In 1960…

[thimk] my Grandfather, a wonderful caring man from Halifax and Pittsylvania counties Virginia, refused to vote for John Kennedy– because Kennedy was Catholic. My parents could first vote for a President in 1960, because of the 12-month residency restrictions on voting then (until the voting rights act)

At 7:01 PM Alaska time, just as California polls closed, I burst into tears. I wasn’t prepared for my reaction. It’s been a long time since 1960. Let’s hope Nixon and the southern strategy are gone for good.

[Maybe science will come back?]

Tumblred for week of 2008may18

Still having trouble getting the Tumblr digests cleaned up for posting here. However, all posts available at Untitled http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com

The latest from Tumblr Regular Post Digest for hlthenvt (Yahoo)

• [toilets, water, aging] user-friendly water and sanitation services for the disabled
• [museums, libraries, heritage] Primary Source, The IMLS E-Mail Newsletter
• [toilets] Handbook empowering communities to achieve total sanitation
• [SciTEK, teachers, science] Science in the News Celebrates 10th Anniversary
• [safety, preparedness] Research in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
• [hygiene, health] The Evolution of Norovirus
• [bidr flu, pandemic, H5N1] Evolutionary History of H1N1 Influenza A Virus Since 1918
• [H5N1, preparedness, pandemic] Who gets treated in pandemic?
• [environment, water] handbooks
• [health] Study: HPV linked to oral cancer in men

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Tumblred April 26, May 2, May 9

environmental change] New WWF Report Available – Arctic Climate Impact Science

Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:00 -0400 To: “ArcticInfo” Subject: New WWF Report Available – “Arctic Climate Impact Science – an Update since ACIA” The full report can be downloaded at: http://www.panda.org/arctic The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)’s International Arctic Programme announces the publication of an update report on the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA). The report, “Arctic Climate Impact Science – an Update since ACIA,” reviews related science publications and impacts that have…

[superlative thinking] Platypus odder than scientists thought

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/08/genetics.wildlife?gusrc=rss Platypus proves even odder than scientists thought

[superlative thinking] Driving While Distracted More Dangerous Than Supposed

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/10/1625210 Driving While Distracted More Dangerous Than Supposed>

[environment, food] risk of lead poisoning in condors, game animals

http://newsminer.com/news/2008/may/10/idaho-conference-explore-risk-lead-poisoning-condo/ >Idaho conference to explore risk of lead poisoning in condors, game animals BOISE, Idaho — The potential risk of lead poisoning from high-velocity bullets, whether to carrion-eating condors in the Grand Canyon or to food bank patrons in the Midwest, is the subject of a scientific conference next week. 5/10/2008 11:47 AM

[toilets, water, hygiene] Philippines: San Fernando’s Dry Alternative

http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/philippines-san-fernandoâ??s-dry-alternative/ >Philippines: San Fernando’s Dry Alternative Three years ago, residents of coastal and upland villages in San Fernando City polluted their drinking water with their own excreta. Today, they take pains to practice safe hygiene and sanitation. An innocent looking dry toilet (UDDT – urine-diverting dehydration toilet) and an untiring city mayor propelled this shift through a 2-town ecological sanitation pilot…

[toilets, water, housing] China: Rising Eco-Town Boasts No-Flush Toilets

http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/china-rising-eco-town-boasts-no-flush-toilets/ >China: Rising Eco-Town Boasts “No-Flush Toilets” A big housing development project is bringing ecological sanitation toilets that do not require water, to a water-scarce municipality in the northern region of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The largest urban project of its kind in the PRC, the project also boasts of an onsite eco-station complete with greywater treatment and thermal composting of…

[toilets, hygiene] Sulabh International plans to open branches in 50 countries

http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/sulabh-international-plans-to-open-branches-in-50-countries/ >Sulabh International plans to open branches in 50 countries Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of >Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, India, revealed in an interview published in April 2008 in the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) “Water Champion” series, that his organisation plans to open branches in 50 countries. Sulabh has already constructed and is maintaining public…

[birds, health] Biologists to keep closer eye on northern eider ducks in face of die-offs

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/05/09/eider-ducks.html?ref=rss Biologists to keep closer eye on northern eider ducks in face of die-offs Federal government biologists say they will expand their monitoring of common eider ducks in Canada’s North, as concerns escalate over avian cholera in northern bird colonies. 5/9/2008 12:18 PM |

[organizational culture, health] Wages last thing on departing doctors’ minds

Same is true for YKHC and LANL (duh!)

Wages last thing on departing doctors’ minds – study A study of junior doctors leaving Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has found career development, training opportunities and travel were the main motivators, with wages a factor in just 5 per cent of cases. – http://www.stuff.co.nz/4516475a11.html

[solid waste, health] utensils made from compostable corn, Nunatsiaq News 2008-05-02

[solid waste, health] utensils made from compostable corn, Nunatsiaq News 2008-05-02 : May 2, 2008 Turn old spuds and corn stalks into dinner ware Businessman dreams of plastic-free future JANE GEORGE Kuujjuaq resident Bruce Turner has a dream – that all businesses, government offices and municipalities in the North will one day use biodegradable products instead of plastic. Turner wants to see mining camps, restaurants, airlines and the Cruise North travel firm use totally reuseable and recyclable…

[hygiene, pandemic] Some keyboards ‘dirtier than a toilet’

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7377002.stm Some keyboards ‘dirtier than a toilet’ Some computer keyboards harbour more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, research suggests. 5/1/2008 01:26 AM | … “If you look at what grows on computer keyboards, and hospitals are worse, believe it or not, it’s more or less a reflection of what’s in your nose and in your gut,” he said. “Should somebody have a cold in your office, or even have gastroenteritis, you’re very likely to pick it up…

“By Heather Blumer (Submitted: 05/06/2008 2:47 pm) I have been working on several…”

“By Heather Blumer (Submitted: 05/06/2008 2:47 pm) I have been working on several alternatives to the the of gravity. After all, among the other forces in physics, electromagnetic, strong interactions and the weak interactions, gravity is arguably the least understood. One of my alternative theories is the theory of “malicious falling.” When a body (be it a person, a rock, an asteroid or the moon – as in orbital motion) falls, it is not because of gravity, but rather it is due to a universal…

[aging, emergency response] Liz Taylor + aging

Aging Deliberately: Inquiries About Emergency Response Systems Kitsap Sun (Subscription) – WA, United States By Liz Taylor Q: What can you tell me about emergency response systems? My mom lives alone, and I’d like to get one for her but don’t know the right … http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/may/04/aging-deliberately-inquiries-about-emergency/

[aging] AK: Elders

http://aprn.org/2008/05/03/ak-elders/ >AK: Elders May is Older Americans Month, so this week we salute our Elders. We’ll speak with a woman who, in 1960, became Alaska’s first African-American teacher and meet seniors who say your golden years are when your life begins. Plus, “Where to Retire” magazine recently called Anchorage a retirement “tax heaven,” but is it really an all-around paradise? All that and more this week on >AK, heard statewide on local APRN stations statewide. …

[aging, heritage] Liz Taylor, Aging Deliberately

Just in time for MayDay heritage Preservation day— Aging Deliberately How to handle the legacy of family photos What becomes of family photos when you die? Readers weigh in. (Mon, 4/28)

[aging, legal] Power of attorney Cashing out an elderly parent’s IRA

Cashing out an elderly parent’s IRA — in just 9 visits to the bank By Molly Selvin A son runs into red tape as he seeks to tap funds for his 92-year old father’s care. Over three months last winter, David made nine trips to the bank. Sometimes I accompanied him. He spoke with several “customer solutions representatives.” He produced his dad’s durable power of attorney and living trust for inspection multiple times. Those documents were repeatedly faxed to the bank’s central legal department…

“Old age is expensive in Alaska. A report at U.S. News & World Report details the rising cost of…”

“Old age is expensive in Alaska. A report at U.S. News & World Report details the rising cost of housing for the old. Citing an interactive map prepared by Genworth Financial, staff reporter and blogger Emily Brandon says a day in an Alaska nursing home averages $515, while in Louisiana those services can be had for $125. Be nice to your kids, Brandon advises.” – [Aging] Alaska Newsreader: Alaska Newsreader | adn.com

[health] International Clean Hands Week 2008

Announced by the Clean Hands Coalition, http://www.cleanhandscoalition.org/members.htm the week of September 21st-27th is this year’s official International Clean Hands Week.

[aging] Liz Taylor love-hate relationship with my computer

Aging Deliberately Make sure you don’t get tangled in the Web I have a love-hate relationship with my computer. My first was a so-called “portable. ” Weighing 35 pounds (or was it 35 tons?), it stretched my arm… (Mon, 4/21)

[aging] Son hires drinking mates for elderly father

[aging] Son hires drinking mates for elderly father : Son hires drinking mates for elderly father Reuters | Friday, 25 April 2008 Found: drinking companions to join elderly gentleman for a friendly beer at his village pub in Southern England. … for someone to accompany his 88-year-old father Jack on visits to his local pub from a nursing home. He offered the lucky winner $NZ17 an hour plus expenses and… decided on a job-share… duties are to be divided between a retired doctor and a former military…

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Anthropology in a climate of change, war, and internecine environments 2

[In process]
Background*
Part 1**

Part 2*** From a follow-up to the newslist discussion about anthropology and climate change–

Q. “So…what can we do to solve this problem? Can we think like engineers?”

Please, don’t. Not even anthropological engineers. For example, see this —

Anthropology in a climate of change, war, and internecine environments 1

[In process]

Background*
Part 1**
Part 2*** [separate post]

* Background

I think there is a need for anthropological perspective in any issue of human existence.

It is a sad irony that the discipline (science) which is most comprehensive and fundamental (science is a human activity and the basic science of human activity is anthropology) has often seemed through its profession association to be narrowly focussed and consequently irrelevant.

Last month, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) accompanied the chairwoman of the Disaster Recovery subcommittee, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) to another hearing, in Anchorage, about the few places in Alaska designated for US Army Corps of Engineers environmental management [sic].

The anthropologists are about to have their annual conference in Washington DC and will be exercised about the U.S. Army recruiting anthropologists (Human Terrain Systems). On the other hand, Barack Obama is hip to Margaret Mead “Obama demonstrated that he understood the reasons why America for decades (think of the Bay of Pigs invasion) has made gravely serious national security decisions based on laughably inaccurate intelligence.”

Meanwhile, none of our western Alaska or Mississippi deltas is taken seriously. “Rush Limbaugh adds Alaskan to polarizing efforts.”

The best the state of Alaska has done so far is issue an official pass to a non-existent mass disease shelter in the region’s pandemic preparedness exercise this year (flu shot clinic).

I think if Governor Palin actually had a scientific advisor to her environmental sub-cabinet especially from rural Alaska or if Landrieu and Stevens could earmark enough funding out of the millions for the Corps mission in Alaska to pay for scientific support for the Unorganized Borough [over half of Alaska's area, 970,500 km² (374,712 square miles), an area larger than France and Germany combined], this actually would be more effective than the endless photo-op and news stories about polar bears without ice.

How do we bring attention to the need for comprehensive analysis, assessment, and action on environmental change? No one would think of building a levee without an engineer, why are we doing relocation and reconstruction of communities — in Alaska and Louisiana / Mississippi — without a human scientist / human ecologist (anthropologist)?

[This analogy would work better if I didn't already know that someone in DC thought of managing emergencies with a horse show announcer.] At the very least we need to aggregate the existing knowledge that we know full well must be included, whether for a northern or a southern delta.

It may not be a direct plus for NOLA– my records precede Katrina and I read Voices of New Orleans. If all the people and power and money there can’t get trailers that the Feds are allowed to inspect — but I think the imaginative scale in Alaska would be easier to actually test many of these concepts and approaches.

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Alaska at the national anthropology conference 2007

106th AAA (American Anthropological Association) Annual Meeting Nov 28 – Dec 2, 2007 Washington, DC

The abstracts are not on-line, but it may be possible to do an Internet search on the author’s names to find their contact information.

Governing the Harvest: Law and Subsistence Hunting in Alaska
Session Title: Legal Pluralism and Popular Justice
Start Date:
Session Time: -
Type: Paper
Co-Author(s):

What does it Mean to be a Culturally Responsive Teacher in Alaska
Session Title: Indigenous Educational Equity: Difference or Justice?
Start Date: 11/28/2007
Session Time: 08:00 PM – 09:45 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Melissa Rickey
Co-Author(s):

Food Insecurity Differs by Age Groups in Rural Alaskan Native Communities
Session Title: The Changing Dynamics of Food, Nutrition and Cuisine
Start Date: 11/28/2007
Session Time: 04:00 PM – 05:45 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Janell Smith
Co-Author(s):

On the Road Again: Migration, Kinship and the State
Session Title: The Difference Kinship Makes: Rethinking the Ideologies of Modernity
Start Date: 12/01/2007
Session Time: 01:45 PM – 05:30 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Barbara Bodenhorn
Co-Author(s):

Archaeological Goods as Economic Capital: Heritage Lost or Reframed?
Session Title: HERITAGE ENTREPRENEURS: PRODUCING TRADITION FOR NATIONAL AND GLOBAL MARKETS
Start Date: 11/28/2007
Session Time: 04:00 PM – 05:45 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Julie Hollowell
Co-Author(s):

Is simple technology really so simple? Identity difference and expertise in Native Alaska
Session Title: Gender and Material Culture
Start Date: 11/29/2007
Session Time: 01:45 PM – 05:30 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Lisa Frink
Co-Author(s):

Time and Sentience: Methodological Considerations for Arctic Change Research
Session Title: Witnessing, Communicating, Acting: Substantiating Anthropology’s Role in Confronting Global Climate Change
Start Date: 11/30/2007
Session Time: 08:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Type: Paper
Author: David Natcher
Co-Author(s):

GLOBALIZING THE (IN)EQUALITIES OF MODERNIZATION: OBESITY AND DIABETES MELLITUS
Session Title: INEQUALITIES, CHRONIC ILLNESS AND CHRONICITY: Dedicated to the memory of Gay Becker
Start Date: 12/01/2007
Session Time: 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Dennis Wiedman
Co-Author(s):

MISSIONARIES, HUMANITARIAN AID, AND ACCOMPANYING IDEOLOGIES: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MISSIONARY ACTIVITY IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Session Title: NEW RELIGIONS, HETEROGENEOUS TRADITIONS AND COMPETING STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL POWER AND JUSTICE IN THE RUSSIAN NORTH
Start Date: 11/30/2007
Session Time: 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Patty Gray
Co-Author(s):

Inhabiting the Brand: Heritage, cultural tourism, and emergent personhood in Alaska and Bali
Session Title: Beyond individual and society: Mass mediated forms of personhood
Start Date: 11/29/2007
Session Time: 08:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Type: Paper
Author: Hannah Voorhees
Co-Author(s):

The Quest for Quality: Reworking Nature and Labor in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Session Title: Rappaport Prize Panel
Start Date: 11/28/2007
Session Time: 08:00 PM – 09:45 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Karen Hebert
Co-Author(s):

“Strange Things Happen to Non-Christian People”: Human-Animal Transformation among the Inupiaq of Arctic Alaska
Session Title: Anthropological Portrayals of Human and Non Human Relationships and Intimate Environmentalisms
Start Date: 12/01/2007
Session Time: 04:00 PM – 05:45 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Joslyn Cassady
Co-Author(s):

Co-Management in Natural vs. Cultural Resource Economies: Lessons from Alaska
Session Title: Compromise or Compromised? Reconsidering Indigenous and Local Participation in Natural Resource Governance
Start Date: 11/29/2007
Session Time: 08:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Type: Paper
Author: Thomas Thornton
Co-Author(s):

Engaging Communities: Graduate Mentoring in Alaska Native Language Education
Session Title: Indigenous Educational Equity: Difference or Justice?
Start Date: 11/28/2007
Session Time: 08:00 PM – 09:45 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Patrick Marlow
Co-Author(s):

Traditional Knowledge: A Blueprint for Survival in the Face of Type 2 Diabetes
Session Title: Living Different Landscapes: Intersections and Inequalities in Biodiversity, Local Knowledge and Health
Start Date: 12/01/2007
Session Time: 01:45 PM – 05:30 PM
Type: Paper
Author: dawn satterfield
Co-Author(s):

Daily Negotiation of Traditions in a Single Denominational Russian Orthodox Village in Alaska
Session Title: Traveling Religions
Start Date: 12/02/2007
Session Time: 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Medea Csoba DeHass
Co-Author(s):

DISTANT BOOMS AND LOCAL ECHOES: CULTURAL RESPONSES TO THE INEQUALITIES OF BOOM-BUST CYCLES IN A FISHERY AND NATURAL RESOURCE DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES
Session Title: : IMPACTS AND EQUITY: APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Start Date: 11/28/2007
Session Time: 12:00 PM – 01:45 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Karma Norman
Co-Author(s):

Surveilling wildlife: privileging satellite knowledge over local knowledge.
Session Title: Technologies of Surveillance: Fear, Faith and Expertise
Start Date: 12/02/2007
Session Time: 10:15 AM – 02:00 PM
Type: Paper
Author: Sandhya Ganapathy
Co-Author(s):

Finding Words: Discourse, Power, and Climate Change in Northwestern Alaska
Session Title: Witnessing, Communicating, Acting: Substantiating Anthropology’s Role in Confronting Global Climate Change
Start Date: 11/30/2007
Session Time: 08:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Type: Paper
Author: Elizabeth Marino
Co-Author(s):

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Summary of Third International Conference on Russian America: Irkutsk, August 2007

Here is a brief description of the Third International Conference on Russian America, held in Irkutsk in August. Details, including a program and photos, are available at

• http://home.gci.net/~sncnuka/JSARGRA/JSARGRA-2007-Conference.html

. The next conference has been proposed for Alaska in 2010.

Third International Conference on Russian America: Irkutsk, August 2007

In a long overdue follow up to conferences held in Sitka, Alaska in 1979 and 1987, the Third International Conference on Russian America was held in the Irkutsk region of central Siberia from August 8-12, 2007. The first day of the conference was in the City of Irkutsk, the second day in the nearby city of Shelikhov, and the third day at the Taltsi (Talci) Museum of Architecture and Ethnography (30km south of Irkutsk City). The fourth day included a train trip to examine historic architectural features along a portion of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The fifth day consisted of a bus journey to the village of Anga, childhood home of Saint Innocent of Alaska, in the Buriat Republic and a tour of the Shishkino Petroglyph site. The well-attended conference included participants from across Russia as well as France and the Czech Republic.

The conference organizing committee drafted seven decisions / resolutions that were placed before participants for a vote on the final day of conference activities in Anga (August 12, 2007). The decisions collectively received an affirmative vote from all present, with no objections. One of the resolutions is to hold conferences at three-year intervals alternating between Russia and the U.S. The Fourth International Conference on Russian America is tentatively planned for Alaska in 2010, with Sitka named as a likely candidate.

Details of the 2007 conference, including photos, resolutions, and program, may be found at:

• http://home.gci.net/~sncnuka/JSARGRA/JSARGRA-2007-Conference.html

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See St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov)

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Alutiiq Museum, the MacArthur Prize, and Dr Lydia Black

Sven Haakanson, director of the Alutiiq Museum, was honored by a MacArthur Fellowship this week, a well-deserved recognition. He credits Lydia Black with spurring his interest in anthropology and in pursuing a doctorate degree as a means to doing his life’s work.

• Alaska Public Radio News MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ awarded to Alutiiq Museum director
  http://aprn.org/2007/09/25/macarthur-genius-grant-awarded-to-alutiiq-museum-director/

• Anchorage Daily News article
  http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/story/9329624p-9244769c.html

Lydia T. Black audio memorials
Alaskan author researcher Lydia Black
Dr Lydia Black documents
Lydia T. Black 1925 to 2007
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Readings for analysis and interpretation, sciencing

I acquired the original set of readings through recommendations from my Oxford tutor. I added others from my own experience, especially browsing authentic bookstores and open stack libraries. I combined them into a set for teaching a university course in statistical methods– Readings for quantitative analysis and interpretation in biocultural science, human biology, anthropology

The course was an empirical introduction to analytical approaches to anthropological data. Basically, I wanted real-world approaches to learn critical thinking– sciencing. The course was designed for students without a strong numerical or an introductory statistics background. The daily newspaper was itself a source for analysis and discussion.

I also had a set of cartoons to illustrate statistical concepts, such as Sid Harris, Probability: if you have 5 dogs, 3 will be asleep

There may be more recent texts to base a course upon, however, almost nothing supersedes the classics. I think it’s Ingle (or Bevridge) that always has me laughing out loud.

Related previous posts are

• Sciencing resources
• Public involvement how-to readings
• On the Nature of Quantitative Analysis
• ** Getting Results from Your Experts complementary readings
• Science is a human activity

Proximate goals were:

• read the newspaper correctly.
• understand the basis of readings assigned in university anthropology courses and in research.
• ask anthropological questions of a statistician.
• communicate to others what you’ve learned, in words and pictures, using computer assistance.

We began with:

• What are facts and figures? and
• learn descriptive, inferential, and exploratory analysis of ‘data’.

In the process, we examined:

• why anthropologists would want to display, test, qualify, and quantify ideas and

• the ethics of generating, presenting, and using facts.

Aitchison, J. & JAC Brown 1966 (or 1963) The Lognormal Distribution. Cambridge UP.

Ahlgren, Andrew and Peter C. Jurs. 1986 Multivariate Analysis. (letters) Science Pattern recognition used to investigate multivariate data in analytical chemistry. Science 6 June 1986 232: 1219-1224 [DOI: 10.1126/science.3704647] (in Articles),

see also, Smith, AB, 3rd, AM Belcher, G Epple, PC Jurs, and B Lavine. Computerized pattern recognition: a new technique for the analysis of chemical communication. Science 12 April 1985 228: 175-177 [DOI: 10.1126/science.3975636] (in Articles)

Ayers, AJ 1965 Chance. Scientific American 213:44-54.

Beveridge, W.I.B. 1957 The Art of Scientific Investigation. Rev ed. NY: WW Norton. NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks. # ISBN-10: 0393062872, # ISBN-13: 978-0393062878

Book Description: In The Art of Scientific Investigation, originally published in 1950, W.I.B. Beveridge explores the development of the intuitive side in scientists. The author’s object is to show how the minds of humans can best be harnessed to the processes of scientific discovery. This book therefore centers on the “human factor”; the individual scientist. The book reveals the basic principles and mental techniques that are common to most types of investigation. Professor Beveridge discusses great discoveries and quotes the experiences of numerous scientists. “The virtue of Mr. Beveridge’s book is that it is not dogmatic. A free and universal mind looks at scientific investigation as a creative art. . . .” The New York Times

Burns, D.W., M.L. Parsons, L.L. Herbaugh, and R.T. Staten. 1985 The Migrating Weevil: A Challenge for ICP-AES and Chemometrics. Anal. Chem. 57:1048-1052.

Campbell, RC 1974 Statistics for Biologists. 2nd ed. Cambridge UP. ISBN 0-521-09836-x 2

Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventures, both volumes and the The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits

Chakraborty, Ranajit, Kenneth M. Weiss, and William J. Schull. 1980 A Test for Randomness of the Occurrence of a Disease Trait in Familial or Other Similar Ordered Sequences of Epidemiological Data. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 77:2974-2978.

Chamberlin, T. C. (Thomas Crowder) 1890 The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses: With this method the dangers of parental affection for a favorite theory can be circumvented. Science (old series) v15 p92. Reprinted, Science 7 May 1965: 754-759. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/148/3671/754.pdf

http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/chamberlin.html
T. C. Chamberlin’s Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses: An encapsulation for modern students, by L. Bruce Railsback http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/railsback_chamberlin.html

Chamberlin, writing near the turn of the nineteenth century, advises naturalists to invent and/or test several testable hypotheses for each question that they investigate. This method helps avoid the usual “parental affection” theorists develop when testing only one idea at a time. Moreover, he suggests, a good interpretation of a complex phenomenon may result in the retention of more than one hypothesis. For example, the formation of the Great Lakes probably resulted from a combination of preglacial stream erosion, glacial ice erosion, and crustal deformation, not any one of these processes alone. The advantages of the multiple-working-hypothesis method include increased objectivity, flexibility in response, and improved ability to recognize one’s own errors and ignorance. Drawbacks of the method are difficulty in explanation (there’s so much more to explain) and an increased delay in settling on and reporting findings. It was reprinted in Science in 1965 (v. 148, p. 754-759) and this version includes a bibliographical note that clears up the publication dates and versions. The Related Website http://serc.carleton.edu/resources/1192.html links to an online version of the paper.

Cleveland, William S., Persi Diaconis, Robert McGill. 1982 Variables on Scatterplots Look More Highly Correlated when the Scales Are Increased. Science 216:1138-1141.

Conover, WJ 1980 Practical Nonparametric Statistics. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-02867-3

Croney, J.E. 1977 An Anthropometric Study of Young Women Fashion Students Including a Factor Analysis of Body Measurements. Man 12:484-496.

DeLuca, Stephan J., Kent J. Voorhees, and Emory W. Sarver. 1986 Pyrolysis– Mass Spectrometry Methodology Applied to Southeast Asian Environmental Samples for Differentiating Digested and Undigested Pollens. Analytical Chemistry 58:2439-2442.

Fields, Lawrence D. and Stephen J. Hawkes. 1986 Data Compression Technique for Tables of Measurements. Analytical Chemistry 58:1593-1595.

Hayslett, HT, Jr 1968 Statistics Made Simple. Doubleday.

Hodges, JL Jr., David Krech, Richard S. Crutchfield 1975 StatLab: An Empirical Introduction to Statistics. NY McGraw-Hill. ISBN0-07-029134-9 [text for class]

Hogben, Lancelot 1937 Mathematics, the Mirror of Civilization. Mathematics for the Million. NY: WW Norton & Co., Inc. In Shapley, Rapport, & Wright 1954:141-152.

Holman, HH 1969 Biological Research Method: Practical Statistics for Non-Mathematicians. 2nd ed. Hafner Pub Co (NY) (Oliver & Boyd in UK).

Huck, Schuyler W. & Howard M. Sandler. 1979 Rival Hypotheses. Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06042975-5

Huff, Darrell 1954 How to Lie with Statistics. WW Norton.

Huxley, TH 1863 We Are All Scientists. Darwiniana. D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc. In Harlow Shapley, Samuel Rapport, and Helen Wright, eds. 1954 A Treasury of Science. 3rd rev. ed. London: Angus & Robertson. pp. 14-19.

Ingle, Dwight J. 1958 Principles of Research in Biology and Medicine. JB Lippincott Co.

Landes, Kenneth K. 1951 Scrutiny of the Abstract. AAPG Bull., Vol. 35, No. 7 (July 1951), 1660 and then in Geophysics, Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 1952), 645.

http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/prof/abscrut.html

Levi, Primo 1984 The Periodic Table. NY: Schocken Books. ISBN 0-8052-3929-4

Lie, Rolf W. 1980 Minimum Number of Individuals from Osteological Samples. Norw. Arch. Rev. 13:24-30.

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Moroney, M.J. 1956 Facts from Figures. Penguin Books. 3rd and rev ed.

Pelto, Pertti J. and Gretel H. Pelto 1978 Anthropological Research: the Structure of Inquiry. 2nd ed. Cambridge Cambridge University Press.

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3rd International Conference on Russian America

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Subject: [AnthroAlaska] REMINDER: 3rd International Conference on Russian America / deadline: August 8-12 in Irkutsk, Russia

This is a reminder that the Third International Conference on Russian America is scheduled for August 8-12 in Irkutsk, Russia. It is being hosted by the Taltsi Museum of Architecture and Ethography, along with collaborating American and Russian institutions. Note that the deadline for papers has been extended. Participants may bring papers with them to the conference in August, so long as they submit a title and biographical information ASAP. For more information, go to the website of the Joint Siberian-Alaskan Research Group on Russian America (JSARGRA) at

• http://home.gci.net/~sncnuka/JSARGRA/index.html

This long overdue conference follows those held in Sitka, Alaska in 1979 and 1987.

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Lydia T. Black audio memorials

Both of these memorials are very interesting and nicely done.

Unalaska public radio

Lydia Black, scholar of the Aleutians, dies at 81
KIAL News

UNALASKA, AK (2007-03-13) One of the most renowned scholars of Unangan culture and art has passed away. [...] Audio (mp3 file): Patty Lekanoff-Gregory knew Lydia Black for more than thirty years, since her first visit to Unalaska in 1974. She spoke with KIAL’s Charles Homans today about the anthropologist’s three-decade relationship with the Aleutian Islands.

• http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kial/ news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1053668
• http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kial/local-kial-573033.mp3

Kodiak public radio
The audio news story and partial transcript. Zöe Pierson, Lydia’s daughter is interviewed.

Anthropologist Lydia Black Dies At Age 81, [...] Length: 00:03:53 (mp3 file)
Casey Kelly, KMXT

• http://www.kmxt.org/?q=node/1950
• http://www.kmxt.org/?q=audio/download/1950

and broadcast on Alaska Public Radio, evening statewide news 13 March 2007. Available as mp3 file.

• http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/apti/news/content/1053258.html
• http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/ apti/local-apti-572852.mp3

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Alaskan author researcher Lydia Black

The following is reprinted with permission from the Kodiak Daily Mirror (thank you) and on-line at

• http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=4480

Alaskan author, researcher Lydia Black dies at age 81
Article published on Monday, March 12th, 2007, By SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN, Kodiak Daily Mirror

Dr. Lydia Black, noted anthropologist and author of several books on Alaska Native culture and Alaska history, died this morning at the age of 81 at her home in Kodiak. Black was with family and friends at the time of her death. She died of liver failure and had been ill several months.

Black was well known around the state. Her daughter, Zoë Pierson, said frequent visitors from Kodiak and around Alaska had assisted the family in caring for Black during recent weeks.

“She loved people, so when visitors were in she would visit with them and talk with them if she was awake,” Pierson said this morning.

Black was born in Kiev, Ukraine, of the then-Soviet Union, and educated in Russia, Germany and the United States. She had five daughters with her husband, Igor A. Black, a thermodynamics engineer who worked for NASA contractors during the 1960s, and preceded his wife in death in 1969.

As a young widow, Black became a professor of anthropology, beginning in 1973 at Providence College in Providence, R.I. In 1984 she came to Alaska permanently and began teaching at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Throughout her career, Black traveled Southwest Alaska to research the culture and traditions of the region. She became known as the preeminent scholar of the Unangam (Aleut) of the Aleutian Islands and the Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) of the Kodiak Archipelago.

Fluent in Slavonic and Russian, Black translated many firsthand accounts of Native cultures written during the Russian colonial period.

In her writings, Black was known for emphasizing artistic and cultural accomplishments, rather than social ills of Alaska Native cultures.

“They know they have problems. My job is to remind them of their glory,” is what Black reportedly said of her work.

Family members and colleagues said Black was unapologetic for describing Alaska Native history from that perspective.

“That was the way she felt and she would tell you so if it came up,” Pierson said.

Black retired from UAF in 1998, and continued her work in Kodiak, where she helped translate and catalogue Russian archives of St. Herman’s Seminary. The Orthodox Church in Alaska recognized her contribution by awarding her the Cross of St. Herman.

Black continued to write and edit. Some of her most accessible work was published following her retirement.

One of her best-known books, “Aleut art — Unangam aguqaadangin” is a collection of beautifully photographed and carefully documented art made by Natives of the Aleutian Islands. Another, “Russians in Alaska, 1732 to 1867,” was published in 2004, the year Black turned 79.

Black was also known for continuing correspondence and cultivating friendships with many of her students, even after their professional careers began and after she had retired from teaching.

Katherine Arndt, a close friend and colleague who works in the archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at UAF, had a professional relationship with Black that blossomed into a friendship. Arndt said her own doctorate in Anthropology is the result of returning to studies at Black’s urging.

“If you know her at all, you would know that once you are her student, you would remain her student for life,” Arndt said.

In 2001, the Soviet successor state, now called the Russian Federation, awarded Black the Order of Friendship in recognition of her work documenting the Russian America colonial period.

As with her work involving Alaska Native culture, Black’s writing about Russian colonists in Alaska often confronted commonly held misconceptions head-on, and was meant to be accessible by the layperson.

“She wanted the general public to know that the Russians weren’t brutal, cruel and drunk all of the time,” Arndt said.

Pierson said that during her mother’s final days, Black was able to visit with many of the people who came to care for and visit with her.

Black remained a teacher, even while gravely ill.

“She was a born teacher, so anyone who asked for information, they would get that and more.”

A funeral service for Black is noon on Saturday, March 17, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with a burial to follow at City Cemetery. A reception is scheduled for 4 p.m., March 17, at the Kodiak Senior Center.

Mirror writer Scott Christiansen can be reached via e-mail at schristiansen AT kodiakdailymirror DOT com.

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