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By Jamie Parsell
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Today, Ruth Graham, the daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
"I love to acknowledge, first thing in the morning, that He is risen," she said.
The 62-year-old speaker and author will gather with her children and grandchildren, attend church and then enjoy a big lunch. She plans to fix her children's favorite foods. And if the weather is nice, they will venture outside into the sunshine.
Growing up, Graham, 62, said her mother made sure the family celebrated the real meaning of Easter.
"It is like Christmas," she said. "It has been commercialized and it is more about clothes, the Easter bunny and candy. Christ is being pushed further and further. It is distressing to me ... we have left our foundation and we are in trouble."
After the holiday, Graham, the founder and president of Ruth Graham & Friends, will resume her travel schedule. She will visit the two Virginias on April 10-11, part of Bluefield College's month-long Celebration of Appalachia.
"I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, near Asheville," she said. "I love the mountains. I love these mountains because they are gentle unlike the Rockies or the Alps. They have nurtured me throughout my life."
A resident of Virginia, Graham is also drawn to the people of Appalachia.
"They are very warm, very real and very practical. They have good common horse sense and I value that in people," she added.
During her first appearance on Wednesday, April 10, Graham will speak at a women-only event at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bluefield at 6 p.m. The event will feature dinner, a lecture and book signing.
"I love southern women," Graham said. "They are just beautiful women and they are fun to be with. With women events, it is like being with your girlfriends. You can let your hair down."
Graham plans to talk about her mother, Ruth Bell Graham, who passed away in 2007.
"I don't often talk about my mother, or my family," she said. "But I thought the women might like to hear what my mother was like."
Graham has written several books, including "Step into the Bible," the book most pertinent to her ministry, "In Every Pew Sits A Broken Heart" and her most recent "Fear Not Tomorrow, God is Already There."
She writes and speaks about life's difficult challenges and God's presence during trying times. Graham said she began writing with encouragement from her mother.
"I have been writing since I was a little girl," she said. "I like to journal."
She didn't set out to become an author or speaker.
"I wanted to be a wife and mother, nothing more. I thought that was the best ... when our marriage ended in divorce, I went on a different path," she said.
She started filling in for her sister Gigi, who had begun speaking at different places around the country in the mid-'90s.
In 2006, Graham founded the Ruth Graham & Friends Ministry. Her ministry website states, " ... she connects with audiences, talking openly about her own pilgrimage through her husband's infidelities, her divorces, her teenage daughter's two unplanned pregnancies, another daughter's bulimia, her son's battle with drugs and returning to school at age 40."
As for her schedule, she takes opportunities as they come, looking for outreaches and ways to help others.
"I don't want to miss the opportunities the Lord gives me," she said.
Graham said she has never been to the two Bluefields and is excited to visit Bluefield College. Her second appearance will be "A Celebration of Faith through Music and Drama," on Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in BC's Harman Chapel. Open and free to all (first-come, first-served), the fine arts celebration will feature remarks from Graham, along with musical and theatrical performances by BC's select student voice ensemble, Variations, its Instrumental Ensemble, and its theatrical troupes.
"I am looking forward to coming to that area," she said.
She wants to help people who are wounded by life events such as divorce, depression and children with special needs.
" ... things they didn't ask for but happened. I want people to know whatever they are going through, they don't walk alone. God walks with me. He can take whatever is wrong and turn it into something good," she added.
Graham will also visit with students, staff and faculty on Thursday. She enjoys being with students and visiting college campuses. She said that type of experience "lights her fire."
Because space is limited, reservations are required for all Graham events, even the free functions. To reserve a seat, call 276-326-4242. Tickets for the Celebration of Faith through Music and Drama may also be reserved online by visiting www.bluefield.edu/appalachia or www.bcevents.ticketleap.com.


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The Cavalier women's basketball team won their home opener against Longwood Saturday night, 62-49. The Cavalier defense held Longwood to only 14 points in the first half. Aisha Mohammad returned from knee surgery and scored 16 points in her first game back as a Cavalier. Enonge Stovall scored 10 points in the victory. The Cavaliers return to action Monday at John Paul Jones Arena when they host 14th ranked George Washington. Game time is set for 7 p.m.


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A rare spring snowstorm could be in Joplin's future.
Though the track of Thursday's storm is still somewhat uncertain, the region could get anywhere from 2 to 6 inches of snow, which should provide further relief from the drought.
"Joplin needs to pay attention to this,'' said Doug Cramer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service forecast office in Springfield.
"You are so close to the rain-snow line. We're putting Joplin in the snow for now," he said. "But places like McDonald County and Cassville might not see any snow.
"We are expecting some heavy snow, a band of 6 inches and greater, north of Joplin near Nevada and Fort Scott, Kan.''
The storm will be produced by what Cramer described as "a very rare late March weather pattern.'' Unusually cold air in the Northern Plains and southern Canada will shift southward into the Ozarks. Spring-like moisture over the Gulf of Mexico will transport northward into the Ozarks.
"The collision of these two air masses will trigger this band of heavy snow across the region,'' said Cramer. "We feel certain that someone will get some snow.''
The expected moisture and the moisture the area has received in the last few weeks have moderated the drought.
"The drought is improving,'' Cramer said. "The weather pattern is much different than last March. We've been able to get some precipitation. But, we're still in a drought. We need more moisture.''
So far this year, Joplin has received 6.14 inches of precipitation in all forms. Normal for the same period is 6.02 inches. At this time last year, the area had only received 3.86 inches of moisture since the beginning of the year.
In the last six weeks, the drought has shifted from severe to moderate in Southwest Missouri, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The outlook through May 31, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, shows the drought in Southwest Missouri as continuing, but with some improvement. The drought in virtually all of Kansas and Oklahoma will persist and possibly intensify.
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The American Lung Association says Pennsylvania is not adequately funding programs to protect children and cut back on illnesses related to tobacco use.
This comes as a result the recent release of the State of Tobacco Control 2013 report. This is the 11th year for the report which looks at how states and the federal government are spending their money on tobacco control programs.
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Pennsylvania received the following grades for 2012.
- F in Funding for Tobacco Prevention and Control Programs (11% of CDC recommended spending)
- C in Smokefree Air
- C in Cigarette Taxes ($1.60 per pack)
- F in Cessation Coverage
"Pennsylvania must make it a priority to invest in programs that keep kids off tobacco and to help smokers quit," says Deb Brown, president and CEO of the American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic, in a press release. "That starts with increasing Pennsylvania's current level of tobacco prevention and cessation funding."
The American Lung Association estimates tobacco annually
- Causes 20,025 deaths in Pennsylvania
- Costs Pennsylvania $9.4 billion in healthcare costs and lost productivity
- Causes 443,000 deaths in the Unites States
The Lung Association is calling on Pennsylvania to raise taxes on tobacco products other than cigarettes.
"While no state earned an A or B on its report card for cessation, the Affordable Care Act creates new pathways to help smokers quit," Brown says in a press release. "That is why Pennsylvania must include a cessation benefit in its Essential Health Benefit and Medicaid expansion plans."
What do you think? Should the state be spending more money on tobacco education programs? Should there be more recources put into cessation programs? Should taxes on tobacco products be raised? Share your thoughts in the comments area below.


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I contacted the Clearview Cinema on Main St. in Port Washington when I saw they were showing in the afternoon and early evening the documentary "2016: Obama's America" by writer Dinesh D'Souza.
The person I spoke to at Clearview Main St. said the film is not a film that shows the president in a good light and no, they have no other film scheduled to balance or rebut this film. I asked for corporate numbers, called, got a nice person who directed my call to someone who did not answer, and I left a message on voice mail. Didn't hear back so I called twice and no one answered.
I watched the trailers of this documentary and read a few reviews, and watched a Youtube Fox interview with Mr. D'Souza. The documentary seemed to have all the hazy, innuendo rich, conspiracy theories, etc., and, frankly, looked poorly made. It claims to have been based on President Obama's memoir "Dreams of My Father" and Mr. D'Souza's books.
At first I was concerned as to whether Clearview, the company, was making a political statement by showing this film and offering nothing to counter it. What I found truly disturbing is that this film is clearly negative propaganda about one person in this country who is running for political office. This is a commercial movie house, not a specialty/art house, a movie house where I took my kids to see "Shrek" among other films.
Do I have to look forward to future election seasons seeing propaganda films, negative or positive, playing at this movie house or other commercial movie houses? It also makes me wonder with all the money in our political system is someone paying to have it be in commercial movie houses? Yikes!
Here's the link to Rottentomatoes you might want to check out for information about the 2016: Obama's America :http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/2016_obamas_america/
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The AQMD has issued the following news release:
Air quality officials have further confirmed the Salton Sea as the likely source of strong sulfur odors smelled by thousands of residents across more than 150 miles of the Southland yesterday.
"We now have solid evidence that clearly points to the Salton Sea as the source of a very large and unusual odor event," said Barry Wallerstein, executive officer of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
AQMD technicians took numerous air samples in Riverside and San Bernardino counties yesterday while AQMD field inspectors, trained to gauge the severity of odors, conducted odor surveillance in the Coachella Valley and across the agency's four-county jurisdiction.
Today's analysis of the air samples showed a clear progression of hydrogen sulfide levels, with the highest concentrations found at the Salton Sea and decreasing concentrations found as the distance increased from the sea. (See table below) This progression, or gradient, points to the Salton Sea as the source of the odor, Wallerstein said.
In addition, AQMD inspectors visited some of the potential sources such as landfills and oil refineries and ruled them out as the potential sources of widespread odors. AQMD officials also performed air quality modeling showing that strong odors could have traveled across the region given recent weather conditions.
Hydrogen sulfide, a product of organic decay such as that occurring in the Salton Sea, has an unmistakable rotten-egg odor. Scientists have theorized that strong winds pushed surface waters aside and allowed water from the bottom of the shallow sea -- rich with decaying and odorous bacteria -- to rise to the surface.
While hydrogen sulfide concentrations at the Salton Sea yesterday were higher than normal, they were not high enough to cause irreversible harm to human health, AQMD officials said. This is the case even taking into account that concentrations in the early hours Monday may have been considerably higher than when AQMD technicians sampled for the gas on Monday evening.
Since midnight Sunday (12:10 a.m. Monday) AQMD has received about 235 complaints of sulfur- and rotten-egg type odors. Almost all calls were received by 5:30 p.m. on Monday, with only a dozen or so received overnight and Tuesday morning.
On Sunday evening, a strong thunderstorm developed over the Salton Sea and winds from the southeast of at least 50 mph pushed odors from the Salton Sea to the northwest – across the Coachella Valley, through the Banning Pass and across the Los Angeles Basin, air quality officials said. Since yesterday, an onshore breeze from the west appears to have kept any remaining odors from spreading far into the Los Angeles Basin.


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"Blackgrass" band the Spectacular Average Boys will bring their alternative-bluegrass music to 6 On The Square on Thursday as part of the cafe's Emerging Artist Series. The group will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the cafe in Oxford.
"Hailing from the rolling calico hills of Oneonta, the 'Boys are spreading tales of murder and black-hearted exes, through their floor-pounding, lung-busting 'blackgrass' music. They've created an alternative style all their own proving… there's nothing 'average' about them," a release from the cafe read.
The Average Boys began in 2010 with frontman Ned Brower and bass player Joel Shue. The group was later joined by Justin Ploutz on guitar, and Eric Ball on drums.
A five-track album titled "The Burning of York" released in June showcases the group's folk and Americana roots, mixed with louder, aggressive influences of 1990s alternative music.
Tickets for the concert are $7. Doors open an hour before showtime. For information, call 843-OTS6 (6876) or visit www.6onthesquare.org.


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---- — AKWESASNE — The first county-wide gun buyback in Franklin County is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in Akwesasne and Constable.
The drop-off sites are the Hogansburg-Akwesasne Fire Station on Route 37 and the Constable Fire Department on Route 122.
District Attorney Derek Champagne initiated the "no-questions-asked" program to help remove unwanted and unneeded weapons and reduce the overall number of firearms that could fall into the wrong hands.
Anyone who turns in a working assault rifle or handgun will be paid $150, any working long gun or rifle will bring $25, and anyone turning in ammunition magazines that hold 10 rounds or more will get $20, he said.
Champagne said anyone who surrenders a weapon will be granted amnesty from any gun-possession charge.
Firearms brought to the sites by car must be in the trunk; all firearms must be in a plastic bag or cardboard box.
Once the gun is checked to make sure it is operational, the money will be paid.
Any number of firearms may be turned in, but the person will be paid for only three weapons, up to a
maximum of $450.
Retired and active law-enforcement officials and licensed gun dealers cannot participate in the buyback program.
More buyback dates for communities in the southern end of the county will be announced.
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Goodwill Industries of Western New York cut the ribbon on a new retail location in Batavia Wednesday.
The Goodwill Store is in the Value Home Center Plaza, 4152 W. Main Street. The site doubles as a donation center, which accepts donations of clothing, toys and household items from the community. The store resells the donated items.
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So when the city of Sandy Springs opens for business Jan. 1, private corporations may be called in to manage storm water programs, street maintenance, building inspections, human resources, accounting – in other words, nearly everything except police, fire and emergency services. The city, one community leader said, will add personnel only when it becomes clear that it is necessary.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are--Joseph Campbell
Jury reaches verdict in involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor
Is there a standard amount of jail time that someone convicted of involuntary manslaugher will serve? Or can it vary on the case...and is the judge the one who decides on the length of time to serve?Outside the courthouse, supporters and fans of Michael Jackson seemed to get word that the jury had reached a verdict. They started cheering and started chanting, "Guilty! Guilty!"
It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.
Our local news said he could get jail time, probation, or house arrest.
Here's another article:
California law provides a range of sentences, depending upon the presence (or absence) of mitigating or aggravating circumstances. The judge will make a determination as to the applicable factors and impose sentence. According to the article, sentencing date is Nov 29, with a potential maximum of four years.
Lindsay Lohan served 4 hours of a 30 day sentence due to over-crowding. I'm betting Dr. Feelgood doesn't get any jail time. Just probation. Here's hoping the story will just go away. I try to avoid all the celebrity-related court stuff, but can't seem to escape it.
Well, if he already remanded him to prison, and off he was taken, handcuffed and surprised, does that make a prison sentence more likely than probation or house arrest?
Never mind. Ignore post. I should read links first.
Will he loose his license to practice medicine? Maybe he's already lost it?
Nubka - Unpaid Slave Laborer...
About effing time. I believe in the system of justice, but really, see no reason why a court trial should have been wasted on this loser. ANY doctor (or nurse, even) with a brain knows better than use Propofol, of all things, in a home setting with NO medical staff or equipment; to monitor closely ANY patient receiving the drug (in most hospitals, it is used only in OR, ER or ICU; we use it only in OR or ICU, on intubated/vented patients who are on all kinds of monitoring devices); and for feck's sake, knows when to start freaking CPR!! What a waste of oxygen this man is.
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.~W. C. Fields
His lawyer said they are going to appeal the decision. This man should never be allowed to treat a patient again. He has shown a complete lack of ethics & responsibility. I am glad he is going to serve at least some time in jail.
As for the California medical license, it was suspended before trial and will almost certainly now be revoked. I have no idea whether Murray is licensed in other states.
Yes, there might be a public relations problem, but, then again, the guy is responsible for their father's death! Why should he be able to hold on to any money he made from his star client?
I don't see how a jury could have reached any other verdict. No, Murray did not have any intention of killing Michael Jackson (involuntary), he was Murray's jackpot. But, yes, Michael Jackson did die (manslaughter) due to the propofol that Murray obtained and administered.
Murray should lose his license. Greed overrode all of his ethical and professional obligations and responsibilities.
I will say, if it wasn't Murray, it would have been someone else. MJ would have found another doctor willing to do the same. Sad, but true.
And the CPR thing still gets me. But I've seen many people fail in similar situations. I had 2 cardiac arrests in July. I was in a public place when the 1st one happened (the 2nd one happened at the hospital). Not one single person, including my husband, administered CPR. Wow, just wow. You never know. I can't believe I'm still here even able to write about this stuff.
The thing that makes me the most angry about this case is Murray's obvious abuse of authority. How are you going to let an addict tell you what he wants and you acquiesce?
Murray was greedy. He gave MJ enough drugs to kill an elephant before he even gave him the propofol. And, even after he gave him the fatal dosage he tried to cover it up. He didn't call for help....he called his effin' assistant before he called 911.
And it really pissed me off to watch him while the verdict was being read. No remorse, no emotion, nothing. He just sat there looking like a complete and total ass.
Murray was already in dire financial straits (he had to pay child support on 6 kids), so there isn't anything for anyone to collect. I hope he had malpractice insurance to pay for the civil suit that is coming.
Murray had licenses to practice in TX, CA, NV and HI. CA has already been suspended. The other states are expected to follow suit.
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A construction worker gets pulled into the air, then dropped to the ground Tuesday on the UW campus.
The worker was on the third floor of the Veterinary Medicine addition when his belt got caught on equipment being lifted by a crane.
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Foreign Law Bans: Legal Uncertainties and Practical Problems [1] [Brennan Center for Justice and Center for American Progress]
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National and State-by-State Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform [2] [Center for American Progress]
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What Do Current Federal Funding Levels in the Wake of Sequestration Mean for State Budgets? [3] [Economic Policy Institute]
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Registering Millions: The Success and Potential of the National Voter Registration Act at 20 [4] [Demos]
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Tuesday, Governor Doyle appointed Terry Maybee to the position of Rock County coroner. Maybee was a Janesville firefighter for 31 years, before retiring in 1997. He's also served on several other boards and commissions within Rock County.
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The Gods of Mars
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|Edgar Rice Burroughs
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|Frank E. Schoonover
|United States
|Planetary romance
|A. C. McClurg
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|348 pp first edition
|Preceded by
|A Princess of Mars
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The Gods of Mars is a 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs science fantasy novel, the second of his famous Barsoom series. It was first published in All-Story as a five-part serial in the issues for January–May 1913.[1] It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in September, 1918.
As in many of his novels, Burroughs begins with a frame story that explains how he (Burroughs) came into possession of the text, implying it recounts true events.
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Plot introduction[edit]
At the end of the first book, A Princess of Mars, John Carter is unwillingly transported back to Earth. The Gods of Mars begins with his arrival back on Barsoom (Mars) after a ten-year separation from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian afterlife.
Plot summary[edit]
After John Carter's arrival, a boat of Green Martians on the River Iss are ambushed by the previously unknown Plant Men. The lone survivor is his friend Tars Tarkas, the Jeddak of Thark, who has taken the pilgrimage to the Valley Dor to find Carter. Having saved their own lives, Carter and Tars Tarkas discover that the Therns, a white-skinned race of self-proclaimed gods, have for eons deceived the Barsoomians elsewhere by disseminating that the pilgrimage to the Valley Dor is a journey to paradise. Most arrivals are killed by the beasts of Valley, and the survivors enslaved or eaten by Therns.
Carter and Tars Tarkas rescue Thuvia, a slave girl, and attempt to escape, capitalizing on the confusion caused by an attack by the Black Pirates of Barsoom upon the Therns. During the attack, Tars Tarkas and Thuvia hijack a Black Pirate flier, while Carter fights his way aboard another, killing all but one of the Pirates, and rescuing a captive Thern princess. From the captured Pirate Xodar, Carter learns that the Black Pirates, called the "First Born", also think of themselves as gods, and accordingly prey upon the Therns; and additionally identifies the captive Thern as Phaidor, daughter of the "Holy Hekkador" (high priest) of the Therns. When their flier is recaptured by the First Born and taken to their underground realm of Omean, Carter is taken before Issus, the self-proclaimed goddess of Barsoom, who dictates the Therns through secret communications which they mistake for divine revelation.
Issus takes Phaidor as a handmaiden for one Martian year; whereas Carter is imprisoned, with Xodar as his slave as punishment for being defeated by Carter. Thereafter Carter treats him with honor, and thus gains his friendship. In prison, they encounter a young man later identified as Carter's son Carthoris, with whom Carter is taken to a series of games wherein the previous year's handmaidens are killed and later eaten by Issus and her nobles. Carter leads a revolt of the prisoners, killing many of the First Born; and upon the suppression of their revolt, he and Carthoris escape via underground tunnels, and give themselves to guards unacquainted with the revolt to be returned to their prison. Upon hearing of the revolt, Xodar rejects Issus' divinity and joins the others in escape. Upon later abandoning their aircraft, they encounter Thuvia, who describes the capture of Tars Tarkas by the green warriors of Warhoon (a clan rival to his own). Carter goes to rescue Tars Tarkas, but is discovered by his enemies. After a chase, Thuvia is sent on alone, mounted, while the men attempt a stand against the Warhoons. They are rescued by the Heliumetic navy but do not find Thuvia. Commanding one of the warships is Carter's friend Kantos Kan but the fleet is commanded by Zat Arras, a Jed (chieftain) of the hostile client state of Zodanga, and Carter is suspected of returning from the Valley of Dor, which is punishable by death. Tardos Mors, the Jeddak of Helium, and Mors Kajak, the Jed of Hastor (the grandfather and father, respectively, of Dejah Thoris, and thus Carter's in-laws) are absent from Helium, having led fleets in search of Carthoris. Later, Carter discovers that Dejah Thoris may have taken the pilgrimage to the Valley Dor to find him.
Upon returning to Helium, Carter is tried for heresy by the Zodangans; but the people of Helium do not tolerate this, and Carter is held prisoner for 365 days until his son frees him. Thereafter he goes to rescue Dejah Thoris but is kidnapped by the Zodangans. Carter refuses Zat Arras' offer of freedom in exchange for endorsing Zat Arras as Jeddak of Helium, and is imprisoned. After half a (Barsoomian) year, Carter escapes, and embarks to Omean, with secretly raised troop levies, ships, and soldiers lent by Tars Tarkas. Near Omean Carter is challenged first by the Therns; secondly by Zat Arras; and lastly by the First Born, whereupon Carter causes the Therns and First Born to fight one another, and the Heliumetic crews of the Zodangan fleet mutiny in support of Carter. Thereafter the Heliumites and Tharks defeat the First Born, and Issus herself is killed. But Dejah Thoris, Thuvia, and Phaidor are imprisoned in the Temple of the Sun, of whose rooms each opens only once per year. Immediately before their room closes, Phaidor attempts to kill Dejah Thoris, and her success or failure are left unknown. The story is thence continued in the third book of Burroughs' Martian series, The Warlord of Mars.
On March 4, 1912, Burrough's editor at All-Story Magazine, Newell Metcalf wrote suggesting a sequel to Under the Moons of Mars (serialization title of A Princess of Mars). The Valley of Dor, the River Iss and the Sea of Korus were all key locations in the Martian conception of heaven or the afterlife, which Burroughs had introduced in A Princess of Mars. Metcalf, who thought the appeal of these mystical locations might be strong for readers of the previous tale, suggested that John Carter could arrive from Earth at this location and be instrumental in exposing and destroying this religion as a falsehood. These ideas, which may have already have occurred to Burroughs, appeared to be highly inspirational.[2]
During 1912 Burroughs had been working on Tarzan of the Apes, which he finished in June of that year. Incredibly by 20 September 1912 Burroughs had almost completed the sequel to A Princess of Mars, which was entitled The Gods of Mars. It was submitted on October 2, 1912. Metcalf had suggested killing off Dejah Thoris in the story, but Burroughs admitted to be unable to do so. Although readers had already complained about the suspense created at the end of A Princess of Mars, Burroughs once again, produced a story with a cliff hanger ending. The tale was advertised in the December 1912 issue of All-Story magazine.[3]
The Gods of Mars was serialized in five parts in All-Story magazine, the first part published in January 1913 and the final part published in May 1913.[3] Burroughs was paid $750 for the novel.[4]
Burroughs introduced A Princess of Mars, the first Barsoom Novel as though it were a factual account passed on to him personally. He imagines John Carter to be an avuncular figure known to his family for years who entrusted the manuscript of the novel to Burroughs for publication 21 years later.[5] The Gods of Mars is the second Barsoom novel to use this device. John Carter 'visits' Burroughs 12 years after the events of A Princess of Mars, claiming to have mastered the secret of inter-planetary travel and stating this will be the last time he makes such a journey from his adopted home. However, the device was used in two further Barsoom novels, The Chessmen of Mars and Swords of Mars.[6]
While the novel is an example of science fiction, it is most closely related to the planetary romance genre.[7] The genre is similar to sword and sorcery, but includes scientific aspects.[8] Planetary romances mostly take place on the surface of an alien world, frequently include sword fighting, monsters, supernatural elements such as telepathic abilities (as opposed to magic), and civilizations similar to Earth in pre-technological eras, particularly with the inclusion of kingdoms, empires or religious societies. Spacecraft may appear, but are not central to the story (something which makes these tales distinct from Space Opera, where spaceships are usually a key focus of the narrative). There were some Planetary Romances prior to the publication of the Barsoom novels, but A Princess of Mars and The Gods of Mars and other novels in the Barsoom series were the most influential on the numerous similar stories that were published subsequently.[7]
Scientific basis[edit]
Burroughs's vision of Mars was loosely inspired by astronomical speculation of the time, especially that of Percival Lowell, who saw the planet as a formerly Earthlike world now becoming less hospitable to life due to its advanced age, whose inhabitants had built canals to bring water from the polar caps to irrigate the remaining arable land.[9] Lowell was influenced by Italian astronomer, Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, who in 1878, had observed features on Mars he called canali (Italian for "channels"). Mistranslation of this into English as "canals" fuelled belief the planet was inhabited.[10] The theory of an inhabited planet with flowing water was disproved by data provided by Russian and American probes such as the two Viking missions which found a dead, frozen world where water does not exist in a fluid state.[9]
World of Barsoom[edit]
A million years before the narrative commences, Mars was a lush world with oceans. As the oceans receded, and the atmosphere grew thin, the planet has devolved into a landscape of partial barbarism;[11] living on an aging planet, with dwindling resources, the inhabitants of Barsoom have become hardened and warlike, fighting one another to survive.[12] Barsoomians distribute scarce water supplies via a worldwide system of canals, controlled by quarreling city-states. The thinning Martian atmosphere is artificially replenished from an "atmosphere plant".[13]
Race is a major theme in the Barsoom novels. It is a world with clear territorial divisions between White, Yellow, Black, Red and Green skinned races. Each has particular traits and qualities, which seem to define the characters of almost every individual thereof. Nevertheless Burroughs' concept of race, as depicted in the novels, is more like a division between species than between ethnicity.[14]
The Gods of Mars introduces two new races; the White-Skinned Therns and the Black-Skinned First Born, both of which are strongly connected to the Martian religion that John Carter exposed in the novel.
The Therns are white skinned and bald, wearing blond wigs. They live in a complex of caves and passages in the cliffs above the Valley Dor, the supposed Martian heaven. The Therns control the dangerous beasts that live in the valley, and ransack, enslave, or eat the flesh of the survivors. They consider themselves a unique creation, different from other Martians. They are themselves raided by the Black Martians.[15]
Black Martians (First Born)[edit]
Supposedly the inhabitants of a Martian moon, the Black Martians actually live along the coast of the subterranean Sea near the south pole. They call themselves the 'First Born', believing themselves a unique creation among Martian races, and worship Issus, the false deity of the Martian religion. They raid the White Martian Therns, carrying them off as slaves and have a massive aerial navy, which John Carter defeats.[15]
Religious deception[edit]
There are a number of incidences of religious deception, or the use of superstition by those in power to control and manipulate others, in the Barsoom series. This theme was introduced in A Princess of Mars,[16] but is central to The Gods of Mars. Upon reaching 1,000 years of age almost all Martians undertake a pilgrimage along the River Iss expecting to find a valley of paradise; but find in fact a deathtrap, populated by ferocious creatures and overseen by a race of cruel, cannibal priests known as Therns, who perpetuate the Martian religion through a network of spies across the planet.[1] John Carter's battle to track down the remnants of the Therns and their masters, continues in the sequel The Warlord of Mars.[17] More deceitful priests in a theocratic nation appear in The Master Mind of Mars, where they manipulate a temple idol to control followers.[18]
Burroughs continued this theme in his Tarzan novels. Burroughs was not anti-religious; but was concerned by the abuse and exploitation of religious belief, and saw this as a common feature of organized religion.[19]
Characters in The Gods of Mars[edit]
- John Carter: Earthman Captain John Carter, a "gentleman of Virginia", is a soldier of fortune after his service as an officer in the Confederate army.[20] After the war he moved to the southwest US to work as a prospector. In 1866 he and his prospector partner strike it rich; but the partner is killed by American Indians and Carter takes refuge in a cave where he is overcome by smoke produced by an American Indian woman and wakes up on Mars. He effectively disappeared for nine years [while on Mars], believed dead, but re-emerged in New York in 1876, settling on the Hudson. He appeared to die in 1886, leaving instructions for a fictionalized Burroughs, who refers to him as an 'uncle' of the family, to entomb him in a crypt, and leaving Burroughs with the manuscript of A Princess of Mars with instructions not to publish it for another 21 years.[21] He has no memory before the age of 30 and seems never to age. He is adept with command, horsemanship, swords, and all weapons. He is 6'2" tall, with black hair and gray steel eyes.[20] He is honorable, courageous and eternally optimistic, even in the face of certain death.[22]
- Dejah Thoris: A Martian Princess of Helium, who is courageous, tough and always holds her resolve, despite being frequently placed in both mortal danger and the threat of being dishonored by the lustful designs of villains. She is the daughter of Mors Kajak, jed of Lesser Helium and granddaughter of Tardos Mors, jeddak of Helium, highly aristocratic and fiercely proud of her heritage.[23] She was introduced early in the first Barsoom novel, A Princess of Mars, and is the love interest of John Carter.[24]
- Carthoris: Son of Dejah Thoris and John Carter; unusual in having no second name. He is described as worthy of his parentage in nobility, ferocity, and intelligence.
- Tars Tarkas: A fierce Green Martian warrior, unusual among his people for his ability to love. He befriends John Carter and later fights at his side. Carter helps him become Jeddak of the Green Martians in A Princess of Mars and negotiates an alliance between the Green Martians and the city state of Helium.[21] Although Tars Tarkas shows some civilization, he remains a noble savage.[25] He is notable for a wry sense of humor invoked when he notices some irony in his present situation, as at his discovery of the Valley Dor.
- Kantos Kan: A soldier of Helium and Carter's friend.
- Thuvia of Ptarth: A Princess of Ptarth, rescued by John Carter from the Therns. She is later imprisoned with Carter's wife Dejah Thoris, in a prison which can only be opened once per year.[17] Typically of Burrough's heroines, she is tough, courageous, proud, and strongly identifies with her aristocratic position in Martian society.[17][26]
- Phaidor: A high-ranked Thern, who becomes enamoured of John Carter and therefore envious of Dejah Thoris. Considered somewhat amoral throughout the story.
Literary significance and criticism[edit]
Many consider the first three books of the Martian series to be a trilogy. The books are a showcase of Burroughs' talents: imagination, colorful descriptions, and adventure. Burroughs' complicated and sometimes flamboyant prose, vocabulary, and grammatical constructions are surprisingly sophisticated for pulp fiction.
Film adaptation[edit]
Before the release of the 2012 film John Carter, producers Jim Morris and Lindsey Collins said that they were working on a sequel based on the second book, with the working title John Carter: The Gods of Mars.[27] However, the film's poor box office performance put plans for sequels on hold.[28]
- Notes
- ^ a b Sampson, p. 181.
- ^ Porges, p. 143.
- ^ a b Porges, p. 146-7.
- ^ Porges, p. 207.
- ^ Bainbridge, p. 131.
- ^ Porges, p. 144.
- ^ a b Westfahl, p. 38.
- ^ Harris-Fain, p. 147.
- ^ a b Baxter, pp. 186-7.
- ^ Seed, p. 546.
- ^ Bainbridge, p. 132.
- ^ Sharp, p. 94.
- ^ Slotkin, p. 205.
- ^ Slotkin, pp. 203-205.
- ^ a b Bleiler and Bleiler, p. 97.
- ^ Holtsmark, p. 28.
- ^ a b c Bleiler and Bleiler, p. 98.
- ^ Bleiler and Bleiler, p. 100.
- ^ Holtsmark, p. 41.
- ^ a b Sampson, p. 177.
- ^ a b Bleiler and Bleiler, p. 96.
- ^ Holtsmark, p. 21.
- ^ Holtsmark, p. 28-9.
- ^ Holtsmark, p. 22.
- ^ Sharp, p. 95.
- ^ Holtsmark, p. 29-30.
- ^ Ford, Rebecca. "'John Carter' Producers Reveal Sequel Plans and Why They Cast Taylor Kitsch (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Adam B. Vary (March 26, 2012). "Taylor Kitsch: 'I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow'". CNN. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Bainbridge, Williams Sims (1986). Dimensions of Science Fiction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-20725-4.
- Baxter, Stephen (2005). "H.G. Wells' Enduring Mythos of Mars". In Yeffeth, Glenn. War of the Worlds: fresh perspectives on the H.G. Wells classic (BenBalla Books). ISBN 1-932100-55-5.
- Bleiler, Everett Franklin; Bleiler, Richard (1990). Science Fiction, the Early Years. Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-416-4.
- Harris-Fain, Darren (2005). Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-585-7.
- Holtsmark, Erling B. (1986). Edgar Rice Burroughs. Boston: Twain Publishers. ISBN 0-8057-7459-9.
- Porges, Irwin (1975). Edgar Rice Burroughs. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press. ISBN 0-8425-0079-0.
- Sampson, Robert (1984). Yesterday's Faces: A Study of Series Characters in the Early Pulp Magazines. Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-262-2.
- Seed, David (2005). A Companion to Science Fiction. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 1-4051-1218-2.
- Sharp, Patrick B. (2007). Savage Perils. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3822-X.
- Slotkin, Richard (1998). Gunfighter Nation. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3031-8.
- Westfahl, Gary (2000). Space and Beyond. Greenwood Publishing Groups. ISBN 0-313-30846-2.
External links[edit]
|Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- ERBzine Illustrated Bibliography: "The Gods of Mars" entry
- Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg
- Listen to a reading of the novel at LibriVox
- Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for The Gods of Mars


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