)

Ruki's first band was a punk rock band called 鎖鎌 (Kusarigama). He started it in high school with one of his classmates. After this band broke up, his friend asked him to be the drummer of a vkei band. This was Ruki's first vkei band, Sacrifice. According to vk.gy, Sacrifice formed in 1998 and disbanded in 1999.

Ruki and his friend eventually decided to leave 鎖鎌 to form a new band called 魅琴 (Mikoto). The timeline for 魅琴 is pretty messy, because Ruki and the band's vocalist have given slightly different timelines for the band. According to Ruki, he was there when they formed 魅琴. However, there are flyers that show the band had a lineup prior to Ruki joining.

According to Ruki, he and the guitarist found a vocalist for the band after seeing him perform in Yokohama. The vocalist brought along the guitarist and bassist from his band, and they formed the final lineup of 魅琴 (Mikoto).

魅琴 played their first live on 3/28/2000 at Yokohama 7th AVENUE. On 05/28/2000, both the guitarist and bassist left the band. Ruki joined as the drummer on 6/17/2000. Ruki and the guitarist 悲敬 (Hikei) joined vocalist 舞沙 (Casüga) and guitarist 憂葵 (Yuki) with support bassist 朋架 (Houka).

Meanwhile, Uruha and Reita had been in several bands throughout middle and high school. vk.gy lists Uruha's early band history as before christ → adolf → dis eine. Reita isn't listed as being in any of these bands, but he almost certainly was.

Ruki met Uruha and Reita when 魅琴 played with their band 鴉 (Karasu). Both bands were active in the Yokohama live scene, and they played together multiple times. Ruki and 舞沙 thought that Uruha and Reita were really cool, so 舞沙 eventually approached them about forming a new band with him and Ruki.

Meanwhile, Aoi moved from Mie to Tokyo in 1999/2000. He met Yune sometime after, and they formed a band called Melville. Melville played their first live on 1/27/2001 at hide MUSEUM in Yokosuka.

Mikoto played their last live on 3/22/2001 at Takadanobaba AREA. Ruki, Uruha, and Reita formed Ma'die Küsse on 4/13/2001. Ma'die Küsse played their first live a few months later on 6/13/2001 at Meguro Rock Maykan. Ruki had hoped his fans from 魅琴 would follow him to the new band, but Ma'die Küsse was a lot less popular and eventually ended up having only around 10 fans.

The band tried a few different concepts and sounds, before settling on the medical theme (with lab coats and bloody bandages). Their fans increased, but tensions built up between the members. Ruki, Uruha, and Reita formed a not-so-secret side band called L'ie:Chris ahead of Ma'die Küsse breaking up.

Melville disbanded a few months later, and played their final live on 4/14/2001 at Takadanobaba AREA. Aoi and Yune then went on to form a new band called Artia on 6/06/2001. Artia played their first live on 7/19/2001.

On 9/16/2001, L'ie:Chris played their first live as a “secret band” before the disbandment of Ma'die Küsse. Once they stopped playing secretly, they began going by Kar†te=zyAnose. They played their first official live as Kar†te=zyAnose on 11/12/2001.

Aoi and Yune met Ruki, Uruha, and Reita on 10/05/2001 when Ma'die Küsse and Artia played a live together at Meguro LIVE STATION.

Ma'die Küsse played their last live (at Takadanobaba AREA) before disbanding on 10/28/2001. On 11/04/2001, Artia then announced that they'll be disbanding after their live on 11/26/2001.

Ruki, Uruha, and Reita approached Yune about joining a new band. Yune suggested that they also let Aoi join. The members agreed, because they thought it would be good for the band to have an ikemen member.

Kar†te=zyAnose played their last live on 1/01/2002. ガゼット then formed a couple weeks later on 1/14/2001. ガゼット played their first live on 3/10/2002 at Meguro Rock Maykan.

About a year after their first live, Yune left the band, and Kai officially joined ガゼット on 2/02/2002. Yune did come back as a support drummer for a brief period when Kai suffered from hearing loss.

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The Uber passenger charged with a hate crime for pepper spraying a Muslim driver in Manhattan is a former sorority girl who was fired from her PR job over the shocking incident.

Manhattan College graduate Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, had just started a promising career at a New York public relations firm when she was caught on dashcam springing forward to spray her rideshare driver in July, horrifying the pal who was with her.

However, her employer, D Pagan Communications in Melville, fired her over the shocking incident. Agency president Debra Pagan confirmed to PR Weekly that Guilbeault had left the firm, without saying when she left.

“We are aware of the actions of this former employee and we don’t condone this behavior,” the company, which specializes in PR for tech companies, said on X in August.

Guilbeault’s attorneys argued that the case should not be handled as a hate crime — and that a full review of the evidence would prove that.

“Ms. Guilbeault was not motivated by race, religion, national origin, or any other discriminatory factor,” Michael J. Alber said in a statement.

“This case needs to be looked at with all surrounding circumstances which include assessing all of the evidence and lack of evidence,” he added. 

“We look forward to working with the District Attorney’s office to fully vet all of the facts in the proper forum, which does not embellish or exaggerate the claims, especially where the integrity and credibility of claims can properly be tested.”

Guilbeault, a native of Northbridge, Mass. earned a bachelor’s degree in public relations, advertising and applied communication at the Bronx university, where she also served as the VP social chair for her sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, according to an online profile.

Glitzy photos posted to the Manhattan College chapter’s social media page show her and her sisters dressing up for formals and celebrating scholarships.

Guilbeault was indicted in New York State Supreme Court on two counts of assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment for the Upper East Side attack, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.

Guilbeault was riding in the backseat with the other woman at around 12:15 a.m. when she suddenly sprayed the noxious substance in the 45-year-old driver’s eyes, according to a viral clip circulating online.

The driver, Shohel Mahmud, later claimed that Guilbeault launched her assault simply because of his skin color. He said he hadn’t spoken to the at all women when he picked them up near Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street in Midtown.

“Her friend, she is yelling, ‘Jen, Jen, what the f–k, what are you doing? What’s going on?’” Mahmud told The Post days after the attack. “Her friend is asking ‘Why did you do that?’ And she say, ‘He’s brown.’”

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Guilbeault attacked the driver when he began praying in Arabic just as he approached a red light.

The father of three jumped out of the car, thinking the women were trying to rob him and his vehicle. When he hopped back inside as the car started to roll, she maced him again.

Cops arrested Guilbeault at the scene, but initially only gave her a desk ticket.

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Toontown: Corporate Clash Recap: Barnacle Boatyard Mainline Tasks (Barnacle Bessie)

Okay so, let’s start this off by heading over to visit Barnacle Bessie:

Uniting the Buccaneers!

Yes, they reused one of the Task names from the previous set, just roll with it.

The first and only step is delivering the Cog Activity Chart to Barnacle Bessie.

“Back so soon?”

“You really are good.”

“So what’s this? A chart showing the Cog’s activity since their arrival, according to Art?”

“Well it’s a stretch to assume that ALL of the footprints are still exact, but it does give us something to go off of.”

“I’ve got a plan, however.”

“I want you to go to Doctor Squall.”

“He’s a very reliable optician that specializes in his own viewing telescopes.”

“I want you to take this chart to him and have him scan the horizon all around Barnacle Boatyard.”

“This is the first step in figuring out where these Cogs came from, and just how we might be able to slow them down.”

“His shop is Out to See Optics on Buccaneer Boulevard.”

“Thank you for your assistance, [Toon Name].”

Completing this Task rewards 107 experience and 4 Jellybeans.

You also now have your next task:

I Can See Clearly Now…

Speaking with Dr. Squall earns you 107 experience and 4 jellybeans.

He needs you to go and get a “Glass Lenses” from Flunkies in Barnacle Boatyard.

Don’t worry, in spite of the pluralization, you only need to get ONE item drop. Presumably, your just taking their glasses.

Bring these lenses back to Dr. Squall for 107 experience and 4 jellybeans, and he’ll make you a telescope out of them.

Unfortunately, the telescope’s lenses need to be defogged, so he sends you to Gregory Goggles at Out to See Optics on Buccaneer Boulevard.

Gregory Goggles is an aqua rabbit who wears the “Alchemist Goggles” hat, Vintage Snow Goggles, and the “Hypno Goggles” outfit (t-shirt and short themed after the Lure Gag).

“Hey there! I trust that you have some goggles to defog!”

“But… you don’t have any goggles on…”

“What’s this? A telescope?”

“Who do you take me for?”

“I defog GOGGLES, not telescopes!”

“What is this nonsense?”

“…This is for Barnacle Bessie herself?”

“Oh ha, uh yeah! Telescopes! Defog them all the time!”

“To be honest with you, it’s going to take some experimenting.”

“I have usual methods for goggles, but this is a much more fine optical tool than I’m accustomed to.”

“If you can give me some time and take out some of those clumps of metal shifting around, I just might be able to make it work.”

Speaking to him rewards the player with 107 experience and 4 jellybeans.

You only need to defeat 7 Cogs in Barnacle Boatyard to progress, and then you can report back to Gregory Goggles.

“I managed to figure it out.”

“The key to keeping goggles defogged is my patented anti-fog coating I apply to them.”

“I was able to carefully apply this coating in proper fashion to this telescope lens, and it now seems to work perfectly!”

“Hopefully this helps, and tell Barnacle Bessie I said hi when you get the chance!”

This rewards you with 107 experience and 4 jellybeans.

Now you can take the telescope back to Dr. Squall for 107 experience and 4 more jellybeans.

The good doctor now sends you to pick up “Some Shoes” from Flappy Docksplinter at Soles Repaired While U Wait on Buccaneer Boulevard. I’m not sure what this has to do with the rest of the Task because neither Dr. Squall nor Flappy have wiki pages and I don’t remember the Task dialogue.

Anyway, go over to Flappy to pick up “Some Shoes” 107 experience, and 4 jellybeans.

Return the shoes to Dr. Squall to get 107 more experience and 4 more jellybeans.

Now you just have to report back to Barnacle Bessie.

“Around Anchor Avenue, huh?”

“That must be it!”

“The Cogs must’ve found their way around to the other side of Barnacle Boatyard and have been getting in through Anchor Avenue.”

“I need someone to set sail on the ocean and see what they can find, and there’s only one Toon for the job.”

“Melville.”

“I need you to go over to his shop here on Lighthouse Lane.”

“Get him to head out and sail around and see what he can find.”

“This is critical, [Toon Name]. Our fate is in your hands.”

Completing this task rewards the player with 1599 experience and 54 jellybeans, and kicks off the next Task:

A Captain for Hire

Okay so, the first step is to speak with Melville, a horse Toon (purple, if I remember correctly) at “Melville’s Mizzenmast Mart” for 107 Jellybeans and 4 experience.

He used to be a sailor, but the cogs sank his ship and his treasure was lost to sea.

So, remember when I mentioned that Nightmarish Sidetask where you need to get a SPECIFIC minigame on the Trolley, when the games you get are RNG based? And how, once you get that game, you need to successfully collect a Treasure Chest?

This task requires you to bring back 2, and I’m bad enough at Treasure Dive that I had to play the game THREE TIMES in order to get both the Treasure Chests I needed.

To add insult to injury, I had already completed the Sidetask that requires playing Treasure Dive, when lining the Tasks up JUST right means that collecting a Treasure Chest counts for that Task AND this one, meaning Melville and that other Toon get joint custody of it, I guess.

Anyways, bringing those chests back to him earns you 107 jellybeans and 4 experience.

With that done, he now needs to get his ship repaired, and so he sends you to Flappy Docksplinter at Soles Repaired While U Wait on Buccaneer Boulevard.

Flappy gives you 107 experience and 4 jellybeans, then sends you off to Linda Landlubber at Disembark! Tree Surgery down the street for some parts for the ship.

Unfortunately, while Linda can give you 107 jellybeans and 4 experience, her woodcutting tools were stolen by the Cogs. Because of course they were. Those guys are always robbing local businesses.

Anyway, you need to recover 3 Woodcutting Tools from the local Cogs, and bring them back to Linda for 107 experience and 4 jellybeans.

With those recovered, she can cut the wood into Some Hull Parts that you can deliver to Flappy for 107 jellybeans and 4 experience.

Now, Flappy can fix up Melville’s boat, and you can report back to Melville for 107 more jellybeans and 4 more experience.

With his boat fixed up, Melville can go and scout out the waters around Anchor Avenue to see where exactly the Cogs are getting in. He has you fight 5 Cogs on Lighthouse Lane, either to distract them, protect the street in his absence, or to keep his shop safe, can’t remember which.

When you’re done, he gives you 107 jellybeans, 4 experience, and confirmation of Barnacle Bessie’s suspicions.

Report back to her to finish the task:

“That confirms it. Anchor Avenue is the weak link in the fence.”

“I need you to investigate for me. Carefully head out to Anchor Avenue and take down some of the strongest Cogs you can find.”

“I need to know if this wave of Cogs is durable for us.”

“Once you do that, please inform the HQ Officers of just what’s happening. They’ll need to be aware of the situation.”

“Thank you, [Toon Name].”

This earns you 107 jellybeans, 4 experience, and the penultimate task in Barnacle Boatyard’s Storyline:

The Weakest Link

The first step is to defeat 3 level 5+ Cogs on Anchor Avenue. Doing this earns, you guessed it, 107 jellybeans and 4 experience.

Next, you need to go into Anchor Avenue’s Toon HQ. It’s right across the street from the Gag N’ Go, and is the only street Toon HQ left after the Hires and Heroes update.

Inside, there are 4 Toons manning the desk:

Nile: light blue deer HQ Officer in an eyepatch, pirate hat, button up shirt, and athletic shorts.

Cove: bright red deer HQ Officer in an eyepatch, pirate hat, blue feather shirt, and lime jeans.

Lake: cream deer HQ Officer in an eyepatch, pirate hat, yellow plain shirt, and a slate blue pleated skirt.

Coral: pink dog HQ Officer in an eyepatch, pirate hat, Supertoon shirt (think Superman logo, but with a “T” instead of an “S”), and white denim skirt.

That last one is the only one who matters for the purpose of this task.

“Oh, uh, hi there… What can I help you with?”

“Situation? Let me tell you about it…”

“We… Have a smalllll situation here.”

“We let something happen right under our noses.”

“But to be fair, it IS pretty humid, so it’s harder for our noses to work, right?”

“But we should’ve seen it.”

“But we DO have eyepatches on, so that limits that, right??”

“We… found the source of the Cogs.”

“Look, we need your help.”

“Somehow, we were so blind as to not notice something huge, happening right next to our very own headquarters…”

“Before I say too much and scare you off, you should just take a look for yourself, and tell Bessie. This is bad…”

“Just head down the path next to our headquarters. You’ll see everything needed to be seen.”

“Just be quick and tell Barnacle Bessie what you saw!”

My guess is these guys won’t have their jobs for much longer.

Anyways, you once again have earned 107 experience and 4 jellybeans, and have now received the final task for Barnacle Boatyard’s story.

But first, a detour for Toontown Central.

Why?

It occurs to me that I just abruptly stopped describing the Kudos Rank-Up tasks BEFORE I could tell you how you get from Kudos Rank 4 to Kudos Rank 5.

I think it’s time to correct that.

See you then!

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I said it before but that rng would absolutely kill me

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Cincinnati Women Who Smoked Endured Disdain, Harassment And Even Divorce

Back in the 1970s, with the tagline “You’ve come a long way, baby,” the Virginia Slims cigarette brand published a series of humorous advertisements linking a woman’s right to smoke with women’s liberation in general. A typical ad portrayed a sepia-toned damsel sneaking a smoke in the basement, with the caption:

���In 1915, Mrs. Cynthia Robinson was caught smoking in the cellar behind the preserves. Although she was 34, her husband sent her straight to her room.”

Boffo yucks, no? But did those advertisements really reflect reality? In Cincinnati, at least, that was very much the way things were. Queen City women who smoked faced all sorts of harassment. Lighting up a cigarette was not only grounds for divorce, but evidence that a woman hankered for the louche life of a prostitute.

The Cincinnati Enquirer [13 November 1900] related the sad tale of Arthur Graham and his newlywed wife, Viola:

“Arthur Graham, a young shoemaker who is employed in a big factory on West Fourth street, between Main and Sycamore streets, believed that he was the happiest fellow on earth, and that his wife was the soul of honor, until she began to spend his wages for cigarettes. That set him to thinking, and he was not at all surprised when she left him. He heard that she had entered a house on Longworth street, and yesterday afternoon he called Patrol 1 and had her removed from the place to Central Station, where the mismatched couple told their troubles to Lieutenant Geist. She was released on her promise to return home.”

It appears that the Grahams patched things up despite her sojourn on Longworth Street. Although that infamous avenue was the very heart of Cincinnati’s red-light district, it might be uncharitable to imagine Viola engaging in naughty behavior. Maybe she sought employment in a brothel as a maid or a cook. Maybe. In any event, the couple remained together until Arthur died in 1966. Perhaps they learned to share an ash tray.

Not so George Osgood of 256 Butler Street. He was granted a divorce in 1902 from Mary “Millie” Osgood. George told the judge that Millie started on a “faithless career” by smoking cigarettes and had even adopted an alias as “Kate Keller,” a typical practice by prostitutes at the time.

In 1914, truck driver William Middaugh of West Fourth Street filed for divorce from his wife, Cassie, because she smoked cigarettes in front of company. Apparently, sneaking a smoke behind the preserves was okay by him.

The situation was somewhat more complicated when Charles W. Mangan’s wife filed for divorce in 1917. Mangan, employed by the Central Railway and Hotel Distributing Company on Reading Road, responded that Nettie Mangan not only smoked, but drank and threw furniture at him.

Similarly, John H. Gardner of 1036 Findlay Street had more than tobacco on his mind when he filed for divorce in 1922. His wife, Nellie, he alleged, not only smoked cigarettes, but spent his money at the racetrack and absconded to Phoenix with another man.

When she lit up a smoke on their 1925 honeymoon, Mabel Collinsworth Kopp “shattered the ideals” of her groom, Melville Kopp. Asserting that she also read “questionable” magazines, Melville, who made his living playing the organ at movie theaters, filed for divorce. Mabel responded that Melville had only married her to escape the affections of another young lady and that Melville’s parents never liked her. Melville told the court that his mother objected to Mabel’s smoking.

As early as 1885, cigarette smoking raised serious questions about a woman’s morals. The Cincinnati Post [3 November 1885] interviewed a dealer in second-hand books at his stall on Fifth Street near Mound. That neighborhood included several elementary schools and the reporter, noticing that the book monger offered several brands of cigarettes for sale, assumed that his customers were school children. Not so. It was women who bought the smokes. The dealer told the Post:

“I believe there are more women than men who smoke in this part of town – and drink – if you could see as much of it as I do. I believe there are five women to one man in this locality who drink.”

This led the Post reporter, it appears, to reconsider his entire opinion of the fairer sex.

“The old gentleman placed the smoking and drinking by women in juxtaposition and the Post realized that the woman who stimulates with a cigarette will soon not object to a fluid stimulant.”

That is just the opinion, nearly 35 years later, expressed by Rabbi David Philipson of Rockdale Temple, who in a 1919 sermon, excoriated “slaves to fashion” who smoke, drink, “emulate chorus girls” and regard as old fogies those decent folks who try to abide by “laws of decency and reverence.

The rabbi was strongly seconded by famed evangelist William Ashley "Billy" Sunday, who blew into Cincinnati on a 1921 crusade. After blasting a veritable menagerie of modern wickedness, Sunday zeroed in on one particular target: the “damphool woman” who smokes cigarettes. “She’s skating on thin ice,” he thundered as his audience at the First Presbyterian Church shouted “Amen.”

Having none of this was Allene Sumner, author of the “Woman’s Day” column in the Cincinnati Post. When the National Fire Protection Association proclaimed that incendiary hazards had increased astronomically since women took up smoking, Ms. Sumner was roused [9 June 1927] to feminist ardor:

“They say sarcastic things about ‘the natural refinement of women rapidly succumbing to this habit.’ Wonder just how many generations it will be before human minds will function sufficiently rationally to have shed tradition and prejudice and do enough straight thinking to see that there is little or no connection between ‘a woman’s refinement’ and whether she smokes or not, any more than whether or not she can be refined and eat chocolates or drink coffee?”

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Moby-Dick by:Herman Melville

CHAPTER 1. Loomings

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off—then, I account it high time tozz get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.

There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs—commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the streets take you waterward. Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land. Look at the crowds of water-gazers there.

Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon. Go from Corlears Hook to Coenties Slip, and from thence, by Whitehall, northward. What do you see?—Posted like silent sentinels all around the town, stand thousands upon thousands of mortal men fixed in ocean reveries. Some leaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier-heads; some looking over the bulwarks of ships from China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better seaward peep. But these are all landsmen; of week days pent up in lath and plaster— tied to counters, nailed to benches, clinched to desks. How then is this? Are the green fields gone? What do they here?

But look! here come more crowds, pacing straight for the water, and seemingly bound for a dive. Strange! Nothing will content them but the extremest limit of the land; loitering under the shady lee of yonder warehouses will not suffice. No. They must get just as nigh the water as they possibly can without falling in. And there they stand—miles of them—leagues. Inlanders all, they come from lanes and alleys, streets and avenues,— north, east, south, and west. Yet here they all unite. Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the needles of the compasses of all those ships attract them thither?

Once more. Say you are in the country; in some high land of lakes. Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in the stream. There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries—stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor. Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.

But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco. What is the chief element he employs? There stand his trees, each with a hollow trunk, as if a hermit and a crucifix were within; and here sleeps his meadow, and there sleep his cattle; and up from yonder cottage goes a sleepy smoke. Deep into distant woodlands winds a mazy way, reaching to overlapping spurs of mountains bathed in their hill-side blue. But though the picture lies thus tranced, and though this pine-tree shakes down its sighs like leaves upon this shepherd’s head, yet all were vain, unless the shepherd’s eye were fixed upon the magic stream before him. Go visit the Prairies in June, when for scores on scores of miles you wade knee-deep among tiger-lilies—what is the one charm wanting?— Water— there is not a drop of water there! Were Niagara but a cataract of sand, would you travel your thousand miles to see it? Why did the poor poet of Tennessee, upon suddenly receiving two handfuls of silver, deliberate whether to buy him a coat, which he sadly needed, or invest his money in a pedestrian trip to Rockaway Beach? Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea? Why upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you yourself feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your ship were now out of sight of land? Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother of Jove? Surely all this is not without meaning. And still deeper the meaning of that story of Narcissus, who because he could not grasp the tormenting, mild image he saw in the fountain, plunged into it and was drowned. But that same image, we ourselves see in all rivers and oceans. It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all.

Now, when I say that I am in the habit of going to sea whenever I begin to grow hazy about the eyes, and begin to be over conscious of my lungs, I do not mean to have it inferred that I ever go to sea as a passenger. For to go as a passenger you must needs have a purse, and a purse is but a rag unless you have something in it. Besides, passengers get sea-sick— grow quarrelsome—don’t sleep of nights—do not enjoy themselves much, as a general thing;—no, I never go as a passenger; nor, though I am something of a salt, do I ever go to sea as a Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook. I abandon the glory and distinction of such offices to those who like them. For my part, I abominate all honourable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever. It is quite as much as I can do to take care of myself, without taking care of ships, barques, brigs, schooners, and what not. And as for going as cook,—though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board—yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls;—though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will. It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.

No, when I go to sea, I go as a simple sailor, right before the mast, plumb down into the forecastle, aloft there to the royal mast-head. True, they rather order me about some, and make me jump from spar to spar, like a grasshopper in a May meadow. And at first, this sort of thing is unpleasant enough. It touches one’s sense of honour, particularly if you come of an old established family in the land, the Van Rensselaers, or Randolphs, or Hardicanutes. And more than all, if just previous to putting your hand into the tar-pot, you have been lording it as a country schoolmaster, making the tallest boys stand in awe of you. The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it. But even this wears off in time.

What of it, if some old hunks of a sea-captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks? What does that indignity amount to, weighed, I mean, in the scales of the New Testament? Do you think the archangel Gabriel thinks anything the less of me, because I promptly and respectfully obey that old hunks in that particular instance? Who ain’t a slave? Tell me that. Well, then, however the old sea-captains may order me about—however they may thump and punch me about, I have the satisfaction of knowing that it is all right; that everybody else is one way or other served in much the same way— either in a physical or metaphysical point of view, that is; and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other’s shoulder-blades, and be content.

Again, I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that I ever heard of. On the contrary, passengers themselves must pay. And there is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid. The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us. But being paid,— what will compare with it? The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!

Finally, I always go to sea as a sailor, because of the wholesome exercise and pure air of the fore-castle deck. For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim), so for the most part the Commodore on the quarter-deck gets his atmosphere at second hand from the sailors on the forecastle. He thinks he breathes it first; but not so. In much the same way do the commonalty lead their leaders in many other things, at the same time that the leaders little suspect it. But wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the constant surveillance of me, and secretly dogs me, and influences me in some unaccountable way— he can better answer than any one else. And, doubtless, my going on this whaling voyage, formed part of the grand programme of Providence that was drawn up a long time ago. It came in as a sort of brief interlude and solo between more extensive performances. I take it that this part of the bill must have run something like this:—act them thither?

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We received so many lovely designs and I'm glad that we didn't have to choose just one. The public vote was very close with just one vote between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, but we have a winner!

We're very pleased to reveal that this year's award design is by Charlie Tallis.

We need volunteer judges

This year, judging will take place between Sat 22 June - Sun 14 July. Volunteer judges can do the judging any time during this period.

If you'd like to be a volunteer judge, look at the rounds below and email bloomingbedminster@outlook.com with your preferred round. If the round is green and there is a judge name it is taken.

Good Front Garden Award Rounds

A - Ashton and Ashton Vale

A1 Ashton Gate Road, Ashton Gate Terrace, North Street (from Ashton Road to Greville Road), St Francis Road - Judge: Helen Ireland

A2 Chalcroft House, Leigh Street, Walter Street, Littlecross House, Vauxhall Terrace/Villas (Walter Street) - Judge: Jackie Liddle

A3 Coronation Road (from Beauley Road to North Street), Farleys Yard (near the Toll House on North Street) - Judge: Jackie Liddle

A4 Frayne Road, Clift House Road, Clift Road - Judge: Jackie Liddle

A5 Ashton Road, Wells Street, Bower Ashton Terrace, Bath Street, North Road, Baynton Road - Judge: Stephanie Whyatt

A6 Durnford Avenue, Durnford Street, Duckmoor Road (from Ashton Road to Smyth Road excluding flats), Ashville Road, Hardy Avenue, Raleigh Road (from North Street to Duckmoor Road) - Judge: Stephanie Whyatt

A7 Raynes Road, Banwell Road, Gerald Road, Smyth Road (from Duckmoor Road to Winterstoke Road) - Judge: Laura Murgatroyd and Liz Payze

A8 Drake Road, Dampier Road, Frobisher Road, Smyth Road (from Duckmoor Road to Luckwell Road) - Judge: Kath Leman and Lucy Rae

A9 Friezewood Road, Carrington Road, Truro Road, Balfour Road (including new housing) - Judge: Rebecca Hutchins-Davies

A10 Whitemead House, Winterstoke House and Southbow House - Judge: Matthew Symonds

A11 Duckmoor Road (from Smyth Road to Luckwell Road), Lynnwood Road, Luckwell Road (from Duckmoor Road to Winterstoke Road) - Judge: Kath Leman and Lucy Rae

A12 Silbury Road, Avebury Road, Ashton Rise - Judge: Marie-Elaine Carroll

A13 Ashton Drive - Judge: Yvonne Bushell

A14 Risdale Road, Langley Crescent Road, Tregarth Road, Trevenna Road, Atyeo Close - Judge: Yvonne Bushell

A15 South Liberty Lane including the new house/flats between South Liberty - Judge: Elke Small

A16 Hardy Road, Nelson Street, Trafalgar Terrace, Winterstoke Road (from Hendre Road to Bedminster Down Road), Winterstoke Close - Judge: Maria Alejandra

A17 Gores Marsh Road, Marigold Walk, Longmoor Road, Deep Coomb Road, Colliter Crescent - Judge: Jen Fox

A18 Bower Road, Bower Court, Irby Road, Stella Grove, Gore Road, Hendre Road, Greenhill Grove - Judge: Jenny Bhambri-lyte

A19 Clanage Road, Blackmoors Lane, Rownham Close, Parklands, Courtlands Lane - Judge: Elke Small

A20 Swiss Road, Swiss Drive, Swiss Close, Sanders Close - Judge: Karen Trenear

B - Bedminster

B1 Foxcote Road, Sturdon Road, Luckwell Road (from Winterstoke Road to North Street), Breach Road, Ashfield Road - Judge: Pete Spain

B2 Aubrey Road, West View Road, Ashgrove Road - Judge: Abi Slade

B3 Chessel Street (from Luckwell Road to Garnet Street), Beryl Road, Ruby Street (both sides of Chessel Street), Pearl Street (cul de sac section only) - Judge: Karen Trenear

B4 Thistle Street, The Nursery, Agate Street, Martin Street, Pearl Street (from Chessel Street to South Street), Parker Street, Lindrea Street, Crowther Street - Judge: Morgan Rayner-Philipson

B5 Dorset Street, Sion Road, Prospect Terrace (off Sion Road near South Street Park), Gladstone Street, Gaywood House, South Street, Please don’t miss North Street numbers 127A-135A (down lane behind community garden at North St end of South St), Palmerston Street - Judge: Sophie Majoe and Alex Noakes.

B6 Melville Terrace, Hebron Road, Graham Road, Clifton Terrace - Judge: Hillary Irvine

B7 Braunton Road, Clyde Terrace, Victoria Place, Albert Place - Judge: Hillary Irvine

B8 Elmdale Road (from Palmyra Road to Chessel Street), Pembery Road, Chessel Street (from Garnet Street to British Road), Jasper Street, Garnet Street - Jusge: Mo and Sarah Mulligan

B9 Elmdale Road (from Palmyra Road to Luckwell Road), Derby Road, Thanet Road, Avonleigh Road (from Luckwell Road to Palmyra Road), Palmyra Road, Highridge Road - Judge: Casey Beth Jacobs

B10 Avonleigh Road (from Chessel Street to Palmyra Road), Hengaston Street, Stanley Street, Chessel Street (from Elmdale Road to West Street), Ireton Road, British Road (from South Street to Stanley Street) - Judge: Jan Glynn

B11 British Road (from Cannon Street to Stanley Street), South Road, Clifton Street, Diamond Street, Victor Road, Westbourne Grove - Judge: Elke Small

B12 Dean Crescent, New Charlotte St, Hollidge Gardens, Murray Street, Brook Road, St Pauls Road - Judge: Matthew Symonds

B13 Argus Road, Argus Court, Hope Road, Airpoint (off Crips Road) - Judge: Laura Murgatroyd and Liz Payze

B14 Stanley Street South, Stanley Terrace, Bartletts Road, Buckingham Street, Beaufort Street, Chapel Barton - Judge: Maria Alejandra

B15 Osborne Terrace, Brighton Crescent, Brighton Terrace, Temple Street, Harptree Grove, Churchlands Road - Maria Alejandra

B16 West Street, Cromwell Street - Judge: Laura Murgatroyd and Liz Payze

B17 Church Lane, Church Road, Malago Road, St Johns Road, Granby Mews, Stafford Street (no. 12 and 26)

B18 North Street (from Greville Road to Cannon Street) - Judge: Elke Small

B19 Bedminster Down Road (from Bedminster Road to Parson Street), Bedminster Road (From Bedminster Down Road to Parson Street), Parson Street (from Bedminster Down Road to Bedminster Road), Willada Close, Hall Street and Mansfield Street - Judge: Jackie Smith

B20 Bedminster Road (from junction with Parson Street to roundabout at St John’s Lane), Shepton Walk, Honeywick Close, St Dunstan’s Road, Clinton Road, Francis Road, St John’s Lane (from roundabout to railway bridge) - Judge: Jackie Smith

B21 East Street - Judge: Matthew Symonds

S - Southville

S1 Beauley Road, Kingsley Place, Smyth Terrace, Howard Road, Dalston Road - Judge: Jacqui Lewis

S2 Camden Road, Park Road, Islington Road - Judge: Julia Harrow

S3 Greville Road (from the Hen & Chicken Pub all the way to Milford Street/Greville Street), Greville Mews, Greville Street, Lock Lane (at the end of Greville Street) - Judge: Maddy Taylor

S4 Milford Street, Langton Park - Judge: Andy Foyle

S5 Vicarage Road, Birch Road - Judge: Karen Trenear

S6 Exeter Road, Upton Road - Judge: Stacey Yelland

S7 Dartmoor Street, Exmoor Street, Fairfield Place, North Street (104 – 210), Fairfield Road, Dartmouth Mews (behind old car lot), King William Street, Mount Pleasant Terrace, Myrtle Street - Judge: Ann Hughes and Dave Hobson

S8 Berchel House, Berrycroft, Catherine Mead Street (incl new flats), Lombard Street, Mawdeley House, Warden Road, Dean Lane - Judge: Matthew Symonds

S9 Gathorne Road, Lime Road - Judge: Carmel Ferguson

S10 Argyle Street, Kingston Road, Lydstep Terrace, Merrywood Close, Merrywood Road, Morley Road (including The Edge if you can get access), Summer Street - Judge: Veronica Pollard

S11 Stackpool Road (From Edgeware Road to and including the Cul de sac) - Judge: Jacqui Lewis

S12 Edgeware Road, Stackpool Road (from Edgeware Road to Dean Lane), Upper Perry Hill - Judge: Ursula Gasser

S13 Coronation Road (St Johns Road to Beauley Road), West End - Judge: Jacqui Ham

S14 Acramans Road, Alpha Road, Southville Place, Southville Road (Chesham House/Rock Lodge), Thomas Blount Mews - Judge: Andy Foyle

S15 Allington Road, Pembroke Road, Osborne Road - Judge: Isabel and Athena Kearney

S16 Hamilton Road, Leighton Road - Judge: Maddy Taylor

S17 Raleigh Road & Amerind Grove (from Beauley Road to North Street), Greenway Bush Lane, Jennings Court, Vauxhall Ave (by Jennings Ct), Greenbank Road - Judge: Abi Slade

WH - Windmill Hill

WH1 Cotswold Road (feedback – also a Cotswold Road North but no front gardens on it- please double check if that’s changed) - Judge: Sarah Holder

WH2 Mendip Road, Eldon Terrace, Porlock Road, Quantock Road, Alfred Road (feedback – Porlock Road no addresses in it – check in case this changes) - Judge: Mary Emma Crowder

WH3 Dunkerry Road, Somerset Terrace - Judge: Mary Emma Crowder

WH4 Windmill Hill, Fraser Street, Gwilliam Street, Vivian Street, Algiers Street, Lambourne Close, Orwell Street - Judge: Mary Emma Crowder

WH5 Brendon Road, Dunford Road, Mascot Road, Caen Road, Kensal Road, Kensal Avenue, Holmesdale Road, Paulson Avenue, Paultow Road - Judge: Inge Shepherd

WH6 Nutgrove Ave, Raymend Road, Elvaston Road, Addison Road, Stanbury Road, Atlas Road - Judge: Claire Haines

WH7 Almorah Road, Hill Avenue - Judge: Samantha Rodda

WH8 Park Avenue, Newport Street, Nottingham Street, Water Lane, Maidstone Street, Margate Street - Judge: Dea Bulejsza 

WH9 Merioneth Street, Monmouth Street, Marndyke Street, Montgomery Street - Judge: Rich and Oliver Cross

WH10 St John’s Lane (west) to Wedmore Vale to the Railway Bridge/Malago Road - Judge: Finbar Cullen

WH11 St John’s Lane (east) Wedmore Vale to St Lukes Road - Judge: Finbar Cullen

M - Marksbury Road

M1 Aylesbury Road, Aylesbury Crescent - Judge: Jackie Smith

M2 Highbury Road, Parson Street, Hastings Road, Hastings Close, Wimbourne Road

M3 Martock Road, Martock Crescent, Somermead, Brixham Road, Lydford Walk, Somer Lane

M4 Dawlish Road, Lynton Road, Sidford Road, Haldon Close - Judge: Barney Smith

M5 Marksbury Road, Oakhill Drive, Timsbury Road - add Timsbury Walk - Judge: Barney Smith

M6 Littleton Road, Weymouth Road, Sidmouth Road, Sidmouth Gardens, Wedmore Vale - Judge: Fran Smith

M7 Malago Drive - Judge: Jacqui Lewis

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Chapter 11: The Function of a Long Island Lawyer

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Best American Authors: The Top 10 Must-Read

America is widely recognized for its literary contributions. It has introduced the world to numerous renowned authors, playwrights, short story novelists, and poets. Many American writers have been awarded the Nobel Prize and have gifted the world with some of the most memorable books that continue to be cherished today. American literature holds a prominent place for its capacity to engage readers with society, delving into diverse global cultures through its novel settings. American novels personally accentuate social issues. This blog will discuss the most distinguished American authors and delve into their literary works.

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1. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Birth year: 1804

First book: Fanshawe

Best works: The Scarlet Letter, Gables, The House of the Seven

Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novelist, and short-story writer, based his novels’ settings on medieval New England. Critics often classify his works as examples of dark romanticism, as his stories vividly portray ancestral Sin, Guilt, and Evil. Hawthorne’s books center around themes of history, morality, and religion, and he conveyed his thoughts through his compelling short stories. He holds a prominent position on the list of the best American authors. His best-selling book, “The Scarlet Letter,” which was published in 1850, achieved remarkable sales, with 2,500 copies sold within just 10 days.

2. Edgar Allen Poe

Birth year: 1809

First book: Tamerlane

Best works: The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe actively engaged as a writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. He remains renowned for crafting captivating short stories, novels, and poems infused with mystery and suspense. He pioneered the concept of fan fiction and earned the title of the architect of modern storytelling. His narratives predominantly embrace romantic themes while also playing a pivotal role in originating both horror and science fiction genres. Edgar’s stories vividly portray concepts such as Death, Regret, and Lost love. Among his literary accomplishments, his best-selling book, “The Raven,” which he published in 1845, garnered impressive sales of 1500 copies.

3. Herman Melville

Birth year: 1819

First book: Typee

Best works: Moby Dick, Billy Budd, Sailor

Herman Melville holds the third position on the list of the finest American authors. He stands as an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. His novels exhibit great density and complexity, featuring abundant mystical imagery, philosophy, myths, visual arts, and scriptures. One of his renowned works, “Moby Dick,” stands as the epitome of the great American novel. Melville crafted novels that centered around human life, consistently emphasizing the discovery of shared avenues for communication. His masterpiece, “Moby Dick,” which saw publication in 1851, garnered an approximate sale of 4000 copies.

4. Mark Twain

Birth year: 1835

First book: The Innocents Abroad

Best works: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Mark Twain, an acclaimed American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, stands out as one of the most renowned figures. William Faulkner attributed him the title of the father of American literature. Twain’s novels established a strong connection with the readers due to their profound impact. His books are particularly notable for infusing serious themes with humor. Twain primarily delved into the realms of human nature and social issues through his novels, which often carried themes of humor, travel, adventure, and informal cultural exploration. Among his works, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” a bestseller, boasts an impressive record of 12.5 million copies sold.

5. Henry James

Birth year: 1843

First book: Watch and Ward

Best works: Daisy Miller, The Turn of the Screw, The Portrait of a Lady,

Henry served as a transitional figure bridging the gap between literary realism and modernism. He stands out as one of the greatest novelists in the English language. His novels primarily tackled the social and marital interactions among migrant Americans, British, and Europeans. He focused on depicting the social dynamics and psychology of the characters in his works. In 1878, he published the novel “Daisy Miller,” which garnered an impressive 20,000 copies in sales within a few weeks and underwent five reprints.

6. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Birth year: 1896

First book: The Side of Paradise

Best works: The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Fitzgerald served as an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His novels gained fame for portraying flamboyance and excess within jazz. He crafted novels that revolved around the idea of the American Dream. His prose style remains a point of widespread recognition. He explored themes such as Ambition and loss, Discipline versus self-indulgence, Love and romance, as well as money and class in his literary works. His most renowned novel, The Great Gatsby, which he published in 1925, surpassed 25 million copies in sales.

7. William Faulkner

Birth year: 1897

First book: Soldiers’ Pay

Best works: A Fable of the Reviers, The Sound and the Fury, A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner’s fame rests upon his novels and short stories that he set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, modeled after Lafayette County in Mississippi, his lifelong home. He earned the Nobel laureate title and holds the mantle of the greatest writer of Southern literature. His distinctive vocabulary and intricate prose style are noteworthy. He crafted emotionally rich, nuanced, complex, and psychological stories. His novels delved into themes of Community, History, Race, Ambition, and Love. One of Faulkner’s novels, “The Sound of Fury,” which he published in 1929, garnered sales of up to 1,789 copies.

8. Tennesse Williams

Birth year: 1911

First book: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Best works: Memoirs, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,

The author Williams, who ranked 8th among the best American authors, functioned as both an American playwright and screenwriter. He holds a position among the top three playwrights of 20th-century American drama. His plays relentlessly delve into the depths of the human experience, addressing subjects such as frigidity and nymphomania, impotence and rape, pedophilia and fetishism, cannibalism, as well as alcohol and drug addiction, and violence. One of his most popular works, “Memoirs,” achieved an approximate sale of 500 copies.

9. Joseph Heller

Birth year: 1923

First book: Catch-22

Best works: Catch-22, Something Happened, Good as Gold

Joseph Heller, an American author, authored novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. He earned the Nobel Prize in literature. He gained widespread recognition for crafting satirical and black comedy novels. The 1961 novel “Catch-22,” which he is most renowned for, exemplifies the absurdities of war and bureaucracy and has come to symbolize an illogical or conflicting choice. His literary themes primarily centered on human psychology, politics, justice, authority, duty, patriotism, and humor. His bestseller, “Catch-22,” published in 1961, exceeded sales of 10 million copies.

10. Ernest Hemingway

Birth year: 1899

First book: Three Stories and Ten Poems

Best works: The Old Man and The Sea, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway, a novelist, short story writer, and journalist, earned the Nobel Prize in literature. He established a benchmark for 20th-century prose writing in the English language. He crafted thought-provoking fiction. His novels drew inspiration from the experiences of the lost generation of World War 1. He explored themes of Heroic fatalism, Disillusionment after warfare, and Ideal masculinity in his works. The year 1952 saw the publication of his renowned work “The Old Man and The Sea,” which sold approximately 5.3 million copies.

In conclusion, American authors have made significant contributions to the field of literature over the years. Each of these authors has brought a fresh perspective to literature across many eras. They have been a great source of inspiration for both the current and the upcoming generation of authors. We hope that you all enjoyed learning about the top 10 finest American authors.