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  Sherlock Holmes Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
However Holmes is not at all a stuffy strait-laced Victorian gentleman; in fact, he describes himself and his habits as "Bohemian".
Holmes is also particularly good at gathering evidence by observation, as well locating and tracking the movements of criminals through the streets of London and environs (in order to produce more evidence)—skills that have little to do with deduction per se, but everything to do with providing the premises for particular Holmesian deductions.
Holmes fans refer to the period from 1891 to 1894—the time between Holmes's disappearance and presumed death in "The Final Problem" and his reappearance in "The Adventure of the Empty House"—as "the Hiatus".
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/s/sh/sherlock_holmes.html   (4254 words)

  
 Ugarte & HerrBearen Robert Holmes Interview
Robert: My musical education in terms of theory happened mostly in high school and college, and to be honest, I had probably lost or ignored a lot of what I had learned, by the time I got into doing games.
Robert: GK1 was a kick to write for, because no one had ever done a game in that overall creative style (a nod to Jane's genius), it was new territory and very ripe in terms of texture and drama.
Robert: I think I touched on this, but again all the Sierra guys I had the good fortune to know and work with were unbelievably talented, and probably don't get enough credit for blazing many of the trails that gamers take for granted in terms of how music and sound are done in today's games.
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 Robert Holmes - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Robert Holmes (born 1928, Hertfordshire, England; died May 24 1986) was a British television scriptwriter, who for over twenty-five years contributed to some of the most popular programmes screened in the UK.
Holmes wrote two stories for the season, but after its broadcast in 1978 he did not return to the show for some six years.
Other programmes Holmes worked on in the late seventies and early eighties included the police series Juliet Bravo and an adaptation of the science-fiction novel Child of the Voydoni, which was screened as The Nightmare Man in 1981.
www.music.us /education/R/Robert-Holmes.htm   (1526 words)

  
 league.eg - Sherlock Holmes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Holmes is famous for his prowess at using logic and astute observation to solve cases.
The instances in which Holmes uses deduction tend to be those where he has amassed a large body of evidence, produced a number of possible explanations of that evidence, and then proceeds to find one explanation that is clearly the best at explaining the evidence.
Holmes' success at his brand of deduction, therefore, is due to his mastery of both a huge body of particular knowledge of things like footprints, cigar ashes, and poisons, which he uses to make relatively simple deductive inferences, and the fine art of ordering and weighing different competing explanations of a body of evidence.
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 More Info on sherlock holmes - - sherlock homes - - sherlock holms
Sherlock Holmes described himself as a "consulting detective", an expert who is brought into cases that have proven too difficult for other (typically official) investigators; we are told that he is on many an occasion able to solve a problem without leaving his home.
However, Holmes is not at all a stuffy strait-laced Victorian gentleman; in fact, he describes himself and his habits as "Bohemian." He may suffer from bipolar disorder, alternating between days or weeks of listless lassitude and similar periods of intense engagement with a challenging case or with his hobby, experimental chemistry: "extreme exactness and astuteness...
Readers of the Sherlock Holmes stories have often been surprised to discover that their author, Conan Doyle, was a fervent believer in paranormal phenomena, and that the logical, sceptical character of Holmes was in opposition to his own in many ways.
www.usgovernetics.com /Sev-to-Ska/sherlock_holmes.php   (7091 words)

  
 Robert Holmes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Holmes (astronomer), American amateur astronomer, operator of Antares Observatory in Charleston, Illinois, discoverer of several supernovae including SN 2006bg
Robert Holmes (musician), guitarist for the band 'Til Tuesday
Robert Holmes (American football player), running back for the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Oilers
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Holmes   (125 words)

  
 The music and the mystery of Robert Holmes - Feature - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive ...
Despite his demanding commitments, Holmes had found time to be interviewed by me, talking about his experience of music in games, the impact of changes in technology today, the role of music in films, the possibility of another sequel to Gabriel Knight, and other future projects.
Holmes was faced with a remarkable challenge in the second game in the series, where the plot required him to write portions of a ‘lost’ Wagnerian opera.
Holmes was enthusiastic about the innovations and changes that affect music in interactive media today, which he said would ‘absolutely’ affect the sort of music he would create for a game now.
www.adventureclassicgaming.com /index.php/site/features/226   (2857 words)

  
 Sherlock Holmes - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Elsewhere Holmes himself mentions that he has "some knowledge" of baritsu, "the Japanese system of wrestling", by means of which he escaped the death-grip of his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty (who, however, figures in only two of the stories, despite his later reputation).
That Holmes should have called this deduction is entirely plausible, however; in several stories, Holmes is said not to have known anything at all of philosophy, although he quotes Thomas Carlyle.
Readers of the Sherlock Holmes stories have often been surprised to discover that their author, Conan Doyle, was a fervent believer in paranormal phenomena, and that the logical, skeptical character of Holmes was in opposition to his own in many ways.
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 Interview with Robert Holmes - Inspector Parker & GK Composer Interview: Just Adventure - Reviews Walkthroughs and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Holmes’ work on Inspector Parker, an online game that is available at Just Adventure’s Game Portal.   A hastily arranged dinner meeting in New York between myself, Robert Holmes and his wife Jane Jensen was postponed due to inclement weather, but he was kind enough to later respond via email — Randy Sluganski
Robert Holmes was another talented musician whom Sierra was lucky to have hired.  His musical scores for the Gabriel Knight series helped establish the games as some of the most acclaimed adventure games ever made.
This interview would not be possible without the help of fellow GK fan Robert "The Bear" Beatty.  Special thanks go to him for contacting Robert Holmes about doing this interview and contributing questions to this interview.
www.justadventure.com /Interviews/RobertHolmes/RobertHolmes.shtm   (4575 words)

  
 A Brief History Of Time (Travel): The Talons Of Weng-Chiang
Robert Banks Stewart had written the first and last stories of Season Thirteen, and was approached by the Doctor Who production office to pen the finale for Season Fourteen as well.
Soon afterward, Holmes left the UK with his wife on a rare vacation, believing the season was essentially in the bag.
Holmes intentionally set many of his exterior scenes at night, to take full advantage of the short winter days.
www.shannonsullivan.com /drwho/serials/4s.html   (1200 words)

  
 A Brief History Of Time (Travel): The Five Doctors
Holmes, always preferring to create new characters, was unhappy with the idea of having to include so many previously-established players, and felt himself unsuited to the task at hand.
Holmes' version progressed throughout August and September, with Holmes going so far as to write the first twenty minutes of his script.
For postproduction, composer Peter Howell devised a special version of the end titles music combining the original theme with the updated Eighties arrangement he had devised.
www.shannonsullivan.com /drwho/serials/6k.html   (3558 words)

  
 Robert Did You Mean robert?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The name Robert means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod (fame) and beraht (bright).
Robert of Winchelsea, theologian and opponent of both Edward I and Edward II of England
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess Of, Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, Baron Cecil of Essendon Salisbury
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 Great Performances: Cats - Behind the Scenes
His father was a failed composer but distinguished musician, his mother a dedicated and socially eccentric teacher, his brother, Julian, a future star of the world classical music stage as a virtuoso cellist.
The famous chandelier came crashing down, but the most memorable moments were musical: the Phantom abducts Christine to his lair and invades her soul with the corrupting poison of the music of the night.
The composer's volatile, creative temperament was reflected not only in his personal life -- the helter skelter relationship with Sarah Brightman was eventually exchanged for the stabilizing marriage with Madeleine Gurdon, a renowned horse-rider -- but also in his business affairs.
www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/cats/html/behind.html   (1200 words)

  
 History of the Ball State Univer
While it is not well documented, it would seem the first band at Ball State Teachers College was organized in the 1930's under the leadership of Claude E. Palmer, who conducted all the existing musical organizations at that time, during his tenure from 1926 to 1945 as head of the music department.
In 1945, Ball State President John R. Emens selected Robert Hargreaves to guide the destiny of music at Ball State Teachers College, and one of Hargreave's many responsibilities was to direct the existing band.
Almost all of the marching band's pregame show consists of songs that were written or arranged by Ball State music alumni or faculty staff arrangers who have contributed these special arrangements to the band program as a means of helping to develop the musical traditions that serve as an important part of any university's history.
web.bsu.edu /cfa/music/bands/history.htm   (1401 words)

  
 Articles index started with ro
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Robert Bourassa's speech on the end of the Meech Lake Accord
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
www.kiwipedia.com /ro-index.html   (53 words)

  
 Gray Matter - Jane Jensen - 3D Realms Forums
He's a sort of the Sherlock Holmes of neurobiology, investigating phantom limbs, people who were born blind but use a kind of radar vision, and other examples of extraordinary human potential.
If all goes well, Robert Holmes, composer and husband of Jensen, will likely provide the music for Gray Matter.
Robert Holmes, the man who did the music for GK and Jane's husband, is going to be working on Gray Matter's score.
forums.3drealms.com /vb/showthread.php?p=389843   (2440 words)

  
 Slightlydark.com Forums - Top ten game music composers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
I was wondering who you think the top 10 vgmusic composers would be.
Actually I really wanted to put up Ryo Yonemitsu but he's not really a composer but an arranger firstmost (as far as I know he only composed Ys III...even that Im not 100% sure of).
Might not be the most exotic composer out there but no ordinary man can create music for Zelda: Link To The Past.
www.slightlydark.com /forums/showthread.php?t=2790   (710 words)

  
 BEAR to do thing Different!
Music score written by Robert Holmes, Jane's husband and composer of the musical scores to the GK series.
You can find the interview of Robert Holmes, with the queries submitted by Ugarte and myself.
Also, as of October 7, 2005, my son, Eric Beatty (username "BEARIC", age 15) was diagnosed with having Leukemia/T-cell ALL and has been undergoing intensive chemotherapy since the 7th.
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 The Adrenaline Vault - Featured Article - Good to the Last Note
Tracing the Evolution of Computer ...
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There are various websites devoted to SID music and composers, and people can download a special SID player or WinAmp plug-in emulating the C64's chip so PC users can listen to thousands of collected tunes.
With the rise of the C64, suddenly computer game music was deemed possible and desirable, and the personal computer industry knew that they would need to raise the bar for sound and music in their new products in order to compete.
Scores by composers Clint Bajakian, Michael Land, and Peter McConnell were some of the most memorable examples of computer game music of the time.
www.avault.com /articles/print_article.asp?name=lastnote   (2975 words)

  
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The period of influence by a particular script editor (Whitaker, Bryant, Dicks and Holmes especially) tend to be better indicators of script quality than looking at who was either producer or actor.
The politics of Voga are not really worth mentioning, as Holmes gives, for once, little depth, drama or humour in his creation of the overempathised "Planet of Gold." Or should we say, he fails to add much to Davis' terrible script.
Unfortunately, Robert Holmes turns in a somewhat lacklustre and uninspiring script, resulting in an equally lacklustre tale.
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 The Adventures of Shirley Holmes: Season 1
Shirley Holmes is the Great-grand-niece of the famous Sherlock Holmes.
After a bomb has exploded and killed her husband, pop singer Leah Farrell calls her friend Robert Holmes.
Ambiguous situations let Shirley and the press believe in a relationship between the star and the diplomat.
www.fortunecity.com /lavendar/pulpfiction/99/sh_s1.html   (1268 words)

  
 CD Baby: MARCUS WILLIAMS AND LISA GRANT DUGUID: Retro Blue
They have appeared on their own television special and their CDs have been heard on selected radio stations in the Washington, D.C. and New York City metropolitan areas, and as far away as on KRAJ Radio in the Ukraine.
He has composed, arranged, and performed for documentary videos and radio commercials.
They played together in a number of groups as well as in the newly formed Orchestrated Crowd, a jazz orchestra affiliated with Fisk University under the direction of the late Robert Holmes, a well regarded Nashville studio arranger, composer, producer, educator, and musician.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/marcuslisa   (830 words)

  
 QUEST STUDIOS - Sierra Soundtrack Series
Composer, Quest For Glory 4, Robin Hood, etc.
Thanks so much for helping to keep the hard work of the many fine Sierra Composers alive and out there!"
There are a lot of composers here at Sierra that really appreciate that."
www.queststudios.com /quest/endorse.html   (277 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Ceremony Of Carols: Music: Gordon Jones,Benjamin Britten,Robert Jones [countertenor],Sioned Williams,James ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
~ Gordon Jones (Bass), Benjamin Britten (Composer), Robert Jones [countertenor] (Counter Tenor), Sioned Williams (Harp), James O'Donnell (Organ), et al.
A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: That Yonge Child - Robert Ogden
A Hymn To The Virgin - Francis Shepherd/Robert Jones/Simon Davies
www.amazon.ca /Ceremony-Carols-Gordon-Jones/dp/B000002ZJC   (534 words)

  
 The Gabriel Knight 4 Campaign - Why Computer Games Are Not Just For Children
NEW Interview article: The music and the mystery of Robert Holmes by Ingrid Heyn, published by Adventure Classic Gaming.
Based on interview with Robert Holmes (composer of the Gabriel Knight music) on 26th June 2006.
NEW August 2006: review of Gabriel Knight 3 by Thaumaturge, and Gabriel Knight article by Ingrid Heyn in Adventure Lantern.
www.gabrielknight4campaign.com /fr_maturecomputergames.php   (916 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Britten: A Ceremony of Carols: Music: Gordon Jones,Benjamin Britten,Robert Jones [countertenor],Sioned ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A Festival Of Carols / Robert Shaw Chorale ~ Robert Shaw
A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High ~ Charles Sprawls
Essential CD's Composed by Benjamin Britten: A list by Jason E Verlinde
www.amazon.com /Britten-Ceremony-Carols-Gordon-Jones/dp/B000002ZJC   (1186 words)

  
 JB Weissman Flute Company - About Jeff Weissman, David Samperi, Elizabeth Ruppe, Robert Holms
Jeff is a true-blue New Yorker, born in the Bronx and raised in Queens.
Robert is Creative Director and President of Sound and Light Productions and hails from Harlem, New York.
Today, many of the world's most prominent classical and jazz flute players choose to play on Weissman/McKenna piccolos and headjoints.
www.jbwflutes.com /about.asp   (1548 words)

  
 Boyd Holmes composer musician guitarist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
"Perfect Symmetry" by Boyd Holmes '06 Every now and then, Ideas coalesce.
It's the shape of space, With the hint of grace.
Copying, reproduction, and broadcasting prohibited without proper authorization
www.boydholmes.com /boyd_holmes4.htm   (30 words)

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