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90th Birthday of Betty Jackman

Elizabeth Udy S. Jackman 90th birthday will be celebrated with a party
hosted by family on Aug 16.

Betty was born in Farmington, Utah on August 16, 1916 to Frank Hess
Udy and Ethel Brown Udy. She is the last of 3 children with two older
brothers: Maurice and Mathias. She spent much of her childhood in
Idaho and Farmington, where she graduated from Davis High School.

In 1934, she married Henry O. Smith (deceased). Their children are
Betty Lu, Suzanne and Franklin (Patricia). She has 29 grandchildren
and 2 great-grandchildren. Later, in 1964, she married Clifford S
Jackman (deceased).

Betty worked as a manager for See's Candy for 15 years and also worked
for the Davis School District Food Services for 12 years before
retiring.

In her youth she enjoyed skiing with her brother. Throughout her life
she has enjoyed ballroom dancing and gardening. After retirement, Betty
and Cliff spent many years traveling together and gathering new
friends. Today she still lives in her home and enjoys spending time
with her family and the friends that she has gathered over the years.

She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and
the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.

posted by Matthew O. Smith @ 10:09 AM 0 comments

Favorite Campsite Treat

posted by Matthew O. Smith @ 9:44 AM 0 comments

Saturday

Hi,

How was your weekend? Mine was busy.

Saturday was quite the day. Because of the rain and wind on Friday we
didn't feel safe setting up for the yard sale on until Saturday
morning. I was up at 5:30 A.M. getting everything ready. There were
tables to setup, junk, I mean treasures to bring out, clothes to
arrange, things to price. My, my wife and her sister, with the kids
helping of course, worked until the starting time of 7:30 A.M.

I could not believe all the stuff we had. It filled all the tables
with boxes underneath. There were tarps spread out over the lawn
covered with clothes. We had two beds, a big desk, snow blower,
couch, lawn mower, entertainment center, computer stuff, camping
stuff, and more. I could not believe all the stuff that was stuffed
into our house. The kids sold cold water and treats as well.

By 1:00 P.M. it was time to close. We had made around $500.00
dollars. Not a bad morning at all. The sad part was that we still
had 4, yes 4 pickup truck loads to take the the Deseret Industries
after we were done.

I am so glad to get rid of all that stuff.

I took the kids to Cherry Hill after word to get wet, have some fun
and cool off. The kids want to go camping there and I guess it would
be cheaper than a hotel. But, with it being so close, and so crowded,
it seems like it would be funner to camp at home.

posted by Matthew O. Smith @ 11:30 AM 1 comments

Archimedes Palimpsest

Archimedes Palimpsest: "The subject of this website is a manuscript of unique importance to the history of science, the Archimedes Palimpsest. This tenth century manuscript is the unique source for two of Archimedes Treatises, The Method and Stomachion, and it is the unique source for the Greek text of On Floating Bodies. Discovered in 1906 by J.L. Heiberg, it plays a prominent role in his 1910-15 edition of the works of Archimedes, upon which all subsequent work on Archimedes has been based. The manuscript was in private hands throughout much of the twentieth century, and was sold at auction to a private collector on the 29th October 1998. The owner deposited the manuscript at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, a few months later. Since that date the manuscript has been the subject of conservation, imaging and scholarship. The Archimedes Palimpsest project, as it is called, has generated a great deal of public curiosity, as well as the interest of scholars throughout the world."

The article said that they were adding the text to the website as it was being read. I couldn't see it. This is fascinating. Reminds of the Vesuvias scrolls talked about here http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.05/vesuvius.html

Until the late '90s, Booras had never heard of the Herculaneum scrolls. Nor had most other laypeople - and rather more surprising, a lot of professional classicists were all but as ignorant. Despite their having been the first papyruses recovered by modern scholars, the Herculaneum scrolls never made it into the mainstream of "papyrology," as studies of smaller stashes found elsewhere have come to be called. Richard Janko, a professor of classics at the University of Michigan, says that this neglect by his profession was extraordinary, but that its cause was clear: "They were just so hard to read."

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