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U.S. employment growth isn't setting any records these days, but observers agree that the market is recovering. With 103,000 net new jobs in December, the U.S. job count had grown by 1.1 million since December 2009 for a monthly average increase of 94,000. Unemployment fell to 9.4% at the end of the year from 9.8% in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is set to release January figures on Friday.
Where economic prognosticators differ is in their outlook for hiring in 2011. According to some observers, the coming year will be a long slog of incremental job creation, with a segment of the nation's unemployed workers never returning to work. Some economists argue against that view, however, and say employment growth in 2011 will outpace the previous year's gains by 200%.
In the former camp is journalist Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor for weekly news magazine The Economist. Ip points out that December's total of 139.2 million employed workers in the United States is still slightly less than the 140.2 million employed when the recession ended in June 2009.
"Employment fell by more than in any other recession and has virtually not responded whatsoever to the recovery," Ip told business leaders on Jan. 27 in Austin, Texas. "The recession ended about a year and a half ago and employment is still below that level." Ip delivered the keynote address at the 25th annual Austin Economic Forecast hosted by AngelouEconomics, an Austin-based economic development and site selection consultancy.
At this point in a recovery, the U.S. would normally be experiencing growth of about 6% in gross domestic product (GDP), as opposed to the 3.2% annualized growth that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2010. Ip attributes the U-shaped recovery to the fiscal crisis that started the recession.
Unlike the previous two recessions, which came about after high interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve curtailed inflationary economic growth, the last recession occurred in a low interest rate environment. That means the Fed's subsequent measures to lower interest rates have had little effect in stimulating growth.
The nation is recovering from the recession, says Ip, but economic growth will be slow, without a bounce-back of hiring and productivity. More than 4% of the labor force has been unemployed for more than six months, the highest rate ever, he notes. Many of those workers are losing their employable skills and won't be able to return to work.
"A financial crisis in some sense crushes a piece of the productive capital of the country, and you can never get that back," says Ip.
A contrary view
The idea that the financial crisis will retard job growth doesn't sit well with James F. Smith, chief economist for Parsec Financial in Asheville, N.C. For one, Smith points out that research into financial crises draws chiefly from example in other nations. The United States has only had three such crises in the past century, in 1907, the Great Depression and the panic of 2009, he says. "To base your theory on three widely separated events is a huge stretch," says Smith.
One of several economists polled by USA Today about employment expectations in mid-January, Smith is bullish on the jobs market. "I would anticipate we ought to create about 3 million jobs this year, net," says Smith. By quarter, Smith expects to see employment growth averaging 140,000 jobs per month in the first quarter, accelerating to 173,000, 200,000 and 221,000 per month in the second, third and fourth quarters, respectively. "That's the consensus," he says.
Smith bases his positive jobs outlook on total job creation rather than net job gains. Rather than accelerate hiring, the nation's employers must reduce job cuts in order to boost total employment, he says.
In the 11 months through November 2010 – the most recent numbers available – the U.S. created 50.8 million jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In that same period, 50 million jobs ended through layoffs, separations or terminations. "So we turned 50 million jobs to get a net gain of 800,000 jobs," says Smith. "In a normal year we create about 54.5 million jobs and we lose about 52 million."
Smith attributes weak employment growth in the recovery thus far to inadequate sales for small businesses, which normally account for 60% of job growth. "Small businesses haven't been hiring for three or four years because they are miserable," he says. "But small businesses are becoming a little more optimistic."
Look for the biggest job gains in healthcare, tourism and education, although budget cutbacks due to tax revenue shortfalls will mean fewer education jobs than in past recovery cycles. Growth will be faster in regions that avoided housing bubbles and therefore suffered less in the recession. "There are going to be more jobs in Texas than anywhere else," says Smith. "Texas is one of only two states that have recouped all the jobs lost during the recession, N. Dakota being the other one. That's a pretty healthy position to be in."


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In 1590 the influential Frankfurt-based engraver and printer Theodore deBry (1528-1598) began publishing the most important series of books on early European exploration. The first volume in the series known as the "Grand Voyages" included the narrative written and published by Thomas Harriot in 1588 as A Briefe and True Report on the New Found Land of Virginia. The first printing in 1588 was a small quarto volume without illustrations. When it was republished by deBry in 1590, the narrative text was supplemented with 23 engravings inspired by John White's maps and watercolors depicting Indians on the Carolina coast with five additional engravings showing early Picts—the forebears of English peoples in Britain. The new lavishly illustrated book was published almost simultaneously in Latin, German, French, and English and distributed through the famous Frankfurt book fair.
Since Latin was the official language of the day, deBry asked Thomas Harriot to write full-fledged explanatory captions for each of the engravings in that language. According to Latin scholars, Harriot's lengthy annotations were written in a smooth-flowing authoritative manner. Harriot's Latin engraving texts were then translated into English by Richard Hakluyt for the English language version of deBry's Harriot volume. According to the same scholar (Charles Fantazzi, "Harriot's Latin" in Robert Fox, ed., Thomas Harriot's World [2013], pp. 231-36), Hakluyt's translations were literal and without the elegance of Harriot's original Latin.
One will find below our transcriptions of the English captions written by Harriot in Latin, but translated by Hakluyt for the English edition of deBry's important work.
[center]To the gentle Reader.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital A]Lthough (frendlye Reader) man by his disobedience, weare depriued of those good Gifts wher with he was indued in his creation, yet he was not berefte of wit to prouyde for hym selfe, nor discretion to deuise things necessarie for his vse, except suche as appartayne to his soules healthe, as may be gathered by this sauage nations, of whome this present worke intreateth. For although they haue noe true knoledge of God nor of his holye worde and are destituted of all lerninge, Yet they passe vs in many thinges, as in Sober feedinge and Dexteritye of witte, in makinge without any instrument of mettall thinges so neate and so fine, as a man would scarsclye beleue thesame, Vnless the Englishemen Had made proofe Therof by their trauailes into the contrye. Consideringe, Therfore that yt was a thinge worthie of admiration, I was verye willinge to offer vnto you the true Pictures of those people wich by the helfe [sic] of Maister Richard Hakluyt of Oxford Minister of Gods Word, who first Incouraged me to publish the Worke, I creaued out of the verye original of Maister Ihon White an Englisch paynter who was sent into the contrye by the queenes Maiestye, onlye to draw the description of the place, lynelye to describe the shapes of the Inhabitants their apparell, manners of Liuinge, and fashions, att the speciall Charges of the worthy knighte, Sir WALTER RALEGH, who bestowed noe Small Sume of monnye in the serche and Discouerye of that countrye, From te yeers, 1584. to the ende of The years 1588. Morouer this booke which intreateth of that parte of the new World which the Englishemen call by the name of Virginia I heer sett out in the first place, beinge therunto requested of my Frends, by Raeson of the memorye of the fresh and laue performance ther of, albeyt I haue in hand the Historye of Florida wich should bee first sett foorthe because yt was discouured by the Frencheman longe befor the discouerye of Virginia, yet I hope shortlye also to publish thesame, A Victorye, doubtless so Rare, as I thinke the like hath not ben heard nor seene. I craeued both of them at London, an brought, Them hither to Franckfurt, wher I and my sonnes hauen taken ernest paynes in grauinge the pictures ther of in Copper, seeing yt is a matter of noe small importance. Touchinge the stile of both the Discourses, I haue caused yt to bee Reduced into verye Good Frenche and Latin by the aide of verye worshipfull frend of myne. Finallye I hartlye Request thee, that yf any seeke to Contrefaict thes my bookx [sic], (for in this dayes many are so malicious that they seeke to gayne by other men labours) thow wouldest giue noe credit vnto suche conterfaited Drawghte. For dyuers secret marks lye hiddin in my pictures, which wil breede Confusion vnless they bee well obserued.
[center]II. The arriual of the Englishemen in Virginia.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He sea coasts of Virginia arre full of Ilads, wehr by the entrance into the mayne lad is hard to finde. For although they bee separated with diuers and sundrie large Diuision, which seeme to yeeld conuenient entrance, yet to our great perill we proued that they wear shallowe, and full of dangerous flatts, and could neuer perce opp into the mayne lad, vntill wee made trialls in many places with or small pinness. At lengthe wee fownd an entrance vppon our mens diligent serche therof Affter that wee had passed opp, and sayled ther in for ashort space we discouered a migthye riuer fallnige downe in to the sownde ouer against those Ilands, which neuertheless wee could not saile opp any thinge far by Reason of the shallewnes, the mouth ther of beinge annoyed with sands driuen in with the tyde therfore saylinge further, wee came vnto a Good bigg yland, the Inhabitante therof as soone as they saw vs began to make a great an horrible crye, as people which meuer [sic] befoer had seene men apparelled like vs, and camme a way makinge out crys like wild beasts or men out of their wyts. But beenge gentlye called backe, wee offred th? of our wares, as glasses, kniues, babies, and other trifles, which wee thougt they dcligted [sic] in. Soe they stood still, and perceuinge our Good will and courtesie came fawninge vppon vs, and bade us welcome. Then they brougt vs to their village in the iland called, Roanoac, and vnto their Weroans or Prince, which entertained vs with Reasonable curtesie, althoug the wear amased at the first sight of vs. Suche was our arriuall into the parte of the world, which we call Virginia, the stature of bodee of wich people, theyr attire, and maneer of lyuinge, their feasts, and banketts, I will particullerlye declare vnto yow.
[center]III. A weroan or great Lorde of Virginia.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He Princes of Virginia are attyred in suche manner as is expressed in this figure. They weare the haire of their heades long and bynde opp the ende of thesame in a knot vnder thier eares. Yet they cutt the topp of their heades from the forehead to the nape of the necke in manner of a cokscombe, stirkinge a faier loge pecher of some berd att the Begininge of the creste vppun their foreheads, and another short one on bothe seides about their eares. They hange at their eares ether thickepearles, or somwhat els, as the clawe of some great birde, as cometh in to their fansye. Moreouer They ether pownes, or paynt their forehead, cheeks, chynne, bodye, armes, and leggs, yet in another sorte then the inhabitantz of Florida. They weare a chaine about their necks of pearles or beades of copper, wich they muche esteeme, and ther of wear they also braselets ohn their armes. Vnder their brests about their bellyes appeir certayne spotts, whear they vse to lett them selues bloode, when they are sicke. They hange before th? the skinne of some beaste verye feinelye dresset in suche sorte, that the tayle hangcth [sic] downe behynde. They carye a quiuer made of small rushes holding their bowe readie bent in on hand, and an arrowe in the other, radie to defend themselues. In this manner they goe to warr, or tho their solemne feasts and banquetts. They take muche pleasure in huntinge of deer wher of theris great store in the contrye, for yt is fruit full, pleasant, and full of Goodly woods. Yt hathe also store of riuers full of diuers sorts of fishe. When they go to battel they paynt their bodyes in the most terible manner that thei can deuise.
[center]IIII. On of the chieff Ladyes of Secota.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He woem? of Secotam are of Reasonable good proportion. In their goinge they carrye their hads danglinge downe, and air dadil in a deer skinne verye excell?tlye wel dressed, hanginge downe fro their nauell vnto the mydds of their thighes, which also couereth their hynder partz. The reste of their bodies are all bare. The forr parte of their haire is cutt shorte, the rest is not ouer Longe, thinne, and softe, andfalling downe about their shoulders: They weare a Wrrath about their heads. Their foreheads, cheeks, chynne, armes and leggs are pownced. About their necks they wear a chaine, ether pricked or paynted. They haue small eyes, plaine and flatt noses, narrow foreheads, and broade mowths. For the most parte they hange at their eares chaynes of longe Pearles, and of some smootht bones. Yet their nayles are not longe, as the woemen of Florida. They are also deligtted with walkinge in to the fields, and besides the riuers, to see the huntinge of deers and catchinge of fische.
[center]V. On of the Religeous men in the towne of Secota.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He Priests of the aforesaid Towne of Secota are well stricken in yeers, and as yt seemeth of more experience then the comon sorte. They weare their heare cutt like a creste, on the topps of thier heades as other doe, but the rest are cutt shorte, sauinge those which growe aboue their foreheads in manner of a perriwigge. They also haue somwhat hanginge in their ears. They weare a shorte clocke made of fine hares skinnes quilted with the hayre outwarde. The rest of thier bodie is naked. They are notable enchaunters, and for their pleasure they frequent the riuers, to kill with their bowes, and catche wilde ducks, swannes, and other fowles.
[center]VI. A younge gentill woeman doughter of Secota.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital V]Irgins of good parentage are apparelled altogether like the woemen of Secota aboue mentionned, sauing that they weare hanginge abowt their necks in steede of a chaine certaine thicke, and rownde pearles, with little beades of copper, or polished bones betweene them. They pounce their foreheads, cheeckes, armes and legs. Their haire is cutt with two ridges aboue their foreheads, the rest is trussed opp on a knott behinde, they haue broade mowthes, reasonable fair black eyes: they lay their hands often vppon their Shoulders, and couer their brests in token of maydenlike modestye. The rest of their bodyes are naked, as in the picture is to bee seene. They deligt also in seeinge fishe taken in the riuers.
[center]VII. A cheiff Lorde of Roanoac.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He cheefe men of the yland and towne of Roanoac reace the haire of their crounes of theyr heades cutt like a cokes cobe, as thes other doe. The rest they wear loge as woemen and truss them opp in a knott in the nape of their necks. They hange pearles stringe oppon a threed att their eares, and weare bracelets on their armes of pearles, or small beades of copper or of smoothe bone called minsal, nether paintinge nor powncings of them selues, but in token of authoritye, and honor, they wear a chaine of great pearles, or copper beades or smoothe bones abowt their necks, and a plate of copper hinge vpon a stringe, from the nauel vnto the midds of their thighes. They couer themselues before and behynde as the woem? doe with a deers skynne handsomley dressed, and fringed, More ouer they fold their armes together as they walke, or as they talke one wjth [sic] another in signe of wisdome. The yle of Roanoac is verye pleisant, ond hath plaintie of fishe by reason of the Water that enuironeth the same.
[center]VIII. A chieff Ladye of Pomeiooc.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital A]bout 20. milles from that Iland, neere the lake of Paquippe, ther is another towne called Pomeioock hard by the sea. The apparell of the cheefe ladyes of dat towne differeth but litle from the attyre of those which lyue in Roanaac. For they weare their haire trussed opp in a knott, as the maiden doe which we spake of before, and haue their skinnes pownced in thesame manner, yet they wear a chaine of great pearles, or beades of copper, or smoothe bones 5. or 6. fold obout their necks, bearinge one arme in the same, in the other hand they carye a gourde full of some kinde of pleasant liquor. They tye deers skinne doubled about them crochinge hygher about their breasts, which hange downe before almost to their knees, and are almost altogither naked behinde. Commonlye their yonge daugters of 7. or 8. yeares olde do waigt vpon them wearinge abowt them a girdle of skinne, which hangeth downe behinde, and is drawen vnder neath betwene their twiste, and bownde aboue their nauel with mose of trees betwene that and their skinnes to couer their priuiliers withall. After they be once past 10. yeares of age, they wear deer skinnes as the older sorte do. They are greatlye Diligted with puppetts, and babes which wear brought oute of England.
[center]IX. An ageed manne in his winter garment.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He aged men of Pommeioocke are couered with a large skinne which is tyed vppon their shoulders on one side and hangeth downe beneath their knees wearinge their other arme naked out of the skinne, that they maye bee at more libertie. Those skynnes are Dressed with the hair on, and lyned with other furred skinnes. The yonnge men suffer noe hairr at all to growe vppon their faces but assoone as they growe they put them away, but when thy are come to yeeres they suffer them to growe although to say truthe they come opp verye thinne. They also weare their haire bownde op behynde, and, haue a creste on their heads like the others. The contrye abowt this plase is soe fruit full and good, that England is not to bee compared to yt.
[center]X. Their manner of careynge ther Childern and a tyere of the cheiffe Ladyes of the towne of Dasamonquepeuc.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital I]N the towne of Dasemonquepeuc distant fromRoanoac 4. or 5. milles, the woemen are attired, and pownced, in suche sorte as the woemen of Roanoac are, yet they weare noe worathes vppon their heads, nether haue they their thighes painted with small pricks. They haue a strange manner of bearing their children, and quite contrarie to ours. For our woemen carrie their children in their armes before their brests, but they taking their sonne by the right hand, bear him on their backs, holdinge the left thighe in their lefte arme after a strange, and conuesnall fashion, as in the picture is to bee seene.
[center]XI. The Coniuerer.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]Hey haue comonlye coniurers or iuglers which vse strange gestures, and often cotrarie to nature in their enchantments: For they be verye familiar with deuils, of whome they enquier what their enemys doe, or other suche thinges. They shaue all their heads sauinge their creste which they weare as other doe, and fasten a small black birde aboue one of their ears as a badge of their office. They weare nothinge but a skinne which hangeth downe from their gyrdle, and couereth their priuityes. They weare a bagg by their side as is expressed in the figure. The Inhabitants giue great credit vnto their speeche, which ftentimes they finde to bee true.
[center]XII. The manner of makinge their boates.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He manner of makinge their boates in Virginia is verye wonderfull. For wheras they want Instruments of yron, or other like vnto ours, yet they knowe howe to make them as handsomelye, to saile with whear they liste in their Riuers, and to fishe with all, as ours. First they choose some longe, and thicke tree, accordinge to the bignes of the boate which they would frame, andmake a fyre on the grownd abowt the Roote therof, kindlinge the same by little, and little with drie mosse of trees, and chipps of woode that the flame should not mounte opp to highe, and burne to muche of the lengte of the tree. When yt is almost burnt thorough, and readye to fall they make a new fyre, which they suffer to burne vntill the tree fall of yt owne accord. Then burninge of the topp, andbowghs of the tree in suche wyse that the bodie of thesame may Retayne his iust lengthe, they raise yt vppon potes laid ouer cross wise vppon forked posts, at suche a reasonable heighte as rhey [sic] may handsomlye worke vppo yt. Then take they of the barke with certayne shells: thy reserue the, innermost parte of the lennke, for the nethermost parte of the boate. On the other side they make a fyre accordinge to the lengthe of the bodye of the tree, sauinge at both the endes. That which they thinke is sufficientlye burned they quenche and scrape away with shells, and makinge a new fyre they burne yt agayne, and soe they continne somtymes burninge and sometymes fcrapinge [sic], vntill the boate haue sufficient bothowmes. This god indueth thise sauage people with sufficient reason to make thinges necessarie to serue their turnes.
[center]XIII. Their manner of fishynge in Virginia.[end center]
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[illuminated drop capital T]Hey haue likewise a notable way to catche fishe in their Riuers. for whear as they lacke both yron, and steele, they faste vnto their Reedes or longe Rodds, the hollowe tayle of a certaine fishe like to a sea crabb in steede of a poynte, wehr with by nighte or day they stricke fishes, and take them opp into their boates. They also know how to vse the prickles, and pricks of other fishes. They also make weares, with settinge opp reedes or twigges in the water, which they soe plant one within a nother, that they growe still narrower, and narrower, as appeareth by this figure. Ther was neuer seene amonge vs soe cunninge a way to take fish withall, wherof sondrie sortes as they fownde in their Riuers vnlike vnto ours. which are alfo [sic] of a verye good taste. Dowbtless yt is a pleasant sighte to see the people, somtymes wadinge, and goinge somtymes sailinge in those Riuers, which are shallowe and not deepe, free from all care of heapinge opp Riches for their posterite, content with their state, and liuinge frendlye together of those thinges which god of his bountye hath giuen vnto them, yet without giuinge hym any thankes according to his desarte. So sauage is this people, and depriued of the true knowledge of god. For they haue none other then is mentionned before in this worke.
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[center]XIIII. The brovvyllinge of their fishe ouer the flame.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital A]Fter they haue taken store of fishe, they gett them vnto a place fitt to dress yt. Ther they sticke vpp in the grownde 4. stakes in a square roome, and lay 4 potes vppon them, and others ouer thwart thesame like vnto an hurdle, of sufficient heighte. and layinge their fishe vppon this hurdle, they make a fyre vnderneathe to broile the same, not after the manner of the people of Florida, which doe but schorte, andharden their meate in the smoke onlye to Reserue thesame duringe all the winter. For this people reseruinge nothinge for store, thei do broile, and spend away all att once and when they haue further neede, they roste or seethe fresh, as wee shall see heraffter. And when as the hurdle can not holde all the fishes, they hange the Rest by the fyrres on sticks sett vpp in the grounde a gainst the fyre, and than they finishe the rest of their cookerye. They take good heede that they bee not burntt. When the first are broiled they lay others on, that weare newlye broughte, continuinge the dressinge of their meate in this sorte, vntill they thincke they haue sufficient.
[center]XV. Their seetheynge of their meate in earthen pottes.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]Heir woemen know how to make earthen vessells with special Cunninge and that so large and fine, that our potters with lhoye wheles can make noe better: ant [sic] then Remoue them from place to place as easelye as we candoe our brassen kettles. After they haue set them vppon an heape of erthe to stay them from fallinge, they putt wood vnder which being kyndled one of them taketh great care that the fyre burne equallye Rounde abowt. They or their woemen fill the vessel with water, and then putt they in fruite, flesh, and fish, and lett all boyle together like a galliemaufrye, which the Spaniarde call, olla podrida. Then they putte yt out into disches, and sett before the companye, and then they make good cheere together. Yet are they moderate in their eatinge wher by they auoide sicknes. I would to god wee would followe their exemple. For wee should bee free from many kynes of diseasyes which wee fall into by sumptwous and vnseasonable banketts, continuallye deuisinge new sawces, and prouocation of gluttonnye to satisfie our vnsatiable appetite.
[center]XVI. Their sitting at meate.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]Heir manner of feeding is in this wise. They lay a matt made of bents one the grownde and sett their meate on the mids therof, and then sit downe Rownde, the men vppon one side, and the woemen on the other. Their meate is Mayz sodden, in suche sorte as I described yt in the former treatise of verye good taste, deers flesche, or of some other beaste, and fishe. They are verye sober in their eatinge, and trinkinge [sic], and consequentlye verye longe liued because they doe not oppress nature.
[center]XVII. Their manner of prainge vvith Rattels abowt te fyer.[end center]
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[illuminated drop capital V]Vhen they haue escaped any great danger by sea or lande, or be returned from the warr in token of Ioye they make a great fyer abowt which the men, and woemen sist together, holdinge a certaine fruite in their hands like vnto a rownde pompio or a gourde, which after they haue taken out the fruits, and the seedes, then fill with smal stons or certayne bigg kernellt to make the more noise, andfasten that vppon a sticke, and singinge after their manner, they make merrie: as myselfe obserued and noted downe at my beinge amonge them. For it is a strange custome, and worth the obseruation.
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[center]XVIII. Their danses vvhich they vse att their hyghe feastes.[end center]
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[illuminated drop capital A]T a Certayne tyme of the yere they make a great, and solemne feaste wherunto their neighbours of the townes adioninge repayre from all parts, euery man attyred in the most strange fashion they can deuise hauinge certayne marks on the backs to declare of what place they bee. The place where they meet is a broade playne, abowt the which are planted in the grownde certayne posts carued with heads like to the faces of Nonnes couered with theyr vayles. Then beeing sett in order they dance, singe, and vse the strangest gestures that they can possiblye deuise. Three of the fayrest Virgins, of the companie are in the mydds, which imbrassinge one another doe as yt wear turne abowt in their dancinge. All this is donne after the sunne is sett for auoydinge of heate. When they are weerye of dancinge. they goe oute of the circle, and come in vntill their dances be ended, and they goe to make merrye as is expressed in the 16. figure.
[center]XIX. The Tovvne of Pomeiooc.[end center]
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[illuminated drop capital T]He townes of this contrie are in a maner like vnto those which are in Florida, yet are they not soe stronge nor yet preserued with soe great care. They are compassed abowt with poles starcke faste in the grownd, but they are not verye stronge. The entrance is verye narrowe as may be seene by this picture, which is made accordinge to the forme of the towne of Pomeiooc. There are but few howses therin, saue those which belonge to the kinge and his nobles. On the one side is their tempel separated from the other howses, and marked with the letter A. yt is builded rownde, and couered with skynne matts, and as yt wear compassed abowt. With cortynes without windowes, andhath noe ligthe but by the doore. On the other side is the kings lodginge marked with the letter B. Their dwellinges are builded with certaine potes fastened together, and couered with matts which they turne op as high as they thinke good, and soe receue in the lighte and other. Some are also couered with boughes of trees, as euery man lusteth or liketh best. They keepe their feasts and make good cheer together in the midds of the towne as yt is described in they 17. Figure. When the towne standeth fare from the water they digg a great poude noted with the letter C. wherhence they fetche as muche water as they neede.
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[center]XX. The Tovvne of Secota.[end center]
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[illuminated drop capital T]Heir townes that are not inclosed with poles aire commonlye fayrer. Then suche as are inclosed, as appereth in this figure which liuelye expresseth the towne of Secotam. For the howses are Scattered heer and ther, and they haue gardein expressed by the letter E. wherin groweth Tobacco which the inhabitants call Vppowoc. They haue also groaues wherin thei take deer, and fields vherin they sowe their corne. In their corne fields they builde as yt weare a scaffolde wher on they sett a cottage like to a rownde chaire, signiffied by F. wherin they place one to watche. for there are suche nomber of fowles, and beasts, that vnless they keepe the better watche, they would soone deuoure all their corne. For which cause the watcheman maketh continual cryes and noyse. They sowe their corne with a certaine distance noted by H. other wise one stalke would choke the growthe of another and the corne would not come vnto his rypeurs G. For the leaves [sic] therof are large, like vnto the leaues of great reedes. They haue also a seuerall broade plotte C. whear they meete with their neighbours, to celebrate their cheefe solemne feastes as the 18. picture doth declare: and a place D. whear after they haue ended their feaste they make merrie togither. Ouer against this place they haue a rownd plott B. wher they assemble themselues to make their solemne prayers. Not far from which place ther is a lardge buildinge A. wherin are the tombes of their kings and princes, as will appere by the 22. figure likewise they haue garden notted bey the letter I. wherin they vse to sowe pompions. Also a place marked with K. wherin the make a fyre att their solemne feasts, and hard without the towne a riuer L. from whence they fetche their water. This people therfore voyde of all couetousnes lyue cherfullye and att their harts ease. Butt they solemnise their feasts in the nigt, and therfore they keepe verye great fyres to auoyde darkenes, ant [sic] to testifie their Ioye.
[center]XXI. Ther Idol Kivvasa.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He people of this cuntrie haue an Idol, which they call KIWASA: yt is carued of woode in lengthe 4. foote whose heade is like the heades of the people of Florida, the face is of a flesh colour, the brest white, the rest is all blacke, the thighes are also spottet [sic] with whitte. He hath a chayne abowt his necke of white beades, betweene which are other Rownde beades of copper which they esteeme more then golde or siluer. This Idol is placed in the temple of the towne of Secotam, as the keper of the kings dead corpses. Somtyme they haue two of thes idoles in theyr churches, and somtine [sic] 3. but neuer aboue, which they place in a darke corner wher they shew tetrible [sic]. Thes poore soules haue none other knowledge of god although I thinke them verye Desirous to know the truthe. For when as wee kneeled downe on our knees to make our prayers vnto god, they went abowt to imitate vs, and when they saw we moued our lipps, they also dyd the like. Wherfore that is verye like that they might easelye be brongt [sic] to the knowledge of the gospel. God of his mercie grant them this grace.
[center]XXII. The Tombe of their Werovvans or Cheiff Lordes.[end center]
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[illuminated drop capital T]He builde a Scaffolde 9. or 10. foote hihe as is expressed in this figure vnder the tobs of theit [sic] Weroans, or cheefe lordes which they couer with matts, and lai the dead corpses of their weroans theruppon in manner followinge. first the bowells are taken forthe. Then layinge downe the skinne, they cutt all the flesh cleane from the bones, which the drye in the sonne, and well dryed the inclose in Matts, and place at their feete. Then their bones (remaininge still fastened together with the ligaments whole and vncorrupted) are couered a gayne with leather, and their carcase fashioned as yf their flesh wear not taken away. They lapp eache corps in his owne skinne after thesame in thus handled, and lay yt in his order by the corpses of the other cheef lordes. By the dead bodies they sett their Idol Kiwasa, wher of we spake in the former chapiter: For they are persuaded that thesame doth kepe the dead bodyes of their cheefe lordes that nothinge may hurt them. Moreouer vnder the foresaid scaffolde some on of their preists hath his lodginge, which Mumbleth his prayers nighte and day, and hath charge of the corpses. For his bedd he hath two deares skinnes spredd on the grownde, yf the wether bee cold hee maketh a fyre to warme by withall. Thes poore soules are thus instructed by natute [sic] to reuerence their princes euen after their death.
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[center]XXIII. The Marckes of sundrye of the Cheif mene of Virginia.[end center]
[illuminated drop capital T]He inhabitats of all the cuntrie for the most parte haue marks rased on their backs, wherby yt may be knowen what Princes subiects they bee, or of what place they haue their originall. For which cause we haue set downe those marks in this figure, and haue annexed the names of the places, that they might more easelye be discerned. Which industrie hath god indued them withal although they be verye sinple [sic}, and rude. And to confesse a truthe I cannot remember, that euer I saw a better or quietter people then they.
The marks which I obserued a monge them, are heere put downe in order folowinge.
The marke which is expressed by A. belongeth tho Wingino, the cheefe lorde of Roanoac.
That which hath B. is the marke of Wingino his sisters husbande.
Those which be noted with the letters, of C. and D. belonge vnto diverse chefe lordes in Secotam.
Those which haue the letters E. F. G. are certaine cheefe men of Pomeiooc, and Aquascogoc.

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Earlier this week in the LA Times, the University of Massachusetts Boston political scientist Thomas Ferguson and the Institute for New Economic Thinking's Robert A. Johnson write that the Fed should refinance municipalities just as it rescued the banks:
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*Calories burned are estimates based on a 140-pound woman.
Best Dance Workout
So You Think You Can Dance Get Fit: Cardio Funk
Calories burned: 105 per 14-minute session
Why we love it: Former finalists on the TV show guide you through disco, contemporary, and hip-hop moves before each 14- to 30-minute routine begins, preparing you to dive right in. With the option of three speeds at which to learn the footwork, you can really catch on and break a sweat without feeling silly.
Tester says: "I had a blast learning each of the dances, and I was motivated to keep practicing so I could master every single move." (116 minutes, $16.99, amazon.com)
Best Yoga for All Levels
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Power Squad Bod! Body Slimming Yoga
Calories burned: 140 per 25-minute class
What you'll need: A mat
Why we love it: No pom-pom kitsch here: Kurt Johnsen, founder of the athletic-style American Power Yoga, leads a 25-minute and a 45-minute class full of flowing poses, like warrior I, II, and III, and offers modifications so you can follow along with the cheerleaders as a beginner or more advanced yogi.
Tester says: "The workouts were effective and fun without being overly complicated." (70 minutes, $16.99, amazon.com)
Best All-Over Toning Workout
Gilad Total Body Sculpt Plus: Peak Performance
Calories burned: 384 per 45-minute routine
What you'll need: A mat, a pair of 3- to 5-pound dumbbells (optional), a resistance band (optional)
Why we love it: You can choose between two 45-minute workouts focused either on arms and legs or on shoulders, abs, butt, and thighs. Also, the combo of calorie-torching plyometrics, like jump lunges, and strength moves, like shoulder presses, effectively burns and firms.
Tester says: "Gilad has a ton of personality! He enthusiastically talks you through each move, so the DVD feels like a real class and you stay motivated." (90 minutes, $19.95, amazon.com)
Best Time-Saving Routine
Personal Training with Jackie: Power Circuit Training
Calories burned: 128 per 15-minute circuit
What you'll need: A mat, a pair of 5- to 8-pound dumbbells
Why we love it: This workout feels like a one-on-one training session with reality-TV trainer Jackie Warner, and it delivers fast results. With one 40-minute total-body workout and four 15-minute circuits, each of which targets individual trouble zones, the DVD keeps you moving quickly and sculpts every major muscle group.
Tester says: "I was impressed with how soon I started sweating. Jackie makes every minute count, so I was finished with my workout before I could get bored." (57 minutes, $14.98, amazon.com)
Best Pilates Workout
10 Minute Solution: Quick Sculpt Pilates
Calories burned: 37 per 10-minute session
What you'll need: A mat (comes with a rubber toning ball)
Why we love it: Instructor Andrea Leigh Rogers offers five challenging routines (ab shapers, butt and thigh shapers, total-body strength, flexibility, and standing Pilates), so you can squeeze in one fast ab-flattening workout or do them all. Plus, the ball adds resistance to your usual Pilates exercises, increasing the sculpting power of every move.
Tester says: "I definitely felt the burn, and using the toning ball made my entire body feel that much firmer the next day too." (56 minutes, $24.97, amazon.com)
Best Boot Camp Workout
Weight Loss Cardio Kick
Calories burned: 171 per 20-minute routine
What you'll need: A pair of 1- to 2-pound and a pair of 3- to 5-pound dumbbells (optional)
Why we love it: The mixture of high-energy cardio (think punch-kick combos) and strength circuits in both 20-minute workouts keeps your heart thumping, and instructor Violet Zaki's proper-form pointers ensure that you see results from all that hustling.
Tester says: "I love kickboxing, aerobics, and martial arts. Plus, Violet's encouraging style — and her fun Aussie accent — really get you into the workout." (50 minutes, $14.99, acacialifestyle.com)
Best Belly-Blasting Ab Workout
Exhale Core Fusion Pure Abs & Arms
Calories burned: 61 per 10-minute session
What you'll need: A mat, a pair of 3- to 5-pound dumbbells (comes with a resistance band)
Why we love it: The DVD is divided into five 10-minute routines (two tone-ups each for arms and abs, plus a stretch session), allowing you to select which trouble zone to target. The bonus band doubles the resistance you'd get from dumbbells alone.
Tester says: "Each workout was long enough so that my arms and abs were fatigued by the end, but quick enough so that I could still enjoy the session. Six-pack, here I come!" (50 minutes, $17.99, acacialifestyle.com)
Best Butt and Thighs Makeover
Physique 57 Express 30 Minute Full Body Workout
Calories burned: 205 per 30-minute class
What you'll need: A mat, a thick towel or cushion, a sturdy chair, a playground ball (optional)
Why we love it: From New York City's buzzed-about leaner-leg specialists, this workout tones all over, but you really notice the honing in your lower half. Pulsing up and down while squeezing a ball between your legs firms your butt, thighs, and calves like nothing else.
Tester says: "I loved the 'Team, let's go tackle that cellulite!' spirit of the workout. I've never done moves like this before, and my legs definitely feel it." (30 minutes, $24.95, physique57.com)
Best Calorie-Burning Session
Jari Love's Get Extremely Ripped! 1000
Calories burned: About 500 per 30-minute session
What you'll need: A mat, a pair of 3- to 8-pound dumbbells, a step (optional)
Why we love it: Two 30-minute sculpting workouts designed to keep your heart rate elevated plus a "push-up party" and a quickie abs segment help you burn the big calories. FITNESS advisory board member Jari Love gives move modifications continuously so you can adjust the intensity of your routine.
Tester says: "This workout kicked my butt — in a good way. The exercises were intense, but not so tough that you couldn't get through them." (60 minutes, $14.99, razorfitness.com)
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, February 2010.


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What do you get when you cross Optimus Prime with Warhammer 40K's Orks? A joke with a terrible punchline, I'd wager, but also this amazing custom piece by Singaporean madscuzzy.
While it may just look like a slightly modified version of an existing Transformers toy, it's actually the result of a ton of work on madscuzzy's part, in which he took a Warhammer 40K Ork Trukk model, cut it apart, added some joints so it could transform, added some more parts so it looked like a robot, then had to paint it all.
A lot of work, then, but a lot of work that was worth it, because this thing is incredible.
Interview: madscuzzy (Creator of Orktimus Prime) [Tabletop Geeks]


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James Ross Series
This series has been designed for Chicago Symphony Orchestra percussionist James Ross. Nine different models are offered to meet the demands of today's orchestral percussionist.
- Wide variety of timbres
- Extra durable rattan handles
- Concert hall tested
Length - 20"
Width - 4.5"
Height - 1"


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Hetepu (Peace) Fam.
Lately, the History channel has been outdoing itself by showing the books of the bible that were banned by the Council of Nicaea and subsequent Popes of the Roman Catholic Church. I will not reproduce all of their efforts here but will just give you a brief of what they have been talking about. These books are just a sample of the hundreds of books that were not included in the Christian canon, some of which appear in other Christian sects like the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Coptic Church, Eastern Orthodox and so on…
- The Life of Adam and Eve: A more detailed story of creation than what is found in Genesis, this book includes jealous angels, a more devious serpent, and more information about Eve's fall from grace from her point of view.
- The Book of Jubilees: This obscure Hebrew text offers an answer to a question that has vexed Christians for centuries — if Adam and Eve only had sons, and if no other humans existed, who gave birth to humanity? This text reveals that Adam and Eve had nine children and that Cain's younger sister Awan became his wife. The idea that humanity was born of incest would have been radical — and heretical.
- The Book of Enoch: This scripture reads like a modern day action film, telling of fallen angels, bloodthirsty giants, an earth that had become home to an increasingly flawed humanity and a divine judgment to be rendered though denied a place in most Western Bibles; it has been used for centuries by Ethiopian Christians. Large portions of this book were found as part of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
- The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: The only book that deals with young Jesus, it indicates that Jesus was a strong-willed child who one historian describes as "Dennis the Menace as God." The book reveals that at age five, Jesus may have killed a boy by pushing push him off a roof and then resurrected him. Perhaps too disturbing for inclusion in the Bible, this book seems to contain traditions, also known to the Koran.
- The Protovangelion of James: This book offers details of the life of the Virgin Mary, her parents, her birth and her youth, stories not found in the New Testament Gospels but was beloved by many early Christians.
- The Gospel of Mary: This Gnostic Text reveals that Mary Magdalene may have been an apostle, perhaps even a leading apostle, not a prostitute. While some texts in the Bible seem to deny women a voice in the Christian community, this text helps spark the debate about the role of women in the church.
- The Gospel of Nicodemus: This is the story of Jesus's trial and execution and his descent into hell. According to this gospel the Savior asserts his power over Satan by freeing patriarchs such as Adam, Isaiah and Abraham from Hell.
- The Apocalypse of Peter: Peter's apocalypse suggests that there is a way out of punishment for evildoers and implies that the threat of the apocalypse is a way for God to scare people into living a moral life, and committing fewer sins.
The documentary spoke about several controversial aspects that we have all had about the bible and the life of Jesus such as the Gnostics who went around telling people "Wake up the god within you!" Could you imagine how different Christianity would have been? WOW.
The point of making this known is to show you how spirituality became big business, but when you see Jesus as an archetype, that is a man who had the same problems as you and I and not a Deity. It becomes far easier to identify with him. When they deified him, they warped the whole movement and instead of trying to raise the god within, they began to truly idolize a human being. This is why in the Kamitic tradition people didn't worship Osar (Asar, Ausar, Osiris) but instead honored him like a living saint. It makes more sense.
Well, hope this helps.
If you can check out this documentary. Until next time.