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Craig graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA (1976) and LLB (1977).
He was a litigations partner with DLA Phillips Fox for 28 years before joining Capital Chambers.
Craig undertakes a range of commercial, public law, regulatory, securities, trusts, resources, and environmental litigation and advice. He frequently appears in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and various Specialists Courts, Commissions, and Alternative Dispute Resolution fora.
He acts for a variety of public and private companies as well as local authorities and Crown entities.
Craig is the former Managing Partner of DLA Phillips Fox and for a number of years was a member of its New Zealand and subsequently Australasian Boards. He has also had various roles in community and professional organisations, including:
Chair of the Roseneath School Board of Trustees
an elected Executive Committee member of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand
a committee member of the Wellington branch of the Resource Management Law Association, and
for several years the honorary lawyer for Kapiti Environmental Action.
Since 1995 he has been a faculty member of the New Zealand Law Society's Litigation Skills Programme for young advocates.
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Leo graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a BSc in 1976 and a Supply Chain Management Certificate from Arizona State University in 2006. He completed executive leadership programs at Princeton University and the Aspen Institute and Finance at the Wharton Business School.
Leo returned to Wellington in 2013 after 30 years overseas with Chevron Corporation including executive assignments in North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. He was appointed a Corporate Officer of Chevron in 2005 and most recently led Chevron's worldwide procurement and supply chain organisations.
Previous roles include President, Joint Ventures & New Business Development, Chevron Asia Pacific; President, Manufacturing, Supply and Trading for Caltex Petroleum Corporation; Chairman and CEO Caltex Singapore; and Managing Director, Caltex Middle East.
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Rick graduated with a MSc(Hons) in Chemistry from Victoria University of Wellington and is an Accredited Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, a Hunter Fellow of Victoria University of Wellington, and was made a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2010.
Rick was a Trustee with the Board of Trustees from February 1997 to December 2004 and held the office of Chair from 2000–2002.
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Professor Grant Guilford
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A former journalist, Raphael worked for The Dominion newspaper and in various public sector roles before moving into politics where he worked as a press secretary in former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley's office.
Raphael holds Law and Arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington (1994) and a New Zealand Certificate in Journalism from Auckland Institute of Technology (1989).
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A phase 2 clinical trial of nab-Paclitaxel in previously treated and chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic melanoma
Evan M. Hersh, Steven J. O'Day, Antoni Ribas, Wolfram E. Samlowski, Michael S. Gordon, Deganit E. Shechter, Alicia A. Clawson, Rene Gonzalez
BACKGROUND: nab-Paclitaxel (ABI-007, Abraxane), a 130-nM, albumin-bound (nab) particle form of Cremophor-free paclitaxel, is approved for metastatic breast cancer. In the current study, the efficacy and safety of nab-paclitaxel were evaluated in previously treated and chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic melanoma (MM). METHODS: Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed, measurable MM were enrolled. nab-Paclitaxel was administered intravenously weekly for 3 of 4 weeks at a dose of 100 mg/m2 (in previously treated patients) or 150 mg/m2 (in chemotherapy-naive patients). RESULTS: Thirty-seven patients were treated in each cohort. The response rate was 2.7% in the previously treated cohort and 21.6% in the chemotherapy-naive cohort; the response plus stable disease rate was 37.8% and 48.6% in the previously treated and chemotherapy-naive cohorts, respectively. The median progressionfree survival (PFS) was 3.5 months and 4.5 months, and the median survival was 12.1 months and 9.6 months, respectively. The probability of being alive and free of disease progression at 6 months was 27% for the previously treated cohort and 34% for the chemotherapy-naive cohort; the probability of surviving 1 year was 49% and 41%, respectively, for the previously treated and chemotherapy-naive cohorts. Approximately 78% of the previously treated patients and 49% of the chemotherapy-naive patients were treated without dose reduction. Eight (22%) chemotherapy-naive patients discontinued therapy because of toxicities. Drug-related toxicities included grade 3 to 4 (graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [version 3.0]) neuropathy, alopecia, neutropenia, and fatigue. CONCLUSIONS: nab-Paclitaxel was found to be well tolerated and demonstrated activity in both previously treated and chemotherapy-naive patients with MM. The response rate, PFS, and survival compared favorably with current standard dacarbazine therapy and combination therapies for melanoma. nab-Paclitaxel therapy of MM should be investigated further in controlled clinical trials.
ABI-007 (Abraxane)
10.1002/cncr.24720
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Hersh, E. M., O'Day, S. J., Ribas, A., Samlowski, W. E., Gordon, M. S., Shechter, D. E., Clawson, A. A., & Gonzalez, R. (2010). A phase 2 clinical trial of nab-Paclitaxel in previously treated and chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic melanoma. Cancer, 116(1), 155-163. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24720
A phase 2 clinical trial of nab-Paclitaxel in previously treated and chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic melanoma. / Hersh, Evan M.; O'Day, Steven J.; Ribas, Antoni; Samlowski, Wolfram E.; Gordon, Michael S.; Shechter, Deganit E.; Clawson, Alicia A.; Gonzalez, Rene.
In: Cancer, Vol. 116, No. 1, 01.01.2010, p. 155-163.
Hersh, EM, O'Day, SJ, Ribas, A, Samlowski, WE, Gordon, MS, Shechter, DE, Clawson, AA & Gonzalez, R 2010, 'A phase 2 clinical trial of nab-Paclitaxel in previously treated and chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic melanoma', Cancer, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 155-163. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24720
Hersh EM, O'Day SJ, Ribas A, Samlowski WE, Gordon MS, Shechter DE et al. A phase 2 clinical trial of nab-Paclitaxel in previously treated and chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic melanoma. Cancer. 2010 Jan 1;116(1):155-163. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24720
Hersh, Evan M. ; O'Day, Steven J. ; Ribas, Antoni ; Samlowski, Wolfram E. ; Gordon, Michael S. ; Shechter, Deganit E. ; Clawson, Alicia A. ; Gonzalez, Rene. / A phase 2 clinical trial of nab-Paclitaxel in previously treated and chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic melanoma. In: Cancer. 2010 ; Vol. 116, No. 1. pp. 155-163.
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Greenlanders Rely on the Ice Sheet for their Livelihood. What happens when it melts?
Annika Witt
The climate change issues facing the world's largest island
Greenland is the world's largest island with the majority of the island existing above the arctic circle. It is Denmark's largest autonomous territory with a population of 56,000. They receive $650 million U.S. dollars' worth in subsidies from Denmark each year.
Roughly 80% of its surface is ice so the majority of the population lives along the fjord laden coast. Greenland's ice sheet translates to roughly 10% of the world's fresh water.
The Major Climate Change Risks to Greenland
melting of the ice sheet
ocean circulation
global heat transfer
regional atmospheric circulation
The implications of the Greenland ice sheet melting are global and dramatic in their effect
Lead to a sea level rise of up to 3m
Effect ocean circulation
Produce a wobble in the jet stream
Ocean Circulation: the ice sheet contains 10% of the world's fresh water so as it melts, a layer of fresh water is deposited on top of the heavier salt water of the North Atlantic. The change in salinity could depress the Gulf Stream and alter North Atlantic circulation patterns that control weather in Europe. This means the relatively moderate temperatures experienced in most European countries would become much more extreme.
Annika Witt. March 2018.
Heat transfer: driven by a temperature differential. As the polar regions get warmer, the temperature difference between the equator and the poles decreases, which would alter global atmospheric circulation patterns by reducing the force that drives equatorial heat energy North towards the poles.
Climate change's poster child may feel the worst of it's effects in Greenland
There are many large mammal species who rely on the ice sheet for hunting, shelter, and a place to raise their young. The polar bear could see a sharp decline in population as the ice sheet and the sea ice surrounding Greenland continues to melt. This decline could cause a 'trophic cascade', or a complete breakdown of the Arctic food chain.
Not only are large mammal communities effected but human ones as well
As the ice sheet continues to melt, it becomes increasingly difficult for dogsled teams to use the sea ice to travel and hunt. Additionally, a shorter freezing season means that hunters have less time and area to hunt as well as more difficulty in finding their prey.
"People used to go hunting for weeks on the sea ice. They would go so far out they couldn't see any land. Now they can travel only for one day by sea ice, there's too much open water and it's unstable." - Bjarne Lyberth
The loss of language would greatly weaken Greenlanders ability to remain resilient against the influence of modern cultures
Greenlandic is a polysynthetic language meaning that a single word can be used to describe an entire sentence. These single words are often used to describe tiny nuances in the weather, but as weather patterns shift and certain phenomena do not occur as often, these words will disappear.
As Greenland becomes more conducive to human habitation and with the opening of the Northwest Passage, immigration to Greenland could increase.
Despite the challenges ahead, there is a sense of understanding that an adaptation plan is necessary as they move forward.
Currently, Greenland is not included in Denmark's climate change adaptation plan. However, it has become clearer how important Greenland is to mitigating the effects of climate change globally. If/when the Danish government incorporates Greenland into their adaptation plan, it is important they consider the indigenous knowledge Greenlanders can contribute as well as what residents of Greenland and other vulnerable communities identify as climate change related concerns.
Annika Witt graduated from St. Lawrence University in 2019 with a combined major in Environmental Studies and Sociology, and a minor in Outdoor Studies. Her interest in Greenland began after she visited Kangerlussuaq, Greenland in March 2018 while studying abroad in Denmark. While in Greenland, Annika got the opportunity to walk across sections of the ice sheet, see the Russell Glacier, taste traditional Greenlandic foods, and join a dog sled team for an afternoon. Annika spends her summers as a guide in Idaho while she pursues a career in outdoor education in the fall and winter months. This web page was produced for Dr. Jon Rosales' Adaptation to Climate Change course in the spring of 2019.
Annika Witt. Russel Glacier. March 2018.
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Tomatoes menaced by alien insects
By Andy Coghlan
A TINY insect could leave Britain's tomato growers saddled with an
unwanted Christmas present: bankruptcy. Tomato plants are under threat from
sap-sucking tobacco whiteflies that stow away on poinsettias and other imported
ornamental plants.
The tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is one of the world's most
feared insect pests. It can live on some 500 species of plant, and the B-type,
which is dubbed the "poinsettia strain" because of its penchant for the popular
Christmas plant (This Week, 24/31 December 1994, p 8), is particularly
formidable.
As well as damaging plants directly, the pests also pass on viruses,
including the tomato yellow leaf curl virus. The virus has already caused havoc
in tomato plantations in Israel and southern Europe.
Now three entomologists at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's
Central Science Laboratory in York have built a computer model to predict the
economic impact of an epidemic of whitefly in Britain. Derek Morgan, Justine
Head and Alan MacLeod calculate that tomato growers in England and Wales could
lose 20 per cent of their crops. With these losses, growers' profits would
almost halve.
Since 1987, when the whitefly was first spotted entering the country aboard
poinsettias, teams of inspectors have rigorously monitored imports of these
plants, as well as the nurseries where they are grown. So far, the controls have
worked. The new computer simulations show how devastating the results could be
if the inspectors drop their guard.
To ensure that their computer model was realistic, the researchers studied
behaviour of the flies on tomatoes grown in the laboratory. "We found that they
laid more eggs on tomatoes than on poinsettias, and they developed quicker,"
says Head. Even tiny infestations could explode and ruin whole crops within 300
days. "All in all, it's a very nasty pest," says Morgan.
Magazine issue 2061 , published 21 December 1996
Court victory for keyboard victims
Bumper crop of sons at Sellafield


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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/navajo-nation-new-mexico-reach-settlements-over-2015-mine-spill
Navajo Nation, New Mexico reach settlements over 2015 mine spill
Nation Jan 13, 2021 5:55 PM EST
The Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico have reached multimillion-dollar settlements with mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that resulted in rivers in three Western states being fouled with a bright-yellow plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Under the settlement with the Navajo Nation, Sunnyside Gold Corp. — a subsidiary of Canada's Kinross Gold — will pay the tribe $10 million. New Mexico's agreement includes a $10 million payment for lost tax revenue and environmental response costs as well as $1 million for injuries to the state's natural resources.
WATCH: As national crises rage, Trump quietly delivers key conservative policy goals
The spill released 3 million gallons (11 million liters) of wastewater from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado. A crew hired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency triggered the spill while trying to excavate the mine opening in preparation for a possible cleanup.
The wastewater made its way into the Animas River and eventually down to the San Juan River, setting off a major response by government agencies, the tribe and private groups.
Water utilities were forced to shut down intake valves, and farmers stopped drawing from the rivers as the plume moved downstream.
The tribe said the toxic water coursed through 200 miles (322 kilometers) of river on Navajo lands.
"The Gold King Mine blowout damaged entire communities and ecosystems in the Navajo Nation," Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said in a statement announcing the settlement. "We pledged to hold those who caused or contributed to the blowout responsible, and this settlement is just the beginning."
The tribe's claims against the EPA and its contractors remain pending. About 300 individual tribal members also have claims pending as part of a separate lawsuit.
Nez added: "It is time that the United States fulfills its promise to the Navajo Nation and provides the relief needed for the suffering it has caused the Navajo Nation and its people."
The EPA under the Obama administration had claimed that water quality quickly returned to pre-spill levels. But New Mexico officials, tribal leaders and others voiced ongoing concerns about heavy metals collecting in the sediment and getting stirred up each time rain or snowmelt results in runoff.
State officials said the Animas Valley is now well within irrigation standards. But farmers continue to see lower sales because of the stigma left behind by the spill.
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, who has been shepherding the state's legal claims, said in a statement that he was pleased to settle this part of the case and that it marks a step toward holding polluters accountable.
"It is now the U.S. EPA who must step up and take responsibility," Balderas said. "I will continue to fight to protect our most vulnerable communities and pristine environment, especially from the federal government, which should be held responsible to these communities too."
In August, the U.S. government settled a lawsuit brought by the state of Utah for a fraction of what that state was initially seeking in damages.
In that case, the EPA agreed to fund $3 million in Utah clean water projects and spend $220 million of its own money to clean up abandoned mine sites in Colorado and Utah.
After the spill, the EPA designated the Gold King and 47 other mining sites in the area a Superfund cleanup district. The agency is still reviewing options for a broader cleanup.
Left: Yellow mine waste water from the Gold King Mine is seen in San Juan County, Colorado, in this picture released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) taken August 7, 2015. A contaminated plume of waste water accidentally released from a Colorado gold mine by U.S. environmental agency workers has spread downstream and reached northern New Mexico, officials said on Saturday. REUTERS
U.S. mining sites dump 50 million gallons of fouled wastewater daily
By Matthew Brown, Associated Press
By Matthew Brown, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press
Citing outbreak, EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws
By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press
As national crises rage, Trump quietly delivers key conservative policy goals
Politics Jul 16


The last years of the reign of Louis XIV were marked by a horrendous series of untimely deaths in the royal family: his son, the Grand Dauphin, then his beloved grandson and granddaughter-in-law, and his great-grandson, the little Duc de Bretagne. Another of Louis XIV grandsons, the Duc de Berry, would die in a hunting accident two years later. The other remaining grandson had become King Philip V of Spain and renounced his claims to the throne of France.
Of that personal and dynastic catastrophe, the sole surviving heir to the Sun King was a bright, dark-eyed toddler, the future Louis XV. Like his parents and elder brother, he caught a nasty fever during the winter of 1712, but his governess, the Duchesse de Ventadour, had the presence of mind to protect him from the lethal ministrations of the Court physicians. She was content to wrap him warmly and coddle him. Thanks to her, the orphan survived.
The new little Dauphin adored both the good Duchess, whom he called Maman, and his great-grandfather the King. But even Louis XIV was losing his strength and stamina, and the family hecatomb had made him very much aware of his own impending death.
Sweatheart, you are going to be a great King, but all of your happiness will depend on your submission to God and the care you will have of your people. For that, you must to the best of your abilities avoid waging war: it is the ruin of the people. Do not follow the poor example I set for you in this regard; I often commenced war too lightly and continued it out of vanity. Do not imitate me, but be a peaceful ruler, and let your main concern be the relief of your subjects' sufferings.
Six days later, on the 1st of September 1715, the Sun King died, after a reign of 72 years, one of the longest in history. Once again in his short life, the child felt utterly bereft. He became King of France under the name of Louis XV.


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"The Process of Mixing Must Be Diligently Attended To" - Four Historic Drink Recipes to Try This Holiday Season
The holidays are right around the corner, which means it's time for Historical Nerdery to once again share its list of recommended historic alcoholic recipes for the Christmas Season!
A word of caution...we are not responsible if your in-laws get out of control, refuse to leave for days on end or become extra "snugly" after consuming these punches.
Jamaican Punch (17th Century)
1 cup fresh lime juice
2 cups grenadine syrup
2 cups Jamaican white rum
2 cups fresh pineapple juice
orange slices for garnish
pineapple slices for garnish
Mix all ingredients together in a pitcher or punch bowl. Chill until serving.
Charleston Light Dragoon Punch (18th Century)
4 quarts of black tea
1 quart and 1 cup lemon juice
1 quart dark rum (Jamaican)
4 quarts California Brandy (any non-gourmet brandy)
½ pint peach (or apricot) brandy
Equal parts Club soda
Make the black tea/lemon juice mixture, stirring in sugar when hot. Add the alcohol. Set aside or bottle for later use. In a punch bowl place blocks of ice and garnishes of lemon and orange peels. Pour in equal parts of the tea-brandy-rum mixture with club soda.
Charles Dicken's Punch (19th Century)
1⁄ 2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest
1⁄ 4 cup borage fresh edible flower
2 cups sherry wine
1 cup brandy
Remove water from the boil. Steep the sugar, lemon zest and borage flowers in the hot water for 10 to 15 minutes. Strain and add the sherry, brandy and apple cider. Serve either hot or cold.
Mrs. Beeton's "Hot Punch" aka Hot Toddy
½ pint rum
½ pint brandy
½ tsp nutmeg
1 pint of boiling water
According to Mrs. Beeton herself, "Rub the sugar over the lemon until it has absorbed all the yellow part of the skin, then put the sugar into a punchbowl; add the lemon juice (free from pips) and mix these two ingredients well together. Pour over them the boiling water, stir well together, add the rum, brandy, and nutmeg; mix thoroughly, and the punch will be ready to serve. It is very important in making punch that all the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated; and to insure success, the process of mixing must be diligently attended to."
"Insulted Me On Account Of My Offensive Breath" - The Poet Laureate Jonathan Plummer Jr.
If you've ever had the chance to visit Newburyport and take a tour with Untapped History, you will usually hear a story or two about Lord Timothy Dexter, the eccentric millionaire who dominated gossip circles in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. However, very few people know about his poet laureate Jonathan Plummer Jr.
Jonathan Plummer Jr. was born in 1761 Newbury, Massachusetts and was the oldest of eight children. According to historian Roger W. Higgins, Plummer was "sickly through infancy and early childhood was mentally weak and easily imposed upon." As a teenager, he acquired a "reputation records from for being a strange and wayward boy with a flair for revival meetings." Even Plummer himself noted "my reading, traveling, and thirst for knowledge, too … began to operate to my disadvantage . . . to make me what they called an odd fellow — that is, different from the young fellows who were not readers . . . I was already so insufferably unfashionable as to begin to talk in young company of religion, virtue, poets, philosophers, lords, generals, statesmen, kings, battles, sieges, &c. &c. . . . this made the young people think that I thought myself better than them, and made them resolve to make me feel the torturing effects of their vindictive vengeance."
Nevertheless, he was a remarkably intelligent young man who had a photographic memory. As a young teenager, Plummer would often recite poetry in the Newburyport marketplace in exchange for tips. Although Jonathan's mother was impressed with the entrepreneurial spirit his father was embarrassed by what he perceived as his son's shortcomings. He forbade any further poetry performances, acquired a wheelbarrow for the boy and forced him to work as a fishmonger. According to Plummer, he was "poorly qualified to endure hardships" and was mercilessly taunted by the other vendors he encountered. Humiliated, the teenager abandoned the job in 1776 and enlisted in a temporary militia company raised to support the Siege of Boston. He garrisoned a fortification in Dorchester for ninety days but saw no action. "At this business we made a pretty lazy appearance. Nothing in it fired us with ambition or captivated our fancy."
At the end of his enlistment, he returned home. "Not relishing the trade, I returned to my father and resumed the farming business, which though not very agreeable, suited me better than handling leather."
The following year, Plummer tried to join a Newburyport privateer. According to Plummer "hard usage from my father, the love of Daphne, the want of money and a regard for my country prompted me to go forward." Plummer asserts he joined the privateer Hero, but deserted the day before the ship left port.
The Hero and its crew were lost at sea in August of 1777.
Later that year, Plummer enlisted in a militia regiment raised in response to Burgoyne's invasion from Canada. As with Dorchester, Plummer saw no combat and was discharged from service in the Fall of 1777.
Upon his return to Newburyport, he became a peddler and sold "spectacles, scissors, thimbles, combs, needles, pins,and verses" to local residents. He often spent his time "trading and chatting with the ladies here and there, being kissed and hugged by some females and, disdained on the account of the lowness of my business by others."
However, following a very public and cruel practical joke, Plummer closed his peddling business and left Newburyport to become a teacher in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Unfortunately, he lost the job due to an insufficient number of students. He quickly lost other teaching posts for a variety of reasons, including complaints of odd behavior. "Finding that I sung a great number of songs and tunes in my apartment alone, they concluded that I was insane"
He then bounced from odd job to odd job until he was hired as a boot cleaner in a local tavern. Unfortunately, the job was short lived as the tavern keeper informed him one day "we've found a better Negroe than you."
Plummer then decided he wanted to become a Congregationalist minister. He quickly branded himself the "lay bishop extraordinaire" and tried unsuccessfully to have various rural congregations hire him. Unfortunately, most were either underwhelmed or unimpressed by his ministerial skills. Apparently, Plummer often argued that millions of other planets were inhabited and claimed that God was too busy dealing with alien life than to care about mere Earthlings. Plummer also promoted his belief in the science of dreaming. "I often continued my discourse on dreams after people told me to my face, in plain words, that I was crazy." As one exasperated Newburyport minister declared from the pulpit upon receiving correspondence from him: "O Lord, have mercy on this over-pompous brother, whose wordy rhetoric has just startled our ears; save us from cant, bombast, and all the wiles of the devil. Amen."
To his credit, Plummer refused to be deterred and continued to plod ahead. He returned to Newburyport and once again took up a variety of odd jobs, including "farming, repeating select passages from authors, selling holibut, sawing wood, selling books, ballads, and fruit in the streets, serving as a porter and post-boy , filling beds with straw and wheeling them to the owners thereof, collecting rags, &c. &c." One period account suggests he even peddled pornography to make ends meet.
Plummer eventually found success through the self-publishing of books, broadsides and sermons. His popularity grew even further when he started to release poetry and essays he composed to woo a variety of New England women. One such work, entitled Plumer's Declaration of War with the Fair Ladies of the Five Northern States, swore off young women and argued for the courting of "vigorous and antiquated virgins."
Of course, despite his literary talents, he found little success in the romance department. It appears this may have been the result of his chronic bad breath. As Plummer recalled "they thought a ballad feller too mean to associate with, and often insulted me on account of my offensive breath, cruelly despisin me because I was unwell."
By the mid 1790s, Plummer caught the attention of Timothy Dexter, the eccentric Newburyport merchant who made a fortune through imaginative business deals such as exporting mittens, warming-pans, and stray cats to the West Indies. He recognized Plummer's intelligence and offered to set him up as either a physician or minister. Plummer couldn't decide and instead accepted the post of Poet Laureate. The merchant provided him with a handsome annual stipend, a black suit adorned with stars and fringe, a large cocked hat, shoes with silver buckles and a gold headed cane.
Plummer's poetry about Dexter was not necessarily cutting edge and rarely impressed the elite of Newburyport. In 1806, Timothy Dexter passed away and the annual stipend ended. To support himself, Plummer apparently returned to peddling goods in the streets of Newburyport.
Nevertheless, he still managed to enjoy continued attention and was an honored guest among many literary circles. The poet John Greenleaf Whittier recalled "twice a year, usually in the spring and autumn, we were honored with a call from Jonathan Plummer, maker of verses, peddler and poet, physician and parson,—a Yankee troubadour,—first and last minstrel of the valley of the Merrimac, encircled, to my wondering young eyes, with the very nimbus of immortality. He brought with him pins, needles, tape, and cotton-thread for my mother; jack-knives, razors, and soap for my father; and verses of his own composing, coarsely printed and illustrated with rude wood-cuts, for the delectation of the younger branches of the family. No lovesick youth could drown himself, no deserted maiden bewail the moon, no rogue mount the gallows, without fitting memorial in Plummer's verses. Earthquakes, fires, fevers, and shipwrecks he regarded as personal favors from Providence, furnishing the raw material of song and ballad . . . we listened with infinite satisfaction to his readings of his own verses, or to his ready improvisation upon some domestic incident or topic suggested by his auditors. When once fairly over the difficulties at the outset of a new subject, his rhymes flowed freely . . . He was scrupulously conscientious, devout, inclined to theological disquisitions, and withal mighty in Scripture. He was thoroughly independent; flattered nobody, cared for nobody, trusted nobody. When invited to sit down at our dinner-table, he invariably took the precaution to place his basket of valuables between his legs for safe keeping."
Plummer eventually launched a New England speaking tour and combined his assorted talents into a single, dazzling performance. Witnesses described it as a combination of preaching sermons, reciting or singing topical ballads (often made up on the spot) and a show and tell of his basket of sundry goods which often included medicines, toiletries, sewing notions, and his own broadsides about the latest murders and disasters.
Unmarried, Plummer spent his final days living with several of his cousins. He fell into a depression and at least one historian has suggested that the poet made several attempts at self mutilation or suicide between 1816 and 1818.
Jonathan Plummer Jr. passed away in 1819.
Following his death, Newburyport poet Henry S. Ellenwood published Elegy and Eulogy, and Epitaph, of That Famous Poet, Mr. Jonathan Plummer. In his introductory comments, Ellenwood noted "it may be proper here to remark, that the character of Jonathan was, as far as I know, irreproachable in every particular. He was most scrupulously conscientious; flattered nobody; cared for nobody; was seldom long in a place; and, with as unaffected an independence as ever was known, despised all the fashions of this world, and minded his own business. I wish it were it my power to say so much in favor of any other person upon earth."
"In a Riotous Manner Asaulted in the Kings Highway " - When A Newburyport Mob Turned on Joshua Vickery
Admittedly, we have always been drawn to period accounts of mob violence in Pre-Revolutionary War Boston. Little did we know that forty miles to the north the seaport town of Newburyport was carrying out its own brand of mob justice that rivaled that of Boston or Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
In September of 1768, word reached Newburyport that British troops had been dispatched by His Majesty's government to Boston. Naturally, the news caused great concern and stress. Worse, rumors began to surface in the town that spies and informants working on behalf of royal custom officials were visiting seaport communities to identify smuggling operations.
Understandably, coastal towns that were invested in illicit trafficking did not take kindly to those who reported the activities to royal custom officials. For example, in Salem, an informant was discovered and quickly seized by an angry mob. Afterwards, "his Head, Body and Limbs were covered with warm Tar and then a large quantity of Feathers were applied to all Parts, which by closely adhering to the Tar, Exhibited an odd figure, the Drollery of which can easily be imagined." He was set in a cart with the placard "Informer on his breast and back and escorted out of town" by the mob, who warned him of worse treatment if he returned.
In early September, 1768, a Newburyport captain and smuggler named John Emery arrived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. While on shore he was arrested by custom officers for violation of the royal revenue laws. Word traveled back to Newburyport and Joshua Vickery, a ship's carpenter, and Francis Magno, a Frenchman, were quickly identified as the informants who disclosed Emery's smuggling ring.
The alleged basis for the accusation was simply that the two men were present in Portsmouth at the time of Captain Emery's arrest.
On September 10, 1768 a large mob armed themselves with clubs and began to search for the two men. According to the September 27th edition of the Essex Gazette, Vickery was quickly found and "in a riotous manner asaulted in the Kings Highway in Newbury-Port, seized and carried by Force to the public stocks in the said Town, where he sat from three to five o'clock, in the afternoon, most of the Time on the sharpest stone that could be found, which put him to extreme Pain, so that he once fainted."
When he regained consciousness, Vickery was "taken out of the Stocks, put into a cart and carried thro' the Town with a Rope about his Neck, his Hands tied behind him until the Dusk of the Evening, during which time he was severely pelted with Eggs, Gravel and Stones, and was much wounded thereby; he was then taken out of the Cart, carried into a dark Ware-houfe, and hand-cuffed with Irons, without Bed or Cloathing, and in a Room where he could not lay strait, but made the Edge of a Tar Pot serve for a Pillow, so that when he arofe the Hair was tore from his Head."
Vickery spent the next day (Sunday) under guard in the warehouse. Several of his friends attempted to visit the carpenter, only to be rebuffed by the mob. Only his wife, "who with Difficulty obtained Liberty to speak to him" was granted access.
On Monday, September 12th, Vickery was dragged out of the warehouse and subjected to intense questioning. Surprisingly, he was able to convince mob leaders "that he never did, directly or indirectly, make or give Information to any Officer of the Customs, nor to any other Person, either against Cap' John Emmery or any other man whomsoever."
Magno did not fare as well. He remained in hiding until Monday morning when he was captured. While in custody he confessed to being an informant for royal custom officials in Newburyport and Portsmouth. He was carried to a horse cart and tossed into it. Although exonerated of his accusations, Vickery was still compelled to lead the cart through the town. Afterwards, Magno "was stripped naked, tarred and then Committed to Gaol for Breach of the Peace."
What became of Magno after his release is unknown but it's almost certain he fled Newburyport. Vickery and his wife remained in Newburyport until 1783 when they moved to Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. According to early 19th century accounts from the town, "he was a good penman, and reputed to have been a good citizen."
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Removing the little dust cap on the Havit HV-MS728 gaming mouse after unboxing it reveals a gold plated USB 2.0 type A connector that will be used to connect to the PC. It has a nice braided 1.2 USB meter cable which results in a nice and solid connection on the mouse. On the bottom of the mouse, there's an on/off switch for the LED backlight. Turning it to the off position makes it so the LEDs will not be on which you can use in instances where you sleep your room but you want to leave the computer on while downloading a game. What a very nice feature to have. And of course, you can turn it on so you can have a light show.
For the right and left click, I'm going to be honest, they are not the best. They are quite a bit loud and I have definitely felt bad clicks since they don't feel solid and it's probably because there are two separate pieces and that makes their clicks feel rather bad. One thing I do like is whether you press the front or back parts of the mouse clicks, it feels the same, so I can have a major claw grip.
So, other issues I have found with the DPI buttons is that the minus (-) button is raised quite high, and I find myself accidentally pressing it with my middle finger when using the scroll wheel in the game which is really quite bad but luckily the software allows you to disable the button completely or change its functions. So something else that I would have liked with this mouse would have been the ability to change its weight. I think this could have been added with little to no extra cost and I find the mouse at this moment to be quite a bit heavy, not to mention how long it is which will put a bit of strain on your wrist with extended use.
For the scroll wheel, it is pretty nice. It is one of the better feeling scroll wheels and it does light up as well. Also, the six (6) built-in DPI levels all come with different colors which are red, blue, light green, yellow, light blue and pink. They all look really vibrant. The pink one is not the best I'd say. To me, the red is the best-looking one because it is super vibrant and looks really nice. They all look nice and of course, you can customize the color from the software.


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I was born in Poole and spent most of the noughties there. I haven't been there for years now. I took my Dad on a day trip there a couple of years ago. But it has been six years since I spent actual quality time there.
Out of interest, I thought I'd see what is happening there. I was thinking of taking my Dad on another day trip because I had such a great time with him last time. I think the change of scenery, and a break for the ol' routine, did us both good.
I saw that a place called Quayside Emporium opened a couple of years ago. It probably opened around the time I was visiting Poole with my Dad so I am surprised I did not see it, though it is possible I was in Poole late spring rather than summer. It sounds like a place my Dad and I would love to go snooping in together (my sister and brother-in-law might find it interesting too).
Quayside Emporium illustration from the Poole Tourism website (source).
When I saw the location of Quayside Emporium I was happy to see it is in Henning's Wharf. Henning's Wharf was my favourite building in Poole for a long time. I'm not sure why. I only remember it being a powder blue colour (which is probably why I liked it in the first place). There was a pub on the ground floor called Mint for a while, followed shortly by Aqua. During my time in Poole it was my dream to one day own a flat in Henning's Wharf, though now I'd probably only be able to rent. I'm not sure how similar the flats are but I saw one with a mezzanine floor being sold for £130k-£150k in the very early noughties. Half a decade later I saw what looked like a similar one being sold for £180k. I decided to see if I can find the flat I loved again and I can see it listed in 2013 in again 2015.
I'd be interested to see the building again. Just to see if my feelings have changed. Or maybe just to compare the person I was back then to the person I am now. I hope it's still the powder blue colour.
My assessment (a research poster) is due on Friday. However, the final date that reprographics can print it is Tuesday. So that probably is my final deadline. I've noticed I'm blogging more, it is probably down to a mixture of EdublogsClub and that in times of assignments I throw myself headfirst into distractions.
Originally I wanted to write about use of space, particularly transitional spaces. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to say about them but I thought they could be a great place to start building inclusive and accessible practice. The transitional space is a place of physical connection, so would it be a good place for artistic connection? Also, from a political viewpoint, I am interested in the occupation and/or reclamation of contested spaces (so I love things like place hacking and guerrilla gardening).
Transitional spaces and contested spaces may not seem similar initially but I've had some thoughts on how they might feel similar to some folk.
Accessibility – is the transitional space actually physically accessible for all people?
Where is it going to? Is the transitional space en route to a safe(r) space?
Inclusivity – do people feel welcome in the space? Safe?
Participation – do folk feel like the space is theirs? And they are free to experiment in it?
As you can see, there's loads to unpack and I don't have the vocabulary for it yet!
But then I wondered what kind of space would be great for experimentation? And I thought about virtual spaces!!! Honestly, most of you are probably surprised I didn't think of this sooner because it is my area of interest. I had forgotten about virtual spaces as I had spent a week inhabiting a physical space and I was trying to analyse how it was impacting my behaviour and thoughts.
I don't want to say the art world has not embraced virtual reality as a medium because that's not true. There are artists working in this field (like Tale of Tales who I love dearly and you can read about their latest project Cathedral in the Clouds here). But I'm struggling to find much VR in museums. I'm also struggling to get to museums because of financial issues. So there may be a big world out there will of virtual reality exhibits that I can't access right now. There may also be a big world in here (online) that I can't access because I don't have a working PC or compatible mobile devices or I am just unable to find through all the hubbub of internet life.
I started looking at way museums are using digital technology, digital engagement and gamification. Most of what I found was very snazzy (great for publicity) and did a good job of helping people learn about exhibitions/history through play. But I hoped to find more feedback about the camaraderie side of this type of engagement. Mainly, does it exist? Or is it all isolated players? I'm still trying to find that out. I personally enjoy collaborating with strangers online and I do feel that the very act of making something together is a form of communication – but do other people see it that way? Does it matter if they do?
For various reasons I decided to primarily focus on one thing. Yep. Minecraft. Incidentally, if you're interested in how Minecraft could be used in University of Brighton follow the Minecraft blog I share with the Elearning team – it's blogs.brighton.ac.uk/minecraft – we are still at the very early focus group stage. So if you have ideas, get in touch!
The reason I'm looking at Minecraft is because the Tate, the British Museum and the Museum of London have all worked with Minecraft. Minecraft is also being increasingly used in schools (more so now Minecraft Education Edition is currently free) and researchers are looking at how it complements learning.
The Toy Shop is my personal favourite. Mainly because it reminds me of the Wizard's Attic in Hove Museum. When I first went to the Wizard's Attic I thought about how it would be a great environment to explore using digital technology. I think The Toy Shop gives the player a different perspective of the art work – of course, it's not as detailed but it's interesting to see things from behind the scenes or from a different angle. The way the users interact with the map can encourage them to analyse what they like, what they dislike, what they would change, what they can change, why they think the work is engaging or not. Having a virtual world that they can build, rebuild, demolish and share does more than allow them just to respond – they also have agency in this world.
Museumcraft is a community rebuilding the British Museum like-for-like in Minecraft. I am interested in this project as I think it could be a great tool when it's completed for people who haven't physically been in the museum before. It would be interesting to hear feedback from people who explored the museum in Minecraft before they went into the museum – did it help them navigate? Did it decrease anxiety of an unfamiliar environment? How did it feel being in an environment that they had only previously experienced in a virtual world? I also think the completed map would be a great tool to collect feedback – people could respond to the layout of the museum, they could build their own structures in the museum. (You see, this is kinda linked to my original transitional spaces idea).
The Great Fire 1666 series of Minecraft maps are recent news to me (I only found out about them last week) but from my shallow research I can see them being used as a learning aid. In terms of the subject matter, I think Minecraft allows the users to see the movement of the fire and experience it in a more immersive way than a documentary/film/animation would do (because users can interact with the content). Due to the low detail on the blocks, I think the virtual world looks unreal enough that the viewer would not be overwhelmed by the fire. There are also some challenges within the world (the player can help try to put out the fire) so they can feel part of the narrative as well. The third map is yet to be released but I hope it will allow users to rebuild London however they would like it to be rebuilt.
Also – I apologise for jumping around from second to third person – I tried to stay in one place but I may have missed it at times.
The EdublogsClub prompt this week is photos. This is an interesting subject because I love taking photos on social media, but they are low quality and I always feel like my blog should have better content. However, I do have access to a digital camera and I rarely use it. I was given a mid-range camera twelve years ago and I used it until it gave up the ghost a couple of years back. I was very attached to it and, at the time, it was the most expensive thing anyone ever gave me. That might have been the reason I was so attached to it – I was afraid of losing it because it would've taken my parents years to afford anything like that (not that it was a hugely expensive camera, it's just that may parents didn't earn much). So when my ex-partner gave it to me I was hugely protective of it and I never felt connected to any other camera since.
Especially now, as my life feels like it's changing so fast. It has been a month since Xmas and I cannot believe all I have achieved in that time. I had a tutorial today and I went from feeling like I was misunderstanding the criteria, ranting and irrelevant to actually feeling like I have something valid to say. From mess, to calm.
I prefer blog posts to have an image, or other media in them if only as a visual break from the writing. But also because the image can draw people in. Particularly if you are sharing the blog post on social media! If you post a link to a specific entry on Twitter or Facebook you can see a preview, so having an image just makes the preview look a bit more interesting. Also, many blog themes (if you're interested in customising) utilise the images in blog posts – so if you make sure you have an image in each entry you can make your blog look like a portfolio.
Image descriptions are hugely important and I am ashamed to admit I rarely describe images myself. This is unacceptable as someone who is regularly promoting accessibility. My lack of image descriptions is just laziness (plus not really thinking through my use of images). However, in my professional blogs I make sure there is no information in an image that cannot be found in the text or on linked websites. This blog isn't really something I expect many people to read, so I have never really considered readership until this month.
BTW – if you want to see an example of good image descriptions (in my opinion) I recommend marandaelizabeth.com. Some blogs (including Edublogs) have boxes where you can write image descriptions in after you upload your image, so there really is no excuse for me not to do captions or image descriptions.
I meant to take a photo of me working on my research poster in St Peter's House library today but I went over time when I was trying to print. I thought that would be a great representation of where I'm at. But instead, I am going to post a photo of a Sweet Dreams Kit I bought in a charity shop today for 99p. Normally I get a bit grossed out by secondhand toiletries unless they are clearly unopened. I don't mean to sound so uppity but I visualise dead skin around lids/tops… However, I just liked the scratched and smudged plastic in contrast to the clear colourful liquid, the smooth font and silver parts.
Last week in the Tate I saw 160 cm Line Tattooed on 4 People El Gallo Arte Contemporáneo. Salamanca, Spain. December 2000 and I really stirred up some emotions. The last time I saw that piece was on 20 June 2013, the only reason I remember the date so well was because it was the Thursday on UNISON National Delegate Conference and I decided to return to education on that day.
I was visiting Liverpool for the first time with a couple of officers from UNISON Brighton and Hove Unitary. I was going through a pretty rubbish time and I am embarrassed to admit that I broke down in front of some of the other delegates. Someone asked me what I was planning to do with my life and it all came out.
After half an hour, I calmed down and decided to go for a walk to the nearby Tate and I saw this piece. I was going through a break-up of a long-term relationship; it impacted my confidence so much that I had handed in my resignation two months before in a fit of rage. I had cut all ties to most of my friends and activist networks. I was staying with a friend and struggling to find a job because I had no paperwork with my name on at the current address. Everything previously had been in a joint name with my ex-partner and to make a clear break for me I removed myself from all accounts.
But earlier that year I had started getting visibly tattooed. I had a handful of previous tattoos but they were on body parts most people didn't see. I'm not a confrontational person so I put of getting visible tattoos because I cannot deal with people making comments on my body. Being visibly tattooed makes that happen more frequently. It angers me the BS people come out with like did you think about your tattoos or were they impulsive? Actually, I considered my first tattoo for six years before I got it done. Why? Um, my body so my choice. They'll look ugly when you get older. We'll all look uglier because the media has an obsession with youth being the only attractiveness there is. You'll regret it. I regret more that I let the opinions of others sway my body decisions for half my life.
So, as you can see, being tattooed came hand-in-hand with body confidence for me. I really felt like I was reclaiming my physical space.
When I saw 160 cm Line Tattooed on 4 People El Gallo Arte Contemporáneo. Salamanca, Spain. December 2000 a multitude of rapid-fire questions went through my mind. Each question sparking two more questions. To the point of where I had scribbled a small essay in the back of my notebook. Questions about consent, whether it was informed consent, whether it was enthusiastic consent, whether the permanence of the tattoo impacted my feelings, whether actions with temporary or permanent physical outcomes should be treated differently, did I feel that the making of art mitigated the actions? And so on.
I decided that maybe an art history degree would be the way to go – interdisciplinary, encompasses my interests, transferable skills and all that jazz.
A few months later I made a last minute application to City College Brighton to do an Access course. I was interviewed over the phone a fortnight before the start date. I had just secured a job so I had to hand in my notice. For that reason I missed the first couple of weeks of the course.
Things went well for a while. But then the financial troubles started. I was entitled to JSA but my advisor thought that I was not fully available for work because I was studying. It's a hard place to be in as I was actually looking for work but I couldn't find anywhere that would be flexible enough. I didn't want to miss seminars. I had dozens of job interviews with places looking part-time staff but when I said I had other commitments I became less favourable. I even remember having an interview in my old workplace and my old manager interviewed me! The job had negotiable hours but when I was being interviewed it became clear that negotiable hours were every morning. When I explained that I had a different definition of negotiable they said it would be negotiable for the right person. I have to admit that hearing that from someone who knew I would be able to do the role made me lose all hope.
So that's when I discovered Brighton Loft and the poem below fills you in on what happened from there.
The reason why I am reflecting on this time is being it feels like it has returned. I am unable to balance everything at the moment. I am exhausted. Right now, the only thing I care about is getting a job. But that takes time – time that I should be devoting to studying. I don't even know why I am continuing with studying, I have got to the point in my life that a dream job would happily be exchanged for security. I know in a few months or years my mind will change and I'll wish I was working in a museum, and I'll be sad that I'm not being mentally challenged. I feel bad that I'm sounding like a broken record, trust me.
I just need to get through this. And remind myself why I'm here in the first place.
I don't really use this blog to talk about theory. Or anything useful really. It's just a brain-splurge place. That's good though, it gives me somewhere to unpack and leave things.
My week at the Tate has been really insightful. I finally feel secure around everyone on my course (it takes me a good six months to trust people) and I feel like a student. Meaning, I feel inspired and full of ideas – I feel like I'm growing and that makes me feel like I'm doing something right. I am finally in the mindspace I expected to be in.
I'm not writing about this because I'm upset or critical – I just think it's interesting that I finally feel like a student (rather than a lost mouse) at a time when I'm not a student. I may not be able to be a student for the rest of this academic year because it appears I cannot intermit on individual modules.
I was also informed that my private counsellor has had a change of policy at her workplace. Now, appointments need to be weekly rather than fortnightly. That means I'll be spending over half my income on counselling. I can't afford that. But I'm so afraid of cancelling. Mainly because I don't want to inconvenience her – which in itself is a sign of how badly I need my counselling. I won't be able to get counselling at university anyway because I'm no longer a student! Gah! What a mess.
Anyway, one of the things that has been playing on my mind a lot is the idea what is real. The real has been an influencing issue for me for a long time. I was adopted as a small child and my classmates in playschool and infant school knew this. It was a small town and I think their parents just liked to gossip. There's nothing wrong with gossip – I love gossip myself. Though I do think gossip can be bad if people don't realise their listeners do not have a full understanding of what they are saying.
My classmates often commented on my being adopted (and my teacher didn't do anything to address that – she was a cowbag anyway for a number of reasons). My classmates were not cruel per se, but they did make me constantly question the validity of my feelings. I remember things such as my Grandad dying and being very confused and upset – I remember two classmates telling me that I had nothing to be sad about because he wasn't my real Grandad. My Mum decided I should go to school because I was too young to understand what was happening – but I was left disorientated and I kept staring at the calendar because I didn't understand why we had changed the weather forecast and why time was moving. Then I got told off for not working and my teacher made me sit at the front of my class and eat my lunch even though I didn't want to. I told my parents that I hated my teacher many times but they kept telling me to go back to school and behave or whatever.
Things like this made me feel torn. Also things like my classmates not thinking my birthday was significant because I was given away (there's a lot to unpack here – especially around the idea of a mother's unconditional love…). I'd go to school and things that had upset me at home did not matter because I was made to feel that they weren't real. As a small child, most things you do out of school revolve around family so my whole life outside the classroom wasn't real. Naturally, this had an impact on my home life. I wanted to be somewhere real so I distanced myself from others and resented people coming into my space. This hurt my family who were trying to bond with me (and bonding was hard enough for them already because they had their own issues to deal with). I started having recurring nightmares about having to pick my real mother out of a line-up. I never could. Then one day my Dad played a funny trick on me by challenging me to a race home – he took a sneaky shortcut home and when I arrived and saw him I was full of fear about this man who had managed to replace my Dad without anyone but me noticing. Of course, my being upset was just me playing up.
I am not going to bash my parents. They had a very Victorian-style upbringing and they probably did not know how to handle my emotions. I still see it when they interact with other children – they seem to treat crying as random outbursts rather than something that has a trigger. It probably didn't help that my teacher kept talking about my lack of participation – they were from a generation that would not dare question the methods of a professional! They saw my lack of participation as my bad behaviour, rather than a response to the behaviour of my classmates.
A few months ago a colleague told me that she knew someone who was adopted and it's not uncommon. She then went on to say that it's no big deal and nobody treats adopted people differently. At the time I packed the anger. She's right in a way. But she says that with adult experience. I cannot spot an adopted person as I walk down the street, they don't get singled out because of their appearance. The otherness arises in institutions. When I go to the GP and he asked about my family history with certain conditions and I say I don't know so he marks no on the screen instead of unknown. The otherness happens when people know. Then the always predictable questions… "Have you met your real mother?", "Do you want to?" and the one I hate the most is "Aren't you interested where you came from?" From that moment onwards, you are different.
Since starting this course I understand my feelings are always real. Even if they stem from an impossible place. I have no reason to feel uncomfortable around people, but I do. I often use to try to push anxiety, anger and/or depression aside because I believed they weren't real. How could they be? They aren't physical things. They aren't always connected to my experiences. They happen out of nowhere sometimes. But they are real.


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Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publishing date: July 15, 2017
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Since the war ended, Tegan has dreamed of an epic journey, so when she has the opportunity to sign on as ship's doctor, she can't wait. It's past time to chart her course. Millie Faraday, the kindest girl in the free territories, also yearns to outrun her reputation, and warrior-poet James Morrow would follow Tegan of the staff to the ends of the earth.
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