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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2011-10-30 08:59 pm
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Egads, she posted

Chapter 10 of Apostolic Way, Lionsgate, just went up.  It is HUGE, but as the first part of it is a re-tread of Under Cover, I did not split it. 

Links to information on owl hearing are here, here, and a cool video here:


The discussion of convergent evolution here and here.

Green Tree Python



Emerald Tree Boa



Images courtesy of wikicommons

I did a lot of google fu regarding what Indians of the state of Gujarat eat for breakfast and have links to many, many recipes for handvo and theplas as well as soap rationing, maps in the UK in 1942, what to do with your garden in October in the UK, and the growing of runner beans on wigwams. There are some things I couldn't nail down and so just inserted them, like the assumption that Russell House is of fairly recent construction and so has advanced, indoor plumbing, gas rationing for zoo personnel, and other things.

Gerald Durrell's biography is here, among other places.

Again a huge thanks to Clio and Miniver who both helped enormously in the development of Jill -- Clio with research regarding her background in Jamaica and Miniver who over a year ago mentioned the possibility of Jill as Afro-Caribbean.
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[identity profile] rthstewart.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
So there ya go. I've seen the "no boarding school until 11" a lot and I wonder if it's very inspired by Harry Potter?
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[identity profile] adaese.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure Harry Potter has a lot to answer for - but senior school from 11 is almost universal in the UK these days, it's only the very oldest and grandest (and most expensive) foundations that still start at 13. Boarding from 8 or 9 used to be far more widespread.
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[identity profile] rthstewart.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Harry Potter has a lot to answer for -- all those poor souls who go to King's Cross looking for Platform 9 3/4.

[identity profile] h-dash-h.livejournal.com 2011-11-05 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
For a while there was actually some sort of display there, but when my friend and I went through King's Cross while I was in London it appeared to be hidden by construction. Not being a big Harry Potter fan, I was not overly dismayed.