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ULA was founded by Brian Frankle in 2001, after he 'discovered' UL gear (the story of the whole cottage industry?). In the early days all the pack-making was done by Brian as well – in his garage (of course). After a while he got some help, to reduce the well-known delays in delivery. Late in 2009 Brian sold the company to Chris McMaster, another UL enthusiast.
The packs featured here are quite distinctive, with a frame design somewhat different from most. There are two upright rods or tubes running down the very outer corners, and a cross bar at the top made from flexible Delrin plastic. The design ends up a bit squarer than most because of the frame tubes. However, there is only a thin layer of firm foam down the harness face, not hard plastic. A consequence of this soft back is that you can make the middle of the harness face bulge outwards in a most uncomfortable manner if you stuff (fill) the bag too hard. You need to keep the packing a bit soft on all these packs so the bag can adapt to your back. Overloading (jamming stuff in tightly) is not advised.
All three of the packs have a very tapered or tilted bottom, so that none of them are able to sit upright on the ground. We found this a bit irritating (OK, very irritating) when they fell over every time. The taper also made impossible to put a quilt or sleeping bag at the bottom of the pack if it had been put into a stuff sack. Doing so left a large empty gap under the round stuff sack, with a natural loss of even more volume.
ULA Circuit Pack
|Light, but care needed in packing
This is a roll-top pack. You don't have to roll the throat down: you can just fold it over once and hold it in place with the side straps and the over-the-top strap. It just isn't very weather-resistant that way. A consequence of the roll-top design is that it is very hard to define the 'real' volume. I am a bit conservative and insisted on being able to do a dry-bag seal with the top, but this resulted in a measured volume of only 48 L (2,900 cuin): far below the claimed 69 L (4,200 cuin). However, things are not that simple, as ULA measures each compartment separately, and then adds them all up. The figures given on the web site are thus: Main bag: 39 L (2,400 cuin); External collar: 8 L (500 cuin) (total main bag: 47 L or 2,900 cuin); Back pocket: 6.5 L (400 cuin); Side pockets: 5.7 L (350 cuin) each; Hip belt pockets: 1.6 L (100 cuin) each; Total: 69 L (4,200 cuin).
ULA Circuit, 1.16 kg (2.56 lb), 48 L (2900 cuin), S, M, L. *In addition to coming in three torso lengths, the hip belt is adjustable and comes in XS, S, M, L & XL sizes. If you get the wrong hip-belt, you can replace it.
You can see that our measured volume of 48 L for the main bag is actually very close to the claimed volume for the main bag. However, the ASTM Standard does not permit you to claim the open mesh pockets when measuring pack volume – per the Standard, anyhow. So while our measurements do match the details of the ULA measurements, we disagree as to what you can claim for the pack as a whole. If we are to treat the ULA packs the same as all the other packs, than we have to ignore their claimed Total Volume.
The Circuit was delivered with a Medium hip belt. At first I found that the bottom edge of the hip belt dug into the tops of my thighs while I was walking. It is 125 mm wide – about the widest hip belt tested; many other brands of hip belts are about 100 mm wide. I was able to handle the problem to some degree. The hip belt is held in place with a large area of hook&loop fastening on front and back, and it can be moved up and down. It was delivered at maximum torso length (too long for either of us), so I moved the hip belt up, with the aid of several sheets of stiff card slid between the faces of the hook&loop fastening (without this trick I found it almost impossible to adjust the hip belt). This adjustment helped a bit, but moving the hip belt up meant the top edge was digging into my lower ribs. I swapped the Medium out for a Small hip belt, which was 115 mm across. Better, but still a problem. So I turned the Small hip belt upside down, and that worked OK – except that the hip belt pockets were now upside down. Maybe the design is just meant for people with a taller waist than me, but that is something to check carefully.
I didn't use the large mesh pocket on the back for gear, but I did find it collected scrub very easily. I had to empty it out when I got home before I could bring the pack inside. That wouldn't happen much if you stayed on trails all the time.
The roll top made it difficult to decide where to put a wet tent. If all you have is a one-man tarp, this may not be a problem: you can stick it in the mesh back pocket. However, my two-man tunnel tent was too big (and too heavy) for that. I think this is a case of a pack really tuned for one sort of gear only.
I found that the stiff shoulder straps tended to dig into my ribs a bit. This may be associated with my problems with the hip belt or my general body shape – I don't know. The bottom ends of the shoulder straps go to the outer corners of the frame. Combine this with the tendency of the middle of the back to bulge outwards, and the result was that we found that this pack carried a bit 'heavier' than many others. It can hold weight, but it seems the design is really meant for very light loads.
ULA Catalyst Pack
|Above average
|Light, but care needed in packing
The Catalyst is the big one of the ULA series, but once again the volume is not that great if you follow the ASTM Standard. The breakdown for the various compartments is as follows according to ULA (we did not measure these separately): Main Body: 43 L (2,600 cuin); External Collar: 10 L (600 cuin) (total main bag: 52 L or 3,200 cuin); Front Mesh Pocket: 10 L (600 cuin); Side Mesh Pocket: 5.7 L (350 cuin) each; Hipbelt Pockets: 1.6 L (100 cuin) each Total: 75 L (4,600 cuin). It would seem that my packing of the main bag (or the number of rolls in the closure of the throat) is a bit more conservative that ULA's, but I have a fixation on keeping my gear dry.
ULA Catalyst, 1.49 kg (3.28 lb), 46 L (2800 cuin), S, M, L, XL
The hip belt on the Catalyst is also exchangeable, and available in XS, S, M, L, XL.
All the comments about the Circuit apply to the Catalyst as well. Basically, it seems the Catalyst is simply a larger Circuit. We had hoped that this pack would be at the top end of the volume range, but obviously this did not happen.
At least this is one of the few packs which has large side pockets which remain usable even when the main bag is really full. You would have to use these pockets to get enough volume for a long trip in poorer weather (when you need a bit more gear). Using the side pockets would mean minimising the distance from your back to the centre of gravity, which is a Good Thing of course. Water bottles, suitably anchored, come to mind for the side pockets.
ULA Camino Pack
|Suits hostellers
This is a panel loader pack, not a top loader. One might well ask what a panel loader pack is doing in a serious review of real walkers' packs, when they are normally reserved for… well, not 'real walkers.' Basically, the reason is that the Camino was very new (not on the website at the time of writing), and Brian Frankle thought it carried well. OK, if you are zipping around some European trail staying in gites and mountain refuges, a panel loader might actually be quite convenient. Hey, with some of those high refuges there is barely enough room for your bed, let alone space to put a pack on the floor! So, we included it.
ULA Camino, 1.45 kg (3.20 lb), 59 L (3600 cuin).
I have to report that the bottom end of the Camino is as tapered as the other two ULA packs, and yes, it falls over just as easily. We found that annoying. The volume of the main bag is not large, even when I jiggled the packing to fill every nook and cranny. I ended up having to put the two water bottles in the side pockets and the orange stuff sack in the mesh back pocket, in order to get all the Test Gear in. This worked, but was stretching the capacity a bit. Of course, if you are going to be going from hut to hut in Europe, you might not need to carry as much food and gear anyhow. Many walkers over there seem to just carry a towel (being a cool frood) and a toothbrush… and a credit card.
The design of a panel loader means it can be stuffed too full and made to bulge at the back very easily – perhaps even more easily then the Circuit and the Catalyst. However, if not stuffed too full, the fit can be quite comfortable. Part of the secret is to not do up the internal straps (shown in the left photo) very tightly. However, if you don't use them at all there can be a bit of strain on the long zip when you are doing it up. A delicate balance is needed – and possible.
The hip belt is a little complex in its arrangement. I think you are meant to be able to adjust the tilt of the hip belt by adjusting the upper and lower webbing buckles on the hip belt, but on the pre-production model provided this was rather ineffective. It may be that this part of the design, or at least the way the main buckle is used, will be changed before the pack is released.
The shoulder straps sported an interesting refinement. There are D-rings near the shoulders (as found on a number of packs). Attached to these D-rings were some fancy adjustable loops just meant for holding onto with your thumbs to support your arms. They are very adjustable in length – but they are extra weight. Some may like them despite that. Others might like the idea, but simplify it.
This is a mini-review in the 2010 Lightweight Internal Frame Pack State of the Market Report. The articles in this series are as follows (mini-reviews can be found in Part 2), and a subscription to our site is needed to read them.
- Part 1A covers the very basics and lists all the packs in the survey.
- Part 1B covers the frame and harness which carry the pack itself.
- Part 1C covers the main bag and all the other pockets, plus the all-important question of comfort.
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Invasive Aquarium Fish
Home tropical fish aquariums are home to a number of pretty fish and seaweeds. Perfectly harmless right? Not in the wrong environment. It is surprising how hardy some of them can be if let loose in the wild. In a report released today to the California Ocean Protection Council, lead author Susan Williams, an evolution and ecology professor with the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, found that more than 11 million non-native ornamental marine individuals — such as tropical fish, seaweed and snails bound for aquariums — representing at least 102 species are being imported annually through California's ports of San Francisco and Los Angeles, primarily from Indonesia and the Philippines. And 13 of those species have been introduced to California marine waters — presumably after being released from aquariums.
While that number seems low, the report cautions that 69 percent of the introduced species established themselves successfully in California, signaling a potential threat to marine ecosystems. Some non-native, invasive species can rapidly spread and out compete native species for food and habitat.
"Although relatively few aquarium species have been introduced compared to species in other pathways, such as ballast water, they are highly successful because they're grown to be hardy and robust," Williams said. "They have to be tough to survive in the trade."
The aquarium trade represents a $1 billion a year global industry and a popular home hobby, second only to photography, the report said. It has also introduced some of the world's worst invasive species, such as the seaweed Caulerpa, the killer algae that infected two lagoons in Southern California in 2000 and cost California more than $6 million to eradicate. Caulerpa taxifolia is a species of seaweed, an alga of the genus Caulerpa. Native to the Indian Ocean, it has been widely used ornamentally in aquariums.
Another invader is the highly predatory lionfish, which regularly enters the state's ports through the aquarium trade — 20 lionfish were imported into San Francisco International Airport on a single day, the report said.
Introduced to Florida in 1999, it spread rapidly throughout the Caribbean Sea and along the East Coast by 2010. Lionfish have not been reported in California waters, but the fish is able to withstand cooler temperatures. If released, a lionfish could establish itself as far north as San Francisco Bay and, even farther, as oceans continue to warm, the report said.
Lionfish have successfully pioneered the coastal waters of the Atlantic in less than a decade and pose a major threat to reef ecological systems in these areas. A study published in 2006 comparing their abundance from Florida to North Carolina with several species of groupers found that they were second only to the native scamp grouper and equally abundant to the graysby, gag, and rock hind. Although the lionfish has not expanded to a population size that is currently causing major ecological problems, their invasion in the United States coastal waters could lead to serious problems in the future. One likely ecological impact caused by Pterois could be their impact on prey population numbers by directly affecting food web relationships. Studies show that lionfish could be decreasing Atlantic reef diversity by up to 80%. In July 2011, lionfish were reported for the first time in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Louisiana.
While the report highlighted lionfish and Caulerpa as species of special concern, it identified at least 34 other species deemed able to tolerate California's current marine climate.
The report is one of six that the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory coordinated for the state, each exploring a different vector, or pathway, through which invasive species can enter California ocean waters. The other pathways include aquaculture, live seafood, live bait, fishing vessels and recreation vessels. Williams said it makes sense to focus on invasive threats from the aquarium trade because they can be managed primarily through public education, with minimal regulatory action or expensive measures.
"Aquarium hobbyists can follow some simple practices — like Don't dump your aquarium — to avoid releasing aquarium species into natural water where they can become an expensive and harmful pest." Williams said that people who no longer want an aquarium species can contact the vendor from which the species came or the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (formerly called California Department of Fish and Game) to learn how to dispose of or return it responsibly.
"From the hobbyist or industry side, it is really hard to figure out the rules and regulations for holding live organisms in the state — for importing, possessing and trading them," said Williams. "So one of our conclusions is that a more centralized information and permitting system would benefit the regulators, industry and hobbyists, and enable scientists to collect more information and better assess the risk."
For further information see Aquarium.
Lionfish image via Wikipedia.

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Police Blotter for Tuesday, Jan 29
For Tuesday, Jan. 29
• 10:18 a.m.: Police arrest Zachary Thomas Yarter, 22, of 20 2nd St., on charges of assault and battery, threat to commit murder and witness intimidation following a domestic dispute at the Big Y on West Street.
• 11:12 a.m.: Police arrest Paul M. Lennon, 59, of East Orchard Terrace, Adams, on a charge of second offense drunken driving and negligent operation of a motor vehicle following a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Hubbard Avenue and Dalton Avenue.
• 1:22 p.m.: Police investigate a reported sex offense on Wilson Street. The investigation is continuing and no further information is available.
• 5:38 p.m.: Police arrest Napoleon L. Sanders, 39, of 7 2nd Street on a charge of assault and battery following a reported domestic disturbance at the Livingston Apartments.
• 5:48 p.m.: Police arrest Michael E. Hinckley, 23, of 769 Worthington St., Springfield, on a warrant.
• 10:09 p.m.: Police arrest Orlando Barnes, 32, of 551 Bridge St., Springfield, on a charge of driving with a suspended license.
Editor's note: This is a partial list, compiled from Pittsfield Police records. A charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.
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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2012, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
Don Duff will never forget the first day of the 25th year of his life. Neither will the world.
It was 2 a.m. on Oct. 15, 1962, and Duff, who had just hours before enjoyed birthday cake with friends, was in a top-secret U.S. Air Force bunker three stories underground.
A team leader in the Strategic Air Command 544th Reconnaissance Technical Group stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb., Duff was looking over the shoulder of a fellow photograph interpreter's shoulder when something caught his eye.
"I could see something I recognized as a missile trailer and something seemed suspicious, so I asked the airman to zoom in," Duff recalled five decades later. "It was then that I saw clearly on one trailer a partially uncovered missile. I identified it and confirmed it as a Soviet MRBM [Medium Range Ballistic Missile]."
The photograph had been taken by a U-2 reconnaissance plane during a flight over Cuba less than 24 hours earlier. The Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis were building to a crescendo.
Duff's discovery of an actual missile on the ground within range of major U.S. cities like Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans and even Washington, D.C., pushed the possibility of World War III to its closest point ever, then or since, according to many historians. The crisis is also widely recognized as bringing the planet to the brink of nuclear war.
'Never a more dangerous time' • When Robert King entered the Air Force photo intelligence school in 1971, the story of Duff's discovery was well-known.
"It was the biggest single event that ever happened in photo interpretation in the Air Force, or the entire federal infrastructure for that matter," said King, a Salt Lake City resident who was eventually assigned to the renamed 544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical Wing. "There was never a more dangerous time."
Spotting the nose cone of the Russian missile in October 1962 brought mixed emotions for Duff, who moved into a career as a fisheries biologist in the West and Utah after completing military duties and now splits his time between the remote towns of Callao in Juab County and Baker, Nev.
He was proud to have done his job as he was trained, but it wasn't until a few days later when he realized the magnitude of the discovery.
"I slapped the airman on the back and said, 'This is what we have been looking for. Good job, guys,' " Duff recalled.
"It was pretty exciting, but we immediately returned to our work of poring over photographs looking for more missiles and more launch sites. I didn't really have an idea of what the rest of the military was doing."
It wasn't until President John F. Kennedy's speech to the nation on Oct. 22 that the cold reality set in for Duff and his fellow airmen.
Kennedy did not mince his words and laid the facts out from the start of his speech.
"This government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere," Kennedy said, according to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Media and Hollywood have given credit for that initial missile confirmation to the Central Intelligence Agency, but Duff said Air Force commanders alerted Kennedy to the discovery "before dawn" on Oct. 15; the CIA did not "confirm" its finding of the missile until 14 hours later.
"During my era, and I assume it was the same during the Cuban Missile Crisis, at least two agencies looked at the same film," King said. "There was a spirit of rivalry. It was a big deal to find something the other guys had missed. It was good. It kept everybody competitive and looking in the shadows for everything."
Less than a week after Kennedy's speech to the nation, the crisis was resolved with Russia publicly agreeing to remove the missiles from Cuba and the U.S. pledging to not invade Cuba. History would later reveal a separate, secret agreement by the U.S. to remove its nuclear missiles from Turkey.
A signature life • Prior to his enlistment into the Air Force, Duff, a native of Washington, D.C., worked as a seasonal employee for the U.S. Forest Service and attended the University of Minnesota for one year. He wasn't sure he was ready for a second year of college.
"I felt that I owed my country something, and I had relatives who had served, so I decided to do my duty and I enlisted in 1959," Duff said.
He originally wanted to serve as an air/sea rescue medic but instead decided to specialize in photo interpretation, which taught him identifying "signatures" of fuel dumps, missile launching sites, missile trailers and, of course, missiles.
"I thought it might be a chance to get up in the air, and I was interested in photography," he said.
After basic training and six months of school, Duff, along with many of those in his graduating class, was assigned to the 544th Reconnaissance Group at Offutt Air Force Base where he made his historic, middle-of-the-night discovery in 1962.
Later that year, he had fulfilled his duties to the Air Force and decided to head west.
By the fall of 1963 Duff found himself living in Logan, working on a degree in wildlife and fisheries management at Utah State University. He spent his summers as a Forest Service fire guard for the Stansbury, Onaqui and Sheeprock mountains in an area in western Utah known as the West Desert.
Graduating in 1966, Duff landed his first job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Sacramento. He eventually returned to the Forest Service working as a fisheries and wildlife biologist first in New Mexico and then Montana.
Duff returned to Utah in the fall of 1972 when he took a job as one of the first fisheries biologists for the Bureau of Land Management.
It was then that the former airman used skills he developed as a photo interpreter during the Cold War to find fish populations previously believed to have been extinct.
"It was a little different, but I did employ the same thinking about how to identify signatures on the ground that could help me find potential fish populations," he said.
Duff even used some of his remaining top-secret military clearance to view U-2 flight imagery to identify riparian habitats along Utah waterways where remnant groups of native fish might be hiding.
His efforts paid off in the mid-1970s when Duff found a small population of genetically pure Bonneville cutthroat trout in a remote creek in the Deep Creek Mountains.
He was rewarded again, stumbling across an unexpected pure strain population of Lahontan cutthroat in the Pilot Mountains of northwestern Utah.
The significance of Duff's findings, while not outwardly comparable, does have some similarities, at least in the methods of their discoveries.
"The military training taught me to look for signatures and to come up with a plan of alternatives to find out the course of action to take and how to do it," he said. "It taught me to be thorough and persistent. The scientific community had written off those fish as extinct. I was determined to find them, in both cases, and I felt a great accomplishment when I did."
Fifty years later • Now, as the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis nears, Duff still clearly remembers his service with his fellow photo interpreters and their role in those tense, fateful days in October 1962.
While there were other memorable moments during his military career, he said, nothing equaled his discovery in that underground bunker.
"I kind of knew the cities of Russia [from aerial maps] like I now know the streets of Salt Lake City," Duff said.
"I felt like I was doing a good service to my country in trying to find out the nuclear capability of a threatening nation."


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First, XFCE is a very worthwhile effort. Definitely fits for those who don't want the Gnome/KDE bloat and who also don't have the patience to configure every single keyboard combination in FluxBox. Thanks to the developers for their time.
The keyboard plug-in seems to be unstable. I have three layouts configured. At times the plug-in disappears ("plugin keyboard layouts unexpectedly left the panel"), other times the key assignment to change layouts disappears. I've tried the setxkbmap command, but that doesn't bring the plug-in back to life.
Any suggestions to keep the keyboard plug-in stable, or how to recover when it dies?
Please try the latest version (0.5.4.1) which should fix most (if not all) of your issues.
Thank you for the advice. I couldn't compile it from source (configure: error: The intltool scripts were not found. Please install intltool.) I'll wait for the deb from Ubuntu. Glad to hear a fix is available.
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UK Arena Tour On Sale
Tickets for Arctic Monkeys UK Arena tour are now on sale - http://www.seetickets.com / http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk / http://www.gigsandtours.com
17.06.11 6:25 pm
hallelujah we got seated for birmingham i am beyond excited gonna be amazing i love you guys! and with THE VACCINES... my idea of HEAVEN! can't wait! :D
17.06.11 4:58 pm
Got seating tickets in Newcastle. I tried to get them during the presale but my credit card was declined so I had to get them through ticketmaster on the regular sale. Arrgh! Seats are terrible but hey better than nothing. This will be my first time seeing them in their homeland, since I will be moving from California! I've seen them 8x in Cali already!
17.06.11 11:50 am
got my email to say i could buy tickets on wednesday 15th of june. i recieved the email whilst at school, so forwarded it to dad, 5 minutes later he replied 'booked, wednesday 2nd november. MEN' i squealed in my lesson and couldnt stop smiling.
seen them 2 years ago in MEN for their humbug tour.
so so so excited. i cant wait!
17.06.11 11:13 am
I got mine:) standing 4 tickets for Nottingham. I went on Ticketmaster before 9 am and refreshed the page at 9 so I made sure i got them. I can't wait
17.06.11 10:30 am
been sat online since before 9am refreshing an following all the code typing in just to be told standing at metro radio arena is unavailable????? im @#$*!ed off cos on top of trying to ask why an just being made to listen to recordings they've charged me £8 to do so an i didnt talk to one human. i dont want seating right at the back i wont be able to see anything, sort it out arctic monkeys cos you cant say there sold out when i was on before 9am i shoulda been one of the first, dont understand at all
17.06.11 10:10 am
2nd O2 date on sale!
17.06.11 10:01 am
02 (standing) sold out with in 1 minute... jeez.
But then they're on resale website instantly, comeon ticketmaster, sort that out..
17.06.11 10:00 am
FFS! wanting standing anyone want to swap 4 tickets im seasting in manchester block 111. get back to me asap.
17.06.11 9:46 am
i was in the presale an choose seats like a moron, is it 'fist come first serve' on good seats?
17.06.11 9:28 am
Pressed the thing as soon as it went blue, but still missed out on standing. But went for sitting. A lot better than nothing.


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Please welcome guest blogger David Biddix. Biddix co-authored, along with Chris Hollifield, 'Spruce Pine,' (Arcadia Publishing 2009), a photographic survey of that North Carolina town's colorful history.
A true ghost story is found in the hills of Burke County, NC, where the eerie Brown Mountain Lights dance along the ridgeline of a low-slung mountain in the famous Linville Gorge wilderness. On clear, moonless nights, especially in March and October, observers see orbs of light rise from the mountaintop and dance along the ridge before rising and fading into the air. The lights are of various colors, and some even change shades while they are in view.
Brown Mountain is rather nondescript. It rises 2,600 feet at the edge of the Blue Ridge Escarpment and is a long, flat ridge with few distinguishing marks. But when the sun goes down, all eyes nearby turn to its summit hoping for a glimpse of the legendary lights.
These glowing apparitions have been seen for hundreds of years. A great battle was fought between the Cherokee and the Catawba Indians near Brown Mountain in the year 1200 AD. According to Cherokee legend, the lights were spirits of Indian maidens who had come to the mountain in search of their lost husbands and sweethearts who were killed in the battle. The first known white man to explore the region was John William Geraud de Brahm, a German cartographer and engineer who was reputedly the most prolific mapmaker in the Southern Colonies. He noted in a 1771 journal the appearance of the strange lights while he was in the region.
One legend explaining the lights involves the disappearance, around 1850, of a woman in a community near Brown Mountain whose husband was accused of her murder. While searchers looked for her, they noted the appearance of the lights and speculated that they were her spirit which had come back to haunt her murderer and warn the searchers away from the region. Years after her disappearance, a pile of bones were supposedly found under a cliff near the mountain and they were identified as her skeleton.
However, the most famous legend was related by Fate Wiseman, whose family was one of the first settlers in the region. He spoke of a southern planter who came to the Linville Gorge on a hunting expedition and did not return home. A faithful slave of the planter was sent to the Gorge in search of him. The planter was never found, and the slave never returned home. Legend has it that the slave continues to wander the mountain in search of his master, and the lights are those of his lantern while he searches in vain.
Scotty Wiseman, who attained fame with wife Lulu Belle on the Grand Ole Opry and the WLS Barn Dance in the 1930s, took Fate's legend and turned it into a ballad. The Brown Mountain Light went on to become a hit for several artists, including the Country Gents and the Kingston Trio in the 1960s. The song has popularized the lights and brought tourists from around the globe to try and observe them.
Science has tried to explain the processes that cause the lights to appear. In 1913, a scientist from the U.S. Geological Survey visited the mountain, reporting that the lights were the result of train headlights shining over the mountain. The old timers in the region chuckled, noting that the lights had been seen since the times of the covered wagons. Other scientific explanations included car headlights, brush fires, fires from moonshine stills, and swamp gas. However, a flood in 1916 stopped trains and cars in the region, electrical lights in towns were doused, and the ensuing rains would put out any brush fires. But the Brown Mountain Lights kept on shining through it all.
In 1922, H.C. Martin of the U.S. Geological Survey released an extensive report stating that the lights were the result of mirages rising from the electric lights of settlements in the nearby Catawba River Valley.
More recently, groups have camped in the Gorge and videoed appearances of the lights. Several of these can be viewed online. Modern day theories for the lights abound, from foxfire, which is the light emitted from decaying wood, to UFOs, which some have suggested use the nondescript mountain as a base.
So what is really happening on Brown Mountain? No one really knows. But if you'd like a good spook each Halloween, head to the hills in Burke County, when it's a good time to see the Brown Mountain Lights.
The Brown Mountain Lights:
Mountain Bred Tales by John Parris (published 1967 by the Asheville Citizen-Times)
The Brown Mountain Lights: Debunked?
NC Museum of History:
1922 US Geological Survey Report on Brown Mountain:
Brown Mountain Lights videos (including a performance of the Scotty Wiseman song):
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Melo taking lollipop shots just hopin'...Take that damn ball to the rack and seal the deal on these possessions...Get to the line..
Melo taking lollipop shots just hopin'...Take that damn ball to the rack and seal the deal on these possessions...Get to the line..
This is why 66 games in such a short amount of time was such a dumb idea. van Gundy was right, a lot of games this season are just going to be unwatchable this season. We aren't winning because we are playing better, we are winning because we are sucking slightly less.
Travel??? WTF that's a jump ball!!!!!!!
****in KNicks what the **** is this?
Melo and Chandler wit the D
OMG! Shump I love ya, but WTF was that?
What the hell are we doing out there?
did you guys see that? Shumpert stripped him underhanded. facking beautiful.
edit.. oops sry. forgot i was watching on delay (dvr)
do these refs dislike carmelo anthony? they arent giving him one call
Melo gets no respect from the media, fans or refs its a shame
I don't mind these mistakes my Shump....these are rookie mistakes and he's entitled to that....but Melo....c'mon man!!!
Strong drive baseline right to the goal there...He got bottled up but that's what we need...I can't believe the lack of foul calls on Melo defenders sometimes..He get's mauled and hit all the time..No, but Evan Turner drives and draws fouls...How's that work???


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 15, 2013, 12:30 PM
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Neighbors sought stop sign where pedestrian was hit
Original post made on Mar 15, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 15, 2013, 12:30 PM
Comments (24)
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Mar 15, 2013 at 2:10 pm
It is true. I work nearby and take Phyllis many times a week. Although there is a wide painted crosswalk and the neon painted cross walk sign; Night is worse, it is a bit dark in that area. I am not sure Zissman would be a fan but a brighter street light right there would help a bit. Or the little lights along the crosswalk that blink when there is a pedestian, would be perfect here. Pedstrians be careful, be ready to run. Drivers be careful, be ready to stop.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 15, 2013 at 2:12 pm
A stop sign would be great...too late for some, but right on time before the next tragedy
a resident of another community
on Mar 15, 2013 at 2:42 pm
DavidR is a registered user.
Another idea would be to put in one of those flashing borders for the crosswalk, which a pedestrian can activate when trying to cross. They are really eye catching. It's a notch up from a stop sign in my opinion. There should also be some speed bumps on Phyllis. Drivers treat it like a raceway. Speed bumps would be more effective than a single stop sign in my view. I bike past here all the time and there are bursts of zooming traffic that are dangerous.
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Mar 15, 2013 at 2:45 pm
We have exactly the same problem on Sylvan at the Park. I have witnessed two incidents when pedestrians were hit in the crosswalk (fortunately no fatalities as far as I know). We took up a petition, exchanged numerous emails with city staff and council. We wanted traffic calming measures taken on Sylvan with some type of flashing light, illuminated speed sign to alert drivers they were exceeding limit. All that was done was one additional street light, and static neon painted posts in crosswalks, neither have any effect. We still see pedestrians (families especially) standing on edge of cross walk watching cars speed by. It is very frustrating. There have been no traffic calming measures as far as I can tell, for awhile they assigned a traffic cop with radar but cars still speed down Sylvan heading for 237 on ramp, a straight shot from El Camino. With that said I have seen illuminated cross walks and other parts of the city that are far less populated.
a resident of another community
on Mar 15, 2013 at 2:45 pm
DavidR is a registered user.
LASD is discriminating against the 25% of the students who wish to attend Bullis Charter. When it expands to serve more of them, LASD cries foul. But it should rather seek to stem the flow through improving the flexibility of its own program. It is single minded in providing one particular type of school, which may be great, but it's obviously not for everyone.
Also, note that this concept of a freeze is nearly meaningless, but BCS did come back this week and offer to do a freeze for 21 days while they discussed LASD's final offer, which is due on April 1, come hell or high water. There's no freeze available for that date.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 15, 2013 at 2:47 pm
"Right next to her body was her cell phone" Zissman recalled. "Which begs the question, 'Was she on it?'"
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 15, 2013 at 2:52 pm
Put a traffic light, it is really hard to make a left at Phyllis and the visibility is very poor.
a resident of Gemello
on Mar 15, 2013 at 3:23 pm
If it is considered as a residential street and I definitley think it is, it should have had a stop sign and I don't know what the problem in putting a stop sign in that street. the city has 100s of millions and this city council is spending lot of money in overpaying the police, firefighters, city employees and other wasteful things like travel, eating out,ipads,etc.. There are so many stop signs on some streets/avenues in Mtnview and why not on this one. The city council is negligent and they should be held liable for being lax in this and the city council is a bunch of criminals for failing to spend our tax dollars on the things that protects us.
a resident of Waverly Park
on Mar 15, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Last I heard, if you can see a stop sign from your house, the value goes down by $75,000. I like the flashing lights when the crosswalk is in use. Unfortunately, nothing will save the pedestrian that walks across a street in front of a car.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 15, 2013 at 3:26 pm
A traffic light I feel, makes it a tempting "Speed up to make the green" scenario, and seeing how drivers commonly run red lights these days, I'd rather have a forced stop all the time.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 15, 2013 at 3:36 pm
So many times I see people crossing the street or a parking lot looking the other way. I wonder if they even see me in the car stopping for them. The people crossing traffic really have a responsibility to look around until they are safely across. I saw a cop giving a driver a ticket because the driver was turning through a crosswalk and there was a pedestrian crossing several lanes away. The driver saw him and knew he had plenty of time to get through. Drivers hit pedestrians because they don't see them, not because they do. Cops should be giving pedestrians tickets for not looking. With at least one of the two people looking that should have never happened.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 15, 2013 at 4:01 pm
The problem with turning left from Hans to Phyllis is that there are almost always cars parked in front of 1198 Phyllis that are impossible to see around
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 15, 2013 at 4:35 pm
The problem with turning left from Hans to Phyllis is that there are almost always cars parked in front of 1198 Phyllis that are impossible to see around. Cars speed, drivers hate to yield, drivers don't don't understand they are legally required to yield, that area is very dark, drivers do California "stops" by rolling through without stopping, drivers think it is an imposition for a person to use a crosswalk when the very important driver is in a hurry, really scary soccer moms in their tank-like SUV's thinking it is OK for them to drive like banshees as their children are already safe in school or in the banshee's vehicle, drivers not caring about the other people, drivers in a hurry to get home and plop down in front of a TV. I watch this every day at both ends of Hans. By-the-way, the recently painted yellow strips for the pedestrian crosswalk on Miramonte maybe two months ago are rapidly disappearing.
a resident of Rex Manor
on Mar 15, 2013 at 8:50 pm
I would like to see the journalist looking into exactly what the city and the traffic engineers consider "the requirements for stop signs or lights". Then we could have an informed discussion of those rules as a community.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 16, 2013 at 12:36 pm
I live nearby, and I cross that intersection (driving or walking) regularly. I have a couple of things to add:
(1) That crosswalk yellow sign is quite new (a few months, perhaps a year). The crosswalk was even less prominent before, despite a decade of complaints.
(2) Cars regularly ignore pedestrians trying to cross. "State Law" without enforcement means nothing to many drivers.
The least the city can do after this tragedy is to put a 3-way stop at that intersection.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 16, 2013 at 2:59 pm
Until drivers learn that applying the brakes whenever a pedestrian is near a crosswalk needs to be their FIRST response rather than their last resort, we'll be forced to see this again. At this one spot, a stop sign could prevent the inevitable next on. Daily close calls that I see, and shockingly, its even worse during school commute times to Bubb. You would think drivers would be more cautious at that time, but its the old race race race in order to not have to stop for 8 seconds.
Sorry, now I'm venting. Please put up 3-way stop. Its the right call.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 18, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Dennis Belluomini "stated the street does not meet the requirements for stop signs or lights "
I'll agree with that, it's not needed. What is needed is for people, whether in car or walking or on bike to get a better understanding on how to be safe on the roads. Especially with all the new density of people coming here from all over the world.
Even if we had a stop sign on every corner street, accident's will still happen. It's part of life or is it just plan Darwinism.
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Mar 18, 2013 at 3:15 pm
The increase in traffic on Phyllis is a direct consequence of the gridlock at Grant and El Camino, and a visible example of traffic seeking alternate routes to avoid congestion. Same story on Sylvan, it bypasses that mess for those wanting to head south on El Camino. Next time someone suggests that a 'road diet' is the panacea for our traffic woes, remember what the implications are for nearby streets. And by all means, let's increase Mountain View's density by the 14% mandated by ABAG.
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Mar 18, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Rezzi Dent "Until drivers learn that applying the brakes whenever a pedestrian is near a crosswalk needs to be their FIRST response rather than their last resort"
I agree with this as long as pedestrians 1. stop and look before crossing the street, 2. Put down their stupid cell phone for a moment so it does not look like they are standing on a street corner just to make a phone call. and 3. When you stop at an intersection for a pedestrian (especially in the downtown area) they don't just wave you on because they are just loitering at the corner with no intention of crossing the street.
a resident of Castro City
on Mar 19, 2013 at 6:37 am
Looks like they closed down the Regnstorff safety improvement thread so all the "Change your behavior"/"Get out of my way" drivers who want everyone else to change are here.
Dave wrote: "I agree with this as long as pedestrians...<insert his list of demands here>
So you can see how some people behind the wheel really think. Its not about safety first, its about safety for you _IF_ you measure up to how some think you should be acting, though not bound by law to do so.
Luckily we have laws that care not one iota about the list of demand some drivers think they are entitled to make. I support the robust ticketing of these drivers i have seen lately.
Hey, here's an idea: drivers obey the laws of the road and put aside their petty irritations(if possible) about the behavior of others who are not breaking any laws. Its not a trade off.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 20, 2013 at 3:30 pm
@There you go.
It is not a list of demands or petty irritations. All emotion aside, it is a fact of life that drivers sometimes can't/don't see pedestrians/cars for whatever reasons.
The pedestrians also have a responsibility to ensure their own protection, by looking both ways. Parents teach us that when we are toddlers.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 20, 2013 at 4:42 pm
I cannot believe the reckless drivers blaming the victim for her death. Pedestrians do look before crossing, but cars are coming so fast and from such a long distance that pedestrians often cannot get out of the way. The city needs to work harder to design and enforce pedestrian-friendly routes around town.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Apr 1, 2013 at 8:40 pm
Does anyone else here think there should be a crosswalk going from Sleeper Ave to Cuesta Park?
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Apr 15, 2013 at 9:07 pm
Absolutely there needs to be a painted crosswalk at Sleeper going to Cuesta Park. Right now it is an Unmarked crosswalk. There was a rear end accident there a week ago. Someone stopped and the person driving behind did not. Residents and school kids cross here to enter the park all the time. Cars do not stop for them because it is an "unmarked crosswalk" waiting for someone to get hit.
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San Juan Range > Sunlight Peak > Climber's Log
Sunlight Peak Climber's Log
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|Not that Great
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2012
|Climbed with Eolus and Windom enroute from Chicago Basin to Ruby Basin. After the quality route on Eolus, this one wasn't much fun. The summit was the only memorable part.
|Posted Aug 28, 2012 9:47 pm
|Pushed Through
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012
|Had a bit of a rough start with nausea and rain competing for the summit. Pushed through the sickness and waited out the storm for a successful summit. Chose not to climb that last rock since I wasn't at 100%, but touched the summit. Came back to my poles and pack I had left at the notch to find a marmot had made a tasty snack out of one of my pole handles... :)
|Posted Aug 18, 2012 5:48 pm
|Excellent summit!
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2012
|Climbed with Paul Wenger ... then over to Windom. Perfect trip!
|Posted Aug 2, 2012 3:35 pm
|Part of a quadrufer
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2012
|8th 14er this year.
|Posted Aug 2, 2012 11:50 am
|In Hail and Sunlight
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012
|We waited out two days of rain in the Chicago Basin... finally went for it on the third day despite morning showers. Turned back at the gully when a thunderstorm came in fast. Waited that out and summited in the early afternoon. I was on the summit block when small hail started falling from a wandering cloud. Got down quick and climbed a second time with my partner, PhenomenalWoman, in blue skies and sunshine. Sat on the summit rock and took a leap of faith.
|Posted Jul 31, 2012 12:24 am
|Fortnight of Fourteeners
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2012
|My sixteenth wedding anniversary!
|Posted Jul 28, 2012 11:14 pm
|From Windom
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2012
|The summit was nice, and the gully not as bad as feared. End of a day-trip from Purgatory. Trip report.
|Posted Jul 20, 2012 9:06 pm
|father-daughter climb
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010
|Chicago Basin
|Posted Jun 9, 2012 11:21 am
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008
|with Tim, camped in Chicago Basin
|Posted Oct 29, 2011 1:04 pm
|Ted Eliason
|Riding the summit block
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2010
|Like a pony
|Posted Oct 13, 2011 10:15 pm
|Nice one
|Yeah, lots of fun doing the west ridge loop. Summit was fun too, easier than I anticipated.
|Posted Sep 6, 2011 7:51 pm
|Monsoon and goats
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2011
|Climbed this after windom. A little route finding and then the summit block. I touched the top but did not stand on it. Beautiful area
|Posted Sep 5, 2011 12:41 pm
|final day of 6-day solo trip from Elk Park
Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2011
|I spent 4 incredible and wet days backpacking around solo with a tiny tarp and a bivy sac (at times hooking up with some great people I encountered, but at other times having whole drainages to myself) from Elk Park to Chicago Basin, climbed Eolus on day 5, and on day 6 did Sunlight and Windom and went down to the train, which was delayed indefinitely (but turned out to only be a couple hours) due to two rock/mudslides. This was the only day of my trip that wasn't clear in the morning; it wasn't too clear what the clouds were going to do, so even my 7:30 am summit time didn't necessarily seem too early, but the lighting for the views up there at that time of day was out of this world gorgeous! The chute was nasty, but at least it gets you up and down fast. The class 3 part was super fun, with the chimneys and the window. I watched a guy run up and down the final block, then I watched his dad slip attempting to do the same. I'd been sick and slept poorly on my trip, and felt too wobbly to safely attempt it.
|Posted Aug 31, 2011 8:29 pm
|Sarah Simon
|Standard Chicago Basin route with Windom
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2011
|The Twin Lakes (upper) basin is absolutely beautiful. Once the scree gully slog is over, this is a very enjoyable scramble. The final summit block made my mouth dry, though. I don't care what other folks think of it...my knees were shaking for 10 minutes after I got back down to the summit marker / register area. I took the "leap of faith" descent like a cat - on all fours, Spider Man style.
|Posted Jul 19, 2011 9:48 am
|1st of the Chicago Basin 4
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2011
|Started up from camp in Chicago Basin at 6:26AM with my friend Bob and reached a very tiny but rewarding peak summit boulder at 10:36. Crowded with six CMC members so had to wait a bit for "my turn". Then headed over to Windom Peak at 11:02. An absolutely beautiful day, crystal clear all-around and my 55th 14'er....Sweet!
|Posted Jul 18, 2011 11:40 am
|Nice Scramble once you get high
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2011
|Once you get past 13500 the climb turns into a nice scramble with a fun move onto the summit block.
|Posted Jul 5, 2011 7:45 pm
|Jeremy Hakes
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2001
|What a summit!
|Posted Jan 21, 2011 11:11 pm
|had the mountain to myself
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Isabelle Renoir's heart and soul have always beaten to a different drum, setting her apart from the other young women in the British held frontier town of Vincennes.
Passionate, charismatic and impetuous, Isabelle handles a long rifle with ease and prefers to spend her time in the nearby forest, singing and dancing her praises to God. With the flamboyancy of her French father and the grounding of her British mother's devotion and faith, Isabelle hopes she can find God's plan for her life.
Named the Glorious One by the Indian tribes, as much for his stealth and formidable fighting skills as his long blonde hair, American spy Samuel Holt's restless spirit thrives on the risks he takes for his people.
The chance meeting of these two unconventional souls brings about a deep connection that will be tested to its limits as they are seized and held captive by the Shawnee, and Sunukkuhkaua, a man intent on making Isabelle his bride.
Jamie Carie claims Wind Dancer is her most intense novel to date and she is spot on! Set against the backdrop of the impending birth of a nation and filled with fascinating historical events, Jamie showcases her talent with the written word and her innate ability to craft potent and magnetic characters that immerse the reader in their lives. Isabelle's boldness, free spirited behaviour and her ability to worship God with abandon is both confronting and joyous to read. Samuel is a true hero of the times but battles his own demons and choices from his past. Wind Dancer will sweep you away from the mundane, engage your heart, mind and spirit and leave you sighing with delight. Jamie Carie is now no longer simply an author to watch, she has proved herself as one to follow. - www.relzreviewz.blogspot.com
Wind Dancer by Jamie Carie is a sexy, but faithful historical romance. Isabelle Renoir was raised unusually in Colonial America. She knows how to fire a rifle, loves the outdoors, and refuses to conform to society's expectations of her. On a trek through the wilderness on a mission from her priest with her brother and an Indian guide, she encounters American spy Samuel Holt who uses Isabelle as cover for his reconnaissance. Sparks quickly fly between the two as they travel together, but their lives are turned upside down when they are captured by Shawnee Indians who adopt them into their tribe. Both Isabelle and Samuel's skills and their love for each other are put to the test. Carie takes all of the standard ingredients in a historical romance: fiery heroine, mysterious hero, extreme circumstances and makes them stand above the rest of the genre. Isabelle has an amazing, wild kind of faith in God that makes even the Shawnee stand up and take notice. Isabelle is a wonderful heroine; she's assertive without being aggressive, her faith is beautiful, and her strong will makes her a true woman of God. Carie left a few loose ends at the end of this book; I hope she writes a sequel with more about little Belle and Isabelle's mother Hope. - www.christysbookblog.com
That You Cannot Imagine Isabelle Renoir! I have never read such a passionately written novel! Wind Dancer is a book with characters that leap from the pages and reach into the deepest recesses of your heart and mind! Isabelle Renoir is such a wild and rugged worshipper before her God that my own faith longed to dance before the Lord in the moonlight! I held my breathwith Samuel Holt as he crept through the forest stalking his prey! Truly, Jamie Carie has created a novel with such strong, vibrant characters that you will feel their every joy, their crushing pain, their glorious praise!
Set amid the rugged American frontier, Wind Dancer was my introduction to Jamie Caries work. I am still reeling from the pure satisfaction of this novel! She brought pre-Revolutionary War America and its vast frontiers to life vividly and completely. I was transported in every sense! Jamie took my heart and mind from the fierce patriotism of the new Americans to the wild savagery of the Shawnee with seamless ease! I still shudder to recall the attack in the frontier home and the running of the gauntlet!
The truest joy to me was this wonderful, vibrant true-faith of the characters especially Hope and Isabelle so gloriously and naturally interwoven throughout the story. Truly, God is I AM for all of us today just as He was in the hearts of those who forges our nation so many years ago! And the romance!! Dear Reader, there are scenes in this book that will leave you breathless! Wind Dancer encapsulates the best of everything a book should be!
Jamie Carie, Wind Dancer is a jewel in your crown! I will eagerly await your stories and highly recommend them as long as God gives you words to write! Wind Dancer reflects the deep love you have for the Giver of all stories, and reflects that love with wild abandon! Truly, this is a story not to be missed to be savored and shared! - Kim Ford, WINDOW TO MY WORLD
"Wind Dancer" is an amazing story of strong-willed Isabelle Renoir and her journey in finding her true meaning in life. She is raised in a British-held frontier during the American Revolution. Change is all around her, but she doesn't know what her place is in the world. She is unlike other women who cook and sew. She enjoys using her knife, riding and shooting her long rifle (which she sleeps with too!) On a journey with her brother to retrieve books for her priest at another fort, they encounter Samuel Holt. He is a rugged American spy who shows up as their guide disappears. He leads them to safety at the fort, but you can feel the sexual passion between Isabelle and Samuel building. On the return trip home, they are attacked by Indians, held prisoner and have to watch a horrific killing. Isabelle must bring in to play her spirituality to help her get through each day in the Indian camp, until the day she can be free.
This was the first book by Jamie Carie that I have read, but it won't be the last. I was pulled in by the interesting time period of the American Revolution. I love any kind of book based in the frontier, which Ms. Carie brings vividly to life at a time the land and country was changing. Strong-willed, independent Isabelle and rugged and strong Samuel are two characters created that you can actual see having been pulled from history. The story is very spiritually based, which worried me a little that it would be 'overly' so, but it didn't distract from the story at all. From the take-over of forts by the "Americans" to the Shawnee rituals at their camps to the passion and love of Isabelle and Samuel from 2 different worlds, this book will draw you in to a period of ours lives that made our country in to the amazing place we live today.
I would highly recommend you read this book, along with the Jamie Carie's other books "The Duchess and the Dragon", "Snow Angel" and the soon to be released "Love's First Light". I should have reviews for all of these at some point in the future!!- Alison's Attic fictionblog
Just recently, I was asked to read the book Wind Dancer by Jamie Carie, and offer a review. Being an avid reader of Christian historical fiction, I was somewhat skeptical, having never read anything written by Carie. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the book grabbed my attention and kept it to the very end. The book is set in the year 1778 on the Kentucky frontier. It tells the stories of Isabelle Renoir and Samuel Holt. Isabelle is portrayed as a free spirit who bucks against the traditional role of women in that era. She is strong and brave while also being graceful and compassionate. Carie shows a spiritual side of Isabelle that is very moving to the Christian reader. Isabelle meets her match in Samuel Holt, a soldier with the Long Knives of Kentucky under the command of George Rogers Clark. The book tells of their journey through the wilderness, their struggle to survive an Indian capture, and ultimately their personal struggles which could pull them apart in the end. The book is a well-written blend of romance, history, and adventure although it is somewhat predictable.
Historically, it is very accurate in recounting the details of the campaigns of George Rogers Clark and the Long Knives of Kentucky. Carie was very masterful at placing fictional characters right in the middle of actual historical events. If you enjoy this genre of reading, Caries book is well worth your time. - Kim Baggett, wife of Geoff Baggett, and an avid reader of Christian fiction
"...an exciting adventure of pre-Revolutionary America with an unconventional heroine and a troubled, but capable hero."
Can a woman who can shoot a rifle and wield a knife as well as any man ever find a mate? Samuel Holt has never met a woman like Isabelle Renoir. She can hunt, shoot, and brandish a knife better than most men, and shes more at home in the woods than in a kitchen. From the moment he first stumbles across her in the woods with her younger brother and Indian guide, he is drawn to her. When the guide disappears, Samuel takes Isabelle and Julian on to their destination to retrieve some books for their town priest.But as they begin the return trip to Isabelles home town, they are savagely attacked by the Shawnee. Eventually, all three are taken captive and forced to endure unimaginable hardships. Isabelle must rely on her strong faith in God to survive this ordeal, but there are times she wonders if she will make it. When an Indian brave claims Isabelle for his wife, Samuel knows they must escape soon, or he will lose Isabelle forever.
Jamie Carie has penned an exciting adventure of pre-Revolutionary America with an unconventional heroine and a troubled, but capable hero. Isabelles faith in God is strong as she dances in the moonlight in worship to Him. But she soon finds her faith tested as she faces unimaginable horrors. Samuel makes a great hero. He is wrestling with his troubled past, duties to the colonial forces, and with trying to keep Isabelle from putting herself in danger with her fearlessness and her independent spirit.
For the most part, Wind Dancer is a fast-paced story with an electrifying romance and appealing hero and heroine, but the passages about the war slows the pace in places. Still, this book is engaging, more sensual than the average Christian romance, and has a unique heroine that readers will enjoy. For a fascinating colonial romance, check out Jamie Caries Wind Dancer. - Vickie McDonough- TitleTrakk.com
Jamie Carie has once again seamlessly woven her in-depth research into an exciting and passionate page-turner. Her heroines character reminds me of a wild mustang running full gallop across the mesa, incredibly beautiful and too magnificent to tame. If you like plenty of action and emotion packaged into a historical romance, then WIND DANCER fits the bill.- Reviewed by Susan Miura
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Takes joy in readingIllinoisAge: 45-54Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5October 10, 2011Takes joy in readingIllinoisAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 5Meets Expectations: 4This review was written for Wind Dancer - eBook.I enjoyed reading this book. It surprised me with it's intensity. There were twists and turns, in the plot, I never expected. I have now read it twice and will read it again someday. I look forward to reading more from this author.
Kimberly4 Stars Out Of 5June 6, 2010KimberlyI enjoyed this book very much. It was a bit tough to get into because, (to me), it was just unbelievable as far as the romance bit went. Also, the same metaphor was used over and over again...that kind of stuff bugs me. But Isabelle held my attention with her uncanny ways so I kept reading and I wasn't disappointed in the end.
Bryana Wilson4 Stars Out Of 5March 8, 2010Bryana WilsonI'll admit the book was initially difficult to get into, but it got better as you progressed. An enjoyale read, but not nearly as good as Jamie Carie's The Duchess and the Dragon and Snow Angel- but to be fair they are tough acts to follow.
Marilyn Sanderson1 Stars Out Of 5October 3, 2009Marilyn SandersonThis book was very disappointing to me. It did not hold my interest and after reading 50 pages I put it aside. The subject matter was not interesting to me and I generally like historical novels very much.
Christine Conant5 Stars Out Of 5August 25, 2009Christine ConantI really liked this book-I like all the books from this author-the book kept me going I didnt want to put it down--good message in this book to-Cant wait to read more from this author
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Author: Jamie Carie
Submitted: July 29, 2010
What was your motivation behind this project? I grew up in Vincennes, Indiana where Wind Dancer is set. As a grade-school student, I attended field trips to the George Rogers Clark National Park and Memorial. We would enter a huge, circular room, slip heavy headphones over our ears, and listen to Clark's tale of fortitude as we moved from one water-colored mural to the other. I was gripped by the tale. I think it was then that I fell in love with history. When I started Wind Dancer, I prayed that God would give a true feel for the time and place. As I developed the characters and the plot fell into place, I was blown away at how strong God's spirit was throughout this story. It was an intense book to write. Sometimes, it felt like I was threading it together with the tiniest needle. But God was faithful and I hope it blesses many.
What do you hope folks will gain from this project? The main theme of Wind Dancer is summed up in the opening line. "Sometimes, that which takes the most faith to believe, is the most true . . . to those who live in the truth." Clark believes in the impossible - taking British held forts with a group of backwoods, sharp-shooting ruffians. Samuel trusts his gut and the prophetic gift he's been given. And Isabelle? Well, Isabelle believes in her own strength for the longest time. And then, finally, she sees the Light. She surrenders all. She decides to trust Him over her circumstances and falls in love, despite all the pain and everything that's happened, with her Savior. Wind Dancer is a story about finding truth. Not the truth we feel or think is right. The truth God reveals to us.


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Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise eas_agent_sync_client_info SlinkId SQL Injection Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityZDI-17-805: September 15th, 2017
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TippingPoint™ IPS Customer ProtectionTippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 28310. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the processing of the eas_agent_sync_client_info action. When parsing the 'slink_id' field, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM.
Vendor ResponseTrend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
Disclosure Timeline
2017-05-09 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2017-09-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CreditThis vulnerability was discovered by:
Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Offensive Security & Roberto Suggi Liverani - @malerisch - http://blog.malerisch.net/


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Personal computing discussed
Moderators: Flying Fox, Thresher
Chrispy_ wrote:1. removing an unused drive cage between the case's front intake fan and the lower half of the motherboard
2. having an open-air (rather than exhausting blower) graphics card cooler.
Chrispy_ wrote:I know some graphics cards will kick out warm air rather than cool air, but airflow is more important than absolute temperature, especially if the NB is very hot.
churin wrote:Chrispy_ wrote:2. having an open-air (rather than exhausting blower) graphics card cooler.
Does this mean a fanless heat sink?
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Chrispy_ wrote:'tis a trick of the perspective. The tips of the fans (where most of the airflow actually is) overhangs the heatsink by quite a long way, IIRC.
Pholostan wrote:Yeah, the north bridge on 900-series motherboards usually run hot. No problem though, they can take a lot of heat. Made with more than double the process node of the CPU, temps at 70 C is no problem. On my 900-series motherboards, the NB heatsinks are always to hot to touch. In this system, the thermistor for the NB reports 35 C at idle, and my IR thermometer reports 60 C on the heatsink. Under prime95 load the sensor reports about 50 C and the metal is over 70 C. According to Gigabyte, the NB max temp is about 80 C on my 990FXA-UD3 rev 1.0. I've never been close to that IIRC.
Bensam123 wrote:The sensor on the NB could be miscalibrated too, which is what I thought he was pointing out.
just brew it! wrote:Your thermistor must be mis-calibrated then. Or it is measuring something other than NB temp.
My Johnson wrote:You try Gigabyte's utility?
Re: GA-990FXA-UD3 temperature sensors
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2011, 08:28:12 am »
Hi there,
TMPIN0 = Sytem (Motherboard) Temp
TMPIN1 = CPU Temp
TMPIN2 = Northbridge Temp


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When it comes to impressing Mom, effort goes further than excess. So instead of buying her something fancy or fussy, take her out for a spring picnic. This menu is easy to throw together but seems like you slaved away for days. Don't tell her how quick it was—just use that extra time to hunt down a superspecial card and some ecofriendly picnic ware.
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ZoneAlarm scanned the e-mail messages in a folder that I selected. It also deleted some of the messages from the folder. Where did ZA put those deleted messages? Is there any way to recover them or restore them to the folder? Thank you.
In Outlook 2003, I did the following:
1) Selected a folder.
2) Clicked ZoneAlarm Options in the Outlook toolbar.
3) Clicked Scan Selected Folder from the drop-down menu.
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security version: 11.0.000.038
Vsmon version: 11.0.000.038
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Antivirus engine version: 126.96.36.199
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On October 27, 2010 the CFC hosted a charity fair at the TRB building. The charity fair was an opportunity for OPM employees to get information about organications they can pledge to support through CFC. Organizations sent representatives to talk about mission, services and stakeholders who may benifit from contibutions made through CFC.
Some of the giveaways sitting on the "Reading Discover the Joy" table.
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The Mortimer's Cross Battlefield Project is holding a medieval banquet from 7:00pm at the Corner's Inn, Kingsland, HR6 9RY.
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Saturday 27th January 2018
A staggeringly diverse, intriguing and sometimes eccentric quiz will be held in aid of the Mortimer's Cross Battlefield Project at the Mortimer's Cross Inn, Mortimer's Cross, Leominster, HR6 9PD.
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Sunday 18th February 2018
Come along and find out how events at the second battle of St Albans led to Elizabeth Woodville becoming the queen of Edward IV
A battlefield walk to commemorate the 610th anniversary of this important battle which helped secure the crown for Henry IV.
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The East Anglia region study day will be held at the Cedars Hotel, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 2AJ.
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Join the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society for a two-hour guided tour of the battlefield. Meet at 2.30 p.m. at The Crescent (GL20 5PD).
Saturday 7th April 2018
The Norfolk Branch of the Richard III Society has organised a one-day conference at the Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RQ.
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Join Tony Spicer for a walk across the field of this small but important Civil War battle.
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An all-day walk with morning coffee and briefing and lunch at Corner's Inn, Kingsland, HR6 9RY, with events, followed by a walk back to the Mortimer's Cross Inn, Leominster, HR6 9PD.
Sunday 29th April 2017
Join the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society for a two-hour walk to Tredington and back. Meet at 11.00 a.m. at Gloucester Road (GL20 5SG).
Sunday 13th May 2018
An opportunity to learn more about this poorly recorded Wars of the Roses battle
Tuesday 3rd to Sunday 8th July 2018
Col. Nick Lipscombe will explore the conflict during its early years; examining the road to war, the struggle to arm and the advantage enjoyed by the royalists in the early encounters.
Monday 9th to Saturday 14th July 2018
Dr John Sadler will visit the southern battlefields of the Wars of the Roses, going from St Albans, where the wars started in 1455, to the deciding battle of Bosworth 1485.


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A sleeping policeman finally was roused from his slumber as part of a $12,000 to $14,000 severance this week.
The officer had been laying down on the job for the last 20 years or so, but his mere presence gave pause to motorists cruising up and down the hillside of North College Drive.
A sleeping policeman is another name for a speed bump because it helps enforce the speed limit, said Jim Sheppard, one of the original North College Drive neighbors who petitioned the city for the speed bump sometime in the early 1990s or late 1980s.
On Tuesday, city workers removed the bump above Aquarius Place in preparation for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. The reason was safety: The racing cyclists will be descending the hillside at close to 45 miles per hour, said Levi Lloyd, the citys director of streets.
The lower speed bump was left alone because it is at a straighter section of road.
The race committee felt that the professional racers could deal with that speed bump, Lloyd said.
Motorists on the hillside road that curves toward Florida Road often ignored the 25 mph speed limit, much to the annoyance of the residents, Sheppard said.
When you go down the hill, you let her go. When you go up the hill, you step on the gas, Sheppard said. We happen to be in the middle.
So Durango commissioned its first-ever speed bumps.
A reflection of the success is that I understand the city has a queue of neighborhoods that are asking for more (speed bumps), Sheppard said.
But years ago, it was a controversial decision because not everyone appreciates a bump in the road.
Sheppard acknowledged that some motorists might have showed their spite by honking in front of his house, but it wasnt more than one or two people who were soreheads, and every town has them.
Sponsorship money is covering the $12,000 to $14,000 cost associated with removing the bump, Lloyd said.
The job was a days worth of work, he said. There was 10 tons of asphalt to patch back where the speed bump was.
Because it will be replaced within a week of the Aug. 20 race, Sheppard is not complaining. He understands that sacrifices must be made for the race.
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Kimbrel likely out for finale, but not due to struggles
By Tony Meale / Special to MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Braves closer Craig Kimbrel, who has blown three saves in his past five appearances, may not be available Wednesday against the Reds.
It is not Kimbrel's performance that may keep him on the bench, but rather the fact that Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez doesn't love the idea of pitching him three days in a row -- at least not this early in the season.
Kimbrel was one out away from his 100th career save Tuesday, retiring the first two batters he faced before Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco sent a 3-2 fastball over the fence in right-center field to tie the game at 4.
It was Mesoraco's first homer of the season and the first pinch-hit homer of his career.
Shin-Soo Choo, who homered earlier in the game off Braves starter Kris Medlen, followed with a home run to left-center to win the game. It was the eighth multihomer game and the second walk-off homer of Choo's career.
"It is what it is," Gonzalez said. "At the end of the year, [Kimbrel's] going to have 40-something saves and five blown saves or four blown saves. It just so happens he's getting them right here in a little bunch. No worries."
In his past five appearances, Kimbrel's ERA has risen from 0.00 to 3.38.
"We probably won't [use him] today," Gonzalez said, "but yeah, if we've got a save situation [Thursday], we run him back out there, of course."
Upton brothers, McCann rest for series finale in Cincy
CINCINNATI -- Justin Upton, B.J. Upton and Brian McCann had Wednesday off for the Braves' series finale against the Reds.
Manager Fredi Gonzalez said before the series that McCann would not play the finale. The six-time All-Star made his season debut Monday after missing the first five weeks of the year recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. Gonzalez did not want McCann to catch three games in a 48-hour period.
As for the Upton brothers, Gonzalez simply wanted to give them a breather.
"You look at the schedule, and you see these [12:35] games in the middle of the week, and you kind of [make] a mental note that this is a good day to play your bench," Gonzalez said. "Let the [bench players] in there and let them play. It usually works out pretty well, because you get some energy. They haven't played in four or five days, they're going to go [all out].
"And by the way, we got three guys on the bench that we can plug in wherever we want at any part of the game."
It will be the first day off of the season for Justin Upton, who has played in all 32 games, hitting .278 and leading the Majors with 12 home runs. His brother, B.J., has played in 30 games and is hitting .153 with three home runs and five RBIs.
McCann, meanwhile, got his first hit of the season Tuesday, ripping a two-out, bases-loaded single to right off of Reds starter Homey Bailey that plated two. McCann is 1-for-8 with a walk since returning from the disabled list.
"Nobody plays 162 anymore," Gonzalez said. "You've got to play your bench, especially in the National League."
Heyward slated to begin rehab with Triple-A
CINCINNATI -- The Braves will fly to San Francisco for a four-game series with the Giants after Wednesday's series finale against the Reds. Jason Heyward, meanwhile, will fly to Atlanta.
Heyward, who has not played since undergoing an emergency appendectomy on April 22, will play in a rehab game for Triple-A Gwinnett at 10:35 a.m. ET on Thursday. He will then travel with Gwinnett to Scranton, Pa., for a weekend series, though it has not been decided how long Heyward's rehab assignment will last.
Heyward took batting practice Wednesday for the third day in a row and also ran. He hit .121 with two home runs and five RBIs in his first 17 games.
Worth noting
• Gonzalez said that reliever Jonny Venters will throw off a mound Thursday for the first time since exiting a Grapefruit League game with elbow discomfort on March 26. Venters visited Dr. James Andrews on April 2, and the lefty received a platelet-rich plasma injection and was ordered to rest for four weeks. Gonzalez didn't know how long Venters would throw for, but said it's encouraging that he'll be back on the hill.
Tony Meale is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Do You Love Me?arr. Kirby Shaw - Hal Leonard Corporation
This 1962 pop hit by "The Contours" is the ultimate dance feature! Complete with spoken introduction, hand claps and call-and-response, it captures all the sound and energy of the era. "I can mashed potato! I can do the twist!" Highly recommended!
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