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I'm donating every 4 months. It's free, and I'm helping people in need.Reply
Great interview. Kudos to Dennis for focusing so much on this central issue Every man should have his vitamin D and iron levels tested. Getting those two things well ordered would go a long way towards alleviating disease in modern society.
Dr. Weinberg's "Exposing the Hidden Dangers of Iron" has been on my reading list for a few months now, so this interview was a further reminder to get started on it!Reply
Another fascinating article
Do you reckon one of the reason women live longer than men is because they are menstrual, so therefore lower there own iron levels
Just booked my first blood donation (for any UK readers, it's easy to do only took few minutes)Reply
Thanks, tj, yes, I do believe that's a big reason for the greater longevity of women. Women of child-bearing age have very low rates of cancer and heart disease, unlike men of the same age; men have 300% higher iron stores ate age 45 than do women, and 300% more heart disease.Reply
If we can't give blood (i.e forbidden due to weight or childhood disease, etc.), how should we proceed? Thanks in advance, Mangan. As a side note, thanks to your recommendations along with some others like Cernovich, my most recent testosterone level was 1182; I'm 39.Reply
Wow, great T level, M. Is that doing TRT, or natural? I can't give blood myself, so there's low-dose aspirin, which comes with a risk of excessive bleeding, and curcumin and IP6, which are iron chelators that appear to be effective.Reply
Completely natural!-forgot to put that. My doctor even asked me if I was taking injections. But I just take your recommended vitamins and minerals here and in your books as well as weight training and some of mike's T exercises. That's up from 800 a year and a half ago also when I had just started doing some of these for a couple months.
Thanks, I'll get some curcumin and IP6. I wasn't sure if there was some other method of bloodletting, which obviously would be fraught with potential problems. Maybe it's time to bring back leeches!Reply
Fantastic! I read a study (I've linked to it somewhere) that said that "exceptionally healthy" older men showed no decline in testosterone. So it's certainly possible that with good diet, exercise, and supplements, one can attain a T level like that. Congrats! You must be doing everything right.Reply
I am prohibited from giving blood due to residence time in Europe, however, Red Cross seems to offer free therapeutic phlebotomies, if you can get a prescription. You might want to check if this service is offered in your city. Thanks for sharing your research.Reply
Thanks, Viking. I was under the impression that blood centers charged for therapeutic phlebotomies, but seems you're correct that at least some do it for free: http://www.pvreporter.com/blood-centers-that-polycythemia-vera-patients-can-use/Reply
I noticed that my long-term girlfriend (as well as several other women) started to plump up considerably when she went on the birth control pill. Since the pill stops a woman from menstruating, it is effectively increasing her iron levels by preventing this effective method of iron excretion. If there is a definitive mechanism established to show that increased iron levels work to decrease insulin sensitivity, then we have an iron-based explanation as to why women taking birth control tend to gain weight.
What's more, the iron fortification of many processed foods, particularly grain based ones (think of the well documented "magnetic corn flakes" parlor trick), could be one of the hidden drivers behind the surge in obesity beginning in the 1980's.Reply
I just did a little bit of casual Googling, and right of the bat I found two studies not only confirming the causal link but also describing a mechanism of action for iron's effect on insulin resistance.
In this one, it suggests that iron plays a role in modulating insulin receptor expression:
And this one points to iron as having an inhibitory effect on the production of a glucose regulating amino acid called adiponectin:
The one-two punch of added iron and refined sugar might then be the culprit driving Americans to an early, bloated, demise.Reply
Agreed. Explains some anomalies too, like how the Japanese stayed lean on a high carb diet. Answer; fish and rice, which are low in iron.Reply
Why different diets, high meat and high carbs can have some of the same outcomes drives me nuts. If we could just get a thin Japanese person to add iron supplements and see if he gets fat it would do wonders for science.
I'm the same guy that wrote about my Dad. I got him on Linus Paulings therapy for heart disease. He was making progress but not fast enough. He had another stroke lived for a week and died the day before Thanksgiving. He had a living will so we removed the breathing tubes and other tubes after 24 hours. I miss him. I wish I would have been more convincing but he was not convinced it was a good idea until he had the first stroke.
He did go from being dizzy and only being able to walk with a walker to walking without the walker and with a cane sometimes. His thinking cleared up and he went back to walking and swimming three times a week. I tried to get him to stop exercising for six months or so. My thinking was he could break off plaque but he wouldn't listen. Not saying that was what brought on his second stroke. I don't think I really appreciated my own mortality until he died.Reply
Thanks, Ollie, not only that, but phlebotomy dramatically improves insulin resistance. (Link is in my first iron article.)Reply
As evidence is mounting, is there any call for eliminating iron enrichment of flour.
There is a bakery in my town that gets its flour from a company that does not "enrich."Reply
I believe that the issue was revisited and it was decided to keep iron enrichment in place. I don't know how these things work, but as far as I know putting iron into flour, rice, and corn meal (and farina, in case you thought you were getting away over there) is required by law, so I wonder how your hometown bakery does that.Reply
They get flour from a milling company in New York State. I'm paranoid enough not to state the name.Reply
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Please forgive me if I have overlooked the citration, but where can I find the paper cited for this claim: "These patients become iron loaded because each transfused unit of blood contains 200-250 mg iron. (See ref 81 of Metallomics paper." In other words, where can I find the 'Metalliomics paper?'
Thank you in advance,
Joe, the Metallomics paper is this one: The hazards of iron loading. The references in note 81 that Dr. Weinberg mentions are linked in my article, just after where he says this.Reply


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Goodreads Synopsis:Maggie Carpenter is ready for a change— and to leave her ordinary life in South Carolina behind. But when she accepts a scholarship to the International School in London, a university attended by the privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders, Maggie might get more than she bargained for.
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Half French, half Lebanese, and ridiculously wealthy, Samir Khouri has made it clear he doesn't do relationships. He's the opposite of everything Maggie thought she wanted…and he's everything she can't resist. Torn between her dream guy and the boy haunting her dreams, Maggie has to fight for her own happy ending. In a city like London, you never know where you stand, and everything can change in the blink of an eye.
What I found absolutely refreshing was the background of all the characters. Especially the ones from the Middle East. Even though sure, there was a lot of generalizing and giving in to many prejudices, but hey, there were Arabs mentioned, so that was definitely an added bonus and some things did have merit, so I couldn't be angry at them, just the generalizing.
I think this is definitely going to be one of my top guilty pleasure books I'll probably be reading again soon. It's quite long for a contemporary novel though. I'm used to them being around 190 - 250 pages or 300 max, but this one got up to 400 or more. Which meant it definitely had a lot in it, and wasn't as simple and quick a read as other contemporaries. I felt sometimes that things were dragged out and a bit repetitive, but I still enjoyed it very much. The writing was also quite good, and the characters were so flawed I couldn't help but love them.
I think this is the first contemporary book series I actively enjoyed. I am ridiculously impatient at the moment to know what happens next in the sequel!
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Ireland in 1919 is seething with violence, tension and divided loyalties, as are the characters in this story.
Catherine O'Connell-Gort, young, beautiful and headstrong, is a glittering symbol of British rule and oppression, and yet by inclination she is a potential traitor to her class. A medical student in Dublin, she is sympathetic to Sinn Fein, and determined to use her inheritance – the family estate in Galway – to help Irish independence. Unknown to her father, a colonel in British military intelligence, she is in love with a young Irish volunteer, Sean Brennan, who is being hunted by the police for terrorism and murder.
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'Tim Vicary writes well. He has mastered the history of the period, empathises with problem, race, and place, and strings the whole thing together in a quite creditable airport-compatible entertainment in the style of Archer, Seymour, and Uris. Whatever one thinks of such writing, those are no mean practitioners to be reminded of by a first novel. Vicary will be heard from again.' Tim Pat Coogan, The Irish Times.
'A love story with a realistic, historical background.' Manchester Evening News.
'An exciting story of plot and counter-plot and of a doomed love. It paints a realistic picture of life in Ireland after the first war, the consequences of which we are experiencing today.' Dillons News
'The Blood Upon the Rose presents a different slant to the IRA with a heart-rending Romeo and Juliet tale spun against a background of the Troubles in 1919 Ireland. Young, beautiful and headstrong heiress Catherine O'Connell-Gort has a father in Military Intelligence, and a dashing boyfriend in the IRA. A recipe for instant, tragic, historical romance.' City Limits.
'A love story within a political thriller that echoes the problems and tragedies of today.' Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
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Loosing an hour.. not good..
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i would have left one anyway. thanks again for putting this up. i dont hope nor think that copyright is going to exist forever. if knowledge could be rebuilt and improved by anybody, the world might be ....a better place.ReplyDelete
Thank you for your comment, it inspired me to write another article on Copyright. I think knowledge should simply be spread more effectively and unhindered by copyright or patents. Put in simple words and in the right context for everybody to read and understand. So that we all can benefit. I think this is a goal that I would gladly dedicate my life to.ReplyDelete
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The Falcon Programming Language, PRE-BETA 3 Released
The Falcon Programming Language Committee is proud to announce the
release of the third pre-beta version of Falcon.
Falcon is an Open Source generic untyped embeddable and stand-alone
language, with a fast virtual machine and unique constructs, fully
portable on many platforms including GNU/Linux, MS-Windows, Mac-OSX
and BSD. The code base and the extension API are written in C++.
This version of Falcon comes with a greatly improved engine reshaped
as a single shared library. The parser, the Virtual Machine and the
language constructs have been fully internationalized; Falcon scripts
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UTF16, and language symbols (functions, variables, objects etc.) can
be named using any Unicode character. Binary access to strings makes
of Falcon an ideal choice when there is the need to manipulate binary
data in files, and its simple and powerful embedding model provides an
ideal support to script any kind of application.
The documentation is now including a Survival Guide, enumerating and
explaining language features, a Function Reference and the Embedding
guide. A module writing guide is upcoming.
Falcon home site is http://www.falconpl.org
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Carbondale Man Sentenced On Heroin Offense
On June 11, 2014, Michael Burns, 45, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for a heroin offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
Burns, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute heroin, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison, 3 years of supervised release following prison, and fined $400. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings established that, between August 2012, and August 23, 2013, Burns was involved with others in the distribution of heroin in Carbondale, Jackson County. On multiple occasions between November 2012 and August 2013, Burns sold heroin to confidential sources working for law enforcement. When agents executed a search warrant at Burns' Carbondale residence, they located heroin, cannabis, drug packaging materials, and a large amount of United States currency. At sentencing, the district court found that Burns was responsible for the distribution of 1.1 kilograms of heroin. Burns was classified as a Career Offender.
The investigation was conducted by the Southern Illinois Enforcement Group and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Illinois State Police Tactical Response Team also assisted during the investigation.
The case was assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Amanda A. Robertson for prosecution.


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Edinburgh Rugby toughed out a second success under their new interim coaching regime with a narrow win over Zebre at the Stadio XXV Aprile tonight (7-9).
The visitors made tough work of the match in difficult conditions but ultimately a trio of Greig Laidlaw penalties were enough to secure the win in a match where they were almost made to pay for their missed opportunities to cross the whitewash.
Both Laidlaw and Greig Tonks were held up over the line before Luciano Orquera's late drop-goal rebounded off the cross bar.
Interim Edinburgh Rugby head coach, Stevie Scott, said: "We had enough opportunities to win that game comfortably tonight but a couple of silly, individual errors and poor decisions kept them in the game and kept the pressure on us but, let's be clear, I'm happy with the performance towards the end, we dug deep where poor discipline could have cost us the game.
"I think we had about 70-80% of the ball and dominated large parts of the set piece but the most pleasing thing was the way we worked to grind out the win.
"We were unfortunate to have two tries held up where, on a fast, dry pitch I'd have backed us to score, and these small margins are what made the game close in the end but the overriding emotion is that we're happy to be leaving here with a win."
Buoyed by their victory over Ulster and bolstered by a quartet of returning Scotland internationalists, Edinburgh began brightly and took the lead after just three minutes - scrum-half Laidlaw notching his first penalty of the evening (0-3).
A scrappy period ensued with both sides seeming to make ground only for handling errors to creep in but, as the half wore on, Edinburgh's territorial play kept them in the right areas of the park before Kiwi centre Ben Atiga broke 50 yards up field only to see his cute reverse pass collected and then spilled by number 8 Netani Talei.
However, despite their relative hold on the game, Zebre were first cross to the paint when number 8 Andries van Schalkwyk ran on to an inside ball from back-row Joshua Sole to force his way over under the posts.
Orquera added the extras to hand Zebre a 7-3 lead.
Francis then took a pot shot with a drop goal on 36 minutes - safe in the knowledge the penalty was coming for Edinburgh but, rather than go for the posts, the visitors went for the corner.
The try was not forthcoming but Edinburgh's pressure eventually told just a minute before the break.
Laidlaw took aim at the posts and made no mistake, ensuring his side trailed by just a point at the interval.
After the break, Edinburgh brought Hamish Watson on for Ross Rennie and soon found themselves back in the lead, with Laidlaw kicking penalty number three
Edinburgh had the momentum and earned themselves a scrum five metres from the Zebre line, only to concede a penalty and let the hosts off the hook.
Laidlaw then had the chance to extend his side's lead on 53 minutes but he slipped at the kicking tee at the crucial moment and missed his first effort of the night.
Edinburgh came again however and almost scored their first try of the night when Piers Francis slipped through the line five metres out and offloaded to Greig Tonks, who was held up on the line.
It was then Laidlaw's turn to miss out on a five pointer.
He looked certain to score from the back of the scrum but, with the last defender to beat, he lost his footing in the thick mud.
Again Edinburgh were given the chance to give themselves some breathing space but Laidlaw was wayward from the tee with seven minutes remaining.
Zebre almost made them pay and came agonisingly close to snatching the lead with three minutes remaining, only for Laidlaw do just enough to put Orquera off his drop-goal attempt, which struck the crossbar.
Edinburgh Rugby: 15 Greig Tonks; 14 Lee Jones, 13 Matt Scott, 12 Ben Atiga , 11 Tim Visser; 10 Piers Francis, 9 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN; 1 Allan Jacobsen , 2 Ross Ford, 3 Willem Nel, 4 Perry Parker, 5 Sean Cox, 6 Stuart McInally, 7 Ross Rennie, 8 Netani Talei. Substitutes: 16 Steven Lawrie on for Ford (76'), 17 John Yapp on for Jacobsen (63'), 18 Geoff Cross for Nel (51'), 19 Robert McAlpine, 20 Hamish Watson on for Rennie (41'), 21 Sean Kennedy, 22 Harry Leonard, 23 Tom Brown.
Zebre: 15 Paolo Buso; 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Giovanbattista Venditti, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Sinoti Sinoti; 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Tito Tebaldi; 1 Andre De Marchi, 2 Davide Giazzon, 3 David Ryan, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 5 Marco Bortolami, 6 Joshua Sole, 7 Filippo Ferranini, 8 Andries van Schalkwyk. Substitutes: 16 Andrea Manici, 17 Salvatore Perugini, 18 Luciano Leibson, 19 Michael van Vuren, 20 Emiliano Caffini, 21 Alberto Chillon, 22 Samuele Pace, 23 Ruggero Trevisan.
Referee: Sean Gallagher


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This is what comes up when you google image search my name. This painting was made during my final year at Emily Carr during which time I became fixated on my 8 year old self. The grounding point for this fixation came from THE artifact of my youth, my most prized possession, my sticker album.
Within the cellophane pages are locked miniature triggers of a time when my cares were few and my time was spent ogling shiny things (anything changed?). The best stickers of all time, any girl will tell you, were and will remain, the LISA FRANK stickers of the late 80s/early 90s.
Its still amazing to me that so much epic graphic design/rainbow barf can be crammed into every square inch.
There is a lot to say to bring you up to speed with where I am at conceptually regarding this subject... observe:
In September 2009 - I had a painting show at blim that I called Lisa Frank. This is the artist statement:
(I think I was being defiant about writing a real artist statement/ it didn't matter because blim wasn't really a real gallery but more like where I worked/ I may have issues with taking myself seriously).
Lisa Frank continues to lurk in my subconscious and every time I think maybe I might be maturing into an adult/professional artist I just end up making a black light painting and subsequently fall deeper into a never ending chain of hippie/raver cliches.
Next up: 3d dream catchers, smoking DMT and matching happy face/ peace sign socks with tie dye t shirt over tie dye leggings.


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Time for a new challenge over at the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge blog.
Our generous sponsor this week is Sami Stamps
Our theme this week is Green & Gold
Here's my ATC;
I used the adorable 'Lucky Whiskers' image from Sami Stamps.
I coloured this cute wee cat with Gold and Neutral Grey Letraset Promarkers and Holly Leaf Spectrum Noir Glitter Pen, with the addition of a little White Uni Posca Pen.
I used a piece of Dark Green Card stock for my ATC base, onto which I added a leftover piece of a Green die cut sheet. I added Yellow Polka Dot Washi Tape along with Yellow/Gold Letters from Simple Stories. As a finishing touch I added a Green Clover flatback embellishment.
I kinda like my Lucky Green Cat, she's rather cute. Hope you like her too, to see the gorgeous creations from the rest of our design team remember to hop over to the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog.
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Dear Jesse - a song by Mark Brine
Dear Jessie - a song by Madonna
Frank and Jesse James - a song by Warren Zevon
Jesse - a song by Carly Simon
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Jesse Younger - a song by Kris Kristofferson
Jesse's Girl - a song by Rick Springfield
Just Like Jesse James - a song by Cher
The Saga of Jesse Jane - a song by Alice Cooper
Whispering Jesse - a song by John Denver
A Lucky Luke Adventure: Jesse James (René Goscinny) - The story of Robin Hood has made a strong impression on Jesse James, and he would like to become a bandit with a big heart, like his hero. With the help of his brother Frank and his cousin Cole Younger, he decides to steal from the rich and redistribute the loot to the poor. Recommended for ages 9-12.
Bridge of Terabithia (Katherine Paterson) - Jesse "Jess" Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys' side and outruns everyone. That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. Together they create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits. Then one morning a terrible tragedy occurs. Only when Jess is able to come to grips with this tragedy does he finally understand the strength and courage Leslie has given him. Recommended for ages 10-14.
In Jesse's Shoes (Beverly Lewis) - What parent hasn't urged son or daughter not to stare at or tease a child who is "different" or disabled in some way? In this sensitive yet realistic story, Jesse's sister struggles to understand her brother--and the kids who make fun of him. This endearing book will encourage families everywhere to appreciate and befriend children with special needs. Recommended for ages 4-8.
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? (Nancy White Carlstrom) - Jesse Bear playfully "wears" not only his shirt and pants, but also the sun on his legs, sand on his arm, bathwater and bubbles, sleep in his eyes, etc. Publisher's Weekly described this work as "ingenuous yet never coy…an appealing book to share with a young child." Other Jesse Bear Books include: Climb the Family Tree, Jesse Bear!, Where Is Christmas, Jesse Bear?, It's About Time, Jesse Bear and Other Rhymes, How Do You Say It Today Jesse Bear, What a Scare, Jesse Bear, and Happy Birthday, Jesse Bear! A wonderful collection. Recommended for ages 2-5.
Jesse Jackson: A Voice for Change (Steve Otfinoski) - The story of the rise to prominence of America's most influential black leader. Join Jesse on his extraordinary journey across the American political landscape -- from his days as a young civil rights activist working with Martin Luther King, Jr., to his two riveting campaigns for president. Recommended for ages 9-12.
Jesse James: Outlaws and Lawmen of the Wild West (Carl R. Green) - A biography of the outlaw who, with his brother Frank, led a gang of bank and train robbers from the late 1860's through the 1870's. Recommended for ages 9-12.
Jesse Owens (Jane Sutcliffe) - Overcoming sickness, poverty, and racial discrimination, Jesse Owens shattered track-and-field records and earned four Olympic gold medals in 1936. Recommended for ages 4-8.
Jesse Tree (G McCaughrean) - "Jesse tree" is meant to be a teaching device for Christians named for one of Jesus' ancestors, and the pictures gracing its branches symbolize 24 traditional Advent stories--from Adam and Eve's fall from grace to the Nativity. The author beautifully retells the stories, framing them as installments of an ongoing conversation between a crotchety craftsman who is carving one of the trees and a boy who is curious about what the sculpture represents. Recommended for ages 7-10.
The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 (Joseph Bruchac) - Sixteen-year-old Jesse Smoke records the events leading up to the Trail of Tears as well as the excruciating journey west in this diary-format novel that comes alive with details of everyday life and of Cherokee spirituality and world view. Bruchac integrates a Cherokee creation story, the political issues surrounding the forced removal, and tribal practices into this compelling story about a young adult's struggle to understand what is happening to his people and their way of life. Recommended for ages 9-14.
Famous People Named Jesse - Jesse Owens (Olympic athlete); Jesse Jackson (civil rights activist, politician and reverend); Jesse James (American Wild West outlaw); Jesse Ventura (pro wrestler/politician); Jesse Helms (politician); Jesse Eisenberg (actor); Jesse Metcalfe (actor); Jesse Bradford (actor); Jesse Carmichael (musician/Maroon 5); Jesse McCartney (singer); Jesse G. James (motorcycle builder); Jesse Palmer (football player/former Bachelor)
Famous People who Named their Child Jesse - Bobby Farrelly (director); Dee Snider (musician); Eileen Davidson (daytime actress); James Brolin (actor); John Denver (musician); Jon Bon Jovi (musician); Lorrie Morgan (country musician); Neil Diamond (musician); Patti Smith (musician); Ronnie Dunn (country musician); Ulysses S. Grant (U.S. President); Bob Dylan (musician)
Jesse James (5 Sep 1847 – 3 Apr 1882) - The famous outlaw Jesse James was born Jesse Woodson James in Missouri to a Baptist minister. During the Civil War, James left Missouri to fight as a Confederate guerilla and once killed eight men in a single day. After the war, he returned to Missouri and became the leader of one of history's most notorious outlaw gangs. With his brother Frank James and several other ex-Confederates, including Cole Younger and his brothers, the James gang robbed their way across the Western frontier targeting banks, trains, stagecoaches, and stores from Iowa to Texas. Eluding lawmen, the gang escaped with thousands of dollars. James is believed to have carried out the first daylight bank robbery in peacetime, stealing $60,000 from a bank in Liberty, Missouri. In 1873, the gang pulled off the first successful train robbery in the American West. Despite their criminal and often violent acts, James and his partners were much adored. Journalists, eager to entertain Easterners with tales of a Wild West, exaggerated and romanticized the gang's heists, often casting James as a contemporary Robin Hood. His humanitarian acts were probably more fiction than fact. In 1876 in Northfield Missouri, all the gang members were either killed or captured after a botched bank robbery attempt. All but Jesse and his brother, that is. The James men's wives tried to get them to take on a normal life, but with bounties on their head, they had no choice but to hide out. He eventually recruited the Ford brothers for another heist, but was double-crossed when Robert Ford, hoping to claim the $10,000 reward on Jesse, shot and killed him. Jesse James' mother provided his epitaph: "In loving memory of my beloved son, murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is not worthy to appear here."
Jesse Owens (12 Sep 1913 - 31 Mar 1980) - Jesse Owens was an American track star and hero of the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Germany during a difficult time in world history (we were on the brink of WWII). His victories at the game not only buoyed the American public, but scored a moral triumph for all Black athletes. He was born James Cleveland Owens, the seventh child out of 11 to an Alabama sharecropper. As a young boy, the Owens family moved to Ohio where "J.C." entered public school. His teacher mistook his southern accent when he announced his name as "J.C." and wrote down "Jesse" – a moniker he would adopt for the rest of his life. His track career started in the 5th grade, and by junior high, he was setting records. In high school, his coach said Owens was such a complete athlete that he "seemed to float on the ground when he ran." At the National Interscholastic Championships, Owens would win the 100 and 200 yard dash and the broad jump. Jesse entered Ohio State University, worked three jobs to support his tuition, and was constantly met with racism. This only strengthened his desire to succeed. At the Big Ten Conference track and field championships in 1935, Jesse broke three world records and tied another. By 1936, he was a member of U.S. Olympic team competing in Berlin, Germany where he would go onto win four gold medals. Jesse Owens was a true American hero and the epitome of triumph in the face of adversity. He would eventually be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Living Legend Award and (finally, posthumously) the Congressional Gold Medal.


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The Capture of Generals Kelley and Crook, and Capt. Thayer Melvin.
February 22, 1865
The Capture of Generals Kelley and Crook, and Capt. Thayer Melvin.
The people of the city were somewhat surprised yesterday at a tumor prevailing in the streets to the effect that Generals Kelley and Crook had been taken from their beds in the city of Cumberland and carried off by a gang of rebels. It was soon ascertained that Gov. Boreman had received a dispatch from an officer in Cumberland, stating that yesterday morning about three o?clock, a party of rebels captured the pickets, entered the town and carried off generals Kelley and Crook. The dispatch says it was a daring and well planned affair. The rebels, about a hundred in number, were well mounted, and were evidently picked for the purpose. The rebels left in the direction of Romney, and cavalry was sent in pursuit.
Subsequently the following dispatch was received by Col. Washburne, commander of this Post:
CUMBERLAND, Feb. 21.
Col. Washburne:
A rebel force of some sixty or more men dashed into town about three o?clock this morning, and took off Generals Crook and Kelley and Capt. Thayer Melvin, but none else. Our troops from here are in full pursuit, and troops have been sent from New Creek. Troops from General Sheridan have also gone across to intercept the rebels. They will probably scatter into the mountains, and endeavor to get off with the Generals. Hope is still entertained of a recapture.
J.C. Campbell
Judge Advocate
A gallant and distinguished officer with whom we conversed yesterday, ventured the prediction in the absence of any particulars, that this capture was planned by rebels in the city of Cumberland, and that the rebels, upon entering the town rode straight to the rooms occupied by the captured officers and threw them upon horses brought for the purpose. Gen. Crook occupied a room at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Capt. Melvin occupied a room immediately adjoining and opening into that of Gen. K. to which circumstance our young friend is indebted for his capture.
We learn that there was only one company of soldiers in the city at the time of the capture, and it is not likely that it could be rallied for any considerable resistance at three o?clock in the morning.?Gen. Duval?s brigade was encamped about two miles from the city. The rebels, it is said, were well mounted. Both men and horses were selected for this purpose.?They no doubt put this little affair through with dispatch, and before the cavalry could be summoned from Gen. Duvall?s camp, which would require at least an hour, the rebels were no doubt far away. They have laid their plans well and will strain every nerve to execute it successfully and thoroughly, and we shall be very agreeably surprised if our soldiers overtake them.
February 23, 1865
FURTHER PARTICULARS ABOUT THE CAPTURE OF GENERALS CROOK AND KELLEY AND CAPT. MELVIN.?A member of the Legislature who was in Cumberland when Generals Crook and Kelley and Captain Melvin were captured, furnishes us with some additional particulars. Our informant thinks it was about one o?clock on Tuesday morning when the rebels entered the city. They came in very quietly without firing a gun, and halted in front of the Revere and St. Nicholas Hotel, which stand close together upon the same street. The rebels without appearing to have made a single inquiry of any one, made straight-way to the rooms of Gens. Crook and Kelley, about half of the gang remaining upon their horses in the street. The door of Gen. Crook?s room at the Revere House was not locked and the rebels entered so quietly and took possession for his body so stealthily that those who occupied adjoining rooms knew nothing of the capture until was all over. The same quiet and caution were observed in the capture of Gen. Kelley and Captain Melvin, who occupied adjoining rooms at the St. Nicholas. It is supposed that the first intimation the officers had of the presence of a foe was the gentle nudges of the Johnnies signifying to the sleeping gentlemen that they were desired to get up. Horses had been provided for the Generals and they were thrown astraddle of the cavalry saddles with great haste and without much ceremony, and moved away to a place of concealment. The rebels remained in the city only about twenty five minutes, during which time a squad of the gang kicked over the tables and instruments is the telegraph office and seized the operator. They destroyed none of the papers at headquarters and made no attempt to capture any officers or men except those named. The rebels were dressed in the uniform of the United States soldier. The sudden appearance of the rebels, at such an hour, and their bold and confident way of doing things put every thing [sic] in confusion, and they had secured their prisoners and were galloping away before the officers remaining behind had time to think about what was necessary to be done. After the departure of the rebels, however, a piece of artillery was fired off to alarm the sleeping people, but it was nearly two hours before our cavalry were fairly started in pursuit.
Some of the gang said they belonged to Gilmor?s command, others that they were Rosser?s men, and others that they were commanded by McNiel.
It was, however, the common talk among a certain class of people in Cumberland, that the men who took away the Generals were our own soldiers, and it is said that a distinguished officer connected with Gen. Sheridan?s scouts was seen walking around among the rebs [sic] speaking to them in a tone of authority. This conjecture found credence only among the citizens, the military authorities being firmly convinced that it was a bona fide capture.
P.S.?We learn from passengers who arrived last evening that Capt. Hart, of Gen. Kelley?s staff, who pursued the rebels a considerable distance had returned, having killed one of the gang and captured a Lieutenant.
February 23, 1865
ONE OF THE CROOK KELLEY CAPTORS.?The Sergeant Major of the 11th Virginia (rebel) cavalry, who was one of the party that captured Gens. Kelley and Crook and Capt. Melvin, arrived in the city yesterday morning and was committed to the Atheneum. He was captured by Captain Hart on Tuesday last, some distance from Cumberland.
February 24, 1865
CAPTURE OF PHILLIPPI.?We don?t mean the town of Phillippi in Barbour county, but the horse named in honor of Gen. Kelley?s victory at that place, which was purchased and presented to the General by his personal friends in this city?The rebels when they captured General Kelley at Cumberland, on Tuesday evening, went to his stable, and stole all his best horses, and among them ?Phillippi.?
We were mistaken in saying yesterday morning that horses were procured for Generals Crook and Kelley and Captain Melvin. They were each thrown upon the bare back of a horse behind as many soldiers. Capt. Hart, who pursued the rebels a considerable distance found every few miles a letter addressed to Gen. Crook lying in the road. The General had doubtless dropped these letters slyly from his pocket that the pursuers might know the direction the rebels were taking.
February 25, 1865
REPORTED RE-CAPTURE OF GENERAL CROOKS.?It was reported yesterday along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that Gen. Crook, who was taken out of his bed in Cumberland on Tuesday morning, was re captured on Wednesday by some of the cavalry sent in pursuit by Gen. Sheridan. We do not place much confidence in the report in the absence of anything like reliable information upon the subject.
The capture of Generals Crook and Kelly--still Another Disaster.
February 25
The capture of Generals Crook and Kelly--still Another Disaster.
Another of those "surprises," of so frequent occurrence (says the Baltimore American) during the past year in the western portion of the State, bordering on Virginia, occurred on Tuesday at Cumberland, Maryland. A dispatch from Wheeling announces that a party of rebel cavalry dashed into Cumberland before daylight yesterday morning, "surprised and captured the pickets, and then made prisoners and carried off Generals Crook and Kelly." The marauders were probably a portion of White's rebel cavalry, which has been operating in West Virginia for some time since. "Surprises of pickets" is the stereotyped excuse for all the depredations that have been committed at Cumberland, New creek, Piedmont, and other points in that vicinity, and it is nearly time they were effectually put an end to. A force was sent after the rebels, as usual, but with what success has not yet been ascertained. General Crook has several times distinguished himself in the operations under General Sheridan. General Kelly has been a long time in command of the Department in which Cumberland is situated, but we cannot say whether he was in command at the time of the raid.
A few days ago, a scouting party, one hundred and twenty-five strong, under the command of Major Thomas Gibeon, went to Piedmont, Virginia, by way of Berry's ford and Ashby's gap. At or near Piedmont they surprised and captured a number of Mosby's guerrillas, together with a commissary train and a large lot of horses and mules. On their return to headquarters the party was ambushed in Ashby's gap by a superior force of rebel guerrillas, and the property and prisoners they had taken recaptured by the rebels. We lost between fifty and sixty men in killed, wounded and missing.
The capture of Generals Crook and Kelly.
February 28
The capture of Generals Crook and Kelly.
A correspondent of the Baltimore American gives an interesting account of the capture, by McNeil, of Generals Crook and Kelly. He says:
At half-past 2 o'clock a body of picked cavalry, seventy in number, mounted upon horses selected for the purpose, crossed the river at Brady's ferry, nine miles from Cumberland, they having traveled, during the afternoon and night, from beyond Moorefield, in Hardy county, a distance of thirty-five or forty miles, and moved in the direction of Cumberland, on the road called the New Creek pike. Approaching the picket post, they were halted, and upon their answer to the challenge that they were friends, one was ordered to advance and give the countersign. While he was advancing, the pickets, who had mounted their horses, and had given notice of a party advancing, saw the main body quietly separating, and moving forward for the purpose of surrounding them. They at once commenced firing, but a sudden dash of the enemy overpowered and disarmed them. The inner post, consisting of infantry only, was captured in a similar manner, and was at once disarmed. The party rode, without halting, into the town, and quietly waited while two men each went forward, dismounted, to capture the guards in front of the headquarters of the two Generals.
These men succeeded in getting to the guards and disarming them, though both were watchful, and promptly challenged the advancing party, but in the darkness, the reply being "relief, " they were deceived, and were quickly quieted by threats. The mounted party coming up at this moment with led horses, hurried up to the rooms of the two Generals, and very quickly compelled them to dress, when, without further noise, they mounted their horses and left the town, striking a rapid pace immediately after getting out of the streets. No other captures were attempted except Captain Melvin, the adjutant-general of General Kelly, who was sleeping in the room adjoining General Kelly, and whom they were compelled to pass to get to the General's room.
No other persons were disturbed by them except the telegraph officer.
A few moments after, the officers of General Crook's staff, thinking they had heard footsteps, and fearing fire, got up, and finding the room open and the General gone, became suspicious, and upon inquiry, found General Kelly also missing; they went to the telegraph office and learned from the operator that the rebels had but that moment left.
Steps were immediately taken to repair the wires and put the lines in working order. This required about an hour. In the meantime, a body of forty horsemen, belonging to the escort of General Crook, were ordered out, and in one hour and twenty minutes started in pursuit. As soon as the wires were repaired, all the cavalry at New creek was ordered to meet and move for Romney and Moore-field, and, if possible, head the rebels off at one of these points; and were further ordered not to spare their horses, but to push forward with all possible haste.
General Sheridan, being notified, sent a body of cavalry at once from Winchester in pursuit. Thus everything was done within an hour and thirty minutes that could be done. The rebels rode rapidly; they had replenished their horses by fresh ones taken from stables during their short stay in town, and were ready for another long ride.
Our men were after them; but with an hour's start, and comparatively fresh horses, they succeeded in getting away. This is the plain story of the capture of Generals Crook and Kelly.
It was a bold and daring attempt, successfully carried out by men selected for the purpose, who came to capture the Generals, and, having captured them, rode quietly away. They called at the Adams House and inquired for General Hayes, but, finding that he was not there, left the house, though some other officers were there.
Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood: February 1865


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We argue circularly whenever we address the nature of an ANE ''epic.'' We justify the existence of the genre and assign narratives to it because we locate in the target examples literary characteristics - motifs, themes, structures, and modes - that were charted in classical and medieval literature long before ANE literature was seriously studied. The application therefore can be ungainly. Nonetheless, it might be useful in this survey to lightly comment on some of these features with minimal illustrations.
Motifs are essential components in narratives. Sequences of actions (by animates or not) coagulate into a motif, a coherent tale-unit that achieves individual integrity, often becoming crucial in moving the plot. Scholarly awareness of such an element anteceded the birth of folklore as a discipline; but more precise cataloguing of the repertoire was due to Antti Aarne in 1964 (see Aarne and Thompson 1981) and to Stith Thompson (1955-8). Since then ANE specialists (for example, Gaster 1969; Irvin 1978; Hollis 1990) have isolated motifs within ANE literature for comparison, across and within literature. Here, the issue of artistic resiliency and the capacity to adapt arise, as writers of antiquity (no less than today's) can poach phraseology and motifs that cut across a number of genres. Thus, the intimately autobiographical Apology of Hattusilis III, king of Hatti (thirteenth century) is so steeped in the language of the heroic, including the motif of combat through champions, that its historicity is compromised (van den Hout 1995). The same can be said about the ''autobiography'' of Idrimi, from Late Bronze Age Alalah in Syria (Oppenheim 1969: 557-8). Its storehouse of literary vignettes, such as the triumphing youngest child and the questing hero, has almost convinced me to place it among Canaanite (or Syrian) literature. Egyptian autobiographies are thick in motifs for virtue (care for the poor, obedience to superiors, foolish bravery during combat, etc.) that often coincide with what is assigned to the heroic. While we can cite few motifs that were knowingly shuttled across linguistic borders (across Sumerian and Akkadian is an obvious exception), some compositions such as the Epic of Gilgamesh are repository for globs of narrative units that were transferred across genres.
One can find images that evoke the heroic in material that is not normally treated as literature. In the letters from Mari (admittedly more loquacious than others), there is a dossier on the marriage of King Zimri-Lim that can easily be placed alongside Keret or the biblical Isaac saga. In them we meet anxious schadchans, complicated voyages to distant lands, presentation of gifts, veiling the bride, anxious parents, trekking back, and preparing the bridal chamber. We may never know how much of Gilgamesh's story was known to a vassal who allowed that because of his lord's sensitivity and strength, ''my gray hair turned black and I found youth. My heart was rejuvenated beyond compare and my reputation spread all over Idamaras'' (Kupper 1998: no. 145). And when diplomats report on their experiences, they can be omniscient in their knowledge of events or of motivation and can fill their canvas with characters that are nearly stock, including dense rulers, dark-hearted courtiers, and scheming enemies. Their rhetoric can emulate the best found in heroic tales, with people ''shaping their mouth'' to speak, repeating acts a set number of times (seven is a good one), and indulging in the bold repartee or the bon mot (Sasson 2001).
With such adaptability in mind, it is not surprising that even the briefest composition in our roster has proven to be a storehouse ofmotifs. What to do with them then becomes an issue. While no researcher today would approve of Peter Jensen's deriving of practically all of human literature from Gilgamesh antecedents (1906-29), it remains obvious that accumulating individual motifs for comparison rarely deepens our sense of how compositions mean or evolve. (How useful is it to know that, throughout the globe, heroes of literature are said to survive the murder of their parents, that they confront evil, that they display courage or cleverness, or that they win the hearts of their destined?) Ex-cathedra methodological formulations have sought to sharpen the comparison of motifs, among them that there should be a unity of time and space with the material in which they are embedded or that there should suggest a correspondence of contexts (social, cultural, political, or the like) in their derivation or application. Such considerations often force the affinity among motifs to remain within ANE confines. More interesting, because they allow breaking away from time or place constraints, are those studies (influenced by the work of Vladimir Propp) that establish comparison only when strings of motifs bead into in a logical sequence, a series of which form distinct tale genres, depending on the syntax with which they connect. (See below, under ''Modes''.)
It is not always possible to uncover the themes of ancient epic, not just because many gaps mar the examples at hand, but because we cannot be certain that our judgment about them corresponds with that of its original hearers. Nonetheless, some prominent themes can be mentioned.
Continuity of a family line is certain to be one of them, albeit displayed in a broad variety. In Keret, it is frontal: the story opens on a king's line facing extinction. This is resolved when the king's hard-earned bride produces a potential heir who, alas, proves so wanting that Keret curses him, hence again compromising the future. This exposition of the theme is purposely unsatisfying because it is made subservient to another theme that develops an object lesson for Keret. a distressed king makes a vow that he neglects to fulfill when times get better, with the expected consequences. Continuity is also a major theme in another Ugaritic tale, Aqhat. King Danel's plea for a son is answered, but dynastic continuity is endangered when the son impudently angers a goddess. Whether in Ugarit such unhappy endings were favored by audiences or parabolically reflected historical events is beyond us to easily recover. The continuity theme gives ample occasion for transmutation. the threat of extinction because of infertility, a wife's sterility (heavily invested in biblical lore), or simply on facing death, might prompt heroes to alter human fate, by storming heaven (Etana), by arresting aging (Utnapishtim in Gilgamesh), by partaking divine fare (Adapa), by regaining youth (potential in Gilgamesh), or by reincarnating (Bata in The Two Brothers, Ahwere in the Setne Khamwas tales). Immortality, resurrection, and metempsychosis are other exploited alternatives.
Linked to this theme is that of Reputation or Name. In ANE lore, reputation is hardly limited to a single lifetime; rather, it reflects on past and future generations and must not be halted by one person through ignoble deeds or sloth. Preserving or expanding a reputation effectively neutralizes the limitations of human life. In this sense, Gilgamesh is less about longing for objects of desire or about halting death than about extending prestige, initially as the reward for courageous deeds through personal efforts, but eventually as the permanence of communal achievement through thoughtful leadership. This heightening of status can be acquired by testing the limits of human endurance, as in the materials concerning the Sumerian Gilgamesh and Lugalbanda, and the Egyptian Sinuhe. It can also be achieved by display of indomitable will when disorder threatens, as in the stories involving Sargon of Agade and Hattushili of Hatti (Siege ofUrshu). This resolve can be displayed agonistically, as in the Naram-Sin sagas. despite his name (''Beloved of the god Sin'') Naram-Sin slights the gods and pays for his hubris by losing political prestige (unhistorically, his kingdom is said to collapse); but he also gains immortality as a fine example of an Unheilsherrscher, a misfortune-prone elect of the gods. A variant vein, the taming of chaos, comes to be a major theme in what is labeled the ''historical'' or ''royal'' epic, involving kings and pharaohs who marshal and deploy their forces against barbarian hordes no less cosmically, symbolically, and triumphantly than do the gods of theogonies.
How a narrative unfurls a plot over a number of sequences without sacrificing literary cohesion owes much to the discrete use of structural devices. In most examples, the matter is about form, how material is organized to achieve a derived effect. However, in a few cases, such as the Semitic Gilgamesh and some of the Naram-Sin material, such devices give coherence to a broad canvas. (This is especially true if a work is orally communicated.) Among the storehouse of available devices to realize narrative integration is the periodic renewal ofscenes, such as those around a banquet, or the recurrent repetition ofa situation or an idea, such as those that are experienced during travel.
The banquet
In real life, banquets give a special rhythm to affairs of state or of family, creating bonds and solidifying loyalty. (For agreeable essays on Banquets et fetes au Proche-Orient ancien, see the Dossiers d'archeologie 280, February 2003.) In ancient lore, however, banquets serve to focus on a critical juncture of a story (as when gods banquet at the crowning of Marduk in Enuma Elish, or when Keret is assured progeny by banqueting deities). Often they offer an ironic setting for violent acts against guests (frequent in the Bible, as in the murder of Amnon, 2 Sam. 13: 28-30, but also elsewhere as in the Hittite Gurparanzakh). Banquets also serve to punctuate different moments of an unfolding drama (as when Keret's nobles set a destiny for his throne). They can also be used as brackets for reversal of fortune, as in the Lugalbanda tales when, left to die, the hero uses food to attract divine goodwill. In some narratives (for example, the biblical Esther and the Demotic tales of Setne Khamwas), banquets can be displayed virtuosically, punctuating major moments of a tale. Banquets, too, can be veritable storehouse of motifs: crowning (or uncrowning) of kings, clothing (or unclothing) of guests, wining friends, inebriating foes, challenging enemies, empowering kin, and altering the status of individuals (but always as thresholds for major unfolding of plots (Grottanelli 1989)).
The journey
In lore as in monumental inscriptions, the activities of kings that are most often deemed heroic and worthy of emulation are those that recount many voyages of conquest termed unique or never previously attempted. Here is what Sargon boasts (Birth ofSargon):
[For x] years I reigned as king. I ruled and governed the black-headed folk. With copper tools,
I traversed rugged mountains. I ascended high mountains and cut through low mountains. Thrice I circled the Sealands; Dilmun surrendered.. .Any king that comes after me [and compares to me] should rule for [x years], should rule the black-headed folk, should traverse rugged mountains with copper tools... (after Westenholz 1997: 42-5).
The most elaborate narratives can be built around a simple notion: someone goes far from home and then comes back. So, we might consider grist for our mill any imaginative narrative (prose, lyrical, or poetic) in which someone (or some folk) undertake distant journeys though which they acquire status, wisdom, or insight. Naturally, we must enter qualifications: the journeys must be demanding physically but possibly also psychologically (though not necessarily spiritually), with all the complications and unexpected challenges that such experiences entail. When told, it should partake something of the grand gesture and of the ceremonial. From this perspective, it is noticeable that a good number of the compositions in our list divide neatly on how pronounced or integrated is the journey as a plot structure. In some myths, the travel of gods furnishes etiologies for festival rituals (''Nanna-Suen's Journey to Nippur'') or delivers theological or cosmological explanations (''Nergal and Ereshkigal''). Journeys are intrinsically interesting as they convey (imaginatively or not) information about distant places. They are nicely evoked in tales (Egypt's Sinuhe and The Foredoomed Prince) and in pseudo-autobiographies (Egypt's Travel of Wen-Amun and Tale of Woe), where they establish a remarkable carving of foreign space as imaginatively antithetical to native topography (Loprieno 2003); but they can also serve as vehicle for the heroic where they invariably also acquire a psychological dimension.
The journey is an essential component of the Sumerian tales, ostensibly about Uruk and its chief deity, Inanna, but really about its heroic rulers. However, none of our tales plots the journey conventionally. In two about Lugalbanda (Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, Enmerkar and Ensuhgirana) that are likely to belong to a single cycle, crossing space to arrive at a destination (the city of Aratta) is itself the locus of significant developments (see Vanstiphout 2002). In one (Lugalbanda in the mountain cave), abandoned by his troops to die Lugalbanda makes discoveries about his capacity to survive. In a dream sequence that itself is another journey, he learns how to deal properly with the god. (Dreams often occur bunched repetitively in narratives, among them Kessi, Gilgamesh, and frequently in the Hebrew Bible, raising the stakes for a hero who rarely interprets correctly.) In another (Lugalbanda and Enmerkar), once again left behind, Lugalbanda accepts the power of speed after showing proper respect to the great Anzu (or Imdugud, a pre-anthropomorphized urge). Later, he uses that gift to personally achieve victory over Aratta. In the two tales about Enmerkar, however, the hero does not journey between his city and Aratta, but his henchmen, messengers and magicians, do.
While not ah the Sumerian Gilgamesh tales are plotted around travel, one, Gilgamesh and Apgga, brings foes to the gate of Uruk while two others rehearse a line that will be featured in the Semitic version. Gilgamesh and Huwawa takes Gilgamesh to the ''land of the living'' where he ends Huwawa's life, for which he earns the god Enlil's hatred. (Although the language is Sumerian, this composition is open-ended, replaying themes and motifs developed in the Semitic Gilgamesh from which it may have been adapted, rather than the other way around.) Another tale, Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Nether World, grafts an epic segment to a mythological introduction. Here Enkidu is the traveler, becoming the eyes and ears of Gilgamesh as he reports on the Nether World. Similarly attached to a mythic initial situation is the story of Etana whose journeys to heaven and back are background to a favored theme, the immortality of the human species (but not of individuals), a theme that is at the core of the Hebrew Eden narrative (Sasson 2000). Adapa explores a somewhat similar theme, when its hero crosses boundaries and appears before the gods in heaven.
The journey is heavily invested as a plot structure in other compositions as well. Israel brackets its entire story between voyages from Babylon to the promised land: one brings Abram from Ur of the Chaldeans, the other the exiles from Babylon. Within this huge canvas, many voyages (of Jacob, of Joseph, of David) are replayed, with different import on the narratives in which they are embedded. Most ambitious among these are the trips into and out of Egypt that not only illustrate God's saving grace, but also occasion the delivery of all the laws that Israel will ever need. In Canaanite lore, Keret launches an expedition to retrieve a destined bride and makes a vow along the way that he fails to fulfill, thus initiating reversal of his fortune. Disguised as an autobiography of confession, Sinuhe is epic in goal and proportion, centering on exploits of survival and attachment to the homeland. Fearing implication in a crime against pharaoh, Sinuhe escapes Egypt and finds status among Asiatics. Welcomed back by pharaoh, Sinuhe returns home where alone his destiny can unfold. (Such events are realistic enough to be replayed in the life of the composer John Dowland.) Interestingly, the journeys from Egypt and back contribute to the plot by embedding within their unfolding five different explanations - from at least three differing perspectives - for Sinuhe's initial flight, and thus they permit endless speculation on his motivation.
In all its versions, the Semitic Gilgamesh is built around voyages, but most sharply so in a series where it exhibits an exceptional accent. In the first half of the epic (tablets I-VI), voyages are either generated by the plot (Enkidu's arrival at Uruk) or heroic (journey to the cedar forest), the last stretching over a number of tablets. They are reversed in the return to Uruk and in the death of Enkidu. From that point, the voyages take on a surrealistic dimension paralleling the distraught mind of the hero. Disheveled and wasting away, Gilgamesh embodies his friend's unpromising beginnings and for almost a third of the epic is in perpetual roaming. At the outset he begs for a dream, but in a cryptic scene whose ambiguity and centrality evoke Jacob's Jabbok struggle, Gilgamesh rises to battle unknown enemies (his own fears?). It is conceivable that the epic's remaining travels, to the end of the earth and beyond, are but one night's hallucinations.
As it concerns the deeds ofheroes, real or imagined, some epics find it convenient to depict their adventures as pages (single or multiple) from their ''biographies.'' As narrated, the events carry the hero beyond specific hurdles. Ramses II, Tukulti-Ninurta, and Hattusili I (in The siege of Urshu) are among many who must surmount deceit and villainy, staples in sagas that concern kings. But protagonists must also counteract manifest lack (Sinuhe's distance from home, Lugalbanda's hunger and abandonment) or fulfill a need (most often, a desire for an heir, as in Keret, Aqhat, The Queen of Kanesh, and the Tale of Zalpa). Despite their potential for failure (which of course hardly ever materializes), the subjects of such biographic pages replay themes that can be paradigmatic, archetypal, or simply conventional, all meant to multiply potential linkage with their audience.
The biographies themselves can be emblematic, episodic, or melodramatic (Sasson 1984). The first, the emblematic biography, is rarest in that one specific event in the hero's life is exposed for its parabolic potential. It is also the most contested, for such narratives skirt the epic genre and so may cogently be placed among other categories. This is the case of Adapa, wherein the hero's personal gain (a successful appeasement of the gods) is his species' loss (mortality assigned to human beings). In ANE literature, however, most commonly we meet with the episodic mode in which a single hero is the subject of a series of self-contained, integral tales. Characters, even plot lines, may resurface in a number of them; but no detail from one is necessary to the denouement of another. Because of its clay tablet medium, episodic narratives are perfect for Mesopotamia, so we have the Sumerian Enmerkar, Lugalbanda, and Gilgamesh tales as wed as the Akkadian stories centering on the kings of Agade. But this mode can occur also in Egypt as in the demotic stories regarding Setne Khamwas, a son of Ramses II, who acquired folk status as a seeker of secrets better left to the gods.
In biblical lore, the story of Abraham is a perfect example of the episodic biography. Between Genesis 12 and 24, we have series of tableaus that are barely dependent on a chronological sequence and oblivious to cogent transitions. But each has a specific goal, delivering diverse manifestations of the heroic character: resourceful, cunning, martial, generous, magnanimous, and argumentative, but also indecisive, duped, and henpecked.
More appealing to us is the melodramatic biography. Rather than conveying specific behavior, it explores the inner world of a hero, progressively and deliberately, achieving a portrait that is unique and non-transferable. To this mode belong such exceptional works as the standard Epic of Gilgamesh and the biblical stories of Jacob and of David. This portraiture is achieved not through authorial intent but through the sophisticated editing of inherited or adapted tales. Early on, the destiny of the hero is presented (by the bard in Gilgamesh, through an oracle for Jacob, and by divine selection for David), setting a clear path toward its fulfillment. There is a tendency to shape into the narrative an emotional fault-line, with the hero undergoing major psychological transformation just as he triumphs against all odds. No sooner does Gilgamesh vanquish Humbaba than his world is jolted by the death of his companion, Enkidu. The epic shifts course at this point, moving from the realistic (battle against a foe, in an earthly setting) to the surrealistic (battle against fear, at the edges of consciousness). The same can be said about Jacob and David who have it ah before their children wreck their hopes and aspirations.


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