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About notable Norwegian-Americans ... and Karl Rove
Side3.no's article lists among others several top politicians, including former Vice Presidents Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale (I was, by the way, pleased to get the opportunity to shake hands with the latter during his visit to Oslo in 2009) as well as Governors Knute Nelson and Earl Warren (the latter was also a chief justice), models and celebrities such as CariDee English and Paris Hilton, actors (Dynasty soap star Linda Evans, James Arness, Marilyn Monroe and Renee Zellweger), Academy Awards winners (James Cagney and Jennifer Connelly), musicians Matt Sorum and Tom Waits, sports stars like Knut Rockne and Sonny Jurgensen, etc.
The list is almost endless. It is of course a discussion on its own who should be regarded as "notable" and who should not, but it is as interesting to note the many rather well-known persons who were not mentioned. The road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong, who was born Gunderson, is one example. Comments to the article (go to the bottom of the website) mention among others Atlanta Thrashers ice hockey player Justin Byfuglien, who won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 2010 (go here for a discussion about his ancestry) and actress Kirsten Vangsness of "Criminal Minds". I'd like to add my grandmother Torborg Hoelseth's first cousin Bjorn Egeli (1900-1984), a notable artist (all his five children - Peter, Cedric, Bjorn James, Mary Lois and Carolyn - and at least four grandchildren - Lisa Egeli, Arthur Bjorn Egeli, Anastasia Egeli Deppe and Ingrid Egeli McGuckian - have followed in his path) who originally came from Horten in Vestfold, but whose Egeli/Ekeli family originates from Haukeli in Vinje, Telemark.
The GOP presidential candidate Congresswoman Michele Bachmann as well as Senator John Thune are not mentioned. Senator Thune decided in February this year not to run for president in 2012, so his omission from the list might be understood, but it is rather strange that the journalist has forgotten about Bachmann. I don't think she will be nominated for the Republicans - I am rather certain that it will either be former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney or Texas Governor Rick Perry - but Bachmann has certainly made a name for herself. Despite my doubts about her winning chances, she is a strong candidate and will certainly win a decent number of delegates. I have earlier promised to write something about her ancestry, and hope to get more time to do more research in the winter. In the meantime you can read George Gooding's article on the subject (see also his report written in English). I have earlier opened a discussion about her at the genealogy forum at Digitalarkivet. Concerning John Thune, I have got some more details from one of his Norwegian third cousins and hope to come back with more details later.
But one name stands out in the survey of politicians among the notable Norwegian-Americans: Karl Rove, the political consultant (and brilliant election strategist) who served as President George W. Bush's Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff from February 2001 until August 2007. Rove, who was born in Colorado in 1950 but grew up in Nevada, is a Norwegian-American by adoption only. So does he really belong to such a list? Well, it depends on what definition you want to use.
According to Karl Rove's autobiography Courage and Consequence. My Life as a Conservative in the Fight (2010), which I still have only read the first chapter of, Louis Claude Rove Jr. (1928-2004), who originally came from Wisconsin, adopted Karl and his older brother Eric, when he married their mother Reba, née Wood (1929-1981). Karl learned about the truth only after his parents were divorced in 1970. He has met his biological father, whose name has not been revealed (but is not relevant to this story), but neither were interested in having any further contact.
One could perhaps use a "cultural definition", but from the little I have read about Rove in interviews as well as the first chapter of the said autobiography, he doesn't strike me as having been brought up in a particular Norwegian-American "Fargo"-like environment (those who have seen the movie "Fargo" know what I mean) with lefse and lutefisk on the dinner table. I could be wrong, of course, and it would be interesting to get Rove to comment on this one day, but as of now that is the impression I have got.
But it is evident that Karl Rove clearly identifies himself as a Norwegian-American. Throughout the book he refers to Louis C. Rove as "my father", has often made a point of his Norwegian connection in interviews and speeches and according to VG Nett (16 May 2003) he had a portrait of his great grandfather (i.e. Louis Rove's grandfather) Olaf Julius Rove on the wall in his White House office and he has also visitied Norway together with his stepfather. So I guess it is not totally wrong to include Karl Rove in such a list of notable Norwegian-Americans, but it should still have been mentioned that the connection goes through his stepfather. One should of course not rule out the possibility that Rove could have Norwegian ancestry somehow through his mother's parents Robert G. and Elsie Wood or through his biological father, but as Rove doesn't mention it himself, it is a long shot.
So, what exactly is Louis C. Rove's Norwegian connection? Rove descends from the farm with the same name at Kirkeøy in Hvaler in the Norwegian county of Østfold. You can find a photo of the farm in Fredriksstad Blad's article "Det startet på Rove" ("It started at Rove") published on 5 November 2005. In the national census of 1865 one can find the Rove ancestor Andreas Johannessen Rove living in Frederikshald (today Halden) together with among others his wife Magdalene Jonsdatter, his son watchmaker Severin M. and daughter-in-law Gunhilde (Azora), née Olsen/Olsdatter, and several grandchildren. One of them was Olaf Julius Herman Emil Rove, b. 15 April 1864 and christened as late as 23 April 1865 (see no. 34). He emigrated 22 years old to Wisconsin in the United States where he married the Swedish-born Emma, b. 1863, and had at least 2 sons, Louis C. Rode (1895-1967) and Olaf N. Rode (1898-1980). My sources are several US censuses found at Ancestry.com, SSDI etc. Louis was the father of the previously mentioned Louis C. Rove, Jr., the stepfather of Karl Rove. I am sure I could have found more details if I had done a more thorough research, but this will do for now.
I have been told by a distant Norwegian relative of the late Louis C. Rove that also the explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) of South Pole 1911 fame descended from the same Rove family, but I have not got the details on exactly how he was related to the line mentioned above. As far as I understand it, and this must be taken with some reservation, it is not from Andreas Rove, so the connection must be further back. That is of course a topic I could get back to another time.
Updated on Monday 15 August 2011 at 08.25 (minor text addition, typos corrected), last time on Friday 7 December 2012 at 11:10 (typo corrected).
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Seems Norwegian-Americans (like Americans from most parts of the world) have produced quite a few impressive individuals. A couple of small points:ReplyDelete
Earl Warren was indeed a governor, but is much better remembered as chief justice of the United States during one of the momentous periods in the history of the Supreme Court.
A rare for you, but somewhat amusing, typo: Atlanta's hockey team is the Thrashers, not the Trashers...
I cannot figure out why anyone would want to claim Karl Rove, but you are more than welcome to him. I would very happily see him repatriated to Norway!
Thanks for your comments and corrections, Gary. I was of course aware of the fact that Warren was also a chief justice, and I have added that piece of information now, but had first of all grouped him as a politician and thought too much information would make the sentence somewhat unreadable.ReplyDelete
The two comments I have received so far to my blog article (here and on Facebook) have shown a resentment against Rove... :-) No doubt he was a controversial figure, but no-one - regardless of party affiliation - would surely oppose the description of him as being a brilliant political strategist?
A brilliant political strategist, without a doubt! So, of course, was Machiavelli... :)ReplyDelete


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Columbia River Gorge Climber's Log
SKI - Jan 5, 2011 8:35 amAMAZING
Waterfalls abound, huge roadcut cliffs, crazy ass windsurfers! A beautiful location. Hate the shaky .50¢ tollbridges though!
Baarb - Aug 10, 2009 6:32 am Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006Will be back
Took in Multnomah Falls before heading back into Washington to climb St. Helens, really really beautiful. Have seen precious little of Oregon but if this is anything to go by I'll be spending a lot of time out there in the not too distant future.
Hotoven - Jul 17, 2009 9:18 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2009Been here 3 or more times
Have been here a few times, but most recent 7/17/09. Hiked around many different areas, very fun!
Lunadog - Mar 3, 2009 2:21 amMy backyard
My first hike was with my Dad up Devils Rest on 2/22. I didn't even pant once. I may be four months old but I was born for this. Did Dog Mountain the next week. No problem. This stuff is cake, I mean dog biscuits. It's fun to crap on the trail and make my Dad pick it up and carry it back to the trailhead. I get a kick out of that.
PS-it's been a few months and now my Dad is wise to my tricks. He makes me wear a backpack now and carry my own crap in it back to the trailhead. Maybe I need to just hold it and crap in the car from now on.................
PPS I've done Wind, Hamilton and Dog again now.
PPPS Have added Rudolf Spur, Wygant Peak/Mitchell Point and another Dog Mountain summit. I'm kickin'!
4/18/10 Devils Rest again
2/27/11 Angels Rest and past about halfway to Devils Rest. I love eating snow!
Levi - Aug 3, 2008 6:44 pmAn Amazing Place
I have done a few of the trails and mountains. Not near as many as some of the people here but its a great place. Started in 2005 and have been there quite a few times since then
OJ Loenneker - Jan 28, 2008 4:57 amMy Favorite Trainer
Ahhh... the Gorge..
My fitness trainer for when I don't want to drive all the way to Hood or St. Helens.
I think I have walked, hiked and scrambled nearly every path, and some that are not there so many times I loose track. (Even some you are not supposed to..) Great History and some creepy stuff sometimes too.
charlatan - Apr 9, 2007 7:08 pm Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2005all in 2004 and 2005
Over those two years I had a great time in the Gorge, making it up Angel's Rest, Larch Mountain, Devil's Rest, Mount Defiance, Beacon Rock, Hamilton Mountain (twice), Dog Mountain (twice) and Augspurger Mountain. I saw a bear on one of my Dog Mountain trips and on Augspurger (in fact I didn't quite reach the summit since the bear charged off in its direction, and it seemed rather imprudent to follow).
If you are in Portland this is must visit territory.
JohnMcPike - Dec 19, 2006 8:31 pm Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2001Multnomah Overlook
We only hiked up to the Multnomah Overlook and also a little bit over by Wahkeena Falls. Columbia River Valley is a special must see place
tarol - Oct 20, 2006 4:49 pm Date Climbed: Nov 25, 1995Multnomah Falls Several Times and others
I've hiked many of the trails in the Gorge. Did some studies on fish above Multnomah Falls with my evolution class in college. Also hiked around the Tom McCall Preserve with my botany class. It certainly is a beautiful place to explore!
arcjay - Jul 29, 2006 2:25 am Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2006Mt. Defiance
On Wednesday, a friend and I conquered Mt. Defiance. The day was beautiful, and the views were awesome. At one section toward the top of the Mt. Defiance Trail, we walked out onto a rock escarpment and had some amazing views of Wind Mt, St. Helens, Adams, and Ranier. Once on top, Mt. Hood was gorgeous. We took Defiance Trail up, and Mitchell Pt-Starvation Ridge Trail down. All trails are in good shape. There is some maintenance on Starvation Ridge which is going to be nice when its finished. Both trails are STEEP, so be prepared. Take lots of water because it is a SWEAT! Note: When you follow Mitchell Point down from the summit, the trail forks near Warren Lake. Take the right fork down to the lake/campground and continue east. The unmarked fork (left) takes you to a most impressive arrangement of gargantuan boulders on top of a rise with great views of Mt. Adams. The Mitchell Pt. trail eventually runs into Starvation Ridge trail which will take you back down to sea-level. I hope this helps those who are willing to try. Lace up those boots tight and enjoy the experience.
arcjay - Jul 24, 2006 9:23 pmLong live the Gorge
All of these hikes I have done in 2006. To begin with the easier hikes, I have done Multnomah Falls, Angels'Rest, and Beacon Rock. Other hikes include Wakeena Falls-Devil's Rest-Multnomah Falls loop, Hamilton Mt., Rock of Ages Ridge-Horsetail Falls loop, Ruckel Ridge loop, Munra Point, Wauna Viewpoint, Wind Mt. and Nesmith Point. I have also done some smaller waterfall, creek hikes as well. Hopefully this week I can conquer Mt. Defiance. This a great site, Brian. Thanks for all the great information. The Columbia Gorge is a magnificent place. Long Live the Gorge!!! I have also summitted many other peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains just outside of Los Angeles, but we will save that for another place. Happy trails to all! arcjay
awilsondc - Jun 14, 2006 5:55 pmRoute Climbed: Most of them so far in '06
Not many places can you find this many good, challenging hikes and climbs within 30-60 minutes from home... gotta love the Gorge! This page has pretty much become a checklist for me this year. I've done about 2/3 of them so far, and some 2 or 3 times. I just need to do the long ones (tanner, table, defiance), but should finish off the list by August, exept the class 5 ones.
LCannon - Feb 23, 2006 6:35 amQuite a Few Over the Years
I've climbed quite a few over the years starting about 20 years ago, 1985-the present. Angel's Rest (once from Wahkeenah Falls trail), Devils Rest (Once), Multnomah Falls (Over 10 times), Larch Mountain (Once), Triple Falls (4 times), Nesmith Point (Once), Munra Point (Once), Indian Point (Once), Mount Defiance (Twice), Wygant Trail (Once), Tom McCall Point (Once), Beacon Rock (10+ times), Hamilton Mountain (5 times), Table Mountain (Once...the only unsuccessful attempt), Dog Mountain (3 times), Benson Plateau (One overnight camping trip), Nick Eaton Ridge (Once). I don't know if all this qualifies me to post here or not, but I've certainly enjoyed all these climb/hikes and have also hiked on almost all the waterfall and creek trails in the Columbia River Gorge too. I love the photos here Brian!
SusanM - Jul 27, 2005 9:29 pmDate Climbed: August 2004
This place is awesome, particularly to a desert rat like me! Gotta love the water!
cmc56789 - Jun 13, 2005 2:04 amRoute Climbed: about 2/3 of them Date Climbed: Since December 2002
Can't beat the convenience!
rpc - Apr 25, 2005 5:05 pmRoute Climbed: many Date Climbed: many
Dog (too many times including yesterday), Hamilton, Table, Beacon, Rooster, Defiance (incl. one time we did a back to back two ascents of this from the hwy...what the hell were we thinking?), Wind...all of these at least twice but most more (why? 'cause it's close to home). Angel's/Devil's Rests, Ruckel Ridge (nice)...probably others.
Great place and a great page!
Brian Jenkins - Apr 24, 2005 1:47 amRoute Climbed: Most of them Date Climbed: Spring 2001 - probably tomorrow
The Gorge is such a gem to stay in shape and see great stuff. Only wish it was twice as long so there was more of it. I love the hike up to Devils Rest from either Angels Rest or the Falls. The Multnomah Falls loops are always great especially iced up in winter when no one else is around. Dog Mountain is a usual trainer I do several times a year. Defiance is one of the ultimate trainers. Nesmith a few times, same with Ruckel and Rock of Ages. Wind Mountain is very nice and unique. So is Munra. All the stuff around Beacon, the three peaks that fell into the river are great.
Rooster Rock 4/11/04
Angels Rest Spring 2001, 12/16/05, 1/5/08, 11/8/15, 6/8/16, 11/19/16, 2/25/17, Summer 2017.
Devils Rest 1/4/04 including Multnomah Falls, 1/11/04, 10/17/04, 1/7/06, 11/19/06, 4/15/07 including Multnomah Falls, 1/09, 2/22/09 Luna's first hike, couple more since then too. 4/18/10 with Luna again, 8/7/11 with Luna. early 2012 with Luna also. Spring 2015 with Luna. 11/8/15 with Jim and Luna after Angels Rest. 6/11/16 with Luna for a sunset hike. 2/25/17 after Angels Rest with Luna in morning. 6/10/17.
Elevator Shaft/Cougar Rocks 4/12/08, 2/22/15 with Sue, Summer 2015, spring 2016.
Larch Mountain 3/27/05, 4/3/05, 12/3/05, April 2015 with Luna (short route), spring 2016.
Oneonta Gorge/Triple Falls 1/03
Rock of Ages Ridge 12/14/03, Spring 2004 or 2005, 3/23/08, Summer 2011 over to Nesmith Point and down that way. 2013 with Denyers over to Triple Falls.
Nesmith Point 4/21/02, 5/2004, 5/2005, 5/6/07, several times up to the plateau, once out to the Mystery Cabin, Summer 2011 via RoA Ridge. March 2014 meeting up with Karl and Sue. 4/16/17 with Diane.
Munra Point 1/30/05, 1/29/06, 1/5/08, 3/22/08, Spring 2011, Jan 2016 with BJ, 4/15/17. Around 5/21/17 then on to Wauneka Point and back via Nesmith.
Tanner Butte 1/23/05
Ruckel Ridge 8/21/04, 1/22/06, 2/4/07, 4/22/07, 2009 with Ian, 5/21/11, 4/1/12 with Karl, 4/13/14 with Sue, 4/9/17 (sun, rain, snow, sun, rain snow, sun, rain).
Rudolf Spur 3/29/08 with Karl, again in 2009 with Luna and Jim. 3/18/12 with Luna. 3/8/15 solo.
Herman Creek to PCT to Benson Plateau - 3/26/17 but hit snow and only went to about 3200 feet. 6/17/17 up to 4000 feet. Good views of Tomlike and Hood from a rockfield just off the trail.
Indian Point 3/23/03, 3/11/12 with Luna in freakish wind and snowstorm which deposited a couple of inches of snow in about 10 minutes and on to Nick Eaton Ridge. Again with Luna 4/7/14 to Nick Eaton Ridge. 2/15/15 with Luna. April 2015 with Luna and Sue up Casey Creek Route, then down the Deadwood Trail back to Indian Point and back. 5/09/15 with Sue and Luna up middle trail to ridge, down Casey Creek. 11/15/15 with Luna to Nick Eaton Ridge. Several times April-May 2016. 5/15/16 with Luna up Eaton Ridge/Middle trail to highpoint, back down Casey Creek. 11/18/16 with Luna up NE Ridge and down Gorton. some other times after in 2016. 2/18/17 with Luna up and down Gorton to Indian Point. Spring 2017 a couple more times up Eaton to the "clearing" and back down via Indian Point.
North Lake - Multiple times with Jim, Sue and/or Luna 2014-2015. Most recently 5/22/16 with Luna.
Wauna Point - Around 5/14/17.
Shellrock Mountain 1/21/08
Mount Defiance 7/14/01, 5/12/02, Winter 2005, 12/10/06, Jan 2010 with Ian. 2012 too I think. 2015 also as a trainer.
Beacon Rock 9/16/01, one other time in 2002?, 10/26/03
Hamilton Mountain 9/16/01, 4/5/03, twice in 2009. spring 2011 in snow. Several more that I forgot to write down after 2011. 6/4/17 with Diane, then on to Lower Hardy Trail until we ran out of trail north.
Hardy Ridge with Sue, Jim and Luna 2/8/15. With Diane 4/23/17 on a hot chocolate day. 8/6/17 most of the way, too overgrown this time of year though.
Table Mountain 4/27/02, 11/20/04, sometime in 2005 or 2006, 4/25/10 with Luna and Ian. March/April 2015 solo up the old overgrown route and down the normal one.
Birkenfeld Mountain Feb, 2012 with Karl
Greenleaf Peak 11/6/04
Wind Mountain 2/2/03, 2/1/04, 3/26/06, 1/21/2008, laps with Luna in 2009. 2013 with my brother and Luna.
Dog Mountain 4/7/02, 11/20/03, 1/18/04, 2/1/04, 4/11/04, 5/22/04, 12/4/04, 2/13/05, 5/1/05, 1/15/06, 3/26/06, 6/3/06, 12/17/06, 9/9/07, 1/26/08, 3/1/09, 5/31/09, 3/14/10, 7/25/10, 12/13/10, 4/3/11, early 2012 with Luna, 1/1/13, 8/8/13, 12/14/14. Early 2016. 11/25/16 with Luna up New, down Augs. 2/11/17 solo Augs to new Old Loggers Trail cutoff to Old/Direct and back same way. Snow climb in 3-4 feet drifts.
Wygant Peak/Mitchell Point with Luna 3/7/10.
Don Nelsen - Apr 23, 2005 7:30 pmRoute Climbed: Everything! Date Climbed: Starting in about 1952
Cool! Brian's still putting the page up and I get to sign the summit log first!
I love the Gorge - close to home but with places wild and as primitive as can be. So many trails one never tires of the variety.


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UW-Oshkosh snapped UW-Whitewater's 27-game conference winning streak with a 28-13 triumph on Saturday (Oct. 20) in Whitewater. The Titans now assume the WIAC lead with their 4-0 record (7-0 overall).
UW-Whitewater (5-2/3-1 WIAC) entered the game ranked fifth by D3football.com, while UW-Oshkosh was 10th. The Titans dominated the first half, jumping to a 21-0 lead, before the Warhawks battled back during the third quarter. UW-Oshkosh put the game away on Cole Myhra's touchdown run with 6:48 remaining.
"We built for this one moment," Coach Pat Cerroni said. "We recruited kids that want to beat champions.
"We know what our goal is. But one time, in 2012, it was our day. And it was great."
In front of the largest crowd in WIAC history (12,318), the Titans got off to another fast start. UW-Oshkosh took the opening kickoff and went 75 yards, including 66 on the ground. UW-Whitewater, the three-time defending national champion, had been allowing just 29 rushing yards per game. Cory Wipperfurth scampered 23 yards down the left sideline to reach enemy territory. Nate Wara then tossed a five-yard fade pass to Caleb Voss in the corner of the end zone for a 7-0 lead.
The next three possessions resulted in punts before the Titans struck again. Facing 3rd-and-10, Wara had time in the pocket and launched a perfect pass to Voss, who caught it at the 10-yard line and jogged in for a 60-yard score. UW-Oshkosh has now outscored its opposition, 68-0, in the first quarter this year.
On the opening play of the second period, Tim Filter made a leaping interception at the Titan seven-yard line. Filter made another pick midway through the quarter that placed UW-Oshkosh 30 yards from pay dirt. On 3rd-and-14, Wara connected with Wipperfurth for a 21-yard touchdown that made it 21-0. Wipperfurth made an amazing grab while touching one foot inbounds.
The Warhawks totaled just 28 yards on their first 17 plays of the contest. During the first half, UW-Oshkosh forced five punts and two turnovers. The Titans outgained the Warhawks, 245-53, while holding a 12-1 edge in first downs.
"Our defense feels a lot more comfortable playing with the lead," Filter said. "In the second half, it was our turn. We're a very balanced team."
Steve Morris caught a 41-yard pass on UW-Whitewater's second play of the third quarter. The Warhawks reached the 11-yard line, but a failed backward pass cost them 21 yards. The Titan defense got a stop on fourth down to end the threat.
The next UW-Whitewater drive featured a 14-yard completion to Zach Howard and a 22-yard touchdown pass from Matt Behrendt to Joe Worth. Worth stumbled coming out of his break, but the ball hit him on the numbers and he spun out of a tackle to make it 21-7 with 6:33 on the third-quarter clock.
The Warhawks, who led the nation in scoring defense (7.8 points per game), got another three-and-out to build momentum. UW-Whitewater took advantage of a short field with Behrendt's 29-yard touchdown to Dantrell Wright in the back of the end zone. A missed extra point left the margin at 21-13.
UW-Whitewater looked like it was going to have a chance at tying the score late in the period. Morris got by the Titan secondary for a 43-yard reception. The Warhawks then faced 4th-and-1 at the six-yard line, but Desmin Ward fumbled in the pile. Ryan Stefaniak recovered the ball for UW-Oshkosh.
Following a punt by the Titans, UW-Whitewater got in scoring range. However, Eric Kindler's 45-yard field goal sailed wide left.
The Warhawks outgained the Titans, 226-27, during the third quarter. UW-Oshkosh finally responded with Wipperfurth's 40-yard catch early in the fourth. The two teams traded punts after that, but the Titans took over at UW-Whitewater's 39-yard line.
On the first play of the drive, the Warhawks brought a blitz. Wara was ready, flipping a screen pass to Myhra for a gain of 31. Myhra carried the ball on the next two snaps, pounding his way in from one yard for the game's final touchdown with 6:48 remaining.
The UW-Oshkosh defense forced four straight incomplete passes after facing first-and-goal in the closing minutes. The Titans then took a knee for their first victory in Whitewater since 1987. It was also just the fifth loss for the Warhawks in their last 82 games.
Both squads finished with 14 first downs, while UW-Oshkosh prevailed in total yards, 360-357, and the turnover battle (+3). The Titans converted 7-of-18 third downs, as the Warhawks went 6-for-18. UW-Whitewater had allowed just three passing touchdowns all season, but Wara matched that figure in the first half.
Wara compiled 217 yards with 16-of-24 passing. Zach Kasuboski posted seven receptions for 32 yards, while Voss marked three grabs for 76 yards. Myhra was the game's top rusher with 46 yards on 12 carries.
UW-Whitewater received 144 yards on nine catches from Morris. Behrendt hit on 18 of his 31 attempts for 271 yards and two scores. Nick Patterson topped his team with 44 yards on nine runs. Ward, the conference's second-ranked rusher, posted 26 yards on 11 carries.
The Warhawks' Josh Williams led all defenders with 12 tackles. UW-Oshkosh had Taylor Goodman and Frank Martin book nine stops apiece.
UW-Oshkosh travels to UW-La Crosse next Saturday (Oct. 27).
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I keep seeing things on my Facebook homepage that are annoying the ever-living crap out of me.
Friends with things they like that make my nose bleed.
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I have zero idea -- how we can make our economy productive and provide jobs with benefits that pay a decent wage or how to make parents do their job or how to ensure that people have good food to eat or a safe place to live. Zero idea. How to turn blight into beauty or garbage-strewn empty lots into gardens where flowers don't get stolen.
But I also kind of just think in my head, would you want to trade places? You have to pee in a cup but that guy collecting doesn't. Time to turn that into status update!
I think that's one of the myriad of reasons I loved the book Take This Bread. The food pantry the author started fed everyone. Even the people who were probably cheating, even the people who inevitably took more than their share, even the loud and belligerent and drunk and high. Everyone.
The other is that it just fits my idea of Communion. A loud, messy, imperfect table, full of personalities and flaws, but always the power of love and redemption accompanying the chaos.
It wasn't some kind of feel-good venture. It was hard work. And it constantly tested, this concept that we help all who show up. Tempers flared, angry arguments were had, people were frightened and uncomfortable. This business wasn't for the faint of heart.
And I just want to ask these friends, why do you begrudge? Why? Why take a crazy complex economical and sociological problem and turn it into some kind of flip statement that makes you sound borderline envious?
Because I know that things aren't always right and fair and equitable. But I also know who has and maintains a greater share, of everything. And it's most certainly not the poor.
Friday, August 27, 2010
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I keep seeing things on my Facebook homepage that are annoying the ever-living crap out of me.
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A Grave Sin?
Dear Jesus,
I'm exhausted. This, of course, coincides with two things: the ending of summer session and the renewing of my blessed fertility cycle. (Do you see how lovingly I painted that last thing? Because I really did not want to paint it so lovingly. I am currently a horrid wretch, thanks to a boatload of hormones swimming about like Dana Torres on steroids.)
Right now the kids are having a tea party, leaving me with a moment of silence. Or, relative silence, because they are singing Paramore songs at the breakfast table while drinking lemonade from ceramic cups. But it's downstairs, and not right next to my ears, so...relative silence.
This morning, since I didn't have to open a chemistry text, I opened the latest issue of the National Catholic Reporter, and it fired me up. I wonder when was the last time my church actually resembled your ministry. I know there are parishes here and there that do. I know there are women religious and priests and lay people across the world who do your good work hourly, with hearts bent on equality and justice.
And of course, it's mostly Rome that angers me. You know, putting the attempted ordination of women in the same league as child abuse. Heaven forbid we let those crazy women in, those who feel called to serve you in the same capacity as their brothers. A 'grave sin,' supposedly.
Bullshit, I say to that.
And I quote: "Women, and those who attempt to ordain them, were classified as committing crimes against the sacraments. Such crimes are metaphysically serious in that they constitute any action that desecrates the Eucharist. Not only can God not work through the body of a woman; now, it seems, women's bodies actually defile the Eucharist....
"The latest act of codified violence against women leads me to ask: Why shouldn't Catholic women allow God to act to God's fullest potential in them? Why shouldn't they seek ordination or create lay-led Eucharistic communities that will truly nurture anyone who seeks the peace, community, sacramental nourishment, and social justice that is sorely lacking both in our society and in our church?"
And Jesus, you don't even have to come down and answer that for me. You don't need to make the wind whisper it to me or send me a letter from heaven. I know the answer: because it takes the power away from men.
Mercy Sr. Teresa Cane had an editorial in the paper that illustrated just this point. She writes, "A group of sisters in the Midwest were having their community assembly. Out of courtesy, they invited the bishop....the bishop wrote back and said it must be in a parish church and not at the motherhouse, you must have altar boys come in to assist me, and no sister may carry the cross in the procession. They prayed about it and decided not to have the liturgy."
Gee, I wonder why. Talk about a party pooper.
I don't mean to be flip. I'm just not really sure what else to do with my anger.
Keeping women from the fullest displays of their worship strikes me as about as outdated and patriarchal as not allowing us to vote. Women not being allowed to carry the cross? We do it every single day all over the world.
A while ago, a friend wrote a blog post about religion, and wrote that she believed Catholicism struck her as a bit cultish, with so many people who disagreed with the church being unable to completely leave it. I responded that there were many, many people who were actively trying to change the church. But also that for many, Catholicism is like their cultural heritage. Sometimes, I feel like I can no more shed it than I can my genes from Calabria. (Not that I'd want to Grandma, don't worry!) I'm Italian, Irish and decidedly Catholic.
But I don't know what to do with myself. So many reasons to to run!
Jesus, I know you don't wear Prada. The particularly brilliant red of the Pontiff's shoes reminded me of the red doors of the Episcopal Church. It's not perfect, but it's a start.
Or a breakaway church? But how to find one of those? I'm afraid there is no listing in the yellow pages for Alternative Catholic Churches.
I've entertained attending services across the street. They fly the rainbow flag.
I'll pray about it. Now that I don't have to memorize equations, I'll have more time.
Thanks for listening.
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TheatreLAB will present Riding the Bull, by August Schulenburg, in association with Henley Street Theatre, as part of the 2013 Acts of Faith Festival.
Riding the Bull takes place in sleepy Godsburg, Texas, where a love-connection between fat Lyza, a loud-mouthed, hell-raising cattle rancher, and skinny GL, a simple-minded, God-fearing, rodeo clown, brings unexpected wealth to the previously down-and-out couple. But as GL & Lyza soon discover, money can't buy everything, and sometimes we only realize what matters most after we've lost it all. As crass as it is charming, this quirky morality play mixes ribaldry and irreverence with the deeper themes of love, faith, and the transformation that comes when we meet God face to face. The two-person cast features Maggie Bavolack as Lyza and Deejay Gray as GL, and will be directed by Sarah Roquemore. Riding the Bull is independently produced by Maggie Roop and Matt Shofner of the Ghost Light After Party.
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(and every damn bit of it should be copyrighted, trademarked, patented, and non-disclosed for ever and ever amen"
Regardless of any later results that a fact check might produce (if we can determine which lie to disbelieve the least) the password thing is so common it is the easiest to believe.
When I was in security, the ease with which I could get passwords...especially from people who never met me before...was breath taking. Over the years I found some ways to improve password related security slightly, but only very slightly.
Not only is this very likely to be true in the NSA's case... it is also very likely that you or any random person who could get next to an NSA employee could get the same information.... by asking for it. Obviously it won't be every single employee... but the more you ask, the greater the odds one will just hand it over.
Security is always about the weakest link. It's also always about people, not technology. I'm fairly sure almost all NSA employees are humans, so there you are.
In this case, it also appears that just about everyone with a leadership position in our Federal government has a combination of ignorance and arrogance regarding technology that real security may be history now.
Of this I am certain: Whatever is officially announced can be discounted immediately for one reason or the other. That can at least save a little time.
I'm old enough to remember when J. Edgar Hoover (hisself) was a hero. I remember learning that in addition to that he had the goods on just about everyone, and that his public persona was a huge farce, and that he was a tyrant and megalomaniac. For all of those years he was spoken of in hushed voices and lauded for enforcing the laws of the nation, he was in fact breaking those laws himself, privately and by abusing his office, and nobody could touch him.
His secret weapon was secrets. Anyone who was aware of the reality behind the public persona was also aware of what J. Edgar might have and could do. Those crazy enough to actually say such things instantly became conspiracy nuts and faded away... we are now left with those who kept their thoughts to themselves running the place.
Now I'm supposed to believe that the NSA is protecting me because they say they are? I don't think so.
A look at the paragons of virtue on the list of switch hitters tells me volumes. You have it exactly precisely right--if the NSA is not running this country through self serving intimidation they are missing a big bet and wasting a lot of our money.
When it became obvious our DHS was out of control I pulled out the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. When the defense of the NSA against Snowden's alegations started sounding like Newspeak, I reread "1984".
I think it's time for Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire... then maybe "Mein Kampf" and Hitler's second book (Mein Other Kampf?) and to take a really hard look at Germany in the mid 1930's.
This all looks too familiar. I think in a few short years all of the folks who are calling the conspiracy theory nuts "conspiracy theory nuts" will be telling everyone how they were on board all the time, much like the vote changers on the list.
It's amazing. There are some important differences in the way the US is built, intended to avoid this kind of thing... I hope they work.
Telcos are pure evil. The only time they appear slightly less than pure evil is when they are compared with each other... then the little ones trying to get bigger sometimes do things that aren't as evil as the others...but those things are always temporary.
Let's keep this part simple: Telcos = Evil. All.
Yeah, this is pretty obvious populism whether or not it is sincere.
But I like it. Maybe it's shallow and simple of me, but it looks and sounds exactly like a leader standing on principle... so I'll just do the "if it quacks like a duck..." think and pretend it is.
I'll also wait patiently and confidently for the inevitable news flashes about how evil Ecuador is.
Here lately, that's The American Way.
So the way I see it, if something almost happened but didn't, and the NSA was collecting information on it, then it goes on the list as "Foiled by the NSA".
Since they are evidently collecting all information about anything from anywhere, that means they are foiling everything that is foiled.
But doesn't that mean if something DOES happen the NSA FAILED to FOIL?
There is stuff happening all the time! Something should be done about all this shoddy plot foiling with our tax dollars!
I would very much like to trust law enforcement agencies and officers again, but it will take some doing. It took a long time and a lot of bad acts to lose my trust, so I don't expect it to be all that easy to get it back. But this guy just started the turn in that direction.
I'm finding the most encouraging law enforcement actions are coming from the office of sheriff. Maybe it's because they are elected. I don't know, but that is a very powerful office, and it seems that when a sheriff makes the news it's because of a positive thing... or at least an attempt do do what they believe to be a positive thing.
I don't know of any other law enforcement officer subject to election. I think the rest--police chiefs and officers, Sheriff Deputies (ahem. Oops.), FBI agents, etc, are hired or appointed.
Whatever it is--My trust level has been on empty for quite a few years, and I liked things better when it wasn't.
I sense a latent implication that the networks going out of business would somehow be a bad thing.
And here I was daydreaming (still legal in New Mexico) about what we'd replace it with once it was finally gone.
As much as I miss the wonders brought to us by record labels and television (The Monkees!), once those industries were destroyed by VCRs and cassette tape recorders it wasn't all that bad.
I find I somehow enjoy the desolation and economic mayhem we've been left with since the loss of more jobs than there are humans on the planet, and the total loss of all art.
It's an acquired taste, I guess.
Yabbut math is HARD.
Besides, we elected them already. Now what we have is a set of strong incentives for politicians to sell influence and buy votes, with control of those incentives in the hands of those who benefit from them.
There are many good ways to fix the incentives... but they aren't going to happen.
They don't read the bills they sign, you have to know they aren't going to do the math.
First, the comment about poll manipulation as an art form is an understatement. Poll data has long passed from "probably useless" to "intentionally misdirecting" and it hasn't stopped heading in that direction.
It is so bad, it is impossible to tell if the hidden purpose behind this one and its release is pro or anti gun control. I doubt it is pro or anti game control, but I suppose that's possible. We are such easy targets.
If we weren't so well trained, we would recognize the question as manipulative as well as inane, but somehow we don't. We just fill in the blanks as though we were taking a No Child Left Behind test.
Which would you prefer, Twinkies or tap-dance lessons?
Or this: Would you vote for me if I presented this over simplified polar answer to a complex problem... or this other over simplified polar answer?
This is very US Federal Government-like.
Rule 134.5.7 JJJJ: If something is clearly not working, do it harder.
This reminds me of the second most amazing thing about the latter career of O.J. Simpson. After the verdict in the first most amazing thing, he made a hobby of pushing his legal luck.
He has finally proved the rule about what happens in Vegas--and now it really looks like the alleged sleazeball Gibbs and whatever his company/organization/halloween costume he is currently wearing will do the same.
I wonder... after losing repeatedly and becoming a poster child for trolling online, plus antagonizing a federal judge or two... what's the next act?
I do remember what it was for O.J.
I can help you out with this one, Space. The FCC and the DOJ both combined don't know enough about what they are regulating to fill a dramatic pause.
I'm sure when you were digging around the history of these here now telephone things--which is a fascinating and educational thing to do--you saw how confused everyone was about what they did and what Our Government should do with them.
Seems to me that by the time all of the errors (some understandable) were corrected the phone company (The Phone Company) was being driven to extinction anyway.
So as long as we call it "jailbreaking" and "unlocking", well, those sound like things we shouldn't do--so the default action of a regulator will be to forbid it.
Maybe we should start calling it "owning" or "personalizing" or maybe "privacy protecting". All they read is the title anyway.
Bill in New Mexico, criminal.
My phone contract is up the end of January, so I'll be creeping in a very suspicious manner down to my carrier and getting a new phone this coming Friday.
I'm not sure if I'm going to try it in its safe and secure state first or commit my crime (felony or misdemeanor?) so I can remove all of the safe and secure godddam bloatware right out of the box.
Either way, I shall be a criminal by Saturday morning, I'm sure. If I can't get an exemption, may I please have a cell with a view?
Guy selling apples on a street corner for $10,000.00 each is asked how many he is selling for that price...
None so far, he sez, but I only have to sell one.
...I wonder how that guy made out...
I can't help it. This reminds me very much of a new policy that came out while I was on active duty (about an eon and a half ago)to reduce the number of forms in use.
Naturally, the way we were supposed to suggest a form be removed was by filling out a new "paperwork reduction suggestion" form.
I wasn't fast enough to do the obvious, but I was fast enough to win a bet on it. The form vanished within two weeks (light speed for DoD admin). I would love to see the form suggesting its own removal, but I'm certain it was FOUO.
This story would have been better if the memo had actually been classified--and most documents about classification are classified--but I agree it still fits the fossilized culture of secrecy.
Some things change over time, some things don't.
After reading this morning's batch of Techdirt insanity, I've begun to wonder if there isn't some kind of secret rule that requires senior officials in government and business to be morons..at least in certain areas.
Around two decades ago after I noticed that everything I saw on the news relating to anything military, an area where I have considerable experience and expertise, was not only wrong, but space-case wrong. By "space-case wrong" I mean it wasn't only inaccurate, it was breath-taking stupid. Then I read an article that claimed EVERYONE with any expertise in a given area thought the same thing about the news coverage of that subject--but thought the rest of the coverage was okay.
Hmmm. I interpreted that to mean all news in all areas was stupid, but we could only recognize that stupidity if we happened to have some expertise in the area. I stopped watching the news after that... and I think that alone left me better informed.
If the same thing is true about senior officials and the subjects covered here, I'm not sure what I can quit doing.
I suppose in this case it's better to keep an eye on them than to just roll my eyes and shake my head. Maybe alcohol abuse would help. I'd pretend it was fiction, but it isn't believable enough for fiction.
This is HARD.
Doesn't the poor man have any advisors or interns or maybe a janitor or some guy wandering around aimlessly to tell him how ignorant and perhaps dim witted this all makes him appear?
This ain't computer science, y'know.
I think maybe Reid needs to get out more.
Well, I'm like whatever.
However, thank you all for the quote of the day as far as I'm concerned: "standards are different".
That is either the solution or the problem--I can't remember what we're working on. I suppose we all have our own conventions.
I'm now confident we CAN all just get along...separately.


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Thank you everyone who has responded to our paranormal survey, which was carried out over around 18 months. We got some very interesting responses, here is what all of our survey responders are thinking!
It seems that the majority of our responders believe in the afterlife-39.1% said that they completely believe there is an afterlife. Altogether 65.1% of the people who responded to our survey were saying that they either believed or were leaning towards belief, compared to the 10.9% who were neutral, and the 23.9% who did not believe or were leaning towards disbelief.
Out of our believers, the majority believe in the afterlife because of their own paranormal experiences. This came out as 65.6% of all believers. It does make sense though, as often seeing is believing, and people trust their own senses. Other responses were that other people who they trust have experienced something (28.1%), or the amount of alleged paranormal evidence seen online or in books (21.9%). Two of our responders believe due to their own religious beliefs, and one believes because they want to.
It is fairly common to want there to be an afterlife. 60.9% of responders say they want there to be an afterlife. Fair enough, there are many wonderful things that come to mind when you think of the afterlife, such as seeing relatives again, the wonderful rewards that are promised in Heaven for people who do good in life, and the reassurance that our life carries on. This isnt always a comfort to people though-4.3% of people do not want there to be an afterlife. The most common reason for this is usually because eternity is a very long time, a sort of "be careful what you wish for" thing, and that even if things are wonderful, everything would get boring after an eternity.
We have a few paranormal investigators in the house, but not too many. Only 2.2% of responders go on regular paranormal investigations-but 37% of people have been on at least one. There are a lot of aspiring paranormal investigators out there, 45.7% of people who responded to our survey havent been on an investigation-but would like to in the future.
Paranormal investigations are rather interesting, but can sometimes get a bit boring, with 50% of our responders who have been on an investigation havent experienced anything at all. It is a waiting game though, its very common not to get instant activity in every place. if ghosts exist, theyre certainly not always up for creating activity on demand. Maybe the place wasnt haunted, or maybe the ghosts were out that day, lol.
I asked our survey responders about the paranormal experiences they have had. The most common was hearing strange noises/voices, which accounted for 53.6% of our paranormal experiences. 46.4% of the people who had experiences have actually seen a ghost. I expected this to be one of the rarer experiences, but it actually came in second. There have been a lot of ghost sightings! Here are some of our responders ghost experiences.
"i was only young when this happened. i was crying one night in my room and when my mum came in she asked what was up and i said i cant sleep so she put me in her bed i woke again during the night and my mum was fast asleep and i sat bolt upright in bed and saw a small figur in the coner of my eye. when i looked i noticed a little girl and she was holding flowers but she was trying to get into my mums built-in wardrobe but something was stopping her from getting inside i now see this girl on a regualr basis i think its something to do with me but since i had my son i havnt seen her once and that been 3 years now"
me and my then wife were walking through a school field that led to a very old grave yard my wife said theres something over there so i went to have a look as i ran over my wife came behind me and we both seen a tall black figure with a tall hat on walk and disappear at the back of a tree we ran over to look but there was nothing there
I saw a spirit just out the corner of my eye and put it down to peripheral vision and nothing more, but i caught the same spirit/shape moving several times over a period of around 3 months , 1, it always happened when i least expected it. 2, had my eyes checked and there was no problem my vision was perfect, 3, my daughter said she saw same thing without knowing what i had seen.
Lived in a haunted house as a child, all my family saw a man in a top hat and black cape. My dad thought he was a burglar and put bolts on all the bedroom doors. lol
saw a little girl standing over me while i was in bed. i was eleven at the time, she woke me up just staring down at me, i got such a fright i jumped up, my hand went through her, i knocked my face on my bedside cabinet and split my lip. as an adult, i regularly saw an old lady in my bedroom, i lived next door to a graveyard at the time. she used to shake hell out of my bed regularly. i think she shook my bed to wake me up so she got attention.
Spooky stuff! No wonder we have so many believers! I do love hearing about other peoples paranormal experiences!
Next I asked our survey responders to rate different paranormal things from 1 to 5-with 1 being not believing at all, and 5 believing fully. The most believed in thing on the list was ghosts, with an average rating of 3.52. The least believed were fairies, with an average rating of 2.30. Generally afterlife related things such as ghosts, Heaven and God were more believed over things such as fairies, the Loch Ness monster and bigfoot-mainly because these things are seen as more believable in our culture. Positive supernatural things recieved higher ratings than negative ones, with God recieving a rating of 3.46, compared to the 2.98 that Satan got. This was a trend-Heaven got 3.24, but Hell got 3.07. Angels got 3.28, but Demons got 2.96. I think the answer to this may be because people like positive things more than negative. Negative things are often harder to think about, but positive things make people feel happy. A lot of people, when they do think of the afterlife also think about Heaven rather than Hell, because it is where they feel they will be going, and have positive associations with the idea of seeing loved ones again, or meeting God.
People are divided on the idea of mediums. It was very close. 30.4% of people believe that all mediums are fake, 32.6% believe that most are real, but there are some fakes. Coming in a slight lead was the belief that most are fake, but there are a few genuine ones, which was 34.8%-winning by just 2.2%. It seems that nobody knows for sure about mediums, but people tend to exercise a bit of scepticism about them. Only 2.2% of people believed that all mediums are real. Maybe the stories of fakes and cold readers who have been exposed are getting people to be more sceptical.
I also asked people what they thought about people who believed differently to them. The majority of responses were more of a live and let live reaction-they dont mind that others believe differently, as long as these people dont mock their beliefs or are rude to them because of it.
This survey responder had a very good point "It would be a very boring world if everyone agreed on everything, discussion is healthy. Very true-the forums would be very boring if everyone believed the same thing." Debate is a good thing, and it makes for interesting discussions on forums. Another user said "they are entitled to their own opinion. i think if you have not experienced anything parnormal, then it must be difficult to give credence to it." which is quite a good point, its very hard for someone to believe in things if they have never experienced anything paranormal themselves. Some of these ghost stories are so amazing I guess it is hard to believe it if you werent there seeing it with your own eyes. This is actually a fairly common thing for believers to say, along with this opinion from another of our survey responders, who said "they will find out sooner or later for themselves then they die" If there is an afterlife, that is true, We will only find out for sure when we are there, well, if you do go there, try and come back and tell us all about it! Five people had negative views towards people who believe differently to them. Out of these people, three believed in ghosts, and two didnt.
What do you think?
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The topic of the paranormal has always been a very interesting, yet controversial topic as it can easily be associated with religion (which is obviously understandable). Of course, there are different people in the world as this survey shows. Some people perceive things differently, which leads me to agreeing to that survey responder. While it does frustrate me at times when people don't agree with me on topics I feel most strongly about (perhaps due to my stubbornness), it would be boring if everyone agreed with everything. After all, that's what debates are for right? People are entitled to their own respective opinions. But still, we all seek out the truth, the facts, the proof.
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I need a week to read the outcome of the survey .. My eyeballs have not adjusted to the altitude as yet.. I wondered when the results were going to be forthcoming.. bear in mind that the membership of this forum 18 months ago bears no resemblence to the current membership..
Some of our Chiefs believe the land belongs to them...
But that is not what The Great Spirit told me... He said No one owns the land, that the land belongs to him. We are just keepers of the land, for our children and for their childrens childen.
But that is not what The Great Spirit told me... He said No one owns the land, that the land belongs to him. We are just keepers of the land, for our children and for their childrens childen.
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Occupying some 16,000 acres beneath the snowcapped San Juan Mountains is the Double RL Ranch, the Colorado getaway of fashion designer Ralph Lauren and his wife, Ricky.
The ranch includes a main lodge, three guest tepees and several outbuildings.
The living room of the four bedroom primary structure. Pieces from the Ralph Lauren Home collection, such as the suede sofa and club chair, fill the compound's interiors. A work by Fritz Scholder is above the fireplace. The cowboy hat on the table in the foreground once belonged to John Wayne.
In the master bedroom, concho belts and an Indian chief blanket with an American flag motif, both 1880s, hang on a ledge holding an Apache olla basket, at right. The 19th-century breastplate with mirror, at left, is believed to have come from the Blackfoot Indian tribe.
Art Nouveau-style lamps illuminate a living area that lies alongside a bar and dining area. On the mantel is a photogravure, left, by Edward S. Curtis, a chronicler of Native American culture. The canoe hanging above is a Canadian birchbark. Stickley wood chairs.
Leather armchairs provide comfortable seating when the couple and their guests watch movies. "Although the ranch is a work in progress, there's a real feeling of heritage here," says Ralph Lauren. "Everything is authentic to me—and pleasing to my eye."
The couple often use the space to serve breakfast to family, including their three children, and the cowboys working at the ranch.
The terrace faces the tack house. "After 20 years here, I still notice new things, depending on the time of day," says Ralph Lauren.
Little Brown Cabin
"The cabin is named after Billy Brown, who lived in it when he homesteaded part of the ranch in the 1880s," says Ralph Lauren. "It was moved from its original site."
Little Bear Cabin
The interior of the cabin, which is named after two curious bear cubs that frequented the area during construction, is lined with logs from an 1880s Montana barn. An Edward S. Curtis photogravure rests on the rock fireplace's wood mantel.
The mudroom serves as a storage area for leather chaps, riatas, stirrups, early snowshoes from Taos and Native American-made fishing accessories.
Like most of the dwellings on the property, the space is equipped with accommodations for as many as eight visitors. Before the rock wall is a 19th-century painted stepback cupboard that was found in the South. On the table is a Santo Domingo dough bowl.
Little Blues Pony Cabin
Near a pasture where the horses often graze, the cabin is partly constructed from a dismantled barn from Montana. Blue accents, such as the small wood chair, are displayed throughout. The photograph is by Karl Moon. The bed was acquired in Pennsylvania.
Elkmeadow Cabin
A rebuilt clawfoot tub, a Shaker-style basket and a New Mexican Navajo rug are in the bath. Ralph Lauren Home multicolored towels; red Polo towels.
The pool, which reflects the faraway mountainscape, is located just off the main lodge and is accompanied by a gym.
The barn was built by the homesteading Vance family. "My family and I ride out to it on horseback for dinner," says the designer.
A place setting includes Ralph Lauren Home placemats, napkins and flatware. The Double RL Ranch logo is on the plate.
Sun streams in through an American flag to the dining area, which is decorated for a Christmas meal. Sage and willow branches from the ranch grounds adorn the tree. The tablecloth is French lace.
A pair of 1960s-style butterfly chairs flank the entrance to the 1960s silver Airstream trailer the couple offer to their guests. "The interiors are redesigned in an Army-surplus style," the designer says. A canopy over the wood-plank platform protects visitors from the elements.
A collection of Indian blankets warms the inside of one of three guest tepees, which measures 28 feet in diameter. Since they have no heating or cooling systems, the structures are used in the milder months.
The exterior was handpainted by Native American artists.
Tom Harrington on a cattle drive. "There's such a sense of space at the ranch," says Ralph Lauren. "Whether Ricky and I are riding horses or driving, we're at ease, surrounded by the mountains. It's completely restful and inspiring."


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Cute Kids Singing Country Songs – LeAnn Rimes, 'Blue'
We don't know who she is, or where she is today, but this girl could have had a big career in country music. Her commanding performance of LeAnn Rimes' 'Blue' will blow your hair back. Watch this little girl sing a song that was originally performed by a singer about her age.
The footage comes from 'Apollo Kids,' likely a spinoff or special edition of 'Showtime at the Apollo,' a popular television program recorded in New York City. We'd put this little girl at about 12, and the video seems to be from the late '90s, so she's likely in her 20s today. Whoever this talented singer is, she's a joy to watch! This 74-second clip is sure to brighten your day.