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For the sake of full disclosure, let me say right up front that I have never worked for, played on, or been an insider of any variety with either of this Sunday's Super Bowl teams.
My "life" with the Steelers and Packers, as it were, is more fleeting and distant than that, but maybe other baby boomers like myself, who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, can relate to some of the experiences shared here.
It all began in the late 1950s when I was first introduced to the National Football League. The telecast of the 1958 championship game, won dramatically in sudden death by the Baltimore Colts in Yankee Stadium, was not only a seminal moment for the league, it was the starting point for my interest in pro football – and apparently for millions of other Americans.
The game has often been described as the greatest in NFL history because of the way it captured TV viewers and made pro football, not baseball, the sport of the TV age.
Of course there weren't many games on the tube even after this landmark telecast, so to bridge those one-game-a-week, black-and-white Sunday broadcasts, boys like myself turned to a pioneering weekly magazine, Sports Illustrated, and bubblegum trading cards.
The latter, for the first time, really brought me face to face with members of the Steelers and Packers. Neither team in the late 1950s was very good, but for a youngster, there was still a fascination with anyone immortalized on cardboard. It didn't matter whether they were lesser-known Packers such as Veryl Switzer and Roger Zatkoff and journeymen Steelers Fran Rogel and Elbert Nickel, or more prominent players on these teams: Bart Starr, Jim Ringo, Max McGee with the Packers, and Ernie Stautner, Bobby Layne, and John Henry Johnson with the Steelers.
The team that really hooked me were the Chicago Bears, whose games were regular TV fare in Evansville, my southern Indiana hometown. This was when the Bears played at Wrigley Field, George Halas was the coach, and the broadcast team consisted of two former Bear greats, Red Grange, the man known as the Galloping Ghost, and George Connor.
From rooting for the Bears, I gained my first real acquaintance with the Packers, who emerged as the league's dominant power under Vince Lombardi and served as Chicago's perennial nemesis. The Green Bay players became household names and regular foils for the Bears in twice-a-season games.
The Steelers, on the other hand, remained a mystery to me. They played in the NFL's East Conference, and I never once remember the Bears squaring off with them on television.
My in-person spectating of any of these teams was limited to two brief visits to the Bears' summer training camp, then held in the sleepy town of Rensselaer, Ind. That is until 1963, when on a family vacation to Chicago, we secured tickets to the annual College All-Star Game at Soldier Field. The defending NFL champs took on the best college seniors from the previous year in the preseason event begun in 1934.
The pros almost always won, and the Packers, at the peak of their powers in 1963, seemed virtually certain to teach the college stars a few lessons. But lo and behold, in a shocking upset, a college squad led by quarterback Ron Vander Kelen, who played right under the Packers' noses at the University of Wisconsin, toppled the two-time defending NFL champions, 20-17. It was the last time the pros ever lost in the annual showdown, which was terminated after Pittsburgh crushed the college stars, 24-0, in 1976.
Vander Kelen had also been the hero for Wisconsin in the 1963 Rose Bowl, even though the Badgers ultimately lost to Southern Cal, 42-37, after mounting the greatest comeback in the game's history. Wisconsin scored 23 unanswered points in the fourth quarter in a first-ever bowl match-up of No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams.
Ironically, Vander Kelen had a short, undistinguished NFL career.
While the Packers emerged as a power under Lombardi, the Steelers continued to fly under the NFL radar during most of the sixties, hitting rock bottom in 1969 with a 1-13 record.
It was in the aftermath of that debacle, while reading a sports magazine at an off-campus laundromat in Bloomington, Ind., that I first learned of quarterback Terry Bradshaw, the designated savior of the woeful Steelers. With the NFL's No. 1 overall draft pick, Pittsburgh had selected Bradshaw out of Louisiana Tech.
After decades of futility, Bradshaw and the vaunted Steel Curtain defense managed to win the franchise's first playoff game in 1972 and won their first Super Bowl, with a 16-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, two seasons later.
I watched that one on TV, but had the good fortune as a sportswriter for The Christian Science Monitor, to be assigned to cover Super Bowl XIII, maybe the most exciting in the game's first 30 years. It pitted the Steelers against the other team vying for preeminence in the '70s, the Dallas Cowboys. Pittsburgh was built to appeal to the blue-collar crowd, Dallas to football progressives in a gleaming Texas boomtown.
The Super Bowl was played in the aging Orange Bowl, with the clouds clearing, as if on cue, after a torrential pregame downpour. During a first half played in brilliant sunshine and a second half after nightfall, the two teams traded scores, with Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann hauling in what proved to be the winning touchdown pass from Bradshaw midway through the fourth quarter. Final score: Steelers 35, Cowboys 31.
As you might imagine, I've kept my press pass for that storied Steelers' game.
As for the Packers, I still keep the audiotape of Packer quarterback Bart Starr that I recorded during a 1997 media teleconference to mark the 30th anniversary of the coldest NFL game in history, the famous "Ice Bowl." With the temperature 13 below zero and the wind chill -48, Starr tucked himself in behind guard Jerry Kramer on a sneak with 13 seconds left that gave Green Bay a 21-17 victory over Dallas in the NFL championship game.
The game, of course, was in Green Bay, but I saw it on TV in an El Segundo, Calif., motel room, where I joined hundreds of other Indiana University students on the school's first and only trip to the Rose Bowl. That, however, is a story for another day.


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MIDNIGHT SUN SAILING TOUR (600 DKK cash per person, payable upon arrival)
Pastel shades of soft pink, lavender and cream paint everything in sight. All the small ripples and indentations along the icebergs' countless facades are accentuated as they cast shadows upon each other with the help of the midnight sun.
Summer evenings down at the Ilulissat Harbour are full of life. It is as if every thing and every one wears invisible solar panels to soak up a natural energy all through the day and night. Fisherman are still going out to cast their final long lines of the day, and tourist boats head toward the mouth of the Ilulissat Icefjord to weave between the giants sculpted by nature.
Including us!
Our Midnight Sun Sailing Tour is the most popular of all our tours. Photographers love it for the opportunity to capture this infamous Arctic light, and adventurers love it simply to be surrounded by an environment so different from their everyday life. We head directly for the icefjord so we can spend 1.5 hours amongst the ice, just when the midnight sun is most gorgeous.
Meeting Time: 21.45
Meeting Location: Tourist ponton, on the same side of the bridge as Hotel Arctic. Look for the boat called Niviarsiaq.
Sailing Time: 22.00 - 00.30
Capacity: Maximum 12 guests
Minimum: 4 guests
What to wear: Lightweight pants and shirt base layers, comfortable everyday trousers, windproof & waterproof outer pants, windproof & waterproof outer jacket, close-toed shoes with good traction (like sneakers or hiking boots).
What to bring: A small backpack, an extra shirt layer, perhaps even a lightweight wool sweater, hat, gloves, camera, extra batteries or portable charging device, sunglasses, chapstick, any snacks you may need
Complimentary: Self-serve coffee & tea; wool blankets
Price: 600 DKK per person

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Maine high court hears appeal from topless coffee shop arsonists
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's supreme court justices are hearing arguments from a 51-year-old man who's appealing his arson conviction for setting fire to a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro.
Raymond Bellavance is serving 30 years in prison for burning down the Grand View Coffee Shop in June 2009. Prosecutors say he was angry because his former girlfriend was dating the owner.
His attorney is presenting his appeal Tuesday before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, arguing that Bellavance was denied a fair trial and an impartial jury.
At Belliveau's sentencing, the judge said she imposed the maximum sentence because it was "sheer luck" nobody was killed. Seven people, including two infants, were living in a room connected to the shop at the time of the fire.


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10 Tech Gifts to Wow the Cook In Your Life
Got a cooking enthusiast on your gift list? Whether it's a professional chef or someone just learning their way around the kitchen, they are sure to gasp with joy upon receiving one of these tech-oriented cooking tools. These are the sorts of gifts that are practical yet deeply appreciated. Prices range from $4.99 to $1,900, so there's something for every gift giver's budget, too.
1 SousVide Supreme, $399 from Amazon: A gourmet appliance for the aspiring Top Chef; read The Kitchn's review here
2 Splash-Proof Super-Fast Thermapen, $89 from ThermoWorks (other colors available): A speedy, accurate thermometer that's worth the price; read The Kitchn's review here
3 SodaStream Fizz, $149.95 from SodaStream (other colors available): An LCD display lets you know how much C02 is left in the canister; read our review here
4 Escali Primo Digital Multifunctional Scale, $19.09 from Amazon (other colors available): This best-selling, essential cooking tool comes in a dozen colors to match any kitchen
5 Belkin Chef Stand + Stylus, $39.99 from Amazon: A clean and clutter-free setup for cooks who like to use their tablets in the kitchen
6 How to Cook Everything App, $4.99-9.99 from iTunes: Beloved by novice and experienced cooks alike, Mark Bittman's classic is available for the iPod and iPad
7 Polder Clock, Timer and Stopwatch, $14.11 from Amazon: Perfect for the multi-tasking cook, this timer can be worn on the neck, magnetically mounted, or used freestanding
8 Breville Smart Oven, $249.95 from Amazon: This versatile oven brings convection cooking to the countertop; read our review here
9 Nesco Gardenmaster Digital Pro Food Dehydrator, $124.28 from Amazon: 1000 watts of power, a digital timer, and an adjustable thermostat make this a great appliance for making beef jerky, dried fruit, and more
10 Thermomix, approx. $1,900: Yes, you read that price tag right. Revered and coveted by cooks worldwide, this "does everything" appliance isn't actually available in the US. Some people resort to ordering it from Canada, while others scour eBay. Read more about the elusive Thermomix at the Wall Street Journal.
Related: The Best Kitchen and Cooking Devices
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The Panel Job Interview
The best way is to handle a panel of interviewers is to take them on one at a time. The board or panel is not one entity, but several individuals coming together with the common goal of hiring the best candidate for the job. At the same time, each person has his own agenda or department's interest at heart. For example, the HR manager will be checking to make sure you are a good fit with the culture and people working at this company. The hiring manager will want to know about your technical skills or business know-how. And the person from accounting will want to know if you are savvy enough to operate a business budget.
Board or panel interviews are usually rather formal and organized, using a standard set of questions for all applicants. This type of interview is typically used in academia, government or for high-level executives but can be used for any other type of position in any company.
Another multiple-type interview is the team or "good cop/bad cop" interview. The team is usually made up of two interviewers, one who asks the questions and one who takes notes. The two typically trade roles, which can be confusing if they have different styles. In fact, one person may be kind and gentle and the other more harsh or pushy. Just remember, these inquisitors are working together toward the same end. Treat them equally, not favoring one over the other.
Regardless of the type of interview, the best advice is to prepare and practice beforehand. When you have your script written and rehearsed your answers, you will feel prepared and more confident no matter how many people you have to face.
A good tip is to try to shake hands with each member of the panel before and/or after the interview if at all logistically possible.
Lastly, remember to make sure you get each person's business card, hopefully at the beginning of the interview, so you can address each person by name. And, when you write your follow-up/thank you note/email you can address each person correctly. When responding to an individual, try to remember what he or she was particularly interested in when they asked questions or received your answer.
Remember each person has an agenda - it is up to you to zero in on that interest and make the most of it.


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Losing 4-5F over 90 min is pretty good, IMHO. I'd lose 8-10F in that same time on my half barrel system over the same time, but I get that down to 1-2F by insulating. 90 min is a long time to mash, though. Sure you need all that time?
Also, being the first time I brewed with this setup, I wasn't sure what kind of brewhouse efficiency I was going to end up with.
Isn't he going to extract tannins if he squeezes the bag? DGMR I've done it a few times back in the extract days and still made very good beer, just thought I'd ask..
I squeeze the crap out of my bag and not once have I had a problem. My friends rave about my beer but I'm just lucky so far.In BIABing, I think the worse you can do to bring tannins out is to go over 170 in your mash out. I try to stick to 168 just in case and it's worked very well for me. I get efficiencies in the upper 70's and lower 80's but really don't worry about that much at all. I try to mash for 70 minutes plus the mash out and do a good squeeze after the bag drains and then boil away.
What does BAIB stand for?
Quote from: CB-Illinois on July 30, 2012, 04:16:04 PMWhat does BAIB stand for?Brew In A Bag - you essentially line your brew kettle with a mesh bag and mash your grain in there. Once the mash is done, you simply pull the bag out and begin your boil.
Love that word "simply." How much does that bag weigh?


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The St. George Hotel in Rome, a sleek and stylish 5-star oasis, offers travelers who value privacy and quiet comfort a haven in the heart of the Eternal City. With a discrete entrance on the historic Via Giulia, you would walk right past the hotel if you didn't know it was there. The essence of elegant reserve, this hotel does nothing to call attention to itself as the more showy palaces do in other parts of the city with their Belle Epoque flamboyance. The restrained, quiet luxury here is like the street it inhabits, which is one of subdued antique shops and fine boutiques. People speak of the Via Giulia in hushed tones, and that 'hush' is exactly what you feel envelop you like a cashmere sweater the minute you enter the St. George Hotel.
The Via Giulia is named after the Renaissance Pope Julius II. Julius II was Michelangelo's pope, the one who commissioned the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Located as it is on this historic street, any renovation had to leave untouched all artifacts of Rome history. The task of modernizing while preserving is a central tension that reveals itself everywhere in the art and design of Rome. The hotel interior was put in the hands of architect Lorenzo Bellini, who created an environment at once up-to-date and evoking eternity. In many ways as spare as a monastery, the contrast between the hubbub of the Roman streets and the cloistered serenity of the interior of the St. George Hotel gives you a sense of refuge the minute you walk in.
The ceilings are set on a human scale rather than the operatic ballroom proportions of many fancier (though not finer) hotels. Low curving arches and long straight lines complement each other as they define the space.
The furniture is custom-designed and reveals the same balance of arc and line. The monochromatic palette of colors for the hotel of muted tans and taupes, set off by dark brown wood and black leather, are those found in the natural travertine stones all over Rome and bring Nature into this highly aesthetic space.
Occasional fantastic ornaments serve to accentuate the simplicity of the spatial design. The overall effect is not bland but simple like a solitaire diamond ring, whose setting is not so much to be noticed for itself but as a perfect presentation of the gem, which in the case of the St. George Hotel, is the visitor.
The rooms and baths are only moderate in size for the expectations of many Americans, but have the same feeling of calm and cultured quiet that the rest of the hotel provides.
The flat screen television is also a computer with access to the internet, so that you can check your email from your room. The keyboard is wireless, so you can do so from bed if you like. And the fact that the hotel is brand spanking new should not be overlooked. They are offering a special introductory rate that is almost a 50% discount off the rack rate for the rooms. And the staff is beaming with a proprietary pride, like doting parents whose child is about to enter a beauty contest.
When I arrived, the hotel had only been open a week or so, and a few glitches surfaced during my stay, but those should all be worked out by the time the high season begins in April. The spa was not yet open, nor were the gardens and the roof terrace, all of which should be finished by March. The rooftop terrace with views overlooking the historic center and across the Tiber to Trastevere and the Farnese Gardens will be a stunning addition to a lovely hotel.
There is another patio garden under construction that should be finished by spring, making this a truly Roman retreat with its open-air private courtyard and rooftop for eating and relaxing under the sun and moon.
I must confess that I preferred being in Rome in winter. It was not bitter cold, the autumnal rains were mostly past and the streets relatively free of crowds. The city was mine to enjoy with a coat and hat. For my companion, who does not like the heat, the winter was actually preferable to the draining temperatures of summer. And this cozy, discrete hotel is an marvelous off-season haven.
Whether you go in winter or summer, if you want modern comfort in the middle of historic Rome, to be within walking distance of almost all the sights, and to feel safe and secluded when not out in public, the St. George in Rome is a perfect gem.
The St. George Hotel
Via Giulia, 62
Rome, Italy
telephone: (39 country code) 06-686611
hotel website
58 rooms
6 junior suites
I Sofa di Via Giulia Restaurant
Wine Bar
Cigar Lounge
Spa with whirlpool, fitness room, sauna and steam room


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Twist Pilot Review
Twist Pilot is a unique take on puzzle gaming. You take control of a propeller named Phil, who has apparently listened to a little too much of The Byrds, as he is constantly turn, turn, turning. And it is that constant rotation which provides the challenge of navigating the myriad mazes which comprise the game.
Many of the levels are made up of tunnels which are too narrow for Phil to fit through at certain angles, and so the player must wait until the right moment to maneuver him through. Touching the sides bumps him and reduce his life, though if he can get away from any nearby walls, enemies, or other obstacles, his life will regenerate on its own.
There are additional power-ups to be found along the way, such as health regeneration, an item which makes Phil's circumference considerably smaller, and one which makes him spin slower.. However, in a twist(!), most of the power-ups placed there by the developers seem to be more of a hindrance than an asset, lengthening Phil's circumference or making him turn faster.
"What a tweest!"
When these come up, they sometimes appear together and directly in your path with no way to avoid them. It seems like a way to add some challenge to a game which is admittedly rather easy for the most part, but you can wait out the effects, even though that also affects your score for time. Plus, there are points where picking up the power-ups isn't required, though why anyone would do so voluntarily (save to add some extra challenge) is anyone's guess. Altogether, it becomes a little confusing what the designers' intent for these items is.
In addition to time, another scoring factor is collecting all of the Sonic-esque rings scattered about the stages. The amount varies, and it's kind of an all-or-nothing proposition, which is worsened slightly by the fact that you're only told how many rings you have and how many there are total when you either pick up a ring or complete the stage. So if you're at the end and haven't been paying attention to the disappearing counter in the corner, you might come up short.
The Red Green Show.
There isn't too much variety from one stage to the next, though some stages occasionally feature moving blocks and enemy spiders. More interesting is when the spiders employ tools such as fans or magnets to affect your course. Better still are the stages which require keys to progress, which we found among the more engaging aspects of the game; sadly, they don't appear too often.
Twist Pilot is a fun game and pretty easy, too, though some players might have some trouble with it– specifically, those with unsteady hands/fingers. The only way to move Phil is by dragging your finger on the screen, and it's very precise– perhaps even too precise, as a slight bit of movement would have us running into the walls. With that in mind, it's difficult to imagine playing this in a car, bus, or subway and not crashing into everything.
If that isn't a concern and you aren't looking for anything too difficult, then give Twist Pilot a try.


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Much has changed in golf since they last played the British Open at Royal Liverpool here in 2006.
Or has it?
If you can harken back, that's the year where rainy, stormy, chilly western England wasn't rainy, stormy and chilly. It was none of the above.
Temperatures actually reached into the 90s and the ground was so hard and dry it made it like golfing on an airplane runway. A 450-yard hole was a three-iron off the tee and an eight-iron in. Drivers gathered dust in the players' bags.
Tiger Woods shot 18 under par, won the tournament — his third British Open title and his 11th major overall — and used his driver once, on the 16th hole in his first round.
The memorable picture from that day was Woods tapping in on the final hole to finish with his 67, then locking in an embrace with his caddie, Stevie Williams. He was sharing his emotions with somebody presumed to best understand how he felt at the moment of his first major victory since his father, Earl, had died. That was two months earlier.
Woods and Phil Mickelson had been the big stories coming into that '06 Hoylake British Open.
Woods, then 30, was always the big story in those days before a major, because he won most of them. Mickelson, then 36, brought with him more than the normal buzz because he had blown the previous major, the U.S. Open at Winged Foot, after leading going into the final hole and trying one of his shots over a concession tent, off the Mercedes in the parking lot and through the clown's mouth.
When it didn't work, Mickelson, to his credit, summed up his thought process for that shot by saying, "I can't believe what an idiot I am."
That helped writers at Hoylake that year with an excellent column angle. The winner of the previous British Open at Hoylake, 39 years before in 1967, had been Argentina's Roberto De Vicenzo, who once had a memorable postmortem of his own performance. The year after he won at Hoylake, he also signed a wrong card after the final round of the Masters, costing him a spot in a playoff. When he realized what he had done, he said, in broken English, "What a stupid I am."
Going into that British Open in '06, Woods and Mickelson were Nos. 1 and 2 in the world.
So let's look at Hoylake 2014, which will begin on the seaside course Thursday, and see how much things have changed.
The big stories going in are … well, Woods and Mickelson.
Woods is just back from serious back surgery, has played one event as a warmup and didn't make the cut. He has won 14 majors, was once a shoo-in to breeze past Jack Nicklaus' record 18, and now hasn't won one since the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
Sadly, his repeated failure in major events he once owned has become almost as big a story as his successes.
Mickelson? He's the defending champion.
Last year, on a magical final day at Muirfield, in a major that was supposedly well out of his comfort zone of softer fairways and more accepting greens, Mickelson won.
He hasn't been playing great this year. Far from it. But he is Phil Mickelson and, with him, even at 44, anything can happen. In '06, he finished with a 70 and was 22nd.
And the weather?
The Metcheck weather service in the United Kingdom has projected four days of nearly zero precipitation. The first two days are all sunshine and the next two are partly cloudy, with temperatures staying around 70 degrees.
If Tiger hits irons 300 yards off the tees and the weather stays hot and dry, this might not be so much a golf tournament as Groundhog Day.
The course, where the likes of Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones, as well as De Vicenzo and Woods, have won British titles, will play at 7,312 yards, a normal par 72. Some of the bunkers have been taken out, but there are still 82 left to contend with, and they are the classic British pot bunkers that can turn players, even the best pros, into blubbering messes.
There is always the chance that a long-lost horseshoe or saddle will surface in one of those bunkers, because Royal Liverpool shared the grounds with a race track years ago.
The three closing holes are designed for a dramatic Sunday finish, because they are all long and difficult, but two are risk-reward par-fives. No. 16 plays 577 yards. The par-four No. 17 plays 458 and No. 18 plays 551 — possible eagle range in dry and fast conditions.
In addition, officials of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club indicated recently that the opening hole, a par-four of 458 yards that has been redone, with lots of steep falloffs around the green, is now, in their estimation, "the hardest opening hole on the rota."
That's the British Open rotation, for those keeping score at home.
England's Justin Rose, winner of the 2013 U.S. Open, will get a lot of lead-in attention, as will this year's U.S. Open winner, German Martin Kaymer. Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy will be among the favorites, as will recent two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson.
One thing certainly won't repeat itself. There won't be any hugs shared by Woods and Williams. They have split.
But then, Williams hasn't just drifted away. He now caddies for Adam Scott, No. 1 in the world and certainly among the favorites here.
Maybe, eight years later, there's another victory hug at Hoylake coming for Williams, after all.


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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at Narita International Airport on Tuesday (January 27) in Narita, Chiba, Japan.
The couple was accompanied by all of their kids — Maddox, 7, Pax, 5, Zahara, 4, Shiloh, 2, and 6-month-old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. (Brad and Knox wore matching newsboy caps! Angie held Vivienne.)
The family is in town to premiere Brad's latest film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
"Our kids are always packing," Angie has said. "They like to pack; it's a game in our house. It can get very hard trying to find 20 minutes to close your eyes if you've been up since four in the morning. We travel so much, we never have to adjust. We change school time to four in the afternoon if we have to!"
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|Breaking Through Brick Walls
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My original idea about the blog was to post queries or "looking for" messages about ancestors and long lost relatives who had become brick walls. My first post, one year ago today, was a query searching for my mother's cousin, Evelyn Bellinger Gibbons. I still have not tied up the loose ends on that search. But I have found the source of her husband's obituary and his burial location, so I'm not too far away.
It didn't take me long to begin sharing the old family photographs, stories and obituaries on the blog. Then I added information about genealogy events in Nebraska. As my Tombstone Tuesday postings increased, I decided to start another blog of my tombstone photographs with a title that aptly describes it, Nothing But Tombstones.
Shortly after I started my blog, I discovered the Geneabloggers blog, managed by the one and only Thomas MacEntee. I was welcomed with open arms by the geneablogging community, and LongLostRelatives.net had about a dozen followers sign up within the first few days of my blog being announced by Thomas. Then I got hooked on following my fellow bloggers to see what they were writing about - and learning more and more about genealogy resources and research.
I had dabbled on Facebook before, but decided to focus my Facebook presence primarily on genealogy. I sent friend requests to a few people who I already knew, introduced myself as a genealogist to others with the same interest and my online network started to grow.
The Year in Review
Looking back over the past year, my genealogical world has literally exploded with new found friendships, contacts and distant (and not-so-distant) relatives.
Some of the highlights of the past 12 months:
- Selecting some of my favorite photographs from my personal collection to share on the blog. Every picture tells a story (remember the old Rod Stewart album of that name?).
- In January, I took a risk and posted What if Your Ancestor Was a Axe Murderer? - a rather disturbing tale of my 3rd great grandfather killing his teenage daughter and then committing suicide.
- Genealogy hit mainstream television with NBC's Who Do You Think You Are? and PBS' Faces of America. We all tuned in and it seemed like the number of people researching their family history at least quadrupled overnight.
- Through shirt-tail kin who I had "met" online, I first saw a photograph of the tombstone of my great-great grandparents, Mark Welch and Sarah Conneally in Litchfield, Connecticut. By deciphering some penmanship and discovering the correct spelling of a surname, I connected one of Mark and Sarah's daughters, Agnes, to the Garrigus family and a wealth of stories and discoveries on FindAGrave emerged.
- The floodgates opened once I made the connection to my great-great grandfather's brother, Daniel Kelly, whose family remained primarily in St. Paul, Minnesota. A research trip to Ramsey county and a stroll down Summit Avenue is definitely in my future.
- In March, I took a two session class taught by local genealogists Marcia Stewart and Cynthia Monroe. Tips from the class helped me get out of my comfort zone and try additional research methods.
- Spring came and that meant some field trips to Wyuka Cemetery and Calvary Cemetery in Lincoln (Nebraska) and Rose Hill Cemetery in Waverly. Later in the summer was an excursion to Sheffer Pioneer Cemetery between Greenwood and Ashland, Nebraska. The cemetery had not yet been added to the FindAGrave site, so I added the cemetery to their database and added the photos of the graves I was able to document. My photographs on FindAGrave became the largest collection of photos of Sheffer Pioneer Cemetery to be housed in one online location. Since then, I've been able to transfer several of the memorials over to the direct descendants of some of those pioneers buried there.
- On St. Patrick's Day, I attended a wonderful presentation by the Ulster Historical Foundation on Irish and Scots-Irish research.
- In May, I attended the two-day conference of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society in Norfolk, Nebraska, featuring two fantastic days of lectures presented by Paula Stuart Warren, who immediately became one of my genealogical heroes.
- In May, I also made my first jump across the pond. Who would have ever thought that my Danish ancestors would be my first European connection? In Danish naming tradition, the surname changes every generation! I had resigned myself to never being able to go back to a prior generation. The Jeremiasens had been elusive to me in immigration records and passenger lists on Ancestry.com - until I splurged for Ancestry's world membership and within a few days, I found the Jeremiasens arrival record via Quebec! Shortly thereafter, I found the Jeremiasens in the Danish online database.
- Enter the power of social networking. I was following William Smith's Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories blog and we are Facebook friends. He had commented on a photograph of the Midwest Genealogy Center in Kansas City that was posted by Jenna Mills and a reference to the upcoming Midwest Family History Expo in July. Within a day I was registered to attend!
- I was invited to be a Blogger of Honor at the Midwest Family History Expo. Wow! I would be blogging and posting to Facebook about my experiences at the Expo.Within ten minutes after the opening session, I found myself at the Beacon of Bloggers area and my Facebook friends suddenly became my real life friends - Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers and Destination Austin Family, Jenna Mills of Desperately Seeking Surnames, Diana Ritchie of Random Relatives, the previously mentioned Dr. Bill, Lisa Alzo, Cheri Hopkins (aka You Go Genealogy Girl #2), Gena Philibert Ortega of Gena's Genealogy. That weekend went by entirely too fast!
|Blogger Get Together at Family History Expo in Kansas City
Diana Ritchie, Thomas MacEntee, yours truly, Jenna Mills
photo copyright 2010 Jenna Mills
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- October was Family History Month and that meant a full day with John Colletta at the Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society fall conference and another full day at the Greater Omaha Genealogical Society fall conference two weeks later. It also marked the beginning of a six week course on the history of Lincoln (Nebraska) taught by local historian Jim McKee. It was very insightful to be able to place my family in context with local history. I suppose I'm one of the fortunate genealogists who lives in the same county where my family has planted roots for nearly 140 years. The streets where my ancestors worked and lived are all around me.
- October also marked the arrival of what I believe is the best product to hit the marketplace for genealogists in ages - the Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner. I've made no secret of my enthusiasm for this product. I'm a scanning fool! My other product recommendation this year is to use the Kindle e-reader for genealogy. I'm now carrying thousands of pages of local history books in my purse all the time. I'll confess that I also use my Kindle for some game-playing - probably more than I should!
- November brought a new adventure when I decided to have my DNA tested at 23andMe. Fellow bloggers Joan Miller and Carole Riley and I decided to become DNA testing buddies. We'll be blogging about our experiences and serve as support for one another as we go through the process. Of the three of us, I probably have the most to learn, since I know nothing about the science of this process. We are located in different countries - Joan in Canada, Carole in Australia and me in the United States, so I think it will be interesting to see what kind of migratory patterns emerge for each of us. You can keep up on our adventure as well as read other pertinent blog posts on the subject by following this RSS feed.
- I love reading the blogs written by other genealogists and recently made the Follow Friday theme a regular feature on this blog with Around the Blogosphere - a review of my favorite posts from the geneabloggers from the previous week. I have learned so much from the rest of you this year!


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second and fourth Mondays
Sunnyside City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Sunnyside Law and Justice Center, Homer Street.
first and third mondays
Grandview City Council meets 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Grandview City Hall, 207 W. 2nd St. in Grandview. Study sessions begin at 6 p.m.
Sunnyside TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meets 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Sunnyside Senior Citizen Center, 1400 Federal Way. Call Nancy at 837-3650 or Shirley at 830-8017 for details.
Sunnyside Noon Rotary meets at noon at Snipes Mountain Brewery and Restaurant, Yakima Valley Highway.
second mondays
The Caregiver Support Group, sponsored by Aging and Long Term Care of Southeast Washington, meets at 2 p.m. in room 7 of the St. Joseph Parish Center, 907 S. Sixth St. in Sunnyside. For more information about the group call 837-2243, 837-4436 or Carl McDonald at 837-6129.
Third Mondays
Lower Valley Christian Women meet at The Barn Restaurant, Wine Country Road, Prosser, at 11:30 a.m. Call 894-4610 for information.
KOSMOS - over 50 singles group meets 6 to 8 p.m. For meeting place call Gloria Alexander at 837-8386 or Bob Van Horn at 837-8485.
Community Service Food Bank, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, East Lincoln Avenue. Winter hours are 9 to 11:30 a.m.
first Tuesday
House committee of the VFW Sunny View Post #3482 meets at 6 p.m. at the post home, 615 North Ave.
Second Tuesday
Horizon Quilters Unlimited of Yakima Valley meets at 9:30 a.m. through noon at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 300 S. Euclid and 3rd, Grandview. For more information call 837-7069.
Second Tuesday
VFW Sunny View Post #3482 and Ladies Auxiliary meet at 7 p.m. at the post home, 615 North Ave.
Second Tuesday
Grandview Chamber of Commerce meets at noon at Bethany Presbyterian Church.
Second and fourth Tuesday
Mabton Food Bank open from 10 a.m. to noon
for pick-up or donations of food items at Mabton V.F.W. Hall across from Mabton High School.
Call 894-4273 to arrange donations.
Third Tuesdays
American Veterans Post #95 meets at 132 Division, Grandview, at 7 p.m. Call 882-1058 for more information.
Fourth Tuesdays
The Sunnyside Masonic Lodge No. 138, F.&A.M., meets at 7:30 p.m. Call Bill Flower, 837-3505 for details.
Fourth Tuesdays
Sunnyside Garden Club meets at 1:00 p.m. Call 837-4138 for location.
Cribbage Club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge, South Hill Road. For more information, contact Linda Johnson, 837-5636.
Sunnyside Daybreak Rotary meets at 6:45 a.m. at Sunnyside Community Hospital.
Moms in Touch International, a non-denominational group that prays for children and schools, Call 837-3459 for day and location.
Lower Valley Toastmasters meets
12 to 1 p.m. at the Sunnyside Community Hospital administrative conference room. Ask at front desk for directions to meeting room. Call Cherie Thompson at 839-7950 for more information.
Coffee Break Bible Study for women meets at 9:45 a.m. at the Sunnyside Christian Reformed Church, 16th and Franklin Ave. Nursery and children's programs also provided. Feel free to contact Karen Friend at 837-4471 or email her at : email@example.com.
First and third Wednesdays
Sunnyside Chapter #134 Order of Eastern Star, meets at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Sixth and Harrison.
Second Wednesdays
Harrison Middle School Booster Club meets at 7:15 p.m. at the middle school library.
Second Wednesdays
Mabton VFW Post #10384 Barnard R. Christiansen Post
meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Mabton post home, B. Street.
Second and fourth Wednesdays
Golden Agers potluck dinners and meetings at noon at the Sunnyside Senior Citizen Center, 1400 Federal Way. Call 837-5572 for details. All persons age 55 and older are welcome.
Second and fourth Wednesdays
Pinochle at 1 p.m. at the Sunnyside Senior Citizen Center, 1400 Federal Way. Cost is 50¢. Call Pat Maynard at 837-6305 for details.
Second Wednesday
Credit Professionals International meets every second and fourth Wednesday at 7 a.m. at Sunnyside Community Hospital. Call Joyce Jones, 882-2248 for details.
second Wednesdays
Yakima Regional Clean Air Authority meets the second Wednesday of every month at 1:30 p.m. in room B33 at the Yakima County Courthouse.
Fourth Wednesdays
AmVets Post #3733 meets at SunnyView VFW Post #3482, 615 North Avenue. 7 p.m.
Support group for caregivers of children with early attachment issues or fetal alcohol syndrome/effects meets at 5 p.m. at Family Resource Center, 913 W. Second Street (along Euclid) in Grandview. For questions call 882-8536.
Al-Anon meetings are held Thursdays 7 to 8 p.m. at Sunnyside Community Hospital classroom.
TOPS #Wa. 1232 Grandview meets at 8 a.m. through 10 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 300 S. Euclid, Grandview. Call 882-5525 for more information.
First, Third & Fifth Wednesdays
Sunnyside Kiwanis Club meets at 6:45 a.m. at Sunny Spot Restaurant, 1650 Yakima Valley Highway.
Meetings are open to the public.
first and second thursdays
Mabton Lions Club meets the first Thursday at noon at the SilverDollar and the second Thursday at 6 p.m. at Mabton City Hall. Call 894-4537 for
Lions Club information.
Second Thursdays
The Lower Valley Fibromyalgia Support Group, a Lower Valley Hospice Education Outreach Program, meets at Sunnyside United Methodist Church, Ninth Street and E. Edison Avenue, 6-7:30 p.m., Edison Avenue entrance. Call 837-4818 for details.
Second Thursdays
Grandview VFW Post #6929 meets at 7 p.m. at the post
home, 132 Division St., Grandview.
Sunnyside Ministerial Association meets second Thursdays of each month. For more information call 837-2734. (no meeting in June, July, or August or the first Thursday of April.)
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The Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets at the Sunnyside Community Center at 7 p.m. For more information contact Carolyn Larson at 837-4110 or Shirley Delaney at 837-4566.
Second and fourth Thursdays
Regular meeting dates for the Sunnyside Lions Clubs. Meetings are held at Sunnyside Community Center 6:30 p.m. Call 839-2574 for membership information.
Fourth Thursdays
Sunnyside School Board meets the
last Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Denny Blaine Building, Custer Avenue.
Lower Valley Bridge Club
Meets Thursdays at 10:30 a.m., and Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at Sunnyside Banner Bank, East Edison Avenue.
Last Thursday
Lower Valley Diabetic Support Group, at Sunnyside Community Health and Information Center, Ninth Street and Franklin Avenue, 7 p.m. No charge for attending. Call 837-1624 for details.
Second Fridays
Sunny Valley Grange #870 meets at 8 p.m. at the grange hall, Factory Road. A potluck and social is held on the fourth Friday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
Consumer Credit Counseling every Friday in Sunnyside at Banner Bank of Washington. Call 1-800-273-6897 for an appointment.
mondays and wednesdays and fridays
Ministerial Food Bank at 8:30-11:30 a.m. at 8th and Decatur Ave. in Sunnyside. Call 837-6754 for details.
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The scripture-quoting rookie versus the F-bomb dropping Super Bowl vet. Baby cheeks versus chin dimple. Scrambler versus sniper.
The story lines for Saturday's matchup between Hall of Fame-bound New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Heisman Trophy-winning and Denver Bronco rookie Tim Tebow abound, especially given Tebow's overtime winner against the Pittsburgh Steelers last weekend and the sky-high stakes for Brady, who has lost his last three playoff games.
On paper, the Patriots are favored by a 13 point margin – a prediction only fueled by the Patriots' 41-23 drubbing of the Broncos in November, which stopped Tebow's at-times miraculous seven-game winning streak cold in its tracks. And the Patriots have an .800 regular season win percentage while the Broncos are at .500. The same statistical matchup has led to four playoff victories in a row for the NFL playoff contender with the superior record.
Of course the game will be decided as much by the other players on the field as by Brady and Tebow. But it's impossible not to view the Patriots-Broncos matchup on Saturday as being about two all-American men caught up in an "Odd Couple" matchup of epic proportions.
For all their obvious differences, if anything binds the two gridiron leaders it's that ever-elusive "it" factor that goes beyond athleticism or personal beliefs, to something more essential embodied by both: an intensity and love for the game that inspires teammates to overcome pain and fulfill what they believe, at least at the time, is their destinies.
The epic confrontation should improve on the stunning TV ratings for last week's Broncos-Steelers game, won on the first overtime play after Tebow connected to Demaryius Thomas for an electrifying 80-yard touchdown.
People will watch, writes Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander, "to see if a running, bare-armed, cheerful, fundamentals-be-damned, totally retro, winning quarterback can beat ... classically formed quarterback Brady in a game that is – remember – as vicious as it is pretty."
Zeroing in on their individual merits and broader philosophical beliefs, the two QBs could hardly be more different.
Brady represents the ushering in of the quarterback age, where what matters most is pure passing skill, cool-headed leadership, and the intellectual ability to master intricate playbook calculus – a mold that's being filled by other superstars like Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees.
Tebow, with his erratic play-action scrambles and unorthodox throwing style, falls so far outside that mold that he can only be measured against himself. It is a style that has brought him adulation. An ESPN poll recently pegged him as America's most admired athlete.
Brady was picked in the 6th round, Tebow in the 1st. Brady is a pocket passer who throws with the accuracy of a SEAL sniper. Tebow is a running back who hits less than half his passes. In eight of 12 starts, Tebow attempted as many passes as Brady completed.
Brady's nearly 40,000 yards and 300 touchdowns in 12 seasons are nearly unrivaled. Tebow, in his first season, managed a 46.5 completion percentage, 12 touchdowns, six interceptions, seven fumbles, and 2,383 yards.
"I think both of those guys are winners but two totally different guys – totally different guys," Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch said this week.
But for the difference in playing and personal style, and lifetime stats, there are some compelling analogies between the two players. For one thing, they both exceeded expectations as rookies, earning their wings as underdog clutch players.
In Brady's first campaign with the Patriots the team hovered near .500 in the regular season – just like the Broncos this year. That year the come-out-of-nowhere Brady beat the Oakland Raiders in his first-ever playoff game by 16-13 in overtime. He was helped by the now-famed "tuck rule" that gave the Raiders a penalty that allowed the Patriots to hold onto a key possession to set up a field goal.
In that game, Brady threw for 312 yards and one interception, without a touchdown.
In last week's win over the Steelers – Tebow's first playoff game – the young QB threw for 316 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions, all after losing his last three regular season games. One of his TDs is now simply known as "The Pass," the 80-yard Demaryius Thomas TD, which will go down in the game's annals.
At the end of the day, the two men have different things to prove. Brady wants another championship ring, eager to toss off the failure of his past few playoff appearances. Tebow wants to silence the naysayers who believe he's not a franchise quarterback, and to possibly replicate Brady's feat of capping his rookie season with a Super Bowl ring.
All of the hype and analysis will finally coalesce into the ultimate comparison of the two quarterbacks on game day in Foxborough, Mass. They have both already proved that anything is possible, if you believe.


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Most, if not all, of us are familiar with the American robin.
We see them flocking on their way north in the spring, and many of us even have them nesting on our property during the summer months. Also, their caroling song ("Cheer-up, cheerily, cheer-up") is an integral sound of springtime, and their acceptance of us as neighbors makes them a part of our immediate world.
Robins are members of the thrush family, which also includes all three North American bluebirds, the shy wood, Swainson's and other brown thrushes, and the western Townsend's Solitaire. This large group of birds is very diverse, and although the recent taxonomic classification is open to debate, more than 300 species of the true thrushes are found worldwide with about 10 species regularly breeding in North America.
American robins are fairly large birds, about the size of a mockingbird and a little smaller than a mourning dove. Both sexes have gray-brown backs and medium-length tails. They have broken white eye-rings and white throats heavily streaked with black. The males have the trademark red-brown breast that typifies our thoughts of robins, while the female is a little more subdued with a paler orange breast. From the belly to the vent, both sexes are pure white. One surprising field-mark that many people are unaware of is the white corners to the bird's tail.
These characteristic white feather tips are obvious as the bird flies up from the ground, where it spends a lot of time feeding on insects, worms and fallen fruit. Take a good look at the next flock of robins that you see on the side of the road, and I am sure you will see the obvious tail spots.
Robins are great fliers, as mentioned in their scientific name of Turdus migratorius, and during a hard winter, they can sometimes be found as far south as southern Mexico and northern Central America. In past seasons, small flocks of this surprisingly good flier have even turned up in Western Europe, but this is a very rare occurrence.
Much of the winter migration depends on the weather and availability of food; a lack of food, coupled with bad weather, will force them farther and farther south. They prefer a diet of berries, fruit and insects, and during the winter, many birds can be seen stripping the abundant fruit off the ornamental hollies throughout our area.
As the weather cools down in fall, large flocks of robins will begin to move south to escape the colder weather, and by late February and March, they have already started to again move north.
Here in Western North Carolina, it is not uncommon to have robins with us throughout the year, although they are far more common from spring to fall, when they sing, nest and raise their young from our backyards to the forests of the Blue Ridge.
Simon Thompson has lived in WNC for 18 years. He owns and operates Ventures Birding Tours, www.birdventures.com. He also co-owns the Asheville Wild Birds Unlimited Store. For more information, drop by the store or check his website at www.asheville.wbu.com.
American robins often summer in WNC
Most, if not all, of us are familiar with the American robin.


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Star Well (Winter Scene)
Description: "Winter Scene--Shipping Star Well Water--From Min Wells Texas" The Star Well was located at the northeast corner of the intersection of NE 1st Street and NE 1st Avenue, across the street and north of the Baker Hotel. The telephone building is currently [2008] located there. A "date", handwritten on the bottom right corner of image, reads--possibly--"1899", which would explain the unpaved street and the lack of automobiles.
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Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture (BSLA)
Iowa State University Landscape Architecture 1972
Master of Science - Natural Rescources
Purdue University 1974
American Society of Landscape Architects
Chair, Reclamation Professional Interest Group
Council of Educators in Landscape ArchitectureSigma Lambda Alpha, Honorary Society for Landscape Architects
Alpha Chapter (National), member-at-large, President 2002 to 2004Xi Chapter (Purdue) Charter member and faculty advisor
Indiana Mineral Aggregates Association
Associate memberMember, Technical Advisory Committee
Clearing Institute, board memberIndiana Urban Forest Council
Founding board member President 1994 to 1995
Registered Landscape Architect, State of Indiana
Contributions in course and curriculum development - Professor Dahl has been a leader in the development of service learning courses. He teaches his courses using hands-on, real world projects that result in meaningful design assistance for communities throughout Indiana. The communities support the service learning approach through grants to Professor Dahl and in turn receive his students' ideas and strategies that help them move forward. Dahl's instructional approach includes grantsmanship. His students apply their new grant writing skills to assist the communities in procuring funds for public works. Dahl's students have won several national design awards for the reclamation of mined land. These service learning projects help adjacent communities visualize possible futures for disturbed land. Professor Dahl's emphasis on environmentally sensitive design is well recognized by his students and peers.
LA 101 - Survey of Landscape Architecture (3 credits, fall semester). This course is an overview of the profession and Purdue's curriculum in landscape architecture. All of the faculty are invited guest speakers in the class. They each talk about themselves, the courses they teach and their other interests and activities.
LA 346 - Site Systems II (3 credits, fall semester). This course deals with layout, grading and drainage. Site systems are approached from a holistic perspective. Grading and drainage starts with precipitation, runoff and soil characteristics. Students are taught to understand why they are expected to design drainage systems. This course also covers erosion, watershed management and irrigation, and also explores the production of detailed drawings for the construction of landscape elements.
LA 516 - Regional Design (5 credits, spring semester). This class focuses on issues of regional scale, from a single community to several counties or an entire watershed. Work with river corridors, trails and greenways is highlighted in this class. Mined land reclamation, rural preservation and scenic byway projects are also conducted. Regional scale thinking is emphasized. The recognition of regional resources as determinants of regional design form is stressed. The focus is on regional design, not regional planning. The students are introduced to the role of governmental agencies and national nonprofits.
In the past eight years, Professor Dahl has guided his students in the development of award winning designs in mined land reclamation. He instructs his students in LA 516 in the preparation of mined land reclamation proposals that are entered in the National Student Design Competition for Aggregate Operations. The competition is sponsored by the American Society of Landscape Architects and the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association with students from all seventy-five U.S. graduate and undergraduate programs in Landscape Architecture invited to participate. The competition was established twenty-five years ago to foster the creative exploration of concurrent reclamation and post-mining land development ideas. The mining industries and adjacent communities all benefit from the student plans that show a conversion of a liability into a community asset.
Professor Dahl conducts the semester-long projects in accordance with the competition guidelines. His many contacts with mine owners and operators allow him to match students with challenging projects. Dahl arranges site visits with the students where they learn about the mining operation and the nearby community and discuss possible land uses with mining personnel and community residents and leaders. He also provides the students with research and resource materials to assist them in developing creative yet practical plans for the land. Professor Dahl has used this as a service based learning approach and as an affective tool to provide students with a great sense of accomplishment in the real world.
The following projects are only the competition winners, illustrating the range of design ideas.
Project - LocationAgricultural Research and Training Center , Patriot, Indiana; A regional training facility for juvenile offendersSustainable Community, Carmel, Indiana; An urban farm utilizing alternative technologiesBotanical Center, Carmel, Indiana; Demonstration gardens and recreational trails in a deep quarryRecreational Complex, Sellersburg, Indiana; Camping, hiking and sailing in and around a water-filled quarryAgricultural Research Center, Patriot, Indiana; Mine reclamation and alternative agriculture test plotsVineyard/Winery, Delphi, Indiana; Fine wines and fine dining overlooking beautiful quarry watersEffigy Mounds, Battle Ground, Indiana; A shaped land tribute to the mining processResidential Development, West Lafayette; Home sites concurrently developed on an active mineAquaculture Center, Peru, Indiana; Specialty fish species raised, harvested and served in mid-IndianaTruck Farm/Market, Noblesville, Indiana; Fresh fruits, vegetables and mushrooms grown on reclaimed land
Professor Dahl's research, scholarship and creative endeavors are integrated with his teaching program. He focuses on the needs of communities and the natural environment. Specifically, he explores the areas of mined land reclamation, trails and greenways, community forestry and rural preservation. Much of his research is done in conjunction with the service learning projects presented to his students and conducted within communities throughout Indiana.
Professor Dahl's scholarship is also integrated into the classroom by presenting grantsmanship from his professional practice to his students. Dahl is one of few landscape architects known regionally for his grantsmanship and nationally for teaching grant writing.
(2005) Fellow. American Society of Landscape Architects.
(2004) Mine Reclamation Award. NSSGA/ASLA.
(2008) National River Hero. River Network.
Dahl, B. (2004). ASLA Annual Meeting.
Dahl, B. (2004). Park Planning Issues, Strategies and Benefits for Aging Adults. Landscape Review, 9 (1), 124-127.
Dahl, B. (2004). Recreation Planning for Aging Adults. 1.
Dahl, B. (2002). ASLA Annual Meeting.
Dahl, B. (2002). Urban Ecological Restoration.
Dahl, B., & Dahl, F. L. (2002). Urban Ecological Restoration. Annual Meeting Proceedings of ASLA.
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The Religious Right and the politicians who claim to represent it are attacking birth control--and women's sexuality in the process.explains.
BREAK OUT the chastity belts.
We all thought that a woman's right to abortion was the issue that drove the Religious Right around the bend. But the Pandora's box has been opened wide--and now, the fanatics are going after contraception.
Though the Catholic Church and the right-wing politicians who pander to Christian conservatives claim it's about "religious freedom," a new barrage of anti-contraception legislation is making their real intentions clear--to impose their belief that sex is for procreation, and nothing else.
The list of legislative atrocities is long and infuriating: An amendment to a federal highway funding bill proposed by Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri that would allow religious groups or any employer with "moral" objections to opt out of covering contraception in employee health plans. An Arizona bill that would require women trying to get insurance reimbursement for birth control drugs to prove that they were using the drug for a reason other than preventing pregnancy. Legislation in Utah requiring long-discredited abstinence-only-until-marriage instruction to replace sex education in schools.
And no list of the sick, anti-woman outrages of the right wing would be complete without Rush Limbaugh, who called Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" after she posted on YouTube the testimony she was barred from giving before a congressional panel, in which she explained why insurance companies should cover the cost of birth control.
Here's what America's leading radio parasite had to say:
What does it say about the college co-ed Sandra Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex, what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. What does that make us? We're the pimps.
Fluke, of course, was simply stating the facts--that for many women, legal access to birth control is an illusion because they can't afford it. That's why we need free and accessible contraception.
It should also be of no surprise that at the same time women are deciding they don't want to have children because of the economic recession, they're also finding it harder to pay for contraception.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, "[N]early half of women surveyed want to delay pregnancy or limit the number of children they have...But for many, economic hardship means having to skimp on their contraceptive use, for example, by stretching their monthly supply of pills or shifting to a less expensive method--or not using birth control at all--in order to save money."
LIMBAUGH'S TREATMENT of Fluke rightly sparked outrage among women and men--and it showed how fundamentally anti-woman the right-wingers truly are.
Obviously, Rush Limbaugh doesn't represent the mainstream of political thinking in the U.S., but the Republican presidential frontrunners didn't have any real criticism of Limbaugh's spew. Rick Santorum wrote off Limbaugh, telling CNN, "He's being absurd, but that's--you know, an entertainer can be absurd." When Mitt Romney was asked what he thought, he said, "It's not the language I would have used."
Limbaugh was reflecting the opinions of the living-under-a-rock part of the U.S. population, but the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination don't want to alienate them--even if that means giving the disgusting sexism a pass.
But the majority of the public rejects such arguments, even when they're couched in terms of freedom of religion, like the "debate" earlier this year about contraception and insurance.
More than six in 10 respondents to a Bloomberg poll--including almost 70 percent of women--said they saw the debate over employer-provided contraceptive coverage as a matter of women's health and not religious freedom. That's because birth control and preventing unwanted pregnancies aren't religious questions--they are about women's health.
The simple fact is that women have sex, and women use birth control--in very large numbers. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 99 percent of U.S. women who have had sex with men have used some form of birth control in their lifetimes.
As for the talk about "religious freedom," what do the Catholic Church's opinions about reproduction have to do with the right to accessible and affordable contraception?
And where does the long staff of "religious freedom" end? Religious leaders put a little pressure on the Obama administration last month and won exemptions for church-affiliated employers, including schools, colleges and charities, from covering birth control in employee health care plans. In several states, pharmacists and health care providers who don't want to dispense birth control pills can refuse to do so on basis of local "conscience laws" that "protect" their religious beliefs.
In other words, religious freedom can exempt a health care professional from providing patients the drugs or treatments they need, or an employer from adhering to laws that bar discrimination against women.
There's another way of looking at it: Everyone gets to make decisions about women's reproductive lives--except women.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, women have found ways to limit the number of children they had. In conditions of illegality, these methods weren't always effective or safe. Thousands of women in the U.S.--one of the last countries to make birth control legal--suffered the consequences.
For its part, it took until 1951 for the Catholic Church to sanction even the "rhythm method" as birth control. Up until then, the only contraception option okayed by the church was abstinence.
In 1957, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug Enovid "for the treatment of severe menstrual disorders." The drug also carried the warning that it prevented ovulation, and within two years, over half a million women had taken it.
The FDA approved the birth control pill in 1960, and by 1963, an estimated 2.3 million women were taking it--despite the fact the eight states still prohibited it, and a couple even banned dissemination of information about it.
By 1965, more than 6.5 million women in the U.S. used the pill, and in Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court struck down a state law prohibiting birth control as a violation of a couple's right to privacy.
Women still had to prove they were married in order to obtain a prescription for the pill, and this form of contraception was hard to obtain even up to 1967. Information about the safety of contraception was only made available to women as a result of protest. In 1970, demonstrations against an all-male congressional panel on the pill forced manufacturers to provide information, previously kept from women, about dangerous side effects.
Access to reliable contraception made a huge difference in women's everyday lives, making it possible for them to decide whether they had children, went to school or to work--and whether they could play a greater role in society outside the confines of family life.
"When I got married, I was still in college, and I wanted to be certain that I finished," a 23-year-old Indiana teacher told Time magazine in 1967. "With the pill, I know I can keep earning money, and not worry about an accident that would ruin everything."
For many women's liberation activists in the late 1960s and '70s, contraception was linked with other demands for greater reproductive rights, such as the right to abortion and an end to the sterilization abuse against poor and Black and Latino women. For many poor and working-class women, reproductive justice meant not only standing up for the right not to have children, but the right to have children.
No matter how much it might upset Rush Limbaugh, birth control makes it possible for women to be sexual human beings--to enjoy sex and not have to worry about getting pregnant.
The singer Loretta Lynn, who had six children, four before the age of 19, recorded a song titled "The Pill" in 1975 with these lyrics:
But all I've seen of this old world is a bed and a doctor bill
I'm tearing down your brooder house 'cause now I've got the pill...
I'm tired of all your crowing how you and your hens play
While holding a couple in my arms, another's on the way
This chicken's done tore up her nest, and I'm ready to make a deal
And you can't afford to turn it down, 'cause you know I've got the pill
This incubator is overused because you've kept it filled
The feeling good comes easy now since I've got the pill
The song, which was banned from several radio stations at the time, expressed not only relief at not having to be a human incubator, but also the sexual freedom that access to birth control meant to many women--of women experiencing newfound freedom in expressing their sexuality.
Conservatives want to stigmatize women and stigmatize sex, but this contradicts the way real people think and live. A woman can't be liberated unless she has the ability to control what happens to her own body--and yes, that includes the right to have sex, and the right to birth control.


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Added Jan 5, 2009
By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
James Dean, the Fonz, Joan Jett…The classic motorcycle jacket just oozes 'cool'. Here, we created a pattern for the ideal motorcycle jacket with all the essential details: asymmetrical center front with convertible lapel, zippered pockets, shoulder vents, tabs at the back waist, wrist zips…But then, instead of going down the tried-and-true road with black leather, we decided to give a twist to this classic with a luscious mustard wool. We can't wait to see your interpretation!
Material Notes
Leather and faux leather can be tricky to sew, so perhaps try doing this jacket in wool, like we did. Silk lining, metal zippers, snaps, interfacing.
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Jacket/Blazer
- Style
- Classic, Punk, Rock
- Material
- Leather/Fur, Wool
- Photographer
- Photographers Assistant
Joe Leonard
- Stylist
Quinn Asteak
- Make-up
Alexandra at Atelier Management
- Hair
- Model
Mey at New York Models
- Location
Isa's apartment
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Jan 18, 2017, 10.05 AMby Stullhee5
I love the style, color and everything!
Jan 11, 2017, 11.30 AMby joemorris5
It's great
Nov 16, 2016, 05.07 AMby MeganBarahona
Really nice….
Jul 30, 2016, 04.50 AMby katherinebirch
nice pic
Oct 1, 2015, 06.27 AMby carlsmith
i want to this.
Sep 30, 2015, 10.12 AMby mayshawn
very nice.
Sep 29, 2015, 06.55 AMby FrancesAnchondo
really so nice.
Mar 21, 2012, 11.01 PMby Anna Burgess
I think It is absolutely Beautiful!! I wish i was advanced enough to sew this well.
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Mar 22, 2012, 07.45 PMby limer
Apr 28, 2012, 01.17 PMby MiliaBilia
You and me both! I really wish I could sew this but I know I'd make a mess…. in a few years, maybe! =)
Mar 21, 2012, 01.25 PMby shannonsharleen
The 1st comment I have is that not only is this well made but you pressed it nicely so it has the professionally made look. A lot of times I see garments on this site that look well made but are pressed badly which makes them look homemade. Pressing can fix so much!
As for the comments on the price of the pattern, I am a tailor that works in NYC and when a company asks me to create a pattern for them I charge several hundreds of dollars to do it. Burda probably has people on staff so it is less but still, these are highly trained pattern makers who probably also put in the time to test the pattern.
The person who asked about plus sizes, there are pretty simple ways to enlarge patterns if you look for a class or online instruction. The gist of it is using your measurements (at bust, hip, bicept, etc) and spreading the additional amount at the grainline. Once you learn it, you will find it very easy. Good luck! Nothing makes a plus size woman look sharper then a well tailored outfit!
Mar 21, 2012, 01.04 PMby Dee Durrant
A lovely jackets. I've always loved the style of a biker jacket but I'm not a fan of leather so love the fact that this is made of wool.
Mar 19, 2012, 05.56 AMby lila-1
Love this its so classic. And finished projects by other people sho its versatile enough to make out of almost any coat fabric. Am trying to find the courage to start such difficult looking project before I buy the pattern though!
Mar 18, 2012, 03.31 PMby rotinjab
That's my favourite colour! (: I'd love this amazing jacket even more, if it had been made of leather… ((:
Mar 17, 2012, 11.27 PMby narwhalgabi
Thank you for the pattern, thank you for sharing. I'm sorry for enter in the discussion about the price, but I really want to say something… All we should think more and try to be more respectful. Lose time to write something stupid and gross is not nice. Each of us have different opinions, we must argue but think more before or we will never be heard or respected. I like to read the comments to learn something extra or get new ideas, today I felt deeply sad about how some people can be so gross. Unfortunately, most people don't have 5U$ to spent. In my opinion we should all share everything but is not that easy for some people who work with it. I admit that I will give an idea now that maybe is impossible, stupid or naive, but I though that the person who did a pattern should put a price on it for his/her work. After some people who can afford pay it, maybe the pattern can be put free or lower price. To say the truth I don't know exactly how the burdastyle works, I'm sorry for that. I'm sorry too for my english, I'm learning recent. Good vibes from the southern atlantic sea for you all!
Mar 17, 2012, 08.51 PMby piferriter
Has anyone tried modifying this to fit a man? I'd like to make it for my brother, but have no idea what I'm getting myself into. Possible? Or should I just forget about it? Help, please!
Feb 21, 2012, 03.59 AMby Felix Arguelles
Can i buy a modified Biker Jacket Pattern from you… Thanks!
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Feb 21, 2012, 11.29 PMby mynameisdavid
Hi Felix,
This is the closest pattern we have to a biker jacket. You could also try browsing through the patterns seen here: http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns?garment_type=6&most_recent=1
Aug 1, 2011, 02.10 PMby aleah
I'm making this one in a quite bright blue color this fall, in wool. So excited, and so so nervous to mess it up. But it looks a tad short, would it be easy to lengthen it slightly?
Jun 2, 2011, 09.43 AMby GO-PUFFY-GO
Women get the best patterns! I'd like very much to have a motorcycle-style jacket. I think that I might be able to modify a unisex jacket pattern that I have.
Dec 11, 2010, 10.31 PMby jennylorna
I really want to make this for myself but I'm going to have to loose some weight! Oh well, good motivation I suppose!
Nov 9, 2010, 04.53 AMby pritbop
I am sick of reading all the comments complaining about spending $5 on this pattern. Here in Australia, you have to spend at least $10 for a pattern of a simple top or dress. If I went to the store to buy this pattern it would be at least $25, which is now something like $26USD. $5 is like walking into Bargain-Ville. This pattern would have taken quite some time to create, especially the additional sizes, you all have no right to complain. I don't know what $5 buys in America, but here it's a chicken burger from McDonalds. Now, unless you have 9 hungry children to feed, you can almost definitely afford this. /rage
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Feb 21, 2011, 04.23 AMby b4igotfamous
Well said!
Mar 19, 2012, 05.52 AMby lila-1
lol, yeah its about $20 on average here in NZ. Did you see the complaints about that Lydia pattern being $1? I was like $1?! buy it now before Burdastyle change their minds!!!
Mar 21, 2012, 06.06 PMby bonefish4
Great point..I agree!
Oct 2, 2010, 07.59 AMby hottrampdiy
THIS is EXACTLY that rockin' classic biker jacket pattern I was looking for for such a long time ! I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE you !!! :D
There are so many patterns with that preppy blazer look (I hate it) or ugly small collars, now finally I found the pattern of my dreams !And folks, 5$ for a multisize pattern like this can't be beaten !
The variations are endless: Made one with black faux leather, studs, conchos and tassles (for that Glam Rock style ;) ) Planning one made of genuine lamb nappa but $$$$$, you know ;)
And I made a few with a hood, a "motorcycle hoodie", using sweater knit (just make a hood instead of the upper collar, messure the length of the hood for the fit)
Aug 26, 2010, 04.01 AMby faeriepug
I would really love to have the Larissa motorcycle jacket made in a plus size, especially because I cannot find another motorcycle jacket pattern anywhere that looks like this one and the ones I do find are few and far between. I am also still new to adjusting patterns to fit and don't know how to adjust the pattern to make a larger size.
I was wondering if anyone else felt like me and either found a similar pattern elsewhere or somehow made the one on this site bigger. If not, I thought I might be able sto start a mini-petition here to encorage Burdastyle to develop a larger pattern. On the Nadine Plus site it says "We like our Nadine jacket so much, we wanted to make sure everyone could make it! " and I wish they would do the same for the Larissa since I love that jacket but cannot seem to find a pattern like it at all anywhere else.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and please help :)
Aug 18, 2010, 04.11 AMby Jocelyn Nuesi
does anyone know how to put the snap buttons like how or what do i need to do them
Aug 12, 2010, 02.34 AMby cequimby
I love this pattern, but I"m waffling between it and Simplicity 2504 (view A). I like the details on this one, like the zippered pockets, the epaulets, the snaps at the bottom, but the Simplicity pattern has a different collar that I like and princess seams – so maybe it would have a nicer shape. Also, it looks longer. Any opinions?
Jun 16, 2010, 02.39 PMby misslottski
I actually had this exact jacket I bought, and it was made out of a beautiful black cotton. I lost the jacket and have been depressed ever since. This will be the best money I've ever spent. Yay.
Dec 13, 2009, 11.48 AMby whatpanda
hahaha I agree, $5 for a pattern is on the cheap side. and when you think about what it equates to…. 1 trashy magazine or a coffee, versus the pattern for a jacket you can make over and over in different colours? I really wanted one just like this that was $70, and I have some fabric I can make it from. so if I get a jacket for $5 I'll be thrilled.
Oct 3, 2009, 02.01 AMby dvmcindy
Why would I want a jacket that hits my midriff? they needed to make it longer.
Sep 14, 2009, 01.38 PMby davee09
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!! whats with all the ppl worrying about a measly 5 dollars??? dont procastinate if u love the pattern it shouldnt matter! lol its funny ppl all compared the money to coffee! how bout chai tea or a motocycle jacket?
Aug 31, 2009, 08.54 PMby elysseostlund
Where can I get this kinda fabric? This looks magnificent! Unfortunately, I can't sew… but my sister can! :P
Jul 31, 2009, 10.50 PMby stylnprofyln
I luv the style, color and everything!
Apr 5, 2009, 04.35 AMby alekat
im making this one at the moment and its very simple to follow despite its complicated look- but i didnt have enough lining =( so no pretty lining inside… darn
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