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After that, proposed modifications to the income-support approach seem to increase geometrically.
One suggestion is to do away with the loan deficiency payments and only use super-sized contract payments to support farm income. Others have suggested using a completely different criteria for distributing the "contract" payments. Such a change, for instance, could require the use of certain conservation and environmentally friendly production practices in order to be eligible for the payments.
Some have proposed keeping the current set of payments and then adding on environmentally related payments. Another possible add-on to the current program would be a version of a Supplemental Income Program (SIP) that could replace the emergency payments (market-loss and disaster) that have been paid out since 1998.
Programs such as the SIP, tax deferred farm savings accounts and revenue insurance in general are appealing, but what if inventories build and prices and incomes fall for many years in a row? For these programs to work as many are visualizing they would, it seems that these options would depend upon agriculture having a few good years, if not as many good years as bad years. The good years would be needed so that accounts can be built-up and farmers do not have to collect increasingly large "insurance" payments year-after-year.
Some commodity advocates are interested in broadening the eligibility for payments beyond those farmers who grew program crops in the early 1990s. Fruit, vegetable, specialty-crop, and livestock producers have all shown an interest in getting government checks, not all are so inclined, of course.
Broadly defined, inventory management could include any mechanism for adjusting the quantity of commodities that come onto the market. It might mean dealing with output after a commodity is produced or adjusting resource-use to affect how much is produced. These were the bread-and-butter programs of legislation past. They were left out of the current legislation and probably will not be in any legislation in the near future.
On the one hand, farmers like to farm, not set-aside land, and on the other, commodity stocks limit prices. Well, yes, but does that mean we want crop farmers to produce no matter what? We know why farmers do not reduce production on their own. It is not in their best interest to reduce production in response to low prices unless all their compadres also reduce production. If one alone reduces production, he/she receives the same low price for less output. And in contrast to the three flour plants recently closed by Cargill, a farmer's land will almost assuredly remain in production even if the current farmer is no longer farming it.
Yes, government or Farmer-Owned-Reserve stocks can put a ceiling on prices. How high the ceiling is depends on the builder of the policy. But, there are a couple things to remember. One is that once grain is produced, it to has to reach the market sometime. It can reach the market immediately as it does now or it can be held until prices are higher. The other point is that having stock on hand can be an export-market saver if we have drastically reduced yields for a year or two. While domestic producers are likely to have the first crack at any reduced production, satisfying the demand of livestock enterprises that produce no grain of their own could also be in question.
But at least for now, inventory management programs do not have as much currency with policy makers as currency itself.
Daryll E. Ray holds the Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, and is the Director of the UT's Agricultural Policy Analysis Center. (865) 974-7407; Fax: (865) 974-7298; [email protected]; http://www.agpolicy.org.


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Example philosophy dissertation topic 1:
'Bellum omnium contra omnes' and contemporary regime change.
Writing during the English Civil War, Hobbes stated his belief of the realities of life without government. In elucidating his views further Hobbes gave no space for separation of powers, arguing instead that man should be ruled by a sovereign authority in which the sovereign authority protects. Accordingly, any abuses of power that the sovereign may discharge are a legitimate price for the protection and preservation of peace. He did, of course, however, also concede that when a sovereign's power to protect is no more, citizens have the right to change allegiance. This dissertation applies the theories and thinking of Hobbe's to the instances of recent regime change in Libya and Egypt and asks whether the success of the revolutionary forces did or did not conform to Hobbe's view of the relationship between sovereign authority and citizens with regard to power, protection, peace, and loyalty.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Martinich, A.P. (1993). Philosophy and government, 1572-1651. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Skinner, Q. (1996). Reason and rhetoric in the philosophy of Hobbes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Strauss, L. (1936). The political philosophy of Hobbes; Its basis and its genesis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 2:
Breaking free from the cave: Plato's relevance to contemporary views of body image.
Chained in the cave, Plato's prisoners only see that which is placed before them by the puppeteers. Nothing else can be realised or believed. Such is the level of control that when one of the prisoners eventually breaks free and returns to the cave with 'the truth' he is not believed. This dissertation contemporises Plato's allegory and in so doing questions whether the lessons learnt from Plato should be applied as a 'reality check' against media stereotypes and the way that people should look.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Heidegger, M. (2002). The essence of truth: On Plato's parable of the cave and the Theaetetus. (English translation of Vom Wesen der Wahrheit, 1988). London: Continuum.
- Myers, P.N. and Biocca, F.A. (1992). 'The elastic body image: The effect of television advertising and programming on body image distortions in young women', Journal of Communication, Vol. 42, pp. 108-133.
- Shusterman, R. (2008). Body consciousness: A philosophy of mindfulness and somaesthetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 3:
Rousseau, Plato and the concept of civil religion.
Within the chapter 'On civil religion' of Book IV of the Social Contract Rousseau discusses how institutions of state contribute to the preservation of regime. In so doing he suggests that when citizens deviate from general will (when seeing such a course as advantageous) the regime is at its greatest level of threat. In so doing he can be seen to be echoing the sentiments that he expressed in the Second Discourse regarding civil religion as being a legal institution. He accordingly notes that "[a]s men began to look to the future and as they all saw themselves with some goods (quelques biens) to lose', and that 'there was not one of them who did not have to fear reprisals against himself for wrongs (torts) he might to do another," (Rousseau, Second Discourse, p. 154. Emile, pp. 97-99). Immediately thereafter Rousseau notes the role of Ceres (the Roman God of Harvest) and in so doing can be seen to be using religion as a basic for civil law. This dissertation seeks to compare and contrast Rousseau's use of gods and civil religion as a means of strengthening the legislator with that used by Plato in The Laws.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Angrosino, M. (2002). 'Civil religion redux', Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 75(2), pp. 239-267.
- Rousseau, J-J. (1979). Emile, or On education. (Translated by A. Bloom.) New York: Basic Books.
- Rousseau, J-J. (1993). Discourse on the origins of inequality (Second Discourse), Polemics, and political economy. (Translated by J.R. Bush, R.D.
- Masters, C. Kelly, and T. Marshall.) Hanover, NH: Dartmouth University Press.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 4:
The present global economic crisis: A new Kuhnian paradigm shift?
As a twentieth century philosopher Kuhn coined the concept 'paradigm shift' - when there is a change of basic assumptions. Within the field of economics two substantive paradigm shifts can be noted within the twentieth century. The first was the move to Keynesianism and its resultantly becoming the principle doctrine of economic policy making. The second was in the early 1970s when monetarism not only replaced Keynesianism but also debased elements of the basic assumptions that had underlined it, namely, that both fiscal and monetary policies were important in stabilising inflation. This dissertation questions, given the perceived failings of monetarism through the present economic global crisis whether, in applying the paradigm shift concept of Kuhn, a new eco-political reality is emerging in which the base assumptions of monetarism (like Keynesian before it) have also been found wanting.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Colander, D., Holt, R. and Rosser, B. (2004). 'The changing face of mainstream economics', Review of Political Economy, Vol. 16(4), pp. 485-499.
- Fine, B. (2002). 'Economics imperialism and the new development economics as Kuhnian paradigm shift?', World Development, Vol. 30(12), pp. 2057-2070.
- Korhonen, J. (2002). 'The dominant economics paradigm and corporate social responsibility', Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Vol. 9, pp. 66-79.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 5:
The philosophy of wellbeing:
Traditional measures of wellbeing centre upon tangible measurements such as economic health, the GDP of nations and income. In contrast, this dissertation looks at the measurement of well-being in terms of happiness. In so doing it looks at the state of Bhutan, the only state in the world to record an official measure of happiness. David Cameron, the UK prime minister under the Coalition Government, has suggested that the UK, too, should measure happiness, a policy that has been scorned by both ends of the political spectrum. This thesis hopes to show that subjective measures of wellbeing through happiness are indeed relevant and that they are, therefore, as relevant to issues of public policy, as more readily quantifiable measurements pertaining to issues such as data and wealth.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Ash, C. (2007). 'Happiness and economics: A Buddhist perspective', Society and Economy, Vol. 29(2), pp. 201-222.
- Bates, W. (2009). 'Gross national happiness', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 23, pp. 1-16.
- Thinley, L.J.Y. (2004). 'Value and development: Gross national happiness'. In, Mukherjee, P.N. and Sengupta, C., Indigeneity and universality in social science: A South Asian response. New Delhi: SAGE, pp. 203-211.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 6:
Malebranche, the simplicity of God, and the Catholic Church.
As a seventeenth century philosopher, Malebranche, suggested, in his Treatise on Nature and Grace (1680) that God had the power to prevent naturally occurring evils (such as his mal-formed spine). He further argued that God could have, had He so desired, created a better world than that which He did create. Malebranche also suggested that it is not God who is responsible for sinful actions because such acts derive not from His being or grace but from other sinful agents. The Roman Catholic Church subsequently placed the book on its Index of Prohibited Books in 1690. This dissertation seeks to analyse this work of Malebranche and also to place it into its historic context by reviewing the counter contemporaneous philosophical arguments furthered by, for instance, Antoine Arnauld and Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Malebranche, N. (1992). Treatise on nature and grace. (Translated by P. Riley.) Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Schmaltz, T. (1996). Malebranche's theory of the soul. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Schumacher, R. (2008). 'Locke on the intentionality of sensory ideas', Theories of Perception in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy, Vol. 6, pp. 271-283.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 7:
Locke and the state of nature: evaluating the critics.
The 17th century philosopher John Locke noted that 'want [lack] of a common judge, with authority, puts all persons in a state of nature' and that 'men living according to reason, without a common superior on earth, to judge between them, is properly the state of nature' (1988, p. 19). This dissertation presents three different interpretations of what Locke meant by these words and through so doing not only critiques the work of Locke himself but also: Dunn, Simmons, and Strauss.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Dunn, J. (1969). The political thought of John Locke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Simmons, A.J. (1993). On the edge of anarchy: Locke, consent, and the limits of society. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Strauss, L. (1953). Natural right and history. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 8:
European federalism: A movement in keeping with Kant's model of perpetual peace?
In expanding his theory of perpetual peace and the groupings of nations, Kant commented in his three definitive articles in the essay 'Perpetual peace: A philosophical sketch' (1795) that, 'the civil constitution of every state should be republican', 'the law of nations shall be founded on a federation of free states', and 'the law of world citizenship shall be limited to conditions of universal hospitality'. He also stated that the executive should be separate from the legislature. Given the present legislative and executive structure of the EU, the creation of a European presidency, and the nature of European citizenship, this dissertation seeks to evaluate the extent to which Kant's three articles can be seen to be enshrined within the constitutional arrangements of the developing EU federal state.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Eleftheriades, P. (2007). 'The idea of a European constitution', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 27(1), pp. 1-21.
- Kagan, R. (2002). 'Power and weakness: Why the United States and Europe see the world differently', Policy Review, Vol. 113, pp. 3-29.
- Přibáň, J. (2009). 'The juridification of European identity, its limitations and the search of EU democratic politics', Constellations, Vol. 16, pp. 44-58.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 9:
What is a person? How the 21st century is shaping a modern-day philosophical conundrum.
Designer babies, cloning, memory, personality and IQ enhancing drugs are but some aspects of the modern human condition. Genetic manipulation is another facet of modern life through which we have the scientific skill (if not the legal framework) to eradicate or change further characteristics of human nature. Such developments suggest, at least philosophically, that we may be approaching a time when 'what it means to be human' is more open to debate than hitherto. Indeed, what aspects of a person are unchanging and fixed - if any? Musing upon this contemporary philosophical conundrum, this dissertation seeks answers not only through the utilisation of historic core texts of philosophy but also through the medium of developing science and ethics. This is a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary dissertation that has much scope for original thought.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Baumeister, R.F. (2005). The cultural animal: Human nature, meaning, and social life. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Hauskeller, M. (2009). 'Making sense of what we are: A mythological approach to human nature', Philosophy, Vol. 84(1), pp. 95-109.
- McConnell, T. (2011). 'Genetic enhancement and moral attitudes toward the given', Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 28, pp. 369-380.
Example philosophy dissertation topic 10:
The importance for critical theory and Marxism of the Habermas-Gadamer debacle.
The criticisms of Gadamer's views upon hermeneutics by Habermas in Zue Logik der Sozialwissenschaften (1970) centred upon methodological issues in the social sciences and resulted in a protracted academic argument that also involved inputs from distinguished contemporaneous philosophers including Wellmer, Ricouer, and Apel. This dissertation re-examines aspects the debate between Habermas and Gadamer and in so doing focuses particularly upon issues of linguistic philosophy, the interaction between living traditions and critical theory and the effect that each of these can be seen to have upon Habermas' interpretation of Marxism both in the 1970s and the present day.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Habermas, J. (1971). Knowledge and human interest (English translation). Toronto: Beacon Press.
- Piercey, R. (2004) 'Ricoeur's account of tradition and the Gadamer-Habermas debate', Human Studies, Vol. 27(3), pp. 259-280.
- Wellmer, A. (2009). 'On spirit as a part of nature', Constellations, Vol. 16, pp. 213-226.
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The doctors who said in 2012 that drug company-sponsored lunches couldn't sway their prescribing are being undercut by a study published in JAMA's Internal Medicine.
Among the findings: giving doctors meals at workplace "up-to-date" meetings where reps and physicians talk product increases the likelihood that doctors will prescribe branded drugs over generics. The researchers found that tossing in samples adds to a physician's brand bias.
Researchers found that woo-ability is linked to additional factors: small-practice docs were more likely than those in hospital or medical school settings to bend to a patient's request for branded drugs over generics. More experienced doctors were also more inclined to give in to patients asking for name brand therapies.
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- This is an excellent idea: Jarrad Hope has set up a WebGL competition in the style of the demoscene — entries must have a maximum file size of 64k. The competition is self-funded at the moment, but donations towards the prize fund are being accepted: are there any large companies out there with an interest in WebGL who might be interested in sponsoring?
- Hack & Slash is a great start to a WebGL RPG!
- After last week's rush of asteroid games, here's another really good one: astrodud.
- Looks like there's some nice stuff coming in the next release of XB PointStream.
- Another excellent explanation of a demoscene effect from Adrian Boeing: the ripple effect.
- Dangerous: Tetris in WebGL.
- Yet more great three.js demos! A terrain view and "Lost at sea" from OutsideOfSociety, and flying over Mallorca by Josep Llodrà.
- Not live yet, but promising: a WebGL modelling tool for 3D printing (using SceneJS, via their Facebook page)
- More from the Japanese translation of the WebGL tutorials: a slideshow that looks like it gives a great introduction to the salient points from lesson 1.
- For German speakers: Peter Strohm has put together a list of most of the useful WebGL functions, with descriptions in German.
- Not publicly-accessible yet, but there's a video: Pure Breed [UPDATE a new and improved video here].
WebGL around the net, 10 February 2011
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Dangerous? do you mean in terms of copyrights?
@Phil — no, in terms of visiting a web page, playing for a bit, and then realising that it's 2am and you have work the next day…
@giles haha, glad you liked it… I just did that last night. Ugh!
Something for the next issue of WebGL Around the Net – Stephen Bannasch of the Concord Consortium is working on some visualisations of Earth's seasons for middle-school students using SceneJS:
Thanks, Lindsay! I'll put it in tomorrow's roundup.


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OpenDoor is a community of believers who have a passionate desire to provide a safe and welcoming place where you can personally Experience Real Life in Jesus Christ. OpenDoor is not just our name, it's a description of who we strive to be.
We began in 1995 as a food outreach to the poor. As we demonstrated the heart of Jesus in feeding the hungry we saw many surrender their hearts to the Lord. We quickly realized the need to provide a place to disciple the people we were reaching out to- thus the church was born. Today, OpenDoor Foodbank gives away well over a million pounds of food every year to the hurting in our area.
In June 2013, Pastor Gloria Gillaspie retired and entrusted her church to us. In one amazing God moment, OpenDoor inherited a whole new congregation along with a wonderful facility that can seat 1000 people. We are thankful for the legacy of Lighthouse and the groundwork that was laid for the work the Lord wants to do today.
"Experience Real Life"
- EXPERIENCE: Create an atmosphere that is safe, casual and loving with the goal of preparing a place for all who enter to experience Jesus in a personal way.
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I had beeen interested in some older women the last few years and was getting really horny. I hadnt been getting any snatch, and was craving some. My parents had went shopping in a a large town about a hour drive away. I was taking a shower when the phone rang. I streaked thru the house and gothte phone. It was my aunt (actually my moms friend, but ive always called her auntie). She was wanting to kill sometime before she had to pick her kids up from school. I said stop on by, butI was in the shower. SHe showed up a little while later. I t was the end of summer and still very warm. I just put on board shorts and awife beater. She was wearing tight jeans cutoffs, and a t-shirt that showed her cleavage very nicely. She is 5'5″: 110lbs, and very hot. She had several hours to kill before getting her kids. i had been out building fence all day.
We got to talking and we ended up talingabout my ex's mom. she had tried to seduce me once. I was talking about how I love boobs and tight asses. She stood up and dropped her shorts and said "LIKE THIS ONE" I said yeah. Then she pushed her tits together and said we should make the best of our time together. I pulled her closer to me as she stepped out of her jeans. She began to utine my shorts and knelt down. I was already sitting down. She pulled my dick out and began to slowly suck on it. I was getting hard. Her tits where rubbibg thru her t-shirt on my legs. I could feel her tits get hard. I put my hands on her boobs and began to squeeze them.. I Grabbed her shrt and pulled it off. Her breasts bounced as I puled it off her head. I thru it to the floor and tryied to pull her bra off. She undidn it and dropped it inticing me. I pulled her back on to my dick and she began to tit fuck her self with my dick. After a few minutes she stood up and I pulled her white, wet panties down to her knees, then they fell off. She stratled me and pushed my hard cock into her tight hole slowly. She began to fuck me slowly. I kissed her tits and mouth while she was fucking. i put my hands on her ass cheeks and pulled her deeper onto me. She moaned and kept fucking. Her tits were bouncing, her pussy thumping against me, her hair was whipping her neck with every drop. I told her I was goi g to cum, and she said it was ok. I shot a huge load into her. I maoned and shook. Id never had the big of orgasm. I was really horny then. I pushed her to the floor, and got on top. I fucked in and out a few times then put my dick up by her tits and fucked them a little bit. I pulled her up and put her doggie style and began to ram her from behind. SHe crawled ove r to the edge of the couch and layed face down while i fucked like a mad dog. She begane to have an orgasm. her whole body was shaking. She began to fuck faster and faster. then she stopped. I was amazed. I pulled out, slapped her naked ass, and kissed her back. i turned her around and we kissed for several minutes just holding each other. I put a hand on her pussy and she put her hand on my dick. We just layued there kissing hugging and playing. it was getting close toteh time when my parents would be getting home so we went to my bedroom and I dressed her. Zipped her pants, latched her bra, and frenched her for half an hour. She proceeded to suck my cock again for several minutes but then she left. Again we kissed and I walked her to her car. I kissed her again, aslid my hans down her pants from behind and tickeled her pussy and told her goodbye.
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News from the Greek energy market:
• The Ministry of Environment and Energy has launched a public consultation on a draft law entitled "New support system for power plants using renewable energy sources and combined heat and power schemes. The purpose of this draft is to develop a new support system for power plants using renewable energy sources (RES) and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) compatible, inter alia, with the "Guidelines on State aid in the fields of environment and energy (2014-2020)".
The public consultation will end on Monday, 27 June 2016 at 14:00.
Attached is the relevant draft law (Α.1)
• RAE has launched a public consultation on the proposals to amend the relevant provisions of the Operation Code of Non Interconnected Islands Power Systems (OG B '304 / 11.2.2014) and the temporary LR Guarantee Calculation Methodology in NII (RAE Decision no. 47/2016).
Interested parties are invited to present their comment to RAE by Tuesday, 21 June 2016 (Α.2)
European news:
• Following our reference in our previous news brief to the annual meeting of EURELECTRIC on "E-lectricity: the Power Sector goes Digital", this news brief comprises:
o The most important points of the second day of the conference: Markets and grids in a digital age (B.12), and
o The comments made on the issues of energy retail market: Spotlight on retail session (Β.11)
• Of particular interest is the report of EURELECTRIC entitled: 'Retail pricing for a cost-effective transition to a low-carbon power system', which highlights the mismatch, often ignored, between the structure of retail tariffs of electricity in relation to the underlying cost structures, impeding the strengthening of the role of consumers. (Β.8)
• You can also be informed of the positions presented by EURELECTRIC in the context of the Florence Forum, on the key elements that should have a more decentralized power system to accommodate a more effective retail pricing and data management without discrimination (Β.4)
• Of particular interest is also the summary (from EURELECTRIC) of the workshop organized by the Commission, on promoting incentives for DSOs in the regulatory framework to introduce more innovation (B.1) (attached)
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After two months holding up my headset like a schlub, today I buckled down, considered the materials at hand, and came up with a better solution. With some Velcro cable ties, a tactical/molle/gun belt, and a random strap, I created the VR Tactical Harness (also known as a headstrap).
Mattell's View-Master VR kit may be the best value in VR headsets for your mobile phone, but it does have some drawbacks compared to pricier options like the Homido or Freefly: most obviously, no headstraps. Holding the thing on your face is fine for bite-size VR sessions, which is mostly what Google Play Store has to offer, but if you want to use it for more than 10 minutes or do anything requiring a keyboard or controller, the lead opera glasses routine gets old fast.
This weekend I've been looking into Trinus VR, an experimental PC-to-phone game streaming system, which finally pushed me to come up with a hands-free option for the View-Master. You'll see Amazon affiliate links throughout, because it so happens that every item I used in this project came from Amazon at one time or another, but you can probably sub some items you have on hand. The Velcro cable ties are the secret sauce, and well worth having around.
- Condor tactical belt
- 5 Velcro cable ties, 2 Velcroed together into a double length, and one single.
- Any slide-adjust strap (mine came with this little pouch)
Almost any belt would probably work, but the tactical belt is nice because it's well padded and the inside is loop velcro, which will grip better against the cable ties.
1. Thread the double length Velcro ties through the bottom, just inside each hinge, then over the top to either side of the clasp:
You want them rough side out, and make sure there's only a single thickness at top and bottom where they will be pinched when the cover is closed. If your splice is right in the middle on the inside, you should be good.
2. The single cable tie gets threaded through the loop of your adjustable strap, and goes on the very bottom edge of the cover:
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|After closing the straps
4. Thread the smaller strap between the doubled-up parts of the belt in the back, so that the slide and "tail" of the strap come out the bottom:
|Belt and View-Master are pictured upside down
The hooks on the strap are just there. You can put some jester balls or something on there.
And that's it. One thing I didn't have was any good material to pad out the nosepiece. The top strap picks up a lot of that weight, but it still needs some extra padding. I was thinking maybe one or two 3M Command Strips would work.


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TX – Tye mother desperately seeks son who's been missing for almost a month – KTXS
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TYE, Texas – It's been 21 days since Susan Williams last saw her son, 35-year-old Jerome "Romey" Allsup. She said she could feel his attitude decline as he refused to take medication for his Paranoid Schizophrenia.
The last thing Susan Williams told Jerome Allsup was that she loved him and she'd see him later.


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GLENDALE, CALIF. — Six years ago this month, an athletic young seminarian named Kenneth Nally ended his life with a shotgun blast. There was no suicide note, but near his body was a scrap of paper bearing Scripture passages.
The paper may or may not have been Nally`s, but for his parents and their lawyers it symbolizes the crux of the nation`s first clergy malpractice trial, which began last week in a Glendale courtroom.


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Most future archivists start off with an undergraduate degree, not necessarily in History. While they are studying, many volunteer at their university archive or a local records office. Some, but not all, future archivists then find a year of paid work in the sector, such as our Graduate Traineeship, before starting a formal professional qualification.
The Archives & Records Association (the principal professional body for archivists, records managers and conservators in the UK and Ireland) has a Careers section on its website. This includes information about careers in each of the three professions, summarising the skills required and the career path.
Graduate Trainee Programme
Our 12-month programme starts in August and gives a wide variety of experience to those intending to apply for one of the university courses in Archives and Records Management or Rare Books Librarianship on offer in the UK and Ireland. We will probably be advertising for 2019/20 in April 2019.
To apply you will need some experience in one of the archive, library or museum sectors, so that you have some understanding of what archive and special collections work involves.
Many other organisations provide voluntary and paid experience. The Archives & Records Association maintains a list of them, and opportunities are often publicised on the archives-nra jiscmail list (the UK discussion list for archivists, records managers and conservators) and the Scotarch jiscmail list (the Scottish list).
The University of Glasgow runs a postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Information Management & Preservation, which is approved by the Archives & Records Association and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). There are also courses at other universities in the UK and Ireland.
Continuing Professional Development
Modules of the above courses can also be taken by qualified professionals for CPD purposes.


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Though many get into the giving spirit when the holidays come around, Genesis employee Missi Sandoval is said to live in that spirit all year round.
Because of that, her coworker wanted to thank her so with the help of Ascentra Credit Union we surprised Missi with $300 for paying it forward.
Missi Sandoval lights up the Genesis Family Medical Center with her smile that is radiating vibes of happiness through the halls and landing on patients. She says she understands everyone needs help sometimes.
"A little bit of a pick me up does a lot, they come in sad and they leave with a smile," she says."
Thanks to Missi many leave with even more than that. The family medical center often serves under privileged children with very little to call their own. Missi spotted the needs of many of the patients and called on her co-workers to help.
Last year, they collected over 200 pairs of shoes to go to both needy patients and families at the Salvation Army shelter. This year, she started a drive called Missi's Mittens.
Missi's positive attitude and giving heart doesn't just reach the patients. Co worker, Tracy Buckley said she was there for her when she lost her grandchild. Tragedy and hardship are things Missi knows all about. Recently her husband lost his job which has made things tough for her own family. That only seems to drive her generosity.
Tracy says you wouldn't expect someone to keep bouncing back like Missi does and that's why she nominated her for the Pay It Forward Program.
After the tearful surprise of $300, Missi was already planning what she was going to do with the money. She plans to get items for the new mothers in the clinic that need baby supplies and school supplies for some of the children patients.
"I am going to help everybody else, that is for myself," Missi said. "That makes me feel really good."
Missi is also a full-time student working on becoming a registered nurse.
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Downloading MariaDB MaxScale binaries
In this blog post we'll discuss a caveat when downloading MariaDB MaxScale binaries.
Following the previous performance results in my last two posts on sysbench and primary keys (https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/04/07/mysql-5-7-sysbench-oltp-read-results-really-faster/ and https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/03/28/mysql-5-7-primary-key-lookup-results-is-it-really-faster/), I wanted to measure overhead from proxies servers like ProxySQL and MaxScale.
Unfortunately, I found that MaxScale binaries are not available without registering on the MariaDB.com portal. That in itself isn't a bad thing, but to complete the registration you need to agree to an Evaluation Agreement. The agreement requests you comply with MariaDB Enterprise Terms and Conditions (you can find the text of the agreement here: MariaDB_Enterprise_Subscription_Agreement_US_v14_0).
Personally, I don't agree with MariaDB's "Evaluation Agreement" or the "MariaDB Enterprise Terms and Conditions," so it left me without binaries!
In general, I strongly advise you to carefully read both documents – or, even better, ask your legal team if you can accept MariaDB's "Evaluation Agreement."
Fortunately, MaxScale's source code is available from https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale. I had to build binaries myself, which I will share with you in this post! You can get MaxScale 1.4.1 binaries here https://www.percona.com/downloads/TESTING/MaxScale/. No "Evaluation Agreement" needed!
I will follow up in a future post with my proxies testing results.
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It's interesting that MariaDB seems to be pursuing a business model based at least partially on "artificial scarcity". I wonder what Simon Phipps (a member of the original MariaDB board) would have to say about that:
I also couldn't reconcile the MaxScale code found on GitHub with the marketing promoting MaxScale as part of the MariaDB Enterprise offering:
Are you able to find the code for the firewall filter? I came to the conclusion after failing to find it that there must be some non-GPL-licensed plugins reserved for MariaDB Enterprise customers, and those are filtered out of the GitHub repository. I'd sure love to see pointers if I'm wrong.
Poking around a bit more, I think the firewall is found here:
And it is GPL-licensed.
Thanks, Vadim, for letting us know about this issue!
It's fixed now: https://mariadb.com/blog/downloading-mariadb-maxscale-binaries-without-registration and http://downloads.mariadb.com/files/MaxScale/
Sorry, wrong url. This is the correct one: https://mariadb.com/blog/downloading-mariadb-maxscale-binaries-without-registration
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – For Luc Robitaille, this is about seeing a task through to the end.
He's had the goal of helping the Los Angeles Kings win the Stanley Cup for nearly three decades—dating all the way back to the 1984 draft when the team selected him 171st overall. Even after finishing a Hall of Fame playing career, which included three separate stints in Los Angeles, he's remained a fixture in the organization by spending five years as its president of business operations.
It's a level of loyalty that tends to be difficult to find in professional sports.
"No team wanted me, keep that in mind," Robitaille said Tuesday. "Even the Kings, I kind of question it because they drafted (former major-league pitcher) Tom Glavine before me even though he said he'd never play hockey. But that was the team that wanted me.
"Your first team, if you're here long enough right off the bat, it always becomes something kind of special."
Naturally, the 46-year-old from Montreal has rarely experienced anything better than this: the Kings have a chance to win their first Stanley Cup at Staples Center on Wednesday night. It's a dream Robitaille doesn't want to wake up from.
In fact, the opportunity to experience a moment like this was a driving force behind his decision to pursue a front office career in Los Angeles.
"One of the main reasons I wanted to be involved with this team is I wanted to have an opportunity to be part of the team if and when it happens," said Robitaille. "If we could get that one more victory, it's going to be very special. It's never been done before."
It's been far from easy. Robitaille played through a lot of losing seasons with the Kings and experienced the pain of falling short in the 1993 Stanley Cup final against Montreal.
When he moved into the front office, the Kings were mired in a stretch of eight years outside of the post-season that ended in 2010. That was a particularly tough time since the organization was trying to preach patience to its fanbase.
"When you say you're going to rebuild, that means you're going to lose," said Robitaille. "You're basically saying in a nice way that you're going to lose. We told them that and we found a way to make our fans believe it.
"The cool thing about it is we can say today: 'See, we didn't lie."'
Robitaille believes two big turning points came when Mike Richards was acquired last summer and Jeff Carter arrived just ahead of the trade deadline. Those two fit in well with all of the homegrown players that have played big roles this post-season: Jonathan Quick, Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar, among them.
Still, there was some concern they might never get to this point.
"We've worked really hard on rebuilding the franchise and getting it going in the right direction," said Robitaille.
Late in his playing career, Robitaille had to go to Detroit to win the Stanley Cup as part of the veteran-laden 2002 team. But Los Angeles remained his home and the Kings remained his team.
This is the city where he became a man.
"I was a kid that played the game—I was eight years old and didn't speak English," said Robitaille. "I learned to speak English, came here and I'm still here today. I'm 46 and still involved with the great game that I love and a team that I love.
"We're one victory away from winning a Stanley Cup. It's pretty special."


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The science of genetic toxicology
Genetic toxicology is the study of genetic damage that results in alterations to heritable information. Included in this broad definition are the agents that cause genotoxicity, the mechanisms by which damage occurs and the cellular response(s) to that damage. It is a complex science because there are a number of different types of genome damage, which arise through a diversity of mechanisms:
- Chromosomes might be broken (clastogenesis)
- The information within a DNA sequence might become altered or re-arranged (mutagenesis)
- Whole chromosomes might be mis-segregated (aneugenesis)
- There can be interchange of sections of chromosomes which can alter gene regulation (recombination)
These diverse outcomes are the consequence of different mechanistic interactions between the different classes of genotoxin and the exposed cell/organism. These vary from direct DNA interaction (e.g. alkylation), through the generation of reactive intermediates by cellular metabolism of a parent chemical, to interference with the processes of DNA replication and repair.
Genotoxicity is not an uncommon chemical property or environmental hazard, and in crude terms as with other toxicities, 'the dose makes the poison'. Thus whilst we are exposed to ionizing radiation, UV light, and many other environmental genotoxins, evolution has provided us with effective cellular defences against genome damage which mitigate the harmful effects. These processes ensure efficient repair, or the elimination of damaged cells.
However, we live in a world where we are constantly exposing ourselves to new man-made or man-formulated chemicals in the form of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, pesticides, flavours, fragrances etc. Since cancers can arise as a consequence of exposure to genotoxins all new chemicals such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer products that come into contact with humans have to be tested for genotoxicity. Regulatory bodies have produced guidance covering the assessment of genetic toxicity, the types of assay that are expected or required to be performed, and even how the assays might be carried out. At the core of each sector-specific guidance is a consensus approach to genotoxicity testing for regulatory safety assessment: firstly, investigate the ability of a chemical to cause mutation and/or chromosome damage in vitro; secondly, is any in vitro activity reproduced in an in vivo setting or simulated setting.
Given the critical nature of genetic toxicity evaluation in the assessment of chemical safety, consideration of the accuracy of genotoxicity tests is extremely important. For safety assessment, tests need a high degree of sensitivity, providing confidence that genotoxins (hence, potential carcinogens) will be detected, and that exposure to them can be limited. For hazard assessment, tests need a high degree of specificity, providing confidence that non-genotoxins are not misclassified as genotoxins, and hence aiding chemical profiling and supporting candidate chemical selection for development.


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Underwater Search Patterns
One of the most common reasons for divers or ROVs to go into the water is to search for something. The "something" can be enormously variable – an engine that fell off a boat, a weapon, a human body, a sunken ship, an automobile – but regardless of the type of object being searched for, there are some common search patterns that are worth knowing about.
The Arc
The arc search, also known as a half-moon or semi-circular search, is a very simple and effective search pattern frequently employed by divers looking for large objects (such as automobiles) or working on non-flat bottoms. In the arc search pattern, the diver works at one end of a taut tether, while a stationary handler holds the other end of the tether. The handler establishes visual or other landmarks on each end of the arc, and the diver moves along the arc, keeping the tether taut so as to maintain the proper distance.
When the diver reaches one end of the arc, the handler reels the tether in by a distance determined by the nature of the search. In general, the larger the object being searched for, the larger a distance the diver will be reeled in. Then the diver proceeds back along the arc at the new, shorter, distance, and the process repeats itself until the entire area of the arc has been covered.
Arc searches are fast, but have a couple of downsides. Although they work well even in scenarios where the bottom changes contour dramatically, this means the diver has to continually equalize their pressure. In addition, if there is a lot of bottom growth (such as weeds), the tether will tend to accumulate that growth quickly and this can put a lot of weight on the line, creating an entanglement hazard for any divers in the area.
Arc searches employing ROVs alone can be very practical. Since the ROV already has a tether, the operator can simply lock the tether length in place in order to perform each leg of the arc search, then reel in tether to set the distance for the next leg. ROVs can also augment a human-performed arc search by following the same pattern and employing sonar in addition to the diver's visual search.
The Circle
A circular search pattern can be used by one diver, but can use any number of divers, making it a popular choice when searching very large areas. In a circular search pattern, an anchor marker is dropped at the center of the search. A tether is attached to the anchor, and one or more divers take up stations along the tether at predetermined distances. Each diver marks their starting position so that the team will know when a complete circuit has been made. The divers then swim a complete circle, keeping the line taut. When a complete circuit is made, the divers move to new positions along the line, and the process is repeated. When the line length starts to make the search impractical, a new center point can be chosen and a new search initiated.
The disadvantages of a full circular search are that the search is not very tolerant of bottom variations, since all the divers need to be on the same line. If multiple searches must be done over a wide area, of necessity there will be considerable overlap between the searches, hindering efficiency. In addition, if a large area is being searched, the divers on the outer portion of the search will have to move faster than the divers on the inner portion, which can result in a hasty search that does not thoroughly cover the target area.
ROVs can be used in a circular search pattern to replace or augment human divers, just as on an arc search.
The Compass
A compass search is a search which relies on the use of underwater compasses rather than search lines for navigation. A compass search may be needed in an area of rough terrain where a line would quickly become entangled, or in visibility conditions so poor that orienting to the line may be difficult or impossible. In a compass search, divers use wrist compasses or inertial navigation devices to maintain proper orientation.
A common type of compass search is the spiral box. In the spiral box search, a diver starts at the estimated position of the target, and then swims in a cardinal direction for a distance about as far as he or she can see under current conditions, counting the number of kicks it takes to cover that distance. The diver then turns 90 degrees, using the compass to set the bearing, either clockwise or anticlockwise depending on the layout of the area, and takes the same number of kicks before turning (in the same direction as before) and then swimming for twice that number of kicks.
For example, if the number of kicks is 10, the diver might kick 10 times, turn clockwise, kick 10 times, turn clockwise, kick 20 times, turn clockwise, kick 20 times, turn clockwise, kick 30 times, and so on. In this way an expanding box is searched, with the compass being used to ensure that the diver is actually covering the correct area. ROVs can make an outstanding contribution to this type of search, since their positioning sensors are more reliable than a diver using a compass; using an ROV to handle the navigation elements of this type of search can free the diver to devote 100% of his or her attention to the actual search.
The Jackstay
The jackstay search, also known as a jackleg search or a Z-search, is a very powerful search pattern that is almost guaranteed to find even small target objects, if they are within the search area. It can be used by one or two divers at a time, and it works well in areas where there is either a flat bottom or a consistent slope, such as an embankment. In a jackstay search, two weighted anchors are placed at opposite ends of the search area, with a line taut between them. The diver proceeds along the line, searching along the path. When the diver reaches the terminal anchor, he or she moves the anchor by a short distance, between 60 and 80 percent of the visibility range, in the direction of the search progression. The diver then moves back along the line, covering some new ground and a lot of old ground. When they reach the other terminal, they repeat the process, so that the search line is moved a few feet at a time through the entire search zone. A second diver can follow the first, providing additional coverage.
The disadvantage of the jackstay search is that it is slow and labor-intensive. An ROV can make a major contribution to the efficiency of a jackstay search by filling the role of the backup diver, following the human diver through the pattern and providing both a second set of eyes and a sonar backstop to the visual search.
There are literally dozens of common search patterns, many with specialized applications for certain conditions, and we have only discussed a few of the most commonly used patterns here. However, ROVs can make an excellent addition to almost any search pattern, whether to directly search, to provide navigation and orientation support for human divers, or to conduct preliminary assessments of search areas without risking human divers in dangerous waters.
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PALMETTO -- Fast wheels? Southeast High School's Merritt Kendzior, Joe Komor, Sean Martin and Sheel Patel know about them. Lakewood Ranch High's Aly Cote does, too.
The quintet will represent the United States at the ninth annual F1 In Schools World Finals in Austin, Texas, Nov. 9-14. More than 250 student model race car enthusiasts from around the world are expected to attend the event, which coincides with the 2013 Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas.
The five Manatee County high school students comprise Allegiance Racing and hold the USA F1 in Schools National Championship title. They'll unveil their model race car at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at a racing demonstration and sendoff at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Manatee County's Palmetto Club, 1600 10th St. W.
"Our kids will love it," said Willie Cooper, Palmetto Club director. "How great is it the Allegiance Racing Team is made up of members of Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County and they're representing the United States in the World Finals?"
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Students use CAD/CAM software to design, build and test a balsa wood model F1 car powered by compressed air.
A 60-foot track will be set up in front of about 250 club members and Allegiance Racing team members will race CO2-powered balsa cars, which are capable of running the distance in around one second.
F1 in Schools requires teams of three to six students, age 9 to 19, to use computer-aided design and a CNC mill to design and construct identical cars. They must also raise funds to compete, market their team, prepare a 20-page design portfolio, deliver a 10-minute verbal presentation and design and construct a large pit display.
In Texas, Allegiance Racing will compete against 36 teams from 23 countries. Southeast High's Unitus Racing won the 2010 World Finals in Singapore.
"Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County have supported the F1 in Schools technology program since 2006 and we are grateful for their partnership in assisting us toward our goal of competing at the upcoming World Finals," said Cote, Allegiance Racing team manager. "A goal of ours is community outreach to other students ... in hopes they may want to get involved in F1 in Schools."
Margi Nanney and Richard Platt are team advisers.
Vin Mannix, local columnist, can be reached at 941-745-7055. Twitter: @vinmannix


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The leaders of the remaining 27 EU member states will gather in the Slovakian capital Friday.
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Native Americans and Native Australians were flummoxed when they saw European settlers buying and selling land. When the Russian revolutionary Victor Serge came to the West in 1936, he found it hard to explain to his 16 year old son, born and brought up in the Soviet Union, how big factories could be privately owned.
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Imagine, however, how it would be if someone from the socialist future arrived in Britain today. I'll call her Avrio, from the Greek word for tomorrow. The food, the clothes and the furniture in the shops she all understands, even if some things look old-fashioned, but one thing is incomprehensible. "What do they mean, these numbers stuck on things in the shops? What does it mean, bananas 17p each, broccoli £1.25 per kg, cheese £5 per kg?"
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A: "What are prices?"
S: "The amount of money you have to pay for things."
A: "What do you mean, money?"
Seemera shows Avrio a five-pound note. "That's money. For example, you could buy 1 kg of cheese, or four kg of broccoli, or 30 bananas with that."
A: "With that funny bit of paper? But it hasn't even got anything interesting to read on it. I can understand giving someone food because they're hungry, but what would you want this paper for?"
S: "All right, forget about money for now. The prices represent the exchange-values of these different things — the proportions in which they exchange. One kg of cheese is equivalent in exchange to 4 kg of broccoli or 30 bananas."
A: "But I don't like broccoli at all. And anyway, what's the point of all this exchanging? If I had 30 bananas, I'd keep a few for myself and put the rest into the common store."
S: "These prices aren't a matter of what you want or I want. They're an objective measure of what these different things cost."
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S: "Well, the cost of cheese is the price of the milk it is made from, plus a part of the price of the machinery it is made with, plus..."
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S: "In our society nobody really does plan how much labour is spent on different things. It is all regulated by exchange on the market."
A: "Well, our planners often make silly mistakes, and we find we've worked at producing something that no-one really wants. Maybe your system is better. How does it work?"
S: "You exchange things in the market. One person has thousands of bananas, another has heaps of broccoli, a third has lorry-loads of clothes. These are all exchanged in the market, and everyone goes away with the selection they want, a bit of this, a bit of that. If too much cheese has been produced, it can be exchanged only below the usual rate, so the cheese factories will cut back and less labour will be used on making cheese. If too little has been produced, then it can be exchanged above the usual rate, and the cheese factories will take on more labour to produce more. In this way, the amount of labour used in each line is adjusted all the time to fit with demand."
A: "I can imagine a few things going wrong with that."
S: "They do. But it works after a fashion."
A: "So the labour-cost of your products is represented only by the rate at which they exchange with other products?"
S: "That's right. The exchange-value represents the labour-cost, but with all sorts of ups and downs due to supply and demand and other factors." A: "What if cheese is produced by two different methods, one taking more labour-time than another?"
S: "The exchange-value reflects social labour-time, the part of the total labour-time of society, used in production, so you have to measure according to average labour-time on average technology."
A: "You say all this is regulated by supply and demand, without anyone planning. So people are pushed out of jobs, and pulled into jobs, without having any control over it?"
S: "Yes. Mind you, you don't mind so much losing one job if you can find another with similar conditions. You don't really care what you produce. What matters to you is getting a wage."
A: "That's weird. Isn't the whole point of work to produce something definite?"
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A: "You don't have much of a life. It's the products of your labour that have a life, showing off their prices, exchanging to and fro, throwing you in and out of jobs with their exchange relations. You let yourselves be ruled by those funny bits of paper you call money".
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