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Kamala Das 1934-
(Has also written under the pseudonyms Madhavikutty and Kamala Suraiyya) Indian poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, essayist, nonfiction writer, children's writer, and autobiographer. The following entry presents an overview of Das's career through 2000.
Das is one of the best-known contemporary Indian women writers. Writing in two languages, English and Malayalam, Das has authored many autobiographical works and novels, several well-received collections of poetry in English, numerous volumes of short stories, and essays on a broad spectrum of subjects. Since the publication of her first collection of poetry, Summer in Calcutta (1965), Das has been considered an important voice of her generation who exemplifies a break from the past by writing in a distinctly Indian persona rather than adopting the techniques of the English modernists. Das's provocative poems are known for their unflinchingly honest explorations of the self and female sexuality, urban life, women's roles in traditional Indian society, issues of postcolonial identity, and the political and personal struggles of marginalized people. Das's work in English has been widely anthologized in India, Australia, and the West, and she has received many awards and honors, including the P.E.N. Philippines Asian Poetry Prize (1963), Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for her writing in Malayalam (1969), Chiman Lal Award for fearless journalism (1971), the ASAN World Prize (1985), and the Sahitya Akademi Award for her poetry in English (1985). In 1984, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Biographical Information
Das was born into an aristocratic Nair Hindu family in Malabar (now Kerala), India, on March 31, 1934. Her maternal grandfather and great-grandfather were Rajas, a caste of Hindu nobility. Her love of poetry began at an early age through the influence of her maternal great-uncle, Narayan Menon, a prominent writer, and her mother, Balamani Amma, a well-known Malayali poet. Das was also deeply affected by the poetry of the sacred writings kept by the matriarchal community of Nairs. Das's father, a successful managing director for a British automobile firm, was descended from peasant stock and favored Gandhian principles of austerity. The combination of "royal" and "peasant" identities, along with the atmosphere of colonialism and its pervasive racism, produced feelings of inadequacy and alienation for Das. Educated in Calcutta and Malabar, Das began writing at age six and had her first poem published by P.E.N. India at age fourteen. She did not receive a university education. She was married in 1949 to Madhava Das, an employee of the Reserve Bank of India who later worked for the United Nations. She was sixteen years old when the first of her three sons was born; at eighteen, she began to write obsessively. Although Das and Madhava were romantically incompatible according to Das's 1976 autobiography, My Story, which describes his homosexual liaisons and her extramarital affairs, Madhava supported her writing. His career took them to Calcutta, New Delhi, and Bombay, where Das's poetry was influenced by metropolitan life as well as by her emotional experiences. In addition to writing poetry, fiction, and autobiography, Das served as editor of the poetry section of The Illustrated Weekly of India from 1971 to 1972 and 1978 to 1979. In 1981 Das and her husband retired to Kerala. Das ran as an Independent for the Indian Parliament in 1984. After her husband died, Das converted to Islam and changed her name to Kamala Suraiyya. She currently lives in Kerala, where she writes a syndicated column on culture and politics.
Major Works
Das published six volumes of poetry between 1965 and 1985. Drawing upon religious and domestic imagery to explore a sense of identity, Das tells of intensely personal experiences, including her growth into womanhood, her unsuccessful quest for love in and outside of marriage, and her life in matriarchal rural South India after inheriting her ancestral home. Since the publication of Summer in Calcutta, Das has been a controversial figure, known for her unusual imagery and candor. In poems such as "The Dance of the Eunuchs" and "The Freaks," Das draws upon the exotic to discuss her sexuality and her quest for fulfillment. In "An Introduction," Das makes public traditionally private experiences, suggesting that women's personal feelings of longing and loss are part of the collective experience of womanhood. In the collection The Descendants (1967), the poem "The Maggots" frames the pain of lost love with ancient Hindu myths, while the poem "The Looking-Glass" suggests that the very things society labels taboo are the things that women are supposed to give. In The Old Playhouse and Other Poems (1973), poems such as "Substitute," "Gino," and "The Suicide" examine physical love's failure to provide fulfillment, escape from the self, and exorcism of the past, whereas poems such as "The Inheritance" address the integrity of the artistic self in the face of religious fanaticism. In Tonight, This Savage Rite: The Love Poems of Kamala Das and Pritish Nandy (1979), Das invokes Krishna in her explorations of the tensions between physical love and spiritual transcendence. The Anamalai Poems (1985), a series of short poems written after Das was defeated in the 1984 parliamentary elections, reworks the classical Tamil akam ("interior") poems that contrast the grandeur and permanence of nature with the transience of human history. Poems such as "Delhi 1984" and "Smoke in Colombo" evoke the massacre of the Sikhs and the civil war in Sri Lanka. In My Story, originally published in serial format, Das provides details of her extramarital affairs and her unhappy marriage to Madhava Das. She is also the author of a novel, The Alphabet of Lust (1977), and several volumes of short stories in English. Under the name Madhavi Kutty, Das has published many books in the Malayalam language.
Critical Reception
Critical response to Das's poetry has been intimately connected to critical perception of her personality and politics; her provocative poetry has seldom produced lukewarm reactions. While reviewers of Das's early poetry have praised its fierce originality, bold images, exploration of female sexuality, and intensely personal voice, they lamented that it lacked attention to structure and craftsmanship. Scholars such as Devindra Kohli, Eunice de Souza, and Sunil Kumar have found powerful feminist images in Das's poetry, focusing on critiques of marriage, motherhood, women's relationships to their bodies and power over their sexuality, and the roles women are offered in traditional Indian society. Many critics have analyzed Das as a "confessional" poet, writing in the tradition of Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Denise Levertov. Some scholars, such as Vimala Rao, Iqbar Kaur, and Vrinda Naur, have deemed Das's poetry, autobiography, and essays frustratingly inconsistent, self-indulgent, and equivocal, although they, too, have praised her compelling images and original voice. Such commentators have suggested that Das is both overexposed and overrated. Other scholars, such as P. P. Raveendran, have connected the emphasis on the self in Das's work to larger historical and cultural contexts and complicated, shifting postcolonial identities. Indian critics have disagreed about the significance of Das's choice to write of her experiences as an Indian woman in English; some scholars suggest that, in her shunning of traditional aesthetic form, she has created a new language for the expression of colonial contradictions. Despite disagreement over the aesthetic qualities and consistency of Das's body of poetry, scholars agree that Das is an important figure whose bold and honest voice has re-energized Indian writing in English.
Principal Works
Tharisunilam [Fallow Fields] (short stories) 1962
Summer in Calcutta (poetry) 1965
The Descendants (poetry) 1967
The Old Playhouse and Other Poems (poetry) 1973
My Story (autobiography) 1976
The Alphabet of Lust (novel) 1977
A Doll for the Child Prostitute (short stories) 1977
Tonight, This Savage Rite: The Love Poems of Kamala Das and Pritish Nandy (poetry) 1979
The Heart of Britain (nonfiction) 1983
Collected Poems (poetry) 1984
Kamala Das: A Collage...
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Fritz Blackwell (essay date 1977-1978)
SOURCE: Blackwell, Fritz. "Krishna Motifs in the Poetry of Sarojini Naidu and Kamala Das." Journal of South Asian Literature 13, nos. 1-4 (1977-1978): 9-14.
[In the following essay, Blackwell contrasts the use of the Krishna motif in four poems by the Indian poets Kamala Das and Sarojini Naidu.]
Traditional imagery in modern poetry in English
Let us consider four poems, two each by two Indian poets writing in English. The older of the two is Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949), who is the author of three volumes of poetry: The Golden Threshold (1905), The Bird of Time (1912) and The Broken...
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R. Raphael (essay date 1979)
SOURCE: Raphael, R. "Kamala Das: The Pity of It." Indian Literature 22, no. 3 (1979): 127-37.
[In the following essay, Raphael contends that Das's autobiography, My Story, is flawed but provides insight into the author's personality and work.]
David McCutchion says that Kamala Das, the Indo-English poet, uses the technique of free verse in her poems, the 'originality' and 'freshness' of which arise out of her personality. Roger Iredale says that "In many of the poems of Kamala Das there is an almost violent frankness that expresses itself through an outspoken use of languages as she explores the nuances of the personal relationship." In a review...
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P. K. J. Kurup (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: Kurup, P. K. J. "Revolt." In Contemporary Indian Poetry in English, pp. 144-63. New Delhi, India: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 1991.
[In the following excerpt, Kurup offers a thematic and stylistic examination of the poems in The Descendants.]
In the second volume of the poet—The Descendants—the same existential despair of the self emerging from the failure to establish an eternal bond and to realise the meaning of existence is intoned, this time with heightened intensity. The difference here is that most of the poems in this volume provide evidence to her painstaking efforts for a fuller encounter with life. In a bid to receive the...
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Shirley Geok-lin Lim (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Lim, Shirley Geok-lin. "Terms of Empowerment in Kamala Das's My Story." In De/Colonizing the Subject: The Politics of Gender in Women's Autobiography, edited by Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson, pp. 346-69. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1992.
[In the following essay, Lim discusses My Story as a provocative and transformative work of women's autobiography.]
A popular approach to Western women's writings is to categorize the best of them as the achievements of exceptional women, women who were able to move beyond the sociocultural confines that kept other women "domesticated" and invisible. Such exceptional women forced a...
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Sunanda P. Chavan (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: Chavan, Sunanda P. "The Unity of Vision in the Poetry of Kamala Das." In Perspectives on Kamala Das's Poetry, edited by Iqbal Kaur, pp. 142-49. New Delhi, India: Intellectual Publishing House, 1995.
[In the following essay, Chavan identifies the unifying aspect of Das's poetry, asserting that "the extraordinarily subjective nature of her vision establishes a vital link between her poems about private life, and about external life."]
Due to its unusualness in the Indian context, Kamala Das's poetry has received a variety of interpretations from critics. But it is seen that the criticism has so far been primarily concerned with her poems about personal...
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P. P. Raveendran (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: Raveendran, P. P. "History in the Anamalai Poems." In Perspectives on Kamala Das's Poetry, edited by Iqbal Kaur, pp. 150-55. New Delhi, India: Intellectual Publishing House, 1995.
[In the following essay, Raveendran examines the role of history in the Anamalai Poems.]
The Anamalai Poems are a series of short poems that Kamala Das wrote during and after her sojourn at the hills of Anamudi in Tamil Nadu following her defeat at the parliamentary elections of 1984.1 Along with "The Anamalai Hills" which closes the group of poems dating from 1981-90 in The Best of Kamala Das (1991), this cycle of poems provides a peephole into...
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Alladi Uma (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: Uma, Alladi. "What's in a Genre?: Kamala Das's My Story." Literary Criterion 32, no. 3 (1996): 69-75.
[In the following essay, Uma investigates the genre of My Story.]
"My Story is my autobiography which I began writing during my first serious bout with heart disease" (Das 1991:v). The author herself has given us sanction to read it as an autobiography. So we proceed to do so, taking with us at first a lay person's understanding of what an autobiography is—factual recounting of one's life—and therefore we take whatever is written as sacrosanct truth. Then suddenly we realise that we are not "naive lay readers" but "sophisticated...
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Ranjana Harish (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: Harish, Ranjana. "My Story." In Women's Writing: Text and Context, edited by Jasbir Jain, pp. 213-22. Jaipur, India: Rawat Publications, 1996.
[In the following essay, Harish underscores the novelty and appeal of My Story.]
This book has cost me many things that I held dear, but I do not for a moment regret having written it. I have written several books in my life time, but none of them provided the pleasure the writing of My Story has given me. I have nothing more to say.
In Virginia Woolf's view any woman who sets her pen to paper and adopts the writer's profession,...
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Iqbal Kaur (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: Kaur, Iqbal. "Protest against Sexual Colonialism: Kamala Das's My Story." In Women's Writing: Text and Context, edited by Jasbir Jain, pp. 223-32. Jaipur, India: Rawat Publications, 1996.
[In the following essay, Kaur explores Das's attitude toward gender roles and views My Story as a protest against the sexual discrimination of women.]
Sexual colonialism refers to the relationship between the sexes which is 'a relationship of dominance and subservience'. It refers to the relationship between sex and power and as Kate Millett puts it "Through this system a most ingenious form of 'interior colonization' has been achieved". Men are...
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D. Murali Manohar (essay date 1999)
SOURCE: Manohar, D. Murali. "Man-Woman Relationship with Respect to the Treatment of Love in Kamala Das's Poetry." In Kamala Das: Treatment of Love in Her Poetry, pp. 14-53. Gulbarga, India: Jiwe Publications, 1999.
[In the following essay, Manohar traces Das's depiction of the male-female dynamic in her verse.]
In the life of a woman or a man there are happy as well as sorrowful events. Neither the sorrowful events nor the happy events can be forgotten. In order to understand the man-woman relationship in terms of love in Kamala Das's poetry one could ask questions like:
a) What is man-woman relationship?
b) What is man's...
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Rosemary Marangoly George (essay date fall 2000)
SOURCE: George, Rosemary Marangoly. "Calling Kamala Das Queer: Rereading My Story." Feminist Studies 26, no. 3 (fall 2000): 731-63.
[In the following essay, George reads My Story as a "queer" text.]
… When I asked for love, not knowing what else to ask For, he drew a youth of sixteen into the Bedroom and closed the door. He did not beat me But my sad woman-body felt so beaten.
The weight of my breast and womb crushed me. I shrank Pitifully.
—Kamala Das, from "An Introduction," 1965
At this time my husband turned to his old friend for comfort. They behaved like lovers in my...
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Further Reading
Gowda, H. H. Anniah. "Perfected Passions: The Love Poetry of Kamala Das and Judith Wright." Literary Half-Yearly 20, no. 1 (January 1979): 116-30.
Finds parallels in the poetry of Das and Judith Wright.
Narayan, Shyamala A. "A Note on Kamala Das' My Story." Commonwealth Quarterly 3, no. 9 (1978): 148-53.
Regards My Story as a disappointing and flawed autobiography.
Additional coverage of Das's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 101; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series,...
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Professor goes public over pet coke concerns
Mountains of petroleum coke — a byproduct of oil refining from tar sands in Alberta, Canada — have drawn public concern from politicians, environmental experts, community activists, business owners and residents in the southwest Detroit neighborhood where the black mounds have been deposited along the riverfront since late fall.
Wayne Law Professor Nick Schroeck, who is executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center and 2007 alumnus, joined U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, a 1989 Wayne Law graduate, and others to speak out during a May 28 press conference on Fort Street, where the three-story-high pet coke mounds piled east and west of the Ambassador Bridge are clearly visible.
Schroeck is no stranger to media attention. He is frequently tapped by reporters, conservation groups and other law schools across the country as an expert on high-profile environmental law issues, including the controversy over oil and gas extraction by hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
The pet coke piles in Detroit raise a number of public health and environmental concerns. The dust that blows off the mounds is "pretty dramatic," based on photos taken from the Canadian side of the river, Schroeck said. Also of concern is water runoff into the Detroit River from the uncovered stacks of pet coke, which are expected to be shipped to other countries. Pet coke can be burned with coal to produce energy, but the process is dirty, and U.S. EPA regulations prevent it from being used much in the United States.
Health studies and permitting processes — federal , state and local — for storing the pet coke seem to be lacking, Schroeck said during a flurry of recent interviews over the issue. And the issuance of government permits often include public hearings, which to date haven't been held over the pet coke mounds, he said.
State officials with the Department of Environmental Quality told media that the piles of pet coke don't pose a "significant" health risk. Schroeck isn't convinced. Nor is Peters.
The Congressman said he will introduce a bill to have the EPA conduct environmental and health studies, and he cited Delaware regulations that require pet coke to be covered during storage and transport. Schroeck said that at the very least, the mountains of pet coke are detrimental to the area's growing economy and recent efforts to enhance the riverfront for recreation, and he noted that the southwest Detroit neighborhood already is subjected to heavy pollution.
The Wayne Law professor recently was quoted and/or interviewed as an expert on the issue by Fox 2 TV, the Windsor Star, CBC Radio, the Detroit Free Press, MLive and Michigan Public Radio.
To schedule an interview with Schroeck, contact Brianna Fritz at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Photo caption: Wayne State University Law School Professor Nick Schroeck is interviewed by reporters as Congressman Gary Peters (left) looks on.


text: Kaleidoscope Ice will air on CBS on Sunday, November 25th. Per CBS.com, the show is scheduled to air 3-4:00 ET or 5-6:00 ET. (Check local listing, air time is dependent on the NFL game scheduled to air in your local area) Skaters include: Evan Lysacek, Kurt Browning, Sasha Cohen, Paul Wylie, and Nancy Kerrigan. http://www.kaleidoscope.org/show.html


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BBRY: Jefferies Cheers BES, RBC Sees 'Q5′ Filling Channel
Some of the Street folks attending BlackBerry (BBRY) BlackBerry Live user conference in Orlando, Florida, this week, are reporting back their observations.
The stock is currently down 73 cents, or 4.6%, at $15.15.
Among the announcements this morning during CEO Thorsten Heins's keynote were that the company will introduce a lower-cost device with a keyboard, the "Q5," this summer; it will offer an upgrade of its BlackBerry 10 operating system, adding new features; and it will make its "BBM" instant messaging service available on Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and on devices running Google's (GOOG) Android software.
Jefferies & Co.'s Peter Misek today reiterates a Buy rating and a $22 price target, writing that "This BlackBerry Is on Fire," noting that the announced availability of the Q10 device in June is a "slight delay" from the prior May availability date the Street was expecting, but that it won't affect his estimates:
Our checks make us very confident in our 4M BB10 shipment estimate for the May Q (St 3M). The bear case is shifting to sell-through rates and a potentially poor Aug Q; however, we believe that sell-through is solid, and we remain very confident in our 4M BB10 shipment estimate for the Aug Q.
Misek is more interested in talking about the company's server software and network offering, "BlackBerry Enterprise Service," or BES, as theme he has repeatedly emphasized as most important for the company's financial future. Misek thinks the announced pricing of $59 per client access license for BES will be competitive with other vendors' offerings in "mobile device management," or MDM, and he thinks changes to BES are going to make it easier to install and manage:
BBRY highlighted how BES10.1 can be used to manage iOS and Android devices. By the end of June, BBRY said it would launch sandbox
capability for iOS and Android. BBRY showcased a new streamlined implementation of BES10. Previously, BES10 was installed in three server-side components: 1) BlackBerry Device Service (BDS) – supports PlayBooks and BB10 handsets; 2) Universal Device Service (UDS) – mobile device management for iOS and Android devices; 3) BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0.3+ – supports older BlackBerry handsets. Currently, BES 5+ has to be installed on its own server while BDS and EDS can be on the same virtual server. BES10.1 combines BDS and UDS into a single component and lets it run on the same server as BES 5+. We think the availability of the streamlined BES10.1 will catalyze enterprises to shift from trials of BES10 to broader roll-outs beyond the already installed 12K BES10 servers.
His "checks," moreover, convince Misek that "BES10 is likely to be the main device management system used by the U.S. DoD and that BES10 will be used to manage not just the DoD's BlackBerries but also Android and IOS devices."
Meantime, RBC Capital Markets's Mark Sue, reiterating a Sector Perform rating on the shares, and an $18 price target, calls the day a "Keyboard Love Fest in Orlando."
Writes Sue, the pullback in the shares is likely a result of "the lack of a sales update and few surprises."
The Q5 will go to markets outside the U.S., at least to start, he observes, and will help BlackBerry "fill the channel":
The launch this summer comes a few months earlier than our Fall expectations and is likely to help fuel near-term channel-fill. Available in 'select' markets in Europe, Asia and Latin America, the Q5 doesn't appear scheduled to come to North America and other Western markets, likely to avoid cannibalizing the higher-ASP Q10. Pricing TBA and may involve a delicate balance between preserving margins and being cost competitive with sub-$100 Androids. Negatively, the US Q10 launch slipped a few weeks from late May to early June; Sprint launch is late summer. Near term, with Z10, Q10 and now Q5 coming to carriers, we see the stock as a channel-fill story.
Of BES, Sue writes "BlackBerry may become a strong player in delivering BYOD, but there's lots of competition and Microsoft ActiveSync is a viable (and free) alternative."
Regarding App availability, Sue concludes that "BlackBerry continues to play whack-a-mole with its app ecosystem," with 120,000 applications and counting for BB10, and the imminent arrival of Microsoft's (MSFT) Skype, but things such as Instagram, Netflix (NFLX), Google Maps, and "Candy Crush Saga missing, at least in native versions.
UBS's Amitabh Passi, who has a Neutral rating on the shares, comments very briefly:
The Q5 is critical for BBRY in emerging markets, but competition and
pricing will be tough with compelling, and possibly cheaper, Android phones. No pricing or technical specs were released for the Q5. With waning Z10 momentum, the Q10 delay in the US could create a small air-pocket in late F1Q/early F2Q.


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Good Samaritan Society-Pine River Riverside Apartments welcomes new manager
Good Samaritan Society-Pine River welcomes Sandy Gilbertson as the new manager at Riverside Apartments.
Gilbertson and her husband, Paul, moved to the area about five years ago, but she is not a stranger to the community. Her grandparents moved from Sioux Falls, S.D., to the Pine River area to farm when Gilbertson was five. Today, Sandy and Paul live and farm on that same land.
Gilbertson comes to the Good Samaritan Society with a background in senior care and apartment management.
"Our vision is to create an environment where people feel loved, valued and at peace," said Good Samaritan Society-Pine River administrator Karen Prososki. "Sandy's experience and caring personality make her a great addition in our journey toward our vision."
The Good Samaritan Society-Pine River campus consists of a Care and Rehabilitation Center, Therapy Center, Assisted Living, Home Care, Hospice and Senior Living Apartments.


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If for any triangle ABC tan(A - B) + tan(B - C) + tan(C - A) = 0
what can you say about the triangle?
Three equilateral triangles ABC, AYX and XZB are drawn with the
point X a moveable point on AB. The points P, Q and R are the
centres of the three triangles. What can you say about triangle
Prove that if a is a natural number and the square root of a is
rational, then it is a square number (an integer n^2 for some
integer n.)
Here are 16 propositions involving a real number $x$:
[Note: the trig functions are measured in radians]
By choosing $p$ and $q$ from this list, how many correct mathematical statements of the form $p\Rightarrow q$ or $p\Leftrightarrow q$ can you make?
It is possible to rearrange the statements into four statements $p\Rightarrow q$ and four statements $p\Leftrightarrow q$. Can you work out how to do this?


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Construction Tool Box Talks
A year's worth of weekly safety meeting subjects
WHY TRAINING? An insightful contractor commented that if everyone used their common sense, we wouldn't have injuries or accidents on or off the job. Workers need to be trained in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions as part of company profitability and professional development. Using common sense is only part of the solution in preventing injuries or accidents.
Safety Committee
There is a Safety Committee factor involved in training. Employers in the construction trades are required to have a Safety Committee. A purpose of a Safety Committee is to identify hazards in the workplace (generally through quarterly inspections) and "make recommendations to the employer regarding corrections of the hazards." A second purpose is to "establish procedures for investigating all safety-related incidents…" Topics included here are intended to help in having a viable Safety Committee by providing a quick reference guide to build on to accomplish both these important tasks.
The materials provided here are provided with the permission of Contractors Insurance Service, Inc. and Mr. Ned Devereaux.
Table of Contents
|Tool Box Talks (Entire PDF file)
|Introduction - Why this Project?
|General Safety
|Common Sense Subjects
Protecting the Public
|Effects of Weather
|Personal Protective Equipment
|Tool Use and Care
|Residential Construction
|Injuries, Falls From Elevated Heights
|Injuries, Being Struck By (Comments on the Subject)
|Injuries, Being Caught Between or Under
|Fire Protection
|Vehicle Safety
|Additional Topics


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Contains spoilers -- do not read unless you've seen House Of Cards Season 1, Episode 5
I'm not sure why I'm so repulsed by the Frank/Zoe sexual rendezous. It could be that, in "real" life, Kevin Spacey is so asexual. Or it could be that, so far, House Of Cards hasn't really set these two up for that kind of relationship. Either way, blech. It kind of soothes me, just a little, to learn that it's strictly a business arrangement. When Frank returns home, Claire seems to know immediately that he's slept with Zoe, and she asks, point-blank, "What's in it for us?" Everything this pair does is calculated. It also helps us understand why Claire turned down Adam in the hotel: that affair is based on emotion, and is thus dangerous to her marriage, her professional life, and Frank's entire political career.
So it's very interesting to see Claire fight against her strong feelings for Adam. To give credit to Robin Wright's amazing portrayal, you can literally see the jealousy in her eyes when she realizes Frank has slept with Zoe -- not because she's possessive of Frank, but because she wishes she could sleep with Adam.
Up-and-coming Zoe, now unemployed, is being pursued by the likes of MSNBC and ABC, but opts to go for a job at Slugline (a.k.a. Politico), where online journalists write articles in beanbags and come and go as they please. Washington Herald editor-in-chief Tom Hammerschmidt, who fired Zoe in a rage, goes on a tirade about the "new" journalism, saying things like Twitter and the internet are fads. His tirade serves as his resignation, and he's finished. This black-and-white depiction of old and new journalism isn't too far from the truth, but it's just so dichotomous. If every old-school journalist who believed these things about new media were fired, methinks there would be no newspapers printed at all.
Next, we're introduced to a new character, Marty Spinella, who's an education lobbyist and union supporter (geez, these political folks all look the same, don't they? I have trouble telling a lot of them apart). He's vehemently against Frank, obviously, over his stance on collective bargaining. This all ties in with Claire's gala -- she still won't have enough proceeds from the fete unless she takes Remy's offer (which she hesitatingly refused in episode 4). Because of Frank, the union won't let Claire into the planned hotel venue for the gala, and they stage protests outside to try to mar the event.
Ever the thinker, Claire decides to throw the party in front of the hotel. Things get into full swing and the party is a major hit, even though, realistically, this could never happen. I mean, hello by-laws, safety measures and fire codes! Frank calls in his old pal Freddy to supply the BBQ (another unrealistic thing -- at a fancy black-tie gala you serve messy ribs? Not likely). Frank also invites Zoe to be the only journalist in the gala; all other reporters are resigned to the outside, asking pathetic questions to reluctant protesters. Claire invites Adam as well. On the surface, it appears that she only wants money from him, but we all know that she secretly wants to see him. Nothing ensues aside from bountiful flirtation, but this relationship is the equivalent of a bubbling volcano. It's only a matter of time before it explodes.
On the Peter side of the story, things are looking a lot more dire. Even though Frank has it in mind that he run for governor of Pennsylvania, Peter has just been dumped, he's just closed the shipyard, and he's addicted to drugs, alcohol and hookers. He gets pushed over the edge by several angry emails (from fired shipyard workers and their families), and heads over to Frank's house in a drunken stupor to confront him.
Frank, master manipulator, somehow takes a completely intoxicated and violent man and turns him into a snivelling wimp, cowering naked in a bathtub. Frank gives him a lecture to end all lectures, and then places a razor blade on the rim of the tub. Peter's choices: suicide or sobriety? Frank promises him a run at governor if he sobers and shapes up.
The seed is planted. But will it grow? With the amount of bullshit Frank uses as fertilizer, I'm betting that yes, it will.
Best Frank Quote: "Friends make the worst enemies."
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Original UK Series: "Till Death Us Do Part" The show that introduced the world to "lovable bigot" Archie Bunker, "All in the Family" was the first series to spend five consecutive years on top of the Nielsen ratings. Produced by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin (who also adapted "Sanford and Son" from its UK predecessor) the sitcom was notable for its decision to tackle social issues that other network comedies of the time had never touched, such as homosexuality, racism, rape, abortion, breast cancer and the Vietnam war.
Original UK Series: "Steptoe and Son" This iconic NBC sitcom, which aired from 1972 until 1977, was one of the highest rated shows of its time, peaking at number 2 in the ratings behind only "All in the Family." It is considered groundbreaking for its portrayal of race, and is thought to have paved the way for "The Cosby Show" and other sitcoms centered around African American families. (Although the British original was groundbreaking in different ways, notably for its elements of social realism, it featured Caucasian leads.)
Original UK Series: "Dragon's Den" A hit in both the UK and Canada, "Dragon's Den" embodies all the elements of a hit reality show: Judges with attitude, random wackiness, and average Joes who either make money or fools of themselves. "Shark Tank" works because it didn't meddle with the winning formula -- it's harsh, cruel and blunt; it even uses two of the same "Sharks" that appear on the Canadian version.
Original UK Series: "Hell's Kitchen" The thread that ties these two together is Gordon Ramsay. Without his acerbic, curse-laden diatribes, this show would not work on either continent. There's something almost cathartic about watching "Hell's Kitchen," which might be why it works so well -- you instantly feel better about your own cooking, and you can release a bit of anger every time Ramsay yells at one of the contestants.
Original UK Series: "Shameless" Showtime's American adaptation of "Shameless" has worked for a few reasons. Most importantly, its central story of a dysfunctional family struggling to make ends meet resonated with audiences during the recession. The show also hit home runs with its casting: William H. Macy plays a great drunk, and Emmy Rossum has emerged as the show's tough, sexy breakout star.
Original UK Series: "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" There are a two very simple reasons "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" took off in the US. Number one: Every single American TV viewer would like to be a millionaire. Number two: Regis Philbin and his monochromatic shirt/tie combinations were awesome.
Original UK Series: "The Office" Ricky Gervais' British sitcom "The Office" premiered in 2001 and followed the employees of the fictional Wernham Hogg Paper Company. Though it only lasted two seasons in the UK, it lives on in the US. The American version starred Steve Carell and made him a highly-coveted film actor, and did the same for John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer and more of its stars. Now going into its ninth season, the dry humor and mockumentary-style series about the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company employees set the tone for many more comedies to come (i.e. "Modern Family").
Original UK Series: "What Not to Wear" The BAFTA-nominated original UK series "What Not To Wear" had Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine makeover some of the UK's most awfully dressed Brits for five seasons (before they left and Lisa Butcher and Mica Paris took over for the show's sixth and seventh seasons). Though the US installment of "What Not to Wear" premiered shortly thereafter with a bit of a rough start with Wayne Scot Lukas, the American version found its footing in Season 2. The dynamic between Stacy London and Clinton Kelly has helped the show last for nine seasons and counting.
Original UK Series: "Queer as Folk" The UK's original "Queer as Folk" made its debut in 1999 and broke gay stereotypes throughout its two seasons, as did the US remake. "Queer as Folk" premiered on Showtime stateside in 2000 and made a splash as the first hour-long drama on American television to portray the lives of gay men and women. The series covered homophobia, late-in-life gay characters, coming out, gay adoption, HIV and many more taboo subjects. "Queer as Folk" broke down cultural barriers, paving the way for series like "The L Word" to make their debut and for acceptance of the gay community at large.
Original UK Series: "Man About The House" The UK original lasted six seasons in the early-to-mid-'70s, but the US version produced more than four times as many episodes (172 in total) over its eight seasons on the air, mainly due to a hilarious cast led by the late John Ritter.
Original UK Series: "Strictly Come Dancing" Before there was Pam Anderson, Drew Lachey and Bristol Palin (just three of the U.S. version's "All Stars" for Season 15), there was the UK's "Strictly Come Dancing," which premiered in 2004 and immediately spawned international spin-offs in 32 other countries and counting.
Original UK Series: "Pop Idol" "American Idol" is a ratings juggernaut, and it's not showing many signs of slowing down. With a revolving panel of music icons as celebrity judges and a fanbase that not only votes each week for their favorite singers, but buys their music and follows the contestants on tour, this is the reality competition to beat in the ratings.
Original UK Series: "Changing Rooms" It's not easy to find designers who are personable, talented and able to deal with the demands of a microbudget, time-crunched renovation, but both of these shows managed to do that, which is why they were both long-running hits in their respective countries. On both shows, viewers got crash courses in how to remake a room for very little dough, and even if we ultimately preferred the mildly acerbic British designers, both shows were the best kind of how-to program: They made you actually think you might be able to accomplish something similar (if you got off your couch, that is).
Original UK series: "Prime Suspect" We know, we know, the Helen Mirren original is a classic character-driven cop drama and the NBC show never quite rose to the heights that the UK series did. Having said that, NBC's version of the cop show evolved into an enjoyably meaty, well-acted ensemble drama that made great use of its versatile, talented cast and a committed performance from star Maria Bello. We were all ready to doubt the US version of the show, but her Jane Timoney made believers of us during "Prime Suspect's" brief run on the Peacock network.
Original UK Series: "The Inbetweeners" Though time will tell if the MTV adaptation will be able to rival the cult appeal of the original, the first three episodes of the new comedy prove just as charming as the British show, albeit in distinctly American ways. British humor may be dry and acerbic, but the new cast has undeniable chemistry and comic timing, and it will be interesting to see where the show goes when it starts utilizing its original material, rather than the six episodes it based on the UK series.
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New 'RoboCop' Pics Show Off a Strong EnsembleJacob Hall December 20, 2013 @ 9:40 AM
The original 'RoboCop' remains a classic for a number of reasons, and one of them is the film's wonderful cast of memorable character actors. Since the remake needs as much help as it can get to live up to the gold standard of the film it's rebooting, it has followed suit and jammed as many high-quality thespians into the production as humanly possible. A new gallery of images has premiered, and rather than show off fancy CGI or action, they serve as a reminder that 'RoboCop' inexplicably has one of the best casts of 2014.


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I de-goldenized the gun because.. IMO, only Eddy should have a shiny gun.
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In 1952, director Georges Franju asked Jarre to score his short, artistic documentary Hôtel des Invalides, and the success of this film garnered interest within the French film industry in Jarre. He continued to work with Franju, likewise scoring the horror classic Le Yeux sans visage (Eyes without a Face, 1960), and by the mid-'50s Jarre had discovered he was too busy writing for the cinema to continue composing music for concerts or the theater. Jarre's international breakthrough came with his score for David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962), which earned him his first Academy Award and placed Jarre's name on the A-list of screen composers with its sweeping, panoramic themes. However, his next project with Lean, Doctor Zhivago (1965), not only brought the Oscar to Jarre's mantel once more, but added a Grammy, largely on the strength of Jarre's tune Lara's Theme. It was later adapted as the pop hit "Somewhere My Love." The enormous success of Doctor Zhivago ensured that Jarre could no longer work out of France and earned him a ticket to Hollywood, where he settled for good, though Jarre would work once in awhile on European projects, such as Volker Schlöndorff's Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum, 1979).
Throughout the 1970s and '80s, Jarre maintained a punishing schedule, scoring on average about four to five films a year. Not all of these films are well remembered, but nevertheless, certain titles form an impressive résumé: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) for Paul Newman; The Man Who Would Be King (1976) for John Huston; Jesus of Nazareth (1977) for Franco Zeffirelli, and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Witness (1985), and Dead Poets Society (1989) for Peter Weir, not to mention the TV miniseries Shogun (1980) and the popular thriller Fatal Attraction (1987).
Jarre was noted for his use of unusual instrumentation, and in 1980 began to add more electronics to his arsenal of instruments, a field in which his son, Jean Michel Jarre, had already distinguished himself. Originally it was a measure to save time, but Jarre noted that he ultimately ended up expending more effort on his predominantly electronic score for Ghost (1990) than if he had used conventional instruments. Jarre's loudest score was for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), which folded "four grand pianos plus a pipe organ, digeridoo, fujana, a battery of exotic percussion and three ondes martenots" into the context of the standard, 51-piece Hollywood symphony orchestra. It was not such elephantine requirements, however, that won Jarre his third and final Oscar, but his last score for David Lean, A Passage to India (1984); altogether Jarre was nominated by the Academy nine times. The Golden Globes were even kinder to Jarre, with 11 nominations and four wins. Not everyone was firmly in Jarre's corner; some new music aficionados never forgave him for abandoning the avant-garde concert music of his youth -- though such techniques did figure significantly in his film output -- and in France, Jarre took a lot of criticism for "going Hollywood" and becoming a commercial success. However, Jarre was such a good film composer that certain of his scores -- such as those for The Train (1964) and Five Card Stud (1968) -- are better known than the films from which they come. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis , Rovi
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This season, 70 has been the magic number for McNeese State.
When the Cowboys (8-8, 2-4 Southland) have scored at least 70 points in a game, they are 8-0. When they are held below 70, they're an ugly 0-8.
"We've got to put up points," said McNeese head coach Dave Simmons. "We're 8-0 when we score 70, and that's the name of the game. Try to get to get good, quality shots. More shots than your opponents."
Based on those numbers, Central Arkansas may be McNeese's ideal opponent. The Bears (6-10, 1-5) host the Cowboys tonight and play the type of up-tempo game that is generally suited to Simmons' squad.
Coached by former Arkansas star Corliss Williamson, the Bears' full-court defense is allowing an average of 77.8 points per game — 342nd in the country out of 345 teams.
While that stat behooves McNeese, playing on the road has not. The Cowboys have lost four straight on the road since defeating Texas Tech on Dec. 16.
"At home, they are very good," Simmons said of UCA. "We were very fortunate to beat them there last year. They're talented. They'll have a good crowd. And it's a must-win situation for both of us."
On the surface, hitting the 70-point mark seems entirely a product of shooting well. But in McNeese's case it is more about creating easy points in transition as the result of defensive plays.
The Cowboys overwhelmed Lamar 51-19 in the second half of Saturday's 74-50 win, with 18 of those points coming off turnovers.
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Simmons said rebounding goes hand-in-hand with defense.
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Were you on Landon this morning?
Last thing I expected to do today was to have a 52 mile bike ride. And, Eureka, I did find the trail. Now I am confused about a different location. But first:
ryno - it was a pleasure to meet and ride with you. Hope to do a lot more.
MajorMavrick - welcome, looks like quite the group assembling.
At 89th, go left (east) to Ratner Rd. Take a right (south) At the bottom of the hill, the entrance will be to your left. There is a large tree that has fallen across the trail. I passed by there in the pickup at least twice and didn't see it.
From there it is pretty rough going. Lots of places with deep ballast that riding is impossible. The concrete on the bridges looks pretty fresh so I know that they are working on it. You ride in the middle of nowhere for quite some time with no place to bail and then you finally get to Shawnee Heights Road and everything ends. I couldn't find rail bed on the other side of the road so I don't know if I missed something or that is where it ends. I was too tired at that point to do any investigating.
At Shawnee Heights, take a left (south) end up in Overbrook. Take a right (north), easy way back to civilization, or at least the more established trails. I goofed, I went left, was introduced to Puke Hill. It is appropriately named and even is painted on the road showing you where to puke. Went to Overbrook with the intention of heading west to old 75 and riding the wind back to Topeka. Ryno can tell you that we fought a hard southerly wind while we were riding. I also told him that I thought I would get caught in the wind shift and have to ride against it on the way back. That's what happened. It started shifting in Overbrook so after a diet Dr Pepper and small bag of peanut M&M's, headed back north on Shawnee Heights that turned into Shadden that ran into 89. West on 89th back to the trail. Missed the trail, ran into some thorn bushes. Legs and fingers where the half gloves didn't cover were pretty scratched up. Got back to Topeka and to my Grandson's school with 5 minutes to spare.
Lessons learned.
Take the GSC10 bike sensor off. Useless when it gets rough and it gets moved around and out of sync. Shouldn't be concerned with pace on the trails anyway.
Love my new bike. I couldn't have made that ride with anything else, even with the StumpJumper, although it would have been nice in a couple of places.
I bit off more that I could chew. I'm beat. I'm glad I did it and I'm glad that I made it, but I wished I would have heading north at Shawnee Heights and skipped the M&M's. I did bring some dried apples with me too and finished them off on the way back.
Here's the data. Note the 1600 calories burned and the elevation changes
Landon Trail Ride by mjanway at Garmin Connect - Details
Me? Na, I was south of 53rd around 3 on Sunday.
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Wow i can't believe you rode that far! Today was a good day to do it other than the stupid wind! I bet you are beat. I only rode 21.5 today and I'm beat!
I've got the day off Tuesday. Who wants to ride and where? Hit me up!
I'll be riding Landon in the morning. Probably around 830ish maybe earlier if i can get my butt up and out on the Trail. I cut getting to work pretty close today when I left the house at 9. I made it to work in time but I had to rush to be there at 12. 30 minute drives to work suck!
Welcome Steve!
Wow, 52 miles is pretty darned impressive. Especially in the areas where the ballast rock on the trail is rather loose. That makes for a heck of alot of resistance. Good Job. man
Hey Steve, wish I could but stuck at work.
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Thanks FireCop. 'Twas a workout for sure. Those trails at the Gov and Dornwood might seem more manageable for a bit. Next challenge will be Perry.
Welcome Steve. I got Doctors all day.
Good luck with those Dr's Visits.
I rode from 29th and Gage on Shunga to Landon then south to 25th and came back. It was a good ride but my toes and hands were a little bit numb and colder than I like. 21mi yesterday and 10 today. Not a bad way to start off a week I'd say.
Anyone want to meet up and ride at the mansion or Perry this weekend? Saturday looks like it will be a bit warmer, but hell, they're BOTH warm considering the time of year.
I will have to see what's goin' on but I might be down for the Mansion. I've never been to either set of trails.
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So it turns out there is a Tuesday group ride at Dornwood at 4 pm. Two separate groups of four people out there riding today!
Cool. Too bad I work 12-10:30 Sun-Wed.
I used to ride w/ the "early" group, and would've likely been out there today, but had to go w/ the Mrs. to get a car. 4 is really a "small" group. We've had 9ish out there a couple of times that I've been out there. I think the LBS group goes out after they close the shop on Tues. Lots of skill in both groups. I don't know about the second group, but when the first group is big, there are lots of people that are more than willing to show you the way around.
The Trail Mgr cut some new trails in during the last week or 2 (def after Thanksgiving), and I haven't even gotten to ride them yet. I was looking forward to it today, but a new Fiat was in the cards, so maybe tomorrow if it's not too cold?
Cool! You get the Fiat 500 Abarth? or just the regular Fiat 500?
Who's all riding tomorrow? I plan to ride maybe around noon time. Not sure what route yet or where. I have tomorrow - sat off so I would like to ride all of those days.
I'll go ahead and commit to riding at the mansion on Saturday if anyone wants to join. I'll be there at 10:30. Black Nissan Xterra. Might hit up Perry afterwards.
Cool! I have yet to ride that park.
Mansion as usual for Sunday a.m. But no strenuous exercise or sunlight after that until at least Wednesday so that lets out the Mansion, Dornwood, and Perry for Monday. That leaves me with Shunga or the tame part of Landon if it's cloudy.
Is LRT all mountain bike or will a crossover do ok there? How about those trails at the Museum? Those are pretty tame, bicycles allowed there?
Kansas looked flat until I hopped on a bicycle.
Well I hope you can get on that bike soon enough Jak.
Well I took it upon myself to try out the Gov. Mansion today. Wow what a treat! Lots of technical stuff! I rode through a huge tree, between trees, over trees, ect. It really pushed my abilities and I probably used my brakes way more than needed. I rode a few miles over 4 miles in 45 mins but there's alot of hills to climb and maneuver through there.
I used Strava and Endomondo and actually beat someones time. I'm ranked 6 out of 7 on Brown Trail or something like that lol.
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The mansion trails will teach you brake discipline. It's a whole different experience when the leaves are on the trees and you can't see the whole hill side and the corners are blind. I really enjoy it there, running, biking, or just walking.
Oh I'm sure!
I picked up a set of Clipless Bontragger MTB shoes tonight at Capps for $45.00. Then went and finished up my xmas shopping for the wife. I even got my Jack Russell Terrier "Tucker" something this year.
That's funny about "brake discipline: I was just telling Ryno something very similar this afternoon. My brake discipline was much more stringent last Sunday that it was the day before. LRT is fine for XC bikes. I've seen allllll sorts of bikes being ridden on that trail over the years. It's a very forgiving trail. There are roots in some places, no doubt, but I doubt they'd wreck your rims. If you are the least bit concerned take some heavier weaponry out there.
IDK, if I'm out of the rack and feeling like riding that "early" I might try to find you out there. I might go to Dornwood instead. Depending on time, there's a thought that I might go to LRT.
LRT? What trail is this? Lawrence River Trail ?
I think I might hit up the governors again. That was pretty fun! Gotta see what time i get up. I have to go to Holton tomorrow as well to work on my Grandmother's pc.
Did you use to ride the Governor's/ Menninger Trails before that area became a state park? If so, you probably remember the far west side of both areas. There was a steep uphill climb that went to a great overlook spot. The trail was perched right along side a U-shaped cliff. It is northwest of the WIBW antenna tower. There was a magnificent spot on the trail, above the cliff, that overlooked the sand plant and Kansas River valley. You could see clear over to Rossville from the area I am referencing.
That area is privately owned, and now has no trespassing signs adjacent to the state park trails. That west end was the best part of the trails. It would be awesome to own that west end and keep it accessable as a mountain bike area. I know who owns it, and they would never part with it.
Expost - Monday for LRT won't be that early. Couldn't leave Topeka until 9 or so. Will have to see what the sun does that day. We vampires must take care.
After watching that video in the new comers area, that really helped me on the brakes. I think the guy called it "confidence braking" when you are laying on the brakes all the time. That video helped me out of it. Until I actually started practicing, I was scared of the front brake. Now I realize I can go over the handlebars without any brake help at all!
FireCop, yep, know what you are talking about. Never biked there but ran and walked there all the time. Ever since those punks tore up the old clock building, they keep a pretty good eye on that area. I thought only crazy people biked the mansion trails until I got hooked this year.
Good score Ryno!
I'll be at the mansion early Sunday am trains/weather permitting. If it is wet at all, will stay on the east side. Took me an hour to clean the bike off after last Sunday.
See everyone around. Ignore the weather forecasts, they are changing them every few minutes.
Still hitting the mansion tomorrow if anyone is interested. It will be my first time there so I'm pretty stoked to see a new trail. Instead of Perry afterwards thinking Dornwood now since I've never been there either.
Would love to take you up on that IDkid but I sleep all day on Saturdays. You will enjoy both.
Gov's then The Wood is much more sensible. If you go to the Mansion THEN to Perry...I don't know, but I know it's not something I'd want to do. Not in that fashion. Still trying to decide what to ride. Ryno, text me, when you get around, and I'll do the same. Maybe we can drag out to either place or both. If my back doesn't cool out, I might be on the Landon.
Hope to see you guys there!
Ok sounds good. What time are you guys shooting for?
I'll be there around 10:30.
Sounds good so expo wants to run Dornwood.
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I'm game for either or both.
Its about 30* right now hopefully it warms up. So Dornwood at 10:30 ?
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Wow just stepped outside to let the dog out. It's cold as crap out! I'm not sure I want to freeze this morning!
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Thanks for riding with me IDkid, and putting up with my slowness and inexperience to boot! I hope you enjoyed yourself and I hope you enjoyed the Mansion!
That Dornwood really tested my abilities. Fun though!
Had a good time. Hope to ride with you again some time ryno. I rode the hell out of the mansion trails after Dornwood. Definitely my new favorite place to ride in Kansas! Did a couple laps on both the red and blue trails. I wish I'd known about that place this summer. I would have been there every weekend!!
Glad *someone* went out there. Too cold when I woke up, and my back is starting to feel better. Maybe I'll be able to get on the bike just in time for the mid-week warmup!!
Too wet for the mansion this morning. Will turn in and see what it looks like when I wake up.
Glad you liked the mansion ID. Watch out for them jaywalking trees.
Hope the back gets better quick expost.
When I went to the basement to check on the trail bike last night before heading off to "work", found I had a flat rear tire. Valve had separated from the tube. Accused the wife of roof jumping but she denies it of course. Quick trip to Wallyworld and all ready for this morning but the weather just didn't go my way. Sun or not, I am going to put on a 1/2 inch of sunscreen and head over to LRT Monday morning. Going to be cold I see.
Good night
Cool! Let us know what you think of it!
Just read this thread, I'll have to check these trails out this spring. Sounds like a blast!
I had no idea these trails existed until a month or so ago when I joined this forum. They are fun! Governor's Mansion or Menigers as MTBR trails section calls it is well worth the trip! Dornwood is equally as fun!
I'm a couple hours away, so it would have to be a day trip for me. The mtbing community s virtually non existent around here
Got up, nice looking day now, so packed up and went to the Mansion. Governor was nice enough to set up a huge tent with stage and six porta pottys for me so I do appreciate it but the tent was a bit too much.
Cold. Lots of hikers, but all nice folks. Technically I was pleased but my stamina was lacking but supposed to be taking it easy until at least Wednesday at least so I'll blame it on that. Still going to try to get to Lawrence in the am. That may be it for me for the rest of the week.
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Cool Deal Jak! His profile says he's in Sedalia, MO.
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I've lived in Fox Park now for about 3 years. We love our neighborhood!! There are actually two community gardens. Those apartments on Accomac are one of my favorite buildings in the city. Great write up.
- April 3, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- Mark Groth said...
^anon, that is one of the coolest apartment buildings in the city. I miss the days when architects made rentals to be as proud as homes. I am saving for a wide angle lens so I can go back and get some proper photos of Accomac.
- April 5, 2010 at 9:28 AM
I moved to Fox Park about 4 years ago, and scored my dream home for a ridiculously low price. You are right that this place is a gem. The gentrification has been slow though.But the neighborhood is clean, quiet, safe, and the neighbors are fantastic people. We welcome you.
- April 13, 2010 at 6:37 AM
I moved to Fox Park about 4 years ago, and scored my dream home for a ridiculously low price. You are right that this place is a gem. The gentrification has been slow though.But the neighborhood is clean, quiet, safe, and the neighbors are fantastic people. We welcome you.
- April 13, 2010 at 6:37 AM
This is a great post. Thanks for recognizing the beauty of our neighborhood! I certainly hope that Fox Park continues to be on the rebound. Our block in particular has struggled and still has several vacant buildings that are a definite eyesore. Your post though, has reminded me of the beauty that is often hidden in our 'hood. Thank you! We need more neighbors like you!
- April 13, 2010 at 7:59 AM
Represent! I've been in Fox Park for two years, and I have never lived in an area with so many proud residents. The individuals who maintain the median on Russell are just one example of the kind of people every neighborhood should have. It shows visitors and the rest of the city that people really do care!
- April 14, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Mark Groth said...
^All, it's good to hear such positivity from you the residents. Keep up the good work in making Fox Park a desirable place for all.
- April 15, 2010 at 7:44 AM
It will be interesting to see the demographics after the next census. The neighborhood has changed drastically the last 10 years. My block consists of professionals, young families and emptynesters.
- April 16, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- MusicBoxxer said...
Great post, I live in fox park and happen to work at Kakao Chocolate. Wouldnt trade our neighbourhood for anything. Fritanga is an amazing restaurant and my family has been going to Kim Vans for years
- June 11, 2010 at 2:54 PM
Thanks Fox Park residents! I am trying to decide on a rental on Shenandoah, and all of these comments may have just made up my mind for me! Sounds like a great place to be.
- June 15, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- ginthefer said...
Like the person above me, I am also looking to move to the area and found the comments very encouraging. My daughter and I may be the newest Fox Park residents in a couple weeks.
I want to know more about these community gardens!
- July 9, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- Hannah said...
My husband and I are in the final processes of moving to Fox Park in (we hope!!) September. This post makes me feel as though we made not only a good decision for us, but a great decision for the future!
- August 1, 2011 at 6:22 PM
I spent all my childhood in Fox Park! We lived on Magnolia and California! There are things about this neighborhood I so miss! But there are things I do not! I get depressed when I go down to visit my mother who still lives in my childhood home. I pray some day that the city will go back to how it used to be, with owner occupied homes! AND neighbors who care about their properties!
- February 16, 2012 at 11:32 AM
My fiance and I are looking at a few homes in the Fox Park area right now. Our realtor just sent us 30 listing, and about 12-15 are in the Fox Park neighborhood! I was pretty leary at first, but one of the homes is 1 block from the actual park...it is HUGE and the price is great, so I need to see what is wrong with it! I am hoping after reading more on the neighborhood and driving around to check out the houses it changes my mind. Does anyone know if there is a Fox Park Neighborhood Assoc? Feel free to contact me if there is, firstname.lastname@example.com or Leslie Rehm on facebook.
- October 20, 2012 at 7:56 PM
I lived on the 2300 block of Russell just off the corner of Jefferson in 2000. I was technically in McKinley. I always thought the neighborhoods of Fox and MH would take off someday. Back then gunfire was a normal thing coming from the Fox side of Jefferson. That's why we moved but loved that old house and the city feel of the area.
- November 19, 2012 at 9:49 PM
- superbug1977 said...
This area is still hit and miss. If you want to live here you'll need to pay attention block-by-block. However, I'm willing to bet the place is slowly on the way up.
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