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"Still, Elementary As It Was" [BLAN]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkuWtv65KxW4U0KlfiEq2txDmw_trsb7You3kIntPfOnxRyCiBghYMPCG3wxiKh-YU9LnoUAV8Lj6Adnqqss8Df0O08u-kt7od65GuPt0mbS4OobJJcjLY_29UihRloNZ3otk2r5Ji37E/s1600/GAME-Poster3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkuWtv65KxW4U0KlfiEq2txDmw_trsb7You3kIntPfOnxRyCiBghYMPCG3wxiKh-YU9LnoUAV8Lj6Adnqqss8Df0O08u-kt7od65GuPt0mbS4OobJJcjLY_29UihRloNZ3otk2r5Ji37E/s200/GAME-Poster3.jpg" width="135" /></a></div>The latest stills and posters are out for <b><i><a href="http://www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_info/m12941/Sherlock_Holmes_A_Game_Of_Shadows/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</a></i></b>. It's a reminder that production has ceased and we're in the home stretch for the screening, which will be on December 16. If you happen to live in the UK, you can see the film (alternatively known in some circles as "<a href="http://www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_info/m12941/Sherlock_Holmes_A_Game_Of_Shadows/" style="font-weight: bold;">Sherlock Holmes 2</a>") at your local ODEON cinema - click through to find the one nearest you.<br /><br />And while we have a good sense as to what to expect from the last film, there is no doubt that the sequel brings to us a certain level of intrigue, as it features not only Holmes's archenemy Professor Moriarty, but also his brother Mycroft Holmes. Both characters seem to have more hair than their <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/4181732661/">original</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/4182496698/">illustrations</a> in "The Final Problem" and "The Greek Interpreter," respectively.<br /><br />You can have a look for yourself at the 60 images (stills, posters, etc.) <b><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/3086/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-stills">on the Yahoo! Movies site</a></b>.<br /><br />We've included some of the stylized posters here for your enjoyment. If you're reading this on email or an RSS reader, please click through to see the slideshow.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><iframe align="center" frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="no" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=39297597@N00&set_id=72157627058381653&text=" width="500"></iframe><br /><small>Created with <a href="http://www.admarket.se/" title="Admarket.se">Admarket's</a> <a href="http://flickrslidr.com/" title="flickrSLiDR">flickrSLiDR</a>.</small></center><br /><br /><br /><i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i><br />--

"Still, Elementary As It Was" [BLAN]

The latest stills and posters are out for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows . It's a reminder that production has ceased and we're ...

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by Scott Monty

New York's Department of Health Rules the Algonquin Cat a Health Hazard

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<b>"a cat-like love of personal cleanliness" [HOUN] </b></h4>
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It's amazing to think, but it looks like the end is near for the famed lobby cat of the <a href="http://www.algonquinhotel.com/">Algonquin Hotel</a>.<br />
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The Algonquin Hotel, which until recently was the unofficial headquarters of the <a href="http://bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars weekend</a>, has had a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel#Hotel_traditions">tradition </a>in place since the 1930s, when Frank Case owned and ran the hotel that was the favorite of the literati in New York. There was always <a href="http://www.algonquinhotel.com/algonquin-cat">a cat in residence</a>, which had the run of the hotel (except the cooking and dining areas). While the original cat was named Rusty, because of the theatrical connections, he was known as Hamlet. In the course of the hotel's history, there have been 10 cats, males always being referred to as Hamlet and females as Matilda.<br />
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Now it seems that New York City is cracking down on this health hazard (as the city's Department of Health would have us believe). Last week came the news that <b><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/meow_trage_at_algonquin_73LjLIUVYEdf5HITLCeroJ">the city is banishing Matilda from interacting with the guests in the hotel lobby</a></b>, forcing the hotel staff to keep her behind the front desk. So technically, she's no longer the "lobby cat," she's just the hotel cat.<br />
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It's almost a relief that the BSI has relocated to the Yale Club just down the street. We find it hard to believe the tried-and-true Sherlockians descending on New York in chilly January, searching fruitlessly for little Matilda as they wait in the lobby.<br />
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If you'd care to express your opinion directly to Matilda or the Algonquin, there are ways to do so.<br />
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<li>Matilda/Hamlet have <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matilda-The-Algonquin-Cat/51291379554" style="font-weight: bold;">their own Facebook page</a> - perhaps you can "like" it and show your support</li>
<li>You may <b><a href="mailto:matildaalgonquincat@algonquinhotel.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">send an email</a></b> directly</li>
<li>You can tweet the hotel staff at <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/algonquinNYC" style="font-weight: bold;">@AlgonquinNYC</a> or visit <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlgonquinHotel">their Facebook page</a></b>.</li>
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Since the hotel simply has to comply with DOH wishes, perhaps you can direct any negative opinions or feedback to the NYC Department of Health:<br />
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<li>Give them a 140-character piece of your mind on Twitter: <b><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/nychealthy">@NYCHealthy</a></b></li>
<li>Drop by their <b><a href="http://nychealth.tumblr.com/">Tumblr blog</a></b> and leave a comment</li>
<li>Sorry, no Facebook page for them. Although they do have <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/public/public.shtml#smedia">pages for condoms, HIV status, healthy eating, poison prevention and smoking cessation</a>.</li>
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We wonder what Holmes would have made of all of this...<br />
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New York's Department of Health Rules the Algonquin Cat a Health Hazard

"a cat-like love of personal cleanliness" [HOUN] It's amazing to think, but it looks like the end is near for the famed...

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by Scott Monty

"Yes It Is, Ted" [VALL]

The <a href="http://ted.com/">TED</a> Talks have become a global stage for the world's innovators in the arts and sciences, all in 18 minutes. In this presentation, <b><a href="http://blog.ted.com/2011/09/26/a-doctors-touch-abraham-verghese-on-ted-com/">Stanford's Dr. Abraham Verghese reminds us</a></b> of the importance of physical observation of and contact with the patient - essential, Vergheses says, in this computer-coordinated and genomic-centered age.  <br /><br /><center><object height="374" width="526"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011G/Blank/AbrahamVerghese_2011G-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AbrahamVerghese_2011G-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1231&lang=en&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=abraham_verghese_a_doctor_s_touch;year=2011;theme=medicine_without_borders;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Culture;tag=Science;tag=communication;tag=health;tag=health+care;tag=medicine;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /> <embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="526" height="374" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011G/Blank/AbrahamVerghese_2011G-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AbrahamVerghese_2011G-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1231&lang=en&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=abraham_verghese_a_doctor_s_touch;year=2011;theme=medicine_without_borders;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Culture;tag=Science;tag=communication;tag=health;tag=health+care;tag=medicine;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed></object></center><div><br /></div>Verghese is a writer as well as a physician, and the role models he presents in this talk from <a href="http://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2011/">TEDGlobal 2011</a> recorded in Edinburgh, Scotland  include, not surprisingly, Arthur Conan Doyle and a certain Dr. Joseph Bell...<div><br /><i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i><br />--</div>

"Yes It Is, Ted" [VALL]

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by Scott Monty

Episode 37: The Lost Conan Doyle Manuscript

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You may recall that we had <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/11/episode-13-arthur-conan-doyle-life-in.html">Jon Lellenberg and Daniel Stashower on the show</a> [Episode 13] when they published <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3jQzgzF">Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters</a></i></b> in 2007. The pair has returned with another publication, but this time it's one that is even more intriguing.<br />
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In 1883, when he was just twenty-three, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote <i><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2GMf6bT">The Narrative of John Smith</a></b></i> while he was living in Portsmouth and struggling to establish himself as both a doctor and a writer. He had already succeeded in having a number of short stories published in leading magazines of the day, such as <i>Blackwood’s</i>, <i>All the Year Round</i>, <i>London Society</i>, and the <i>Boy’s Own Paper </i>— but as was the accepted practice of literary journals of the time, his stories had been published anonymously. Thus, Conan Doyle knew that in order to truly establish his name as a writer, he would have to write a novel.<br />
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The only wrinkle is that once Conan Doyle finished this novel, it went missing in the post, never to be seen again.<br />
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Join Burt and Scott as we discover how this lost manuscript has made its way to publication, some 125 years after it was first written, and why it had never before made its way to the public eye.<br />
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<b>Links:</b><br />
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<li><b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2GMf6bT">The Narrative of John Smith</a></i></b> (Amazon)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bl.uk/">The British Library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.conandoylecollection.co.uk/">The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection</a><i></i></li><li>Episode 13: <a href="ihose.co/ihose13" target="_blank">Arthur Conan Doyle - A Life in Letters</a></li></ul>
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