Flint Hills

Heaven in the Flint Hills

Kevin Clark — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:02:44 +0000

Take a tour of the most spectacular piece of real estate in Kansas, selling at absolute auction at www.purplewave.com.

The Dying Cowboy (Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie)

Kevin Clark — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:39:22 +0000

“Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie”, also known as “The Dying Cowboy”, starts out as “The Ocean Burial”, an 1839 poem by Edward Hubbell Chapin, in which a young sailor dies and is buried at sea. It had acquired a tune by 1850. When it resurfaced in the 1870s, the ocean had been transformed into the American prairie and the sailor into a dying cowboy. Authorship is variously attributed with the most common reference being Jack Thorp’s Songs of the Cowboys, 1921, in which he attributes it to “H. Clemens, Deadwood, Dakota” with a publishing date of 1872. There are many versions in both major and minor keys. I learned this decidedly minor-key, hexatonic version from Hedy West. It lacks the sixth scale degree and is therefore playable in tunings intended for the Aeolian and Dorian modes. I play it melody-drone style in eeaa tuning, which starts a Dorian scale on the fourth fret of the paired melody strings.

Huckleberry Flint – Wayfaring Stranger

Kevin Clark — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:29:25 +0000

Huck Flint performs Wayfaring Stranger at the Arkley Center fot the Redwood Coast Jazz Festival 09

Trevor Stewart at Oeno Wine Bar-Wichita, KS

Kevin Clark — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:06:34 +0000

Chapman Stick artist Trevor Stewart performs at Oeno Wine Bar in Wichita, KS. This is one of the extra features on the DVD, “Flint Hills: Meditation From A Kansas Prairie,” on which Trevor performs the film soundtrack. Please visit flinthillsfilm.com to purchase dvd’s. Also visit myspace/trevorstewart.com

Symphony in the Flint Hills w/ Cattle Drive 6/2008 a

Kevin Clark — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:10:30 +0000

KC Symphony concert in the Kansas Flint Hills with Cattle Drive

Flint Hill Special

Kevin Clark — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:57:54 +0000

Lawrence Kansas (KS) Homes for Sale 1008 Stonecreek Dr.

Kevin Clark — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:07:08 +0000

$400000, 4 BD, 4 BA Home for Sale, Come visit this beautiful brick veneer home with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a full finished basement, jetted tub, fireplace, security alarm, sprinkler system, and large walk-in closets. Enjoy the covered patio with brick built-in seating. Move-in ready!

Has anyone ever Been to Flint Hills Job Corps in Manhattan, Kansas?If so could you tell me about u’r experienc

Kevin Clark — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:08:16 +0000

I am a student & FHJCC is only giving me $549 to relocate in kansas city kansas.This is to cover my deposit,first months rent,utilities,food,&transportation to work. At first I was informed that I had till the end of Oct. to get everything lindout to leave. Know there only giving me till 26 SEPT 07 to be out of here. The countsulers stated that if I don’t have anything by then, they will take me & the stuff I have and drop me off in front of a homeless shelter & leave me there. I AM IN DESPRIT NEED FOR HELP. Is there anybody that can help me me? Or knows where I can get an appartment of my own in this very short of time? I contacted every low income houseing Place on the list that I was given, there is a long waiting list, and I don’t have that much time to waite. Once I know that I have a stabol & safe place to live before I get there, It wont’ be hard for me to get a job. I need some HELP & Fast. If anyone out there can give me any kind of information send it my way in e-mail.Thks

All dummies to the front of the line. What do you think America?

Kevin Clark — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:58:21 +0000

BREAKING NEWS !!!

LEGISLATIVE ALERT !!!

The Americans With No Abilities Act

Washington , DC – (Dateline February 18, 2009)

President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills, knowledge or ambition.

“Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the intelligence, competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,” said California Senator Barbara Boxer – Democrat. “We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability
(POI) to be ridiculed, passed over for promotions, or even worse – fired – for no reason except for their lack of any ability or motivation to do any given job. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing or a willingness to learn it.”

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – Democrat – pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance.

Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single largest U.S. employer of Persons of Inability. Harry Reid pointed also to the public school system as another long-time leader in the field of providing secure employment opportunities to POI.

Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination against POI include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home improvement warehouse stores (65%). At the state government level, highway public works departments, and the Department of Motor Vehicles both have excellent records of hiring Persons of Inability (93%).

Under AWNAA, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance while building self-esteem and providing more candidates who will eventually be promoted into actual senior management positions with even higher salaries and even fewer actual responsibilities.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given so as to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable or unproductive employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability into middle-management positions, and gives a tax credit to other businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires. Utility and cable companies, followed closely by computer customer support departments, are lobbying to have past such hires become eligible for these tax incentives.

Finally, the AWNAA contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, such blatantly discriminatory interview questions such as, “Do you have any particular skills, knowledge or experience that relate to this job?”

“As a Non-abled person, I can’t be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,”said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan, due to her chronic inability to remember “rightey tightey, lefty loosey.” Gertz added, “I shouldn’t have to be a rocket scientist to keep my job and this new law should be real good for people like me.” With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel and be able to secure well-paying, tenured jobs just like other people who simply are more motivated and productive but otherwise identical to workers such as Gertz.

Said Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat-IL), “As a Senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges and benefits that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every other American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.”

“You’re supposed to sit on your *** and nod at stupid things.
Man, that’s hard to do.”

Homework help PLEASE!!!!?

Kevin Clark — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:49:47 +0000

field trip on wednesday
Assign a parragraph on each question
Type answer out no source’s
Best answer is one that does assignment for me

Flint Hills Fieldtrip Worksheet.Wagner2008

1. How did Abilene get its start?

2. Why is Dwight D. Eisenhower honored at the Eisenhower Center? List at least five important aspects of his presidency.

3. What is Mamie Eisenhower remembered for? What of hers did you see in the museum?

4. Of all that you saw in the museum, what would you like to know more about?

5. How is Dwight D. Eisenhower’s childhood home different than your home today? Could you be comfortable if you lived in his house? How did the house help shape his character?

6. What was the relationship of Council Grove to the Santa Fe Trail?

7. Why has the Z-Bar Ranch been turned into the National Tall Grass Prairie Preserve?

8. What is the history of the Spring Hill Ranch house?

9. How is the Spring Hill School different than schools of today?

10. How were the natural springs of Spring Hill used for the house and yard?

11. What is unusual about the barn on the Z-Bar Ranch?

12. What is the importance of the Flint Hills?

13. What is native prairie, and why does Kansas have a national park that features it?

14. Name 6 plants that grow on the tall grass prairie.

15. What have you learned on this field trip that you didn’t know previously?