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Seasteading didn't quite work out for libertarian ideologue Andrew Ryan in BioShock, the creepy game released in 2007 to widespread acclaim. Ryan's underwater utopia collapsed, thanks in part to genetic enhancements that gave superhuman powers to the denizens of Rapture, turning it into a saltwater kill zone.
In BioShock 2, one of the most anticipated game sequels ever, you awake eight years after the original left off. You're missing all your memories but you know what you are: a Big Daddy, one of the giant, metal-suited monstrosities that kept order in Rapture before the fall.
Who are you? Where's your Little Sister? Plenty of obstacles float between you and the truth. Drugged-out Splicers still roam the city, and there's a new antagonist: a hard-left propagandist who believes in collectivism by any means necessary. And she's got an army of Big Sisters aimed at taking you down.
Wait a minute. Big Sisters?
There's been a major change to the sequel's story line since the last time we looked at BioShock 2. Originally, the central character was Big Sister, one of the creepy little enslaved girls from the first game that had come back to Rapture with a hidden agenda.
Big Sister was envisioned as something like Terminator's T-1000: a nearly impossible-to-defeat enemy that would stalk the player throughout the game. BioShock 2 lead level-designer J.P. LeBreton says that this idea was scrapped for reasons that had to do with both the gameplay and the story line.
"In the game, when the player defeats a Big Daddy, they get that satisfaction, that reward," he says. "What we didn't want was a scripted story boss to show up every level without fail and then run away, and constantly deny you that."
As for how the increase in number of Big Sisters will affect the game's story when BioShock 2 arrives in 2010 (it's slated for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on Feb. 9), 2K Games isn't saying anything.
The company's silence is for the best. For many of us who played the first game, the wholly unexpected plot twists proved to be its strongest and most compelling aspect.
For all its tangled narrative strings, BioShock's most profound climactic moment didn't have much of anything to do with Randian objectivism or the relative merits of saving or harvesting creepy barefoot children. It was when we found out that our main character was a puppet, following all the hypnotic suggestions of the game's antagonist.
In that moment, the medium became the message: BioShock drove home the point that as videogame players, even in a game that leads us to believe that we are making autonomous choices, we're still just doing whatever the game tells us to, killing whoever we're told to kill, just as long as it tells us to in such a way that we never question it.
Can BioShock 2 pull off that feat again? Our somewhat limited hands-on experience with the sequel isn't about to answer that question. What it did show is that we're about to get another taste of Rapture's ruined underwater paradise, with all the highly detailed scenery and trappings that made exploring it such a chilling pleasure last time.
From the first loading screen — in which the snappy, upbeat lyrics of 1940s period music stands in sharp contrast to the oppressive gloom and decay — you know you're back. The BioShock 2 demo saw us exploring Ryan Amusements, a learning museum for the children of Rapture. In true Ryan style, it's actually a propaganda pit: It teaches children all about the oppressive world of big government and welfare, to thoroughly scare the crap out of them in the hopes that they'll never want to leave the city.
If you'd just like to blaze through the museum and finish the mission, you can. But BioShock 2 is filled with lots of extra story for players who want it. Throughout the game, you'll find audio diaries left by citizens that will flesh out various aspects of the story. In this particular level, you'll be able to stop at all the museum exhibits and watch as the animatronic robots act out little scenes, telling the story of how Rapture was built and fleshing out Ryan's political philosophies.
Of course, Ryan isn't in charge anymore (the last game's main character beat him to death with a golf club). The antagonist this time is Dr. Sophia Lamb. She's as hard-core as Ryan about her political ideology, but at the other extreme.
Lamb's brought back the Big Daddies and Little Sisters into Rapture, and they're all part of her plan. As a rogue Big Daddy with free will, you'll end up having to fight your brainwashed brothers, because you're the wrench in Lamb's plan. You weren't supposed to still be around.
In fact, your Little Sister is a big part of whatever Lamb's cooking up. Her followers have built churches in Rapture, all devoted to worshiping your Little Sister, who they believe will lead them to salvation. "She's gotten a hook into people's minds in a very different way than Ryan did," LeBreton says.
Meanwhile, there's Sinclair, a guy in your earpiece on the radio who's telling you what you need to do to keep progressing in the game. BioShock players know not to trust people like this, but for now, he's all you've got.
"Sinclair is this guy who contacts you early on because he realizes that you and he have a common interest," says LeBreton. "Friendly but sort of shady, he's part of this organization that gets stuff done no matter the costs ethically. He's a pragmatist who sits in contrast with the other characters of the world," who are ideologues.
As the demo begins, Sinclair lets you know that if you're going to escape the propaganda playground, you'll need the Incinerate power. Plasmids, the aforementioned suite of genetic enhancements, are again a big part of BioShock's first-person shooter gameplay. As a Big Daddy, you've got a couple of awesome built-in weapons. There's your massive drill-hand, which you can use to charge enemies and put big holes in them, but it requires fuel. And there's your rivet gun. But you'll also need to splice your genes to do things like throwing fire or freezing people into blocks of solid ice.
Before you get hooked up with Incinerate, you'll need to creep through the museum, taking out the insane Splicers that still roam the halls, finding audio diaries, listening to Sinclair's and Lamb's rantings and generally soaking up the atmosphere.
BioShock isn't specifically a horror game, but the original had some great cheap, scary moments. So did this demo: At one point, while exploring the women's bathroom (what, like that's not the first thing you do in any game?), I looked up from a toilet stall to see, perfectly outlined in a flickering shadow, a Splicer with an ax raised, ready to strike. I wheeled around frantically, having not seen it coming.
What you'll always see coming are the monstrous Big Daddies. As with the previous game, until you attack them, they won't hurt you. So when you see one gallivanting about with his Little Sister, you'll have time to prepare by healing yourself and buying ammunition from the vending machines that are scattered about the world.
Like in the last game, you can "hack" any of these machines to give yourself lower prices. This mechanic has been totally changed — instead of playing an occasionally lengthy puzzle game, you play a very short, timing-based game in which you attempt to stop a fast-moving needle in the green area of a gauge. Hit green and the hack is successful; hit red and you'll just damage yourself in the attempt. Hit the very small blue areas and you'll get a bonus.
Once you take down a Big Daddy, you have the choice of either adopting or harvesting his Little Sister. This isn't as simple a choice as in the last game, because if you decide to adopt her, you'll actually have to accompany her around the level as she gathers more Adam, the extremely important substance that lets you upgrade your genetic abilities.
This means finding a dead body and protecting your Little Sister for a short span of time while she goes to work. At this point, you'll want to use some of the booby traps in your arsenal, like "trap rivets" that will explode on contact with invading Splicers who want the Adam for themselves. This adds a different gameplay mechanic, one in which the enemies won't stop coming and you can't leave your position until the harvest is done.
If all this sounds like a bit too much to deal with, you can just harvest the Little Sister, killing her and taking her Adam. But BioShock has a way of causing bad moral choices like that to come back and bite you in the ass later.
Either way, Lamb doesn't like you being involved with her Little Sisters: No matter what you do, a Big Sister is going to eventually come after you. You don't get extra time to prepare for these fights, and the Big Sisters are faster, stronger and more deadly than any Big Daddy. They'll jump around the level and raise hell while you're desperately trying to take them down.
After our 90 minutes in the world of BioShock 2's single-player game, we got to try the new multiplayer mode. This is something of a persistent online experience — rather than just jumping in and playing a few matches, you're actually building up your character's array of weapons and Plasmids every time you play. The next time you jump in, you'll be more powerful.
We saw three different types of multiplayer. Two of them, deathmatch and team deathmatch, probably don't need to be described. You can create custom "loadouts," combining the different gear and abilities at your disposal, then swap between these sets every time you die, which will probably be pretty often.
Some abilities let you recharge your health faster, or dash and jump away from enemies with superhuman speed. The original BioShock's "research" mechanic, in which you take photographs of dead enemies, makes a return here. Taking a picture of a corpse from another team lets you get a damage bonus on them once they've respawned.
The most interesting multiplayer mode thus far is a variation on Capture the Flag, but what you're capturing is a Little Sister. Each round, one team tries to capture the Little Sister while the other tries to defend her.
The team on defense will begin each round with a random member appearing as a Big Daddy. And unless this person is a total stupid idiot, you'll have to band together with your team to kill him before you even attempt to take the Little Sister, as the Big Daddy will pretty much always be able to stop anyone from getting near her if he stays by her and protects her.
I can't say I'm entirely sold on the idea: Multiplayer mode in BioShock seems like it was added purely for marketing concerns, as if the game wouldn't sell enough as a purely single-player experience. If it gets the sequel into more people's hands, that's probably worth it. But from my time with both modes, single-player seems like the big draw for BioShock 2.
My favorite part of that single-player demo was the moment that you learn about the Incinerate power. When you finally get your hands on Incinerate, there's a little sequence, like something out of Disney's Tomorrowland, that teaches you about the wondrous things you can do around the house with the ability to throw flames.
A nuclear family of mannequins sits around a fireplace. Just ignite the wood and give them a nice toasty fire, says the tinny voice over the PA. So I do, but unfortunately the little window display has fallen apart and been vandalized over the years. Specifically, an oil spill in front of the fireplace catches ablaze and lights the whole family on fire, burning the mannequins to a blackened crisp.
It's a perfectly BioShock moment: A tutorial for how to use a vital gameplay mechanic that simultaneously fleshes out the story while delivering a bit of commentary on the unintended consequences of progress.
If 2K can keep that level of subtlety and surprise up throughout the whole game, it could have a worthy follow-up on its hands.
Top image courtesy 2K Games
See Also:
- First Look: BioShock 2 Takes Bold Trip Back to Rapture
- 2K: BioShock Could Get Five Sequels
- BioShock: The Dark Descent
- Pirates' Gore Verbinksi Quits BioShock Movie
- Creepy Moral Dilemmas Make BioShock a Sophisticated Shooter
- Gore Is Less: Videogames Make Better Horror Than Hollywood


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Film #847613 Carter Co, TN Court Minutes 1804-1829.
Tennessee State Library & Archives, Nashville, TN 37219
Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1804 - 1805.
November 1803
p.31 15 Feb 1804
p.32 a deed of conveyance from Andrew Baker to William Griffin for 100a of
land proven in open court by John Macay one of the subscribing witnesses
thereto . Let it be registered.
p.38 Jurors to May session 1804: Richard Estip, Moses Adams, John Grindstaff,
Samuel Garland.
p.39 May 1804 Jurors: Moses Adams,
p.43 May 1804 Michael Grindstaff resigns as Constable
p.55 May 1804 Jury: Richard Estip
p.59 Aug 1804 Jury: John Worley,
p.60 Aug 1804 Ordered by the Court that William Moreland, Michael Smithpeter,
Peter Bullinger, John Grandstaff, John Loyed, James Bradley, Levi Loyed &
Joseph Sands be ajurty to view, mark & lay out a road from John Askins up dry
run By John Bakers so as to meet a road opened by order of the Court of Ashe
County in NC on the top of the Stone mountain at Bakers Gap and make a report
to next Court.
p.69 Joseph Gentry lay out a road
p.74 Rawlings James on a jury to lay out a road leading from Carrigers Mill to
the race Pathes on Stoney Creek around the plantation of Joseph Garland
p.77 still Aug court Sept 1804 David Carthy Labourer an assault on William
Adams Labourer Judgement was $2.75
p.82 Grand Jury: Nov 1804 Joseph James, John Robinson, John Baker,
p. 82 Ordered by the Court that 23. John Baker, 24 Joseph James, 26 George
Stout to 39 be jurors to Nov session 1804.
p. 82 Grand Jury inc Joseph James, John Baker,
p.83 13 Nov 1804 Jury: George Stout,
p.86 Jury: George Stout,
p.88 deputy sheriff, Nathan Hendrick
p.92 Jury: George Stout,
p.100 Jury: George Stout, Aug 1804?
p.111 "bond" Know all men by these presents that we William Bunton and Andrew
Baker are held and firmly bound unto Jacob Slimp and Robert Boyed in the Just
& full sum of $100 ... signed 18 Oct 1804 by William Bunton & Andrew Baker.
p. 113 To the Sheriff of Carter Co Greetings You are hereby commanded to take
the body of Robert Baker if to be found in your county and him safely keep --
to court ---there to answer Henry Grindstaff of a plea of Trespass with force
and arms of asault & battery to his damage $500. Wit: George Williams Clerk of
your said court 2nd Monday Aug 1804.
Bond then of Henry Grindstaff & Adam Hawn to Robert Baker $100 that they would
come to court and afterwards to wit During the said session of the said court
continued & held the same day & year aforesaid here cometh the said Henry
Grandstaff and the said Robert Baker and .... The said Robert Baker assumes
costs & plaintiff discontinues his suit. Therefore it is considered by the
court that the said Henry Grindstaff do recover over against the said Robert
Baker his costs & charges put to & about his suit now here adjudged to the
said Henry Grindstaff which said cost amount to $3.87 & 5 mills and that the
said Robert Baker be in mercy, etc.
p.118 Feb 1805 Grand Jury: Joseph Gentry, Godf. D. Stout,
p.119 Richard Estip appt overseer of the public road
p.134 12 Aug 1804 Nathan Hendrix bondsman
p. 140 4 Oct 1804 deputy Nathan Hendrix
p.144 2nd Monday Feb 1805
p.147 deed of conveyance from Athereto? Dredd Coble to Nathan Hendrix forty
acres of land ack.
p.147 Andrew Baker, Solomon Hendrix, be jurors for May session 1805
p.149 13 Feb 1805
p. 153 Nathan Hendrix deputy
p. 160 14 May 1805
p. 161 William Garland late of the county afsd assault on Eve Garland found
guilty and fined $10
p.163 John Macay he was 22 days running the line between Sullivan Co. and
Carter allowed $44 ...
p. 191 Insolvents and runaways for the year 1804 William Buckner, ...
presented by Nathan Hendrix
p. 192 second list of insolvents for 1803: Joseph Ford, John Polly,
p. 193 list for 1802 and John Robinson for 1801 Ord by the court that Andrew
Baker be appt overseer of the publick road leading by Bakers to the top of the
Stone mountain and that the following persons to be his gang: John Baker, John
Leatherman, Conrod Cable, Benj. Graves, John Hinson, Jacob Cable, Wm. Bunton,
Stephen Howard, William Adams, David Carty, Reuben Brooks, Johnson Hampton,
James Shuffield, Isaiah Stephens, and Thomas Ellott.
p.194 May Court 1805 Indenture of William Frazier by John Frazier to Nathan
Hendrix to learn the art and mystery of agriculture until William shall arrive
to the age 21. proven by John Worley, a subscribing witness.
p. 195 15 May 1805 Jurors for Aug session inc. John Baker, George Stout,
p.210 ord by the court that Abraham Drake be appt overseer of the road from
the ford of watauga above Miss Carters to Millers on the head of Indian Creek
and that all the hands on Andrew Greers? plantation Alexr. Greers, John
Greers, Benja. Drakes, James Findley, and John Scotts plantations be his gang.
p.211 August Court 1805 We the Grand Jurors in behalf of the State do present
two children belonging to John Frasure, as being on sufferance.
p. 215 George Stout on a jury
p.216 John Baker, George Stout on a jury
p.221 John Baker, George Stout on a jury
p.226 Nov Court 1805 Andrew Baker on a jury
p.244 Richard Estep, Moses Adams, jurors for Nov session 1805
p.245 Nov ct. 1805 Richard Estep juror
p.266 Moses Adams juror
p.267 Moses Adams juror
p.269 28 June 1805 You are hereby commanded to summons Andrew Baker to appear
before me or some other Justice of the peace for sd county to answer William
Bunton in a plea of Debt under $10. Alexr. Doran J.P.
Bond - 8 July 1805 John Griffin for security. Aug 1805 ... came the said Wm.
Bunton by his attorney John Kennedy Esq. & the said Andrew Baker by his atty
David Yearsley Esqr whereupon came a Jury named find for the plaintifff $7.93.
Rule to show cause why a new trial be granted ---"and the said Andrew brings
here unto court the $7.98 & costs & pays the plaintiff his debt & costs.
p. 272 11 Nov 1805
p.273 jury:Richard Estip, Moses Adams,
p.275 jury:Richard Estip, Moses Adams,
p.299 2nd Monday Feb 1806
p.300 A power of attorney from Elizabeth Shelly wife of Philip Shelly
Deceased, John Shelly, Absalom Shelly, Reuben Shelly, Mary Shelly, David
Shelly and William Shelly Legatees of sd deceased ordered to be admitted to
record and registered.
A deed of conveyance from Elizabeth Shelly John Shelly, Absalom Shelly, Reuben
Shelly, Mary Shelly, David Shelly and William Shelly for one hundred acres of
Land proven in open court by John Carter and Lawson Godwin subscribing
witneses thereto and admitted to record let it be registered.
p.301 Ord by court that the vacant piece of the publick road between Wm.
Tompkins and Richd. Estep be added to Tompkins part.
p.304 A deed of conveyance from Wm. Bunton to Andrew Baker 127 1/2A ack in
open court & admitted to Record let it be registered.
p.310 Richard Estip, .John Baker juror May 1806.
There are no books from 1806 to Feb 1819.
Minutes of the Court of Pleas Vol. 2 1819-1820.
p. 1 Feb 1819 William Graham, jury
p. 2 May 1819 Moses Estep, jury
p. 29 May 1819 William Graham, jury
p. 30 William Graham
p.32 Ord by court that Joseph Cable apt overseer of the public road in the
room of Moses Estep and that Julius A. Dugger & all hands living on Stoney
Creek above sd Julius be the hands.
p.34 William Graham Esq. returned a list of the taxable property and polls in
Capt. Evans District for the year 1819.
p.35 May 11, 1819 William Graham Esq
p.36 Jurors: Moses Estep
p.48 deed proved by William Graham
p.50 13 May 1819 Ordered by the court that Andrew Taylor shff & collector of
public taxes for the year to be released of the taxes on the following
persons: for the year 1817 James Estep ...
p. 66 10 Aug 1819 Jurors: George Stout,
p. 85 9 Nov 1819 John Dugger vs. John Estep. John Wilson constable returned an
execution issued by a Justice of the Peace no Goods and chattles found levied
on a tract of Land on the waters of Stoney Creek number of acres unknown near
Samuel Garland and on motion of the said John Dugger By his attorney Laban B.
Williams and it appearing to the court the the return of the said constable
that there is none of the goods and chattles of the said John Estep to levey
the said Execution on or to make the amount thereof in the said execution
mentioned of three dollars & costs therefore it is ordered by the court that
the sheriff expose to sale the said Lands or so much thereof as will be of
value sufficient to satisty the said Execution and costs of this motion.
p. 89 Jury: Moses Estep
p. 90 Jury: Moses Estep
p. 91 Jury: Moses Estep
p. 104 State vs. Julius A. Dugger - Moses Estep prosecutor
p. 120 State vs. Henry Cook - came not, made default - Moses Estep, being also
called to come into court and bring into court the said Henry came not but
made default therefore it is considered by the court that the said Moses
forfeit his recongizances.
p. 127 15 Feb 1820 A deed of conveyance from David Haines to William Graham
for two town lots of No. 1 & 2 proven in open court by Godfrey Carriger and
James Key and admitted to records
p. 134 Jury: 16 Feb 1820 John Baker, John Potter
p. 134 Ord to Court as heretofore that Jesse Coal, Jacob Low, Thomas Johnson,
Peter Rasor, William Lindsay, Daniel Stout, George Crosswhite, Henry Stout,
Charles Bassendine, William R. Blevins, John Glover and Benjamin Gentry be a
Jury as heretofore to view lay of and condem 3,000 acres of land the most
contigious to William B. Whites and James B. Rylys seat for Iron Works and
make report to next court.
p. 135 Deed of Conveyance from Benjamin Gentry to David Snodgrass for 120A
proven by Thomas McQueen and James Keyes. A deed from Vaught Heaton to Daniel
Stout for 50A of land ack in open court and admitted to record.
p. 152 State vs. Julius A. Dugger. Moses Estep Prosecutor - Alfred M. Carter
bail of said Julius A.
p.153 State vs. Henry Cook - Moses Estep bail surrenders the said Henry in
p. 190 13 May 1820 Ordered by the court that Garland Wilson be appointed
overseer of the public road Leading up little doe of rones creek from the
Drain near Henry D. Johnsons dam to Garland Wilsons Still house branch and
that the Following be his hands to wit, Geo. Baker, Wm. Baker, Jas. Baker,
Bolen Baker, John Crosswhite, Geo. Crosswhite, ....Benja. Gentry be the hands
to work in said Road together.
p. 190 13 May 1820 Ordered by the court that Vaught Heaton be appointed
overseer of the public road up little doe from this spring up to Johnsons
forge taking the lower division of hands including Majr. W. Lindzey, David
Stout and all the hands that formerly worked on said road under said Lindzey.
p. 190 13 May 1820 Ordered the the court that Henry Stout be appointed
overseer of the public road from Johnsons forge up to Henry D. Johnsons and
that all the forge hands that live above which formerly worked under Lindzey
be the hands to work sd road.
p. 191 John Baker, Andrew McHenry, Peter Rason, Joseph Heaton, Vaught Heaton &
Elizabeth Heaton guardian for the minors by James P. Taylor attorney for the
Whole ...
p. 192 13 May 1820 A deed of conveyance from Jacob Slimp to John Stout for
three acres of Land proven in open court by Andrew Taylor and Ezikiel Smith
and admitted to record let it be registered.
p. 262 18 Nov 1820
p. 243 14 Nov 1820 Grand Jury: Daniel Stout
p. 1 2nd Monday in February 1821 William Graham
p. 9 14 Feb 1821 William Graham
p. 14 13 Feb 1821
p. 27 2nd Monday in May 1821
p. 31 John Baker on a jury John Potter on a jury
p. 33 15 May 1821 For reasons appearing to the court it is herefore ordered
that John Gentry and John Grindstaff be released from attending as Jurors at
this session.
p. 38 16 May 1821
p. 41 17 May 1821
p. 45 18 May 1821
p. 50 19 May 1821
p. 55 2nd Monday Aug. 1821 road crew inc. Harris Privet, Joseph Hyden ...
p. 56 William B. White and James Riley exhibited their petition praying that a
Jury be appointed to lay off and Designate to them three thousand acres of
land the most contiguous to their seat for Iron works on Beaver dam Creek
where they are about to build Iron works ... unappropriated and unfit for
Cultivation in one or more tracts and for reasons appearing the court is
therefore ordered that Jesse Cole, Benja. Brou:, Jacob Low, Tho. Johnson,
Peter Rasor, Wm. Lindsay, Daniel Stout, Charles Bassindine, and Benjamin
Gentry be a Jury to view condemn and report to next court.
p. 60 14 Aug 1821 John Potter on a Jury
p. 65 15 Aug 1821
p. 87 2nd Monday Nov. 1821 For reasons appearing to the court it is therefore
ordered that Moses Estep be released of a pole Tax for the year 1821.
p. 89 Ord that the Dry run road be discontinued from James Bradleys to where
said road enters near Daniel Bakers.
p. 91 Ord by the court as here to fore that Jesse Coles, Jacob Low, Tho.
Johnson, Peter Rasor, Wm. Lindsey, Daniel Stout, Geo. Crosswhite, Henry Stout,
Charles Bassendine, Wm. R. Blevins, John Glover & Benja. Gentry be a Jury to
view condemn & report to next Court three thousand acres of Land the most
contigious to W. B. Whites & James Ryleys Iron works unfit for cultivation &c.
p. 92 13 Nov 1821 A deed of conveyance from William B. Carter Sheriff to
Samuel Garland for all the right of John Estep to twenty five acres of Land
suffi? acknowledged in open court and admitted to Record let it be registered.
p. 107 Ord by the court George Stout be appt. overseer of the public road on
little doe of Rones Creek and that John Potter, Nick Grandstaff, Saml. Newsum,
John Campbell and p. 109 Ord by the court that Daniel Stout be appointed
overseer of the public road in the room of Vaught Heaton and that the hands
formerly under Heaton be the hands to work on said road under Daniel Stout.
p. 111 12 Feb 1822
p. 113 Moses Estep juror May session 1822
p. 127 15 Feb 1822
p. 128 William Graham resigned the office of Justice of the Peace 15 Feb 1822
p. 143 15 May 1822
p. 149 Jury: Moses Estep
p. 155 William Graham one of commissioners ...
p. 156 William Graham Esqr resigned the office of Coroner in the following
words to wit: August Session 1822. bottom of page: Henry Privett
p.157 A deed of conveyance from George P. Stout to James Whitehead for 33A and
24 poles ack. in open court and admitted to record let it be registered.
p.158 A deed of conveyance from John Potter to Daniel Stout, for 50a of land
proven in open court by Lawson White and George P. Stout, and admitted to
record let it be registered.
p.159 13 Aug 1822
p. 181 Nov 1822
p. 183 A deed of conveyance from Thomas Stuart to William Baker all his
equitable interest in and to his undivided moiety to two grants, for 200A
each, proven in open court by John Blair and Nathan Burchfield two subscribing
witnesses and admitted to record ...
p. 184 12 Nov 1822
p. 258 13 May 1823 A Deed of conveyance from Daniel Stout to Joseph Robinson
for 127 acres of Land. Proven by Lawson White and James Sheffield two
subscribing witnesses in open court and admitted to Record. Let it be
Registered. 12 Aug 1823
p. 43 15 Feb 1827
p. 48 Orderd that ... and William Baker lay off a road from out of the Doe
.... road lay Fishers old Field ... the Limestone Cove at or near William
p. 49 Ordered that William Baker ... view Mill road leading from Thomas
McInturf's by William Peoples to David Haines Mill ....
p. 51 Jurors: Daniel Baker, David Stout,
p. 60 Jurors: Moses Estep,
p. 61 16 May 1827
p. 69 Hamilton B. Hamilton execution issued by Caleb Smith favorably William
Bleartin v. Vaught Heaten for $28.80 debt upon which find no goods or chattles
in said ?County & here givin on a tract of land in Carter County Whereon the
Deft Heaten now lives number of acres not known being on Little Doe of Roan
Creek adjoining Daniel Stout & Godfrey D. Stout's lands 7 March 1827. ...
p. 82 14 Aug 1827 Jurors: David Stout, Daniel Baker,
p. 107 16 Aug 1827
p. 115 13 Nov 1827
p. 128 Gutridge Garland, David Garland Exrs. of Ezekiel Garland decd vs.
Nathan Birchfield, Wm. Baker Deft. Deft did not come therefore plt recover of
the deft $194.50.
p. 145 Wm. Baker juror
p. 148 12 Feb 1828
p. 156 13 Feb 1828
p. 171 Moses Estep, Daniel Stout on jury ...Aug session 1828
p. 175 The assignment of a Plat and certificate of Survey from William Asher
to John Baker for fifty acres of land proved in open court by John Duggan ...
p. 178 13 May 1828
p. 180 James Estep vs Isaac Estep ... For reasons appearing to the Court on
motion of the ?plaintiff by his attorney a rule agnd commission to take the
depositon of George Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Bidant Bearer and Isaac Guinn Ashe
County North Carolina twenty days notice to the defendant whereupon the
proceedings aforesaid were continued.
p. 189 14 May 1828
p. 193 15 May 1828
p. 211 State vs W. R. Bevins & others...Squire Estep proves his attendance as
a witness in the case for two days ...
p. 215 Second Monday in August 1828
p. 221 Ordered by the court that John Howard be appointed overseer of the
public road in the room of Daniel Shell from the fork of the road above Daniel
Baker to James Bradleys ?and work the same hands that D. Shell worked.
p. 229 12 Aug 1828 Jury: Moses Estep, Samuel Stout
p. 231 State vs. William Estep. The defendant came into open court &
acknowledged ?himself indebted to the State in the sum of $100 and Enoch
Duncan Bail acknowledged himself indebted to the State in the sum of $100 to
be levied of their goods & chattles lands & tenements and void on condition
that said Estep appear from day to day before the Justices of our Court of
pleas and quarter Sessions now in Session and not depart this same without
leave first.
p. 235 A deed of conveyance from John Baker to Right Moorland for 130A of land
proven in open court by Daniel Stout & George P. Stout the subscribing
witnesses thereto & admitted ...
p. 239 13 Aug 1828
p. 240 State vs William Estep. The Defendant being charged on the Bill of
Indictment and he for plea thereto saith he is guilty thereof therefore it is
considered by the Court that the Defendant be fined six & a fourth cents and
in custody of the Sheriff until fine and costs be paid or given Security.
Enoch Duncan assumes fine and costs .... James Estep vs. Isaac Estep. Ordered
by the Court that a commission issue to any Justice of the peace for Ashe
County North Carolina to take the deposition of James Swift, Enos Isaacs, John
Estep & Joel Dyer that said Deposition may be had on the trial of the above
cause and that the plaintiff give Defendant five days notice of the time and
place of taking the same.
p. 245 Jury: Moses Estep, Daniel Stout ...
p. 250 14 Aug 1828
p. 252 150a of land adjoining Evers Hetherly, Moses Estep & Wm. Garland being
on the south side of Stony Creek 14 Aug 1828
p. 263 Deed from Right Mourland to Henry Stout for 130A
p. 265 Adam Mast appt overseer of road in room of Matthias Baker
p. 267 Ord that William Mullen, William Baker, Daniel Stout [et als] be jurors
p. 270 11 Nov 1828
p. 275 Deed from Samuel Garland to Moses Estep, 53A proved by John Richardson
& William Garland.
p. 276 12 Nov 1828
p. 278 James Estep vs. Isaac Estep -- plt dismisses suit.
p. 283 13 Nov 1828
p. 288 Feb 1829 Rebecca Shawley relict of James Shawley be appt. admx. William
Barton Holt admr. Jacob Holt surety bond $1000.
p. 289 John Potter appt overseer of Road E. of Mill Creek.
p. 300 10 Feb 1829
p. 301 State vs. Nancy Bowers. Jury: Squire Estep, Enoch Estep, Daniel Stout.
p. 307 Jury: Squire Estep
p. 309 Jury: Squire Estep
p. 310 Feb Ct 1829 Moses Estep indebted to the state.
p. 311 State vs. Squire Estep -- Enoch Estep his security. Charge of larceny.
Moses Estep Prosecutor.
p. 316 12 Feb 1829
p. 321 2nd Monday in May 1829
p. 332 Rebecca Shawley admx & William B. Holt admr of the goods & chattles of
James Shawley decd. ret. an inventory.
p. 336 Jury: Squire Estep
p. 337 13 May 1829 State vs. Alexander Frasure. not guilty.
p. 339 13 May 1829 State vs. Alexander Frasure. Thomas Heatherly Prosecutor
comes into open Court and acknowledges himself indebted to the State of
Tennessee in the sum of $100 to believed of the goods and chattles lands and
Tennements and ....
p. 340 13 May 1829 State vs Enoch Estep. deft pleads not guilty and puts
himself upon this count ... Jury finds defendant not guilty.
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WASHINGTON —Sen. Mary Landrieu has signed onto new, bipartisan legislation to protect the waterways and ports in Louisiana and the rest of the nation.
The New Harbor Maintenance Act being sponsored by Landrieu, D-La., and 28 other original Senate co-sponsors joins other efforts to protect the federal Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
The fund dedicated to river dredging and port improvement projects was allocated nearly $1.8 billion in the most recent funding cycle, but more than half of the fund is raided for other spending by Congress and the White House.
"This legislation is extremely important for the proper maintenance of Louisiana's waterways, which serve as gateways to domestic and international trade," Landrieu said in the announcement. "Even though Louisiana's port system is the largest in the world and supports economic growth throughout the country, the waterways that serve these ports are not being adequately maintained. We need the Harbor Maintenance Act to ensure these funds are used as intended for our ports and waterways."
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that full channel dimensions at the nation's busiest 59 ports — several of which are in Louisiana — are available less than 35 percent of the time.
The legislation is not the only effort ongoing to protect the fund.
Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and David Vitter, R-La., who lead the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, last week led a hearing titled "The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and the Need to Invest in the Nation's Ports."
Vitter and Boxer said they are planning on putting a measure into the 2013 Water Resources Development Act bill, which is expected to be filed in a few weeks, that would keep the trust fund from being raided and also add a provision that would allow excess funds to go straight to port authorities for some specified projects.
Such a measure is expected to resemble the Realize America's Maritime Promise Act by Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, which would keep lawmakers and the White House from reallocating from the fund.
A version of the RAMP Act became law last year but it was gutted behind closed doors by Congress with much weaker language that indicated funds from the $8 billion Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund "should" only go to dredging and ports efforts. As is always the case in legislation, the difference between "should" and "shall" is significant.


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I bought Coocase Astra 48 L from Twisted Throttle in early May this year, so i have had it on my '09 1200RT for 3 months now.
THE GOOD: The silver color of the top case matches my silver RT very well indeed. The 48 Litre size is capable of storing two large HJC flip up helmets.
It comes with a remote control lock, alarm and LED brakelights, and running lights (if you get Twisted Throttle P/N 00011).
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After the case is opened up it wants to lock itself after about 20 seconds (why)? With the optional passenger backrest pad in position, and the case mounted as far back as i can get it to go, it tends to extend too far forward intruding into your passenger's lumbar region. It needs to come rearward about an inch in my opinion. Depending on the road type sometimes you get a "rumble" noise from the case.
There is a slight delay for the topcase led's to illuminate when you hit the brakes.
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Tropical fruit marketers go to great lengths to lure new customers in retail stores with sampling, signs and other point-of-sale materials. But they don't have to work quite as hard with foodservice.
Such efforts aren't necessary when it comes to the nation's chefs, said Robert Schueller, director of public relations for Los Angeles-based World Variety Produce, which markets products under the Melissa's label.
"The foodservice customer is the easiest," he said. "Chefs are always looking for new and exciting things for their menus, and they're looking for ways to differentiate themselves. They want customers to expect things that are new and different."
Fresh coconut, mangoes, papaya and pineapple are among the tropical items getting more attention in foodservice kitchens, said Karen Caplan, president and chief executive officer of Frieda's Inc., Los Alamitos, Calif.
"They are becoming more popular because chefs love their fantastic flavors," she said, "which make their dishes seem special and good tasting."
Peter Leifermann, sales and category manager of J&C Tropicals Inc., Miami, also noted an increased emphasis on fresh product.
"As the American palate matures, we're seeing increased demand from the foodservice arena in typically Asian commodities like ginger, dragon fruit and thai guava," he said, "but also in the overall demand for fresh, whole foods. Where they used to use frozen mamey or papaya for desserts, the focus is now on fresh. Young chefs are more experienced with these items, and you're seeing them in more menu combinations everywhere."
Eddie Caram, general manager of New Limeco LLC, Princeton, Fla., said even niche items are seeing increased foodservice demand in some areas.
"Mamey, for the most part, is still an ethnic fruit," he said. "But in the foodservice, depending on the state — like in Florida and in the northeast — you do see it incorporated in many different desserts and smoothies."
Charlie Eagle, vice president of business development for Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Southern Specialties Inc., said he has customers using mangoes in things such as desserts, salsa and poultry dishes.
Tropical sales in the foodservice sector are "growing more slowly than retail," he said, "but we're seeing good progress. We're seeing mangoes incorporated in more and more menus. One of the reasons we're bullish on mangoes is that people are getting exposed to mangoes through foodservice. The quickest way to a consumer's wallet is through their stomach. We really think that when you have a good product and people are exposed to that, they'll come back to that positive experience."
The Orlando-based National Mango Board encourages chefs and operators to use fresh mangoes and offers guidance on varieties and ripeness levels, director of marketing Wendy McManus said.
The board also offers menu concepts to chain restaurants that do not have mangoes on their menus.
For example, the board has promotions under way with Huntington, Calif.-based BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, which operates more than 100 casual dining restaurants, and Dallas-based Tony Roma's, which has about 200 locations. Both chains are serving mango salsa, BJ's with a Thai salmon dish and Tony Roma's with mahi mahi.
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State gun bill was hushed and rushed
This gun bill was just passed in Democratic fashion: rush it through, no waiting period, closed-door sessions and no consent of the people. When is the next election?
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We the people love Kathy Marchione. I believe she should run for governor next term. Then, the gun rights of all the people and the Second Amendment will always be there for us, and she is out there protecting our rights. Kathy Marchione is an angel -- may she always be there for the people of Saratoga Springs.
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Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:06:11 GMT —
A public meeting was held tonight at the Civic Center in Traverse City to try and answer the public's questions regarding the Boardman River and the dam removal project.
The meeting started with an overview of the project, which had most people upset since they wanted more time to ask questions.
The leaders did note in the presentation that arsenic and water temperatures are both within acceptable ranges. The first uproar occurred when a facilitator, Chuck Lombardo, said that no one can predict Mother Nature and flooding is always possible near a river. Another topic of question was when people should start seeing money for property damage from the flooding in October - to which they were told once a damage amount is agreed upon it takes about a week, and they are starting to send checks out to first responders.
The majority of people wanted to know what's going to happen if there is more flooding - and who will be held responsible. Others asked who gave the authority to keep the current leaders on this committee. Multiple people argued for no further movement on the plans until more research is done and those facts presented.
Questions were also raised about turbidity and wildlife. Andy Selle of Inter-Fluve said there are a couple causes of the current turbidity (mechanical-the construction occuring, and natural-the river trying to return to it's natural course) but that within months of the completion the water should be clear. Selle said they are sampling some areas twice a day, and when asked to sample after a rain event he said that would be possible. Todd Kalish of the MDNR said that multiple organizations are collecting information and assessing that data on fish and wildlife (Grand Valley University being the independent source) and if you have any concerns about the wildlife to contact the DNR.
Also addressed was the subject of toxins - which Sandra Sroonian of AMEC reported that all of the soils are contained in permit zones owned by the city (but failed to answer how far they are from residential areas). The crowd also questioned the possible toxins in the sediment that washed into the river when it flooded - Sroonian said they are not aware of any toxins at this time from the flood, but if you believe there are toxins in a certain location to contact the DEQ.
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Chip Ganassi has hired IndyCar veteran Ryan Briscoe to fill the final spot on his four-car team.
The announcement came Friday in Indianapolis.
Briscoe has driven previously for Roger Penske, wining the Indianapolis 500 pole in 2012, and Ganassi, with whom he finished 12th at Indy this year. He made six more starts in 2013 with Panther Racing but did not finish higher than 13th. Briscoe also began his IndyCar career with Ganassi in 2005 but was replaced after that season.
Ganassi also announced Tony Kanaan will drive the No. 10 car, previously occupied by four-time series champ Dario Franchitti. Kanaan and Franchitti are good friends.
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Juan Cole: McCain and the Myth of al-Qaeda in IraqRoundup: Historians' Take
I am quoted in this NYT piece today on John McCain's allegations that the US is fighting"al-Qaeda" in Iraq and that there is a danger of"al-Qaeda" taking over the country if the US leaves.
Those allegations don't make any sense. McCain contradicts himself because he sometimes warns that the Shiites or Iran will take over Iraq. He doesn't seem to realize that the US presided over the ascension to power in Iraq of pro-Iranian Shiite parties like Nuri al-Maliki's Islamic Mission Party and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. So which is it? There is a danger that pro-Iranian Shiites will take over (which is anyway what we have engineered) or that al-Qaeda will? It is not as if they can coexist. Since the Shiites are 60 percent and by now well armed and trained, how could the 1 percent of the 17 percent of the country that is Sunni Arab and maybe supports Salafi radicalism hope to take over?
Even if McCain only means, as his campaign manager tried to suggest, that"al-Qaeda" could take over the Sunni Arab areas of Iraq, that doesn't make any sense either (McCain has actually alleged that al-Qaeda would take over the whole country.) The Salafi radicals have lost in al-Anbar Province. Diyala Province, one of the other three predominantly Sunni areas, is ruled by pro-Iranian Shiites. That leaves Salahuddin and Ninevah Provinces. Among the major military forces in Ninevah is the Kurdish Peshmerga, some of them integrated e.g. into the Mosul police force. Hint: The Kurds don't like"al-Qaeda", i.e. Salafi radicalism. Jalal Talabani is a socialist.
So the Shiites and the Kurds among the Iraqis, now more powerful than the Sunni Arabs, would never allow a radical Salafi mini-state in their midst. They would crush them. And substantial segments of the Iraqi Sunni population have already helped crush them.
Moreover, Shiite Iran, secular Turkey, Baathist Syria and monarchical Jordan would never put up with a Salafi radical mini-state on their borders. They would crush it. Jordan's secret police already appear to have played a role in killing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian terrorist who had his own"Monotheism and Holy War" organization that for PR purposes he at one point rechristened"al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia" (he actually never got along with Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri).
McCain's whole discourse on Iraq is just a typical rightwing Washington fantasy made up in order to get you to spend $15 billion a month on his friends in the military industrial complex and to get you to allow him to gut the US constitution and the Bill of Rights. ...
At the moment no guerrilla group in Iraq even calls itself al-Qaeda. Zarqawi's organization appears to have collapsed in Ramadi with his death, which is a part of the story of the rise of pro-American 'awakening councils' there that no one mentions.
Here are the Open Source Center headlines about Sunni guerrilla activities in Iraq. These are found and translated by US intelligence:
' Ansar Al-Islam Claims Attack on Oil Tanker in Iraq
Al-Rashidin Army Claims 16 Apr Attack on US Hummer . . . ["The statement was attributed to Abu-al-Abbas Isa Bakr al-Iraqi, the Media Bureau, the Al-Rashidin Army, the Jihad and Change Front."]
Iraqi Armed Revolution Comments on Government Clashes with Al-Mahdi Army . . . [says"both sides want to seize power"]
Shield of Islam Brigade Claims Attack on Iraqi Forces in Baghdad
1920 Revolution Brigades Claims Attack on US Stryker Vehicle
Sa'd Bin-Abu-Waqqas Brigades Claim 3 Attacks on US, 'Enemy' Forces '
Note that the 1920 Revolution Brigades fights against the Islamic State of Iraq and some of its cells have joined US-backed Awakening Councils. None of these communiques mentions anything about"al-Qaeda" or Usama Bin Laden. Aside from the 'Islamic State in Iraq,' which seems to be a front for a small group of foreign fighters who have some local support in Diyala province, they are just Iraqi Sunnis, folks. A lot of them were in the Baath army six years ago. Opinion polling shows that a majority of Iraqi Sunnis says that a separation of religion and state is desirable, which is what you would expect from a population ruled by the secular Arab nationalist Baath Party for 25 years. The US has 24,000 or so Iraqis in custody but less than 150 foreign fighters. Doesn't that tell you something?
McCain can't come out and say we need to crush the Armed Iraqi Revolution, because that would be an admission that the US has been fighting Iraqis for 5 years and still hasn't defeated them. So he and the Republican strategists and the retired generals and their Pentagon handlers make up this"al-Qaeda" business, as though people in Baquba would be gunning for Americans if Americans hadn't invaded their country and turned it upside down.
It is the US military occupation of Iraq that is producing"al-Qaeda" wannabes, and if it is ended the Iraqis and their neighbors will polish those off tout de suite. Keep the military occupation going, as McCain desires, and you are running an incubator for terrorism against the US and its allies that has already produced hits on Madrid and the London Underground.
In other words, elect McCain, my friends, and you are summoning the awful genie of another 9/11. I said it. I mean it. I'm not taking it back. That man's announced policies could well produce a blowback that will lead to the end of democracy in the United States. It is a momentous decision.
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Tim Matthewson - 5/3/2008
Al-Qaeda has not been able to produce a major terrorist attack in the past six years and the reason has been a concerted effort on the part of the FBI, CIA and other global intelligence gathering organizations to disrupt and destroy Al-Qaeda. Support for Islamo fascism has collapsed in the Arab world, not only because of its activities, but also because it is anti-modern and treats women like property. It's only terrorist successes have been attacks mainly in Arab countries that have not been directed against the US but against moderate Arab Muslims who are friendly to the US. But John McCain is so closely tied to the Bush administration that he cannot afford to say that Al-Qaeda is not the major problem in Iraq and that it is the continued US presence in Iraq that has failed to achieve its objectives and indeed continues to promote anti-American feeling among the Iraqis.
omar ibrahim baker - 4/23/2008
Should McCain, or a Hillary/Obama Presidential candidate though less likely, come up with the proposition that the enemy in Iraq fighting the USA is the coalition of Al Qaeda/Iraq Communist Party and IRA +The Communist party of Nepal (Maoist) it, the proposition, will find enough takers, believers , advocates and marketers to keep it afloat as long as their nerve center wants it out and about!
US Presidential candidates abuse of the US electorate abysmal ignorance of , and disinterest in , foreign affairs enables them to claim whatever they feel like claiming no matter how outlandish, anti factual and counter logical it may be.
George W.'s very recent outright lies and fabrications found enough takers ,believers and defenders in the USA Senate and media, and still do, to encourage him to launch and sustain one of modern times most stupid (but hugely destructive) and counter productive wars for the USA (though NOT for Israel and/or Iran) of all times.
Well if George W. could get away with that with the USA Senate, McCain can surely get away with whatever he wants with the US electorate including a Qaeda, or Nepalese Communist Party, led anti USA insurrection in Iraq.
AND Halliburton &CO will enjoy every moment and every dollar of it!
That would surely epitomize best the universal tragedy of a USA dominated world!
Joseph Mutik - 4/22/2008
Local Islamic terrorist gangs organized explosions in Turkey and Morocco, in the last few years, where al-Qaeda was only a model and the terrorist enterprise was very local. There are lots of this kind of examples. There are no U.S. troops in Turkey or Morocco, the only reason for the terrorism is the fight against joining a world with western values. I took about 13 centuries for the Christian church to begin the reformation. Judging by this unit of time the Islamic religion is today quite close to a reformation movement. There is a big difference, though, in the 15th century took usually a month for a letter to reach its destination, today a message (written, verbal, still or moving picture) reaches its destination in a matter of seconds so we can suppose that the Islamic reformation process will be a lot shorter.
The main part of the Islamic reformation is about a sexual revolution. The Islamic men don't want to free the Islamic women. The main argument, used by Islam, is that the western world doesn't understand Islam, but in spite of irresponsible apologists of Islam, like Juan Cole, Islam is very well understood in the west. What Juan Cole and his ilk does is to justify Islamic violence against Islamic reformation. The Islamic violence against the Danish cartoons of Mohamed is a very good example.
Randll Reese Besch - 4/21/2008
Before the USA illegally invaded and occupied Iraq the Al-Qeada population was 0%. Now with the leverage caused by the invasion they have a tenous 5%.
All we are told by the corporate media is about Al-Qeada as if it is 95% of those against the invasion/occupation.A lie among so many to keep this WAR CRIME from being aknowledged as such & ended.
It is part of the larger sham as they try to hide the fact that it is the Iraqis who are against the occupation,upwards of 70%,but our so-called president claims he would leave if the Iraqis told him to. They have and he isn't. Not for a long time.Maybe McCain's 'joke' about staying for 100 years is indeed actual fact.
Unless the US military gets out of the cities and concentrates in the oil infrastructure they will all be targets. Though with the under reported heavy bombings by the USA on cities, towns and neighborhoods continue could keep the military responces down by the local militias. The USA will never have their stated version of winning for they know it won't happen and just use it as one of their many excuses to stay till the oil is gone.
N. Friedman - 4/21/2008
I am not writing to denigrate Professor Cole's opinion or to advocate that US forces remain in Iraq. I am merely exploring Professor Cole's argument.
Guessing what the future will bring to Iraq is very difficult. Professor Cole does not see an al Qaeda future for Iraq were the US to leave. That may be true. It is also certainly true that al Qaeda in Iraq suffered severe setbacks. And, it is certainly true that the seeming winners thus far in Iraq are the Shi'a.
Whether, of course, that means that such result is permanent is another matter. Consider:
First, Today's polling results in Iraq mean very little, even assuming that the results are accurate. This is because the views of a determined, violent minority can certainly overwhelm the views of the majority. Think Saddam.
Second, the fact that there are more Shi'a likely means very little - other than what group's representatives would most likely win an election were the country to vote, as is the habit in the Middle East, based on the individual's religious confession. After all, the Sunni ruled over the Shi'a for a very long time in Iraq notwithstanding being in the minority.
Third, even if Iraq's Shi'a could, in the abstract, maintain order in the country, would Iraq's Sunni neighbors accept Sunni rule as a permanent feature of Iraq? That is certainly difficult to say.
Fourth, how can we say with any confidence that Iraq's neighbors would not put up with a radical government in Iraq? Iraq's neighbors put up with a radical government in Iran. They put up with a radical government in Afghanistan until the US destroyed it. I think that the Professor's point that the countries surrounding Iraq would not put up with a truly radical government is a real exaggeration. They may not like the government. But, that hardly means they would act against it militarily.
Fifth, the fact that al Qaeda has gone underground in Iraq does not mean the group has vaporized. It may well be that the group is waiting for a more opportune time to advance its agenda.
In short, guessing what would be is a difficult job. Professor Cole is, I think, just guessing. That is not to suggest that the US should remain in Iraq. It is to suggest that the impact of a US withdrawal is not a simple one.
Tim Matthewson - 4/21/2008
Like bin Lauden, al-Qaeda is a Sunni organization and constitutes a small fraction of the Sunnis of Iraq and the Sunnis of Iraq are less than 17 percent of the Iraqi population. The prospective of them dominating Iraq is far from likely, especially following their numerous defeats at the hands of the Shiites following the Shiite revival of recent years. But like Bush McCain insists that the war in Iraq is part of the larger global war on terror. But this claim has not been credible for years. What is credible is the statement I heard on the TV show "30 Rock," which claimed that McCain has organized a Committee to Re-Invade Vietnam. I understand that he tried to get the Pope to make a donation to the Committee. But McCain dozed off during his meeting with the Pope and so the Pope accidentally administered Last Rites to the ancient hero of the Vietnam war.
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New Delhi: On Sunday evening, a 25-year-old woman was shot dead in public view by an allegedly drunk man after a protracted and loud argument at the crowded Sarai Kale Khan bus terminus in south Delhi. Just across the road from where the woman, Pooja, was killed is a police booth, but no cop tried to help her until after she had been shot.
The incident underscored that despite many assurances, the national capital remains as unsafe as it was two months ago, when a medical student was gang-raped and tortured by six men on a moving bus, also on a Sunday evening.
Eyewitnesses say at about 8 pm yesterday, the woman, Pooja, her husband and her friend,
Kiran, were accosted by two men on a motorcycle; the police say the men were known to her.
According to the police, one of the men was forcibly trying to take the victim's friend, Kiran, with him and when Pooja intervened, he allegedly pulled out a gun and shot her in the face and head thrice, at point blank range. She was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), but died on the way.
"I was waiting for someone. These two people were having an argument for quite some time. I heard a gunshot and when I turned, the girl was on the ground and screaming. We caught one of them right there," said a bystander, Rakesh Kumar.
The police claims it moved in swiftly to nab one of the accused, a man named Munshi Yadav. But eyewitnesses say it was people around who caught him and handed him to the traffic police. A country-made gun and bullets were recovered from him. The other man escaped. The police have alleged that both men were drunk.
The Sarai Kale Khan bus depot has 250 to 300 people at any time. The woman was shot dead right along a main road, a spot clearly visible from the police post across the road. Also, police control room vans or PCRs were reportedly stationed only some distance away. There is an alert in the Capital after the Hyderabad blasts on Thursday and there is heavy police patrolling in areas like the bus depot.
The Delhi Police, which drew huge flak after 23-year-old Amanat (NOT her real name) was brutally gang-raped in the capital on a moving bus on December 16 last year, has repeatedly promised that it has taken steps to ensure better security in the capital. But Dehi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit went on record earlier this month to say the city remains unsafe for women.


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'This just about knocked my socks off! Sy Hersh, reporting in the New Yorker, one ups Mark Perry and just about everybody else with a story that the Bush administration provided MEK operatives terror training at secret facilities in Nevada starting in 2005:
"We did train them here, and washed them through the Energy Department because the D.O.E. owns all this land in southern Nevada," a former senior American intelligence official told me. "We were deploying them over long distances in the desert and mountains, and building their capacity in communications.
The Iranian dissident agents received the full panoply of spook training offering by U.S. Special Forces operatives: They got "the standard training," he said, "in commo [communications], crypto [cryptography], small-unit tactics, and weaponry—that went on for six months…"'
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Sonic Excess conducted an interview with frontman Vorph of Swiss extreme metallers SAMAEL on March 24, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Watch the chat in two parts at this location."Above", the new album from SAMAEL, entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 99. Audio samples of all 10 tracks that appear on "Above", are available on Amazon.co.uk. In a recent interview with Beyond the Dark Horizon, Vorph stated about "Above", "It is like an enhanced version of our three or four first albums, maybe the missing link between 'Ceremony of Opposites' and "Passage". With the 'Era One' project we've tried to work on different influences, [and] with 'Above' we stripped everything down. It is a metal album through and through. . . 'Above' is a little bit of a tribute to our early years as a band and to our first influences. If you listen to our two last albums, you can tell our roots go beyond that but 'Above' is a good résumé of what pushed us to start playing music in the first place."
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Remember that rumour that surfaced in the Ottawa Sun regarding the Calgary Flames possibly be willing to move Jiri Hudler, Dennis Wideman, Mikael Backlund and a second or third round pick to the Senators for Jason Spezza?
As it turns out that rumour may not necessarily be true.
Well, at least that's what new Flames general manager Brad Treliving would have you believe.
"It's categorically false," Treliving told the Calgary Sun's gaudy three-piece suit wearing Eric Francis. "I haven't made any such offers. That's 100% fantasy island. I saw it early Sunday online and had to read it a couple times and had to remind myself 'oh ya I'm the Flames GM. Interesting.' "
Later in the interview, Treliving admitted to having conversations with Senators general manager Bryan Murray.
"You're always talking to guys all the time — that's your job," said Treliving, who would rightfully garner criticism had he not inquired about either stud.
"You have a discussion about what's going on, but there's a big difference between just talking to guys and making an offer. You're talking to every team, and when you hear of or see a team that may be in the market, it's your job to phone and ask."
So there you have it, Brad Treliving has talked to Bryan Murray and unfortunately in this situation, Eric Francis is right. Treliving wouldn't be doing his job properly if he wasn't inquiring and doing his due diligence on Jason Spezza.
Did he make an offer?
Only he and Bryan Murray know, but as Bryan Murray showed by downplaying any talk of the Senators exploring trades for Jason Spezza at the NHL trade deadline, why would anyone trust everything that comes out of a NHL general manager's mouth in the first place?
Update: 12:00 pm – Spirit of St. Louis
According to Andy Strickland, the St. Louis Blues are Jason Spezza's first choice of destination when it comes to a trade.
Told Jason spezza's number one choice for a trade is to the #stlblues. Word is he believes he's headed to either STL or Anaheim #Ducks #Sens
— Andy Strickland (@andystrickland) June 18, 2014
Given their need for an offensive center and there being some history between Spezza and Ken Hitchcock, his reported preference isn't really surprising. Strickland even played up the two parties' mutual interest back in late May.
The thing about Spezza's preference is, so long as St. Louis isn't one of the ten teams that Spezza indicated where he cannot be moved to, it doesn't really matter if it's his preferred destination or not.
With all apologies to Spezza's wife, she isn't Carrie Underwood and this situation is a little different than the one that sent Mike Fisher to Nashville so that he could be geographically closer to his wife.
The Senators should move Spezza to the destination that nets them the greatest return, so if you want him St. Louis, pony up.


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Hi All,
I believe May is Lupus awareness month and the 10th of May is lupus awareness day. United we fight, together we are strong!!!!..
May a cure be on the horizon..
I just received some recent bloods back ANA back up to 1:640 no wonder i have been feeling worse recently. Seeing the Dr again next week see what he has to say. Liver readings up, ESR , CRP all the usual suspects. Have had gastritis for a week now, this chronic inflammation does my head in sometimes. I guess if i can't eat i might loose weight, Ha i might as well look at the bright side.
Wishing everyone well
Sam xx
Today in Chicago at the watertower (famous historical landmark) at 12:35 this afternoon the LFA held a flash mob to support lupus awareness.
... did someone "tape" it, and maybe post it to toobyu?...
"There but for the grace of God, go I."
"... His mercy endureth for ever."


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A foggy morning procession began shortly before 7 a.m. at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Manhattan's East Side. The three vehicles transporting the remains were accompanied by police and fire department vehicles.
The remains will be transferred to a repository 70 feet underground in the same building as the National September 11 Memorial Museum.
The medical examiner will oversee the facility, and it will be open for family visits. Officials hope that improvements in technology will eventually lead to the identification of the 7,930 fragmentary remains.
The death toll stemming from the attacks at the World Trade Center stands at 2,753. Of those, 1,115, or 41 percent, have not been identified.
Not everyone was pleased with the decision to keep the remains underground, though the plan has been in the works for years.
Wearing black bands over their mouths, a group of victims' family members protested during the procession. They want the remains stored above ground in a monument, separate from the museum.
"It's horrible. I am so angry. I am so angry. I am outraged," said Sally Regenhard, whose firefighter son was killed at the trade center.
For many, storing the remains above ground is a display of respect.
"The human remains of my son and all of the 3,000 victims should be in a beautiful and respectful memorial, not in the basement of a museum," she said.
Rosemary Cain, who also lost her firefighter son at the trade center, was also upset about the transfer.
"I don't know how much of him is down here; if it's one little inch, I want it treated respectfully," she said. "I want it above ground. I don't want it to be part of a museum. I don't want it to be part of a freak show."
Other family members, like Lisa Vujak, do support the plans. Vukaj lost her 26-year-old brother. She said the new home for the remains is "a fitting place until technology advances" and new techniques are available to identify their loved ones.
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The GPS in your phone helps you to find the particular location you are searching for. By knowing your desired location you can further precede with navigation. Recently a lot of issues regarding GPS on Android phones popped up and the best selling Galaxy S phone has had a long history with it. However Galaxy S is not the only Android powered smartphone to have been affected by the GPS issue. The origin of the cause varies from device to device but there are some things that you can do to fix this issue.
Before you conclude that GPS is not working in your phone, be sure that your GPS has actually been given the rights to access. Most mobile phones are provided with a GPS which is the assisted GPS to verify your location on the map. This assisted GPS uses GPS satellite signals and might also use cell phone towers along with any Wi Fi network located near to your phone's vicinity in order to determine your location. You can follow these simple tips mentioned below to quick fix your Android GPS Satellite navigation.
Step-1: Turn on the GPS Settings in your phone by following the path Settings > Location and Security. Tap on Wireless Networks then on Use GPS Satellites. By default your phone will use the signal reception from GPS Satellite and by granting this access it will help AGPS chip to give rapid results.
Granting access to GPS may resolve your problem but it doesn't provide the tutorial on how to make use of GPS Status and Toolbox Android app. Downloading this application will clear all cache so you have to re-download you're A GPS data that will result in re-acquiring the correct satellite
Step-3: Download GPS Status and Toolbox and install it in your phone. After installation is complete, open the application and you will come across the compass and raw data. Click on Menu buttons for more options.
Step-4: Go to tools and select Manage A GPS state from there.
Step-5: Click on Reset then tap on Download. Exit from the app after it is done.
In case you have installed any custom ROM and are still facing issues with GPS then there might be a problem with the GPS reception on that firmware so it is suggested to have a more advanced ROM in your device that might deal with the issue. We have covered various articles on how to update your device with various custom ROMs so select the firmware that you would like to flash on your device and get going!


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(WRIC) – More than two dozen
flights have been canceled at Richmond International Airport.
More than half of the planes were
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Like hundreds of other
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canceled after snow slammed the south. He was supposed to leave earlier today
and is hoping his second flight will take-off this afternoon as scheduled.
"Everyone knew it was on
the way in so I figured they'd have sand and salt and everything down," he
says. "They're saying it's going to take off and it's going to actually land.
The problem's going to be in Atlanta because Atlanta's still an icicle.
Betsy Orourke was also
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block. Three different failed attempts and an hour drive from Newport News
later, she's now Colorado-bound – hopefully.
Her flight out of Richmond
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Richmond Airport officials
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NEW YORK (MainStreet) — If high unemployment and an unstable housing market weren't enough to make you feel a little uneasy about living in this country right now, here's one more thing to add to the list: More Americans are dying, and sooner.
Life expectancy in the U.S. dropped to 77.8 years in 2008, from 77.9 years in 2007. It's the first decrease in four years, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The drop was the same for both men and women, as life expectancy fell by one tenth of one percent for both groups: Males born in 2008 are expected to live 75.3 years and women should reach the ripe old age of 80.3.
Not only are we expected to die slightly younger, but more of us are dying, period. According to the report, 2,473,018 people died in the U.S. in 2008, a rate of 813.3 deaths per 100,000 people. That was 803.6 per 100,000 in 2007, or 1.2% lower.
The CDC's report, Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2008, is based on death records filed nationwide. While the report does not offer an explanation for the decline in life expectancy (we'll just assume it's due to stress from the Great Recession), it does provide a list of the leading causes of death.
In 2008, the two leading causes of death were heart disease and malignant neoplasms (tumors). Deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases increased significantly in 2008, placing that disease category third on the list, and pushing strokes to fourth place after 50 years as the third leading cause of death in America.
Overall, the report found that substantially more Americans died from Alzheimer's, influenza and suicide in 2008 than the year before.
For all the bad news in the report, there was a little bit of good news as well. The infant mortality rate dropped significantly, with 5.1% fewer children under the age of 1 dying in 2008 than in 2007. Likewise, the number of kids who died between 5 and 14 dropped by 7.8% year-over-year. So if nothing else, at least children are safer now.


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Category: 2011 boys' names
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Last week we brought you our hottest baby names of 2011: Those choices, from Pippa to Asher to Arlo and Adelaide, that were gaining the most views on Nameberry in the first half of this year.
Now we bring you our full list of Top Names 2011, the 100 most popular for girls and boys as well as the 25 most-searched unisex names, based on Nameberry's figures for the first six months of the year.
Remember, these are the names that are getting looked at the most on Nameberry, not yet the names people are using the most for their babies. The Social Security Most Popular Names list comes out in May and is based on births the year before, so the most recent data is for 2010.
With our 2011 list, we're gauging the names that are attracting the most interest right now, which we believe will translate into actual name choices over the coming years. Consider this list a predictor of future baby name trends.
Warning: These lists are really long. But we know the Berries can never get enough.
Here are the Top 100 for girls and boys and the Top 25 unisex names:
Click here for the Top 200 Baby Names of 2011
What are the hottest new baby names this year? Based on an analysis of over 23 million page views at Nameberry since January, we've pegged these choices as the Hottest Names of 2011.
It's a surprising list, driven by unexpected celebrities, rediscovered classics, and the year's most compelling events.
Nameberry's Hottest Baby Names of 2011:
Pippa – It wasn't only Pippa Middleton's bottom that attracted widespread attention at the Royal Wedding; her name – both the familiar Pippa and the more formal Philippa – is the Number 1 hottest baby name of the year on Nameberry. Pippa ranks 35 on our most-searched list so far this year and did not appear at all among the 200 most popular girls' names of 2010. While Kate is up too, it's not nearly as hot.
Asher – The soft, Biblical Asher takes the Hottest Boys' Name spot by virtue of having unseated Henry as the all-time Number 1 name for boys on Nameberry. For the first time in 2011, Asher has pulled ahead.
Elula – New celebrity baby name trend: Parents choose attention-getting name, then refuse to reveal the name they've picked, perhaps to heighten interest and publicity? This unusual choice of Isla Fisher and Sasha Baron Cohen for their second daughter was not even in our database last year – it's a name drawn from the Hebrew calendar — and now is the Number 38 most-searched name on Nameberry.
Want the hottest baby name trends for 2012? Check out our baby names 2012 story.
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