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Have you tried putting him down earlier? If I wait until mine is in a deep sleep then he tends to wake up and be more awake when I put him down than if I wait until he is just relaxed and fallling asleep. So then he falls into a deep sleep in his bed. Sometimes I have to pick him up and put him down several times, but he will usually put himself to sleep once he gets all relaxed and on the verge of sleep.
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Just started having the same problem this week and he'll be 9 weeks tomorrow. Last night he seemed to be in a deep sleep and DH picked him up and carried him over to the bassinet very slowly and put him down gently after I rubbed the spot where his head goes to warm it up. He's swaddled so he wouldn't feel the cold on the rest of his body. The night before we did the same thing 3 times and he woke up every time. Finally I let him lay on our bed and nursed him and then when he was good and asleep we transitioned him to the bassinet. Good luck!
Sometimes going from your warm body to a cool sheet does it...My LO sleeps in the swing and I have a fleece liner so it doesn't feel as cold, plus you could put something that smells like you/milk in there...I have the same thing...I go slow and if she startles I stop till she relaxes...Sometimes I hold my hand under her head for a bit and VERY slowly take it away last...And sometimes put pressure of my hand on her chest/swaddled arms and she likes that, then I pull away...Also, if she does wake up, I sometimes hang out on the bed, she knows I'm there and she seems to like that...Then I scoot out when she is droppy eyed...I highly recommend a great book..."Secrets of the Babywhisperer"...Used it with my older girls but the info. is still timely and great...Good luck!
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We originally were having the same problem with our 6 week old. We were either letting her sleep in our arms during the day, in her bouncer, on her belly, in her swing, etc. ANYTHING to get her to nap.
I know this may not be a popular solution but our pediatrician said we were setting ourselves up for some bad habits later on if we continue.
We are now trying out what she told us and it has been working thus far:
Our pediatrition told us that we can start teaching our LO to self-sooth by letting her cry for 5-10 minutes when getting her down for a nap. I feed her, we play for 30 minutes and at the first sign of tiredness I put her on my shoulder and we start our nap routine...bringing her upstairs to her room, put on the noise machine and rock her for 5 minutes. I then lay her in her crib, rub her back for a few seconds and leave. In the beginning she would SCREAM. I'd wait 5 minutes and do it again. I'd wait 10 minutes and do it again. By the second time she'd be so tired she would usually fall to sleep and sleep for 2-3 hours. Before when holding her she would only sleep for 30 minutes- 1 hour. While not popular, the 10-15 minutes of crying is a trade-off I'm willing to make for the much needed sleep she deserves.
At night, because she had a harder time we go 15-20 minutes of crying. Again, at 8:00 (30 minutes after her last feeding) I put her up on my shoulder and we go upstairs. We either bath her or give her an infant massage, rock her for 5 minutes and put her right down. She usually would cry for 15 minutes straight, then I'd pick her up and do it again. It took a lot of patience (and sometimes my own good cry) but after 1 week things dramaticaly improved. She now cries for 3 minutes tops at naps and 10 minutes tops at bedtime (Yes, I time her) and then gets 2 hour naps and 6 hour night stretches. I know crying isn't the popular choice, but I know she's getting the sleep she needs and building solid sleep habits that with keep her happier and more alert when she's awake.
She is now 9 weeks old and a great sleeper (with an off night here or there) but She ALWAYS wakes up with a huge SMILE!!!
This is just what worked for us, do what makes you comfortable.
OMG! I have the same problem!! As soon as I try to lay my son down, he immediately wakes up and starts getting fussy. Then, we have to start all over again with the process...comforting, rocking, trying to get him back to sleep, etc. It's so exhausting.
We sort of co-sleep. We have a pack-n-play in our room but he will definitely wake up if you put him in there. During the week, his dad works nights so I just let my son sleep in my bed with me. I am able to nurse him and he stays asleep. During the weekends, sometimes he will stay in his pack n play but not through the entire night. He sleeps best in the bed. Lately, my BF has been sleeping in the living room because we dont feel safe letting the baby sleep with both of us. That is getting old too. I feel so bad when he sleeps in the living room!! But that is what has been working when we really need our sleep!
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It's a weird thing, this growing up business. I am still trying to grow up, but my life clock tells me I'm all grown now. I experienced life in Auroville and India as it wove a rich tapestry of archetypes in surreal situations. Ultimately we are seeking the thread of sense in our own life. Being a child in Auroville is to know the ground beneath your bare feet, and that, is to own your world. We roamed the landscape and water holes discovering. Later, I remember the discomfort of pre-pubescent existential angst; I sat with a stick in the cashew topes drawing in the pink sand, wanting the waves of life to carry me away from myself. Growing is changing. I left the world I knew and ventured to America.
Walking bare-foot in Oakland was a pokey affair of industrial "mulus". Our woodworking shop produced a quantity of: screws, sharp wood and metal filings, all unpleasant to step on. The glass blowers and polishers in the adjacent building also spilled waste glass that glistened in the aisle ways, not to mention Bruce, who made frivolous yet inspired art from an disorderly old mess that leaned around haphazardly in and out of his room. We lived above our workshop in a lovely, dilapidated compound of warehouses that are rented as studios. It is located in the industrial part of the West Oakland ghetto. I learned to work for a living; which means being organised to survive away from familiarity. Preferring to leave office work for the satisfaction of physical work I became a house painter and then a carpenters helper. I met Paco and joined his team. Years later, I would work in our office paying bills and haggling the various insurance agents we were forced to maintain. My life was fulfilling an endless list of priorities. I began to think I was leading an insect's life, of bringing in the food and taking out the garbage.
Across the street Mad Dog, Brown and some other homeless folk, began living in an abandoned camper. They occasionally worked for the Cole Brothers (Floyd and Maurice), the Auto wreckers' our other neighbors. Their yard is filled with cut up car bodies, spilled engines, burning tires, and heaps of parts, the soil in their yard is a greasy grey black. An old truck loaded with slightly compressed cars' lives in front of their yard.
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I never felt far from Auroville. The stream of Aurovilian friends and acquaintances passing through our loft was continuous. Despite my apocalyptic environment, I lived a parallel existence with Auroville in my head and heart, and treasured that I had actually been given the chance to "live" and not just survive, like so many I saw. My peers were so beaten by life's heavy stick and molded by TV's expectations that Auroville's promise was like a fairy tale on a cynic's shelf when I spoke of it. I missed the clarity of the absurdity in the life I had lead, I now longed for the waves of life to carry me back to myself. After fourteen years, I am more than grateful to embrace my childhood kingdom once again, and to watch my children unfold in it.
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Private Frank Pike | |
Dad's Army character | |
First appearance | The Man and the Hour |
Last appearance | Never Too Old |
Portrayed by | Ian Lavender Blake Harrison |
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Occupation | Bank clerk |
Relatives | Arthur Wilson (father) Mavis Pike (mother) Unnamed Half-Sister George (uncle) Lettice (great-aunt) |
Affiliated with | Home Guard |
Private Frank Pike is a fictional Home Guard platoon Informations officer as appointed by Captain Manwaring in The Man and the Hour and junior bank clerk portrayed by Ian Lavender in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. He is frequently referred to by Captain Mainwaring as "stupid boy".
Frank Pike was born in 1922, and is the youngest of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. Aged 17 when the series begins, he is not old enough to join the army, although presumably he has reached, or is nearing, his 18th birthday when he is about to receive call-up papers in When You've Got to Go; in the event, it is revealed that he has a rare blood type that excludes him from military service. In War Dance, it is revealed to Mainwaring from Wilson that Pike "is going on 19". He lives in the shadow of his bossy and over-protective mother, Mavis Pike, who is in a relationship with Sergeant Arthur Wilson, referred to by Pike as "Uncle Arthur", who is hinted to be Pike's father. If so, he also has an older half-sister by Wilson's estranged wife. (The writers, Jimmy Perry and David Croft, confirmed after the series that Wilson was Pike's father.) His mother is supposedly a widow; it is unclear if there ever really was a Mr. Pike, as he is never clearly mentioned. (However, if she is a widow, then Mr. Pike would have died when Pike was a baby, as he initially called Wilson "Daddy" until told to call him "Uncle.")
It is common for Pike to threaten to set his mum on either Captain George Mainwaring, his commanding officer, or Sergeant Wilson if he is shouted at or forced to do something. Although naive, Pike is aware something is going on with his mother and Wilson:
- Pike: "By the time we finish supper, it's always so late, you never leave our house until after I've gone to bed and then you're back early for breakfast before I'm awake. But what I can't understand is that I never hear you leave at night and I never hear you come back in."
- Wilson: "Well I let myself in and out very quietly"
- Pike: "You don't do anything else very quietly!"
Early in the series 1, Pike does show some mild romantic attraction to Janet King, Mainwaring's secretary when he talks to her about his guard duties. In War Dance, Pike becomes engaged to an Army girl called Violet Gibbons who works in a fish and chip shop, but it gets called off. Later on, Pike starts seeing a young cinema girl called Ivy, who speaks so quietly, nobody can ever hear her say anything. He briefly develops a crush on Hodges's niece Sylvia, but that quickly fizzles out. In The Royal Train, it is revealed that Pike has learned how to drive a train and can actually drive a train.
Pike is naive and acts childishly; he has limited grasp of adult issues. He is frequently found with confectionery, is upset in "The Big Parade" to leave a cinema early because he had "missed the Donald Duck" and can be petulant to superiors. This annoys Captain Mainwaring, who refers to him as a "stupid boy" due to his carelessness and mistakes, and in the episode "Gorilla Warfare", Mainwaring opines that Pike is "slightly retarded." Mainwaring treats Pike as a child, threatening to send him home from meetings if he does not behave. Mainwaring also treats Pike as a dogsbody, and gives him menial, demeaning, dangerous or undignified tasks, refusing to "mollycoddle" him. Pike frequently ends up wet, covered in mud or otherwise humiliated. In "Things that Go Bump in the Night", he was stripped several times and had to run naked through a field to escape dogs. Pike does however sometimes show some maturity. In Menace from the Deep, when Pike has lost all the food brought out to the pier by not tying up the boat correctly, he apologizes to each member of the platoon on the pier.
Although Pike comes up with sensible solutions to problems encountered by the platoon, he treats "everything as if it's a game", to quote Mainwaring in "All is Safely Gathered In". Notably, in "The Deadly Attachment", Pike was put on an ominous 'list' by a German U-Boat captain due to Mainwaring's incompetence at preventing the German from learning Pike's name ("Don't tell him, Pike!"), spelling his doom should the Germans win the war; however, as Pike had sung a childish song about Adolf Hitler in front of this officer, it is his own fault in refusing to take the situation seriously. He would rather play at being a Chicago gangster with the platoon's grenades or Tommy gun. He exasperates Mainwaring but he is humoured by other members, particularly Lance Corporal Jack Jones, Private Charles Godfrey and Private Joe Walker. Pike is one of the most timid members of the group, but was the first in the series to fire on a suspected enemy The Enemy Within the Gates even though it turned out to be a swan.
Pike is sickly and unhealthy. An army doctor certified him healthy when he received his call-up papers, though it then appears that he has a rare blood type that excludes him from military service. But most of his "illnesses" stem from his mother's protectiveness. Pike wears a scarf, usually claret and blue, with his Home Guard uniform. Supposedly this prevents him from getting croup, even though only infants and, apparently, chickens are supposed to get it ("Menace from the Deep").
Pike is a fan of the cinema and narrates the plots of films that relate to the platoon, even if the relationship is vague. When the film example does mirror reality, he picks scenarios which end in death.
Pike makes pointless comments while trying to help: this is illustrated in Absent Friends. Jones, Mainwaring, Pike and Wilson are searching for an escaped convict, with the help of the police.
- Jones: "Perhaps they're hidin' behind the bushes, sir. They do a lot of hidin' behind bushes, do policemen. Especially when they're knockin' people off."
- Mainwaring: "I don't think that's very likely, Jones."
- Pike: "In that film, 'Public Enemy Number One', they hid behind cars. But there aren't any here."
Pike's name is a reference to the spear-like weapons issued to the Home Guard in 1942, generating "an almost universal feeling of anger and disgust from the ranks".[1]
Ian Lavender was invited to choose Pike's scarf from the BBC costume department. As a supporter of Aston Villa, he chose the team's colours.
- ^ Home Guard Pike Archived 13 February 2011 at WebCite


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Its Dom
If you go to the Houston Web site and play the Carr interview (about 8 minutes) its very clear who's calling the offensive style and its not Palmer. We simply are not ever going to be a throw it to the WR offense under Dom's administration. Now, having said that I will say we drafted in the wrong direction based on that philosophy, but that's my opinion. Many have been wondering and I think the answer has been given through David.
yes maybe so, but AJ has had a pretty good year, gaffney has done pretty well, and Davis has had his share of catches, i think he/they do a good job of mixing it up. We are a running team, but we are very capable of throwing it when we need to. Look at manning with Edge in the backfield. Whats wrong with that ? ALMOST same thing with us except we are more run, but still have a deadly passing game !
From an investment point of view a starting calibur NFL QB and a big player WR normally physically hold up longer than a RB. When they have drafted in the first three years, IMO, at the point they have draftef in the 1st round there has not been an OLman better than the player taken by the Texans. The Texans drafts have not been perfect and I have/can pick apart certain players/decisions, but overall the drafting has been above average. |
And something else that people keep missing is the fact that the Texans offensive line does not allow the coaching staff the option of being a wide-open offense. This offensive line doesn't protect Carr long enough for him to regularly look at more than one WR before having to dump it off to Davis out of the backfield. If they could protect Carr longer, we just might see Capers allow Palmer to open the offense just like Jim Mora and Tony Dungy (both defensive coaches) have allowed Peyton Manning to flourish.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. No matter how successful the Texans will be, there will be some who don't like the 'smash-mouth' philosophy. It's simply boring to them. It's their problem, and there is nothing that I, nor anyone else can, or should do to try to help them.
And as far as drafting and aquiring the wrong players for this philosophy, that is also wrong. There are plenty of successful winning teams who play smashmouth football, and have bigtime quarterbacks and wide receivers. |
Big Ben and Hines Ward with the steelers..
carolina doesnt have the big QB but they do have Musid Muhammed (or however you spell that) it is not unheard of.. not in the least. And when you consider that we are fashioning our team after the Steelers.. the Andre Johnson pick makes alot of sense. A big WR capable of making the play or doing some run blocking... like Hines Ward. |
I'm okay w/ DD but if our style is smashmouth then we need a power back. Our drafts have been very solid. If we get the type of back Capers wants this year or next then our skill position players will be set for our scheme. However everything will boil down to the line. If it improves then Carr will have time to open things up and we can mix a power back with DD, and have a down field threat w/ AJ. Would also like a recieving threat at TE and another deep threat opposite AJ. Can't get all of this in 1 year though, howevere we're on our way, we're improving year by year, go Texans.
....if there is no power back this year those backs from Louisville sure looked impressive Shelton 250lb and Bush 245 w/ quickness and speed. |
Which is why for the life of me I can't figre out why we picked up Hollings. If ever there was a reach is was this pick. He doesnt fit into the Capers mold and hasn't proven himself outside of 4 games early in his last college season. He has a history of injuries then and he still has them now. This pick seems like a bust.
well with Zone blocking.. a speedy cutback RB is more effective than a big bruising back. if we make the zone blocking work, we can be a very effective smashmouth football team with DD
Keep in mind, also, that part of the Texan strategy with player acquisition in this early stage of team existence could be to just build up value. We were in a position to get a back that could turn into a very productive player if he regains his health. He may not ever do much for us, but if he gets healthy and shows something, we could get something decent in trade. I know this doesn't happen as often as other sports like baseball, but it is still a consideration as part of their thinking when they got Hollings.
Wouldn't it have been possible though to get a better quality player, to "build value" with that pick in the regular draft where many options were available as opposed to using it in the supplemental draft where just one player of percieved value was available? I think it's safe to say that Tony Hollings was a reach and that thus far that reach hasn't panned out. |
Vinny I want to disagree with you a little bit, because I think its the difference between Casserly and Capers and perhaps will eventually put them at odds. I believe if you follow Casserly you will find that he wants to draft or take the best player and athelete at that point in time. However, Capers wants to play one and only one way. He does not look at his talent the way Casserly does. Rather than making an offense or defense fit around the talent of his players, he tries to plug his players into square holes they don't fit in. I know a lot of you guys feel differently, but I fervently believe this is the problem and until management recongnizes it we will never reach the top. I hope I'm wrong...................................
I can't remember the "birth" of our franchise but I am thinking it went along the lines of McNair, then Casserly then Capers in the hiring process.. If I am correct with that statement. I would think Casserly and Capers had a good discussion during the job interview to see what direction Casserly drafts and the way Capers coaches and viseversa
You don't have to tell me you disagree with me. You say the same thing in every post.... Capers and Palmer must go. I get it.
There are times when I get frustrated a great deal with what I see that isn't working. I get bent out of shape over the apparent play calling (which is not always what it seems, one must account for audibles and failed execution) but when it all comes down to the final record I can't argue with numbers.
2002 - 4-12 2003 - 5-11 2004 - 7-8 (so far, possibly 8-8 if we do what we should this weekend) They are improving. It's impossible to make a case otherwise. I know because I tried hard to do so at one point this year. Next season is a playoff run and this weekend we can be 8-8. That's pretty good for three years. Getting rid of coaches, even if you could be 100% assured of getting better coaches in their place will require the team to basically re-boot it's offensive and defensive systems. We'll take a step back instead of another step forward. Look at Cleveland right now. I believe that if they'd stuck with Palmer another year or two then they'd be in much better shape than they are right now. They're a blueprint for how not to build your expansion team. We don't want to be them do we? |
In fact, if you remember that the 2003 draft was overloaded with players that Caper and his staff had worked with at the senior bowl. That if nothing else should tell you that the coaching staff influences the draft decision of Casserly. |
Drafting the BPA is a good way to get yourself hurt. you can draft BPA when your team is built and ready to go.. like the Pats last season. or you can draft BPA if your team totally sucks in every aspect.. but if you are in the middle of the field.. like 28-30 of the teams are.. then you select the best player available that fits your teams needs.
this is not some terrible thing. The colts have been a pass happy team for years now and they have drafted players that fit that.. they have had success doing it. The Steelers have played smashmouth, running football for decades and it has worked well for them. The Dolphins are the same way.. the list goes on.. most every team drafts to fit their play style. SO.. no I dont think there is any friction between how Casserly wants to do it, and how Capers wants to do it. And the 3 very successful drafts we have had so far should show that. |
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Jim Henley has worked in construction for 25 years and says he's never heard anything like it.
The construction project manager for MU came to work Monday morning on the new MU basketball arena prepared for the usual sounds of gravel crunching under tire wheels and the roar of truck engines. He never expected an industrial symphony.
Strong winds rushing through the arena's barrel roof created an eerie sound that resonated from the site. The effect was like the sound of a wet finger gliding slowly across the lip of a couple hundred glasses of water.
Though slight variations in wind speed changed the pitch and volume, moments of silence were fleeting. The "music" was more like noise to those stuck on the site for an entire workday. Though construction workers have earplugs to protect themselves from the high-decibel noise associated with construction machinery, the sound created by the wind was not loud enough to be dangerous, just annoying.
"We've all got a headache," Henley said.
Construction on the roof is expected to be completed in about a month, but at this point it's a skeleton. The first layer of the top of the roof is a metal deck — a huge arch filled with hundreds of tiny holes. The wind was "playing" these holes in much the same way a musician would play a flute.
As is usual for a building under construction, an occasional breeze has caused the arena to "whistle" a few times. Unusually high-speed winds on Monday sustained the vibrations throughout the day. "This is the first day we've had consistent 20 mile per hour winds and 35 mile per hour gusts," Henley said.
The arena was loud enough to be heard on the southern side of the MU campus. Site managers initially thought the sound was coming from three floors of steel beams left exposed by work on the interior, which is ahead of schedule. The arena is expected to be finished by October with a total project cost of $75 million and will seat 15,000 fans.
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So you've just parked up your spaceship on this new planet, and WOW! Everything is beautiful and sparkly, with every kind of pleasure available to satisfy you.
However, there's no place like home, so you decide to make your merry way back to Earth, which is when the problems begin... You see, this place would rather like you to stay, ideally forever, and if it can't have you, no one can.
Essentially, it's a [[GeniusLoci sentient setting]] with a possessive {{yandere}} complex for anyone unfortunate enough to visit. Or fortunate enough, if you fancy staying to enjoy the party. Sometimes, however, the party is just a build-up to you being the main course
Compare LotusEaterMachine (the trope namer for which is a mild example of this trope)
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* In the ''{{Anime/Memories}}'' episode ''Magnetic Rose'', when Heintz tries to break free from the ship, and take Miguel with him, the ship starts to employ certain measures, such as [[spoiler:eating their ship, and sending little lazer-firing cherubs after Heintz]].
* The fourth part of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a telephone tower on the edge of Morioh. The tower is actually sentient, and has a Stand, Superfly. And it really hates people trying to leave once they've come in.
* The caves in ''The Lotus Caves'' by Creator/JohnChristopher.
* In Creator/RayBradbury's short story ''HereThereBeTygers'', the paradise planet seems to be this way. Once [[spoiler:almost all]] the astronauts leave, since one was killed (eaten by a tiger since he was trying to drill into the planet) they see the beautiful planet now covered with nasty storms, volcanic eruptions, lightning storms and the likes. The twist is [[spoiler:one astronaut stayed behind; the nastiness is an illusion, as the one who stays will be spoiled rotten by the planet]]
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' Expanded Universe book ''Sick Building'' features a highly advanced, mechanised housed monitored and controlled by an AI called the Domovoi. It soon turns out that the Doctor, Martha and the family living in the house need to leave. The AI... doesn't take it well, even threatening to not kill them, but maim and injure them in such a way that they will not be able to leave and will be forced to rely on it for survival in a manner horribly like ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' out of a misguidedly motherly instinct.
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* The planet of the robots in the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' episode "I, Mudd".
* Justified on ''ThePrisoner'', where the Village - despite resembling a quaint seaside resort - is essentially a prison/forced retirement home for spies.
* Hotel California by Music/{{Eagles}}.
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* The ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' setting has a literal example in the form of Elysium, one of the Outer Planes serving as final resting place for the Neutral Good. Visitors who are not petitioners (spirits of the dead who have earned their place in the afterlife there) must make regular Will saves, or they decide to take up permanent residence and become petitioners (in the case of [=PCs=], they cannot be played anymore). At no point does the place become anything other than a peaceful, pastoral paradise - it's just so pleasant, you don't want to leave.


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Roger Daltrey: Vocals, HarmonicaJohn Entwistle: Vocals, Bass
Keith Moon: Vocals, Drums
Pete Townshend : Vocals, Guitar
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Songs and Records
The Concert Guide
The Who
Sun, 21 March 1976:
Anaheim, CA, Stadium
My Wife
Baba O'Riley
Squeeze Box
Behind Blue Eyes
Dreaming From The Waist
Magic Bus
Amazing Journey
The Acid Queen
Fiddle About
Pinball Wizard
I'm Free
Tommy's Holiday Camp
We're Not Gonna Take It
Summertime Blues
My Generation
Join Together
Won't Get Fooled Again
Steve Ruddell
Kaboom ... Loud ... Wild ...and Fun! Pete and Kieth came out laughing and Keith did a sommersault before climbing into his drum kit. Long Tommy set, great Fooled... Roger was in great form whipping the mike smiling and having fun.
This show is reportedly one that took its toll on Pete's hearing and I remember him wincing and rubbing his ear with his shoulder early in the set.
Lots of high jumps and windmills. Lasers, bright lights and the wildest crowd I have ever been a part of. The crowd was pushing and shoving so hard I remember being pulled from side to side and back to front with little or no control over what direction I was going...
I was very close in front of Pete and the crowd was passing people who couldn't take the crush, out and over the centerfield wall...I wouldn't have wanted it any other way...John's bass was very loud in the mix and he got off on Dreaming...Only slight complaint, no Quadrophenia and not enough By Numbers, both records of which I am a big fan...About 100 minutes long...One of the best shows I've ever seen and I've been to plenty...You had to be there!!!!! Long live the Who.


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A new approach to strategic management was developed in the early 1990's by Drs. Robert Kaplan (Harvard Business School) and David Norton (Balanced Scorecard Collaborative) http://www.hbs.harvard.edu/. They named this system the 'balanced scorecard'. Recognizing some of the weaknesses and vagueness of previous management approaches, the balanced scorecard approach provides a clear prescription as to what companies should measure in order to 'balance' the financial perspective. The balanced scorecard is a management system (not only a measurement system) that enables organizations to clarify their vision and strategy and translate them into action. It provides feedback around both the internal business processes and external outcomes in order to continuously improve strategic performance and results. When fully deployed, the balanced scorecard transforms strategic planning from an academic exercise into the nerve center of an enterprise.
Kaplan and Norton describe the innovation of the balanced scorecard as follows:
"The balanced scorecard retains traditional financial measures. But financial measures tell the story of past events, an adequate story for industrial age companies for which investments in long-term capabilities and customer relationships were not critical for success. These financial measures are inadequate, however, for guiding and evaluating the journey that information age companies must make to create future value through investment in customers, suppliers, employees, processes, technology, and innovation." The balanced scorecard suggests that we view the organization from four perspectives, and to develop metrics, collect data and analyze it relative to each of these perspectives:
The Balanced Scorecard and Measurement-Based ManagementThe balanced scorecard methodology builds on some key concepts of previous management ideas such as Total Quality Management (TQM), including customer-defined quality, continuous improvement, employee empowerment, and -- primarily -- measurement-based management and feedback. <>Double-Loop FeedbackIn traditional industrial activity, "quality control" and "zero defects" were the watchwords. In order to shield the customer from receiving poor quality products, aggressive efforts were focused on inspection and testing at the end of the production line. The problem with this approach -- as pointed out by Deming -- is that the true causes of defects could never be identified, and there would always be inefficiencies due to the rejection of defects. What Deming saw was that variation is created at every step in a production process, and the causes of variation need to be identified and fixed. If this can be done, then there is a way to reduce the defects and improve product quality indefinitely. To establish such a process, Deming emphasized that all business processes should be part of a system with feedback loops. The feedback data should be examined by managers to determine the causes of variation, what are the processes with significant problems, and then they can focus attention on fixing that subset of processes. <>Outcome MetricsYou can't improve what you can't measure. So metrics must be developed based on the priorities of the strategic plan, which provides the key business drivers and criteria for metrics managers most desire to watch. Processes are then designed to collect information relevant to these metrics and reduce it to numerical form for storage, display, and analysis. Decision makers examine the outcomes of various measured processes and strategies and track the results to guide the company and provide feedback. So the value of metrics is in their ability to provide a factual basis for defining:
The goal of making measurements is to permit managers to see their company more clearly -- from many perspectives -- and hence to make wiser long-term decisions. The Baldrige Criteria (1997) booklet reiterates this concept of fact-based management:
"Modern businesses depend upon measurement and analysis of performance. Measurements must derive from the company's strategy and provide critical data and information about key processes, outputs and results. Data and information needed for performance measurement and improvement are of many types, including: customer, product and service performance, operations, market, competitive comparisons, supplier, employee-related, and cost and financial. Analysis entails using data to determine trends, projections, and cause and effect -- that might not be evident without analysis. Data and analysis support a variety of company purposes, such as planning, reviewing company performance, improving operations, and comparing company performance with competitors' or with 'best practices' benchmarks." "A major consideration in performance improvement involves the creation and use of performance measures or indicators. Performance measures or indicators are measurable characteristics of products, services, processes, and operations the company uses to track and improve performance. The measures or indicators should be selected to best represent the factors that lead to improved customer, operational, and financial performance. A comprehensive set of measures or indicators tied to customer and/or company performance requirements represents a clear basis for aligning all activities with the company's goals. Through the analysis of data from the tracking processes, the measures or indicators themselves may be evaluated and changed to better support such goals."


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The Cabin Fever Variety Show is 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in the Chapman School gym. This event is a fundraiser for the Anchor Point Public Library. The cost is $15 for a family, $7 for a single person, students under 18 and seniors from 55 years are $5 and children up to 5 years old are free. A silent auction for dessert, artwork and gift certificates is included.
The Homer Soil and Water Conservation District holds a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. today at the Kachemak Bay College, Pioneer Hall Room 201, for organizations interested in participating in the People's Garden Grant Program. Presentations will include background information about the goals of this program, micro-grant eligibility and timelines. Micro-grants will be awarded for up to $5,000 per project. The goal of this program is to create locally supported, self-sufficient People's Gardens that both improve community access to healthy foods and serve as science-based educational sites.


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how to be happy, a continuation.
i wake early.
i brew the coffee beans and start the pot. i sit down and read. a lot. my favorite blogs, the new york times, postsecret. i sit in the dark, in quiet. no tv, no music, just the sound of the air conditioner. sweet, delicious quiet. sloth curls up next to me and i rub his ear with my left hand and drink coffee from my right. i eat greek yogurt with kashi cereal and feel it fill me up. i edit and add to the grocery list. i think of the people i love and pray that they're happy and safe and healthy. i pray that oklahoma and its people get a break. i hear eva call for me and i go.
i wake up, rhi.
good morning, honey bunny.
hold me.
i organize the pantry and the refrigerator and the magnets on the front of it. i clean the bathroom and do more laundry. i try to bake cookies with eva, but when i burn myself a second time it's time to admit i'm nervous about my first day at a new job tomorrow.
that's okay. that's normal. because it's been a damn long road to this point.
i step away from the oven.
i drink up the cuddles and the kisses i'll miss out on tomorrow. i let this fill me up.
i make italian sausage and whole wheat gnocchi. i drink a glass of white wine. i let this fill me up.
i say thank you for this day. i stay hopeful about tomorrow.


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My nephew who is mentally ill (paranoid schitzophrenic) has an ICE hold and now has a temporary restrainign order from his girlfriend. he is currently in LA jail awaiting trial with a Public Defender. Can any one advise what could essencially happen to him and what can be done? we don't want him to be lost in jail and want to get him in a mental hospital for help.
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At 20 years old and growing stronger, Wildlife World Zoo has Arizona's largest collection of exotic animals, totaling more than 2400 individual animals representing approximately 350 species.
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Unique space-based education center where families, tourists and others learn teamwork through the experience of a successful simulated space mission. Proud to be a Smithsonian affiliate.
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10 Koreans nabbed over gambling site
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MANILA (Updated) -- Police anti-cybercrime agents have arrested 10 South Korean nationals for allegedly operating an illegal online gambling site in a posh apartment in Taguig City.
Senior Superintendent Gilbert Roa said Wednesday that the eight men and two women were caught inside two separate units at the east tower of the upscale One Serendera condominium in Bonifacio Global City.
He said Tuesday's raid stemmed from a request from South Korean authorities in December 2012 for help in locating eight fugitives who allegedly fled Seoul and moved their illegal online gambling operation to the Philippines.
The gambling site receives payments from Korean bettors via online banking and credit cards.
Roa said two of the men arrested in the raid were among those wanted in Seoul. They were identified as Lee Youn Ju andJin Ho Lee.
Confiscated from them were phones, identification cards, computers and network devices, among others. (AP/VR/Sunnex)
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Highly efficient channel-drop filter with a coupled cavity-based wavelength-selective reflection feedback
Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 11, pp. 8983-8997 (2009)
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We have proposed a three-port high efficient channel-drop filter (CDF) with a coupled cavity-based wavelength-selective reflector, which can be used in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical communication systems. The coupling mode theory (CMT) is employed to drive the necessary conditions for achieving 100% drop efficiency. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation results of proposed CDF which is implemented in two dimensional photonic crystals (2D-PC), show that the analysis is valid. In the designed CDF, the drop efficiency larger than 0.95% and the spectral line-width 0.78nm at the center wavelength 1550nm have been achieved.
© 2009 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(130.1750) Integrated optics : Components
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits
ToC Category:
Integrated Optics
Original Manuscript: January 28, 2009
Revised Manuscript: April 9, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: April 13, 2009
Published: May 14, 2009
Kiazand Fasihi and Shahram Mohammadnejad, "Highly efficient channel-drop filter with a coupled cavity-based wavelength-selective reflection feedback," Opt. Express 17, 8983-8997 (2009)
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Characterization of uncooled RSOA for upstream transmission in WDM reflective PONs |
Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 26, pp. B38-B44 (2012)
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We investigate on the uncooled RSOA driving parameters in WDM reflective PONs, focusing on an upstream path at 1.25 Gbit/s using pure binary modulation. We show how the optimal values change using direct-detection or self-coherent receivers. In particular, for the latter, the driving point optimization allows a gain of more than 3 dB in terms of ODN loss compared to a standard On-Off Keying, generating a quasi-PSK modulation. We also address operating temperature and wavelength dependence issues.
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(060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics and optical communications
(060.1660) Fiber optics and optical communications : Coherent communications
(060.4080) Fiber optics and optical communications : Modulation
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Original Manuscript: October 4, 2012
Revised Manuscript: November 2, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: November 6, 2012
Published: November 28, 2012
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Cheraw State Park
South Carolina
Phone: (843) 537-9656
Visit Campground Website
Sites: 18
Recent Rate: $17 10/2014
Latitude: 34.64344748396
Longitude: -79.8908615112305
These reviews are the opinion of an RVParkReviews' member and not the views of RVParkReviews.com
Date of Stay: October, 2014 - $17.00
This is a very nice state park for the money. No sewer hookups but they did have a dump station on the way out, which I am going to assume is the way most state parks are. Beautiful lake, golf course, campground. The campground is smaller which we like....less than 20 sites, but they are all spacious and have a great view. We have been here several times just to get away for the weekend with the kids. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Travel Trailer.
Date of Stay: November, 2013 - $20.00
Great park! We really liked our stay here. The road into the campground is not paved, but was in good shape. The park office is in another section of the park and requires driving back out to the main highway and to the main park entrance. The road in the campground is gravel, as are the sites. Most, but not all, of the sites are fairly level. Several of the sites require creative backing and parking to fully utilize the site. It seemed as if everyone staying had a dog and no one cleaned up after them. There were doggie land mines all over the place. During our stay we rarely saw a park ranger and there was no camp host. AT&T service is good with 4G, park office has firewood at $6.00/bundle, TV reception is a limited number of channels, Bath house was older, but clean. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: September, 2013 - $18.00
Stayed on site 1 and site 3 for a total of 10 days in a 40 ft motorhome. Very clean park, well maintained. Fantastic inexpensive state run golf course. Senior rate was $18 for 18 holes with a cart. Sporting clays available at Moree Game preserve, you can rent a gun there, too. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: August, 2013 - $20.00
Beautiful location by the lake. Camp host was excellent and very friendly. We played golf in the state park. It was a great course and only $20 a round. We would definitely recommend this site. Very clean bathrooms. No Wi-Fi, but we were advised of a location in Cheraw with good Wi-Fi. Cheraw is an interesting city with a fascinating history. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: March, 2013 - $20.00
Stayed at site 16 on the lake. Booked months ago to get a lake spot. This is still a gem of a park. Hiking/Biking trails are a little sad this time of year as they did a lot of forest burns over the winter. Restrooms are spotless. Campsite host keeps everything clean. Beautiful onsite golf course. 4 miles from Cheraw . Kids (age 10, 13, 14) love it here. Absolutely beautiful tall, tall trees. Highly recommend (and we are picky!) We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Travel Trailer.
Date of Stay: November, 2012 - $17.00
We got here late on Friday night and stayed 2 nights. This is a great little 'getaway place' for the weekend. It's a relatively small, older campground but is well maintained and the sites are most all flat and wide. They have been installing new electrical and water connections in many of the sites. There are probably 8 sites with good views of the lake. Lots of areas to walk around and see including across the lake at the golf course and cabins there. If you're a golfer, this is the place. There are 18 holes here and another 18 across the road at the country club. The ranger was very helpful and even brought some firewood by that we purchased at the park office. We received digital TV signals (4) and cellular data service. Very nice campground, we will be back. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: July, 2011 - $17.00
First time we stayed at this park. It is a small park, sites are pretty good. Campground host was friendly and helpful. Not much to do at the campground. A few pet owners think that they own the place. A camper went out in a canoe and was gone for one and a half hours. Their dog barked for the whole time. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: April, 2010 - $16.00
We decided to come to Cheraw SP for a quick weekend getaway. I was pleased overall with the CG. The sites were big, but unpaved. My sons were looking forward to riding scooters, but not on unpaved roads. The lake is nice but the fishing is terrible. Golf course is very nice, and affordable. Nice cabin area also. Not much to do at the CG but relax. Playground equipment is average. The campground host/park ranger was very nice and informative. There is a civil war re-enactment in the area in March or April. I would love to come back to the CG for that, or, NASCAR race in Darlington about 26 miles down the road. There is a country club across the street, and I was told campers can use the pool for $5 a day. Other than that, I can not see staying here more than three nights. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Travel Trailer.
Date of Stay: July, 2009 - $16.00
Very nice state park. Small, but sites are roomy with fairly easy access. Encountered some low limbs in area around office which is separate from campground. Golf course looked beautiful but we did not use it. Many trails around lake. We would camp here again. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: May, 2009 - $15.00
Very small quiet campground. No swimming in the lake might deter some people. We stayed a week just to have a quiet relaxing week. We tried fishing and NEVER even had a bite! The sites are on a bit of a slope, but we never really had a problem. We would definitely go back for some relaxation. Great golf course and lots of walking trails. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Travel Trailer.
Date of Stay: March, 2009 - $15.00
The high Rating is due to the Golf. The course is in excellent shape and a very low price. You could pay 4 times the amount in greens fees 2 hours away and not have as nice a course it is awesome. If you are not a golfer there is not much to do. This is a quiet lakefront campground in a very secluded area. There is a Wal-Mart about 4 miles away. There are walking trails and a large lake. For golfers it is an unbelievable course for $30.00. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: December, 2008 - $14.00
Great little gem of a park next to a nice lake. Fun for boating and fishing. Good hiking in the park and national forest next door. Golf for the folks that enjoy the links too. The camp host was great and a fun person to chat with. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: October, 2008 - $15.00
We were a little concerned when we first pulled into the entrance as the roads were dirt and it had rained. But it was not problem as the road was solid and the campground road was nice enough to navigate to our site. We had one of the two pull through sites and had no problem getting level. The best site for large motor homes is number 3, but many of the sites on the water are also nice although smaller. There is a small playground which is on the other side of the lake, but a nice walk. Other than that there isn't much to do in the area, but enjoy nature and relax. We were able to get several digital tv stations over the air. We plan on camping here again. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: May, 2008 - $16.00
Very nice state park and wonderful golf course. Site #1 is great for a motorhome and we were able to get satellite easily at that sight. Only water and electric, but for 5 nights that is not a problem for us. Air card service was pretty good and it was nice and quite. Would definitely stop again if in the area. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: March, 2008 - $12.00
Nice State Park. Clean Level sites, Gravel,and Sand. Roads into the camping area are Loose sand and a little gravel. A little rough and rutty but passable. Nice rangers and camp host. We had to stay in the primitive area because hookups were full. Wish we could have made reservations but SC parks will only allow 2 consecutive night reservations. overnighters have to take their chances on not being full. Overall a nice Campground we will return again. We camped at Cheraw State Park in a Travel Trailer.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7971-2003Mar10.html Now Bush is willing to work out a compromise (actually, he's hiding behind the political skirt of Britain) in an attempt to gain the approval of more nations on the Security Council.
If it's Britain, maybe it's a kilt. This, to me, is a very hopeful sign that Bush has a clue. His anti-UN stance has been a domestic political winner for him, but it was killing the US overseas. Here's a little bit of evidence that Bush's 2004 campaign isn't driving this war. Gives me a bit of hope.
He's already told us that he doesn't care what the American people thinks on the war issue, he's going in anyway. You'd think people, even the pro-war folks, would get a bit upset about being totally dissed like that by their own President but I guess a lot of people have no self-respect.
:raises hand: yep. currently getting dissed/made to look like an idiot for agreeing it was important to get saddam NOW. unfortunately that was like 3 years ago it seems. "ok ok let's...reword it! that'll get 'em"
He made his mind up last summer what to do - with or without the UN - but he is not going to sacrifice Tony Blair to do it. Bush has demonstrated two key traits that he is pretty consistent about - (1) ability to make a strong decision (right or wrong) and (2) loyalty. We may/may not agree that he has made the correct decision (and hope that the true smoking gun is protected in terms of intellligence sources and methods) .... but he is very loyal. I just don't see us doing anything without the UK. Our soldiers are going to get cooked in the sand and heat in order to save Blair's arse. That is the price to have some sort of a coalition. Here is a thought I have to credit to an acquaintance - let's say the heck with Iraq and just take over Saudi Arabia - then we deal with the real Al Qaeda problem - the troops are already there - we have access to even more oil - turn SA into a democracy - sell SA oil far cheaper than Iraq is - give the Palestinians a homeland .... just kidding.
Re: Re: Bush Willing To Compromise with UN :takes out stick to fend off liberals: i'm gonna shut the door on this one and say TO BLAIR. i think that was his point.
Re: Re: Bush Willing To Compromise with UN You're very right. Sincerely, Paul O'Neill and Larry Lindsey
Re: Re: Bush Willing To Compromise with UN Kidding? Too bad. I would wholeheartedly support this proposal. Seriously. You remember those terrorists on 9-11? They were Saudis.
Fuzzy math. By the way, btousley, that's pretty much my presidential platform right there. You're sure you're not serious?
In keeping with the spirit of Gringo Tex's post; how 'bout we drop a MOAB on Mecca's Black Rock and Medina's most holy Mosque during their annual pilgrimage?
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Smoky Hill River
Smoky Hill River | |
River | |
Smoky Hill River near Assaria, Kansas.
Country | United States |
States | Kansas, Colorado |
Tributaries | |
- left | North Fork Smoky Hill River, Big Creek, Saline River, Solomon River |
- right | Ladder Creek |
Source | |
- location | Cheyenne County, Colorado |
- elevation | 4,640 ft (1,414 m) |
- coordinates | 38°57′1″N 102°34′49″W / 38.95028°N 102.58028°W [1] |
Mouth | Kansas River |
- location | Geary County, Kansas |
- elevation | 1,040 ft (317 m) |
- coordinates | 39°3′36″N 96°48′4″W / 39.06000°N 96.80111°WCoordinates: 39°3′36″N 96°48′4″W / 39.06000°N 96.80111°W [1] |
Length | 575 mi (925 km) [2] |
Basin | 19,260 sq mi (49,883 km2) [3] |
Discharge | for USGS 06877600, at Enterprise |
- average | 1,540 cu ft/s (44 m3/s) [3] |
- max | 207,000 cu ft/s (5,862 m3/s) |
- min | 38 cu ft/s (1 m3/s) |
The Smoky Hill River (Pawnee: Aahkáwirarahkata [4]) is a 575-mile (925 km)[2] river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through the U.S. states of Colorado and Kansas.[5]
The Smoky Hill gets its name from the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas through which it flows. American Indians living along the Smoky Hill considered it and the Kansas River to be the same river, and their names for it included Chetolah and Okesee-sebo. Early maps of European explorers called the river (also in combination with the Kansas River) the River of the Padoucas as its source is located in what was then Padouca (Comanche) territory.[6]
The USGS lists a number of other variant names for the Smoky Hill River, including Chitolah River, Fork of the Hill Buckaneuse, La Fourche de la Cote Boucaniere, La Touche de la Cote Bucanieus, Manoiyohe, Pe P'a, Sand River, Shallow River, Smoky Creek, Branche de la Montagne a la Fumee, Ka-i-urs-kuta, Oke-see-sebo River, and Rahota katit hibaru, among others.[1]
The Smoky Hill River originates in the High Plains of eastern Colorado and flows east. Both the main course of the river and the North Fork Smoky Hill River rise in northern Cheyenne County, Colorado.[1][7] The two streams converge roughly 5 miles (8 km) west of Russell Springs in Logan County, Kansas.[7] From there, the river continues generally eastward through the Smoky Hills region. The Saline River joins the river in eastern Saline County.[8] The Solomon River, joins the Smoky Hill in western Dickinson County.[9] The Smoky Hill joins the Republican River at Junction City, Kansas to form the Kansas River.[1]
The Smoky Hill River directly drains an area of 8,810 square miles (22,800 km2). The combined Smoky Hill-Saline Basin drains 12,229 square miles (31,670 km2).[10] The entire Smoky Hill drainage basin covers approximately 20,000 square miles (52,000 km2), including most of north-central and northwestern Kansas.[11] Via the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, the Smoky Hill is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
The Smoky Hill feeds two reservoirs: Cedar Bluff Reservoir in Trego County and Kanopolis Lake in Ellsworth County.[10]
The largest city along the Smoky Hill River is Salina. Besides Junction City, other Kansas towns along the river are Ellsworth, Marquette. Lindsborg, Kansas, and Abilene.
The earliest known reference to the river was on a 1732 map by French cartographer d'Anville who labeled it the River of the Padoucas. A 1758 map referred to it as the Padoucas River. An early reference to the river as the Smoky Hill was by American explorer Zebulon Pike during his 1806 expedition to visit the Pawnee.[6] The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 established Kansas Territory, which included the entire length of the Smoky Hill River.[12]
With the onset of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in 1858, an ancient Native American trail along the Smoky Hill River provided the shortest, fastest route west across Kansas, becoming known as the Smoky Hill Trail.[13][14] Beginning in 1865, the trail served as the route for the short-lived Butterfield Overland Despatch.[6] To protect travelers, the U.S. Army established several forts along the trail, including Fort Downer, Fort Harker, Fort Hays, Fort Monument, and Fort Wallace.[15] Before American colonization, the land along the Smoky Hill River was favored hunting ground for the Plains Indians. In 1867, the Comanche and the Kiowa, and in 1868, the Sioux and the Arapaho signed treaties withdrawing their opposition to the construction of a railroad along the Smoky Hill River.[6] The Kansas Pacific Railway was completed in 1870, rendering the Smoky Hill Trail obsolete.[16]
In 1948, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finished construction of a dam on the Smoky Hill for flood control in southeastern Ellsworth County, creating Kanopolis Lake.[17] In 1951, the United States Bureau of Reclamation completed another dam on the river, this one for irrigation as well as flood control, in southeastern Trego County, creating Cedar Bluff Reservoir.[18]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Smoky Hill River
- ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset". National Hydrography Dataset. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Water resources data for the United States, Water Year 2009; gage 06877600, Smoky Hill River at Enterprise, KS" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ^ "AISRI Dictionary Database Search--prototype version. "River", Southband Pawnee". American Indian Studies Research Institute. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ Smoky Hill River. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 22, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/550068/Smoky-Hill-River
- ^ a b c d Root, George A. (February 1935). "Ferries in Kansas, Part VI -- Smoky Hill River". Kansas Historical Quarterly 4 (1): 3–22.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Fork Smoky Hill River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saline River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Solomon River
- ^ a b "Smoky Hill-Saline Basin". Kansas Water Office.
- ^ Blackmar, Frank W., ed. (1912). "Smoky Hill River". Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. 2. Chicago: Standard. pp. 708–709.
- ^ Gower, Calvin W. (Spring 1967). "Kansas Territory and Its Boundary Question: "Big Kansas" or "Little Kansas"". Kansas Historical Quarterly 33 (1): 1–12. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ Gower, Calvin W. (Summer 1959). "The Pike's Peak Gold Rush and the Smoky Hill Route, 1859-1860". Kansas Historical Quarterly 25 (2): 158–171. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ "Smoky Hill Trail : History". Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ Chinn, Stephen; Richard A. Ensminger (1993-10-11). "Kansas Forts". Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ "Cherry Creek State Park Marker Text". Colorado Historical Society. 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ "History of Kanopolis Dam". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- ^ "Cedar Bluff Unit Project". Bureau of Reclamation.
- Rivers of Colorado
- Rivers of Kansas
- Tributaries of the Kansas River
- Landforms of Cheyenne County, Colorado
- Landforms of Logan County, Kansas
- Landforms of Saline County, Kansas
- Landforms of Dickinson County, Kansas
- Landforms of Geary County, Kansas
- Landforms of Ellsworth County, Kansas
- Landforms of McPherson County, Kansas
- Landforms of Ellis County, Kansas


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For my project, I started with six pieces of a Mix 'N Mingle album (the other two I'll use for another project) and a set of Dimensional Elements Simple Alphabet (the upper case, shown here, is no longer available, but the lowercase- shown at the end- still is.
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Here is my friend Joy's completed banner (below). Isn't it beautiful? She added lots of bling and covered her letters with glitz glue. I can't wait to see it in person! Now hop on over to Kristie's blog! Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I made on the back of this Joyful banner!


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Island nightlife: Where to ring in the New Year?December 30, 2013Can't figure out what you want to do on New Year's Eve? Check out some of the events below from the Sanibel Captiva Chamber of Commerce and The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel: The Sanibel...... No comments posted for this article.
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The hot water is coming out of the facet in brownish color. Could this be rust from a pipe or the hot water heater? How can I confirm what is causing this problem? |
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Multipolar intrafascicular stimulation
Meier, Jan H. and Rutten, Wim L.C. (1992) Multipolar intrafascicular stimulation. In: 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1 1992, Paris, France (pp. pp. 1387-1388).
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Abstract: | The suppressing effect of two intrafascicular anodes on the neural recruitment elicited by one intrafascicular cathode has been studied. Recruitment curves are calculated with a nerve stimulation model and are compared to experimental curves for the peroneal nerve of rat. |
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At the heart of DWC is the Al Maktoum International Airport. Built for the future, the airport once completed will have the capacity to handle 12 million tonnes of annual cargo capacity and 160 million passengers. The infrastructure required to accommodate four additional CAT III-certified runways capable of handling four superjumbo aircraft landings simultaneously, 24 hours a day, is already in place.
Phase 2 of the airport, which includes the construction of an additional two automated and one non-automated cargo terminals, is currently under way. This is expected to increase the total cargo capacity at Al Maktoum International Airport to 1.4 million tonnes per annum. Concurrently, the groundwork for an exhibition area designated as the new permanent home of the Dubai Airshow beginning in 2013 is also in progress.


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Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi was an Arab mathematician from Baghdad who is best known for his treatise al-Takmila fi'l-Hisab. It contains results in number theory, and comments on works by al-Khwarizmi which are now lost.
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Abdul Qadeer Khan is a Pakistani nuclear scientist and a metallurgical engineer, colloquially regarded as the founder of HEU based Gas-centrifuge uranium enrichment program for Pakistan's integrated atomic bomb project. He founded and established the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1976,...
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Shihab al-Din abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al-Qalqashandi (1355 or 1356 – 1418) was a medieval Egyptian writer and mathematician.
Born in a village in the Nile Delta, al-Qalqashandi was scribe of the scroll (katib al-darj) in the Mamluk chancery in Cairo. He is the aut...


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I find this rather ridiculous that an manufacturer can blame their missteps on their customers. All they had to do was ask! And for one many told them before hand that their A350 was inferior to its market place rival. Quote: "Airbus has taken a swipe at potential and existing customers for its A350 long-range twinjet for failing to supply timely feedback during the development effort, admitting that any newly-designed variant could not be ready until at least 2012. In a hard-hitting interview with UK broadcaster BBC in its Hard Talk series, Airbus chief operating officer, Charles Champion, says the airframer "underestimated how much our customers wanted a competition between Airbus and Boeing with a new product from our side". He adds that "constructive criticism" that Airbus welcomes during the development phase of any new aircraft came "a bit late, maybe".... FlightInternational[Edited 2006-06-01 18:42:54]
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