utah

Utah is a state rich in history. Settled in July of 1847 by Brigham Young and the Mormon Pioneers, the original name bestowed upon the state was “Deseret,” meaning honeybee. The name was later changed to Utah, which means “in the tops of the mountains.”

Before being settled, Utah was a very desolate desert region, but was predicted to one day “blossom as the rose,” which it has lived up to unequivocally. The population in Utah presently stands at around 2.7 million. Utah boasts many outdoor wonders such as the Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks.

Unique to Utah is its outdoor splendorous “purple mountain majesty,” attracting like a magnate large crowds of skiers, hunters, and ATVers. Utah valley is consistently rated as one of the most livable and family-friendly places in the nation. The Utah Valley Marathon showcases the niceties of life (such as the Provo River Blue Ribbon trout fishery) that natives of “Happy Valley” have come to cherish deeply.

Bloggers speaking about Utah point out some of its peculiarities, such as lds food storage, and its great getaway resorts.

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• Miss Utah, Schadenfreude and Internet ‘Celebrities’

  
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  If you’ve been anywhere on the Internet these past few days, chances are you’ve come across the video of Miss Utah flubbing one of her answers in the Miss USA Pageant. The clip has become the did-you-see-that? video of the week and has rendered Miss Utah the target of derision, mockery, and guiltless ...
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• 139 The LEFT Show – Malachi 3:5

  
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  “ Thou Shalt Not Be A Stack of Assholes! ” Jesus H. Christ Everything old is new again … and all that jazz … taking one from the Gipper … stitching time to save a penny for your thoughts. Or some silly shit like that. JC Carter, Forrest Shaw, and JM Bell are at it again – in the studio and up in your ...
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• Marissa Powell On Jimmy Kimmel Shines; She, Miss USA Erin Brady Hit Google Trends

  
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  Miss Utah Marissa Powell was just on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and for someone who experienced her first “solo” act as a guest next to a big TV star, the woman who was made famous just two days ago at the Miss USA Pageant for this… was given a second and more, shall we say, honest [...]
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• Miss Utah Flub Answering Education Question Goes Viral (VIDEO)

  
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  Miss Utah definitely stood out at Sunday’s Miss USA pageant, but probably not the way she wanted, as she awkwardly stumbled through her answer to a question about pay inequality. Miss Utah Flub now a Viral Sensation As millions of television viewers watched the Miss USA beauty pageant one finalist suffered an ...
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• Rock Collecting in Utah’s West Desert

  
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  A few weeks ago we explored  Utah’s West desert , and traveled along the  historic Pony Express Trail . (You can read more about that adventure and how to get out there  HERE , as this post is going to be dedicated to the rock treasures we found in that same area.) On that adventure, we weren’t feeling brave ...
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• Fourth of July Fabric Strip Pennant

  
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  This is a really easy project and it’s sooo cute and festive. The length of time it takes to complete just depends on how long you want your pennant to be. Fourth of July fabric strip pennant I decided to decorate Honey Bump Maternity this year in celebration of Independence Day. I’ve never really ...
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• Miss USA: Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, contemplates gender inequality (video)

  
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  TO the MISS USA contests, where Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, is contemplating gender inequality. Competitors of beauty pageants are given a rough time, frequently. Not wanting to buck the trend, we’re going to point and laugh at a young woman trying to talk and think at the same time while being stared at by loads ...
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• Injured Local Climber Rescued

  
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  At 11 a.m.  on Monday, June 17, Grand Teton National Park rangers responded to a report of a 57-year-old male with an injury who was climbing near the Black Rock Chimney on the Grand Teton.  Jim Williams of Jackson, Wyoming was leading a client on a guided trip of the Grand Teton for an authorized […]
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• Miss Utah Marissa Powell Spaced Out, Zoned Out On Miss USA Question

  
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  Well, Miss Utah Marissa Powell “spaced out” or as TMZ put it, “zoned out” during the period where Judge NeNe Leakes asked her the income inequality question that led to the rambling answer that went viral during Sunday’s Miss USA Pageant. This one: She blanked on the question out of anxiety, whereas Erin ...
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• Caitlin Upton vs. Marissa Powell: Who’d You Rather?

  
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  Here’s Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007, Caitlin Upton at age 18 (left) … and Miss Utah USA , Marissa Powell (21) this past weekend (right) -- Both beauty queens famously bombed their responses to a pageant question. So we gotta ask ...
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• Gunman shoots man during Catholic Mass in Utah

  
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  Updated 5:13 pm, Sunday, June 16, 2013 OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of walking into a Catholic church and shooting his father-in-law in the back of the head during Mass. Charles Richard Jennings Jr., 35, was captured Sunday afternoon in nearby Box Elder County after ...
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• FESTIVAL: Sunrise Celebration 2013: “We went to Another World!”

  
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  “Sunrise – we came, we saw, we partied hard,” declared the bright red graffiti scrawled on the wall of the compost toilet. It was definitely a fitting summation of Sunrise: Another World, 2013s remixed incarnation of The Best Weekend Ever™ (aka The Festival Previously Known As Sunrise Celebration). We did ...
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• 138 The LEFT Show – Bad Sides

  
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  Sometimes you find bad things where once there were bright and shiny things. Sometimes you go back to a place – or a figurative, but not literal, time – you once loved, and certain fondnesses are founs long discarded and crumbling: forgotten and abandoned. Sometimes … Sometimes memory is just a total liar. The ...
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• ‘Autonomous Machines’: World Reawakens to U.S. Internet Dominance (Mediapart, France)

  
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  Does the surveillance capability of the NSA lead inexorably toward a world in which intelligent machines run everything, and autonomously decide who is a threat – and what to do about those so judged? That is the unsettling conclusion of Midiapart tech columnists Jean-Paul Baquiast and Christophe Jacquemin , who ...
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• Dirtbag Dads: 10 Worst Celebrity Fathers Of All-Time

  
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  Fathers are the backbone of the American family who lead, provide and protect on the daily. Well, most of them who actually acknowledge and love their kids without pretending they don’t exist. The others, sadly, are like the abusive, neglectful or condom-allergic celebrity dads on this list. Here are the ten worst ...
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• Dirtbag Dads: 10 Worst Celebrity Fathers Of All-Time

  
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  Fathers are the backbone of the American family who lead, provide and protect on the daily. Well, most of them who actually acknowledge and love their kids without pretending they don’t exist. The others, sadly, are like the abusive, neglectful or condom-allergic celebrity dads on this list. Here are the ten worst ...
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• US: Boy Scout leaders reprimanded for marching with gay pride parade

  
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  The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has reprimanded two scout leaders who took part in a gay pride parade with several scouts. Peter Brownstein and Neil Whitaker, who took part in the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City on 2 June, were disciplined for violating the BSA’s policy prohibiting the use of scouting to ...
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• Tree Covered Hillside, Cliff

  
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  Tree Covered Hillside, Cliff Tree Covered Hillside, Cliff. Zion National Park, Utah. October 14, 2012. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Early autumn afternoon back-light on high country trees and shadows on a sandstone cliff face, Zion National Park Perhaps surprisingly, trees were a ...
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• We Are This Far From A Turnkey Totalitarian State (Must Read – The NSA’s Secret Utah Data Center)

  
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  We Are This Far From A Turnkey Totalitarian State (Must Read – The NSA‘s Secret Utah Data Center)   Blacklisted News ^ | 5 Jun 13 | Zero Hedge   Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:17:32 PM by xzins                         George Orwell was […]
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• Getting Off On This Planet (Or Any Others) Politically

  
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  In November, the center right unsuccessfully tried electing the Mormon cult to power, only to discover a few months later - to their horror -  its already happened with their blessing: "The NSAs new $1.7bn facility in the heart of Mormon country has the potential to snoop on US citizens for decades to come" ...
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