Living on a piece of property with a fairly big yard, I've never really had much trouble dealing with my compost. Sure I go through a ton of cores, rinds and peels, but with a bunch of large composting units out back, there's always been somewhere to put it. For those out there who live in apartments or condos, composting might be a bigger hassle. The idea of indoor composting doesn't sound too appealing. That's just common sense, right?
The other day I stumbled across an interesting website. After watching a short video clip, I started to wonder if indoor composting might be a viable option after all. The video is quick -- only about 2 minutes long. Take a peek for yourself if you're interested.
To be clear, I'm not reviewing NatureMill's product. I've never seen one in person and certainly haven't experienced using one. The idea does seem intriguing, however. As the video mentions, food wastes constitute a huge portion of today's landfill waste and this can certainly be avoided. It would sure be nice to eventually have some form of urban composting become the norm.


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Ghosts Of Steamboat Springs
Rufus of the Royal Hotel
Haunted hotel finds new life in Bill and Kris Ager
********Source of this information: the Routt County & Steamboat Springs Community and information Center.
By Danie Harrelson, Staff Reporter to the Steamboat/Pilot Steamboat Today
(YAMPA )
Before Kris Ager heard the folklore, she heard the footsteps. When she and her husband, Bill, purchased the
historic Royal Hotel about 18 months ago, they knew little about its fabled ghost. But sometimes, experience is the
best teacher. Renovation and some restoration began immediately on the interior of the century-old building after
the Agers acquired it in August 2000. Kris Ager spent many days sprucing up the guest rooms on the second floor.
As she cleaned upstairs one day, Ager said, she heard the sound of footsteps coming down the hall.
The sound echoed more distinctly, she said, because she had not yet placed runners along the wooden floors. The
footsteps stopped suddenly behind Ager, who said she turned around to find no one there. "It made the hair on the
back of my neck stand on end," she said. She thought her husband might be upstairs, she said, but Bill Ager was at
work below with a few other men. Kris Ager was the only person upstairs. It was not long after her experience that
she learned about the ghost who reportedly makes his home at the Royal Hotel. Rufus has supposedly haunted the
hotel since 1918. Stories report he died during a flu epidemic in Yampa when the Royal Hotel provided a makeshift
infirmary for patients.
Another tale paints Rufus as a gambler who suffered a fatal gunshot or stab wound after people saw him cheating
during a poker game. The playful spirit reportedly pushes furniture, turns lights on and off and flushes toilets. Her
supposed run-in with the hotel's oldest resident convinced her of his existence, she said. "I'm not a believer until it
happens to me," Kris Ager said. "This made a believer out of me."
The couple continues to work on bringing the historical building back to life, despite the rumors and accounts of
occasional visitors. The Royal Hotel, built by Thomas P. Lindsay in 1906, remains noticeably unchanged, despite
the effects of time and mishaps on neighboring properties along Yampa's main streets. "It's one of the last buildings
that didn't burn down," Bill Ager said. The building requires significant foundational work and the second floor rooms
lack any kind of heating system. Both are projects that take time, money and energy — requirements the new
owners said they don't mind filling.
The hotel's false front represents the character of buildings in that historical era, said local historian Paul
Bonnefield. People in town took advantage of the false fronts to promote Yampa to potential investors, he said.
"They used it to make their town appear wealthy," Bonnefield said. Before they purchased the building, Bill Ager
said, the land on which it stands might have been worth more than the building. He intends to honor the hotel's
original interior as best he can, he said, because the building merits preservation.
People can easily tear down old buildings in the interest of replacing them with something nicer and newer, he said,
but so much history is lost in the process. In the meantime, Kris Ager continues to work on refurbishing the upstairs
rooms so they can eventually offer guests a small glimpse of the Old West. And she said she'll keep her ears
primed, in case Rufus happens to pay her a second visit. "I kind of want to hear them again," she said.
The Royal ghosts of Yampa
Guests report strange encounters in South Routt hotel
By Nick Foster, Staff Reporter
Frank Powell felt something on the edge of his bed while he was almost asleep one night at the Royal Hotel in
Yampa. As soon as he sat up to see what it was, he felt the bed "lift up," as if someone who was sitting there got up.
"I know it sounds like the classic ghost story," said Powell, a Longmont resident, recalling an experience he had
while staying at the Royal in 2000. "I didn't see any lights or faces or anything, but I felt something.
"It didn't bother me. It was an adrenaline rush more than anything. But nobody told me nothing about no ghosts."
Legend has it the Royal is haunted by a ghost named "Rufus," dating back to 1918. Some say Rufus' room is No. 6,
and others say it is room No. 7.
The rooms are right across from each other at the end of the hall, and most reported encounters come from that
According to old newspaper articles, some have said Rufus died from a flu epidemic when the hotel was used as an
infirmary. Others have said gamblers killed him when he was caught cheating in a poker game.
But Powell doesn't think the ghost he encountered was Rufus. He told his buddies it was a woman. Others back that
story, too; one woman says the hotel is inhabited by two ghosts -- a man and a woman.
Kathi Vandegriss, of Strasburg, Pa., was staying in the Royal last summer. In her two-month stay there, she heard
footsteps and slamming doors a few times, but actually saw the female ghost "several times."
Vandegriss described the ghost as "very young and very pretty."
"She was always in a hurry," she said. "It was always strange to me, but I wasn't afraid. I don't talk about it a lot,
because most people will think you're crazy. But it doesn't matter what people say to me; I know what I saw."
Though most describe their encounters as non-threatening, others have been deeply frightened.
Powell wasn't upset with the owners for not telling him about the ghost, but a truck driver and his wife who were
visiting a few years ago got upset after their supernatural encounter, Royal Hotel owners Kris and Bill Ager said.
The couple had brought a portable television and was using it as a nightlight while they got ready for bed in room
No. 6. Suddenly, the Television went off, even though the power was still on.
The husband turned the television back on and, seconds later, it turned off again. The third time was the breaking
He and his wife packed their things and walked downstairs.
"I'm not into this," the man told Kris Ager. "This isn't cool."
The man and his wife didn't even ask for their money back. They kept walking, got in their truck and drove away.
The hotel's owners have had some unexplainable experiences themselves.
When they purchased the hotel in August 2000, Kris was upstairs caulking the doorway of the mysterious No. 6
when she heard someone coming up the stairs and down the hall toward her.
It sounded like cowboy boots on the wooden floors, she said. When the footsteps came right up to her, she turned
and looked out the doorway. No one was there.
"It was a weird feeling, to say the least," Kris Ager said. "I used to not believe in ghosts, but ever since then, I'm a
believer."
She didn't know it was haunted at the time. A week later, former owner Linda Kelley told her about the ghost.
"Since then, I've stayed in No. 6 to see if anything would happen," Ager said. "I wish it would happen again."
Ager has not had any other experiences with ghosts. Her personal theory is that since Rufus is supposed to be
friendly and he scared her, he doesn't want to scare her anymore.
Bill Ager has heard other things that make him believe one of the ghosts had a dog. He has heard the distinctive
sound of paws running. Thinking it was his dog, he would call and go looking for him, only to discover nothing was
Some have tried to see the ghost through séances during the 1960s, Kris Ager said, but Vandegriss said the ghosts
only appear to people who are not expecting it.
From The Steamboat Pilot
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Royal Hotel in Yampa , Colorado- Built in 1906
Picture: Royal Hotel with band about 1912-13 Band arranged by George Gumprecht and Jerry Reams
"The Royal Hotel is a rectangular two-story building. The façade has two entrances on the ground floor. One door
on the west side is for the Liquor Store. The entrance on the east side leads to the rooms and the bar. The second
story has sash windows. The second story is where the guest chambers are. From the rooms there are eight
openings to the balcony. The second opening on the west side is a door, and the second opening on the east side
is a door. Nine support columns are holding up the balcony.
The roof is at a slant on the west side of the building. The siding of the Royal Hotel is a flat lap siding. On the west
side of the Royal there are four windows and one door. There is a staircase leading up to the door. The first story
has held a variety of businesses over the years.
The Royal Hotel was owned and run by T. P Lindsay and was built in 1906 as a elegant hostelry for sportsmen. The
lower floor was converted into a drugstore and the upstairs contained the hotel rooms. Under the management of
Mr. And Mrs. H. W. Green. The Royal Hotel was one of the largest hotels in Routt County, and it was built at the
peak of the need for new hotels.
In 1923 the Royal Hotel changed hands to Mr. And Mrs. Greg Huffman who leased the hotel and café out. It
changed hands once more 1929 to Mr. And Mrs. Bower; Mr. Bower was a hotel manager with more then 20 years of
In 1927 the Royal had the best accommodations at the most reasonably priced. In 1947 Mr. And Mrs. Mohr Bought
the Royal Hotel. Under the management of the Mohr's the hotel flourished. Today Bill and Chris Ager who have
spruced it up own the hotel. There has long been a legend that a ghost named Rufus haunts the hotel.
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Ghosts in the Depot - Restless Spirits
By Ruth Willett Lanza, courtesy of the Steamboat Magazine, Winter/Spring '98-99
Were they the spirits of fallen Ute warriors or the tortured souls of Arapaho captives tossed into the hot springs
during the early 1800's? Perhaps a theater company passed through Steamboat Springs at the turn of the
century on one of the first passenger trains, leaving thespian ghosts trapped in the depot. Or maybe the ghost
of an early station master, who disapproved of theater people, paces back and forth in the dusty basement.
And who is the lost child?
Many theories have been posed by people who swear that restless spirits inhabit the stately rail station in
Steamboat. Passenger trains stopped running through the old cowboy town years ago, and the building lay
abandoned to its cobwebs and shadowy spirits for a long spell.
Then in 1973, the arts council began hosting community activities in the cavernous relic. Once again, the
depot hummed with life—art shows, writers' workshops, ballet and theater. Under the direction of the late
Eleanor Bliss, the sturdy, old, brick structure underwent renovation and was placed on the National Register of
Historic Buildings.
Evidently, the restoration project and the arrival of the Steamboat Repertory Theater in 1979 awakened the
sleeping spirits. Members of the new acting company became aware of the shadowy specters soon after their
arrival from New York, Minneapolis, Denver and Los Angeles. Within days, they sensed they were not alone in
the basement dressing room.
During a rehearsal for the company's production of "Jessie and the Bandit", SRT administrator Marcia
Fitzpatrick was sitting in the booth in the back of the theater with technician David Gray. The actors were
reciting their lines on stage when the lights began to flicker. They grew dimmer then brighter. Try as hard as
they could, Marcia and David couldn't control the rheostat.
Then for no apparent reason, the iron weights that hung from a chain below the booth began to clang
together. They clanked again and again, resounding across the theater. This continued until the director
called out, "For God's sake, what are you doing to the lights?"
When Marcia climbed down to investigate, no one was there. She stood motionless, disbelieving, watching the
iron weights slam together—stop—then crash together again, with no visible force moving them. A chill crept
up her spine and when she reported what had happened, the unnerved cast voted to cancel rehearsal for the
rest of the day.
The theater company's decision to build a tunnel under the baggage room resulted in more inexplicable
mysteries. The passageway was designed to lead to a comfortable Green Room that could be accessed via
trapdoor from the stage or from outside. From the day the excavation began, the ghostly spirits became even
more lively.
Set designer Michael Duran and his crew often worked into the early morning hours. Several times, they
reported hearing a child crying in the lobby. Yet when they went to investigate, they found the room empty.
Late one night a crew member went into the darkened lobby and lay down on the couch to take a short nap.
He was awakened by the insistent rattling of the double doors leading to the parking lot.
"Who's there?" he called out.
No one answered. Even though it was a still night, the doors continued rattling as though someone or
something was trying to force them open. By now wide awake, John ran back to the baggage room, where the
rest of the crew was working.
Shortly after that, they heard footsteps on the risers and turned to see who had come into the theater. The bat-
wing doors that separated the lobby from the baggage room were swinging back and forth, back and forth. But
as usual, they saw no one.
David Gray may have experienced the most hair-raising encounter with the restless spirits. One evening, after
an especially good rehearsal, the cast and crew adjourned to the old Brandywine restaurant. They left David in
the basement Green Room to finish up his project. He agreed to join them later.
When David's work was done, he climbed up the ladder through the trapdoor that opened onto the stage. As
he shut it and started to fasten the padlock, he felt someone knocking on the underside. He knew no one was
in the basement of the Green Room. So who could be pounding on the trapdoor?
He held the square plank down with all of his strength while someone underneath tried to push it up.
Remembering the other tales he had heard of ghostly visits and recalling the trouble with the rheostat, David
grew faint. His hands shook as he forced the padlock closed. He jumped off the stage and ran across the
baggage room, taking the risers two at a time. He flew through the swinging doors into the lobby. As he was
unlocking the double doors to let himself out, he heard the bat-wing doors swinging back and forth behind him.
He yanked the outside door open and stepped into the night, hurriedly pulling the door closed behind him.
When he turned the lock, he felt someone from inside yanking on the door, trying to force it open.
He darted out onto the bridge that spanned the Yampa River. Panting for breath with cold sweat beading on
his brow, he ran the five blocks to the Brandywine restaurant without looking back.
When he came skidding to a stop in the restaurant, he was as white as snow. Breathless, he related his
harrowing experience to all of them, between frantic gulps of beer.
They agreed that the depot was indeed haunted by more than one ghost, including a child. But who were
they? And why had the presence of the theater company stirred them up after at least fifty years of silence?
We'll probably never know. The repertory company disbanded shortly after that incident.
Perhaps the restless spirits of the old depot will remain silent, as they wait in the shadows—watching, watching,
forever watching.
Ruth Willet Lanza's work has appeared in western magazines, anthologies, and literary journals. Formerly of
Steamboat Springs, she now makes her home in Colorado Springs.
The phantom that dwells in the Tread of Pioneers
No self-respecting museum would be complete without a ghost.
The phantom that dwells among the artifacts at the Tread of Pioneers Museum seems to have a curiosity
about change and makes visits either day or night. Three of the ghostly events have happened during the
daylight hours: there might be the opportunity for many more night time calls, but seldom is anyone in the
museum working alone during those hours of darkness. In all of the ghostly encounters, there has been one
person working to cause some type of change to the physical appearance of a room. And in each of the visits,
the ghost just seems to be checking out the disturbance of change.
Written by Jayne Hill
The Morning Visitor
The Vacuum Cleaner Story
The Footsteps
The Night Visitor
Would you like to meet the Ghost?
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One bright summer morning, I was the only other person in the museum besides the director who was working
in her upstairs office. Deeply engrossed in hanging a display to tell our visitors about the life of Doc Utterback,
I was working with several small pictures and items. It was necessary to figure out placement, hang the item,
and then be sure everything was level and secure.
I was focused on that wall, and paying little attention to the area around me. I was aware, however, that
somebody or something entered the room, paused in the corner, then continued down the connecting hallway
to the main gallery. Thinking it was the museum director just passing through and checking my progress, I did
not speak or turn for a direct look. I was only aware of a gray shadow and something sharing my space in the
small area.
Less than 10 minutes later, the door opened behind me, and the museum director entered. Startled, I asked
her how she had come in that door after passing behind me to the main gallery just minutes before. She said
she had not been at the museum for the last hour, but had left by the front door to attend a meeting at the Arts
Council Depot and was just returning by the back door. Together we searched the main gallery and adjacent
house, but found no trace of anyone else in the buildings.
A couple of years ago, a volunteer was doing in depth cleaning in an upstairs room of the main museum
house. He was dusting and rearranging artifacts that were being used to tell the story of the Native Americans
in the West. After carefully completing the display, the helper brought the vacuum to clean the floor. Although
the vacuum is used routinely in that area for regular cleaning without problems, it would not operate properly in
the newly arranged room. It was not as though there was a short in the electrical system, but more as if
someone else was operating the machine. Every time the worker switched the vacuum on, something switched
it off.
The volunteer paused to study the strange behavior of the machine, then felt the strong presence of someone
watching him in the room. Looking around, and seeing no one, he tried again, but the machine would not
operate. With goosebumps of fear, he hurriedly left the room, and did not return.
The vacuum is still being used to clean the museum, and has not produced the same unpredictable operation
since.
More recently, one of the staff members was putting up a new exhibit in our Foundations of Steamboat room in
the same upstairs area of the old house. This room houses changing displays that honor families who have
had an influence on the history of Steamboat Springs. As the curator hammered away hanging pictures and
documents, she heard very distinct footsteps coming up the adjoining staircase. The steps came to the top of
the stairs, and she anticipated someone entering the room to talk to her. Instead she only felt the presence of
something in the room watching her. Quickly, she left the room and exited downstairs. She brought another
staff member upstairs with her, but there was no one else on that level of the house.
The only night time encounter with the museum poltergeist was by a painter working late to complete a redo of
the same upstairs area. It was nearly 11:00 p.m., and the painter had been alone in the museum for several
hours. He was nearly finished with the job when he heard someone coming up the stairs. Each step was clearly
audible and coming closer. The painter called out, but no answer. Again he called, and then with the hair
standing straight out on his neck, he made a run for the stairs, willing to confront what ever was using the
same entry. The next morning, the museum director came to work and went to check on the newly painted
area. There she found a ladder, paint tray, roller and brush--- and a nearly completed paint job. She called the
painter, asking why the job had been abandoned. He told her his story, and said he would not be back to finish
the last wall. He did not want to enter the house, even to retrieve his ladder. He has not been a visitor at the
museum since.
If you would like to meet the museum ghost, it can probably be arranged. It would be best if it was a night visit,
and you must come alone. Of course, you will need to wear your work clothes, because the phantom seems to
only want to observe as you make changes and improvements in the museum.
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The Ghost of Laura Monson
The ghost of Laura Monson has a lot more room to roam around since her historic old home at Ninth and Oak
was remodeled and added onto two years ago.
First built in 1904, the building is reputed to be haunted...
Please let us know if you have any stories you'd like to share!
Contact us at:information@yampavalley.info.
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The Watchful Settler
In a house at 927 Oak Street in Steamboat Springs built in the late 1800's there lived and maybe lives still what
might still be an early Yampa Valley Settler.
He seems to be a friendly ghost and comes around often just to be sure everything is going OK.
In a story told by Steve Elkins whose family moved into the house in the late 1940's, the spirit that may still call
this house home usually walked the stairways and halls later in the evening.
"The door would never slam, and it seemed like he came out of the trap door in the floor or a hole in the
basement. Sometimes we thought that he came in from the warehouse where the City Café is now located in
the new Centennial Hall."
He would come in from the back of the house by the living room and very consistently stop on the main floor to
scan the room, checking to see if everything was OK. The creaky footsteps could be heard on the narrow
stairway that one went up about ¾ of the way and then turned to the landing on the second floor. Steve knew
every step on the stairway and the specific sound that represented that spot in the path. The pattern was
always the same, creaky footsteps on the stairs, a pause on the landing, and a few more steps to the top of
the stairs. When on the second floor, the first stop was his sisters bedroom on the right. Another pause,
checking to see if all was well. Then down the hall to check to see if the others were settled in. The creaking
always ended down the hallway at his sister Vickie's room.
At times, it seemed as if someone was just standing and looking at you, which was really a scary thing for a kid.
Everyone in the house, Steve, his 4 sisters and Mom and Dad all frequently experienced the presence of the
friendly spirit, maybe as many as 3 to 4 times a week. Even in returning to the house as an adult the visits
continued and the family just learned to live with the phoniminia. Just watching and checking to see that things
are kept in order.
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The Back Door
Lucy Bogue, a friend of Mrs. Elkins once gave her a model of the stairway with a ghost making its way up the
stairs. In 1964 there was a fire in the back room of the house burning the kitchen, the sister Marvine's room
and a big hole in the felt board wall. The Settler must have been smoked out for a while as some time went by
without hearing the spirit.
In learning more about the story, we visited with the City of Steamboat staff now working in the building. One of
the employees, intently listening to Steve's story, whether it was a sence of confirmation or more of concern,
had recently when working late at night, heard the sound of footsteps creaking, and a strange presence of
something in the room. The hair stood up on the back of his neck and he described almost an identical
experience to the story Mr. Elkins told of his near nightly experiences years ago.
The Carver Power Plant
And then there was the story of the spirt in the Carver Power Plant, an adjoining building. The energy in this
building had been felt for some time, but different from the feeling in the old house next door.
Is it the energy that was present as part of what was being produced in the building or is it another spirit? Is
this spirit good or is there evil lurking?
Spirits of Perry-Mansfield
Portia Mansfield was a calm, easy going flighty, singing happy dancer. Charlotte Perry portraying many of the
opposite of these traits, was well remembered as the intense, tall and thin redhead. Helen Smith the third of the
three friends was the quiet brain of the group.
The times and experiences of those who knew them are precious. The spirits of these three wonderful women
and others are all over the camp and have been seen often since their deaths. The stories are told by many
who have seen them....
This photo was taken in the Fall of 2002. Some say it's a glare from the sun as the photo is taken looking over
the Equestrian Center through the woods to Cabeen. Others say it's Charlotte getting into the picture to let us
know she is there watching over the camp.
Little Ballet Studio
Charlotte Perry (Kingo)
The Autumn Dancers
Among the 62 buildings on the 72 acre Perry-Mansfield Campus, Little Ballet was one of the favorites of Portia
and Charlotte. The building sits up on the hill over the costume design studio. Many people have heard the
piano playing and have seen the two of them dancing in the evening moonlight. After being compelled to go up
the stairs to the dance theatre, only to find there is no one at the piano, there is no one dancing. Down the
stairs again, to hear the faint sound again of the piano playing!
Although no one knows if it's really true or not, many say they have seen the ghost of the young beautiful New
York girl named Eve who was said to have died back by the Beaver Pond toward the back of the property.
As this long told camp story goes ….
Kingo (Charlotte Perry) would frequently recruit young talented dancers from New York where she stayed in
the winters. One year a young woman named Eve was invited to come to Steamboat to Perry-Mansfield for the
summer along with her handsome boyfriend, who we believe was called Tom. She was a dancer and he was in
the theatre. The young couple was very much in love.
As the summer went on, a young beautiful evil girl from California came to camp and stole Tom's attention
away from Eve. They had an affair. Tom felt very guilty and the evil girl told him that if he didn't break up with
Eve she would tell the whole camp about his unfaithfulness.
Tom decided he should take Eve on a walk back by the beaver pond. He told her what he had done and she
became hysterical. To calm her, he slapped her across the face and she fell to the ground hitting her head on
a rock. He, assuming she was dead and not knowing what to do, threw her into the beaver pond.
No one ever knew exactly what happened as he went totally insane and was admitted to an institution. They
searched for Eve's body and never found it.
This part for sure is true… even today ...and many have seen her..if you walk down to the beaver pond at dusk
and call to Eve.
"Eve come up from the pond. Your spirit is not dead", she will rise from the pond to respond to the calling.
"It's definitely a good ghost story," says Rusty as she tells of her encounter with Kingo. She's in the trees, she's
in the leaves, the buildings. There is nothing bad. She's watching over everyone.
Some time, not too long ago, Rusty, who was teaching theatre at the camp and the maintenance man named
Phil were sitting in the evening in a cabin on the Perry-Mansfield campus named Cabeen. This is an old cabin
formerly owned by Charlotte Perry's sister, Magorie Perry. They were reading Tarot Cards and asking each
At one point, Rusty, asked a question about Charlotte. At that moment a little grey mouse ran out from one
side of the fireplace and walked across to the other side.
A few more questions were asked then another question came concerning Charlotte. Again the little mouse
came out and walked across the front of the fireplace as if to say – I'm here.
Phil and Rusty, a little puzzled, switched the topic of the questions. Each time they returned to a question about
Charlotte, the mouse would appear without one exception. Hours and many questions later they were
convinced without doubt that her spirit was there.
It was peaceful, nothing scary. There was no fire in the fireplace, it was a wonderful evening!
There are frequently sightings by many different residents of the camp. In September of 2002, the camp
caretaker was out feeding the horses late at night. He was walking in behind Louis Horst studio calling for the
horses. He could hear laughter and music inside Louis - when he approached he noticed the lights were on
inside. The music subsided when he got right next to the building - but when he walked a short distance away it
started up again and he could hear feet pounding the floor and laughter again. Louis Horst was the first
building on camp to be locked up for the winter, the doors are screwed shut. No one has been in it since the
last week of August!
The Film Ghost at the Chief Plaza
Alex of Steamboat Springs provided the following "ghost story"... (THANKS ALEX!)
If you have more to add about the "Chief Plaza Ghost", please email: information@yampavalley.info.
There is a bit of a poltergiest in the Chief Plaza Theatre, Downtown.
Really only the people who work there know about all this. You may hear stories all the time about people who
are closing late at night--when they reach the door, and turn everything off, all the lights come back on and the
projectors start turning again, which is quite irritating. The ghost mostly hangs out in theatre 3, which is the one
directly to the right of the concessions stand.
I can tell you that personally it is really creepy cleaning that theatre after a showing, not at all like the other
theatres, and the lights often flicker off and on in unusual patterns when I'm cleaning.
From what I gather, the ghost is probably the ghost of the origional owner of the theatre, back when it was one
big and fabulously adorned theatre, rather than four smaller ones.
Supposedly he was very dedicated to that place and loved it very much.
So there you go. Another ghost of Steamboat.
The Chief Plaza Cinema
Downtown Steamboat Springs
MovieLine: (970)879-0181
Owned by: Carmike Cinemas
Picture from http://www.rockymountainfun.com/
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The Catamount Heritage Cabin
The Heritage Cabin at Catamount Ranch: Catamount Ranch & Club preserved the Heritage Cabin and barn,
two buildings on the west side of their lake that are over a century old which can be rented out for events or
overnight stays.
The Harold Family homesteaded the ranch and property - and built the cabin in 1910.
But it was the Danver family- the cabin's next occupants- that experienced tragedy.
In 1918, the two little Danver girls succumbed to the flu emedemic. The children were buried on the property
Several visitors and staff members have reported hearing the girls playing, laughing, singing or dancing.
Inside the cabin, they can be heard throwing marbles on the upstairs floor or playing tricks on guests, turning
lights on and off.
www.catamountclub.com
Source: Colorado Ski County Media Center
Source: 5280 Magazine- October 2005 (p. 87)
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Superb article in the Steamboat Magazine!
Winter 2006: Yampa Living
by Gena Fischer
Downtown on Ninth Street there sits a house that dates back to 1904. Ask any old-timer about haunted houses
and this place is at the top of the list. The owner, Dr. Kernaghan, fell on hard times and sold the house to a
local banker who lived there for many years with his sister, Laura, a woman who never married and died in her
According to local legend, Laura lived happily in the house during the 1920s and '30s until she was seriously
injured in a car accident in Wyoming and returned home crippled by her injuries. Laura spent the rest of her
days sitting in her rocking chair and died in 1949. Some say she died in the house. Many say strange things
started happening in the house after Laura and Dr. Kernaghan were gone.
Glenn Jones was in sixth grade in 1967 when his family moved to Steamboat. "Steamboat was a pretty open-
door community back then," Glenn says. So when he and his dad came to town to check out a house on Ninth
for the family to rent, the owner warned them that the house was haunted and told the two to go ahead and
spend the night.
"It was snowing hard, but there was no wind," Glenn recalls. "In the middle of the night, the front door opened,
then shut, like someone had entered. My dad checked it out but there were no tracks in the snow. We thought
it was strange but didn't give it much thought."
Glenn's family moved into the house and Glenn enrolled in school. "I became known as the boy who lived in
the haunted house," Glenn says. "We just thought people were having fun with us because we were the new
family in town, asking us if we'd met Aunt Laura, the ghost." But Glenn and his family soon learned differently.
"We rented the house furnished. Living in the house, we soon noticed things would rearrange themselves,
vases and such, little changes that were barely noticeable. But then an old rocking chair started rocking by
itself. We figured we'd met the Aunt Laura everyone was talking about," Glenn says. "My friends all wanted to
come over and see the rocking chair rock, and sometimes it did. But it wasn't like the ghost would come out
and visit when everyone was around."
When Glenn's sister, Sally, invited friends over for a slumber party and a chance to see the chair rock, Glenn
decided to play a prank. "I tied fishing wire to the chair and planned to get up at 2 a.m. and rock the chair
myself. I thought it'd be fun to hear them scream. Unfortunately, that night I fell asleep and didn't wake up until
morning. When I got up, Sally showed me the fishing wire and yelled, 'Good job, Glenn. You didn't fool us when
you made the chair rock last night!' She wouldn't believe me when I honestly told her I didn't do it."
Glenn's family never saw Aunt Laura, but they all heard her. There were footsteps upstairs when nobody was
up there, and many nights at exactly 2:35 a.m., there would be a loud banging noise on the heating pipes,
even though back then there were no timers or controls. "A couple of times, the television would turn on while
the family was sleeping," Glenn says. "My dad would get mad at us for watching TV in the middle of the night
even though we hadn't."
Perhaps the strangest thing to happen involved an old phonograph. "The basement was the creepiest place in
the house, but I was a curious kid and I thought it was cool down there. It had a bunch of antiques and lots of
old stuff. My favorite was an old RCA phonograph that just wouldn't work. I spent literally hours trying to make
that thing play music, but it wouldn't. It would only turn a time or two around – never enough to make any
sound – so I finally gave up. A month later we all woke up to the sound of music coming from the basement.
The phonograph was playing by itself."
Mike Williams, a local painter who grew up in Steamboat, remembers the house well. "I was a friend of Glenn's,
and all us guys thought it was great fun to go over to his house and watch the rocking chair rock. We'd lie still
at the top of the stairs and spy down into the living room. I saw the chair rock several times. Once we saw the
cabinet doors in the kitchen open and shut by themselves. There was weird stuff that went on in that house."
Glenn's mom eventually put the rocking chair in the basement to calm her nerves.
In the 1970s, local attorney Mike Holloran and several partners purchased the house and turned it into offices.
Although Mike has not had any ghostly experiences himself, many of his secretaries have been spooked and,
according to Mike, "Nobody wants to work here after hours." Once a brother of one of the partners decided to
spend the night in the house, but showed up at his brother's doorstep well before dawn. Things seemed to
have calmed down since Mike gave the rocking chair away and remodeled the house.
The Rehder Building at 803 Lincoln Ave- which houses Antares Restaurant
Photo from the Steamboat Pilot
Another infamous Steamboat haunt, the Rehder building, was built around the same time as the Ninth Street
house. Originally known as the First National Bank Building, Harry Rehder purchased the house in 1937 after
the Great Depression forced the bank to go under. Harry's son, Henry, and his wife, Helen, inherited the
building and built an apartment on the second level, where they lived part-time until they died. Today that
apartment sits empty and is believed to be haunted.
"Oh, they're here," says Rocky LeBrun, an owner of Antares Restaurant, which occupies the back half of the
building. "We've named one of them Bennie, and there's another named Old Man Shaw. He died in the
apartment upstairs, and that's fact, not fiction." Rocky says there is also a lady ghost, who appeared one night
when a cook sat down to take a rest. "She looked over and there was this woman sitting next to her on the
couch, all dressed up in an old-fashioned dress."
One night Rocky was sitting at a table when the glasses in the bar started clanking together. Then there was a
loud thump on the bar. "I assumed it was Bennie," Rocky says. Most of the activity is up in the attic, where the
spirit of Old Man Shaw is believed to be. "There's a lot of banging that goes on up there," Rocky says, looking
towards the ceiling. "In fact, my ex-partner actually saw an entity in the attic. You get the chills up there. And
the dog goes nuts when he's in the attic, barking like crazy at something you can't see."
Amy Ruminsky, an employee at Into the West Gallery, which until recently occupied a front section of the
building, said it's not uncommon to hear strange noises or feel a presence in the upscale gallery.
"I was upstairs getting something for the store when I heard the sound of music, the kind you would hear
coming from an old-fashioned ice cream truck. I looked around but could not tell where it was coming from.
Then there were a couple of loud bangs and it was over," Amy recalls. Coincidentally, the building housed the
Gold Coin creamery in the 1930s. Now owned by the city, the Rehder Building will be preserved as a historic
monument as Helen Rehder requested and will house the new Steamboat Art Museum.
(Yampa) Rufus of the Royal Hotel
Local spirits aren't just within Steamboat's city limits. Just ask Kris Ager. Kris knew nothing about ghosts when
she and her husband, Bill, purchased the Royal Hotel in Yampa in August 2000. "I never knew this place was
haunted," Kris says. "But it didn't take long to figure it out. Right after we bought the hotel, I was upstairs late
one night caulking the doorway to room 6. No one else was around. I heard footsteps walking across the
wooden floor, which sounded a lot like cowboy boots – and they were coming closer and closer. Whoever it
was stopped right behind me. I turned around expecting to see my husband, but no one was there. The hair
stood straight up on the back of my neck and I ran downstairs as fast as I could."
A few days later Kris learned about Rufus, the legendary ghost of the Royal Hotel, who has been around
Yampa for so long that the community has even put on plays about him. According to local legend, Rufus died
either from a flu epidemic when the hotel was used as an infirmary or was shot dead when he was caught
cheating at a poker game. Regardless of his final event, Rufus has been spooking guests at the Royal since
"Doors slam when no one's around, and sometimes it smells like cigars," Kris says. "We've had guests leave in
the middle of the night." Rooms 6 and 7 seem to be where Rufus likes to hang out, although he's been inactive
lately. Kris says the only recent activity has been that Rufus likes to walk outside her office when she's by
herself, and he loves to play with the lock on room 6's door. "Sometimes you just cannot turn that knob, no
matter what," Kris says. "But other times you'll find the door wide open."
Many of our own neighbors are living with restless parts of history that just won't go away. But when you watch
that sunset over the Yampa Valley on one of those perfect winter days, can you blame the spirits for not
wanting to move on? Remember the Yampa Valley curse; once you visit here, you can never leave. Maybe the
curse is true for even those from beyond.
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How Tesla Evolved into Massive and successful company: From classic sports cars to cyber pickups, the evolution of Tesla cars
Business, Tech News / March 4, 2021 March 10, 2021
Tesla Electric Vehicle and Energy Company has a history of nearly 18 years, and the global vehicle delivery volume reached 499,500 units in 2020. But at the beginning of its operation, Tesla was just an unknown car company. How did it progress by leaps and bounds in the remaining years, achieving so many feats and milestones?
Although Tesla also produces and sells solar panels and energy storage equipment, its main business is still electric vehicles. We might as well understand the history of the company's rise from the evolution of Tesla Motors.
The launch of the first generation Roadster
AC Propulsion tzero then the fastest electric sports car. It was a great influence on Tesla's first electric vehicle program in the early days of 2003 is Tesla Roadster sports car. But for a new company founded by Silicon Valley engineers are still no small difficulty there was initially difficult to raise dealer networks and find initial customers. Musk joined Tesla in 2004 and served as chairman of the board, by leading a $ 7.5 million Series A round of financing.
Despite the capital investment, Roadster's research and development was still extremely difficult. Before developing a roadster-specific powertrain, they borrowed an AC Propulsion tzero as a test car and replaced the lead-acid AGM battery with a lithium battery, thereby increasing the mileage, reducing the weight of the car, and enhancing the distance the car can travel by 100 kilometers. This speeds up the performance. But Tesla was not satisfied with its motor and gearbox and redesigned it during the lengthy development time to create its own unique powertrain.
AC Propulsion tzero
In 2008, the first-generation Tesla Roadster, which was developed for five years, finally came out.
With the help of a lithium-ion battery pack, the car could travel 372 kilometers on a single charge.
The acceleration performance of 0-100 kilometers was also shortened to 3.9 seconds, and the top speed reached 125 miles per hour.
As the first model, until June 2009, only 500 + units of the first-generation Tesla Roadster were sold.
In July 2009, Tesla began to launch the 2010 Tesla Roadster 2.0.
The new model was equipped with a display to monitor real-time measurement vehicle data.
It had an upgraded motor to improve efficiency, and some adjustments had been made to the interiors.
In January 2012, Tesla officially terminated the production of the first-generation Roadster model and began to switch to the Model S sedan.
The second-generation Roadster/Tesla
In 2017, Tesla announced the second-generation Roadster priced at $200,000 and was supposed to start production in 2020.
This resurrected sports car model has an astonishing 1.9 seconds acceleration time from 0-100 kilometers,
Speed of 250 miles per hour,
Mileage of nearly 1,000 kilometers. But 2020 has passed, and we still haven't seen the shadow of the new generation Roadster.
Musk recently replied on Twitter that the second-generation Roadster will be launched in 2021 and mass production will begin next year in 2022.
Musk emphasized that the three-motor drive system and more advanced battery design are prerequisites for achieving such strong performance.
Model S Electric Vehicles
Elon Musk wrote in a 2006 blog that Tesla's main plan is to produce sports cars first and then use the money earned from the sports cars to produce more affordable electric cars. Then use the money earned to further reduce costs while achieving zero emissions at the same time. So after several rounds of investment and government loans, Tesla finally had enough capital to produce the first Model S.
Model S prototype exhibited in 2009/Tesla
Tesla's Model S has won many awards, such as the best-selling car in Norway in 2013 and the ultimate car of the year in "Auto Trend" magazine. Since the launch of the Model S, Tesla has provided customers with different battery specification options. At the beginning of the sale, the mileage was as short as 224 kilometers. By 2020, the upgraded version of Model S has a mileage of 647 kilometers.
In 2014, Tesla announced the Model S dual-motor all-wheel-drive version. This version used a dual-motor layout for the front and rear wheels. In the past, the rear axle was equipped with electric motors to achieve a four-wheel drive.
In the same year, Tesla also launched the Autopilot driver-assistance system on Model S. It is equipped with the following technologies for autopilot driver assist.
A camera provided by Mobileye on the top of the windshield
A forward-looking radar provided by Bosch on the lower grill,
Ultrasonic acoustic positioning on the front and rear bumpers.
The sensor provides a 360-degree buffer zone for the car.
In aid of this system, Model S can detect road signs, driveways, obstacles, and other vehicles, to achieve semi-autonomous driving and parking.
In 2016, Tesla launched Autopilot2.0 on Model S, adding an enhanced version of the car summoning function, allowing cars to drive from the parking lot to the owner's location under unmanned driving. Model S produced after August 2017 also added the sentinel node, which can sense and record suspicious activities around the car body.
Model X plaid/Tesla
In September 2020, Tesla began accepting pre-orders for the three-motor performance version of Model X Plaid, starting at nearly $120,000. It plans to start mass production in the fall of 2020, but the latest news points out that its delivery date has been postponed to the end of 2021.
Model X Plaid has a maximum mileage of 840 kilometers
A maximum speed of 200 miles per hour,
An acceleration time from 0-100 kilometers in less than 2 seconds.
Model X and Model Y enter SUV
Based on the design of the Model S, Tesla developed a medium-sized electric SUV Model X, which began delivery in September 2015. After nearly a year of sales, ModelX has ranked seventh in the sales list of new energy vehicles. Model X and Model S share approximately 30% of the components, and both are produced at Tesla's factory in Fremont, California.
The most eye-catching part of Model X is the eagle wing door design. Unlike gull-wing doors, the double-hinged eagle wing door opens in an upward folding manner, which does not take up too much space, so that you can freely enter and exit in narrow parking places.
The long-endurance version of Model X has reached a battery life of 580 kilometers and an acceleration time of 3.9 seconds to 100 kilometers.
In the future, Tesla will also launch a three-motor all-wheel-drive Model X Plaid to further improve acceleration performance and strive to be the fastest SUV.
Model Y/Tesla
In March 2019, Tesla released the compact SUV Model Y. As the company's fifth model, Model Y follows the Model 3 development platform, shares 75% of the components, and has similar designs in the interior and powertrain. This SUV also began to be sold in China this year, with a starting price of nearly 340,000 yuan.
Cheapest choice Model 3
In 2017, Tesla shortened the company's name from "Tesla Cars" to Tesla, and began selling its fourth model, the Model 3 sedan. This model will accept pre-orders in 2016, limited production will begin in mid-2017, and production will be increased in 2018. According to Robin Ren, Tesla's global vice president at the time, China is the second-largest market for Model 3, second only to the United States. After the completion of Tesla's Shanghai Super Factory in 2020, the annual output of this new model has been further increased. However, due to the epidemic and supply chain reasons, Tesla's first batch of Model 3 delivered in China still uses HW2.5 hardware instead of the advertised HW3.0, and later provided free upgrades for affected customers.
Model 3 also offers two versions of standard battery life and high performance.
The standard version uses a rear-wheel-drive design, with a battery life of 468 kilometers and an acceleration of 5.6 seconds per 100 kilometers.
The high-performance version increases the cruising range to 605 kilometers and the acceleration performance from 100 kilometers to 3.3 seconds under dual-motor all-wheel drive.
Futuristic Cybertruck
At the end of 2019, Tesla announced the first electric pickup Cybertruck at the press conference. The strong "cyberpunk style" of this model immediately became the focus of discussion. Musk mentioned that the basic Cybertruck will start at less than $50,000, and the self-developed stainless steel alloy body can even be bulletproof.
Cybertruck/Tesla
The powertrain of this electric pickup truck is similar to Model S and X. A three-motor all-wheel-drive version will also be launched. But the single-motor rear-wheel-drive version will be launched later. According to the specifications announced by Tesla, the dual-motor version has an acceleration time of 4.5 seconds. It has a range of 480 kilometers, while the three-motor version has an acceleration time of fewer than 2.9 seconds and a mileage of 800 kilometers.
HW's update iteration
Judging from the models released, Tesla is increasingly electrifying the entire automotive market. This is due to Tesla's technical accumulation in power and energy, as well as hardware update iterations.
In 2014, to provide the Autopilot system, Tesla added the first generation of Autopilot hardware HW1 to the car. The hardware system is built on intel's MobilEyeEyeQ3 platform, which is mainly forward-facing radar, camera, and ultrasonic sensors.
In October 2016, Tesla launched a new generation of HW2, and in 2017 made a small upgrade to the hardware, which is HW2.5. The second-generation HW uses Nvidia's DrivePX2 computing platform to provide road automatic steering for new models and adds a new driver assistance algorithm in version 2.5 to achieve smoother lane maintenance and acceleration and deceleration control.
In 2019, Tesla launched HW3, a fully automated driving computing platform equipped with two Tesla self-developed processors. Tesla claims that the new system can process 2300 frames of data per second, which is a 21-fold improvement compared to HW2.5. According to Musk, full automation is actually a limitation of the software, and existing hardware knowledge is used to develop more advanced AI.
Although Tesla is always lauded for its design and brilliant engineering, at the same time trouble caused by quality problems is also continuous. For example, issues such as black screen, spontaneous combustion, and charging. So Tesla must strictly do quality control on the production and design process while increasing its production capacity in the future.
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Four rights activists gone missing this week
At least four human rights activists known on social media for their leftist views have gone missing this week, relatives and NGO workers told AFP on Sunday, as analysts voiced rights concerns.
Two of the men — Waqas Goraya and Asim Saeed — disappeared on January 4, according to a cybersecurity NGO, while Salman Haider vanished on Friday and Ahmed Raza Naseer Saturday, relatives said.
The interior ministry has said it will investigate the disappearance of Haider, who is known for his outspoken views on enforced disappearances in Balochistan, but made no reference to the others. All four were active on social media groups.
Pakistan is routinely ranked among the world's most dangerous for journalists, and reporting critical of the military is considered a major red flag, with journalists at times detained, beaten and even killed.
"The state has controlled TV and now they're focusing on digital spaces," said Raza Rumi, a writer and analyst who left Pakistan in 2014 after he was attacked by gunmen who shot his driver dead.
A security source denied intelligence services were involved in the disappearances.
Naseer, who suffers from polio, was taken from his family's shop in central Punjab province, his brother Tahir told AFP Sunday.
Hours after Haider was due home Friday evening, his wife received a text message from his phone saying he was leaving his car on the Islamabad expressway, his brother Faizan told AFP.
Police later found the car and registered a missing persons report. Faizan said his brother had not received any specific threats.
Waqas Goraya, who is usually a resident of the Netherlands, was picked up on January 4, as was Aasim Saeed, said Shahzad Ahmed, head of cyber security NGO Bytes for All.
"None of these activists have been brought to any court of law or levelled with any charges. Their status disappearance is very worrying not only for the families, but also for citizens and larger social media users in the country," Ahmad said.
In 2014, when sectarian killings were rife, Salman Haider had penned a poem titled 'Kafir', which quickly went viral on social media. The poem critiqued the intolerance prevailing in the country and quickly garnered critical acclaim.
Haider is a lecturer at Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in Rawalpindi, an actor, writer and a human rights activist, police said, adding that investigators have started examining his social media accounts and e-mail address, as well as combing his mobile phone records.
A case has been registered under Section 365 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which deals with "kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person", at the Loi Bher police station.
Police were also collecting information regarding his activism, the officer said, adding that "although a kidnapping case has been registered, investigators are still not in any position to pinpoint the motive; whether it is a kidnapping or a forced disappearance".
"An investigation is ongoing and we are thoroughly examining all aspects of the case."
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A flagship event for the Scottish public sector will see Capital Document Solutions offer expert advice on a wide range of office equipment and print solutions.
Procurex Scotland Live 2014 is a major, annual exhibition for buyers and suppliers in the public sector. The established event will be held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow on Tuesday, October 21.
Capital, which has operations across the length and breadth of Scotland, is exhibiting at stand G49. In 2013, Capital was re-appointed as a successful supplier on the Scottish Government's National Framework Agreement for Office Equipment for the second successive term.
The company will offer visitors expert advice on the latest office technology as well as guidance on how organisations can make substantial cost savings, improve document processes, increase security and minimise their impact on the environment.
The event will also host the Scottish Government's National Public Procurement Conference before culminating in the prestigious Government Opportunities (GO) Awards Scotland, which recognises the best suppliers in the public sector.
In October 2012, Capital Document Solutions won the Best Service honour at the GO Awards Scotland for the high level and quality of its services to end users in the Scottish public sector.
Tom Flockhart, founder and managing director at Capital, said: "We're delighted to be returning to Procurex as it brings together many of the leading public sector bodies in Scotland. As an exhibitor, it represents a great opportunity to demonstrate our wide range of capabilities to a mixture of existing and potential partners in the public sector.
The company employs 200 people at operations in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness and Shetland.


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ASU men's basketball reschedules home game against Utah, road game at USC
Michelle Gardner
The Arizona State men's basketball program is going to try and start making up some games.
Two contests postponed the last two weeks have been rescheduled. ASU's contest against Utah (8-8, 1-5) at Desert Financial Arena, which was to have been played Thursday but was called off earlier this week due to COVID issues in the ASU program, will now be played at 2 p.m. on Monday and will be aired on Pac-12 Network.
The other game back on the schedule is the road game against No. 5 USC (13-1, 3-1) at the Galen Center, which originally was set for Dec. 30 but postponed due to COVID issues with theTrojans. That will now be played at 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 and air on ESPN2.
The next game for the Sun Devils (5-8, 1-1) is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Saturday against Colorado (11-3, 3-1).
ASU last played on Jan. 2 at Cal, losing 74-50. That game originally was scheduled for Jan. 19 but was moved up because games against UCLA and USC were postponed that week. Administrators from the school and conference chose to move up the Cal game to provide flexibility for making up other games later, which now will happen.
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This box is based on ONS GDP and employment and Bank of England GDP data from May 2013 and February 2014 respectively.
Since the beginning of 2010, real GDP has risen by around 5¼ per cent and 1.3 million more people are in work. But the population aged 16 and older has grown by 1.4 million and so GDP per capita on this basis has grown by just 2½ per cent, remaining 5½ per cent below its pre-crisis peak. Likewise, real per capita consumption has fared far worse than aggregate consumer spending and remains 5½ per cent lower than before the crisis. Similarly, while employment now exceeds its pre-crisis level, the proportion of the population employed does not.
Fundamentally, GDP per capita cannot be expected to grow sustainably unless productivity grows and productivity has been exceptionally weak in the recent past. We expect recent trends to become less dominant – population growth is forecast to slow and productivity growth to pick up. Chart A shows that we expect the economy to be bigger than it was before the crisis by mid-2014, but we do not expect GDP per capita to reach its pre-crisis peak until early 2017.
The uncertainty over this judgement is highlighted in Chart B, which shows that the recent persistent shortfall of per capita GDP is without peace-time historical precedent. It seems reasonable to us that the rate of productivity growth should return to historical norms, but, without the past as a useful guide, it is difficult to judge how long this might take.
Our central judgement lies between these two views. We expect productivity growth to return to its historical average as the pace at which resources are reallocated to more productive uses picks up, but with the level of productivity, and therefore per capita GDP, permanently lower relative to its pre-crisis trend. This judgement is subject to significant risks in both directions.
a Population on age 16+ basis.
c Gordon, R, 2012, NBER Working Paper: Is economic growth over? Faltering innovation confronts the six headwinds.
d Martin, B. & Rowthorn, R, 2012, CBR Working Paper: Is the British economy supply constrained II?


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Breaking Down My Photographic Style
I am drawn to photographing the good in people, capturing the human elements that connect us all and bind us together. I love bringing people together through my work and taking photos that show we are all connected in some way, we are all the same in how we feel. And even though our life stories differ, we are not so different from each other in what makes us human.
I love to forge connections with my photos in a way that links one heart to another, to a concept or to a story - and ultimately makes a difference.
As a photographer, filmmaker and influencer I thrive on connecting an audience to an idea, on telling the stories that allow people to open their hearts and connect to a cause, a concept, a personal story or a way of life different from their own. We are all searching to identify with each other on some level, after all - for some common ground.
I began working as a humanitarian and animal welfare photographer because I found an organisation that was struggling to tell its story and without really knowing where to start, I set about changing that. What started out as an impromptu trip to Kenya as a director with a borrowed camera, launched a career as a photographer and filmmaker. It also inspired me to share my travels on Instagram and my blog - which has grown a dedicated audience of thousands.
Now I travel solo as a photographer on assignment, or sometimes in a group, bringing together the best freelancers from across the world to concentrate on a project and breathe life into a campaign with their incredible talents.
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JK: Army recovers civilians car skidded off near Listiyal in Kupwara
According to the official statement, the location of the incident was such a place that the recovery vehicle couldn't reach
Visuals from the spot ANI
31 Dec, 2022, 11:48 am
JAMMU AND KASHMIR: The Indian Army recovered a car that skidded off from the road into a Nala near Listiyal in Kupwara, informed officials on Saturday.
"On the early morning of 30 Dec, a Tata Sumo belonging to Abdul Rashid Lone from Listiyal skidded off from the road into a Nala near Listiyal. On receiving a request for help from the Sarpanch and owner of the vehicle a recovery team was immediately sent from Kalaroos COB," read an official statement from the Indian Army.
According to the official statement, the location of the incident was such a place that the recovery vehicle couldn't reach, therefore the Army team immediately gathered locals for help and recovered the vehicle with ropes and other local resources.
The villagers have been advised to be more cautious while driving vehicles during snowfall. Further details are awaited.
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#pragma once

#include "../common/default.h"
#include "parallel_for.h"

namespace embree
{
  /*! Implementation of parallel prefix operations (e.g. parallel
   *  prefix sums). The prefix operations start with the identity
   *  (e.g. zero for prefix sums). */
  template<typename SrcArray, typename DstArray, typename Ty, typename Op>
  class ParallelPrefixOp
  {
#if defined(__MIC__)
    static const size_t MAX_TASKS = MAX_THREADS;
    static const size_t SINGLE_THREAD_THRESHOLD = 50000;
#else
    static const size_t MAX_TASKS = MAX_THREADS;
    static const size_t SINGLE_THREAD_THRESHOLD = 3000000;
#endif

  public:
    ParallelPrefixOp () {}

    class Task
    {
    public:

      Task (ParallelPrefixOp* parent, const SrcArray& src, DstArray& dst, const size_t N, const Op op, const Ty id)
	: parent(parent), src(src), dst(dst), N(N), op(op), id(id)
      {
	/* perform single threaded prefix operation for small N */
	if (N < SINGLE_THREAD_THRESHOLD) {
          size_t sum=0;
	  for (size_t i=0; i<N; sum+=src[i++]) dst[i] = sum;
          parent->value = sum;
	}

	/* perform parallel prefix operation for large N */
	else
	{
	  const size_t threadCount = min(MAX_TASKS, TaskSchedulerTBB::threadCount());

	  /* first calculate range for each block */
	  parallel_for(threadCount, [&] (const size_t threadIndex)
	  {
	    const size_t start = (threadIndex+0)*N/threadCount;
	    const size_t end   = (threadIndex+1)*N/threadCount;

	    Ty sum = id;
	    for (size_t i=start; i<end; i++)
	      sum = op(sum,src[i]);

	    parent->state[threadIndex] = sum;
	  });

	  /* now calculate prefix_op for each block */
	  parallel_for(threadCount, [&] (const size_t threadIndex)
	  {
	    const size_t start = (threadIndex+0)*N/threadCount;
	    const size_t end   = (threadIndex+1)*N/threadCount;

	    /* calculate start sum for block */
	    Ty count = id;
	    for (size_t i=0; i<threadIndex; i++)
	      count += parent->state[i];

	    /* calculate prefix sums for the block */
	    for (size_t i=start; i<end; i++)
	    {
	      const Ty v = src[i];
	      dst[i] = count;
	      count = op(count,v);
	    }

	    if (threadIndex == threadCount-1)
	      parent->value = count;
	  });
	}
      }

    private:
      ParallelPrefixOp* const parent;
      const SrcArray& src;               //!< source array
      DstArray& dst;                     //!< destination array
      const size_t N;                    //!< number of elements in the arrays
      const Op op;                       //!< operation to use for prefix sum
      const Ty id;                       //!< identity of the operation
    };

    void operator() (const SrcArray& src, DstArray& dst, const size_t N, const Op op, const Ty id) {
      Task(this,src,dst,N,op,id);
    }

  public:
    Ty state[MAX_TASKS];
    Ty value;
  };

  /*! parallel calculation of prefix sums */
  template<typename SrcArray, typename DstArray, typename Add>
    __forceinline typename SrcArray::value_type parallel_prefix_sum(const SrcArray& src, DstArray& dst, size_t N, const Add& add)
  {
    typedef typename SrcArray::value_type Value;
    ParallelPrefixOp<SrcArray,DstArray,Value,Add> op; op(src,dst,N,add,0); return op.value;
  }
}

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AN Ifor Williams TT126 tipper trailer with steel loading skips and side extension attached, valued at £5,000, was taken from the Bowd area between 6pm on Tuesday, April 22, and 7am the following morning.
A 41-year-old driver, from Sidmouth, has been charged with driving with excess alcohol, while disqualified and with no insurance.
The man, in a Peugeot 306, was stopped at 1am on April 27 and taken to Heavitree Road police station where he was detained and later charged.
He will appear before Central Devon Magistrates on May 13.


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Die römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche Deutsch Schützen steht in der Katastralgemeinde Deutsch Schützen in der Gemeinde Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg (kroatisch: Livio-Čjeka, ungarisch: Németlövő-Csejke) im Bezirk Oberwart im Burgenland. Sie ist dem Fest Mariä Namen gewidmet und gehört zum Dekanat Güssing in der Diözese Eisenstadt. Ihr ist die Filialkirche Eisenberg an der Pinka zugeordnet.

Geschichte
Die Pfarre bestand bereits im Mittelalter. Die Erhebung zur Pfarre wurde im Jahr 1741 erneuert. Die Kirche wurde in den Jahren 1933 bis 1938 nach Plänen von Dionysius Kopfensteiner errichtet. Zuvor war die Martinskirche im alten Ortskern Pfarrkirche. Im Jahr 1977 wurde die heutige Pfarrkirche erstmals einer Innenrenovierung unterzogen.

Architektur und Ausstattung

Das Gotteshaus ist ein großer Bau in romanischen Formen. Der Altar ist neogotisch und stammt aus dem Kloster der Barmherzigen Schwestern in Graz. Die Kanzel wurde von Karl Holey entworfen. Die Orgel baute Franz Ullmann im Jahr 1853. Sie stammt aus dem ehemaligen Franziskanerkloster in Güssing.

Weblinks

Literatur
 Dehio Burgenland 1976, Deutsch Schützen, Kath. Pfarrkirche Mariä Namen, S. 54.

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Q: Как удалить ячейки в Excel? Нужно вставить матрицу в файл Excel. Но вместе с ней вставляется то, что не нужно.
import pandas as pd

n = 26 #рёбра графа
m = 21 #вершины графа
a1 = open("a.txt", "r").readlines() #в этих двух файлах содержится направления вершин,
b1 = open("b.txt", "r").readlines() #по этим вершинам создаётся граф

matrix = [[0 for i in range(m)] for i in range(m)] #заполняю матрицу нулями

for i in range(n):
    [a, b] = a1[i], b1[i]
    a,b = int(a),int(b)
    matrix[a][b] += 1
    matrix[b][a] += 1

#print матрицы в терминал для наглядности
for i in range(m):
    for j in range(m):
        print(matrix[i][j], end= " ")

pd.DataFrame(matrix).to_clipboard() #копирую матрицу в буфер обмена для себя
pd.DataFrame(matrix).to_excel("graph.xlsx",startcol=1,startrow=1,index=False) #вставляю матрицу в Excel

Вот такая матрица получается. Мне нужно удалить всё, что отмечено красным, а саму матрицу, то есть, то что выделено зелёным, вставить в Excel.

Однако при вставке в Excel (pd.DataFrame(matrix).to_excel("graph.xlsx",startcol=1,startrow=1,index=False) #вставляю матрицу в Excel) не все красные элементы удалены. Как их удалить? И вообще зачем они появляются? Боковой я смог удалить, прописав index=False, если True, то и боковой вставляется.

A: pd.DataFrame(matrix).to_excel("graph.xlsx",startcol=1,startrow=1,header=False,index=False)

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We have three new shows that will be kicking off the latest drama cycle. This crop of dramas is heavy on the comedy, but for viewers searching for suspense, OCN is debuting a dark thriller.
Reasons to watch: There has been quite a bit of buzz surrounding this drama, as it features the reunion of Yoo Inna and Lee Dong-wook following their run as ill-fated lovers in The Lonely Shining Goblin. The pair's latest show is an adaptation of a web novel about a disgraced Hallyu actress and a highly-strung, highly successful, perfectionist lawyer. In an attempt to salvage her acting career, Yoo Inna decides to take an acting role as a secretary and decides to take the method approach. She gets a job as a law firm's secretary–working for Lee Dong-wook. They're both playing to type but I can't be mad about it when their chemistry is so fantastic. Let's hope that they get a happy ending in this life!
Reasons to watch: Money or justice…which one reigns supreme? We may be about to find out in Legal High, the Korean remake of a Japanese legal comedy of the same name. Jin Gu stars as an eccentric but successful lawyer who is willing to take on any case as long as the payment is generous enough. His co-star, Seo Eun-soo takes a different approach to the law. She's a young lawyer who believes in justice the rule of order. From the teasers, it's clear that Jin Gu's reputation precedes him and she can barely stand him, all before they even meet. Though Seo is idealistic, she also wants to win cases and get justice for her clients. Jin Gu may be a weirdo but he's a weirdo with a 100% success rate and so they become reluctant partners in law.
Reasons to watch: Lee Seo-jin stars as a man whose perfect life is shattered when he and his family are kidnapped. It doesn't appear that Lee and his family were random victims though, and when the kidnappers mysteriously release Lee Seo-jin, he begins a torturous hunt to find his family while the police turn an investigative eye onto him. Sung Dong-il costars as the detective who's investigating the kidnapping case and the two are positioned as each other's foils. Will Lee Seo-jin find his family? The drama will have a relatively short run, as it's the first in OCN's new cinema-drama hybrid series.
Can't take much from romcom. They always falter.
Legal sincerity's trailers a typical tv show.
Trap with 7 episodes already have an edge.
Better not have any expectations.
7 episodes is something I can easily do in a weekend, looking forward to watching it when it wraps up!
Excited for LSJ's return! All the best Trap!
In-na unni and Lee Seo-jin ajusshi are finally back to dramaland. Huzzah!!
One show finishes; another rises to take its place. And I THOUGHT I was CATCHING UP.
Yeah, and my watchlist just went from 12 to 27 (28?). Darn that Reach of Sincerity that I was determined to not like.
Looking forward to Reach of Sincerity and Trap. I'm not sure about Legal High though. May see what Beanies think on that one.
Excited for Sincerity, but not sure how I feel about Legal. Dare I say: the jury's still out (*ducks* I'M SORRY OK ;P). I *want* to be excited about it -- it seems like something I would like -- but so far nothing really's sparked for me.
I will checkout "Reach of Sincerity/Touch Your Heart"! I'm excited for this one! I just hope it will have a fresh approach and good/satisfying ending, and not disappoint like "WWWSK".
"Legal High", I will probably check out the first two eps before I decide on anything, just out of curiosity. The premise sounds funny and interesting. I hope it will have some romance too.
As for "Trap", I am curious about this (new cinema-drama hybrid format), but I think I will wait for the beanies reviews first before I decide whether to check it out or not.
Re TRAP and the question: "Will Lee Seo-jin find his family?"
Maybe not. TRAP 2 anyone?
I am looking forward to this OCN drama but will English subbed episodes be available? This is a constant issue especially with cable dramas.
Viki just received a load of recent JTBC dramas. (Look at Viki's "Coming Soon" list.) Presumably all these dramas will have to be re-subbed by volunteers. I do not see TRAP listed as coming soon. I would think the JTBC dramas will impact the availability of new (non Kocowa) dramas on Viki. Perhaps not.
I have noticed in the past that if Netflix picks up a drama, subbed episodes begin to appear even before its initial Netflix run.
I am hoping that might be the situation here.
I am looking forward to Trap.
Reach for Sincerity is def top of my list to start this week after starting Romance is a bonus book over the weekend.
I didn't realize that Yoon Park was in Legal High! Plus one for it's listing in my to watch.
I'm quite curious aboutTrap, particularly because of the 7 episode length and this new cinema-hybrid style/format.
Bummer that Trap hasn't been picked up by any subbers yet. It's actually a Saturday & Sunday show (Feb 9th premiere), not Wed-Thurs fyi.
Reach of Sincerity - how do I put this? Not terrible but nothing outstanding either. Maybe will give a chance for another week.
I hope Legal High will surprise us, just like Sky Castle. Will definitely watch Trap, if there is Eng sub available.
Caught the first 2 episodes of Legal High. It's OMG funny. I kind of thought Jin Gu looked like an anime character in the trailer... reading it's a remake of a Japanese show maybe that was intentional.


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Q: $\dim (A/I) \le \dim (A)$
Let $A$ be a ring and $I$ be an ideal. I'm trying to prove that $\dim (A/I) \le \dim (A)$.

My attempt to proof
Suppose that $\dim (A)=n$, then there are prime ideals $\mathfrak p_0,\ldots,\mathfrak p_n$ such that $\mathfrak p_0\subsetneq\ldots\subsetneq\mathfrak p_n$.
Then if I prove chain bellow
$$\mathfrak p_0/I\subsetneq\ldots\subsetneq \mathfrak p_n/I$$
is a chain of prime ideals, we're done. The problem is I don't know why $I\subset \mathfrak p_i, 0\le i\le n$.
It should be a silly thing, I need help.
Thanks

A: Recall that the primes of $A/I$ are in inclusion-preserving one-to-one correspondence with the primes of $A$ containing $I$. For a proof of this (and related facts), see for example Zariski-Samuel's Commutative Algebra I, sections III.4-III.8.
The argument proceeds by a simple contradiction. If $\dim A/I >\dim A=n$, then there must exist a chain of primes in $A/I$ with length more than $n$. By the fact above, there exists a corresponding chain of primes in $A$ (containing $I$) of length more than $n$. This contradicts that $\dim A=n$.
The fact above, in addition to the fact that the primes of $A_{\mathfrak{p}}$ are in inclusion-preserving one-to-one correspondence with the primes of $A$ contained in $\mathfrak p$, are very good to keep in mind, especially in the context of dimension theory.


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Another hypothesis is that cardiac response to the exertion can be used as a predictor of those measures during these exertions in the post stroke population.
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Let the baking begin! What better way to get into the spirit of the holiday season than to whip up some Christmas cookies? I know, it's early, but if you get a jump on the baking frenzy now, you can stash them in the freezer so they're ready for gift giving at a moment's notice. Or you could simply nosh on them as you go–it's really up to you. Hopefully my cookie series, #TwelveDaysofSanta, will inspire you in the kitchen this holiday season–that is, twelve days of Santa lore together with a cookie recipe representing that country. A Christmas Around the World of sorts, spread out over the next few weeks, and we're kicking it off with Germany and Spritz Cookies.
Christmas in Germany is considered to be the most important holiday, and celebrations commence with the first Sunday of Advent and stretch through the New Year. Christkindlmarkt or Christmas Markets are the highlight of the season. They've been around since the 14th century and pop up in every town, large or small, with vendors peddling baked goods, tree decorations, and other seasonal, hand-crafted items. This is the best place to find all things Christmas.
Saint Nicholas Day is celebrated on December 6, and on the evening of the 5th, it is custom for children to leave their shoes or boots on the front doorstep in the hope that St. Nicholas might fill them with nuts, fruits, sweets, and other gifts. Of course, rather than treats, misbehaving children can expect a teasing from Knecht Ruprecht or Krampus.
During the Middle Ages, Martin Luther, in wanting to sever the connection between the saint and gift-giving, adopted the Christ Child ("Christkind") as the figure who brought gifts and on Christmas, rather than on the Saint's holiday. Christkind is depicted as an angelic female with golden tresses, in white robes and a golden crown. Children leave letters on their windowsill decorated with glue and sugar to make them sparkle in anticipation of Christkind's arrival.
While many still recognize Christkind as the holiday's gift-bringer, a more secular figure, der Weihnachtsmann ("Christmas Man") has mostly taken its place. Much like Santa Claus, der Weihnactsmann is depicted as a jolly old man with a flowing white beard, donning a red suit, and carrying a sack full of gifts. Rather than squeezing down a narrow chimney, though, he quickly slips in and out the door, leaving presents behind for well-behaved children.
During the holiday season, much baking occurs, most notably Stollen and Lebkuchen. Then there are the Spritz cookies. Often we associate Spritz cookies with Sweden, probably because they're also known as Swedish Butter Cookies. Spritz cookies, however, originated in Germany in the 1500s, and the name is derived from the German verb spritzen, meaning to squirt. As the name suggests, the dough is "squirted" through a cookie press, which is really nothing more than a culinary caulking gun.
I stuck with three simple shapes, but your cookie press probably came with about a dozen different disks, so try them all. To make wreaths, use the star tip to pipe out enough dough to form a small circle. Unfortunately, I lost my star tip, so I made do with what I had. The best part about these cookies is that they're unbelievably simple to make once you get the hang of the cookie press . These Spritz cookies are crisp and buttery, and make a pretty addition to any Christmas cookie platter. This recipe was adapted from McCall's Cooking School .
First, you'll want to sift the flour with the salt and set that aside. By the way, Joy the Baker has the most awesome tip about sifting–that is, you don't need to sift at all but instead whisk your flour right in the container to aerate it.
Then in the bowl of your mixer, cream together the butter, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla. Beat this until smooth and fluffy.
Next, stir in the flour mixture about a third at a time until completely blended.
Stuff the dough into the cookie press, and start pumping out the cookies onto an ungreased, well-chilled cookie sheet. Decorate with cinnamon candies, colored sugars, or whatever else strikes your fancy.
Bake about 8-10 minutes, or until they start to turn golden. Immediately transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Arrange them on a cutesy Christmas plate.
Crisp and buttery, these Spritz cookies are a festive holiday tradition in Germany and Sweden.
Before you begin, refrigerate several ungreased cookie sheets.
In a large mixer bowl, beat the butter, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla until smooth and fluffy.
With the mixer on low, beat in the flour mixture one third at a time, mixing until smooth and well combined.
Assemble and fill the cookie press according to the manufacturer's instructions. Stand press upright on the cold cookie sheet. Squeeze out enough dough to form the shape on the disk, and release pressure, lifting up slightly to cut off the dough. Cookies should be about 1½ inches apart. Decorate with the cinnamon candies and colored sugar.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until light golden. Remove to a wire rack and cool.
Also note: Make sure the cookie sheets are well chilled before making the cookies or the dough might melt!
I have not made spritz cookies in years! I think it's time to dust off my press and make a batch for the holidays. Your recipe sounds perfect!
Thanks! I love that they're so easy to make!
My cinnamon candies always melt, how do I prevent this from happening?
I honestly don't know! My oven has been running super hot lately, so the cookies baked in less time than normal–my guess is that those cinnamon candies just didn't have time to melt (the cookies were in the oven for about 6 mins). Some of them started to melt, as you can see, but not completely.
This is amazing! I love the idea. It's beautifully done.


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Q: Large page in UIWebview not always scrolling diagonally I have a page in a UIWebview whose main element is taller and wider than the webview itself.  I'd like to be able to "pan" around the page smoothly in any way the user chooses: horizontally, vertically, diagonally or swiping in a circular motion.
Usually it works, however around once in every three gestures, the UIWebView scrolls on only one axis (sometimes x, sometimes y), despite gesturing on both simultaneously.
The problem tends to happen most often just after the webview has loaded.  After a successful two-dimensional scroll it tends not to happen so often again.
Has anybody else seen this problem or any idea what to do about it?

A: Found out what it was.  I had a UIScrollViewDelegate listening to the UIWebView's UIScrollView for doing all sorts of other stuff I probably shouldn't.  And the symptoms in the question are why!