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Review: 'Pygmalion' is a proper success
Sterling revival boasts a Peter Pan-esque Henry Higgins
He may manage to turn an earthy flower girl into the very model of a proper lady, but it's clear in the Old Globe Theatre's "Pygmalion" that Professor Henry Higgins is fated to remain an overgrown boy.
That's the charm and the sorrow at the center of Nicholas Martin's savvy, sumptuous and very funny production, which does the George Bernard Shaw masterwork proud.
When: 7 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays (plus 2 p.m. Feb. 6); 8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays (no matinee Feb. 9); 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Through Feb. 17.
Where: Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park
Tickets: About $29-$97 (discounts available)
Phone: (619) 234-5623
Online: theoldglobe.org
And it finds its expression in the youthful good looks and gleefully heedless comportment of Robert Sean Leonard as Higgins, the expert in "the science of speech" who wagers to make the street peddler Eliza Doolittle (Charlotte Parry) fit for high society.
His Higgins makes a great show of not being ruffled by much (at least until Eliza starts taking control of the game). And yet as the pompous prof admits to his own mother in a moment of offhand candor, "I've never been able to feel really grown-up and tremendous, like other chaps."
No wonder: Mrs. Higgins (played with an exquisite sense of the imperious by Kandis Chappell) could cut diamonds with her withering asides, and she seems to try and engineer her son's behavior as doggedly (if more subtly) as Henry "trains" Eliza.
When Henry remarks to Mom that "my idea of a loveable woman is something as like you as possible," we half-expect Freud to leap down from the chandelier that dangles over designer Alexander Dodge's stately, deliciously detailed drawing room.
Still, it's strange at first to see Leonard – the Tony-winning stage and screen star who first made a splash as a fresh-faced lit student in "Dead Poets Society" – stepping into Henry's shoes. Rex Harrison, who famously played the role in the enduring musical adaptation "My Fair Lady," was in his 50s in the film version and his 70s for a 1981 Broadway revival. (Leonard is 43.)
Yet Leonard and director Martin (who was just named the Globe's newest associate artist) make sense of this Higgins as a kind of overeducated man-child who fusses when he can't have his way.
And our Ms. Doolittle makes sure of that. The British-born Parry traces Eliza's arc beautifully, from proud but churlish girl who immodestly excavates her nose with Henry's handkerchief in an early scene, to a robotically (and comically) proper gentlewoman treading delicately in posh clothes a bit later.
That one's an indelible scene: Eliza perching with cocked head, like a parrot or the sweet-singing mechanical bird in the fable "The Nightingale," while the others talk to her in slow, deliberate cadences, as if seeking clues from a Magic 8 Ball.
Higgins' jolly misogyny (an aspect that can make this 100-year-old play tricky to stage, in the manner of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew") is tempered by the more gracious ways of his fellow linguist and new best pal Col. Pickering, played with understated wit and dignity by the ageless Paxton Whitehead.
And while "dignity" is likely the last word one would attach to Mr. Doolittle, Eliza's ethically flexible father, his portrayal by longtime Globe hand Don Sparks brings the mightiest laughs. Suffice to say that, to use Mr. Doolittle's own term, this shambling genius of a wheedler has ginger to spare.
The show also boasts piquant performances from Deborah Taylor as the fruitlessly scolding housekeeper Mrs. Pearce, Danielle O'Farrell (a standout member of the Globe/USD acting ensemble) and Maggie Carney as high-society hangers-on, and Robbie Simpson as Eliza's foppish suitor Freddy.
Mark Bennett contributes suitably elegant music, and Philip S. Rosenberg's luxuriant lighting helps Robert Morgan's costumes (some of them making encores from a long-ago Globe "Pygmalion") pop.
The one glitch on opening night (besides Leonard's sometimes casual English accent) involved a balky turntable that left Whitehead stuck only partway onstage. In a bit of Shavian serendipity, though, subsequent lines straight from the script came off to the audience as actorly improv – particulary Henry's, "Well, I think that's the whole show."
A production where the rough patches are transformed into triumphs? That's Higgins (and Shaw) all the way.
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Being a sports reporter is, at times, an absolutely horrible job. Sure you get to watch games, travel and interact with athletes, but there is a horrendous downside. (Which is pretty much everything else.) And this is never more disturbingly clear than when a reporter has their first (or 50th) awful experience with a half-naked, exhausted athlete. Sometimes they'll be openly dismissive, sometimes they'll yell, and sometimes, well, they'll fart in your face. Most of these stories never end up in the newspaper the next day. So now, Deadspin proudly presents "The Dark Side of the Locker Room" where current and former sports writers can share some of their most distressing interactions. If you've got your own story to share, please send it along to email@example.com.
Today's entry comes from Stefan Fatsis, who became an actual member of the Denver Broncos-well, a placekicker-to write his new book, A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-foot-8, 170-pound, 43-year-old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL, which will be released next month. A decade earlier, on assignment for The Wall Street Journal, he got a tour of the Oakland Athletics' weight room.
In the short story that follows, no athlete will overdose in front of me. The main characters took their medicine in private.
With just a few weeks left in the 1996 regular season, I pitched a story about what I brilliantly deduced was the overlooked reason for the record number of home runs soaring beyond big-league fences that year: weightlifting. Players for decades had eschewed weights because of an institutional conviction that big muscles hindered flexibility; "Built like Tarzan, throw like Jane," the baseball man's cliché went. Now, however, the newly bulked were mashing the ball. Sweetheart, get me copy!
My 1,691-word article led with an anecdote about a boyish Athletics leftfielder named Jason Giambi. Under the watchful eye of one Mark McGwire-who was wrapping up the first of four straight 50-plus-homer seasons-young Jason had added 25 pounds since reaching the majors a year earlier. Giambi had never hit more than 12 dingers in a season in the minors. In his first full season in the bigs, he had 20. "I attribute the year I'm having to the weightlifting," he told me.
I happened to show up at the Oakland Coliseum on Jason Giambi Growth Chart Day. Kids got a life-size poster of the budding star to measure their progress growing up. I joked that the chart didn't measure how much "Mr. Giambi" per Journal style was growing out. The piece got worse from there. It's filled with quotes and details that make me look, in hindsight, like a complete idiot. After citing the contemporaneous conventional wisdom about the homer explosion-smaller ballparks, juiced ball, lousy pitching, etc.-I opined in the nut graph that "the missing component may be as obvious as Mr. Giambi's biceps: Baseball players are pumped up and worked out as never before."
Yup, the weights-and the "protein-enriched shakes"-must have been why Brady Anderson had smacked 46 homers so far and Todd Hundley had 41. I noted that McGwire, asked once to explain his home-run prowess, had cited bad pitching "and this"-his forearms. I did note a downside to the weight mania, however. All that lifting may have been why Jose Canseco repeatedly landed on the DL, why Juan Gonzalez suffered recurring back problems, why Dean Palmer ruptured a biceps tendon while swinging a bat.
Anyway, the locker room. Right after the game against the Baltimore Orioles, the Athletics filed into their small weight room. My chaperone was Bob Alejo, the team's strength coach. Alejo, I recall, was well-built himself, the way some trainers are, and he had a swagger common among people who spend a lot of time with athletes and often confuse the players' abilities with their own. We stood in front of a rack of dumbbells. McGwire-"who says he might open a bodybuilding gym after he retires," I wrote-worked on legs and shoulder and talked real estate with B.J. Surhoff. Cal Ripken Jr. sprinted on a treadmill and did biceps curls. Giambi bench-pressed 185 pounds.
Alejo volunteered a piece of advice:
"You might want to back away from there," he said.
"From where?" I replied, genuinely confused.
"From the weight rack. You don't want to get hurt."
I don't want to get hurt? How exactly would that happen? Would I injure myself in a foolhardy attempt to use these, what did you call them? Dumb-bells? Would a 55-pound weight leap off the rack and knock me unconscious? Would I dissolve into a pile of sawdust if my elbow brushed against the heavy metals that these finely calibrated professional athletes employ to sculpt their mighty physiques? Or, seeing these big, hard bodies lifting all these heavy, heavy objects, would I swoon like Scarlett O'Hara and impale myself on a particularly pointy corner of the rack? I do declare! Such manly men! Fetch me a fan and a glass of iced tea!
Predictably, I didn't respond. If a smirk and a chuckle passed my lips, I don't remember; probably not. I didn't tell Alejo that regular people also lifted weights. Or that I had spent the past three months maniacally rehabbing an ACL torn playing a sport that actually involves contact. I took a couple of steps away from the weights and continued asking the wrong questions, just like everyone else who covered baseball in the 1990s-until, that is, Steve Wilstein changed the conversation forever.
A decade later, as McGwire dissembled in front of Congress and Giambi made his non-admission admission and George Mitchell issued his Report, I thought fondly of the life-saving safety tip I'd received in Oakland. Finally, the rest of my fellow weakling reporters were in on the secret. We all knew as much about "weightlifting" as the strength coach of the team I described as "baseball's most dedicated lifters."


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CHARLOTTE ELIZA BLAISDELL (Patience C. Dewers3, David Dewers2, David Dewers1) was born 17 February 1842 in Jessup Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania to Patience C. Dewers and John Blasdell. She died on 2 March 1872 in West Union, Todd County, Minnesota at the young age of 30 years the same day her youngest son, Edward was born. Her eldest daughter Alice, who was 11½ years old, became the mother to the younger children.
Charlotte was married on 15 January 1860 in Jessup Township, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania to FRANCIS LITTLE MOORE who was born 1 January 1836 in Ossian, Allegany County, New York to James Moore and Nancy Little. Francis was a farmer. He married second 28 May 1884 in Minnesota, Emma or Martha J. "Mattie" Ackley; they were later divorced with the papers filed in July 1890. Francis died 2 February 1929 in West Union, Todd County, Minnesota.
Charlotte and Francis had the following children:
i. Alice Estella Moore was born on 30 October 1860 in Jessup Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Alice was diabetic and blind in her last few years of life. She died on 22 October 1932 in Pleasant View, Weber County, Utah and was buried in the Willard Cemetery, Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah. Alice married William Alonzo Chamberlain son of Lawrence Alonzo Chamberlain and Eliza Jane Angeline Dearborn on 28 December 1882 in Long Prairie, Todd Co., Minnesota.
William Alonzo Chamberlain was born on 12 May 1852 in Great Bend, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania and died on 18 December 1907 in Pleasant View, Utah. He was buried on Friday, 20 December 1907 in the Willard Cemetery. His daughter Lottie described the cause of his death:
"One day my sister Ethel and I went to Lagoon, a resort in Farmington, Utah. Soon after we came down with typhoid fever. We think it was the water we drank while at Lagoon. Ethel lost all her hair as a result of the fever. I was a very sick girl. I seemed to be getting over it when I had a relapse. For several days I didn't know anything that went on. My children, Curtis and Mae both took it but seemed to get over it without too much trouble. We were at mother's so she could take care of us. My brother, Walter, had it too. He was such a lively boy, unless someone was watching all the time, he would get out of bed. He had four relapses. He was lucky to make it. Father slept with him at night to see that all was well with him. He [father] took the typhoid and tried to keep going until his strength was gone. Father always said if he got it he would never live. How right he was. His kidneys were bad and when he took the fever it was more than his body could bear."
William and Alice made their living by farming, but also took in boarders, mostly miners who worked for a man called Don Maguire. Maguire had mines in the mountains above Willard and Pleasant View, Utah. After William died, Alice kept the farm going herself with her children. Her daughter Lottie recalled that they harvested dewberries, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, and beans. William Alonzo and Alice met the Mormon missionaries in Minnesota and joined the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). After joining, they decided to move to Utah in 1885 where there were more members of their new faith. There, William built a small frame and log home in Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah close to the foot of the mountains. They remained in Willard until 1901 when they sold their farm and moved to Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah. After moving to Utah, William wrote to his family about their trip. However, even after moving to Utah, they frequently corresponded with their family back in Minnesota, sometimes trying to clear up misconceptions about their new religion. Alice's sister Melissa (Moore) Tilton wrote back to her frequently. Here is an example of one of Melissa's letters:
West Union
April 10, 1885
Dear Sister,
this morning finds me trying to answer your welcom letter which I received last night i was glad to hear that you liked and was gatting along so nice we are all well and hope this may find you the same I was sorry to hear that you hurt your self so bad we hird so many storryes about it that we was all glad to hear the truth we are haveing a verry backward spring hear their havent bin anny seeding don yet around here it is rainind to day just enough to make it nasty george has gon up country I dont no his adress pa has heard from him once when he wrote he was a seeding with his team gitting a dollar an acer all the boys have gon up conutry but not whare george is george traided horses with mr beal over to west port got that grays team that he drove. I havent seen janey since you went away they say the baby is awful cross san was over thear yesterday she said she answerd your letter Elen Comstoe has got a nother boy that dont suit verry well Miranda had another little girl and it died they have awful luck the babby lived 2 weeks miranda was quite dangerous when we last heard well Alice it is quite incurigen to hear that you are still liveing with Alonso yet I Expected to hear that lonso had got another wife by this time they had the story going that you had not bin hurt that you had bin shut up in a cave and all sorts of storrys you would laugh if you could hear some of the storryes it would make you sick to hear then all I you wanted to know how little georgy was little Elwin is well he was all right in a day or to again he is just as good as he can be he will laugh and play on the loung for to oures to atime roy thinks the baby is awful nice mr strictland has not ben verry well for a Couple weeks he has bin staying up to ur pas aunt marry is sick a bed down to mr juds I dont no what is the matter mr tilton went down there to have her do some writeing and she could not gat up how is lotty i hope she is good for your sake i wished that I was there a good many time after i heard that you was hurt to take care of you and lotty well that is all that i can think this time so with my love to you all i will say good by rite soon
from you loveing sister
Melissa Tilton
kiss lotty for me
Alonzo and Alice had the following children:
1. Lottie Calvina Chamberlain, b. 1 October 1883, West Union, Todd Co., Minnesota. "Aunt Lottie" lived in a small home on Pleasant View Drive in Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah. The author (Bart J. Kowallis) visited her on a number of occasions as a young boy and remembers her telling him that she was sure the landings on the moon were just another TV show, and not real. During the summer when visiting her, there were always prickly, sour gooseberries to be found in her garden. Lottie d. 23 January 1971, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah, bur. Willard Cemetery. Lottie md. 1st 7 July 1898, Brigham City, Box Elder Co., Utah when she was 14 years old, Clarence Percy Marshall, son of Henry Curtis Marshall and Elmina Rosaline Freeman. Clarence was 20 years older than Lottie. Lottie later recalled the circumstances of this marriage:
"When I was about eleven or twelve years of age, Clarence Percy Marshall came to live with my folks. He was working for W.B. Wedell surveying and curbing a tunnel on father's property. He also worked for various mines. He built a tramway to one. C.P. (as everyone called him) enlisted in the Spanish American War, Company K, 2nd Regiment, U.S. Volunteer Engineers. Being very mature for my fourteen and a half years, and finding C.P. and I cared a great deal for one another, we obtained the consent of my parents to marry. On the 7th of July 1898 we were married at Brigham City, Ut. Aunt Jane Duncan and her family were staying with us at the time. They were on their way to Canada to settle. C.P. and I were married secretly so I could continue my schooling without any trouble. The night of our marriage, I slept with Brownie Duncan so they wouldn't know. I slipped away for part of the night because C.P. was leaving at 5 in the morning for the war. Later my Grandfather Chamberlain, who lived near us, let the news out. It made a very uncomfortable situation for me at school."
Clarence was b. 23 June 1864, Omro Twp., Winnebago Co., Wisconsin; d. 27 June 1904, Rock River, Albany Co., Wyoming, killed while working for the Union Pacific Railroad as a civil engineer; bur. Willard Cemetery. Lottie md. 2nd 24 August 1911 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Alexander Wilkinson, son of Alexander Wilkinson and Margaret Brown, b. 10 June 1870, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland; d. 11 May 1934, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; bur. Ogden City Cemetery. In the 1965-66 issue of the Chamberlain-Moore Journal, it was reported that "Lottie Wilkinson is looking better than she has for a long time. With Spring here, she can be found most every day in her garden. Her cane helps her to get there, but then the shovel, rake or hoe serves a double purpose by helping her to maintain her balance while working. The Boy Scouts came to help her clean up her yard this Spring."
2. William George Chamberlain, b. 15 October 1885, Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah; d. 11 February 1886, Willard; bur. Willard Cemetery.
3. Henry Ernest Chamberlain, b. 3 May 1887, Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah; d. 4 April 1971, Nyssa, Malheur, Oregon; bur. 8 April 1971, Ogden City Cemetery, Weber Co., Utah. Henry md. 2 November 1908, Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah, Susan Mae Jensen, daughter of James Jensen and Karen Sophie Hansen (and sister to Joseph Moroni Jensen, who married Henry's sister Ethel). Susan b. 11 December 1882, Pleasant View; d. 15 June 1965, Nyssa, Malheur, Oregon; bur. 19 June 1965, Ogden City Cemetery.
4. George Francis Chamberlain, b. 12 December 1889, Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah; d. 29 November 1985, El Monte, Los Angeles Co., California; bur. 3 December 1985, Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California. George md. 3 October 1923, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Blanche Viola Nielsen, daughter of Andrew P. Nielsen and Blanche Hannibal. Viola b. 29 April 1901, Robison, Juab Co., Utah; d. February 1989, Los Angeles Co., California. At family reunions, Uncle George was always a hit when he played a tune or two on the saw accompanied by Aunt Viola. As he would draw the old violin bow across the edge of his saw, he would bend the saw more or less in order to hit the right notes. It was a unique talent and always enjoyed by the entire family. In recalling his youth, George had this to say:
"O what a problem child I was. I had a favorite spot on top of a ridge I often went to watch the cows from, but I would get to daydreaming and quite often fell asleep and let the cows get back in our alfalfa field or garden spot, or on Cragun's field about a mile or so from where they should have been. This caused me to get a switchin' and sometimes resulted in damage bills for the folks to pay. I never seemed to overcome this weakness, so I had lots of scoldings and spankings. I heard my Uncle Wright once telling my father that he thought it would be a good thing for him to give me a licking in the morning before taking the cows out because my memory was so short."
5. Anna Eliza Chamberlain, b. 19 October 1891, Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah; d. 9 March 1984, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; bur. 12 March 1984, Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. Anna md. 1st 20 November 1912, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, William Morgan Johns, son of David Johns and Sarah Ann Thomas. William b. 25 October 1883, Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah; d. 25 June 1916, Pleasant View of "tubercular ulcers of the bowels; bur. Ben Lomond Cemetery. Anna md. 2nd 26 February 1919, Salt Lake City, James Martin Burnett, son of William Burnett and Sarah Jane Wilde. James b. 16 April 1877, Eden, Weber Co., Utah; d. 16 September 1949, Harrisville, Weber Co., Utah while working at the brickyard; bur. Huntsville, Weber Co., Utah. Anna recalled that when she was young, she "was always an awful 'scare baby'. If anyone said 'boo' to me I would cry. I remember my first year at school, they were having a program for some special occasion. Mother taught me and Ethel a song to sing on the program. Ethel is two and one-half years younger than I am. We had sung about the first line when I began to cry. Ethel held onto my dress and said, 'Come on, let's sing,' but all I could do was cry...This fear stayed with me through all my school years."
6. Ethel Jane Chamberlain, b. 1 March 1894, Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah. Ethel was this blog author's grandmother and because she lived just one block away, she was like a second mother. Her home was always an open, welcoming, and safe place. During the summer months the small home was often filled with cousins and aunts and uncles. She was a tireless worker and a leader in her church and community. For many years she served as President of the Primary in her LDS Ward and later in her LDS Stake. Ethel d. 22 September 1970, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah due to complication from several infected hernias that she had put off going to see the doctor about because Joe was in the middle of the peach harvest and she did not want to leave him without help; bur. 24 September 1970, Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. Ethel md. 10 December 1913, Salt Lake LDS Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Joseph Moroni Jensen, son of James Jensen and Karen Sophie Hansen. Joseph b. 27 August 1888, Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah. Grandpa Joe was a fruit farmer, growing mostly peaches, but also a number of other fruit crops (cherries, apricots, apples). He was known by his customers for his honesty. When he gave you a bushel of peaches you could be sure that the biggest ones were not stacked on the top with scrawny ones underneath. Joe sold most of his peaches right from his home, and his customers would loyally come back year after year because they knew Joe Jensen would give them the best peaches he had. Joseph served as secretary of the Weber County Mosquito Abatement Committee for 25 years, and he was the president of the Alder Creek and Little Missouri Water Company. He d. 12 June 1984, Pleasant View at the age of 95 years; bur. 18 June 1984, Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
7. Bertha Estella "Stella" Chamberlain, b. 15 June 1896, Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah; d. 28 March 1960, Seattle, King Co., Washington; bur. Willard Cemetery. Stella md. 1st 8 April 1915, Brigham City, Box Elder Co., Utah, Prentice Bascom Bates, son of Bascom and Mary Bates; b. 18 September 1888, Texas; d. 6 February 1957, Loma Linda, San Bernadino Co., California. The marriage ended in divorce. Stella md. 2nd, W. J. "Red" Ryan and they lived in a mining camp in Ely, White Pine Co., Nevada. In 1930, Stella wrote to her mother on letterhead of the Collins Hotel, Ely:
May 12, 1930
Dear Mother and all,
Just a few lines to let you know I'm still alive. I got a letter from Lottie a few days ago she told me a lot of news some wasent very good. I was sorry to here about Anna, seems to me she is having her share of trouble, but I was glad to here you are keeping well. I'm living in town now so if any of you come to Ely for the big Lincoln highway Celebration June 4-5-6-7th just come to the Collins Hotel. I'm living at Thayer's Camp now but I hope to get a house soon as we expect Thelma and maby Alice as soon as school is out. Red expects to have a steady job in a day or so, and then our troubles will be over, tell the boys it only takes 5 hours to make the trip here from Ogden and the town will be wide open, Saloons & Dance Halls just like you read about a hundred years ago, only more so, but If Ely can be any more wide open than it always has been, I don't know how they'll do it, every other door is a bootleg joint there is a dance hall & girls in nearly everyone, and this is the only Hotel in town that hasent got one or two girls, but the Salt Lake paper said that Ely would be throwed open for the celebration and I hope I get to see someone from home, tell everyone hello.
Lots of love from - Stella & Red
Stella's second marriage also ended in divorce. She md. 3rd 6 December 1936, Magnus Christian Nielsen. Magnus b. 17 September 1889, Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; d. 13 May 1953, Seattle, King Co., Washington. During WWII, Stella wrote to her sister Ethel from Seattle that, "...we have always been so safe here, now there is a anti-aircraft gun on the top of the city power house and men on guard day & night. I work in the laundry adjoining it. Sand bags are being filled around the schools and other public buildings, guns on most all the high buildings & hills. All this makes me wonder what is happening at home and how everyone is."
8. Walter Alonzo Chamberlain, b. 30 November 1898, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. Walter owned the "Crystal Springs Resort" in the small town of Honeyville, Box Elder Co., Utah for many years and provided those facilities for the annual Chamberlain-Moore family reunions where there was always lots of good food (enough olives to put one on each finger, and Kentucky Fried chicken), swimming in the warm waters of the hot-spring heated pools, and, for hours of entertainment for children, crayfish to catch with bits of chicken tied to a string from the ponds and streams that flowed from the hot springs. Walter d. 2 December 1994, Crystal Springs, Honeyville, Box Elder Co., Utah; he md. 30 September 1925, Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Helen Elizabeth Rhees, daughter of Reuben Thomas Rhees and Mary Tucker. Helen b. 17 October 1901, Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah.
9. Lester Moore Chamberlain, b. 1 May 1904, Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah; d. 18 September 1980, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; bur. 22 September 1980, Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. Lester md. on 14 July 1926, Ogden, Alice Gibby Andrew, daughter of Joseph Frederic Whittier Andrew and Marian Gibby. Alice b. 19 June 1905, Pleasant View; d. 20 October 1991, Ogden.
10. Clarence Wright Chamberlain, b. 9 December 1906, Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah; d. 6/7 June 1946, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California of burns received in an accident in Nevada; bur. Willard Cemetery, Willard, Box Elder Co., Utah. Clarence, according to the author's mother, was a very tall man and she always enjoyed when he came to visit her mother and father, Ethel and Joseph Jensen in Pleasant View. Because of his height, Clarence would have to stoop to pass through doorways in the house.
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1850 US census, Jessup Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pa., p. 38 (stamped) and 75 (written), dwelling 553.
1870 US census, Omro Twp., Winnebago Co., Wisconsin, p. 20, dwelling 143.
1870 US census, West Union Twp., Todd Co., Minnesota, p. 8, dwelling 64.
1880 US census, Eden Precinct, Weber Co., Utah, e.d. 99, p. 468B or 19, dwelling 186.
1900 US census, Elk Twp., Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma, e.d. 205, sheet 21B, dwelling 454.
1900 US census, Pleasant View Precinct, Weber Co., Utah, e.d. 180, sheet 15A, p. 46, dwelling 263.
1900 US census, Union Precinct, Box Elder Co., Utah, e.d. 201, sheet 8A, dwelling 130.
1900 US census, West Union Twp., Todd Co., Minnesota, e.d. 203, sheet 2B, dwelling 33.
1910 US census, Pleasant View Precinct, Weber Co., Utah, e.d. 217, sheet 15B, dwelling 272.
1910 US census, Pleasant View Precinct, Weber Co., Utah, e.d. 217, sheet 16A, dwelling 280.1920 US census, Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah, e.d. 150, sheet 1A, dwelling 8.
1920 US census, Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah, e.d. 150, sheet 1A, dwelling 10.
Ben Lomond Cemetery, A_6_20_2, (http://utahgravestones.org/).
Ben Lomond Cemetery, B_2_8_5, Utah Burials (http://history.utah.gov/burials/).
Blaisdell Papers, v. 11, n. 2 supplement, p. 122.
California Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com online database.
Chamberlain-Moore Journal, 1956-57, p. 4, 7, 9-12, 122
Chamberlain-Moore Journal, 1960, p. 4.
Chamberlain-Moore Journal, 1961, p. 3-4.Chamberlain-Moore Journal, 1962, p. 3.
Family information from Phyllis (Jensen) Butler.
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Minnesota Death Certificate #A-177-10, Todd County.
Ogden City Cemetery, J-11-6-1E and J-11-6-2E, Utah Burials (http://history.utah.gov/burials/).
Ogden Standard Examiner, 21 December 1907.
Ogden Standard Examiner, 23 October 1932, p. 8.
Ogden Standard Examiner, Thursday 25 August 1983.
Ogden Standard Examiner, Thursday 14 June 1984.
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Utah Death Certificate, Weber Co., Pleasant View, series 81448, file no. 422, stamped no. 003204632.
Utah Death Certificate, Weber Co., Pleasant View, series 81448, file no. 400, stamped no. 0704386.
Utah Death Certificate, Weber Co., Ogden, series 81448, file no. 214, stamped no. 003404710.
Utah State Death Certificate # 29-0579-TT.
Utah State Death Certificate, state file #143-788-FF; local file #944-FF.
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Washington State Death Index, Ancestry.com online database, Seattle, King Co., certificate 8496.
Willard Cemetery gravestones (http://utahgravestones.org/).


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Ricky Martin has officially outed himself.
The "Livin' La Vida Loca" singer admitted he is a "homosexual" on his Web site Monday, posting in a long entry written in both Spanish and English that he has long strugged with admitting the "truth" to himself and his fans.
"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Martin wrote, according to the English translation posted on his Web site.
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"I am very blessed to be who I am," he wrote.
Martin, the Puerto Rican pop singer who shot to fame as part of the Latin boy band Menudo, long-suffered rumors of homosexuality during his career atop the charts. He never flat-out denied he was a gay man, but continually skirted questions about his personal life.
Martin said in the post that the process of writing his memoirs helped him realize he had to come out -- and admit the truth to the world.
"From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time. Things that were too heavy for me to keep inside," Martin wrote.
"These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed," he wrote.
Martin became the father of twins in August 2008, delivered by a surrogate.
He admitted in the post that having the twin boys also pushed him to come out of the closet.
"This is just what I need especially now that I am the father of two beautiful boys that are so full of light and who with their outlook teach me new things every day," he wrote. "To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly dimish the glow that my kids were born with.
"Enough is enough. This has to change," he wrote.
Martin's last English original album release was "Life," put out in 2005. In 2008, a Martin compilation album, "Ricky Martin 17," was released.
He was twice named one of People magazine's Most Beautiful People, in 2000 and 2006.


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Hecht, Ben hĕkt [key], 1894–1964, American writer, b. New York City. He grew up in Wisconsin and, while still in his teens, worked on newspapers in Chicago. Early in his career he became involved in the Chicago literary movement of the time, founding in 1923 the Chicago Literary Times, an iconoclastic review that he edited for two years. A stormy and controversial figure, Hecht was known for a variety of literary and theatrical activities. He wrote novels, short-story collections, and plays, and he wrote, directed, and produced for the motion-picture industry. With Charles MacArthur, he collaborated on several film scripts and plays, of which The Front Page (1928), an irreverent drama of newspaper life, is the most famous.
See his autobiography, A Child of the Century (1954).
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While the Super Bowl half-time show will have a distinctively hip-hop flair due to the presence of the Black Eyed Peas, the pre-game show just landed an act more in keeping with the down home roots of Cowboys Stadium.
Three-time Grammy winning country musician Keith Urban will kick off the festivities before the NFL's biggest game in Arlington, Texas, next month, reports the USA Today.
Urban's no stranger to entertaining NFL fans. He played at halftime of the Dallas Cowboys - New Orleans Saints game last Thanksgiving in Arlington, so he's headed back to familiar ground.
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The crooner - who has 11 No.1 hits to his name - plans to play songs from his most recent album, "Get Closer." He and his wife, actress Nicole Kidman, recently welcomed their second child last month.
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GLENVIEW, Ill., Jan. 16, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- To coincide with the upcoming 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22, the 40 film is sure to be the most groundbreaking pro-life documentary in history. The film will present abortion as not merely a religious or political issue, but as the most important fundamental human and civil rights issue of our time.Directed by John E. Morales with Executive Producer Jason Jones, the founder of Movie to Movement, the film will feature inspiring stories and deeply personal interviews with champions of the pro-life movement. It will address some of the strongest arguments for the pro-choice/pro-abortion position countered by pro-life answers from a wide and diverse array of pro-life activists, leaders and youth. 40 features some of the biggest names in the pro-life movement such as Investigative Journalist Lila Rose, the President of Live Action, Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director and Senior Policy Advisor with American's United For Life, Rebecca Kiessling, Pro-Life Speaker and Attorney, David Bereit, the National Director of 40 Days for Life, Father Frank Pavone, the National Director of Priests for Life, and Pro-Life legend Joe Scheidler, the Founder of the Pro-Life Action League, and Pastor Caesar Le Flore, Midwest Director of LEARN. 40 also includes the powerful testimonies of former abortionists Dr. Anthony Levatino, Dr. John Bruchalski and many more!Pro-life and humanitarian activist, film producer Jason Jones is the Executive Producer of 40. Jason is the President of Movie to Movement, the grassroots marketing team that was behind the box office phenomenon 2016: Obama's America. Jones was also Co-Executive Producer of the movie, BELLA, recipient of The People's Choice Award at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. BELLA has inspired hundreds of abortion-bound mothers to choose life for their babies.Former Fox Sports Net sportscaster John E. Morales is the Producer and Director of The 40 Film. John brings an extensive 20-year background in radio and television to the 40 project. Morales was the co-producer, writer, and narrator of the award winning "Champions of Faith: Baseball Edition," a groundbreaking sports film that showcases the intersection of sports and faith in Major League Baseball.


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Brookfield: Outcry after controversial Facebook post leads to Beck's resignation
BROOKFIELD -- After constant demands for his resignation based on a Facebook post that many deemed offensive, new minority Board of Education member Gregory Beck agreed Tuesday to step down.
Before the public-participation portion of a school board meeting at which speakers were expected to again ask for Beck's resignation, board Chairman Scott McCarthy said Beck notified him hours before the meeting he was resigning, effective immediately.
Beck was elected as a member of A Brookfield Party.
"I think Greg showed maturity and consideration for his town in his decision," said Ray DiStephan, the former Democratic school board chairman, who lost his seat to Beck and was one of his critics. "The entire situation was very unfortunate, but I think the Board of Education has plenty to focus on as they move past this issue."
The Board of Education is composed of four Republicans and two Democrats, and will need to appoint a minority party member to fill Beck's seat.
A message left for Beck on Tuesday night was not returned.
The outcry against Beck stemmed from a Facebook post made after the Nov. 5 election that stated his "26 Acts of Kindness" tribute would be to deliver boxes of ammunition to his gun-enthusiast friends. Many people considered the post to be inappropriate and offensive, since the "26 Acts" movement had been dedicated to the victims of the Dec. 14, 2012, shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Beck apologized, but that did not stem the backlash from local leaders and parents. They questioned his ability to make judgments related to their children's education.
Beck, 26, endured two board meetings at which at least 20 people asked him to resign. Two complaints were filed against him with Brookfield's Board of Ethics, since he made his Facebook post while working as a town emergency services dispatcher. A hearing on those complaints is scheduled for Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
"My guess is, we go ahead and see what happens," Ethics Board Chairman Alice Carolan said.
Republican First Selectman Bill Tinsley described what happened to Beck as an "unfortunate scenario."
Tinsley understands Beck's situation. At every meeting since he took office, he has also been asked to resign, based on an embezzlement accusation in Vermont that was settled after the election with his no-contest plea to a misdemeanor larceny charge.
"I have great empathy for Greg Beck and his decision," Tinsley said. "It certainly puts a period at the end of an unfortunate chapter. I know (school board members) are dealing with the budget and moving forward, and the best thing for the town of Brookfield is to move forward."
A Brookfield Party Chairman Rob Gianazza said Beck reached his decision independently.
"As far as A Brookfield Party is concerned, we never made any attempts to encourage or discourage him, other than to use his own judgment and make his own decision," Gianazza said. "I wish him all the best."
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In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, published on 1August 2010 Archbishop Vincent Nichols has spoken about the relationship between the Catholic Church and government, the need to rebuild communities based on mutual support and genuine care and his hopes for the forthcoming State visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the UK.
The interview, by Jonathan Wynne-Jones, can be read below and on The Sunday Telegraph's website
Listening to David Cameron's first speech on the steps of Downing Street, Archbishop Vincent Nichols says he nearly fell off his chair at the Prime Minister's pledge to work for "the common good".
His surprise was down to the fact that only a few weeks earlier, Catholic bishops had published a document offering election advice to churchgoers called "Choosing the Common Good".
Sitting comfortably now in a shaded garden off the main road in Lourdes, the leader of the Church in England and Wales admits to being encouraged at the echoes of Catholic teaching emerging in the language of the new Coalition Government.
In particular, he is enthusiastic at the opportunities offered by Mr Cameron's call for a Big Society. The concept may have been widely derided, described by David Davis, the Conservative backbencher, as "Blairite dressing", but the Archbishop believes that it offers the chance to rebuild communities based on mutual support and genuine care.
There is no better model for this, he says, than in Lourdes.
While it is doubtful that David Cameron had the French market town in mind when he launched the policy, across the cobbled road from the garden where we talk, smiling teenagers push elderly pilgrims in their wheelchairs. Around the corner in the hospital, groups of volunteers care for the sick and the frail.
"It gives us an experience of being together in a place that turns things on their head a bit," he says.
Much of Archbishop Nichols's thinking seems to be driven by a desire to see things turned around, but while he is surprisingly candid in revealing his dismay with the previous government, he does not spare his own Church from criticism either.
Whether it is due to the glorious French weather or to the holy water of Lourdes, the Archbishop appears filled with an infectious optimism that the country could be on the cusp of returning to a more cohesive, united society.
Britain might be facing its worst economic crisis since the Second World War and experiencing an unprecedented level of cuts, but he believes it will emerge stronger through overcoming its current challenges.
"One of the things that we see in Lourdes is the great value of tapping into people's goodwill. If we can generate that sense of volunteering and the sense of fulfilment that comes from it in our society, then we would be better for it. The Big Society is a step in that direction."
Having earned a reputation as a combative church leader during his time as Archbishop of Birmingham, whether in his battles with the BBC or the government, he has been careful to avoid making political pronouncements since his move to Westminster.
Now, however, he expresses an excitement at the potential for the Coalition and reveals he had become disillusioned with the Labour administration.
"The last government was too overarching. In attempting to create a state that provided everything, it ended up losing touch with the people it was trying to serve."
The introduction of laws that allowed the creation of animal-human embryos and greater rights for homosexuals also seemed to suggest that it had lost touch with the Catholic Church.
For the first time, Archbishop Nichols admits that this is true.
"I think if there had been more thorough and genuine engagement on some of the bills, especially, for example, in some of the equality legislation, it could have been less confrontational. Another example would be around the school admissions scrap that we had.
"There was a lack of consultation because it [the government] was a long time in office, had a big majority, and had some quite strong ideological positions at certain levels which the government would be determined not to concede."
He says that the secularist agenda was more successful in securing its objectives, but has been encouraged by the attitude of the Coalition towards faith groups.
"My guess is that this Government is more pragmatic than the previous administration was."
Although the Archbishop is too canny to confirm suspicions that the Church's election document was an endorsement of the Conservative Party, he says that David Cameron has read it and suggests that many of the steps taken by the Coalition in tackling the economic situation resonate with the document.
"The Catholic Church has highlighted the need for society to not fall into the trap of thinking that everything is to be provided and that it is somebody else's responsibility."
As someone who grew up in Liverpool, a city bruised by the swingeing cuts of the Thatcher years, he is well aware of the dangers if the impact of government action is not spread fairly. Nevertheless he believes the current age of austerity can help to rebuild communities based on mutual support and hopes that faith groups can play a key role in achieving this.
"There is a fresh attitude on the part of the Government that seems to respect the integrity of what a faith group wants to do, and respect its language, so that a faith community coming into cooperation with others will not have to sing from their hymn sheet.
"It marks a shift from the last government, which required a high degree of conformity to its own theories. And if they clashed with those of a faith community then either the partnership came to an end or the faith group had to conform."
While the Catholic Church is already playing an increasingly active part in society, most notably through its schools, the Archbishop warns that it could be generations before the Muslim community is properly integrated into British life.
"'Integrated' means we become accustomed to having a Muslim community in Britain which we view in a reasonably positive way and which we know is committed to the well-being of this country.
"It will take time for a small mosque in Birmingham that is basically a replica of a village in Pakistan to grow in confidence, to learn the language and cultural ways that enable it to become a contributor to society. It could take generations for them to become integrated."
This observation carries particular weight from the leader of a community that has grown from its migrant roots and today is learning how to incorporate Catholics arriving from African and European countries.
He fears that the burqa can hinder the ability of Muslims to fully integrate into British society, as it limits the ability of Muslim women to communicate.
In 2006, Aishah Azmi, a Muslim teaching assistant, complained after she was suspended for refusing to remove her veil in class, but the Archbishop says schools should be free to take action.
"My own instinct is that it must be very difficult to teach and learn without any facial expressions. I would hope that a school could come up with a policy that honoured the different traditions of its people, but which put in first place the primary purpose of the school, which is good teaching and learning."
However, he agrees with the Government that it would be "un-British" to introduce a ban, as he stresses that everybody should be free to express themselves.
That includes the protests bound to be staged when Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Britain next month.
Richard Dawkins, the atheist polemicist, has already stated that he will try to have the pontiff arrested "for crimes against humanity" in his alleged cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic church.
It is also highly likely that homosexual rights groups will demonstrate against statements made by Catholic leaders, including the Pope, who described homosexuality as a tendency towards an "intrinsic moral evil".
The Archbishop has been fierce in his criticism of secularists such as Dawkins, yet he is not blind to the failings in the Church's response to the child sex abuse crisis.
Even though it is incredibly rare for a Catholic leader to criticise the Vatican, he is not afraid to speak out on an issue that has left such deep wounds with the victims and also scarred the Church.
"On this issue, the Vatican has got itself in a very defensive position, which probably inhibits some of the positive initiatives which we could be taking," he says.
"The Holy See can do a lot better in its understanding of how the media perceives things and how important those perceptions are."
Since his appointment to be Archbishop of Westminster in the spring of 2009, the Church has been engulfed in a series of sex abuse cases across the world and its leaders have been lambasted for ill-judged statements on homosexuality and women's ordination.
Furthermore, Pope Benedict XVI's offer to disaffected Anglicans to defect to the Roman Catholic Church was viewed as an undiplomatic attempt to poach clergy.
Yet, while the storms have swirled in neighbouring countries, the Catholic Church in England and Wales has remained relatively unscathed and the reputation of Archbishop Nichols, its leader, has been enhanced.
As other Churches were slow to denounce the crimes committed by priests in their countries, he issued a statement that was unequivocal in its condemnation, even though this country has had very few cases in recent years.
He repeats this now: "Child abuse is a dreadful scandal which is to be condemned and it's something for which every Catholic feels ashamed and sorrowful."
Nevertheless, the Archbishop finds it difficult to recognise claims that the crisis has been as far-reaching as some have suggested.
"I think there are difficult issues in certain countries, but I don't get any sense of it here."
Rather than focusing on the past, the Archbishop is keen to look forward to restoring trust and rebuilding communities and he believes that the papal visit promises to bring hope to a society suffering from the strain of financial troubles and family breakdown.
"He represents a depth of commitment to humanity that finds an echo in many people.
"This is an opportunity to move away from seeing faith as a problem and seeing it as a resource to be discovered afresh
"It will be a symbolic embrace by the leader of the Catholic Church of Britain as it is today: multi-faith, multi-cultural, facing inner difficulties, but with great inner human inner resources which are strengthened by faith in God."


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When it's a Vi-tar, I hear you say. We've had lots of violin (or viola) shaped guitars and basses on Guitarz over the years but, as far as I know, never a guitar shaped violin. Today that has changed. While delving a little deeper into Mark Dalzell's Flickr stream I came across an instrument from his collection that really caught my eye. I was going to save this to post later but reader, Martin Niggeman kind of let the cat out of the bag. Which is no bad thing as I was itching to do this one. Mark Dalzell has created a vi-tar site especially dedicated to this instrument and one of it's most famous players. Do yourself a favour and get over there.
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Irondale Youth Hockey Association Board Meeting Minutes
IYHA Board of Directors Meeting: July 15, 2010
Meeting called to order at 6:37pm by President Kevin Bourassa
Board Members Present: Chris Drews, Brent Eilefson, Steve Krahn, Cyndi Olson, Mike Nundahl, Nina Dojan, Rick LaPorte
Board Members Absent: Beth Soberg, Dan Marcouiller, Kara Chamberlain
Guests: Tom Gombold,
Minutes: The minutes of the last Board meeting were read.
Nina Dojan movedto approve June meeting minutes as read. Brent Eilefson second. Passed without debate.
Board Roundtable:
President: By 9/15 D10 needs draft levels of play and by 10/15 need rosters. USA Hockey recruitment and retention packet available for review. MN hockey coming out with some new rules. We need to find a D10 league director, ideally 2—responsible for maintaining game scores and standings. Good volunteer opportunity, mainly email monitoring and one meeting a month during the season. D10 wants no more than 18-20 league games. 15 full-ice game max for mites. Updated participation rule, kids have choice of either home or school when determining association.
Vice President: Meeting with MV regarding tourneys. Big change will be to add gate fee. Shouldn't affect income, big savings in volunteer hours. Hope to boost attendance and make money through increased food sales or something. SuperRink has contracts with food vendors. Need to track down parade coordinators and get moving generally on parade activities. Get the puck.
Secretary: Survey to be distributed to executive committee and coordinators.
Treasurer: Quickbooks up and running, online banking access, etc. Hope to have final income statement and balance sheet by next month. A couple teams still need refunds processed. Record retention question concerning several boxes of old documents.
Boys Program Coordinator: Expect three teams at each level. Contact me if you want to coach.
Girls Program Coordinator: MV out with respect to co-op. Some contact with SLP. Coaches meeting next month.
Initiation Program Coordinator: Starting to get people calling about price for mite program, and parades. Need to know if we can flat fee the initiation season again.
District Representative: No report.
Ice Commissioner: Will be meeting with MV to split ice.
Registration Coordinator: Absent. Question about late fees—see new business.
Equipment Manager: Jerseys and socks ordered at same quantities as last year.
Standing Reports:
Player and Coach Development Committee: Hope to meet within next two weeks.
LakeRegion: Meeting next Tuesday.
Fundraising Committee: Still working on Diamond Dining discount card.
Potential Partnership Committee: Dormant.
Website Update: Via Rick LaPorte. Need volunteer policy, registration dates, additional admin fees and dates.
Old Business:
Rick LaPorte movedthat by the beginning of the 2011-12 season, except for goalies, all IYHA players Squirt/U10 and above shall wear black helmets. Nina Dojan second. Passed following debate.
New Business:
Brent Eilefson movedto adjourn at 8:27pm. Chris Drews second. Meeting adjourned.
NEXT BOARD MEETING: Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:30PM AT NEW BRIGHTON FAMILY SERVICE CENTER
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How to Make a Piñata From Recycled Materials
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Make an earth piñata from reused and recycled household items.
It's more than just a fun recycled craft project for your family. Slip in lessons on global geography, local natural resources and math (like fractions).
In this article, I'll show you how to make a piñata of the earth and fill it with natural materials for a fun game that also makes the perfect centerpiece for a party, picnic or family day at home.
Why Make an Earth Piñata?
Creating an earth piñata is a great way to start a conversation about recycling and encourage your kids to think like global citizens. They'll learn about continents, oceans and nearby natural habitats. Plus, they'll start thinking about how to recycle and reuse things at home.
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According to a new study there is a strong - and negative -- correlation between the time kids spend with various media (TV, Internet, video games) and health issues.
In a clear majority of those studies more time with television, films, video games, magazines, music and the Internet was linked to rises in childhood obesity, tobacco use and sexual behavior. A majority also showed strong correlations — what the researchers deemed "statistically significant associations" — with drug and alcohol use and low academic achievement.


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Wembler, member of the Fraggle Five, Gobo's best friend and roommate, siren for the Fraggle Rock Volunteer Fire Department, winner of the "Best Shirt with Banana Trees on it" trophy.
Wembley is the innocent, ignorant, coy, childish member of the Fraggle Five--the five main Fraggle characters on Fraggle Rock. He's the light green one with dark green fur. Wembley's name also lends itself to a verb in the Fraggle language, "wemble," "wembling," "to wemble," meaning to be unable to make up one's mind. Nothing describes Wembley better than this. He's best known for having little to know ability to decide for himself. A true follower, not leader. In fact, in the episode "The Thirty Minute Work Week" this wembling problem gets so out of hand that Wembley can't even decide which job he'd like to fulfil for thirty minutes every week.
His wembling ways make him the perfect best friend/sidekick to Gobo. Gobo is the headstrong leader, so anyone who is willing to follow him no matter what (like Wembley) is more than welcome. Even though Wembley does serve as Gobo's illustrious sidekick, he also shows unflappable friendship to Gobo. In the episode "The Grapes of Generousity," when Gobo eats the grapes of generousity without sharing with his friends, he loses control of his personal gravity. Wembley steps in and provides a weight to Gobo to keep him grounded (pun intended). The pair has also shared a good number of songs together including, "A Friend is a Friend," "Friends 'Til the End," "Wemblin' Fool," and "Goodbye, Goodbye."
Wembley also spent a lot of time on the show with Boober. This is obviously partially due to Wembley's performer, Steve Whitmire, and his great chemistry with Boober's performer Dave Goelz. Wembley and Boober embarked on many journeys together--Boober always preaching doom and pestillence, Wembley always being too naive to disagree. Wembley and Boober helped to save Marjory the Trash Heap when she was being relocated by the Gorgs. Wembley also attempts to get revenge on Boober after he scared him to test his baloobius.
Both Red and Mokey also share close friendships with Wembley. Mokey, Wembley, and Boober were the only three Fraggles to travel back in time in the episode "Mokey Then and Now." In "Believe it or Not" Red and Wembley discover a magical, shape-shifting creature named Skenfrith whom they befriend and eventually rescue from the Gorgs' basement.
Wembley was Steve Whitmire's main character on Fraggle Rock, and aside from Sprocket, Wembley was his only main character. Wembley is also distinct because he was Steve's first main character. In The Muppet Show days, Steve would only perform background characters. On Fraggle Rock, he finally got to perform his own, well-developed character.
Wembley has performed a great deal of songs on Fraggle Rock. Here's a list of this writer's favorites:
"Wemblin' Fool" - w/ Gobo
"Here to There"
"We Are the Children of Tomorrow" - w/ Cotterpin Doozer
"Heart in a Hanky (Free and High)"
"Duet For One"
"(Sleep By the) Light of the Moon"
"Just a Little Wimp"
"Help Me for a Change"
"Very Scary (If This Don't Get You)"
"Fly to the Sky"
"Scare Them Boo!" - w/ Philo and Gunge
"Wemblin' Fool" - w/ Gobo
"Here to There"
"We Are the Children of Tomorrow" - w/ Cotterpin Doozer
"Heart in a Hanky (Free and High)"
"Duet For One"
"(Sleep By the) Light of the Moon"
"Just a Little Wimp"
"Help Me for a Change"
"Very Scary (If This Don't Get You)"
"Fly to the Sky"
"Scare Them Boo!" - w/ Philo and Gunge
- Season 1
- "Wembley and the Gorgs"
- "The Thirty-Minute Work Week"
- "The Terrible Tunnel"
- "We Love You, Wembley"
- Season 2
- "Wembley's Egg"
- "The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
- "The Secret of Convincing John"
- "Wembley and the Great Race"
- Season 3
- Season 4
- "Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water"
- "A Tune for Two"
- "Wembley's Flight"
- "Space Frog Follies"
- "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Gobo: "Wembley, give it to me straight. Am I invisible?"
Wembley: "Uh...well I don't think so... but then that's only my opinion."
"Singing that sad song made us way too happy!"
Wembley: "What should I do?"
Gobo: "What do you want to do?"
Wembley: "I don't know. Can you give me a hint?"
"Excuse me sir, but I seem to have forgotten how to stand up."
Wembley is a core member of the Fraggle team--of course they need him! When Gobo is proposing a dangerous quest or when Boober is predicting doom and gloom, Wembley is the sensible, "let's talk this over" voice of the Fraggle Five. He's goofy, innocent, and an all-around good guy. Everyone loves him ("Wembley, Wembley Number 9," anyone?) and that's why they need him around. He's the best friend who would do anything for his friends--and his friends would do anything right back.
In the upcoming Fraggle Rock Movie written and directed by Corey Edwards, Wembley is sure to play a huge role. Tough Pigs' early review of the script revealed Wembley to have a laugh-out-loud funny moment involving a cell phone (which he keeps as a pet).
Wembley is integral to the success of any Fraggle project. He's funny, kind, and naive--the every other man to Gobo's every man, if you will. The perfect companion, and a terrific character all around.


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Green Goddess Dressing
1/4 cup tahini
1/2 to 1 lemon, juiced
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup fresh parsley sprigs, lightly packed
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup warm water
1 clove garlic
Combine all ingredients in blender until smooth. Use at room temperature. Store leftovers in a sealed container in refrigerator.


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The Brain's Functions III: Managing Thought and Memory
What part of the brain process thoughts and memories?
The association cortex which makes up the unspecified areas of the cerebral cortex, is concerned with consciousness—awareness of self and the ability to think about the past and imagine the future.
The association areas called frontal lobes play a key role in such human capabilities as solving problems, planning, and relating the past to the present.
The hippocampus appears to be essential in transforming new information into semantic and episodic memories, but not procedural memories.
In what ways does the brain grow and develop after birth?
How do the left and right hemispheres differ?
The right hemisphere of the brain deals with the left side of the body. The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body and the use of language; in most people, it is the dominant hemisphere.
The two hemispheres are in constant communication through the corpus callosum, a thick cable of interconnecting neurons.
Experiments with patients whose corpus callosum has been cut—split-brain patients—indicate that the left hemisphere specializes in individual items of information, logic, and reasoning; the right hemisphere specializes in information about from, space, music, and entire patterns and is the intuitive half of the brain.
The Brain's Functions III: Managing Thought & Memory: Definitions
Association Cortex
|Diverse areas of the cortex that contribute to self-awareness and the ability to think about the past and imagine the future.
Frontal lobes
|The front portions of the brain that play a key role in problem solving and planning.
|The part of the brain that transfers information from short-term memory to long-term memory.
Corpus callosum
|The structure of the brain that connects the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum and enables these hemispheres to interact


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Linux does a good job when it comes to memory allocation. If memory isn't being used or hasn't been used for awhile it gets put into a cache where it can readily pulled. At times though this cache can become pretty big (especially for a program that has a memory leak). If a good number of programs are being used or if memory is limited then Linux will begin using hard disk swap which can really bog down performance. In these instances, it may help to purge the memory.
In the terminal type
free -m to see memory usage. Flushing the filesystem buffers and to drop extra caches can be done by doing:
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Not sure who is even here anymore, it's been a while.
Many life changes have occurred, but it's still the same SisM you've always known and loved (or hated)!!
We have moved to Puerto Rico, and here is our new family:
You all remember Blue and Teeny, I'm sure. My precious Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldogs, now 7.5 and 10.5
And then this would be the "other" blue and white pair in the house, Zorro the 8 yr old ACD and Tabu the 4 yr old APBT.
And then there is Asshole . . . errrr . . . Asko. 5 yr old GSD
We're a happy crate and rotate family, trying to make it big on a tiny island. But loving life, especially with my main squeeze (and this time it is ACTUALLY a human!). I should make him join the forum as well.
So, just wanted to say "HEY!"


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Glycolic Acid peel facial treatments are the most popular and commonly used facial rejuvenation treatments available. They are a very effective treatment, results are usually obvious to the client after the first session and further enhanced with future treatments. With such positive results at a relatively low price it's clear to see why they are so popular. The fact that this treatment can be derived from naturally occurring Glycolic acid, found in sugar-cane, sugar beets, pineapple, cantaloupe and unripened grapes, only adds to its popularity.
Glycolic Acid peels are considered superficial peels as they only penetrate through the epidermis and papillary dermis (the upper layers of the skin), to an approximate depth of 0.6mm. As a qualified Beauty Therapist it is possible to use glycolic acid in concentrations of 20% plus, home kits can be purchased with concentrations of between 10-20%. In addition to the concentration pH also plays an important role in determining the potency of the glycolic acid in solution. For example Doctors are able to use a peel which has a pH as low as 0.6,( battery acid has a pH 0 and sulfuric acid a pH of 1),so it's strong enough to completely breakdown the epidermal layer of the skin. Whereas, many home kits have a pH of approximate 2.5, (vinegar has a pH of 2 and orange juice a pH of 3), so are weak in comparison.
The procedure includes a thorough cleanse, followed by the application of a pre-glycol solution, which removes the hydro-lipidic film from the skins surface, preparing the skin for the absorption of the glycol gel. Once the Glycol gel is applied you may experience a slight stinging sensation, this is perfectly normal. The time that the gel is left on the skin will increase with each treatment, from possibly 3 to 4 minutes for the first treatment up to 12 to 14 minutes. The gel is neutralised after the desired period of time. To finish a soothing massage followed by an appropriate mask, tone and moisturise
The Glycolic Acid Peel Facial offered at Guilliard's Beauty is an effective yet pampering treatment to correct unsightly imperfections related to ageing, sun damage, congestion and acne. It's effective because the glycolic acid has the smallest molecular weight; meaning it has the best absorbency and highest capacity to penetrate the skin. Thereby it removes the keratinised cells and penetrates deep down, promoting the production of cells in the germination layer, making it radiant and smooth, besides as acting as a regulator for sebum. It promotes a fast skin exfoliation and thereby stimulating the fibroblast reproduction and the production of collagen. This results in fresher, healthier looking skin with a more plumped-up appearance.


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Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is an approach to web design in which a designer intends to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices (from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones).


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get (one) off the hook
To free one from the responsibility of having to complete some task; to help one to avoid something. Thank you for getting me off the hook for Saturday—I was dreading having to babysit at 6 AM on my day off! Can you please tell mom that you broke the vase and get me off the hook?


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Jaws is a masterpiece. Steven Spielberg's second film (or third if you count the TV movie Duel) is one of those great wonders of cinema. It's both a commercial blockbuster but character driven – it was born of the seventies sensibilities. It's got the strangest structure of any major blockbuster in that it's bifurcated, it basically restarts as a different movie halfway through but it's stronger for it. Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss star in this tale of a great white shark hunting the townsfolk of Amity, a beachfront community that makes its money through tourism. Our review of the Blu-ray of Jaws follows after the jump.
The film begins with some teenagers partying on the beach. One guy sees a woman, and she dares him to go skinny dipping with her. But he's so drunk he doesn't make it in the water. She's out by herself when she's attacked by a shark. Chief Brody (Scheider) is alerted to the missing person, and when they comb the beach, the woman's remains are found. But the mayor of the city (Murray Hamilton) doesn't think Brody should close the beach, as he explains it might be a boating accident. But shortly thereafter Mrs. Kitner's son Alex is attacked on the beach in the daylight. Mrs. Kitner puts an ad out advertising she'll pay a $3000 bounty for the shark's death.
Around that time Matt Hooper (Dreyfus) from the Oceanographic institute comes to town and does an autopsy on the woman. It's a shark, and probably a great white. Some hunters catch a shark, and the town thinks they're safe, but Hooper is sure that it's the wrong shark. They do some digging and Hooper is proved right, but that won't stop the mayor. And when another attack occurs, they go to the person who said he could handle it in the first place: Quint (Shaw), a hardened fisherman who knows his sharks.
This is where the movie restarts in its way. Arguably the film could be said to have a two act structure as the film is split in half, and the sequence on the boat feels like a new beginning. There Brody, Hooper and Quint look to find the shark where he's been feeding, and Quint uses barrels on the Shark to slow it down. The idea is that if you fasten enough barrels to the animal, it will eventually tired itself out. But the shark is twenty five feet long, and it's either really smart or really dumb, and so it knows to attack their ship. All the while, the tensions between the crewmates escalate.
And though Quint may come across as a little bit insane, he has his reasons, which is why when Brody feels like they need more help, he destroys the radio. But the shark does enough damage to their boat that eventually they run out of options.
For me, Jaws was the film. I saw it on ABC when I was about seven, and it did something to me. It made me love movies – at first I thought I was interested in sharks, but it was Jaws that made me want to watch movies. And some thirty years later I still find things to love about the movie, and I still get breathless at the conclusion. It's a part of my movie DNA, but I still can't get enough of it.
And this Blu-ray is one of the great restorations for the format. The clarity of image is impeccable. Though the film doesn't need its 7.1 DTS-HD remix (which comes alongside a DTS-HD 2.0 Mono mix), the remixed soundtrack is never overt in trying to take a film that was originally Mono and make it sound like a modern thriller. But it's the presentation that sings. The film had a lot of trouble while shooting getting matching light, and this transfer does some work to make shots match, but that's one of those things I would and probably will never notice because I always get caught up in the moment.
As of now, this is the Blu-ray release of 2012.
Universal presents the film in widescreen (2:35:1) and in DTS-HD 7.1 Surround and 2.0 mono in the best presentation of this film has ever had on home video. The film also comes with a DVD and Digital copy. The supplements kick off with deleted scenes and outtakes (14 min.) many of which were used in TV cuts of the film. Then there's the making of (123 min.), which was done for the laserdisc special edition, but it is a truly definitive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, and gets everyone from Spielberg to Scheider and Dreyfuss, to writer Cartl Gotlieb, the film's producers Richard D. Zannuck and David Brown, and more on record and there's ton of great story and anecdotes included within. It's so good that 'The Shark is Still Working: The Impact and Legacy of Jaws" (101 min.) feels like it tries to find something else to say about the film, which means interviewing the guy who did the voice-over for the trailer, and many of the townsfolk who were featured in the film. It's not terrible by any stretch, but with so much of the film explored better, this feels like a collection of B-side interviews. There's a piece on the restoration (8 min.), and the work that went into this release, while "From the Set" (9 min.) is a 1974 featurette on the making of the movie. There's also four still galleries for Storyboards, Production photos, the marketing, and the phenomenon, and the set concludes with the film's theatrical trailer.


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Monday, December 16, 2013
Where I would like genealogy to be in five or ten years...
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I like your vision, James.ReplyDelete
I think a program could be put together that can access and work seamlessly with FamilySearch FamilyTree, MyHeritage, Ancestry and others all at once.
The FHISO people need to get going to get the standards ball rolling. We haven't heard boo from them since Drew Smith became chair last summer.
And Ancestor Sync was going great guns to be the solution to translate data structures between programs, and then about a year ago, just stopped making advances.
I can see a genealogy program that can make data sourcing a requirement of data entry and make it so easy and natural to do that everyone will do it.
So most of your wishes are possible. We all just need to get going on these initiatives.
I share your hopes for most of the points you made. I'll add one and subtract one:ReplyDelete
One of my wishes would be the ability to do more research in remote archives, without travelling there. Maybe the only solution is more digitization, but there might be other technological solutions. Conferences are getting virtual attendees; why not hope that archives can be better utilized?
I didn't like your idea of ranking trees. Individual profiles, maybe. Submitter track record, maybe (could be automated). Whole trees - no. No tree is of a single quality throughout, and popularity is a bad measure of the quality of work. As changes are made (for better or worse), how can the prior votes be modified? As well, many on-line trees promote collaboration and a world tree view instead of separate individual trees.


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I love to travel. I love travelling. I love being away from home.
No matter how I phrase this, it doesn't seem to come out right. I love being on holiday, away on business, or visiting friends and family. It not that I don't like being at home; but there is something wonderful about spending time in new (or just different) places. Having said that, it has taken me a long time to actually enjoy travel itself.
As a kid, my brothers and I were piled into the back of the car and taken to our destination with as few stops as possible; the point was to "get there." Later, when I began to travel as an adult it was often for work, and again the focus was on arriving. Even when I took leisure trips, I didn't really understand that the journey itself can be savored. My first solo road trips were so ambitious, with such huge distances to cover each day, that I barely saw, let alone stopped to enjoy, the places I passed through.
If I'm honest, I've lived most of my life that way; always so focused on the destination that I ignored the journey — and I'm not thinking only of physical travel.
Recently, things have changed. I'm not sure when or how — it has been slow and subtle — but sometime in the last few years I have actually started to experience (not always enjoy — but at least be aware of) the hills and valleys of my wanderings and not simply the end-point.
Of course it is easier when I travel solo; I don't have to negotiate companions' timetables or boredom thresholds. I can double-back to photograph the amazing church seen fleetingly on my first pass through a town, pull into a tiny road-side cafe or gallery, and stop for an extended chat with people I meet. With family and friends, the pleasures are often simply to be in their company, with nowhere else to go and no internet to distract.
Sometimes the destination is only part of another journey. Cape Reinga is at very top of New Zealand; with only the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea (which meet off the coast there) beyond. There is only one road, and no other access. Yet for Maori, it is the place where the spirits of the dead enter the underworld (1) by leaping from the headland into an ancient pohutukawa tree below, climbing the roots to enter Te Ara Wairua, the 'Spirits' pathway', and return to their traditional homeland of Hawaiki.
Travel is so frequently a metaphor for life that we barely think of it as one at all. I am aware that as my attitudes to physical travel have changed, so to has my appreciation of the rhythm of everyday life. Maybe it's because I get so caught up in the mundane that I lose track of the bigger goals that seemed so all-consuming in my youth? Maybe I'm just slowing down. I will never be the first woman Governor General of NZ (an old ambition, dashed by the 1989 appointment of the wonderful Dame Cath Tizard), nor will I publish my first book by age 40 (where does the time go?). But maybe I will still achieve some of the big dreams.
In the meantime, I cherish each day with a loving partner and a wonderful child who is rapidly becoming a man.
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So I packed up and raced home on Thursday night, driving through several storms and stopping only to pick up cinnamon cola for the folks back home and a wedding present for the wedding on Saturday. It was quite fun actually, I didn't warn anyone of my coming home a day early (there was one mega storm on its way and I didn't want to get trapped there) and my mother got the fright of her life! The only downside (besides realising how bad this place smells) was all the construction that's happened sine I left – the highway interchanges have all changed so I ended up taking a detour through Bedfordview, then to Midrand, then Kyalami, then Sunninghill while cringing at the fact that despite all the street-lamps and buildings that make this place so bright at night, people still have to blind me by driving with their brights on.
It was quite fortunate that I got back early, I got to go to donut-day, as well as our department's end-of-year function where everyone made a huge fuss of me and I wanted to curl up and hide under a chair… I also had car trouble so at least there was time to sort it out pre-wedding+work+social Saturday and I was able to spend a couple of hours with La and CG and organise a proper Saturday evening.
Saturday was insane! I finished late at work (eventually just leaving the vet with the last client) changed in record time and just made it to the wedding which was really really stunning! I mean I got to see that side of the family for the first time in ages, I got a shiny new cousin who was looking so gorgeous AND they gave me bubble-mix! What a perfect wedding!
From there we planned for goth-clubbing but fate gave me a minor klap and instead I wound up as the only English girl at a sokkie club with several people trying their best to teach me to langarm, wile I had other friends calling me repeatedly from the goth club (about a kilometre down the road) to tell me how awesome it was. Did I mention that being all gothed-up at a sokkie club is not the most comfortable situation? Unfortunately La and CG had the time of their lives and refused to elave until it was too late and they didn't want to go through to our original destination and as I wasn't driving I had to be OK with it.
I have nothing against them having a good time, it was awesome to see CG smiling so much for once, and I felt really selfish for feeling so unhappy. I think it was just that after being considered to be totally crazy for the last couple for months I wanted to go somewhere where I'm considered to be vaguely normal. Being the only English girl (dressed in black) at the sokkie club, particularly following being so singled out everywhere else over the previous 36 hours made me very miserable. Particularly when they seemed to be enjoying my Englishness so much that they either laughed at my attempts to speak to them in Afrikaans or else refused to let me try.
It's nice to be home though, bad smells and traffic notwithstanding! My hair straightener and I had a very emotional reunion, I nearly died at gym (lowveld to highveld altitude shift + a week of sitting around = I'm going to die at tai chi tomorrow) , I had too much coffee in the lab this morning while discussing stats and experimental design and was reduced to a gibbering wreck on my way to work this afternoon. So basically once Leia gets back from diving tomorrow it'll all be right back to normal!
And it's the Killers concert on Friday!


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LoA-Heitah - Sunday 20/06/2010, 20:25
Bans this week: Caelus, Morphun, Shakra, Hugo, Oshitsune, Toro, Marina.
That means you can play: Ghumbo, Striker, Slyth, and Sledg.
0 Jismark-UM - Tuesday 22/06/2010, 14:42
Titan - URBAN MADNESS
animal torrent!XD
so far so good!
XC 1984 - Tuesday 22/06/2010, 15:17
Imperator - E X C A L I B U R
TheDarkOrc10 - Wednesday 23/06/2010, 14:32
Hero - Dark Order of Assassins
Ulu watu could you explain how they do well as I thought they were all a bit pants? Uppers and montans and sentinels etc eat them alive all you need is 7 power cards versus 10 power cards and its a fair fight.
TheDarkOrc10 - Wednesday 23/06/2010, 14:46
Hero - Dark Order of Assassins
Azegoth is a good card like them like that, piranahs and nightmare have the best bonus in the game and force your opponent to either have a ton of cards with the ability sob or to have a ton of cards with the ability soa and if they are soa then they need to be at least 6 power prefererably over 7.
TheDarkOrc10 - Wednesday 23/06/2010, 15:00
Hero - Dark Order of Assassins
Thats a good deck and proves my point about skeelz being hard to beat but you if you use slyth on the final turn, not so good. The cards are overall of a higher power than I can afford but thats the direction my deck is going in too as it at least makes your opponent work to get the damage in but similar to my deck it can throw up hands with very little damage plus the card with +12 support attack unless it is played on the counter attack will be better by many montans/uppers with the same or 1 less/more power who also have additional attack or power manipulation abilities. It is fairly resistant deck to all stops though, except sylth. Plus if you play silith most would play soa card now I see this as "drawing an soa card" allowing you through in some other way, if you get the card with confidence and the card with revenge great synergy allowing you to open with a either a bluff or a 3 or 4 pill opening if you win you get some damage in and you can play that confidence card if you lose well your opoonent will probably be at a pill disadvantage or often at best only 1 pill better of than you and your revenge card now comes into its own. Nice ideas but like mine could do with some real expert advice from the very best to make it better, like mine could do with speniding more on it.