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I've just released bzr 0.11rc2 which unbreaks the test suite for windows and fixes our commit performance regression! The 0.12 release will be managed by John Arbash Meinel, giving me some more cycles to focus on local performance. Yay!
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09 Sep 2006
Had a great time at Shane & Kates housewarming last night… learnt a bit about north-german humour, and spent some hours with conrad on the status of open source:
We have an incredible amount of choice these days – 5 years ago C or C++ was the only default choice for high performance software. Now the boundary has shifted – a lot of high performance software can be written in highly productive languages, and there is robust open source Java support allowing software that needs more performance to be written with dropping down to the metal with C and C++. So C and C++ still have a place, but its becoming less and less the default, and more the special case.
Even when C and C++ is chosen, it seems very rare these days that a new low level library is released without at least one of python/perl/ruby language bindings.
So what does this mean? For most problems that one would like to write a program to automate, you can write it in a high level language and get acceptable performance on any computer bought in the last 3-4 years.
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Virginia Beach Study Group #9 Revives Sacred Tradition
By Rev. Sharon James Fazel
It's been years, but here we are again. Doing Cayce's recommended head and neck exercises, sharing stories, taking turns reading aloud paragraphs from our study materials, and participating in a lively discussion. All of these things were part of our weekly study group meetings in Virginia Beach, Va. This had been the format for our group since the inception of Study Group #9 in 1982; it was the same format for our recent reunion in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, from August 1-4, 2012. Seven members of the original group rented a townhome together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the group's founding.
Today, none of the reunion attendees are still in Virginia Beach. The Johnsons now live in Wisconsin. The Fazels have been Minnesotans since 1989. Dave Cassel lives in northwestern Idaho, near Canada's border. And the St. Jameses (formerly the Jangls) reside on Maui in Hawaii. While we are all a long way from Virginia Beach, we have all maintained contact with A.R.E., and our Study Group has had a continuing impact on our lives.
We spent our first evening "catching up" on highlights of each other's lives since the Virginia Beach days. The next evening, we revived the Study Group meeting format which had brought us all together 30 years ago. We chose to study the chapter on Ideals, from A Search for God (ASFG), Book I. Each member read aloud from the book, pausing to discuss each segment before the next person continued reading.
Each of us had experienced a change in our ideals, and we traced the evolution of our ideals—toward something less material and more other-centered. We had raised our children, developed businesses, built homes, and pursued our own spiritual development. For nearly everyone, the shifting of responsibilities and change in lifestyle as our children became adults marked major transformations in our view of the world and our roles within it, thus impacting our ideals. All of us remain members of A.R.E. and active in the body-mind-spirit practices offered in the Cayce readings. Nearly everyone also remained active in a faith community.
Spiritual ideals are still active elements in the lives of those gathered from Study Group #9. Yet, we shared with each other our difficulties in remaining true to the highest of ideals when one stands square in the face of another who actively challenges the nature of that ideal. Thus, forgiveness also became a major theme of discussion. We found this paragraph from the ASFG lesson relevant and testified to the truth of this advice which produced intense discussion:
Let us do all that we know to do, in love, and leave the results with God. Let us hold fast to that which we have purposed in our inner selves, knowing that no emergency in a material way or manner may arise that cannot find its solution in spiritual inspiration, for His promises are sure. Offenses may arise, yet with each and every fear there is that from within which will quiet our troubled minds, even as He quelled the tempest on the sea. As we seek, we find; as we knock, we are heard. If we are timid and fearful, or overcautious in giving out the hope which has sustained us, then we grow more weak and fearful ourselves.
To close our meeting, we shared an equally powerful brief meditation. The experience for most of us was devoid of the usual distractions that first-time meditators encounter. While we have not all continued the spiritual practice of daily meditation, we had learned and practiced it together 30 years ago so our meditation was spiritually nourishing. At the conclusion, we felt refreshed, hopeful, energized yet totally at peace. (As a matter of fact, this writer felt more like myself than I have for a long time!)
Being with these same individuals again after so many years, doing something that had been so long dormant in our experience was simultaneously easy and familiar—an experience of comfort far beyond words.
So, what had changed in the last 30 years? (Other than the obvious events of childrearing, loss of parents or other loved ones, and career changes?) What had changed at the core of each of us? Mary Johnson put it succinctly: "We've grown up," she said. Indeed, our appreciation for each other and for the ideals that we all hold was deepened by a sense of having not just passed through time, but having also gained a rich respect for the depth and breadth of human experience—a resonance with a dimension wider and deeper than can be measured by skin or by kin.
And, as was always true of this group from its inception, our presence with each other naturally included unbridled laughter! This is an invaluable dimension of our friendship and fellowship, and a keystone in spiritual health that too often goes by the wayside when engaging in the seriousness of trying to make a difference in the world. By all accounts, the members of Study Group #9, founded in 1982, in Virginia Beach, Va., counted this reunion a successful and rewarding venture, well worth the planning and the investment.
Study Group #9, August, 2012 (left to right): Mark Johnson,
Mary Johnson, Alda St. James, Jim St. James, Dave Cassel,
Sharon Fazel, Chris Fazel
"Seems like we just picked up where we left off 25 years ago." (Jim [Jangl] St. James)
"The reunion was probably the highlight of 2012 for me…I want to keep in closer contact with all of you." (Dave Cassel)
"I was happy that it seemed everyone's lives had been positively influenced by our studies together." (Mark Johnson)
"It felt so natural and joyful to be with these dear friends again. The same connection that we had before, never left us!" (Alda St. James)
"The living spirit in the group – still vibrant – was real nourishment." (Chris Fazel)
Rev. Sharon James Fazel is Co-Pastor with her spouse, Rev. Christopher C Fazel, at First Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC), of Anoka, Minnesota. They have served there together since January 2, 2000.


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In this post, I talked about my experience with a new HP laptop computer that I bought. I also tried the latest releases of some other Linux distros, such as Pinguy (did not enable Wi-fi), Ubuntu (crashed at logout), and Chakra (also failed at enabling Wi-fi), I finally decided to keep these three:
It is my main OS, so I will use it to work quickly and efficiently. I configured an additional panel that auto-hides to fire up the applications that I use the most.
Interestingly, PCLOS does in this laptop something that Mandriva 2010.2 could not do very well in my desktop: run the Humble Bundle games! I can play Cogs, Crayon Physics, and Machinarium.
Desktop effects are running perfectly. Here are the KWin cube and the desktop grid.
PCLOS came with Pidgin as the IM client. I downloaded Kopete, but it refused to connect to MSN because it lacked a protocol. Pidgin connects without any problem.
The desktop theme is called "Ghost". I like the glow it adds to the dialog boxes and the semi-faded look it gives to the bottom panel.
One very good thing about PCLOS is that I did not have to break my head to get VLC to run. I just downloaded it from the repositories and it played all sorts of videos.
Mageia 1:
It will be my production distro. Since Mageia works exactly as Mandriva 2010.2 PowerPack does, it is convenient to have it in case I stumble upon a problem that I cannot solve. I spent more time configuring desktop icons here. I also added a top auto-hiding panel. Kopete was running but something happened and it now simply refuses to connect to MSN. Consequently, I downloaded Pidgin.
Again, the desktop effects are running perfectly. One challenge was to get VLC with the codecs, but I found a thread in the Mageia forums where someone suggests to activate the "tainted" repositories to get VLC to play more video formats. That took care of the problem.
One funny thing that happened is that Mageia 1 Live CD did not let me work with the Japanese IME iBus(it works flawlessly in Mageia 1 DVD, but that release did not activate the Wi-fi of this computer). Hence, I compromised and now I use SCIM, just like in Mandriva 2010.2.
Mandriva Desktop 2011
I did customize a lot more here. I moved the ROSA panel to the top and selected the auto-hide property. Then I added the Cairo Dock at the bottom.
I was not planning to install this distribution because I was not very happy with the ROSA SimpleWelcome and Launcher. I know that I can change it to a default panel, but still... However, after running the Mandriva Desktop 2011 Live DVD and seeing that it enabled the Wi-fi and the sound (which Mandriva 2010.2 had failed to do), I installed it.
Maybe the feature that made me reconsider my position about the ROSA SimpleWelcome is the time line. I find it rather interesting and convenient. Nepomuk must be enabled for it to work and that implies an additional wait of 15 seconds at boot, but I can live with it.
The Kwin effects are running without any problem.
I know that this customization is way too flashy because of its overdose of eye-candy, but it is good to show people what you can do with Linux without a lot of technical training.
More importantly for me, Mandriva Desktop 2011 also lets me type in Japanese (via iBus).
The last thing I did was to synchronize Firefox, so that all the OS's in the laptop share the configuration of the browser in my desktop.
By the way, I have displayed all the OS's in public already. None of them has let me down :-)
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The New Laptop Experiment: The first 15 days
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It's good to hear that you made that computer usable! :PResponderEliminar
Thanks! It is responding very well: some of my students used PCLOS to display a presentation today. They were a little concerned because it was the first time they touched a Linux computer and it was a public event, but it was a successful experience.ResponderEliminar
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St. Andrews Links Courses
Among the 10 courses in St Andrews you'll find the St Andrews Links, comprising seven public courses, including the world-famous Old Course, three clubhouses, a golf practice centre and four shops. It is managed by St Andrews Links Trust, a charitable organisation set up by an Act of Parliament in 1974.
Old Course – 6721 yards par 72
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New Course – 6625 yards par 71
Almost 500 years passed before St Andrews built a second course. Situated next to the Old Course, the obvious name for it was the "New." Opened in April 1895, the New Course is one of the stars in the golf firmament, offering a classic links challenge that uses the natural features of the land to create a significant golfing experience. The New Course is often referred to as St Andrews' best-kept secret. Tom Morris –winner of four Open Championships – and David Honeyman developed the layout. Based on the traditional out-and-back routing, among its most famous features are its shared fairways and a double green at the 3rd and 15th holes.
Jubilee Course – 6742 yards par 72
Based on a narrow strip of land between the New Course and the sea, the Jubilee Course was opened in 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne. The course has developed into one of the toughest golfing tests at St Andrews. Extended from 12 to 18 holes in 1905 by David Honeyman, it was updated again by 1946 and then re-designed to championship standard by Donald Steel in 1989. The traditional out-and-back layout starts and finishes at the Links Clubhouse. A main feature is the raised tees, which provide exceptional views of the links and expose golfers to the major test provided by the winds, which sweep in from the bay.
Eden Course – 6250 yards par 70
Opened in 1914 and named after the estuary borders, the Eden Course was the fourth course to be built in St Andrews and can be more forgiving than the three links courses lying on the seaward side. Since 1919, it has played host to the Eden Tournament, one of Britain's oldest amateur golfing events. Every year, in the second week of August, more than 250 golfers play for the Eden Trophy. Designed by internationally renowned course designer Harry S Colt, the course uses existing features and a partially buried field boundary wall to give a natural feel. Alterations were completed in 1989 under the direction of course architect Donald Steel, and in 2000 a new clubhouse was built.
Strathtyrum Course – 5620 yards par 69
Opened in July 1993, the Strathtyrum Course was designed by Donald Steel to provide an enjoyable experience that would complement the tougher championship layouts. With two loops of nine, starting and finishing at the Eden Clubhouse, there is a links-like feel to the layout without some of the tougher consequences. Although relatively bunker-free by St Andrews standards, the bunkers here are cunningly placed. Combined with moundings around the sloping and small greens, they place an emphasis on iron play accuracy. Prevailing westerly winds add to the challenge and make the course play much longer than its published yardage.
Balgove Course – 1520 yards par 30 (nine-hole course)
The Balgove is a nine-hole course primarily for children and beginners. Originally opened in February 1972, it was remodelled in June 1993. Bunkers and a double green are just some of the features that offer a great golfing experience that has proved popular with both children and adults.
The Castle Course – 6789 yards 71 par
The Castle Course is the seventh course at the Home of Golf. Set on a dramatic cliff-top location overlooking the ancient town of St Andrews, the course combines breathtaking views with a memorable golfing challenge. Designed by David Kidd, whose portfolio includes the world-renowned Bandon Dunes in Oregon, The Castle Course won several international awards in its first year of opening and was included within the prestigious Golf Digest Top 100 rankings almost immediately. Highlights include the sixth hole, with a green set above St Andrews harbour, and a par three seventeenth played across a rocky chasm.
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I know how to use Windows properly, so it's not my fault!
With that declaration and the particular stress on the possessive adjective, Mr. Valmers started his testimony before the inquiring eyes of a judge and the jury members, who began whispering and shaking their heads in disapproval. They had listened to the technical report of a software expert before the afflicted average computer user sat in front of them.
Sensing the effect that his initial words had on the atmosphere of the room, Mr. Valmers paused timidly and cleared his throat before the microphone, causing listeners to tilt their heads for a second that became awkwardly long. Pierced by the prying eyes of the prosecutor, the fifty-something owner of an infected PC wished he could have uttered something like: "I know how to use Windows. I took courses to learn how to use my Windows computer, you know, so do not patronize me, techie." However, he just sat there, mute, as a target for the questions that, sooner or later, would dart from the mouth of the implacable man in front of him.
Mr. Valmers thought for a second. How could he prove that he did nothing wrong according to what he learned in those Windows courses he took? In spite of the fact that the expert had made it clear that such action was a pre-requisite for a secure Windows computer, no instructor had ever told him that he was supposed to disable autorun. Darn pedantic guy! But then, why was it that the stupid autorun feature was enabled by default in Windows if it was so dangerous? Mr. Valmers had done what he was told in four courses to be safe from malware: he bought an expensive antivirus (what a poor investment!), he had that software installed along with MS Security Essentials, and he made sure that the Windows firewall was on as he browsed the Web. Religiously, the man had downloaded antivirus updates and the traitor software never gave a warning of the infection that had him sitting as a fool in front of all those people that looked down on him.
"This is not fair," he heard himself say, "if autorun is so dangerous, or Windows is insecure, I am not to be blamed. I did not do anything to make my computer any more vulnerable than it was when I bought it."
How he wished that Microsoft's CEO, that bad-tempered bald guy, had been there in his place! This guy was actually the one who was responsible for all computer infections...He was the careless person that approved the release of such a defective product for mass consumption!
"It was your negligence that caused the infection. It was your computer, Mr. Valmers, which was spreading viruses to several Government institutions," charged the prosecutor, assuming a stance of superiority. "Your computer," he stressed with poorly-concealed satisfaction.
The possessive adjective lingered for an additional second on the thick air of the room and echoed inside Mr. Valmers' head. "Your computer, your computer," repeated a hypnotic voice while the man felt as an insect pinned on a wall.
All of a sudden, that simple four-letter word opened his heart with hope in a Joycean epiphany.
"Yes, sir, it was my computer," he replied. "But, according to the EULA, Windows is not my software. I do not own it. I did everything in my power to secure my computer, but I cannot do anything to improve the condition of the software".
Murmurs of the listeners grew until they became a tidal wave of noise that forced the judge to demand silence... (to be continued)
Yes, this is a piece of fiction I am working on. However, it can turn into a reality if people are dumb enough to accept Microsoft's newest trickery: a call for banning sick computers from the Internet. Read about it here.
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Hehe! A new literary genre is born: science not-fiction!ResponderEliminar
In principle, Microsoft's idea may seem great...but how come they have the face to ask for that if the faulty security of their products is the culprit? Such a level of hypocrisy goes beyond my understanding!
Also, users should fully understand the real implications of that idea. How often would your computer need to be scanned to be considered healthy? I guess that the scans would be daily. GREAT! Daily A/V scans plus daily "health checks" by the Health Police. Nothing invasive there, of course! :P
Then...let's define "healthy." With a bunch of new Windows viruses every single day, who will be healthy?
Yes...this is another trick of Microsoft do deny their responsibility and throw it to someone else: the users...(surprise!!) How does that help catch the real crooks who design the viruses and the Trojans?
Why will poor users who can just afford a not-so-effective antivirus solution have to be penalized, for example?
What about those who were not online daily to download their updates and thus got labeled as "sick"?
Now...how are you supposed to update your antivirus (or change it if it doesn't work) if you are banned from the Web?
Of course, the idea will have a good outcome for Microsoft: it will also let them keep selling pretty much the same lousy things without major security improvements. See? There's no point for Microsoft to improve anything if the Health Police will take sick computers away! PERFECT! Guess who's the big loser there? Hint: not Ballmer.
I agree with you! What Microsoft pretends to do seems to be a great idea; indeed, it's seems to be THE solution for all internet users who suffer everyday because of viruses. This solution would certainly have some benefits. As Kimberly Hill says in her publication "Microsoft Wants to Cordon Off Botnet-Infected Computers," the use of "health certificates" would help to stop organized crime groups related to identity theft and all kinds of crimes on the internet. However, I truly believe that Microsoft is not taking into account the effects that this "security measure" can have on users. Just imagining all the time that I (Microsoft user) would have to spend everyday scanning my computer makes feel tired. This would only mean a waste of time because I wouldn't even be sure if the scanning process is really effective! What happens if my antivirus is not that good??? I wouldn't be totally immune from being part of the "black list" of Microsoft, which would mean that I wouldn't have internet access until… The only thing I can think of is that Microsoft is just hiding its real intention: making more money!ResponderEliminar
A story like the one presented above can be very likely to happen. For moments, anyone could believe that they are reading a true story. In fact, many people may feel identified with Mr. Valmers in a way. Microsoft and their viruses can make any person feel frustrated. Viruses have become one of the main headaches of computer owners, and antivirus makers get richer everyday. Many people buy a computer to enjoy the benefits of the World Wide Web, but the effect of viruses in many cases has outrun that advantage. Microsoft software has contributed to the prevalence of the on-line vulnerability of individuals. Internet has revolutionized the way in which people work, spend their free time, and run some of their errands. The problem is that the comfort that the internet offers can be incredibly pricy. Viruses damage computers,valuable information, and even important memories that are concealed in people's files. While all of this happens, just one thing is certain: Microsoft software still is the most vulnerable to viruses, and no antivirus has been able to change that.ResponderEliminar
We can see all the publicity that media gives to Windows. To listen about courses on learning how to use XP, Vista, and now Seven is common. If a person decided to learn about Windows, he or she decide also to learn about Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and many other programs, with those programs they also have to learn about how to use the anti-viruses. What people say is that Linux is difficult because they do not know the programs; however, they must think about how much time the will save when they do not have to "battle" with the viruses and anti-viruses.ResponderEliminar
López, P.
After reading this story and the article, I feel the need of changing my software!!!! It's amazing how Microsoft expects to keep their users with all these obstacles. It's true that this measure would solve most of the problem of viruses on the web, but then what happens if I am a poor user that tries to do everything possible to keep my computer clean just as the one of the story??? The problem here is that when you buy a computer, most of the times, you don't have the option of choosing your software, and the antivirus that's included in your purchase is only valid for three months (and it doesn't work!!!!). Consequently, we (users of Microsoft) keep giving more money (guess who is the distributor of the anti-virus???) to a company that is NOT interested on its clients.ResponderEliminar
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One of the items we tend to associate with Italy…
International Festival of Photography at the Macro
Today the inauguration, tomorrow the opening to the public: we are talking about the International Photography Festival of Rome, which will be held in two locations of the Macro, that of Testaccio and the via Nice. The festival will last until October 28th.
Organised by Marco Delogu, the exhibition is supported by the Office of Cultural Affairs and the historic center of Rome Capital and produced by Zètema. For the first time, will be involved in some rooms and spaces of the headquarters of Macro Via Nizza and La Pelanda, always in Testaccio.
This year the theme is that of the change in work in the last century and their juxtaposition in the technological society of today. To develop the argument, sixty exhibitions, events and appointments, with the exposure of more than 2000 photos, and with the involvement of about 180 photographers. Among these, the two selected by the Commission Rome as guests of excellence: Paolo Ventura and Anders Petersen, with their free photographic interpretations of the capital.
The Festival is open from 16:00 to 22:00
Ticket prices: €12 per person
Location: Macro Museum of modern art at Testaccio (Testaccio Municipio 1 Centro)
It might be of interest: http://www.romatoday.it/eventi/mostre/festival-fotografia-al-macro-testaccio.html


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Ever since Google got its hands on Motorola Mobility, it was always destined to sharpen its axe and trim off some of those unnecessary bits that were holding the phone company back.
This week, some of the company's international websites have been given the chop. Sites from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Hong Kong and Taiwan have all been shuttered, with a short message explaining the situation for anyone who arrives.
"We are streamlining our business and support systems, and unfortunately, we'll no longer have a dedicated website for [region]. Your local support sites… will remain open, well into the future, and we'll continue to provide support for our products."
Continued support, handset availability
Despite the website closures, Motorola is determined to continue supporting its products throughout the affected regions.
It also doesn't restrict the availability of handsets, although having a wider region-based website means it needs the sites to include a footnote that not all handsets will be available in each region.
But the closures are hardly a surprising step for Google to take. Despite launching some nice handsets since the Google acquisition like the RAZR M and RAZR i, the company hasn't made any significant strides in market share.
Via: The Next Web


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James Rountree (1787-1834)
James Rountree, it is said, was the first pioneer settler to build a house in Old Lowndes County, GA.
James Rountree was a son of William F. and Rachel Rountree, born about 1787 in Burke County, GA. His parents were planters of North Carolina, but had come to Burke County some time before James was born.
The research of Robert Jeffries found that James Rountree moved from Burke County about 1808. He settled in the newly created Telfair County. Telfair and Laurens counties were created from Wilkinson County by an act of the General Assembly approved December 10, 1807 (Ga. Laws 1807, p. 37).
"County Records show that James Rountree, of Burke County, on June 27, 1808, bought Land Lot #319 in the 14th District … from John Hand of Columbia County for $100 as shown in Deed Book A on page 93, and on the same date he bought Land Lot #318 in the same district and county from Elijah Roberson for $500 as shown in Deed Book A on page 94.
Later that year, on December 13, 1808 this section was cut into Pulaski County by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1808, p. 52). (Today, the 14th Land District of old Wilkinson County is now wholly in Dodge County, GA.)
"The Pulaski County tax-digest for 1811, shows James Rountree lived on Land Lot #150 of the 14th District of Pulaski, now Dodge County. He was also listed for taxation on Land Lot # 319 in the 14th District of Telfair County, and he owned the following property: 300 acres of land in Montgomery County, which had been granted to him, 342 acres of land in Burke County, which had been granted to him, 300 acres of land in Burke County, which he had bought, and Land Lot #245 in the 5th District of Baldwin County. He also paid taxes on four slaves."
It appears that James Rountree married about 1810 or 1811, although the record of this marriage and the name of his wife is not known at this time. There are no extant records of the 1810 census in Georgia, and no records of this marriage have been reported from Burke, Wilkinson, Telfair, Laurens, or Pulaski counties.
What is known from the census of 1820, the 4th U.S. Census in Pulaski County, GA, is that the household of James Rountree there were four white children, three girls and one boy, all under age 10, and ten African-American slaves. There were no free white adult females in his household. One would surmise that James Rountree was a widower, and that his first wife died sometime before 1820, leaving him to raise their four children.
By matching family histories to the 1820 census, the children of James Rountree by his first wife were:
- John Rountree- died young
- Harriet Rountree (1812-1875); born January 15, 1812; married James McMullen, Jr., October 7, 1830; died November 10, 1873; buried James McMullen Cemetery, Brooks County, GA.
- Nancy Rountree (1814-1901); born October 25, 1813; married Clayton Bradshaw; died January 27, 1906, Brooks County, GA; buried John McMullen Cemetery Grooverville, Brooks County, GA
- Weston W. Rountree (1815-1895); born July 5, 1815; married Edith Elizabeth Folsom, daughter of William Folsom; died February 12, 1895, Lowndes County, GA; buried
Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hahira, Lowndes County, GA
- Henrietta Rountree (1817-1901); born May, 1817; married Barry Wells, 1833 in Lowndes County, GA; died ; buried Berry Wells Family Cemetery, Shiloh, Lowndes County, GA.
James Rountree first came to the southern region of Irwin County, GA in 1815. According to A History of Savannah and South Georgia, Vol 2:
"Accompanied by three other enterprising and adventurous young men, James Rountree, Drew Vickers and Alfred Belote, [Lawrence Folsom] came to that part of Irwin county now included within the boundaries of Lowndes county, blazing his way through the wilderness on horseback.
Rountree's companions were Alfred Belote, Drew Vickers, and Lawrence Folsom.
The blue-eyed, fair-haired, 5'6″ Belote was 22 years old (born 1793). During the War of 1812, Belote was in the reserves with the 10th US Infantry but, according to the National Archives Register of Enlistments in the US Army, he was "discharged April 24, 1815, at Raleigh, NC, term expired,without joining regiment or corps." His father, Noah Belote, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Drew Vickers, 40 years old, was a veteran of the Georgia Militia having served in 1793 in Captain Parrott's Company of Washington County militia. Lawrence Armstrong Folsom (1772-1842), at 43 years old was the senior of the group. His father was a Lieutenant in the Georgia Line during the Revolutionary War. Folsom was also a veteran, having been commissioned an ensign in the Burke County militia on January 23, 1799. Folsom was married to Rachel Vickers; according to Folks Huxford she was a sister of Drew Vickers, but this is not confirmed by other researchers.
After exploring a considerable portion of South Georgia the quartet invested in government land…The four men went back to their homes in Pulaski and Burke counties, Rountree returning to his motherless children. James Rountree appears in the 1818 Tax Digest of Pulaski County, paying taxes on 405 acres of pinelands and eight slaves.
The census of 1820 enumerates James Rountree in Pulaski County, GA with his children and slaves. Among his neighbors were William Hendley, his wife Millie Hendley, and four daughters; Nancy, Martha, Jane, and Sophia. Also next door was the Hendley's son, Horton Hendley and his family. William Hendley was a Scotsman and a veteran of the Revolutionary War, having served in the Virginia Continental Line.
After some time, the four companions (Rountree, Vickers, Belote, and Folsom) made plans for relocating to the southern frontier they had explored in 1815,
Mr. Folsom buying a tract about a mile from Little River; Messrs. Rountree and Vickers located near by; and Mr. Belote purchased land that included the present site of the village of Mineola.
Again, Robert Jeffries reports,
"Irwin County deed records show that James Rountree of Pulaski County on March 6, 1821, bought Land Lot#497 of the 9th district of then Irwin, but later Lowndes County, from Kinchen P. Tyson of Jones County for $220 as recorded in Deed Book A on page 27. Also on October 16, 1821 he bought Land Lot #516 in the same district and county from Joseph Barr of Franklin County for $200 as shown in Deed Book A on page 25."
The History of Lowndes County, GA reports that in 1821, the four settlers returned to that section of Irwin soon to be cut into Lowndes County. Sections in the north of old Irwin County had been settled and several counties had been laid out. The families of James Rountree, Drew Vickers, Alfred Belote, and Lawrence Folsom and their African-American slaves were the first pioneer families to settle in the original county of Lowndes after moving there in the winter of 1821-1822.
"These gentlemen returned [to south Irwin County, soon to be Lowndes]… with their wives and children, continues A History of Savannah and South Georgia, Vol 2, making the overland trip in carts drawn either by horses or mules, following Indian trails a part of the way, at other times making their own path through the trackless woods. Whenever they came to a stream too deep to ford, they swam their stock across, and built rafts on which to take their carts and household goods across."
These pioneer families were pathfinders, bushwhacking their way through Wiregrass Georgia. But soon the Georgia General Assembly appropriated funds for construction of a frontier road. It was on December 23, 1822, that General John E. Coffee and Thomas Swain were appointed to superintend the construction. Enoch Hall was employed as one of the overseers for the construction. Coffee, Swain, and then Governor John Clark were all neighbors and residents of Telfair County, which undoubtedly influenced the selection of the route. This road, soon known as Coffee's Road, led to the creation of Lowndes County It ran from Jacksonville on the Ogeechee [Ocmulgee] River in Telfair County, southwesterly through the then county of Irwin (but now Coffee, Irwin, Berrien) through the then county of Lowndes (but now Berrien, Cook and Brooks) into Thomas County and via Thomasville southwardly to the Florida line. Coffee's Road passed about seven miles west of Ray City, GA.
The Coffee Road provided a convenient route between the frontier homesteaders and their family connections in Telfair, Laurens, and Pulaski counties. It appears that about this time, James Rountree left his frontier home to make a return trip to Pulaski County seeking a wife and mother for his young children. Pulaski county marriage records show James Rountree was married on March 6, 1823 in Pulaski County to Nancy Hendley. She was the girl next door to Rountree's Pulaski county property. She was born April 22, 1793 a daughter of William Hendley, Revolutionary Soldier.
Pulaski County
To any ordained minister of the Gospel, Judge, Justice of the Inferior Court, or Justice of the Peace, to celebrate _________
You are hereby authorized and empowered to join in the holy state of matrimony according to the rites and ceremonies of your church James Rountree and Nancy Hendly and in so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand this 5th March 1823
Wesley Yarbrough D.C.C.O
The marriage of the with named James Rountree and Nancy Hendly was solomnized on the 6th March 1823 – W B McGehee J.P.
Entered by Wesley Yarbrough Clk Co
James Rountree took his bride back to his south Georgia place. That year, 1823 James' brother, Francis Rountree, also came south to homestead. The home of Francis Rountree near the Withlacoochee River shortly became the center of governmental affairs for the county: "On November 30, 1826, the county site of Lowndes County was changed from the house of Sion Hall to the house of Francis Rountree," according to the Digest of Georgia.
The children of James Rountree and Nancy Hendley were:
- James Lester Rountree (1823-1905)
- Annie B. Rountree (1826-1910); born January 1826, she was one of the first children to be born in Lowndes County, GA; married James Folsom, son of Lawrence Folsom;
- Georgia Ann Rountree (1834-1922); married J. W. Anderson; moved to Madison Florida
Of course, with the opening of Coffee Road and the creation of Lowndes County, many more settlers moved into south Georgia. Among the new arrivals were Jesse W. Hunter, Enoch Hall, Sion Hall, Hamilton Sharpe, David Mathis, Daniel McCranie and the families of William Anderson Knight and his son Levi J. Knight, who was the first to settle at the present day site of Ray City, GA.
James Rountree appears in the 1830 Tax Digest of Lowndes County and he paid taxes on Land Lots #451, 497, and 516 in the 9th District. The Rountree home and plantation was on Land Lots 497 and 516. In 1833, he served on the Grand Jury of Lowndes County.
Of the Rountree, Vickers, Folsom, and Belote families, A History of Savannah and South Georgia, Vol 2, says:
They were pioneers in very truth, being the first permanent white settlers of Lowndes county, more especially of its northern portion. There were no mills in that section of the country for several years thereafter, all the grain being ground in mills operated by hand. They kept sheep and raised cotton, and the women used to card, spin and weave the homespun material from which she fashioned all the garments worn by the family. The wild game found in the forests furnished the early settlers with a large part of their subsistence, while acorns, beech nuts and walnuts were so plentiful that the only need of feeding hogs was to keep them from growing wild, an occasional meal serving for that purpose. Very little ready money was then in circulation in the south, and in the newer settlements few store goods were used, salt, sugar and coffee being the principal articles brought in.
Pioneer settlers like James Rountree or Harmon Gaskins did most of their trading at Tallahassee in the Territory of Florida, at St. Marks or Newport on the Florida Gulf Coast, or traveled to the east to trade at Centerville, GA on the St. Marys River. Historian Folks Huxford wrote, "An occasional trip would be made to Savannah but most of the trips were made to the other points named; these trips were usually about once a year, and would last a week or ten days." Huxford describes how the men traveled in horse-drawn carts, "In such event of a trip, … a journey made in company with two or three neighbors situated like himself. They drove their carts sitting astride their horses, and took rest-spells by occasionally walking by the side of the horse. Such trips had to be made to St. Marks, Fla., or to old Center Village in what is now Charlton county.
It was on the return from an excursion to the Florida coast that James Rountree met his death. Robert Jeffries reported:
James Rountree was murdered and robbed… near Tallahassee, Florida… while enroute to the "salt works" on the Gulf of Mexico for salt. Early residents of Lowndes and adjoining counties made regular periodic trips to the Gulf for salt. From his obituary, in the "Southern Recorder" at Milledgeville in the April 16, 1834 edition, it is learned that Mr. Rountree was murdered on March 26, 1834, at night, in his camp on the road from Tallahassee to Thomasville, enroute home. He was supposedly killed by three Negroes, one of whom had been apprehended at this time. The deceased was possessed of a kind and gentlemanly deportment – an innocent and good man – a valuable pattern of frugality and industry.
The story of the 1834 murder fueled southern plantation owners' fears of slave violence. After the murder of James Roundtree , a group of citizens formed a vigilante committee calling themselves "The Regulators." The group was organized at the gravesite of Mr. Roundtree and William Lester was elected as the leader. William Lester was a relative of Susan Bradford Eppes (1848-1942), who was born at Pine Hill Plantation, Leon County, FL and grew up hearing the tales of the murder of James Rountree. The book Creating an Old South describes her later writings about how the "brave 'Regulators' led by her relative William Lester caught an interracial gang guarding the booty from a robbery. Then 'twenty pairs of willing hands did quick work – tree limbs were stout and strong – and five white men and one negro were left hanging high as Haman."
Rewards were offered for the capture of the two other alleged murderers. The Governor of the Territory of Florida, William Pope Duval, in the final days of his administration offered a reward of $200 which was matched by the citizens of Tallahassee.
Georgia Constitutionalist
April 18, 1834
A reward of $200 is offered by the Governor of Florida, and $200 additional by the citizens of Tallahassee, for the apprehension of two runaways charged with the murder of James Roundtree.
The Tallahassee Floridian reported in the July 22, 1837 edition that the murder of Mr. Rountree near the Georgia line had been committed by two runaway slaves named Joe and Crittenden. "The editor of the Floridian claimed that 'The object of the perpetrators is supposed to have been money, of which the deceased was known to have a small sum,'" according to a study of Slave Unrest in Florida published in the Florida Historical Quarterly.
Milledgeville Federal Union
July 23, 1834
Georgia, Lowndes County
Whereas, James McMullin applies for letters of administration on the estate of James Rountree, late of said county, deceased,
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office, within the time proscribed by law, to show cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 8th July, 1834.
William Smith, c.c.c.
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It has been a brutal week for celebrity Web account hackers. As we reported, on Friday a Federal judge sentenced a University of Tennessee student engaged in the pastime to a year in the slammer. David Kernell was caught sleuthing into former Vice-Presidential candidate and pundit Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account. He posted some of the photos he found on various image sites.
In the course of the trial, the economics student's lawyers managed to dodge wire-fraud and identity theft charges. But the court found Kernell guilty of misdemeanor computer intrusion and a felony count of obstruction of justice (deleting evidence)—hence the prison time.
Alas, it appears that this denouement may not have served as a cautionary tale for another budding cyberspy—nineteen-year-old Leah Ayers of Minnesota's St. Cloud University. The Apple Valley resident appears to be a huge fan of Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore.
That's evident from the nearly two dozen birthday suit photographs of him that Ms. Ayers is accused of having plucked out of the Yahoo e-mail account of Sizemore's girlfriend, ex-Playboy Playmate Britney Binger. The photos of Grady were then posted "on multiple websites on the Internet," according to the complaint filed against Ayers with the Dakota County District Court.
She understood
Understandly miffed, Binger asked a detective with the Apple Valley police department to have a little chat with Ayers, a member of St. Cloud's Delta Zeta sorority. During the conversation, the coed fessed up to the knowledge necessary to do the deed.
Ayers stated that she understood Yahoo.com e-mail accounts and was able to give Detective McKnight directions for changing a Yahoo.com password. Ms. Ayers also admitted that anyone knowing basic information about a person may be able to change a password to access an account. Ms. Ayers stated that Yahoo.com uses security questions to change passwords and one of the questions the site uses is knowing where a person's father was born. One of the security questions that was answered to change the password in B.N.B.'s [Binger's] was knowing the city her father was born. Detective McNight noted that anyone viewing B.N.B.'s Facebook account could have found that information. At the time B.N.B's e-mail account was accessed her Facebook account was also open.
The succession of two separate hacking incidents with Yahoo accounts piqued our interest. Could it be, we fear, that Yahoo makes it just a little to easy to penetrate an account? Judge for yourself as we try to retrace Ayer's alleged steps, not for the purpose of encouraging this kind of mischief, but out of concern over the possible ease with which it can be done.
We'll send you a message
When you can't remember your login or password for Yahoo, the service prompts you to a solutions page where you can reset your password, remind yourself of your login ID, or tell Yahoo that your account may have been compromised.
If you can't remember your password, Yahoo directs you to a page that asks for your ID and a captcha query (an alphanumeric image that Yahoo wants you to input to make sure that you're not a robot).
Once you've answered those questions, the service takes you to a another page where you can provide an alternate e-mail. "We'll send you a message with a special link or code that will allow you to reset your password," the page explains.
But unlike sites which only change passwords via an e-mail transaction, Yahoo also lets you tell it that "I can't access any of the above." In that case, you are directed to two pages that, in succession, ask you for security questions that you set up earlier, such as "What town is your father born in?" Or, you can set up your own custom question, such as "What is the name of your cat?"
Once you pass those questions, Yahoo sends you to a prompt to set up a new password.
The search revealed . . .
We went through all this on an account, and to Yahoo's credit, at the end of the road we came to a prompt telling us to "Please contact Yahoo! customer care" for more assistance. But we also got an e-mail message telling us that our password had been changed. And when we tried it, the password worked.
In Ayer's case, a forensic search of her computer found that access to "B.N.B.'s" e-mail account "was gained by answering two security questions with regard to B.N.B.'s father or her first car, or entering a password," detective McKnight explained. "Attempts to gain access to B.N.B.'s e-mail account from Ms. Ayer's computer were made on August 19, 2009 and August 20, 2009. The search revealed that Ms. Ayer's computer had been used to view B.N.B.'s Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace accounts."
So the question is whether Yahoo's mechanism allowing a password reset applicant to bypass receiving an e-mail makes it too easy for miscreants to delve into Yahoo accounts—this by scouring a public figure's social networking pages for security related background information.
Our own preliminary inquiry of a Yahoo account and review of these incidents suggests that might be the case. But we're happy to acknowledge that one test of the system is by no means a conclusive exploration of the problem.
Ayers is accused of two counts of gross misdemeanor and misdemanor computer access. The first charge comes with maximum penalties of a year in jail and a $3,000.00 fine. We contacted Yahoo about this case, but received no reply. If we hear from Yahoo, we'll update the post.


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James Cameron may have helped reinvent 3D film-making with Avatar, but he won't get to do the same for the space program. NASA has turned down his offer to put two 3D cameras on its next Mars rover.
The Mars rover Curiosity is the most advanced vehicle we've sent to Mars yet — with six wheels and the ability to travel further, and over rougher terrain, the rover will explore more of the planet's surface. NASA aims to use Curiosity to assess whether Mars has ever held life, and whether it can support life now. Curiosity will include a number of meteorological devices that can measure weather conditions, plus a laser that can determine the atomic makeup of rocks or patches of soil. The rover even includes some equipment that could allow it to send a selection of soil and rock samples back to Earth.
Cameron wanted to attach a pair of 3D zoom lenses to a boom extending from the roof of the rover, which will land on Mars in 2012. That way, anybody on Earth who had the right 3D glasses could join NASA scientists in watching "cinema-quality footage." But NASA scientists weren't confident that the 3D cameras would be working in time for the launch, scheduled for this summer. Having already spent $2.5 billion on the project, NASA didn't want to risk a delay, or having the cameras fail.
Cameron released a statement over the weekend, in which he said, "While Curiosity won't benefit from the 3D motion imaging that the zooms enable, I'm certain that this technology will play an important role in future missions."


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- for the Muppet Show sketch, see Muppet News Flash
|February 1, 2005 - May 28, 2010
|unofficial fansite
|Greg James
The Muppet Newsflash was a Muppet fan website that was established in February 2005 by blogger and Muppet fan Greg James. The blog published current news, updates and other reports regarding the Muppets, Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street and other Jim Henson Company works.
The site also posted several exclusive interviews with Henson performers, employees and cast members - including Tim Beedle, Julianne Buescher, Jim Lewis, Alan Muraoka, and Victor Yerrid. These interviews have since been archived on the Muppet Musings website.
The Muppet Newsflash also launched a Twitter account (@muppetnewsflash; the account was mentioned and retweeted by the The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop, and Muppets Studio on several occasions. The site, along with its Twitter feed, were also mentioned in Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street.
James stopped posting to the blog in May 2010 and the address muppetnewsflash.com ceased directing to the site in February 2011. The blogspot address muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com however is still active.


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This house isn't in Scandinavia, but it could have been. The light, bright and whimsical style is very similar to many Scandinavian interiors that I have shared here before.
But this one is in Amsterdam, and it's a house for rent through Kid&Coe.
Never heard of it? I hadn't either...
I have seen some of these photos on several interior design blogs and on Pinterest, but only today I actually went and properly checked out where they came from.
Kid&Coe is a vacation rental website for families...Yes! because people with kids also like to travel. On their website you can find kid friendly homes for rent, all over the world, accompanied by guides and suggestions that intend to make your life simpler and more relaxed when travelling with children.
How great is that?! I for one, think it's wonderful.
My extended family loves travelling together (yes, we move as a pack), and the kids are always a big concern when it comes to choosing a place to stay.
all images via: Kid&Coe
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Sept. 30, 2011 — Kids and teens who don't get enough sleep are more likely to become obese and have other health problems, but new research suggests that the timing of sleep may be as important as total sleep time.
In the Australian study, older children and teenagers who went to bed latest and woke up latest were more likely to gain weight than those who went to bed earliest and got up earliest, even though total sleep times for the two groups were virtually the same.
The current thinking in sleep medicine is that adolescents tend to be biologically hardwired to have later sleep and wake times.
Although this may be the case, the new research suggests that Ben Franklin's proverb "Early to bed and early to rise …" may be true for teens as well as younger children and adults.
"Later sleep and waking times were associated with unfavorable activity patterns and health outcomes in our study," researcher Carol Maher, PhD, of the University of South Australia, tells WebMD. "While teens may naturally stay up late and wake up later, the results of this study could stand as a warning that this sleep pattern might have negative consequences."
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The study included 2,200 Australian children and teens between the ages of 9 and 16 enrolled in a larger health study that required them to record in detail their activities — including sleep and wake times — over the previous two days on two different occasions (four days total).
Because older children tend to have later sleep/wake times than younger ones, and boys tend to get up and go to sleep later than girls, the bedtimes and wake times were adjusted for age and sex.
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Children and teens in the late/late group and those in the early/early group each got about 9 1/2 hours of sleep over each recalled day, while the early bed/late risers got about an hour more and the late bed/early risers got about an hour less.
Those who woke and went to bed late were 1.5 times more likely to be obese than those who woke and went to bed early.
Among the other findings:
- Early bed/early risers got about half an hour more of moderate to vigorous exercise each day that those with the latest bed and wake times.
- The late/late group reported 48 additional minutes of screen time each day than the early/early group, mostly between the hours of 7 p.m. and midnight.
- Almost one in three (29%) with late bedtimes were overweight or obese, compared to closer to one in five (21%) with early bedtimes.
- Just 12% of children and teens in the late/late group had an average of two hours or less of screen time each day, compared to 28% of children in the early/early group.
Interests May Drive Sleep Timing
It isn't clear from the study if going to bed and waking up earlier caused the children to exercise more, eat less, and generally have healthier lifestyles.
It may be that kids who are more physically active went to sleep earlier each day because they were sleepier and that they got up earlier to meet athletic schedules, Maher says.
Likewise, more sedentary children and teens may be less tired at night and those who prefer TV and video games to sports may stay up to watch favorite shows or engage in more screen time.
"Our findings are really food for thought," she says. "We've tended to focus only on sleep duration. This study suggests that the timing of sleep may be just as important or even more important."
Pediatric sleep specialist William Kohler, MD, medical director of the Florida Sleep Institute in Tampa, says the new research warrants further investigation into the importance of sleep timing.
He says that like adults, natural sleep cycles in older children and teens may be more variable than has been realized.
"While most adolescents may have a natural tendency to go to bed and wake up later, there may be a subset whose natural clock is earlier," he says. "But this doesn't change the message that sleep quantity as well as sleep quality are both important for good health."


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A dramatized movie about the founding of Facebook was tops as far as film critics were concerned.
"The Social Network" was chosen by the National Society of Film Critics yesterday as the best picture of 2010, The Associated Press reported. Those involved with the critically acclaimed movie also won awards: Jesse Eisenberg, who played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, as best actor; Aaron Sorkin for his screenplay; and David Fincher as best director.
Other major winners at the awards, which took place at a New Yok restaurant. included Giovanna Mezzogiorno as best actress for "Vincere"; Geoffrey Rush as best supporting actor for "The King's Speech"; and Olivia Williams as best supporting actress for "The Ghost Writer."
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CALF, GOLDEN.(Redirected from BULL WORSHIP AMONG ANCIENT HEBREWS.)
A portable image overlaid with gold, made by Aaron at Mount Sinai (Ex. xxxii.). As the text stands, it narrates how Moses had gone up into the mountain to receive the Ten Words, and remained forty days. When the people found his return delayed they asked Aaron to make for them gods which shouldgo before them. At Aaron's request they took off the gold rings worn by the women and children in the camp. These he took and "fashioned it with a graving tool and made it a molten calf." An altar was built before it and a feast to
Meantime Moses in the mountain had been warned by
On the morrow Moses assembled the people, and told them that they had grievously sinned, but that possibly he could atone for them. He then prayed that he might himself be punished and the sin of the people forgiven, and was told by
Next to the fall of man, the worship of the golden calf is, in rabbinical theology, regarded as the sin fraught with the direst consequences to the people of Israel. "There is not a misfortune that Israel has suffered which is not partly a retribution for the sinof the calf" (Sanh. 102a). The very seriousness of the offense leads the Rabbis to find circumstances extenuating the guilt of the people, and to apologize for Aaron's part in the disgraceful affair. The initiative was taken not by the Israelites, but by the Egyptians who had joined them at the time of the Exodus (Ex. xii. 38), and who were the source of a great deal of trouble to Moses and the Israelites (Num. xi. 4); for the Egyptians, when the time fixed for Moses' descent from the mountain had expired, came in a body—forty thousand of them, accompanied by two Egyptian magicians, Yanos and Yambros, the same who imitated Moses in producing the signs and the plagues in Egypt—to Aaron, and told him that it was the sixth hour of the fortieth day since Moses left, the hour he named for his return (a play upon the word
One explanation is that this was due to the magical manipulation of the Egyptian sorcerers. Another is more ingenious: On the night of the Exodus, Moses searched all Egypt for Joseph's remains, but could not find them. At last Serah, the daughter of Asher, pointed out to him the place in the Nile where the Egyptians had sunk an iron chest containing Joseph's bones (Tan., l.c.; Ex. R. xli. 7). Moses took a splinter, wrote on it the words
Another reason given for this aberration of the people is that when God came down on Mount Sinai to give the Law, he appeared in the chariot with the four beasts of Ezekiel. These the people saw; and it was one of them, the ox (Ezek. i. 10), that they made an image of and worshiped. This was one of the pleas Moses made to palliate the offense of the people (Ex. R. xliii. 8).
The tribe of Levi did not join in the worship of the calf (Yoma 66b). If all the people had abstained from worshiping it, the tables of stone would not have been broken, and as a result the Law would never have been forgotten in Israel, and no nation could have had any power over the Hebrews ('Er. 54a).
The mysterious way in which Aaron described the origin of the golden calf gave rise to superstitious beliefs; and it was ordained by the Rabbis that this part of the account of the golden calf (Ex. xxxii. 21-25, 35) should be read at public worship in the original, but should not be translated by the "meturgeman" (Meg. iv. 10; Tosef. Meg. iv. [iii.] 36; Yer. ib. iv. 75c; Bab. ib. 25b).
The story of the golden calf is mentioned in the Koran (suras xx. 88 et seq., vii. 149 et seq.) as follows: "Thereupon [after he had received the Law on the mountain] Moses returned to his people, angry and afflicted, and said: '. . . Did the time [of my absence] seem too long to you, or did you desire that wrath from your Lord should fall upon you because you have broken the promise given to me?' They answered: 'We have not broken our promise given to you of our own authority, but we were made to bring loads of the ornaments of the people, and we cast them [into the fire], and Al-Samiri did likewise.' And he brought forth unto them a living, bellowing calf. And they said: 'This is your God and the God of Moses, but he hath forgotten him.' . . . Moses said: 'O Aaron, what hindered you, when you saw them do wrong, from following me [to the mountain]; have you been disobedient to my order?' Aaron answered: 'Oh, son of my mother, do not lay hold of my beard or my head—behold the people made me weak and almost murdered me.' And Moses said: 'How about you, O Samiri?' He answered: 'I saw what they did not see, and I took a handful [of dust] from the footsteps of the messenger and cast it. Thus did my mind guide me.' Moses said: 'Go away, and this shall be your punishment in life that you say [to every one you meet]: "Touch me not"; and a threat is awaiting you which you shall not escape. And see, your idol which you have worshiped, we shall burn and throw the ashes into the sea'" (compare also suras ii. 48-51, 86, 87; iv. 152).
When Moses departed for Sinai he made Aaron his deputy. During the absence of Moses, Aaron reminded the people that the ornaments which they had were stolen booty, and told them that they must bury them in a common hole until Moses should decide what was to be done with them. This they did. Samiri threw a clod of the earth, which the horse of the messenger Gabriel had thrown up, on the spot where they had hidden their ornaments; and thereupon God brought forth the calf (Tabari).Samiri's Identity with Samael.
This Arabic legend, in describing the fate of Samiri as that of a man compelled to wander, barred from all intercourse with his fellow-men, whom hehimself is bound to warn by his pitiful cry, "Touch me not," to come not near him, seems to be one of the earliest forms into which was cast the later story of the Wandering Jew current among Christians. Yet on the whole this assumption is inadmissible. Samiri according to Geiger, is identical with Samael. According to the Arabic commentators, however, and, lately, according to Fränkel ("Z. D. M. G." lvi. 73, with especial reference to Hosea viii. 5), Samiri is indebted for his name to the fact that he belonged to the Samaritan sect. Mohammed knew, perhaps, how much this sect was hated, and (according to the report of an old but evidently lost Midrash) made the seducer a Samaritan in spite of all chronology. So Baidawi (also Palmer's translation of this sura) holds him to have been "the Samaritan." This accounts at once both for the rôle here ascribed to him and the fate meted out to him. Mohammed carried in his mind many rabbinical conceits, but in a much confused form. He had an indistinct impression of the rabbinical prejudices against the Samaritans, among which the fact that they worshiped an animal idol and poured out libations to it on their holy mountain was not the least (Yer. 'Ab. Zarah v. 44d, at foot; Ḥul. 6a). But the fact that the idol imputed to the Samaritans was a dove and not a calf became confused in his recollection of hearsay rabbinical stories. It was enough for him to know that the Samaritans were looked upon by the Jews as idolaters or even worse (Yer. Ta'anit iv. 66b; Yer. M. Ḳ. iii. 83b, middle), to make the Samaritan the arch-seducer, and artificer, by "magic," of the idol. That the Jews would hold no intercourse with the Samaritans may also have been among the disjointed fragments of Mohammed's Biblical and rabbinical lore. Hence under the decree his "Samaritan" was condemned to wander and never to permit another to defile himself by close contact.
That not Aaron, but another, was the real culprit in the making of the calf is also reported in a rabbinical account (Sanh. 102, 2), according to which Micah (Judges xvii. et seq.) was its maker. The threatening of Aaron and the bleating of the calf are likewise founded on rabbinical sources (Sanh. 5; Pirḳe R. El. 45).
Before the expulsion of Samiri, Moses (in accordance with Ex. xxxii. 20 et seq.) ordered the calf to be reduced to dust and the powder mixed with their drinking-water (sura ii. 87). When they drank the water it caused them great pain, and they called upon Moses for help. Then Moses told them to slay one another (sura ii. 51). Thus 70,000 were killed. The Lord sent an intense darkness to prevent their seeing one another, so that recognition of the corpses should not induce them to forbear ("jalal al-din"). Finally, the crying of the women and children moved the heart of Moses, who prayed to God to stop the murdering; and his prayer was answered immediately.
- Geiger, Was Hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume Aufgenommen? pp. 165-168;
- Weil, Biblische Legenden der Muselmänner, pp. 169, 172;
- M. Grünbaum, Neue Beiträge zur Semitischen Sagenkunde, p. 169.
As the Exodus narrative stands, it is clearly composite. For example, in verse 7 Moses is warned that the people have sinned; and in verses 9 to 12 he seems to understand clearly what their sin is, and yet in verses 16 to 19 he is greatly surprised at what has occurred. Again, verses 7 to 12 represent Moses as praying for the sinners before he came down from the mount, while verses 30 to 34 represent him as praying practically the same prayer the day after the destruction of the image was over. Palpably the two are of different authorship. Again, verses 25 to 29 describe the vengeance that was executed on the sinners, while verse 34 regards it as still future. Critics therefore regard the narrative as made up of strata from two documents (Jahvist and Elohist), though they do not altogether agree as to the points of division. The main stratum of the story is, however, thought to come from the Ephraimitish writer (Elohist), though there are a sufficient number of points in the story taken from the Jahvist to show that his work also contained the narrative.
The purpose of the original story seems to have been, as Budde thinks, to account for the selection of the tribe of Levi for the priesthood. A great crisis in the worship had arisen in which the Levites had stood for
- Kuenen, Hexateuch, p. 251, London, 1886;
- Kittel, History of the Hebrews, i. 199 et seq., London, 1895;
- Bacon, Triple Tradition of the Exodus, pp. 127-138, Hartford, 1894;
- Budde, Religion of Israel to the Exile, pp. 85 et seq., New York, 1899;
- Carpenter and Harford-Battersby, Hexateuch, ii. 130-132, London, 1900;
- and the commentaries on Exodus, especially those of Dillmann and Holzinger.


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December 26, 2010 at 6:40 pm |
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The window is open in front of me. The rain has stopped a couple of hours ago but the smell of the wet ground is so intense, that it makes me close my eyes just to have the full effect. Something truly amazing happened to me the day before yesterday. In the face of total disaster i did not freeze in panic, i did not collapse under the pain. I trusted that everything is going to work out and i did not try to hide away from the pain but to embrasse it. After a while the situation resolved itself by its own. And now i am free to soak into the beauty of the early fall and allow my senses to reach out to it. It seems like everything is getting cleansed along with Nature. Even my thoughts. It used to upset me that i had no pagan friends in Athens. Now i understand that when the time is right the opportunity will present itself. I was so afraid of my dark side. Today, after i realised Phoebe has peed all over my freshly cleaned sofa i let the anger flow through me. I realised that surpressing it did not do me much good so i let go. I am still not talking to Phoebe(even though she looks at me with her puppy eyes-do dogs ever lose that ability?- and she puts her face under her paws), but it is just because she has to learn not to pee on the fricking furniture! See? My dark side is free to have as many outbursts as needed.
What is it that makes Fall so special? Is it geological? Does it have to do with temperature? Whatever it is it fills me with a sensation that i can only imagine is similar to taking drugs, although i have never felt this good after consuming alcohol...This time of the year i am always like that, peaceful, calm but at the same time alert. Thank the Goddess and the God for the amazing gift that Autumn is, that humanity is, that life is.
Brightest blessings to all of you my blog friends. Have a beautiful and magickal week and do not forget to notice Her Beauty.
Please forgive me for another Autumn post!
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- Sharon Day said...
You're evolving and embracing the unpredictability of the world. No more controlling, just accepting. What is done is done, what is simply is. I'm sure when you're ready, you'll find lots of secret pagans in Athens. It's probably the biggest growing practice anywhere of all the religions. I think people have realized that we've come full circle to have to face our dependence on the Earth and revere it. I agree about Autumn. I like to think of it as the cool drink of water after the hot days of summer and springtime is the warm tea after a cold winter's stay. Soak it up for me, it's still 100 degrees Fahrenheit here and no rain for weeks and none probably until November.
- September 15, 2009 at 3:47 AM
- Shadow said...
in autumn is feel as sense of anticipation. why i don't know but i do...
- September 15, 2009 at 5:08 PM
- Bitsa Lit said...
Puppy eyes...so cute... but evil arent they!? I know how you feel. When I got my dog he peed on anything horozontal and really anything vertical as well lol! Its true though, you have to let the dark side out sometimes, its all about balence and who knows...you might actually enjoy being evil once in a while! :P
Its turning into fall here too and the leaves are all blood red! so beautiful!
Enjoy all the colors..and the puppy pee. Some day youll look back on it and laugh! :)
- September 15, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- Bridgett said...
We all have that dark side. Embrace it. As long as you're harming none, that's what matters.
And your doggy does need some manners, it seems. LOL
I understand how you feel about autumn though because my feelings are quite similar. No other time during the year to I feel more alive.
- September 16, 2009 at 3:55 AM
- ξι said...
That was a fantastic post! Especially the last paragraph...
Bueno, have a nice Autumn, too, and enjoy it as much as you can :)
- September 16, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- Soraya said...
I hope that I am well enough to go up to the mountains to actually experience Autumn. Down here in Florida we have Two Seasons, Summer and Spring. Autumn, unfortunately, does not exist. So, I'm hoping that everything turns out ok soon. :) I want to see the leaves change, and actually experience a nice change in the weather.
I'm glad that You're able to embrace Autumn over there.
And as for the Dark side, there's cookies over here, You're welcome to come and go as you please :-p
- September 16, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh honey I know exactly what it is like to have your dog pee on your freshly cleaned couch! I spent over an hour steam cleaning my carpets yesterday and before they were even dry my dog peed all over them!!! I was so angry I cried!
- September 18, 2009 at 2:30 AM
- Antoinette said...
Isn't Autumn sublime? Although I'm revelling in Sping in my part of the world, Autumn is a season I always embrace with open arms.
And I say embrace the Dark Side! hehe...
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