Conquistador Was Deep in U.S.: "Stunning" Jewelry Find Redraws Route?
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Under a former Native American village in Georgia, deep inside what's now the U.S., archaeologists say they've found 16th-century jewelry and other Spanish artifacts. The discovery suggests an expedition led by conquistador Hernando de Soto ventured far off its presumed course—which took the men from Florida to Missouri—and engaged in ceremonies in a thatched, pyramid-like temple. The discovery could redraw the map of de Soto's 1539-41 march into North America, where he hoped to replicate Spain's overthrow of the Inca Empire in South America. There, the conquistador had served at the side of leader Francisco Pizarro...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:41:33 AM
RE: Jesus Huerta de Soto: one world under Gold
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It is an honor for me to receive a response from Mr. Jesus Huerta de Soto regarding my opinion article concerning his vision about gold as the only world currency in the future. I am posting his response in full below: Dear Ellie, Just two points on your “comments” on my proposal: a) Printing the money necessary to consolidate current demand deposits and equivalents is not inflationary, as the new bank notes would be entirely “sterilized” as 100 per cent collateral to existing demand deposits. b) In a sense you are right that my plan (as any other “practical” to...
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The UN's $7 Trillion Socialist Scam
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The United Nations says it can end poverty, stop global warming, and end the threat of contagious disease while also unlocking $7 trillion of hidden wealth from developing nations in the process. If this sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. In a new book launched with great fanfare at last month’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, The New Public Finance: Responding to Global Challenges, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) claims to offer “innovative financial mechanisms that could dramatically reduce the cost of managing global risks can now be implemented by governments across the world.”...
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Evidence found in Ga. of Spanish explorer's trail- Hernando de Soto in Georgia
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An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up beads, metal tools and other artifacts that may pinpoint part of the elusive trail of the 16th-century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. Dennis Blanton of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta was scheduled to present his findings Thursday to the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Mobile, Ala. Excavations since 2006 in rural Telfair County uncovered remains of an Indian settlement along with nine pea-sized glass beads and six metal objects, including three iron tools and a silver pendant. Blanton says the artifacts are consistent with items Spanish explorers traded...
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The lost tribe of South Carolina
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Cofitachequi: We can’t pronounce it, we don’t know exactly where it is, but the importance of this Native American mound city is clear. North Carolina has the Lost Colony, a 16th-century legend that draws the curious to the longest running outdoor theater production in North America. The desert Southwest has the Anasazi, the native culture that vanished in the 14th century and is celebrated at a dozen National Park Service sites. South Carolina has a combination of the two — Cofitachequi. Ever heard of it? Cofitachequi is mentioned in third-grade S.C. history books, and there’s a diorama about it at...
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Discovery might rewrite history of Spaniards in Georgia
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What a high school girl found in 6 inches of South Georgia dirt last year may help rewrite the history of Europeans' earliest forays into the great, green New World that greeted them half a millennium ago.The discovery is a glass bead no larger than a pencil eraser. It and four other beads, plus two ancient slivers of iron, may prompt historians to reconsider the presence of Spaniards in Georgia five centuries ago. Archaeologist Dennis Blanton of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History considers the finds, which he could easily slip in his pocket, "world history in the making."Blanton, the...
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Mysteries of Mauvilla[Alabama][Hernando De Soto Battle]
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Archaeologists continue debate, search for battle site lost for centuries in Alabama It's out there. Somewhere underneath cat claw briars or mud flats or even modern subdivision tracts, there are shards of Spanish metal, burned clay and a palisaded wall waiting to be found, answering one of the South's famous mysteries: Where is Mauvilla? Historians gleaning descriptions from written accounts of Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto's expedition across the South say the earliest and bloodiest battle between Europeans and Indians happened at Mauvilla, a fortified village that researchers spell a variety of other ways, including Mabila and Mavila. It sat...
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Archaeologist Says Clarke County Site May Be Lost De Soto Battleground
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Archaeologist says Clarke County site may be lost De Soto battleground Thursday, May 24, 2007By CONNIE BAGGETTStaff Reporter A Mobile archaeologist said this week that he believes he has found a site in southern Clarke County that could be the Indian stronghold Mauvilla, where Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto fought a bloody battle in the mid-1500s. If he is correct, he has solved a mystery that for decades left others with false leads and dashed hopes. Andrew Holmes, who works as a archaeological field technician for Barry Vittor and Associates conducting environmental assessments at construction projects, said he used a...
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DeSoto jobless rate is lowest (MS)
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After slipping for the past couple of months, DeSoto County once again laid claim in June to the lowest unemployment rate among Mississippi's 82 counties, according to unadjusted figures released Monday. DeSoto, which typically has among the state's lowest figures, held steady between May and June at 4.6 percent. But other counties that had posted lower numbers in May inched up to move DeSoto back into the top spot. Statewide, the unemployment rate rose by six-tenths of a percentage point from May to 8 percent. "The seasonal influx of students into the summertime work force was largely responsible for the...
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Tennis team grabs medals at state tournament
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The state tennis tournament began and ended in exactly the same way for Dan Hoschouer and Andy Edwards -- Andrew Kahley and Isaac Chambers from Smokey Valley celebrated at the De Soto pair's expense. It was what happened in between that made the experience special, however. Hoschouer and Edwards (29-8) finished sixth in last weekend's 2006 state tennis tournament in Pratt. Losing only their first match on the first day and their final match on the second day, the pair used three consecutive wins through the middle of the tournament to earn their first state medals and propel the De...
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Miss. gun bill draws bead on Memphis 'riffraff'
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Would ease curbs on shooting of trespassers; DeSoto senator cites nasty neighbors JACKSON, Miss. -- A bill passed Friday by the Mississippi House and companion legislation in the Senate would loosen the legal restrictions on when people may shoot trespassers in their homes, businesses or cars. House Bill 882, which passed by a resounding 104-12 vote after about an hour of debate, changes the language in state law so that a citizen who uses deadly force under specific circumstances is presumed to have acted reasonably. All of DeSoto County's representatives voted for the bill, which now moves to the Senate...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:41:33 AM
DeSoto deputies find drugs; 2 charged; girl, 17, among pictured
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DeSoto County deputies seized boxes of videos and photographs of young girls posing nude from a farmhouse in western DeSoto County on Friday afternoon, including photos of a Hernando teen whose disappearance sparked an intensive search early this week. Charged late Friday were Stephen C. Cooper, 36, with dissemination of sexually oriented material of a minor and Danny Wayne Moore, 48, with sexual battery. Both lived in the home. They are being held at the DeSoto County Jail in Hernando on $100,000 bond each. Other charges are pending. Investigators acting on a warrant also found whips, chains and handcuffs during...
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The U.N. finally discovers property rights
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EVEN THE United Nations on occasion does something right. So it’s a shame the media and the public, understandably fixated at the time on Hurricane Katrina’s impact on the U.S. Gulf Coast, missed it. The “it” was the mid-September announcement that the United Nations was establishing a new commission that will focus on the legal hurdles people in the under-developed world face as they try to work their way out of poverty. Institutions like the United Nations typically create commissions as a substitute for actually doing something about a problem. Thanks to its leadership — former U.S. Secretary of State...
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The Mystery of CapitalWhy Capitalism Triumphs in the Westand Fails Everywhere Else
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The Mystery of Capital Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else By Hernando de Soto Chapter 1 The Five Mysteries of Capital The key problem is to find out why that sector of society of the past, which I would not hesitate to call capitalist, should have lived as if in a bell jar, cut off from the rest; why was it not able to expand and conquer the whole of society? ... [Why was it that] a significant rate of capital formation was possible only in certain sectors and not in the whole market economy of...
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Ex-DeSoto, TX, Teacher Sentenced to Prison
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Ex-DeSoto teacher sentenced to prison DALLAS (AP) — A former De Soto junior high school teach er has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student. Timothy Munday, a 30-year-old former English teacher at DeSoto East Junior High School, was convicted on Aug. 25 on a single first-degree felony charge involving one girl. But six other former students came forward in the punishment phase of his trial to accuse him of affairs or improper behavior. The girl in the case, who is now 16, said the 2002 attack occurred after Munday encouraged her to sneak...
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As Many as 10 Louisiana Middle School Pupils May Have Taken Cocaine, Pills
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<p>STONEWALL - Five North DeSoto Middle School students ages 11 and 12 got sick after allegedly ingesting a mixture of powdered cocaine and prescription pills while at school Friday morning, authorities said.</p><p>Another five middle school students may have ingested the drugs but did not get sick or may have had knowledge the drugs were on campus. The 10 youths face mandatory expulsion from school and possible arrest, officials said.</p>
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DeSoto Marine returns to find home burned
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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Strebeck of DeSoto was anxiously awaiting his homecoming from the Persian Gulf region when he found out he had no home left. A fire caused by a storm destroyed his DeSoto home May 3. His wife was at work when the blaze started. Nearly all their possessions were ruined, and their two cats and pet rabbit were killed. Their dog was not injured. Donations Donations for Marine Reserve Lance Cpl. Jeremy Strebeck and his wife, Mary, are being handled by VFW Post 8235, 5333 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, TX 76114. Contact Roger Perry or...
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Louisiana Basketball Player Alleges Sexual Misconduct on School Bus
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<p>MANSFIELD - Four North DeSoto High School boys basketball players are expected to be suspended from school as DeSoto sheriff's investigators continue their probe into a complaint of sexual misconduct lodged by a girls basketball player.</p><p>The 16-year-old girl alleges she was forced to perform oral sex on the males - two 17-year-olds, one 18-year-old and one 19-year-old - while returning on a school bus Friday night from basketball games in Springhill.</p>
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:41:33 AM
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