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Jacob Davenport
Systems Designer — games, databases, opinions
Boring Alternate Storyline
How to solve the 5x5x5 Rubik's Cube
It's a Wonderful Death
My Birthday Song
Pre-Feline Agreement
Rubik's Cube Art
The Perils of Running
Why Jacob?
Advanced Werewolf
Brass Owl Rules of Play
Computer Programming and Game Design
Demonstrating Zendo
Drunken Master
Extreme Game Design
Game Doctors
Gnostica
Icehouse FAQ
Mobius Corpse
Observations of a Game Tester
Pikemen
Pure Nomic
Rating Zendo Rules
Running a Zendo Tournament
Sidereal Confluence Deluxe Resources
Some Zendo Rules
Space Alert Mission Generator
Teaching Games
Veto Suggestion
Why Games Are Compelling
Writing Game Rules
Zarcana to Gnostica
20 Reasons Not to Have Children and 10 Reasons to Have Children
Advice for Expecting Mothers
Contoured Dvorak Keyboarding
Davenport Voter's Guide: 2018 General Election
Eight Monitors
Left Handed Analogies
Mourning for Atheists
Rooftop Garden
Rules for Good Program Design
Stigma of Atheism?
The Social Nature of Humanity
Why Did the Chicken…?
Game Box Questions
Get Funny
Why Did the Chicken…? Rules
Monopoly Home Rules
These optional house rules may make Monopoly a whole new game for you. Please let me know if you have played any good home rules that I have not mentioned, or if you play with any of these rules tell me what you thought of them. I mark the ones I recommend.
Increase movement options:
Dice Choice
Rule: A player must roll two dice on his turn, but may select any two dice from a set of four sided, six sided, eight sided, and ten sided dice.
Reason: Gives players some control over movement. Players may wish to role two four sided dice at the beginning, since they have a better chance of getting doubles and going again, and then later roll two ten sided dice to move around the board quickly. Larger dice decrease the chance for doubles and thus tend to balance the game.
Dice Control
Rule: A player may choose to roll only one die on his or her turn rather than two. If the player rolls a one, he or she must go directly to jail for making an "impossible" movement.
Variations: A player may announce before making a roll of two dice that he or she is going to move the product of the dice rather than the sum. If the player then rolls higher than twenty, the player is sent to jail for "speeding", and as above if the player rolls a one, he or she must go directly to jail for making an "impossible" movement.
Reason: Gives players some control over movement. This rule is probably only a good idea if Maximum Punishment is in effect, otherwise players may use this rule to get into jail quickly.
Traveling Railroads recommended
Rule: Whenever a player lands on a railroad, the player may choose to move his or her token to any other railroad owned by the same player.
Clarifications: The player must pay rent even if he or she does not travel. A player may travel on his or her own railroads, for free of course. A player may not travel on unowned railroads. Travel is across the board, so a player does not get $200 for passing Go when he or she travels from Short Line to Reading Railroad. The owner of the railroads may not prevent the player from traveling. A player may travel to or from a mortgaged railroad.
Variations: The owner may disallow a player from traveling on his or her railroads if the owner refuses to take the rent from the player landing on it. The owner must decide to disallow travel before the player is required to specify his or her destination, if any. The owner must allow travel from a mortgaged railroad.
Reason: Gives players control over their tokens, and makes the ownership of the railroads important. For example, The player developing the green properties should attempt to split up the railroads so that players landing on them do not always travel to Short Line and thus skip the green group. On the other hand, the player developing the dark blue group should encourage a railroad monopoly, since so many players move to Short Line to get closer to go and are more likely to land on the dark blue group.
Increase development options:
Double Hotels
Rule: Players may build up to two hotels on a property. Rent must be paid on all buildings on a property.
Clarifications: After a player has raised a hotel on a property, he or she may purchase up to four more houses on that property and then may purchase a second hotel for that property. A player may not have more than four houses on a property.
Example: If a player has a hotel and two houses on Park Place and a hotel and three houses on Boardwalk, the rent is $2000 on Park Place and $3400 on Boardwalk.
Reason: Gives players more building options. Players may also more easily create a building shortage.
Rule: Players may build houses on any property they own, even if they do not have a complete set. If a player lands on a property which has been improved, they can either pay what they owner asks, up to a maximum of the normal amount required, or they may instead pay rent to any other owner of one of the other properties in the group, paying whatever rent that owner requests. If the player chooses to pay a different owner, including his or her own property in the group, then the player also moves his or her token to that property.
Clarifications: A player may not switch to a different property in the group if the property is not improved, nor may he or she switch to a property owned by the bank. If a player owns all of the properties in a group, he or she can charge the maximum rent allowed, and the player landing on his or her properties may not switch to a different property in the same group. When a player owns two properties in a three-property group, he or she must improve those two properties evenly. If a player acquires all the properties in a group, he or she must rectify the number of houses on each property so that the number of houses meet the even building rule.
Example: George owns Illinois and Kentucky Avenues, and Samantha owns Indiana Avenue. George decides to build three houses on each property, and Samantha decides to build just two on Indiana Avenue. Along comes Fred, who lands on Illinois. George asks him to pay the normal $750 rent for three houses. Naturally, he decides to switch his token to Samantha to pay her the $250 she is charging. George doesn't want to lose money that he hoped would be his, so he offers to allow Fred to stay on Illinois for only $200. Samantha drops her rent to $200 as well, and points out that George is winning already and should not be given more money. Fred can accept either offer.
Reason: Makes the reason for owning a monopoly a much more clear goal.
Instant Hotels
Rule: A player may purchase hotels for one of his or her monopolies at the cost of five houses, less any houses already owned, even if there are not enough houses for each property on the group to own four.
Reason: A housing shortage only hurts players who have little money. Players with a lot of money can go straight to hotels.
Rule: Two or more players may agree to form a partnership with a property group in which they have a monopoly between them. Each partner may then purchase houses or hotels for the property they own as long as they follow rules for building evenly. A player may leave the partnership between dice rolls, forcing all players in the partnership to sell all of their buildings.
Example: Peter owns Boardwalk and Sarah owns Park Place. They agree to form a dark blues partnership and Peter builds a house on Boardwalk. Sarah later builds two houses on Park Place so Peter builds another two houses on Boardwalk. Players who land on Park Place are forced to pay $500 to Sarah and players who land on Boardwalk must pay $1400 rent to Peter. Sarah later lands on Board Walk and pays Peter $1400 in rent. In disgust she dissolves the partnership and sells her two houses on Park Place for $200. Peter must sell his three houses for $300.
Reason: Gives more options to players.
Six Railroads recommended
Rule: The two utilities are treated like additional railroads. They cost $200 to buy and can be mortgaged for $100. The rent for five railroads is $300 and for six railroads is $400.
Reason: Makes the utilities actually worth having and a railroad tycoon a serious opponent.
Uneven Building recommended
Rule: Once a monopoly is gained, the owner is allowed to build houses or hotels on the monopoly in any way he chooses.
Example: A player who owns both dark blue properties may purchase a hotel and place it on Boardwalk with no building on Park Place.
Reason: Allows players latitude to build as they choose and hope for a high rent gain without having to pay to improve the entire monopoly.
Non-Monopoly Building recommended
Rule: You may build houses on properties for which you do not own all the properties of a set, but the houses cost double their normal price. If you sell them back to the bank, you still only get half of their normal cost.
Reason: Allows players to still build on properties without gaining the entire set, but at a cost.
Unlimited Housing
Rule: There is no limit to the number of houses and hotels in the game.
Reason: Removes the possibility of a housing shortage, and allows players who have had difficulty getting together a monopoly until later in the game a chance to improve their properties.
Flexible negotiations:
Immunity highly recommended
Rule: A player may grant full or partial immunity from paying rent on one or more of his or her properties as part of negotiations. The details of the immunity are up to the players involved in the trade.
Clarifications: Immunity does not transfer with the property if it is traded. A player who has granted immunity to another player and then trades the property away and then later trades to get it back still must honor the original immunity given.
Example: In a six player game, George owns three railroads and Illinois, and Lisa owns the fourth railroad and the other two red properties. Lisa agrees to give the fourth railroad to George and allow him two free visits on the red group whenever he chooses. In exchange, George gives Lisa Illinois and immunity from paying rent on his railroads for the entire game. Later in the game, although George has been collecting $200 from the other four players fairly frequently, and used his free visits to avoid paying rent on Kentucky with three houses and later Illinois with a hotel, he is bankrupted from landing on Edgar's New York Avenue hotel. Edgar thus acquires the railroads and Lisa must now pay rent to Edgar's railroads when she lands on them.
Reason: Gives more options when negotiating trades.
Loans highly recommended
Rule: A player may loan another player money or property at any agreed upon rate or with any agreed upon provisions.
Reason: Removes a restriction imposed by the original rules.
Profit Sharing recommended
Rule: Two or more players may agree to split the rent from a property or set of properties.
Clarifications: Like Immunity, Profit Sharing does not transfer with the property if it is traded. A player who has granted profit sharing to another player and then trades the property away and then later trades to get it back still must honor the original profit sharing plan.
Example: In a six player game, Norman owns two railroads and Gary owns two railroads. Norman agrees to sell his two railroads to Gary for $400 and Gary promises to give Norman $100 of each $200 he collects in rent from the railroads.
Balance the game:
Bank Repossession recommended
Rule: When a player is bankrupted by debts to another player, the debtor must mortgage all his or her properties, pay the creditor as much as possible, and then return all of the debtor's properties to the bank. These properties are then available for purchase by other players as usual.
Clarifications: As with the normal rules, the debtor may not sell or trade any of his or her properties unless it gives enough money to pay the debt. The original rules also state that property acquired by the bank due to a player becoming bankrupted must be auctioned off immediately, but in this rule, this auction does not occur, and players must land on the properties in question to be able to purchase them.
Reason: Often when one player is winning and they bankrupt another player, that player gains enough property and money to insure winning the game. This rule makes the end of the game have all of the interest of the beginning, since a bankruptcy floods the board with new properties to be purchased.
Double Prices highly recommended
Rule: All property costs twice the face value.
Clarifications: Mortgage values remain the same, as do all other values.
Variations: If the player landing on the property does not end up buying it, he or she gets a "finder's fee" of %10 of the sale cost.
Reason: Property is too inexpensive. In the normal game, it is always a good strategy to purchase property because even if it is not part of a monopoly that one owns, it can be traded for something more useful or mortgaged if not. As a result of this rule, players usually put property up for auction unless they really want it. This rule makes the game much more challenging, since players actually must think about what they are willing to buy and when to start an auction.
Maximum Punishment highly recommended
Rule: A player in Jail may not collect rent, buy buildings, participate in any auctions, or mortgage property. He or she may only make trades with another player in Jail or any player at Just Visiting.
Variations: A player may pay $100 immediately upon reaching jail to be placed in Just Visiting, and thus avoid a turn in jail. Good lawyers are expensive.
Reason: Makes jail a punishment rather than a safe haven.
Option to Auction
Rule: Whenever a player lands on an unpurchased property, any other player can immediately start an auction for that property by bidding twice the normal purchase price.
Reason: Balances bad dice rolls by allowing players who are willing to pay extra for particular properties to have a chance at them.
Initial Auction
Rule: Before the game begins, everyone writes down how much they will pay for every property on the board in a closed auction. This can be done independently, before even gathering to play. The game then begins by checking everyone's bids and selling the properties to the highest bidder for each property, with ties broken by die roll. In this variation, start the game with more money: $10,000 divided by the number of players should be about right.
Reason: This makes the purchase of property much more interesting, removing the luck element and moving the beginning of the game along much faster, ending up quickly in the property negotiations and house purchasing. As a result, the entire game is about interesting choices, not about waiting for players to get lucky or unlucky with property purchases.
Rule: The bank gets a token known at the "tax man" and a player will roll the dice for the bank on it's turn. If it lands on any owned property, the owner pays the bank the amount that would normally be charged in rent. The tax man ignores the normal meaning of any other square, including "Go to Jail".
Reason: Balances the benefit of a property that often gets landed on due to it's placement on the board.
Facilitate the game:
Honest Game highly ecommended
Rule: Players must always pay rent, even if the owner does not ask.
Reason: Removes the annoying requirement of constantly have to watch where other players land. Also allows a game to be more social as players can trust each other to pay rent when required.
Closed Auction recommended
Rule: All auctions are done by players writing down a bid and then showing in unison.
Reason: Open auctions with players yelling out bids is chaotic and tedious.
Vickrey Auction recommended
Rule: All auctions are done by players writing down a bid and then showing in unison. The highest bidder pays the amount that the second highest bidder bid.
Reason: This auction causes people to bid an incentive to bid the true value of the property. See Wikipedia.
Minimum Bid
Rule: Any new bid in an open auction must be at least $10 more than the previous bid.
Reason: Cuts down on tedious $1 raise auctions.
Rule: Before the game begins, one player is secretly and randomly determined to be the "Angel of Death". This can be done by having one slip of paper put into a hat for each player, with a star on one of them, and then each player draws a slip. The Angel of Death player has the option, once the game has been played for two hours, of smashing the board and declaring the game over without any winner. The Angel of Death may only do so if he or she is still in the game.
Reason: The game moves much faster as players fight against time, and may end before it really drags out.
Allow many players:
Double Board
Rule: Two boards, such as a standard board and an English board, have either Free Parking or Go overlapping. Players go around both boards in a figure eight pattern. When a player lands on the overlapping space, he or she may choose which board to enter next. When a player is sent to jail, he or she is sent to the jail on the board that they were occupying before going to jail.
Clarifications: A player advancing to a named property as per instructions on a card may pass Go twice, collecting $400.
Variations: Cards which affect all players or all properties, such as "pay all players $50" or "building repairs", only affect the properties and the players on the same board as the affected player.
Reason: Useful for games with more than five players to allow for more possible monopolies.
First to Go
Rule: Players may not purchase properties until one player has passed Go.
Reason: In games with lots of players, going first gives a great advantage toward acquiring property, and going last is a major hinderance. If players can not start to purchase property until they are spread around the board, then this disparity is smaller.
Order Auction
Rule: Before the game begins, players bid for the right to go first. The order of play is based upon the amount of money bid.
Reason: In games with lots of players, going first gives a great advantage toward acquiring property, and going last is a major hinderance. By paying for the privilege, the games is more fair.
Start at Corners recommended
Rule: Players put their tokens at the four corners of the board rather than Go as their starting positions. The player on "Go to Jail" does not. Players should be spread evenly to all the corners, and which player starts at which corner should be determined randomly.
Reason: By starting in different locations, the players are less likely to land on properties already owned by players who went before them.
Increase money supply:
I do not recommend any of these rules. They pump money into the game, slowing it down and making it less challenging. I put them here for historical accuracy, and as a confession that when I was a kid, I thought all these rules were great.
Rule: a player without an outstanding loan may at any time take out a $500 loan from the bank. Every time the player passes Go he or she only receives $100, the other $100 remaining in the bank as interest. The loan may be repaid any time after the player has passed Go and given the bank interest at least once.
Clarifications: If a player bankrupts the debtor, he or she inherits that debt, unless the "Bank Repossession" rule is used, in which case the bank dissolves the debt.
Reason: Gives players more monetary options.
Double Salary
Rule: A player who lands on Go gets $400 rather than $200.
Clarifications: Players who pass Go only get the usual $200.
Variations: Some people pay $500, so they don't need to make change. Some people pay $686, one bill of each denomination.
Reason: Puts more money into the game to make it easier.
Free Parking Jackpot
Rule: $500 is placed in the middle of the board at the start of the game. Any time a player must pay a fine or tax the money also is put in the middle of the board. Whenever a player lands on Free Parking, he or she gets the money in the middle.
Clarifications: The $500 is not replaced after the jackpot is first taken. It is only for the first lucky player to land there.
Variations: Play without the $500 jackpot, or with only $50 which is replaced every time a player lands there. Some players only put Luxury Tax money there. Note: This is the most common home rule that people play, and there are lots of variations on it. Some have more money, some have less, but there are so many ways it is done, I can't list them all.
Reason: Throws another variable into the game and gives a losing player a chance to get back into the game, or at least a dim hope.
Die Roll Bonuses
Rule: Rolling double ones ("Snake Eyes") earns a $500 bonus. Rolling double sixes ("Box Cars") also earns a $500 bonus.
Clarifications: Yes, as a child, this seemed like a good idea. Yes, our games lasted forever.
Doubling Up
Rule: Only one token may be on a square at a time, except on Go and Jail. When a player's token lands on a space already occupied by another player, the player moves his or her token backwards to Go and his or her turn is over. No money is collected for moving backwards to Go.
Reason: Has the effect of lowering the amount of money in the game because players pass Go less often, and the lower valued properties are landed on more frequently.
Rule: When a player lands on a mortgaged property, the owner may immediately unmortgage the property by paying the mortgage value plus %10 interest. If the owner does not do this, the player may purchase it by paying the player the mortgage value and the bank the mortgage value plus the %10 interest. Either way the player still pays no rent.
Reason: Makes mortgaging property more difficult and more dangerous.
No Mortgaging recommended
Rule: You cannot mortgage property. You are allowed to sell property back for half the printed purchase price.
Reason: Mortgaged property makes the game much less interesting. By removing that option from players, they must make hard decisions. Further, interesting properties may reappear on the board for sale. Often players may decide to have their own auction for a property instead of selling it back to the bank.
Optional Draw
Rule: When a player lands on Chance or Community Chest, drawing a card is optional.
Reason: Gives more options and control.
Two Tokens
Rule: Each player has two tokens, and alternates which token is moved each turn.
Reason: In a two player game, this means that both players have tokens covering more space on the board. This is particularly interesting when making house buying decisions, because one of your opponent's tokens may have passed your monopoly, but the other may be coming up to it, thus a house purchase may be a good idea. With just one token, you know how far the opponent is from your monopoly, and the decisions are not as interesting.
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Angel's Flight
© Millard Sheets Estate
urban, LA-art
Millard Sheets (United States, California, Claremont, 1907-1989)
United States, 1931
unspecified (unspecified): 50 1/4 x 40 in. (127.635 x 101.6 cm) Frame (Framed): 56 3/4 x 46 3/4 x 3 in.
Gift of Mrs. L. M. Maitland (32.17)
At the beginning of his career, early in the 1930s, Millard Sheets created several urban views of Los Angeles like Angel's Flight and Tenement Flats (1928, National Museum of American Ar...
At the beginning of his career, early in the 1930s, Millard Sheets created several urban views of Los Angeles like Angel's Flight and Tenement Flats (1928, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). While Sheets may have been encouraged to create such cityscapes by his early teacher, Theodore Modra (1873-1930), a disciple of Robert Henri, he was probably inspired just as much by the American Scene painting popular during the Great Depression.
In Tenement Flats and Spring Street, Los Angeles, (1930, estate of the artist), Sheets presented the traditional view of city structures from ground level, possibly prompted by the example of the well-known Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows, (1913, LACMA; q.v.), which had been on view in the Los Angeles Museum since 1916. As noted by contemporary critics, however, Sheets proved more inventive with Angel's Flight: he viewed a poor section of Los Angeles from high on a hill. This unusual vantage point must have seemed logical though, given the unusually steep terrain of the area depicted, which is now known as Bunker Hill. A friend of Sheets's who also painted the Los Angeles scene, Paul Sample (born 1896), was fascinated with unusual viewpoints.
The title of the painting, Angel's Flight (with the variants Angels Flight and Angels' Flight), refers to the now dismantled electric cable railway that was built in 1901 to carry pedestrians on Third Street up the steep hill from Hill Street to Olive, on the top of Bunker Hill. The funicular was built south of a road tunnel. At the same time a pedestrian stairway of 123 steps and ten ramps was constructed on the north side to give those who could not afford the railway free access to the top of Bunker Hill. On the crest of the hill a tall observation tower, known as Angel's View, was constructed. The young women in the painting -- the model for both of whom was the artist's wife, Mary -- may be standing on either the observation tower or a railway platform on the hilltop. Sheets omitted the famous cable railway and chose to view the scene looking north toward the stairway. He did not depict the stairs as straight, as they actually were, but showed them as meandering up the hill, thereby exaggerating the sense of height.
Each of the buildings has a slightly different perspective vanishing point. Furthermore, the two women placed in the foreground shadow serve as repoussoir elements, introducing the viewer to the scene below, and as a contrast to the brilliantly sunlit hill below, which further exaggerates the perspective. The prominence of the figures in the foreground and the effect of the unusual viewpoint are quite baroque, a quality seen in the paintings of Thomas Hart Benson and other regionalist artists.
Sheets's palette is bright and varied, with the apartment buildings and boarding houses painted in vivid orange, red, yellow, and green. The color, combined with the perspective and contrasting light and dark areas, gives the painting a distinctively dynamic quality. Despite its Social Realist subject, Angel's Flight was a precursor to Sheets's brighter, more decorative postwar compositions. Sheets painted Angel's Flight expressly for the 1931 Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh, the first major international show in which he was invited to participate. In 1932, the painting won a prize for the "most representative work" at the annual exhibition held at the Los Angeles Museum and was subsequently purchased for the museum. Angel's Flight is generally considered to be Sheets's masterpiece.
The early twentieth century witnessed the transformation of the United States into a modern industrialized society and an international political power.
The early twentieth century witnessed the transformation of the United States into a modern industrialized society and an international political power. By 1920 more than half of the country's population lived in urban areas. Seeming to guarantee employment, the cities lured many farmers and African Americans from rural areas. In addition, between 1900 and 1920, 14.5 million immigrants from Europe, Russia, Mexico, and Asia settled here, primarily in urban centers. A new energy was channeled to such cities as New York and Chicago, as massive skyscrapers were erected to furnish much-needed office space and living quarters. Even West Coast cities were affected—the population of Los Angeles tripled between 1900 and 1910; its unplanned urban sprawl and dizzying speed were captured in the zany movies of the Keystone Cops, filmed on the streets of the city.
Art reflected these changing social and economic dynamics. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism were still popular. Yet other, more progressive ideas now challenged artists. A strong new commitment to realism emerged in literature and the fine arts.
In Philadelphia and New York, a group of artists centered around Robert Henri captured the vitality of urban American life. These realists depicted the hustle and bustle of city streets, the common pleasures of restaurants and various forms of entertainment. Critics dubbed these realists the "Ash Can School" because of their treatment of unidealized subject matter previously considered unattractive. These artists focused on the inhabitants of cities rather than the cities themselves. Their interest in people also led them to create a significant number of single-figure paintings, conveying the human side of the new America . During the 1910s and 1920s the realist celebration of America spread throughout the country, as artists recorded the neighborhoods and people that made their own cities distinct.
Millard Sheets in Retrospect, 1929 to 1950. Pasadena, Calif.: Pasadena Art Institute, 1950.
Painting and Sculpture in California: the Modern Era. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1977.
Millard Sheets: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, 1929-1939, April 29-May 15. Los Angeles: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, 1939.
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall. Painting and Sculpture in Los Angeles, 1900-1945. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1988, vol. 25-26, no. 12-1 (December, 1987-January, 1989).
Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.
View this publication in LACMA's Reading Room
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
McClelland, Gordon T. Millard Sheets: the early years (1926-1944). Newport Beach, Calif.: California Regionalist Art, Information Center, 2010.
Arenson, Adam. Banking on Beauty: Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in California. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2018.

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The evicted church shares good news about the search for a new home
A Redwood City church and nonprofit under threat of eviction may have experienced a Christmas miracle. Verbo Family Services recently shared with climate Online and other local media launched its call to support the community to help them find permanent homes in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood they have served for 20 years.
Now some good Samaritans have answered Verbo's call for help. Pastor Orlando Cardona of the church and nonprofit that provides spiritual guidance, counseling, tutoring, community resources and "a safe place to listen" to more than 400 families said that according to recent media coverage, a man "from Iran Congregation "", who prefers to remain anonymous, contacted Verbo saying that their story "touched his heart". The man offered Verbo to donate $ 25,000 if they collect appropriate donations.
Pastor Cardona quickly got to work trying to raise funds by giving his church, friends, fellow workers, and everyone in his stratosphere the opportunity to raise funds. The pastor managed to raise $ 2,800 from Verbo's own parish – many of which are low-income families – on the Sunday of his announcement, while they also raised $ 3,000 from online donations through their website. Other gifts were included – $ 1,000 from a contractor and other donations from other church members.
Then the big one came. A pastor and his wife from a Verbo Church in Guatemala City, Guatemala, who were visiting the Bay Area, personally donated $ 20,000 to the fundraiser. When combined with the other donations, the gift will raise Redwood City Church and the nonprofit organization beyond what they need for the corresponding donation. Pastor Cardona called the Iranian donor and he immediately handed Verbo a check for $ 25,000.
All in all, Pastor Cardona said Verbo has raised $ 72,000 so far that they plan to use to rent a small 5,000 square foot warehouse in the Fair Oaks neighborhood so they can continue their family ministries. He's also looking for a separate location to hold services – possibly at another nearby church in the afternoon or at a school district gym – with the aim of staying in the Fair Oaks ward. The church must vacate its current building at 2798 Bay Rd. until end of January; the pastor will meet with a real estate agent tomorrow to inspect possible storage areas.
Meanwhile, Verbo's fundraising efforts continue. To support Verbo Family Services with an online donation, click here. To send a check, mail it to: Verbo, Verbo Family Services, or Verbo Church and mail it to the pastor's personal address (as the church is moving soon): 241 Rutherford Ave., Redwood City, CA 94061.
Learn more about the church / organization here and watch a video about the appeal for donations here. Questions? Call Verbo at (650) 241-8245 or email [email protected]
Photos courtesy of Verbo Family Services
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Biology Ecology Ecology Articles What is Earth Day?
Once a year on April 22 Earth Day rolls around. For those of us that are in school, it's a time to plant trees, start recycling programs and do other "earthy" things. But what does that mean? It seems that most people treat Earth Day day a bit like Valentine's Day or Saint Patrick's Day. Its simply an event on the calendar that doesn't seem to have a lot of meaning anymore. In fact, the role Earth Day plays has changed since it was first concieved. But to understand that, we need some history
Earth Day History 101
To really understand Earth Day and why it came about you need to understand what was happening in the 1960s, because it was this decade that spawned what we have today.
What was happening in the 1960s?
During the 1960s the United States was in a war overseas (Vietnam). It was also having countless environmental disasters that started to outrage the public.
At the time, Americans and much of the world, were slurping leaded gas through massive eight cylinder automobiles. Large plants pumped out pollution with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. "Environment" was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news.
Although mainstream America largely remained oblivious to environmental concerns, the stage had been set for change by the publication of Rachel Carson's New York Times bestseller Silent Spring in 1962. The book represented a watershed moment, selling more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries, and beginning to raise public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and links between pollution and public health.
The "Father of Earth Day"
Then, Senator Gaylord Nelson, noticed a disconnect between the environmental policy that local people wanted and what the politicians in the government were willing to make into law. He wanted that to change. The Earth Day we celebrate now was first championed by him as an environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970.
The first Earth Day – 1970
Even though there is some debate as to the official first day of Earth Day (some say it was March 22nd of that year). The Earth day we celebrate today came from the event on April 22nd 1970.
Subsequent Earth Days
Subsequent Earth Days have grown from the first event. They say some 1 billion people celebrate it today. If you want the detailed history of this event, I encourage you to visit the official earth day history site and read up more. If you'd rather just watch more of our videos on it, see below.
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Transitorily Yours
February 22, 2017 by Brent Crampton
Photography by Amy Lynn Straub
Editor's note: This is the first installment in a new Encounter column focusing on millennial life by Brent Crampton. To share your significant life experiences, email millennials@omahapublications.com
Today is Jan. 7, 2017, and yesterday I walked out of House of Loom one last time. It was a place that I co-owned, DJed at, and curated events for. The scene I left was only a shell. There were no swirling lights or sounds, no Victorian lounge vibes, and certainly no lively, booze-fueled conversations. Just an echo of the life that filled that place for 5 1/2 years remained (along with the bustle of a construction crew ripping a hole in the wood floor).
Loom was many things to many people, but to me it was a lovely little social experiment that blended cultures, creatives, and communities. Categorically, it was a nightclub and event venue, but to the folks frequenting its experiences, it was a place where patrons and friends could mobilize around causes, express emotions, mourn passings, and celebrate life's contrasts.
The influx of people was so fluid that you could not distinguish it as a straight or gay bar, but simply as a people's bar. On its best nights, it brought together folks who normally wouldn't intersect in our city, and lifted us out of the doldrums of our daily lives.
It is rare for a business to shut down without the force of an unpaid bill. As a friend and fellow small business owner says, it is a gift to be able to close on your own terms. And that is exactly what we did. For myself and the other owners, House of Loom was never meant to be permanent. It was a successful social experiment. And it was time to move on.
I have spent the past 13 years of my life fervently dedicated to contributing to Omaha's nightlife. With this new year, I embark on a new chapter—one where the loud and flashy peaks of club life are swapped for the quiet joy of watching my 1-year-old baby stand on her own for the first time. Now, spontaneous social gatherings are traded for intimate dinner parties (often planned months in advance). Instead of falling asleep as the sun rises, I wake up with the sun.
It is a different life—one with its own advantages. My prior life could never hold a candle to this new world. In fact, as I write this, my baby daughter is napping away on my chest after a messy meal of liquified plums, apples, and carrots. She is tuckered out, and so am I.
This brings me to why I am writing this column. During this next chapter of my life, I will be taking some time to hibernate in the creative womb. The invitation to turn to the reflective act of writing seemed like a synchronistic opportunity. Instead of only sharing my notions of creativity and thought from behind a DJ booth, I will gladly be able to do so in this space.
Much like my life right now, I am going to ad-lib my writing. Most likely I will touch on topics ranging from the social impact of nightlife (of course), the curiosities of parenting (because I'm new at this), food (because I get giddy when I eat good food), and inclusiveness and equality (because of our new president), all through the millennial lens of a 30-something, post-nightclub-owning new papa.
Here's to new beginnings.
Brent Crampton previously co-owned House of Loom and is co-owner of Berry & Rye, a bar in the Old Market. A multi-award-winning DJ in a former life, he now prefers evenings spent at home with his family.
This article was printed in the March/April 2017 edition of Encounter.
Posted in: Encounter, Omaha Magazine, Opinion, People On the Rise
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What are the 40 Developmental Assets?
September 24, 2013 by Deborah Gleich-Bope
In the past, a school's sole purpose was to educate students in reading, writing, math, and other areas. Today, the focus of schools is on the entire development of the young person, including academic, personal, and social growth.
You may have seen the 40 Developmental Assets posted somewhere in your child's school. But are you aware of what these really are and how they are utilized in your child's education?
The 40 Developmental Assets were developed by Search Institute, a research-based organization that works to address important issues in education and youth development. The assets are the institute's framework of strengths and supports believed to be critical in developing the child as a whole.
The assets are divided into halves. The first half examines external aspects of children's lives, such as family support, safety, and a caring school climate, which are some of the main focuses of the school. The second half examines internal aspects of children's lives, such as compassion, integrity, responsibility, and self-esteem. These traits are developed through guidance lessons in the schools, as well as by the learning atmosphere teachers create in their classrooms. By making a conscious effort to foster these assets in children, the schools are creating well-rounded students who are better prepared to learn and grow.
Several school districts use these assets to drive parts of their curriculum. Teachers can utilize the assets when delivering their daily lessons by relating ideas discussed in the classroom back to the assets. School principals can use the assets as a tool to develop a strong culture of learning and achievement among their student body. Lastly, parents can apply the assets to their parenting, which combines with the development provided by the teachers to create a good balance in the lives of their children.
A full list of the 40 Developmental Assets can be found at search-institute.org.
Posted in: Education, Family, HerFamily
Topics: 40 Developmental Assets, assets, child, development, education, external, family, growth, HerFamily, internal, Omaha, personal, school, Search Institute, social, student
Time to Get LinkedIn
August 26, 2013 by Wendy Wiseman
I like Facebook. I entered this social media space with a passion, thanks to the Creighton students I was teaching at the time. I have more than 1,000 friends, including my four teens, because I bought their computers and iPhones and because I want to embarrass them.
But my teens have actually moved on to Instagram, Snapchat, and Vine, and I feel the need to move on myself, with a renewed passion, to LinkedIn. There are a few reasons I recommend you do the same.
The first is that it's important as a professional to separate your personal and business lives. Facebook can make that a little dicey. The second reason is opportunity. LinkedIn is now the world's largest professional network. It limped along for a time, being one of the world's "older" social networks, but it's cracked the code on changes in technology, target, and services for professionals that make LinkedIn the ideal place to connect.
With more than 225 million users in 200 countries, LinkedIn gives you access to 2.7 million business pages, 1.5 million groups, and your share of 1 billion endorsements. How you leverage all this is up to you. My advice: Spend more than the average 17 minutes per day on the site to get your profile up to speed. Follow industry leaders, post so you get followed, and enjoy the ride! Here are some specifics to get you started:
Download the LinkedIn App for your mobile device (Android, Blackberry, iPad, iPhone, Windows Phone).
Complete your profile. This helps LinkedIn connect you with people you used to work with and people in industries similar to yours.
Build your network. Import contacts from all your other channels. Invite people you know to connect with you. Add a personal note about how you know the individual and why you want to connect. Go further than the typical template invitation and make yourself memorable.
Join groups that interest you. Look for groups that you're marketing to or that may help you move your business.
Consider forming a group. Lead the way and post. Refer to articles.
Build a Company Page, especially if you are an entrepreneur.
Check the Channels (business news topics) on LinkedIn Today, the site's e-zine. LinkedIn will recommend Channels, but you should check in regularly to follow Channels that help you improve in your career.
Wendy Wiseman is Vice President & Creative Director of Zaiss & Company, a customer-based planning and communications firm in Omaha.
Posted in: B2B Magazine, Business, Social Media
Topics: app, B2B Omaha Magazine, Business, channel, company, Facebook, group, Instagram, LinkedIn, network, networking, Omahas, page, personal, professional, service, Snapchat, social, social media, technology, Vine
Get Your Game On!
June 20, 2013 by Linda Persigehl
Staying fit can be a real challenge for a busy mom, particularly when she spends a good chunk of her day behind a desk at work or playing chauffeur to active kids. So, too, can finding time for socializing with friends, who often have similarly hectic schedules that make planning a get-together nearly impossible.
Committing to play in a weekly beach volleyball league is an ideal way busy moms can ensure they get regular, quality exercise time in the outdoors, while at the same time enjoying a few hours socializing with teammates. It's scheduled "me time" with physical fitness built in!
The Digz, a beach volleyball facility at 4428 S. 140th St. in Omaha, is a popular destination for many who enjoy the bump, set, spike sport. The sports arena features eight outdoor sand volleyball courts and, beginning this summer, four indoor/outdoor sand courts that can be enclosed during the colder months.
The Digz offers sand volleyball leagues year-round. New sessions of six-on-six recreational co-ed leagues, and four-on-four competitive leagues start every eight to nine weeks. Games are scheduled Sunday through Friday from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Courts are lit for nighttime play, and the facility also features a sports bar and grill, so players can catch a bite before or after a game or spend a bit more adult time catching up over a beverage.
Manager Mary Nabity says Digz sees about 400-600 players each night for league play during its summer session, which runs through Aug. 11. "We've been open now about eight years," she says. "People really enjoy it. It can get crazy-busy here some nights, but it's a lot of fun."
Sempeck's Bowling and Entertainment Center, at 20902 Cumberland Rd. in Elkhorn, offers its Sandbaggers Beach Volleyball in three sessions: spring leagues run April 21-June 20; summer leagues run June 21-Aug. 20; and fall leagues run Aug. 21-Oct. 15. Recreational, intermediate, and power play leagues are all offered, as are women-only and co-ed team play. Games run Monday through Friday from 6:30 p.m. on, and on Sundays beginning at 4:30 p.m.
The Sandbaggers' facility, which opened in spring 2012, features six outdoor courts, all with nighttime lighting and automated scoring. A nearby playground allows older kids to enjoy some outdoor playtime during Mom's matches (though it's unsupervised). A horseshoe court and beanbag games are nearby as well. After games, Sempeck's large, outdoor patio offers guests full-menu service and features live entertainment on Friday nights in the summer.
Owner Steve Sempeck says more than 180 teams were registered to play in the center's spring leagues this year—that's double last year's team count. "We anticipate our summer leagues will fill to capacity with 275 teams," he adds. "That's about 1,500 players."
Sempeck says Sandbaggers attracts a wide array of players. "Everyone from young singles just out of college to old guys like me in their 50s," he jokes. "The majority are here for the recreational leagues and the social aspects of play. But we do have a power league—two on two, just like in the Olympics—and they're in it competitively. They're great to watch."
This spring, Omahan Vicki Voet joined a beach volleyball league after a long absence from the game. "I just started back in April," she says. "I had been in a league about 20 years ago with my husband, Perry, at the Ranch Bowl—before kids."
Now an empty nester, Voet says she was looking for a way to reconnect with her interests and friends.
"I have been trying to find myself since the kids left for college," Voet shares. "Volleyball is something I've always enjoyed…it's very competitive and requires endurance, and exercise is very important to me. It's great because [playing again] allows me to be with my friends and socialize at the same time. And I enjoy playing as a team."
Since joining the spring league, Voet says she's thoroughly enjoyed the experience. "The weather is usually good, and I love being outdoors. And it's something I look forward to each week. We all just get out there to have fun!"
The Digz
4428 S. 140th St.
thedigz.com
Sempeck's Bowling & Entertainment Center
20902 Cumberland Dr.
sempecks.com
Posted in: Family, HerFamily, Lifestyle, Places, Recreation
Topics: arena, court, fitness, getaway, HerFamily, indoor, league, Mary Nabity, moms, Omaha, outdoor, Ranch Bowl, recreation, sand, Sandbaggers, Sempeck's Bowling & Entertainment Center, social, sports, Steve Sempeck, The Digz, time, Vicki Voet, volleyball


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De YMvK mb is een soort elektriciteitskabel.

De YMvK mb wordt gebruikt in vaste aanleg en in bovengrondse en ondergrondse laagspanningsinstallaties en kan worden toegepast in alle ruimtes. Deze kabel wordt veelal toegepast in installaties waaraan hoge eisen worden gesteld qua brandveiligheid (de mb staat ook voor moeilijk brandbaar). Tevens is de kabel toepasbaar in installaties waarin tijdelijk een grotere stroombelasting kan optreden.

Er bestaat ook een YMvK mb ss-kabel. Deze kabel werd in 1999 in Nederland geïntroduceerd als soepele variant voor de massieve YMvK mb. De kabel heeft ook een klasse 2-geleider maar is opgebouwd met fijnaderige flexibele geleider. Door de soepele opbouw is de kabel gemakkelijker verwerkbaar.

Tegenwoordig is er ook nog de YMvK as mb-kabel. Deze kabel heeft na zijn eerste (grijze) isolatielaag een ijzeren mantel die aangesloten wordt op de aarde. 'As' staat dan ook voor "aardscherm". In industriële installaties wordt deze kabel ook boven de grond toegepast om voor een veiligere werkomgeving te zorgen.

Opbouw
Aders: massief, samengeslagen of sectorvormig blank koper klasse 1 of 2
Aderisolatie: XLPE
Adercodering: HD 308 S2
Bedding: pvc
Buitenmantel: pvc, moeilijk brandbaar (buitenmantelkleur: grijs/zwart)
Aderdiameter: 1,5 t/m 400 qmm (aderaantal: t/m 37)
Opvulling: pvc-compound (bij sectorvormige aders en meeraderige kabels (n>5) wordt de ziel met een kunststof tape omwikkeld)
Nominale spanning: tot 1000 V

Technische gegevens
Bedrijfsspanning: 600 / 1000 V
Testspanning: 3500 V
Buigradius: 7 x diameter
Max. adertemperatuur: +90 °C
Min./Max. installatietemperatuur: 0 tot +80 °C
Min./Max. bedrijfstemperatuur: -40 tot +80 °C

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GET.comTravelPhiladelphia Travel Guide: Enjoy The Birthplace Of America On A Budget
Philadelphia Travel Guide: Enjoy The Birthplace Of America On A Budget
When William Penn founded Philadelphia, he named it by combining the Greek phileo and adelphos, conveying love and brother. This philosophy formed the cornerstone for the East Coast's second-largest city.
The City of Brotherly Love now adds "and Sisterly Affection," welcoming all, regardless of origin or destination. Well situated between New York and Washington, DC, the "Birthplace of America" has history, culture, museums, performing arts and offers ways to make enjoyment affordable. Here we show you how to get the most out of Philadelphia without breaking the bank.
Enjoying Philadelphia On A Budget:
Cheap Flights And Trains
Finding cheap airline tickets to Philadelphia is surprisingly easy. How many destinations let you fly cross-country for just $227? We searched for Tuesday round-trip flights a little over a month in advance, finding Sprint's nonstop evening flights between Los Angeles' LAX and Philadelphia International.
Flying from Seattle, however, we had to resort to 1 stop for prices less than $400; Delta and United both had 1-stop deals for $264, with flying times tipping 7 or 8 hours.
From Las Vegas, Spirit could take you there and back nonstop for $157, taking just 4 hours and 32 minutes going; add an hour to your return time thanks to headwinds.
Fly from Dallas-Fort Worth on an afternoon flight, and you could travel nonstop on Spirit for $99. From Tampa, we found $138 deals through Orbitz on Frontier for nonstop 2½-hour evening flights.
Coming from the Northeast, we switched modes of tranportation, preferring Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express running from Boston to Washington, DC.
We found economical Amtrak options like $39 one-way fares between New York City and Philly, but $195 from Boston's South Station; for comparison, you can fly from Boston on JetBlue round-trip for just $107 in a little over an hour.
Cheap Hotels And Lodging
If you must stay in Center City, the Roost Midtown on South 15th Street (4 stars) had a 1-bedroom apartment with a king bed, full kitchen and free Wi-Fi for $215 a night. That may sound pricey, but they sell out.
For comparison, we found a king suite at Homewood Suites on City Avenue at $143 a night, with free hot breakfast, complimentary weekday-evening manager's selections, free Wi-Fi and full amenities.
Farther out, Extended Stay America on Bartram Avenue had a 2-queen-bed studio suite for $102, with full kitchen, grab-and-go breakfast, free Wi-Fi, fitness center, pool and shuttle service.
With hotel prices $200 and up, we checked Airbnb, narrowing our search to apartments and homes. We found a neat, clean, pet-friendly, fully equipped 1-bedroom apartment near Temple University for $51 a night; the rental also had cleaning and service fees and taxes but came to just $465 a week.
Amid the museum district, we found a modern duplex apartment furnished in art, smart and eclectic, for $90; with fees, a week was $755, but amenities included a laptop with high-speed Internet access and attractions within easy walking distance.
Using the rewards you've earned with a hotel credit card or travel credit card is a good way to offset your lodging expenses. If you've collected Membership Rewards® points on your American Express card, it's worth noting that you can redeem your points towards Airbnb stays.
CityPASS And Philadelphia Pass
Visitors can pay just 1 discounted fee to see numerous attractions through CityPASS and Philadelphia Pass. Each, however, is a bit different:
CityPASS covers 1 admission to 4 attractions: the Franklin Institute, Big Bus Company and Philadelphia Trolley Works, One Liberty Observation Deck, and either Adventure Aquarium or Philadelphia Zoo. It reduces single-admission prices totaling $108 to $59 for adults and $39 for kids and lasts 9 days. It also provides 1-day unlimited access to the double-decker Big Bus.
Philadelphia Pass offers 1 admission to as many qualifying attractions as you can fit into a 1-, 2-, 3- or 5-consecutive-day pass priced at $55, $80, $100 and $115, respectively. Buying online may offer deeper discounts, but check attraction lists and details carefully. The pass also comes with 2-day access to the 27-stop Big Bus, admittance to guided walking tours, and dining and entertainment coupons.
Independence Hall is free, but you still need a timed ticket from the Independence Visitor Center; afterward, swing by Congress Hall, Old City Hall and Liberty Bell Center. You can also see Carpenter's Hall, the President's House, the U.S. Mint, Chemical Heritage Foundation exhibits, the Edgar Allen Poe National Historical Site, Fireman's Hall Museum and the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art. Relax in Franklin Square; carousel rides and mini-golf games do have fees, however.
For art, the Barnes Foundation offers Free First Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on first-come on-site basis. The Philadelphia Museum of Art has "Pay-As-You-Wish" Wednesday Evenings and First Sundays. Check out the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts website, too; the venue regularly offers free performances, and even purchased tickets are often affordable.
If you have a Merrill Lynch® or Bank of America® credit card or debit card, you can get into these museums for free on the first full weekend of every month: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, National Constitution Center, African American Museum of Philadelphia, and the National Museum of American Jewish History.
Bartram Gardens on Lindbergh Boulevard is "America's oldest botanical garden." Even parking is free, and the gardens are accessible from the #36 Trolley, river cruise and the Schuylkill River Trail.
Take the trail, and you can walk, run or bike past Boat House Row and the Philadelphia Museum of Art right into the gardens, which hosts all sorts of events, including Free Saturday boats and kayaks from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For an early-morning challenge, return to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and take a selfie to by the Rocky statue before knocking yourself out running the 72 steps!
For photographers, history buffs and "gravers," Laurel Hill Cemetery is one of a very few such places recognized as a National Historic Landmark.
This "sculpture garden" is quite alive with walkers, runners, guided history tours and assorted events. Over 40 Civil War-era generals rest here as well as quite a few notable women; look them up!
A new access at Kelly Drive and West Hunting Park Avenue provides entry from the Schuylkill River Trail; clear your smartphone's photo storage before you go.
Places To Eat For Good Value
Each year, Philadelphians determine a list of best cheap eats. You expect cheese steaks, but roast pork and pizza are big winners, too.
For breakfast, Sabrina's Café with locations on Christian, Callowhill and North 34th Streets is a good value bet. Honey's Sit N Eat on North 4th Street and The Dining Car on Frankford Avenue are also favorites.
For Philly cheese steaks, try Chubby's Steaks of Henry Avenue, Sumo Steaks on North 22d Street or John's Roast Pork on East Snyder Avenue. Contending for best burger were Lucky's Last Chance on Manayunk's Main Street and Fountain Porter on South 10th Street; Fountain Porter also has an extensive draft menu.
For pizza and healthy lunches, voters liked The Couch Tomato in West Chester and Manayunk. Downtown are Tony Roni's Pizza (Neapolitan) and Tacconelli's Pizzeria (brick-oven), each with multiple locations.
For food trucks, enthusiasts love The Pizza Wagon Catering Co. which shows up at festivals and events, Spot Gourmet Burgers, Steaks & Pork at Drexel University and its West Girard Avenue brick-and-mortar location, and The Creperie at Temple.
Be sure to give Reading Terminal Market a try. It's all delicious, from walk-ups to sit-downs, with every price range, ethnicity or quirk. You can piece a meal or graze all day as you tour nearby sights.
With prime market real estate, DiNic's Roast Pork & Beef has the "Best Sandwich in America," according to Adam Richman of Travel Channel's Man v. Food. Yep, food's fine in Philly. Just watch your nickels and dimes!
Wasting Money?
If you can't resist slots and dice, Philly has SugarHouse Casino; however, 163 Yelp reviews averaged just 2 stars.
As for cheese steaks, joining the snaking lines at Pat's or Geno's may not be worth it. Following the local food recommendations above may prove more pleasant and easier on your wallet.
Morris Arboretum's 92-acres of beautifully landscaped and labeled gardens will delight amateur botanists and plant lovers. But it will cost you a $17 admission fee ($15 for seniors, and $9 for students and active or retired military service people with ID. You could save that money by opting for Bartram's Garden instead.
If you're not a fan of counterculture, East South Street is best viewed during daylight hours.
Finally, we all hate lines, but with more than 1 million people visiting the Liberty Bell each year, crowds consume time, raise stress levels and challenge ideals of brotherly love.
Philly has plenty to do and see (for free!), but plan times and venues accordingly.
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Network-QSAR with Reaction Poset Quantitative Superstructure-Activity Relationships (QSSAR) for PCB Chromatographic Properties
Author(s): Teodora Ivanciuc, Ovidiu Ivanciuc, Douglas J. Klein	Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0857, USA.
Journal Name: Current Bioinformatics
The complex network induced by a sequence of substitution reactions on a chemical structure generates a partially ordered set (or poset) oriented graph. Such a poset can be used to develop network-QSAR models to predict various molecular properties with quantitative superstructure-activity relationships (QSSARs). These novel network- QSAR models look beyond simple molecular structure and chemical descriptors, and predict molecular properties from the topology of a poset network and from the embedding of a chemical compound into a reaction network. We demonstrate this novel quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) approach for the prediction of chromatographic retention properties of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs have become worldwide pollutants due to their presence in the environment. Exposure to PCBs can permanently damage the nervous, reproductive, and immune systems. PCBs are known carcinogens and have been linked with the development of various forms of cancer including skin and liver. To predict the chromatographic properties for PCBs we generate the substitution reaction poset, which is a formal chlorosubstitution network which progresses from biphenyl to decachlorobiphenyl. Three network-QSAR models are compared, namely poset-average, splinoid poset, and cluster expansion QSSAR models, to estimate the chromatographic properties in different conditions (of column, temperature, or detector) for all 209 PCB congeners. Excellent results are obtained for all QSSAR chromatographic models. Based on the poset reaction diagram, all these three QSSAR models reflect in distinct ways the topology of the network describing the interconversion of chemical species. QSSAR equations based on poset reaction networks add a supramolecular dimension to QSAR models.
Keywords: Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), network-QSAR, quantitative superstructure-activity relationships (QSSARs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), reaction network, partially ordered set (poset), Hasse diagram, chromatographic retention time, high-resolution gas chromatography, polychlorinated biphenyls, supramolecular dimension, decachlorobiphenyl, electron capture detectors, chloro-substitution network
Current Bioinformatics
Title: Network-QSAR with Reaction Poset Quantitative Superstructure-Activity Relationships (QSSAR) for PCB Chromatographic Properties
Author(s):Teodora Ivanciuc, Ovidiu Ivanciuc and Douglas J. Klein
Affiliation:Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0857, USA.
Keywords:Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), network-QSAR, quantitative superstructure-activity relationships (QSSARs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), reaction network, partially ordered set (poset), Hasse diagram, chromatographic retention time, high-resolution gas chromatography, polychlorinated biphenyls, supramolecular dimension, decachlorobiphenyl, electron capture detectors, chloro-substitution network
Abstract: The complex network induced by a sequence of substitution reactions on a chemical structure generates a partially ordered set (or poset) oriented graph. Such a poset can be used to develop network-QSAR models to predict various molecular properties with quantitative superstructure-activity relationships (QSSARs). These novel network- QSAR models look beyond simple molecular structure and chemical descriptors, and predict molecular properties from the topology of a poset network and from the embedding of a chemical compound into a reaction network. We demonstrate this novel quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) approach for the prediction of chromatographic retention properties of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs have become worldwide pollutants due to their presence in the environment. Exposure to PCBs can permanently damage the nervous, reproductive, and immune systems. PCBs are known carcinogens and have been linked with the development of various forms of cancer including skin and liver. To predict the chromatographic properties for PCBs we generate the substitution reaction poset, which is a formal chlorosubstitution network which progresses from biphenyl to decachlorobiphenyl. Three network-QSAR models are compared, namely poset-average, splinoid poset, and cluster expansion QSSAR models, to estimate the chromatographic properties in different conditions (of column, temperature, or detector) for all 209 PCB congeners. Excellent results are obtained for all QSSAR chromatographic models. Based on the poset reaction diagram, all these three QSSAR models reflect in distinct ways the topology of the network describing the interconversion of chemical species. QSSAR equations based on poset reaction networks add a supramolecular dimension to QSAR models.
Teodora Ivanciuc, Ovidiu Ivanciuc and Douglas J. Klein, " Network-QSAR with Reaction Poset Quantitative Superstructure-Activity Relationships (QSSAR) for PCB Chromatographic Properties", Current Bioinformatics (2011) 6: 25. https://doi.org/10.2174/157489311795222310
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Weekend Estimates: 'The Boss' ($23.48M) & 'Batman v Superman' ($23.44M) in Tight Race for First Place; 'Hardcore Henry' ($5.10M) Arrives SoftlyApril 10, 2016 09:42 AM
by Daniel Garris
It was an extremely close race between Universal's The Boss and Warner's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for first place this weekend. The Boss is currently estimated to come out ahead with $23.48 million, but with an estimated lead of only $45,000, either film could ultimately end up in first place this weekend.
Regardless of whether or not it ends up in first place this weekend, The Boss outpaced expectations and performed well with its modest price tag in mind. The Melissa McCarthy led R-rated comedy also proved to be critic-proof this weekend. The film's opening weekend performance was 9 percent ahead of the $21.58 million opening weekend of 2014's Tammy (though it should be noted that Tammy's opening weekend take was softened by a Wednesday debut) and 19 percent below the $29.09 million debut of last year's Spy (it should be noted that The Boss had been widely expected to open below Spy). With this weekend's performance of The Boss, McCarthy continues to remain one of the more consistent box office draws in recent years. McCarthy will next appear in Sony's Ghostbusters, which arrives on July 15.
The Boss started out with $8.11 million on Friday (which included an estimated $985,000 from Thursday night shows), increased a healthy 20 percent on Saturday to take in $9.73 million and is estimated to decline 42 percent on Sunday to gross $5.64 million. That gave the film an estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio of 2.90 to 1. The Boss skewed heavily toward female moviegoers (67 percent) and slightly towards moviegoers under the age of 35 (51 percent). Audience reception to The Boss appears to be lackluster as the film received a C+ rating on CinemaScore and current has a Flixster audience score of just 50 percent. With that in mind, it's quite possible that The Boss won't hold up as well going forward as McCarthy's previous hits have. On the other hand, the film's mentioned strong Saturday hold is an early encouraging sign.
After leading the box office for the past two weeks Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice fell to a close second place this weekend with an estimated $23.44 million. The blockbuster 3D superhero film starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill continued to fall off sharply, as the film was down 54 percent from last weekend. Batman v Superman is now on the verge of reaching the $300 million domestic mark with a 17-day take of $296.69 million. However, as a result of its soft holding power thus far, Batman v Superman is now running just 1 percent ahead of the $294.51 million 17-day take of last year's Furious 7 (which fell 51 percent in its third weekend to gross $29.16 million). With that in mind, Batman v Superman will soon fall behind the pace of Furious 7, especially with Disney's highly anticipated The Jungle Book entering the marketplace this coming Friday.
While Batman v Superman continued to decline sharply this weekend, Disney's Zootopia continued to display strong holding power with an estimated third place take of $14.35 million. The blockbuster 3D computer animated film was down just 26 percent from last weekend. Without taking into account ticket price inflation, Zootopia registered the eighth largest sixth weekend gross of all-time. Zootopia is also on the verge of reaching the $300 million domestic mark with a 38-day take of $296.01 million. The film is now running just 8 percent behind the $320.39 million 38-day take of last year's Inside Out and will continue to make up ground in that comparison going forward. Zootopia already has a current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 3.94 to 1.
Universal's My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 placed in fourth with an estimated $6.42 million. The PG-13 rated comedy sequel starring and written by Nia Vardalos was down 43 percent, as the film took a hit from the debut The Boss this weekend. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 continues to perform towards the higher end of expectations with a 17-day take of $46.75 million. That places the film 6 percent behind the $49.59 million 17-day gross of last year's The Intern (which fell just 26 percent in its third weekend to take in $8.68 million). My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 will hope to re-stabilize next weekend with the debut of The Boss behind it.
Hardcore Henry rounded out the weekend's top five with an estimated $5.10 million. The low-budget action film from STX Entertainment opened below pre-release expectations and delivered a lackluster per-location average of $1,690 from just 3,015 locations. The trailer for Hardcore Henry had gone over well, especially online, but that reception ultimately failed to get moviegoers to see the film this weekend. Hardcore Henry delivered the lowest debut for STX Entertainment to date in the distributor's young history. The film opened with $2.01 million on Friday (which included an estimated $380,000 from Thursday night shows), declined a concerning 7 percent on Saturday to gross $1.87 million and is estimated to slide 35 percent on Sunday to take in $1.22 million. That places the film's estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio at a fairly front-loaded 2.54 to 1. Much like The Boss, Hardcore Henry doesn't appear to be going over all that well with moviegoers. Hardcore Henry also received a C+ rating on CinemaScore and has a respectable current Flixster audience score of 66 percent.
Faith-based films Miracles from Heaven and God's Not Dead 2 claimed sixth and seventh place with respective estimated takes of $4.80 million and $4.05 million. Sony's Miracles from Heaven was down a very solid 34 percent this weekend, while God's Not Dead 2 was down a sizable 47 percent. Miracles from Heaven passed the $50 million mark this weekend and continues to perform nicely with $53.81 million in 26 days. God's Not Dead 2 has been far less impressive with $13.84 million in ten days and clearly isn't duplicating the word of mouth or the performance of its predecessor, 2014's God's Not Dead, which grossed $21.75 million in its first ten days after falling just 4.5 percent in its second weekend to take in $8.80 million.
Weekend Actuals (Domestic) Fri, Feb. 22 - Sun, Feb. 24
Wide (1000+)
Wks.
1 Identity Thief $14,017,085 -41% 3,222 57 $4,350 $93,619,615 3 Universal
2 Snitch (2013) $13,167,607 -- 2,511 -- $5,244 $13,167,607 1 Lionsgate / Summit
3 Escape From Planet Earth $10,682,037 -33% 3,353 65 $3,186 $34,812,699 2 Weinstein Company
4 Safe Haven $10,454,713 -51% 3,223 0 $3,244 $47,916,356 2 Relativity Media
5 A Good Day to Die Hard $10,165,633 -59% 3,555 2 $2,860 $51,967,897 2 Fox
6 Dark Skies $8,189,166 -- 2,313 -- $3,540 $8,189,166 1 Weinstein / Dimension
7 Silver Linings Playbook $5,750,866 -8% 2,012 -190 $2,858 $107,176,012 15 Weinstein Company
8 Warm Bodies $4,825,388 -46% 2,644 -253 $1,825 $58,243,441 4 Lionsgate / Summit
9 Beautiful Creatures (2013) $3,608,333 -52% 2,950 0 $1,223 $16,570,598 2 Warner Bros.
10 Side Effects (2013) $3,357,039 -46% 2,070 -535 $1,622 $25,099,555 3 Open Road
11 Zero Dark Thirty $2,230,084 -26% 1,197 -330 $1,863 $91,539,075 10 Sony / Columbia
12 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters $1,684,532 -52% 1,425 -678 $1,182 $52,945,086 5 Paramount
13 Mama $1,173,900 -56% 1,163 -485 $1,009 $70,230,570 6 Universal
Limited (100 — 999)
1 Argo $1,827,165 -16% 802 -101 $2,278 $129,653,502 20 Warner Bros.
2 Life of Pi $1,605,366 2% 572 -75 $2,807 $113,525,126 14 Fox
3 Lincoln $1,481,081 -9% 875 -132 $1,693 $178,603,571 16 Disney / DreamWorks
4 Quartet $1,125,886 -14% 356 23 $3,163 $8,844,950 7 Weinstein Company
5 Django Unchained $971,655 -36% 659 -358 $1,474 $158,783,430 9 Weinstein Company
6 Amour $716,186 2% 328 22 $2,183 $5,147,242 10 Sony Pictures Classics
7 Wreck-It Ralph $645,870 -19% 402 -104 $1,607 $186,676,411 17 Disney
8 Les Miserables (2012) $634,825 -26% 462 -214 $1,374 $146,696,690 9 Universal
9 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $550,483 -44% 388 -217 $1,419 $300,952,379 11 Warner Bros. / New Line
10 Kai Po Che $522,765 -- 110 -- $4,752 $522,765 1 UTV Motion Pictures
11 Bless Me, Ultima $470,109 -- 263 -- $1,787 $947,229 1 Arenas Entertainment
12 Rise of The Guardians $370,176 -12% 305 -33 $1,214 $102,017,123 14 Paramount / DreamWorks
13 Parental Guidance $296,950 -39% 381 -222 $779 $75,772,733 9 Fox
14 The Impossible $289,277 -40% 273 -149 $1,060 $18,052,760 10 Lionsgate / Summit
15 The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013 $263,830 -29% 246 -20 $1,072 $1,920,809 4 ShortsHD
16 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 $212,790 -26% 223 -31 $954 $292,123,221 15 Lionsgate / Summit
17 A Haunted House $202,016 -32% 302 -38 $669 $39,863,720 7 Open Road
18 Skyfall $143,543 -46% 184 -78 $780 $304,164,760 16 Sony / Columbia
19 Gangster Squad $140,156 -31% 202 -8 $694 $45,595,219 7 Warner Bros.
20 The Guilt Trip $137,528 166% 186 98 $739 $36,961,592 10 Paramount
21 Parker $122,878 -72% 212 -493 $580 $17,365,648 5 FilmDistrict
22 Jack Reacher $70,418 -45% 100 -75 $704 $79,465,890 10 Paramount
23 The Last Stand $55,665 115% 114 60 $488 $12,026,670 6 Lionsgate
24 Bullet to the Head $39,071 -84% 105 -365 $372 $9,397,523 4 Warner Bros.
Platform (1 — 99)
1 Beasts of the Southern Wild $213,575 41% 73 -119 $2,926 $12,572,085 35 Fox Searchlight
2 The Gatekeepers $133,740 196% 19 15 $7,039 $380,580 4 Sony Pictures Classics
3 No (2013) $69,752 -3% 6 2 $11,625 $182,034 2 Sony Pictures Classics
4 Hyde Park on Hudson $63,407 -38% 65 -21 $975 $6,126,492 12 Focus
5 Hubble 3D $58,389 -24% 25 4 $2,336 $36,537,671 154 Warner Bros. / IMAX
6 To the Arctic 3D $56,687 -29% 52 0 $1,090 $11,387,807 45 Warner Bros. / IMAX
7 56 Up $55,669 -20% 32 5 $1,740 $464,617 8 First Run Features
8 Broken City $49,534 -41% 98 -35 $505 $19,583,552 6 Fox
9 This is 40 $47,970 -52% 96 -71 $500 $67,523,385 10 Universal
10 A Royal Affair $36,732 -48% 25 -9 $1,469 $1,331,193 16 Magnolia Pictures
11 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga $36,722 41% 16 9 $2,295 $107,473 5 Music Box Films
12 Stand Up Guys $35,488 -67% 41 -78 $866 $3,264,117 4 Lionsgate / Roadside
13 The Master $34,083 25% 20 -2 $1,704 $16,340,146 24 Weinstein Company
14 Monsters, Inc. 3D $33,966 -55% 45 -54 $755 $33,316,493 10 Disney
15 Searching For Sugar Man $32,583 40% 30 11 $1,086 $3,322,289 31 Sony Pictures Classics
16 Born to Be Wild 3D $27,212 -41% 30 0 $907 $22,045,265 99 Warner Bros. / IMAX
17 Like Someone in Love $22,004 1% 9 6 $2,445 $56,138 2 IFC Films
18 Koch $20,992 -44% 9 -2 $2,332 $168,038 4 Zeitgeist Films
19 Texas Chainsaw 3D $20,962 -65% 44 -52 $476 $34,334,256 8 Lionsgate
20 Rust and Bone $20,325 -22% 30 -3 $678 $1,980,994 14 Sony Pictures Classics
21 Lore (2013) $20,263 -47% 8 0 $2,533 $124,764 3 Music Box Films
22 John Dies at the End $20,202 87% 17 7 $1,188 $87,744 5 Magnolia / Magnet
23 My Worst Nightmare $20,092 -- 1 -- $20,092 $21,456 19 Strand Releasing
24 Space Station 3D $19,006 65% 4 2 $4,752 $87,249,009 567 IMAX
25 Anna Karenina (2012) $16,597 -59% 28 -23 $593 $12,802,907 15 Focus
26 Sound City $15,924 -32% 17 0 $937 $314,110 4 Variance Films
27 ABCD - Any Body Can Dance $15,392 -71% 9 -13 $1,710 $218,257 3 UTV Motion Pictures
28 Hitchcock $13,828 44% 16 2 $864 $5,963,608 14 Fox Searchlight
29 Movie 43 $12,163 -34% 21 -14 $579 $8,799,374 5 Relativity Media
30 West of Memphis $11,024 91% 12 4 $919 $141,928 9 Sony Pictures Classics
31 The Sessions $9,552 -21% 16 0 $597 $5,972,478 19 Fox Searchlight
32 The Power of Few $9,350 23% 5 3 $1,870 $17,701 2 Steelyard Pictures
33 Yossi $9,034 -41% 7 0 $1,291 $74,171 5 Strand Releasing
34 Camp (2013) $7,785 -- 1 -- $7,785 $7,785 1 Freestyle Releasing
35 Under the Sea 3D $5,714 -54% 8 -2 $714 $32,576,151 211 Warner Bros. / IMAX
36 A Late Quartet $5,432 -58% 7 -6 $776 $1,544,770 17 Entertainment One / RKO
37 Deep Sea 3D $3,975 -41% 4 -3 $994 $45,431,928 365 Warner Bros. / IMAX
38 Frankenweenie $3,747 233% 3 0 $1,249 $35,287,788 21 Disney
39 11 Flowers $3,516 -- 2 -- $1,758 $3,516 1 First Run Features
40 Race 2 $3,273 -81% 5 -6 $655 $1,578,996 5 UTV Motion Pictures
41 Beware of Mr. Baker $2,445 270% 1 -1 $2,445 $112,248 13 SnagFilms
42 The Waiting Room $2,301 -33% 3 -1 $767 $202,954 22 International Film Circuit
43 Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary $1,913 -- 3 -- $638 $14,697 4 First Run Features
44 Masquerade (2012) $1,845 55% 4 2 $461 $914,422 23 CJ Entertainment
45 5 Broken Cameras $1,829 -13% 2 -4 $915 $98,041 39 Kino Lorber
46 Inescapable $1,545 -- 2 -- $773 $1,545 1 IFC Films
47 Nothing But a Man (2012 re-issue) $1,092 -- 2 -- $546 $10,340 16 APD/Cinema Conservancy
48 The Sorcerer and the White Snake $977 -64% 1 -3 $977 $16,388 3 Magnolia / Magnet
49 Little Fugitive (2013 re-issue) $667 -25% 1 0 $667 $18,427 4 APD/Cinema Conservancy
50 Le combat dans l'ile (2009 re-issue) $327 -- 1 -- $327 $49,545 194 The Film Desk
51 Breathing $311 -- 1 -- $311 $4,630 26 Kino Lorber
52 Radio Unnameable $228 -- 1 -- $228 $20,346 23 Kino Lorber


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Order One of the Best Burgers in Texas From This Italian Restaurant
This Lubbock institution is home to the award-winning Cheeseburger in Paradise.
By Maggie Burch
Most of us go to Italian restaurants for delicious lasagna and fresh bruschetta, but in Lubbock, Texas, you also go for the cheeseburger. That's right, local Italian restaurant Orlando's has one of the best burgers in the state, and it's worth going a bit off-book for the award-winning meal.
Orlando's Italian Restaurant is a family-run business that's been open since 1965, with two locations in Lubbock. The Cheeseburger in Paradise is the famed burger you'll want to order: half a pound of sirloin beef topped with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and mayonnaise. No special sauce, no unique toppings, but perhaps it's the Italian-influenced roll (coated with garlic butter no less) that puts the burger on another level. The last time Texas Monthly magazine did a ranking of the best 50 burgers in the state, Orlando's came in at number 10. They said of the restaurant, "It might as well be a burger restaurant that happens to sell great spaghetti."
Serving incredible burgers isn't the only thing that makes Orlando's stand out from typical Italian restaurants. Self-proclaimed "Tex-Italia" food that brings a little (or a lot of) Texas heat to classic Italian dishes is all over their menu, from their bestselling Green Chile Chicken Linguine to the Mafia Queso (spicy queso with green chilies and Alfredo sauce, served with tortilla chips and garlic bread) and their popular Down-and-Dirty Tortellini (fried cheese tortellini drizzled with a garlic habanero buttery sauce).
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1897 Riverside book of works by Poe, complete with footnotes
What a neat and readable book this still is, 116 years after publication.
And practical! Wouldn't you rather have a collection of Edgar Allan Poe works1 that fits in your pocket instead of a sterile e-reader that you have to scroll and click through?
The staplebound booklet was published in 1897 as No. 119 in the Riverside Literature Series, and cost 15 cents.2
Within its 100 or so pages are eight poems (including "The Raven," "The Bells," and "To Helen") and these four tales:
"A Descent into the Maelström"
"The Masque of the Red Death"
"Shadow — A Parable"
"A Descent into the Maelström" is a story-within-a-story of man who survives a terrible shipwreck and whirlpool.3 Poe's primary inspiration was the Moskstraumen4 in the Norwegian Sea, which is featured — in quite exaggerated form — at the center of this 1539 illustration by Swede Olaus Magnus:
Another neat thing about this small 19th century volume is that it was edited and heavily footnoted by Columbia University's William Peterfield Trent. He displays a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for Poe with his long, sometimes rambling, footnotes.5
And so we are treated to insight such as this:
"Lenore is perhaps the best example of Poe's success in amending his verses by constant experiment, as well as of his pertinacity in clinging to a subject that suited him. We have already seen that he thought the death of a beautiful young woman the most poetic of all themes, so we are not surprised to find the nucleus of Lenore in the stanzas entitled A Pæan, first published in the collection of 1831."
Trent also informs the reader, through footnotes, that Poe's favorite words included tarn and phantasmagoric.
And he discusses Mad Trist by Sir Launcelot Canning, a book that is mentioned within the Poe tale "The Fall of the House of Usher":
"Professor Woodberry has not found this book, and it is more than likely that Poe invented both the titles and the extracts."
So that puts Mad Trist on a list of fictional books alongside such titles as the Necronomicon, The Navidson Record, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Air Dance, The Combed Thunderclap, Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo, Chicken Cat Ding, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, and Chaldean Roots in the Ancient Cornish Language.
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1. I wrote about a different volume of Poe works in September 2012.
2. That would be the equivalent of about $4 today. Still a bargain.
3. Interesting aside: "A Descent into the Maelström" is said by critics have some resemblance to "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," which was the subject of a School Days post last August.
4. In addition to the Moskstraumen, other famous whirlpools on our planet include the Saltstraumen, the Gulf of Corryvreckan, the Naruto whirlpools, the Old Sow whirlpool and the Skookumchuck Narrows. Unlike those others, however, the Moskstraumen is located in the open sea rather than in a strait or channel.
5. We don't know anyone like that, do we?
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