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CHAPTER IX. FROM NORFOLK TO CAPE HATTERAS.
THE ELIZABETH RIVER. - THE CANAL. - NORTH LANDING RIVER. - CURRITUCK SOUND. - ROANOKE ISLAND. - VISIT TO BODY ISLAND LIGHT-HOUSE. - A ROMANCE OF HISTORY. - PAMPLICO SOUND. - THE PAPER CANOE ARRIVES AT CAPE HATTERAS.
On Saturday morning, December 5, I left the pier of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, at Norfolk, Virginia, and, rowing across the water towards Portsmouth, commenced ascending Elizabeth River, which is here wide and affected by tidal change. The old navy yard, with its dismantled hulks lying at anchor in the stream, occupies both banks of the river. About six miles from Norfolk the entrance to the Dismal Swamp Canal is reached, on the left bank of the river. This old canal runs through the Great Dismal Swamp, and affords passage for steamers and light-draught vessels to Elizabeth City, on the Pasquotank River, which empties into Albemarle Sound to the southward. The great cypress and juniper timber is penetrated by this canal, and schooners are towed into the swamp to landings where their cargoes are delivered.
In the interior of the Dismal Swamp is Drummond's Lake, named after its discoverer. It is seven miles long by five miles wide, and is the feeder of the canal. A branch canal connects it with the main canal; and small vessels may traverse the lake in search of timber and shingles. Voyagers tell me that during heavy gales of wind a terrible sea is set in motion upon this shoal sheet of water, making it dangerous to navigate. Bears are found in the fastnesses of the swamp. The Dismal Swamp Canal was dug in the old days of the wheelbarrow and spade.
The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, the entrance to which is sixteen miles from Norfolk, on the right or east bank of the Elizabeth River, and generally known as the "new canal," was commenced about the year 1856, and finished in 1859. It is eight miles and a half in length, and connects the Elizabeth and North Landing rivers. This canal was dug by dredging-machines. It is kept in a much better state for navigation, so far as the depth of water is concerned, than the old canal, which from inattention is gradually shoaling in places; consequently the regular steam-packets which ply between Elizabeth City and Norfolk, as well as steamers whose destinations are further north, have given up the use of the Dismal Swamp Canal, and now go round through Albemarle Sound up the North River, thence by a six-mile cut into Currituck Sound, up North Landing River, and through the new canal to the Elizabeth River and into Chesapeake Bay. The shores of the Elizabeth are low and are fringed by sedgy marshes, while forests of second-growth pine present a green background to the eye. A few miles above Norfolk the cultivation of land ceases, and the canoeist traverses a wilderness.
About noon I arrived at the locks of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. The telegraph operator greeted me with the news that the company's agent in Norfolk had telegraphed to the lock-master to pass the paper canoe through with the freedom of the canal - the first honor of the kind that had fallen to my lot. The tide rises and falls at the locks in the river about three feet and a half. When I passed through, the difference in the level between the ends of the locks did not reach two feet. The old lock-master urged me to give up the journey at once, as I never could "get through the Sounds with that little boat." When I told him I was on my second thousand miles of canoe navigation since leaving Quebec, he drew a long breath and gave a low groan.
When once through the canal-gates, you are in a heavy cypress swamp. The dredgings thrown upon the banks have raised the edge of the swamp to seven feet above the water. Little pines grow along these shores, and among them the small birds, now on their southern migrations, sported and sang. Whenever a steamer or tugboat passed me, it crowded the canoe close to the bank; but these vessels travel along the canal at so slow a rate, that no trouble is experienced by the canoeist from the disturbance caused by their revolving screws. Freedmen, poling flats loaded with shingles or frame stuff, roared out their merry songs as they passed. The canal entered the North Landing River without any lockage; just beyond was North Landing, from which the river takes its name. A store and evidences of a settlement meet the eye at a little distance. The river is tortuous, and soon leaves the swamp behind. The pine forest is succeeded by marshes on both sides of the slow-flowing current.
Three miles from North Landing a single miniature house is seen; then for nearly five miles along the river not a trace of the presence of man is to be met, until Pungo Ferry and Landing loom up out of the low marshes on the east side of the river. This ferry, with a store three-quarters of a mile from the landing, and a farm of nearly two hundred acres, is the property of Mr. Charles N. Dudley, a southern gentleman, who offers every inducement in his power to northern men to settle in his vicinity. Many of the property-holders in the uplands are willing to sell portions of their estates to induce northern men to come among them.
It was almost dark when I reached the storehouse at Pungo Ferry; and as Sunday is a sacred day with me, I determined to camp there until Monday. A deformed negro held a lease of the ferry, and pulled a flat back and forth across the river by means of a chain and windlass. He was very civil, and placed his quarters at my disposal until I should be ready to start southward to Currituck Sound. We lifted the canoe and pushed it through an open window into the little store-room, where it rested upon an unoccupied counter. The negro went up to the loft above, and threw down two large bundles of flags for a bed, upon which I spread my blankets. An old stove in a corner was soon aglow with burning light wood. While I was cooking my supper, the little propeller Cygnet, which runs between Norfolk and Van Slyck's Landing, at Currituck Narrows, touched at Pungo Ferry, and put off an old woman who had been on a two years' visit to her relatives. She kindly accosted the dwarfed black with, "Charles, have you got a match for my pipe?" "Yes, missus," civilly responded the negro, handing her a light. "Well, this is good!" soliloquized the ancient dame, as she seated herself on a box and puffed away at the short-stemmed pipe. Ah, good indeed to get away from city folks, with their stuck-up manners and queer ways, a-fault-finding when you stick your knife in your mouth in place of your fork, and a-feeding you on China tea in place of dear old yaupon. Charles, you can't reckon how I longs to get a cup of good yaupon."
As the reader is about entering a country where the laboring classes draw largely upon nature for their supply of "the cup that cheers but not inebriates," I will describe he shrub which produces it.
This substitute for the tea of China is a holly (ilex), and is called by the natives "yaupon" (I. cassine, Linn.). It is a handsome shrub, growing a few feet in height, with alternate, perennial, shining leaves, and bearing small scarlet berries. It is found in the vicinity of salt water, in the light soils of Virginia and the Carolinas. The leaves and twigs are dried by the women, and when ready for market are sold at one dollar per bushel. It is not to be compared in excellence with the tea of China, nor does it approach in taste or good qualities the well-known yerbamate, another species of holly, which is found in Paraguay, and is the common drink of the people of South America.
The old woman having gone on her way, and we being again alone in the rude little shanty, the good-natured freedman told me his history, ending with, -
"O that was a glorious day for me,
When Massa Lincoln set me free."
He had too much ambition, he said, deformed as he was, to be supported as a pauper by the public. "I can make just about twelve dollars a month by dis here ferry," he exclaimed. "I don't want for nuffin'; I'se got no wife - no woman will hab me. I want to support myself and live an honest man."
About seven o'clock he left me to waddle up the road nearly a mile to a little house.
"I an' another cullo'd man live in partnership," he said. He could not account for the fact that I had no fear of sleeping alone in the shanty on the marshes. He went home for the company of his partner, as he "didn't like to sleep alone noways."
Though the cold wind entered through broken window-lights and under the rudely constructed door, I slept comfortably until morning. Before Charles had returned, my breakfast was cooked and eaten.
With the sunshine of the morning came a new visitor. I had made the acquaintance of the late slave; now I received a call from the late master. My visitor was a pleasant, gentlemanly personage, the owner of the surrounding acres. His large white house could be seen from the landing, a quarter of a mile up the road.
"I learned that a stranger from the north was camped here, and was expecting that he would come up and take breakfast with me," was his kindly way of introducing himself.
I told him I was comfortably established in dry quarters, and did not feel justified in forcing myself upon his hospitality while I had so many good things of this life in my provision-basket.
Mr. Dudley would take no excuse, but conducted me to his house, where I remained that day, attending the religious services in a little church in the vicinity. My kind host introduced me to his neighbors, several of whom returned with us to dinner. I found the people about Pungo Ferry, like those I had met along the sounds of the eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia, very piously inclined, - the same kindhearted, hospitable people.
My host entertained me the next day, which was rainy, with his life in the Confederate army, in which he served as a lieutenant. He was a prisoner at Johnson's Island for twenty-two months. He bore no malice towards northern men who came south to join with the natives in working for the true interests of the country. The people of the south had become weary of political sufferings inflicted by a floating population from the north; they needed actual settlers, not politicians. This sentiment I found everywhere expressed. On Tuesday I bade farewell to my new friends, and rowed down the North Landing River towards Currituck Sound.
The North Carolina line is only a few miles south of the ferry. The river enters the head of the sound six or eight miles below Pungo Ferry. A stiff northerly breeze was blowing, and as the river widened, on reaching the head of the sound, to a mile or more, and bays were to be crossed from point to point, it required the exercise of considerable patience and muscular exertion to keep the sea from boarding the little craft amidship. As I was endeavoring to weather a point, the swivel of one of the outriggers parted at its junction with the row-lock, and it became necessary to get under the south point of the marshes for shelter.
The lee side offered a smooth bay. It was but a few minutes' work to unload and haul the canoe into the tall rushes, which afforded ample protection against the cold wind. It was three hours before the wind went down, when the canoe was launched, and, propelled by the double paddle, (always kept in reserve against accidents to oars and row-locks,) I continued over the waters of Currituck Sound.
Swans could now be seen in flocks of twenties and fifties. They were exceedingly wary, not permitting the canoe to approach within rifle range. Clouds of ducks, and some Canada geese, as well as brant, kept up a continuous flutter as they rose from the surface of the water. Away to the southeast extended the glimmering bosom of the sound, with a few islands relieving its monotony. The three or four houses and two small storehouses at the landing of Currituck Court House, which, with the brick court-house, comprise the whole village, are situated on the west bank; and opposite, eight miles to the eastward, is the narrow beach island that serves as a barrier to the ingress of the ocean.
At sunset I started the last flock of white swans, and grounded in the shoal waters at the landing. There is no regular hotel here, but a kind lady, Mrs. Simmons, accommodates the necessities of the occasional traveller. The canoe was soon locked up in the landing-house. Fortunately a blacksmith was found outside the village, who promised to repair the broken rowlock early upon the following morning. Before a pleasant wood fire giving out its heat from a grand old fireplace, with an agreeable visitor, - the physician of the place, the tediousness of the three-hours' camp on the marshes was soon forgotten, while the country and its resources were fully discussed until a late hour.
Dr. Baxter had experimented in grape culture, and gave me many interesting details in regard to the native wine. In 1714, Lawson described six varieties of native grapes found in North Carolina. Our three finest varieties of native grapes were taken from North Carolina. They are the Scuppernong, the Catawba, and the Isabella. The Scuppernong was found upon the banks of the stream bearing that name, the mouth of which is near the eastern end of Albemarle Sound. The Catawba was originally obtained on the Catawba River, near its head-waters in Buncombe County. The Long Island stock of the Isabella grape was brought to New York by Mrs. Isabella Gibbs: hence the derivation of the name.
Of the six varieties of North Carolina grapes, five were found in Tyrrel County by Amadas and Barlow. Tradition relates that these travellers carried one small vine to Roanoke Island, which still lives and covers an immense area of ground. There are five varieties of the grape growing wild on the shores of Albemarle Sound, all of which are called Scuppernong, - the legitimate Scuppernong being a white grape, sweet and large, and producing a wine said to resemble somewhat in its luscious flavor the Malmsey made on Mount Ida, in Candia.
The repairing of the outrigger detained me until nearly noon of the next day, when the canoe was got under way; but upon rowing off the mouth of Coanjock Bay, only four miles from Currituck Court House, a strong tempest arose from the south, and observing an old gentleman standing upon Bell Island Point, near his cottage, beckoning me to come ashore, I obeyed, and took refuge with my new acquaintance, Captain Peter L. Tatum, proprietor of Bell Island.
"The war has left us without servants," said the captain, as he presented me to his wife, "so we make the best of it, and if you will accept our hospitality we will make you comfortable."
Captain Tatum drew my attention to the flocks of swans which dotted the waters in the offing, and said: "It is hard work to get hold of a swan, though they are a large bird, and abundant in Currituck Sound. You must use a good rifle to bring one down. After a strong norther has been blowing, and the birds have worked well into the bight of the bay, near Goose Castle Point, if the wind shifts to the south suddenly, gunners approach from the outside, and the birds becoming cramped in the cove are shot as they rise against the wind."
More than forty years ago old Currituck Inlet closed, and the oysters on the natural beds, which extended up North Landing River to Green Point, were killed by the freshening of the water. Now winds influence the tides which enter at Oregon Inlet, about fifty-five miles south of the Court House. The difference between the highest and lowest tide at Currituck Court House is three feet. The sound is filled with sandy shoals, with here and there spots of mud. The shells of the defunct oysters are everywhere found mixed with the debris of the bottom of the sound. This is a favorite locality with northern sportsmen. The best "gunning points," as is the case in Chesapeake Bay, are owned by private parties, and cannot be used by the public.
Thursday, the 10th of December, was cold, and proved as tempestuous as the previous day; but the wind had changed to the north, and I embarked amid a swashy beam-sea, with the hope of reaching Van Slyck's Landing at Currituck Narrows. The norther, however, proved too much for my safety. My course would be easterly until I had passed the mouth of Coanjock Bay and Goose Castle Point, then following the trend of the west shore southerly down the sound; but the wind raised such a rough sea that I was obliged to turn southward into Coanjock Bay, ascend it five miles, and seek for a crossing-place overland to the sound again, which I found near the entrance of the lockless canal that is used by steamers to pass from North Landing River to North River and Albemarle Sound.
A fire was soon built, upon which I placed long, light poles taken from the drift-wood, and burning them in pieces of the required lengths, (no axe being at hand,) I was prepared to make the portage. Laying these pieces of wood on the ground, I drew my canoe over them to the shore of Currituck Sound; then, by making up back-loads of the cargo, transported everything to the point of embarkation, which was just inside the mouth of a little creek.
The row to Currituck Narrows was not difficult, as the north wind was a fair one. Along the west shore of the sound there were many little houses upon the high banks, and a windmill supplied the place of a water-power for grinding corn. The improvements made by Mr. Van Slyck, of New York, were in cheering contrast to what had been seen since leaving Norfolk. Here a comfortable hotel welcomes the northern sportsmen, few of whom, for lack of accommodations and travelling conveniences, go much south of this locality, in this state, to shoot wild-fowl. Currituck Sound has an average width of four miles. Its length is about thirty-five miles. At the Narrows, a group of marshy islands divides it into two sections, the northern one being the longest.
The keen, cold air of the next day made rowing a pleasant exercise. After passing through the tortuous channel, I should have crossed to the beach and followed it; but this part of the bay is very shallow, and deeper water was found on the west side. It was an enjoyable morning, for gunners were passed, secreted behind their "blinds," or pens, of pine brush, which looked like little groves of conifera growing out of the shoal water. Geese were honking and ducks were quacking, while the deep booming of guns was heard every few minutes. Decoy-birds were anchored in many places near the marshes. Every sportsman gave me a cheering word as the canoe glided over the smooth water, while here and there the violet-backed swallow darted about over the marshes as though it were summer.
When opposite Dew's Quarter Island, several men hailed me from a newly constructed shanty. When the oldest man in the company, who had never seen a shell like the paper canoe, had examined it, he shook his head ominously; and when I told him Nag's Head must be reached that day, he grew excited, exclaiming, "Then be off now! now! Git across the bay under Bald Beach as soon as ye can, and hug the shore, hug it well clean down to Collington's, and git across the sound afore the wind rises. Sich a boat as that aren't fit for these here waters."
Taking this kindly meant advice, I pulled to the east side, where there was now a good depth of water for the canoe. On this high beach the hills were well covered with yellow pines, many of which were noble old trees. On a narrow point of the shore was the comfortable house of Hodges Gallup, the Baptist minister, a generous old gentleman, who seemed to be loved by all the watermen along the sound. He was described as being "full of fun and hospitality." His domain extended for several miles along the beach, and, with deer quietly browsing in his grand old woods, formed a pretty picture.
The beach shore now became more thickly settled, while out in the water, a few rods from each little house, arose the duck-blind, with the gunner and his boat inside, anxiously watching for birds, while their decoys floated quietly on the surface of the water. A few miles below Mr. Gallup's estate the canoe entered upon the broad waters of Albemarle Sound, and at dusk I approached Roanoke Island. The large buildings of the hotels of Nag's Head on the beach rose up as boldly to the eye as a fortification. The little sound between Roanoke Island and the beach was traversed at dusk as far as the first long pier of Nag's head, upon which with great difficulty I landed, and was soon joined by the keeper of the now deserted summer watering place, Mr. C. D. Rutter, who helped me to carry my property into a room of the old hotel.
Nag's Head Beach is a most desolate locality, with its high sand-hills, composed of fine sand, the forms of which are constantly changing with the action of the dry, hard, varying winds. A new and very large hotel was located south of the first one, and was inhabited by the family of Captain Jasper Toler, who furnished me with lodgings. A few fishermen have their homes on this dreary beach, but the village, with its one store, is a forlorn place.
The bright flashes of Body Island Light, ten miles distant, on the north side of Oregon Inlet, showed me my next abiding-place.
The beach from Nag's Head to Oregon Inlet is destitute of trees, and the wind sweeps across it, from the ocean to the sound, with great violence, forcing the shallow waters to retire, and leaving the bottom dry as far out as three miles.
The next day was very windy, and the long, finger-like, sandy shoals, which extended one or two miles out into the sound, were covered with only from three to eight inches of water. I could not hug the beach for protection, but was forced to keep far out in the sound. Frequently it became necessary to get overboard and wade, pushing my boat before me. Then a deep channel between the shoals would be crossed; so, by walking and rowing in Roanoke Sound, with the wind blowing the water over the canoe and drenching its captain, the roundabout twelve miles' passage to Oregon Inlet was at last accomplished, and a most trying one it was.
Body Island Lighthouse was erected in 1872, on the north side of Oregon Inlet, to take the place of the old tower on the south shore. It is in latitude 35 deg 48', and longitude 75 deg 33'. Captain William F. Hatzel, a loyal North Carolinian, is the principal keeper, and a most efficient one he is.
The temperature was falling rapidly when I crawled into the high rushes of the wet marsh near the light-house to seek shelter from the strong wind that was blowing. As this treeless beach was destitute of fire-wood, or natural shelter of any kind, necessity compelled me to have recourse to other means for procuring them. I carried in my pocket a talisman which must open any light-keeper's door; from Maine to the Rio Grande, from Southern California to Alaska, even to the vicinity of the Arctic Circle, the Lighthouse Establishment of the United States has planted a tower or erected a light. While shivering in wet clothes on this desolate beach, most thankfully did I remember that kind and thoughtful friend, who through his potent influence had supplied me with this open sesame to lightkeepers.
There resides in Washington, when not engaged elsewhere in the important duties of the Commission of Fisheries, a genial gentleman, an ardent naturalist, a great scientist. To him the young naturalists of America turn for information and advice, and to the humblest applicant Professor Spencer F. Baird never turns a deaf ear. How this distinguished author can attend to so many and such varied duties with his laborious investigations, and can so successfully keep up a large correspondence with perhaps one thousand scientific associations of nearly every nation of the universe, is a difficult thing to imagine; but the popular and much beloved Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, seemingly ubiquitous in his busy life, does all this and much more. America may well feel proud of this man of noble nature, shedding light and truth wheresoever he moves, encouraging alike old and young with his kindly sympathy; - now taking his precious moments to answer with his own busy hand the question in the letter of some boy naturalist about beasts, birds, reptiles, or fishes, with which epistles his desk is always covered; now stimulating to further effort the old man of science as he struggles with the cares of this world, striving, sometimes vainly, save for this ever ready aid, to work out patiently theories which are soon to blaze forth as substantial facts. The young generation of naturalists, which is soon to fill the place of their predecessors, have in this man the type of all they need ever strive to attain. How many, alas, will fall far short of it!
Since boyhood the counsels of this friend had guided me on many a journey of exploration. He had not deserted me even in this experiment, which my friends called "your wildest and most foolish undertaking." He had obtained from the Light House Board a general letter to the lightkeepers of the United States, signed by the naval secretary, Mr. Walker, in which the keepers were authorized to grant me shelter, when necessary. I did not have occasion to use this letter more than twice during my journey. Having secreted my canoe in the coarse grass of the lowland, I trudged, with my letter in hand, over the sands to the house of the light-keeper, Captain Hatzel, who received me cordially; and after recording in his log-book the circumstances and date of my arrival, conducted me into a comfortable room, which was warmed by a cheerful fire, and lighted up by the smiles of his most orderly wife. Everything showed discipline and neatness, both in the house and the light-tower. The whitest of cloths was spread upon the table, and covered with a well-cooked meal; then the father, mother, and two sons, with the stranger within their gates, thanked the Giver of good gifts for his mercies.
Joining the night-watch of the chief lightkeeper, I also joined in the good man's enthusiasm for his wonderful "fixed white light," the bright beams of which poured out upon the surrounding waters a flood if brilliancy, gladdening hearts far out at sea, even though twenty miles away, and plainly saying, "This is Body Island Beach: keep off!" How grand it was to walk out on this gallery in the sky! Looking eastward, a limitless expanse of ocean; gazing westward, the waters of the great sound, the shores of which were low marshes miles away. Below me could be heard the soft cackle of the snow-goose (Anser hyperboreus), which had left its nesting-place on the barren grounds of arctic America, and was now feeding contentedly in its winter home in the shallow salt-ponds; which the gentle shur-r-r- of the waves softly broke on the strand. Above, the star-lit heavens, whose tender beauty seemed almost within my grasp. Perched thus upon a single shaft, on a narrow strip of sand far out in the great water, the many thoughts born of solitude crowded my mind, when my reverie was abruptly broken by an exclamation from Captain Hatzel, who threw open the door, and exclaimed, with beaming eyes peering into the darkness as he spoke, "I see it! Yes, it is! Hatteras Light, thirty-five miles away. This night, December 13th, is the first time I have caught its flash. Tell it to the Hatteras keeper when you visit the cape."
From Captain Hatzel I gleaned some facts of deep interest in regard to the inhabitants of the sound. Some of them, he told me, had Indian blood in their veins; and to prove the truth of his assertion he handed me a well-worn copy of the "History of North Carolina," by Dr. Francis L. Hawks, D. D. From this I obtained facts which might serve for the intricate mazes of a romance. It had been a pet scheme with Sir Walter Raleigh to colonize the coast of North Carolina, then known as Virginia, and though several expeditions had been sent out for that object, each had failed of successful issue. One of these expeditions sent by Sir Walter to Roanoke Island consisted of one hundred and twenty-one persons, of whom seventeen were women and six children. Of all these souls only two men returned to the old country, the fate of the remainder being unknown, and shrouded in the gloom which always attends mystery. England did not, however, leave her children to perish on a barren shore in the new land without at least an effort to succor them.
On March 20, in the year 1590, there sailed from Plymouth three ships, the Hopewell, John Evangelist, and Little John, taking in tow two shallops which were afterwards lost at sea. In these days the largest vessels of a fleet did not exceed one hundred to one hundred and forty tons burden. This expedition was under the charge of Admiral John White, governor of the colony of Sir Walter Raleigh on Roanoke Island, and who had left the feeble band on the island in 1587. In thirty-six days and eight hours these small vessels arrived off "Hatorask" - Hatteras Beach. The fleet dropped anchor three leagues off the beach, and sent a well-manned boat through an inlet to Pamplico Sound.
There existed in those days passages from the ocean through the beaches into the sounds, which have since been filled up by the action of the sea. Old Roanoke Inlet, now closed, which was about four miles north of the modern Oregon Inlet, is supposed to be the one used by Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions. It is only four miles from the site of this closed inlet to Shallowbag Bay, on Roanoke Island. At the southern entrance of the bay, near Ballast Point, some vessel evidently grounded and threw overboard her stone ballast; hence the name of the point. Captain Hatzel has examined this stone, and gives his opinion, as an old pilot, that it is foreign in character. He never met with similar stones, and believes that this ballast was deposited at Shallowbag Bay by some of the vessels of Sir Walter's expeditions.
As the boat's crew above mentioned rowed northward to Roanoke Island - made famous two hundred and seventy-two years later by the National and Confederate struggles - they sounded their trumpets and sang familiar songs, which they hoped might be borne to their countrymen on the shore; but the marshes and upland wilderness returned no answering voice.
At daybreak the explorers landed upon Roanoke Island, which is twelve miles long by two and a half wide, and found the spot where Admiral White had left the colony in 1587. Eagerly searching for any tokens of the lost ones, they soon traced in the light soil of the island the imprint of the moccasin of the savage, but looked in vain for any footprint of civilized man. What had become of their countrymen?
At last some one spied a conspicuous tree, far up on a sandy bank, blazed and carved. There were but three letters cut upon it, C.R.O., but these simple symbols possessed a world of meaning. Three years before, when the sad farewells were being spoken, and the ships were ready to set sail for England, this feeble band, left to struggle in the wilds of the new land with sad forebodings of their possible fate, had agreed upon a signal, and had promised Admiral White that if driven to starvation upon the island, they would plant their colony fifty miles inland, near a tribe of friendly Indians. Indeed, before the ships sailed for England, they were making preparations for this move. Admiral White requested them to carve upon a tree the name of the locality to which they should remove, and if distress had overtaken them they were to add a cross over the lettering. Anxiously gathering round this interesting relic of the lost Englishmen, the rude chirography was eagerly scanned, but no vestige of a cross was found.
Much relieved in mind, the little company continued their investigations, when, farther on, almost in their very pathway, there rose a noble tree, pointing its top heavenward, as though to remind them in whose care their lost ones had been. Approaching this giant, who had stood a silent sentinel through winter storms and summer skies, they found he bore upon his body a message for them. Stripped of its bark, five feet upward from the ground there appeared upon the bare surface in bold lettering the word so full of hope - Croatan; and now also, as in the last case, without the graven cross. Cheered by these signs, and believing that the lost colonists had carried out their early intentions, and were now located among the friendly tribe of Croatans, wheresoever their country might be, the boat's company decided to go at once to the ships, and return the next day in search of the lost colony.
One of the ships, in moving its position from the unprotected anchorage-ground, parted its cable and left an anchor on the bottom - the second that had been lost. The wind drove the ships towards the beach, when a third anchor was lowered; but it held the little fleet so close in to the breakers, that the sailors were forced to slip their cable and work into a channel-way, where, in deeper water, they held their ground.
In debating the propriety of holding on and attempting to wear out the gale, the scarcity of their provisions, and the possession of but one cask of water, and only one anchor for the fleet to ride at, decided them to go southward in quest of some favorable landing, where water could be found. The council held out the hope of capturing Spanish vessels in the vicinity of the West Indies; and it was agreed that, if successful they should return, richly laden with spoil, to seek their exiled countrymen. One of these vessels returned to England, while the Admiral laid his course for Trinidad; and this was the last attempt made to find the colonists.
More than a century after Admiral White had abandoned his colony, Lawson, in writing about the Hatteras Indians, says: "They said that several of their ancestors were white people, and could talk in a book as we do; the truth of which is confirmed by grey eyes being frequently found among them, and no others. They value themselves extremely for their affinity to the English, and are ready to do them all friendly offices. It is probable that the settlement miscarried for want of supplies from England, or through the treachery of the natives; for we may reasonably suppose that the English were forced to cohabit with them for relief and conversation, and that in process of time they conformed themselves to the manners of their Indian relations."
Dr. Hawks thinks, "that, driven by starvation, such as survived the famine were merged into the tribes of friendly Indians at Croatan, and, alas! lost ere long every vestige of Christianity and civilization; and those who came to shed light on the darkness of paganism, in the mysterious providence of God ended by relapsing themselves into the heathenism they came to remove. It is a sad picture of poor human nature."
It needed not the fierce gusts of wind that howled about the tall tower, causing it to vibrate until water would be spilled out of a pail resting upon the floor of the lantern, blowing one day from one quarter of the compass, and changing the next to another, to warn me that I was near the Cape of Storms.
Refusing to continue longer with my new friends, the canoe was put into the water on the 16th, and Captain Hatzel's two sons proceeded in advance with a strong boat to break a channelway through the thin ice which had formed in the quiet coves. We were soon out in the sound, where the boys left me, and I rowed out of the southern end of Roanoke and entered upon the wide area of Pamplico Sound. To avoid shoals, it being calm, I kept about three miles from the beach in three feet of water, until beyond Duck Island, when the trees on Roanoke Island slowly sank below the horizon; then gradually drawing in to the beach, the two clumps of trees of north and south Chicamicomio came into view. A life-saving station had recently been erected north of the first grove, and there is another fourteen miles further south. The two Chicamicomio settlements of scattered houses are each nearly a mile in length, and are separated by a high, bald sand-beach of about the same length, which was once heavily wooded; but the wind has blown the sand into the forest and destroyed it. A wind-mill in each village raised its weird arms to the breeze.
Three miles further down is Kitty Midget's Hammock, where a few red cedars and some remains of live-oaks tell of the extensive forest that once covered the beach. Here Captain Abraham Hooper lives, and occupies himself in fishing with nets in the ocean for blue-fish, which are salted down and sent to the inland towns for a market. I had drawn my boat into the sedge to secure a night's shelter, when the old captain on his rounds captured me. The change from a bed in the damp sedge to the inside seat of the largest fireplace I had ever beheld, was indeed a pleasant one. Its inviting front covered almost one side of the room. While the fire flashed up the wide chimney, I sat inside the fireplace with the three children of my host, and enjoyed the genial glow which arose from the fragments of the wreck of a vessel which had pounded herself to death upon the strand near Kitty Midget's Hammock. How curiously those white-haired children watched the man who had come so far in a paper boat! "Why did not the paper boat soak to pieces?" they asked. Each explanation seemed but to puzzle them the more; and I found myself in much the same condition of mind when trying to make some discoveries concerning Kitty Midget. She must, however, have lived somewhere on Clark's Beach long before the present proprietor was born. We spent the next day fishing with nets in the surf for blue-fish, it being about the last day of their stay in that vicinity. They go south as far as Cape Hatteras, and then disappear in deep water; while the great flocks of gulls, that accompany them to gather the remnants of fish they scatter in their savage meals, rise in the air and fly rapidly away in search of other dainties.
On Thursday I set out for Cape Hatteras. The old sailor's song, that -
"Hatteras has a blow in store
For those who pass her howling door,"
has far more truth than poetry in it. Before proceeding far the wind blew a tempest, when a young fisherman in his sailboat bore down upon me, and begged me to come on board. We attempted to tow the canoe astern, but she filled with water, which obliged us to take her on board. As we flew along before the wind, dashing over the shoals with mad-cap temerity, I discovered that my new acquaintance, Burnett, was a most daring as well as reckless sailor. He told me how he had capsized his father's schooner by carrying sail too long. "This 'ere slow way of doing things" he detested. His recital was characteristic of the man.
"You see, sir, we was bound for Newbern up the Neuse River, and as we were well into the sound with all sail set, and travelling along lively, daddy says, 'Lorenzo, I reckon a little yaupon wouldn't hurt me, so I'll go below and start a firs under the kittle.' Do as you likes, daddy,' sez I. So down below he goes, and I takes command of the schooner. A big black squall soon come over Cape Hatteras from the Gulf Stream, and it did look like a screecher. Now, I thought, old woman, I'll make your sides ache; so I pinted her at it, and afore I could luff her up in the wind, the squall kreened her on to her beam-ends. You'd a laughed to have split yourself, mister, if you could have seen daddy a-crawling out of the companion-way while the water was a-running down stairs like a crick. Says he, ruther hurriedly, 'Sonny, what's up?' It isn't what's up, daddy; but what's down,' sez I; it sort o' looks as if we had capsized.' Sure 'nuff,' answered dad, as the ballast shifted and the schooner rolled over keel uppermost. We floundered about like porpoises, but managed to get astride her backbone, when dad looked kind of scornfully at me, and burst out with, 'Sonny, do you call yourself a keerful sailor?' 'Keerful enough, dad,' sez I, 'for a smart one. It's more credit to a man to drive his vessel like a sailor, than to be crawling and bobbing along like a diamond-backed terrapin.' Now, stranger, if you'll believe me, that keerful old father of mine would never let me take the helum again, so I sticks to my aunt at the cape."
I found that the boat in which we were sailing was a dug-out, made from two immense cypress logs. Larger boats than this are made of three logs, and smaller ones are dug out of one.
Burnett told me that frame boats were so easily pounded to pieces on the shoals, that dug-outs were preferred - being very durable. We soon passed the hamlet of North Kinnakeet, then Scarsborough with its low houses, then South Kinnakeet with its two wind-mills, and after these arose a sterile, bald beach with Hatteras light-tower piercing the sky, and west of it Hatteras woods and marshes. We approached the low shore and ascended a little creek, where we left our boats, and repaired to the cottage of Burnett's aunt.
After the barren shores I had passed, this little house, imbedded in living green, was like a bright star in a dark night. It was hidden away in a heavy thicket of live-oaks and cedars, and surrounded by yaupons, the bright red berries of which glistened against the light green leaves. An old woman stood in the doorway with a kindly greeting for her "wild boy," rejoicing the while that he had "got back to his old aunty once more."
"Yes, aunty," said my friend Lorenzo, "I am back again like a bad penny, but not empty-handed; for as soon as our season's catch of blue-fish is sold, old aunty will have sixty or seventy dollars."
"He has a good heart, if he is so head-strong," whispered the motherly woman, as she wiped a tear from her eyes, and gazed with pride upon the manly-looking young fellow, and - invited us in to tea - YAUPON.
‹ CHAPTER VIII. FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA up CHAPTER X. FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE FEAR, NORTH CAROLINA. ›


Actor Lee Byung-hun and boy band BTS were awarded the Grand Prize at the 2018 Asia Artist Awards (AAAs), held on Wednesday at the Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon. Lee and the group also received the Appreciation Award by the Korea Tourism Organization for promoting Korean tourism abroad.
The 2018 AAAs were hosted by media news outlet Star News. The annual ceremony honors K-pop acts and artists based on their popularity worldwide. This year, 27 K-pop acts and 28 actors attended the ceremony.
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Cities of North America
Contemporary Challenges in U.S. and Canadian Cities
Edited by Lisa Benton-Short
This timely text provides a comprehensive overview of the dramatic and rapidly evolving issues confronting the cities of North America. Metropolitan areas throughout the United States and Canada face a range of dynamic and complex concerns—including the redistribution of economic activities, the continued decline of manufacturing, and a global growth in services. The contributors provide compelling examples: Inner cities have experienced both gentrification and continued areas of segregation and poverty. Downtown revitalization has created urban spectacles that include festivals, marketplaces, and sports stadiums. Older, inner-ring suburbs now confront decline and increased poverty, while the outer-ring suburbs and exurbs continue to expand, devouring green space.
The book explores how the combined processes of urbanization and globalization have added new responsibilities for city governments at the same time leaders are grappling with planning, economic development and finance, justice, equity, and social cohesion. Cities have become the stage upon which new forms of ethnic, racial, and sexual identities are constructed and reconstructed. They are also connected to wider ecological processes as urban spaces are compromised by manmade and natural disasters alike.
Introducing contemporary spatial arrangements and distributions of activities in metropolitan areas, this clear and accessible book covers economic, social, political, and ecological changes. It is also the only text to include the physical geography of urban areas. Bringing together leading geographers, it will be an ideal resource for courses on urban geography and geography of the city.
Contributions by: Matthew Anderson, Lisa Benton-Short, Geoff Buckley, Christopher DeSousa, Bernadette Hanlon, Amanda Huron, Yeong-Hyun Kim, Nathaniel M. Lewis, Robert Lewis, Deborah Martin, Lindsey Sutton, John Tiefenbacher, Thomas J. Vicino, Katie Wells, and David Wilson. « less more »
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Subjects: Social Science / Human Geography, Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Lisa Benton-Short is associate professor of geography at George Washington University.
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cities of North America
Lisa Benton-Short
Chapter 2: Changing Approaches to Urban Geography
Katie Wells
Chapter 3: An Urban History
Chapter 4: Border Cities
Lindsey Sutton
Part I: Urban Economies
Chapter 5: Urban Economic Restructuring
David Wilson and Matthew Anderson
Chapter 6: Globalization and the City
Yeong-Hyun Kim
Part II: Urban Governance
Chapter 7: Urban Governance
Thomas J. Vicino
Chapter 8: Planning and Politics
Amanda Huron
Part III: Urban Social/Cultural Challenges
Chapter 9: Urban Inequities
Deborah G. Martin
Chapter 10: Urban Demographics and Identities
Nathaniel M. Lewis
Chapter 11: Suburban Challenges
Bernadette Hanlon
Part IV: The Urban Environment
Chapter 12: Cities and Pollution
Lisa Benton-Short and Christopher DeSousa
Chapter 13: Cities and Hazards
John P. Tiefenbacher
Chapter 14: Urban Sustainability
Geoff Buckley
This ambitious volume . . .tackles the multitude of issues facing the 21st century North American city including economic restructuring, globalisation, changing urban governance, growing and emerging inequalities, changing demographics and identities, the new challenges of the suburbs, pollution, hazards and sustainability, as well as how the ways in which urban geographers study cities has changed. . . . An ideal text for any undergraduate urban studies class, particularly those in geography or sociology. . . . This is a great book and I will certainly use it in my urban sociology classes and I encourage other urbanists to do so as well.
— Urban Studies
A sparkling contribution to our knowledge of the urban issues facing the United States and Canada in this second decade of the twenty-first century. The editor has assembled a team of leading scholars, masterfully integrating their highly accessible chapters to maximize students' understanding of the rapidly changing metropolitan scene. Among the cutting-edge topics covered are changing approaches to urban geography, the latest impacts of globalization on cities and suburbs, the emergence of new social identities on the urban landscape, and the troubling effects of the ever-widening income gap. Especially valuable is the emphasis given to urban dimensions of the natural environment, which points toward the next big thing in researching and teaching about North American cities—urban sustainability. I wholeheartedly recommend this volume to anyone teaching courses in the urban-related social and environmental sciences as well as planners and policymakers concerned with the forces that continue to reshape the American metropolis.
— Peter O. Muller, University of Miami
North America became a majority-urban realm early in the twentieth century. The world became a majority-urban planet early in the twenty-first century. Urbanization has re-arranged populations everywhere, forced the creation of new living environments, overworked the networks of transportation and communication, and challenged local governments to provide jobs and services. None of this has happened without problems of continental proportion, and there is no better way to get a handle on those issues than by delving into Cities of North America.
— Donald J. Zeigler, Old Dominion University
Each thematic chapter highlights a range of small, medium, and large U.S. and Canadian cities
Explores critical environmental issues, often neglected by urban textbooks
Includes city profiles that explain urban theory by putting it in the context of real-world cases
Theory and method boxes reinforce the geographical framework
Each chapter includes a guide to further reading and "cities on the web" for links to other resources
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Contributions by: Matthew Anderson, Lisa Benton-Short, Geoff Buckley, Christopher DeSousa, Bernadette Hanlon, Amanda Huron, Yeong-Hyun Kim, Nathaniel M. Lewis, Robert Lewis, Deborah Martin, Lindsey Sutton, John Tiefenbacher, Thomas J. Vicino, Katie Wells, and David Wilson.

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At The Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp, the next Palestinian Intifada is brewing. A group of brave theatre actors risk their lives every day to fulfill a dream they are not willing to abandon; to show their play in New York.
The Freedom Theater & ALTO ANDES FILMS in cooperation with POUSTA & OPERA from Chile invite you to attend the premiere this coming Wednesday 3rd April at Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque in Ramallah @ 7pm.
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December 12 – 18, 2020 | No. 331
New police powers: Karen Middleton on the law empowering the AFP to spy on us
The Liberal minister forcing action on climate change
"I've been watching this car crash of public policy for over a decade … We need to find areas of common ground, we need to find the things that unite us if we're going to move forward."
Mike Seccombe In his first major interview since passing a landmark energy package, NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean outlines his philosophy for a new kind of politics.
Part one: How the China relationship collapsed
"Six years on from Xi Jinping's speech to the Australian parliament, the bilateral relationship is now so damaged neither Australia nor China can retrieve the situation by taking actions that are simultaneously acceptable to itself and the other."
Michael Wesley As antagonism between Canberra and Beijing flares, tracing the history of the relationship reveals that ties began to fray long ago and tensions may get even worse.
The impact of Australian war crimes on Afghans
Andrew Quilty As Afghan civilians make sense of the Brereton inquiry, one family details how an Australian raid killed three of their relatives – including a 14-year-old boy.
AFP's new power to spy on Australians
"The government response does not engage in any meaningful way with the reasoning underlying the recommendation."
Karen Middleton In direct contradiction to a recommendation of a national intelligence review, the government is giving the AFP sweeping new spying powers to combat cybercrime.
Funding by delegated legislation
"The committee report was one of several warnings about the erosion of accountability as parliament approached its final sitting week of 2020."
Karen Middleton Amid growing perceptions of corruption in Australia, a senate committee has raised concerns about the billions of dollars in funding allocated by the government without parliamentary scrutiny.
How the NDIA is devaluing disability
"The idea put forward by the NDIA that Andrew could live independently with drop-in supports puts him at huge risk of abuse, neglect and isolation. The NDIS was set up with such strong ideals, it should be better than this."
Rick Morton With the NDIA appearing intent on downgrading funding for supported independent living, the lives of those relying on the scheme are being put at risk.
Australians stranded in Ethiopia
Santilla Chingaipe Australians are desperate to be repatriated from Ethiopia as armed conflict between the government and separatists escalates in the country's Tigray province, cutting off access to basic supplies, transport and the internet.
Britain rolls out mass Covid-19 vaccinations
Jonathan Pearlman Jacinda Ardern pledges to tighten gun licensing laws after Christchurch deaths. Polish women protest over plans to limit abortions. US investigating diplomats' accounts of Havana syndrome.
Shakira Hussein
Christchurch massacre: an Australian crime
"There needs to be a moment of reckoning that the man behind the Christchurch massacre is an Australian. He was born here, and it was in this country that his hatred and racism developed at a young age. While New Zealand's government has accepted responsibility for intelligence failings that allowed the shooter to slip past checks in the months leading up to the attack, Australia's intelligence services missed him for many, many years. There has been no contrition."
PM's year-end review masks ongoing woes
"The prime minister was more the circuit preacher than 'Scotty from marketing' as he addressed the final Coalition party room meeting of the year. His stirring words of self-congratulation were tempered with a gentle reminder they all needed to stay humble. The old retort – they have plenty to be humble about – can be applied, but at the end of a year that 'has been like no other', Australians have survived better than many. And Morrison wouldn't be a politician if he didn't claim a lion's share of the credit. "
Flint's tone deafness
Richard Ackland Until he popped up on Monday night's Media Watch, Gadfly thought Emeritus Professor David Flint must have disappeared from the mortal coil. But there he was looking as splendid as a pox doctor's apprentice on Sky "News" telling that other old stager Alan (The Parrot) Jones that Joe Biden's election victory was a fraud, a "self-evident" fraud.
Mungo MacCallum (1941–2020)
What made Mungo MacCallum special, one of the things, was that for all the bewilderment and dismay he felt looking at politics he never lost his sense of clarity. If John Howard was the most effective politician of the past two decades, Mungo's preferred description of him was the most enduring: "an unflushable turd".
NDIS changes not needed
I thank Rick Morton for his incisive article regarding the potential changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme assessment protocol ("Exclusive: The seven-year plot to undermine the NDIS", …
Farhad's story
Farhad Rahmati, an Iranian refugee with a heart problem, was brought to mainland Australia for medical treatment. Since he speaks out about the way he is shunted about from one place of confinement to another …
Film director Glendyn Ivin
Stephen A. Russell Since his first short film won the Palme d'Or in 2003, Glendyn Ivin has established himself as one of Australia's most exciting film and television directors. The forthcoming Penguin Bloom, starring Naomi Watts, brings some light to his dark meditations.
We Will Always Love You
Shaad D'Souza The Avalanches' third album is their most explicitly spiritual record – and their best yet.
Madeleine Gray Netflix's hit series The Queen's Gambit reveals what genius is considered to be – and who is allowed to have it.
Tristen Harwood The first large-scale exhibition of Gordon Bennett's work at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art reveals a terrible beauty.
Daniel Boyd
Maddee Clark After the tumult of 2020, Kudjla–Gangalu artist Daniel Boyd aims to find the beauty within chaos, as he continues to reframe the mythologies of colonialism.
Home is a rectangle
"Sagal rejoiced when she got the keys to her apartment in Flemington. 'The war is officially behind us, kids,' she told them. But both Samia and Idriis believed she had brought the war with her. 'I reckon death feels like hooyo's anger nonstop,' says Idriis. 'Nah, I reckon hooyo's anger is more like the ocean on the attack,' Samia says. 'You can't see what's inside the ocean, the same way we never know hooyo's intentions for us.' 'God,' says Idriis. 'I feel a bit faded, sis.' "
Magan Magan
Vigdis Hjorth
Long Live the Post Horn!
Andrew Pippos
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Admit the Joyous Passion of Revolt
Hot-smoked ocean trout with green salad
Seeking a safe harbour
Rachael Mogan McIntosh In a year of turmoil both global and personal, carefree life on a meandering river proves the perfect balm.
Cricket's hope to bounce back
Peter Hanlon Cricket at a grassroots level was already struggling before the pandemic, but lovers of the game are confident it can rebuild against the backdrop of a Covid-safe summer.
1. "(This Bird Has Flown)" is the bracketed title of which 1965 Beatles song?
2. A painting by whom recently became the highest-value Australian artwork ever sold at auction?
3. Is a katana: (a) an Italian sausage; (b) a traditional Chilean folk song; or (c) a Japanese sword?
4. In the workplace, what does WIP stand for?
5. Which American jazz singer was nicknamed "Lady Day"?
6. In darts, what is the highest number of points you can score with a single throw?
7. Is Dunedin north or south of Hobart? (Bonus point for naming the New Zealand region in which Dunedin is the principal city.)
8. In which 2006 film does Shane Jacobson play a Melbourne plumber?
9. Which team won the WBBL title last month?
10. Nobel peace prize-winning philosopher Albert Schweitzer attested, "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and …"?
"I really think I have said all I know over some 60 years of polemicising."
Mungo MacCallumThe sharpest observer of Australian politics in recent memory and eminent cruciverbalist signs off, aged 78. Requiescat in pace, Mungo.
"He is so precious. This is the same shadow treasurer … who cried in Kevin Rudd's office, Mr Speaker, we know how sensitive he is."
Scott MorrisonThe prime minister, who went into Covid-19 quarantine with his own personal photographer, accuses Labor MP Jim Chalmers of having an outsized ego.
"In order to ensure New Zealanders are safe, the government has agreed in principle with all 44 recommendations contained in the report."
Jacinda ArdernThe New Zealand prime minister responds to the report from the Christchurch terror attack royal commission. Australia's official response to the killing of 51 people has remained consistent: ignore the fact that the shooter came from here.
"There has never been an occasion where the senate had ordered a senator who was not a minister to appear before a committee."
Bridget McKenzieThe Nationals senator politely declines to appear before the senate inquiry into the sports rorts scandal, which occurred while she was Sport minister. It seems she's taken to heart the constant advice this year about thoroughly washing one's hands.
"When you go on this card, you basically lose your rights as well. When you go on the welfare system, you've lost your rights."
Pauline HansonThe One Nation senator, no stranger to drawing a pay cheque funded by the taxpayer, throws her support behind the cashless welfare card under the apparent misapprehension that losing one's job is a crime.
"There is an inverse relationship between leadership tensions and truth in question time."
Christian PorterThe attorney-general, Industrial Relations minister and busiest man in Canberra accuses Labor of launching a scare campaign over the new IR reforms. As the one arguing that the reforms will lead to higher wages, Porter knows something about an inverse relationship with the truth.


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An all-inclusive line-up in a documentary film festival is not entertaining to the viewer. Happily, DocsBarcelona is one event that has professionally streamlined its programme. To prove this point, this edition kicks off with a film that American cable networks were clamouring for recently and which was at last month's Sundance festival. Pecados de mi padre (Sins of my father) is Nicolas Entel's gripping portrait of Pablo Escobar, the infamous boss of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel.
Elsewhere, eight sections include those aimed at children and teenagers. Of the others, 'Panorama' deals with recent quality material, including quirky Finnish film Freetime Machos, following the sporting and domestic highs and lows of a Finnish rugby team, while Scottish film The Edge of Dreaming pits hard-edge northern realism against spiritualism. 'Catalan Day' is a nod to local productions, such as Ventura Durall's devastating El Perdón (The Forgiveness), which tells the story of paranoid schizophrenic Andrés Rabadán, who was sectioned in a secure psychiatric unit after killing his father with a crossbow. The festival bows out with El Último Aplauso (The Last Applause), an ode to veteran singers of tango directed by German Kral.
DocsBarcelona: February 2nd to 7th, 2010; Various venues; www.docsbarcelona.com


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Multi award-winning elementary school teacher, and children's author for Mutasian Entertainment LLC, (www.mutasia.com) Michael Flynn will be autographing his latest book at Callahan Elementary School in Nassau County on February 20th, and presenting a very special interactive Mutasia event, ahead of the company's showcase at Amelia Island Book Festival on Saturday February 21st.
During his extensive career in education Michael Flynn has won awards for his excellence in teaching and as an educational leader. He more recently authored his first junior adventure chapter book The Endless Caverns published by Mutasian Entertainment, LLC, a creative educational entertainment company for children.
Mutasia is a land where everyone is a mix of two or more different animals. The inhabitants of the island are the most illogical and utterly impossible creatures you will ever meet. Throughout Mutasia's exciting and humorous multimedia content, the unique characters encourage children to embrace individuality, accept differences and inspire them to try new things.
In addition to books, music, animation and plush toys, the team at Mutasian Entertainment has developed educational lesson plans for teachers, bookmarks, stickers, and coloring book mobile apps.
As a collective, the Mutasian Entertainment family is committed to continuously creating a fun-filled environment that encourages children to read and appreciate the world around them. The talented and dedicated team of educators, illustrators, authors, musicians, designers, and entrepreneurs have joined together to share Mutasia, the land of illogical and utterly impossible critters.
Michael Flynn is the Director of Mathematics Leadership Programs at Mount Holyoke College and Lecturer in the Education Department. Prior to this work, he was a second grade teacher at the William E. Norris Elementary School in Southampton from 1998-2012 where he established himself as an accomplished teacher and educational leader. In 2008 he was awarded Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, a recipient of the 2009 National Education Association/Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence, and most recently a recipient of 2010 Presidential Award For Excellence in Mathematics Teaching. Over the course of his fifteen years of teaching, Michael has worked to create a classroom environment that is enriching and inclusive to all learners. Students in his class engage in authentic learning experiences throughout the year like raising Atlantic salmon in the classroom to release in a local river or designing rockets launched by air pressure. They also produce their own television show, The Flynnsters, which highlights concepts they learned in class. Michael Flynn is the proud father of four children: Dan, Allison, Sean, and Collin.


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Nigeria, others need more oil exploration – Sahara Group
A subsidiary of Sahara Group, Asharami Energy, has said oil and gas businesses in Africa need to intensify exploration efforts to guarantee reserve replacement and enhance capacity to meet growing demand and global competition.
The company's Managing Director, Olajumoke Ajayi, said operators needed to adopt new technology, explore alternative cost-saving measures, ensure sustainable community relations, and build diverse multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful exploration projects.
According to her, Africa's large volumes of undiscovered oil and gas make the continent a veritable frontier for investment.
In her presentation at the Oil and Gas Council's Africa Assembly in Paris, she cited the downturn in global oil prices and the corresponding negative effects on investor funds and returns as factors that had made a good number of exploration and production companies in Africa cut down on investments, delay Final Investment Decision or totally stop embarking on new capital projects.
Ajayi said, "Consequently, producing companies continue to pump oil from operated mature fields, thereby depleting existing reserves with non-corresponding efforts for reserve replacement via new exploration discoveries. The big question remains whether or not E&P players should commit to exploration and how players can justify this commitment in the face of lower oil prices."
She said the compelling case for the relevance of hydrocarbons in the future, in addition to huge investments on new technology, responsible and intentional community engagement, would play a significant role in creating a stable and conducive environment for exploration and production.
"Sahara Group's exploration success story is being driven by a combination of technology, innovation and community management expertise. At Sahara, we are intentionally committed to creating a sustainable balance between our projects and host communities to ensure the creation of shared value for all stakeholders," she added.
According to her, strategic community engagements eliminate community interference in operations of capital projects that may lead to significant downtime; and ensure that the host community understands its role as a project stakeholder and treats projects as commonwealth source for the people, among others.
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The Ngee Ann Kongsi to gift $1.5M to Duke-NUS Medical School to study the link between gut bacteria and chronic brain conditions
The Memorandum of Understanding signed between The Ngee Ann Kongsi and Duke-NUS Medical School emphasises the need for more research as treatment and prevention options are currently limited for conditions such as Parkinson's disease.
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Pictured from left: Mr Jamie Teo, Vice President and Chairman of the Donation & Charity Sub-Committee, and Mr James Teo Wee Wee, President, from The Ngee Ann Kongsi, and Associate Professor Au Wing Lok, Academic Chair of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme, and Clinical Associate Professor Chow Wan Cheng, Vice-Dean, Office of Academic and Clinical Development, Duke-NUS Medical School.
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SINGAPORE, 12 September 2022 – The Ngee Ann Kongsi today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Duke-NUS Medical School with a pledge of up to $1.5 million to advance understanding in the emerging field of the human microbiome and its impact on the brain.
Recent discoveries have shown that some bacteria in the gut produce chemicals known as metabolites that can travel via the bloodstream to the brain. Some of these metabolites are toxic to brain cells and have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease.
With support from the newly established 'Gut Bacteria To Treat Chronic Brain Diseases' Research Fund, researchers will identify specific bacteria and metabolites associated with neurodegenerative brain conditions. This will enable the discovery of potential new therapies to modify or remove harmful metabolites and/or change the composition of gut bacteria to prevent the production of such toxins.
"The Ngee Ann Kongsi has long supported and engaged Duke-NUS, and we are grateful for this commitment to advancing our research into this emergent area of study," lauded Professor Thomas Coffman, Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School. "Through this programme, we aim to benefit people affected by neurodegenerative diseases in Singapore and beyond."
Speaking this afternoon at The Ngee Ann Kongsi – Duke-NUS Signing Ceremony, Associate Professor Au Wing Lok, Academic Chair of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme (Neuroscience ACP), described the need for such research as "very real" because there are currently limited treatments and no cures for these life-changing brain conditions.
"The Research Fund will go a long way in helping us to better understand, diagnose and treat such conditions, making a difference to the health and lives of patients today and for future generations to come," said Assoc Prof Au.
This initiative comes at a timely juncture as Singapore faces a rapidly ageing population that will result in a higher prevalence of such diseases, explained Mr Jamie Teo, Vice President and Chairman of the Donation & Charity Sub-Committee, The Ngee Ann Kongsi.
"Through this Research Fund, The Ngee Ann Kongsi hopes to play a part in advancing academic medicine and medical research in chronic brain diseases that will improve the quality of care and life of the sufferers of brain diseases and their caregivers. We are proud to partner Duke-NUS on this journey, and we look forward to the developments that the Research Fund will bring to the medical community and to society at large," said Mr Teo.
Research into the link between gut bacteria and brain health has gained momentum over the past 15 years. The findings from the Neuroscience ACP's research will help to expand knowledge within this emerging field and provide vital local data, due to the impact of diet and the environment on gut bacteria.
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City Reign: Live
By victoriairvine December 2, 2011
City Reign march to the beat of their own drum (Copyright Skye Jefferson Photography)
By Sarah Hayhurst
When most people go to see an Indie rock band they don't expect to walk into a punk gig. But there it was; leather jacket clad boys and Doc Martin wearing girls jumping around. Somehow I can't imagine an English Indie band headlining this but I wait and bop along to the manic bands.
As the punk bands came to an end and their fans dispersed the audience shifted. The more conservatively dressed of the crowd shuffle to the front.
The gig is in honour of their new EP 'Numbers for Street Names', released on their own label Car boot Records. Hailing from Manchester they have a lot to live up to with greats such as The Smiths paving the way for bands there.
Drawing influence from their predecessors, there is also iconic bands such as Idlewild and Oasis.
Throughout the set you can hear the similarities to these bands, especially Idlewild due to Chris Bulls vocal style.
It is easy to compare City Reign to bands such as these, but when they play they forge their own identity. Opening with 'See What It's Worth', they gauge the crowd starting off a little reserved. This doesn't last, they are foremost friends before a band and their camaraderie is shown, confidence growing as they play.
The second song, previous single 'Out in the Cold' has people bopping along and singing along, 'Making Plans' has the same affect. Both are catchy guitar driven tunes which are more than worthy
of airplay. Each song is balanced by lead guitar and vocal, Mike Grice's solos break up the main body and allow a change or break. The bass still comes through and is not lost in the songs as Michael Glaze maintains an even flow.
Their last song before encore 'Anywhere, Anyway' was recorded merely a day before the EP went into production. Though it was the last track to be recorded for their EP, it is the most poignant. Taking a different route to the rest of the songs, a more acoustic sound takes over and we see a different side to this band. Slower and softer, it shows they're not just about guitar riffs; they have melodic indie rock oozing from their fingertips.
Finally finishing with Tired Eyes, they pick it up again a little, but no too much. Keeping it slow enough to bring everything to an end but still the guitar keeps you bopping along. Drummer Duncan Bolton's drum kit has been sliding away from him since the beginning of the set so the end is seen with relief from him.
After it I am left in wonder of what is next for this band. They have a strong EP which could and should be played on the radio.
After 3 years the band decided it was time to be serious and record this EP. Those 3 years have been worth the wait, expect big things from City Reign, this Mancunian band has only started their road to success.


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The new track is a smooth blend of R&B and modern hip hop.
Ahead of her upcoming EP, Life in Colour, R&B legend Thando has dropped the music video for her latest single, 'Gag Order'.
'Gag Order' is an anthem for anyone feeling disenfranchised. It's a celebration of diversity, featuring culturally diverse and LGBTQIA-identifying cast members.
"I realised this song is an anthem for disenfranchised folk so I wanted to represent that," she said.
The diverse cast is underpinned by the lyrics of 'Gag Order', which is an ode to the endless plight of people of colour and LGBTQIA people to be accepted by mainstream society. Throughout the clip, there are messages of acceptance such as, "Look at the hue of you and know you are good" and "carry a legacy, not a burden".
The music clip was filmed at The Toff in Town and is inspired by a picture of Thando sitting with a crew of four other musicians in a booth at the venue. The video's director Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore became obsessed with the image, and new she had to bring the image to life. "This is the face of Australian music right now," Dalimore said.
'Gag Order' is soulful R&B meets modern hip hop. The song's smooth melodies match Thando's dreamy chorus and Françoistunes' punchy rhymes, finally ending on Thando's powerful final verse.


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In a second move into the beverage sector, the investment firm founded by former Bidvest mogul, Brian Joffe, will pay at least R452-million in cash and shares for Stellenbosch's Chill Beverages.
Joffe listed Long4Life in April and has since made a string of acquisitions, including sporting goods retailer, Holdsport, and beauty chain, Sorbet, and in August bought Gauteng co-packaging bottling company, Inhle Beverages.
Chill, whose brands include energy drink Score, Fitch & Leedes tonic waters, Bashew's cola and sodas, Country Club genteel sodas and Peachee lemonade, has a manufacturing plant in Stellenbosch, around 50 km from Cape Town.
The company is currently owned by management and unlisted firms, Africa Beverage Venture and Raubenbel.
Long4Life will pay a minimum of R452-million rand for Chill, but the purchase price could rise to as much as R734-million depending on how profitable the beverage firm is in the year to the end of June 2018.
The deal will be settled 75% in cash and 25% in new Long4Life stock at a price of R5.21 per share.
"Over the last year, we invested some R100m of capital expenditure to expand production facilities and improve efficiencies, which has boosted our class leading capability," Chill MD and founding investor, Grant Hobbs, said in the statement.
Long4Life, the new investment company started by Bidvest founder, Brian Joffe, will pay up to R360m for Gauteng co-packaging bottling company, Inhle Beverages.


In addition to millions of penguins, East Antarctica is home to sea spiders the size of dinner plates, bright jelly fish, and other bottom dwelling sea creatures that make the waters resemble a coral reef. For millions of years, this mosaic of marine life has been kept isolated from the outside world because of circumpolar currents. Unfortunately, concentrated fishing, climate change, and other threats are taking a toll on Antarctica.
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The Trump administration is doubling down on unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election with a call from the president himself to conduct a "major investigation" into whether it occurred.
His unsupported claim that 3 million to 5 million illegal votes were cast causes the administration to hold contradictory positions that a. the 2016 election was marred by voter fraud on an unprecedented scale, and b. the president's victory in that election is 100 percent legitimate. The tension was on display repeatedly during yesterday's White House press briefing.
In 2014, a two-year investigation into voter fraud by Iowa's Republican secretary of state yielded 27 criminal charges, a number of which, again, were apparently related to mistakes or misunderstandings of voting rules.
In December, a Washington Post analysis of news reports found four documented cases of voter fraud out of about 136 million votes cast. That would yield a voter fraud rate of one instance per every 34 million ballots, close to what Levitt's investigation turned up. Two of those fraud cases involved Trump voters trying to vote twice, one involved a Republican election judge trying to fill out a ballot on behalf of her dead husband, and the last involved a poll worker filling in bubbles for a mayoral candidate in absentee ballots in Florida.
Trump's assertion of widespread voter fraud contradicts statements by his campaign's lawyers, who stated unequivocally that "all available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake." The statement was made in a filing opposing Green Party candidate Jill Stein's recount efforts in Michigan.
In Kansas, the Republican secretary of state examined 84 million votes cast in 22 states to look for cases of duplicate registration. The project yielded 14 prosecutions, representing 0.000017 percent of the votes cast.
In 2011, Wisconsin authorities charged 20 people with fraudulent voting in the 2008 elections. Most of these were felons who were ineligible to vote.
In general, there's also a whole mountain of academic research into voter fraud, which is largely in agreement that it's essentially a nonissue, and that isolated cases that may appear to be "fraud" are often attributable to mistakes, clerical errors or carelessness.