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An old scrapyard near Basildon, Essex, is not normally a site that would draw international attention and be at the center of a major social and political controversy crossing traditional lines of interest. But when Basildon council decided to request and enforce an eviction order against a Traveller community living on the site known as Dale Farm, it became the focus of activists and political bodies from comrade Vanessa Redgrave CBE to the United Nations. The Traveller community of Dale Farm, some 90 families strong, owns the land legally but occupies half of it without a planning permit for building. Basildon Council points out that the site is officially on a greenbelt site, and therefore no planning permission can be granted despite appeals by the Travellers present there. The greenbelt, after all, was created as a purposely 'undeveloped' and non-urban space to preserve open land around the heavily urbanized southeast of England, in particular London and the ring of commuter towns around it. Furthermore, the council claims it is already hosting more Traveller sites than any other nearby borough (although it does not define this) and therefore feels it is being unfairly portrayed as hostile to vulnerable people. What to do?
It is not the specifics of the case that make it interesting as a political question. After all, the law is clearly on the side of Basildon Council, while at the same time humanity seems on the side of the Travellers. After all, even a government inspector noted that there is a distinct lack of Traveller sites in the general area and significant overpopulation. There are no particular indications that the Traveller presence causes problems in other ways, the children attend local schools, and so forth. What makes the case interesting is the ramifications it has in terms of a conflict between political interests that have in the last decades been increasingly allied: left-wing political sentiments and environmentalist ones. After all, any socialist worth their salt is naturally inclined to defend a vulnerable, often exploited people on the margins of society against the authority of a borough council in Essex trying to prevent them from living in the homes they maintain on unused land. But on the other hand, many on the left would in general also be inclined to support the notion of the green belt, and the necessity for preserving open landscape to preserve the ecosystem, for walking and cycling and other forms of enjoyment of open space, and to restrain the limitless hunger of some city councils for covering all England in asphalt for the benefit of dreary 'new town' shopping malls. That makes this an unusually direct case of the interest of the human against the interest of the natural.
It will be no secret that the present author thinks the green-red coalition, to put it in contemporary terms, that has formed in the last 40 years or so is an important step forward for a more comprehensive and scientific political understanding of how to achieve a socialist society. But this test case, so to speak, demonstrates the limits to the potential this alliance has. A shortage of housing, especially when it redounds to the discomfort of the poorest and most marginalized groups in the country, is a very serious issue for any socialist. The United Kingdom has suffered from a dramatic underinvestment in public housing construction since the days of the Thatcher government, and the slow deflation of the housing price bubble will do nothing to allay these issues for those not ranked as middle class. One may like or dislike the semi-nomadic lifestyle of the Travellers; certainly, from the point of view of the full development of the individual there serious problems with the isolated and patriarchal nature of some of the culture of this group. But that is not germane to the current case, as there is no indication of any hostility towards the society of Basildon generally on the part of the Travellers, merely a desire to live as they have done for a considerable amount of time. The site itself is indeed in unmistakably green land, but is also a former scrapyard, which implies that even the pretense of unsullied nature would be hard to maintain for Basildon council or the town's visitors – while of course every critical environmentalist is aware of the relative and invented nature of any 'open nature' in any case. This, in turn, raises the question of priorities, and more particularly, the question of for whose benefit a country is planned.
Local planning laws are, as any planning is, a formalization of the recognition of the need for all societies to control the interaction between its members and to create out of the chaos of social relations a particular structure of life as an emergent property, one with a definite political form and purpose. As soon as humans have historically entered into relations with others in a fixed place for an indefinite period of time, such planning is the prerequisite of all human control over our own lives. But at the same time, they are also always a restriction of individual freedom. In this sense, all planning is the victory of the abstract freedom of the social individual, the species-being, over the physical freedom of the individual creature. This can be justified if and only if its actual reality is to enhance, rather than diminish, the mutual recognition of humans in which their full development as individuals depends on the full development of each of the other individuals, the only authentic form of society. This is as true for environmental planning as for any other.
For reasons scientific and aesthetic, taking the human interaction with nature – our metabolism as Marx called it – into account is of prime importance in making political decisions. The days of pretending pollution would not kill the poor, that uneducated people do not care about having green spaces, or that adverse ecological impacts can be limited to any small region are clearly over. Whether we like it or not, we must face the consequences of the global system capitalism has created, and the interrelationship of all the natural elements with each other and with our own production – the crisis of nonrenewable resources being the clearest example of this. But general ecological principles can only be justified insofar as they serve human goals, insofar as they enable a better life in every respect: better production, greater aesthetic enjoyment, more freedom to roam, better health, and a better comprehension of the world we live in and its physical properties. But they cannot be a hindrance or a let, a hard limit to the needs of humans for their own sake. Getting the line right between these requires a very careful understanding of the intricate and contradictory nature of the web of our interactions with our environment, the way it shapes us and the way we shape it – perhaps truly a case where the use of the term 'dialectics' would be appropriate. In the case of Dale Farm, the preservation of the green belt on this particular site by means of public planning fails that test.


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Monday, December 7, 2009
December: Roundtable for Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen
The longest roundtable ever!
readergirlz roundtable: Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce
Little Willow: Welcome to the Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen roundtable! We have some special folks joining us today. Please welcome back Alexia, one of our original postergirlz. Also say hello to Arielle and Suze. I have very lengthy, involved conversations about books with each of these ladies. Since both of them really enjoy the works of Tamora Pierce, I invited them to today's discussion.
Lorie Ann Grover: Welcome, Suze and Arielle! Thanks for taking the time to chat with us. And welcome home, Alexia! Woot!
Little Willow: I love these roundtables, and I'm tickled pink to see so many people here. Thanks to all of you for joining us, and thanks to Google Docs for making it possible for readergirlz from around the world to take part in these book discussions.
Lorie Ann: Tamora Pierce is the Queen of Heroines for YA readers. It's a thrill she has the time to visit with us in December. Let's dive into her duology. Just have your crown and sword at the ready, rgz - Let's get started!
Suze: I've been reading Tamora Pierce's books since grade eight, I started with the Immortals quartet and then I covered the others in order. I read Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen shortly after each came out. I read them again in November after I heard readergirlz would be discussing them in December.
Alexia: I started reading them when I was in 6th grade. I walked into Brentano's (may you rest in peace) one day, and my favorite cashier lady recommended Tamora Pierce to me. I bought the first book in Song of the Lioness, read it that night and then forced my mother to go back the next day and buy the remaining books. All 15 or so of them. I've read all of the newer ones as they've been released, and I still reread them regularly whenever I have bad or stressful days. In fact, I have Trickster's Choice, Emperor's Mage (of the Immortal's Quartet) and Lioness Rampant (of the Song of the Lioness quartet) on my bookshelf in my dorm room. I'm not kidding.
Suze: See! Now that was smart. Like an idiot, I left all of my books in Canada and had to go get them from the library!
Alexia: I knew that I couldn't really function without at least a few of them, so when I was packing up some books to take with me, I threw in a few Pierce's, and I switch them out with other Pierce novels whenever I go home. They come in so much handy on bad days.
Dia: I've read several Tamora Pierce novels before the Trickster's Duet. I enjoyed the complexity of the Trickster's Duet.
Lorie Ann: I've read Tamora for years. Maybe my first ones were the Song of the Lioness? I just remember I had to pry them out of my daughters' hands for my turn.
Arielle: I started reading them in the 5th grade. I was going to Nerd Camp at Stanford and while buying my books for camp in the bookstore my mom came up and handed me Alanna the First Adventure thinking that I would like it. I did and since then have been reading them.
Jackie: I discovered Tamora Pierce when I first started working in libraries - I kept shelving them and was totally intimidated by the sheer number of books she had written. I knew that most of them were interconnected, but I couldn't easily figure out what order I was supposed to read them in, so I didn't read them for a long time. Finally, the children's librarian there told me to read Alanna the First Adventure and I was HOOKED. I read every book she had published at that point, about 18 books, I think, within three weeks. It was a total binge.
Shelf Elf: These two are my very first Tamora Pierce experiences. Working as a kids' bookseller, I sold a whole lot of Tamora's books, and I've always meant to start reading her novels. Now I finally did!
HipWriterMama: I can't believe I haven't read Tamora Pierce's books until now. Love her strong heroines!
Little Willow: If you are a regular Pierce reader, do you favor the Tortall Universe, where the Trickster novels are set, or the Circle Universe?
Alexia: I tend to prefer the Tortall Universe purely because there are more books set in it and we get to follow some of the characters for such a long time that they feel like relatives that you see once in a while at big family events. Also, I may have a little thing for knights. I love the Circle universe in its own way because of its in-depth exploration of how magic might actually work. And Briar is awesome.
Arielle: Briar is very awesome, and I don't think I've ever gotten over how cool his name is. However, I greatly prefer the Tortall Universe. I enjoy the stories more and the characters more, and I'm quite a bit more attached to them since something like 30 book-years have passed since the beginning of the Tortall Universe.
Jackie: There's really isn't much of a contest for me. I definitely prefer the Tortall books. However, I very much enjoyed The Will of the Empress, set in the Circle world.
Lorie Ann: Tortall for me!
Little Willow: Aly is the daughter of Alanna, the protagonist of Pierce's first novel and subsequent series, the Song of the Lioness quartet. If you lived in The Tortall Universe, to whom would you like to be related?
Suze: I would definitely want to be related to Daine, probably because of my love for animals.
Alexia: Daine is totally my favorite too! But, I think I would definitely want to be related to Alanna; even as a child her story was extremely inspirational and it sometimes pushed me to be a better, braver person.
Jackie: George, I think. Charming, impish, devilishly clever, fiercely loyal to loved ones, principled in his own way... really, it sounds like I'd like to date him...
Arielle: Raoul for sure. He would be the greatest uncle/big brother/dad/anything ever. Or Kel, I wouldn't mind being related to Kel either, as one of her many nieces.
Lorie Ann: Nawat!
Little Willow: Alanna has been featured in other books as well. If you read these books in order: Did you enjoy seeing her grow up? If you read them out of order, did you go back and read them in the proper order?
Suze: I read everything in order once I'd finished with the Immortals. One of my favorite things about reading the series is that I always get to catch a glimpse of what my favorite characters are up to.
Alexia: That's totally true! The cameo appearances were what I looked forward to the most, and I liked that the books were written, for the most part, as quartets because the readers could really see the main character grow up and mature. Alanna in particular we follow from the young age of 8 or 9 to her mid-40s in the Tricksters books. It's comforting knowing that your favorite characters are still around and knowing where they ended up.
Suze: I completely agree! Whenever I finish a book, I'm always left wondering what will happen to that character next week, let alone 10 years from now - Pierce solves this problem completely! Well, except the part where I'm still waiting to find out what becomes of Aly, but I suppose I should have faith...
Alexia: Oh, I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of Aly. And going back to Daine, I also loved the little glimpses we get of her in the books. She has children! Good for her. I loved her story and Numair is a sweetheart. I may have a bit of a crush on him.
Suze: Yes! I definitely love catching up with Daine, and her CHILDREN! I especially love how she stuck to her guns about not marrying Numair right away, and luckily we still get to hear about the marriage in the later books!
Dia: I read the Alanna books in order, just as I write in order; I'm very sequential. After I read the first I gobbled up the others. I, too, love cameo appearances by well loved characters. I would have liked more of the Lioness in the Trickster books, but that might have stolen the show from Aly.
Lorie Ann: I always need to read in order. And I love appearances of beloved characters. Yay for seeing Daine again! As well as Numair. :~)
Little Willow: Though I very much liked Aly's name, two of my favorite characters happened to have birdlike names: Dove and Nawat Crow. Dove was so calm and so mature for her age. When asked why she spent so much time talking to a man old enough to be her grandfather, she explains, "He's one of the few people who can keep up with me, and I with him. It's a pleasant change from having to slow down to deal with most people." I knew exactly what she meant.
Suze: Dove is very insightful and smart, and I totally understand how she felt. Growing up, I often found myself in the company of older people, for some reason talking to them always seemed so much easier.
Lorie Ann: Dove reminds me of homeschooled teens I know: comfortable with many generations, mature, wanting to learn as much as possible. I heart Dove!
Little Willow: On that note, who were your favorite characters in either or both books?
Dia: Aly was my favorite character. I loved her intelligence and her growth.
Shelf Elf: I think Dove was my favorite of all. I'm partial to those characters who aren't flashy, who sit in the background a bit but who notice everything. Whenever Dove spoke, her words were clever and insightful.
Little Willow: Were there any characters from either of these novels or from previous Tortall works that you wished had more screen time in this duology? I was expecting cats, so when I didn't get them, I was glad to at least have the crows and the darkings. I wanted the kudarungs to speak.
Suze: The Kudarung spoke to the darkings!
Little Willow: Oh, that's right! Another reason why I think the darkings are so cool: their abilities to communicate not only telepathically amongst their own kind, but with other species as well.
Dia: The crows were original! I wanted more.
Shelf Elf: Me too, Dia! I would have loved to have learned more about the other crows, besides Nawat.
Dia: I think Pierce could write an entire novel from one of the crow's point of view.
Suze: In the Immortals series, it's established that the only Immortals that can speak to humans are those with human faces or characteristics, with the exception of the dragons which are scholars. I also love George he has been one of my favorites since the Alanna series way back when.
Little Willow: I was fond of George from the start. I would love to see a father-daughter spytime story focused on a collaborative project between George and Aly.
Dia: What a terrific idea, LW!
Suze: I like your spytime story! I would love to see that! Actually, at the end of Trickster's Queen, Aly and George have a little moment where they discuss George's spies in the Isles, I think this could lead to a very fun vicious cycle of Aly shipping George's spies back, and then George finding more for Aly to ship back...
Arielle: Yes, I really missed George in this book, and reading more about his and Aly's interactions would be really fun. I thought that Alan should've been a bit more important. Being a twin myself, it's weird to think that Aly really didn't think about him much.
Little Willow: Yes! I wanted her to consider her brothers far more often than she did.
Jackie: Perhaps she was a little happy to finally not be the little sister, and independent at last.
Little Willow: Good point.
Lorie Ann: I found myself always smiling whenever Nawat was on scene. Winnamine fairly rocked her role, too.
Little Willow: If you were a character in a Tamora Pierce novel, what would your name be? Examples: Alianne of Pirate's Swoop. Kim Novak of Mermaid Lagoon. (First Name) of (Place Name).
Dia: I would be Dia of the Golden Hills. After the golden sun-daisies which bloom on the hills at our farm in Eastern Washington.
Little Willow: Oh, that's pretty, Dia! I would be Allie Cat of Whisker Lake.
Dia: That's perfect for you, LW.
Shelf Elf: Hmm... Kerry of the River Dales, after my neighborhood, Riverdale.
Lorie Ann: Lorie Ann of the Aspen Grove, just because.
Little Willow: Early in the first book, Trickster's Choice, Aly is captured and made into a slave. What did you think of this surprising turn of events?
Suze: I was disappointed, but for purely selfish reasons. I wanted to see more of George and Alanna. Luckily, Kyprioth fixed that with the dream sequences, though.
Alexia: I thought it was a very interesting choice on Tamora Pierce's part because it was so drastically different from Alanna's story. Alanna chose the life she led and, for the most part, made most of the decisions concerning who she wanted to become. Aly was thrust into this drama and excitement and was thus forced to mature and take responsibility without ever really deciding what she wanted to be.
Dia: I wondered how she would get out of it!
Shelf Elf: I thought it was a great decision in terms of revealing her character. The way she handled it, immediately trying to respond to her situation and direct her fate, taught me a lot about her cleverness and ingenuity.
Lorie Ann: I thought it a great experience for her to understand a condition beyond her scope previously and thereby gain empathy.
Little Willow: What did you think of the way slavery and racism were depicted and discussed in these novels? What about the controversy regarding mixed lineage, and the line to the throne?
Suze: One of the things I like best about Pierce's world is how thorough it is. She has each detail down to an art from geography, to religion to magic. One of my favourite key details is how godparents are not godparents but "godsparents," because they worship more than one god. Yet despite it being a primarily fantasy series, she parallels her world to ours through politics, racism and slavery. I do believe that the way slavery and racism were depicted were very similar to how things were in our world back in the day and age of slavery. In some places, they are probably even accurate today.
Dia: I thought that Aly's treatment as a slave seemed unlikely. One of the latest Ursula LeGuin novels, Voices, is also about a slave who is well treated from childhood and so not really aware of the great injustice because it is programmed into him. I wonder if Aly's story would have been too dark for a Pierce book if Aly had been mistreated.
Lorie Ann: I appreciated Tamora showing all the sides and history of slavery and racism in this world. It helps transport truths and understanding to our own.
Little Willow: Let's talk about that: Aly is charged with protecting the Balitangs, who, unlike other royals or members of the upper class, treat their servants and slaves well, ultimately declaring Aly to be like family. What did you think of the way they ran their household?
Alexia: Obviously the Balitangs are a great example of nobility who treat their household well, and this trait is mentioned several times throughout the books -- I think one of their most unique qualities was that they bothered to take the time to get to know the key members of their household, and obviously their trust paid off in the end. Had the Balitangs acted poorly towards their servants or slaves they would not feel the need to protect the family like they do. Quoting from the Harry Potter series (I know the Nerd Alert is going off full blast), "If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." In this respect the Balitangs prove to be lovely, lucky people.
Lorie Ann: Obviously, they were exemplary. Although, Mequen's trust drove me nuts. Thankfully, he had the duchess at his side.
HipWriterMama: The Balitangs treated their household well.
Little Willow: Suze, you said you wanted to talk about feminism and how females are depicted in the books.
Suze: Ah, you have such a good memory, Little Willow! I do find the feminism angles to be interesting. How the Raka are still allowed to pass inheritance down through the female line, while the luarins just plain don't. It's interesting that this particular law was not challenged by a greedy luarin or part-blood luarin somewhere along the way. Then there's the whole controversy at the idea of putting a Queen on the throne...
Lorie Ann: It was refreshing to see a matriarchal society in the Raka. It made Tortall richer for me.
Little Willow: Aly finally gets her wish: to be a spy. I know at least two of us here wouldn't mind being spies. I'd tell you who, but then I'd... you know.
Alexia: Little Willow wasn't referring to me. Nope, not at all.
Little Willow: Oh, no. Not at all. What were your favorite spy techniques or tricks used in the books? I loved the darkings! Trick and Secret made the second book for me, they really did.
Dia: I thought the darkings were another stroke of originality genius. I'd love to know the brain flash that Tamora used to come with them.
Alexia: Speaking of spies, I loved the little excerpts that were at the beginning of some chapters from letters or books that Aly had been given by her father. Not only have I tried some of those techniques (flour in front of the cabinet works every time; little brother, pay attention next time), but I thought that they were an interesting look into certain spy tricks that were actually used and made me curious enough to do some research about espionage on my own.
Shelf Elf: I enjoyed the letters too, because they highlighted Ally's relationship with her father and gave insight into the spying life.
Arielle: Frankly, I loved the fighting. Because it wasn't the same as a knight's training in fighting. I love the hand-to-hand combat and the knife fights. Also, I just how keen Aly was about everything. Just the way her mind worked, having been almost trained to be a spy since a young age, was really interesting.
Lorie Ann: Well, be warned. I love walking our dog at night, so I can peek in everyone's windows. Brava, Tamora for all the rich spy detail.
Little Willow: Let's discuss the differences between the Balitangs daughters: young, quiet Dove, an observant girl who is able to hide her feelings and not give away what she's feeling/thinking, and a surprisingly good archer, and her older sister Sarai, the romantic ingenue who is swept off of her feet twice, once in each book, with an unlikely strength when it comes to swordplay.
Alexia: What I loved about this set-up was that it showed two fundamentally different sides of a human personality, but both with equal strength, grace and amazingness. Sarai may have kicked more butt in the books, but Dove was always there with her quiet wisdom and gentleness to smooth the way. In the end, I think both of the girls were necessary to achieve the end result: Sarai to inspire the legions of people with her passion, beauty and single-minded purpose, but Dove was definitely the better choice to do the day-to-day ruling.
Dia: Dove's growth was fascinating. It wasn't so much growth as a slow revelation of character. She was the only possible queen.
Shelf Elf: Here, here Dia! Dove is far more measured and she is certainly whip-smart, excellent characteristics for any leader.
Dia: And she has restraint, something that Sarai lacks.
Alexia: It actually surprised me how long it took people to see how amazing Dove was. Throughout the second book I just wanted to shake some people and tell them to pay attention to the quiet, smart girl.
Suze: Yes! I know EXACTLY how you felt. Of course, it's also sadly accurate. I have seen it often in jobs I have worked, where the wrong person gets promoted, usually because that person is more popular, while the quiet girl that would actually do a proper and fair job goes completely ignored! Humans often refuse to see what's right in front of them, and then they act so shocked when it bashes them in the head...
Lorie Ann: Laughing out loud, Suze! So true. *standing ovation for Dove*
HipWriterMama: Dove and Sarai set each other off so well. Two sisters who bore the "burden and responsibility" of their heritage in different ways.
Little Willow: The Trickster in the title is Kyprioth, the god of tricksters in Aly's world. One of my favorite exchanges between Aly and Kyprioth comes in Trickster's Choice:
Kyprioth chuckled, rubbing glowing hands together. "The first act ends," he told Aly as he put his arm around her waist. "The next begins."
"Except you won't tell me what it is," Aly said as they soared through the palace roof. "It'll be like leaving before the play's over. Why can't you just tell me how you want it to come out?"
"Because you suffer so prettily, dear," Kyprioth informed her as they leaped into the starry night.
Alexia: Wily, wily man.
Dia: Kyprioth was so much fun in his unpredictability.
Shelf Elf: If I had been Aly, he would have made me crazy.
Lorie Ann: Kyprioth was one of my favorite characters! Almost listed him above. Just have to love his trickstery ways!
Little Willow: Did any random lines catch your attention? I liked this line, spoken by Taybur: "Look, there's the first firefly. Make a wish." When he says this in the middle of imparting some important information to Aly, I saw, in my mind's eye, a firefly flicker and fly past them. I loved that little glimmer of hope, and the unexpected commentary.
Suze: I love all of Nawat's comments in Trickster's Choice back when he first becomes a crow. The simplistic way of which he views life...
"A Hawk," Nawat said firmly, his eyes on his work once more. "He will drive you off your own kill and steal your nestlings. He should be mobbed, before he steals any of yours. Shall you and I mob him?"
Little Willow: I loved it when Trick tickled Aly until she awoke, telling her: "Sleep or big news? Pick!" He always sounded like a little kid, and I loved his little voice!
Suze: After Aly points out that Bronau comes with soldiers leaving them outnumbered:
"We could mate," Nawat suggested eagerly. "In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like. Shall I court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?"
Little Willow: I'll pass on both the grubs and the ants, thank you very much!
Arielle: Yes, pretty much anything that Nawat said had me laughing.
HipWriterMama: Oh, that was funny. Can you imagine, an offering of grubs or ants in a courtship? Though for a crow, it would mean the world.
Shelf Elf: Yes, he was sweet and lovely and kind of simple in his view in the beginning.
Lorie Ann: I enjoyed the advice to Young Noblewomen by Lady Fronia of Whitehall: "No well-born maiden ever suffered from keeping her suitors at arm's length." But that's just the mom in me. Ha!
Little Willow: Have you read other myths or novels related to tricksters? Anasazi Boys by Neil Gaiman comes to mind.
Lorie Ann: Just Anansi the Spider from African folklore. And Greek messenger Hermes. Raven is a trickster to Pacific Northwest Native Americans. I just watched the French movie Amelie, and she certainly fits the role.
Little Willow: In Trickster's Choice, Dove tells Aly, "Everybody needs heroes...Everybody. Even grown women. Even slaves." Discuss.
Alexia: Yesyesyesyesyes! This is why Tamora Pierce's books are so amazing, because it's absolutely true that we all need heroes. Even though most of us will never become knights, spymasters or shapeshifters (hey, who knows?) the strength and grace exhibited by every one of those women is so easily translated to real life that I find myself as a freshman in college still turning to the books for guidance. These were women who fought for what they believed in and forged their own unique paths in the world, who wouldn't want to follow in their awesome footsteps?
Shelf Elf: I agree with Alexia, that both of the featured books this month can offer readers guidance, for our real world. Without heroes, would our world be an inspiring place?
Lorie Ann: Perfect explanation, Alexia. I can't imagine allowing anyone to rob me of heroes as I age. They are mine!
HipWriterMama: Yes to heroes!
Dia: Everyone needs heroes because everyone needs hope.
8 comments:
- Little Willow said...
I was so happy with the large turnout!
- December 7, 2009 at 8:23 PM
- Tamora Pierce said...
Dia, I came up with darkings this way:
My friend Raquel is an animation nut. When the film "Aladdin" came out, she could not stop talking about Carpet and the sand monster, both of which were the only computer animated pieces in the entire movie. (This was before everything was computer animated.) Then, when "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" came out, she found out that the movie makers realized they couldn't show the power of Dip by putting a human or animal Toon in it, because the little kids would be too traumatized. They also decided that putting a plain shoe in Dip wasn't exciting enough. So they made a shoe animate--they gave it eyes, a smile, and a happy personality. (I was one of those who wailed when Judge Doom put Shoe in the Dip!) Somehow those two things came together in my brain, and when Ozorne needed to create easy-to-hide spies, there were the darkings, bouncing up and down in my head.
By the way, I will never write a novel from the POV of a crow. I did one short story from the POV of a tree turned into a man; I did another from the dragon's POV; and I'm doing another from Nawat's POV. I've done my time in hell! - December 8, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Tamora Pierce said...
Little Willow, Suze, and Lorie Ann, I've had the good luck to spend a lot of time with homeschooled, gifted kids, and I was definitely thinking of them when I wrote Dove! I was also thinking of Young Bess, Elizabeth I, though she wasn't as quiet as Dove at first. She was a scholar with a wide correspondence, and a number of European scholars, older men, were thrilled by this young woman who had so much learning.
- December 8, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- Lorie Ann Grover said...
Thank you so much for sharing about the darkings and Dove, Tamora! Very fun to read backstory.
I homeschooled my girls. *wink* 14 years done. Yay! - December 8, 2009 at 6:06 PM
- mcastro said...
I like how Aly got her own county to deal with and grow up, but the relationship she had with her family was so deep. I don't think she can keep away for long. Will you ever write a book with Aly back in Tortall working with George?
- December 10, 2009 at 7:37 PM
- Bookacholic911 said...
My favorite things about Tamora Pierce's books are that I have met so many people because of them. I met a girl at one of her signings and we stil keep in touch as really good friends and talk about the old days when we would spend the night at each other's houses just reading. I also like that Tamora writes characters that people can relate to. For example: she didn't make them TOO perfect. Kel is afriad of hieghts. It connects us to the characters in a way I can't explain. It shows that anyone-- even us-- can do something exraordinary if we put our minds onto it and just try. It gives us hope that if someone that is afraid of heights can make it so can someone who--for example-- is afraid of bugs. Tamora Pierce is my all time favorite author. It started when my friend's sister who worked at Borders asked me if I ever read Tamora Pierce. She said they were amazing and told me Alanna: The 1st Adventure was 1st in the series. I finished it in 4 1/2 hours. I love that, even if you don't read those kind of books, you'll love them anyways. I'll admit, before these I was a vampire freak (Twilight, Vampire Academy, House of Night, Blue Bloods,Morganville Vampires, Cirque du Freak, etc...) and these books turned me onto a whole new genre. I still go back every now and then to read my favorite parts. Are you planning on continuing any of your finished series(SotL, Immortals, PotS, Tricksters)? Any new projects coming up? Any signings in LA? I would love to see you again!
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The association of State Higher Education Executive Officers has published their report on "State Higher Education Finance FY 2011." The basic story is rising enrollments in public institutions of higher education, but falling per-student support.
The blue bars in the figure show educational appropriations for public higher education [per full-time equivalent student, adjusted for inflation. The support starts relatively high at $8,156 per student in 1987), sags in the early 1990s to $7,054 in 1993, rises again in the late 1990s and early 2000s as high as $8,316 in 2001, drops off in to $6,875 in 2005, rises to $7,488 in 2008, and now has dropped off to $6,290 in 2011.
Meanwhile, tuition revenue per full-time student is gradually rising. Overall, it rises from $2,422 in 1986 to $4,774 in 2011.
And over these 25 years, the number of full-time equivalent students in public higher education has risen from about 7 million back in 1986 to almost 12 million in 2011.
Put these together, and here's tuition as a share of public education total revenue, rising from 23.2% back in 1986 to 43.3% at present.
This pattern may be here to stay. As the report states: "In the past decade these two recessions and the larger macro-economic challenges facing the United States have created what some are calling the "new normal" for state funding for public higher education and other public services. In the "new normal" retirement and health care costs simultaneously drive up the cost of higher education, and compete with education for limited public resources. The "new normal" no longer expects to see a recovery of state support for higher education such as occurred repeatedly in the last half of the 20th century. The "new normal" expects students and their families to continue to make increasingly greater financial sacrifices in order to complete a postsecondary education. The "new normal" expects schools and colleges to find ways of increasing productivity and absorb ever-larger budget cuts, while increasing degree production without, we hope, compromising quality."
I would add only a couple of thoughts:
1) Almost everyone believes, or claims to believe, that the economic future of the United States is intertwined with building greater human capital. But that isn't reflected in our spending choices. I'd be the first to say that spending isn't everything--but it's something! Here's a post from July 19, 2011, on "How the U.S. Has Come Back to the Pack in Higher Education." The U.S. used to be the world leader in share of population going to higher education, but no longer.
2) The main budgetary mechanism for encouraging additional higher education is using student loans. This avoids adding to direct spending for higher education, but places a greater share of the risk of not completing a degree, or not having the degree lead to a well-paid job, on the student. Also, public higher education isn't expanding fast enough to absorb those who want to try college, so many of those who receive these loans are headed to the for-profit educational system. Here's a February 23, 2012, post on "For-Profit Higher Education."


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How was physical education taught in the schools of your childhood?
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Did these experiences influence your activities as an adult?
Is there anything that you learned that you use in your life today?
Now think about your favorite large motor activity—walking, jogging, swimming, tennis, dancing, back-packing, and so on.
What makes the activity enjoyable to you?
How did you learn to do this activity?
How did you feel while you were learning?
How do you think you could best bring different kinds of large motor experiences to young children?
What can you do to help them develop positive attitudes about physical activities?
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Portland Nursery Apple Tasting Event
About the time the leaves begin to change color, it's time to celebrate the abundance of apples and pears. We're always well-supplied with a large variety of apples and pears to taste and purchase by the pound, as many as 60 different varieties in all!
Tasting lines, as well as our fresh-pressed cider demonstration and tasting, will be open during all six days of this free event.
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival
The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® & CthulhuCon™ promotes the works of H.P. Lovecraft, literary horror, and weird tales through cinematic adaptations by professional and amateur filmmakers, panel discussions, author readings, gaming, art, and sometimes live music. The festival was founded in Portland, OR in 1995 by Andrew Migliore, with the desire that H.P. Lovecraft would be rightly recognized as a master of gothic horror and his work more faithfully adapted to film and television.
Handmade Bike & Beer Fest
The ninth annual Handmade Bike and Beer Festival is a collaboration between the Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association (OBCA) and the Oregon Brewers Guild. This family friendly, event pairs renowned bike frame and parts builders with great, local craft beer.
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Writing is intimidating for most people. Even those who write regularly get writer's block, lose motivation and procrastinate. It can be even harder to write when announcing the death of a loved one.
When someone passes away, an obituary is usually published to announce the death. This can be difficult and emotional for the person tasked with writing the final record of a person's life. Not only does the obituary need to be factually accurate and sensitive, but it will need to be published shortly after the death and before the funeral.
Despite the feelings of grief that will arise, writing the obituary should be a positive, cathartic experience. Use this guide to address the challenges of writing the obituary, so you can focus on your loved one and the special life they lived.
1. Gather information
In times like this, it's helpful to discuss the necessary details with close family members or friends. You may not recall all the pertinent details right now—where your loved one was born or when they graduated or received their degree. Remember, when you are grieving, your memory may not be at its best. Consulting others who knew them will help confirm the information you need to craft an accurate life story.
Start by gathering your loved one's basic information, including:
- Full legal name
- Nickname
- Birthdate and death date
- Birthplace
- City and state of residence at death
- Name of significant other
- Full names of parents and siblings
- Names of those that preceded them in death
- Names of those surviving
- Date and time of funeral services being held
- Names of pallbearers
- Name of funeral home and cemetery
If funeral arrangements have not yet been made, you can always include the name of the funeral home and state "arrangements are being made" or "funeral to take place at a later date." If the ceremony is to be private, note that instead. Those interested can contact the funeral home for more information.
Include information on where the family would like to have memorials sent. When planning for memorials, think of what your loved one would want. If they liked flowers and enjoyed seeing them blossom in spring, don't put "in lieu of flowers." Don't request donations to an animal shelter if your loved one didn't like animals and don't request donations to a cause they didn't support. A photograph can also be included with the obituary. Some newspapers will scale down a larger photograph to fit. Others will request a specific photo size. Check with the newspaper to see what they require and how they want it submitted.
2. Check with the newspaper
Lookat obituaries in your local paper. This will give you a guideline to follow.
Some newspapers will provide a template or format to follow. Others will have no guidelines and it will be up to you as to how much or how little you include. If you intend to place the obituary in print, check with the newspaper for any format requirements they may have before you begin to write. There is usually no length limit, leaving the content up to you and your family.
Ask for the newspaper's obituary pricing structure. Some obituaries are priced per word or per line. If budget is a restraint, consider keeping the obituary short and sweet. Most print obituaries also include an online version. Once finished with the print notice, you can sign in to your account and add to the digital story.
Most obituaries begin with the basic information gathered above, then follow with a summary of the loved one's life. For this step, don't worry about the length as you begin to put down the information. You can always edit and cut once you have finished. Right now, just concentrate on summarizing your loved one's life. Start from the beginning and include the important events along the way.
Once you have gathered the basic information and checked with the newspaper, it is time to to write the obituary. As you begin to write about your loved one's life, go into as much or little detail as you would like. If you're unsure what to write about, include the following:
- Childhood
- Education
- Military background
- Honors and awards
- Marriage
- Children
- Grandchildren
- Employment
- Extra-curricular activities
- Retirement
- Home life
- Special pets
Traditionally, families do not include cause of death in the obituary notice. However, many modern obituaries contain this information, particularly after a sudden, unexpected death, or when the deceased publicly battled an illness, such as cancer. The decision to include cause of death is personal, and should be made by those who were closest to the deceased person.
4. Make it personal
Your loved one was unique. Think about the things that made them special, and include the touching details that your reader might like to know about your loved one. This is your chance to memorialize your loved one and let others know the whole person.
Include interesting tidbits, something the reader might not have known about your loved one—and don't be afraid to include humor. Sharing little known facts about your loved one with family and friends gives them something to smile about and lasting memories to cherish.
You will need a eulogy for the funeral service and this draft can serve that purpose as well. The longer version can be read at the funeral and a shorter version can be used for the obituary.
5. Proofread and edit
Once the initial draft is written, be sure to proof your work and have someone else check it for spelling and grammatical errors. Make sure you spell names correctly and don't leave out family members or other important details.
At this time, you can decide if you want to shorten what you've written and possibly keep the longer version for a bulletin insert or for the pastor to read at the funeral. Some funeral homes include a basic obituary as part of the package. If so, check with them to see what their word limit is, or if there is one. If the newspaper charges by column inch, you might want to call and find out how many words make up a column inch so you will have an idea of what price you are looking at. Then you can edit accordingly.
6. Delegate
If all the above seems overwhelming or you just don't feel up to it—delegate! Writing the obituary shouldn't be a stressful time. If you don't feel up to it or you aren't confident in your writing ability, pass the task on to someone who enjoys writing or that is good at writing letters. You can provide them with the information, make suggestions, and they can take notes. Make this easy on yourself.
Don't feel guilty about passing the task along if you are not up to it. Friends and family are glad to help in times of need.
7. Submit to the newspaper
In order to ensure that the obituary reaches the paper without errors, check with the paper to determine the best way to submit the obituary. Oftentimes, the newspaper will allow you to submit the obituary online or via email.
You can also ask for a proof of the obituary before it is printed so you can ensure there are no errors or omissions. Find out the deadline for the obituary, where to send it, and the date the obituary will be published.
8. Publish in another newspaper
You have the option of printing the obituary in more than one paper. You could print the obituary in the newspaper of the town where your loved one grew up; or if you loved one recently moved, at both the new and the old location.
If you plan to submit to other locations, check with them to see how they suggest you submit the obituary. Check prices and word count, as they will vary depending on the newspaper.
9. Read the story
Once the obituary is printed in the paper, check to make sure names are correct and important information is included. If there are errors, call the newspaper and if time allows, have them print a correction. This is especially important if names of family members or funeral service event details, like date, time or location, are wrong.
10. Keep a copy
Be sure to purchase the newspaper containing the obituary on the day it is published, and keep a copy of the obituary as a keepsake.
Some funeral homes include several laminated copies of the obituary in the package. Check with your funeral home to see if this is included, and then determine how many additional copies you might need.
Purchase several copies for family and friends unable to attend the funeral. Notify others if it will be published in their hometown paper and on what date. For those unable to attend the funeral, it's nice to receive a copy of the funeral bulletin and the obituary.
Avoiding common mistakes
Use this listto avoid common mistakes and to make the task of writing the obituary easier.
- Don't make the obituary about those still living—make it about your loved one.
- Include information about your loved one's life, not just the funeral details.
- Avoid abbreviations or terms that everyone may not understand.
- Write in the third person and refer to your loved one as an individual, not as Mom or Dad or our son or our daughter.
- When considering memorials, consider your loved one's wishes—not your own.
- Proofread and proofread again.
- Double-check the spelling of all names.
- Have a close family member look over the obituary to make sure you are not leaving any family members out.


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Molecular and functional analysis of γδ T cell expansions in immunodeficient patients
Diagnostic Pathology volume 2, Article number: S8 (2007)
Patients with various forms of immunodeficiencies frequently show expansions of γδ T cells in their peripheral blood. We attempted to characterize the γδ T cell subpopulations in these patients and possibly elucidate the cellular mechanisms involved in the γδ T cell expansions in some of these patients.
Methods and results
Two adult patients with thymoma and γδ T cell expansions were studied by flow cytometry and T cell receptor γ- and δ-chain spectratyping. One patient suffering from leishmaniasis and thymic carcinoma showed a peculiar polyclonal γδ T cell proliferation while another patient with a benign thymoma and CMV reactivation had a persistent oligoclonal amplification of γδ T cells. In one pediatric patient with incomplete RAG-1 deficiency, we found a restricted variability of the expressed Vδ3, versus Vδ1 and Vδ2 chains and a seemingly monoclonal usage of the Vγ4 element. Sequencing revealed that these γδ T cells showed significant junctional diversity. These data suggested selection of the γδ T cells by antigens such as CMV infection. Indeed, 4 out of 5 δ T cell clones that could be derived from this patient secreted TNFα in response to CMV infected allogeneic fibroblasts.
Overall, studies of human γδ T cells under the conditions of a limited immune system imply two non-exclusive explanations for the γδ T cell predominance in immunodeficiencies: a) a developmental advantage of γδ T cells, possibly by a less stringent T cell development than for αβ T cells and b) a proliferative response caused by infectious or autoantigen-driven peripheral stimulations, such as CMV infections.
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Fisch, P., Christopoulos, P., Nikolopoulos, E. et al. Molecular and functional analysis of γδ T cell expansions in immunodeficient patients. Diagn Pathol 2 (Suppl 1), S8 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-2-S1-S8
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"In fact, even most professional mechanics are little more than diagnosticians now. The modern car is trundled into the shop and hooked to computerized diagnostic systems, and faulty engine modules are replaced in their entirety. If the faulty modules are repaired at all - rather than simply junked - they are rarely fixed in the shop but instead shipped to specialized facilities with the specific expertise needed. As the complexity and sophistication of our cars have increased, we can no longer repair them in our backyards or in our own garage grease pits. Instead, we increasingly rely on distant expertise and knowledge. In short, the rising complexity of our machines has reduced our independence and self-sufficiency. It's ironic that as technology does its job better and empowers us in various ways, it leaves us with less control, power, and freedom in other ways."
In this spirit I have to trundle my not-so modern car into a shop now. Besides some minor bugs that it has developed over the last year - like something being fishy with the left front wheel and the adjustment mechanism of the driver's seat, or the red light in the dash panel that is asking for attention since last winter or so - I had to notice on Friday that the horn doesn't work. This, my friends, is simply intolerable. Wish me good luck that I have some money left in my bank account after this for a vacation.


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Articles of a treaty made and concluded at La Pointe of Lake Superior, in the Territory of Wisconsin, between Robert Stuart commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi, and Lake Superior, by their chiefs and headmen.
The Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, cede to the United States all the country within the following bounderies; viz: beginning at the mouth of Chocolate River of Lake Superior; thence northwardly across said lake to intersect the boundery line between the United States and the Province of Canada; thence up said Lake Superior, to the mouth of the St. Louis, or Fond du Lac river (including all the islands in said lake); thence up said river to the American Fur Company's trading post, at the southwardly bend thereof, about 22 miles from its mouth; thence south to intersect the line of the treaty of 29th July 1837, with the Chippewas of the Mississippi; thence along said line to its southeastwardly extremity, near the Plover portage on the Wisconsin river; thence northeastwardly, along the boundery line, between the Chippewas and Menomonees, to its eastern termination, (established by the treaty held with the Chippewas, Menomonees, and Winnebagoes, at Butte des Morts, August 11th 1827) on the Skonawby river of Green Bay; thence northwardly to the source of Chocolate river; thence down said river to its mouth, the place of beginning; it being the intention of the parties to this treaty, to include in this cession, all the Chippewa lands eastwardly of the aforesaid line running from the American Fur Company's trading post on the Fond du Lac river to the intersection of the line of the treaty made with the Chippewas of the Mississippi July 29th 1837.
The Indians stipulate for the right of hunting on the ceded territory, with the other usual privileges of occupancy, until required to remove by the President of the United States, and that the laws of the United States shall be continued in force, in respect to their trade and inter course with the whites, until otherwise ordered by Congress.
It is agreed by the parties to this treaty, that whenever the Indians shall be required to remove from the ceded district, all the unceded lands belonging to the Indians of Fond du Lac, Sandy Lake, and Mississippi bands, shall be the common property and home of all the Indians, party to this treaty.
In consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States, engage to pay to the Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi, and Lake Superior, annually, for twenty-five years, twelve thousand five hundred dollars, in specie, ten thousand five hundred (10,500) dollars in goods, two thousand (2,000) dollars in provisions and tobacco, two thousand (2,000) dollars for the support of two blacksmiths shops, (including pay of smiths and assistants, and iron steel &c.) one thousand (1,000) dollars for pay of two farmers, twelve hundred (1,200) for pay of two carpenters, and two thousand (2,000) dollars for the support of schools for the Indians party to this treaty; and further the United States engage to pay the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars as an agricultural fund, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. And also the sum of seventy-five thousand (75,000) dollars, shall be allowed for the full satisfaction of their debts within the ceded district, which shall be examined by the commissioner to this treaty, and the amount to be allowed decided upon by him, which shall appear in schedule hereunto annexed. The United States shall pay the amount so allowed within three years.
Whereas the Indians have expressed a strong desire to have some provision made for their half breed relatives, therefore it is agreed, that fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars shall be paid to said Indians, next year, as a present, to be disposed of, as they, together with their agent, shall determine in council.
Whereas the whole country between Lake Superior and the Mississippi, has always been understood as belonging in common to the Chippewas, party to this treaty; and whereas the bands bordering on Lake Superior, have not been allowed to participate in the annuity payments of the treaty made with the Chippewas of the Mississippi, at St. Peters July 29th 1837, and whereas all the unceded lands belonging to the aforesaid Indians, are hereafter to be held in common, therefore, to remove all occasion for jealousy and discontent, it is agreed that all the annuity due by the said treaty, as also the annuity due by the present treaty, shall henceforth be equally divided among the Chippewas of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, party to this treaty, so that every person shall receive an equal share.
The Indians residing on the Mineral district, shall be subject to removal therefrom at the pleasure of the President of the United States.
This treaty shall be obligatory upon the contracting parties when ratified by the President and Senate of the United States. [544]
In testimony whereof the said Robert Stuart commissioner, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, have hereunto set their hands, at La Pointe of Lake Superior, Wisconsin Territory this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
Robert Stuart, Commissioner.
Jno. Hulbert, Secretary.
Crow wing River, Po go ne gi shik, 1st chief-
Do. Son go com ick, 2d do.
Sandy Lake, Ka non do ur uin zo, 1st do.
Do. Na turn e gaw bon, 2d do.
Gull Lake, Ua bo jig, 1st do.
Do. Pay pe si gon de bay, 2d do.
Red Ceder Lake, Kui ui sen shis, 1st do.
Do. Ott taw wance, 2d do.
Poke gom maw, Bai ie jig, 1st do.
Do. Show ne aw, 2d do.
Wisconsin River, Ki uen zi, 1st do.
Do. Wi aw biske kut te way, 2d do.
Lac de Flarebeau, A pish ka go gi, 1st do.
Do. May tock cus e quay, 2d do.
Do. She maw gon e, 2d do.
Lake Bands, Ki ji ua be she shi, 1st do.
Do. Ke kon o tum, 2d do.
Fon du Lac, Shin goob, 1st do.
Do. Na gan nab, 2d do.
Do. Mong o zet, 2d do.
La Pointe, Gitchi waisky, 1st do.
Do. Mi zi, 2d do.
Do. Ta qua gone e, 2d do.
Onlonagan, O kon di kan, 1st do.
Do. Kis ke taw wac, 2d do.
Ance, Pena shi, 1st do.
Do. Guck we san sish, 2d do.
Vieux Desert, Ka she osh e, 1st do.
Do. Medge waw gwaw wot, 2d do.
Mille Lac, Ne qua ne be, 1st do.
Do. Ua abash ko kum, 2d do.
Do. No din, 2d do.
St. Croix, Be zhi ki, 1st do.
Do. Ka bi na be, 2d do.
Do. Ai aw bens, 2d do.
Snake River, Sha go bi, 1st do.
Chippewa River, Ua be she shi, 1st do.
Que way zhan sis, 2d do.
Lac Courtulle, Ne na nang eb, 1st do.
Do. Be bo kon uen, 2d do.
Do. Ki uen zi. 2d do.
In presence of
Henry Blanchford, interpreter.
Samuel Ashmun, interpreter.
Justin Rice.
Charles H. Oakes.
William A. Aitkin.
William Brewster.
Charles M. Borup.
Z. Platt.
C.H. Beaulieau.
L.T. Jamison.
James P. Scott.
Cyrus Mendenhall.
L.M. Warren.
(To the Indian names are subjoined marks.) [545]
Schedule of claims examined and allowed by Robert Stuart, commissioner, under the treaty with the Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, concluded at La Pointe, October 4th 1842, setting forth the names of claimants, and their proportion of allowance of the seventy-five thousand dollars provided in the fourth article of the aforesaid treaty, for the full satisfaction of their debts, as follows:
No. of Name of claimant, Proportion of
claim $75,000, set apart in
4th article of treaty.
1 Edward F. Ely $50.80
2 Z. Platt, esq., attorney for George Berkett 484.67
3 Cleveland North Lake Co 1,485.67
4 Abraham W. Williams 75.03
5 William Brewster This claim to be paid as follows, 2,052.67
viz: William Brewster, or order ($1,929.77);
Charles W. Borup, or order ($122.90)
6 George Copway 61.67
7 John Kahbege 57.55
8 Alixes Carpantier 28.58
9 John W. Bell 186.16
10 Antoine Picard 6.46
11 Michael Brisette 182.42
12 Francois Dejaddon 301.48
13 Pierre C. Duvernay 1,101.00
14 Jean Bts. Bazinet 325.46
15 John Hotley 69.00
16 Francois Charette 234.92
17 Clement H. Beaulieu agent for the estate of Bazil 596.84
Beaulieu, dec'd
18 Francois St. Jean an~t George Bonga 366.84
19 Louis Ladebauche 322.52
20 Peter Crebassa 499.27
21 B. T. Kavanaugh 516.82
22 Augustin Goslin 169.05
23 American Fur Company: This claim to be paid as 13,365.30
follows, viz: American Fur Company ($12,565.10);
Charles W. Borup ($800.20)
24 William A. Aitken 935.67
25 James P. Scott 73.41
26 Augustin Bellanger 192.35
27 Louis Corbin 12.57
28 Alexes Corbin 596.03
29 George Johnston 35.24
30 Z. Platt, esq., attorney for Sam'l Ashman 1,771.63
31 Z. Platt, esq., attorney for Wm. Johnson 390.27
32 Z. Platt, esq., attorney for estate of Dan'l Dingley 1,991.62
33 Lyman M. Warren 1,566.65
34 Estate of Michael Cadotte, disallowed
35 Z. Platt, esq., attorney for estate of E. Roussain 959.13
36 Joseph Dufault 144.32
37 Z. Platt, esq., attorney for Antoine Mace 170.35
38 Michael Cadotte 205.60
39 Z. Platt, esq., att'y for Francois Gauthier 167.05
40 Z. Platt, esq., att'y for Joseph Gauthier 614.30
41 Z. Platt, esq., attorney for I. B. Uoulle 64.78
42 Jean Bts. Corbin 531.50
43 John Hulbert 209.18
44 Jean Bts. Couvellion 18.80 45 Nicholas Da Couteau, withdrawn.
46 Pierre Cottéé 732.50
47 W.H. Brockway and Henry Holt, executors to the 3,157.10
estate of John Holliday, dec'd.
48 John Jacob Astor, This claim to be paid as follows, 37,994.98
viz: Charles W. Borup ($1,676.90); Z. Platt, esq
($2, 621.80); John Jacob Astor ($23,696 28)
Z. Platt. esq., attorney for Thos. Connor 1,118.60
Charles H. Oakes 4,309.21
Z. Platt, esq., attorney for Wm. Morrison 1,074.70
Z. Platt, esq., att'y for Isaac Butterfield 1,275.56
J. B. Van Rensselaer 62.00
William Brewster and James W. Abbot The parties 2,067.10
to this claim request no payment be made to either
without their joint consent, or until a decision of the
case be had, in a court of justice.
William Bell 17.62
Note: For more information on the boundaries of the ceded territory described in Article 1 of this treaty, see the Treaty with the Chippewa, Etc. of 1827, 7 Stat. 303, and the Treaty with the Chippewa of 1837, 7 Stat. 536.
Source: Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. (Treaties.) Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler, LL. M., Clerk to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1904


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Throughout this year, I have been busy knitting what I call "therapeutic dishcloths." I have found simple knitting and embroidery projects to be a very good way to de-stress. It seems as though if I keep my hands busy, my mind can't wander down the dangerous alleys of "what if…" that make my heart start to race, my lungs start to hyperventilate, and my levels of adrenaline and cortisol to surge.
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Silvabestius johnnilandi
Silvabestius johnnilandi was a rare, sheep-sized diprotodontoid marsupial, one of the smallest and most primitive discovered to date. It is late Oligocene in age, known from two skulls found in close proximity: almost certainly that of a female adult and its pouch young. Silvabestius would have been a browser, feeding on leaves, stems and other soft parts of plants.
Members of the family Diprotodontidae were quadrupedal, herbivorous marsupials with proportionately large heads (but small brains) and stout limbs. There are two subfamilies in Diprotodontidae: Diprotodontinae and Zygomaturinae. Zygomaturines are distinguished from diprotodontines by a complex upper third premolar (P3/) with from three to five cusps.
Silvabestius (known from two complete skulls, an adult and juvenile) is placed in Zygomaturinae because it has a typically 4-cusped zygomaturine premolar (a parastyle on P3/ is developed) and it has a ventral alisphenoid tympanic process, as in other zygomaturines. It is distinguished from other zygomaturines by the following combination of features: small size; possession of upper canine teeth; features of the upper third premolar (absent to small hypocone; a small, poorly developed parastyle dominated by an anterolingual blade; absence of a deep trench separating parastyle from parametacone, and prominent anterobuccal blade extending forward from metacone); small parastyle on M1/; absence of a distinct gradient in molar size from M1-4/; and other features of the dentition (for further characters, see Black and Archer 1997b). Unlike later species of Zygomaturus, Maokopia and Hulitherium, the skull of Silvabestius lacks a constricted diastema on the upper jaw, an inferior premaxillary suture close to I3/; an anteriorly concave lateral premaxilla/maxilla suture; high, steep frontals; and frontated (broadened) orbits (from Black 2007). Silvabestius shares several skull and dental features with the small zygomaturine Nimbadon lavarackorum, also from Riversleigh.
Silvabestius johnnilandi differs from the older and more archaic Silvabestius michaelbirti (known from a relatively complete cranium) in that its teeth are more high-crowned, the P3/ is more complex in form (S. michaelbirti lacks a parastyle, the protocone is larger and it lacks a distinct hypocone); and the protoloph on M1/ is longer and more anteriorly convex. The S. michaelbirti skull has a well developed sagittal crest, which may indicate that it was either an older animal or a male of the species.
Both an adult skull and the skull and lower jaw of a juvenile (a pouch young, designated as the holotype) are known. The skull of the adult (probably the mother of the juvenile) is about 25cm long, indicating that adult Silvabestius were sheep-sized. The juvenile was most likely a pouch young: its dentition, still in the process of erupting, is completely unworn (providing crucial information on crown morphology); the cranial bones are still unfused; and upper and lower incisors do not meet when the jaws are brought into occlusion, (a small gap for the mother's nipple). Furthermore, the skulls were discovered nose-to-nose, suggesting a close relationship between the adult and young.
Silvabestius was most closely related to a second species of Silvabestius, S. michaelbirti from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh. The genus Silvabestius was most closely related to Nimbadon lavarackorum, another small diprotodontoid from Riversleigh, and more distantly related to the Pleistocene Zygomaturus. The closest living relatives of diprotodontoids are wombats (Vombatiformes).
The Riversleigh region during the late Oligocene was a mix of vegetation types, suggesting a drier and more open environment than later Miocene Riversleigh habitats. There may have been a large lake in the area, a karst (limestone) landscape.
Silvabestius johnnilandi is known only from the Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil Area in northwestern Queensland.
Feeding and diet
All zygomaturines were browsers rather than grazers. Silvabestius would have fed on leaves, stems and shoots of forest plants. Its relatively low-crowned teeth and lack of extensive wear suggest that the diet of Silvabestius was fairly soft (non-abrasive) plant matter.
Life history cycle
Zygomaturines, like all marsupials, began life as tiny neonates that completed their growth after birth in the mother's pouch. Living vombatiforms (koalas and wombats) have a backwardly-facing pouch, and it is probable that diprotodontoids like Silvabestius had the same. The discovery of a pouch young of Silvabestius gives palaeontologists a good look at the stage of development of early diprotodontoids during this critical life stage.
Silvabestius is known from just five specimens in two species, suggesting that these were rare and possibly solitary animals. There were many potential predators known from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh that may have been a threat to the sheep-sized Silvabestius, including thylacines, marsupial 'lions' (thylacoleonids) and large crocodiles.
Fossils description
Silvabestius johnnilandi is known from two well-preserved fossil skulls, those of an adult and juvenile found close together at the Riversleigh World Heritage fossil site (VIP Local Fauna: 'System A' or late Oligocene) in northwestern Queensland. The juvenile skull and lower jaw have been designated as the holotype, and all material is held by the Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
A third species of Silvabestius, originally described as a species of Palorchestinae, has been proposed. This specimen is poorly preserved and some features said to distinguish it from other species are variable, so it most likely does not represent a valid third Silvabestius species (Black 2007).
Evolutionary relationships
Diprotodontids are included in the suborder Vombatiformes, along with wombats and koalas. They first appeared in the late Oligocene, about 25 million years ago. These small, early diprotodontoids were probably descended from wynyardiids (small marsupials with a dentition intermediate between that of possums and diprotodontoids). Diprotodontidae is divided into the subfamilies Diprotodontinae and Zygomaturinae, distinguished from each other primarily on dental grounds.
Zygomaturines may have evolved from a primitive diprotodontine-like ancestor with a small parastyle on the P3/. The subfamily includes several species of small diprotodontids from New Guinea, Alcoota and Riversleigh as well as the larger Zygomaturus from the Pleistocene of Australia. Silvabestius may be at the base of the zygomaturine tree as its most primitive (plesiomorphic) member, making the juvenile an especially important discovery. S. michaelbirti, from slightly older late Oligocene deposits, is more primitive (plesiomorphic) than S. johnnilandi. However, species of Silvabestius may not be ancestral to later zygomaturines.
- Black, K. 1997. Diversity and biostratigraphy of the Diprotodontia of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42, 187-192.
- Black, K. (thesis)
- Black, K., and Archer, M. 1997b. Silvabestius gen. et sp. nov., a primitive zygomaturine (Marsupialia, Diprotodontidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41, 193-208.
- Black, K. and Mackness, B. 1999. Diversity and relationships of diprotodontoid marsupials. Australian Mammalogy 21, 20-21; 34-45.
Further reading
- Archer, M., Hand, S. J. and Godthelp, H. 1994. Riversleigh: The Story of Animals in Ancient Rainforests of Inland Australia. Reed Books, Chatswood.
- Long, J. A. et al. 2002. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 240 pp.


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Panasonic has developed an artificial photosynthesis system which converts carbon dioxide (CO2) to organic materials by illuminating with sunlight at a world's top efficiency of 0.2%. The efficiency is on a comparable level with real plants used for biomass energy. The key to the system is the application of a nitride semiconductor which makes the system simple and efficient. This development will be a foundation for the realization of a system for capturing and converting wasted carbon dioxide from incinerators, power plants or industrial activities.
CO2 is one of the substances responsible for greenhouse effect and as such, efforts are being made to reduce the emissions of CO2 worldwide. The problem of CO2 is also directly connected to an issue of the depletion of fossil fuels. Artificial photosynthesis is the direct conversion from CO2 into organic materials, which can solve both of these problems.
In the previous approaches so far, the systems have had complex structures such as organic complexes or plural photo-electrodes, which makes it difficult to improve their efficiency in response to the light. Panasonic's artificial photosysnthesis system has a simple structure with highly efficient CO2 conversion, which can utilize direct sunlight or focused light.
We found firstly that a nitride semiconductor has the capability to excite the electrons with enough high energy for the CO2 reduction reaction. Nitride semiconductors have attracted attention for their potential applications in highly efficient optical and power devices for energy saving. However, its potential was revealed to extend beyond solid devices; more specifically, it can be used as a photo-electrode for CO2 reduction. Making a deviced structure through the thin film process for semiconductors, the performance as a photo-electrode has highly improved.
The CO2 reduction takes place on a metal catalyst at the opposite side of nitride semiconductor photo-electrode.(See Fig. 1) The metal catalyst plays an important role in selecting and accelerating the reaction. Here, it is noted that the system comprises of only inorganic materials, which can reduce the CO2 with low energy loss. Because of this, the amount of reaction products is exactly proportional to the light power. This is one of the merits in such an all-inorganic system while some conventional systems cannot follow the light power in general because of their internal or external rate-limiting processes in the complex structures.
The system with a nitride semiconductor and a metal catalyst generates mainly formic acid from CO2 and water with light at a world's top efficiency of 0.2%. The efficiency is of a comparable level to real plants used in the biomass energy source. The formic acid is an important chemical in industry for dye and fragrances. The reaction rate is completely proportional to the light power due to the low energy loss with simple structure; in other words, the system can respond to focused light. This will make it possible to realize a simple and compact system for capturing and converting wasted carbon dioxide from incinerators and electric generation plants.
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Even in these so-called cynical times I find politics (in, for example, the interactions between basement-level activism, and the, to quote Zappa, 'entertainment division of the military-industrial complex'; in the friction between good, sometimes great, journalism, and the for-profit-lubricated popularity-contest we call publishing) inspiring.
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Animators whose subject matter are things like movement, weight, physics, physiology, intent, volition, presence, personality, empathy, when their materials, in many respects, are working against those expressions. It helps to remind those of us who work in practices where it is too easy to take those same things—movement, weight, physics, physiology, etc.—for granted because they are so effortlessly part of the form. [Read the rest…]
Over at a Jazz Noise, you can read my answers to Dave Foxall's 7 Questions such as my take on collaboration or what I seek in collaborators:
Imagination, skill and reliability. In that order.
Someone who has a levelheaded understanding (consciously or not) of their niche within the transnational improvised music ecology….
I gravitate towards improvisers who are always prepared for that which is, in a way, unforeseeable.
Also people who can patch the holes and weaknesses in my musical skill-set. So, thinking about those three-quarters of Sirene 1009, I think: Dom Lash's assured, steady-handed control of his technique and sound-making; Mark Sanders' range, seemingly boundless imagination, ability anticipate anything and everything, and ability to make sense musically regardless of what surrounds him; and Caroline Pugh's handle and knowledge of genre, and how she seemingly can just jump in regardless of context. I think the various ways we move—our bodies and their relationship with the instruments, say—complement each other.
(I've said this before, but getting a group together is a kind of composition.) [Read the rest…]
Plus, the "opening track [from 'Sirene 1009' (BAF000)]—Psychohistory III (very Asimov!)—[is] exclusively available to a Jazz Noise readers (hear it here and nowhere else, folks) for this interview." [Listen/read the rest…].
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Big Data is increasingly becoming an integral part of technology deployment in most organizations. Mined efficiently, big data enables organizations to win over customers, drive competitive differentiation and pave the way for newer opportunities. Then what's keeping businesses from charging ahead and taking the lead? The answer is effective data interpretation and analysis to provide actionable recommendations.


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Identification of patient deterioration in vital-sign data using one-class support vector machines
Clifton L., Clifton DA., Watkinson PJ., Tarassenko L.
Adverse hospital patient outcomes due to deterioration are often preceded by periods of physiological deterioration that is evident in the vital signs, such as heart rate, respiratory rate, etc. Clinical practice currently relies on periodic, manual observation of vital signs, which typically occurs every 2-to-4 hours in most hospital wards, and so patient deterioration may go unidentified. While continuous patient monitoring systems exist for those patients who are confined to a hospital bed, the false alarm rate of conventional systems is typically so high that the alarms generated by them are ignored. This paper explores the use of machine learning methods for automatically identifying patient deterioration, using data acquired from continuous patient monitors. We compare generative and discriminative techniques (a probabilistic method using a mixture model, and a support vector machine, respectively). It is well-known that parameter tuning affects the performance of such methods, and we propose a method to optimise parameter values using "partial AUC". We demonstrate the performance of the proposed method using both synthetic data and patient vital-sign data collected from a recent observational clinical study. © 2011 Polish Info Processing Soc.


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Only two people contributed to this Q/A, so maybe we could get some more opinions.
Recently there seem to be a lot of questions on the topic of installing OS X as a virtualized instance using VirtualBox or other virtualization software. Like this (was a question about OS X server, so that's fine), or this, which came up just today.
Now, the OS X EULA says,
[...] you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so.
We have agreed that the following questions are definitely off-topic on SU:
- How to install OS X on a PC (i.e. non-Apple hardware) – basically, Hackintosh
- How to install OS X as a virtual machine running on a PC
We can also agree that the following is on-topic (because it's allowed):
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A case that is not so clear
But there is one case where the people posting the question think they are in the right to do so:
- How to install OS X as a virtual machine running on a Mac
They think that it is legal, as they are still running on Apple hardware. They quote an Oracle blog entry that basically says it is legal. Apple however has only specifically addressed virtualization in the OS X Server EULA.
What should we do?
Now, I am very open to discussion about this. I am no expert in legal issues, but I was under the impression this is still not allowed, as you are basically installing on virtualized hardware that is not made by Apple. OS X checks for Apple hardware during installation and therefore I believe some hacking is needed to get that running.
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