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|Quirinus Quirrell
|Biographical information
26 September,[1] possibly in the 1950s or 1960s[2]
|Blood status
|Marital status
|Physical information
|Hair colour
|Eye colour
Pale blue[6]
|Skin colour
|Magical characteristics
- "I met him when I travelled around the world. A foolish young man I was then, full of ridiculous ideas about good and evil. My master showed me how wrong I was. There is no good and evil... there is only power, and those too weak to understand it... Since then, I serve him faithfully, although I have let him down many times."
- —Quirinus Quirrell on Lord Voldemort[src]
Professor Quirinus Quirrell (26 September,[1] possibly in the 1950s or 1960s[2] - 4 June, 1992) was a wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Ravenclaw House.[1] He was the Muggle Studies professor at Hogwarts, though he later became the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher during the 1991–1992 school year.
Before teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts, Quirrell went out in search of Lord Voldemort, believing he could achieve recognition for finding him and could learn things that would ensure that no one laughed at him again. However, Voldemort, after finding out that he taught at Hogwarts, took over his body, turning him into a temporary Horcrux, though Quirrell put up some feeble resistance. He died when trying in vain to murder Harry Potter.
Early lifeEdit
- "Oh, yeah. Poor bloke. Brilliant mind. He was fine while he was studyin' outta books but then he took a year off ter get some firsthand experience…"
- —Rubeus Hagrid on Quirrell's youth.[src]
Quirinus Quirrell was born somewhere in the British Isles, presumably in the 1950s or 1960s[2], and attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was Sorted into Ravenclaw House[1] in the 1960s or '70s[2]. It is likely that he acquired his wand from Ollivander's Wand Shop when he was eleven.
As a boy, Quirinus was a gifted but also delicate, teased for his timidity and nerves during his school life. Feeling inadequate and wishing to prove himself, he developed an (initially theoretical) interest in the Dark Arts. The feelings of insignificance and worthlessness that this bullying fostered embittered the boy, forging a latent desire to make the world sit up and notice him.[1]
He also most likely obtained a high-graded O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. in Muggle Studies and Defence Against the Dark Arts, since not only did he go on to teach both but was also noted to have had a gift for the theory of Defensive Magic.[1]
Meeting Lord VoldemortEdit
- "When I failed to steal the stone from Gringotts, he was most displeased. He punished me...decided he would have to keep a closer watch on me..."
- —Quirinus Quirrell to Harry Potter on his first failure[src]
After teaching Muggle Studies for some time, he took a year-long sabbatical in 1990 in order to "gain first-hand experience",[4] though in reality he had taken a 'Grand Tour' around the world in order to hopefully find whatever remained of Lord Voldemort after his first defeat, partly out of curiosity, partly out of that unacknowledged desire for importance from his childhood. At the very least, Quirrell fantasised that he could be the man who tracked Voldemort down, but at best, might learn skills from Voldemort that would ensure he was never laughed at again. Sadly, he did indeed find Voldemort, though he was no match for the Dark Lord (even in such a weakened state) and when he realised that Quirinus had a position at Hogwarts, Voldemort took immediate possession of Quirrell, who was incapable of resisting.
Quirrell also adopted a turban for everyday use after this sabbatical, claiming to have received a turban from an African prince as compensation for disposing of a zombie,[9]. It was also rumoured that he encountered vampires in the Black Forest, in Albania, and had a nasty bit of trouble with a hag.[4]
Quirrell at some unknown point prior to 1991 came into possession of Vault 998 in the new vault area of Gringotts Wizarding Bank. He kept a small box containing various belongings, a large crate, and a chest containing Circe's Chocolate Frog Card that was given by Cuthbert Binns to James Potter before Quirrell came into possession of it.[10]
Serving the Dark LordEdit
- "Yes, Severus does seem the type, doesn't he? So useful to have him swooping around like an overgrown bat. Next to him, who would suspect p-p-poor, st-stuttering P-Professor Quirrell?"
- —Quirrell (possibly influenced by Voldemort) on Harry's suspicions about Snape after revealing himself[src]
Quirrell spent his last year of life attempting to procure the Philosopher's Stone for Lord Voldemort, who used his nervous disposition to his advantage, as his perceived lack of confidence had earned very little respect from the students at Hogwarts and consequently diverted suspicion away from his plans.[9]
Quirrell's first plan was enacted before the school term started and involved going to Diagon Alley in an attempt to steal the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts Wizarding Bank for Voldemort.[3] While in the Leaky Cauldron, he met Harry Potter, who had come with Rubeus Hagrid. Quirrell pretended that he was going to buy a new book on vampires[11].
Quirrell was unsuccessful in his attempted robbery, as Rubeus Hagrid had removed the Stone from its vault earlier that same day on Albus Dumbledore's orders.[4] After this first failure, Voldemort began to share Quirrell's body to ensure no further failure would occur,[3] and as Voldemort's face was sticking out of the back of his head, Quirrell had to wear a purple turban for the entire school year.[12] Quirrell tried to put up feeble resistance on occasion, but Voldemort was far too strong for him
After this atempted break-in, he returned to Hogwarts to teach as Defence Against the Dark Arts[4] while another wizard replaced him as Muggle Studies Professor.[10] A few of his classes included the Curse of the Bogies,[13] the Knockback Jinx,[14] the Lumos spell[14] and the Verdimillious spell.[15] On Halloween, Quirrell allowed a troll to enter Hogwarts as a diversion, and sneaked to the restricted Third Floor Corridor where the Stone was being hidden. Severus Snape, who suspected Quirrell, followed him, and was bitten by the three-headed dog Fluffy in the process of trying to head Quirrell off.[3]
Later in the year, during a Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin, Quirrell made his first attempt at Harry Potter's life. He jinxed Harry's broomstick to try to throw him off, but Severus Snape interfered again with a counter-curse. It was Hermione Granger who ultimately stopped Quirrell by rushing to set fire to the robes of Severus Snape (whom she believed was jinxing Harry's broom), and in the process, causing Quirrell to break the eye contact necessary for performing his spell correctly.[3]
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione believed that Severus Snape was trying to intimidate Quirrell into helping him steal the Philosopher's Stone, they tried to be supportive and encouraging to Quirrell whenever possible by telling people off for laughing at his stutter, or winking at him encouragingly whenever they passed him.[16]
Later that year, in order to keep his master alive, Quirrell began to prey on unicorns in the Forbidden Forest and drink their blood. He met Harry , Draco Malfoy and Fang there, and was about to attack Harry when Firenze rescued the boy. About a week before Harry's exams, Voldemort ordered Quirrell to try to get the Stone again. Harry overheard this, and mistook the conversation for an argument between Snape and the Defence teacher. That night, after Dumbledore had left for London , both Quirrell and the Trio went through the obstacles blocking the way to the Stone.[3] To get past Fluffy, Quirrell disguised himself and lured Hagrid into a card game by betting a dragon's egg. During the game, he managed to draw out information about Fluffy by convincing Hagrid that he was a Dragon dealer, and as such, shared Hagrid's penchant for dangerous pets. In Hagrid's enthusiasm, and most likely under the influence of alcohol, he let slip that playing music for the three-headed dog would put him to sleep. Quirrell then sent a forged letter to Professor Dumbledore summoning him to the Ministry of Magic to get him away from the school. He went after the Stone, but was followed by Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger — though they believed their enemy to be Severus Snape.
Battle in the Philosopher's Stone Chambers and deathEdit
- "Master, I cannot hold him — my hands — my hands!"
- —Quirrell's last words.[src]
Quirrell was able to penetrate the first six chambers that protected the Philosopher's Stone, including the chamber in which he himself put a Troll. He reached the final chamber only to find the Mirror of Erised, and was unable to figure out how to take the stone from it, going so far as to consider smashing the mirror.[3]
Eventually, Harry alone managed to reach the last chamber, and was surprised to meet Quirrell instead of Snape. Quirrell non-verbally bound Harry and summoned a wall of fire behind the door to prevent him from escaping, then, on Voldemort's command, forced Harry to look into the mirror. Harry saw his reflection with the Stone in his own trousers' pocket, and felt it indeed being transferred to his real pocket. When Harry lied about what he saw in the mirror, Quirrell unwrapped his turban to reveal Lord Voldemort's face, bound to the back of his head.
Quirrel's life ended then, when Voldemort forced him to attempt the murder of Harry Potter (figuring out Harry had the Stone and being unable to persuade him to give it willingly). Unfortunately, the body Quirrell and Voldemort were both sharing manifested in burns and blisters during his fight with Harry due to the protective power Harry's mother left in his skin when she died for him. Harry collapsed from the pain in his scar, but Quirrell's body was burnt so horribly that Voldemort dispossessed his body and left him to collapse and die. However, despite being effectively turned into a living Horcrux for the last year of his life, Quirrel did not ultimately lose his soul, having even tried to put up feeble resistance on occasion (in spite of the fact that Voldemort was far too strong for him).
Physical descriptionEdit
- "Even Professor Quirrell was tremblin' ter meet yeh — mind you, he's usually tremblin'."
- —Rubeus Hagrid to Harry Potter[src]
Quirrell was a young man with a very pale skin tone[4] and light blue eyes.[6]
When Quirrell returned from his sabbatical in Albania, one of his eyes developed a twitch and he appeared quite pale and anxious and frequently stuttered. At the start of the term, he was wearing purple turban.[12] He was usually trembling and prone to fainting.[17]
Near the end of his life, his reason for wearing the turban became clear. Quirrell had joined with Lord Voldemort and agreed to allow Voldemort's fledgling body to latch on to the back of his head. It was only able to grow into a face, and used Quirrell for transportation and sustenance.[3]
Personality and traitsEdit
- "He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark . . . to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. It is in your very skin. Quirrell, full of hatred, greed, and ambition, sharing his soul with Voldemort, could not touch you for this reason. It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good."
- —Albus Dumbledore explains Quirrell's demise[src]
Quirrell was a gullible, weak-willed wizard who was easily corrupted. Not much of Quirrell's early life is known, though it is likely that, as a young man, he was very naive and impressionable. When Quirrell met Lord Voldemort, he arrived at the conclusion that "there is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it". Quirrell generally did his best to serve Voldemort, though he admitted that his attempts were not always successful, seeing as he was being given rather tall orders.
Throughout the school year, Quirrell appeared nervous and timid. He frequently stuttered and was mostly an incompetent teacher. Though his nervousness was probably very real due to the enormous pressure being put upon him by Voldemort, Quirrell had a chillingly sinister side that most people never saw. He was extremely adept at conniving and manipulation; at one point, he disguised himself and tricked Hagrid into revealing crucial information on how to get past one of the obstacles protecting the Philosopher's Stone. Another time he let a fully-grown Mountain Troll into the school on Halloween as a diversion while he headed off to the third-floor corridor and tried to penetrate its defenses. He even managed to deceive the great Albus Dumbledore by forging a Ministry letter to him to lure him away from school.
Magical abilities and skillsEdit
- "Can't nothing interfere with a broomstick except powerful Dark magic- no kid could do that to a Nimbus Two Thousand."
- —Rubeus Hagrid on Quirrell's powers.[src]
Quirrel was known to have a brilliant mind[4] and had an excellent aptitude for theoretical learning, particularly when it came to Defensive Magic (though was less competent in the application of that knowledge[1]). Whilst this made him a highly intelligent student and a good teacher it did not make him a great wizard. Indeed, most of the power he displayed appeared to be the result of his possession by Lord Voldemort, whom he was noted to have gained a significant amount of power from[3].
- Charms: Whilst the true extent of Quirrell's expertise in this area is unknown, he does teach several charms during his Defence Against the Dark Arts classes such as Verdimillious Uno (red form) and Lumos[14] and so at least has some basic skills in charming (at least, with regards to the theory).
- Transfiguration: Quirrell was apparently skilled with conjuration, a difficult branch of Transfiguration. He could conjure ropes, both non-verbally and . For example, he was competently able to teach the Curse of the Bogies[13] and the Knockback Jinx[14]. He also appeared skilled at the practise too when he jinxed Harry Potter's broomstick and may have even had the ability to cast a wandless Killing Curse.[3] (however since he never had a chance to actually curse Harry it is unconfirmed which spell he was attempting to use and it may not have been the Killing Curse). Of course, whilst his knowledge base is sound it is unknown if his ability to apply it was the result of Lord Voldemort's possession or his own skill (most likely the former, given his history of theory over application)[1]. He was also capable of conjuring gytrashes, at least while being possessed by Voldemort.[14]
- Defence Against the Dark Arts: Quirrel was noted to be learned in the theory of Defensive Magic[1] and as such was hailed as a good teacher by Ministry of Magic standards[18]. This is exemplified by his ability to teach his First Year class the aforementioned spells Verdimillious Uno (red form), Lumos, the Curse of the Bogies and the Knockback Jinx. Still, whilst this all made him a great teacher of D.A.D.A. it did not make him a good practitioner[1].
- Non-verbal magic: Quirrell was capable of performing non-verbal magic, conjuring ropes witss magic, conjuring ropes without a wand.[3] Whilst this could easily have been the result of his power boost received from Lord Voldemort's possession, Quirinus was the possessor of an alder wand (which emphasize nonverbal magic)and hence it is likely that he was already truly skilled in this area of magic prior to his meeting with the Dark Lord.
- Logical Thinking and Intelligence: Qurirell appeared to be also extremely skilled at logic and thinking. He was able to get past the Human Chess Game which was transfigured from a normal sized chess set by Professor Mcgonagall that gaurded the Sorcerers Stone. He could also overcome the Potions Puzzle that was the last obstacle before the Mirror of Erised and was created by Severus Snape. However, this may have been Voldemort telling him how to do everything or he may have used magic to get past them.
- Creature expert: He is uncommonly gifted with trolls being able to bring one into Hogwarts on Halloween.[3] He was somehow able to acquire a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon egg to give to Hagrid.[3]
- Parseltongue: While possessed by Lord Voldemort, he could possibly speak Parseltongue.
Lord VoldemortEdit
Quirinus Quirrell first met Lord Voldemort in 1991, in the forests of Albania, where Voldemort subjugated Quirrel into servitude. Quirrell brought him back to England, and eventually to Hogwarts. The Dark Lord planned to obtain the Philosopher's Stone and fabricate Elixir of Life to acquire a body.[19] Quirrel attempted to infiltrate Vault 713 of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, in order to steal the Philosopher's Stone. Quirrell managed to break in, but found the vault had been emptied by Rubeus Hagrid and Harry Potter earlier that day.[3]
Following this failed attempt, Voldemort began a parasitic relationship with Quirrell, in which he attached himself to the back of Quirrell's head, to ensure his plans were being followed precisely. Voldemort ordered Quirrell to kill Harry Potter, though Quirrell's attempts to do so were thwarted by Severus Snape and Hermione Granger. Harry was able to penetrate the Philosopher's Stone Chambers in pursuit of Severus Snape, or so he believed, only to find it was Quirrell in front of the Mirror of Erised. Quirrell, under Voldemort's orders, demanded Harry draw the Stone from the Mirror; though Harry was successfully able to retrieve the stone, he attempted to conceal the fact by lying about what he saw in the mirror. Quirrell revealed Voldemort, who tried to manipulate Harry into handing over the Stone by offering him the chance to see his parents, and upon Harry's refusal, ordered Quirrell to take the stone by force. Quirrell, sharing his body with Voldemort, found himself unable to touch "a person marked by something so good" (referring to Lily Potter's sacrificial protection). Voldemort separated his soul from Quirrell's body to escape the pain, and left Quirrell to die, as Albus Dumbledore noted, showing him as little mercy as he did his enemies.[3]
Three years later, after his return, Voldemort told his Death Eaters that Quirrell was a fool, and that he only allied with him for his position as a professor at Hogwarts.[19]
Harry PotterEdit
- "What is this magic?"
- —Quirrell, unable to understand the power of love.[src]
Quirrell first met Harry Potter in 1991, at the Leaky Cauldron, in Diagon Alley. Quirrell greeted Harry in the same way most of the wizarding community did, seeming thrilled to meet "The Boy who Lived". Though Harry found Quirrell's twitchy behaviour odd, he was generally pleased to meet Quirrell, as a friend of Hagrid's and as his soon-to-be Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. [4]
Harry eventually came to believe that Severus Snape was attempting to threaten Quirrell into helping him penetrate the defences surrounding the Philosopher's Stone, for Lord Voldemort. As it seemed like the only thing standing between Snape and a means of restoring Voldemort to power was Quirrell's will, Harry did what he could to encourage Quirrell and help build his confidence.[16]
As it turned out, Quirrell was a servant of Voldemort, and it was he, not Snape, who was aiming to steal the Philosopher's Stone for the Dark Lord, and, if possible, kill Harry along the way. When they met for the last time in the final of the Philosopher's Stone Chambers, Quirrell's connection to Lord Voldemort rendered him unable to touch Harry without experiencing unbearable pain, due to the enduring power of Lily Potter's sacrificial protection, and he died attempting to steal the stone from Harry by force.[3]
It is revealed in the Pottermore BETA that Quirrell sought out Voldemort to learn from him. What he desired was to be taken more seriously and thought he could keep a weak Voldemort at bay. However Voldemort possessed him when he discovered Quirrell had a teaching position at Hogwarts and used him and leeched off his soul like a temporary Horcrux.
Hogwarts staffEdit
Quirrell generally got along well with most of the faculty at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Minerva McGonagall and Rubeus Hagrid. Hagrid seemed to think highly of Quirrell, and considered him to be a very clever and talented wizard for his extensive world travels and experience fighting the Dark Arts.[4] However, as Quirrell didn't show his true personality, it's possible he disliked them all.
Severus Snape, however, was the only one who saw Quirrell for what he really was. His contempt partially stemmed from the fact that Quirrell was the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor — a position that Snape had wanted for years. Snape may have guessed that Quirrell was hiding his true intentions, as he told him to "decide where his loyalties are", though Harry Potter and his friends believed that Snape was threatening Quirrell in order to get information about how to get into the Philosopher's Stone chamber.[20] Years later, Snape described Quirrell as greedy and worthless to Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy.[21]
As Headmaster Albus Dumbledore was a highly intelligent and powerful wizard somewhat suspected Quirrell's true nature; this is further evidenced by the fact he asked Snape to keep an eye on Quirrell.[22] After the events in the Philosopher's Stone chambers, Dumbledore expressed his opinion to Harry that Quirrell, much like Voldemort, was flawed for his inability to understand "good and evil", and his desire for power.[3]
Behind the scenesEdit
- Quirinus Quirrell was played by Ian Hart in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Archive footage of Quirrell from Philosopher's Stone appears in the "Prince's Tale" sequence of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
- David Thewlis, who went on to play Professor Lupin in the film adaptations, was at one point considered for the role of Professor Quirrell.
- Quirinus Quirrell served as a temporary Horcrux when Voldemort's soul possessed his body in 1991. But the piece of the soul lived on, when Quirrell died, and was destroyed seven years later, when Voldemort was killed[1].
- Quirinus was a Roman god about whom there is not much information, although he is commonly associated with war — a clue that Quirrell is not quite as meek as he appears. 'Quirrell', which is so nearly 'squirrel' — small, cute and harmless — also suggested 'quiver', is a nod to the character's innate nervousness.
- Quirrell is the third Harry Potter character to die, after Harry's parents.
- He is also the first Harry Potter character to be directly involved with Voldemort. Snape, who also appeared in the first book, is not at that point revealed as a former Death Eater.
- In the novels, Quirrell doesn't appear to have his turban until after his failed attempt to steal the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts. In the film however, Quirrell has his turban before the robbery. This change is indicated by the fact that he shakes Harry's hand at the Leaky Cauldron in the novel, but does not wish to in the film. However, not wanting to shake Harry's hand cannot be due Voldemort sharing Quirrell's body, because as Quirrell dies, he does not understand what is happening to him (he yells, "What is this magic?!").
- Quirrell is notable as being one of few wizards capable of performing intricate magic, like Dumbledore, without a wand; he can fly without a wand, conjure ropes by snapping his fingers, etc. It is possible that he had this ability because of Voldemort's possession of him, although Hagrid's high opinion of Quirrell suggests that Quirrell was a talented wizard.
- It should be noted that Quirrell is unique among Voldemort's followers as one of the few who use Voldemort's name. While the Death Eaters call Voldemort "The Dark Lord" when referring to him, Quirrell openly uses Voldemort's name when talking to Harry.
- Quirrell is a playable character in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Despite dying in the first year, he can still be played in the other years and is seen at the end of Year 1 armless and heavily bandaged in the hospital wing. He is capable of using Dark Magic in the game.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and the PC version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Voldemort spins Quirrell's head 180 degrees to face Harry. Quirrell can also shoot fireballs and create a ghostly green head that can harm Harry.
- On the student list shown by J. K. Rowling on Harry Potter and Me, a student named "Quirrell" was listed, but the name was crossed out with "Rivers" written above it.
The name "Quirinus" is possibly derived from the Sabine word quiris meaning "spear". Quirinus was a Sabine and Roman god who was later identified with Mars. The name was also borne by several early saints.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned in flashbacks)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in flashback(s))
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game (First identified as Quirinus Quirrell)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Lego Creator: Harry Potter
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
- Pottermore
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Pottermore background information for Quirinus Quirrell (screenshot available here)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 As Quirrell somehow came into possession of a Chocolate Frog Card that he knew Binns had given to James Potter while he was at school, and perhaps that he often called Snape by his first name, and the fact that Snape seemed to know him rather well, are possible implications that he attended Hogwarts at the same time as the Marauders? This would also make sense since Hagrid referred to him as being a "brilliant mind" while studying magical theory, and that he was gamekeeper during the 1970s while Ogg was previously. He was also described as a "young man" in 1991.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 17 (The Man With Two Faces)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Chapter 30 (Man With Two Faces)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
- ↑ Quirrell is shown to be able to cast a non-corporeal Patronus in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Although Rowling did say Death Eaters could not cast Patronuses, Quirrell was just a follower of Voldemort's; he did not have a Dark Mark.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 9 (The Midnight Duel)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - PS1 version
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 10 (Halloween)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix—Umbridge remarks in her debut chapter that Quirrel would have been the only one of Harry's previous D.A.D.A. teachers to pass a Ministry of Magic inspection at the time
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, chapter 33
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 13 (Nicolas Flamel)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 2 (Spinner's End)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 33 (The Prince's Tale)
|Professors: Quirinus Quirrell · Male Teacher · Charity Burbage · Alecto Carrow
|Classrooms: Muggle Studies Classroom · Muggle Studies showroom · Fifth Floor classroom
|Textbooks: Cooking the Muggle Way · Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles · Moronic Muggles · Muggles Who Notice · My Life as a Muggle · The Philosophy of the Mundane: Why the Muggles Prefer Not to Know · When Muggles Attack
Lord Voldemort
|Death Eaters:
Alecto Carrow | Amycus Carrow | Antonin Dolohov | Augustus Rookwood | Avery (I) | Avery (II) |
Barty Crouch Jr. | Bellatrix Lestrange | Crabbe | Evan Rosier | Gibbon | Goyle |
Jugson | Lestrange | Mulciber (I) | Mulciber (II) | Nott | Rabastan Lestrange | Rodolphus Lestrange | Rosier | Selwyn | Thorfinn Rowle | Travers | Walden Macnair | Wilkes | Yaxley
|Death Eaters who Defected:
Draco Malfoy | Igor Karkaroff | Lucius Malfoy | Peter Pettigrew | Regulus Black | Severus Snape
|Category:Death Eater allies:
Vincent Crabbe | Golgomath | Gregory Goyle | Fenrir Greyback | Narcissa Malfoy (defected) |
Quirinus Quirrell | Scabior | Dolores Umbridge
|Other affiliations:
Dementors | Giants (Golgomath's control) | Muggle-Born Registration Commission | Snatchers | Werewolves
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As March 1862 began in Washington, D.C., slavery was on the ropes in the nation's capital. The previous December, a bill had been introduced in Congress providing for compensated emancipation there. By March, this legislation was well on its way to passage and it would become law on April 16, 1862, a day now celebrated as an official holiday in the District of Columbia.
Yet this would not have been clear in February and March of 1862 from watching the legal apparatus that enforced slavery in the city. As the first hints of spring made themselves manifest in Washington, D.C. in 1862, this machinery continued to grind along, seemingly oblivious of its impending doom. The National Republican, Washington, D.C.'s newspaper aligned with the Republican Party, noticed this fact in its issue of February 28, 1862. It wrote:
While both Houses of Congress are discussing measures for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, the business of slave catching, flourishes in our midst as usual, and persons are arrested, on the mere presumption of color, as being fugitives from labor. A case in point occurred the other night, at Justice Donn's house. On the night in question, about ten o'clock, a county officer applied to Justice John H. Johnson, Justice Donn not being in his office, for a commitment to jail of a negro woman arrested by Officer A. E. L. Keese, on suspicion of being a runaway slave. That Justice refused to make out a commitment. After a commitment was declined, the officer returned to the office of Justice Johnson, and inquired of the Justice whether color was not prima facie evidence of slavery. The Justice replied that he could not determine the question as to whether a person was bond or free on the presumption of color, as it was well known there were free men of color as well as slaves. A gentleman (others also being present) who was sitting in Justice Johnson's office, hearing the piteous cries of the poor woman went into Justice Donn's office, for the purpose of seeing what was the matter. Keese had the woman in a little back room, and her cries were supposed to have been occasioned by the officer placing handcuffs on her. The gentlemen, upon attempting to enter the backroom, was met by Keese, who asked him, in a very insulting manner, what business he had to come in and interfere with a policeman in the discharge of his duties, and refused to give him satisfaction to his interrogatory of "What was the matter?" The gentleman, after receiving further abuse from Keese, left the office.
A little while after, the reporter of this paper came into Justice Johnson's office, and learning something was going on in Justice Donn's office, went and knocked at door, which was locked. An officer came to the door and unlocked it, and he entered the room. Upon attempting to enter the backroom, he was met by Keese, who refused to admit him, coming out at the same time and closing the door. The reporter asked him what sort of case he had, whether it was a criminal case. The officer replied that it was no criminal case, yet refused to give any satisfaction, promising upon the next day to give him the full particulars of the case, and to him alone. Our reporter, who knew very well what was going on, asked him what necessity there was for so much secrecy, and requested to see the woman, when he met with a flat refusal. He then told Keese he knew the facts of the case, and left the office. About an hour after, the negro woman was taken away from the office by Keese, but where to, our reporter could not ascertain.
Thus, under the very nose of Congress, at midnight, are colored men and women arrested by constables and lodged in jail on the mere suspicion of being runaway slaves; that suspicion being based merely upon their color. The poor creatures, once in jail, are kept there for months, and some cases for years.
Thirty of these poor creatures, who were confined in the black hole on suspicion of being refugees from the tyranny and iniquity of slavery, were released a few weeks since by order of the Secretary of State. Some of them had been confined in the loathsome place for over a year, and, could they have had an opportunity to prove their right to liberty, would have been able to do so. But that privilege was denied them.
The National Republican was referring to a scandal that had broken out the previous December when it was revealed about sixty African Americans were being held in horrible conditions in Washington's jail on suspicion of being fugitive slaves. Some were not even fugitives or alleged fugitives, but slaves whose owners had gone south at the start of the Civil War and left them at the jail for safe-keeping. Kate Masur deals with this episode quite capably in a piece from late last year in Disunion in the New York Times.
The slaves were supposed to have been released in late January on written instructions from Secretary of State William Seward, acting on orders from President Lincoln, to Ward Lamon, a close associate of Abraham Lincoln, who then held the position of U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia. Apparently not all the alleged fugitives had been released by the end of February, and it is also clear that the police in the District were still busy in late February 1862 filling their jail with other unfortunate African Americans that came to their attention. So while Congress was in the process of legislating the end of slavery in Washington, D.C., to the District police, accustomed to enforcing slave law, it remained business as usual.
It was not just the District police that were carrying on as they always had as part of slavery's enforcement machinery. In March 1862, just a month before the bill to end slavery in the District of Columbia became law, an unnamed lawyer published a guide to the city's slave code. Although no doubt a work that had been some time coming, it is fascinating and revealing that such a publication would be released at that moment. The bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C., had not yet passed Congress and even at that late date there were still people in the nation's capital invested in the enforcement machinery of slavery there and continuing to act as if its days were not numbered.
But it is also clear from the scandal surrounding the D.C. jail that Constable Keese and the unnamed lawyer were rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Those in power were no longer ignoring the plight of fugitives slaves (discussion of which reached the floor of Congress) and were starting to muster their will to the difficult task of outlawing the peculiar institution. They did so because of the growing hostility to slavery in the North unleashed by the war. People that had held their peace about slavery before the war in the name of sectional peace, with the war's mounting toll, now felt free to vent their anger. No longer did the slaveholders get the benefit of the doubt, which went increasingly instead to the slaves. No where can this fact be seen more clearly than in the last paragraph of February 28 story in The National Republican which read:
Several gentlemen who were in Justice Johnson's office at the time, represent the cries and implorations of the poor woman to have been most piteous and heartrending, and the earnestness with which she asserted to her captor that she was a free woman would at once have convinced anybody but the brute who had her in custody, that her assertion was correct.
Can anyone imagine an article like this one appearing in a Republican newspaper in March 1861? How much things had changed in regard to slavery in Abraham Lincoln's first year in office.
Source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014760/1862-02-28/ed-1/seq-3/
[Personal note: I apologize for the lack of blog posts lately in Civil War Emancipation. There was a lack of good subject matter to write on in late February 1862 and I was extremely busy at work. Relevant material will be more plentiful now and in the coming months, and I'm hoping to have more time to work on the blog during this period as well. March 1862 to the end of that year are an important time in the history of emancipation during the American Civil War.]

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In fact, this plan is so easy and natural, it hardly feels like a weight-loss program. Of course, that's the beauty of walking: The simple act of placing one foot in front of the other — no gadgets, no gear, no trips to the gym — can totally transform your figure, even if you don't change one thing about your diet!
Walking can also transform your health. Experts now say that taking roughly 10,000 steps per day sets off a chain reaction of physical benefits, including lower blood pressure, reduced risk for heart disease and better odds for preventing breast cancer.
Does 10,000 steps sound overwhelming? A little perspective: It translates into 4.5 to 5 miles, or one hour of rapid walking. Still sound like a lot? Try breaking it into shorter bits: three 20-minute errands on foot, one breezy 30-minute walk before breakfast and another after dinner. Or simply commit to getting up once an hour, every hour throughout your day and moving for five minutes.
However you break down the steps, there's only one fabulous result: a slimmer, more energetic you. In 60 minutes of walking, you'll burn 300 to 500 additional calories. Keep that up for 10 days and you'll lose a pound. Keep it up for a year and you'll be 35 pounds lighter — without a minute of dieting.
Do you really have time for a walking workout? Absolutely — you just need to find a routine that fits into your already superfried schedule. Pick your profile from one of our three plans, and let us solve your when, where and how.
"I don't have a full hour. Can I still squeeze in exercise?"
PROFILE: Your job or your family, or both, have you going all day long. You never get more than 20 minutes to yourself, and commuting eats up a lot of that time.
Your 60-minute walking workout:
Whether you usually drive yourself to the office or travel by public transportation, leave a little earlier and park farther away from your building or get off the bus a few stops earlier than usual and walk the rest of the way to your destination. (Note: Do not do this in high heels. Say no to fashion and wear sneakers instead. The alternative is to risk serious injury.) Remember, your goal is to walk a little more than a mile in 15 minutes. To figure out how far — or how many bus stops — that is, drive the route once and map the distance.
Make your lunch hour count for something other than calories. Slip on your sneakers, exit the building, and do a few laps around the block. Window shopping is allowed, but to get your heart rate up, don't be suckered into the stop-and-stare routine. Keep pumping your arms and shortening your stride so you squeeze in more steps per minute. On your way back to your desk, pick up a healthy bite to eat and plenty of water to replace lost fluid. See, that wasn't so hard!
It's 3:00 in the afternoon...do you know where your energy is? If you've lost it somewhere in the office abyss, you're not alone. The best way to regain your mojo is to hustle! This time, get a little tricky. If no one's looking, do the grapevine on your stroll to the corner deli, walk down an empty hallway backward, climb the stairs with your eyes closed (use the railing!). The idea is to involve all of your senses, even those not normally active in an office environment. You'll feel infinitely more alert when you return to your desk.
Now it's time to return home. Follow your morning walk backward for the evening trip. Remember, you're shooting for 1.2 miles in 15 minutes, but it's okay if it takes longer at first — just keep working on improving your time.
"I'll concentrate and do it all at once."
PROFILE: Lucky you. Finding a full hour to devote to working out is no problem — and you'd rather bite the bullet and get it done than worry about weaving it into your day.
Your 60-minute walking workout:
Standing in place, take five long, deep breaths. As you inhale, raise your arms slowly over your head; slowly lower them as you exhale.
Grab your watch and pedometer. Your goal is to walk one mile (roughly 2,200 steps), anywhere you want, in 15 minutes. Concentrate on coming down on your heel, rolling through the ball of your foot, and pushing off the toes with each step.
Now that you've warmed up, work out any kinks. Calves: Lean against a tree or wall and extend one leg behind you in a lunge position. Hold for five counts; switch legs. Quads: Bend one leg behind you, pulling your foot to your bottom with one hand and using a wall for support with the other; switch legs. Hamstrings: Sit on the ground and extend one leg in front of you, keeping the other one bent and relaxed. Reach for the toe of the straight leg for five counts; switch legs.
Get ready to hustle! For the next 12 minutes, you are going to move between a slow jog and a fast walk. Speed walking is easy once you get the hang of it — stay focused on taking short steps rather than longer ones. To really get going, pump your arms back and forth vigorously — no reason your legs should be doing all the work!
Okay, you survived. Now, drop and give us 10 — really! Mixing cardio with strength training in a workout burns more calories. Find a patch of grass and complete 10 push-ups (modify by pushing from your knees), 10 sit-ups and 10 leg lifts on each side.
Here's the final intensity component to your routine. As before, keep yourself moving somewhere between a slow jog and a fast walk. Pay attention to your posture: Speed should come from bending your knees, not from lunging forward, which can cause injuries.
You're officially heading home now. To keep your muscles long and limber, repeat the calf, hamstring and quad stretches you did earlier. This time, hold each position for 10 counts and feel how much deeper into the stretch you can go, now that your muscles are warm. Clasp your hands behind your back and pull up with your arms for a good chest, biceps and triceps release.
You've worked hard; now it's time to slow the pace and return your heart rate to normal. As you walk this last mile, let your arms swing loosely at your sides. By the time you've hit 20 minutes, your breathing and pulse should be almost back to normal, so that you could easily carry on a conversation.
"Help! I hate to exercise!"
PROFILE: It's tedious, time-consuming and boring. To hit 10,000 steps a day, your workout has to be fun, or it's not going to happen!
Your 10,000-step walking workout:
Start the day with a 10-minute morning stroll (1,000 steps).
Pace nervously while reviewing your life — and receiving unasked-for advice — during a 15-minute phone call to Mom (1,000 steps).
Find a deli five blocks from your building and take a noontime trip (even just to get something to drink), hoofing it 10 minutes each way (2,000 steps).
March in place for 15 minutes during the evening news (1,000 steps).
You have to do it anyway, plus it's 2,000 steps for 30 minutes.
Take a 20-minute sunset walk (3,000 steps): What better way to lose weight and rekindle your romance?
Focus on miles, not minutes.
When you start your walking workout, don't be intimidated if you can't keep pace with the time suggestions here. These are your ultimate goals, but the health and weight-loss benefits of walking are measured in number of steps, not minutes. Even if it takes you 20 minutes to walk a mile instead of the 13-minute ideal, don't give up. Your first goal is to reach the 10,000-steps marker, then worry about whittling down the time it takes to reach it. Do a little more each day, but don't overdo it. Good luck! (If you've never exercised or haven't done so in a while, check with your doctor first.)
How to customize your workout:
A pedometer registers step count, but maximum health benefits also require the right exertion level. Rule of thumb: If you can't catch your breath enough to say hi to a friend, slow down. Able to belt out your favorite song, no problem? You're taking it too easy. To up your workout ante, consider these variations:
- Increase your pace, not your stride. Taking more steps per minute instead of longer ones not only helps you walk faster (a 12- to 13-minute mile is optimal), it also elevates your heart rate without increasing your risk of injury.
- Pretend you're on a tightrope. Professional walkers place one foot directly in front of the other, as opposed to taking hip-width strides. Follow suit, and you'll increase your energy output and use more major muscle groups.
- Work your arms. Bend your elbows at a 90-degree angle and pump them back and forth as you step. This propels you forward faster and burns more calories.
- Head for the hills! Adding an angle is the surest way to increase the intensity of your walking workout. If you're on a treadmill, use the elevation button.
- Use weights or walking sticks — both give a more complete workout. The two dumbbells should weigh less than 10 percent of your body weight. Walking sticks (not to be confused with the kind Granddad may have sported) increase energy expended by 20 percent; order a pair at nordicwalker.com.


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The study suggests that around one in five women with PPM1D mutations will develop breast or ovarian cancer in the course of their lifetime, almost double the breast cancer risk and more than ten times the ovarian cancer risk of women in the general population. The discovery could have implications for genetic testing and targeted prevention, in particular for ovarian cancer, which is often diagnosed at an advanced stage.
The team analysed 507 genes involved in DNA repair in 1150 women with breast or ovarian cancer, identifying PPM1D gene mutations in five women. They then sequenced the PPM1D gene in 7781 women with breast or ovarian cancer and 5861 people from the general population.
There were 25 faults in the PPM1D gene in women with cancer and only one in the general population, a highly statistically significant difference.
The study found that the mutated genes were not passed down from parent to child and were not present in every cell. Even more surprisingly, there were no PPM1D mutations in the cancer cells or in the normal breast or ovarian cells; they were found only in blood cells. The findings suggest that PPM1D works in a completely different way to other genes known to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, potentially highlighting a new cancer-causing mechanism.
The team found that the mutations made the molecule that is produced from the PPM1D gene shorter than usual. Such truncating mutations are usually thought to cause a loss of function; however, the team were surprised to find that in this case the PPM1D mutations seem to make it more active.
Study leader Professor Nazneen Rahman, head of genetics at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and head of the cancer genetics clinical unit at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, said: "This is one of our most interesting and exciting discoveries.
"At every stage the results were different from the accepted theories. We don't yet know exactly how PPM1D mutations are linked to breast and ovarian cancer, but this finding is stimulating radical new thoughts about the way genes and cancer can be related."
"The results could also be useful in the clinic, particularly for ovarian cancer, which is often diagnosed at an advanced stage. If a woman knew she carried a PPM1D mutation and had a one in five chance of developing ovarian cancer, she might consider keyhole surgery to remove her ovaries after completing her family."
Professor Alan Ashworth, chief executive of The Institute of Cancer Research and one of the study researchers, said: "This discovery really does turn conventional wisdom about the way genetic mutations can lead to cancer on its head. We are likely to gain many valuable insights into how cancers can occur as we continue to unravel this puzzle."
New genetic sequencing technologies that allow much deeper analysis of genes were crucial to enable the team to make the link between the PPM1D mutations and cancer. The discovery that the mutations were only present in some cells, a so-called mosaic pattern, would have been extremely difficult to detect with older sequencing methods.
It is possible that similar mosaic mutations in other genes, and in patients with other types of cancer, will emerge as more research groups are now using these deep sequencing techniques, the authors say.
Dr Michael Dunn, head of molecular and physiological sciences at the Wellcome Trust, said: "This study is an fantastic example of the power of next-generation sequencing to discover new cancer predisposing genes, offering opportunities for better diagnosis. The discovery also opens up a very exciting new avenue of research in the study of cancer development."
The study was funded by the Institute of Cancer Research, the Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Image: A breast cancer cell. Credit: Anne Weston, LRI, CRUK, Wellcome Images.
Ruark E et al. Mosaic PPM1D mutations are associated with predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. Nature 2012 (epub ahead of print).


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Prior to the start of a new season it is appropriate to check that your trainers first aid game kit is fully stocked with all that might be required.
The list below is a guide to the contents of a well stocked footy kit.
All of these products are available at any sports tape suppliers. Your club will probably have an existing supplier they currently obtain their tape and other first aid products from.
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That fight in the boys' room might not be what it appears, Columbus police Sgt. Chantay M. Boxill frequently tells teachers.
That fight in the boys' room might not be what it appears, Columbus police Sgt. Chantay M. Boxill frequently tells teachers.
It could be one youth helping another become a member of a street gang.
It's called being "jumped in" or "beaten in," and it's one of the ways in which young people join gangs, Boxill, with the Columbus Division of Police criminal intelligence unit, said last week.
The other ways kids join gangs is by committing a crime at the urging of their sponsors, such as hitting someone over the head and stealing a cellphone, Boxill said. They also can be sponsored or "blessed in" by an influential member of the gang.
A "disturbing trend," she continued, involves a means by which girls can join gangs. It's called getting "sexed in." That means a pair of dice are rolled, and whatever number comes up is how many boys the girls must have sex with in order to become a member.
That's not seen a lot in Columbus, Boxill said, where some girls form their own street gangs rather than have sex with someone not of their choosing.
Members of the division's gangs unit have established criteria for documenting who belongs to a street gang, she said. These include:
* Admission of membership.
* Involvement in documented criminal activity.
* Tattoos, brands or scarring, sometimes seen among children 12 and 13 years old.
* Displays of clothing, colors, symbols or signs associated with a gang.
* The word of a reliable confidential informant.
Among the images Boxill displayed for Northland Block Watch leaders during a meeting last week was one of two boys, perhaps 7 and 9 years old. Both are making gang signs; one is displaying a fanned-out bunch of $50 bills, the other is pointing a toy gun at the camera.
"Somebody's parents thought that was funny," Boxill said.
She doesn't.
Young people join gangs "for the same reasons they always have, Boxill added. These include acceptance; love, especially the girls; protection -- a big thing at school; power; companionship; and the cool factor.
Video games that glamorize street gangs and "gangster rappers" help contribute to the latter factor, even among suburban white kids, the veteran police sergeant said.
Columbus has one of the best gangs units in Ohio, Boxill said, adding she's frequently been asked to conduct national training for other law-enforcement agencies.
"I'm going to tell you that so you know we're not talking smack," she said.


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- Tie a piece of fabric around for the scarf.
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ATLANTA, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- For the 11th consecutive year, U.S. drug overdose deaths increased, mostly by opioids -- illegal heroin or painkillers by prescription, health officials say.
An analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta found 38,329 people died of a drug overdose in the United States in 2010, up from 37,004 deaths in 2009.
This continued the steady rise in overdose deaths seen over the past 11 years, starting with 16,849 deaths in 1999.
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Neural activity tracking using electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) brain scanning methods has been widely used in the field of neuroscience to provide insight into the nervous system. However, the tracking accuracy depends on the presence of artifacts in the EEG/MEG recordings. Artifacts include any signals that do not originate from neural activity, including physiological artifacts such as eye movement and non-physiological activity caused by the environment. This work proposes an integrated method for simultaneously tracking multiple neural sources using the probability hypothesis density particle filter (PPHDF) and reducing the effect of artifacts using feature extraction and stochastic modeling. Unique …
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Hi - I have owned a womens consignment shop in NJ for 17 years and I am finally making my way to the net. I had an e-commerce site designed, but I need a logo for my company, Bling it On, LLC. Don't know that I want LLC in the name (legal stuff scares me). I also have a space for a banner ad on the home page, so I would want something for there that ties in as well. The logo should pop, not be shy (it is bling after all), but nothing cutesy. The name itself is clever, don't know that the logo needs to be. I like clean, simple designs, but I LIKE LOUD TOO. Hope that helps. Good luck!
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*DCMP Invited Symposia
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March 21-25, 2005
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Unity in physics
Condensed matter and materials physicists are part of a larger physics and scientific enterprise. Even if our research of the moment is specialized, we nevertheless have strong ties to other areas of physics. Our inherent competitiveness and our ever-increasing anxiety over funding must not lead to destructive infighting between fields that can jeopardize our common scientific goals. I have written at more length about this in Physics Today and FermiNews (Sept. 2002). As the largest APS Division and the one most responsible for stewarding the March Meeting, we have an opportunity and a responsibility to lead the physics community with a more unified front. Such cohesion is not only crucial for approaching the public for funding but, more importantly, is essential for enticing the next generation of eager and talented students into science.
During the past two years, the DCMP has led such a effort. In both the Austin (2003) and Montreal (2004) meetings, the Monday night plenary sessions were devoted to what have been called Unity Sessions. These Symposia, which have attracted enormous crowds, have brought different areas of physics – from string theory and cosmology to atomic and biophysics – into the March Meeting. The aim has been to emphasize that condensed matter physics is only one branch of a much larger subject and that the intellectual interactions go both ways – ideas emanate from condensed matter physics and influence other fields as well as enter our field from elsewhere. In the Austin meeting five speakers were invited to give their dreams for the future of their branch of physics. Steve Girvin (Yale) presented his dreams for condensed matter physics. The transparencies of his presentation are reproduced on the DCMP website: http://dcmp.bc.edu/. At the Montreal meeting, the lecturers were scientists who have crossed the boundaries between different branches of physics and have made significant contributions in more than one area. Many in the audience were inspired by the presentations. I hope that such efforts will continue within the DCMP and will also be taken up by other Divisions at other APS meetings.
The Montreal March Meeting
The graph below shows the steady growth of the March Meeting over the past five years. While concerns over visas did decrease the number of USA residents, especially students, the number of overseas participants increased. The net result was that, aside from the Centennial Celebration in 1999, the 2004 Montreal meeting was the largest March meeting yet in terms of the number of registrants (6035), contributed talks (5502) and invited speakers (737).
The program, Students Lunch with the Experts, which was initiated at the Minneapolis Meeting in 2000, has continued to be successful. The DCMP sponsored a dozen tables, each one with an established scientist who is knowledgeable in some area of condensed matter physics. Students sign up to have (a free) lunch at a table of their choice and chat informally (no overheads and no computers) with the "expert". The other participating Divisions and Topical Groups also sponsor tables so that a total of approximately 30 tables have been sponsored in each of the last two years. The students as well as the experts have been enthusiastic about the interactions.
Funding and Lobbying
Funding for physical science remains a concern for all of us. In order to improve our chances of increasing the science budget, more effort has to be spent on telling the public and Congress why it is important to keep funding healthy for all of science. We need to convey what we need, why we need it and why such funding is a good use of public money.
For the past three years, the DCMP has taken the lead in organizing a letter-writing campaign at the March Meeting. During the meetings computers were set up in conspicuous places near the entrance where passers-by could sit down and email or write a letter to their representatives in Congress. To make things easier, the APS Office of Public Affairs (Michael Lubell, Stephen Pierson, David Cooper, and previously Susan Ginsberg) wrote sample letters that could be used as templates to address the points that the APS thought were most pressing. During the Montreal meeting, 3,557 letters, a record number, were sent to Congress. I would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped convince so many of their fellow March Meeting attendees to sit down and write these letters. Mike, Steve, David, and Sue assure us that these letters help.
During the year, when the DCMP Executive Committee members have met in the Washington, DC area, the APS Public Affairs Staff has organized a visit to Capitol Hill. After being briefed by the APS about current concerns and given glossy leave-behinds about the public value of physics, we met with a number of Congressional staffers from our own districts. We are told that these face-to-face meetings with the Congressional staffers are even more valuable than letter writing for getting our message across. I can attest that working with the APS Public Affairs Staff is easy, informative and rewarding - I encourage all of you to become more involved.
Finally, I think that we all owe a debt of gratitude to John Wilkins for having fought so effectively in the interests of DCMP in his tenure as DCMP Chair.
Sidney Nagel
To vote for new members of the DCMP Executive committee, go to the DCMP website: http://dcmp.bc.edu/
The DCMP Executive Committee performs several functions. Among it most important responsibilities is to be in charge of organizing the APS March Meeting. It is the body that chooses the Invited Symposia from those nominated by the DCMP membership. Keeping a proper balance on the Committee is thus essential for producing a well-run meeting. It helps to lobby Congress on science policy issues. Also, the DCMP Members-at- Large select those names to be forwarded for consideration by the APS Fellowship Committee and Council.
The current (2004-2005) membership of the DCMP Executive Committee is:
(Date following name indicates end of service on Committee, though title may change.)
Sidney R. Nagel (3/06)
University of Chicago
Chair Elect
Susan N. Coppersmith (3/07)
University of Wisconsin
David B. Tanner (3/08)
University of Florida
Past Chair
John W. Wilkins (3/05)
The Ohio State University
Joseph W. Serene (3/05)
Georgetown University
Moses H. W. Chan (12/07)
Pennsylvania State University
Eva Andrei (3/05)
Rutgers University
Stuart S. P. Parkin (3/05)
IBM Almaden Research Center
Zhixun Shen (3/05)
Stanford University
Andrea J. Liu(3/06)
University of Pennsylvania
Paul L.McEuen(3/06)
Cornell University
Arthur P. Ramirez (3/06)
Bell Laboratories
Matthew P. A. Fisher (3/07)
Inst. for Theoretical Physics, UCSB
Caroline A. Ross (3/07)
Clare C. Yu (3/07)
UC Irvine
The deadline for Invited Symposia nominations is Friday, September 10.
In order to nominate an Invited Symposium for the March Meeting go to:
The entire Executive Committee selects invited talks only from those proposals nominated by DCMP members. It cannot substitute speakers of its own choosing.
Suggestions for Creating a Successful Proposal
List of Invited Symposia Categories
Contributed Abstract Submission
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at 5:00 p.m. EST.
Complete abstract submission instructions can be found at:
Note that the Sorting Categories for abstracts (which is not the same one as for Invited Symposia) can be found at:
Each year, no more than one-half of one percent of the then current APS membership may be elected to APS Fellowship. The number that DCMP may select is similarly determined by the size of its membership. Keeping your DCMP membership active and encouraging your colleagues to join can help to increase the number of APS Fellowships in Condensed Matter Physics.
Nominations may be made at any time, but only those received by the APS deadline, January 14, will be considered for action in that year. Nominations should be sent to:
Executive Officer
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Nomination forms may be obtained by:
Unsuccessful nominees are automatically reconsidered in the second year after nomination. Update information from sponsors is recommended.
In March, the DCMP Fellowship Committee, comprised of the DCMP Members-at- Large, reviews the nominations referred to the DCMP by the APS. It then forwards its recommendations to the APS Fellowship Committee and Council.
Tips for Successful Nominations
The selection process is very competitive; when preparing nominations, sponsors should ensure that the achievements of their candidates are genuinely reflected by the material submitted. In general, the guidelines for the Fellowship Committee are to look for sustained contributions to the field over a period of time and successful nominees generally have over 10 years of professional experience beyond the Ph.D. Inclusion of a complete list of publications, and lists of invited talks, awards, committee service, and organization of conferences is highly recommended. A detailed statement by the sponsors and supporting letters which evaluate the candidate's work and discuss which of the candidate's achievements are "exceptional" aid the committee considerably.
Reprints of papers are generally not useful.
Congressional Interactions
Facing large war costs and a rising deficit, Congress is under pressure to hold down domestic spending, including federal agency research budgets. So far, a House committee has drafted bills that would increase the DOE Office of Science budget by 3.4% but cut NSF by 2% from their FY 2004 levels. Physicists have used the APS Write Congress website to send over 7,000 letters and emails this year to members of Congress emphasizing the importance of a strong federal investment in science. About 60 physicists have conveyed a similar message through personal visits with their legislators coordinated by APS. This constituent pressure helped the scientific community gather the signatures of an impressive 55 senators on a letter supporting a 10% increase for the Office of Science and 157 representatives on a letter supporting NSF. Significant increases for either are unlikely to become reality this year, but the letters sent a strong message. APS will ask its members to help reinforce this message when Congress returns from its August recess and attempts to complete the annual appropriations process. Please check the APS website (www.aps.org/public_affairs) or contact the Office of Public Affairs (202/662-8700, firstname.lastname@example.com) for more information.
The DCMP web site at http://dcmp.bc.edu allows members (1) to find general information and announcements of potential interest and (2) to vote for new members of the DCMP Executive Committee. This site also informs the general public of the role and value of condensed matter physics in our lives.
We solicit contributions to the site from the DCMP membership for any subject matter that may help to achieve these goals. Please send your comments and suggestions to Ms. Irina Bariakhtar, who maintains the site, at email@example.com.
The World Year of Physics
The World Year of Physics, timed to coincide with the centennial celebration of Albert Einstein's "miraculous year", is a worldwide celebration of physics and its importance in our everyday lives. Physics not only plays an important role in the development of science and technology but also has a tremendous impact on our society. The World Year of Physics aims to raise the worldwide awareness of physics and physical science. For more information go to: http://www.physics2005.org/.
APS Town Meetings - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
During the March Meeting in Montreal, The American Physical Society, working with the Divisions of Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) and Materials Physics (DMP), held the first town meeting to discuss issues in condensed matter and materials physics. In order to continue this discussion, the APS (with DCMP and DMP) proposes to organize five additional regional town meetings in different geographic locations. The purpose of these town meetings is to provide community input for the decadal study that has been proposed by the Solid State Sciences Committee of the National Research Council. Community buy-in is crucial to the success and acceptance of the next decadal study.
The town meetings will provide a venue for the community to discuss exciting developments in condensed matter and materials physics, to ensure that constituencies are not overlooked, and to help articulate a vision for the next ten years. In addition, we anticipate that these town meetings will lead to a full discussion of many of the issues facing this community - What are the important and exciting questions in the field? How can they be understood by the lay public? What is an appropriate balance between applied and fundamental work and between large and small research? What are the priorities for instrumentation and large facilities? These are very large and difficult questions, which the condensed matter and materials physics community has not yet discussed in an organized way. The Town Meetings are an endeavor to initiate such a discussion.
The locations and times of these meetings, once they are known, will be posted on the DCMP website and sent via an email notice to the DCMP membership.
The articles and opinion pieces found in this issue of the APS Division of Condensed Matter Physics Newsletter are not peer refereed and represent solely the views of the authors and not necessarily the views of the APS.


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