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The Sherlockian Calendar on Google

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Ron Fish has been keeping a <a href="http://sherlockiancalendar.homestead.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Sherlockian Calendar</a> for some time — a very useful reference for those who travel or simply would like to keep track of local events.<br />
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Well now, thanks to <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/personal_technology.html?mod=djemptech" style="font-weight: bold;">developments at Google</a>, we have now given the calendar an interactive design - take a look at <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/sherlockian.calendar@gmail.com/public/full">Sherlockian events laid out in a calendar format</a>.  You can choose to look at a day, week or month at a time, or list all events in an agenda-like layout.<br />
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If you have a Gmail account, you can search the public calendars for "Sherlockian" and find ours, which is publicly available, and add it to your list of calendars. Once there, you can note your intention to attend meetings, invite others to meetings, and find useful email addresses and links.<br />
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If you would like to be able to add your own events, <a href="mailto:%20bakerstreetblog@gmail.com" style="font-weight: bold;">contact us</a> and we'll add you to the list of approved editors of events. The more editors we have, the better the calendar will be!<br />
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If you don't have a gmail account, you are still able to be invited to meetings by others.  And if you have a feedreader, you can <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/sherlockian.calendar@gmail.com/public/basic" style="font-weight: bold;">add the Sherlockian Calendar to your feeds</a> by dropping this link into your reader.<br />
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Please let us know what you think of this new feature!<br />
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The Sherlockian Calendar on Google

"The date being—?" asked Holmes [CREE] Ron Fish has been keeping a Sherlockian Calendar for some time — a very useful refere...

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"Is He Not the Celebrated Author...?" [VALL]

"Is He Not the Celebrated Author...?" [VALL]

A new site focused on the Literary Agent, called The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is up and running. It features a Conan Doyle quo...

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Discovering Sherlock Holmes at Stanford University

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"These little records of our cases which you have been good enough to draw up" [COPP] </h4>
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Stanford University is sponsoring a <a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/index.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Discovering Sherlock Holmes</a> project, in which they seek to recreate the atmosphere of the publication of the original stories.  From their web site:<br />
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Over 12 weeks from January through April 2006, Stanford will be                republishing, free of charge, two early Holmes stories, "A Scandal                in Bohemia" and "The Speckled Band"; the nine-part novel, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hound                of the Baskervilles</span>; and the famous "last" encounter between Holmes                and Moriarty, "The Final Problem."</blockquote>
Since it is now mid-April, it is too late to collect the paper versions of the stories; but <a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/readings1.html" style="font-weight: bold;">they are available as PDF files</a> on the Stanford web site, along with extensive reading notes for each issue.<br />
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In addition, there is a good deal of information about <a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/biography.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Conan Doyle</a> and the <a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/history.html" style="font-weight: bold;">era in which Holmes lived</a>.<br />
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Discovering Sherlock Holmes at Stanford University

"These little records of our cases which you have been good enough to draw up" [COPP] Stanford University is sponsoring a Di...

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Silver Blaze Rides Again

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"a prime favourite with the racing public" [SILV]</h4>
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It's official!  The Baker Street Irregulars will sponsor a running of the <a href="http://camdenhouse.ignisart.com/canon/silv.htm" style="font-weight: bold;">Silver Blaze</a> on July 29, 2006 at the <a href="http://www.nyra.com/saratoga/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saratoga Racetrack</span></a>.  What's the Silver Blaze, you ask?  The BSI's involvement with this race extends over five decades and was documented in the 2000 Baker Street Journal  Christmas Annual, <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/pages/907700/index.htm" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">History of the Silver Blaze</span></a>, by Wayne Swift, BSI.<br />
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Arrangements have been finalized with the <a href="http://www.nyra.com/saratoga/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New York State</span></a><a href="http://www.nyra.com/saratoga/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Racing Association</span></a>.  There will be a buffet luncheon at the Paddock Tent (an attractive venue overlooking the grassy sward where the horses are walked just prior to the race) for a maximum of 60 people.  There are also seats available in the Grandstand, for those who wish to view the action "in the flesh."</div>
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In addition, there will be a buffet brunch and program on Sunday, July 30 at 10:00 a.m.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost per person: $115</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">This includes admission to the track, buffet luncheon on 7/29 and brunch on 7/30.</span><br />
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Make checks payable to <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Baker Street Irregulars</span> and send to:<br />
Lou Lewis<br />
2 Loockerman Ave.<br />
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Accommodations:</span><br />
A block of rooms has been reserved at the <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/hd/jntny" style="font-weight: bold;">Johnstown Holiday Inn</a> at the rate of $105.95/night, plus tax.  Contact them at 1-800-HOLIDAY and give them the code IRR.  Please reserve before June 28.<br />
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This is an excellent rate, as <a href="http://www.saratoga.org/" style="font-weight: bold;">Saratoga </a>is quite expensive during the summer months.<br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/local?hl=en&hs=KJ2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=holiday+inn&near=Johnstown,+NY+12095&radius=0.0&latlng=43006923,-74371490,4497087047532743945&sa=X&oi=local&ct=result&cd=1" style="font-weight: bold;">Address:</a><br />
308 North Comrie Ave.<br />
Johnstown, NY 12095<br />
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Silver Blaze Rides Again

"a prime favourite with the racing public" [SILV] It's official! The Baker Street Irregulars will sponsor a running of t...

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"...Perhaps They Would Get My Sentence Shortened..." [SIGN]

"...Perhaps They Would Get My Sentence Shortened..." [SIGN]

You may have noticed these four-letter abbreviations that are showing up in our blog. A word of explanation. Jay Finley Christ was an early...

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The BSI Trust Has a Website

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"for the sake of the trust" [MUSG] </h4>
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In 2003, Michael Whelan, current "Wiggins" of the Baker Street Irregulars, announced the formation of the Baker Street Irregulars Trust.  The BSI Trust is a not-for-profit entity that is part of <a href="http://bakerstreetirregulars.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">The Baker Street Irregulars</a>, a world-renowned literary society. The Irregulars are dedicated to the study of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and their Victorian/Edwardian world.<br />
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The Trust’s purpose is to assemble, preserve, and make available for study relevant materials related to the history of the <span class="caps">BSI</span> and to individuals and organizations such as the <span class="caps">BSI</span> that have devoted themselves to such studies.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/" style="font-weight: bold;">The Baker Street Irregulars Trust</a> web site has just been launched and is well worth a look.  Please feel free to contact us, either through email or through a comment, to tell us about any material you may have that is worth consideration of the Trust.<br />
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The BSI Trust Has a Website

"for the sake of the trust" [MUSG] In 2003, Michael Whelan, current "Wiggins" of the Baker Street Irregulars, anno...

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"Your Pictures Are Not Unlike You..." [3GAR]

While Nathan Garrideb easily recognized Sherlock Holmes, we need your valuable assistance in identifying some Sherlockians from photos a decade and a half ago.  Take a look below and see if you know the people in the scenes.  If so, please use the "Comment" section below to tell us who they are.<br /><br />Both images are from Mrs. Hudson's Breakfast at the 1991 BSI Weekend. Below, we need help identifying the gentleman who is interviewing Dick Shull.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/1600/1991%20BSI%20001.0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/320/1991%20BSI%20001.0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><br /><br />And in the second image, we need to know the identities of the gentlemen flanking Don Kraar.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/1600/1991%20BSI%20004.1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/320/1991%20BSI%20004.1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /></div>

"Your Pictures Are Not Unlike You..." [3GAR]

While Nathan Garrideb easily recognized Sherlock Holmes, we need your valuable assistance in identifying some Sherlockians from photos a dec...

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Scuttlebits & Bytes Roundup

Peter Blau has graciously allowed us permission to post the HTML links from his monthly newsletter, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/scuttle.htm">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>. We thought this was a convenient way of summarizing his excellent Internet-based information in one place and we'll continue to update this feature monthly.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=24952">Patty Tierney's wearable Sherlockian art</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.romanzieri.com/">Romanzieri.com:</a> Links to Conan Doyle stories in Italian<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.astudyinsherlock.net/">A Study in Sherlock</a>, a Sherlockian Blog (also referenced in our links on the right)<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.gulfhotelbahrain.com/gulfhotel_sherlock_holmes.asp">The Sherlock Holmes Pub</a> at the Gulf Hotel Bahrain<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" a="" href="http://www.langhamhotels.com/">The Langham Hotels</a> around the world<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.dramatists.us/stevendietz/works.htm">Sherlock Holmes: the Final Adventure</a> - Information on Steven Dietz's plays<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://members.aol.com/baritsu/diogenes/whim.html">Great Whimsical Sherlockian Tour of Oklahoma and Texas</a> - Don Hobbs recounts his adventures of Sherlockian travel in 2005<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.tc.umn.edu/%7Ebergq003/holmes/">Sherlockian Resources on the Internet</a> - John Bergquist's summary of useful links<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.taylormadeshoes.co.uk/Bespoke/SherlockHolmesII.htm">The Sherlock Holmes Collection</a> - made-to-measure shoes at Jame Taylor & Son<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/">Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body</a> - exhibition at the National Library of Medicine<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.twit.biz/">Nicholas Twit: the Schoolboy Sherlock Holmes</a> - by Cenarth Fox<br /><ul><li>Script for Fox's play <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.foxplays.com/">"The Real Sherlock Holmes"</a></li><li>CD recording of the play available at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/">Classic Specialities</a></li></ul><br />And here's that photo of Rufus, the bull-terrier who won the Westminster Kennel Club dog show<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/1600/westminster_big.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/724/187/200/westminster_big.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>

Scuttlebits & Bytes Roundup

Peter Blau has graciously allowed us permission to post the HTML links from his monthly newsletter, Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press . ...

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by Scott Monty