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READ MORE: Tupelo Furniture Market kicks off its 26th year with spring market on Thursday
TUPELO – The Tupelo Furniture Market has a few more faces, and that's by design.
In fact, TFM Chairman and CEO V.M. Cleveland has been on a hiring spree in the past year, adding at least 10 to the market's staff.
The biggest hire last April was Kevin Seddon, who was named president of the 26-year-old market.
Seddon's hiring, Cleveland said, "brought energy and effort to the market."
Indeed, Seddon hit the ground running and helped the market celebrate its silver anniversary last fall.
By most accounts, it was a success, with attendance higher than it's been for several years.
To continue that momentum, the market, led by Seddon's efforts, has hired nine more people.
"We've added two buyer recruitment personnel, a new sales person, an IT person, four in maintenance and another person in administration," Seddon said.
"When you're growing, you have to manage that growth to sustain it," he said.
It's no coincidence, then, that the Spring Tupelo Furniture Market – which runs Thursday to Sunday – is seeing an uptick in buyers as well as exhibitors.
Since last year's spring market, nearly 200 exhibitors have been added. Buyer preregistration is up 30 percent compared to the fall show, and the number of new buyers is up 20 percent.
Not only has the market added more employees, but it also has upgraded its technology.
New database management software, trade show management software have been installed, along with a badge-scanning system. The latter will allow exhibitors to quickly capture buyers' contact information.
"It's not new – it's been used at other trade shows, but it's new for us and for our exhibitors," Seddon said.
"Everything we're doing is to enhance the experience buyers and visitors have at the Tupelo Furniture Market," he added.


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One thing that I've noticed about turkey hunting (in my vast one season experience) is that there seems to be more of a community feel to it than any other type of hunting/hunters. I also hunt deer, waterfowl, upland birds, varmint, ect.. and have never seen the level of good old traditional fellowship. not to say that other hunters aren't proud or excited about the success of others, but I haven't seen as many folks willing to take the time to teach and show and even learn themselves. So thanks for all the help.
I'm not waxing emotional, and no, I don't need a hug....I'm just wasting some time waiting for fall season. I got hooked. hard.


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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon held a joint press conference on May 15, 2014.
Q: It's going to be a 2-question question for you. First, Mr. Hagel, do you worry from the United States changing position in the Middle East in the last few months? And for you, Mr. Ya'alon, is Israel consider again an active step or act against Iran if the negotiation will be failed?
Thank you.
SEC. HAGEL: May I ask for clarification on your question? You asked the question, do I worry about the United States changing position in the Middle East?
I'm not -- I'm not sure what you mean, changing position in the Middle East.
Q: The reduce of the influence, I mean.
SEC. HAGEL: Reduce of the...
Q: Influence.
SEC. HAGEL: I don't think our influence has been reduced. We have 35 -- over 35,000 military personnel in the Middle East. We have the fifth fleet headquartered in the Middle East. We have CENTCOM [Central Command] headquarters in the Middle East. We have tremendous amounts of sophisticated aircraft, weaponry, assets, in this region. We work closely with our partners here. I was just in Saudi Arabia, where I had met with the defense ministers of the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] countries. Was in Jordan yesterday before I got here last night. Our partnerships, our relationships remain strong and we're committed to this region.
And I made that very clear to the GCC defense ministers yesterday, and I think my statement here and my presence here certainly makes it very clear we're committed to -- to Israel. Thank you.
MIN. YA'ALON: Regarding the Iranian threat. I believe the United States and Israel share the same goal: not to allow a military nuclear Iran. And I believe that we share the same assessment regarding intelligence, predicting what might come out in the future. We might have differences, even disputes regarding how to get to it. But we have the open channels as we have Secretary of Defense and myself, Ambassador Rice, while she was here, speaking with our prime minister, and other channels.
The bottom line is that Israel should be ready to defend itself by itself.
STAFF: Second question will be from Bob Burns, Associated Press.
Q: Thank you. Question for both of you about Iran.
Mr. Minister Ya'alon, do you believe the U.S. is too invested in getting a -- a deal with Iran? And also, along the same lines, are you concerned that the Iranians are only playing for time?
Mr. Secretary, may I ask you, as Minister Ya'alon alluded to a moment ago, Israeli officials have said from time to time that they may feel compelled to strike unilaterally against Iran at some point if they get too close to having a nuclear weapon.
How much time do you believe that the U.S. and Israel can wait before it's too late?
MIN. YA'ALON: I'll take it. When Israel considers Iranians a threat and the first priority, not just military nuclear site. While we are speaking, while we are witness the political engagement, the P5-plus-1, and the Iranian regime. The Iranian regime is still active on many areas. What is in stake now regarding the diplomacy is actually the fuel cycle of the military nuclear project. We do worry about delivery systems, the recognization part of the project. And of course, about the terror activities perpetrated, pushed, supported, financed by the Iranian regime all over the region and beyond.
(inaudible) interception of the shipments of armament from (inaudible) in Iran on the way to Sudan and the destination of the Gaza state, just one example.
But we can find the Iran fingerprints in Afghanistan, not serving American interest in Iraq, actually gaining hegemony in Iraq. In Bahrain and Yemen, in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Africa, South America, and so forth.
So, in this regard, we can't claim the United States is too invested in this issue. I believe that it should be in the first priority of each of us and to deal with the threat by all means in all fields in order not to allow this (inaudible) to gain hegemony and of course to threaten the stability of this region and the globe because of its messianic, apocalyptic worldview, which hasn't been changed even while watching the (inaudible).
SEC. HAGEL: Bob, regarding your question. First, as you know, the current P-5-Plus-1 negotiations going on in Vienna, are not indefinite. There's a timeframe on - on those nuclear negotiations. Now that said, you also know, and I repeated here in my statement, that President Obama has said that he will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Because we are on a diplomatic track with a timeframe, does not preclude all of the other security defense measures that we continue to pursue outside that diplomatic track, including this relationship with - with Israel."


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SALTILLO – Braxton West was surprised to earn co-medalist honors Tuesday at Big Oaks.
"I played bad," said the Itawamba AHS junior golfer. "I got lucky and shot a 40."
West's "lucky" 4-over-par score helped lead the Indians to a 5-stroke victory over host Tupelo Christian Prep in a four-team field – 185 to 190. The match was Itawamba's first this season.
"They've got some potential," IAHS coach Landon Thomas said of his team. "Some of them have really improved since last year."
TCPS finished second for the third time in three matches this season. Ingomar was third at 212 and Mooreville fourth at 220.
Vardaman's Brandon Walker, who played solo, tied West for medalist honors.
Three players came in at 5-over 41 – TCPS's Parker Brooks and Heath Davis, and Ingomar's Matt Hale.
West believes the windy conditions and rain-soaked course made it tough for the players. "You hit it low and hope for the best," he said.
While he didn't record a birdie, West did make two long par-saving putts – a 15-footer on No. 12 and a 25-footer on No. 18.
"I didn't have a good day on my drives," West said. "I hit only one fairway."
TCPS coach Mike Hester was proud of his team's performance playing against the elements.
"Everything you want golf not to be was here today," Hester said, then laughed.
TCPS won its division championship and placed third overall in the 1A state tournament last year. The Eagles will host both tournaments this season at Big Oaks.
"I feel like we can win the division again," Hester said.
"I think we've got a good shot to finish high in the state tournament."
Tupelo High's scheduled dual match against Corinth was postponed Tuesday because of wet grounds and re-scheduled for today at the Tupelo Country Club.


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Hey, just wondering if the more experienced big air riders had this problem when they first tried going big off a jump. I find that as soon as i leave the apex of a jump, and i'm oliing to try to get even more pop, my body would straighten out itself in mid-air. i'm trying to stay tucked so i can do a couple grabs, but i just find it so hard to bring my knees up. I think it could do with the bindings being too heavy. i do feel as though it's pulling me down, but there has to be something I can do to compensate for that. I want to go even higher but i know if my body is just going to straighten out during mid-flight that's a recipe for disaster, help please!!!
Basically you need to pop with both feet or ollie... since ollieing takes a lot of timing to do correctly. Let's start just trying to pop with both feet evenly. What want to do is to squat down so that you are really compressed just before you go up the ramp (I assume the takeoff ramp is only like 10 ft long), then as you go up the ramp you gently stand up so that by the time you take off, you are back to normal "snowboard stance." Through the magic of high school physics, which I won't bother you with, this will actually "pops" you up into the air higher and you will suddenly discover you can bring you knees up much easier as if you board and bindings are magically lighter. Again, it's not magic... it's physics... which I guess i basically magic to most people.
You can see Nev Lapwood doing this in this teaser video (check at 0:15, 0:25, 0:38... all three of those are pops... with the last one he is doing what I tried to explain in the previous paragraph.
BTW, if you are wondering whether snowboardaddiction DVD/videos are worth buying - I do recommend them, they are very well made and Nev gives elite level instruction. He even does online coaching where you post videos of yourself and he talks to you on skype to give you tips (next best thing to getting a private lesson yourself at the mountain). It does cost money (versus advice online here) but while there are some very helpful and amazing people on this website, I still think Nev's instruction is superior (i.e. you get what you pay for...)
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ok, that's interesting..i'm not actually at the park, i'm just looking for kickers to pop off of along trails. I can do 180s and 360s but i have to really crank myself and it doesn't seem as fluid and smooth as it should probably because of what you were saying, i'm trying to force teh pop with my own might. I'm going to try what you suggested but it will hard be since i'm not doing it off a table top or soemthing, which is why I need to ollie. I guess it could also be that i'm not timing my ollies properly. But come to think of it, i have had that feeling of sailing through the air as if the bindings and board didn't weigh anything. I just haven't been able to recreate it that many times..
hahah yea, some of the stuff i'm going off of is even flatter than that but yea i'm definitely replaying it. The thought of it seems a little odd but i guess i just gotta keep trying to do it until it feels natural..
I'm probably a little behind you on learning jumps. I'm currently working with 20-25' jumps, mostly because the Seymour park crew won't make anything smaller despite numerous complaints. :mad:
Anyway, I'm not even trying to ollie on a jump -- my ollies are barely functional at best. I'm just trying to pop, and finding that even pops require just the right timing. When I get the timing wrong, the feeling is like releasing a bow with no arrow on the string -- all the energy goes into rattling the bow. When I do get the timing right on the pop, not only is the air better but the jump is more controlled.
As lonerider has mentioned, your bindings don't weigh anything in midair -- everything is in freefall. What I think you're experiencing is reflex. If your inner ear feels like you're rotating or otherwise not stable in the air, your body is not going to want to tuck and thereby increase the rotation (more physics magic :) ). That's like not being able to keep your eyes open during a sneeze -- your brain can make suggestions but the final decisions all happen in the brain stem, and yours is saying "fuck that, I want to live".
Now I've got something to work on. I had been close to giving up on jumping due to all my ragdoll to scorpion fails. I have no problem with turns or control, it's just the unweighting process that gets me. I feel the exact same way, I tense up and my legs straighten.
I also had the problem of "Over Muscling" the pop. It doesn't need to be a big huge pop. As that can actually throw off your trajectory.
Again start with a small pop and pull your knees to your chest with your core muscles. This pulling will also help you to stay compact, then progress to the grabs.
recca7: you should be able to put all that info to use on small side hits with no issues. Nev starts you out on small side hits then progresses to bigger jumps. I did my 1st 180 the other day of a 1 foot side hit ahahhaa but I did it
This is another item of the sport that come directly from skateboarding. Here is a good example: take a normal size 6" sidewalk, and as your rolling along, do your best ollie, say u can do 2 cinderblocks. Now take that sidewalk and give it a smooth driveway cut in the middle of it so that it looks like a very shallow (only 6"!!) halfpipe. Using the same physics described by the first responder and also what the guy in the SA vid is doing, you can now set up a 3 1/2 foot warning sign at the top of one or both transitions and boost ollies like you never knew you could.
Maybe moot point, maybe ur not a skater, but the sensation and results when you do it right are the exact same.
Timing is everything.
thanks for all the replies guys, definitely can't wait for it snow! so i can give some of these tips a try....yea we still don't have much snow or any snow here in the GTA...my 5x7 pass is aching to be used!
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A thrilling life-and-death struggle between a giant squid and a sperm whale is a highlight of the Museum's special exhibition Whales: Giants of the Deep. The animation brings to life a scene that has fascinated visitors for decades—the sperm whale and giant squid diorama in the Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, which is now celebrating the 10th anniversary of a masterful renovation.
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Here's another wrap of all our favourite things on the web today, including new songs from Radiohead, Metallica and Sleigh Bells, videos from Foster the People and Lana Del Rey, the first Lock Out trailer and Wilco presenting the weather. Get amongst it.
1. It can't be easy being Lana Del Rey. Her single Video Games sparked a storm of criticism over everything from her singing credentials to whether or not she'd had plastic surgery. The follow-up Born To Die should put paid to all those haters, delivering another slice of beautifully ethereal and tense pop balladry from the girl with the puppy dog eyes. Choice vid too. (NME)
2. Noiseniks Sleigh Bells combine metal riffs with hip-hop beats and cheerleader chants, and they're back with the first song from their upcoming second album. Born to Lose is another frenetic blast of riff-rock that will annoy your neighbours. (Stereogum)
3. There are quite a few space-bound movies due to hit cinemas in 2012, with Ridley Scott's Prometheus looking to be the pick of the bunch. But Lock Out has potential, especially with Ocker Guy Pearce rising admirably into a starring beefcake tough guy role. He's come a long way since Priscilla. (First Showing)
4. Metallica seem to be in full-on damage control mode after the disaster that was Loutallica. In the build-up for a new album, they're releasing a four-track EP called Beyond Magnetic consisting of outtakes from the Death Magnetic recording sessions. And Lou Reed isn't found grumbling on a single one of them. Phew. (FasterLouder)
5. If you're looking for a band to soundtrack your summer, you could do worse than the pass-me-a-Corona vibes of Big Day Out-bound LA-based quartet Foster the People. Here's the new video for Don't Stop (Colour on the Walls) and you'll want to stick around for the icky ending. (MTV)
6. Radiohead are about to release two new singles, The Daily Mail and Staircase. Great news, especially as Kiwi DJ Zane Lowe debuted the first on his BBC 1 radio show. He gets all the exclusives. (Stereogum)
7. Sacha Baron Cohen is back with his third big screen adventure that will no doubt be another assault on the eyeballs. This time he's The Dictator, a North African general who shoots fellow contestants in 100 metre races and pays to sleep with hotties like Megan Fox. Should be good. (Huffington Post)
8. Atmospheric dubstep minimalist king Burial is releasing a new EP, so here's a snippet of the typically moody and tension-filled track Ashtray Wasp. They keep taking these down from YouTube, so if it's no longer working, I apologise. You've heard of Google, though, right? (Pitchfork)
9. So there's this crazy Aussie band and for their first ever video, they re-made all their favourite iPhone games in real life, including Angry Birds. The video's kinda cool, it's just a shame that the song is pretty average. (Brisbane Times)
10. Lastly, here's Wilco front man and "hairy guy" Jeff Tweedy presenting a weather forecast. "It looks pretty good, I dunno, things could be worse," he says. That's expert opinion right there. (Huffington Post)
Still bored? You need to join a summer sports team. But in the meantime, here's Minuit's new video, Book of the Dead:
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The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
See: Poison control center - emergency number
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How well a patient does depends on the type of laxative swallowed, how much was swallowed, and how much time passed before treatment was received.
Serious symptoms are most likely in patients who abuse laxatives by taking large amounts to lose weight. Fluid and electrolyte (body chemical) imbalances may result, and fecal incontinence (inability to control bowel movements) may also develop. First time laxative overdoses are rarely serious.
Malagelada JR, Malagelada C. Nausea and vomiting. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006:chap 8.
Sackeyfio AH, Gottlieb SJ. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In: Tintinalli JE, Kelen GD, Stapczynski JS, Ma OJ, Cline DM, eds. Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. 6th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2004:chap 291.
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In the fall in Maine we are allowed to take a male or female bird, in the spring a bearded bird only. I have only ever shot a male bird in the fall. I am trying to decide if I should take a female bird this fall and I would like some other hunter input. I have trail cameras on a field that I have permission to hunt. I currently have a large group of Hens mixed with 3/4 grown birds, about 15-20 birds and a group of 6 toms and jakes that come to the field on a regular basis. I am guessing that several of the younger birds are males but am having trouble identifying the sex. My point is that in the years past we have had 8-10 birds total in the area and now we are in the 25 bird range. I think I need to thin them out a little, if nothing else to keep the other hunters from getting interested. I honestly think there may only be one other hunter hunting them.
I haven't burned a tag in 3 years now, and I have been very careful to shoot males. Any advice would be appreciated.


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U.S. Climate Reference Network climate observing station on Mauna Loa in Hawaii
(Mauna Kea in the background).
The World Data Center (WDC) for Meteorology, Asheville had since the 1960s been one component of a global network of discipline sub-centers that facilitate international exchange of scientific data. Originally established during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957, the World Data Center System functioned under the guidance of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
In 2010, ICSU adopted and has since implemented a new World Data System (WDS) which was created as a replacement for the WDC system. The WDS builds upon the 50-year legacy of the ICSU WDC and Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical data-analysis Services. Over 100 WDCs and Federation Services, as well as numerous other data centers, services and activities, have already expressed interest in becoming part of the new system. The WDS concept aims at a transition from existing stand-alone WDCs and individual Services to a common globally interoperable distributed data system that incorporates emerging technologies and new scientific data activities. The new WDS is built on the potential offered by advanced interconnections between data management components for disciplinary and multidisciplinary applications. ICSU has established a WDS International Programme Office (IPO) hosted by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan (NICT). The WDS IPO will manage and coordinate the establishment and operations of the WDS, and take responsibility for outreach and promotional activities. The IPO will act under the guidance of the ICSU World Data System Scientific Committee; more information on that can be found at http://www.icsu-wds.org/
The WDC for Meteorology, Asheville is maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and is colocated and operated by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, NC, USA, and is proud to have been accepted as a full member of the new WDS as of September 2011. In accordance with the principles set forth by ICSU, WDC for Meteorology, Asheville acquires, catalogues, and archives data and makes them available to requesters in the international scientific community. Data are exchanged with counterparts, WDC for Meteorology, Obninsk and WDC for Meteorology, Beijing as necessary to improve access to climate and weather data. All data and special data sets contributed to the WDC are available to scientific investigators without restriction. The WDC for Meteorology, Asheville, also works closely with the U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program, and strives to work closely with entities involved in all aspects of climate observing and related data management efforts, including the operation of the Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC) at http://gosic.org
There is a wide array of data available on the WDC, Asheville site, and highlighted among these are:
* Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) This is a Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) project with an international team providing the data and concepts. The final calculation and data management activities are carried out at NASA's Greenbelt Space Flight Center (GSFC). The GPCP provides monthly, pentad, and daily precipitation analyses from surface and satellite measurements for 1979 onwards (1997 onwards for daily). In this case the WDC serves as a secondary conduit of this data in conjunction with NASA/GSFC.
* Archive of Global Synoptic Observation Data from 1901-Present This archive of synoptic (hourly, 3-hourly, and 6-hourly climate data) from across the globe is available under the auspices of World Meteorological Organization Resolution 40 which have conditions placed on their international commercial use. They can be used within the U.S., or for non-commercial international activities without restriction. The non-U.S. data cannot be redistributed for commercial purposes. Re-distribution of these data by others must provide this same notification. Please see http://www.wmo.int/pages/about/Resolution40.html for more details on that policy. Data: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/
* International Best Tracks Archive for Data Stewardship (IBTrACS) This WDC-sponsored effort works with Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers around to world to provide tropical cyclone best track data in a centralized location to aid our understanding of the distribution, frequency, and intensity of tropical cyclones worldwide. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ibtracs/
* Global Historical Climatology Network - Monthly (GHCNM) version 3.0. The Global Historical Climatology Network-Monthly (GHCN-M) temperature dataset was first developed in the early 1990s (Vose et al. 1992). A second version was released in 1997 following extensive efforts to increase the number of stations and length of the data record (Peterson and Vose, 1997). Methods for removing inhomogeneities from the data record associated with non-climatic influences such as changes in instrumentation, station environment, and observing practices that occur over time were also included in the version 2 release (Peterson and Easterling, 1994; Easterling and Peterson 1995). Since that time efforts have focused on continued improvements in dataset development methods including new quality control processes and advanced techniques for removing data inhomogeneities (Menne and Williams, 2009). Effective May 2, 2011, the Global Historical Climatology Network-Monthly (GHCN-M) version 3 dataset of monthly mean temperature has replaced GHCN-M version 2 as the dataset for operational climate monitoring activities. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ghcnm and ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/v3/
* The Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA) - IGRA consists of radiosonde and pilot balloon observations at over 1500 globally distributed stations. Observations are available for standard, surface, tropopause and significant levels. Variables include: Pressure; Temperature; Geopotential Height; Dewpoint Depression; Wind Direction and Speed. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/igra/


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Auvio In Ear Armature Headphones
" I was trying to be generous with this review, I had these for fewer than two hours because of the comfort, They ACTUALLY cut up my ear canals, there is no exaggeration, my ears bled, and I've never been a fan of foam tips. Foam tips get ripped up, and really feel insecure in my ears, plus the plastic tube can become exposed and creates a level of discomfort greater than that of the silicon..." --ffdpmaggot
Ying Yang Earbud Design Clip
Budclicks patented the ability to click charms to earbuds. They allow kids, tweens, and adults to style up those bland white earbuds. The Budclick mount works on iPod and iPhone style white earbuds created by Apple. With over 150 million of these earbuds on the market Budclicks have appeal to just about everyone. Budclicks has found the largest audience in music listeners on the go. Whether on...
Auvio Pearl Buds
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good day, bad day.
good day
Fixed the last remaining Redmond Linux Beta 1 bug and shoved it out the door. i announced it on freshmeat and already the flame mail's comin' in... but still a good day.
bad day
went in to work and found my HD crashed, gone gone gone. yes, it contained the only piece of RL work i haven't backed up. for five days. i suppose that'll teach me, but it still really sux.
family is begging me to come see them on vacation in a few weeks. trip will be rather expensive and liza says if we see my family we've got to see her family too. so more expense. plus for the past three years almost all our vacations have been family vacations: we fly together, we sit, we chat, we get bored, we leave. when do we get vacations to do what we want to do?
seriously considering not showing up this time.
smb authentication
so it's my turn to decide how to store netbios credentials in userland. in windows when you surf to a \\server\share your default credentials don't allow you to access, a gui dialog pops up asking you for a username/password [and perhaps domain]. how to do that in linux? email me if you have ideas pls. it's gotta be user and program agnostic but live in userland. welllll, i *guess* it could live in kernel land, but i don't think i want it there.
kudos on the salon piece. my wife reminds me that advogato means 'lawyer' in portuguese.


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HTC One is Durable, But Near Impossible to Repair
This is partially by design. HTC wanted to create a seamless handset, hence the lack of any exterior screws on the unibody construction. To start things off, iFixIt lifted the front panel by heating it up and using a suction cup to pull it upwards. It can't be removed at the outset because it's still connected with ribbon cables that route strategically underneath the case assembly. That meant busting out a metal spudger and spending a half hour prying the handset open.
Image Source: iFixIt
"We won't lie, getting to this point was an arduous and daunting task," iFixIt states in its worklog. "The amount of work required to separate the rear aluminum case and the front case was immense."
Once inside, you'll find liberal use of copper shielding, even on the rear camera. This was one of the negatives that led to the low score, as the shielding is difficult to remove and replace. iFixIt also took issue with the battery being buried beneath the motherboard and adhered to the midframe, rendering it extremely difficult to replace.
Despite being a bear to repair, the delayed HTC One will likely find a wide audience due to its specs and durable construction. It has a 4.7-inch Full HD 1080p display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2.0, 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, Adreno 320 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 32GB or 64GB of built-in storage, 2.1MP front camera, 4MP rear "Ultrapixel" camera that's supposed to catch 300 percent more light than a standard lens, 2,300mAh battery, and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.


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Great to meet up with a lost part of the Wheeler family. Now who is lost, us here in NZ our those trying to navigate around our country?
It was an enjoyable time being with you. Enjoy the ongoing days ahead.
Doug Wheeler
Meeting the Wheelers from down under
Trip Start May 13, 2010
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The fruit bowl Orchard (wheelers place)
Napier to Gisborne (wine country)
This is a really nice part of the country, the road across is really hilly and with a couple of gorges on the way as well.
We had a stop at lake Tutira on the way (that is where the chairs picture was), it was such a pretty little lake and Milo did a great Bacon and cheese butty in the van.
Before we left Napier we did some washing so we have nice clean clothes again, mmmm Heaven !
Gisborne seems like a really nice town, we had a long chat with a woman in a jewellers / crystals type shop, and we got Milo some new earrings
Gotta decide which way we are going in the morning, either round the coast (the long way) or through the big canyon (75 Km long), what a decision.
Friday 3rd Sep
Into the remote parts of the East Cape.
From Gisborne we had 2 choices either a 2 day trip round the coast road or 1 day through a big gorge to Opotiki. The lure of a Manuka oil factory and shop on the coast road sent us that way. It was the right choice the coast road and views our over many bays was very good.
The down side was the site we intended to stay at was flooded and they were not taking any motor vans because they would get stuck in the mud, so we had to motor on to a site further round the coast. The site is fine, we are the only people here tonight and the showers are 1$ a go, and the woman on the desk thinks they last about 3 mins (that isn't enough for a Milo)
As we set off out of Gisborne they had a sign on the side of the road to let you know which roads are open or closed, a good sign you are headed into some remote and high country, well the road to Opotiki was showing as closed, we thought it was probably a mistake and decided to ignore it. So far we were right, no sign of the road being closed, although there are loads of "washouts" and "slides"on the way (that is where the road has collapsed because the soil under the road has been eroded, or where a load of mod had slid onto the road).
There is no Radio signal here and no mobile phone signal, but they have a big smoke room in the middle of the camp site for smoking fish. They also have a fish cleaning area at the end of the site, there is a great sign above the area it says " roll the bloody hose up!", and that goes well with the sign in the kitchen over the oven "if you are not going to clean it don't use it!"...Oh Dear!
I don't think we will be using the oven or gutting fish so we should be ok
The weather is supposed to be changing quite dramatically today, so far it has been warm and sunny, but it seems we have a return to winter coming our way with high winds and snow down to 200 mtrs. We should be ok we are at sea level , just about and the site is sheltered by loads of high trees.
Tomorrow we are off to Opotiki and plan to visit Doug Wheeler, my second cousin. His Grandfather was a merchant seaman and was ill when his ship passed NZ back in the early 1920's, so he got off the ship, and decided to stay, his wife and children followed him a few years later. Doug owns an orchard in the area and likes old trucks. I have been emailing him for a few years and we have shared information about our family genealogy.
I wonder how different we are? Just 3 generations from our common ancestor in the east end of London, but both living completely different lives.
Saturday 4th
Well we set off for Opotiki in the morning from Te Kaha our stop the previous night
We had a look round the town and bought some bits in the local supermarket in Opotaki and then went to find Doug Wheeler's place "The Fruit bowl Orchard".
When we pulled up there didn't seem to be anyone around, but we managed to get Doug out to meet us eventually. He said he was doing the washing up. Well Doug is so Obviously a Wheeler with the same Wheeler nose and the Wheeler (male) hairline.
It was great to meet him and his boys we just talked for ages and then went to get some fish and chips from the town. On the way Carl spotted a hovercraft on the back of a lorry in the petrol station, Carl just couldn't resist going and having a chat with the guy transporting the craft. Seems it is one of only 2 remaining out of 14 that were made, the other one is in a museum in England.
Doug and Carl are collectors of old Lorries and tractors or any other sort of interesting machinery. My dad would have loved to visit their place and reminisce over all the trucks that were part of his younger days
On Saturday night we camped on Doug's drive and it was sooo Cold (just 2 degrees c), it was the first night we had the heating on all night. During the night the neighbours who grow Kiwi Fruit were out in their helicopter doing frost protection, seems the downdraft from the helicopter stops the frost forming on the leaves and the fruit. In the morning we sat and chatted some more and then went off to visit a close friend of the Wheelers, Cathy , she lived in a small valley just 10 mins drive from Opotiki. She is so crazy, but an amazingly interesting and friendly woman, we spent a few hours with her and all her animals, enjoying the wonderful views from her house.
We then went off for a tour of Opotiki and a visit to Mark's house (wheeler son no.2), he has bought a house in Opotiki and is renovating it and separating it out into bed sit type accommodation so he can rent it out in the future. The house is huge and is such an interesting building, and he is making a great job of transforming it.
Then we set off for Rotarua in the evening and we are set up for a couple of days in the cosy cottage camp site on the shores of the lake at Rotarua.
Good news is it doesn't seem as cold tonight.


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Awhile back Internet priorities needed some "adjustment". The intention was to keep my dogs in shape and refocus time issues. I just couldn't do as much and our autistic Granddaughter became a major focus. Hunting was not shorted, but the dogs became more of a maintenance mode effort. Here's the first of two journal stories about this year's hunting season. My wife has been very supportive about "being gone" once in awhile.
The second split of the Iowa Openers was hectic. Most everyone is out early and many camp overnight on a shorelines or even in their boat blinds. After scouting the day before, we (Daisy and I) left at 2 am and soon discovered the spot I wanted was already taken.
The wind would have been in my face so I was not all that disappointed. After thinking over the possibility of a long run north, I decided to hunt the north end of the same island. There is an ideal "pile of logs" to snuggle the Migrator into. It was an easier hunt, too. The shallow, sandy point vs. the deep mud on the other end was a plus.
After unloading the Migrator from the tender, Daisy and I rested a bit. It was not cold and the wind had not picked up (yet). The decoys were kind of tossed out in roughly the position they would work best and we both settled into the bottom of the big rig for a snooze. An hour before shooting time, I moved the big boat about 300 yards up the shore and then walked back down the sandy beach to finalize the decoy setup. There were seven greenwing teal, three bluewing, three Dakota hen mallards and five flocked coots.
Opening day there are many naïve, young birds and spinners are the general rule. I had one teal and two remote mallards off in the distance. No ducks dropped in before shooting time which is very unusual. Even more so for any day on the river, the first shot fired was five minutes AFTER shooting time. Then it was like a war for about an hour (and mostly to the south).
Daisy and I were well hidden and soon our action began. The ducks that came in were hot and were probably more aware that something was different this morning. The bluewings were using their speed as protection. With my bad left shoulder and shooting from a layout position, I was a bit concerned beforehand. The ducks were not exactly decoying giving no time to think. It was "up and shoot" or just watch. Just reacting is an advantage for my style of shooting. Generally, teal are easier than mallards.
Not having anytime to think much about it, I have never shot any better (ever). There were five well spaced opportunities. Four bluewing teal and a drake mallard were dropped with three on single shots and the other two on the second follow up shot.
Daisy made quick work and was flawless with her retrieving (she had been prepped on the use of the hide on my Migrator). The immature drake mallard was the only cripple and Daisy handled the diving escape attempts like it was nothing.
Then I made the fatal mistake. My mind said, "Geez, I only need one more (for a limit)! Things slowed down dramatically and I totally fanned on two separate mallards that buzzed the decoys. What a great morning for an old, solo hunter and his dog.
Sunday, I decided early on to go back to the same place with Gunny, it was an easy place to hunt and Gunny hasn't had any training on the use of the Migrator. However, he is very familiar with a dog hide.
Early on there was a complication. While preparing for the departure it quickly became apparent neither of my spotlights were working. This is a big deal on the Mississippi. I needed to make it down to a specific cut between two small islands, cross the main channel while avoiding a collision with a channel marker and find a specific island out of many on the Iowa side....in the dark.
The stars were out and I could see the outlines of mostly familiar islands. I was almost positive my flashlight would enable me to avoid running into any channel marker buoy. I went slowly....probing the darkness. After missing the Cable Crossing islands (normal path to the main channel), I recognized another island that would get me there if I went slowly on the north side.
Heading straight west toward the Iowa bank (a dark outline), I kept a close look for any buoys and turned south on the Iowa side. Looking east (to to my left) I was sure the island with our point was the next target. I turned east and it was a good guess. We came in dead on yesterday's logs.
There was an instant sense of relief. Then I became kind of smug with my good fortune and rationalized that skill had something to do with it. The day before (when the sun was out), the layout of the trip back was noted. In reality, after several years of scouting pool 13 on the Mississippi (and recovering from mistakes), this area is not as baffling as it once was.
One rule of thumb in the dark is don't ever turn around without noticing where you are in that moment. It only takes a split second to loose orientation. Another point to make is don't spend a large amount of time using a spotlight. Look at what you are doing in the dark as it really is......it looks very different and the spotlight tends to become a crutch.
After this interesting event, I will not press my luck again. I could very easily have spent some time sitting beside some island waiting for the sun to come up. On a final note, there now will always be a backup third spotlight at duck camp.
Gunny and I had a great morning. He did everything I asked him to. We had a lot fun in spite of the fact that not a single duck was shot at. At 9 am, I called it a morning and unloaded my gun in the bright sunlight. In the moment right as I clicked the empty receiver shut......two teal buzzed the decoys. I muttered a brief expletive and then laughed out loud. Geez! I love duck hunting. Even when things don't just play out the way you'd expect.....it's almost always fun!
These kinds of hunts keep me feeling young.
Migrator tucked into the logs
the setup
Daisy in the boat hide
Saturday's ducks
Gunny after Sunday's pickup
unlikely pairing


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Scott Kara talks to author Mick Wall about the personalities behind rock's biggest stars
Rock 'n' roll author Mick Wall doesn't mind telling you what he thinks of some of the world's greatest music stars.
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant is "a completely self-absorbed fantasist", while bass player John Paul Jones is one of the most "boring" people around, and as for guitarist Jimmy Page ... well, let's not go there.
Put it this way, writing the 2008 Led Zeppelin book, When Giants Walked the Earth cost Wall his friendship with Page. "But it was worth it," he says, "because the book wasn't written for him, it was written for the people who bought the book."
And when Wall sat down to write Metallica's story, which is recounted in the excellent, Enter the Night, from a few years ago, one of his main objectives was to point out "what a shit drummer" outspoken sticksman Lars Urlich is. "He knows it, too. Whenever he rings me he goes, 'hey, it's your favourite drummer'," groans Wall on the phone from his home in Oxfordshire.
In his latest rock 'n' roll tome, Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be, about the money-making machine that is legendary heavy rock band AC/DC, he's typically critical and questioning, especially of band lynchpins the Young brothers, Malcolm (the rhythm guitarist and boss) and Angus (his younger brother and school uniform-wearing lead guitarist).
Wall, a music writer since the late 70s and the founding editor of Classic Rock magazine in the 90s, makes it clear at the beginning of the book that he tried many avenues - including email, old school snail mail, and phone calls - to get the Youngs to talk to him for the book but heard nothing. Not even a "no".
And that's the way AC/DC operate, reckons Wall, who, it has to be said, can come across abrasive and a tad cynical of the music business. But there is no denying the guy's passion, not just for music, but telling a ripping and informed yarn. "That no response from AC/DC tells you everything you need to know about them. That's what you get from them. Nothing. Unless you are on their radar and these days a book like this is not on their radar.
"They don't care. Even the people who work for them. They've fired anybody who ever meant anything in their system, anybody who ever did really good things for them."
Which might sound a bit harsh on the band behind some of heavy rock's greatest songs, like Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Highway to Hell and Back in Black, but Wall has done his research and the 418 pages of detailed, warts and all revelations are proof of that.
Turns out, the Youngs not looking over his shoulder and wanting copy approval was a blessing in disguise. It meant he was free to explore - and dig the dirt if you like - on one of the world's biggest and most enduring bands. "It freed me up, and it was a more freeing experience than any of my other ones, because I knew very little about them beforehand as I didn't have that deep long standing involvement that I'd had with Metallica and Led Zeppelin."
Among other revelations he offers his theory about the death of iconic lead singer, Bon Scott - a bruiser of a man who lived life on the edge, but still the sort of guy who'd be good to have a beer with (until he starts fighting that is, because Scott was a fighter).
You get the feeling Wall liked the singer, who he had known briefly before he died in London on February 19, 1980 aged 33. "He was a fantastic frontman. Especially considering he had Angus to contend with on stage too," says Wall.
The common story behind his death was that he drank himself into oblivion. But, resolves Wall, and to cut a long story short, it was heroin that did it.
"His death wasn't that widely reported at the time. It was big news in Australia, but over here it wasn't a big thing. But what always got my goat, in the few books that have come out since, and the various articles, or Behind the Music they always stick to the orthodox story, which really didn't ask any questions of it at all.
"That story is based on one coroner's report and, in this country, coroners act almost entirely on discretion, they're not there to do a thorough examination, they are there to move things along. As far as this guy was concerned, this wasn't a famous pop star who had a mysterious death, this was a marginally well known foreign musician who was a drunk and he [the coroner] had no particular motive to look any further than that. No one was saying, 'We think this is suspicious, do you mind checking for drugs?' He just returned the obvious verdict."
But in the late 70s Wall also knew Margaret "Silver" Smith, an old girlfriend of Scott's from Australia turned heroin dealer in London, and in the book he retraces the sad but fascinating events that ultimately led to Scott passing out in the back of his friend Alistair Kinnear's car after a night out, and being pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
Wall is not pointing the finger at Silver, or any one else for influencing Scott's death, because the singer was in a particularly self-destructive mind-frame following 1979's Highway to Hell tour. However, he does - surprise, surprise - fire a shot at the band. "I think AC/DC were well aware of the other possibilities [surrounding his death], but it wasn't in their interests to pursue it. They, as always, were about their own self preservation."
Which gets him back to the behemoth that is AC/DC.
"One of the interesting things about them is the way Malcolm is surrounded by 'yes' men, because even Angus answers to Malcolm."
Wall says bassist Cliff Williams pretty much does as he's told, and Scott's replacement, husky growler Brian Johnson has tried leaving the band many times but is always lured back by the money.
"AC/DC are great," offers Wall, in a moment of admiration, "but let's be honest, and anyone who's seen the Who, or the Rolling Stones or any of these groups in the last five years, they aren't what they were 30 years ago."
Which is why the book pretty much stops at 1990, when they released Razor's Edge (the Thunderstruck album). "They are [now] churning out formulaic test-tube baby albums. It's the idea of AC/DC, that's what exists in our minds these days."
Who: Mick Wall, rock 'n' roll author
Out now: AC/DC: Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
Also read: When Giants Walked The Earth (Led Zeppelin), Enter The Night (Metallica)
- TimeOut


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As of July 2012, the cost of tuition is $96.08 per credit for in-state students and $355.31 per career certificate credit for out-of-state students. Here are estimates for total tuition, based on 34.5 vocational credits at these per-credit rates. In-state students: $3,315.00. Out-of-state students: $12,258.00. Tuition is due at the beginning of each term and can be determined by multiplying the number of credits by the cost per credit hour.
Additionally, over the course of the program, students should expect to pay approximately $350 for books, $125 for name tags, uniforms and footwear, $15.50 for malpractice insurance and $10.50 for health insurance annually. Most laboratory courses have an additional fee between $20.00 and $50. All costs are subject to change.
Financial Aid
All students at the Medical Campus should apply for financial aid, which includes the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Grant, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work Study, and Federal Subsidized loans. The Campus also offers emergency short-term loans and a variety of scholarships.
Application can be made in the Financial Aid Office (Room 1201) on the Medical Campus. Those who apply before April 1st for the following academic year are given priority. Only courses in which students have registered before the 100 percent refund date qualify for financial aid. For additional information, call the Financial Aid personnel at 305-237-4160.
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Baby boy born without arms needs help
SPOKANE, Wash. - A Spokane couple is looking for help to give their baby boy prosthetics.
Jameson Davis was born without arms. Now at 7 months old, Jameson is a healthy, 20 pound baby.
"He's so healthy. He's perfect to us," Brooke Davis, Jameson's mom, said.
Jameson is a miracle to the Davis family. After two miscarriages, Brooke and Jim Davis were thrilled to find out they were pregnant with Jameson in 2011.
However, at their 20 week ultrasound it was clear that something wasn't right with the Davis' baby.
"I could see his face. His kicking heart was great and at the end they told us that there was something wrong with our baby. They couldn't really elaborate on it, so that was tough," Brooke said.
Additional ultrasounds revealed Jameson did not have arms. Doctors still can't seem to explain why Jameson was born without arms and they are afraid they may never be able to.
"They warned us he may not survive, but when he was born he came out screaming. He was pink as can be. Everyone was like 'he was adorable,'" Brooke said.
Just as Jameson is beginning to teeth, he is also beginning to get frustrated that he can't crawl and hold a bottle. That is why Jameson's parents are now trying to raise money to buy him prosthetics.
"He's trying to grasp things. He wants to hold the pacifier to his mouth. He wants to hold the teather," Jim said.
The Davis' are heading to Portland at the end of the month to get Jameson fitted for prosthetic arms. However, insurance will only cover 44 percent of the cost for the arms. The family will need $13,000 to cover the rest.
"The prosthetics will allow him to crawl and they will have interchangeable hands so one will be cosmetic, one will be for crawling and one will be for grasping," Brooke said.
Doctors expect Jameson will need new prosthetics every 18 months. Friends and family came together Saturday morning to raise money over pancakes and coffee.
"We love him and we want to do everything we can," Brooke said.
Jim and Brooke need $5,000 dollars in the next two weeks as a down payment and then they will need to come up with another $8,000 by the end of the year.
There are two ways to donate to the family. You can mail a donation to Brooke and Jim at 10120 N. Whittier Spokane, WA 99218 or through Brooke's blog: http://davisday2day.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/helping-hands-needed/
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I left camp at 9AM and drove 18 miles to White Sands National Monument. Can you guess why they call it that? Well, the sand dunes formed over 250 million years ago when this region was at the bottom of the sea (remember me mentioning that in the last two entries?). The gypsum below the sea hardened and rose out of the sea 70 million years ago at approximately 6:17PM (ok, maybe sometime close to that). Now there are no rivers to carry out the gypsum so the white sand dunes remain.
I drove through the park and climbed/walked along some of the dunes. I had a beach chair in the car so I sat out on top of one of the dunes and did some reading in the middle of this desert.
In the afternoon I drove 192 miles to stay in Lordsburg, New Mexico. In the evening I visited Shakespeare Ghost town. This town had grown in 1870 to 3,000 people who were on their way to California. Now with me there it had a population of one person on his way to California!


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At the age of 40, after playing 1,459 games and amassing 1,359 points from his first regular season game in 1989 to his last game as a Star this past spring, Mike Modano will be hitting the Dallas ice as a Detroit Red Wing on Thursday night. It's strange enough seeing him wear the red and white winged wheel against other teams, but now he'll be doing it against the Stars and infront of what s...


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The other day, I was searching for bicycle parking on Cumberland in the high-end Toronto neighbourhood of Yorkville. The few standing post and rings were full and bicycles were locked to what few fences are here so I found myself wandering out along Yonge Street and finally finding an open sign post.
After completing my errand I happened to peek into the Green P parking garage that exits out on to Cumberland and saw a concrete pad with several post and rings inside the lot.
A quick Google search revealed nothing about these Pedal 'N Park spots so I contacted the Toronto Parking Authority and was told that these racks are free for anyone to use and that other lots do have bicycle parking. They are in the process of putting together a list of these lots and I will post them here once they get back to me.
So, if you're ever in Yorkville, struggling to find a place to lock your bicycle, head on into the parking garage at 37 Yorkville Avenue and you'll find free, covered and well-lit bicycle parking.


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Many of Missouri's cattle producers background their calves for later sale or feedlot finishing, either in their own lots or at a custom feedlot. Major problems with feedlots in Missouri are due to high rainfall, which produces high volumes of runoff that can pollute streams, and muddy dirt lots, which reduce performance (Figure 1). This publication shows ways to reduce the problem of muddy lots and to prevent stream pollution.
Figure 1Cattle confined to muddy dirt lots have reduced performance and feed efficiency.
Most beef cattle operations in Missouri are relatively small pasture-based operations and are not "regulated." Permits or letters of approval are not required for the following animal feeding operations:
One beef feeder animal or beef slaughter animal equals one AU.
However, the Missouri Clean Water Law, in simple terms, states that "it is a violation to allow the discharge of a pollutant or contaminant to waters of the state" without a discharge permit. The Clean Water Law applies to all production enterprises regardless of size. Therefore, beef producers are urged to maintain vegetation on pastures, especially next to streams and bodies of water, and to follow recommended best management practices when collecting, storing, transporting and applying manure to fields.
Solid, slurry and lagoon systems, or any combination, can be developed to meet Missouri Clean Water Law requirements. Any livestock manure management system, regardless of size, must be designed and operated in a manner that will not pollute surface or ground water. Consult local health and regulatory authorities and have all plans approved before constructing any manure handling system. Contact the Outreach and Assistance Center at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or your local MU Extension center or NRCS office for information about permits and assistance in planning manure management systems.
Current regulations are primarily concerned with concentrated animal feeding operations. A concentrated animal feeding operation with 1,000 animal units (AU) or more is required by state law to obtain a permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) if it meets each of the following three criteria:
If animals normally on pasture are kept in a concentrated animal feeding area for a portion of the year, the total concentrated animal units will determine the requirements for a letter of approval or permit. For more details, see Guide to Animal Feeding Operations, published by the Water Pollution Control Program, Division of Water Protection and Soil Conservation, Department of Natural Resources, or contact the Outreach and Assistance Center at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827.
The requirements are based on the number of animals at each operating location. Table 1 shows the number of animal units in each class of concentrated animal feeding operations. Table 2 shows the number of various animals constituting one animal unit.
Voluntary letters of approval: Operations smaller than those listed in Table 1 may not be required to obtain a letter of approval but must operate in a no-discharge manner in compliance with the Missouri Clean Water Law. Operations that do not require a permit may apply for a letter of approval or a permit on a voluntary basis. Operations smaller than Class II (less than 300 AU) may apply for a letter of approval based on best management practices approved by the DNR. This will allow approval of innovative practices that may be more appropriate for these smaller operations than conventional storage and land application systems. Many of the feedlots in Missouri are smaller 300 animal units, and few are larger than 1,000.
Approval of an animal manure management system by DNR requires that sufficient land be available to receive the nutrients contained in the manure. If you do not own suitable land, a legally binding agreement must be reached with neighboring landowners to allow spreading the manure on their land. A specific form (M121-F, Spreading Agreement) is available from DNR outlining the requirements.
Missouri beef manure management, usually for feedlots rather than for pasture systems, can be classified into three systems depending on the collection, transportation and distribution of the manure on the fields.
Which of these systems is appropriate depends on the amount of bedding and water dilution used by a specific operation or the reduction of moisture content by allowing water to drain off to an approved collection area. Manure can be collected by scraping and transported to a storage area for land application at an appropriate time to make best use of the manure nutrients and when the crop production sequence allows spreading. During storage, water may drain off and reduce the mass of manure to be transported as a solid to the land application area. Runoff from a dirt feedlot may have a substantial portion of the solids separated from the runoff in a settling basin. The settled solids and runoff water remaining in the settling basin may be agitated and handled as slurry. The runoff passing through the basin may proceed to a holding pond (or a lagoon) and be applied to the land by sprinkler or surface irrigation. Thus, dirt lot systems may handle manure using one, two or three systems, based on solids content.
Many beef operations use more than one system. Frequently, most of the manure is spread by the animals while on pasture, thus eliminating the cost of collecting, transporting and distributing the manure on fields. Manure distribution and water quality can be enhanced by such low-cost measures as disbursed salt blocks and mineral feeders and frequent moving of hay feeders, feed bunks and self-feeders. Higher-cost measures include disbursed water supplies to draw cattle away from streamside areas and fencing off buffer strips along streams. A recent trend in beef production is intensively managed grazing, which optimizes forage production as well as manure distribution over a system of paddocks. This method is well suited for cow/calf and backgrounding operations.
Site selection for dirt lotsIn the past, many feedlots were located in irregular areas where row-crop farming was not practical. Often the feedlot was located on steep land with high rates of erosion and bordered a ravine or a stream. In other cases, a stream ran through the feedlot and a portion of the land was too flat for good drainage. In these situations, stream pollution was a common occurrence and runoff-control structures were not feasible without compromising the size of the lot.
Feedlots experience problems with both water runoff and air quality. Preliminary site evaluation considers topography, neighbors, present and future livestock numbers and accessibility. Any livestock waste management system, regardless of size, should be designed and operated in a manner that will not pollute surface or ground water.
A land slope of 2 to 6 percent is recommended for good drainage of dirt lots. Steeper slopes can cause excessive erosion. Grade the site to establish the proper slope, if necessary. Lot space is affected by lot slope. Minimum requirements are 150 to 250 square feet per head with 4 percent or greater slopes, 250 to 400 square feet with 2 to 4 percent lot slopes and 400 to 800 square feet with slopes below 2 percent. Another rule of thumb is a minimum area of about one acre of land per 100 animal units for pen space, alleys and feed roads. Soil with 25 percent or more clay is preferred to sand or fractured rock surfaces. Clay soils can develop a manure pack that will shed surface water. When scraping manure off the lot, do not disturb the manure-soil interface that has developed a seal.
With a sloping site, take advantage of the natural slope to plan drainage and equipment placement. Terrain and drainage determines bunk location. Preferred bunk orientation is in a north-south direction with east-west sloping lots. On a flat site, the topography must be shaped. Move earth from the parts designed for solids settling and runoff control, and build up along fence lines and feed bunks. Additional soil may be needed to achieve the desired slopes and drainage. Plan drainage away from feed bunks, waterers and fence lines. Concrete areas along the feed bunks and around the waterers. A 10- to 20-foot-wide slab connecting the waterer slab to the feed bunk slab is recommended.
Maintenance of dirt lotsDirt lots should be maintained to eliminate depressions where water will collect. The goal is to maintain a 1- to 2-inch layer of compacted manure to form a seal above the mineral soil and keep the lot as hard, smooth and dry as possible. Lots that shed water rapidly and completely have less potential to create odors. Pay special attention to holes and wallows near water troughs and feed aprons where spilled and excreted water may collect even during dry weather. Fill these areas with compacted soil as soon as possible. Remove manure ridges that may cause water to collect in fence lines and near feed bunks and waterers. Cleaning these areas may require small equipment or manual labor.
Box scrapers and wheeled front-end loaders are commonly used to remove manure and fill depressions. The best equipment for removing manure is either a self-propelled elevating (paddle) scraper or a tractor-towed box scraper. The paddle scraper and road grader are precision excavation machines, which produce a smooth surface in the hands of a good operator, even with deep or well-compacted manure. Box scrapers are best in relatively loose manure, whether moist or dry, and often have an adjustable blade depth. Both box and paddle scrapers are commonly used in western feedlots, where manure is collected relatively frequently for dust management in the summer and for shaping pens to improve drainage before winter. Frequent "harvesting" of loose, dry manure improves manure quality for land application and reduces dust emissions in dry weather and slush in wet times.
Pushed equipment, such as dozers and front-end loaders tend to gouge. It is more difficult to ensure that a pushed scraper blade (e.g., front-end loader) leaves an even, smooth surface than a pulled blade (e.g., box scraper). Blades that gouge and scar the surface of a lot reduce its water-shedding efficiency. A combination of a front-end loader for major manure removal and a scraper for final cleaning and grading would be an effective compromise.
Manure harvesting equipment should permit skilled operators to leave a firm, smooth and evenly graded lot surface with 1 to 2 inches of compacted manure on top of the mineral soil. It is hard to prevent some mixing of wet manure with the underlying soil, especially during prolonged wet weather in winter and spring, even with excellent manure harvesting practices the rest of year. But it's worth the effort.
Figure 2Typical mound construction. Mounds should allow space for all the animals in a pen to lie on the warmest side slope.
Mounds keep animals out of the mudMounds improve drainage and provide areas that dry quickly; a dry resting area improves cattle comfort, health and feed utilization. Animals should be able to step off of the mound and onto the concrete feeding apron without having to move through mud. Proper mound construction requires 20 to 40 square feet of mound space per animal unit on each side of the mound. The entire pen of animals should be able to lie on each side of the mound without lying on each other (Figure 2). The mounds should be constructed to allow the animals to lie on the sides of the mound rather than on top. Resting on the top often creates areas where rainwater or urine can accumulate rather than draining off. The top of the mound should be less than 5 feet wide and the side slopes should be at a 5:1 or 4:1 ratio. Mounds oriented east-west allow the animals to use the mound as a windbreak by lying on the south side. Mounds should not impede natural pen drainage and should be constructed so that pen shaping and leveling equipment can travel over and maintain the shape of the mound.
Pens should be separated from the nearest flowing water channel by at least 200 feet to allow space for runoff control structures or conservation practices. Water channels include road ditches, streams, waterways and pasture draws. All extraneous runoff needs to be diverted away from the feedlots and roads (keep clean water clean). For new sites, this is most easily accomplished by siting the feedlot on a ridge or elevating the feed road to construct a diversion channel. Runoff control systems usually include diversion channels below the dirt lots to convey the runoff to a solids-separation device, most often a solids settling basin (either earthen or concrete) or a settling terrace.
If a mechanical separation device is used, pumping may be required to elevate the runoff to the separator inlet. The liquid outflow from the solids separation device is usually routed to a holding pond or a lagoon for later land application.
A holding pond should be designed to hold the runoff for the desired storage period; 180 days minimum storage in Missouri (365 days storage recommended).
The design of a holding pond should include a safety volume adequate to store the runoff expected from the feedlot for a 25-year, 24-hour storm plus storage capacity for at least 180 days of manure production, the expected 10-year return rainfall minus evaporation during the storage time, and any influent from other sources. The manure production (solids volume) includes the manure not settled out in the settling basin plus silt from any dirt lots. At lease 2 feet of liquid must be left in the bottom of an earthen basin to keep the clay seal from drying and cracking.
If the open lot surface area contributing to the holding pond is greater than 70 percent of the pond area (as is likely for dirt cattle lots), the safety volume depth is computed using the following formula:
Safety volume depth = 0.67 + square foot lot surface x 0.5 foot per square foot pit liquid surface area
For earthen lot areas, the value of 2,800 cubic feet peracre peryear should be used to calculate the amount of manure and silt solids that would come off the lot area. For concrete lot areas, the amount of manure generated, the percent solids not retained in the settling basin (typically 50 percent) and the desired storage period should be used to size the holding pond. Beef feeders produce about 7.7 pounds (about 0.15 cubic feet) of manure solids per day per 1,000 pounds of body weight, and lactating dairy cows produce about 10.4 pounds (about 0.21 cubic feet) of manure solids per day per 1,000 pounds of body weight.
Figure 3The expected 25-year, 24-hour rainfall in inches.
The 25-year, 24-hour rainfall varies from about 5.5 inches in northeast Missouri to 7 inches in southwest Missouri (Figure 3). The runoff for 180 days of storage is 60 percent (not 50 percent) of the expected 365-day runoff.
Table 3Runoff and rainfall minus evaporation: 1-in-10-year return.
Table 3 lists the runoff and rainfall minus evaporation values for a 1-in-10-year return. Table 4 lists the runoff and rainfall evaporation factors for a 1-in-10-year return, depending on storage time.
Example calculation using the runoff factor: Calculate the runoff to be expected from a 3-acre earth lot for the 1-year-in-10 return period and 180 days of storage in an area with a 46-inch average rainfall as follows:
3 acres x 43,560 square feet peracre x 2.8 feet per year runoff x 0.60 runoff factor = 219,542 cubic feet of runoff in 180 days
Note: 219,542 cubic feet x 7.5 gallons per cubic foot = 1,646,568 gallons (This would fill a 100-foot-diameter tank 52.4 feet tall.)The storage periods recommended by the Missouri DNR for anaerobic lagoons, runoff ponds and pits are listed in Table 5.
Calculate the required holding pond volume for 120 head of 1,000-pound beef feeders spending 100 percent of the time on a 220 feet x 220 feet dirt lot with 1.2 acres draining into the holding pond (based on a rule of thumb for feedlots of 1 acre per 100 head total area) with about 400 square feet per head inside the lot). The lot is in Cole County, Missouri, where the mean annual precipitation is 39 inches and the 25-year, 24-hour rainfall is about 6 inches. The pond must contain the liquid runoff for the wettest year in 10, the solids not settled out in the settling basin, the 25-year, 24-hour rainfall, the rainfall minus evaporation from the pond water surface, and have at least 1 foot of freeboard to allow time to apply the pond contents to the land if the weather is inclement when the pond is to be emptied (1 foot from full). Assume the holding pond is designed as an earthen basin to store 180 days of runoff (the Agricultural Engineering Extension computer program AG0003 can be used for the lagoon and holding pond design).
Figure 4Schematic of an open-lot runoff control/distribution system that uses a pump to convey liquid from the settling basin to the gated-pipe distribution system at the vegetative filter area.
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In this week's random selection of songs, I turned to Ms. Boss Lady, the Alibi's editor-in-chief (and music editor before me) Laura Marrich. Aside from helping assemble this here alternative news weekly 52 times a year, Marrich is also in three bands: The Gracchi, 5-Star Motelles and Up The Holler. She's also a jerk. Kidding! From her office computer's iTunes, filled with dangerous Joni Mitchell land mines, Marrich shuffles her songs.
1) "Street Car" • Hayden • Skyscraper National Park
"This is a really nice, depressing kind of mellow-
2) "I Was Born (A Unicorn)" • The Unicorns • Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
"Unicorns are a fun band. They make you feel like you're marching around when you were a kid in galoshes that are too big for you. It's very stupid and joyous."
3) "Let's Go to KFC, Chickenhead (Alright, You Pay)" • The Bellmont • The Bellmont
"In addition to being rewarded with excellent songs on this album, you're rewarded with these really funny song titles from this wonderful, defunct local band starring Billy Bellmont. The instrumentation on this—they're just super-tight and it's really nicely arranged, everything on here. And the fact that they get all 'rawk' is good in an unexpected way."
4) "We Dance Alone" • Beck • The Information
"I like Beck, but more and more I've become concerned that as I listen to these albums he's sending me subconscious Scientology messages. I feel like, being an artist, he's probably drawing from his experience when he thinks about things—especially when he's getting deep, or whatever. I can't help but think those things are sometimes related to Scientology, and that's where he's going to draw a lot of his allegory from. The fact that that's just washing over me as I'm listening to it ... uh, yeah."
5) "I"m Designer" • Queens of the Stoneage • Era Vulgaris
"I love this album. This is probably the weakest song on it. Marisa [Demarco, news and managing editor] said something funny that I think is really true about this band: When you listen to it, you kind of pretend like you're playing all the instruments. You can only imagine how satisfying it would be to play the drums like that, or guitar, and that's pretty much the case for this whole album."
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Winners of the "Here Comes the Sun" GigaPan Photo Competition are:
1st Place: Kimmo Juoperi - Frozen Sea (Nokia 808 Pureview)
2nd Place: Roland Saikali - Cape Jervis
3rd Place: Georgi - George Washington Bridge Sunset
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- Entry Name: Frozen Sea (Nokia 808 Pureview) by Kimmo Juoperi
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- Entry Name: Thingvellirvatn, Iceland by dan_desai
- Entry Name: Represent the hue of sunset just before by Mamoru Suzuki
Madder red sunset is very nice. However, on the stage of production of clouds and blue sky, bright tint just before its scenery really only moment there is surprising beauty.
- Entry Name: Wailea View by Kevin Noall
This is a wide panorama view from the Wailea Beach Mariott at sunset. The small island in front of the larger island to the left (Southwest) is Molokini. The island behind it is Kahoʻolawe, also known as 'The Target Isle' as it was used for target and bombing practice by the US Navy. To the right (Northwest) is actu...
- Entry Name: New York City from Eagle Rock NJ by Bill Westheimer
- Entry Name: Sunrise in Los Cabos Mexico by Bill Bailey
The sun just rising from the east over the Sea of Cortez in Los Cabos Mexico. This view was shot from our balcony at Club Regina. Cabo San Jose is only a few minutes from Cabo San Lucas
- Entry Name: George Washington Bridge Sunset by Georgi (Геш)
Looking west towards the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River. New York, USA
- Entry Name: sunset over Edinburgh by Alan_Whyte
- Entry Name: The Pinnacles by Phillip Norman
- Entry Name: Smoke from the Bear Cub Fire by Mack Frost
On July 3, 2012, A small forest fire burning in the Teton National Forest about 70-miles soutwest of Cody, Wyoming, USA, erupted into a major blaze. The smoke drifted into the Cody area by late afternoon, obscuring the sun. About an hour before sunset, I stepped out to the edge of the hill behind my house and set up ...


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