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As a long-time (in my case very long) observer of politics, I must give overwhelming credit to Kevin Rudd, once Prime Minister, now Foreign Minister, for the just-announced UN decision for a No-Fly Zone over Libya (Implementing the No-Fly Zone, HERE).
Kevin went onto the front foot last week, way ahead of other world foreign ministers, let alone world leaders, calling for UN leadership, as others pondered and dithered.
And, the leader Labor (but not obviously the people, ( Has Australian politics ever been more depressing, HERE ) so comprehensively rejected, wasn't just putting himself out there on Libya.
He was way ahead of the rest in warning about the need for Japan to properly brief the world on the dangers of potential nuclear catastrophe.
While PM Julia Gillard dithered and diplomatically soft-pedalled - certainly not the tear-jerking assertive (and cringe-worthy) Julia of Congress address (HERE) - Rudd showed real leadership, sensing the fears and voicing the inclinations of many (some?) Australians.
I watched ABC's Insiders last Sunday as Barry and the hired hands (who included Andrew Bolt) rounded on recalcitrant Kevin; condemning his temerity in speaking the truth - as he saw it. And Barry, much to my disappointment, happily joined in.
Now, irrespective of what you think of Kevin 07 - and he is vilified inside and outside of Labor as an out-of-control megalomaniac - he was right on these two issues.
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Poll Bludger: Newspoll: 51-49 to Labor
Newspoll: 51-49 to Labor
Monday, March 21, 2011 – 11:08 pm, by William Bowe
The Australian has managed to keep its Newspoll (HERE)result under wraps until publication, possibly because the highly unexpected result was being quintuple-checked to ensure nothing had gone amiss. The surprise is a big rebound for Labor after a string of poor shows, their primary vote up from an all-time low of 30 per cent to an almost respectable 36 per cent, and the 54-46 deficit recorded in the wake of the carbon tax announcement has been reversed to a 51-49 surplus (one wonders what metaphor Laurie Oakes might be able to employ this week). Labor has taken a chunk out of both the Coalition, down five points to 40 per cent, and the Greens, down three to 12 per cent (it seems the two-point post-carbon tax rise they recorded a fortnight ago was peculiar to that poll).
Newspoll seems to hit upon a particularly bad sample for Tony Abbott, whose approval was down six to 33 per cent and disapproval up three to 54 per cent. However, this has not transferred into a huge improvement for Julia Gillard, who after a shocking result last week is up a point on approval to 40 per cent and down four on disapproval to 47 per cent. On preferred prime minister however she is almost back to where she was a month ago: over the past three polls it has progressed from 53-31 to 45-36 to 50-31.
While the figures are hard to believe at face value, this isn't the first evidence to suggest that Labor has actually recovered slightly since the polls fell in behind 54-46 after the carbon tax announcement. The Morgan phone poll published on Friday, albeit that it came from a small sample, had the Coalition lead at just 51-49, and we have since seen the rolling fortnightly Essential Research track a point in Labor's direction.
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Skip to comments.Disciplining Students Is Racist?
Posted on 09/05/2012 12:23:44 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Among all the bizarre ideas that emanate from the callow and sciolistic mind of the modern American liberal, the statistical disparity argument is one of the most fallacious. It has permeated and destroyed so many aspects of society. It is now being offered by Obamas education secretary, Arne Duncan, in the area of disciplining school students.
I first ran across this during the 1970s as a night school accounting student taking a sociology course. The professor announced the canard that America has something like five percent of the worlds population but uses twenty-five percent of the worlds resources. Do not quote me on the exact words and figures. You get the idea.
But the fallacy of the argument is lost on the holier-than-thou liberal. Omitted is the fact that America produces thirty percent of the goods and services that the world uses. Or that America is the biggest economy in the world and is the market that other countries need to acquire wealth through trade.
One of the worst applications of this has been in crime. The ACLU, as well as the Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons of the world, use the fact that blacks are arrested and imprisoned in higher percentages than there are blacks in the general population as proof of racism.
The whole story is not told though. What the leftists omit is that blacks are also crime victims in higher percentages than they are in the general population. So unless the ACLU et al. are willing to admit that the black criminals are preying on black victims because of racism, then this obviously proves that more blacks are in prison because more blacks are committing crime in greater numbers.
Maybe the liberals should confine their efforts to why this is rather than try to excuse this with specious claims of racism.
Gail Heriot, a commissioner of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR), makes this same argument in rebuttal to the policy being implemented by Duncan, which essentially demands that a quota be developed for disciplining school students.
Duncan, in 2010, dramatically announced that the Dept. of Education (ED) will be issuing a series of guidance letters to school districts and postsecondary institutions that will address issues of fairness and equity. We will be announcing a number of compliance reviews to ensure that all students have equal access to educational opportunities, including a college-prep curriculum, advanced courses, and STEM classes. We will review whether districts and schools are disciplining students without regard to skin color. African-American students without disabilities are more than three times as likely to be expelled as their white peers. African-American students with disabilities are over twice as likely to be expelled or suspended as their white counterparts. Those facts testify to racial gaps that are hard to explain away by reference to the usual suspects.
Are they not explained by the usual suspects?
Heriot does not think so. She wrote in her rebuttal contained in the USCCRs briefing report, which was derived from 2011 testimony the USCCR heard examining the effect EDs Disparate Impact initiative had on schools and school districts across the country.
She said, What if an important reason African-American students were being disciplined more often than white or Asian students is that more African-American students were misbehaving? And what if the cost of failing to discipline those students primarily falls on their fellow African-American students who are trying to learn amid classroom disorder? Will unleashing the Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights and its army of lawyers cause those schools to eliminate only that portion of the discipline gap (if any) that was the result of race discrimination? Or will schools react more heavy-handedly by tolerating more classroom disorder, thus making it more difficult for students who share the classroom with unruly students to learn?
Another member, Commissioner Abigail Thernstrom also noted the specious nature of the Obama administrations argument. She wrote in comments in the report, We can all agree that, proportionate to their school population, black children are much more likely than their white or Asian peers to be disciplined for behavior the schools find intolerable. I hope we can also acknowledge that whites are twice as likely to be disciplined as Asians.
But the most scathing criticism came from Commissioner Todd Gaziano. He is very familiar with the Obama administrations penchant for unequal enforcement of civil rights laws, having battled Attorney General Eric Holders stonewalling of the New Black Panther voter intimidation case that the USCCR tried to conduct.
Gaziano wrote, As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Ricardo Soto explained in his statement to the Commission, the Departments regulations prohibit race-neutral policies, practices, or procedures that have a disparate impact on the basis of race, color or national origin. Although this phrasing has been part of the executive branchs lexicon for some time, it is still worth pausing a moment on the Orwellian doublespeak of anything having a disparate impact on [a] basis to show how hard the Department must strain to use some of the words of the statute in service of the opposite of what they provide. Because a disparate impact is usually understood as an unintended effect, and may include many unintended effects, this formulation awkwardly attempts to equate unintended impacts with the actual basis (or ground) for the action. Putting aside this nonsensical use of the English language, Sotos testimony accurately described the Departments disparate-impact theory
Gaziano also observed that the statistical disparity argument applied to school discipline is just as hollow as it is in the field of criminal justice. He noted the deleterious effects of that policy.
Liberal education policies have already damaged public education tremendously. This policy will make the damage irreparable for minority students.
Those are among dozens of recommendations from a state legislative committee that spent the past year and a half looking into why the state's minority youth are less healthy, have lower test scores and are more likely to be incarcerated than other young people.
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Or a certain percentage of black murderers get to go free and unprosecuted, just to allow the rates to equalize. Either way, it is BS.
That crap started in the 60's.
Failing to discipline misbehaving black students causes a disparate impact on well behaved black students.
Therefore, whoever is caught misbehaving must always be punished, regardless of race, lest their peer group be disparately impacted.
I've heard liberals say that many minorities get in trouble at school because we don't understand ghetto culture. It's as is we need to understand dissing so that kids do not get in trouble for fighting because they were dissed.
I've heard liberals say that many minorities get in trouble at school because we don't understand ghetto culture. It's as is we need to understand dissing so that kids do not get in trouble for fighting because they were dissed.
"The soft racism of lower expectations."
great article. thanks for posting it.
i think the key point is this:
"I hope we can also acknowledge that whites are twice as likely to be disciplined as Asians."
basically, proving that it is NOT because of "racist" teachers over-disciplining black students.
It's racist if you don't wear your pants halfway down your crack and sire children out of wedlock.
It's racist to even make black kids go to school.
The gender discrimination in school discipline and prison terms is even worse.
Males are only 50% of the population, but 93% of those in prison. The only explanation for this disproportion is illegal discrimination. We must therefore imprison random females and/or release male prisoners until the sex ration in prisons is balanced at 50%.
We also need to release young people and imprison more older people. More discrimination.
Boy, I've heard some lame arguments from liberals, but that's a new one for me. It's not that we don't understand ghetto culture, it's just that we (rightly) don't tolerate it in our schools. At least, that is the way that it should be.
If they only fit into the system.... but then again it's a "whiteman's" thing.... man of these issues would disappear. Instead of being Afro Americans , they need to be Americans. They need to drop their own counter culture for their own survival and success in the "whiteman's" system.
I do not care where you go, there is only one way to put a nut on a bolt.
It all starts with education, and the parents promoting education...... and not such nonsense as ebonics.
Ghetto culture is regression to tribal ways. Millions of years of genetics has to have effected day to day living for the genocidal maniacs and free rangers. Conversely, the "whiteman" has experienced civilization since the Romans hit town.....thus have other preconceived notions about day to day living.
Well, if you are an evolutionist, then all of the civilization that white folks have had for a couple thousand of years really does not amount to a bucket of spit. Sure, it was the most recent environment we have adapted to, but that would only be a blink of the eye in the evolutionary time scale, not enough to erase our previous genetic predispositions.
For the "whiteman"? Clearly the most single contributor for our social behavior is Christianity. For the industrial free west? Same
For Africa? they never experienced civilization. Maybeeee two spots for a brief period. Show me where they had organized farming and calculation of taxes for the greater social good...
There are reasons.....
"For the whiteman? Clearly the most single contributor for our social behavior is Christianity. For the industrial free west? Same"
Yes, this I can totally agree with. However, on the one hand you correctly give credit to Christianity for white people's success, but then blame the failures of blacks on genetics. Yet, we know that whites can be just as, if not more, barbaric than the worst tribes in Africa, if we abandon our Christian values and faith. Just look at Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
I think the problem is mainly that, when we tried to introduce Christianity to many peoples, it was part and parcel of a secular colonization effort as well. So, when they became disillusioned with the colonial systems, they also wanted to abandon the Christianity that they viewed as tied to it. Basically, they tossed out the baby with the bathwater.
I just visited a friend, a teacher in a bankrupt California city. Her first grade class size was increased this year from 20 to 32. There are no aides, Phys.Ed., art or music. There is no library, other than what teachers bring in themselves. Her district has accepted 0bama cash. Her students are primarily black and Spanish-speaking students. An edict has been given to NOT refer any black students to the office for discipline, because it will ruin the district's statistics. Even the little ones have the power, and they know it. Any deficits in their performance are officially the teacher's fault. The textbooks cover all the lefty social issues.
In contrast among Africans there is also a wide distribution -- the Ethiopians and Nubian people have been civilised since at leave 1700 BC or earlier -- earlier than European "whites". The West African empires and societies of GhanaEmpire, Songhai Empire etc. in the period 800 AD to 1400 AD did have organized agriculture and taxation
All excellent points.
Here we are in 2012 and the majority of Africa, rural still functions at the tribal level with tribal politicx. Every other year as a result they have a genocide or two. Funny how development works.
See, the interesting thing I have witnessed in Africa is the racist counter culture amongst the illiterates. If someone has learned english , may will shun the kid, and or pick on him too for being "white".
I would speculate that it is racism being practiced by the illiterate kids here too, for not wanting to participate nor fall into the system.... thus they run into problems getting educated.
"Lets go get some cash... "
in Africa?? Or among African-Americans in the USA?
because the problem is that there are tribes cut across national boundaries.
Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
............. As the 50 states for the first time hand out the "persistently dangerous" label as part of the Bush administration's sweeping Leave No Child Behind Act, it is sharpening the debate over what exactly an unsafe school is. It is also raising moral questions within districts about how aggressive they should be in reporting incidents of violence.
To critics, the fact that so few schools nationwide were so designated indicates that administrators are ignoring - or simply not reporting - all the mayhem in their hallways.
"It is very likely that there is reluctance among schools to report incidents now because it would bring them too much trouble," say Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, a nonprofit advocacy group in Westville, Calif. .........................
................But national statistics of school crime, say experts, seem to indicate that more schools should qualify for the classification. In 2000, 72 of every 1,000 students ages 12 through 18 reported being victims of crimes at school. The average far exceeds most states' requirements for a dangerous school.
At the heart of the discrepancy may well be a reluctance on the part of educators to report campus crime fully. A survey by the National Association of School Resource Officers found that 89 percent of school police believe crime is already underreported. "It's the scarlet letter in education today," says Mr. Trump. "Administrators have said to me privately that they would rather be academically failing than be a dangerous school." *** School-safety rankings - or just black marks?
Exactly. Two days ago I sent office referrals (and placed phone calls) for 7 disruptive students—all of them Black. In each case, individual exhortations desk-side failed to elicit the appropriate response in terms of behavior. That's 7 out of a class of 29; you can imagine the difficulty the other students were having while trying to listen and learn. I took no satisfaction in the task, except for this: I was standing up for the rights of those students who came to learn that day! This has always been my determining factor in meting out disciplinary measures—measures which,by the way, are scant and ineffective in today's environment.
Whenever I am challenged along racial lines by parents, students or administrators, I remind them of my students who come to school to learn, how they have comported themselves, ready and attentive, willing to learn; how they will sometimes look at me with pleading eyes; how they've come day in and day out hoping to wring some sort of education out of their school day. I remind them that I am here for THEM, as well as the disruptive students. If you ask me, job one for those students bent on disruption is to bring the swift rod of correction down on them—this is the first lesson they need to understand about education: it does not happen apart from [self-]discipline.
Well, gotta go! Off to another exciting day of fun and learning at the good ol' gubmint school of eju-ma-cashun!
Thanks for your reply. 20 years ago I was a school administrator at a meeting of the Superintendents of 26 school districts. The subject was reporting of violence in the schools. Only one super had reported honestly. The others berated him for making them look bad on honest reporting. When there's a government rule, there's an infinite number of unintended consequences.
Honesty left the classroom the moment the left entered.
This isn't about stats, fairness, penological consistency, or any other thing than a contest of wills between the population producing this army of criminals, and the rest of society. It is about race -- that part at least is correct.
This isn't a discussion. It's warfare. Realize that, or be a chump and a victim.
you sound like an excellent teacher.....
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EAST LONGMEADOW – Nearly 450 community members came together at St. Michael Church, here, to sing, pray and show their
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The prayer vigil was organized by Sisters of St. Joseph Mary McGeer and Betty Broughan. Sister Broughan said she and Sister McGeer were looking for songs to include in the vigil that would give a positive message and would bring hope to a community that is suffering along with and for the people of Newtown. She said they chose songs that would particularly speak to the children, that focused on hope and bringing light into the world. These songs included "Teach your Children" and "Called by your Presence," which accompanied readings that were recited during the vigil.
"I think that the readings were very fitting. 'Let the children come to me' – the Gospel of Mark – was very powerful," said Sister Broughan.
She said when creating a program as this, she becomes inspired to try to put the right pieces together and create the ambiance that allows the congregation to really reflect on what is being done, said and sung.
A liturgical dance, entitled "Let Me Be an Instrument of Your Peace," was performed during the vigil by MacKenzie LaFond, a ninth-grader at East Longmeadow High School and parishioner at St. Michael's.
There were many children and their parents present for the vigil. Among them was parent Bob Holmes, a parishioner at St. Michael Parish. Holmes said he wanted to attend this vigil with his children so they could experience the power of prayer in a large community.
"My kids and I come to church every week and the tragedies we have encountered in our own lives, we get through not only through our faith, but through this faith community, here at St. Michael's. I would hope the people in Connecticut have a similar community that they can draw some courage and strength from," Holmes said.
Angels with the names of each of the victims in last Friday's school shooting were placed before candles on the altar by congregation members as each name was announced. Cynthia Korhonen, a eucharistic minister at St. Michael's and also a parent, said she was pleased with the prayer vigil at her church because it was reflective, healing and very well done. Korhonen grew up in Beacon Falls, Conn., and said she feels deeply for the people in Newtown.
Sister Broughan said it is important to show the people of Newtown that there are others in a loving embracing, community sending the energy of love and prayer into their hearts.
"We say, 'God bless them right now for what they have to go through,'" said Sister Broughan.


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Rajinikanth-Kamal Hassan teaming up news turn false
The PRO, who is active on Twitter, wrote, "The news about Rajinikanth starring in Marudhanayagam is false, its an 15 year old news. Kamal sir haven't spoken anything about this recently." Currently, the actor is busy shooting his forthcoming movie Vishwaroobham in Mumbai.
Post Vishwaroobham, Kamal Hassan will start Thalaivan Irukinran to be reportedly directed by Shankar. "After Vishwaroobham, Kamal sir is doing Thalaivan Irukinran for Oscar films..Now he is busy shooting at Mumbai for Vishwaroobham."
Earlier, it was said that Kamal Hassan was keen to complete his long-pending Marudhanayagam, which was started in 1997 before dropping midway due to financial constraints. The actor wanted to cast Rajinikanth in an important role.


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Surviving cancer is a remarkable accomplishment. The recovery process can be long and daunting depending on the duration and intensity of your cancer treatment. But even after the last treatment is over, the journey to stay healthy doesn't end.
Part of cancer recovery involves maintaining a healthy lifestyle — that way, you can enjoy your years to come. This includes maintaining a healthy weight.
Here are some simple tips for managing your health as a cancer survivor.
Healthy Lifestyle Tips for Cancer Survivors
Reach a Healthy Weight
During cancer treatment, you can gain or lose weight. It's key to get your weight back to a healthy zone after your treatment is over. Discuss your healthy weight range with your doctor and they will provide suggestions as well as benchmark goals for you to strive for, such as when you should aim to be at your healthy weight.
In some cases, speaking with a dietician will also help you reach a healthy weight after cancer treatment. Often, cancer survivors may find that food isn't appealing after treatment — and if weight gain is necessary, devising strategies with a dietician will help. Health care professionals can advise you on treating nausea, pain, or other cancer treatment side effects that are impacting your nutrition.
For cancer survivors, losing weight to reach a healthy range should be done gradually with a combination of diet and exercise. See our tips below for more on this process.
Eat Well
The American Cancer Society has specific dietary recommendations for cancer survivors to keep a healthy weight:
- Consume 5+ servings of fruits and vegetables per day. We suggest varying the types you eat so that you don't get tired of the same sides.
- Opt for healthy fats. Avoid saturated or trans fats and instead go for omega-3 fatty acids, which can be found in fish and nuts. Other great options that are low in saturated fat include lean proteins, eggs, seeds, and legumes.
- Eat healthy carbohydrate sources. These include whole grains, beans, fruits, and vegetables.
Though some diets or vitamin and mineral plans promise to prevent cancer from returning, there is no hard evidence to suggest that these regimens actually work. In fact, overconsumption of some nutrients can actually hurt you. Always consult your doctor before going on a supplement or multivitamin.
Exercising on a regular basis not only lowers cancer risk – it also speeds cancer treatment recovery. As a cancer survivor, you'll experience the following thanks to physical activity:
- Improved strength and endurance
- Lower risk of depression and less anxiety
- Increased energy and less fatigue
- Renewed self-confidence
- Reduced risk of cancer recurrence
You don't have to jump back into physical activity head first. Ease into your routine by adding short walks to your day or opting to take the stairs instead of the elevator. Discuss your exercise plans with your doctor and get their advice on the duration and intensity of your exercise regimen. The American Cancer Society suggests at least 30 minutes of exercise 5 or more days a week.
Don't beat yourself up if you don't feel up to exercising on certain days. Cancer treatment can have lasting side effects such as fatigue and nausea. If your side effects are flaring up, just do what you can.


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Minneapolis, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) - Several are in critical condition and at least two person is dead after a report of a shooting in the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon.
KARE 11 reports the situation started at about 4 p.m. with reports of a shooting in the area near Chestnut and Queen Avenue South.
SWAT Team officials were called to the scene in search of a gunman. Teams appeared to have a building surrounded.
A neighbor tells KARE 11 that an employee of Accent Signage Systems, came to their home seeking refuge from the alleged shooter.
Governor Mark Dayton released this statement Thursday night:
"I deplore this senseless violence. There is no place for it anywhere in Minnesota. I extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the innocent people killed or wounded."
The people that are in critical condition were taken to the Hennepin County Medical Center, according to hospital officials.


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Manny Bowen had a tough run throughout the first half of his high school football career. The 6-2, 205-pound standout started off at Southern Regional his freshman year and transferred to Central Regional as a sophomore, which also proved not to be a good fit.
But Bowen found his home as a junior at Barnegat (N.J.) – his third high school in three years – and has since flourished.
In 2013, Bowen accumulated 479 receiving yards and seven TD grabs, 124 rushing yards and two TDs on the ground, 68 total tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 22 quarterback hurries, three sacks, four interceptions, four caused fumbles and three recoveries.
His on-field exploits led to First-Team All-Shore and All-Ocean County honors, as well as a Second-Team All-Group 3 selection.
Bowen, the 29th-ranked recruit in the NJ.com Top 50, is finally on the right track.
"Definitely, it's one of the best feelings," said Bowen. "From the beginning of the year, I felt I could have these offers come in. But it was just my grades. So this whole year, I've been working so hard in the classroom, and my grades are improving. I'm starting to get my foot in the door with the offers. So it's really a good feeling I have because most people don't get the opportunity that I have to go to college and play football."
Last week, Bowen attained offers from Old Dominion, Kansas, Virginia Tech and most recently Rutgers. And he is well on his way to becoming one of New Jersey's top prospects in the recruiting class of 2015, with Boston College and Penn State also showing strong interest.
Bowen rarely leaves the field as he plays running back, wide receiver, safety, linebacker, defensive end, kick returner, punt returner and gunner on special teams. But the Scarlet Knights are recruiting him as an outside linebacker.
"It was Friday and I was just sitting in class. Rutgers' defensive coordinator (Joe Rossi) had met with my coach (Rob Davis) before. And my coach had been absent that day from school. So he was texting me saying Rutgers is gonna offer me today," said Bowen. "And he just told me to keep doing what I'm doing in the classroom."
Bowen believes the Scarlet Knights present a great opportunity for him to succeed at the next level.
"I feel like Rutgers would be a really good place to be," he said." Their program is definitely taking the next step up because this year they are moving to the Big Ten. So I can see their program improving."
Bowen is the second player on the Barnegat roster to earn an offer from Rutgers, joining national recruit Sam Madden. Apparently, the two have discussed playing together at Rutgers.
"He knew before I did (about my Rutgers offer)," said Bowen of Madden. "I guess my coach told him before he saw me. And he was like, 'Imagine if we all played together there. That would be crazy. Imagine the chemistry we would all have together and we'd still be in Jersey.' So I think that would be a really good situation.
"Sam, he's a real good player," Bowen added. "He definitely has so much potential. He works really hard. We are really good friends. Everything he has been given, he deserves because he works his butt off. And he's always trying to improve."
Bowen and Madden work together throughout the off-season, honing their skills for the year to come.
"Even now, we don't even have football practice. It's the winter and we're still going out training with each other and giving each other one-on-ones," said Bowen. "After lifting, that's what we do. We just get each other better for the season because we're gonna pick up right where we left off. We don't take any days off."
Bowen also credits teammate and fellow FBS prospect Cinjun Erskine in helping him get to this point in his recruitment.
"He's a good guy to be on the field with," said Bowen. "He's a great leader. So it's definitely a pleasure to be on the field with him because he is a great player."
In 2014, Barnegat – led by Bowen, Madden and Erskine – will attempt to trump what they accomplished last season when they reached their first sectional final in school history, won the Shore Conference-Class B South Division and notched its first 10-win season.
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Domaine Marie-Pierre Manciat Mâcon-Les Morizottes 2010Taste Marie-Pierre Manciat's 2010 Mâcon "Les Morizottes" and see just how good the wines of the Mâconnais can be. Endowed with a bright yellow robe and a seductive bouquet that blends soft scents of acacia blossoms, beeswax, and mountain apples with the vibrancy of a citrus twist, this wine is an utterly pleasing experience. Long, pure, and mouth filling, it follows through on the palate with a set of complex flavors reminiscent of the wine's exquisite bouquet, replete with pure varietal character and minerality. Read More
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Maybe cut out the dairy and add a little bit of fruit. Are you exercising at all?
Hi Everyone,
I am a 42-year-old woman who is 30lbs overweight. I went to a nutritionist and she put me on this diet. I have done Atkins about 12 years ago and lost 50lbs, (20 in the first month) but have slowly gained it back. I have been following this plan religiously for 2 months and I am not losing any weight. Not only that I have not lost any fat, gained any muscle, and my BMI has not changed. I bought some keto sticks and I am barely registering a trace. In addition I am sleeping, but I awake exhausted. On Atkins I slept like a rock. I am weirdly stuck. We have tweaked and tweaked. My nutritionist is stumped. I don't feel particularly hungry and I eat a large amount of dairy, meat and non-starchy veggies (I even cut out fruit). Should I add more fat to my diet? Is it the sleep? Anyone want to throw a theory out there and give me an idea how to get unstuck.
Maybe cut out the dairy and add a little bit of fruit. Are you exercising at all?
SW: 325lbs
Paleo start: 2/6/2013 @303lbs
Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Weight Loss Tools
talk about your dietary intake a little more- eg how much large amount of dairy and what is it?
When I'd had enough of the grain and starched based 'diabetic eating for health' diet (eating for health, my ass!) my weight was 242.5 lbs. On starting primal- 18th April 2013 weight : 238.1.
27th July 2013. weight after 100 days 136.9 weight lost 101.2lb ; that's 105.6lbs since I stopped the 'diabetic eating for health'
new journal http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum...ml#post1264082
Seeing as there's nothing you particularly NEED from dairy if you've cut the rest of the garbage from you lifestyle, I too would suggest minimizing the dairy in your life for a few weeks and see how it goes.
CarbDodger-As far a dairy-I have a slice of cheese on my eggs and two tbs heavy whipping cream at breakfast, a babybel as a snack and a two tablespoons of feta or parmasan at lunch. I didn't meant to say I ate large amounts of dairy. I had a brain hiccup. Otherwise I have big salads with lots of veggies and grilled chicken with homemade salad dressings (no sugar). Or some type of grilled veggies and meat. No sugar, flour or starches of any kind.
Harpua-Yes, I workout for 30min cardio and 10-15 minutes weights 6 days a week.
Bemental-I am confused. I thought we were not supposed to be counting calories.
Last edited by JASchewe; 07-30-2013 at 07:52 PM.
Jen, I am respectfully curious about the quantities of food you're eating, especially salads and low-fat meats, because although primal mainly does away with the need to count calories due to the absence of starchy non-satiating foods, your body is still a body and will react to a caloric excess past a certain point by storing fat, or at least not burning any off.
I'm not asking you to tell me what you eat but have a think about it, and maybe add up the numbers from one day to see where you're at?
I'm also curious about grilling meat - are you avoiding fat in general to eat? If that's the case, your body may still be turning excess protein into carbohydrate, and so still not have reached the fat-burning metabolism you want, which is why a lot of Atkins/paleo etc type diets say high fat, moderate protein, and low carb as their guideline.
If you find you NEED to snack between meals, or feel very much better when you do, this could perhaps indicate you still have a carb-burning, not fat-burning, metabolism that needs regular refuelling - at least as far as I understand the issue.
I'm no expert but from lots of reading, those are the questions that come to mind, and I wish you good luck getting this solved!
Last edited by Lady D; 07-31-2013 at 07:41 AM.
ketosticks arent always reliable but it seems something is keeping you out of ketosis. too much protein kicks me out so i'd concur with lady D. track protein, stay around 100-150 if you can,you dont need to go high fat but you might need to increase it a bit
When I'd had enough of the grain and starched based 'diabetic eating for health' diet (eating for health, my ass!) my weight was 242.5 lbs. On starting primal- 18th April 2013 weight : 238.1.
27th July 2013. weight after 100 days 136.9 weight lost 101.2lb ; that's 105.6lbs since I stopped the 'diabetic eating for health'
new journal http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum...ml#post1264082
Lady D and CarbDodger
Here is a sample of my typical day.
Breakfast-2 eggs scrambled with 2 tbs heavy whipping cream, 2 oz diced turkey ham, and 1 slice Swiss cheese. 1 Avocado.
Lunch-2 cups romaine lettuce with 10 kalamata olives, 1/2 English cucumber, 1/2 Roma tomato, 4 oz grilled chicken breast, 2 tbs feta cheese, and 2 tbs homemade Greek dressing (olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, and oregano).
Snack-1 Babybel cheese round with 1 bell pepper (red, orange, or yellow) sliced
Dinner-4 oz grilled chicken breast with grilled asparagus tossed in olive oil and spices before cooking.
That is pretty much it. What do you think? I usually register between 1200 and 1400 calories, with the majority of it being the meat.
CarbDodger-is the 100-150 grams of protein?
I'm absolutely no expert but I can say that looks to me like the sample low-fat meal recommended in many magazines, the only thing they wouldn't have is the heavy cream with the eggs, but the "good" avocado and olive oil would be there.
I can't authoritatively tell you that if you eat more fat, you'll lose weight, but it does seem to be a bit low compared to what many people, myself included, are eating most days.
Edit to add, how do you think your carb intake now compares to before this recent change to prmal, and have you experimented with upping your carbs by having say a bit of potato, and dropping other macros slightly for one day to see if that had any effect?
Last edited by Lady D; 07-31-2013 at 04:56 PM.
Checking out your breakfast, I see a lot of dairy there in the form of: whipping cream, Swiss cheese, feta cheese, babybel cheese. Not necessarily bad, but since we're nitpicking to get to the bottom of this issue, it's something to keep in mind.
My final observation is the fat content, as also addressed by Lady D. Majority of the fat in your diet seems to be coming from, yet again, the dairy monster. Great on you for the avocado and olive oil, but that's basically the end of it. I have a feeling it might be a budget constraint (deli turkey, "grilled chicken breasts" frequently ring home as a cheaper variety of meat), and believe me I understand, but perhaps if we reduced the dairy and increase the fats in the healthiest manner possible (coconut oil, avocados and olive oil as you're already doing) we'd see a much starker transformation of your body from sugar burning to fat burning.
Merely food for though (pun!). All respectfully submitted of course!


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Hurricane repairs finally underway at historic Mandeville lakefront complex
In the summer of 1909, over 200 women and children came to the north shore from New Orleans to stay at Rest Awhile, an aptly named cluster of cottages on the Mandeville lakefront.
For the women, it was a welcome respite from hard lives as factory workers, seamstresses and housemaids. Room and board came courtesy of Rest Awhile's owner, the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, which treated guests to Bible study classes as well as carriage rides in the woods.
That September, a hurricane damaged Rest Awhile, throwing its future into doubt. The King's Daughters managed to fix the cottages, and generations of New Orleanians summered there.
A century after the 1909 hurricane, Rest Awhile was nearly destroyed by a storm again. Since Katrina, it has stood vacant and dilapidated as the King's Daughters, now down to a handful of members, tried to come up with the funds to bring it back from ruin.
Last month, work finally began on the complex, to the relief of preservationists who tout its historic importance. The oldest cottage dates from the 1850s, and the main building is the last surviving hotel from the Mandeville lakefront's golden age.
For state president Suzie Hennessey and other members of King's Daughters who spent decades worth of summers at Rest Awhile, the memories contained there were too precious to sell the property and risk that the cottages be torn down.
Over the years, Rest Awhile's guests included single mothers, orphans, children attending King's Daughters youth camps, and groups such as the Girl Scouts who rented weekends at the facility.
With only about 50 members, most of whom are elderly, the Louisiana chapter of King's Daughters has no income beyond paltry membership dues and the occasional donation. All but one member voted to sell the group's Uptown headquarters to pay for the restoration.
"It's part of me. It's a part of a lot of people who walked through these rooms," Hennessey said. "For me, it's kind of a spiritual thing. There's a lot of history, a lot of memories."
Only three cottages, including the main building, remain on the property, which is on Lakeshore Drive between Carroll and Lafitte streets. One was demolished after Katrina, and another was moved to a neighbor's land and restored.
A $45,000 state historic preservation grant is being used to shore up the main building's foundation, said Douglas Mayo, the project's architect. Repairs have already been made to the roof, and major electrical upgrades are also needed.
The grant will not be enough to finish the foundation work, and the two smaller cottages are in even worse shape. Hennessey does not know how far the $300,000 from the sale of the Uptown house will go.
She is hoping to use one cottage as the group's new headquarters while opening the property to campers again in the summers.
"I think this whole complex is overwhelmingly deserving of being a national historic landmark," said Sally Reeves, an architectural historian and author of a historic survey of old Mandeville.
The main building dates from the 1880s and became Frapart's Hotel, the site of many dances and other social events, while the older cottages were moved to the back for use as auxiliary buildings.
In 1904, Professor and Mrs. Douglas Anderson donated their portion of the property to the King's Daughters, stipulating that it be used as a summer retreat for the "sick and poor of the city."
The order later purchased the adjoining lot, building another cottage in 1914 using the proceeds from a police department minstrel show. That cottage, which still stands next to the main building, was named the Sophie Wright Cottage after the philanthropist and King's Daughter leader.
King's Daughter member Chetta Hitt, 92, remembers summers at Rest Awhile with her three children in the 1950s.
"It was almost like a picnic when the kids were taken out there. It was right on the water, and we were able to go swimming and such," she said.
Adele Foster and her husband Mark have put a lot of time and money into restoring their piece of Rest Awhile into a home for her aging parents. Her mother always wanted an old house and now, at 76, finally has one with plenty of history.
"To think that people were here before the Civil War. I can hardly get my head around it," said Foster of the 1850s cottage. "There were slaves in this house, then Civil War returning soldiers, then generations of Irish orphans."
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|Re: [TowerTalk] CC 402CD - a great antenna
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In order to be the best two element shorty forty, it would have to use the best type of loading. I'm no expert in this area, however I do know that linear loading efficiency can vary with the design of the loading wires and the loading wires also radiate which may distort the beam pattern. I agree that a loading coil is a simpler design. I needed such an antenna for my P40A station and I wanted the best. I compared the Cushcraft XM240 and OptiBeam OB2-40. I had previously owned a Cushcraft 402CD and I too had good results with it. I believe that the XM240 is similar in design, except stronger. I'm not sure if they solved some of the reported problems with their loading coils in the new antenna model. It is reported that Cushcraft has good customer service. The Cushcraft boom is about 3 1/2 ' longer and the Optibeam weighs about 7 pounds more. The high Q air loading coils on the Optibeam are significantly larger that the Cushcraft and likely much more efficient. Th e OB2-40 also has detuning stubs to help avoid interaction on other ham bands. I chose the OptiBeam and I installed it in March 2006. The OB2-40 arrived pre-measured and it was a snap to put together. It is well made, hopefully it's strong enough to survive Aruba's constant wind. All of the hardware was stainless steel and they even supplied u-bolts to fit my 2 1/2" diameter mast. OptiBeam's customer services is outstanding. Tom (DF2BO) answered all of my pre-purchase questions promptly and he even modeled the OB2-40 along with my homebrew 4 element 20m 7' below it to check for interaction problems. John KK9A ----- Original Message ----- From: firstname.lastname@example.com To: email@example.com ; email@example.com Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Re: CC 402CD - a great antenna In a message dated 9/14/2006 7:15:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, firstname.lastname@example.com writes: > What makes the Cushcraft 402CD the best shorty forty ever made? Well, it was the first reasonably priced 40M yagi and it provided decent 40M performance to the masses. So it was reasonably priced, a simple design (no linear loading) and had 250 kHz of bandwidth. None of the competitors can make those statements. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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SOMERVILLE — Eligible seniors can obtain free vouchers to buy New Jersey fresh produce, such as fruits, vegetables and herbs, at participating farmer's markets in Somerset County.
Valued at $10 each, the vouchers will be available starting Tuesday, July 6, and can be redeemed until Nov. 30 of this year. Eligible seniors can obtain up to two vouchers (a value of $20 per person). Vouchers will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
To be eligible, individuals must be residents of Somerset County and be at least 60 years old. Income guidelines require that an individual's annual income not exceed $20,036, and a married couple's annual income not exceed $26,955.
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As a native son of Fall River, Tommy Arruda had his first contact with Western Massachusetts in 1956, when he pitched for the Spindle City Post American Legion team against Britton Post of Springfield.
In 1957, Arruda squared off against WMass again, pitching for Durfee High School against Springfield Tech in the state high school baseball final.
Arruda's Legion team lost to Britton in the state semifinals, but he won when he faced Tech, going 11 innings and striking out 17 in a 4-3 duel with lefty Paul Babineau.
Six years later, where did Arruda wind up? Right here in Springfield, as a member of the Springfield Giants of the Double A Eastern League.
The Giants played at dear old Pynchon Park from 1957 through 1965. Over that time, they sent 52 players to the big leagues with their parent San Francisco Giants, but Arruda was not among them.
Instead, he spent three seasons here with the Little Giants as a front-line starter, going 15-7, 16-8 and 17-6.
In the 1965 season – Springfield's last in professional baseball – he worked 220 innings, struck out 179 and led the Eastern League with a 1.88 earned run average.
A performance worthy of promotion? One would think so, but that shot in The Show never came for him.
"Why not? That's a good question, isn't it? All I wanted was a chance to start one game in the big leagues. It's always bothered me that it didn't happen," he said.
Arruda, 72, now lives in Lakeville. He has good things to say about Springfield, even though his stay here as a professional pitcher was longer than it should have been.
"I always liked Springfield. My son-in-law (Chris Santos of Lakeville) went to Springfield College, and my grandson (Jeff Arruda) lives in Springfield," he said.
His grandson graduated from American International College in 2006 and earned a master's degree there in 2010. As an employee of the Springfield School System, he works with students who have behavorial problems.
Jeff Arruda played football and lacrosse at AIC. As a teenager in Fall River, he played American Legion ball with his grandfather as coach.
"One time, my grandfather took me around Springfield, showing me where he lived in the north end when he played ball, and taking me to see where the ballpark used to be (in the Avocado Street area near the North End Bridge)."
Jeff's grandfather has his place in local sports history as the pitcher who lost the last game played by a Springfield professional baseball team. It happened on Labor Day, 1965, at Pittsfield's Wahconah Park.
Pittsfield, at that time a Boston Red Sox farm club, went into that final day of the regular season tied for first place with Elmira. George "Boomer" Scott, then an Eastern League all-star third baseman, homered off Arruda to seal a 3-1 victory that brought the pennant when Elmira lost its last game.
Scott reached the majors in 1966 with the Red Sox.
At Durfee, Arruda had a starry high school career in which he also started on a New England championship basketball team (1956). His basketball teammate and baseball catcher was Russ Gibson, another Fall River legend. Ten years after playing against Tech, Gibson was one of the catchers with the "Impossible Dream" Boston Red Sox.
He died in 2008 at the age of 69.
"Gibby and I were together from Little League right up through high school. A good friend," Arruda said.
In 1958, Arruda signed with the San Francisco Giants and was assigned to their Michigan City farm club in the Class D Midwest League. He went 16-9 as the team's No. 2 starter. The No.1? Future Hall of Famer Juan Marichal, who went 21-8.
While Marichal moved up to Springfield in 1959 and to the big leagues soon after that, Arruda spent the next 12 seasons in the minors. The Giants traded him to Houston in 1966, and his career later took him to the California, Baltimore, Chicago White Sox and Minnesota organizations.
He retired in 1970 at the age of 30. His career log shows a 125-97 record, 3.20 ERA, 225 starts and 1,977 innings pitched.
Of all that, his most productive years were in Springfield. He won games and made friends that he has not forgotten.
"Remember Ken Bracey?" he said, referencing a reliever who pitched with him in Springfield in 1963 and '64.
"He's a super scout for the (Los Angeles) Dodgers now. He called me a couple of weeks ago when he was at Fenway Park, and we went to a game together. It was good to see him," he said.
Bracey, now 74, pitched in the minors for nine seasons, then stayed in baseball as a minor league manager and major league scout.
Bracey, Arruda and so many others like them could be classified as "career minor leaguers," shut out of The Show partly because they played in the era before expansion.
"Win 15 games today, and you'd be on your way to the big leagues," Arruda said. "I was so close a couple of times, but so far away."
Minor league star still shines bright
As a native son of Fall River, Tommy Arruda had his first contact with Western Massachusetts in 1956, when he pitched for the Spindle City Post American Legion team against Britton Post of Springfield.


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And when Chris Hastings told a group of curious cooks and Hot & Hot Fish Club fans to not fear the heat, he wasn't talking about Alabama's July weather. At a cooking class at Petals from the Past in Jemison, Hastings explained that too often home cooks fear getting a pan really hot, but it's necessary to sear meats, poultry and fish.
"People are afraid of a loud skillet, all that popping," said Hastings. "But if you turn down the heat, you don't get the wonderful crispness. Don't be afraid of the heat."
The cooking classes began out of a friendship that developed between Hastings and Jason Powell of Petals from the Past when Powell turned up at his kitchen door to see if he wanted some produce.
"He showed up at the backdoor and said, 'I've got figs and blackberries, do you want some?'" said Hastings. "We became friends from that moment."
Friendship has benefits when a horticulturist/farmer and a chef get together.
"The next thing I know, I'm getting pears, apples, two types of figs, satsumas, muscadines, golden kiwi, it's amazing produce," said Hastings.
That was about eight years ago, according to Powell. He has delivered produce to Hot & Hot Fish Club twice a week since, during the growing season, and has enjoyed the behind the scenes look at what the chefs plan to do with what he grows.
"It's exciting for your farm's name to be associated with a restaurant like this," said Powell. "I thought plant people were passionate, but these people are really passionate."
Now, several times a year, Hastings goes to Jemison to teach cooking classes with the produce he likes so much, drawing about 40-75 people per class, according to Pat Conlee, special events coordinator.
"I like that he gives you a food philosophy - knowing where your food comes from and eating locally," said Conlee.
The group at the class seems eager to learn. They pass around and take in the aromas of lemon cucumbers and white peaches used in the dishes. As Hastings chops and cooks, he answers questions and gives tips. As he prepares chicken breast with blackberry vinaigrette, he shows the skillet that brought up the subject of heat, a French-style cast iron skillet from Ridge cookware. Hastings uses cast iron a lot.
"Heavy bottom skillets are better than thin ones," he says. "You want heat conducted evenly."
Asked about knives, Hastings tells the crowd he is not a fan of the popular Henckels knives, which he says are harder to sharpen. He likes knives from Forshner, MAC, Wursthof and Tojiro.
Hastings prepares a couscous flecked with vegetables -- corn and lemon cucumber, yellow squash and zucchini. He surprises the group by pouring hot water and stock over the couscous, rather than putting the couscous in the liquid.
"I want there to be texture, and if you put couscous in boiling water, it cooks too quickly," said Hastings. "Too often it turns to mush."
Some were also surprised that he didn't cook the corn. Hastings said he used it raw because it was "just-picked, really sweet and tender." If the corn had been picked longer, it would have needed cooking. To tell the difference, just taste and see if it's sweet and juicy or drier and starchy.
For dried herbs, Hastings advises getting fresh herbs to hang from a string in the kitchen (or put in a glass) to air dry.
"That's what I do in my kitchen at home," he said. "It's easy and a zillion times better."
As he turns to making a crust for the dessert tartlets with figs and white peaches, he tells the cooks that we are lucky to have access to Henry Fudge's pork. Hastings gets leaf fat (from around the kidneys) to render down and strain to have lard for pastry dough. He uses 50/50 lard to butter.
"It's worth the effort to make your own," he said. "A great pie dough is a gift from God."
Hastings works the dough with his hands into a cornmeal-y texture that still has small nubs of butter and carries it around to show the group.
"We use unsalted butter from Mennonites in Pennsylvania and we also use Land O' Lakes," said Hastings. "It's perfectly good butter."
Hastings uses both ripe raw O'Rourke figs and fig preserves in the tart. He advises touching, but not squeezing figs to feel the slight give when they're ripe.
"The color change with O'Rourke is noticeable, but it's harder to tell with green figs," added Powell. "But if I see fissures, then I harvest that day or the birds are very good fig pickers."
Hastings suggests using a microplane grater or rasp to grate lemon and orange zest, but cautions to avoid getting the white under the peel.
"The white is more bitter than I've ever been in my life and that's saying something," said Hastings. The crowd gets quieter as the tarts, holding fat figs and paper-thin ribbons of white peach, are passed out. Everyone is busy eating.
"One of my all-time favorite things is a white peach and a fig together," said Hastings. "That's like Oreos and milk.
After the class, students crowd around Hastings to chat and get copies of the Hot & Hot Fish Club Cookbook. A number are returnees to the classes.
"This is the third one we've been to and we've eaten in the restaurant," said Alice Wilson of Shelby. "He's very enjoyable and easy to listen to and his food is just terrific."
Others attended for the first time, like Nancy and Mike Bender of Vestavia Hills, who saw the class online and decided to come. Mike Bender had been to a budding class at Petals from the Past.
"That's how I knew anything they did would be first rate," he said. "I like learning about how the ingredients work together and affect one another. I'm looking forward to the next one."
The next cooking class at Petals from the Past with Chris Hastings is Aug. 28. Call ahead for reservations at (205) 646-0069.


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Mitchell (6-2, 197), from Leeds, is the 24th-rated outside linebacker in the country according to Rivals. His final five are Auburn, Alabama, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Georgia.
The 6-4, 230-pound Ward, from Aberdeen, Miss., is rated as the nation's sixth-best strong-side defensive end by Rivals. Along with Auburn, he is considering Alabama, LSU, Florida, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Georgia, Tennessee and Oklahoma. He plans to announce his choice at the Under Armour All-America game in January.
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Treasure every moment.
I write this column with heavy heart, in light of the horrid events that occurred in Connecticut Dec. 14, 2012. Twenty-six people lost their lives in the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings and, as we know, 20 of them were children. Six of them were adult heroes.
I attended my daughter's classroom Christmas party this week – a room full of 1st graders. I tried (unsuccessfully) to hold back tears as they sang Christmas carols for all of us parents. Tears of joy that I would get to tuck my little girl into bed that night, and tears of sorrow for the many parents who, for whatever reason, would not again. As they stood before us, dressed in their Christmas best and smiling through snaggled teeth, I could only think of what a treasure our children really are. What a blessing.
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INDIANOLA In order to remake the Bud Merrill Pavilion in Indianola, residents and volunteers are reducing everything to pieces and working from the ground up. The community gathering place was in desperate need of a makeover and now, with an anonymous backer, the project has begun by taking the whole thing apart to rebuild it.
Last week marked the visible beginning to the project, as crews took down the pavilion and tore out the concrete slab it protected. When completed, it will be more environmentally friendly and link better with the Indianola Clubhouse across the street. But it will still be in the image Bud Merrill envisioned when he built it two decades ago.
Theyve taken down the structure, and the concrete is removed, said Larson Casteel Landscaping Company owner and Indianola resident Laurie Larson. Were going to have recycled glass and rock waves and the beach shoreline in the new concrete. There are going to be a couple of poles that were having carved by Dave Franklin... Its all moving along nicely.
The project began in March, after a donor stepped forward to help pay for the pavilion replacement. Originally, the community was going to wait to retrofit the outdoor gathering place until after the $370,000 remodel of the Indianola Clubhouse was complete. That project is almost finished, and the anonymous open-ended donation is helping the next community plan get underway early. The pavilions design and construction is being spearheaded by Bud Merrills daughter, Ann Merrill Lantz. Her father enjoyed Indianola while he was alive, and felt it should have a community place for residents and friends to meet. The project is her way of continuing that desire today.
Its going to be very similar to the old one with a whole new structure, so to speak, said Indianola Beach Improvement Committee President Duane Niemi. Its just a wonderful project, and a nice addition to our community.
The pavilion houses the Saturday market, and other seasonal events and activities. Until it is finished, residents are gathering in front of the clubhouse, and some of the celebrations and gatherings will be moved indoors if there is inclement weather. Niemi said the new pavilion should be up in about two weeks, limiting the amount of time the market will have to relocate.
Steve Kilbourne Construction has been working full time on it, he said. They are moving along quite rapidly. The center pole in the pavilion is also being carved for us by Dave Franklin. I just went over and looked at it (Thursday), and it looks just wonderful.
The pavilion will also have engraved pavers installed in a portion of the concrete slab, an attribute the clubhouse also now boasts. There will be a bench dedicated to Bud Merrill by several of his friends, and native vegetation will be planted in and around the structure.
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