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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

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#I hope they feel like Italian today

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Here's THE masterpost of free and full adaptations, by which I mean that it's a post made by the master.

Anthony and Cleopatra: here's the BBC version, here's a 2017 version.

As you like it: you'll find here an outdoor stage adaptation and here the BBC version. Here's Kenneth Brannagh's 2006 one.

Coriolanus: Here's a college play, here's the 1984 telefilm, here's the 2014 one with tom hiddleston. Here's the Ralph Fiennes 2011 one.

Cymbelline: Here's the 2014 one.

Hamlet: the 1948 Laurence Olivier one is here. The 1964 russian version is here and the 1964 american version is here. The 1964 Broadway production is here, the 1969 Williamson-Parfitt-Hopkins one is there, and the 1980 version is here. Here are part 1 and 2 of the 1990 BBC adaptation, the Kenneth Branagh 1996 Hamlet is here, the 2000 Ethan Hawke one is here. 2009 Tennant's here. And have the 2018 Almeida version here. On a sidenote, here's A Midwinter's Tale, about a man trying to make Hamlet.

Henry IV: part 1 and part 2 of the BBC 1989 version. And here's part 1 of a corwall school version.

Henry V: Laurence Olivier (who would have guessed) 1944 version. The 1989 Branagh version here. The BBC version is here.

Julius Caesar: here's the 1979 BBC adaptation, here the 1970 John Gielgud one. A theater Live from the late 2010's here.

King Lear: Laurence Olivier once again plays in here. And Gregory Kozintsev, who was I think in charge of the russian hamlet, has a king lear here. The 1975 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here. The 1974 version with James Earl Jones is here. The 1953 Orson Wells one is here.

Macbeth: Here's the 1948 one, there the 1955 Joe McBeth. Here's the 1961 one with Sean Connery, and the 1966 BBC version is here. The 1969 radio one with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is here, here's the 1971 by Roman Polanski, with spanish subtitles. The 1988 BBC one with portugese subtitles, and here the 2001 one). Here's Scotland, PA, the 2001 modern retelling. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here. Rave Macbeth for anyone interested is here. And 2017 brings you this.

Measure for Measure: BBC version here. Hugo Weaving here.

The Merchant of Venice: here's a stage version, here's the 1980 movie, here the 1973 Lawrence Olivier movie, here's the 2004 movie with Al Pacino. The 2001 movie is here.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: the Royal Shakespeare Compagny gives you this movie.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: have this sponsored by the City of Columbia, and here the BBC version. Have the 1986 Duncan-Jennings version here. 2019 Live Theater version? Have it here!

Much Ado About Nothing: Here is the kenneth branagh version and here the Tennant and Tate 2011 version. Here's the 1984 version.

Othello: A Massachussets Performance here, the 2001 movie her is the Orson Wells movie with portuguese subtitles theree, and a fifteen minutes long lego adaptation here. THen if you want more good ole reliable you've got the BBC version here and there.

Richard II: here is the BBC version. If you want a more meta approach, here's the commentary for the Tennant version. 1997 one here.

Richard III: here's the 1955 one with Laurence Olivier. The 1995 one with Ian McKellen is no longer available at the previous link but I found it HERE.

Romeo and Juliet: here's the 1988 BBC version. Here's a stage production. 1954 brings you this. The french musical with english subtitles is here!

The Taming of the Shrew: the 1980 BBC version here and the 1988 one is here, sorry for the prior confusion. The 1929 version here, some Ontario stuff here, and here is the 1967 one with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. This one I'm not quite sure what it is or when it's from, it's a modern retelling.

The Tempest: the 1979 one is here, the 2010 is here. Here is the 1988 one. Theater Live did a show of it in the late 2010's too.

Timon of Athens: here is the 1981 movie with Jonathan Pryce,

Troilus and Cressida can be found here

Titus Andronicus: the 1999 movie with Anthony Hopkins here

Twelfth night: here for the BBC, here for the 1970 version with Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright and Ralph Richardson.

Two Gentlemen of Verona: have the 2018 one here.

The Winter's Tale: the BBC version is here

Please do contribute if you find more. This is far from exhaustive.

(also look up the original post from time to time for more plays)

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We FINALLY know the sister

It IS Eileithyia goddess of childbirth, child of Hera and Zeus

none of this confirms if she is the missing fertility goddess or anything, but im glad that reference from so long ago actually came up :D

Okay, why has no one asked…

WHO IS THE SISTER???

Keep reading

#lore olympus #zeus #Persephone #webtoon

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#its like a #whrrrrrrr #but goes up in the end #like questions do

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Reblog for bigger sample size!

#TAILS FROM EARTHSEA #I WAS LIKE FIVE #AND THAT MOTHER FUCKER CHOAKED OUT A LITTLE GIRL WITH HIS FUCKIN BUBBLE ARMS #we screamed so loud from the back seat of the car my mom temporarily banned ghibli films

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Okay, why has no one asked...

WHO IS THE SISTER???

IS IT HER?????

oR IS THAT aTHENA???

I saw one theory that maybe this new grey fertility goddess is Ilithyia /  Eileithyia (Zeus and Hera’s kid, Goddess of Childbirth) but i’d think it be kinda awesome if this was Athena cause I just love Athena and want more of here in the story. 

But also, WHO THE HELL IS THIS LAZY SISTER MENTIONED IN EPISODE FUCKING 30 AND THEN NEVER AGAIN??????

I don’t think this sister is Athena cause she would be living with Hestia, right? And idk if she’d be classified as lazy so..... god pls i need to know ive been thinking about this since i first read that episode

#lore olympus #webtoon #theory #persephone #hades #athena

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Random mansion generator

The Procgen Mansion Generator produces large three-dee dwellings to toy with your imagination, offering various architectural styles and other options. Each mansion even comes with floorplans:

https://boingboing.net/2019/07/12/random-mansion-generator.html

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ep. 75 vs ep. 205

#Lore Olympus #Persephone #hades #webtoon

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Persephone & Past Fertility Goddesses

I just noticed that Persephone has something that connects her to all the past fertility goddesses. 

she obviously looks the most similar to Rhea in her hair and coloration. 

But then in her true form, she has wings like Metis

And the leaves that appear in her hair and the green coloration on her hands are reminiscent of Gaia

With all these details, it feels like Persephone isn’t just another goddess in the long line of fertility goddesses destined to be used by someone else. Instead, its like she has a piece of each one that came before her, that she is their collective strength. And so she will be the one to break the cycle. 

#lore olympus #persephone #kore #gaia #metis #rhea #just a theory

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RATLD Cities + Symbolism

Okay, so I finally got around to watching raya and the last dragon and someone’s probably already written about this, but I just want to geek about my favorite part of the movie: the urban planning. Not that the actual movie was bad, I’m just a nerd. 

Also, I dont know a lot about Southeast Asian architecture and how that would influence the urban planning, i just want to note a few general things that i noticed. Also, I’m only going to be looking at Heart and Fang in this post cause those have the most nuance and are narrative foils to each other. 

First off: Heart. Its “capital” city is on an island that formed NATURALLY over time. Its completely surrounded by water, and is naturally the most well protected place from the druun. This feature is probably why the island of Heart was the place for the last stand of the dragons five hundred years before the start of the movie. 

But what's interesting is how Heart developed over time as it became a kingdom, how the people who lived there changed it. Specifically, the iconic bridge. Heart seeks connection with the other kingdoms, it reaches out towards them instead of isolating itself. They have the orb, they have the naturally most protected landmass out of all the kingdoms, they could have stayed isolated among themselves to keep safe. Instead, they go out of their way to reach out, create connection. 

Then, there's Fang. What's interesting is Fang was originally a peninsula, still mainly protected by water, but attached to the mainland. But the people of Fang go out of their way to build a Canal. 

They strive for the same amount of success and prosperity that Heart naturally has, and they believe to reach that means to protect themselves, isolate themselves, tear themselves away from the rest of the kingdoms that so easily turned on them.  You can see in how the literal fang of the river dragon was created through this canal. 

Before this, before becoming the fang, they would have been the head or mouth of the dragon for their intelligence or sharp wit. But out of fear and desperation, they instead turned themselves into a weapon, ready to lash out at anyone who tried to do them harm. Fang does the opposite of Heart, and then when the Druun attack, you can see how that harmed them. 

The thing about architecture is you need to keep in mind means of emergency egress: escape. When the druun attack Heart in the beginning, the audience mainly sees how everyone is fleeing on the bridge. In building that bridge, Heart allowed for possible weakness, opening itself up to other kingdoms for the hope of connection. But it also acts as a way of escape, an evacuation passage for everyone to get out and seek safety elsewhere. 

Then, Fang is attacked. Now, the river is dried up and the canal useless. Instead of a protective moat, its a trench, trapping the people in. And because Fang was so afraid to expand to the mainland, to create connection back with the rest of the world, their little island was overcrowded with people who had no where to go. No means of egress. So you see the heroes of the story working together to save the people of Fang. 

What I found really interesting is how growing up in these two opposing environments affected Raya and Namaari, specifically in how they handled defeat. Raya grew up with the bridge, with the sign of connection, opened up to the rest of the world. When Heart falls, Raya leaves. She travels far and wide in search of Sisu at the rivers ends. For six years, she fails over and over again. But she keeps going. 

Raya doesn't decide to return back to Heart herself until her mission is complete. Not until she has connected all the lands and brought peace. And though Sisu brings her back to Heart to reflect on what her true mission is, Raya herself doesn’t return until the very end of the movie. Instead, like blood pumping from a heart, she travels all around the land, bringing hope, brining life back to the people. 

On the other hand, when Namaari fails a mission, she immediately returns to Fang. Its like an anchor she’s tied to. After failing in Tail she returns, again doing so after Spine, and finally after Sisu dies. While Raya pushes on and goes even farther, Namaari retreats back to regather herself. Its good for strategy and to refill supplies, but its like a chain on her leg. She grew up separated from the world, afraid of it, untrusting of it. Because of that she can’t separate herself from Fang long enough to listen to Raya and Sisu, to listen to their plan and finally trust them. She’s constantly on defense.  

This isn’t to say Heart is perfect though, its not. Just look at the room in the dragon temple. Its filled with traps, meant to keep humans out, not Druun. Just like how the paranoid queen of Tail did with her own gem piece. The people of Heart are open to be trusting, but they are not entirely. Chief Benja wanted to create peace across the kingdoms, but he also taught his daughter how to guard the gemstone from them. The temple itself is placed high on the mountain, higher than the palace even, far above everyone’s reach. And even the room where the orb is kept is like a mini version of heart. One stone with the orb, surrounded protectively by water. Except, instead of a bridge, there's a warrior guarding it. And “You will not set foot on the Dragon Gem’s Inner Circle.”

This reflects how Chief Benja cannot be the one to bring the kingdoms together, though he may want to. Because he is a protector of the gem first. He brought the kingdoms together to share a meal and connect, but not the give them the gem. He recognizes that the gem is not what brings them their prosperity, but he is still not willing to share it in order to help the other kingdoms who do not have the natural defenses that Heart does. 

Raya is the first person who wants to share it. 

And though that kinda blows up in her face, it foreshadows how Raya can be the bridge between the kingdoms, uniting the people through trust and allowing yourself moments of weakness. 

#raya and the last dragon #ratld #Architecture

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people who like mint icecream chewed ice as a snack when they were a kid

i said what i said

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was nobody going to tell me that y/n was short for “your name” or was i suppose to just realize that randomly one day after YEARS of reading fanfiction????

I THOUGHT IT STOOD FOR YES/NO

AND I NEVER QUESTIONED IT

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for all the art nerds...

this is how i keep it straight

more detail ones under the cut:

the dates are a bit iffy, but generally this is how it was

and also, be careful with the term “classical”

#art #architecture #art history #architectural history #writing reference

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Cheat Sheet for Writing Emotion

Anger:

Grinding teeth

Narrowing eyes

Yelling

A burning feeling in the chest

Heavy breathing

Unjustified or justified accusations towards other characters

Jerky movements

Glaring

Violence

Stomping

Face reddening

Snapping at people

Sadness:

Lack of motivation

Messy appearance

Quiet

Slow movements

Crying

Inability to sleep

Frowning

Red eyes

Isolating oneself

Fatigue

Not concentrating

Weiterlesen

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so i have fallen down the hole of picrew.me 

ummmandy.tumblr.com created the amazing character designer

#royal guard #characters #MY OCs

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Love this. #words #OE #English #linguistics