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By the time this newspaper hits the stands, those neatly wrapped packages will have been opened and I'm sure one of my cats will have eaten a bit of the paper. Seems like a lot of work just to rip it open in the end.
I finished my Christmas shopping last weekend. Stores were crammed with shoppers, so it seems everyone else had the same idea.
Most of my shopping this year was done online, but I had to pick up a few items in Elizabethtown.
Next year, I will have been in journalism for five years, but I'm still in unfamiliar terrain with my newest assignment as a staff writer for the Central Kentucky News-Journal.
When I first enrolled at Lindsey Wilson College, I only knew one thing about what I wanted to do: it had to be in sports. It was the one thing that I had been passionate about for my whole life.
It isn't often that one has the opportunity and extreme luck to work at a job that they love.
For nearly three years as the director of the Taylor County Public Library, I was indeed so lucky.
During my time as director, I was often humbled and moved by the outpouring of support from the community, staff and board of trustees.
As we draw closer to Thanksgiving, I find myself this year with even more reasons to be thankful than in the past.
I always count my family, my church, my home and job among the main reasons, and like many of you, I'm always thankful for my friends. But this year, due to a severe illness one of my friends is battling, I'm especially thankful for him.
In my career as a real estate appraiser and researcher, I have seen literally every county courthouse, deed room and tax office between I-65 and I-75 from Louisville to the Tennessee line and beyond. That is how I came to realize how fortunate I was to be headquartered for many years in Taylor County, where we have the most top-notch county clerk and property valuation administrator offices around.
I highly recommend Taylor County residents to vote to keep Chad Shively as our property valuation administrator.
Chad has made my job as a realtor a lot easier when it comes to doing a market analysis or comparable sales search for properties. He's always easy to reach, whether it's a phone call to his office, a text to his cell phone or a message to him on Facebook. No matter what time of day it is, he always responds. Real estate isn't a 9-to-5 job, so it's important for me to have my contacts readily available for questions and advice.
My name is Jim Eldridge, and I'm a former nine-year resident of Campbellsville. While living in Campbellsville, I was employed with Century 21 Smith Realty Group, and that is how I met Chad Shively. I met and made friends with many fine folks while there, and Chad rates high on my list.
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text: So I am new to the site here. but not completely new to prop building. I bought a full Jango setup from a member here. Some of it was not really what I was looking for (not as accurate as I was led to believe). So I set out this week to build a, from scratch, Holster set. Now there may very well be better ways to do this and I have never worked with leather before so bare with me and take this as a general guide, not a "how to" however I found this very easy to do and am positive that with about 60.00 give or take and a little time you can make your own as well. So tools you will need Leather punch $12.00 at fabric store Leather Awl 16.00 at fabric store some small nails Hammer A few razor blades and a few optional tools as well depending on how you do it Materials I used 6' strip of 1" leather $8.00 6' strip of 1/2" leather $5.00 a couple scraps of I believe 8# leather app $12.00 Leather dye $7.95 Wax Thread $2.35 6 Sam browne studs $2.39 (the metal studs that hold the belt adjustments) A handful of chicago screws (1/4 I believe) $2.89 OK so I figured out which pieces of leather I was going to use for the tops and cut it into pieces that were a few inches larger on each side and on the bottom. I put them both in the sink full of warm water, and let them soak for about 30 minutes, give or take depending on how thick your leather is. You will want to use a less treated leather like a saddle leather. you will be able to tell by feeling it, how soft it has gotten. While those were soaking I pulled out an old piece of wood that I could nail my leather down to. Now I used a couple resin Westars because they are full length. It would be a good idea to have a wood block to use as your template instead of the actual gun. But here is how I got around that. The idea is that if you pull the leather tight over the Pistol it may (in my theory) be too tight to remove from the holster easily. So what I did was wrap the pistol in bubble wrap, just a couple layers to bulk it out a little bit. OKay with my board ready, my nails and hammers out and my pistols in hand we are ready to form. My pictures jump ahead a little as I am terrible as taking pictures during the work. But this gives you a great idea of how this goes. Lay your leather out over your gun making sure you have enough on all sides. At this point the leather is really easy to work with and very malleable. Start with a nail in the very bottom and work your way around one side of the pistol back up towards the top. You want to pull it a little tight but not too tight and just playing with it will give you a good idea of where you need the nails. As you get one side done, run something semi pointy but not sharp down the same side to create the line where your leather will bend I used the back of a spoon handle because it was close. With the line made in the side of the leather and nails on one side as well it will give you a good idea on if you are pulling it too tight on the other side, because it will lift your line you made. So once again just play with it a bit and feel it out. Finish working your way up the other side with the nails and make your other line. Move around some nails or add some as needed. Once it is sitting how you want it, leave it be. You will want to come by every now and then, and remake the mark down the side, you want to keep it nice and sharp. I just ran my spoon handle down the side of it every time I walked by for the first couple hours. I gave mine about 20 hours to dry. then pull your nails and you can see that they hold their shape very well! From here its all the easy stuff. Just trim down the sides a bit. I still left a little extra on mine, and then matched up the fronts with what I wanted to use for the backs. I used Some Contact cement to attach the front and backs together. Now in the screen used holsters they appear to have just 1 stitch on the top, on each side, and a couple at the very bottom. However I am ok with having stitching around mine and gaining the strength achieved by doing so. So I went ahead and used my leather awl to punch holes all the way around. and stitched them up with the wax thread. From here just finish trimming down the sides to where you want them and using a dremel with a sand paper wheel will burn the edges and match up any imperfections, it looks great! However.........It will also make your house smell like burning flesh, I cant say how disgusting this really was haha. And that is it for the holsters. I will stain these up later when I get done with the straps. More to come then.

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"Scandal" left fans in a frenzy at the end of its second season.
Despite the finale's startling revelation—Rowan is Olivia Pope's father!—fans are hotly anticipating Thursday's Season 3 premiere that picks up 22 minutes after Olivia (Kerry Washington) stepped into Rowan's (Joe Morton) car to escape the media horde quizzing her about her affair with President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn).
Yes, someone leaked that tidbit to the press, and as a result, presidential Chief of Staff Cyrus Beene, still recovering from his heart attack, will forge some surprising new alliances this season to "kill that horrible, untrue, hideous allegation."
I talked with Highland Park native and Steppenwolf Theater co-founder Jeff Perry, who plays Cyrus, about what fans can expect when TV's buzziest show returns at 9 p.m. Thursday on ABC.
How's your heart doing?
[Laughs.] I think it was what, maybe about one commercial break before Cyrus is fighting with the paramedics, having had some size of a heart attack and trying to get the oxygen mask off his face so that he can continue his work phone call with Olivia and Fitz. Yeah, so you'll find some of the characters wanting Cyrus to try to remember that he had a heart attack in the first episodes of Season 3.
Tell me, do you like this guy or is he a little too dark?
I love playing this guy. [Show creator] Shonda [Rhimes] imbues all of the characters and Cyrus has this in spades, such great duality and complications and dichotomies. You get the feeling that he's confirmed bachelor who is suddenly, and kind of mysteriously to him, falling in love with this very ambitious, very handsome younger-than-him journalist. There are just wonderfully telling little moments that Shonda's put in there that make you imagine James and Cyrus going into any public event and James trying to hold his hand or snuggle up and Cyrus going, "Careful, careful, careful." The repressed, almost closeted gay man versus the what-are-you-ashamed-of [gay man].
And then there's a real true believer and a lover of history and a lover of the office of the presidency in Cyrus. There's a backstory that he was a political science professor and somehow has comingled with this political strategist where any means justify the proper ends. And a kind of idealism and ruthless pragmatism are somehow in the stew pot of the character. So Shonda just creates circumstances that are heaven for actors.
I can't imagine that wouldn't be fun to play, and you do it well.
Listen, I enjoy doing it. My wife kind of has an affectionate nickname of me, there's my Mahatma Patton in talking about me. [She says,] Most of the time he's Gandhi, but once in a while General George comes out and then you would sort of want to be in the other room. So I think I'm channeling the General George side a bit more with Cyrus. It's fun; you sort of get to vent it and then I can be a wonderful pacifist when I'm at home.
He has these great murky motivations, and I was wondering if you could give any clues about what Cyrus will be up to this season?
Now we're shooting episode six of Season 3, so I've got a bit more inkling of the story than the audience can have, or it would ruin everything. And the show is completely dependent upon surprise. But one thing I could say is that Cyrus is mysteriously transported to a very ominous meeting in the trunk of a car somewhere in the first couple of episodes. I know that.
And I know that, as usual, it feels like political paramedics around there of responding to the latest threats and problems. And this is a big one. The first lady, Mellie, has already confirmed with the public, via a sit-down on TV with James, that the president has been unfaithful. She didn't name any names, interestingly. And then at the very end of Season 2, someone or more than one person have leaked that they believe it's Olivia. "You are the mystery mistress."
And so we find Cyrus in league with Mellie to a certain extent and kind of uniquely in league with Harrison on Olivia's team, trying to find out the source of that leak and to kill that horrible, untrue, hideous allegation. And that's going to consume Cyrus for the first nine episodes.
Now, literally kill?
[Laughs.] Well, you know, metaphorically, literally—somewhere in there.
Is there anything that Cyrus won't do to keep Fitz in office and protect his friends?
We kind of have seen him in one crucible moment at the very tick of the 11th hour, not be able to go through with a hit on his husband to save the administration. Cyrus I think, whether it's accurate or a romanticism, feels like saving a really destructive period for the republic in general. So yeah, when push came to shove, husbandly love won out in that moment. We kind of joke that on "Scandal," it's Valentine's Day when you call off a hit on your husband. That's romance.
He tried to make sure Olivia wasn't killed.
Yeah, there's been tremendous pressure from the only character that seems to scare the bajesus out of Cyrus, which is Rowan, played by Joe Morton. [He feels] tremendous pressure to use the nuclear bombs on keeping Fitz and Olivia apart. And in the last episode of Season 2, he reveals to Olivia that Fitz was responsible for Verna Thornton's death and reveals to Fitz that his oldest and most trusted Navy buddy was sleeping with the love of his life behind his back.
Cyrus didn't want to do that for quite a while and really wanted to resist that. And you get the feeling that two impulses are in league there. One is pragmatic, that I have to work with these people. These people have to trust me. There's kind of a dispassionate estimation of that on that level.
And then he loves them. He's just got a special place in—some people would say what heart [laughs]—but in his heart for Olivia and for Fitz. So he kind of resists doing what Rowan is telling him needs to be done and what he realizes probably needs to be done. He resists it for as long as he can.
What can you tell me about Cyrus and James in Season 3?
Now, first of all, we truly don't go much going forward. There are ways in which Shonda and the writers are figuring it out kind of on a daily basis because there's so many possible chess moves. And then there's another way in a little bit that we know that would kind of ruin the storytelling by telling.
But, having said that, what is one thing that is in play is that because of that kind of moment that I talked about before when James faced, "Do I tell the truth under oath as I know it, or do I lie and protect my love and me?" "Do I call off the hit man on the steps as James is entering to testify or what?" And in both cases, somewhat surprisingly to both of us I think as characters, love wins out.
Because of that and because of the kind of things that Cyrus was compelled to share with James in that scene when we both got naked, so that I could see if he was wearing a wire and he could see if I was wearing a wire, revealed to him things that had been in me for decades that I would never tell another living soul.
There's a growing fabric of actual honesty and trust. Maybe trust that I know you will try to lie your way out of something for days before I get at the truth. But knowledge of each other, and sort of a knowledge and the love and the trust just keeps deepening.
They're at odds with each other because James is a really good investigative journalist and he's been on the White House press corps. And now there's this burgeoning career as a TV talk show interviewer, Charlie Rose-type or something. And it's often at odds with what I need publicly. [James] is not ready to be a shill for the administration.
And so those kind of conflicts continue to happen. Can't tell you yet where we're baby land and Cyrus's aversion to fatherhood, which is thinly disguised, and James' absolute adoration to parenthood, that will continue to be a source of friction I think.
So is Dan Bucatinsky, who plays James, impossible to work with now that he's won an Emmy?
I love—no, he's a kid in a candy store. He's tremendously happy, and I'm kind of crazy happy for him. This is an actor of such real depth of ability. And he has explored the writer and producer side of him a lot over, say, this last decade. And like any of us, it felt like catching the proper platform for his acting ability was just kind of elusive at different times over the last few years. And this is such a beautiful part that he brings such honesty to and it's so much fun to play with him. And he's been a friend for 20-some years. So as a buddy and as a colleague and whatever, we're both just grinning like crazy.
Did you notice any reaction from fans or anything when everyone learned that they were together and that Cyrus was gay?
Oh, my wife is the casting director, Linda Lowy, and she's cast "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" and "Scandal" and all things Shondaland. And we have a pact that is kind of pragmatic and ethical and I don't know what else. But she's always at least 10 days ahead in knowledge of the outlines and the scripts and where some of the stories threads are going and in actual drafts of scripts.
What's unpragmatic about the actors knowing that is that they're gonna change four times before we see them and then four times after we see them at least. And so it wouldn't make sense for us working on one episode to have seven permutations that exist and then don't exist of dialogue, of stories, of scenes, et cetera, et cetera.
But, so we have a pact we can't talk about it. And at different times they'll be shrieks from a different room as I'm working on the present script and Linda's working on the next one. And I'd run in and that say, "What, what, what?" She said, "I can't—nothing, nothing. It's just some casting I have to do. I can't tell you anyway. Go away."
One of those shrieks I would find out six, eight days later was the fact that she read that Olivia coming to the door of my house for the first time in a story and James answers the door. And for about a paragraph Linda's going, "Shonda's so funny. She gave a woman the name James. That's eccentric of her, and cute." And she goes, "Oh my God. He's gay. Oh my God." Yeah, that was the source of one of the shrieks I would find out six to eight days later.
I loved how Shonda introduced that. In some ways the trace of sexual identity and racial identity, it's not at the forefront. Olivia comes to the door; James answers and says my husband doesn't work on Sundays. And this is how we learn that Cyrus is gay. And it's kind of know how I learned Cyrus was gay. And I said, "Oh, OK. Fine. I'm gay." And I thought back to the previous six or seven episodes and went, "Oh yeah, so I was a gay for those too. OK, that's fine."
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OCZ has launched a new member of its Vertex SSD lineup, the Vertex 450. To be available in 128, 256 and 512GB capacities, the new Vertex 450 uses an Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller an 20nm NAND.
Compared to the Barefoot 3 controller that we had a chance to see with OCZ's Vector SSD, the new Barefoot 3 M10 can be considered as the tweaked version that also adds AES-256 encryption and power-optimized clock generator that allowed OCZ to come up with a power/cost optimized solution for the mainstream market.
This Barefoot 3 M10 controller paired up with 20nm NAND adds up to impressive sequential performance, high IOPS and long term sustained performance across all file types, claims OCZ. The new Vertex 450 uses a similar 7mm 2.5-inch chassis that we have seen with the Vector SSD and will offer sequential read and write performance of up to 540MB/s and 530MB/s while 4K random read and write performance is at up to 90,000 and 85,000 IOPS.
The 256GB version offers only slightly lower sequential write performance of up to 525MB/s while the rest is the same as on the 512GB model. The 128GB one on the other hand offers slightly lower sequential read and write of up to 525MB/s and 290MB/s while 4K random read and write are set at 75,000 and 70,000 IOPS.
As it was the case with Vector SSD, this one also comes bundled with Acronis cloning software and is backed by a 3-year warranty. The new Vertex 450 SSD lineup should be available pretty soon with MSRP set at US $129.99 for the 128GB one, US $234.99 for the 256GB and US $499.99 for the 512GB model.


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A total of 355 permits will be issued for Vermont's 21st annual October moose season under a proposal the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board gave preliminary approval to Feb. 20.
The board voted unanimously on a proposal presented by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department that allocates permits in 17 of the state's 26 Wildlife Management Units.
The 355 permits proposed by the department represent a slight decrease from the 385 permits issued last year. Under the proposal, hunters are expected to harvest close to 200 animals during the Oct. 19-24 season.
"We recommended a slight reduction in permits this year based on the biological data we have collected on Vermont's moose and our calculated population estimates indicating moose densities are below management goals in some northern areas," said biologist Cedric Alexander, Vermont's moose project leader. "It's the intent of this proposal to allow slow population growth in some regions while continuing to stabilize moose numbers elsewhere."
Alexander estimates Vermont has 2,500 to 3,000 moose statewide with the greatest concentration in the Northeast Kingdom.
"We also want to take a conservative approach given recent regional and national trends of moose populations and health," added Alexander. "Moose biologists from the southern tier of moose range across the country are increasingly concerned about the effects of warming temperature on moose health. Weather patterns have created more days where the thermoregulatory threshold for moose is exceeded causing them to feed less, and the warmer climate leads to higher winter tick loads."
Vermont also holds a special "archery-only" moose season. Fifty permits will be awarded for the Oct. 1-7 archery moose season.
Moose hunting permit lottery applications, $10 for residents and $25 for nonresidents, will be available on Vermont Fish & Wildlife's website (www.vtfishandwildlife.com) in early May. Printed applications are scheduled to be available at license agents in early June.
Two lotteries will be held, one for the regular hunting season and one for the archery season. Winners of either lottery must purchase resident hunting permits for $100 or nonresident hunting permits for $350. Hunters also will have the option to bid on five moose hunting permits in an auction to be announced later.
As part of the Fish and Wildlife Board's rule process, the moose permit proposal must be voted on at two more upcoming board meetings.


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Back when men were men, and GP racing's crowning event was contested on two-stroke 500cc machines, Wayne Gardner found himself carrying the factory Honda GP team on his NSR 500. This fantastic 1986 documentary, Lone Racer, follows Gardner one year before he won the 500GP Championship, and became the first Australian to win GP racing's premiere racing class.
The film includes great behind the scenes footage of the Aussie, his fiancée, and his team. So grab a cold beverage, put your feet up, and get ready to spend the rest of your Saturday afternoon watching the 30 minutes of video in this three part series. Videos after the jump.


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Curtis Granderson activated by Yankees
Curtis Granderson activated by Yankees
May. 14, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder Curtis Granderson became the first of the New York Yankees' injured stars to return to the lineup, rejoining the team 2½ months after breaking his right forearm in his first at-bat of spring training.
Granderson was activated from the disabled list and set to play left field and bat cleanup Tuesday night against Seattle. Not the easiest day for him to come back, either: Ace Felix Hernandez started for the Mariners.
"I'm ready to play," Granderson said. "I'm as ready as I can be."
Granderson took no more chances with future fractures, planning to wear an elbow guard and extra protection on the top of his hand.
"I'm padded up pretty well," he said.
Still sidelined are shortstop Derek Jeter, first baseman Mark Teixeira and third baseman Alex Rodriguez. The All-Stars haven't played this season and while Teixeira could be back within a month, Jeter and A-Rod are likely out until the second half.
Infielders Kevin Youkilis and Eduardo Nunez and catcher Francisco Cervelli also are on the disabled list after getting hurt during the season.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi thought Granderson will provide a boost to a team that has overcome injuries and held first place in the AL East.
"I think guys are excited and feel a little lift that Grandy's in there," Girardi said.
Brett Gardner was listed in center field, with Ichiro Suzuki in right and Vernon Wells — who had been stationed in left — at designated hitter. Girardi didn't anticipate trouble in finding playing time for everyone.
"Spread it around a little bit," Girardi said. "You can't expect Grandy to go seven or eight days in a row right out of the chute."
A center fielder for virtually his entire career, Granderson said he'd need to adjust to the lighting while in left. He played all three outfield spots during his five-game rehabilitation at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
New York optioned left-hander Vidal Nuno to Triple-A, a day after he beat Cleveland in his first major league start.
Granderson was 8 for 20 with one homer and three RBIs during his rehab at Triple-A. He also played several games in extended spring training.
The slugger, who led New York with 43 homers last season, broke his arm when he was hit by a pitch from Toronto's J.A. Happ on Feb. 24. The three-time All-Star originally had hoped to be ready to play during the first week of May.
"I knew the time was going to come, sooner than later," Granderson said.
Jeter (broken left ankle), Rodriguez (left hip surgery), Teixeira (torn tendon sheath in his right wrist), Youkilis (lumbar spine sprain), Cervelli (broken right hand) and Nunez (soreness on left side) remain on the DL.
Nuno hadn't pitched for nearly two weeks before earning the win in Cleveland. He said his stay with the Yankees was a valuable one.
"It's knowing that I can pitch here, that I belong here," he said. "Now, it's just timing."
NOTES: DH Travis Hafner was out of the Yankees' lineup because of a sore right shoulder that's been bothering him. Girardi said Hafner would have an MRI a get a couple days off as a precaution.


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LocationKennewick, WA
412 S Ely Street
Kennewick, WA 99336
New 2018 Keystone RV Hideout 21LHSWE For Sale in Kennewick, WA
Do you like the flexibility of having a front living or front bedroom, plus a set of bunks? Then look no further than this Hideout travel trailer 21LHSWE by Keystone.
Step inside to your right to a fold down sofa to enjoy seating in the front living area. At night you can use the Murphy bed and curved curtain to make a bedroom. Plus there are two closets to store your clothing and things.
The kitchen amenities are along the curb side wall. They include a sink, three burner range, refrigerator, overhead storage, and a pantry for your dry goods. Along the opposite side there is a booth dinette for meal time, game time, or even extra sleeping space for bedtime.
Along the rear left corner there are a set of double size bunk beds for the kids or guests. The bath is opposite of the bunks. Here you will find a tub/shower, toilet and sink.
You have everything you need for camping with a family of 4 plus 3 extra guests!
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Every member of the Keystone family is encouraged to contribute to making our campers absolutely the best possible. Through something we call Kamp Keystone, our employees camp free of charge at local campgrounds in the Keystone trailers we supply. Each year hundreds of our production workers, administrative staff and service team enjoy a day (or a week) at Kamp Keystone. Their evaluation of the experience and the feedback they provide results in continued product improvements. Ask us if we use our RVs...the answer is YES!
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An Iron Gall Ink Database: Its Potential Usefulness
Jacqueline S. Olin, retired chemist
Smithsonian Institution
July 12, 2005
About the Lecture:
The controversy that has surrounded the Vinland Map, especially following the announcement of anatase in the iron gall ink, has been overwhelming. What is evident from all discussions is that a robust study of medieval inks, which would provide a basis for evaluating all the information from the analysis of the ink, is missing. A robust study would involve careful selection of medieval documents and analyses of their iron gall ink formulations using a number of analytical techniques. This talk focused on how the Vinland Map is a case study for the questions that need to be addressed during the analysis of an ink of proposed medieval origin.
About the Speaker:
Jacqueline S. Olin was educated as a chemist at Dickinson College with graduate study in biochemistry at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. She was introduced to the field of art conservation at New York University while doing graduate work in chemistry, which lead to her invitation to develop a conservation program at the Smithsonian Institution. She introduced the field of archaeometry and performed research on using neutron activation analysis to study majolica ceramics. Since retiring from the Smithsonian in 1995, she has focused on research involving the Beinecke Library's Vinland Map.


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Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced changes to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's largest conservation program for working agricultural lands.
USDA published an interim final rule containing the statutory changes to EQIP in the Federal Register today. USDA is seeking public comment on the rule through March 16, 2009.
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, or 2008 Farm Bill, includes non-industrial private forestland as an eligible land use and provides payments for conservation practices related to organic production or the transition to organic production. It also provides for increased payment rates to historically underserved producers, including limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
The EQIP interim final rule can be viewed at the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service's (USDA-NRCS) Web site; at the official government regulation Web Site; and at the Federal Register.
The public comments will be used to finalize the interim final rule. USDA will publish a final rule, which will incorporate statutory changes and establish the program's policy for the life of the 2008 Farm Bill.
USDA-NRCS administers EQIP, a voluntary conservation program that provides technical assistance and payments to help crop and livestock producers address environmental concerns through conservation improvements on agricultural and non-industrial private forest lands. Farmers and ranchers can use EQIP to farm in an environmentally friendly manner and still meet their agricultural production goals. It is designed to produce significant environmental benefits to the public, such as improved soil, water and air quality; and enhanced wildlife habitat. In addition, farmers and ranchers use EQIP to meet federal, state, tribal and local environmental regulations.
Under the amended EQIP, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers as well as beginning and limited resource producers are authorized to receive payments of up to 90 percent of the costs of installing or implementing a conservation practice. These producers also can receive advance payments of up to 30 percent of the anticipated costs incurred to purchase materials or to contract services to implement a conservation practice.
EQIP will offer financial and technical assistance for conservation practices to certified organic farmers and ranchers as well as producers interested in transitioning to organic farming. Organic producers must develop and carry out an organic system plan. These producers can receive a maximum payment of $20,000 annually, or $80,000 over six years to apply or carry out approved conservation practices contained in that plan.
EQIP will offer financial assistance to forest landowners to develop a forest management plan, along with carrying out the conservation practices contained in the plan. The 2008 Farm Bill also encourages producers to use innovative technologies and cost-effective methods under approved conservation practices to address air quality.
The 2008 Farm Bill reduced the overall payment limitation from $450,000 to $300,000 for a six-year period, except for environmentally significant projects.
The new farm bill also established the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) as a component of EQIP. AWEP provides technical and financial assistance to help producers carry out water enhancement activities on private agricultural land for the purpose of conserving surface and ground water and improving water quality. USDA published a Request for Proposals for AWEP in the Federal Register on Jan. 14, 2009.
For additional information about EQIP, please visit http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/EQIP/or call (202) 720-1845 during business hours.


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|Statement by H.E.Ambassador Wang Min Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the UN At the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly On Oceans and the Law of the Sea
Mr. President,
With technological progress and social development, the link betweenmankind and the oceans is getting ever closer. How to make sustainableuse and effective protection of marine resources, to achieve harmoniouscoexistence between mankind and the oceans is high on the currentagenda of the international community.
The Chinese delegation maintains that States shall,based on scienceand the rule of law, through equal dialogue and mutual cooperation,achieve peace, security,.openness, effective protection and sustainable useof the oceans, as well as common development and "win-win" benefitsfor all members of the international community. I wish to take thisopportunity to make the following comments on the issues relating tooceans and the law of the sea:
First, on the Commission on the Limits of the ContinentalShelf(CLCS). The Chinese Government attaches great importance to therole of the Commission in the implementation of the relevant provisionsset out in the United Nations Convention oh the Law of the Sea, and takesnote the achievements of its work in this regard. The Chinese delegationsupports the Commission in fulfilling its responsibilities strictly in linewith the UNCLOS and the Rules of Procedure of the Commission,meeting all high standards with quality performance, and hopes that itsconsideration of the submissions by coastal States will not only meet theexpectations of the international community, but also stand the test of science, law, and time. The Chinese delegation, while appreciating theefforts made by all the parties to address the workload of the Commission,calls for a balance approach between speed and quality in the work of theCommission to consider submissions relating to the continental shelfbeyond 200 nautical miles. In other words, the need to expediteconsideration should not be allowed to compromise the serious, scientificand professional nature of the Commission's work.
Second, on the International Seabed Authority. The Chinesedelegation wishes to congratulate the International Seabed Authority onits achievements over the past year. The Authority at its 16th Sessionadopted the Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for PolymetallicSulphides in the Area. The introduction of the Regulations is conducive tothe orderly exploitation of new marine resources, helps boost theAuthority's vitality, contributes to the management of the internationalcommunity to the Area and its resources, and facilitates States,developing States in particular, in sharing the benefits of the Area and itsresources. China hopes that States will continue the efforts to promote anearly adoption of the regulations on prospecting and exploration ofcobalt-rich crusts in a pragmatic and cooperative manner.
Third, on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. TheChinese delegation has noted that, as a judicial body established byUNCLOS for the settlement of disputes with respect to the interpretationand application of the Convention, the Tribunal is handling its first caseof maritime delimitation, and its Seabed Disputes Chamber accepted arequest for advisory opinion on responsibilities and obligations of States sponsoring persons and entities with respect to activities in theInternational Seabed Area. The role of the Tribunal has received broadattention from the international community. The Chinese Governmentalways attaches importance to the significant role of the Tribunal in thepeaceful settlement of maritime disputes and in the maintenance ofinternational maritime order, and supports the Tribunal in fulfilling itsresponsibilities in line with the provisions of the Convention.
Fourth, on the issue of conservation and sustainable use of marinebiodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The internationalcommunity has given great deal of attention on this topic, of which theissue of marine protected areas is highly controversial. The Chinesedelegation believes that oceans, especially the high seas and the Area,involve national interests of all states. In addressing the issue of marinebiodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, there is a need tobalance the protection and the use, as well as a need to take into accountthe dependence of developing countries on oceans. Right now, theinternational community has yet to establish common standards and legalframework which is universally accepted and operational on the issue ofmarine protected areas beyond national jurisdiction. States therefore needto be cautious in establishing marine protected areas.
Fifth, on the issue of Regular Process for Global Reporting andAssessment of the State of Marine Environment. The Regular Process hasbeen officially launched. The Chinese delegation is of the view that, forthe Regular Process to work and function properly, it is imperative thatthis Process be country-led, abide by the relevant international law including the Convention, respect coastal States for their sovereignty,sovereign rights and jurisdiction, refrain from intervening in disputesbetween States over sovereignty and maritime delimitation, and focus onmaking recommendations on the sustainable development of the oceans.
Sixth,on the issue of sustainable fisheries. As a responsible fisherycountry, China actively participates in the work of various internationalfisheries organizations, and commits to strengthen the conservation andmanagement of fishery resources. The Chinese government will continueto work with the interested States to promote the development andimprovement of the international fisheries regime which will contributeto the reasonable management of fisheries, and make vigorous effortstowards achieving susiainable use of marine living resources, ensuringmarine ecological balance, and sharing the benefits of fisheries among allStates.
Mr. President,
Oceans are a strategic base for the development and progress ofmankind. To make the oceans benefit mankind forever, the internationalcommunity should further strengthen its cooperation and solidarity,jointly respond to the challenges at the oceans, share the opportunitiesand wealth provided by the oceans, and seek together their sustainabledevelopment.
Thank you, Mr. President!


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez faced a nationwide strike on Tuesday, led by the union bosses who used to be her most steadfast supporters.
Many workers stayed home as the strike made commuting a puzzle, with some trains and bus lines paralyzed and small groups of people blocking highways in about a dozen places around the capital. Banks, courts and many schools were closed, many hospitals offered only emergency services, most Argentine flights were canceled and garbage wasn't being picked up.
But in other ways, it was a normal day in Buenos Aires, where cafes and small stores stayed open.
The strike was called as a political show of force by truckers union boss Pablo Moyano, the longtime leader of Argentina's vast General Workers' Federation, and one of the closest allies of the president's late husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner.
Moyano and some other union leaders broke away from Fernandez this year as she tried to contain the demands of a now-divided labor movement by supporting a rival slate in union elections. He has increasingly appeared alongside her political opponents since then, speaking out against the government he long championed.
As his strikers tried to snarl traffic on Tuesday, Moyano said their demands include "the total elimination of income taxes," as well as other new salary hikes and benefits.
The point is to make the Fernandez administration understand that it "can't manage the country in the way that it does, without providing answers, with authoritarian attitudes, imposing everything and defying all the world," Moyano said in an interview with Argentina's Channel 13.
Fernandez, meanwhile, called on workers to act responsibly and defend all she's accomplished for workers in Argentina, rather than return to a past when a relative few enjoyed the benefits of economic growth.
"The first ones to become hungry or be left without jobs will be the workers," she warned in a posting Tuesday on her official Facebook page. "That's why I want to call on my comrades, the workers, to show great responsibility and defend, not my government — not at all — but the political project that has generated more than 5.5 million jobs."
Most union workers won pay hikes of 25 percent or more this year, in line with what private analysts say is Argentina's true annual inflation rate, much higher than the 10 percent a year cited by the government's widely discredited inflation index.
For most, those pay hikes put them over the threshold to begin paying income taxes, something many lower-paid workers never had to do before. For a single worker, that annual salary threshold is about $15,600. Tax rates then rise from zero to 35 percent, with most workers losing about a fourth of their take-home pay to income taxes.
"The government should stop robbing workers with the income tax," said the Workers' Party leader Nestor Pitrola, who joined a blockade of the Pueyreddon bridge over the Riachuelo river, a key access point from the south.
Most flights were grounded in Argentina, frustrating tourists at Buenos Aires' downtown airport, where machinists' union leader Ricardo Cirielli said 100 percent of the workers who maintain the jets of Aerolineas Argentinas and LAN Argentina were on strike. Other international carriers weren't affected, he said.


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Samuel Chase
|Founding Fathers
|Samuel Chase
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|Declaration of Independence
Samuel Chase (1741–1811) served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court during the Marshall Court. He was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence on behalf of Maryland. He was a leading Anti-Federalist, opposing ratification of the new Constitution in 1788 because he feared the "aristocratic danger" of the new system. A leader in Maryland politics, he joined the Federalist Party and supported President George Washington against Thomas Jefferson. Washington appointed him to the Supreme Court, where he served until his death. Jefferson tried and failed to remove him by impeachment in 1805, which backfired and weakened Jefferson while enhancing the reputation of the Supreme Court.
Maryland politics
During December 1772-April 1773, an acrimonious battle of words enlivened the pages of the Maryland Gazette when the Whiggish country-party lawyers William Paca and Samuel Chase - Maryland's equivalent of two Sam Adamses - exchanged a series of letters with rector Jonathan Boucher over the issues of the 40-pound tobacco poll tax for support of the clergy, and the movement for an American bishop symbolized by Boucher. Paca and Chase's position that the 1702 Act of Establishment creating the poll tax was invalid led Boucher to challenge their right as vestrymen of St. Anne's parish to levy taxation for church repairs, since vestrymen also were created by that very law. Instead the lawyers insisted that common law was their justification for representing their parishioners, and turned the argument into a scathing attack on churchmen, bishops, and the proprietary establishment in general. The entire imbroglio weakened the position of Maryland clerics as tensions with Britain increased after 1773, and enhanced the political prestige of Paca and Chase in the new politics of confrontation.[2]
Fighting for independence
Chase played a major role in winning Maryland to the cause of independence in 1776. Maryland's revolutionary leadership - called the "popular party" - had learned that revolution without some anarchy was impossible. By June 1776, a conservative group, including Chase, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and Thomas Johnson, faced a formidable problem in holding popular support. There was widespread opposition to the state government, with full-scale insurrection on the Eastern Shore and open hostility among the militia, the non-associators and the non-enrollers of the Western Shore. The new state constitution was based on extensive property qualifications, leaving all powers and franchises in the hands of the aristocratic elite. To ensure their authority, Chase and the other leaders had to popularize themselves and the revolutionary cause, which they did in two ways. First, they passed a legal tender act authorizing payment of all debts with depreciated money. Secondly, the General Court tended to deal leniently with all cases of men charged with treason, insurrection, and riot; these were invariably found guilty, fined a small amount, and released. Under the cautious policies of the new government, the strong "resentment of authority" eventually eased.[3]
Supreme Court
Because of his conservative court decisions and his activity in the Federalist Party, Justice Chase in 1805 became the target of an impeachment effort led by Republican President Thomas Jefferson. Chase was impeached by the House on flimsy charges focusing on his flamboyant language. For example, one article specified as grounds for removal Chase's "intemperate and inflammatory...peculiarly indecent and unbecoming ...highly unwarrantable" remarks to a Baltimore grand jury. The Senate voted against removal, establishing a precedent against the impeachment of federal judges for political reasons. But Chase, while he had been arrogant as a judge, had not committed great legal offenses. On no charge did the Senate vote the required two-thirds majority for conviction. The trial had three effects: it damaged the Jeffersonian party; it forced judges to improve their judicial decorum and avoid blatant partisanship to avoid impeachment, and it reinforced the principle of the independence of the judiciary in the United States.
Further reading
- Haw, James, et al. Stormy Patriot: The Life of Samuel Chase. (1980). 305 pp.
- Knudson, Jerry W. "The Jeffersonian Assault on the Federalist Judiciary, 1802-1805: Political Forces and Press Reaction." American Journal of Legal History 1970 14(1): 55-75. in JSTOR
- Lillich, Richard. "The Chase Impeachment," American Journal of Legal History 1960 4(1): 49-72. in JSTOR
- Presser, Stephen B. The Original Misunderstanding: The English, the Americans, and the Dialectic of Federal Jurisprudence (1991)
- Rehnquist, William H. Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson. 1992. 303 pp. by a leading conservative Chief Justice
- ↑ http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html
- ↑ Anne Y. Zimmer, "The 'Paper War' in Maryland, 1772-73: The Paca-Chase Political Philosophy Tested." Maryland Historical Magazine 1976 71(2): 177-193. 0025-4258
- ↑ Ronald Hoffman, "Popularizing the Revolution: Internal Conflict and Economic Sacrifice in Maryland, 1774-1780" Maryland Historical Magazine 1973 68(2): 125-139. 0025-4258


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WASHINGTON (AP) � The White House says President Barack Obama had a constructive meeting with congressional leaders on the looming "fiscal cliff" that could undermine the economy and slow job creation in the new year.
Obama met with the top leaders of the House and Senate for more than an hour Friday on ways to avert the cliff, a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to take effect Jan. 1. in the absence of intervening action.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Obama and the legislative leaders "agreed to do everything possible to find a solution" and find a balanced approach to reduce the deficit that includes increased revenue favored by Democrats and spending cuts favored by Republicans.
Congressional leaders expressed confidence they could reach a deal before Christmas.


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May 25, 2011
Not long ago, I stumbled across a website called 3Fram.es, an interesting web site that lets you use your web cam or iPhone to make animated GIFs. As you can see by the gallery, people have been using it to come up will all sorts of crazy scenes. As I look at these images, I can't help but want to get in on the fun, but how can I without an iPhone? The most suitable alternative I've been able to find on Android is an app called Camera 3D.
The idea behind Camera 3D is to take a series of pictures of a scene from slightly shifted angles and turn them into an animated GIF. It's called vibrating stereoscopy, or "wiggle 3D," and it looks a lot like what you can see on this page.
With enough practice, you can easily recreate some of the scenes on that page. After taking 2 shots, a "vibrating stereo" button pops up that will allow you to see what the final result will look like, including size options and the frame rate in milliseconds. If you like what you see, simply export the GIF to your SD card.
Another use for this app is to create an animated panorama by combining as many as 99 shots, depending on your device. By taking your last shot and overlaying the image on top of the live input, lining up multiple shots is a breeze.
Now, to me, the idea of making 3D images was pretty neat, but my original intent was to recreate that whole "3Fram.es" thing I mentioned earlier. So, does it work?
Yes, more or less. (For the curious, these are scenes from an event I attended in New York called Blip Festival, plus a few experimental shots I did with a Game Boy Advance.)
While Camera 3D makes the animated GIFs just fine, where it fails is by not giving you an easy way to share them. There's no option for Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook or even email. It doesn't even bother to include geo-tagging info. It simply stores the exported GIFs in a folder on your SD card, requiring you to attach them to email or other apps manually, or get them off the card via USB.
Lastly, there's no "burst mode" that would allow you to snap multiple shots automatically with a timer. Although, that is going slightly beyond the scope of this app, it would have made it easier to stand still while slightly shifting angles for better 3D perspectives.
Camera 3D is currently in beta. It works well enough, considering I'm using it in ways it was never intended, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. However, the addition of social features and a few more options would easily take it from "good enough" to fantastic.
Camera 3D is free in the Android Market. Give it a try and see what cool things you can do with it!


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Volleyball Falls To No. 24 Utah
Nov. 30, 2002
TUCSON, Ariz.- The No.12 Arizona volleyball team closed out its regular season with a 30-20, 29-31, 18-30, 17-30 loss to 24th-ranked Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday. The loss dropped the Wildcats to 17-11 overall for the season. Utah finished its regular season 25-8 overall and snapped a four-match losing streak to the Wildcats with the victory.
The Utes proved to be too much for Arizona to overcome as they hit .385 on the night with 57 kills and just 10 errors. The Wildcats struggled to a .159 team hitting percentage, committing 33 errors against 59 kills in the match. Utah out-dug the Wildcats 55 to 48 and out-blocked them 13.5 to 9.
Individually, All-American candidate Kim Glass led Arizona with a match-high 17 kills and 15 digs. Seniors Lisa Rutledge and Shannon Torregrosa chipped in with 13 and 10 kills, respectively, in their final regular season match in an Arizona uniform. Utah's Kim Turner paced the Ute attack with 14 kills on .367 hitting.
Arizona will find out its postseason schedule tomorrow at 7 p.m. when the NCAA will announce the seedings for the 2002 championship tournament. The selection show can be seen live on ESPNEWS at 7 p.m. MST.
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G7020, Reviewed October 1993
This guide describes some of the more common parasites affecting swine and provides recommendations for controlling them.
The major external parasite attacking hogs in Missouri is the hog louse. These insects obtain their food by puncturing the skin of the hog with their mouthparts and sucking blood. Each time they feed, they puncture the skin at a different place.
The irritation and itching caused by puncturing the skin causes hogs to rub against any convenient object. They may rub off their hair in patches and may even rub hard enough to cause bleeding.
Hogs in poor condition may be more susceptible to attack by hog lice, other parasites and diseases. Louse-infested hogs, particularly young pigs, may have reduced feed efficiency.
The adult female louse may reach a length of 1/4 inch. The eggs, or "nits," are glued to the hair close to the skin. The female louse may lay 90 eggs during a 25- to 30-day period. The eggs hatch in 12 to 20 days. The young lice become mature in 10 to 12 days.
The entire life cycle is spent on the host. Hog lice do not remain attached to the skin like ticks, but detach after each feeding and may crawl around over the animal or remain quiet.
To prevent a severe louse problem from developing, treat pigs as soon as possible after weaning ("General Precautions" and "Restrictions"). Treat sows 30 to 45 days before farrowing and treat boars before breeding season.
If new hogs are added to the herd, treat them before turning them in with those already on hand. Treat all feeder pigs in the fall. Treat purchased feeder pigs before turning them in with home-grown animals.
Mange is a scabies or itch caused by mites. Mange-infested animals have reduced growth rates, reduced vitality, and may have high death rates.
Hogs may be infested with two kinds of mange. Sarcoptic mange usually starts around the head, especially the ears, then spreads backwards, eventually covering the entire body. The itch mites that cause sarcoptic mange live in the upper surface of the skin. These mites are small, whitish parasites with a rounded body about 1/60 of an inch in length. They may be seen with the naked eye, but a hand lens is helpful in examining skin scrapings from the suspected animal.
The affected area often takes on a dry, scurfy or leather-like appearance. Active mites cause irritation and hogs scratch themselves, sometimes so much so that the skin becomes raw and scabby.
Sarcoptic mange is contagious and usually is transmitted by direct contact with infested hogs. Humans and some other animals may become infested with hog sarcoptic mange. Bathe and change clothes as soon as possible after handling mangy hogs.
To prevent sarcoptic mange from developing, treat pigs as soon as possible after weaning ("General Precautions" and "Restrictions"). Treat sows 30 to 45 days before farrowing and treat boars before breeding season.
If new hogs are added to the herd, treat them before turning them in with those hogs already on hand. Treat purchased feeder pigs before turning them in with home-grown animals and treat all feeder pigs in the fall.
Demodectic mange is caused by hog follicle mites that live in the hair follicles and oil glands of the skin of the hog. These mites cause hard, round swellings on or just under the surface of the skin. The very small, worm-like mites are microscopic, about 1/100 of an inch in length.
There is no completely satisfactory chemical control for these mites, although the insecticides recommended for the control of the itch mites may aid in controlling follicle mites. Severely infested animals should be killed and destroyed. Less severely infested animals should be marketed for slaughter.
Clean and disinfect hog houses, pens, shed, etc., in which mangy hogs have been confined before using them for non-infested hogs.
Wastes that accumulate near swine housing can increase the house fly problem around the farmstead. Operations where the hogs are confined in small pens or in buildings and where manure is allowed to accumulate have the greatest fly problems. Hogs reared on pasture or in confinement in conjunction with a manure disposal lagoon will not add much to the fly problem.
The essentials of good fly control are:
Good sanitation practices include frequent (at least weekly) cleaning and disposing of bedding, manure and waste feed from inside and around buildings. The material should then be scattered thinly on fields or pastures, away from buildings, so that it will dry and not be suitable for fly breeding. This reduces the number of fly breeding areas and helps keep fly populations low. If good sanitation practices are followed, less insecticide will be needed and what is used will be more effective.
Residual sprays leave a deposit of insecticide that flies contact when they land on treated surfaces. Residual sprays remain effective for a few days up to several weeks.
Apply the first spray to walls and ceilings in late spring when flies are frequently observed but before they become a problem. This is usually during May. Repeat applications as needed. Apply 1 gallon of spray per 500 to 1,000 square feet of surface. Use a compressed air sprayer for small areas and a power sprayer for larger areas.
On unfinished wood, brick or concrete surfaces, wettable powder formulations usually will give longer lasting control than emulsifiable concentrates.
Baits consist of a diluted insecticide with an attractant that serves to draw flies to the insecticide. Start baiting buildings as soon as flies begin to be numerous. Place the bait where flies congregate during the day — window ledges, doorways, alleyways, doorway to feed room, areas near standing water in buildings, etc. Baits must not be placed where animals or children can come in contact with them.
Dry baits are commercially available in ready-to-use form. During the first four or five days, scatter the bait heavily enough that it can be seen. Continue to put out bait each day for the next week, but smaller amounts can be used. After the first 10 days, put out fresh bait every two to four days in those places where the most flies were killed during the initial baiting.
Liquid baits have to be prepared by the user. To make a liquid bait, mix the proper amount of insecticide with water and add sugar, corn syrup or molasses. Follow the directions on the container label. Spread the bait on the floor by using a sprinkling can. Where a dirt floor is present or the floor is dirty, apply the bait on pieces of burlap, cardboard, etc. Apply fresh bait every two to four days.
Continue to use bait regularly during the summer. Do not stop as soon as fly numbers are knocked down. If you quit and allow fly numbers to increase, it will be necessary to start all over again with the heavy initial baiting quantities.
Remove manure accumulations from and around the buildings. If manure can't be scattered in fields and must be accumulated in piles, use a larvicide spray to help hold down fly breeding until the waste accumulation can be spread in fields. Covering manure piles with black plastic sheeting will reduce fly access.
Apply the insecticide to manure accumulations as a coarse spray or with a sprinkling can. Apply 1 gallon per 100 square feet of surface area, every five to seven days. Flies may continue to lay eggs on the sprayed manure, but the insecticide will prevent most of the maggots from maturing.
General precautions
All of the following insecticides must be handled with caution, since most of them are toxic to warm-blooded animals. Be sure to read and follow the directions and safety precautions given on the label of the insecticide containers.
Amitraz (Taktic®)Spray 0.06 percent amitraz, made by mixing 1 quart of 12.5 percent emulsifiable concentrate in 50 gallons of water. Remove or cover feed during application and use mixed spray within six hours. Nozzle pressure of 70 to 150 pounds per square inch and a coarse spray will facilitate coverage. Spray each animal to runoff. Piglets can be sprayed or dipped with this concentration. Repeat treatment in seven to 10 days.
Fenvalerate (Ectrin® water dispersible liquid)Spray 0.05 percent fenvalerate, made by mixing 1 quart of 10 percent fenvalerate water dispersible liquid in 50 gallons of water or 1 ounce in 1.5 gallons of water. Wet the entire animal with about eight ounces of this concentration and repeat in 14 days if necessary.
Ivermectin (Ivomec®)Inject ready-to-use sterile solution containing 1 percent ivermectin, 40 percent glycerol formal and propylene glycol q.s. ad 100 percent. This is formulated to deliver the recommended dose level of 300 microgramsper kilogram given subcutaneously in the neck at the rate of 1 milliliter (10 milligrams ivermectin) per 75 pounds. body weight. Use Table 1 as a guide.
Table 1
Animals should be appropriately restrained to receive safe subcutaneous injection. Use 16- or 18-gauge needles for sows and boars, and 18- or 20-gauge needles for younger animals. Inject under the skin, immediately behind the ear. Use sterile equipment and clean the injection site with alcohol before injection. The rubber stopper also should be disinfected with alcohol to prevent contamination of the contents.
Ivermectin has sufficient persistence to control mange mite infestations throughout the egg-to-adult life cycle. Because the effect is not immediate, prevent reinfestation by excluding untreated animals and limiting contact with contaminated facilities. Under usual conditions, pigs should not be moved to clean quarters or exposed to uninfested pigs for about one week after treatment. Sows should be treated at least one week prior to farrowing to minimize transfer of mites to the newborn baby pigs. Louse eggs are unaffected by ivermectin and may still hatch up to three weeks post-treatment; therefore louse infestations developing from such hatching eggs may require treatment. Ivomec injection for swine is for use in swine only. Misuse in other animals (especially dogs) may result in death
Do not apply to pigs less than 3 months old.
MalathionUse a 0.5 percent malathion emulsion, as a spray or dip, made by mixing 1 gallon 57 percent malathion emulsifiable concentrate in 100 gallons of water or 7 teaspoons in 1 gallon of water. Do not apply to pigs less than 1 month old.
PermethrinUse a 0.025 percent permethrin spray, mixing 1 quart of 5.7 percent permethrin emulsifiable concentrate in 50 gallons of water. Make a second application in 14 days.
Phosmet (Prolate)Use a 0.1 percent phosmet emulsion, made by mixing 2 quarts of Prolate 11.6 percent EC in 50 gallons of water. Treat hogs thoroughly. Do not treat pigs less than 3 months old.
Do not spray with lindane within 30 days or dip with lindane within 60 days of slaughter.
Do not spray pigs less than three months old with coumaphos.
Do not dip pigs less than three months of age or treat sows within two weeks of farrowing.
Fenvalerate (Ectrin water dispersible liquid)Use 0.1 percent fenvalerate pour-on made by mixing 1 quart of fenvalerate 10 percent water-dispersible liquid in 25 gallons of water, or 2 ounces in 1.5 gallons. Use about 2 ounces of a wetting agent such as liquid Joy® or Ivory® per 5 gallons of pour-on. Apply 4 ounces per animal by pouring on the top of head and down the backline. Repeat in 14 days if required.
Ivermectin (Ivomec)Inject ready-to-use sterile solution containing 1 percent ivermectin, 40 percent glycerol formal and propylene glycol q.s. ad 100 percent. This is formulated to deliver the recommended dose level of 300 micrograms per kilogram given subcutaneously in the neck at the rate of 1 milliliter (10 milligrams ivermectin) per 75 pounds body weight. Use Table 1 as a guide.
Animals should be appropriately restrained to receive safe subcutaneous injection. Use a 16- or 18-gauge needle for sows and boars, and 18- to 20-gauge needles for younger animals. Inject under the skin, immediately behind the ear. Use sterile equipment and clean the injection site with alcohol before injection. The rubber stopper also should be disinfected with alcohol to prevent contamination of the contents. Louse eggs are unaffected by ivermectin and may still hatch up to three weeks post-treatment; therefore louse infestations developing from such hatching eggs may require re-treatment. Ivomec injection for swine is for use in swine only. Misuse in other animals (especially dogs) may result in fatalities
Fenthion (Tiguvon®)Use 3 percent pour-on, applying 0.5 fluid ounces per 100 pounds body weight. May be used on gestating and lactating sows. Do not re-treat within 35 days.
Coumaphos (Co-Ral®)Use 1 percent Co-Ral dust, applying 1 ounce per animal, particularly on back and shoulders. Repeat as needed, but not more often than every 10 days.
Tetrachlorvinphos (Rabon®)Use 3 percent Rabon dust, applying 3 to 4 ounces per animal; 1 pound per 150 square feet of bedding for severe infestations. Do not re-treat for 14 days.
No pre-slaughter interval is required with coumaphos, dioxathion or tetrachlorvinphos. Do not use dioxathion more often than once every two weeks. Do not apply fenvalerate within one day of slaughter, or fenthion within 14 days of slaughter.
*All or some uses of the product have been restricted by the Environmental Protection Agency. Applicators must be certified before they may purchase restricted products.
DiazinonUse 0.5 percent diazinon, made by mixing 1/4 pound 50 percent diazinon wettable powder, or 1/2 pint 25 percent diazinon emulsifiable concentrate in 3 gallons of water.
Fenvalerate (Ectrin water dispersible liquid)Use 0.25 percent fenvalerate made by mixing 1 quart of 10 percent Ectrin water dispersible liquid into 10 gallons of water. Spray 1 gallon per 750 square feet of surface area.
PermethrinUse 0.1 percent permenthrin, made by mixing 1 cup 5.7 percent emulsifiable concentrate, or 8 level teaspoons 25 percent wettable powder in 3 gallons of water.
RabonUse 1 percent Rabon, made by mixing 1/2 pound 50 percent Rabon wettable powder in 3 gallons of water.
Do not apply diazinon, permethrin, Rabon or fenvalerate residual fly sprays directly onto hogs. Buildings should be aired out until spray is dried. Do not contaminate feed or water. Cover feed and water troughs before spraying with any of these insecticides.
Recommended ready-to-use dry baits:
MethomylUse a 1 percent methomyl bait.
Trichlorfon (Neguvon)Use a 1 percent trichlorfon bait.
Recommended liquid baits — must be prepared by user:
Dichlorvos (Vapona)Use liquid bait containing 0.1 percent dichlorvos.
MalathionUse a 1 percent malathion liquid bait.
Trichlorfon (Neguvon)Use a 0.1 percent trichlorfon liquid bait.
Do not place baits where animals may come in direct contact with the material. Do not contaminate feed or water.
RabonUse 5 tablespoons 50 percent Rabon wettable powder in 1 gallon of water.
Cyromazine (Larvadex 5 percent SC)Use 0.05 percent cyromazine made by mixing 1 quart 5 percent SC per 25 gallons of water, and apply 1 gallon per 100 square feet of manure, pit or lagoon surface.
Do not apply where animals may come in contact with the treated manure.
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Dr. Michitoshi Soga, Western Michigan University emeritus professor of physics, died March 3. He was 86.
Soga, a native of Japan, joined the physics faculty in 1968 and transitioned to a half-time teaching load in 1986 to serve part time as an administrative officer for what is now the Haenicke Institute for Global Education.
He retired from the faculty in 1993 after 25 years of service to the University, but continued to serve as an administrative officer for the Haenicke Institute for nearly a decade. Even after fully retiring, the Kalamazoo resident remained "on call" as a diplomat for WMU as well as Japanese students, alumni and institutions.
Soga began his professional career as a scientist, having earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Gakushuin University and a doctoral degree from Tokyo University of Education.
Before coming to WMU, he was a research associate for 10 years at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. During that time, he was a visiting scientist in the United States at the Argonne National Laboratory from 1961 to 1964 and at the Franklin Institute's Bartol Research Foundation from 1965 to 1968.
Soga specialized in nuclear as well as theoretical physics while teaching at WMU and wrote or co-wrote numerous journal articles. Some of his research was conducted in the University's Van de Graaff accelerator laboratory, and he spent the 1978-79 academic year in Japan studying and engaging in experimental and theoretical nuclear physics at the University of Tsukuba.
But throughout his entire tenure at WMU, Soga worked tirelessly to build relationships and linkages in Japan. He made a lasting impact on the University by setting up programs and linkages with higher education institutions in that country, hosting Japanese students attending WMU, and helping to build an extensive network of Japanese alumni.
He also worked—with the ever-present support and help of his wife, Ryoko—to build friendships throughout West Michigan with Japanese businesses and visitors, and was instrumental in founding the Battle Creek (Mich.) Japanese School.
Soga's legacy of bridge-building between his native land and WMU as well as the region was recognized in 2006 with the founding of the Michitoshi Soga Japan Center in the Haenicke Institute. The center promotes research to advance knowledge about Japan and is a community resource for students, scholars, governmental entities, civic and corporate leaders, and the general public.
Many of the University's hundreds of Japanese alumni were instrumental in helping to establish the center, which benefits from the Japan Friends of WMU endowment begun in 1996, and traveled to campus to celebrate its opening.
"My fondest wish is that the founding of the Japan Center will lead, some day, to the establishment of a Japanese studies major at WMU," Soga said during the celebration. His dream was realized six years later in fall 2012, when the University began offering a major as well as a minor in Japanese.
Soga has received numerous honors for his international work, including a Foreign Minister's Commendation in 2010 from Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This commendation recognizes the outstanding achievements individuals and groups make in international fields and acknowledges their contributions to the promotion of friendly relations between Japan and other countries.
Among other recent accolades, Soga received an honorary doctorate in 2009 from Japan's Josai University, which chose WMU to be the first university outside of Japan it would partnered with in the exchange of students.
Wilson "Bill" Woods, retired associate dean of the Haenicke Institute who worked closely with Soga, commented at the time that Soga was a man of gentle bearing but firm determination in spreading the word of cross-cultural understanding.
"From the day he began his work in international education on our campus, he has set an example for his colleagues in how to interact with people from foreign lands," Woods said. "His unofficial title as 'Ambassador to Japan' was earned many times over. Generations of students studying in Japan, and Japanese students studying in Kalamazoo, owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Soga."
Similar sentiments were expressed in 2003 by Dr. Howard Dooley, a former head of international affairs at WMU, when a delegation of Japanese alumni returned to WMU to help the University celebrate its 100th anniversary. The group also came to campus to honor Soga and brought along a check to add to the Friends of WMU endowment.
"For 35 years, Michi was 'grandfather' to all the Japanese students who came to WMU," Dooley said during the delegation's visit. "He made welcome virtually every visitor from Japan who came to Kalamazoo to attend WMU or for business with Upjohn and other business organizations. Our friends in Japan revere Dr. Soga—as do we—and their gifts also signal their special affection for him."
Memorial service
A public memorial service is set for 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21, on campus in Room 1910 of Sangren Hall. A reception is expected to follow in Sangren's atrium.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Soga Japan Center. To make a gift in Soga's memory, visit mywmu.com/sogajapancenter.


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George Thompson (1804-1878) was an English abolitionist who came to the United States for the second time in October, 1850. He had visited this country in 1835 and aroused the anger of people whose livelihood relied on the cotton industry. After an anti-slavery lecture in New Hampshire, Thompson and John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) were pelted with rotten eggs and Whittier was injured with a stone. The writer of this article in the Boston Courier denounces Thompson and describes how the owners of both Hampden and Washington Halls in Springfield, Massachusetts, refused to let him speak for fear of damage. While there were many people in the North who were in favor of abolition, there were also many who opposed the movement.
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