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Looting monsters in World of Warcraft can be an experience filled with mystery. Surely you've had the quest where you're sent off to collect bear paws or the like where you only get one paw per bear -- or even less? Where do all of those paws go? Or perhaps you've killed a bat who dropped a lockbox, leaving you to wonder what was he keeping in it and how he even got into it. What about the creatures of Azeroth who carry around spare pairs of pants or plate armor? If you're a leatherworker, you've probably occasionally picked up some intestines along with the leather you skinned -- and find gold inside. Yuck. And let's not even get started on the raid bosses of Azeroth who apparently lug around whole chests of loot. (And where was Garrosh hiding all of those heirlooms?)
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As previously reported, Booth will suffer from a health crisis on Bones that's going to cause him to hallucinate. Now what he's going to hallucinate about, you're never going to believe.
According to what executive producer Stephen Nathan told Ausiello Files, Booth will be taking a trip to Family Guy's Quahog, Rhode Island and visiting everyone's favorite talking baby, Stewie.
Stephen Nathan tries to explain himself, "This is going to sound odd, but it is a completely believable event given [Booth's condition]. It's not just a fantasy of ours. There's medical research to back up what's going on with Booth. There are conditions where you can see cartoon characters."
Nathan continues to justify their crossover by saying, "We were never going to have Stewie just walk into the lab and start talking to everybody -- that would be a bald and shameless crossover. It was always conceived to be a realistic hallucination... one that would lead us to what we wanted to do with Booth and Brennan."
Ooh, now we're talking. Somehow Booth's hallucinations will lead to the Booth / Brennan sex scene on the May 14 season finale. Stewie's appearance will be on the May 7th episode when Brennan asks Booth to be the father of her child. According to Nathan, "Stewie will be in the sperm donation room with Booth."


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ok have you guys ever seen hilary in anything?!?! she's not a good actress. i seriously have nothing against her and i think she is absolutely beautiful but her acting is not good enough to be in gossip girl. she's not believable. i am so not looing forward to her scenes
i really don't see why so many people hate vanessa
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After Les Miserables' Anne Hathaway nabbed her Best Supporting Actress Oscar, the 30-year-old actress traded in her pale pink Nipplegate Prada dress for a loose custom Saint Laurent sheath dress with a sequin neckline.
Hathaway may have covered up for Oscar night's second act, but Silver Linings Playbook's Jennifer Lawrence opted to wear a little less to the after-parties, a wise choice considering she tripped on her voluminous Dior gown while walking up to the podium to accept her Best Actress statue. The 22-year-old beauty slipped into a slinky Calvin Klein bustier dress that took up noticeably less room.
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Meanwhile, Amy Adams, 38, who was up for a Best Supporting Actress award (for her role in The Master) switched gears and changed out of her gorgeous Oscar de la Renta dress with a full tulle skirt and into a slim, fringed party dress by the same designer.
And Best Actress nominee Naomi Watts (The Impossible), flawless in a form-fitting Armani Prive gown at the awards ceremony, relaxed at the post-show bashes in a glittering one-shouldered Emilio Pucci gown.
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Valle dell'Acate, Bidis Chardonnay 2012, Italy
DOC Sicilia, from Ragusa. Nutty, fine, lightly oxidised style, a little ozoney, salty suggestion. Fresh, but arguably just lacks a little punch and zest, the finish is flavoursome and has some acidity, but maybe just lacks a touch of energy and decisiveness. 87/100.
Valle dell'Acate, Tenuta Ibidini Insolia 2013, Italy
DOC Sicilia, from Ragusa. A slightly medicinal note to this, herbal and nutty, with a really nice palate that has all the dry, nutty, apple and melon fruit along with a nice bit of grip - like melon skins and tangy citrus rind - and a balanced finish. 89/100.
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IGT Terre Siciliane, from Ragusa, and a blend of Insolia and Grecanico. Deep yellow wine, earthy, wild aromas, very bready and irony, with obvious point of difference. The palate is bone dry, that clear, natural wine line of acidity and tight flavour profile, not obvious fruit, but a nuttiness and that mineral, tight and precise core. Intellectual, and very good of its uncompromising style. 92/100.
Arianna Occhipinti, SP68 Bianco 2013, Italy
IGT Terre Siciliane, from Ragusa. Made from Zibibbo (Moscato d'Alessandria) and Albanello. Intriguing nose, all sorts of medicinal, clove and then wildly floral notes, the geranium leaf and almost band-aid, wheat beer yeast character is striking. Bone dry palate, with so much acidity, the uncompromising dry finish just revealing glimpses of fruit, citrus and blossom. Unusual but really successful natural style. 91-92/100.
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Valle dell'Acate, Il Frappato 2013, Italy
DOC Vittoria, from Ragusa. Very bold, youthful and bright crimson. An orthodox, vinous nose, not so much of Frappato's wild and herbal/floral character, but more of the sweet and focused cherry and briar, and a touch of bright red plum. Dry and vinous. 88/100.
Feudo di Santa Tresa, Frappato 2013, Italy
IGP Terre Siciliane, from Ragusa. A much more floral, light, soaring scent here, more what I expected from Frappato, with elegant herb and cherry aromatics and plenty of bright, spicy focus. The palate has a dry, inky red and black fruit dryness and mineral character. No real tannin structure, but elegant with the fruit and acidity in balance. Lovely drinking. 88-89/100.
Planeta, Frappato 2013, Italy
DOC Sicilia, from Ragusa. Relatively pale on the rim, a slightly lighter style. Very elegant and floral, the soaring kirsch and elegant leafiness is lovely, with plenty of briar and herbal character. Expressive and delicious. 89/100.
Arianna Occhipinti, Il Frappato 2012, Italy
DOC Sicilia, from Ragusa. Back on the lighter, fragrant, flower and herb-touched side of Frappato, with so much elegance and freshness. The palate has a stripe of juicy red liquorice and cherry, and a little black fruit depth too - more cassis and blueberry - but the dry acid and the savoury finish is excellent, and very moreish with its lip-smacking tang. 90/100.
Arianna Occhipinti, SP68 Rosso 2013, Italy
IGT Terre Siciliane, from Ragusa again, and a blend of Frappato and Nero d'Avola, The Nero d'Avola perhaps just taming the exuberance here a little, but it is still a nose with loads of character and freshness, with cherry and briar and that little floral, violet quality. The palate is really dry - inky - but abundantly fresh, with a big, youthful stripe of tannin and acidity into a long, super-tight finish. Needs some time. 90-91/100.
COS, Nero Di Lupo 2012, Italy
IGT Terre Siciliane, from Ragusa. Nero d'Avola, medium colour with a really zingy crimson brightness. Vinous, natural and unforced on the palate, this has little oak influence, allowing the lipsticky, cherry brightness of the fruit to speak out. Dry and savoury on the palate, the lack of oak is so refreshing, the buoyant juicy quality of fruit is lovely, as this finishes with a cherry, rhubarb and fruity freshness, balanced by a grip of rustic tannin and good acidity. 91/100.
Feudo di Santa Tresa, Classico 2012, Italy
DOCG Cerasuolo Di Vittoria from Ragusa. A blend of Nero d'Avola and Frappato. Lovely elegant colour with some brightness and light on the rim. The floral lift of the Frappato is gorgeous, with really good acidity and coffee-touched depth on the palate immediately giving light and shade. The sweet solidity of the black fruit comes through. The juiciness of the palate is lovely, with lots of cherry flesh and energy. What a lovely wine, delicious balance and dry in the finish. 90/100.
Planeta, Dorilli 2012, Italy
DOCG Cerasuolo Di Vittoria, from Ragusa. Nero d'Avola and Frappato. Aromatic, floral edged stuff, with herbs and a sense of juiciness. This has just delightful fruit - so light and fresh, the herbs and the sense of garrigue are lovely against plenty of crunch and crispness into the finish. Lovely quality here. Delicious stuff with loads of character. 90/100.
Feudi del Pisciotto, Gianbattista Valli 2011, Italy
DOCG Cerasuolo di Vittoria, from Ragusa. 60% Nero d'Avola with Frappato. Lightness, the Frappato in the ascendency aromaticlly, with a field full of flowers and elegant herb touched spicy black fruit. The palate has lovely weight, the juice and tension of this is delicious, a really steely core of acidity and tight tannin structure too. Taut and fresh, this is another dense and serious wine with a gentler edge. 90/100.
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DOCG Cerasuolo di Vittoria, from Ragusa. 60% Nero d'Avola with Frappato. Lovely lightness of touch aromatically, with leafiness and a little lift and scented exuberance, hiding slightly under a solid black cherry fruit. The palate has lovely sweetness. There is a smooth, easy-going freshness to this, the sweet fruit melding with a little milk chocolate, and then the tannins add lots of subtle bite. The suppleness and pliable softness of this is lovely, the dry tannins just eased by the juiciness of the fruit. 89-90/100.
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You sound like a couple of spies talking in code! Love the photo, the balance and contrast perfect. Code name - Theolfa
I sit here and weep and snivel
while listening to this load of drivel
Seaton Sluice, my wifey talks about it with awe in her voice as if she were talking about Venice or Madagascar. It wa a big bus reed away from where she lived, bu'a great day oot Keith.
Looks like you're cracking winters deadlock too - Jethro
Thanks Theolfa. Don't mind us, we are just "taakin' purms". :)
Hi Jethro. I am "cracking winters deadlock" by revisiting some earlier shots from the archive, though the black and whites are new. I expect to be out and about after next week when I have a week off on holiday. Chhers.
Keith I'm teld ya had nay snow, but that it rained and then froze straight away!
WE get freezin' rain here and its wus than snow. I reet killer.
Yep. I had much fun driving a double decker on frozen rain. Once they start slipping they take some getting back, but, skillfully, I managed it. Laundry day the next day. ;)
Looking at this shot again, I am really pleased with the performance of the lens (Zuiko 70-150mm zoom). I cropped about about a third off the top and the side, yet it is still sharp at full size.
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Jeff Green passed all the tests. He took a few hard shots to the chest, got knocked down and bounced right back to his feet. He ran the court and dunked the ball like he hadn't missed a beat since he'd last played in a regulation NBA game.
Jeff Green passed all the tests. He took a few hard shots to the chest, got knocked down and bounced right back to his feet. He ran the court and dunked the ball like he hadn't missed a beat since he'd last played in a regulation NBA game.
But as much as he looked and sounded 100 percent, there was a piece of his game 19 months on the sideline, and the rehabilitation from heart surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm last January, was refusing to give him back at the start of this season.
That piece was consistency.
Now, he hopes to finally be taking that last step to being the player he and the Celtics believe he can be, as he's increasingly turned the flashes of potential into reliable efforts.
"When you take a year away from anything you've got to find your rhythm back," he said after Monday's hourlong workout. "You've got to get used to everything again. It's tough, especially in the NBA. The game is fast, guys are stronger. When you are working out by yourself, playing pickup, it's totally different from an NBA game.
"Things are coming back to me. Still, it's going to take some time. But I'm learning."
It looked as though Green might have rounded a corner two weeks ago when he scored 17 points in 25 minutes against his former team in Boston's 108-100 victory against Oklahoma City. But when he followed that up with an 0-for-9 performance in Orlando two days later, then was invisible in scoring just two points in 16 minutes in the fight-marred loss to Brooklyn last Wednesday, it reignited criticism that he is not — and may never be — the type of player worth the four-year, $36-million contract extension he signed this summer.
But Green has rebounded in the past two games for what he hopes will be the start of a much more aggressive, sustained trend. He scored 19 points in 23 minutes off the bench in Friday's blowout of Portland, then delivered 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting in 23 minutes off the bench in Saturday night's loss in Milwaukee.
Those are the types of performances the Celtics will need out of Green on a regular basis this season as Celtics coach Doc Rivers looks to curtail the minutes of the 35-plus crowd of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry — all of whom were given Monday off from practice to get an extra day's rest ahead of Wednesday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
"What we're trying to get him to see is when he's at (small forward) he's a power player, when he's at (power forward) he's a speed player," Rivers said Friday night, "and that's how he has to look at himself."
Page 2 of 2 - While Green's versatility is one of his strengths, going back and forth between positions is another adjustment on top of coming back from a year away from the game, and becoming a bench player after starting for the majority of his first four seasons with the Thunder.
"It's just harder to figure out what you need to bring each game because each game is different," he said of the reserve role. "It's a transition. Being a starter is a lot easier. You can work yourself into the game. But when you're coming off the bench, you've got to be prepared and be focused on how the game is going, because the game has been going on for a while. People out there are already loose.
"It's tough. But you've got to find your niche and figure out what it takes to be prepared when you come into the game."
Arriving at that comfort level has not been a smooth journey for Green, just as it hasn't been as easy as it may have appeared it would be for him to jump right back into the fray and bang with the big boys less than a year removed from open-heart surgery.
But he insists he's getting there.
His last two games may be an indication he's finally on his way.
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I read Tim Sneath's blog and he had a massive post on some secrets in Windows 7. He had some great tips around keyboard shortcuts so I thought I would consolidate them for everyone's benefits.
In Windows 7, you now permanently pin applications to the bar, internally, we call this feature the "super-bar." In addition to clicking, you can push "WIN+[number key]" to run the applications.
These are great keyboard enhancements. One feature that needs to be improved is the Win+Up Arrow shortcut. The problem is that if the user minimizes all the way with Win+Down Arrow to the taskbar, there is no way to re-maxmize the window in one easy shortcut. Techincally, Win+Up Arrow should remember applications that were minimized, or as a last resort, go through a brute force approach restore windows to the desktop. Beside this beta feature shortcoming, these are welcomed enhancements to Windows and just shows that Microsoft hasn't forgotton about the keyboard users.
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Each Implementation is Unique
Every implementer of a large standard such as ODF or ECMA-376 needs to make decisions about how to approach implementation of the standard. Application limitations and application design come into play, as well as more subtle factors such as support for optional constructs, default values for missing attributes, and bugs. The cumulative effect of all of these factors can cause behavior that was never intended, or behavior that can be difficult to understand in the abstract without detailed information about the myriad details that make up each implementation.
A simple and instructive example can be seen by opening a document in multiple implementations of the same standard, and then checking the total page size of the document. If you download the OASIS ODF 1.1 specification, which is publised as an ODT file, and open that file each of the leading implementations of the ODF standard, you'll find different page counts in each of those applications.
Is this a problem? Is one implementation "right" about the number of pages in the ODF 1.1 spec, and the other implementations "wrong" about the page count? Not at all. Rather, the page size is a symptom of underlying differences in the architecture and approach of those implementations.
Open Standards + Transparency + Collaboration
So how can vendors work towards maximum interoperability between their implementations? The answer rests on three guiding principles: adherence to open standards, transparency of implementation, and open dialog between all interested parties, including implementers, users, and the standards community.
In the case of ODF 1.1, we've been working on this three-pronged approach to enabling interoperability for some time now. We've been participating in the standards maintenance process, and we're contributing what we've learned through our own implementation of ODF, while listening and learning from the perspectives of other implementers. We've engaged with other implementers through DII workshops, 1-on-1 discussions, the standards maintenance process, and other activities. And we're beginning today the rollout of ultra-transparent documentation about exactly how we've implemented key document format standards in Office.
Implementation Notes: Examples
Let's take a look at a few examples of the information that is provided in the ODF implementation notes. Before we get started, it's worth noting a few basic concepts:
As an example of how the implementation notes work, here's what you'd see if you were to drill down into section 8.3.4 (Shapes) and then click on the Implementation Notes link:
Note the small capital N next to some of the sections in the treeview control on the left. Those indicate that you'll find information about Office's implementation under that section. Here are a couple of other things to note about the example above:
Here's another example of an implementation note, from section 8.2.1 (Column Description):
As you can see, this tells you that Word is limited to 63 columns in a table. This is an application limitation of Word, and by documenting this limitation we are allowing other implementers to accurately predict and understand Word's behavior.
Similarly, the implementation note for section 15.2.1 (Page Size) explains that Word has an inherent application limitation regarding page size:
The standard allows for much larger page sizes, which is a good thing. Future improvements in display or printer technology may make much larger page sizes feasible, and the standard should not limit that type of innovation. But Word has a specific constraint for page size, and that constraint is documented here so that other implementers can interoperate with it as they see fit.
Here's an example of a more complicated implementation note, from section 15.4.23 (Text Formatting Properties - Language):
As you can see, this topic is more complex: how to map Word's two language IDs for a text run (primary and secondary) to the three language IDs supported by ODF (for latin, Asian, and complex text). We're documenting exactly what Word does in this case, so that other implementers can make informed decisions about how to interoperate with Word's implementation.
This level of transparency is something that all implementers will benefit from, and we're hopeful that other implementers will also share these kinds of details about their design decisions. It's useful to understand the guiding principles that each implementer uses to make such decisions, but implementers also need to understand the specific details. With this information in hand, an implementer can make informed decisions about how to provide users with the best possible interoperability experience.
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard in recent months to write, edit, review, organize and publish these implementer notes. The Office PM team has once again done a huge piece of work to help improve interoperability, and people from many other teams within Microsoft have also contributed to this effort. Great work, everyone, and I hope you all enjoy a much-deserved holiday break soon!
El día de hoy muy temprano me desperté y leí sobre este post que acababa de escribir mi buen amigo Doug
Hi, my name is Jas Sandhu and I am an evangelist on the Microsoft Interoperability Strategy Team. I manage
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Posted: 4 Apr 2009 1:41PM GMT
My Jacobsen (Jacobson in America) line included siblings from Brandbu, Hadeland, who emigrated during the 1860s and 1870s. their parents were Jacob Eriksen (1798-1854) and Anne Nielsdatter (1797-1870; died in Freeborn County, MN, USA). I have found the ships that carried two of these families from their homes in Gran parish to Quebec and Philadelphia. Here are their stories (with my sources):
FAMILY 1: Niels Jacobsen, wife Siri Olsdatter, 24-year-old daughter Anne, and 16-year-old son Ole, left Svinningseiet tenant farm in Gran around April 15, 1874. Eldest son Jacob Nelson already had left Norway for America four years earlier. The four sailed from the harbor at Christiania (presently Oslo) on April 22, 1874, aboard the ship Pontecorvo. They had no idea what lay ahead. From the Norway-Heritage website:
"In 1874 (the Pontecorvo) departed from Christiania on April 24th and arrived at Quebec June 15th. She was sailing in ballast, and was carrying 270 steerage passengers. On May 21st she collided with an iceberg in fog (150 miles) off Cape Race, Newfoundland. The collision sent the mast crashing down upon the deck, tearing a big hole in the planking and tons of ice cascading back over the deck of the ship. There was a lot of wailing and confusion among the passengers following the collision with the iceberg. A few prayed to God, others sang and shouted. The passengers were rescued by the S. S. Macedonia. After being rescued, the passengers were forced to sleep on piles of coal at night. The worst was that they were also very short of water and the small amount that was available was rationed. It is anticipated the Pontecorvo was towed to the quarantine station by the Macedonia. She came into quarantine station at Grosse Île (the quarantine island on the St. Lawrence River, about 30 miles downstream from Quebec City) on the 10th of June. There had been five deaths at sea due to an outbreak of measles, and many of the passengers were sick when they arrived at the quarantine station. There was also one young man suffering from fever…The vessel was purified and disinfected. No subsequent cases of illness occurred amongst the passengers from this vessel. All those who were admitted to the hospital recovered. The passengers arrived at Quebec on June 15th. The Pontecorvo was mastered by Capt. Pedersen and had a cew of 15." [Article from The Daily Telegram, Eau Clair, Wisconsin, dated 7 Oct 1961; report of the celebration of the 98th birthday of Andrew Johnson; submitted to Norway-Heritage by his descendant, Don Desmond.]
The family left Quebec by rail for Freeborn County in southern Minnesota. Farmer "Nels" Jacobson and wife "Siri Olsdatter" appear in the 1875 Minnesota State Census at Riceland Township, where they lived next to his younger brothers, Christian and Jacob Jacobson. By the 1880 U. S. Census, "Nels" and "Sarah" Jacobson had moved a few miles to Geneva, an adjacent township north of Riceland. Their home was next to their son, Jacob Nelson, his wife Anne, and granddaughter, Mary. Soon thereafter, both families left Minnesota. They settled in Traill County in eastern Dakota Territory. In September 1884, Jacob Nelson purchased a farm in Buxton Township, and father Nels Jacobson bought a farm one mile south in Wold Township in November 1886. Around this time, the family began using a Norwegian farm surname – Sletmoen. In 1889, the area of Dakota Territory where they lived became the state of North Dakota. Nels Jacobsen Sletmoen died sometime before the 1900 U. S. census was taken, and his 77-year-old widow, "Sigrid" Sletmoen, lived with Jacob and his wife, Anne, on their farm. Jacob and Anne – the eldest daughter of Rangdi Jacobsdatter Melquist – were first cousins, as well as husband and wife. Siri Sletmoen died at Wold, North Dakota, on March 17, 1910.
1. Emigration Record, Digitised Parish Records,"Individual nos. 36-39, Niels Jacobsen Svinningseiet, b. 1 Feb 1822; Siri Olsdatter, b. 19 Nov 1822; with children: Anne Nielsdatter, b. 12 Apr 1850; and Ole Nielsen, b. 20 Aug 1857; Left for Amerika; Attest: 15 Apr 1874," Page 522 of original documents; Gran 1856-1874; Digitalarkivet; Archives of Norway.
2. Christiania Politkammer Emgrant Protokoll 3, "Nils Jakobsen (52; male; married; cotter; Gran to Albert Lea, MN); Siri Olsdatter (50; female; married; Gran to Albert Lea, MN); Ole Nilsen Svennungseiet (17; male; laborer; Gran to Albert Lea, MN); Anne Nilsdatter (23; female; servant; Gran to Albert Lea, MN); Captain: Pedersen; Departed: Christiani, 23 Apr 1874; Arrived: Quebec, 15 Jun 1874," Norway-Heritage website;
3. Canadian Passenger Lists: 1865-1935, "Niels Jacobsen and Ole Nielsen Svinningseie; [note: although the names of Siri Olsdatter and Anne Nielsdatter are not on the list, there are numbers (2 and 3, respectively, immediately after the names of the two men); the passenger list unfortunately only lists the names of the "head of household", with numbers showing the adults in the family/group, the number of children 1-14, and the number of infants.]; Ship: skibet (sailing ship) 'Pontecorvo"; Departed Christiania 22 Apr 1874; Arrived: Quebec, Canada 15 Jun 1874," Image 88 and 89/118 at Ancestry.com; also at Library and Archives Canada website.
FAMILY 2: Kari Jacobsdatter, husband Erik Christiansen, son Jacob, and daughters Anne, Ingeborg, Elise, Kari, Mari, Marthe, and Randine, left Smedshammereiet tenant farm for America around May 2, 1878. Their eldest son, 21-year-old Christian Eriksen, already had sailed to America with the family of his uncle, Niels Jacobsen, aboard the Pontecorvo in 1874. After saying farewell to friends and neighbors in Gran, Erik and Kari Christiansen took their eight children to beautiful Christiania harbor. Ocean travel had changed dramatically since the mid-1860s. Steamships had begun to replace sailing ships, cutting the trip from a couple months to less than a couple weeks. The family first boarded a Wilson Line steamship called the Angelo, which left Christiania on May 17, 1874. This relatively small vessel transported them to the port of Hull, on England's eastern coastline. With bags and trunks safely transferred, they soon boarded a steam-engine train that chugged across the English countryside to the Liverpool harbor. Their belongings next were stowed aboard the Indiana, a large American Line steamer. The ship, captained by R. W. Sargent, left Liverpool on May 29th and arrived at Philadelphia harbor on June 10th – a marked departure from the nerve-wracking oddyssey their son Christian had endured aboard the iceberg-damaged Pontecorvo. The Christiansens made their way by rail to Albert Lea, Minnesota, where they joined their son and several of Erik's and Kari's siblings.
Erik and Kari lived only briefly in Freeborn County, Minnesota, according to her obituary. The family moved by ox cart prior to June 1880 to Bear Park in Norman County, Minnesota. At the time, this area was still a part of Polk County. Shortly thereafter, they began using the surname, Milsten. Erik and Kari (Carrie) Milsten homesteaded and farmed at Bear Park for many years, before retiring in the nearby village of Gary in Strand Township. They remained there until about 1907, when for health reasons they moved several miles north to live with their daughter, Kari Garden, in adjacent Sundahl Township. At the time of her death at Sundahl on September 18, 1912, Kari Jacobsdatter Milsten was 83 years of age. Her 89-year-old husband passed away in the same place on May 17, 1916.
1. Emigration Record; Digitised Parish Records,"Individual nos. 42-51: Erik Christiansen Smedshammereiet, b. 1826; Kari Jacobsdatter, b. 1829; with children: Jacob Eriksen, b. 1858; Anne Eriksdatter, b. 1855; Ingeborg Eriksdatter, b. 1860; Elise Eriksdatter, b. 1863; Kari Eriksdatter, b. 1865; Mari Eriksdatter, b. 1868; Marthe Eriksdatter, b. 1871; and Randine Eriksdatter, b. 1873; Left for Amerika; Attest: 2 May 1878," Page 91 of original documents; Gran 1875-1879; Digitalarkivet; Archives of Norway.
2. Emigranter fra Oslo 1867-1930, "Passengers 44677-44686: Erik Christiansen (m; gift; arbeider, 50); Mari (sic - Kari) Christiansen (47; f; gift); with 8 Christiansen children (all ugift): Jacob (20); Anna (22); Ingeborg (18); Elise (14); Mari (sic - Kari) (11); Marie (9); Marthe (6); Randine (3); [notes for all: Bustad: Gran prestegjeld, Hadeland; Reisemål: Albert Lea, MN]; Ship: Angelo [a small, Wilson Line steamship which takes passengers to Hull, England, for transfer to a larger, trans-Atlantic steamship]; Date: 17 May 1878," Digitalarkivet; Archives of Norway.
3. Philadelphia Passenger Lists: 1800-1945, "Eric Christiansen (50; male; farmer) with wife Kari Christiansen (47) and children: Jacob (20); Anna (22); Ingeborg (18); Elise (14); Kari (11); Maria (9); Martha (6); and Randi (3); Ship: Indiana (American Line); Departed: Liverpool, 29 May 1878; Arrived: Philadelphia, 10 Jun 1878; Capt. R. W. Sargent; [note: all members of family incorrectly identified as from Sweden]," Image 5/24 at Ancestry.com;
If you have more information on these families, please feel free to respond here. Thanks.
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Posted: 13 Jun 2010 2:49AM GMT
Skrivseth Sletmoen Hamre Turli Landmoen Sletmoen Svinningseiet Withe
This is fantastic, my grandfather Leiner Theodore Skrivseth wrote a letter describing his mother's trip across the Atlantic. She was Anne Berg Sletmoen and the details of the trip are just as you describe. If you wish I will send a transcription from my grandfather's letter, as he died in approximately 1978. There are many Skrivseths in the USA, and Anne Berg Sletmoen married Tore Skrivseth. Thank you so much for sharing your information, I was wondering how to trace ancestry back to part of the family that came fomr the area of Gran. The Skrivseth side came from near Surnadal, on a fjord that is connected to Hals Fjord, between Kristiansund and Trondheim. Best regards, Ken great grandson of Anne Sletmoen from Svinningseiet.
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Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:10PM GMT
The parish church records are the best resource for finding ancestral information in the Gran, Oppland area just a little north of the city of Oslo/Kristiania.
Surnadal district/parish is in Møre og Romsdal on the west coast of Norway.
The Digitalarkivet web site has been adding scanned images of the original Norwegian parish church records for anyone with Internet access since November 2005.
The Digitalarkivet web site -
An English option is available by clicking on that word from either the left hand column or the blue link bar along the bottom of the homepage.
The scanned images are available from the homepage link "Skanna kyrkjebøker" [Norwegian version]/"Digitised parish records" [English version] which is listed along the left hand column and from the blue banner of links along the top section of the homepage.
After you've clicked on that link and a new main page has presented on the screen be sure and read the instructions that are available from the Digitalarkivet for navigating the scanned records. The instructions are available in Bokmål (official Norwegian), Nyorsk (Norwegian), Davvisámegiella (Saami), and English.
Recommended basic reading are the "Startsiden" [Norwegian version]/"Main page" [English version], "Brukerveiledning" [Norwegian version]/"User's guide" [English version] and "Om tjenesten" [Norwegian version]/"About this service" [English version].
Good information about translating the formats of Norwegian parish church records during various time periods, many of the basic terms used and understanding how to use the information should be studied at this web site -
Good basics to study for Norwegian ancestral research -
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Posted: 13 Jun 2010 3:01PM GMT
Glad you found the information useful, Ken. "Thoraway" is always a most helpful and kind researcher, and I completely agree with him. All of my research (aside from two trips to Norway) has been done since 2006 using Digitalarkivet. Don't be afraid to try it using Thoraway's tips! I'd love to see the transcription of your grandfather's letter. By the way, was your Anne Sletmoen from Sviningseiet born 12 Apr 1850? If so, her father was Nils Jacobson Sletmoen of Logan, Traill, North Dakota. I have never found the death date/place for your Anne Sletmoen Skrivseth. Most importantly, I do not know the death date/place for her father Nils Jacobson Sletmoen (brother of my great-great grandmother, Rangdi Jacobsdatter Melquist). I know Nils died around 1900, and I assume it was at the family farm in Logan, Traill County. Can you provide information and sources? Thanks.
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Posted: 14 Jun 2010 6:32PM GMT
Sletmoen, Skrivseth
Thanks Jan. I have made two trips to Norway also and have been to Statsarkivet's in Bergen, Kongsberg and Trondheim chasing down other sides of the family (Turli & Hamre, Stenseth and Skrøvset respectively) and have enjoyed it very much, and made great headway with inventive searches online also. Have not used the Digitalarkivet resource much but will give it a go, especially with "Thoraway's" and your joint recommendations.
I am showing Anne's year of death 1902, she died young and I think the grave will be in North Dakota as you suspect but I have not verified that. I'm referring to Skrivseth family genealogy books that includes some family tree info that goes a good ways back. My great grandfather Tore Larson Skrivseth was born the same year as Anne and lived until 1934, and is buried in Saum, Minnesota. I will find my grandfather Leiner's letter transcript in a few days and post it here unless you wish to have it a different way.
Best wishes,
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Posted: 14 Jun 2010 6:37PM GMT
Jan that was me sending the last post. Didn't realize I was logged in with my wife's handle - Sorry for any confusion!
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Posted: 15 Jun 2010 12:42AM GMT
Yes Ken,
Please post Leiner's letter here.
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Posted: 15 Jun 2010 3:02PM GMT
Sletmoen Skrivseth
Hello Jan I found the transcription. There are some discrepancies in the info I have. For one thing they show Anna being born in 1860 and for another thing they show the ship coming into America - so we are not 100% certain these families are one and the same but a lot of time passed between the crossing and the telling, if you know what I mean, and Anna died in 1902. I have some other text but have to get permission from the writer to send it. In any case, here is the transcription. I also have some poor copies of photos of Anna and her parents, and could send that to you by email and if you have pictures also, that might cinch the connection for sure.
Transcription, Letter from Leiner Theodore Skrivseth to granddaughter Esther Ann Skrivseth Powell in 1963, while Esther was in college. This was probably for a project in one of her classes. Leiner was the son of Tore Larson Skrivseth and Anna Berg Sletmoen and was born in North Dakota in 1884 I think.
Missoula, Montana
November 3, 1963
Dear Esther Ann,
Will try to answer your question of early days. That I can remember.
Mother (Anna), your great grandmother, came to America just after the revolution [ed. Note: refers probably to the Civil War in the USA]. They were on the last sailing ship that came direct to America with passengers only, direct from Norway to the USA.
On the way over they ran into an iceberg, and broke every mast off at the base, lost all their power to navigate. Half of the passengers were picked up by a coal freighter, Mother was one of them. The freighter had not enough food nor water to feed the passengers, so quite a few did not make it. The only water they had towards the last was drippings from the ropes and cables that held the masts.
They arrived in new York either three or six months after leaving Norway (I do not remember the three or six, but I think the six is correct). On arriving to New York, the sailing ship arrived at the same time as the coal freighter. They had repaired the old masts and sails and arrived safely.
Father and mother were married in Albert Lea Minnesota and a year later they moved in a covered wagon to North Dakota about 1878 or 1879.
Part of the country was at that time settled and covered wagon people were able at times to buy supplies, but at other times the settlers had not the supplies to sell. They ran out of hay for the horses and could not buy any from the settlers that would sell.
Father at last found a settler that would sell, and told him he could have all he could carry for thirty-five cents. He had a rope sling, and roped in enough to last the horses for a few days. He wanted to pay the settler more, but he said he had made a vow to not charge more than thirty-five cents as he was in the same predicament when coming over in a covered wagon.
In the early days they settled on the Buffalo Country, the land was covered with buffalo bones. Buffalo killed by the white for the sake of a couple of dollars for the hides. This left the Indians with out any means of a living, so they had to beg for a hand out and if you helped them, they would not want to quit, and would come in groups, as they were hungry. One can not blame the Indians, as the White Men killed their cattle (buffaloes) and stole their land. This was hardship on the settlers and also the Indians.
One of our neighbors ran out of flour so had to go to the flour mill at Caledonia, a mill run by water power on the Red River, twenty miles away. It was a lot of snow and no roads so had to use skis. He left early and came back the same day with 100 lbs. of flour carrying the 100 lbs. on his back with out taking it off to rest.
The old settlers did not all have a watch or alarm clock that would work, and Father was one of them. We got our wood from the Goos(?) River, thirteen miles away. My grandfather [ed. note: Lars Larson Skrivseth] lived half ways between, or seven miles on the way. So in the fall of the year they would get their year's wood supply. So Father got up early to make the twenty-six mile round trip in a day, and arrived at grandfather's place at 2:00AM. (If he had left home at 4:00 he would have made it in time, which he intended to do).
I hope you can make this out.
All for now,
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