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"Where does the tooth fairy come from?"
What a precious idea!!! Love this. Thanks for sharing!
Okay so the tooth fairy at this house brings real pearls in exchange for the tooth, and one day the girls will each have enough to start a real pearl necklace. As they get older and are no longer loosing teeth we will start giving them pearls as gifts and one day pay to have them strung, for now Audrey's collection is on a thin gold chain and the jeweler adds on for us after we collect a few. And then their is poor Cecilia who still hasn't lost a tooth, it is a sore subject. I think about our pearl necklaces every time I visit Sibi's site. Who knew.
Love all the details of this fairy visit, they went all out.
Have a great day, and enjoy your parents when they get here
Do you think a blue door could do for a little boy…..
Oh my gosh, this is the cutest thing I have seen… right down to that itty bitty gold key!
Enjoy your parents!
This is such a sweet idea .
I left a little something for you on my blog:)
Such a great idea! Very creative.
P.S. I love your new blog header! The photos are fantastic!
I actually have a little door just like that from an old doll house supply box. I just don't have a little one to use it on.
This kind of stuff makes me want to have children all over again!
I'm unsure how I found this blog. It is lovely.
um and speaking of delays I am utterly embarrassed because nobody else in nthe history has ever had to wait this long. I gave it to my husband to send and well it's in the back of his car…from over a week and a a half ago.
That tooth fair idea is adorable.
Wow this tooth fairy is fabulous! We never had such a sophisticated one when I was a kid
Sarah -
I adore this idea! thanks for sharing. i am loving your blog!
Remember: you don't have to have children to have fairies.
The color of door is different, but looking very nice.
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Triple Vanilla Bean-Scented Mini Peach Pie
I've said this before, but for the record, I love minis. Sure, they're cute and that's part of the reason I'm a fan, but an even bigger factor is that minis just make more sense. I seriously can't remember the last time I baked a full-size cake or pie; I just don't have enough people to feed on a regular basis to make them practical. My 6-inch cake pans (including my bundt pan) and pie plates definitely get way more use their 9-inch counterparts. Even when it comes to things like cookies or cupcakes, I scale back recipes to make smaller quantities 99 out of 100 times. It's a good thing I really like math because every time I step into my kitchen to bake, there's a whole lot of it going on!
This peach pie came to be in sort of a roundabout way. Though I am usually pretty strict about only going to the grocery store once a week, last week I went to three different stores, and at each one the peaches looked so good I couldn't help but grab a few. Total impulse purchases. The peaches ripened more quickly than I could eat them though and it quickly became obvious I needed to get baking or risk having to throw them away. Luckily, I had just enough to make a mini pie, and after a quick Google search turned up this recipe, it was on.
I've only made a few peach pies in my life, but I'm confident that even if I'd tried 50 of them, this one would still be near the top of the list. As the title implies, the recipe utilizes a vanilla bean, and the unique ways it's incorporated make the pie extra special. First, the seeds of the vanilla bean are pulsed with sugar to make vanilla sugar, some of which is then used to sweeten the filling. A portion of the remaining vanilla sugar is sprinkled over the top crust of the pie when it emerges from the oven. The bad news is that it makes the pie super unphotogenic, but what it lacks in appearance, it more than makes up for in taste. I can absolutely see myself using this trick on other pies in the future! The final place the vanilla sugar is used is in the whipped cream garnish for the pie. And yes, it's optional, but seriously - don't skip it. Peaches + cream = the best combo.
Every time I make a pie I promise myself I won't eat it for breakfast, and every time I fail. It's just way too easy to justify with all that healthy fruit in the mix :)
Triple Vanilla Bean-Scented Peach Pie
adapted from Pie by Ken Haedrich (via Ezra Pound Cake)
{Note 1: to peel the peaches, make a small "x" in the bottom of each with a paring knife, then drop them into boiling water for 30-40 seconds. Immediately transfer to a large bowl of ice water. If your peaches were ripe, the peels should come off easily now, starting at the "x" you cut.
Note 2: to be clear, the recipe below is for a 9-inch pie. If you want to make a mini as I did, halve the recipe and bake in a 6-inch pie plate.}
Flaky Pie Crust
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
1/2 cup cold vegetable shortening, cut into 8 pieces
1/2 cup ice water
1 vanilla bean
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
5 cups peeled, pitted and thickly sliced peaches (about 5-6 peaches)
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into tiny cubes
Whipped Cream Garnish
1 cup cold heavy cream
To make the crust: Add the flour, sugar and salt to the bowl of a food processor. Plus a few times to combine. Add the butter
Put the flour, sugar and salt in the food processor. Pulse a few times to mix.
Scatter the butter over the dry ingredients, and pulse about 5 times to cut in (the pieces should be about the size of peas). Use a fork to fluff the mixture/evenly distribute the butter. Add the shortening and again pulse about 5 times then fluff once more. Drizzle 4 tablespoons of the water over the flour mixture and pulse the food processor until the dough starts to form clumps. If you squeeze some of the mixture between your fingers, it should hold together. If it doesn't, add the remaining water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse, until it does.
Turn the dough out onto your work surface. Shape into a ball and divide into 2 equal pieces. Shape each into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least one hour, or up to overnight. (If you refrigerate overnight, remove the dough from the fridge about 15 minutes before you want to roll it - if it's too cold, it'll crack and be tough to roll.)
Unwrap one piece of dough and transfer to a lightly floured work surface. Roll into a 12-inch circle, turning and lifting as you go to ensure the dough isn't sticking. Transfer to a 9-inch pie plate and gently ease in, making sure you don't stretch the dough. Trim the overhang to about 1/2-inch and transfer the pie plate to the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400 F.
To make the filling: Use a paring knife to cut down the center of the vanilla bean. Use the back of the knife to scrape the seeds from the bean and add them to the bowl of a food processor. Add the sugar, and process for about 1 minute, or until the seeds are evenly distributed. Transfer 1/2 cup of the sugar to a small bowl and stir together with the cornstarch. (Reserve the remaining vanilla sugar for later.)
In a large bowl, gently toss the peaches with the lemon juice and the sugar/cornstarch mixture.
Unwrap the second disk of dough and transfer to a lightly floured work surface. Roll into a 12-inch circle, turning and lifting to make sure it's not sticking. Remove the pie plate from the fridge, and add the filling. Scatter the cubes of butter over the top. Use your fingertip to lightly moisten the edge of the dough with water. Transfer the second piece of dough to cover the filling, centering it as best you can. Trim slightly, then fold the top overhang under the bottom, pressing to seal. Flute the edges if desired. Cut several vents in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
Transfer the pie to the center rack of the oven. Slide a rimmed baking sheet onto the rack directly under the pie to catch any overflow juices. Bake for 30 minutes, then reduce the oven to 375 F, and continue baking until the juices are thick and bubbling through the steam vents. (Keep an eye on the crust during this last 30 minutes - you may need to tent it to keep it from browning too much.)
Transfer the pie to a wire rack and immediately sprinkle the top crust with about 2 tablespoons of the remaining vanilla sugar. Allow to cool completely before slicing (at least 2-3 hours).
To make the whipped cream: Add the heavy cream to a medium bowl. Whisk vigorously until it holds soft peaks, then add 1/4 cup of the vanilla sugar. Continue whisking until the cream holds stiff peaks. (Obviously you could use a mixer to whip the cream if you'd rather.) Dollop onto slices of the pie when serving.
20 comments:
- Maura @ My Healthy 'Ohana said...
I just bought vanilla beans for the first time and can't wait to start using vanilla sugar in a lot of recipes :) Your pie looks like it came out perfectly, what a great idea to incorporate it into so many aspects of the pie!
- August 10, 2012 at 2:30 AM
- Vera Zecevic - Cupcakes Garden said...
Peach and vanilla such a wonderful combination ! And your peach looks so soft and juicy. Gorgeous! Great job!
- August 10, 2012 at 3:18 AM
- Averie @ Averie Cooks said...
the flavors must just be outta this world with the vanilla bean and those chunky gorgeous peaches - and super impressed how you got the slice out with not a crumb or peach out of place...just beautiful!
- August 10, 2012 at 9:16 AM
- Santresa Glass said...
I love using fresh vanilla beans in recipes. The flavor is explosive and adds layers of depth, especially in a peach pie. :)Thanks for sharing with us!
- August 10, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- thesmartcookiecook.com said...
Tracey, you've done it again! Not only is this little pie gorgeous, it's cute too! I'm not always crazy about fruit pie, but this has got me drooling.
- August 10, 2012 at 10:08 AM
- Mal said...
This looks so beautiful and absolutely delicious
Mal @ The Chic Geek - August 10, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Natalie said...
pie for breakfast is the best! especially this which sounds so wonderful with all of that vanilla!
I'm bad about scaling back recipes and typically make the full thing... we probably eat wayyyyy too much sugar in our house most days ;) - August 10, 2012 at 10:45 AM
- Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie said...
Oh my gosh. I just got done with making and eating a peach yogurt pie recently and now I want this! I love that it is mini too. I haven't made a mini before, but as far as cakes go, I haven't made a full sized one in years.
- August 10, 2012 at 2:41 PM
- Cassie/Bake Your Day said...
Beautiful!! Peach pie is one of my favorites. I adore that it's mini and vanilla scented. Vanilla is one of the best fragrances in the world, in my opinion!
- August 10, 2012 at 5:54 PM
- Becca said...
I'm not a fan of fruit pies, but by golly this peach pie looks absolutely perfect!
- August 10, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious said...
I think this pie is incredibly photogenic! If only I could reach into the computer screen and grab that slice!
- August 10, 2012 at 6:41 PM
- Ashley said...
I've never used vanilla bean in a recipe but it sounds like it's wonderful!
- August 11, 2012 at 2:35 AM
- Jen @ Savory Simple said...
Oh this looks gorgeous. You know I've never made peach pie? I think it's time to go for it. I've been buying peaches like crazy this summer. They're just that good.
- August 11, 2012 at 7:54 AM
- amanda @ fake ginger said...
Oooh, I love the vanilla bean idea! And yes, pie for breakfast is okay since it's a fruit pie! ;)
- August 11, 2012 at 9:47 AM
- Laura Dembowski said...
The pie looks amazing! I just posted Peach Blackberry Pie on my blog; it's my favorite pie of all time, but if I try this, I may just change my mind, as I love vanilla.
- August 11, 2012 at 10:30 AM
- Tormarie said...
You had me at the name! I adore peaches and pie, but I've never even seen peach pie (only British classics like apple or strawberry & rhubarb). The peaches look so succulent and amazing.
- August 12, 2012 at 9:25 AM
- Di said...
Yum! I hear you on the impulse fruit purchases. Costco gets me every time. It would be okay if I bought raspberries or strawberries or nectarines, but I want all three! I've almost finished my current batch of nectarines, but I suspect I'll buy more, so I'm definitely bookmarking this recipe.
- August 12, 2012 at 12:20 PM
- dulces frivolidades said...
A delicious photos. What good pie!
- August 13, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Can't think of a better way to celebrate peaches this season Tracey. Looks absolutely picture perfect!!!
- August 14, 2012 at 9:36 AM
- Gloria - The Ginger Snap Girl said...
Why in the world would you try and stop yourself from eating pie for breakfast? That's just silly talk!
- August 16, 2012 at 11:23 AM

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Charlemagne 742-814
(Also known as Charles the Great, Charles I, Karl der Grosse, and Carolus Magnus.) King of the Franks (768-814) and Emperor of the Western World (800-14).
Beloved ruler of western Europe, Charlemagne brought forth a rebirth in learning at a time when few of his subjects could even write their own names. A patron of literature and the arts and the founder of many schools, Charlemagne through his leadership encouraged and inspired others to read, write, and learn, bringing forth what has been called the Carolingian Renaissance. Charlemagne, already a legend in his own time, became a prominent character in the body of literature known as the Carolingian cycle or the Matter of France, and through these chansons de geste, he continued to influence millions of people in numerous countries for centuries.
Biographical Information
Charlemagne was born to Pepin the Short and Bertrade in northern Europe; his exact birthplace is unknown. He inherited half the kingdom of the Franks upon the death of his father in 768. Three years later, upon the death of his brother Carloman II, who had shared the Frankish empire, he became King of all the Franks. Skilled in strategy and tactics (his work on these subjects was later to be studied by Napoleon Bonaparte), Charlemagne set forth to Christianize the land. He battled the pagan Saxons for more than three decades, finally conquering them in 804. In 773-74 he conquered Lombardy, restoring the land to the Pope. He waged dozens of campaigns, including expeditions against the Saracens in northeastern Spain in 778. It was in a surprise attack against Charlemagne's rear forces that the Basques killed one of his nobles, Roland—the hero of the Chanson de Roland. By the end of the century Charlemagne ruled most of western Europe, uniting much of the land once under the Roman empire. Pope Leo III crowned him Emperor of the Western World in 800. Charlemagne improved conditions for the common people to an extent never before accomplished through reforms in government, the military, commerce, farming, and education. The latter was available for peasants as well as nobles; he went so far as to consider universal free schooling. Charlemagne died in 814, leaving his only surviving son, Louis, as ruler. Louis lacked the command or organizational skills of his father and the empire was quickly invaded.
Major Works
Charlemagne himself did not write any literary works; indeed he could not write at all until his old age, and then only barely. He could, however, read Latin and some Greek. Thus, it is not as author but as a character that Charlemagne is known in literature. Of mythical, legendary proportions, he is featured in a great body of work which includes the epic Chanson de Roland. For centuries after Charlemagne's death, many common folk refused to believe that he was dead, even envisioning him as leading the Crusades. Others believed him always ready to protect the land, resting in a cave until such a time as he was needed. By the middle of the century of his death, this devotion was expressed through making him the subject of many songs and tales, the practice continuing through the next two centuries. The Chanson de Roland was written by an anonymous French poet (some believe him to have been the Norman poet Turold) sometime between the Norman Conquest and the first Crusade in 1096. The epic of four thousand lines is an embellished conflation of many lesser tales about Charlemagne. Fighting for the King (considered French by the poet), Roland is vanquished by overwhelming numbers but does not lose his honor. Charlemagne finds the slain Roland, prays over his body, and the newly-inspired French chase the Saracens into a river where they drown. For more than five centuries, until the Renaissance, the Chanson de Roland remained popular and is still France's most famous poem. In Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne, another classic poem of nearly 900 lines, Charlemagne seeks out Hugo the Strong of Constantinople. In Jerusalem, on their way, Charlemagne and his fellow travelers are given relics. When they eventually meet up with Hugo they make extravagant claims which Hugo calls on them to perform. Charlemagne and his men accomplish their tasks with the help of God. In what is assumed to be a joke at the end of the poem, the assertion is made that Charlemagne is a greater man than Hugo because Charlemagne is the taller of the two. No doubt the popularity of works which feature Charlemagne can be credited in no little part to the public's adoration of the King, who was adopted as one of their own by France, Germany, Scandinavia, Poland, and Spain.
Representative Works
Poetry of the Carolingian Renaissance (poetry) (edited by Peter Goodman) 1985
The Pilgrimage of Charlemagne (poetry) (translated by Glyn S. Burgess) 1988
The Song of Roland (epic) (translated by D. D. R. Owen) 1990
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SOURCE: "The Revival of Learning" and "The Ecclesiastical Work of Charles" in Charlemagne, E. & J. B. Young and Co., 1882, pp. 306-36.
[In the following excerpt, Cutts explores Charlemagne's encouragement of learning and examines his religious policy, edicts, and controversial theological decisions.]
The feature of Charles's character and work to which the historian naturally turns with the greatest sympathy is his love of learning and the wise and strenuous encouragement of it from which dates the revival of letters in Europe.
The elegant culture of which the letters of Sidonius have given us so charming a glimpse, had long since died out of the countries between the Alps and the English Channel. The Imperial schools, which we have seen still existed in the towns of Gaul in the time of the grandsons of Clovis, had fallen into neglect and decay. If the Frank conquerors had gradually progressed from their original barbarism, the civilization of the conquered race had gradually deteriorated in the midst of perpetual war, until at last, about the time of Charles Martel, the whole people had reached the lowest point of civilization to which Gaul had sunk since it learnt the language and the manners of Rome.
Letters had taken refuge in the monasteries; but the monastic schools did not fulfil the place of the...
(The entire section is 7256 words.)
SOURCE: "Famous Men.—Literature.—Libraries.—Architecture.—Public Works" in A History of Charles the Great (Charlemagne), D. Appleton & Co, 1888, pp. 253-79.
[In the following excerpt, Mombert profiles noteworthy men in Charlemagne's circle and discusses Charlemagne's interest in astronomy and architecture, particularly the Rhine bridge at Mayence.]
Besides Alcuin other men of note, already mentioned by name, stood in near personal relations to Charles.
Perhaps the oldest and most intimate of his friends was Adalhard, a son of count Bernhard, a grandson of Charles Martel, and cousin-german of Charles. Early in life he chose the monastic calling, and was abbot of Corbie, and founder of the abbey of Corvey in the Saxon country, where he died in 826. He wrote several works, but the most celebrated of them, his "Treatise of the Order and State of the Palace throughout the Frankish Realm," exists only in the reproduction of Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims. Charles consulted him on important matters and employed him in positions of the highest trust, such as imperial missus, administrator and baiulus of Bernhard, King of Italy, etc. He was a man of singular purity and strength, and one of the brightest ornaments of this reign.
Angilbert had been brought up with Charles and was essentially a man of the Court. His taste and habits were...
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SOURCE: "Results" in Charles the Great, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914, pp. 232-51.
[In the following excerpt, originally published in 1897, Hodgkin summarizes Charlemagne's accomplishments in the fields of the Church, literature, science, law, and the state-system of Europe.]
No ruler for many centuries so powerfully impressed the imagination of western Europe as the first Frankish Emperor of Rome. The vast cycle of romantic epic poetry which gathered round the name of Charlemagne, the stories of his wars with the Infidels, his expeditions to Constantinople and Jerusalem, his Twelve Peers of France, the friendship of Roland and Oliver and the treachery of Ganelon—all this is of matchless interest in the history of the development of mediæval literature, but of course adds nothing to our knowledge of the real Charles of history, since these romances were confessedly the work of wandering minstrels and took no definite shape till at least three centuries after the death of Charlemagne.
In this concluding chapter I propose very briefly to enumerate some of the chief traces of the great emperor's forming hand on the western church, on Literature, on Laws, and on the State-system of Europe.
Theologically, Charles's chief performances were the condemnation of the Adoptianist heresy of Felix of Urgel by the Council of Frankfurt...
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SOURCE: "Legislation—Religious Policy—The Renaissance; 774-800 a.d." and "Fate of the Franks—The Legend of Charlemagne" in Charlemagne (Charles the Great): The Hero of Two Nations, 1899, pp. 155-86; 312-31.
[In the following excerpt, Davis describes the missi, Charlemagne's agents in many matters of law; Alcuin and his Palatine school; and Charlemagne's own scholarly interests and achievements. He also explains the demise of the Frankish empire and the development of the Charlemagne legends and song cycle.]
The influence of the Church moulded the career of Charles as a conqueror; the same influence is equally conspicuous when we turn to his legislation. We have seen that his first capitulary was ecclesiastical in matter; when, after ten years, he again takes up the pen, the constitution and discipline of the Frankish Church are still his usual themes. More secretly and indirectly the Church affected his secular legislation; very many of his injunctions to the laity bear reference to offences against morality and the canons; others dealing with commerce, education, the administration of justice seem to be inspired by contact with Rome. Each visit to Italy was followed by important reforms in Church or State. Sometimes the King returns with artists, teachers, theologians in his train; more often...
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SOURCE: "The Charlemagne Romances" in The Romance Cycle of Charlemagne and His Peers, David Nutt, 1905, pp. 5-45.
[In the following essay Weston describes how the Arthur and Charlemagne cycles differ in their characteristics and asserts that the Charlemagne stories, while superior in content, are stylistically inferior to those about Arthur.]
"Ne sont que trois matières à nul home entendant De France, de Bretagne, et de Rome le grant."
The Middle Ages were, as we know, the ages of Romance; Romance embodied in Prose—pseudo-historic chronicles, pseudo-biographical accounts of noted heroes; in Poetry—short lais, longer poems (metrical romances as we call them), some independent, the greater number falling into groups round some one central figure, and in their entirety forming what we call cycles of Romance. To the mind of a writer of the twelfth century, whose words are quoted above (Jean Bodel, author of La Chanson des Saisnes), there were three of such cycles, and to them alone might the attention of a poet of that day be worthily directed; and of these cycles the respective centres were Charlemagne, Arthur, and Alexander.
Today this seems a somewhat inadequate method of classification, ignoring as it does the great mass of Northern tradition (Siegfried is surely a hero worthy of attention), yet it provides those who pursue the study of...
(The entire section is 9436 words.)
SOURCE: "Arthur and Charlemagne," Englische Studien, No. 36, 1906, pp. 337-69.
[In the following essay Webster compares and contrasts certain aspects of the ballad of King Arthur and King Cornwall with the Pilgrimage of Charlemagne.]
In the following sketch1, after a few suggestions toward the reconstruction of the fascinating and puzzling ballad of King Arthur and King Cornwall, I shall attempt to explain the relation of Queen Guinevere, not only to King Cornwall, but also to several other still more important personages. These are certain of those remarkable characters in Old French and Middle High German romance who dispute Arthur's right to his queen. The claimant, as a rule, makes the apparently preposterous statement that he is an accepted suitor, or even the rightful husband of Guinevere, and finally he carries her off. This person's claims, I hope to show, are much better founded than they appear to be. Then, inevitably led from the Arthur and Cornwall to the Pilgrimage of Charlemagne, I shall venture to propose what I believe to be a new explanation for that entertaining poem, namely, that it is at bottom an other-world visit, of a kind not so very unlike that in the English ballad-romance of the Turk and Gawain. This tentative article I shall consider to have accomplished its object if it serves to call the attention of more competent scholars to...
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SOURCE: "The Use of the Written Word in Charlemagne's Administration" in The Carolingians and the Frankish Monarchy: Studies in Carolingian History, translated by Janet Sondheimer, Cornell University Press, 1971, pp. 125-42.
[In the following essay, first published in French in 1951, Ganshof describes some of the types of written documents that Charlemagne caused to be used—including agendas, minutes, instructions, authorizations, circulars, mobilization orders, reports, and descriptions—in order to foster clarity and efficiency in his realm.]
It is known that the use of the written word for administrative purposes survived, in at least some parts of the territory ruled by the Frankish monarch, as a debased legacy from the Later Empire. In the formulary of Marculf, which was compiled in the Paris region during the first half of the seventh century, documents used in administrative practice are given some prominence.1 If we turn to the Lex Ribuaria, we find that it contains provisions which mention a cancellarius, who seems to have been a scribe attached to the county court and qualified to draw up charters. Some of these provisions may belong to the oldest part of the text, in which case they date from the second quarter of the seventh century; they show traces of borrowings from the Burgundian law, and through this intermediary from Roman institutions.2 It...
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SOURCE: "The World of Culture" in Charlemagne: From the Hammer to the Cross, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1954, pp. 138-55.
[In the following excerpt, Winston examines the accomplishments of two of Charlemagne's greatest scholars: Alcuin, who was charged with improving literacy and who initiated a teacher-training program, and Paul, a natural scientist and historian who wrote the History of the Lombards.]
A recent French historian has disdainfully dismissed the Carolingian revival of learning in a few words: "What possible point can there be in trying to rehabilitate this gloomy age, to glorify this abortive renaissance? Neither Charlemagne nor his companions were responsible for its failure. They were too close to their barbaric past, and were not ripe for civilization."1
Monsieur Sedillot has fallen into the trap that awaits historical tourists who pay only the briefest of visits to a past civilization and then flit on to the next point of interest. Like the American in Europe who sees only the inadequacy of local plumbing, he has judged and found wanting a culture that does not meet the standards of urban industrialism. Is it not obvious that our contemporary concern with schools of existentialism, say, or with the distinctions among capitalism, communism and socialism, will seem a thousand years hence as incomprehensible to historians of his temper as the...
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SOURCE: "Growth of a Legend" in Charlemagne: The Legend and the Man, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954, pp. 282-311.
[In the following excerpt, Lamb narrates the final months of the aged and ailing Charlemagne through his death and its aftermath, and explains how and why his legend grew even while his kingdom was being invaded.]
It came first in quiet voices from the land. A boy picked herbs for medicine in a garden close. Bending low, he drew in the fragrance of hyssop and thyme, and he thought how when he carried the herb basket to the door where the old Benedictine waited, he would add his words, although he could not make much of a poem as yet. "Such a little gift, my father, for so great a scholar—if you were sitting here in this green darkened garden, all your boys of the school would be playing here under the apple growth. All your laughing boys of the happy school. Will you, my father, who can make a book out of thoughts, prune and shape these my words so they can be a poem?"
This boy grew up to attend the school, and he did make a poem which he called About Gardening and explained that it was a very poor gift from Walafrid Strabo to the venerable abbot of St. Gall.
Then, walking by the sandy bank of the Loire, Fredugis, who had taken Alcuin's place, tried to bring back the thoughts of his master, of "the field flowers yielding herbs that...
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SOURCE: "Humor in the Chansons de Geste," Symposium Vol. XV, No. 3, Fall, 1961, pp. 185-97.
[In the following essay, Susskind explores the various types of comedy employed in the chansons de geste, considers the butts of the jokes and ridicule, and speculates that one of humor's functions was to inject some realism into the depiction of events and characters.]
The mood of the chanson de geste was never unremittingly sombre. Curtius has remarked that from late antiquity the epic, considered on a level with pleasures of the table and the performance of mimes, contained a mixture of the comic and the serious: "When the medieval Latin, the earliest French, and the earliest Spanish epic conform in this, we may conclude that a comic element had always been part of the stock of medieval epic and was not introduced by corrupt minstrels."1
To be sure, instances of humor in the Chanson de Roland are few and far between, but from this no generalization should be derived concerning the genre as a whole, for the oldest and finest of Old French epics is also decidedly atypical. Even from the point of view that most of the extant poems represent a corruption of earlier, nobler, more serious works such as the Roland, it must be admitted that the chanson de geste, as we know it, is much better exemplified by some epics of the Guillaume cycle than by that of...
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SOURCE: "Epilogue. The Heritage of Charlemagne: Legend and Reality" in The Age of Charlemagne, Elek Books Limited, 1965, pp. 201-07.
[In the following excerpt, Bullough discusses how Charlemagne's legendary status has, at times, threatened to overshadow the reality of his accomplishments.]
Sometime during the reign of the Emperor Louis—known to posterity as 'the Pious'—a monk of Bobbio, where Irish traditions died hard, wrote a Lament for the dead Charles. A solis ortu usque ad occidua Littora maris planctus pulsat pectora; Heu mihi misero 'From the rising of the sun to the shores of the sea where the sun sets breasts are beaten in lamentation; Woe is me', he began. 'Franks, Romans and all Christian folk are plunged into mourning and overwhelmed with sorrow'; 'he was the common father of all orphans, pilgrims, widows and virgins'; 'Francia which has suffered such dread misfortunes, has never borne a sorrow so great as when it committed the august eloquent Charles to earth at Aachen'; 'receive the pious Charles, O Christ, into thy holy seat with thine apostles'. The idea of a Carolingian Golden Age was already formed.
When Einhard wrote his 'Life of Charles' against whom his successors were being measured and found wanting, this age seemed long past. The quarrels within the Carolingian family had taken a serious turn; the Frankish episcopacy...
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SOURCE: "The Renaissance of Literature" in The Civilization of Charlemagne, translated by Frances Partridge, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968, pp. 118-56.
[In the following excerpt, Boussard describes the state of culture at the time Charlemagne began his reign and the educational program he ordered as a remedy. He discusses the results—evident in the Church, civil law, the writing of history and poetry, and the birth of philosophical argument.]
The end of the eighth century and the whole of the ninth saw a remarkable advance in all branches of culture, which has been described as the Carolingian Renaissance. The sovereigns took an active part in this movement, which was inspired and directed by the Church.
It was indeed a kind of renaissance, for the whole of the seventh century and the first half of the eighth had been a period of almost complete barbarism in the regnum Francorum. Of course a few scattered centres of culture still existed and remained active. Without them, and the tradition they preserved, and without certain intellectual currents whose manifestations can now and again be traced, this renaissance would have been impossible. The secrets of ancient culture were not discovered afresh, nor were literature and the arts reinvented all at once. A long period of preparation, in one or two monasteries where a few books had...
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SOURCE: An introduction to Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories, translated by Bernhard Walter Scholz with Barbara Rogers, The University of Michigan Press, 1970, pp. 1-33.
[In the following essay Scholz describes and discusses the importance of two Carolingian works: the Royal Frankish Annals (740-829), which reflects the King's interest in keeping a record for posterity, and Nithard's Histories, a mostly contemporary (840-43) and more objective history which includes an account of Charlemagne's death.]
One of the perennial obsessions of medieval authors was the suspicion that the past was superior to the present. In the preface to his Life of Charlemagne, Einhard of Seligenstadt expressed the fear that his work might offend the minds of those who despise everything modern. Yet he managed to overcome his scruples because he also knew of many "who do not consider everything done today as unworthy of mention and deserving to be given over to silence and oblivion." The vigorous government of the Carolingians and the regeneration of society in their time were indeed a great impulse to historical writing. Charles Martel, Pepin, and Charlemagne and his descendants provided great deeds for the historian. These rulers also dispensed patronage, and their reform of the Church provided a measure of literacy and learning; as a consequence, the...
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SOURCE: "In Search of the Real Theme of the Song of Roland," Romance Notes, Vol. XIV, No. 1, Autumn, 1972, pp. 179-83.
[In the following essay, Eisner contends that inconsistencies in the characterization of Charlemagne in the Song of Roland reflect the change of values which occurred between the century of Charlemagne's rule and the century in which the poet who wrote the work lived.]
The central contention of this essay is that traditional preoccupation with the origin and unity of the Song of Roland has obscured the main theme of the poem.1 The key problem to be considered is the apparent inconsistency in the portrait of Charlemagne: why is he represented as both strong and weak, authoritarian and impotent?
In the first council, which Charles calls to decide what answer should be given to Marsilion's offer of peace, he is decidedly peremptory. Shortly thereafter Roland and Oliver argue about which one of them should go as ambassador to Marsilion; the king tells them in no uncertain terms that neither they nor any others of the twelve peers will go on the mission. Nevertheless, despite his evident power, Charles demands that the council assume the responsibility of choosing an ambassador. When Roland nominates his father-in-law, Ganelon, Charles does not demur. Either he is content with the choice or he is unwilling or unable to alter it....
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SOURCE: "The Ideal Depiction of Charlemagne in La Chanson de Roland,"Viator, Vol. 7, 1976, pp. 123-39.
[In the following essay, Niles argues that Charlemagne, not Roland, is the chief hero of La Chanson de Rolandand that Charlemagne's seeming passivity actually "represents power in the pure majesty of its potentiality."]
The Charlemagne of La Chanson de Roland has seemed to many an enigmatic figure. On the one hand he is consistently praised. On the other hand he does fairly little. He seeks out the advice of his lords and accepts it when it is given. He appears to be duped by Marsile and Ganelon. For the greater part of the poem he seems little more than a figurehead, while the attention of the audience is commanded by the high drama of Ganelon's treason and Roland's death. Only once does he enter fully into action, to put Marsile to flight and to crush the army of the Saracen emir Baligant. As soon as his victory is complete he reverts to the relative inactivity which had marked his role from the beginning. The last part of the poem is dominated by the duel between Thierry and Pinable which determines Ganelon's guilt, and when we last see Charlemagne it is in a pose of anguished contemplation:1
"Deus," dist li reis, "si penuse est ma vie!" Pluret des oilz, sa barbe blanche tiret.
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SOURCE: "Narrative Interventions: The Key to the Jest of the Pèlerinage de Charlemagne" in Études de Philologie Romane et d'Histoire Littéraire, edited by Jean Marie D'Heur and Nicoletta Cherubini, Belgium, 1980, pp. 47-55.
[In the following essay, Caulkins contends that properly interpreting the Pèlerinage de Charlemagne requires understanding the interventions of the narrator and recognizing the juxtaposition of the serious and the ludicrous.]
Nothing makes the Middle Ages more lovable than its humor.
Ronald N. Walpole1
The fundamental problem is to recognize signs wherever they are.
Roland Barthes2
Seldom in the history of medieval literary criticism has there been such a divergence of opinion over a fundamental interpretation of a work as brief as the Pèlerinage de Charlemagne, which numbers less than nine hundred lines. Among the diverse categories in which it has been placed are those of "serious," (Nyrop, etc.)3, "humorous," (P. Paris, etc.)4, "Parisian in spirit," (G. Paris, etc.)5, "English at heart," (Holmes)6, "a reflection of Celtic Ireland," (Loomis7, Cross8, etc.), "a covert political...
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SOURCE: "The Character of Character in the Chansons de Geste" in The Craft of Fiction: Essays in Medieval Poetics, edited by Leigh A. Arrathoon, Solaris Press, Inc., 1984, pp. 475-98.
[In the following essay Kay investigates the interaction of character and plot in various chansons de geste, particularly in Raoul de Cambrai, and argues that neither aspect holds a simple priority over the other.]
The relationship between character and plot confronts the literary critic with a chicken and egg problem of ostrich proportions. How far can we dissociate what a literary character is from what he does, and supposing such dissociation to be operable, which is the proper, primary level of description in any text? Should we say, for instance, that Othello is a character liable to violent jealousy, and so can be set up to kill his ever-loving wife, or do we say that the killing of an unjustly suspected wife leads us to perceive her murderous husband as violently jealous? Do texts differ in this regard? As with Shakespeare plays, some chansons de geste are assigned titles featuring a principal character (Chanson de Roland, Aiol, Gaydon, Chanson de Willame), others an aspect of the action (Charroi de Nîmes, Prise d'Orange, Siège de Barbastre, Aliscans). The prologues of some, like the Couronnement de Louis, announce the matter that is to follow as centered primarily on...
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SOURCE: "The Matter of France" in English Medieval Romance, Longman Group UK Limited, 1987, pp. 89-108.
[In the following excerpt, Barron considers the relationship between the French and the English romance through the exploration of key works including the Chanson de Roland,Otuel and Roland, The Sege of Melayne, The Sowdon of Babylon, and Fierabras.]
The dual effect of the Norman Conquest in severing the Germanic roots of English culture and importing a dialect of romanz which exposed England to the cultural influence of France in the age of its ascendancy was ultimately to have profound consequences. The Matter of England romances show how slow the roots were to wither and how readily they became entwined with elements of the imported culture to produce narrative literature equally appealing to English and Anglo-Norman audiences. Not all such elements were equally assimilable: the dominant form of secular literature in the century following the Conquest, the epics of the Matter of France, might have been expected to appeal to a society whose native tradition had long included heroic poetry of a similar character, yet they are represented in English by only a handful of texts, late in date and largely unrepresentative of the genre. There is evidence that the chansons de geste were popular with the French-speaking rulers of England, where three of the earliest texts have...
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SOURCE: Introduction to The Pilgrimage of Charlemagne (Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne), edited and translated by Glyn S. Burgess, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988, pp. 1-27.
[In the following essay, Cobby discusses The Pilgrimage of Charlemagne, including arguments regarding the date of the text; difficulties in classifying the work; its artistic merit and use of humor; and its sources and influences.]
Few medieval works have given rise to as much disagreement as the Pèlerinage de Charlemagne. The difficulties begin with the question of its origin and date. The text is known from a single manuscript (Royal 16 E VIII of the British Library) which went missing on 7 June 1879 (see George F. Warner and Julius P. Gilson. Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King's Collections. 4 vols, London: British Museum, 1921, II, p. 196). The manuscript probably dates from the thirteenth century (Warner and Gilson, p. 196, Michel, p. xxii, Koschwitz, 1875-77, p. 2, I. de Riquer, p. 23), though the fourteenth has also been suggested (Koschwitz, 1907, p. i, Favati, p. 120, Picherit, 1984, p. ix).
If the date of the manuscript is relatively uncontentious, the same cannot be said for that of the text it contains. Suggestions have ranged from the late eleventh century (e.g. Koschwitz, 1875-77, p. 60) to the late thirteenth...
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SOURCE: "The Emergence of Carolingian Latin Literature and the Court of Charlemagne (780-814)" in Carolingian Culture: Emulation and Innovation, edited by Rosamond McKitterick, Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 111-40.
[In the following essay, Garrison considers factors that enabled the creation and survival of Carolingian verse. She also contrasts the perspectives of genteel coterie poetry, written by the court elite, with those of less-censured contemporary victory poems.]
Inter caenandum aut aliquod acroama aut lectorem audiebat. Legabantur ei historiae et antiquorum res gestae.1
While dining he used to listen to some entertainment or to a reader; stories and the deeds of the ancients were read to him.
If history has traditionally belonged to those who tell the stories, or leave records, then literary history has, even more problematically, been the domain of those whose tales and poetry were written down and survived. For the early Middle Ages, the implications of this fact are far-reaching. Thus we learn about the enemies of the Carolingian Empire chiefly through Carolingian historical sources; the extant Carolingian literature records the concerns and diversions of a small elite. Other types of composition (such as songs and stories in the vernacular or texts expressing the...
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Further Reading
Farrier, Susan E. The Medieval Charlemagne Legend: An Annotated Bibliography, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993, 646 p.
Divides its study into three broad groupings: The Historical Charlemagne, Between History and Legend (Medieval Biography and Chronicle), and Charlemagne Literature, and further into twenty-seven subcategories to aid scholars.
Almedingen, E. M. Charlemagne: A Study, London: The Bodley Head, 1968, 252 p.
Biography considers Frankish history, the country as Charlemagne found it, and Charlemagne's faith in God and allegiance to Christ's Church.
Cabaniss, Allen. Charlemagne. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1972, 176 p.
Biography incorporates many Latin sources.
Chamberlin, Russell. Charlemagne: Emperor of the Western World. London: Grafton Books, 1986, 245 p.
Biography in three parts: "The Cauldron of Europe," "The Road to Rome," and "Imperium."
Einhard. The Life of Charlemagne, Circa 830-33. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1960, 74 p.
Classic work is the first medieval biography of a lay figure; originally written in Latin.
Ganshof, François L. "Charlemagne," Speculum XXIV,...
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Mr. URMSTON, from the Committee thereon, returned the bill [H. R. 129--see page 89 of this volume] to appropriate certain money's [$3,953] to reimburse employes for losses sustained by the burning of that Institution several years ago, with a favorable report thereon.
The question being on concurring in the report--
Mr. VOYLES--Opposed the passage of this bill.
Mr. SPANN and Mr. VAN VORHIS thought it an equitable measure.
Mr. BROWN opposed this class of claims--proposing making the State a guarantor for losses to employes occasioned by casualty.
Mr. COMSTOCK also thought it wrong as a general thing, but in this particular instance these employes showed they regarded the trust confided to them as a sacred one; and on that ground it is proper to reward fidelity.
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The report was concurred in--yeas, 29; nays, 6.
The roll-call of the vote commenced some time ago--on the Committee report on the section concerning pool selling, legalized betting at horse races, was now completed and resulted--yeas, 13; nays, 24.
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The Nexus 5 with Android 4.4 KitKat carries on the recent tradition of top-tier specs and with impressively budget prices from Google and with the Nexus 5 it's taken that idea and supercharged it.
We've come to expect Nexus devices to be developer-only handsets that never reach the type of hype or adoption that the HTC One or Galaxy S4 would get, but that's mostly because Google doesn't advertise in the same way as its rivals and previous Nexus devices have generally not been on par with other flagship handsets in terms of build quality and performance.
When the Nexus 4 launched in late 2012, the most enticing thing was its initial £240 price point. For an unlocked device with decent hardware, it seemed like a steal. But it wasn't without some shortcomings, which led to only those looking to get a strong handset at a low, low price buying it, rather than anyone wanting top specs.
Now we're at the Nexus 5, a solid smartphone with a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 chipset and 2GB RAM, which certainly sounds market leading. It has a 2,300mAh battery and a 5-inch 1080p display while also debuting with the new version of Android - 4.4 KitKat.
You'd think it would come with a hefty price tag, but for 16GB and 32GB versions, you're only looking at £299 and £339. That's unlocked, and while it's a touch more than the original (well, a large prod more) it's still fantastic value compared to the £500 offerings from Samsung and HTC.
If you're thinking it seems too good to be true, we can't blame you. What, if any, corners did LG and Google have to cut in order to bring the price down to affordable levels?
Let's skip the boring Nexus history lesson and dive right into what matters - the Nexus 5 itself.
First, let's talk hardware design. The Nexus 5 features a 5-inch 1080p IPS display - that's 1920 x 1080, giving us 445 PPI. If you can pick out the pixels on this display, please donate your eyes to science.
The display itself is crisp, although its colours are less saturated than what you'd find on the HTC One or iPhone 5S. The Nexus 5's display doesn't get as bright as those devices, either, but it's not a big deal.
If punchy colours and contrast is your thing, the Nexus 5 might only disappoint you if you consistently compare it to other devices. Otherwise, you won't notice it over time.
Being a 5-inch display device, the phone itself is pretty large, but not entirely unwieldy. It measures 137.9 x 69.2 x 8.6 mm but because the bezel is so narrow, the device itself isn't pushed wider by its large display.
And because LG opted for plastic here, rather than a glass front and back like the Nexus 4, it's not too heavy.
Above the display, there is a round earpiece, and it gets surprisingly loud given its size. Weirdly on the white version of the phone, this is also white while the front of the phone is all black, which leads to an odd look.
To the left of that is the front-facing camera, and down below the display is an LED notifier. You don't see anything down there unless you have notifications, and the glowing light seems to come from nowhere. Magic.
The base of the Nexus 5 has a microUSB port for charging and syncing, and two grills - one housing a speaker, and the other a microphone. The top of the device has a 3.5mm headset jack and a small hole for a microphone that may act as a noise cancellation feature.
Around the edges of the device, there are ceramic volume and power buttons. The left has a flat, almost sharp-edged volume button, and the power button is to the upper right side.
Some colleagues of ours say the ceramic buttons are a nice touch, although it feels weird given the sharp edges. It's nothing that bothers us, but something we noticed.
Flip the device over, exposing its backside, and you'll see the word "Nexus" emblazoned on the soft-touch cover. There is an 8MP camera in an unusually large module (which is raised and can make the phone feel unbalanced when placed on a table), and an LED flash just beneath it.
Because it's a Nexus device, you can't remove the cover to replace the battery, and there is most certainly no microSD card slot for those of you wondering. If you buy the 32GB version, which we would recommend over the 16GB version, you shouldn't have to worry too much about internal storage.
A Nexus in the hand...
Now that you have a good idea for what the Nexus 5 looks like, let's talk about using the thing. Because it's still a 5-inch display smartphone, it will be large for many hands. We have some tall people on our staff with bigger than average hands, and stretching up to the corners with our thumbs was still a little much.
One thing we noticed immediately when picking up the device was its weight. It's very light, thanks mostly to LG's use of plastics here. It certainly doesn't have the same premium feel that the HTC One or iPhone 5S has, but it's easy to forgive because of its price point.
The soft touch back can get pretty greasy even if you wash your hands frequently, but it's easily wiped away. We tend not to get so picky with these things anymore, but we know there are folks who like their devices looking pristine.
While we're going to dive deeper into the software, we will say this: it is fast. Given its lack of rubbish apps and widgets from carriers, and perhaps buggy interfaces from manufacturers, the Nexus 5 flies.
We didn't have any real issues with software except for the occasional app crash, but that is likely more to do with apps not being fully optimized for this new version of Android.
There are two types of users looking to buy the Nexus 5: those that love the slick feel of 'naked' Android, want the latest version fast and have known about this phone for months.
There there are those that just want a great handset at a low price and have heard about 'that Nexus phone that's meant to be cheap'. No matter which camp you're in, you're likely to be impressed with this phone.
Unless you like a long-lasting battery. You'll find out more on that later.


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Prankster's Paradise is a world in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. It is based on the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio, although an area based off the sea from the film appears as a Mirage Arena match in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix[citation needed]. Originally the world was set to appear in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, but was eventually removed due to space restrictions.
Originally the world was set to appear in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, but was eventually removed due to space restrictions.
Tetsuya Nomura explained that the planned plot for the world was set in a circus and playing off the story of Pinocchio, a puppet with a heart, and the Nobodies who possess no heart, then planned for a sad episode with Roxas and Xion looking for hope for themselves. The world would have included Pinocchio, as a human, and Gepetto, as well as the villains Honest John and Gideon from the original film. The profile sprites for the characters still appear within the final game's data.
Most of the setting for Prankster's Paradise in Dream Drop Distance is in Pleasure Island, with areas such as the circus and the windup way seen. Other parts of the world takes place in the Ocean Floor and inside Monstro the Whale.
In Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix, the battle against Monstro takes place in an area known as the Star Ocean.
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix
Terra, Aqua and Ventus battle Monstro in a digital representation of the world in the Monster of the Deep battle of the Mirage Arena.[citation needed]
Between Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts
Prior to the events of Kingdom Hearts, Prankster's Paradise was destroyed by the Heartless. During the chaos of the destruction of their world, Geppetto, Pinocchio, and Jiminy Cricket were separated, each landing in a different world; Gepetto was swallowed by Monstro (who managed to survive the destruction of their world but ended up wandering the gummi routes between Agrabah, Atlantica and Halloween Town.), Pinocchio washed up in Traverse Town, and Jiminy Cricket wound up at Disney Castle. When Sora and King Mickey seal the door to Kingdom Hearts, the world is restored with Pinocchio and Gepetto returning, except Jiminy Cricket, who is currently with Sora.
Though it was restored, Prankster's Paradise remained in a deep sleep instead of returning to the Realm of Light, plagued by Nightmare Dream Eaters.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Sora's Side
Sora arrives in an amusement park and finds Jiminy contemplating on what to do. Remembering Yen Sid mentioning that the worlds are asleep and that he is experiencing their dreams - the reason for duplicate of those not there anymore - Sora puts aside the fact they've met and listens to Jiminy's tale. Pinocchio is missing; a stranger in a black coat instructed the puppet to play with Sora. However, that's not the real problem; if boys misbehave for too long here, they turn into "jackamules". Learning this, Sora decides to look for Pinocchio before Pleasure Island's magic turned the poor puppet into a donkey.
However, their process is hindered by several Dream Eaters disgused (rather poorly) as Pinocchio. Finding a partially transformed Pinocchio in the top tent, Sora held Dream Eaters at bay to prevent them from harming his friends while they headed home. Finishing his battle, Sora is shocked to see Xemnas and Young Xehanort once again. Xemnas comments on the absurdity of a puppet like Pinnochio having a heart until Sora points out that Nobodies are different than Pinocchio. Xemnas acknowledges this, but comments that Sora himself is also like a Nobody despite being whole.
Perplexed by his foe's parting words, Sora leaves the tent, only to be told by the Blue Fairy that Pinocchio and Jiminy went in search of Geppetto, who was swallowed by Monstro the whale. Sora follows the duo into the ocean, where they are eaten by Monstro. Trying to save them, Sora battles a Dream Eater that freezes Monstro solid. Defeating the monster, Sora is sent flying by Monstro's sneeze after the whale eats the Dream Eater.
Sora eventually finds himself on a beach and looks back in the far distance of the ocean. He assumes that the world eventually gets dragged into darkness not long after Monstro swallowed everyone, he also recalls how they soon escaped and ended up in Traverse Town, and say's that this world would never be right again untill it awakes from it's slumber. Sora then spots a Keyhole and seals it, ending his story.
Riku's Side
Riku arrives in Monstro and agrees to find Pinocchio for Geppetto; Jiminy accompanies him because he serves as Pinocchio's consceince. After searching the insides of the whale once more, Riku sees a hooded man walking with Pinnochio soon and demands his return. Demanding to know the identity of the stranger, Riku is shocked to see that it is a double of himself and contemplates on how his "Dark Side" has followed him in many forms, ranging from Ansem himself to the replica created by Vexen.
A tremor in Monstro causes Riku to leave Pinocchio and Jiminy behind. He comes face to face with the Dream Eater that was fighting Sora, only now it's reversed its elemental powers. Defeating it, Riku travels back to Monstro's mouth, realizing that Prankster's Paradise cannot move forward in time until it awakens from Darkness, unlocking a Keyhole.
Name | Journal Entry | |
Pinocchio (ピノキオ Pinokio?) | A wooden puppet Geppetto made. The Blue Fairy breathed life into him and appointed Jiminy his conscience. Pinocchio's nose grows every time he lies. But he is trying to be good so he can become a real boy. | |
Jiminy Cricket (ジミニー・クリケット Jiminī Kuriketto?) | A faithful friend whom the Blue Fairy has appointed Pinocchio's conscience. | |
Geppetto (ゼペット Zepetto?) | Pinocchio's father. He went out to sea to find his son but was swallowed, boat and all, by Monstro the whale. Inside Monstro he was reunited with Pinocchio, and they all made it out safely. | |
Blue Fairy (ブルーフェアリ Burū Fearī?) | The fairy who gave life to Pinocchio and apointed Jiminy his conscience. | |
Monstro (モンストロ Monsutoro?) | A giant whale who lives at the bottom of the sea. His mouth is so huge he can swallow up anything. |
Dream Eater
Characters |
Party Members |
Sora | Riku |
Main Villains |
Young Xehanort | Master Xehanort | Xemnas | Ansem, Seeker of Darkness | Braig | Isa | Maleficent | Pete | Claude Frollo | CLU | Rinzler |
Non-Playable Characters |
Kairi | Mickey Mouse | Lea | Yen Sid | Donald Duck | Goofy | Jiminy Cricket | Quasimodo | Esmeralda | Phoebus | Laverne, Victor, and Hugo | Pinocchio | Geppetto | Blue Fairy | Princess Minnie | Beagle Boys | Julius | Ursula | Monstro | Chernabog | Neku Sakuraba | Joshua | Beat | Shiki | Rhyme | Sam Flynn | Quorra | Kevin Flynn | Even | Ienzo | Aeleus | Roxas | Xion | Vanitas | Naminé | Xehanort |
Locations |
Worlds |
Destiny Islands | Traverse Town | La Cité des Cloches | The Grid | Prankster's Paradise | Country of the Musketeers | Symphony of Sorcery | Radiant Garden | The World That Never Was | Realm of Darkness | Dive to the Heart | Disney Castle | Keyblade Graveyard | Mysterious Tower |
Places |
Castle That Never Was | Sleeping Worlds |
Terms |
Dream Eater | Keyhole of Sleep | Keyblade War | Mark of Mastery | True Organization XIII | Another Guardian of Light |
Music |
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack | Simple and Clean | Sanctuary |
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts |
Dive to the Heart | Destiny Islands | Disney Town/Disney Castle | Traverse Town | Wonderland | Olympus Coliseum | Deep Jungle | Agrabah | Monstro | Atlantica | Halloween Town | Neverland | Radiant Garden/Hollow Bastion | 100 Acre Wood | End of the World | Kingdom Hearts | Realm of Darkness |
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories |
Land of Departure/Castle Oblivion | Twilight Town |
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts II |
Simulated Twilight Town | Mysterious Tower | The Land of Dragons | Beast's Castle | Underworld | Timeless River | Port Royal | Christmas Town | Pride Lands | Space Paranoids | The World That Never Was | Keyblade Graveyard |
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep |
Enchanted Dominion | Dwarf Woodlands | Castle of Dreams | Deep Space | Mirage Arena |
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts coded |
Datascape |
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts 3D |
La Cité des Cloches | The Grid | Prankster's Paradise | Country of the Musketeers | Symphony of Sorcery |
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts χ [chi] |
Daybreak Town |


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It is odd that the centenaries of two very different British national tragedies occur within just over a fortnight of each other. Spring 1912 must have seemed like a time of sadness to many – even if, looking back, we know now that it was the calm before a storm that would bring tragedy on a far greater scale.
Last week marked the centenary of the deaths of Captain Scott and his party on their return from the South Pole. Next week sees the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic with the loss of 1,514 lives.
At first glance, these two famous events seem to have little in common apart from their timing. The Scott expedition is traditionally seen as a classic example of brave men giving their lives in a dangerous endeavour, while the Titanic disaster is usually portrayed as a case study in arrogance and stupidity. What they have in common is that they both illustrate two great contradictory truths that apply to all enterprises – including businesses.
The first great lesson is that one can never be too prepared. Contrary to recent attempts at revisionism, Scott was meticulous in his preparations, but if he had stocked his supply depots below the Beardmore Glacier with just a bit more food and oil – evaporation was worse than anyone had foreseen – he would probably have survived. If the Titanic had more lifeboats, her sinking might have led to little loss of life, because it was a calm night and those in the lifeboats were picked up safely soon after. Perhaps she might not have hit the iceberg in the first place if someone had known where the binoculars for the lookouts were kept – they were in fact in the locker of an officer who had left the ship. Some dispute whether the binoculars would have made that much difference, but the point is still valid that the difference between triumph and disaster can come down to tiny details like that.
Yet, no matter how prepared one may be, and no matter how detailed those preparations, there will always be factors one cannot foresee or control. This is the second great truth. One can and should minimise risk, but one can never eliminate it completely. Scott was not to know that 1912 was a year of unusually harsh weather conditions in the Antarctic: almost any other year and his calculations would have been vindicated. At the same time, Captain Smith of the Titanic was a victim of the opposite effect on the other side of the world, as a relatively mild Arctic winter melted the ice and brought more big bergs than usual south into the main shipping lanes.
People who miss the point might still criticise Smith for going too fast and Scott for risking his men on such knife-edge calculations. Ocean liners are built to go fast and polar exploration is, by its very nature, a dangerous activity. If their critics had their way, both Captains would have stayed safely at home – and their homes would have been caves, because there would have been no human progress without men prepared to take risks.
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"Christina," said Mr. McMc after taking the first bite of the dessert I'd lovingly served up on Christmas Day. "Just how much Baileys in this ice cream?" "Oh, just 250ml," I said nonchalantly. "Why, is that a problem?" It turns out that I had put half a pint of rich, creamy booze in my frozen treat. As you do. Well, after all, it *was* Christmas.
I'll level with you. This is not the type of ice cream which you should think about making and consuming if you're planning on dieting next year. It contains two different types of chocolate, crunchy smokey-sweet pecans coated in a mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon and smoked paprika, and enough Baileys to fell a horse. Rich, boozy and decadent, it's a fairly ridiculous concoction devised after one too many sherries in the run-up to the festive season. It's also my entry for December's booze-themed Bloggers Scream for Ice Cream challenge – a delicious last gasp of Christmas indulgence.
In some ways, this ice cream is the perfect emblem of my year of excess. After all, 2012 was the year I got married, turned 30, visited Berlin and New York and somehow only managed to lose my shit about all of this three times along the way (a perfect example of this being the Monday before my wedding where I ran laps around the outside of my office in a vain attempt to calm myself down.) While I wouldn't change any of these experiences for the world, there's a part of me that would like my 2013 to be slightly more sedate. I'm a firm believer in New Year's Resolutions (although most of them tend to be broken by 6th January), and my ones for the next year mainly involve building upon the happiness and wonderful experiences which I was so lucky to have last year. If 2013 is even half as great as 2012, I'll be a very happy person indeed.
But for now, enough self indulgence. There's still ten hours left of 2012, and there's baths to be had and booze to drink. For now, I wish you all a very happy New Year. Here's to 2013 and whatever excitement and new experiences it holds.
For the Chocolate-Baileys ice cream (based loosely on David Lebovitz's recipe for Chocolate ice cream in The Perfect Scoop)
You will need:
- 500ml double cream
- 150g high quality dark chocolate, chopped into small chunks
- 150g high quality milk chocolate, chopped into small chunks
- 250ml Baileys (If you're not a raging boozehound like me, feel free to reduce this to 200ml)
- 150g granulated white sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the spiced pecans (recipe based loosely on this one from Smitten Kitchen)
- 20g Muscovado sugar
- 60g white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 150g pecans
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon water
Make It!
- First, place the bowl of your ice cream maker in the freezer and chill for 24 hours. (I know this sounds obvious, but you wouldn't believe how many times I've forgotten to do this and wept for all the delicious ice cream I could have made).
- While your bowl is chilling, make your custard. Warm 250ml of the double cream and the chopped dark chocolate together in a medium saucepan, whisking thoroughly to ensure that the two are thoroughly blended together. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 seconds, whisking constantly. Remove from the heat and add the chopped milk chocolate, stirring rapidly until the mixture turns smooth and glossy. Then stir in the remaining 250ml of cream. Pour the mixture into a large bowl, scraping the saucepan as thoroughly as possible, and set a large sieve on top of the bowl.
- Warm the Baileys, sugar, and salt in the same saucepan. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks until they turn light and fluffy. Slowly pour the warm Baileys mixture into the egg yolks, whisking constantly, then scrape the warmed egg yolks back into the saucepan.
- Stir the mixture constantly over a medium heat with a heatproof spatula, scraping the bottom while you stir so the mixture doesn't stick. The custard is ready once it has thickened and coats the spatula. Pour the custard through the sieve and stir it into the chocolate mixture until it turns smooth, then stir in the vanilla. Cover the bowl with a piece of greaseproof paper and leave it to cool for half an hour – this will prevent a skin forming. Them, pop it in the fridge overnight until it's ready to churn.
- To make the spiced pecans: While your custard is chilling, make your spiced pecans. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees/gas mark 6. Mix sugars, salt, cayenne, and cinnamon, making sure there are no lumps; set aside. Beat egg white and water until frothy but not stiff. Add the pecans, and stir to coat evenly.
- Sprinkle your nuts with the sugar mixture, and toss until evenly coated. Spread sugared nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet which has been covered with baking paper. Bake your pecans for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the oven, and separate nuts as they cool. When completely cool, pour the nuts into a bowl, breaking up any that stick together.
- Once you're ready to make your ice cream, add the spiced pecans to the chocolate-baileys custard (the custard will be quite thick), and churn it according to your ice cream maker's instructions.
- Serve either on its own, or with a simple cake – this Almond & Cinnamon Cake from BBC Food complements it nicely.


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bluesnowcone2000 wrote:iv now stated doing weights to build upper body strength.
dougirwin13 wrote:Noone has mentionned Yoga yet.
Seems to be practiced by a disproportionate number of quality surfers.
Stone Fox wrote:[quote="CheeZee]anyone feel like writing me up a realistic diet ?! .. that would be most usefull !!
Just lower your carb intake. (i.e bread, potatoes, pasta etc) DON'T cut it out completely, like those Atkin's fools your body needs carbs. (Hence people following Atkins religeously, dying)
It's the carbs that add the weight.
SDCali wrote:bluesnowcone2000 wrote:iv now stated doing weights to build upper body strength.
I would suggest using machine based weights rather than free weights, as bad form can cause injuries, and can be avoided using machines. You are probably at a good age to start, but like the others said: low weight, high reps.
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