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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Going To Yellowstone (1919) by Lila Tyler
In 1919, my husband's grandfather's family drove to Yellowstone in Model T Fords. Merle Adams was twelve when they made the trip. His cousin, Lila Phillips, was 17. I recently found the story Lila wrote about the trip that she titled, "My Most Memorable Trip." She must have submitted it to a magazine or newspaper because the manuscript has a notation of "$3.00" at the top and "photo returned." The photos are from Merle Adam's photo album.
One hot morning in August 1919, two model T Fords, containing 13 people, camping gear, food, and extra car parts, such as brake linings, and connecting rods left the little town of Elbert [Colorado] for a trip to Yellowstone National Park.
Being farm people, vacations were almost unknown, so imagine the excitement after weeks of preparation of starting out on my most memorable trip. My parents, Ella and Melvin Phillips with three teenagers occupied one car while my uncle and aunt, Sharold and Ethel Adams with three teenagers and two younger boys were in the other car.
In those days you didn't just pick up your sleeping bag and drive off. We rolled up bed mattresses (two full size and one single for our family), tents, bedding, pillows, towels, wash cloths, dish towels, dishes (paper was unheard of), cooking utensils, gasoline stove, food and clothing. Anything you might need for such a trip (including fishing rods) for a month you took along. What courage our parents must of had to start on such a jaunt. We also had cans of gas, oil and water. Of course there were small country stores where we could buy some supplies. I can't remember the price of gas but it was probably around 8-10 cents a gallon. Since Cheyenne Frontier Days was that week, they decided to make that our first stop. We arrived the night before the big parade, pitched our tents at the camp ground on the outskirts of the city. The next morning eight anxious kids could hardly wait to get to the City Center for the parade, after all we had never seen real live Indians.
After a sweltering day we settled in camp and on the morrow we packed up and headed Northward for Yellowstone, over dry, dusty roads making travel very slow. At one place someone had stuck up a hand lettered sign - Speed Limit 70 Miles Per Hour. Papa, with his great sense of humor, sat up straight in the seat, gripped the steering wheel and stepped on the throttle saying, "We'll never make it, we'll never make it." What a good laugh we all had.
Each night it was a major atsk to make camp and prepare food and make beds for thirteen people.
We enjoyed Wyoming scenery very much, camping along clear pure water streams, even the Bad Lands, Hell's Half Acre, were something to view.
After about ten days or two weeks of slow going we arrived at Yellowstone with all its wonders. Roads were not paved, narrow and winding. I remember going up Mt. Washburn, which is high with narrow curves. We came upon a couple whose car was parked in the middle of the road, they were in panic. Actually, the man was on his knees petitioning God to get them off that terrible mountain. My Papa being a good Samaritan offered to drive for them to get them out of our way, and they gladly accepted. We often wondered how they made it. So my Mamma climbed behind the wheel of our car and we proceeded down the mountain.
On one mountain the brakes were wearing out and the emergency was in jeopardy, so many times the wheels had to be driven into the bank to break the speed.
We enjoyed the hot springs, especially Morning Glory Pool which was beautiful in color and depth. We were intrigued by the bears as long as they stayed their distance. One camp where were were, there were movie men wanting to get a bear in action. They had strung a rope between two trees and hung lucious looking ham and bacon on it and focused their camera ready to snap Mr. Bear when he got the meat. Everyone went to bed expecting to hear and see excitement during the night. Morning came, the hams still hanging untouched but the canned milk and other provisions left at the foot of the tree had been cleaned out, and no one heard a sound. Disappointment reigned.
We camped near Old Faithful and saw it shoot many times. Mamma had a small Brownie Camera and took many pictures which now are very faded but hope they can be printed.
We spent eight days in the park and walked over terraces and saw many things the average tourist never sees. Whenever possible, we camped along creeks or small streams. All had pure water there.
We were from dry land and never had the pleasure of fishing so we tried our luck with little result. My sister, Verna, and Cousin Merle caught a small trout probably three inches, they were so excited they rushed back to camp to show their catch.
We left the park via the Idaho gateway, seeing the rich farm lands and fruit orchards on into Utah. The old Ford had taken a beating and had to be overhauled for connecting rods and brake linings which our dads did themselves. (They could do anything.)
One day the two cars got separated, each thinking they were behind, traveled at top speed to catch up. My uncle decided it was time to camp so they did, and we came upon them. We kids just knew we would not see our cousins until we got home.
We got to Salt Lake City and were really broke, about twenty-six cents was all we could scrape up between us. Mamma gathered three or four of us kids and went to a a bank and truthfully told our plight and came out with the cash we needed for the remainder of the trip.
We toured the Mormon Square and attended the noon organ recital which was impressive. We drove out to Saltair and tried floating in the salt water. The first thing I did was to get "upset" and my head went under, if my daddy had not been close, I'm sure I would have strangled to death, guess that experience made me afraid of water so I never learned to swim well.
Our folks were getting weary with all the work and little play so we started homeward. At Vernal, Utah, more repairs had to be done on the cars before crossing the mountains.
When we got to Berthoud Pass it was so steep and rugged in places the old Fords had to have some help so we got out and pushed. Those curves were a far cry from today's paved roads.
In all, we were gone five weeks and each one was really glad to see Elbert County. Indeed, it was a memorable trip.
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From 12 December, the Linbury Studio Theatre will be taken over by a mischievous Toad and a mild-mannered Mole as Will Tuckett's The Wind in the Willows returns to the Royal Opera House.
A mixture of song, dance, poetry and puppetry, it is an exuberant and theatrical piece that brings the adventures of Kenneth Grahame's classic to life on stage.
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The trailer was filmed a few Sundays ago as opera-goers enjoyed a performance of Wagner's Siegfried. The Clore Studio was taken over for the day by The Wind in the Willows cast: the normally pristine floor was covered with an array of willow branches, leaves and wrapping paper, and the air was slightly heady with smoke.
Take a look at our backstage photos:
The actors in make-up in preparation for The Wind in the Willows trailer shoot. © ROH 2012. Photograph by Lottie Butler
A Christmas favourite for children and adults alike, The Wind in the Willows will run from 12 December until 5 January.

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Lothman (left), Madden (middle) and Gibbons (right) have all played a large part in the Crimson's successful 4-0 start to its 2012 campaign. (Gil Talbot)
The Particulars
The Harvard men's volleyball team begins a seven-game homestand on Wed., Feb. 8 when it hosts Cal Baptist at the Malkin Athletic Center. The match is slated for 7 p.m.
Harvard's 4-0 record to begin the season is the best start its had since 1993 when the Crimson went 12-0 to start the year.
The Crimson has aslo been buoyed by a pair of freshmen who have produced early for Harvard as DJ White is third on the team in kills with 33 while Caleb Zimmick is fourth with 29 and leads the team in blocks with 17.
Scouting the Lancers
Cal Baptist enters the contest 2-7 after falling to #9 Ohio State and #5 Penn State at the Penn State Invitational this past weekend. One of the Lancer's wins came against a familiar opponent for the Crimson in the form of Princeton. Cal Baptist defeated the Tigers 3-1 in Riverside Calif.
Aaron McCalmont and Kristopher Johnson lead the Lancers in kills with 93 and 84, respectively.
The duo also leads in blocks as well, with Johnson registering 23, while McCalmont is tied for second with 10. Look to Connor Metcalfe to serve as the team's primary setter, as he has racked up 267 assists on the year.
Can't Keep up With The Jones
Senior Matt Jones has been prolific through his career with Harvard and it looks like he's trying to make his final year at Harvard his best yet. The La Jolla, Calif. native paces the Crimson in kills with 60, and kills per set, 4.29. Jones is also at the top of the leaderboard of three EIVA categoreis leading in kills, hitting percentage (.411) and services aces per set (0.43).
Helping Hand
Look no further than Junior Rob Lothman to lend a helping hand. Lothman leads the team in assists with 107 through the team's first four games.
New Kid On The Block
Its not hard to spot number 10 on the court for the Crimson with Caleb Zimmick coming in at 6-9, and its been even more difficult to avoid him for the opposing team. Zimmick has recoreded 17 total blocks and leads the EIVA in blocks per set with a 1.21 average.
Harvard will host its first conference matches of the season playing host to Geroge Mason and Princeton on Feb. 10 and 11, respectively. Both matches are slated for 7 p.m. starts.


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Misogynistic, homophobic, scatological — none of these words come up in any of the spelling bees that take place in Jason Bateman's directorial debut, but they apply to the film. In the tradition of comedies such as "Bad Santa" and "Bad Grandpa," in which a foul-mouthed curmudgeon meets his or her match in an irrepressibly good-natured kid, "Bad Words" wins the prize for worst of the bunch. It's nasty enough, but it isn't so much funny as it is pathological.
Here the grump is Guy Trilby (Bateman, wearing a perpetual expression of weary contempt), a 40-year-old who for some reason has decided to exploit a loophole in the rules to enter the annual Golden Quill national spelling contest for eighth graders. He has a savant-like talent for the sport, so he mows down the snotty-nosed preadolescent competition in the preliminary rounds, each time rousing the fury of pushy parents. This gives Trilby ample opportunity to display the ornate, obscene, and repugnant put-downs that pass for wit in Andrew Dodge's script.
Contestants for some reason need to be sponsored by a media outlet. So accompanying Trilby in his quest is Jenny Widgeon (Kathryn Hahn), an online journalist. She tries to penetrate Trilby's veneer of barbed hostility to uncover the mysterious reason for his quest and get the story she's after. Bespectacled, neurotic, nerdy, and needy, Jenny embodies that female stereotype that goes back at least as far as "Thank You for Smoking" (2005) — the woman reporter as slut. Not only does she engage in wackily fetishistic sexual activity with Trilby, but she cracks the case by using the oldest journalistic trick in the book: performing oral sex on a source.
Before that breakthrough, however, there's the requisite irrepressibly optimistic kid. Chaitanya (Rohan Chand) is a 10-year-old fellow contestant whom Trilby affectionately nicknames "Slumdog" after he arrives on the scene to work his magic. Immune to Trilby's crude, pseudo-clever rejections and put-downs, Chaitanya perseveres. Before you know it, the two are off on a series of curmudgeon-kid bonding montages, in which Trilby introduces Chaitanya to the adult delights of cruel practical jokes, drinking, shoplifting, and paying a prostitute $20 to expose her breasts. Here Bateman confuses cute precociousness for the kind of creepy behavior that borders on child abuse.
Meanwhile, some of Chaitanya's innocence seems to be rubbing off on Trilby, but it looks inevitable that the pair will have to go head-to-head in the bee's final round, and someone will have to make the tough choice between being a sociopath or just an ordinary jerk. To their credit Bateman and Dodge have a few twists and a few more opportunities to demonstrate their misanthropy before grinding to the inevitable conclusion. The best way to restore your faith in humanity and movies is to watch Jeffrey Blitz's uplifting 2002 documentary on the same subject, "Spellbound."
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Ava DuVernay has proved that there is little she can't do. The publicist-turned-writer-director-distributor who was just invited into the Motion Picture Academy has already directed two micro-budgeted films that have garnered her critical acclaim: 2011's "I Will Follow" and last year's "Middle of Nowhere," which landed DuVernay a best director prize at Sundance and a Spirit nomination for its young star Emayatzy Corinaldi.
Her distribution company, African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement, will release its sixth movie, Neil Drumming's drama "Big Words," on July 19.
Now DuVernay, who most recently directed the ESPN documentary "Venus Vs.," will take on the long-gestating Martin Luther King Jr. project "Selma." Deadline Hollywood first reported the news.
Chronicling King's voting rights campaign of 1965, "Selma" first came to Hollywood's attention when Paul Webb's script landed on the 2007 Black List, the popular insider's list of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays.
Lee Daniels, director of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," was first attached to direct the project, which is being produced by "127 Hours" producer Christian Colson and Brad Pitt's production company Plan B, but that collaboration fell apart in 2010.
DuVernay, reached by phone while on scouting locations for a commercial, confirmed the deal for "Selma," which will reunite her with "Middle of Nowhere" star David Oyelowo.
She said that the producers approached her about the project in January and she spent the spring scouting the project in Alabama.
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Back in December I was contacted by NXT Nutritionals about a healthy alternative to table sugar & artificial sweeteners. Carlee sent me out a complimentary sample of Susta to sample & review for the blog. Susta comes packaged in a box of 50 little packets, much like sugar or Splenda packets.
From the NXT Nutritionals website:
SUSTA Natural Sweetener is a proprietary blend of non-caloric ingredients that can put the "brakes" on higher glycemic foods or beverages from adversely effecting your blood sugar. Products using SUSTATM Natural Sweetener are high fiber, with nutrients and minerals, no or low fats and have no added trans or hydrogenated fats. SUSTATM is great energy and nutrition for your heart, bones, and immune system.
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I have been using Susta to sweeten my coffee and as a treat on my Oikos & fruit. Susta provides just enough sweetness without over doing it. It also didn't upset my stomach like some of the low calorie artificial sweeteners on the market do. This is a great option for those who are looking for a low calorie, natural sweetener to add to their coffee, tea or foods. You can purchase Susta here for $6.99/box. Also, NXT Nutritionals will be making a baking version of Susta that can be preordered on their website now. Susta & NXT Nutritionals are proud supporters of the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).
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It's been a busy week here in Souzaville. We kicked off the week with hubby's birthday. He still has an illusion thinks he's 20 something. I sometimes have the illusion that he's older than me. But he proved me wrong by keeping me out until 3am and I had to get up with the kids at 6am and see that they got off to school. I then returned home and crawled back into bed until I had to pick them up again. Proof I am old and can't hang much past 9pm midnight these days.
I am proud to say that this is the first year that we have all our Christmas shopping done the first week of December and even half of it wrapped. Usually we are bashing people with shopping carts trying to make our way through the rest of the holiday procrastinators in one piece on the last week before Christmas. We don't do Black Friday but Cyber Monday is awesome! Nothing like doing all your shopping and not having to even leave your recliner.
I have been bugging my husband for the past several Christmas' about putting up lights on the outside of the house. Yes I know I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself but when we moved into our new house he claimed he didn't want to make holes in the trim to hang the lights that will only be seen once a year for a month. Well luckily for him me this year we were introduced to the laser lights.
Basically it's a projector contraption that you stake into the ground and point at the house which then displays thousands of tiny little red and green sparkles upon your house. It's pretty genius really.
Markle, the elf, has made his yearly appearance again. Yes out of all the "name suggestions" in the book my kids decided upon Markle. They had named him something last year, but like the domesticated momster I am, I forgot to write the name in the book. I am pretty sure they named him Steve or Carl or some common name like that but now he is Markle, and its set in stone sharpie in the book. Anywho, he has been up to quite the shenanigans already.
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I also volunteered at my monster B's school for what they call "Jenny's Penguin Patch Kids Holiday Shop" where the elementary school kids are able to shop for their families. This is done by an envelope being sent home in which the parents put whatever amount of money in the envelope and then instructions on who and what amount is to be spent… Yeah right. There's nothing like trying to help a 3rd grader shop for a list of 20 people with $20 in his envelope and the first thing he picks is a $5 mug for grandma.
One little kid kept telling me how his dad was always grumpy and in a bad mood…unfortunately there wasn't any coal for sale. Don't worry, I didn't tell him that but I did mention to the head organizer that next year she should order bricks made of cardboard with name tags in which the kids can fill in the name of whoever is "grumpy" to them.
Then there were the kids with no instructions on how much to spend on who so they bought 25 cent erasers for every person in their family and then spent $18 on themselves.
Let's just say it was an interesting afternoon…and I signed up to do it again on Monday😳. **takes note to put wine in her sippy cup**
We have been watching a plethora of Christmas movies in the evening but I always save my best one for last. I'll leave you with my favorite quote from the movie and see if you can guess it.
What's your favorite Christmas time movie?


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I finally got my back deck cleared off. I've had many different transplanting sessions on it over the last couple of years that have piled up. Since there is no easy way to dispose of old containers, soil and spent plants from the back yard, stuff starts to pile after several seasons. Finally, I was able to take some time recently and clean off the entire back deck (all six inches of it ;). That gave me the perfect space to transplant this year's mums and get my first ever tulip bulbs in the ground. I'm excited about the bulbs, but of course I have a while before those will be ready. The chryanthemums, however, get to show off their pretty colors right now. And it's really nice to see them out of our living room every day, I must say. They really enjoy this combination of warm and cool weather. Yeay for fall flowers!
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The past few weeks have held some very interesting walks of family history. The Sharp family has always been one of the most difficult lines. I will explain some of the reasons why later.
I have mentioned in past updates my interactions with Kent and Pat Nielsen of Provo, Utah. He contacted me for the first time several years ago. I found that he was a relative of mine. We share the common ancestors of Thomas and Elizabeth Cartwright Sharp. He was born in 1796
in Misson, Nottinghamshire in England. We don't know exactly when he passed away, but his wife immigrated to the United States with her children. Sadly, she never made it all the way to the Utah Territory dying in St Louis in 1851.
We do not know with certainly what exactly the family's plans were. William (1826-1900), my ancestor, joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. His sister, Isabella (1831-1904) joined in 1849 and is Kent's ancestor. None of his other siblings joined the church but yet they made their way to the United States. We assume they came for the LDS cause since they embarked upon a ship predominately LDS. They finally arrived in St. Louis despite some considerable difficulties at sea in Nov 1850.
They stayed there for a time. They held together as a family but the draw for William and Isabella to be gathered with the Saints must have been strong. They eventually set out for Utah leaving behind them their non-LDS family (Their mother died in Feb 1851). In 1853, Isabella and William set out for Utah with their new spouses. They arrived in September of that year. Joseph and Isabella Carlisle settled in Millcreek, Salt Lake County. William and Mary Ann headed to Lehi, Utah County. (I leave behind the Carlisle family due to the fact that they have several individuals working on that line including Leanne Maynes, who I come to find out later was working with Kent.)
Difficulties with the water, cattle, and neighbors prompted them to move elsewhere. During the evacuation of Salt Lake from threats of the United States Government, they learned of open, available spaces in Weber County to the north. They made provisions and picked a place moving there the next spring in Mar 1859. Their daughter, Evelyn, is claimed to be the first white girl born in Plain City.
This is where things get a bit more difficult. They lived there and were actively involved in the community. William's skills as a mason became useful and were employed often in the community. The family was also actively involved with dramatics and music as well. Somewhere in this time, discord became apparent in the area. Somewhere from about 1870 to about 1879, William and Mary Ann (Bailey) Sharp were excommunicated from the church. It is also notable to show that they were not the only ones. A list of individuals was read at a meeting in 1879 announcing their excommunication. Several prominent names from Plain City are on the list, including; Skeen, Dix, Musgrave, Singleton, Noyes, and Davis. There are many speculations for the reasons of this excommunication, but nothing is known or documented for sure.
Since we don't know the exact excommunication date, we do not know how this played into the divorce of William and Mary Ann in 1876. We do
know that there was a group of former Anglicans who asked for a congregation of the Episcopalian Church to be organized in Plain City. William Sharp built their church and school for that purpose.
He would later remarry and would die in Mount Fort (Ogden). Mary Ann we know a little less about, but she would pass away in Plain City in 1913. With that as a backdrop, we can focus on some more contemporary family. Anne Sharp would marry in the Endowment House of Salt Lake in 1872 to Daniel Claiborne Thomas. Their family would for the most part remain active in the LDS church until the present. The other three children, Milo Riley Sharp, Evelyn Carlisle Sharp, and Victorine Mary Sharp would all remain away from the church for their lives.
Evelyn would marry James Henry Taylor and we still know little of their family. They would make their way to Oregon and they are hard to follow with little more than census locations. Victorine Mary Sharp would marry Robert Edward Maw. The Maw name is well known in West Weber. We still know relatively little concerning her family.
Milo Riley Sharp would marry Mary Ann Stoker in 1879. She was the daughter of William Thomas Stoker and Emma Eames. Her father joined the
LDS Church in 1852 with two siblings joining in 1860 and 1863. Her mother passed away in 1863 and that same year her family immigrated to the United States. They moved directly to Plain City. Due to financial difficulties, each of the children were raised by separate families.
Mary Ann Stoker was raised by the George and Victoria Musgrave family. (Her father would go on to remarry and raise another family.) It was
during this time she took on the name of Lilly Musgrave Stoker (some records show her as Lillian).
Milo Riley and Mary Ann would eventually have 12 children; Milo Ray, George, Effie, Delwin, Ernest, Austin, William Edward, Victorine, Mary
Irene, Edith, Ethel, and Emily. George, Effie, and Emily all died young. Their 11th child, Ethel Sharp, is my great grandmother.
The Sharp family has been one of the most difficult lines to connect. Ethel died in 1925 after giving birth to her 4th child. John Ross and his parents were not able to take care of the 3 children so they were separated among Ethel's siblings. I have written more about this family at this link: Ross-Sharp Wedding.
Grandpa, the son of Ethel, has very few memories of his parents. He grew up with the Ed Sharp family, and for numerous reasons has refused
to speak of them. So any continuation of family stories or history has for the most part not jumped that break.
It was with interest that last year in corresponding with Leanne Maynes (Joseph and Isabella Carlisle descendent) that I learned she had some
contact with Mrs. Brenda Pett and Mrs. Carilee Sleight. I found out they were descendents of Milo Ray (Milo Riley and Mary Ann's oldest child). I contacted them and initiated conversation. The information, history, and photos they were able to provide gave a catalyst to opening up the Sharp history.
With enough information and history on the Sharp line, I began to feel the connection and felt to pursue the family. The family although raised non-LDS would have several lines who would go on to become LDS. Only two of the children would join the church in their lifetime, Mary Irene and Victorine. Although many more lines would open up to becoming reclaimed through a spouse. For the most part, some of the difficulty
in the Sharp family is still one of a house divided. That introduced some difficulty in reconnecting the family and bringing them together. So I will tell of my experience with a couple of the lines.
Brenda and Carilee are both from Milo Ray's family. They are a granddaughter and great granddaughter of Milo Ray respectively. It has been interesting to get to know them. Brenda is in charge of one of the family history libraries and her mother's 40 years of accruing family history documents and history has been a valuable resource. We hope to take this more available to the family and that it can be the means of tying the family together through documentation. I visited with Brenda for some time this past weekend in touching base and looking to the future.
William Edward, known as Ed, married an active LDS woman and all their children were raised LDS. This is the family my Grandfather was raised
with, and probably the most familiar of all the Sharp lines. My personal interaction with Josephine Sharp Costley and Dean Sharp have provided the more human face to this family. Even though Dean passed away just last month, it has been interesting to interact with these lines at my Grandparents 60th anniversary and at my Grandmother's funeral. I have corresponded with Delores Bair who was married to Ed's son, who we call Eddie. She provided a great deal of information on the Eddie Sharp and Ed Sharp family line. I continue to actively pursue this line with Josephine Sharp Costley and Lois Sharp.
I received a phone call from Grandpa sometime last year informing me that a woman, Ms. Lynne Riddle had been to visit him asking for family
history information. Lynne is a granddaughter of Edith Sharp Martin. I have been in contact, but she seems to have fallen off the planet. She
will not return phone calls and e-mails. She was very anxious in corresponding earlier on. However it seems she got what she wanted and does not want to share. For what reasons I do not know. I do sense it may have a question with the LDS issue after her apparent upset at my
Grandfather imposing his testimony upon her. I do hope we can break any barrier that may or may not be in place.
Last weekend I visited with Mae Richardson, the youngest daughter of Mary Irene Sharp Richardson. Mary Irene was the first to join the LDS
church of the siblings. She joined in 1931. Her family were all raised LDS, but seem to have had no contact with the rest of the Sharp family
after about 1970. I just started sending out letters to those who I thought may be family of the Richardson family. I received a letter back from Mae telling me she was related, and informed me who the Richardson "in house genealogist" was. In phoned Mae and had a great conversation with her for over an hour. I also phoned Karen Knudsen, who is her niece, the one who apparently keeps the family history information for the Richardson family. I look forward to her first e-mail and corresponding and bringing that family back in communication. The most impressive thing about Mae was her memory. For being in her 80's, she could still remember all her siblings birthdates and even locations for weddings, children's birth locations, and much, much more.
I also relocated a connection through the Victorine Sharp Hunt family. I met Archie Hunt several times. Most notably I remember him from my
Grandma's and Uncle Harold's funerals. Who can forget a man who has two prosthetic legs? One cannot but honor and reverence a man who still
farms under those circumstances. I look forward to visiting with Archie and reestablishing those links.
So, there is a great deal of work to do in relation to the Sharp family. There are many descendants that are yet unaccounted for. There are many
questions and holes just in dates and information on the current family. Then the fleshing out of stories and life histories yet to be found. It is good that I am not going about this alone.


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I'm a chocolate girl. Jelly babies are too sweet and Boiled sweets are mud to me. Chocolate. Lovely chocolate is the best.
Not that I necessarily crave all the fancy stuff – its a bit rich. Give me some lovely animal fat laden British chocolate…yummmm.
But do I want chocolate on my face? Hey, why not! I found this Raw Gaia Chocolate mask, which comes in a powder form (£9.50 – 50gm)
The ingredients are pretty simple (which is good).
Raw Chocolate Powder – highly anti-oxidant (there are 25,200 anti-oxidants in one spoonful of chocolate powder)
Sun Dried Red Clay – High in trce elements and minerals
Organic Tumeric – Traditionally used for pigmentations and spots (this is also in my beloved Neals Yard Frankincense range)
Amia Fruit Powder – Indian Gooseberry high in vitamin C and good for skin tone.
But none of this means anything if the mask is no good, right?
Yah it looks like drinking chocolate. Yes I licked it. It has clay in it so clearly this is not for eating but it tasted ok – I mean in a famine or a nuclear situation I would eat this without complaint.
So as with all powder masks, you have to mix it with some water and leave on for 5-10 minutes, then wash off.
I used about 2 tablespoons for my face cos I like my masks thick and at first it was a little tricky to mix up. Add powder to liquid and use a little tub, not in your palms like me, cos then half of it ends up down the sink.
It smells like Terry's Chocolate orange. Very orangey, very strong with a spicy tang. Like posh chocolate.
Once applied, it was tingly but not uncomfortable. I am terrified of new face masks because if I react badly to anything, its face masks. I can count the ones I can use on my hand.
So it tingles and it also dries very quickly so not too much messing about.
As soon as the other half saw me he began to sniff like a horny tom cat…"You smell nice." Chocolate it seems, Terry's Chocolate orange smeared over your face is the way to go, not Chanel No. 5.
I was a bit worried when it tingled but I didn't have any nasty allergies to this product.
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'The Movement' screens in Silverthorne tonight
Team Summit and Adaptive Adventures join forces to host a screening of "The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising," tonight at the Silverthorne Pavilion.
Produced and co-directed by Kurt Miller of Boulder, the film follows five disabled athletes who rediscover freedom through skiing. Robert Redford and Miller's father – the renowned filmmaker Warren Miller – narrate the 41-minute movie, which was among 64 entries in the short film competition at the 2012 Sundance film festival based in Park City, Utah.
"This is the story of movement," Redford says in the film. "It's about finding that turning point when physical disability is no longer a limitation but a part of your character."
The film then traces the story of Rick Finkelstein, a Hollywood executive paralyzed from the waist down after a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in 2004, who returns to skiing after years away from the sport.
The documentary features four other disabled athletes: Chris Waddell, recipient of more than 20 Paralympic and World Cup medals; Mike May, who earned a world record for speed skiing by a blind person; Jim Martinson, U.S. Ski Team Paralympic gold medalist and the first wheelchair winner of the Boston Marathon; and Traci Taylor, who was born premature with the rare congenital disorder, sacral agenesis, and malformation of the heart, lungs, kidneys and legs who went on to learn to ski and work with students with disabilities.
Team Summit, which trains youth athletes in alpine racing, snowboarding and freeskiing, added an adaptive component last year for athletes looking to compete. Joined by coach Mau Thompson of Adaptive Adventures, the group delivers an inclusive program where disabled athletes train full time alongside able-bodied peers.
"It's really fun because they both learn from each other," said spokesperson Debbie Ware, who indicated that the experience has been a perspective-shifter for the able-bodied athletes in particular.
Tonight's screening helps spread awareness while raising funds for the adaptive program. There will be a question-and-answer session following the film with Adaptive Adventures co-founder Matt Feeney, who appears in the film.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2011 (HealthDay News) — Advocates for HIV/AIDS research and treatment met Wednesday to discuss how to reduce the spread of the disease in the United States, improve access to better care and raise general awareness of the ongoing epidemic.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on HIV in the United States revealing that 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV, yet only about 28 percent of them have their disease under control.
Efforts to diagnose, treat and reduce transmission of the virus need to be redoubled, the CDC said.
Wednesday's news conference announced the reemergence of National HIV Awareness Month, slated for July 2012.
"We realized that we need to come together and create a focus around the national epidemic," said Dawn Averitt Bridge, founder of the Well Project and the Coalition for National HIV Awareness Month.
The Well Project is a nonprofit group that focuses its attention on women with HIV/AIDS.
July was chosen because the International AIDS Conference will be taking place in the United States for the first time in over 20 years, she said. "Since President Obama lifted the travel ban on people with HIV," she added.
July is also the second anniversary of the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Bridge said.
"The coalition is coming together to say: 'it's very important to see what the federal agencies do, but let's talk about how we engage the public and the private sector,'" she said.
"I applaud you and your partners for establishing National HIV Awareness Month," Jeffrey Crowley, director of the Office of National AIDS Policy and senior advisor on disability policy in the White House, said during the conference.
Crowley noted that the U.S. government's HIV strategy has four goals: reduce the number of people that become infected with HIV; increase access to care and improve outcomes; reduce HIV health disparities and improve government coordination.
"I was excited to hear that the Well Project was creating this awareness month because the federal government can't do it alone," Crowley said. "This is not a federal strategy, it's a national strategy, so we need all of our stakeholders to come together."
"Private sector help is even more important today as local and state and federal budgets are being cut," Mark Ishaug, president and CEO of AIDS United, said at the news conference. "Cuts in many states are draconian. HIV prevention programs across America have been eliminated; AIDS drug assistant programs have long waiting lists; support services are simply disappearing," he said.
According to the CDC report, in 2010 only 9.6 percent of adult Americans had been tested for HIV in the past year. Testing levels varied by state, ranging from 4.9 percent to 29.8 percent.
Of the more than 900,000 people who know they have HIV, about 77 percent were linked to care and 51 percent were getting continuing treatment.
In addition, 45 percent had prevention counseling and 89 percent were taking antiretroviral medications. Of these, the virus was suppressed in 77 percent, meaning the virus was suppressed in about 28 percent of all Americans with HIV, according to the report.
Speaking at the news conference Phill Wilson, founder and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute, said that "30 years is enough, and we have the tools to end the AIDS epidemic in America."


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ABC/Univision: Most-watched Men's World Cup
Nearly 15 million people watched the U.S.-Ghana 2010 FIFA World Cup match on Saturday, making it the most-watched men's World Cup game ever in this nation, finishing only behind the 1999 Women's World Cup final.
The heart-pounding match, in which the U.S. was defeated by Ghana 2-1 in overtime, drew an average 8.2 rating, 9.46 households and nearly 14.9 million viewers for ABC.
Additionally, 4.5 million viewers watched on Univision, a World Cup record for the Spanish-language network.
My favorite part: the British announcer noting that "the U.S. are at sixes and sevens" (ie. verklempt).
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A 2-year-old cat named Princess was playing outdoors when she suddenly found herself in agonizing pain after stepping into a steel jaw leghold trap. With every ounce of strength she could muster and the heavy trap still clamped to her right paw, Princess dragged herself to the front porch of her home. The cat was rushed to a veterinary clinic where a portion of her paw was amputated. Unfortunately, the number of animals who suffer this same fate or worse each year is in the millions and continues to rise.
Due to its non-selective nature, the steel jaw leghold trap not only causes endless suffering to intended targets, but to pets, deer, birds, endangered species and even children. Eighty-eight nations have already banned the trap in recognition of its inherent cruelty. Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) introduced the Inhumane Trapping Prevention Act to end the use of steel jaw leghold traps in the United States. Over 30 members of Congress are already cosponsoring the bill; please contact your Representative to urge his or her cosponsorship today.
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During the more than a quarter century that he served in Congress, Representative James H. Scheuer (D-NY) was known as an activist on environmental, housing and consumer issues, according to The Washington Post. But Scheuer, who died on Aug. 30 at the age of 85, was best known to us for his staunch opposition to the use of steel jaw leghold traps, which he called "an atrocious act against all of nature." He was a sponsor of early legislation to end use of these "insidious devices." We will miss this outspoken humanitarian.
Passage of CAFTA Puts Animals in Danger
In late July, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) passed by an incredibly narrow margin in the House of Representatives. Its ratification is in the interest of large corporations, many of which contribute to the inhumane treatment of animals. One of CAFTA's biggest disgraces is its ability to trump the rights of family farmers in the name of agribusiness profits. The practice of factory farming will flourish under this agreement, harming animals raised for food and the livelihood of Central and North American humane family farmers. While factory farming is common in the United States, this will be a new development in Central America. Environmental laws will be gutted as well, causing habitat loss and other problems for countless species of wildlife.


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Although the Apple iPad mini has only just gone on sale, there is already talk of a second generation version of this compact 7.9-inch tablet.
The iPad mini has been generally well received by reviewers but one of the main criticisms is that the screen's resolution compares poorly with the one used in the third and fourth generation full-sized iPads, which Apple calls a Retina Display.
Apple may be resolving that with its next iPad mini. According to Mashable, DoNews – a Chinese tech website "with a pretty good track record of reputability" – says Apple suppliers already have Retina displays in development for the iPad mini 2.
It's claimed that sources in Apple's supply chain say that AU Optronics, a company that supplies display panels for the iPad mini, "is already working on a new 2048 x 1536 Retina display for the iPad mini 2."
That resolution is double the number of pixels in the current model's 1024 x 768 screen and would equal that of the 9.7in iPad 3 and iPad 4. It would, however, boast an even higher pixel density, because the pixels are crammed into a slightly smaller screen size. It would also mean that any app optimised for the larger Retina Display iPads will work without much, if any, alteration by software developers.
The sources add that "Apple will be using Sharp's IGZO technology in the second-generation iPad mini, which will allow the tablet's display to be thinner and more power efficient while still maintaining excellent colour and brightness."
However, the iPad mini 2 may not be going into production until the end of 2012, with a launch later in 2013, perhaps not until the autumn – a year after the first model. At least it makes the controversial ultra-fast replacement of the iPad 3 with the iPad 4 seem like a more isolated case.
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Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum swapped insults Monday in a struggle for the Republican presidential nomination.
LIVONIA, Mich. — On the eve of a Michigan showdown, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum swapped insults Monday in a struggle for the Republican presidential nomination growing so long and heated that party officials fretted openly it could harm prospects for winning the White House this fall.
On this day, the subject was their competing plans for the economy.
"Senator Santorum is a nice guy, but he's never had a job in the private sector," Romney said as he and his closest rival charged across the state in a final day of pre-primary campaigning.
Santorum said Romney's tax cut plans mirror the rhetoric of Occupy Wall Street and include "just more Obama-style class warfare."
The ubiquitous polls showed a close race in Michigan, where Romney was born and won a primary in his first bid for the White House four years ago. Santorum surged unexpectedly into contention two weeks ago, benefiting from caucus victories in Minnesota and Colorado and stressing unflinching conservative views on social issues. No matter the winner, the two men stand to split the 30 delegates at stake.
By contrast, Romney is favored to capture Arizona and all 29 delegates in the night's other primary. There, the campaigning has been scarce and the television commercials ever scarcer, sure signs that Romney's rivals have scant hope of an upset.
Neither of the other two contenders, Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul, has made much of an effort in either Michigan or Arizona.
But Gingrich, the former House speaker, said Santorum could face a far different race if he loses to Romney in Michigan.
"He's had two weeks of being the alternative (to Romney). The fact is, I think there are profound reasons that Rick lost the Senate race by the largest margin in Pennsylvania history in 2006, and I think it's very hard for him to carry that all the way to the general," Gingrich said, eager for a comeback of his own.
Though it's an important prize, Michigan is also prelude to Washington caucuses on Saturday, with 40 delegates at stake, and especially Super Tuesday on March 6, when 10 primaries and caucuses are on the ballot with 419 delegates.
Romney currently has 123 delegates to 72 for Santorum, 32 for Gingrich and 19 for Paul in the Associated Press count, with 1,144 required to win the party nomination this summer at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
Fifty of Romney's delegates were the result of a winner-take-all primary in Florida, meaning that Santorum is nearly even with him elsewhere. After Arizona, nearly all the remaining states will split their delegates based on the popular vote, making it harder for any candidate to shut out his rivals.
As a result, Republican governors attending the National Governors' Association conference in Washington over the weekend expressed concern about the impact of a long race on their party's chances for defeating Democratic President Barack Obama.
"I don't know anybody who thinks if you started out to design a good process to pick a president you'd choose exactly what we have now," said Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Gov. Paul LePage of Maine, a Republican elected with tea party support in 2010, said, "If they continue to beat each other up, then maybe we should get somebody unknown to go against Obama. They're damaging themselves."
"It's like a marital battle," he added. "Somebody's got to apologize."
There seemed no chance of that happening in Michigan, where Romney and Santorum battled at close quarters for supremacy in the first of the nation's big industrial states to hold a primary.
Santorum got an early jump on the day with an op-ed article in The Wall Street Journal where he outlined a plan he said would cut taxes, spending and benefit programs while balancing the federal budget before the end of a four-year term.
He said Romney's recent call for across-the-board income tax cuts was a last-minute conversion that merely copied his own proposals — with a big difference.
"Borrowing the language of Occupy Wall Street, (he) promises the top 1 percent will pay for the cuts. No pro-growth tax policy there, just more Obama-style class warfare," he wrote.
Romney returned the insult as he campaigned in Rockford, Mich. "I'm glad he recognizes this has got to be a campaign about the economy," he said, a jab at Santorum's frequent stress on social issues.
"I've spent 25 years in business. I understand why jobs go, why they come, I understand what happens to corporate profit, where it goes if the government takes it. This is what I've done throughout my life."
In fact, both men have struggled to find a campaign balance between economic issues that affect most if not all voters in a state of 9 percent unemployment, and social issues that are typically of greater concern to conservative voters.
Romney has twice appeared before tea party audiences in the past several days, hoping to forge a bond with the insurgents who have helped reshape the Republican party in the state.
For his part, Santorum went before the Detroit Economic Club — hardly a natural fit for him — in pursuit of a victory that could upend the race.
Not that he was ignoring other matters in the final hours of his Michigan campaign.
Campaigning in Livonia, he said that Romney, as governor Massachusetts, had taken the side of more government control over individuals' lives on several issues, effectively lining up with Obama.
He said Romney forced Catholic hospitals to "distribute the morning-after pill," which conservatives say is tantamount to abortion. "As governor of Massachusetts, Governor Romney proclaimed he was first to put caps on CO2 emissions," he added.
"Why would we give that issue away about government control of your lives to regulate your energy consumption, taxing you for using energy? Why are we giving away government's role in bailing out companies? I know that's not a popular topic here in Detroit, but at least I'm consistent."
Romney's jab that Santorum was a "nice guy but he's never had a job in the private sector," was pointed.
"He's worked as a lobbyist and worked as an elected official and that's fine, but if the issue of the day is the economy, I think to create jobs it helps to have a guy as president whose had a job, and I have."


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My prior posts were not intended to answer the question as to whether family history was actually part of the greater study of genealogy or whether the opposite was true and the greater study is family history. I think they are essentially the same thing depending on your own personal twist on the definition of each. Both terms are emotionally laden and are likely culturally and contextually defined. What I have been writing about is the apparent attempt to put the two terms into an artificial opposition to each other; implying that if you are doing "family history" you can somehow ignore genealogy and vice versa. Attempts to define "family history" without using a reference to activities commonly attributed to genealogy become highly contrived. Similarly, any definition of genealogy that excludes the idea of examining history and particularly "family history" is likewise contrived.
If the term "genealogy" has negative connotations, then let's rehabilitate the term, not abandone the activity by artificially distinguishing between "genealogy" and "family history."
As I read all the comments and blog posts in response to my own posts, I begin to wonder if I am writing in a foreign language. Either my writing is so difficult to understand that no one seems to get what I am saying, or I have taken leave of my senses and been transported to a place where English is not the dominant language. ( I could write in Spanish, maybe that would help?) Many of the comments are directed at my personal views. In that regard, let me list some things that I am not:
1. I am not against expanding the reach, the tent, the coverage, the activity or whatever of genealogy or family history to anyone with any skill level. I am in no way exclusive. I am willing to teach, talk to, educate, assist, help or otherwise hold the hand of anyone whether or not they have ever heard of either genealogy or family history or not. In fact, I have spent the majority of my time trying to get everyone, at every age level, involved in and interested in genealogy and family history. I have taught many classes on compiling journals, taking oral histories and preserving a photographic heritage.
2. I am not down on any age group or experience level whatsoever. I helped raise seven children. I have 31 grandchildren at all age levels. I teach old people, young people, the youth, and children. Any references I make to skill levels, interest or other competency is based on my own experience over the years teaching at both a high school and community college level. My observations on the limitations of today's youth are directed at the poor state of most of the school/educational systems, not at their individual intelligence or ability.
3. I am not anti anything. I am for a lot of things. One of the main things I am for is education at all levels. I am especially interested in educating people about genealogy or family history or whatever term makes you comfortable.
Now, what am I saying? I am saying that you can't and shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water. This means, in this context, that those who wish to promote or sell their concept of "family history" should not make it difficult for the people who think they are doing "genealogy" and those who are promoting "genealogy" should not look down their long noses at those who are trying to do "family history." We are both, all of us, together, jointly etc. trying to accomplish the same thing. Maybe we use different terms, maybe we use different methods, but ultimately we want to accomplish the same thing: preserving, explaining, elucidating, expanding upon, discovering, researching, documenting etc. our family history or genealogy.
My comments, for the most part, are not directed to those diligent, educated, persistent researchers of all ages and abilities. They are directed primarily to those who have little or no interest or understanding of either genealogy or family history and think they can accomplish either by denigrating one or the other.
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This marvellous piece by Nick Cohen should provide a culture shock for those of us whose political sensibilities were formed in the 1970s. He says:
The managers of private and public bureaucracies justify their elevated status and salaries not only by attempting to run efficient organisations (a task that is often beyond the poor dears) but by monitoring and intimidating those beneath them.
And You Can't Read This Book attacks "the power of the wealthy to silence their critics."
His point is capitalists are often the enemies of freedom.


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The Surprising Findings of a Rule Breaking Travel Experiment
Thanks to Fool co-founder David Gardner, I've known my Motley Fool Rule Breakers teammates Karl Thiel and Rick Munarriz for years now. But having stayed in the same house with my rebel friends for two days during last month's Superior Investment Ideas conference -- a stay made possible by HomeAway (NAS: AWAY) -- I can now say I know them better than ever.
And yes, that's a good thing. In fact, it was the very best thing about using HomeAway for business accommodations.
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Some explanation is required before we move on. See, at Rule Breakers we believe in experimenting in almost everything we do. We try, fail, and move on quickly, adopting only those tweaks we find to deliver big returns on our time in serving members. The Risk Rating we now attach to all new stocks was the product of just such an experiment.
How this culture manifests itself changes by the month. That's the beauty of it. You never really know what we'll try in the pursuit of superior stock ideas. Using HomeAway to book a business stay for three guys in a two-bedroom cottage was in that spirit -- an opportunity to stress-test a service we all generally liked and believed in.
We do this sort of thing all the time. Rick rented from Zipcar (NAS: ZIP) before recommending the stock. Karl visitedPacific Biosciences of California (NAS: PACB) to firm up his thesis for the stock. David is a regular customer of several of the businesses on our scorecard. Firsthand product experience gives us perspective that numbers-driven investors often lack and, speaking for myself, makes the whole experience of investing a lot more fun.
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But in this case, I had doubts. I'd even included a caveat in the email I sent suggesting we try HomeAway for our three-day trip. "This might be crazy," I wrote to my teammates, and I meant it.
Rick, on the other hand, didn't hesitate. He picked up on the theme and ran with it like a running back headed for the end zone. Within a week we had found and booked a cottage not far from Fool headquarters. All that remained was to arrive and argue over bunk space.
The house itself was quaint, a perfectly old but well maintained cottage for aptly named Old Town Alexandria. Karl arrived first, taking the primary bedroom. Rick got in second, and he graciously took the basement with its low ceilings. And me, the latecomer, got the baby's room -- complete with crib nestled in the left corner of a small space positioned off the dining room.
We shared the shower and facilities -- there was only one bathroom -- and spent most of our time away from HQ in the main living room, where there was no TV and dim light. We walked everywhere, including a 30-minute hike in the rain to a dinner with David and the rest of our teammates. The entire experience would have been perfectly miserable, had it not been so incredibly awesome.
See, HomeAway and our host made us rethink traveling as a group. We didn't just meet up for meals and talk around the water cooler. We made ourselves at home in the living room each evening and spent hours talking about stocks, life, family, and more. Everything that makes us a good team came forth during those days because we spent time together -- time we wouldn't have spent had we been quarantined into pristine little boxes we call hotel rooms.
Therein lies the Rule Breaking opportunity created when a home -- a cottage, in this case -- becomes a shared asset. Hotel operators such as Marriott International (NYS: MAR) , Starwood Hotels & Resorts (NYS: HOT) , and Hyatt Hotels (NYS: H) offer patrons peaceful isolation and the financial flexibility to book a short stay. Timeshare condos offer camaraderie and a "homey" neighborhood atmosphere yet demand a bigger financial commitment in return. HomeAway breaks these conventions by combining the neighborhood feel of a timeshare with the financial flexibility of a short stay.
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During her relationship with Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison was very open about her desire to marry and have the Playboy founder's babies. Sadly, that dream never happened. The mogul kicked his heels on the whole tying the knot angle, and eventually, she got sick of it and bolted. Now, she's moved on with a new man, and while marriage might not be around the corner, a baby is.
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You can adjust the equalizer settings on your iPhone. Some equalizer settings emphasize the bass notes (low end) in a song; other equalizer settings make the higher frequencies more apparent. Consider changing your equalizer settings depending on the type of music you're listening to. Rock and roll and dance music tends to sound best with heavy bass, while classical and jazz might want a bit more treble. You don't have to guess; your iPhone also offers preset equalizer selections for different kinds of music.
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CaptainPlanet82 wrote: »schuss wants to just hide in the bandwagon tonight...Ok
We began with 40 players, not 50. 1/8 would be 5 mafia, but that seems low.
seeings how our great dead leader Roman named Enlightenedbum as a person of interest (R.I.P Roman, *sniff*, *sniff*) along with other factors, I think he's a good vote for the now. Pending 'direction' from our current leader of course.
Yeah, I think schuss is safe - at least for now. I'm going for enlightenedbumCaptainPlanet82 wrote: »Since they have two kills, it would make for a more even field. If we can catch and kill 5, we'll hopefully find out.
enlightenedbum is another good target besides my vote on schuss. It all comes down to which would clear up the most confusion if they turn up mafia.
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KABUL (Reuters) - Almost a third of all detainees recently transferred to Afghan control have been tortured and Afghanistan's spy agency is operating secret facilities to avoid international scrutiny, a United Nations report released on Sunday said.
The findings could complicate the already thorny issue of how to manage the security transition ahead of the withdrawal of NATO-led troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year. Hundreds of detainees are being transferred from NATO to Afghan control as part of that transition.
Based on interviews with hundreds of detainees between October 2011 and October 2012, the 139-page report found "credible and reliable evidence" that more than half of those interviewed experienced torture or abuse.
Of the 79 detainees interviewed who were transferred from NATO to Afghan control during the 12 months, 25 were tortured, a rise of seven per cent over the previous year's report.
"The (Afghan) government's efforts to address torture and those of ISAF (NATO's International Security Assistance Force), although significant, have not resulted in a marked improvement and reduction in the use of torture," said the report.
"This raises concerns at a time when the government is taking over almost full responsibility for conflict-related detainees from international military forces."
The European Union said in a statement it was "deeply concerned" by the report and urged the Afghan government to "bring the perpetrators of such acts to justice".
A spokesman for the National Directorate of Security (NDS) referred Reuters to President Hamid Karzai's office for comment. Karzai's spokesman said a statement would be released on Monday.
The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) interviewed 635 conflict-related detainees held at 89 facilities across Afghanistan by Afghan security forces and the NDS.
The report is the second by UNAMA to highlight widespread abuse within the Afghan detention system.
The United States and other ISAF nations halted transfers to nine Afghan-run facilities after the mission's October 2011 report alleged that hundreds of detainees — including children — held by NDS and the Afghan security forces were tortured or abused.
"This situation raises continuing concerns about states' legal obligations prohibiting them from transferring detainees to another state's custody where a substantial risk of torture exists," Sunday's report said.
NATO-led forces in Afghanistan have been handing over detainees to Afghan control gradually ahead of the withdrawal of most international forces.
The report outlines a harrowing list of fourteen methods of torture, including beatings with pipes and wooden sticks, twisting of genitals, extracting fingernails, electric shocks and threats of execution and rape.
The report also includes a statement by an unnamed NDS official in Kabul who confirmed the agency's use of torture and secret facilities for detainees.
"NDS has several secret places in which they detain and torture people," the official said.
The official said NDS intentionally moved tortured prisoners to their headquarters in Kabul to evade outside scrutiny.
"All tortured detainees were taken out of their cells that are located in one building and they were transferred to another building inside the same compound to hide them."
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The Steel Industry Is Going Vertical
Steel is a cyclical industry and right now it's suffering through a supply/demand correction. Part of dealing with this is trimming production and cutting costs. Key industry players like Nucor , U.S. Steel , and ArcelorMittal are also trying to control expenses by bringing more of their raw material purchases in house.
Vertical integration
Vertical integration is when a company is involved in multiple parts of the same business. For steel makers, that means things like owning steel mills, iron ore operations, and coal mines. The goal is to be able to remove the middle men, and added costs, from the process of making steel. It's a road that several of the industry's biggest players have been going down.
For example, Nucor recently inked a second deal with Canada's Encana after initiating a relationship with the natural gas driller in 2010. That first agreement has been a smashing success, "exceeding the expectations that Nucor modeled for that investment by more than 60%." It's no wonder they've gone back to the well again.
The current agreement is larger and will help Nucor fill the natural gas needs of a new iron facility it has built. However, that's just the start. In addition to the new facility, these two deals have the potential to "provide enough natural gas to equal Nucor's usage at all of [its] steel mills in the U.S." It could even provide enough gas for another iron facility, too.
Partnering with Encana is also a good call, since it stops Nucor from trying to be both a steel mill and an exploration and production company. While that may result in higher costs for Nucor than if it tried to do it alone, running an E&P business is very different from making steel.
Iron ore
Another big expense for steel mills is iron ore. U.S. Steel owns an iron ore mine and has interests in two joint ventures that give it access to almost 900 million tons of iron ore reserves. Combined, the company has the capacity to produce around 25 million tons of iron ore pellets a year. And U.S. Steel believes it can expand that another 10% or so.
But that's not the only vertical moves the company has made. U.S. Steel also claims to be completely self sufficient with regard to coke, another key input. Although these investments haven't helped the company turn a profit during the industry's dark days, they do position it well for the eventual upturn.
The giant
ArcelorMittal is probably one of the biggest proponents of vertical integration. The company has coal mining and iron ore operations. It is looking to expand its iron ore production from 56 million tonnes in 2012 to 84 million tonnes by 2015, increasing production by about 50%. ArcelorMittal considers iron ore mining to be a cornerstone for growth, presenting it alongside expanding its steel presence in the automotive industry.
In addition, the company produces over 8 million tonnes of coal. That's about as much metallurgical coal as U.S. coal miner Arch Coal expects to produce this year. In other words, ArcelorMittal produces a lot of met coal. Owning and operating such large mining operations isn't without risk, of course, but it provides both ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel with notable control over costs.
No guarantee
Going vertical is no panacea, as the recent string of quarterly losses at ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel clearly highlight. However, as this pair, and Nucor, gain more control over their key inputs, they also gain more control over their costs. That's a big benefit that will pay dividends as the steel market recovers and this trio uses their investments to become low-cost leaders.
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Since it's 800 yards from the #23 pool up to the #28 pool, I grab the trout rod, a streamer wallet and I hop into the pickup.
I have a chance to scan the river which runs alongside the regional highway. I hadn?t seen the river on the drive in as it was dark, but in the growing light I can make out the sand bar on the #27. From the length and width of the bar, I can tell that the river is really low, even for the mid summer season.