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When summer folds its wings for fall, the local book scene takes full flight, as readers take this interior activity into the confines of home and heart. The Utah Humanities Council's Fifteenth Annual Book Festival is perhaps the key fixture of this book-loving season, but other events abound at Ken Sanders Rare Books, as Will Bagley unveils the next installment in his Overland West series, and Terry Tempest Williams prepares for a spotlight at the Sundance Resort Author Series.
The King's English
Oct. 2 • Janci Patterson, author of young-adult novel Chasing the Skip.
Oct. 4 • Evening with Torrey House Press authors Maximillian Werner, author of Crooked Creek; Steven Peck, author of The Scholar of Moab; Barbara Richardson, author of Tributary; and Erica Olsen, author of Recapture.
Oct. 6 • Bobbie Pyron, author of The Dog's of Winter; Joseph Hatch and Patrick Hearty, authors of The Pony Express Stations in Utah.
Oct. 9 • Maggie Stiefvater, author of the Shiver trilogy of books, presents her new young-adult novel The Raven Boys.
Oct. 13 • Libba Bray, author of The Diviners, in conversation with Shannon Hale, at Viridian Event Center, 8030 S. 1825 West, West Jordan
Nov. 13 • Ally Condie, author of Matched and sequel Crossed, presents the final book in her trilogy, Reached, at Rowland Hall St. Mark's, 843 Lincoln St., Salt Lake City.
Info • 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City. For more information, call 801-484-9100 or visit http://www.kingsenglish.com. Most readings are free.
Weller Book Works
Second and fourth Wednesdays, monthly • "Lit Knit," a gathering of craft-leaning readers who talk about what they're reading.
Oct. 2 • Lance Olsen reads from his recent novel Architectures of Possibility.
Oct. 3 • Blain Harden signs new book Escape From Camp.
Oct. 5 • Joy Harjo reads and signs her book Crazy Brave.
Oct. 6 • Taylor Mali reading and signing.
Info • 607 Trolley Square, Salt Lake City. Call 801-328-2586 or visit http://www.samwellers.com for more information.
Ken Sanders Rare Books
Oct. 4 • Will Bagley reading and book signing for With Golden Visions Bright Before Them, the second of four volumes in his Overland West series.
Oct. 5 • M. John Fayhee reads and signs his new book Smoke Signals: Wayward Journeys Through the Old Heart of the New West.
Info • 268 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City. Call 801-521-3819 for more information, or visit online at http://www.kensanders.com; readings are free.
Salt Lake City Main Library
Oct. 2, Oct. 23 and Nov. 15 • "Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War" reading series with Chris Case, Ted Moore and Tam Hoskisson and Marianne McKnight from Salt Lake Community College.
Oct. 25 •Friends of The City Library Used Book Sale: Members-Only Preview
Oct. 26-30 • Friends of the Library Used Book Sale
Oct. 17 • Poets Peter Covino and Jacqueline Osherow read from their woks as part of the City Art Reading Series.
Oct. 26 • "Haunted Library: Night of the Living Books" after-hours Halloween celebration.
Oct. 27 • ARUP Blood Drive in conjunction with Charlaine Harris' vampire Sookie Stackhouse series as part of the Utah Humanities Council Book Festival.
First Saturday of every month • "Dog Day Afternoons" R.E.A.D. event for children learning to read, in Children's Library.
First Saturday of every month • "Mainly Reading Book Club" discussing the titles Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, Oct. 6; Charlaine Harris titles, Nov. 3; and Julie Otsuka's The Buddha in the Attic, Dec. 1. In Level 2.
First Thursday of every month • "Books to Die For," discussing Enzo Macleod mysteries by Peter May, Oct. 4; Die For You by Lisa Unger, Nov. 1; and The Girl With Braided Hair by Margaret Coel, Dec. 6. In Lower Level.
Info • Free. 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City. Call 801-524-8200 or visit http://www.slcpl.org.
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Oct. 1 • Cameron Wright, author of The Rent Collector, with documentary filmmakers Trevor Wright, Todd Smith and Jordan Augustine presenting "River of Victory," the film upon which Wright's book is based.
Oct. 5 • American Indian poet Joy Harjo at Holmgren Historical Farm, Tremonton; Utah Book Awards winners announced.
Oct. 6 • Taylor Mali, slam poet, education advocate and author of What Teachers Make.
Oct. 10 • Thomas G. Andrews, author of Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War, and Erin Ann Thomas, author of Coal in Our Veins, at Price Library.
Oct. 12 • Carlos Motta, artist, author and editor of We Who Feel Differently, at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) as part of "Battleground States" exhibit.
Oct. 12 • Mormon foodways expert Brock Cheney, author of Plain But Wholesome, at Snow College's Karen H. Huntsman Library, Ephraim.
Oct. 16 • Angela Brown, author of Hideous Progeny: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema with screening of Tod Browning's cult film "Freaks."
Oct. 18 • Internationally acclaimed Chilean poet and human-rights activist Raul Zurita.
Oct. 19 • Poet, novelist, essayist and playwright Ana Costillo at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.
Oct. 20 • Readings by winners of the Utah Book Awards.
Oct. 20 • Thriller author Mark Sullivan presents his new book, Rogue; George Mason University religious studies professor John Turner and author Craig Foster present their book Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet; Donna Poulton, art curator at Utah Museum of Fine Arts, presents her book Leconte Stewart: Masterworks; NPR commentator and nature writer Craig Childs presents his new book, Apocalyptic Planet; science writer David Quammen presents his new book Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. Dan Krokos presents his debut thriller, False Memory.
Oct. 23 • Juan Pablo Villalobos, author of Down the Rabbit Hole, at Westminster College Gore Business School Auditorium.
Oct. 27 • Children's author Jan Thomas, of Let's Count The Goats; Mark Sundeen, author of The Man Who Quit Money with Chris Suelo, subject of Sundeen's book.
Oct. 27 • Charlaine Harris, author of Sookie Stackhouse vampire series and keynote speaker for the Utah Humanities Council's 15th Annual Book Festival; 5 p.m. at Salt Lake Main Library; 7 p.m. at Viridian Events Center in West Jordan.
Info • All events are free and take place at the Salt Lake Main Library, 200 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City, unless noted. Other activities in Ogden, Brigham City, Cedar City, Logan, Morgan, Tremonton and St. George. Call 801-359-9670 for information, or visit http://www.utahhumities.org/BookFestival.htm for times and complete event schedule.
Salt Lake City Arts Council and the University of Utah Guest Writers Series
Oct. 18 •Poets David Gewanter and Kim Young.
Nov. 15 • Prose writer Anthony Doerr and poet Lisa Fay Coutley.
Info • All Thursday readings are free and begin at 7 p.m. They are followed by author reception, at Finch Lane Gallery and Art Barn, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City, unless noted. Call 801-596-5000 for information or visit http://www.slcgov.com/arts.
Sundance Resort Author Series
Nov. 3 • Terry Tempest Williams will discuss the question "What does it mean to have a voice?" posed by her most recent book, When Women Were Birds.
Info • $75 includes the lecture and discussion, plus signed copy of author's book and brunch in the Tea Room, 8841 N. Alpine Loop Road, Sundance, Utah. Call 866-734-4428 or visit http://www.sundanceresort.com for more information.
Westminster College Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series
Oct. 19 • Westminster visiting writer, novelist, poet, essayist and playwright Ana Castillo, as part of the Utah Humanities Council's Book Festival.
Oct. 23 • Fiction writer Juan Pablo Villalobos, author of Down the Rabbit Hole, as part of the Utah Humanities Council's Book Festival.
Nov. 5 • Poet Cyrus Cassells.
Nov. 16 • Topside Press presents West Coast debut of The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard.
Info • Free. Dumke Student Theatre, Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City. Call 801-832-2376 for more information, or visit online at http://www.westminstercollege.edu/cultural_events.
Terry Tempest Williams' voice lessons
With 12 books to her name, Terry Tempest Williams is duly acknowledged and respected as an established literary figure of the American West. She's also a rigorous and thorough miner of metaphors as her recent, 13th title demonstrates. When Women Were Birds has its origins in the weeks after her mother's 1987 death, when Williams scoured every page of her mother Diane's three shelves of journals to find them empty of words. The discovery vexed Williams for years, but also fermented over time into the realization that, even for writers, silences mold our spirits as inevitably as sound, absence can carry all the power of presence and, most of all, sometimes a quiet voice carries further than a powerful one. Williams' meditation on the meaning and power of voice makes When Women Were Birds perhaps her most philosophical work, for lack of a better word. And as in philosophical works, the questions it prompts are often more important than the answers. "What does it mean to have a voice?" will be the call and response offered at Williams' upcoming speaking engagement at the Sundance Author Series. The Sundance Resort's author readings, for those familiar with them, aren't the standard read-and-sign, but full-fledged affairs of engaging exchange, brunch and the bonus of a signed book.
When • Nov. 3, noon
Where • Tree Room of Sundance Resort, 8841 Alpine Scenic Highway, Sundance, Utah
Info • $75 includes brunch, author discussion and autographed copy of Williams' book. Call 866-734-4428 for reservations or visit http://www.sundanceresort.com for more information.
Will Bagley's continuing "Overland" odyssey
Will Bagley's considerable gifts for historic narrative jolted new debate with the 2002 publication of his book Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows. So it was a surprise move of sorts when Utah's premier historical writer turned his attention to the grand sweep of our nation's westward migration with a planned four-part series, Overland West: The Story of the Oregon and California Trials. As usual, Bagley delivers hard truths in shimmering prose, lifting the veil of romance that surrounds so much of the American West. It's no secret that those who packed up their life's belongings for a new shot at life on the frontier suffered and struggled, but Bagley reveals it all through meticulous research that gives it depth and meaning. The first installment, So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848, won the 2011 Western Heritage Award. This week, Bagley will unveil his second, With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, 1849-1852. For anyone with a sweet tooth for history and the westward migration, this reading and signing promises plenty of kid-in-the-candy-store moments.
When • Oct. 4, 7 p.m.
Where • Ken Sanders Rare Books, 268 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City
Info • Free. Call 801-521-3819 or visit http://www.kensandersbooks.com for more information.


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Was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent? - History Stack Exchange most recent 30 from history.stackexchange.com 2019-09-15T16:36:00Z https://history.stackexchange.com/feeds/question/2489 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/rdf https://history.stackexchange.com/q/2489 14 Was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent? Joe https://history.stackexchange.com/users/845 2012-06-29T17:06:42Z 2015-09-28T02:35:30Z
In Europe, when the Bronze Age ended and the Iron Age began, was it a peaceful spread of technology, or was it a violent conquest where the newcomers were able to win by their more advanced technology?
 https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/2489/-/2490#2490 10 Answer by T.E.D. for Was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent? T.E.D. https://history.stackexchange.com/users/771 2012-06-29T17:59:59Z 2012-06-30T12:48:32Z
The problem with answering this is that Europe for the most part was illiterate at the time.

We do know from the literate areas that there was tremendous upheval in Fertile Crescent at about this time.

In this period the (illiterate) Dorians wiped out Mycenean civilization, plunging the Greek area into a dark age. Technically this was Europe. Then a horde of sea peoples (many speculate displaced Myceneans) took to raiding south into the Levant and Egypt. Egypt was mostly strong enough to beat them back, but the peoples of the Levant weren't so fortunate. The Hittite capitol was destroyed (actually not sure by whose hand, but sea peoples are a leading guess), and its empire collpsed. Some of the remnants (so-called neo-Hittites) marched out and conqered Babylonia, along with the Aramaeans (essentially Arab pastorilists from the south). Many also speculate the sea peoples were the Biblical Philistines, who according to the Bible attempted to ensure Israel's continued military inferiority by denying them access to iron.

All of this upheaval could have been a coincidence with the popularization of iron, but I generally don't believe in such large coincidences.

Also we know that in sub-Saharan Africa, the Iron Age appears coincident with the period of Bantu expansion, where speakers of that language family took over all cultivatable land in the tropical peninsula of the continent (a huge area). You could picture this process as a peaceful one, but when Europeans later bumped into the southernmost tribes of this movement (the Zulu), they didn't find them all that peaceful.

The rise of the Phoenicians (later Carthaginians) in North Africa roughly coincides with the period where they were the only iron users in North Africa.

Checking over my sources for darker (illiterate) Europe, there doesn't seem to be any serious cultural changes associated with the switch to Iron use. So it could be that in this zone Anixx's reasoning in his answer applies. Or it could just be that what did happen wasn't all that apparent to archeologists.
 https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/2489/-/2492#2492 1 Answer by Anixx for Was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent? Anixx https://history.stackexchange.com/users/466 2012-06-29T21:26:49Z 2012-07-02T22:58:40Z
I do not believe that advances in metallurgy could give some societies any crucial military advantage. This is because iron weapons are easily captured and bought. Even if a society had no iron works, it still could easily acquire iron weapons and the archaeological findings support that there are plenty of foreign-produced metal weapons (mostly produced by Tripolie culture and in Anatolia) say among the Kurgan cultures who had inferior metallurgy at the time.

When it comes to other technologies such as the chariot, this is not the case because a people who have no experience of dealing with chariots can hardly make use of them even if captured.

Unlike iron weapons which are used mostly the same way as bronze ones, chariots require special skills for maintenance and combat tactics. They are useless in smaller numbers and require extensive horse breeding which was mostly unavailable in agrarian societies.
 https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/2489/-/2494#2494 13 Answer by Bryce for Was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent? Bryce https://history.stackexchange.com/users/1020 2012-06-30T07:18:05Z 2012-07-01T00:53:25Z
The transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Europe occurred later than the transition in the Middle East. It started in the south and gradually worked its way north. It was most certainly a period of bloodshed, but then that's been true of most of european history, hasn't it?

You might imagine pitched battles of armies, one outfitted in old bronze swords facing down adversaries all wielding new iron swords thanks to their closely guarded secret iron smelting technology, the latter of whom proceed to decimate the bronze users, slicing swords in half and so on. But... this probably didn't happen.

Iron is actually a rather poor material for weapons, particularly early on when iron smelting knowledge was weak. Swords would be liable to bend or break. Yet bronze weapon manufacturing had been perfected after many centuries of use. So, an all-bronze army could well have been the one doing the decimating. Iron was what you used if you couldn't get bronze! Who'd bother keeping that technology a secret? It wasn't until the invention of the blast furnace in the Middle Ages that steel (a much better weapon material) could be reliably produced.

Iron didn't come into its own until bronze was already largely off the scene. The early and middle bronze age had seen some noteworthy empires around the Mediterranean, but these fell and the area descended into a major dark age. Trading routes were disrupted throughout Europe and the Middle East so many simply could not get copper and/or tin. In Europe civilization fell apart, populations dropped, and government reverted back to tribal units and petty kingdoms.

Iron's advantage was that its ores were very easily accessible. And while the smelting process was more difficult, once learned it would allow mass production of iron items. It didn't matter if the bronze weapons were as good or better, if you could field ten times as many armed men.

In Europe, the Greeks and later the Celts marked the start of transition from bronze to iron. These groups both were tribal people that expanded across Europe bringing an array of new technologies that enabled them to displace more primitive peoples. Their armies used a mix of bronze and iron for their weaponry.

Initially, iron weapons would be kept short to minimize bending or snapping. Even as late as the Roman Empire, the Roman Gladius was generally made out of iron; officers might even stick with bronze swords. Occasionally luck or trial and error would result in production of steel; steel is a much better material for weapons than either bronze or iron and as such was prized (and production techniques closely guarded). However in Europe it would not be until the development of the blast furnace in the Middle Ages that steel became common enough to outfit armies with it.

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I have worked iron and steel in coal forges and propane forges as a farrier and I have also made knives. I also designed and cast bits in German Silver (an alloy of brass that has been around since the time of Moses) and in sweet iron (cold rolled mild steel). We would assume the early forms of iron had massive amounts of impurities or slag. This would cause failure in the stress of battle and swords would break like glass. Iron without carbon is soft, it won't hold an edge, and it will bend, which probably is one of the reasons short swords were used. The longer swords were more vulnerable to failure and bending.

The reason I say the alloys for bronze or brass were around since the time of moses is because the main alloys all have biblical names. Bronze was cast in sand and it was fairly easy to mass produce weapons. Once they were cast, they were cleaned up, a handle was attached and the blades were sharpened. Henry Ford had nothing on these guys. They could also cast pieces as large as a pickup truck if you do a little more research.

Iron is harder to put into production in my opinion because of impurities. The temperature for heating and cooling are critical. I am just a history man, but I have some practical experience as well.


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Dueling Heroes (Japanese: うずまきカップ!みずのコロシアムでだいバトル!! Whirlpool Cup! A Big Battle in the Water Colosseum!!), is the 216th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 20, 2001 and in the United States on October 26, 2002.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
As the final round of the Whirl Cup begins, Ash and Misty must each face formidable opponents. Ash has his Kingler transferred from Oak's lab in preparation, but when he and his Totodile begin their first battle, they must face an opponent with a powerful Kingdra. Misty also faces a challenging duel with an experienced opponent and his Qwilfish. Meanwhile, Team Rocket sets about stealing an ancient jewel used in a reward ceremony to be performed for the tournament's victor.
The day begins with everyone waiting for the Whirl Cup Colosseum as the water drains out somewhat. Soon all the Trainers and audience watch Maya. She congratulates them as well as wishing them a little luck. She then puts her staff that has a sapphire at the end towards the sun which makes the area glow bluish for a while. The prize given to the winning Trainer is a pendant that helps the Water Pokémon who wears it. Team Rocket, acting as vendors, gazes upon the staff more than the pendant. They find a scheme to try to snatch it.
The way the Whirl Cup tournament goes is a two "block" division, Ash and Misty are in block "A". Ash notices he only has one Water Pokémon, so he calls Professor Oak to swap a Pokémon for Kingler. He puts in Bayleef and he gets Kingler. Back at Professor Oak's Laboratory, Oak releases Bayleef, but Bayleef gets a little scared of Oak and runs around eventually ramming into Oak. The first day all contestants in block A fight off. Ash and Misty sort of get into a fight before the first match begins but Brock helps settle things out.
The second round of Block A pits Ash against Christopher. Ash uses Totodile for this round and his opponent calls out Kingdra. Ash takes a quick scan on it and Brock in the bleachers comments to Misty that Ash might not have a good time with this one. Being Water/Dragon, Totodile's Water attacks are practically useless. Ash takes the lead and commands Totodile to dive under the water but Kingdra counters with a Twister. Totodile snaps out of it and lands on one of the platforms. After that Kingdra shoots a Hydro Pump at Totodile, but Totodile simply walks along the water and gets close enough to do a Headbutt, but Kingdra dives, Totodile doing the same. Kingdra releases a SmokeScreen that covers up the water. With no other option, Ash tells Totodile to jump out of the water. The battle comes to a standstill because it was expected that Ash would have Totodile risk it and jump back in. Fed up, the Trainer tells Kingdra to jump up and try another Hydro Pump. Ash however tells Totodile to use Bite on Kingdra, aiming for the snout. Totodile is successful and plugs up Kingdra's snout causing all the water to hold back. After a while Totodile releases and Kingdra goes flying across and eventually getting knocked out. Ash wins the match. After the match, Team Rocket is still devising a plan to get Maya's staff. Except a supervisor comes by and they seem to have a strong patriotism to the sales pitch. Later that night Misty stares at the coliseum from the Pokémon Center window thinking. Ash notices and they have the talk about what will happen if they end up battling each other.
The third round of Block A has Misty battling Harrison. Harrison is one of the older Trainers, so he has a snobbish attitude when he steps up to the arena. The match is on, Corsola against Qwilfish. Qwilfish begins the match by shooting a Water Gun but Corsola reflects it back with a Mirror Coat. Seeing that this tactic won't work Harrison tells it to start swallowing water. As the announcer says that this is used for preparing a volley of spikes, Misty thinks fast. Qwilfish soon releases Pin Missile and so Corsola counters with Spike Cannon. The two attacks explode in mid air knocking Corsola back but Qwilfish took refuge in the waters. Taking advantage of this Qwilfish makes a Take Down attack to Corsola. Worried that Corsola is going to burn out anytime, Misty tells it to use Recover, however Qwilfish has already started up another Take Down. By the time Corsola recovered, Qwilfish already zeroed in. Corsola and Qwilfish dive down and Qwilfish reappears, but so does Corsola, below Qwilfish. Qwilfish is stuck on Corsola's head and can't do much about this so it just swims around. Misty finally gets an idea and tells Corsola to use Spike Cannon. Corsola fires the Spike Cannon sending Qwilfish sky-high, Misty winning the match. During the battle, Team Rocket make their move towards Maya's staff but they failed. Officer Jenny is there and notices them, so they quickly get out their snacks-for-sale and pretend they were going to sell them.
Back at the Pokémon Center, Ash and Misty wait for the results of the tournament, which inevitably turns out that Ash is up against Misty for the next round.
Major events
- Ash recalls Kingler to his team for the Whirl Cup and sends Bayleef to Professor Oak's Laboratory.
- Ash and Misty get through the first round of the Whirl Cup, and learn they have to battle each other in the second round.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
English dub debuts
TV episode debuts
- Ash
- Misty
- Brock
- Jessie
- James
- Professor Oak
- Nurse Joy
- Officer Jenny
- Maya
- Christopher
- Harrison
- Marcellus (flashback)
Who's That Pokémon?: Aipom (US and international), Kingdra (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Bayleef (Ash's)
- Totodile (Ash's)
- Corsola (Misty's)
- Kingdra (Christopher's; debut)
- Qwilfish (Harrison's; debut)
- Squirtle
- Wartortle
- Psyduck
- Golduck
- Poliwag
- Poliwhirl
- Tentacruel
- Slowpoke
- Seaking
- Staryu
- Magikarp
- Gyarados
- Lapras
- Dragonair
- Marill
- Azumarill
- Quagsire
- Remoraid
- This episode included music from the Mewtwo Strikes Back.
- This is one of the few episodes in which Team Rocket does not blast off.
- Bayleef's behavior after being stored and seeing Oak is similar to Aipom's in Overjoyed!.
- Dragonair, ineligible for the Whirl Cup due to being only Dragon-type, is depicted while Maya gives her opening speech.
- Brock says that Corsola, being part Rock, would have been in serious trouble if Qwilfish's Water Gun hit it. This is incorrect, as Corsola receives neutral damage from Water-type moves.
Dub edits
- Ash's Totodile's Headbutt was referred as Skull Bash in the dub. In addition, Totodile cannot legally learn Skull Bash in the games.
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|European French
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Who is Jill Kelley, socialite pal of Petraeus, Allen?
Jill Kelley, the woman who is said to have had "inappropriate communication" with Gen. John Allen, is heard on 911 calls asking for "diplomatic protection" from the media gathered outside her home. WTSP
Who is Jill Kelley, the Tampa socialite at the heart of investigations involving two of the most powerful military men in the world?
Her call to an FBI agent about harassing e-mails unwittingly exposed an extramarital affair by a family friend -- Gen. David Petraeus, who subsequently resigned as head of the CIA. That investigation has now ensnared the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, for "potentially inappropriate" communications with Kelley -- e-mails described as "flirtatious."
The Pentagon's inspector general is reviewing 20,000 to 30,000 pages of e-mails and other documents from their communications between 2010 and 2012, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified senior defense official.
ABC News says "an intermediary" for Allen said that he and his wife are friends with Kelley and her husband, and that most of the e-mails were sent from Kelley to Allen's wife.
Allen, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, has denied any wrongdoing, the official told AP.
How did the 37-year-old Kelley, born to a prominent Lebanese-American family in Philadelphia, land in the international spotlight?
She positioned herself at the center of the military social scene, acting as a kind of party ambassador for U.S. Central Command and Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, near the two-story brick mansion where she lives with her surgeon husband, Scott Kelley, and their three children.
The Kelleys became friends with Petraeus when he was CENTCOM commander there from 2008 to 2010, and threw parties described as "lavish."
Through her volunteer work at the base, Jill Kelley and Petraeus exchanged near-daily e-mails and instant messages, two of his former staffers told AP. But those messages were exchanged in accounts that his aides regularly monitored and were not romantic in tone, they said.
Two years ago, at a soiree for Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival, Petraeus arrived with a 28-cop motorcycle escort, the Tampa Bay Times reported. A photo shows Petraeus and his wife, Holly, with the Kelleys and Jill's identical twin sister, Natalie Khawam, wearing party beads, with a pirate flag in the background.
The VIP invite list for the 2011 Army Ball shows the Kelleys rubbing elbows with top-level officers, politicians and other civic leaders, Business Insider reports.
The Petraeus and Kelley families were described as close, and they spent holidays together at Petraeus' residence in Washington, D.C. The families have spent the holidays together and celebrated Christmas together last year, according to Petraeus' daughter Anne's personal blog, ABC News says.
The Washington Post writes that Jill Kelley's brother, David Khawam, said that his sister "had deep affection" for the Petraeuses and that "she never had anything but a platonic relationship with the general."
"They were truly good friends for years," he told the Post.
As they entertained the military elite, the Kelleys were piling up substantial debt, the Post writes, citing court records.Banks began foreclosure proceedings on two properties -- including a three-story office building, the Tampa Bay Times says -- and other creditors sued them for tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt.
In May of this year, Kelley began receiving harassing e-mails, law enforcement have said. The FBI investigation began with five to 10 anonymous e-mails, some that appeared to accuse her of an inappropriate relationship. Petraeus was not named, TheWall Street Journal reported.
FBI agents traced the e-mails to Paula Broadwell, and then found that she was exchanging "intimate" messages with a private Gmail account that Petraeus had opened under an alias. The revelations catapulted Kelley into the spotlight.
Born Jill Khawam, Kelley grew up in northeast Philadelphia and lived in the area until her mid-20s, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. Her parents ran a restaurant across the Delaware River in Voorhees, N.J.
"Since she moved to Tampa, she was raising money for different politicians and so-forth since the coalition forces were based in Tampa," her brother told WTSP-TV. "It was a natural step for her to help raise money and run fundraisers and so-forth."
Kelley's twin is a Tampa lawyer who works on health care fraud and whistle-blower cases, according to her LinkedIn profile, which was deleted Monday.
In 2003, the sisters competed in Food Network cook-offs for the show Food Fight.
Kelley has not yet spoken with the media. Sunday night, she and her husband released a statement.
"We and our family have been friends with Gen. Petraeus and his family for over five years," the statement said. "We respect his and his family's privacy and want the same for us and our three children."
In the past few days, Kelly has called 911 several times, asking for police to come to her home. At least once she tried to invoke "diplomatic protection."
Foreign Policy reports that Kelley is an "honorary consul" to South Korea -- a title described as symbolic, with no official responsibilities.
"She does not work as a real consul. They play a role to improve the relationship between the ROK and the U.S.," an official told the magazine. "Jill Kelley helped to get support for [the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement] and she arranged meetings between the ROK Ambassador to Washington and local businessmen when the ROK Ambassador visited the Tampa area."


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Katharine READ is my 8 x great grandmother (or as I would normally refer to her she is Cozens READ's grandmother). Her Will is only one of three I have found for the READs at Caversham, Oxfordshire. (Well to be precise there are only three READ Wills and one READ Admon).
The Admon is for her husband John READ (my 8 x great grandfather) and the other two are for two much earlier READs who I haven't quite linked to my family … yet.
Anyway, regarding Katharine's Will, it thankfully names her children except one who had died a few years before she made it. So it is therefore a very helpful Will in that it gives her daughters' married names but she also leaves me with more questions being asked!
Mystery: Why does she leave some of her children one shilling and some ten pounds each. She also states in the Will words to the effect that it is being made to save arguments later!! So, what was going on there???
I do know that if someone has been cut off from the family, or in disgrace for some reason, sometimes they are left one shilling. So, was Katherine particularly displeased with some of her children for a reason? I also know that sometimes if the child has received a lump sum of money before the parent dies, then they get less when the Will is made, but when I have come across this, the Will almost always states that the reason they are getting less is because they have already had the bulk of what was going to be left to them, so this makes it obvious that that child is not in disgrace or been cut off. Katherine does not say anything like that in her Will!!
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Expedia Inc. EXPE, +0.84% shares skyrocketed 14%. The online travel agency reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 92 cents a share, beating expectations. Its competitor TripAdvisor Inc. TRIP, -1.13% climbed 9.5% and Priceline.com Inc. US:PCLN added 5%.
Apple AAPL, +0.94% Chief Executive Tim Cook told the Journal the company has repurchased $14 billion of its shares since its Jan. 27 first-quarter earnings report, which resulted in the stock's worst performance in a year. The move comes as activist investor Carl Icahn is pushing Apple to buy more of its own shares in an effort to boost its stock price. Apple shares rose 1.4%.
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Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI, -0.42% leapt 14%. The videogame company posted a 51% decline in fourth-quarter profit late Thursday, but shares strengthened as adjusted results beat expectations.
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Electric Zoo Festival Canceled After Two Deaths
The Electric Zoo musical festival has been cancelled a day early following two deaths over the first two days.
The EDM mecca, which took place at Randalls Island in New York City over the Labor Day weekend, was shut down in a mutual decision by the festival organizers and New York City officials mere hours before the third day of the festival was due to start (Sept. 1).
"The Electric Zoo organizers have worked with city officials to reduce health risks at this event, but in view of these occurrences, the safest course is to cancel the remaining day of the event," the New York City mayor's office said in a statement (via The New York Times).
The deceased were identified as Jeffrey Russ, 24, of Rochester, N.Y. and Olivia Rotondo, 20, of Providence, R.I.
The deaths, along with four other critical illnesses and injuries, are rumored to be attributed to use of the drug MDMA (also known as molly or ecstasy), but the official causes of death have yet to be determined.
The festival, promoted and organized by Made Event, tweeted about the cancellation:
Organizers also posted the following message about the event on their website:
"The founders of Electric Zoo send our deepest condolences to the families of the two people who passed away this weekend. Because there is nothing more important to us than our patrons, we have decided in consultation with the New York City Parks Department that there will be no show today."
This year's festival drew close to 100,000 EDM fans to Randalls Island Park and feature acts including Avicii, Krewella, David Guetta and more.
Our thoughts are with the loved ones of those lost in the festival. Here's hoping in the future more patrons will party responsibly and safely.


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It's now Cruz vs. health reform
WASHINGTON — It's up to Ted Cruz.
The House passed a bill Friday to continue funding the government — with the exception of Obamacare.
Caving to its right flank, the Republican majority shoved the bill through the House, on a near-party-line 230-189 vote.
In a ploy suggested by Cruz and adopted at the insistence of their tea party members, House Republicans attached language to eliminate funding for the Affordable Care Act to a bill called a continuing resolution, which would keep the government going past the current Oct. 1 budget deadline.
That puts the responsibility for the defunding initiative squarely on the shoulders of the Texas freshman and his Senate Republican colleagues.
"Ted Cruz and others like him have been writing checks with their mouth that their votes can't cash, and ... now they have to put up or shut up," Republican Rep. Mike Grimm of New York said during a TV appearance.
While the Texas GOP delegation in the House was generally jubilant about the House vote Friday, pointed language about Cruz and the Senate was echoed by some.
"The House has delivered," said Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands. "The Senate must act — made-for-TV filibusters aren't enough — just deliver the votes to defund Obamacare as promised."
"I believe in Sen. Ted Cruz, and I'm confident he will prevail. It all comes down to the Senate," Brady said bluntly.
"This is a victory for House conservatives," Cruz said Friday. "The American people overwhelmingly oppose Obamacare. ... I hope that every Senate Republican will stand together and oppose cloture on the bill in order to keep the House bill intact."
Cruz drew angry retorts from House members Wednesday after he urged them to stand firm, even while admitting that in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., "likely has the votes" to defeat the defunding push.
Cruz hurriedly backtracked Thursday, vowing to do "everything possible," including mounting a filibuster, to prevail in the Senate.
But despite the reversal, Cruz's tactics clearly left many in his own party irritated.
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., tweeted, "I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count" — a reference to Cruz's Ivy League education, and to the fact that most Senate Republicans admit there is no path to victory for the defunding effort.
"The defunding box canyon ... will fail and weaken our position," Corker added.
Democrats control the Senate, outnumbering Republicans 55-45. It would take 41 votes to block the restoration of Affordable Care Act funding in the bill.
Reid reiterated Friday that any continuing resolution without funding for the health care initiative is "dead."
"Republicans are simply postponing for a few days the inevitable choice they must face: Pass a clean bill to fund the government or force a shutdown," Reid added.
The Affordable Care Act, passed more than three years ago by both houses and signed by President Barack Obama, has been ruled constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Obama, in Kansas City for a talk on the economy, said, "Defunding Affordable Health Care would rob 25 million Americans of the chance to get health care coverage. ... That's what House Republicans are fighting for.
"Now they've gone beyond just holding Congress hostage, they're holding the whole country hostage."
The White House has promised a veto of any bill that defunds the Affordable Care Act.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, earlier had crafted a continuing resolution that didn't strip the health funding, but it was rejected by tea party members of his caucus.
Despite Cruz's plans, which may include a filibuster attempt, the Senate is likely to test the House's resolve by sending back a bill with the health funding restored — just as it is likely to send back a food-stamp bill restoring much if not all of the $39 billion cut by the House on Thursday.
Then the House would have to decide whether to force the issue by shutting down the government.
Many see great political harm for the Republicans in such a tactic. A similar 1995 effort by the Newt Gingrich-led House did much to revive President Bill Clinton's political standing and damage the GOP.
The Texas Republican caucus sent an open letter to Republicans in the Senate on Friday, which said in part, "The House has voted 41 times to defund, delay and repeal this flawed law. ... Now it is up to the Republicans and like-minded Democrats in the Senate to continue the charge. ... We urge you to stand with us."
Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, gave Cruz a lot of credit.
"We wouldn't be here today if it weren't for his vision and his leadership," Burgess said.
Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Friendswood, said, "The people claiming a shutdown will hurt Republicans are the same ones who said Obamacare would be so popular Republicans would never take back the House. Republicans need to pull their heads out of the D.C. bubble."
He added, "It is now up to Senate Republicans to stand with Americans and defund Obamacare."
Rep. Bill Flores, R-College Station, said: "By voting in support of this continuing resolution, I have once again fulfilled my continuing commitment to stop the Obamacare 'train wreck.'"
Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-San Antonio, saw it much differently.
"While the Republican Party wrestles with its internal politics, the American people are left with a government two weeks away from shutting down and a nation rendered paralyzed from paying its debts," Castro said.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said, "This is about an internal civil war in the Republican Party. ... Clearly the tea party has won. ... It is unconscionable and entirely avoidable. They need to embrace sanity."
"Republican attempts to take an entire law hostage simply to appease the tea party anarchists are outrageous, irresponsible and futile," Reid said.
"Not rational," echoed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
"A defeat for our economy, our jobs and our national security," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Drew Brandewie, a spokesman for Texas' senior senator, John Cornyn, said: "Sen. Cornyn has voted to defund Obamacare every time it has come up for a vote and will continue to work to protect Texans. We hope, when deciding how to proceed with the (continuing resolution), Majority Leader Reid will listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who do not want Obamacare."
Earlier, however, Cornyn said, "I think the biggest concern I've had all along is, how does this end?"
Stewart M. Powell of the Washington Bureau contributed to this report.


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Now is a good time to think about reworking or establishing raised beds in your landscape area.
Now is a good time to think about reworking or establishing raised beds in your landscape area.
Always plant shrubs, ground covers, vegetables, annuals and perennials into well-prepared beds, according to Dan Gill, a horticulturist with the LSU AgCenter. The soil of beds is usually improved in some way with the addition of amendments. Here are some basic steps in preparing a bed:
- Do a thorough job of removing unwanted vegetation in the bed. This is done physically or with a herbicide. When the weeds or turf are dealt with, turn the soil over to a depth of at least eight inches using a shovel, spade or tiller.
- Spread any desired soil amendments over the turned soil. Homemade compost or purchased compost is ideal to add.
- If a soil test indicates that your soil is alkaline — a pH more than 7 — apply sulfur, ferrous sulfate or aluminum sulfate to make it more acidic. This is especially important if you plan to plant acidic-loving plants. If your soil is too acidic — a pH less than 55 — apply lime or dolomitic lime to raise the pH and provide essential nutrients such as calcium and magnesium.
- Improve the fertility level of the soil with the addition of fertilizer.
If your soil sample is low in phosphorous and potassium, choose an all-purpose fertilizer with a 1:1:1 ratio such as 8-8-8 or 13-13-13.
If phosphorus and potassium levels are moderate to high, choose an all-purpose fertilizer with about a 3:1:2 or 4:1:2 ratio such as 15-5-10, 16-4-8 or something similar.
A soil test can best help you decide what amendments need to be added to your soil.
- n Thoroughly blend all of the amendments you have applied into the soil of the bed. Rake the bed smooth, shape the sides and you are ready to plant.
An exceptional blue-flower, cool-season bedding plant called Diamonds Blue delphinium is a Louisiana Super Plant selection for fall 2013.
Drift roses are also a Louisiana Super Plants for fall 2013.
The Louisiana Super Plants program is a LSU AgCenter educational and marketing effort that highlights tough and beautiful plants that perform well in Louisiana landscapes.
The 2014 LSU AgCenter's Get It Growing calendar is available.
The 2014 calendar has 32 full-color pages and useful gardening information. This year's special feature offers information on roses.
The 9-by-13.25-inch calendar costs $11.95 and is available at www.lsuagcenter.com/Getit
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The games we play.
After such a long spell of lack luster gamming ie pirates of the burnning sea, assasins creed, and some lame console games.
WE have reached a moment in time; A time in whicha meteor the size of a basketball strikes the earth and shakes us all out of bed at midnight AND a time In which THREE games are so good, you HAVE to play them all at once. I'll preview the three here. I'd like to say firs that if you don' play games your IQ is dropping "just sayin". does your wife not let you play? Does your computer suck? Or do you look down your nose at us; do you think "tsk so many things he could be doing with his idle time" to you I say I've got people for those things.
This game is an "MMO" (massive mutiplayer online) Which I swore I would never play again after years of grinding my life away on world of warcraft (WOW). But, that feeling of being part of a group that goes around thwarting bad guys and in this case other players; was calling to me. The sense of accomplishment in this game comes early and often. Its WAY better than any of its MMO predissesors albiet I never played Everquest. there are four classes in the begging Mage (caster type) Warrior ( Melee /big damage./big armor) Priest (healer) and Scout ie (rouge/archerer) when you get to level ten you pick an "advanced class" there is so much specializing in this game you can make your charcter as personlized and uniqe as you can imagine, It has the usuall down sides ie the subscription (14.00) month and newb camping. I really like this game and would love someone to play it with me (shamless plug).
These pics don't do this game any justice at all. Not that this game is grafically superior (ITS NOT) but its not bad. for those of you who spend your time excersising, praying or doing projects around the house this game falls into a Genra commonly refered to as the FPS or (first person shooter) This is the kind of game your nut job relief society president says makes kids go to mall and shoot people. This is a run and gun gmae, 1) you get a mission, 2) you go shoot stuff, 3) you get a sweet reward. I don't know how they've done it but he rewards are better and better and keep you playing this game. last weekend two brothers and myself played this for almost 30 hours stright. we had to take a break to reduce our own hemmoroids. What makes this game so popular are two things 1) the RAndom gun genrator. This means this game has a bazzilion diffrent guns somthimes you pick up a garden varitey shot gun and other times you pick up a three round burst rocket launcher. (yeah I know hu?) 2) the other thing is the specializaion of the charchter you play; this is a new twist for FPS for example I am a hunter but i can put skill points in my pet (which goes out and does tons of damage for me) or I can specialize in my Sniper rifles or become a duel weilding pistol dude. CONS as you level in this game you can only play with people that are of the same level so you have to find a way to keep playing with the same people the best way is to lock 4 people in a room on Lan for 40 hours and get it done. I M O I like this game alot and again if you your wife gives you your balls back, please come play this with me 🙂
This game had the biggest release in the history of games. Even if you spend your days shuttling kids to play group or someother nonesense there is no way you did't hear about this in the news. DO NOT FALL INTO THE TRAP of thinking this is a console fps like halo where you end up staring at a split screen moving around with thumb gimbles. IT IS NOT. at least not the pc version . honeslty this is a violent game. but it really makes you feel alive. You think your pretty good, you can move around? well avoid detection stay in cover? you have good aming skills with the mouse., youve been around the block ie counter strike and battlefield type games. WEll, with this game you seperate the men from the boys. if your video card has the slightest hickup in it you will die. I've only played 1/10 of what this game has to offer and the low levels are difficutly/ FUN but difficult. if you wanna get in a C130 with me and go crush the chinese PUUULEEESSSSEEEE lets do it man.
These are great games I hope at some point you will look at your life and say, what do i do, do i have a hobby am i a part of somthing awesome. and when you relize you don' do anything fun. call me. I will show you the meaning of FRAG
Your emotions betray you!!!
Your emotions betray you. I've pondered this meaning for some time now, and have taken this wisdom from it. In the movie when Darth Vader says " your emotions or your thoughts betray you" he means to say that luke is giving away his position by having such strong emotion.
Applied in our lives I believe Darth gives us wisdom to live by When we are overcome with strong emotion our feeling turn into actions that very often undermine our end goals. For example When we are angry or sad our simple emotion; unchecked turns into action we often later regret.
conversely; I am taught to belive that it is threw my emotion that I will know the truthfulness of things.
Another point Eckhart Tolle brings up is "ego" you don't tell your heart to beat do you? it just does it. its involuntary. you gut performs digestion on its own. Like wise you brain thinks all day. your brain is very often evolved in a conversation with it self. We think this is who we are. The dialogue in our brain that is. But that is not who we are. That is ego. Don't let the on going thoughts and dialogue going on in you head undermine your goals.
Health Care Reform.
This is a serious post.
Politically popular and financially despised. I have been thinking a lot about whether I am for or against reform. Most, in health care agree that what we have right now is a failed state. Generally though, we think about the lack of continuity of care, we think about how we aren't really making anyones quality of life better and we think mostly about all the red tape WE go through on a daily basis to make the business go. WE don't really think about how its so costly or how many people don't have access to it. In my mind; it should be costly. Its health. I personally don't think everyone should have a right to it. everyone in our country already HAS the RIGHT to progress and prosper as they personally see fit. Every one in this country has the same opportunity.
anyway, I know the democrats are secretly trying to bring more allied heath care competition to the market. This idea is very unpopular to AMA. Who could blame them. The AMA has enjoyed a government enforced monopoly for ever. Because so many Americans believe the AMA knows best; this agenda has to be brought slowly and covertly. This is hard to explain. but if you research it some you'll find its actually a good thing. Right wingers and conservatives quickly shoot down the idea of heath care reform and so also would I. Imagine a world where health care providers had to compete for your business. When you go to the "doctor" do you think of him/her as someone who is working for you? or are you slightly and subconsciously intimidated? Do you feel lucky/honored to talk to him and do you just take whatever he/she says as truth?? Completion is the one thing our heath care system lacks. Its been hard to change because you believe in the gate keeper. gate keeper ie medicine meaning the institution there of and the AMA. Did you know that most physical therapists and pharmacist hold the same academic degree as that of a medical doctor and yet they are restricted to practice their full scope of education because of the monopoly medicine keeps. Don't you think a doctorate degree level pharmacist could tell you what to put on you yeast infection with the same proficiency as a "doctor". I contest that he could.
In the future you will hear the term more and more often "Allied heath care" this refers to a group of professionals that did not go to medical school per se. but but hold doctorate degrees (usually) in their given fields. pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, audiology I would include chiropractors even. As the talks go on; medicine will seek to discount allied health professions. Be informed and don't make emotionally based conclusions.


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While Continentals, Redcoats, and militiamen were battling it out in the American Revolution, a related struggle played out on the frontiers of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia as settlers and Indians wrestled for control of the West. This frontier war for land and independence doesn't get as much scholarly attention as the conventional war to the eastward, which is why I was glad to see the release of Richard D. Blackmon's Dark and Bloody Ground: The American Revolution Along the Southern Frontier a couple of months ago.
Blackmon demonstrates that colonial officials tasked with maintaining the Indians' loyalty had long struggled with unscrupulous traders and land-hungry frontiersmen, and found their role even more difficult when those frontiersmen became rebellious colonists. In the South, this responsibility fell on the shoulders of John Stuart, Superintendent for the Southern Department. Both Stuart and his Whig opponents tried to secure the support (or at least the neutrality) of the southern tribes, which required supplying the Indians with the arms and powder on which they depended for hunting and persuading the tribes to expel agents working for the opposing side.
All-out war finally erupted on the frontier in the summer of 1776, after Stuart and his deputies failed to convince the Cherokees that a general assault on the settlements would only inflame white Whigs and Tories alike into reprisals. The response from the Carolinas and Virginia was precisely what Stuart had feared. Frontier militias rebounded from the attacks and marched into the Indian towns, burning crops and dwellings while engaging in battles with war parties. These invasions of Cherokee country forced the tribe to trade land for peace, although a faction of warriors led by Dragging Canoe refused to lay down their arms and instead moved south to continue resistance against the settlements.
The Creeks, meanwhile, were divided over whether to join Britain's war against the colonists, reluctant to take up arms without the support of British troops and supplies. Pro-British Creeks did attack the Georgia frontier in 1778, although the Whigs kept part of the tribe neutral by supplying them with goods. When British armies finally invaded the South, the Whigs faced the two-front war which they had long dreaded, but British military activity in that region was never as well-coordinated as advocates of a frontier strategy desired.
Ultimately, those Native Americans who cast their lot with England lost their military gamble, as British troops evacuated the southern posts they had been trying to maintain since the late 1770's, leaving the Cherokees, Creeks, and other tribes at the mercy of an independent United States. Although the war brought devastation and bloodshed to the frontiersmen (the Cumberland settlements in present-day Middle Tennessee and the Kentucky settlements proved especially vulnerable), it reduced residents of the devastated Indian communities to an especially precarious existence, and the final peace between the U.S. and England in 1783 proved to be a mere intermission in the contest for the West.
My only complaint about this book is a curious omission. Blackmon's description of the struggle between frontiersmen and Cherokees in 1776 is quite detailed, but it doesn't really cover the summer attacks on the settlements in what is now northeastern Tennessee. He does deal with the wrangling among Tennessee settlers, British officials, and Native Americans that preceded these attacks, as well as John Sevier's later battles against the Chickamaugas, but readers interested in the early history of the Volunteer State may be disappointed that the siege of Ft. Caswell doesn't get the same coverage as the Ring Fight, the defense of Boonesborough, and the Battle of the Bluffs.
That criticism aside, this book is a great addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in the American Revolution or the early frontier, utilizing both official documentation and eyewitness accounts of the major engagements. Blackmon's analyses of Andrew Williamson's exploits and the negotiations at Ft. Patrick Henry are the best I've read. Even if your knowledge of the war's backwoods battles is extensive, it's heplful to have a solid overview of the entire frontier war for the South in one volume, placed deftly in the context of the larger war as a whole.


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March 6, 2013, St. Louis (ISN) – St. Louis Blues Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced the club has signed defenseman Joel Edmundson and forward Yannick Veilleux to three-year entry level contracts.
Edmundson, 19, has appeared in 60 games between the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Moose Jaw Warriors and Kamloops Blazers this season, combining for 25 points (9 goals and 16 assists) to go along with 133 penalty minutes.
Overall, the 6-foot-4, 200-pound defenseman has spent the past three seasons in the WHL, amassing 68 points (15 goals, 53 assists) and 319 penalty minutes in 187 games. The Brandon, Manitoba native was drafted by the Blues in the second round (46th overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft.
Veilleux, 20, has appeared in 58 games with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's (QMJHL) Moncton Wildcats this season, recording 65 points (30 goals and 35 assists) to go along with 94 penalty minutes.
Overall, the 6-foot-2, 208-pound forward has spent the past four seasons in the QMJHL, totaling 180 points (79 goals, 101 assists) and 220 penalty minutes in 240 games. The Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec native was drafted by the Blues in the fourth round (102nd overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft.


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I hate it when I park my car at a Disney World theme park and move directly to the waiting tram, only to hear the "no further boarding" call.
As if that weren't irritating enough, it also means that I'll be the first passenger on the next tram, which will wait and wait and wait for lollygagging tourists to get their strollers folded and to figure out how to open the door. I'm sure it's mere minutes, but I spend the time calculating whether I should have just walked.
Yeah, yeah, woe is me, this is a first-world problem. I sure feel unlucky sitting there. But our theme parks are packed with unlucky characters, so in honor of Friday the 13th, here are 13 unfortunate souls living in Central Florida attractions.
•Brer Bear in Splash Mountain, Magic Kingdom: He's dimwitted, and that leads to a couple of undignified appearances in the dark ride. He's accidentally strung up by his arms and feet in a rabbit trap, giving guests a big view of his broadside. Later, Brer Bear is on the business end of a beehive.
•Donald Duck in Mickey's PhilharMagic, Magic Kingdom: He dominates screen time in the "4-D" presentation, but the story has him surviving giant broomsticks, heartbreak (and electrocution) with Ariel, a harrowing magic-carpet ride, a tumble from London's Big Ben and being cornered by giraffes, all in trying to rescue Mickey Mouse's sorcerer's hat. In the end, Donald becomes a projectile and lands in the back wall and still doesn't get top billing in the attraction.
•Fisherman in "A'lure — The Call of the Ocean, SeaWorld Orlando": A human goes overboard, encounters acrobatic sea life, mythical sea dragons, an evil monarch and romance.
•Homer Simpson in Simpsons Ride, Universal Studios: D'oh! Does being a doofus make you unlucky or vice versa? Homer goes through some traumatic theme-park paces, including being pulled through a water show by a whale.
•Worker in Jurassic Park River Adventure, Islands of Adventure: It's one of the first clues that something has gone horribly wrong on our water tour: Two tiny dinosaurs struggle over the shredded shirt of an employee.
•Anonymous cow in Twister, Universal Studios: So there you are, an innocent and docile farm animal, chewing cud and, boom, a tornado blows up and turns you into a flying, now iconic, cow.
•Gardening woman in Disaster!, Universal Studios: Universal must have something against the innocent and docile. Not to be a spoiler, but nature turns on the elderly and makes it dang funny at the end of Disaster!
•Nemo and Marlin in "Finding Nemo," Disney's Animal Kingdom: The clownfish father and son are separated by an ocean and, briefly, by an aquarium. It all works out in the end, though. Nice characters have all the luck in theme parks.
•Captain EO in "Captain EO," Epcot: Michael Jackson's character has an intergalactic pressure-cooker of a job and a ragtag crew. But he's chipper about it even though his uniform surely must be dry-clean only.
•Uncle Orville in Carousel of Progress, Magic Kingdom: A man can't get any privacy in a bathroom that goes round and round.
•Five husbands in Haunted Mansion, Magic Kingdom: Up in the attic, five-time bride Constance is a survivor but not necessarily in a good way if her hatchet is any indication. Note that she "married up" with each go-round.
•Everyone aboard Great Movie Ride, Disney's Hollywood Studios: The entire vehicle is kidnapped by gangsters — not gangstas, that's a whole different ride.
•Yeti in Expedition Everest, Disney's Animal Kingdom: The big animatronic beast must endure horrendous strobe lighting and the knowledge that in his youth, he could come so very close swatting roller coaster riders zipping by, over and over.
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As much as I wasn't ready to say goodbye to Ohio State as a student, Spring Commencement was celebrated on Sunday, May 5. Over 8,000 graduates were packed onto the field in Ohio Stadium, and I was surrounded by my MAcc classmates as we listened to President Obama, OSU President E. Gordon Gee, and many others encourage us to dream big and change the world. OSU graduates were fortunate to have a sitting president speak at our commencement, and I'll share my favorite message from our keynote speaker:
The point is, if you are living your life to the fullest, you will fail, you will stumble, you will screw up, you will fall down. But it will make you stronger, and you'll get it right the next time, or the time after that, or the time after that. And that is not only true for your personal pursuits, but it's also true for the broader causes that you believe in as well.
There were so many wonderful moments of graduation: walking across the field to receive my diplomas as the victory bells chimed from the stadium, meeting my friends' families after the ceremony, and plenty of hugs from my proud parents and sister. Of course, we had to stop by Fisher after commencement, where many business student graduates were gathered to take pictures and say their goodbyes.
As I write my last blog post for My Fisher Grad Life, I'm not sure there's a better way to leave than by closing with the words of "Carmen Ohio," the alma mater of the school of which I am now a proud member of a group of over 500,000 living alumni. So, here goes…
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RALEIGH � The N.C. House is considering a bill that would mandate an official review of every state rule with an eye toward eliminating redundant or burdensome regulations.
RALEIGH � The N.C. House is considering a bill that would mandate an official review of every state rule with an eye toward eliminating redundant or burdensome regulations.
The new House Regulatory Reform Committee discussed House Bill 78 this week, a first step as the legislature begins to tackle the issue. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Tom Murry, R-Wake, and Ruth Samuelson, R-Mecklenburg.
�This is a broad, sweeping bill,� Murry said during Wednesday�s committee morning. �The bill was drafted so that it could be amended.�
The bill would require a review of the state�s more than 22,500 administrative rules over the next four years with a periodic review every 10 years. The Department of Health and Human Services review, if the bill is passed, would be finished by 2016, followed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in 2017. All of the rules would be reviewed by 2019.
No action was taken on the bill Wednesday. It was only on the agenda for discussion as lawmakers seek input. Murry stressed the need for feedback from other lawmakers and stake holders to help shape the bill.
Republican members of the committee applauded the bill, calling it meaningful, and said it could have true impact. Three members of the southeastern North Carolina delegation � Republican Reps. Frank Iler, Rick Catlin and Chris Millis � are members of the committee and support the measure. Millis welcomed the review. He has said regulatory reform is one of his key issues.
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�Any kind of look at rules and regulations is certainly worthwhile,� Moore said. �This discussion needs to happen.�
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�Over the past decade, rule-making has become an increasingly complex and lengthy process that is easily stalled and delayed by anyone that objects to a new rule,� said Todd Miller, executive director of the N.C. Coastal Federation. �This bill will require that all existing rules be re-adopted, and if someone objects, that means that an agency or commission will be tied in knots trying to get standards back in place.�
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