The NPC persistently tried to have orders for fighters for the ML-KNIL approved. Other types were also considered such as the North American Mustang (in its earlier versions) and the Bell P-39 Airacobra, but also Canadian built Hurricanes. The problem with all these initiatives remained the availability of engines. On 28 October 1940 another request was submitted for 72 Buffaloes (N-196), but this time without the engines. Also approval was requested for the purchase of 140 Wright R-1820 engines (amongst others for these Brewsters) that had been placed on the second hand market by American Airlines, which company was replacing the engines of its Douglas DC-3 transport with a later version. This was again refused although the order for the Buffaloes was approved this time. It is beyond the bounds of this story to discuss the further developments – the above merely served to illustrate the problems Major Te Roller had to deal with.
The eventual result was that the NPC received 31 Cyclone G-105A engines of 1100 hp from the already mentioned stock for the MLD, including spares, intended for the first 24 Buffaloes. In addition 54 G-205A Cyclones (1200 hp) for the remaining 48 Buffaloes were obtained through Brewster which had procured them, after revision at the Wright plant, from Trans World Airlines. The letter of intent provided to Brewster on 6 June 1940 could finally be converted into an order. Thus the ML-KNIL acquired two versions of the Buffalo, whereby the 100 hp less was a significant handicap for the first 24 aircraft.
Finally an additional 20 Buffaloes were ordered in February 1941. These were a different version similar to the last F2A-3 version of the US Navy, ie a somewhat longer fuselage and a higher weight. Also there were problems with the delivery of engines, which in this instance was solved through the purchase of 22 Cyclone R-1820-G2 engines that had been traded in by KLM with the manufacturer for stronger engines. These engines were modified by the factory to a G5B configuration which delivered only 1000 hp, ie 200 hp less than the earlier Buffaloes, in a heavier aircraft. A rather unfavorable combination that reduced the already unimpressive maximum speed of the Buffalo from 307 to 264 mph and the climb rate from 4700 to 3100 feet/min. But nothing else was available and it seems that the ML-KNIL had adopted the approach that the lesser aircraft be used for the training of fighter pilots in the hope that more powerful engines would become available at a later date.
As it was, these last 20 Buffaloes never reached the NEI, which was perhaps fortunate. The delivery was delayed through shortages of spare parts and eventually the aircraft were shipped without the exhausts (which were sent later). Eventually they were unloaded in Australia and used by the USAAF and RAAF. It is interesting to note that the Aviodrome recently acquired various remnants of three of these aircraft.
The delivery begins. Buffaloes to Suriname?
Delivery of the Brewsters began at Roosevelt Field, Long Island in March 1941. Most of the test flights were undertaken by Captain-pilot-observer Hans Maurenbrecher, with the assistance of Major Te Roller. The bulk of this series was delivered by end June, except seven aircraft which were completed in July and one in August. The first of the series with the 1200 hp engine (the B3-119) was retained in the US for tests and as a prototype for modifications (which is the reason why this aircraft has been so often photographed). During tests it was damaged and, as such, was not shipped until April 1942 and was also diverted to Australia.
In the meantime the Netherlands West Indies made a claim on the Buffaloes. The USA exerted pressure on the Netherlands to do something about the neglected defense of Suriname [then part of the Netherlands West Indies] where there were extremely important bauxite mines. When the USA threatened with a military invasion of Suriname, the Dutch government in London quickly moved and made plans to improve the defense of Suriname. One of the plans was to send five Buffaloes to Suriname. On 24 October 1941 five Dutch pilots in Britain were ordered to train with the RAF on the Buffalo, but there were some delays. Moreover, the USA indicated that this was not sufficient and a month later sent a military force to Suriname. Although this is not certain, it is likely that the last five Buffaloes of the ML-KNIL were kept back in the USA for the Suriname project. After this was cancelled, they were shipped to the NEI but arrived too late to take part in the struggle. The B3-162 to -166, the last six [sic] of the 72, arrived in Australia in March 1942 and were transferred to the USAAF.
On 1 June 1941 the 5th Vliegtuiggroep (Air Group) was established on Semplak [near Bogor] and Andir [near Bandung], to be equipped with the Brewster fighters. The 1st Afdeling (Squadron) of this (1-Vl.G.V) was initially equipped with Curtiss Interceptors and a so called Trial Afdeling of Brewsters was established which on 1 July was reorganized as the 2nd Afdeling (2-Vl.G.V). The strength of an Afdeling of fighters was, from an battle order point of view, set at 12 plus 100% spares, but in practice this meant 12 plus six spares and even that was difficult to attain, as will be shown. The 2nd Afdeling (2-Vl.G.V) was the first completely equipped fighter squadron and was equipped with the 1100 hp aircraft. After more Brewsters had been received the Interceptors of 1-Vl.G.V were transferred to Vl.G.IV and were replaced by Buffaloes. Each fighter group was to comprise three Afdelingen and both Group IV and Group V had still to be supplemented with a third Afdeling but it was not until the end of 1941 that pilots and sufficient ground crew came out of training.
About three of the 65 aircraft that had been received had already been written off in accidents and more were being repaired. The 3rd Afdeling of Vl.G. IV was established at Madioen on 9 December 1941 and initially undertook fighter pilot training. Four of the Buffaloes of Vl.G.IV were sent to Ambon on 3 December to provide a symbolic air defense. It was hoped that the last six plus twenty Buffaloes, which were expected by ship shortly, would be used to equip and activate the 3rd Afdeling of Vl.G.V. In anticipation this Afdeling was established on 10 January 1942 and equipped with aircraft from the other Afdelingen. Through this the spares of the other Brewster Afdelingen were exhausted and, due to combat losses Afdelingen were soon merged again.
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Northern Ireland after the defeat of the IRA. A critical analysis of the Irish peace process.
Often the so-called 'Irish question' is reduced to one of ancestral hatreds, but this timely book following the revenant tensions borne out of Brexit negotiations grounds its study in the context of colonialism, anti-imperialism and liberation struggles. This study demonstrates that 'peace' might not be found in 'justice', and argues instead of a 'peace process' for a 'pacification process'.


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Can Man United win over David De Gea?
The time is already ticking for the English Premier League outfit Man United and they are yet to agree on a new deal with their star goalkeeper David De Gea. This makes an exit imminent.
A lot of talks are reported to have gone down between the club and the former Atletico Madrid player and he is alleged to have demanded a weekly pay of £350,000 as a condition for staying back while that is yet to be met by the Red Devils.
However, it is reported that Man United are still pressing hard to convince David De Gea as they will find it difficult to have him replaced in the coming summer transfer window.
Deal On!!! Newcastle to bid for departing Man United star
There are still speculations that David De Gea would remain at the Old Trafford if his salary is increased and if he would be assured of improved performance of his team but it is yet to be seen if the Red Devils are willing to go that high.
Meanwhile, from all indications, there is yet to be an agreement between the two parties and it is unclear if that will happen anytime soon but the bottom line is the fact that David De Gea wants to stay back and the club also wants him to.
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Dual homebrew kegerator conversion kit with two used pressure tested cornelius kegs and a Dual Product Regulator. Turn your fridge or freezer into a slick dispensing machine. This kit is designed for people who need two different serving pressures or want to carbonate and serve at the same time.
I'd recommend this kit for anyone who wants to get into kegging and add a nice way to dispense your beer. Easy to install and everything is ready.
This kit is everything you would expect it to be. Quality parts. It comes with everything you need to convert your fridge into a slick looking kegerator. I would suggest you look around and see if you can get your own tanks filled. Where I live they only work on an exchange program. Otherwise the 10 lb tank would have been a great addition. Very pleased with my purchase.
This had exactly what I was looking for to get my 2 tap keezer running. I upgraded to the perlick taps and they certainly didn't disappoint. Also added the 10lb CO2 tank and it is brand new and of the highest quality. The TapRite dual product regulator is very convenient for carbonating and serving at the same time. A fantastic kit!


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Q: parameter isn't destroyed when argument throws exception? Consider the following toy code:
class X {};

class Y {
public:
    Y() { cout << "Y ctor\n"; }
    ~Y() { cout << "Y dtor\n"; }
};

int gun() {
    throw X{};
    return 42;
}

void fun(Y yy, int i) {}

int main()
{
    Y a;
    cout << "--------\n";
    try
    {
        fun(a, gun());
    }
    catch (const X&)
    {
        cout << "catched\n";
    }
    cout << "--------\n";
}

The outputs of this are as follows:
Y ctor
--------
catched
--------
Y dtor

May I ask why the destructor of the parameter yy (copy initialized by a) is not called?

Same outputs are produced when I switch the order of the arguments (i.e. using void fun(int i, Y yy) {} and fun(gun(), a);), so I don't think it is because of the undefined order of evaluation of function arguments.

Update: see demo

A: There are no sequencing rules between the argument expressions in a function call and/or the initialization of function parameters until C++17. Since C++17 there are some rules which however still do not establish any ordering between the individual arguments.
As a consequence only the indeterminate sequencing rules for function calls apply and the compiler is free to choose to either call gun() first and construct Y yy afterwards or the other way around. Due to the indeterminate sequencing rules the compiler is however not allowed to interleave these calls.
So, if the compiler chooses the former order of evaluation, Y yy's constructor is never called before the exception is thrown and hence its destructor also won't (and shouldn't) be called.
If the compiler decides to do it the other way around, then Y yy will have been constructed when the exception is thrown and its destructor will then also be called.
You can verify this by adding output in the copy constructor as well. You will see that either the copy constructor is never called and yy does not have a destructor called or both will be called.
You cannot control which of the two scenarios happens. The choice is unspecified, meaning that the compiler could also just choose it randomly at runtime. Reordering the arguments will not help. In practice there will be some rules in the compiler to decide the order at compile-time, probably in an order that is beneficial to optimization. It may be inconsistent between multiple equivalent calls as well.

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O Copa Pan-Americana de Voleibol Feminino de 2017 foi a 16ª edição do torneio organizado pela União Pan-Americana de Voleibol (UPV), em parceria com a NORCECA e CSV, realizado no período de  17 - 25 de junho com as partidas realizadas na fase de classificação no Coliseo Eduardo Dibós e também no Coliseo Lolo Fernández, respectivamente nas cidades peruanas de Lima e  Cañete, que contou com a participação de doze países.

A Seleção Estadunidense conquistou seu quinto título na competição, isolando-se na liderança de conquistas ao vencer na final a Seleção Dominicana; e a levantadora do time campeão  Micha Hancock foi eleita a Melhor Jogadora de toda competição

Seleções participantes

As seguintes seleções participaram da Copa Pan-Americana de Voleibol Feminino:

Formato da disputa

As doze seleções foram divididas proporcionalmente em Grupos A e B, em cada grupo as seleções se enfrentam entre si, e ao final dos confrontos a melhor equipe de cada grupo classifica-se automaticamente para as semifinais; já as segundas e terceiras posições disputaram as quartas de final (cruzamento olímpico).

As equipes posicionadas na quarta e quinta posição de cada grupo disputaram as classificações do quinto ao décimo lugares e as sextas colocadas disputaram a décima primeira colocação.
Os perdedores das quartas de final disputaram as classificações do sétimo ao décimo lugares, já os  vencedores das quartas de final disputaram as semifinais e destes confrontos as melhores equipes fizeram a final e os perdedores a disputa do bronze.

Fase classificatória

Classificação

Grupo A

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Resultados

Grupo B

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Resultados

Fase Final

Décimo primeiro lugar

Resultado

Classificação do 7º ao 10º lugares

Resultados

Quartas de final

Resultados

Nono lugar

Resultado

Classificação do 5º ao 8º lugares

Resultados

Semifinais

Resultados

Sétimo lugar

Resultado

Quinto lugar

Resultado

Terceiro lugar

Resultado

Final

Resultado

Classificação final

Premiação individuais

As atletas que integraram a seleção do campeonato foram:

As jogadores que se destacaram por fundamento:

Ligações externas

Sítio oficial

2017
Desporto no Peru em 2017
2017 no voleibol
Competições internacionais de voleibol sediadas no Peru

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It has been a few weeks into 2012 and if we had to guess, we would say that by now, at least 85% of you have ditched your New Years' Resolutions. The tradition has been talked about constantly the past few weeks and New Years/Business Resolutions were even trending topics on Twitter. (Oh, you didn't know that? Is it because your business isn't on Twitter? If not, please read on.) But, quite frankly, we are tired of the empty New Years' Resolutions that typically fail before the glitter hits the ground and the celebration is over.
So, we decided to present to you a New Years' Challenge. We are taking it here at IP and invite you to join as well. What is the challenge, you ask? Diving head first into the world of social media. We have harped on it to clients and in our blog and though we have a social media presence, it is time to take the next step, making it a daily habit to not only continue our growth, but to maintain stronger and longer-lasting relationships with our clients and peers. Also, it is a way to better promote our services, partners and valued clients, while learning about the latest news and topics pertinent to our business. Since we started increasing our presence in the social media world, we have already seen exponential traffic growth to our website and the results have been exciting.
Still not sure how 140 characters or status updates will help your business? Check out a previous blog post about small businesses and social media; the numbers don't lie. You can also pick up the phone and call us at 215-478-6586, or send us a Tweet @InverseParadox! We believe in the business power of social media and would be more than happy to help you establish a better social media presence. It can be a lot of fun and empowering, not to mention it is FREE! So, are you willing to take our 2012 Business Challenge?


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These Are The Worst Candies Ever Made
By Samantha Maxwell/Updated: Dec. 8, 2020 2:02 pm EST
We love candy. Whether you get it in a Halloween candy basket or when you leave your local doctor's office, it's always a treat. Except when... it's not. For every Reese's Peanut Butter Cup or glorious Almond Joy, there is a not-so-tasty counterpart that we wish had never been dreamt up. So, we decided to compile a list of the candies that we should have never had to try. Whether you were introduced to these at school, through your parents, or in a goody bag after a child's birthday party, there's a good chance you were less than impressed.
Look, not everyone is going to agree with every item on this list. You may love some of the candies that we lambast on this page. But, as far as we're concerned, this is a definitive list of the worst candies ever made. The next time you start to dig into anything that appears on this list, you may want to rethink your candy-eating strategy.
This is hardly a hot take. Who actually likes candy corn? In fact, we've probably all heard that old wives' tale about how they only made one batch of candy corn, which is then collected from the dumpsters to use again year after year since nobody actually eats it.
But apparently, that's not true. These candies have allegedly actually been in production since the 1880s, according to Always a Treat. That's a lot of time to be producing a candy that not many people want to eat. The company that we now know as the makers of Jelly Belly candies started the trend and has continued to make these little morsels of tastelessness for more than 100 years.
Our gripe about them? They don't really taste like anything. Sure, they're sweet, but there's not that much else there. When you add in the half sticky, half grainy texture, it makes it hard to eat a whole piece of candy corn without feeling slightly nauseous. Yes, it might look good in a decorative bowl on your kitchen table right before Halloween. But, when the season passes, you can throw that candy corn straight into the trash.
Ahh, who can forget Smarties, the candy treat that you got in every grab bag ever? In fact, for many of us, they seemed to appear exclusively at schools and birthday parties. They're little rounds of sugar and food coloring pressed into what actually looks like a pill. Perhaps it's no surprise then that kids started taking them like drugs.
Well... kind of. Back in 2014, USA Today warned parents that kids were crushing up Smarties and snorting them. The concern wasn't just the fact that kids essentially looked like they were preparing for the big leagues when they decided to administer their candy nasally. It was also patently unhealthy, which should come as no surprise. One Rhode Island middle school warned parents that snorting Smarties could potentially "lead to infection, laryngospasms, and even maggots."
Why would a child risk an internal maggot infection instead of just eating this fruit-flavored tablet-like candy? Well, perhaps that just goes to show how bad Smarties really are. If your preferred method of delivery for a candy isn't oral, it's probably one that you should pass up altogether.
Milk Duds
Milk Duds pretty much explain it all just in the name alone. If you're already calling your candy a dud, what do you expect other people to think about it? In fact, the candy is so hated that Today even posed a question in a headline reading: "Are Milk Duds the worst candy on earth?" It's not a good sign if that's a question you even have to ask.
Twitter users apparently had different opinions about whether Milk Duds are, in fact, the worst candy in the world. One user, though, had this to say about the candy: "People who like Milk Duds wear their mask with their nose out." (Note: Your nose shouldn't be sticking out of your mask.)
Another had this to say about the typical Halloween treat: "Those little yellow boxes of Milk Duds bad people gave out at Halloween were a bottom three candy, the ones you only ate when everything else was long gone. Terrible."
While some Twitter users disagreed and said that they actually enjoyed Milk Duds, they were certainly in the minority. After all, if you want a candy that tastes like chocolate, why on earth would you ever choose a Milk Dud?
We usually only see Peeps peep their beaks out of the candy aisle in the spring right before Easter, and for that, we're grateful. Why? Because these cute-looking marshmallows unequivocally taste like trash. Let's be honest. Your grandma just bought them for you to put in your Easter basket because she thought they were cute. Nobody expected you to eat the pure sugar-infused marshmallow made to look like an innocent baby chick.
The Guardian notes that, while there is a sense of nostalgia that comes with eating these treats, it's not worth it when you consider the actual taste. The article actually compares the sugary treats to pink slime. Despite the author of this article claiming to have "a sweet tooth that is any underemployed dentist's dream," they still find that every spring, the candies "appear with their jaunty colors and baby animal shapes — like the blackest clouds from an April shower ready to rain on my parade."
We couldn't agree more. If you want to get the flavor of Peeps without spending the cash and without enjoying how cute the edible baby animals look, you're better off just choking down an entire spoonful of sugar and calling it a day.
Ah, Dots: the candy that you sadly eat as a last resort when you have already exhausted the actually tasty options from your Halloween candy haul. If you weren't familiar with their taste the first time you tried them out, you could mistake them for a delicious candy. Will they be delightful sour or fruity and sweet? Their colorful hue makes them appear promising. But, as soon as you take your first bite, you recognize these candies for what they are: glorified plastic-y sugar, with hardly any flavor.
A writer from Thought Catalog certainly didn't mince words when they expressed their intense dislike of the well-known but not-so-well-thought-of candy: "I don't know a single person who eats and enjoys Dots un-ironically. If I were given the ability to make my worst enemy eat a single food for the rest of their life, I would make them eat Dots, because I'm a vengeful and opportunistic person and because Dots are that disgusting."
Do we really have to say more than that? Stay away from these tiny boxes of candy crime if you actually want to enjoy your cheat day treat.
It seems like there is quite a bit of controversy surrounding the little bagged red fish-shaped candies. Some people love them, and to be honest, we can't figure out why. Sure, if you want your candy to take like medicine and make you feel nauseous at the same time, then Swedish fish might be for you. But with so many delicious gummy treats out there, why would you succumb to the sadness that is a bag of Swedish Fish?
A Reddit thread reveals the many differing opinions when it comes to this classic Swedish treat. For some, the candy evokes a sense of nostalgia, and they can't get enough. For others, they're considered complete trash.
But for those of us living in the U.S., we might be missing out on the real thing. One Reddit user helpfully mentioned that, "Hey, the American version is kind of bland in its taste, try the Swedish version and it will blow your tastebuds' freaking mind!"
On our first trip to Stockholm, we will be sure to give these guys another chance to see if they taste better in their homeland. Until then, whenever we see the American version, we can't help but grimace.
You may love licorice, but we're not alone in rating it as one of the worst candies out there on the market. In fact, there could even be a scientific reason why so many of us have an aversion to the stuff, especially black licorice. (Yes, we'll eat some Twizzlers when we're desperate and craving sugar. We've all been through a breakup before.)
According to NBC News, some of us get an unpleasant taste from black licorice for a reason: "When we bite into a piece of licorice, we taste glycyrrhizin, a natural sweetener in licorice root, which can taste, to some, like saccharin, the artificial sweetener found in Sweet 'n' Low. With licorice, this sickly sweet lingers, causing some to wrinkle their noses in displeasure."
If you're someone who likes desserts that are on the sweeter side or you're more used to eating artificial sweeteners, you may absolutely love the taste of licorice. But some of us have an excuse for turning our nose up at the stuff whenever we see it grace a grocery store shelf or candy bar at a birthday party.
Look, we've all had our low moments. We're not going to pretend that we have never dug into a bag of chocolate Tootsie Rolls, eating one after another, lamenting the life situation in which we had found ourselves. But, if you're in a good place in life, there's no way you're going to reach for a Tootsie Roll when you have any other alternative.
Our problem here is that Tootsie Rolls can't decide what they want to be. Are they trying to be chocolate? Because they offer none of the satisfying creaminess you get from a chocolate bar. Are they trying to be toffee? They don't have the richness of the sugar you'd get in a toffee, though they do stick to your teeth in the same uncomfortable way that would probably make your dentist cringe. Are they trying to be a hard candy? Then why can you bite into them, and why do they melt so fast if you just try to suck on them?
In our opinion, Tootsie Rolls have been in the midst of an identity crisis for years. When they decide they want to fully embrace their chocolate roots, then we might return to them with a slightly more optimistic outlook.
We've already discussed the near-universal hatred of the despised candy corn. But, did you know that there is another sweet whose haters rival even those of candy corn? Welcome to the corner of the internet with a deep, burning hatred for the circus peanut, a concoction of orange food coloring and enough sugar to induce diabetes in high-risk individuals (this isn't an factual medical statement but more the feeling eating circus peanuts evokes. But, I mean, too many of these could conceivably lead to diabetes for real, so be cautious).
An Odyssey Online writer was not shy about their disgust of the inexplicably orange candy. They pose the question: "Why are they flavored like bananas?" And that's a great point. We get why you wouldn't want to make them actually taste like peanuts, but artificial banana is perhaps the most obnoxious and over-the-top flavor out there, so... why?
What's even worse? They're also available in other colors and flavors. If you ever see these in your local grocery store aisle, our thoughts are with you. Just back away from them as quickly as you can and rush to the high-quality chocolate aisle instead.
Milk Chocolate Hershey's Bar
We know that not everyone will agree with this assessment, and that's okay. Truthfully, when it comes to the worst candies out there, a Milk Chocolate Hershey's Bar definitely isn't the most awful option in the world. It's chocolate, after all, and it's kind of hard to dislike any type of chocolate.
We dislike this candy not in and of itself but in its relation to other available chocolate out there. These days, grocery stores often offer a wide range of chocolate products, many of which could be described as gourmet. You can get sea salt and almonds in your chocolate, you can get the darkest of the dark chocolate, you can even get chili in your chocolate if you like a punch of spice. So why would you settle for the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel chocolate that is a Milk Chocolate Hershey's Bar?
If you're under ten years old, we get it. Eat all the Hershey's you want. Once you've grown up, though, it's time to try a more sophisticated chocolate bar. Trust us, you'll be thankful in the end.
Fun Dip
For full transparency, we didn't always hate Fun Dip. To be completely honest, it doesn't really taste bad if you have an appetite for stuff that's mouth-puckeringly sour (and we do). We also loved the fact that you could get so many different flavors of Fun Dip, according to Snack History, which meant that you could branch out and try something new while still knowing you were going to get a relatively tasty candy.
So, it's not really the flavor of this candy that throws us off. The problem, rather, is the delivery method. If you've ever eaten Fun Dip before, you know it comes as a powder and a stick made out of hard, compacted sugar. The idea is to lick the stick to get it moist and then dip it in the powder, bring the powder to your mouth, and then go back in for another dip.
Looking back on our childhoods, we realize that this method of eating candy is, in fact, disgusting. Just imagine how covered in saliva that little sugary stick can get. Since nobody ever we knew even ate the stick, it would often just sit there in the dust of the real candy, moist to the touch and probably crawling with bacteria.
Jawbreakers
The problem we have with jawbreakers is similar to the issue we have with Fun Dip: It's just a gross way to eat your candy. These are candies that are specifically made not to be bitten into, unless you hate your teeth. Instead, the only way to get the flavor from the things is to start licking at them. For the smaller ones, the process is just a nuisance. It takes way too long to get through the whole thing, but if you like the flavor, it's not such a big deal.
The real problem comes in when you start indulging in the huge jawbreakers. These are impossible to eat in one sitting. So, what do you do? If you're like a lot of kids who are determined to get through the entire thing, you save your spit-laden jawbreaker in a plastic baggy until you're ready to start eating it again.
If you don't see a problem with returning to a saliva-engulfed piece of hardened sugar day after day, all while allowing it to sit in a Ziploc bag overnight, then eat your jawbreakers to your heart's content. For us, on the other hand, we'll have to pass.
Good & Plenty
Despite the fact that Good & Plenty is one of the oldest branded candies in the United States, according to Hershey's, we don't have to like it. In fact, we can't stand it, and neither do legions of others who hate the taste of licorice, which is basically what these absolute worst candies are in another form.
You already know our stance on licorice, so it's no surprise that we can't stand Good & Plenty either. What makes it even worse than licorice is the fact that, not only does it taste like medicine, but it actually looks like medicine, too. How the marketers convinced children to take something that looked like an antibiotic and tasted like the nastiest cough syrup we've ever had is beyond us.
With a black licorice interior and hard sugar capsule on the outside, the brightly colored white and pink candies just aren't for us. Luckily, you don't see these bad boys much of anywhere besides movie theaters these days, so at least they're less of a hazard now.


We bought our house 9 years ago. Over the course of that time, we have spent a lot of time and money making improvements to our investment. Looking back, we have learned a lot! Today, I thought it would fun to compile some of our most popular home improvement projects into one post and share what we have learned along the way. Whether you are a current homeowner, or looking to make a purchase in the future- keep reading for tips to prepare for your next home improvement project.


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import migrations, models

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('proposals', '0031_auto_20170129_2041'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='talkproposal',
            name='outline',
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Away we go, up to the trees, where the breezes blow!
Few children (and even few adults) can resist a swing. It sits there invitingly, waiting for you to seat up and take flight, filling the air with a gleeful 'Wheee!' So why not bring the joy of the park to your own garden? Guaranteed to keep the small ones happy all summer with some good, old-fashioned fun in the fresh air, you'll wonder why you didn't install one sooner. Whatever your budget or garden size, there's one to suit. No garden? No problem! Indoor swings are all the range with the cool kids, dontcha know.


Following a recent surge in swap rates, brokers are warning that the ongoing trend of falling mortgage rates could be nearing its end.
Swap rates are used by lenders to hedge possible interest rate increases and are closely linked to mortgage pricing levels. The rates have begun to creep up since May however in recent days have seen more of a surge.
Five year swap rates were at 0.94% at the beginning of May – however by 23rd June, the rates had reached 1.85%.
Brokers are now warning that the sharp rise in swap rates could have an effect on the current mortgage market – particularly five-year fixed rates.
Some lenders have already started to push up their rates – particularly on their five-year fixed deals, so it may only be a matter of time before other lenders follow suit.
One such lender is Newcastle Building Society who have increased their five year fixed rate (80% LTV) to 3.99%, which had previously been at 3.59%.


You know those Taiwanese are always stealing their ideas from internet comics.
Case in point: The Glow in the dark Duck was invented by Tim Jones from the comic Scary Go Round.
Here is the introduction of said duck.
Said duck was also made using an all natural process.
Wow, what an accomplisment of science, fluorescent pigs. Women would be more happy if scientists could make men -who behave as pigs– fluorescent.
Imagine that? You go into a pub and you see all these green fluorescent humans.
And men would be more happy if scientists could make fluorescent women who behave as ... ?
And this is not from The Onion.
Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that "glow in the dark".
They claim that while other researchers have bred partly fluorescent pigs, theirs are the only pigs in the world which are green through and through.
Taiwan is not claiming a world first. Others have bred partially fluorescent pigs before; but the researchers insist the three pigs they have produced are better. They are the only ones that are green from the inside out. Even their heart and internal organs are green, the researchers say.
The scientists, from National Taiwan University's Department of Animal Science and Technology, say that although the pigs glow, they are otherwise no different from any others.
On May 24, 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message 'See what God has done!' over an experimental line from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
The message was taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:23.
The only true news nowadays: from "The Onion"
HARTFORD, CT—As the nation moves on from last month's family gatherings, churchgoing, and goodwill toward men, the annual post-Christmas readjustment process is proceeding on schedule, with millions of Americans forgoing their temporary generosity of spirit and resuming their petty, miserable treatment of one another.
Though the joy and glad tidings of the holiday season are mere weeks behind us, sources report that more than 85 percent of 2005's Christmastime lessons have already been forgotten, with that number expected to reach 98 percent by as early as next week.
"Christmas is a magical time of year when people of all ages and backgrounds put aside their differences and are reminded of the things that truly count: the joy of giving, the gleam in a young child's eye, and the sound of voices raised together in song," said James Samuelson of the Hartford-based Institute For American Cultural Mores & Values, which tracks the rise and fall of human love and kindness throughout the year. "Mid-January to early February, by contrast, is a magical time of year when people forget all about that stuff. This leads to mid- to late February, a magical time of year when people everywhere feel overpowering, soul-crushing emotional pain, causing them to hate their coworkers, their loved ones, and themselves."
Evidence of this phenomenon can be seen across the country, with Christmas miracles of universal benevolence and spiritual uplift degenerating into mid-January miracles of everyday banality and neglect. Corporations that donated generously to the homeless and various charities mere weeks ago have resumed their usual cutthroat, profit-driven practices. Children who learned the important lesson that it is better to give than receive are refusing to share their expensive new toys with less fortunate playmates, gloating over their possessions and berating the other children for being poor. And the many career-focused dads who made a major breakthrough during the holiday season, vowing to spend quality time with their wives and children, are systematically unlearning these realizations of what truly matters and returning to their dysfunctional workaholic patterns.
Oh, man! I remember when Nicolaus Steno published those papers. I was a young boy of 12 years old and I was blown away by his ideas! Now that I'm 349 years old, it seems so obvious.
In 1669, Danish geologist Nicolaus Steno published a startling proposal: that the fossils and rock layers of the earth, if studied scientifically, gave a chronicle of the earth's history.
One of the puzzles Steno addressed was that of fossilized seashells found high in mountains. Land and sea had shifted, he said. But there was already a "scientific" explanation: spontaneous growth within the rocks. So there was no need, as one contemporary put it, to "turn the world upside down for the sake of a shell." Ironically, the idea seemed to be more palatable among some theological conservatives than among rationalists: God could do whatever he wanted.
I heard the version of 'One' by Bono and Mary J Blige, and I don't like it.
However, I like MJB's new cd, especially the song 'MJB da MVP'.
but you already know me.
Oh MJB, my soul hip-hop queen.
I like the Johnny Cash version better.
When I moved Jadedturtle to its new server back in the summer of 2005 I never put my pictures back up on the site.
Well they are back up now.
Maiko and Casey's Wedding and some others.


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Mexican Restaurant Graffiti Art – Trompo Tacos , Dallas TX
Trompo Tacos is an authentic Mexican restaurant, serving Mexican street style tacos in Dallas, TX. "After being named one of Bon Apetit's Best New Restaurants in 2016, Trompo continues to surprise their fans with fresh and bold flavors that always leave guests wanting more." Their team of designers invited our Dallas muralists to create and paint an interior mural in one of their new restaurants. As a result, we helped create some of the best Mexican restaurant graffiti art in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Mexican imagery in a flash tattoo style acted as the theme of the mural. The restaurant owners wanted a reference to their namesake within the mural, as a way to avoid cliche imagery. A trompo is the name of a Mexican toy top. By using a string, the trompo spins far longer than many other mass-produced tops. The shape of this toy resembles the vertical rotisserie that the meat cooks on, also called a trompo.
The mural's inspiration comes from previous Mexican restaurant graffiti art that we painted in New Orleans. Firstly, we incorporated images of the trompo, sugar skulls, and pyramids onto the left and right-hand sides of the mural. Later, we added the iconic image of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" in the center. This image appears throughout Mexican culture. Check out some photos of the completed mural below.
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Chip Ganassi downplays 200th win, just wants to keep rolling along
Associated PressJan 31, 2018, 8:08 PM EST
Photo courtesy IMSA
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chip Ganassi likes to tell his drivers there is no such thing as accidents, all are preventable.
Unless, of course, a meteor falls from the sky and destroys a race car. That's the only true accident, according to the veteran team owner.
His two cars had the GT Le Mans class well covered last weekend at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which should have been a relief for Ganassi. The team of Joey Hand, Dirk Mueller and Sebastien Bourdais was most dominant for over 22 hours, but was caught by strategy and beaten by the sister team of Ryan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook and Scott Dixon.
The two cars combined to lead all but nine of the 783 laps in class completed at Daytona International Speedway. That's an agonizing feeling for a car owner, Ganassi said, because it would literally take a meteor to snatch certain victory. Nothing short of a catastrophe was going to keep one of his Ford GT's out of victory lane.
It was nerve-wracking for Ganassi, and perhaps 24 hours of tension muted the post-race party for his 200th win as an organization. He was still reluctant to celebrate Wednesday and said that 200 victories are a testament to team manager Mike Hull and a winning culture that stretches through his organization.
"My hat is off to the team, the job that those guys do," Ganassi said. "There will be time to reflect on that another time. This is the beginning of the season, it was the beginning of the sports car season. The beginning of the NASCAR season is coming up, then the beginning of the IndyCar season. I think it is my job as the guy who operates the company is to just get everyone launched. Let's get this thing started, let's go win some races and go win some championships."
The 1-2 finish at Daytona was the eighth at the Rolex for Ganassi, who was also the grand marshal for the race. His teams have won six overall Rolex's and two of three class victories since he dropped from prototype to GTLM in 2016.
Ganassi's first win came in IndyCar when Michael Andretti won in 1994 at Australia. The 100th win also came in an IndyCar race when Dixon won in 2008 at Nashville. Ganassi has won championships with Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi, Juan Pablo Montoya, Dario Franchitti and Dixon. He's won the 500 with Montoya, Franchitti and Dixon.
Ganassi is the only team owner to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Rolex and 12 Hours of Sebring.
It was fitting that the winning team included Dixon, who will end his career as one of the greatest in IndyCar. He has 41 career victories with Ganassi, and at 16 years with the team owner is the longest-tenured driver in organization history.
Dixon and Ganassi both joke that Dixon's job security is because he never calls his boss and never complains. The reality is that driver and car owner both want the same thing and take a straightforward approach to accomplishing goals.
"Everybody thrives in the winning culture that this team has, and they've definitely proven it in many ways with Chip, obviously across many different disciplines in auto racing," Dixon said.
Last week, Roger Penske's return to sports cars was celebrated and The Captain earned the spotlight for the precision of his operation (and the fact he stayed awake the entire 24 hours). But it was Ganassi's team that put on a clinic.
The two owners are rivals in IndyCar, NASCAR and now sports cars. Dixon was aware the Penske presence could be rattling to competitors. The Ganassi guys didn't look twice. They knew they had the equipment and effort to get the job done.
"Everybody just wants to win," Dixon said. "That's the most simple thing: We come here each weekend to win. There's no thinking about finishing (the race) or finishing second."
Next up is a return trip to Daytona for the start of NASCAR's season. A month after that, IndyCar begins and Ganassi's calendar will be filled with racing.
"I don't want to sound too ambitious here, but I will tell you that I think the team is certainly poised to do well across all sectors," Ganassi said.
More AP Auto Racing: https://racing.ap.org/


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Aluminium entrance door, offering longevity and weather resistance, featuring an easy-care surface. The intelligent, multi-layered plate construction ensures good thermal insulation and sound reduction as well as high stability. Additionally, standard five-point locking renders these entrance doors burglary-proof. Inside and outside surfaces can be designed in various colours and thus also adapted to the appearance of the window frames. Various door leaf designs offer individual design possibilities. Up to ten-year warranty - consult manufacturer for details.
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Sah-Hah-Lee Wedding and Events Pavilion is a family owned and operated for the last 28 years. The pavilion is located in Clackamas only 2 miles off of I-205 , along the banks of the Clackmas River. We are a 1/2 hour travel time from Downtown and the Portland airport with plenty of lodging options nearby. We offer 3 different packages to meet different budgets and time of year. We strive to make the wedding planning process easy with crystal clear pricing and excellent vendor contacts. We are an open air pavilion with a large deck in the northwest theme of wood and river rock that can hold up to 150 guests. In the winter months, the pavilion is fully enclosed and heated for a smaller wedding of 75 guests or less. The pavilion is staged under very large pine trees and is surronded by green grass and lots of greenery and flowers. You wont need to spend a lot on decorations because mother nature has provided a beautiful backdrop for you already.
On site manager during event to greet your vendors and make sure the pavilion is operating correctly.
Bridal tent/ water station/ gift table/ white ceremony chairs set up and tear down/ portable PA system with microphone.
Thank you so much for your lovely review and we are happy to hear it was your "dream wedding". Planning a wedding in 30 days is stressful, but I hope we calmed your nerves with our knowledge and expertise and that you enjoyed every minute of your special day.
Sah-hah-lee was most definitely the best choice for our wedding venue. Tracy, the event coordinator, was super helpful and informative. She was always was willing to work with my husband and I, and responded quickly whenever contacted. She is so well-informed on the venue and well connected to the wedding businesses in the area. Plus was just so calm and helpful the day of our wedding, including bringing me a ice cold bottle of water to remind me to drink fluids and breathe.
The catering we chose was through Sah-hah-lee and omg the food was AMAZING! We did the apple smoked chicken and potatoes, best dinner I've had in awhile. Our guests enjoyed it too. The staff was so accommodating and delightful.
Overall, I fully recommend Sah-hah-lee to anyone getting married in the Clackamas area. The views are gorgeous, the pavilion is amazing, and the staff are the kindest people you'll ever meet. So happy we chose this venue.
Tracey and Steve were amazing to work with. Our wedding reception was absolutely beautiful in the pavilion. Food was amazing and customer service was fantastic. Our guests loved the venue and you will too. We highly recommend Sah-Hah-Lee for your next celebration.


Carla and Luis's story began when they were undergraduates, attending the same summer program. Luis's roommate noticed Carla upon arrival and tipped him off to the pretty co-ed. Introductions were made, and two months later, they began dating. After a five-year long-distance relationship, they went their separate ways. But two years later, on August 8, 2008, they met up at the Empire State Building, in New York City. That rendezvous sparked a lasting romance, and on April 14, 2012, Carla and Luis tied the knot in another great city -- Vienna.
All 96 guests received tote bags made by The Wedding Chicks.
They contained the weekend's schedule, some of the pair's favorite spots around town, facts about the wedding, and a few fun German words to learn.
Carla's sister painted the map that identified the couple's beloved haunts and the venues for each event over the weekend.
The bride gave her mother an embroidered hankie to thank her for teaching her the meaning of love.
Vendela roses were tied together with beige silk lace.
Carla wore a Manuel Mota gown with an embellished Pronovias sash. She paired them with diamond-and-pearl earrings from her grandmother and a diamond-and-sapphire ring.
A custom-made Manuel de Vivar veil and headpiece completed her look.
One of the main reasons the couple chose to wed in Vienna was the city's vivid musical history. Handkerchiefs for "tears of joy" were attached to programs honoring the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Opera La Notte di Figaro."
St. Peter's Church, the oldest Catholic Church in Vienna, was selected for its Old World charm and baroque interior. The intricate paintings and ornate architecture made a beautiful setting.
A choir, tenor, and soprano performed the ceremony music, starting with the bride's entrance to Ludwig van Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."
When the couple exited the church as husband and wife, guests showered them with rose petals.
Luis donned a Hackett morning coat and the bride put on a cropped Manuel de Vivar jacket to keep warm.
The newlywed's photographer, Claire Morgan, captured the pair ascending the staircase at their reception venue, the Palais Auersperg.
A unique chart using letters instead of numbers mapped out the floor plan and table assignments: "W I E N" for Vienna (in German), "L O V E", and "H" and "M", representing the bride and groom's last names. Gold satin bows were a fun touch.
Guests enjoyed a traditional Austrian lunch prepared by M*Eventcatering while listening to classical music played on the piano. A Waltz instructor and a troupe of professional dancers later guided guests on the dance floor.
A program detailing the melodies heard throughout the reception, including a performance by opera singers, rested at each place setting. Inside was a note from the couple: "One of the greatest advantages of getting married in Vienna is that here, classical music enhances love like no other place in the world."
Doll's Flowers decorated large candelabras with roses and jasmine.
Carla wrote a letter to each guest, incorporating favorite love-centric poems and quotations. To achieve the authentic look, she used a feathered quill pen and handmade cotton paper. She then folded and closed them with a wax seal bearing the pair's monogram.
The candy table was filled with sweets in the celebration's color palette of white, gold, blush, and light peach. Lindt Champagne truffles, Vosges caramel marshmallows, Laduree macarons, white Maltesers, and pink heart-shaped marshmallows were displayed with flowers.
A dense chocolate Döry torte cake (similar to the traditional Austrian Sacher cake, but with chocolate truffle mousse in lieu of a layer of apricot jam) and strawberry cake with layers of quark (a type of cheese) showcased local flavors. Festive sparklers surrounded this multi-tiered, piped creation by Anika Post of Demel.
The newlyweds selected "The Emperor Waltz" by Johann Strauss II, the traditional opening tune at all royal balls, for its gorgeous melody, but also because of its special meaning. The groom's friend lovingly refers to the couple as the Emperor and Empress.
The evening concluded with a firework show over the palace's gardens that was choreographed to music.


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Terrorism does not have a race or religion
by Sofia Minich March 5, 2019, 11:26 pm
Christopher Hasson | Photo courtesy of Law & Crime
On Feb. 15, Coast Guard lieutenant Christopher Paul Hasson was arrested and charged with both gun and drug offenses, but much is currently left uncovered. Hasson has been labeled "crazy," a "lunatic," and a "nihilist" by media sources such as Washington Examiner, but in actuality, he is much more. As prosecutors dub Hasson with the term "domestic terrorist," many wonder what exactly constitutes an act to fit this classification.
Domestic terrorism in itself relates directly to acts dangerous to the well-being of citizens that are a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, according to the Patriot Act. Hasson, to put it lightly, had dreams of killing the human race. No, you didn't read that wrong. Hasson himself stated in a 2017 email that he was "dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on the earth", and continued on to discuss the manner in which he could go about acquiring toxins to possibly create a form of influenza, but with a much higher fatality rate. Accompanying these statements, Hasson included a rough draft of a plan for food supply poisoning, as well as orchestrated bombing.
Hasson was also regularly taking the opioid Tramadol and had purchased synthetic urine to cover the traces of the drug in his testing.
Additionally, Hasson had been incriminated in court as his prosecutors uncovered searches from 2018, asking "do senators have ss (secret service) protection" and "most liberal senators." Due to these searches and more, they came to the conclusion that Hasson had
specifically been targeting major journalists and Democratic politicians such as Nancy Pelosi.
Written in files on Hasson's computer were also proclamations of himself as a neo-Nazi, and white nationalist. He had written letters to his friends discussing his preference of focused violence on marches and rallies while contemplating how exactly he could cause the maximum disruption to society as a whole. Hasson wrote about his fear that the white race was being threatened and had called for a white homeland.
Hasson alongside his wife and son | Photo courtesy of Heavy
While a vast amount of evidence implicating Hasson has been disclosed, there is an air of hesitancy in the days leading up to his trial regarding further detainment. Those in favor of Hasson make the argument that he is a caring husband, as well as father, who has earned the right to own weapons by serving in the U.S. military for 28 years and should not be charged with basis on "circumstantial" evidence.
In this situation, it is clearly demonstrated that domestic terrorists will forever be treated differently than alleged foreign terrorists, and remain respected in society. They are portrayed lovingly in regards to their family, friends, and career, whereas if the terrorist were to be
from a foreign nation, they would be dehumanized not only in their trial but in the press.
"We are not yet a country that detains people for their internet searches or deleted documents," Hasson's lawyer Ms. Stelzig said.
However, when someone presents themselves as a potential danger to the well-being of others, America must look back upon the qualifications for said person to be detained and make the decision that ensures safety and well-being of the nation.
It seems that in this day and age, under the current administration, domestic terrorism is overlooked as the nation focuses on foreign violence that, at times, is less existent than the media proclaims. The attention is turned on countries mentioned in Trump's travel ban and away from internal dangers that pose a threat to their own country.
Pittsburgh, as a result of the synagogue massacre of 2018. | Photo courtesy of ABC 6 Philadelphia
America as we know it is diverse, and as each day passes, this progressive society learns from the mistakes of the past. Gen Z continuously works to better the country and push for reforms in all facets of our communities and attempts to bring light to matters of injustice, such as this one. Domestic terrorism happens more often than one may think, because it is simply not labeled as such. Instances such as the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and the Borderline bar shooting in Thousand Oaks are reported as tragedies, and acts of pure violence, but almost never terrorism.
A loose interpretation of terrorism is consistently followed in this country- if the perpetrator does not meet the physical "qualifications" then they're not a terrorist, but more simply, a murderer, or criminal.
Hasson himself may actually never receive a sentence at all, for that would be a punishment of thought, and after all, he is what Americans tend to value most- a family man. However, that should not detract from his punishment, for the crimes he had planned involved mass destruction and fatality.
Written by Sofia Minich
Sofia Minich is a senior and Co-Editor in Chief of the MC SUN. She spends her time driving aimlessly and listening to 90s alt-rock or watching Dazed & Confused.
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Home » Headlines » Science » Naked mole rats can stop using oxygen to survive
Naked mole rats can stop using oxygen to survive
By Daniel Francis / Thursday, 20 Apr 2017 10:00PM
A new study proved that naked mole rats can survive at least 18 minutes without oxygen, a considerable feat for any mammal.
Lead researcher Thomas Park from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and Gary Lewin from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, tested oxygen deprivation resistance in naked mole rats versus mice.
Naked mole rats can survive at least 18 minutes without oxygen. Image credit: Vandringsmann1972 Youtube Channel
The subjects were put in an enclosed chamber without oxygen. The mice did not live longer than four minutes, contrary to the naked mole rats, which slowed their heart rate to 50 beats per minute and eventually lost consciousness. Minutes later, the naked mole rats were exposed to normal air, which allowed them to recover.
A metabolism designed for living underground
Researchers believe that naked mole rats can accomplish this by changing their primary source of energy, allowing them to rely on fructose rather than oxygen. It seems that they developed this mechanism because they tend to live in underground colonies alongside 300 other rats, making oxygen scarce.
When there is little oxygen, the body is not able to metabolize sugar correctly, a process known as glycolysis. If glycolysis does not occur, the body runs out of energy and brain cells rapidly begin to die.
"This is just the latest remarkable discovery about the naked mole-rat — a cold-blooded mammal that lives decades longer than other rodents, rarely gets cancer, and doesn't feel many types of pain," stated Park according to Xinhua.net
Naked mole rats appear to perform glycolysis using fructose as fuel if there is no oxygen available. Researchers noted this when analyzing the blood of the specimens, which contained a high degree of sucrose and fructose. They also had a significant amount of a particular molecule that transports fructose into cells, and another enzyme that modifies fructose so it can be used in glycolysis.
Naked mole rats appear to perform glycolysis using fructose as fuel if there is no oxygen available. Image credit: Joel Sartore / Nat Geo
Besides being able to live for several minutes without oxygen, the metabolism of naked mole rats also helps them prevent cancerous tumors. Researchers compared them to mice, which have a lifespan of 4 years and are susceptible to tumors. This is because the cells of naked mole rats are covered by a sugar coating called hyaluronan, which is also responsible for the rats' skin elasticity.
"Our work is the first evidence that a mammal switches to fructose as a fuel. Patients who suffer an infarction or stroke experience irreparable damage after just a few minutes of oxygen deprivation. Theoretically, very few changes might be needed to adopt this unusual metabolism," stated Lewin.
Switching to fructose could help prevent strokes and heart attacks, as oxygen deprivation causes the neuronal damage. If there's any way to mimic the fructose pathway in humans, the time span between the cardiovascular disease event and the moment when brain cells begin to die.
According to Park, on the naked mole rats' evolutionary process, they obtained a metabolism that was surprisingly resistant to low oxygen conditions. When such conditions are at hand, they would go into a state of suspended animation, slowing their pulse, breathing rate, and movement to save energy.
Source: Science Magazine
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I thought of this song at the gym the other day. I met this nice woman (conveniently enough, also named Denise) and we chatted for a while about how long we've been going to the gym, work out history, all that stuff. She mentioned that she started doing triathalons at 48 and that she has one coming up soon. I mentioned that I like to bike/hike outside and we were comparing notes about where we like to go. At first I thought I might have found a kindred spirit, but when I mentioned that I go slow and am usually lugging photography equipment, she said, "Me? I'm all about SPEED!" I laughed. I told her I only go fast if there is something chasing me, and even then it has to be something really really big and scary!
"It's better to burn out than it is to rust."
I might not go fast, but at least I'm moving and not rusting!
PS, I would totally be willing to do a race with you sometime and wear a feather boa! =) Love ya!


Q1) Which among the following drug is used to treat the Paracetamol overdosage?
Explanation : Acetaminophen (paracetamol) toxicity is due to depletion of hepatic glutathione, resulting in the accumulation of toxic metabolic intermediates. Hepatic toxicity is usually associated with ingestion of more than 140 mg/kg of acetaminophen. N-acetylcysteine (NAC; Mucomyst) prevents hepatic damage by acting as a sulfhydryl donor and restoring hepatic glutathione levels. If the patient is suspected of having ingested a toxic dose of acetaminophen, an initial dosage of NAC (140 mg/kg orally or by nasogastric tube) should be administered even before plasma acetaminophen levels are obtained; additional doses are given according to the measured plasma level.
Reference : Chapter 57. Critical Care. In: Butterworth JF, IV, Mackey DC, Wasnick JD. eds. Morgan & Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology, 5e.
Explanation : Glutathione peroxidase is an enzyme that contains the selenium analog of cysteine (selenocysteine) at the active site.Glutathione peroxidase is the general name of an enzyme family with peroxidase activity whose main biological role is to protect the organism from oxidative damage. The biochemical function of glutathione peroxidase is to reduce lipid hydroperoxides to their corresponding alcohols and to reduce free hydrogen peroxide to water.
Reference : Bender D.A., Mayes P.A. (2011). Chapter 21. The Pentose Phosphate Pathway & Other Pathways of Hexose Metabolism. In D.A. Bender, K.M. Botham, P.A. Weil, P.J. Kennelly, R.K. Murray, V.W. Rodwell (Eds), Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 29e.


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We've got a fun meeting coming up this Thursday. The plan is to break into small groups to evaluate various testing frameworks (Sepcs, ScalaTest, JUnit, etc.) and then discuss our findings as a group.
There should also be time to discuss other concerns, ask questions, and the usual sorts of things you might want to do in a group of like-minded techies. If you have ideas for other short discussions you'd like to propose for this meeting or a future meeting, please send them along.
Come join us for another gathering of PDXScala, the Portland Scala users group. This is a casual group focused around the Scala programming language. We welcome both newcomers and experts alike.
Thomas Lockney will be presenting SBT (Simple Build Tool) as a convenient tool for exploring Java libraries with Scala. One of the primary benefits of Scala being available on the JVM is easy integration with existing Java code, but as any Java developer can tell you, it can take a lot of boilerplate to get started exploring a new library. Scala (and SBT) make it possible to shortcut through a lot of this excess code and get right to the heart of the matter.
Brian Panulla has generously agreed to be our first subject for a group code review. He'll be showing his program which converts an XML file to RDF/OWL and we'll have the opportunity, as a group, to look for ways to improve it.
We're going to just have a casual meeting this month, so we can hang out, talk about whatever project or bit of code has captured your attention of late, and drink beer. We'll be meeting concurrently with the fine folks at the PDX Weekly Hackathon, so there should be plenty of discussion of quite a varied nature. Feel free to come out and hack on things, of course!
Come join other Scala enthusiasts at our new location graciously hosted by Jive Software. Anything Scala related is open for discussion. We'll have Jesse Hallett discussing how he put together a lambda calculus to learn about Scala's parsing libraries. Leif Warner will also be showing an application he's been developing which uses the Step web framework (a workalike of the the Sinatra framework in Ruby). This app uses Simple Build Tool, Scardf, Jena, TDB, RDF/OWL, graphs and federated queries and is intended to provide an "open source community family tree" of the local Portland-area music scene.
If you have a project or some code you'd like to share (for review or just to look at how you solved an interesting problem) please bring it along. Pizza will be provided by Jive.
Scala 2.8 adds support for delimited continuations, a powerful control-flow abstraction. First, I'll show how the the impressive power offered by continuations can be used for good or evil. I will demonstrate how they can be used to implement GOTO in Scala, then I'll show how a simple, synchronous Scala program can be transformed into a distributed, asynchronous web application that could support millions of concurrent users.
I'll explain what a continuation actually is, and how Scala's are "delimited". I'll step though the code transformations the Scala compiler performs in order to support continuations. I'll show the limitations of Scala's continuation support and how it could be improved. Finally, I'll explain how continuations are a fundamental abstraction upon which many other things can be built.
If you have other topics you'd like to discuss or just want to come hear how others are using Scala, please come join us. There is always plenty of opportunity for open discussions and mini-presentations.
Come join us for another gathering of PDXScala, graciously hosted by Jive Software. We'll be meeting at 7PM, June 17th, and Steven Osborn will be talking about his experiences developing for Android using Scala.
Interested in Android Mobile OS development, but want to be able to program in Scala? Well you can have your cake and eat it too. Steven will give a high level overview of the Android development platform along with his experiences using SBT along the SBT Android plugin to rapidly develop Android applications. We'll cover everything from setting up your project, running your hello world application, and testing.
Steven is the CTO of Urban Airship, a local mobile messaging and content deliver company providing easy to use, cross-platform web services for iPhone, Blackberry and Android. With nearly a decade of experience in the industry he has participated in all stages of a software company from startup to acquisition. Steven enjoys participating in open source development and has contributed significant amounts of code to projects, including Android OpenIntents and IDiB (Identity In The Browser). Steven is also an accomplished Guitar Hero rockstar and believes strongly that ideas are worthless and execution is everything.
Come join PDXScala, the Portland, Oregon Scala users group, for a night of geeking and socializing. We'd like to invite any Scala enthusiasts in town for OSCON and the Scala Summit to come join us at the Lucky Lab Brewpub (http://luckylab.com) located at 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd, just a short hop from the Oregon Convention Center, on Monday, July 19th at 7PM.
If possible, please RSVP here. It's not necessary, but helps us figure out how many people to expect.
Or, why writing everything from scratch is a great way to learn a language, but a terrible way to be productive.
This is about an ongoing Scala project -- a part of the Capacity product planning and resource management system. We'll be looking at a few parts of the system, a homebrew ORM for MongoDB, and the guts behind the scenes that handles the calculations, and the Circumflex-based JSON web service.
The goal of building these from scratch was to learn, and it continues to be an experiment, so I'm looking forward to everyone's feedback on how to make it better!
Come join fellow Scala hackers and enthusiasts. The guest speaker for this meeting will be Cooper Francis. He's going to cover some of the tricky changes that came in Scala 2.8 (particularly looking at arrays, manifests and implicits) and then do a bit of an exposition of implicits in general and how they can be used to create type classes. This should be a fun talk and I don't doubt we'll all learn something. If any of you have already delved into these changes, please come share your experiences and if you haven't, well... no better time than Thursday night to learn about them!
Once again, our meeting will be at Jive Software (courtesy of Jesse Hallett) and will be starting at 7PM.
We're just going to take it easy this month and have a casual gathering at the Lucky Lab. If weather permits, expect to find us on the back patio.
It's time, once again, for another chance to meet up with fellow Scala developers and enthusiasts (or even the Scala-curious -- you're welcome, too). We'll be meeting this month at the BankSimple offices, located at 334 NW 11th at 7PM this Thursday, March 17th.
I'll give a brief talk about our experiences building Scala code on top of a Clojure framework and some of the trials and tribulations involved in doing so, and Bryan Armstrong will be talk about "Getting back to deterministic resource release by reimplementing 'disposable' semantics and conditionally verifying client code compliance via phantom reference tracking."
Of course, there will also be time for open discussion and questions, possibly even a brief ad-hoc presentation if someone has something they really want to show off.
Kender Elford will talk about doing OpenGL programming with Scala, and Leif Warner will do a short talk on using the Spray library, an asynchronous microframework for building full RESTful servlets on top of Akka actors. The meeting will take place at 7PM at the BankSimple offices (aka, the Urban Airship building), which is located at 334 NW 11th (at the intersection of 11th and Flanders). If you have any trouble finding it, feel free to call me at 971-322-9408. If possible, I'll try to make sure we have some pizza there (anyone want to sponsor this month?). Also, I believe we have a free ticket for OpenSource Bridge to give away.
This will be a pretty casual meeting, but still worthwhile. Bryan Armstrong said he could speak a bit on the new parallel collections support in Scala 2.9. Thomas Lockney may quickly show off a basic Akka demo, but that's looking iffy at this point. If you have anything else you'd like to come talk about, feel free to do so!
If you haven't been to the BankSimple office before, we have a space in the UrbanAirship building.
Come join other Scala enthusiasts to talk about all-things Scala related. Whether you're a newcomer or are writing books on the subject, we welcome you. If you're interested in giving a talk or have a talk you'd like someone to give (we'll do our best to find someone qualified), let us know.
This month, we plan to have presentations and discussions around Akka, actors and futures (both Akka's implementation and others). Come join us if you're interested in these topics or others.
Come join other Scala fans, whether you're a seasoned oldtimer or complete beginner. We'll have open discussions, and, if anyone steps forward, some focused presentations or examples. If you have topics you're interested in talking about or giving a talk on, please let us know! Also, feel free to bring code you'd either like to show off or get input on.
Come join other Scala fans, whether you're a seasoned oldtimer or complete beginner. We'll have open discussions, and, a variety of presentations and examples. If you have topics you're interested in talking about or giving a talk on, please let us know! Also, feel free to bring code you'd either like to show off or get input on.
Planned topics include: the new futures and promises API introduced by SIP-14 in Scala 2.10, phantom types, and an introduction to the Play framework.
Come join other Scala fans, whether you're a seasoned oldtimer or complete beginner. We'll have open discussions and a variety of presentations and examples. If you have topics you're interested in hearing more about or something you'd like to give a presentation on, please let us know! Also, feel free to bring code you'd like to show off or get input on from the rest of the group!
Dave Rostron will discuss the new Scala 2.10 reflection library with possible additional material on macros.
Kevin Scaldeferri will do a walk through of how Gilt Groupe is using SBT to support development of highly-distributed micro-services architecture.
Bryan Armstrong will be doing a presentation on Spray.
This month we'll have talks on Spray, iteratees as implemented in Play and the new SIP-15 value classes.
Anthony Dupre will be talking about more Play Framework goodness including Iteratees and Numeratees.
Rob Norris will be talking about using the free monad to build pure APIs that manipulate mutable objects.
Leif Warner will be giving a talk on the Scalaz Stream library (https://github.com/scalaz/scalaz-stream), a Scala derivative of Edward Kmett's Haskell-based "Machines" library (http://hackage.haskell.org/package/machines).
We'll have pizza available at 6, so if you're planning to join us, come early if you're hungry!
Bryan Armstrong will be present the Spray HTTP library.
Hey folks, it's that time again. We'll have some great beginner friend material courtesy of Rob Norris along with time for general questions and answers for any one who's just getting started with Scala and wants to know how more experienced Scala developers might do things. In addition, Kevin Scaldeferri will be giving a bit of a preview of the material for the talk he'll be giving at Lambdajam (http://lambdajam.com/sessions#scaldeferri) later this summer, covering "using the cake pattern to bridge the divide between unit testing and functional testing." We'll have pizza and we welcome attendees whether you're deep in the Scala world or just passing by and wanting to see what all this functional programming in the OO world is about.
We'll have Tyler Benson from New Relic giving a talk about the recently released support for Play 2. Thomas will also give a bit of a walk through on setting up a new project with SBT oriented for newcomers. As we've been doing for a couple months now, the first hour of tonight's meeting will be oriented towards people who are new to Scala. If you have questions you'd like to ask about general usage, specific libraries, or overall understanding of the ecosystem, we'll be here to help you find your way. For everyone else, we'll have plenty of extra time tonight for any other discussions and topics, so if you have something you'd like to talk about or code you'd like to show, come prepared! We'll have pizza here at 6, so come early if you're hungry.
With OSCON in town this week, bringing to town many from the functional programming community among others, we thought it would be a good idea to hold a casual functional programming meetup. There's no agenda and no talks, but there will be beer and good conversation.
We'll be meeting up on the patio at Green Dragon. If you're just visiting and are worried you won't recognize the geeks when you get there (we're usually easy enough to spot), feel free to ping people on the PDXFunc mailing list (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdxfunc) or on IRC at #pdxfunc.
Come join other Scala fans, whether you're a seasoned old-timer or complete beginner. We'll have open discussions and a variety of presentations and examples. If you have topics you're interested in hearing more about or something you'd like to give a presentation on, please let us know! Also, feel free to bring code you'd like to show off or get input on from the rest of the group!
This month, we're actually planning something a little bit different form even our new format. I (Thomas Lockney) will be giving a quick introduction to Scalatron (http://scalatron.github.io/), which is a fun way to learn and hone Scala skills in a group environment. The idea is that you build Scala-based "bots" that compete against each other in a common environment. Depending on how the group feels, we can potentially just spend the evening focused on this. But we'll also have time, if people are interested, to explore other topics, as well. We'll have pizza here at 6, so come early if you're hungry.
Come join other Scala fans, whether you're a seasoned oldtimer or complete beginner. This is a great opportunity to share Scala knowledge and meet other practitioners and enthusiasts. We'll have open discussions and a variety of presentations and examples. If you have topics you're interested in hearing more about or something you'd like to give a presentation on, please let us know! Also, feel free to bring code you'd like to show off or get input on from the rest of the group.
As we've been doing for some months now, the first hour of tonight's meeting will be oriented towards people who are new to Scala. If you have questions you'd like to ask about general usage, specific libraries, or overall understanding of the ecosystem, we'll be here to help you find your way. For everyone else, we'll have plenty of extra time tonight for any other discussions and topics, so if you have something you'd like to talk about or code you'd like to show, come prepared! We'll have pizza here at 6, so come early if you're hungry.
Rob says he's been working on a port of attoparsec (a fast Haskell parser combinator library) that he could demo for a bit.
Leif has been incorporating a writer monad into some RDF->JSON code he's updating to output JSON-LD.
Come join other Scala fans and aficionados in Portland, Oregon for 2 days of talks and open sessions.
Come join other Scala fans, whether you are a seasoned oldtimer or complete beginner. We will have open discussions and a variety of presentations and examples. If you have topics you are interested in hearing more about or something you would like to give a presentation on, please let us know! Also, feel free to bring code you would like to show off or get input on from the rest of the group!
This month, Susan Potter will be joining us to give a couple of motivating examples of Scalaz usage showing how thinking more functionally can yield less complex code. More details on other talks and possible discussion topics will be coming shortly. If you have a topic you would like to discuss or present on, let us know on the mailing list (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdxscala) or ping @tlockney on Twitter!
Finally, as usual, the first hour of this meeting will be oriented towards people who are relatively new to Scala. If you have questions you would like to ask about general usage, specific libraries, or overall understanding of the ecosystem, we will be here to help you find your way. For everyone else, we will have plenty of extra time tonight for any other discussions and topics. Pizza will be here at 6, so come early if you are hungry.
This month we're stoked to have Rob Norris present on zippers, a technique for navigating (and updating) data structures. Sure to be rad and/or mind-blowing, as per usual.
We can try collaboratively taking notes on talk(s) on etherpad.


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A native of Ghana, Osafo realized he wanted to stay fairly close to his family in the Chicago area. He came up to Lake Forest to attend an Open House and discovered he liked the campus, the nearby beach, and the proximity to Chicago. The biology major, who will graduate in May 2017, is a Forester you should know.


Characters: Cultural stories revealed through typography presents an extraordinary way of looking at urban space, through its letterforms and the cultural stories behind them. What is it about letters that help give us a sense of place and a sense of self? The places, experiences and stories are unique to Melbourne and Australia, but the broader 'way of seeing' is as universal as the human appeal of storytelling. Rather than presenting the new, Characters offers a new way of looking at the familiar. With the assistance of researcher Christine Eid, the rich selection of stories have been brought to life by Stephen Banham, author of over fifteen publications on typographic culture. The appeal of Characters is deliberately broad – anybody with a curiosity about their own city, architecture, and social history as well as anyone with an interest in design, graphics and typography. The Characters site offers much more information, even a behind the scenes film, sample stories and find a list of stockists for the book. Hardback 272 pp Published by Thames & Hudson, Co-publisher: State Library of Victoria.


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Besides the big attractions that I mentioned in my previous post Rome also has a lot of details for those times when you are not in front of a several hundred tons architectural structure that is older than you and several generations of your ancestors.
Street performers were everywhere. Not just in Piazza del Popolo or Piazza Navona but in the middle of the street like the creepy silent red man with white face.
My subconscious tells me that I knew before going to Rome that they cut pizza in squares but I definitely hadn't seeing it before. My first thought when I saw it was: "Oh my god, they have so much pizza that they care more about where they put it than about the presentation." And it felt good inside.
Loes saw this virginal detail on one corner a few streets away from Piazza Navona. As we will see below these decorations are not limited to the religious domain.
And this is one of the fountains from Piazza Navona, the Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini, old Romans were definitely skilled making fountains.
But pigeons are the 21st century Roman vandals and they have perfected their technique of removing all dignity that some of the fountains and statues once had.
A calm and beautiful corner that we found while trying to get back to the hotel. The colors of Rome are deliciously rich and the atmosphere in some places was so special that you could very easily forget that you were in a big city surrounded by hundreds of people.
They have thought of everything :') I didn't know that Rome had such a great gaming spirit but it felt very good inside seeing that they consider Space Invaders on the same league as Bernini or Michelangelo.
At some point while navigating through the city and just by chance we looked to our right and we found this. The atmosphere was wonderful and I think it's the photo I love the most of the thousands that I have taken so far.
And to end this post here is another statue at sunset. For some reason the statue has what evidently is cap with an helix and is making a kung fu pose with skeletal arms. These Romans are crazy.


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