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Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's volleyball team lost a marathon game today, after a four-game match, falling 3-1 to visiting Rutgers-Newark (4-2). The Rams took the early 1-0 lead with a 25-20 victory, but fell in three straight sets to fall to 1-12 overall.
In the third set, Farmingdale State was behind 16-3 before cutting the deficit to 16-9 with a six-point streak and then another eight-point run made the score 23-19 and forced a timeout by the Scarlet Raiders. Rutgers scored the next two points to take the third set 25-19.
The fourth set, the Rams were ahead 13-8 after the first rotation, but Rutgers cut the lead to 22-18 after the second rotation. Farmingdale State led 24-20 and a four-point streak tied the game at 24-24 and after two more ties, Newark would take the eventual win 28-26.
Farmingdale State was led by junior outside Sarah Palladino (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) with nine kills, 14 digs, two aces and one block assist. Freshman middle blocker Maia Cadle-Hinton (Huntington, N.Y.) tallied nine kills, one ace, one block solo and one block assist. Sophomore libero Francesca Calderon (Wheatley Heights, N.Y.) led the team with 18 digs, while sophomore setter Megan Pisciotta (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) finished with 29 assists.
For Rutgers-Newark, Freshman right side Chrissy Campanelli (Linden, N.J.) paced Rutgers-Newark with 17 points, including 11 kills, six aces and 11 digs. Sophomore middle blocker Sharee Gordon (Newark, N.J.) added 10 kills, while senior libero Paulina Walega (Harrison, N.J.) came up with a team-high 18 digs. Freshman setter Emilie Pulecio (Nutley, N.J.) ran the offense with 36 assists while adding three aces and eight digs.
The Rams will open up Skyline Conference play tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 18th, at home against Maritime College at 7:00 p.m.

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VANCOUVER — Billy Newell's banking on burgers — American burgers, to be precise.
Newell holds the Vancouver franchise for American powerhouse Carl's Jr. and he's counting on locals to eschew their salads and chomp into half-a-million guacamole bacon burgers instead.
But popular American restaurant chains such as Carl's and Famous Dave's now making forays into Canada can expect to find themselves bumping heads with sturdy local competitors who've also identified Western Canada for growth.
One of those is Robin Chakrabarti, an owner of RAMMP Hospitality Brands Inc., a Canadian company that since 2009 has bought both the homegrown Pantry and Mr. Mike's brands.
"With our brand, Mr. Mike's Steakhouse Casual, we have done a lot of work on ideal markets in Canada and most signs point to the West," Chakrabarti said.
"The western Canadian economy is very strong relative to the rest of North America," he said. "We have approximately 20-plus new restaurants sold for openings slated for the rest of this year and into 2014/15 and all of those restaurants will be in Western Canada," he said.
Famous Dave's is courting franchisees for five B.C. restaurants and expects to secure multi-restaurant deals with experienced players. The 186-restaurant chain launched its first Canadian unit in a Winnipeg strip mall eight months ago.
"It's been one of our busiest stores ever since," said Brett Larrabee, Famous Dave's director of franchise sales and development. "Many weeks of the year, it's the highest volume store in our chain."
"Canada, even with its diversity, is a meat-and-potato market," Larrabee said. "There is a great appreciation for our product. There are other barbecue restaurants in Canada, but it's not saturated."
Fact is, quality fast food is big in Canada.
"The hamburger business in Canada has done nothing but grow for the last 40 years despite everybody saying 'I'm going to eat healthier'; that's not the choice people make," said Yuri Fulmer, CEO of FDC Capital Partners Inc., which has a long history of industry experience as both franchisor and franchisee.
Without a doubt, the flat and food-saturated U.S. economy makes Canada look attractive. But U.S.-based brands trying to make an entry here over the last year or two have had "varying" degrees of success, Fulmer said. Real estate is hard to come by, and there's limited room for newcomers, he said.
FDC Capital was at one time the largest Pizza Hut franchisee in Canada, is still a large A&W franchisee and used to own Mr. Mike's. Larrabee confirmed that real estate is going to be the driver for Famous Dave's entrance, not lack of franchisee interest or lack of capital.
Restaurant cost structure is "radically" different in the two countries, Fulmer said.
Dairy and wheat costs in Canada are indeed more than double that in the U.S. and Canadian labour, taxes and rents also eat into margins, Jeff Branton, Carl's Jr. Canada vice-president said. But he said potential volume makes the bottom line attractive.
When Carl's Jr considered Vancouver seven years ago, food costs were too high, Newell said. But today, more competition among suppliers has changed the calculation, he said.
Newell's franchise agreement allows for 25 Vancouver Lower Mainland restaurants. He's opened in downtown Vancouver and Chilliwack and is now aiming for Langley and Kitsilano.
A further challenge for newcomers is the difference between franchising in Canada and the U.S. Not only is Canadian legislation "very much more supportive" of franchisees, even food definitions differ, Fulmer said.
"What you can call cheese in Canada is not what you can call cheese in the U.S.," he said. The U.S. product has substantially less dairy, he said.
"If you're in a franchise business, the money is made in selling the franchise," Fulmer said.
Carl's Jr. expects to open five to 10 restaurants in Canada this year, of which five are planned for B.C. The company has 3,400 units worldwide. "There are a lot of entrepreneurs here," said Carl's Jr. Canada vice-president Jeff Branton.
"The market is so significant, it's worth the energy to get north of the border to make it happen," Larrabee said. "Part of the fun of this is a number of people see B.C. as a viable market to develop in."
Despite appearances, American franchisors aren't necessarily coming to Canada in increasing numbers, said Canadian Franchise Association CEO and president Lorraine McLachlan. "There's always a movement of brands from the U.S. It's small numbers. As soon as you start to start to talk about a per cent, that inflates it. In 2011, there was a 200-per-cent increase (of brands from the U.S.), but in 2010 was a 30-per-cent decrease."
Franchising in general increased 10 per cent year over year for the past five years and the food sector accounts for 40 per cent of franchise brands in Canada, McLachlan said. Tim Hortons has the most franchise locations in Canada, followed by Subway, McDonalds and H&R Block, she said.
When established brands come to Canada from other countries, "remember that they are new into the Canadian market and the Canadian market is different," McLachlan warned. Consult a franchise lawyer before entering any agreements, she said. A franchisee is investing in know-how and a logo, and a franchisor with no Canadian experience should be a red flag, Fulmer said.
Vancouver itself is a tough nut to crack. Hugely successful casual dining restaurants such as The Keg, Boston Pizza, Earls, Milestone's, Joey and Cactus Club are based in Vancouver.
"Vancouver has been way ahead of the curve," Fulmer said. American casual dining giant Applebee's has tried to come to Canada, as has Denny's and Chili's and none have resonated with Canada, Fulmer said.
"Stack them up against their Canadian equivalents — The Keg, Boston Pizza, Earls — and note the Canadian dominance," he said. "We're more sophisticated. Hooters tries to come to Canada — everybody laughed. You want us to sit on ugly pine furniture and look at tacky uniforms? Put that against Cactus Club."
Vancouver consumers certainly demand quality. "We have value items on our menu but that's not what people buy," Branton said of Carl's Jr. Value is a big driver in the U.S., but "I don't feel that same pressure in Canada for value, which is ironic because Canadians actually have a smaller disposable income."
Where there might be opportunity is in quick service. Other than A&W, Vancouver hasn't really seen a local quick service company take off, Fulmer said.
But Restaurant and Foodservices Association president Ian Tostenson sees no evidence of a notable American franchise restaurant invasion, and Fulmer agrees.
"It's a little bit of a thunder, but there's no storm," Fulmer said. "That's what this is. A lot of talk and a lot of rumbling. I don't think we're going to see any of these folks come to Canada in any real meaningful way," Fulmer said.


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Scoot McNairy has landed a starring role in one of the hottest crime movies of 2012 on the strength of a super-low-budget movie he made about aliens in Mexico.
McNairy, who starred in last year's brilliant "Monsters," will appear opposite Brad Pitt in "Cogan's Trade," reported Deadline. The film will be based on the novel of the same name by George V. Higgins, the same man who penned "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."
"Cogan's Trade" is the story of a mob strongman hired to track down a group of guys who robbed a high-stake poker game. Here's the official synopsis:
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The film will reunite Pitt with director Andrew Dominik, with whom he worked on "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford."
"Cogan's Trade" also sports a fantastic supporting cast, with Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Sam Rockwell, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini and Bella Heathcoate all in the mix. And there's even unsubstantiated talk that the great Bill Murray may be joining the fray.
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If you have been searching high and low for the right Florida homeowners insurance program for your specific needs – and your specific property – but haven't had any luck, you may be dealing with a couple of the largest homeowners insurance deal breakers in the state of Florida on your property. Well you can save time by visiting https://floridainsurancequotes.net/florida/homeowners-insurance/ or read on to learn why.
Though the insurance companies are getting better and better at ensuring just about anyone and everyone that wants to take advantage of the protection that they provide, the truth of the matter is there are a number of potential issues that some properties in Florida have built right in that make them very risky propositions.
The list below is nowhere near complete or comprehensive, but here are just three of the biggest Florida homeowners insurance deal breakers you need to be on the lookout for.
An improperly installed fuse panel
The very first thing that you need to look for is a fuse panel that has been installed in properly in your home or commercial building.
There are a number of very specific electrical building codes that need to be adhered to, and whether or not your home is brand-new or has been in Florida for 100 years or more, it needs to be in line with these new building codes or you will not receive the Florida homeowners insurance you're looking for.
Not only should you speak with a professional electrician to have a look at your fuse box I had of time, but you should also consider the cost of upgrading a properly installed fuse box into the "final figure" of your home's purchase price – even if you do not end up making the upgrade down the line.
Old and outdated electrical wiring throughout your home
Another major issue that you need to be on the lookout for (and something that has to do with the other part of your electrical system) is any instances of old and outdated electrical wiring throughout the home.
If your home or commercial building has any knob and tube wiring or aluminum branch wiring, you are going to deal with some serious hassles and headaches when it comes to trying to get the Florida homeowners insurance from https://floridainsurancequotes.net/florida-homeowners-insurance/ you need to protect your purchase and investment.
Again, you're going to want to consider completely rewiring your entire home (not only to get the Florida homeowners insurance you need, but also to protect your loved ones and your property) – so figure this into the final cost of your home as well.
A roof with less than three years left of "life" on it
Last, but not least, you need to be sure that your roof has at least four years or more of "life" left on it – or you're in for a serious problem.
Most roofs have life cycles of anywhere between 15 and 30 years, and there are a number of different factors that come into play to calculate just how much life is left. Make sure that a professional has done that for you, and can prove it in documentation that you provide to your Florida homeowners insurance company.


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California's next governor is going have a lot of work to do to improve the Golden State's business climate. That is borne out by CNBC's fourth annual study of America's Top States for Business, in which California ranks a lowly 32nd of the 50 states.
The states were compared against each other in 10 key categories of competitiveness. In two of those categories – cost of living, business friendliness – California actually ranks next to last among the states. In a third category – cost of doing business – California ranks 48th.
So what might California's business community expect from Democrat Jerry Brown or Republican Meg Whitman, whomever captures the state's highest office in November?
Whitman, former CEO of San Jose-based eBay, says she has a plan to "prime California's economic pump," to "start creating jobs immediately," and to "make California competitive with neighboring states."
She would eliminate the state's capital gains tax, reduce the sales and use tax on manufacturing equipment, increase the tax credit for research and development and jettison the $800 annual business fee, which she describes as a tax on "start-ups."
The Republican also would require an economic cost-benefit analysis of new regulations, streamline the process of business licensing and permitting, update workplace laws to increase flexibility for employers and employees, and curb the lawsuit abuse for which California has been notorious over the years.
Brown suggests that Whitman, the political neophyte, is naïve. "It's not like being CEO," he says. Before laying out a plan to improve the state's business climate, the next governor must first "engage the people and legislators" to develop an approach that actually can win approval in Sacramento.
Brown is not entirely wrongheaded. The best laid plans of mice and California governors have often gone awry in the state legislature, as the current guv, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will attest.
Nevertheless, the prospect that a plan to improve California's business climate might be resisted by lawmakers in the state capital or might lack support from the mass of California residents, does not make it justifiable for Brown to offer no plan whatsoever.
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- Pion-kaon correlations in central Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV (2003)
- Pion-kaon correlation functions are constructed from central Au+Au STAR data taken at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV by the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The results suggest that pions and kaons are not emitted at the same average space-time point. Space-momentum correlations, i.e., transverse flow, lead to a space-time emission asymmetry of pions and kaons that is consistent with the data. This result provides new independent evidence that the system created at RHIC undergoes a collective transverse expansion.
- Transverse-momentum and collision-energy dependence of high-pT hadron suppression in Au+Au collisions at ultrarelativistic energies (2003)
- We report high statistics measurements of inclusive charged hadron production in Au+Au and p+p collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200 GeV. A large, approximately constant hadron suppression is observed in central Au+Au collisions for 5<pT<12 GeV/c. The collision energy dependence of the yields and the centrality and pT dependence of the suppression provide stringent constraints on theoretical models of suppression. Models incorporating initial-state gluon saturation or partonic energy loss in dense matter are largely consistent with observations. We observe no evidence of pT-dependent suppression, which may be expected from models incorporating jet attenuation in cold nuclear matter or scattering of fragmentation hadrons.
- Evidence from d+Au measurements for final-state suppression of high-pT hadrons in Au+Au collisions at RHIC (2003)
- We report measurements of single-particle inclusive spectra and two-particle azimuthal distributions of charged hadrons at high transverse momentum (high pT) in minimum bias and central d+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200 GeV. The inclusive yield is enhanced in d+Au collisions relative to binary-scaled p+p collisions, while the two-particle azimuthal distributions are very similar to those observed in p+p collisions. These results demonstrate that the strong suppression of the inclusive yield and back-to-back correlations at high pT previously observed in central Au+Au collisions are due to final-state interactions with the dense medium generated in such collisions.
- Net charge fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN ]=130 GeV (2003)
- We present the results of charged particle fluctuations measurements in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN ]=130 GeV using the STAR detector. Dynamical fluctuations measurements are presented for inclusive charged particle multiplicities as well as for identified charged pions, kaons, and protons. The net charge dynamical fluctuations are found to be large and negative providing clear evidence that positive and negative charged particle production is correlated within the pseudorapidity range investigated. Correlations are smaller than expected based on model-dependent predictions for a resonance gas or a quark-gluon gas which undergoes fast hadronization and freeze-out. Qualitative agreement is found with comparable scaled p+p measurements and a heavy ion jet interaction generation model calculation based on independent particle collisions, although a small deviation from the 1/N scaling dependence expected from this model is observed.


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The Novi City Council has promoted from within to temporarily fill its soon-to-be vacated city manager post.
Victor Cardenas, currently the assistant city manager and a graduate of Grand Valley State University and Indiana University, will serve as city manager while Novi conducts a nationwide search to replace Clay Pearson, 46, who resigned Jan. 28 after accepting the city manager job in Pearland, Texas, a Houston suburb of about 105,000 residents.
Cardenas, 36, who joined the city of Novi in 2010, was its interim finance director from August 2013 until last month. He is also a former assistant to the Oak Park city manager and was the village manager in Brooklyn, Mich., near Jackson, according to a news release.
He is also chairman of the conference planning committee for the Michigan Local Government Management Association.
Pearson, appointed city manager in 2006, was hired in September 2000 as assistant city manager after more than 10 years working for Elgin, Ill., in a variety of roles including assistant city manager.
His last day in Novi is Feb. 28; he begins working for Pearland on March 10.
The City Council voted to appoint Cardenas on Monday. The council is expected to consider a memorandum of understanding on possible salary and benefit changes for Cardenas on Feb. 18. Those changes wouldn't take effect until Feb. 28, his first day on the job.
Currently, Novi's city manager earns a salary of $135,484 per year, with a total compensation including benefits worth $190,328. The assistant city manager earns $92,243 per year, and total compensation of $120,753.
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Title text: If you fire a Portal gun through the door of the wardrobe, space and time knot together, which leads to a frustrated Aslan trying to impart Christian morality to the Space sphere.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a book in which four children accidentally wander into a world known as Narnia through a wardrobe that only allows passage through to Narnia when you aren't looking for it. In the comic, someone connects an anchor to the wardrobe and throws it into the ocean. The formula describes the flow of water through the open doors, which means that a steady stream of water at an approximate velocity of 200 meters per second will flow into Narnia.
The evil White Witch, who has made it "always winter, and never Christmas," could not have anticipated that a wardrobe portal would suddenly begin spewing approximately 400,000 liters of water per second into Narnia.[citation needed]
Sea water freezes at low temperatures and flowing water freezes at even lower temperatures, depending how fast it is going. Water jetting out from this portal would be flowing very quickly indeed, approximately 200 meters per second (450 mph/720 kph) as the comic says; this is over half the speed of sound. And the water flow is approximately 400,000 liters per second, again, provided in the image above. The force of this water jet would be incredible. If you can imagine the force of a tractor trailer truck careening down the highway, the force of this jet is much much larger than that.
This water would not freeze. First it would decimate any forest trees or iron lamp post in front of it until it eventually slowed down and fell to the ground. There it would create a rapidly expanding river of sea water. Narnia would not stay frozen for long. Snow would melt, ice would break apart and the valley would quickly flood.
Delta-P is a mathematical expression for the difference in pressure. Here the difference is between the depths of the ocean and the open air of a forest that creates the flow of water.
The title text references the video game Portal in which you solve puzzles using a gun which projects portals onto certain surfaces. In the game you cannot shoot a portal through a portal, but Randall says that if you try to create a portal with the portal gun through the wardrobe, space and time knot together. Aslan, the lion in the title, was written by Lewis to be an actual representation (scroll to the section "Is Narnia an allegory?") of Jesus Christ. The Space Core is a Personality Core from Portal 2 that doesn't care about anything but wanting to go to space.
This is a classic xkcd based on the intersection of literature, math and video games.
- [An open wardrobe, with a boat anchor attached to one corner, falling towards water.]
- Q = A * sqrt(2 * g * d)
- Q = flow rate
- A = area of opening
- d = ocean depth (2 km)
- g = Earth gravity
- Flow: ~400,000 liters/s
- Water jet velocity: ~200 m/s
- The White Witch didn't know what hit her.
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First, it is worth noting that water jet velocity = (Q/A) = sqrt(2 * g * d). As such, it is not dependent on the opening size of the wardrobe. The figures given appear to assume the wardrobe is 2 square meters, which is probably fairly large.
Second, there is also the matter of momentum. The water mass is ~400,000 kg/sec, at ~200 m/sec, for a net of 80,000,000 kg meter/sec. If the receiving portal is subject to conservation momentum and is another wardrobe, it will be traveling at over 99% of the water jet speed. (The reduction would actually be less than the adjustment for the correct gravitational force.) So part of what the white queen would have to worry about is this wardrobe darting all over the place at ~700 km/hour or ~440 miles/hour. Of course, the sending wardrobe will be zipping around the ocean as well, which might make "Glass Half Empty" relevant.
Divad27182 (talk) 15:39, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Two wardrobes? 18.104.22.168 05:14, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
Well, the suction of the vacuum might increase the momentum of the wardrobe AND the jet.--Jimmy C (talk) 15:01, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
I have a feeling that the inconstant passage of time, between the two realms, should factor into this somehow. At the start, Lucy is in Narnia for a whole evening, and returns moments later. By the end the whole group stay for many years and are hardly away for much longer (while the 'tour' is still passing). So the amount of water that leaves Earth's oceans in a short time can probably afford to trickle out into the Lantern Wastes at a much lower volume/time. In reverse, would the passive thermal energy of Narnia (even during its snowbound period) over a long Narnian period now be exiting Earthside in a compressed form (if not in frequency, certainly in rate) making the open wardrobe door furnace, like? Or, given the above, and that nobody seems to notice any strange dilation effects during transition, and the fact that Edmund enters shortly after Lucy yet is not several days later in arriving (though possibly up to an hour or two) there may be a "time lock" facility, which means that one or more transitional areas betwixt Earth and Narnia are sealed shut behind one traveller while they start travelling further into (or out of) the furs/firs hybrid areas. We already know that the 'normal' wardrobe back can present itself at times when transit isn't required, so who knows whether it's an active compartmentalising, or just passively not wormholing betwixt the relevent domains.
And for my next essay, I shall be discussing how to automate the use of the rings made by the original Magician (the Professor's Uncle) in order to transfer spent nuclear waste to Charn, or some other, similar dead world. (And the security measures needed to ensure that Jadis does not obtain the necessary material to make radiologically-active weaponry in her conquests of other worlds brought into being by Aslan.) 188.8.131.52 16:24, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Why do you suppose that so called Nuclear Waste needs drastic measures to deal with it? You should know by now that vested interests are making silly money out of merely collecting it. They don't need to even ensure it is kept safely if silly minions are so easily controlled by stupid initiatives.
If they had a pressing need to dispose of it carefully and immediately I am pretty sure that competent engineers could readily be found to ensure that they do so. Stop frightening yourself into believing you need to give rich people money. You don't. I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 20:04, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
After the loooong trip mentioned above, the owner of the wardrobe (the Magicians Nephew) explains that they should not expect to ever get back into Narnia again through the Wardrobe. It will of course only open for children, and not for anyone throwing it into the ocean or for anyone shooting a portal gun through the door. So nothing would be hitting the witch! ;-) Who by the way is dead at that time. Time passes in Narnia so it fits with what is needed for the children to be the right place at the right time. But nice spotted though that it would be a problem if the portal was indeed always open. However, if the door could be kept open and the witch was still alive... There is not a connecting wardrobe in Narnia, but just a forest - the fur skins in the wardrobe suddenly turns into threes. So there would be no wardrobe shooting around. Finally - if the earth oceans would be transferred to Narnia - the whole Narnia world would be flooded, and the heat capacity of the earths water would surely melt all snow and ice without freezing over, since new water would continue to flow through for a very long time. (See the What if - Drain the Oceans: http://what-if.xkcd.com/53/ )Kynde (talk) 19:26, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
The doors look ready to be surprised or in the process of so being. The anchor on the other hand is too smug for its own good.
Suppose that the anchor is ripped off at impact and the doors slam shut. The flow rate is now dramatically altered. Isn't this what comics and magic is all about? I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 20:04, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
I did some minor reworking of the truck comparison. I think we should keep it to give people a sense of scale but can someone run a quick calculation to figure out how many tractor trailer trucks (with their trailers) going at a hundred miles per hour would approximately equal the force of the jet? Lackadaisical (talk) 20:18, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Im surprised nobody mentioned that when the wardrobe gets deep enough it will be crushed into dust by the water pressure. 18.104.22.168 16:29, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
As long as the (open) wardrobe is facing upwards, there wouldn't be any significant water pressure.


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The passage of the Food Quality Protection Act
The Nation's New Pesticide Law
The passage of the Food Quality Protection Act
On August 3,1996, President Clinton signed the Food Quality Protection Act,fundamen tally improving the way that pesticides are regulated in food. The bill passed the House of Representatives on July 23, 1996, by a vote of 417 - 0. It cleared the Senate on July 24, 1996, by unanimous consent.
Under the new law, for the first time all exposures to pesticides must be shown to be safe for infants and children, with a clear consideration of the sensitivity of the young to these chemicals. In addition, when determining a safe level for a pesticide in food, the EPA must explicitly account for all infant and child exposures to other pesticides and toxic chemicals that share a common toxic mechanism (are toxic in the same way).
Further, under prior law, farmer profits could justify risks that would otherwise be deemed unacceptable, and no explicit protection of infants and children was required. This framework was largely repealed, and replaced by a uniform standard of safety, with very narrow exceptions. And, when exceptions to the new health standard are granted for a specific pesticide, the public is informed in supermarkets of all foods treated with that pesticide.
Reforming the Delaney Clause - Myth vs. Reality
A central feature of the new law is the consistent safety standard for pesticides in raw and processed food aimed specifically at protecting infants and children. This new standard replaces a double standard in previous law where a risk/benefit test (farmer profits vs.public health) was applied to pesticides in all fresh foods and most processed foods. For the remaining pesticides in processed foods, the often misunderstood Delaney clause was applied.
The Delaney clause of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act is a ban on cancer causing food and color additives. It was never a ban on cancer causing pesticides. The Delaney clause did apply to a handful of pesticides, however, -- perhaps 80 out of 8,000 food uses of pesticides -- but only under special circumstances.
Prior to passage of the Food Quality Protection Act, the Delaney clause applied to pesticides in processed foods, but only when residues of a cancer causing pesticide increased during processing; for example when more of a pesticide was present in ketchup than in the raw tomatoes used to make it. The Delaney clause never applied to fresh produce, or to crops that the EPA did not consider processed, such as all frozen vegetables. The Delaney clause had minimal impact on pesticides precisely because the overwhelming majority of pesticide residues decrease or remain at the same levels when fresh food is processed.
Processed baby food (fruits and vegetables in those cute little jars) best illustrate the limitations of the Delaney clause. In 1995, the Environmental Working Group and the National Campaign for Pesticide Policy Reform commissioned a food industry lab to test baby food for pesticides. The pesticide found most often was iprodione (trade name Rovral), classified by the EPA as a probable human carcinogen. How did this pesticide slip by Delaney? The levels in baby food were lower than those in the raw food from which the baby food was made.
But is this carcinogen safe for babies? No one can be absolutely sure, although common sense and a raft of experience suggest that adding potent carcinogens to baby food, even in small amounts, presents an unacceptable health risk to the nation's children.
Under the previous law, which contained no mandate to protect children, the EPA could not act to protect infants and children from carcinogens or any other pesticide, without justifiable fear of political intervention in the decision making process by pesticide companies and agribusiness interests. In contrast, under the new law action to protect infants and children is required; if a pesticide is not safe for infants and children, it is not to be allowed in food.
Rejecting the Industry Bill
The following analysis was prepared immediately after the Food Quality Protection Act passed the Congress. The phrase "Industry bill" refers to the "old" H.R. 1627, prior to negotiations that produced the final bill (which bore the same number). The "Industry bill", which would have repealed all basic food safety protections for pesticides, was aggressively supported by the food, farm and pesticide industries, and had about 240 co-sponsors in the House prior to negotiations that produced the final bill. In the end Congress swept aside most of the industry's proposal and rewrote the law in a way that a wide range of consumer and environmental groups could support (see attached letter).


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I reviewed the Hael Core Book a few weeks back in a previous post. Storyweaver released a couple of adventures around the same time the core book came out and just today uploaded their soundtrack to the Hael universe to RPGNow. It's awesome that this setting just came out and there is already so much great support material.
Night of the Long Fangs and Burning Bridges (16 and 17 pages respectively) are both presented with Storyweaver's "Game in a Can" label on their covers. They are both unique sandbox style location based adventures that share a common design structure. The framework is actually very reminiscent of modern console and computer RPG's (in a good way!). You are given a location that is well mapped out and each page in the books presents a different area of interest in that location. Along with flavor text you get information on NPC's, stat blocks, story hooks and rumors. Each NPC has their own seemingly independent plot hooks that tie into one grand overarching tale. With this structure it's just a matter of letting the players explore the area and interact with the populace. I like the way these books are presented very much and they do an amazing job of offering interesting stories without railroading you into clunky plot dependencies that break progress if missed. You can't beat the value either since Night of the Long Fangs is a very reasonable $3.95 and Burning Bridges is free!
As I said above, it's fantastic that there's already excellent support material for Hael. I wasn't familiar with the old D20 incarnation of the setting so I don't know if these books are new material or revised and re-released stuff but really it's irrelevant. I hope to see more of the "Game in a Can" releases soon and I'm really liking the music too. It seems like Storyweaver has great priorities as far as support for their products is concerned.


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Catherine Labrèche's curator insight, February 4, 2017 12:33 PM
Comme le disait mon enseignant de théâtre au secondaire - "On veut pas la savoir, on veut le voir"...c'est la même chose avec le storytelling..
mrsjgarcia's curator insight, January 13, 2017 8:13 AM
The problem we have encountered is that it won't work on our ipad 3s or our ipad mini 1s. We were really looking forward to using this at our school. What a disappointment.
Willem Kuypers's curator insight, January 14, 2017 11:03 AM
Un bel outil pour raconter des histoires en classe, même aux adultes.
Carolyn Quarterman's curator insight, January 17, 2017 7:37 AM
App provides students with customizable story templates, settings, and characters. Students can also create stories, settings, and characters of their own. Students can record narration while moving characters around their scene settings. No account needed.
Viljenka Savli (http://www2.arnes.si/~sopvsavl/)'s curator insight, January 17, 2017 3:07 AM
another great tool from google for 3D storytelling
Ricard Garcia's curator insight, January 17, 2017 4:12 AM
A very good and engaging tool for digital storytelling. Quite simple but with a very catchy layout. Easy to use, with simple outcomes. It is a good tool for primary and lower secondary students!! Production is saved as a video in the mobile device.
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Great book creation, story telling tool! Students can narrate as well.


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LONDON - Bradley Manning, the prime suspect in the leaking of the Afghan war files, raged against his Army employers and "society at large" on his Facebook page in the days before he allegedly downloaded thousands of secret memos, a U.K. newspaper reported Saturday.
The U.S. Army intelligence analyst, who is half British and went to school in Wales, U.K., appeared to sink into depression after a relationship break-up, the Daily Telegraph said. It quoted Manning as posting he didn't "have anything left" and was "beyond frustrated."
In an apparent swipe at the Army, Manning also wrote: "Bradley Manning is not a piece of equipment," and quoted a joke about "military intelligence" being an oxymoron, the Telegraph said.
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The Facebook revelations come as The New York Times reported that Army investigators were broadening their inquiry about the recent disclosure of classified military information to include Manning's friends and associates who may have helped the alleged leaker.
Manning, 22, is on suicide watch after being transferred from Kuwait to a Washington, D.C., prison, where he is awaiting court martial.
He is suspected of leaking more than 90,000 secret military documents to the WikiLeaks website in a security breach that U.S. officials claim has endangered the lives of serving soldiers and Afghan informers.
Supporters claim the war logs leak exposed Afghan civilian deaths covered up by the military.
Manning's family, who live in Pembrokeshire, England, told the Telegraph he had done the right thing."
The Pentagon, which is investigating the source of the leak, is expected to study Manning's background to ascertain if they missed any warnings when he applied to join the U.S. Army and the postings on his Facebook page are likely to form part of the inquiry, the Telegraph claimed.
'Sinking feeling'
Manning began his gloomy postings on Jan. 12, saying: "Bradley Manning didn't want this fight. Too much to lose, too fast," the Telegraph said.
At the beginning of May, when he was serving at a military base near Baghdad, the Telegraph said, he changed his status to: "Bradley Manning is now left with the sinking feeling that he doesn't have anything left."
Five days later he said he was "livid" after being "lectured by ex-boyfriend", then later the same day said he was "not a piece of equipment" and was "beyond frustrated with people and society at large," the paper said.
The Telegraph said Manning's personal page tagline reads: "Take me for who I am, or face the consequences!"
His uncle, Kevin Fox, told the Telegraph that the soldier's arrest and imprisonment in a military jail had taken its toll on his mother, Susan, who lives in Haverfordwest.
"She hasn't been well," Fox told the paper, adding that if Manning had leaked the documents: "I think the boy did the right thing."
Another close relative, who the paper said asked not to be named, said: "His mum didn't know anything about what he was doing and it's come as a big shock. She's very upset."
Susan Manning, 56, moved to the U.S. in 1979 after marrying Bradley's American father, Brian Manning, a former serviceman based at the Cawdor Barracks in Brawdy, near Haverfordwest. Bradley Manning was born in Oklahoma but the couple divorced in 2001, the Telegraph said. Susan and Bradley Manning then moved back to Wales.
'Quite a loner'
Former schoolmates told the Telegraph they recalled Bradley Manning as a bit hot-headed and a computer nerd who didn't get along well with his father.
Jenna Morris, a 23-year-old sales manager who went on holiday to Disney World in Florida with Bradley and his cousins, told the paper Manning "was a quiet lad" who had "a tough upbringing."
"His parents had an acrimonious divorce. He didn't get on well with his dad; they had quite a volatile relationship. His dad was very strict and shouted at him a lot," she told the paper. "He had a tough time when he came back here with his mum because moving to another country after a break-up was hard. He was quite a loner and he didn't really have a lot of friends. He had quite a bit of trouble at school and was picked on, but he didn't care."
The New York Times, citing people with knowledge of the investigation, that the probe was looking at a group of Manning's friends and acquaintances in Cambridge, Mass. The friends, who include students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University, might have connections to WikiLeaks, which made the documents public, the Times said.
It was unclear whether the investigators have specific evidence or were simply trying to determine whether one person working alone could have downloaded and disseminated tens of thousands of documents, the Times said.
The Army has charged Manning with disclosing a classified video of an American helicopter attack to WikiLeaks, as well as more than 150,000 classified diplomatic cables. Military officials said Friday that the private was also the main suspect in the disclosure to WikiLeaks of more than 90,000 classified documents about the Afghan war, some of which were published this week by the Times, the German magazine Der Spiegel and the British newspaper The Guardian, the Times said.


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Dear Miss Snark,
Three related questions:
First, I've heard it said not to send anything to one's agent as a thank-you other than a nice, handwritten card -- stressing that this is a job, and as the agent is not in fact being "nice" but just doing a job, anything else is overkill. I've read stories of wilting flower bouquets and uneaten fruit baskets, and although I'm pretty sure you'd make an exception for a gin pail or George Clooney's home number, what, in your opinion, do other agents tend to think on this matter? I'd feel like a little bit of a nitwit if I called my agent and said, "so what would you like me to send you to say thanks?" (But if you can think of a tactful way to do just that, I'd be game!)
Second, when in the process does one send whatever it is one has deemed appropriate? When the contract is signed? When the book goes on sale? When Miss Snark plugs the ARC on her blog? All of the above?
And third, I've noticed I tend to say "thanks!" in most of my e-mails to my agent. I'm not trying to be suck-up-ish, I just think I have an awesome agent who does her job very well, and she deserves to know I appreciate her hard work. But how does one know when enough becomes too much, the agent's eyes start rolling, and George is summoned to start the IV gin drip?
Thanks (see, there I go again!) so much.
1. I've received an assortment of things, most recently the entire inventory of a saloon which comes in quite handy on the days it's raining too hard to slink over to the Bathtub Bar and Still.
Flowers are almost always lovely, bottles of hooch as well. You can ask the agent's other clients what they sent. But really and truly, giftage is not a requirement of the deal.
2. Mostly I get the swag when contracts are signed. That's kind of a big deal moment, and we all feel like celebrating a lot, particularly if it was a long process.
3. It's never ever wrong to say thank you to your agent in an email (well, ok "you stink, you're fired, thanks for nothing" is the exception). Even Miss Snark's cold cruel heart is slightly thawed by "thank you, you're the best" in emails.


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Wez Furlong posts today about a response made to a previous mention of "PHP vs. ASP.NET" in this article from Joe Stagner in this post on his MSDN blog.
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Joe's response is perhaps a little pro-Microsoft (you can't really blame him for that--he does work there :-) but the essence of his response rings true; there's nowhere near enough factual data in the OTN article to make a balanced decision one way or the other.
To be fair to Sean (the author of the OTN article), it does say "Opinion" across the top of the page and the byline is "One developer's view of the pros and cons of the two most popular means of building web applications", but it's easy to forget those once you're into the article.
Wez also mentions one of his personal views on the whole debate, basically saying that even if PHP is the faster/more efficient, some situations might do better with an ASP.NET solution (what's the cost of implementation?).


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Notting Hill Gate locations, London and Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
The Beatles spent much of this day on location in Notting Hill Gate filming "chase scenes" with mock-policemen. The "police station" was actually St. John's Secondary School at 83 Clarendon Road. (Although the interior sequences were shot on a set at Twickenham, the Beatles did spend time inside St. John's on this day, mostily using it as a refuge from fans.) They also filmed in a neighbouring cul-de-sac (Heathfield Street) and, in a sequence cut from the finished production, at the Portland Arms public house, running in through an entrance in Portland Road and immediately exiting through another door onto Penzance Place. (Because it was deleted, director Richard Lester was able to use the same idea and location for his next film, "The Knack".)
Although it was now approaching completion, the Beatle's film remained untitled - until, that is, Ringo emerged somewhere after a long day's work (reputedly March 19), commented to someone "it's been a hard day" and then, seeing that it was already dark, tacked "s night" on the end. The phrase captured to perfection the mood of the film and was immediately adopted as its title, announced to the press on April 17th. (Ringo may have previously seen the phrase in John's book, for it appears in the "sad Michael" story.)
However the title had come about, though, was immaterial to the problem it now presented John and Paul: they had to write a song "to order", the title already set. And they did not disappoint, within a few days it was ready for recording, and the Beatles came to Abbey Road this evening to do just that, beginning the session at 7:00 and ending at 10:00, completing the song in just nine takes.
A Hard Day's Night was not only the title of the film: it was also the title of the accompaning 13 track album released by EMI on Friday, july 10, 1964, all songs composed by Lennon-McCartney, and of the Beatle's next British single, issued on the same date.


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Cut by the Ravens in early April, linebacker and special teams standout Brendon Ayanbadejo still hasn't ruled out playing in the NFL during the 2013 season. He works out daily and keeps himself ready in case a team calls and the situation is right.
But right now, the 36-year-old is far too busy with other endeavors to be consumed with whether his 10-year NFL career is over.
"There's not anything that I have to do right now so If the football angle has exhausted itself because there's no more options in football, then that will come to a close on its own and then there will be a point where I have to announce my retirement. But right now, I'm not feeling like I have to do that," Ayanbadejo said Wednesday during a phone interview with the Baltimore Sun.
"I'm not going to sit around and wait for football. There's too much life to be lived and too many things to experience that I haven't been able to experience being a professional athlete the last 14 years," he added. "I'll be ready if a team calls but if they don't, I'll be a busy guy and I can go out saying that my last game that I've ever played in was the Super Bowl and I won a championship alongside Ray Lewis, Joe Flacco, Ed Reed, Haloti Ngata and all these amazing guys that will go down forever in Baltimore history together."
Since helping the Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII in early February, Ayanbadejo has continued to be a leading advocate for marriage equality and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. His activism has been honored by various organizations and groups. He's made several television appearances and he's been serving as a guest columnist for foxsports.com, writing on social issues.
"From now through July, I'm going to sleep in my own bed, maybe for five nights," said Ayanbadejo who played for the Ravens for the past five seasons. "I'm going to be in eight different cities, speaking at Fortune 500 companies like Johnson & Johnson and Proctor and Gamble. I'll be going to San Francisco Pride and Los Angeles, getting awards through them. I'll be speaking at the University of Delaware. I have so many things lined up and it's so fun and fascinating. It's a new experience that I'm really excited for."
This week, Ayanbadejo, who has made the Pro Bowl three times as a special teams ace, is taking part in the first-ever NFL Sports Journalism & Communications Boot Camp, held at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. It is one of 10 training programs for post-NFL careers that NFL Player Engagement is offering current and former players.
Ayanbadejo is among 23 players, a group that includes former Ravens Ovie Mughelli and Ken Hamlin, and former Aberdeen High and University of Maryland standout Erin Henderson, at the four-day boot camp which exposes attendees to different aspects of the journalism industry.
The program's focus is on improving player's writing skills and providing training in radio and digital media. During the camp, the player's attended classes and workshops taught by media professionals and applied what they learned during a field trip to a Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens' baseball game.
"It's interesting being on the other side and looking at what [reporters] have to go through," Ayanbadejo said. "I'm used to giving interviews but not actually conducting an interview and being knowledgeable on whatever the topic is and your subject, and formulating good questions. The second you ask a question, the person being interviewed knows exactly how competent you are. It's a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be."
Ayanbadejo said he does have some interest in following in the footsteps of the many former players turned NFL broadcasters, commentators or analysts, but that's just one of the things that he'd like to do.
"I enjoy it but that's where there's kind of a problem. There are many things that I enjoy and there's a plethora of things that I love to do but I feel like in order to monetize something, you have to be a
professional at one thing and you have to do one thing really, really well," Ayanbadejo said.
"At some point, I might have to pick something if I want to earn a decent living. I'm going to have to pick one thing rather than being this jack of all trades that loves and enjoys engaging in all these different things, whether it is philanthropic work or doing charity stuff, political space, being an athletic director, finishing my MBA, doing this whole media thing. At some point, I'm going to have to pick but for now, I'm enjoying all these different ways I get to express myself and learn about life and people."
One subject Ayanbadejo will continue to be involved in is the fight for marriage equality. Late last month, NBA player Jason Collins came out as the first openly gay male athlete playing in one of the four major American sports leagues. Ayanbadejo applauded Collins' decision to come out.
"Professional athletes who are at the top, we have the loudest voice that resonates and it goes down the chain to colleges and high schools and to kids even younger that know they are different than everybody
else but they're exactly the same as everytbody else and they should be treated the same as everybody else," he said. "They shouldn't be treated different. It's going to do so much for the LGBT community. The timing was right and let's see how far we can take it as far as gaining rights nationally for everybody. We still have a ways to go but we're headed in the right direction and we're finally going at a fast pace."


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NEC's newest facial recognition tech is able to track changes of substantial age and weight to match faces to their younger, slimmer selves. A recent Homeland Security test within a 1.6 million person criminal database saw 92% accuracy.
NEC's error percentage was only 0.3%, compared to the next best system in the report, which came in with 2.5%. If that doesn't sound impressive, consider that NEC was able to pair one of its employees—pictured above—with an image of himself 23 years ago. The software, geared towards security and immigration control, works by focusing on certain features (such as eyes and mouth) while ignoring others, such as the eyebrows. [CrunchGear]


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Here's a lemon squeezy little craft project for you to try out over the weekend. Spring is just around the corner so I'll be adding a few green-fingered ideas over the coming months in celebration (anticipation).
Twig Plant Markers
Twigs about 20cm long and a little thicker than a pencil
Sharp craft knife and cutting mat
Alphabet stamps
Coloured ink pads or acrylic paint
1) Whittle one end of each stick into a point. At the other end, slice away the bark on one side of each twig, exposing about 6cm of the wood beneath.
2) Dab your alphabet stamps into the ink or paint being careful not to load the stamp too heavily. Stamp your chosen plant names onto the bare wood.
3) Leave to dry the pop into the pots. Standard craft ink isn't waterproof so remove the markers before watering!
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click photo to enlargeAsk people to name a poem of the First World War and they are very likely to come up with something by Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas or "In Flanders Field" by John McCrae. It's a task that many people would have little difficulty in accomplishing, particularly those of a certain age who studied what were called, "The War Poets", at school. However, if the focus switched to the poets and poems of the Second World War then most people without a particular interest in poetry might struggle. I'd immediately think of my favourite, Henry Reed's "Lessons of the War: I. Naming of Parts", and perhaps its sequel, "Lessons of the War: II. Judging Distances, fine poems that speak obliquely about the experience of war. I'd also offer up "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, a work about the awe of piloting a single-seat fighter aircraft high above the earth, that has become a favourite of aviators across the world, and possibly the best known poem to come out of the experience of that conflict.
On a recent few days spent in central Lincolnshire we stopped at Scopwick Cemetery and looked at the war graves there. Many commemorate British and Canadian airmen who died in training at RAF Digby or were otherwise killed in the line of duty. There are also memorials to German airmen shot down in the vicinity. We moved on to our destination after taking a couple of photographs. However, the following day we read that J.G. Magee, the author of "High Flight" was among the dead at Scopwick, so we called in again on our journey home. We both knew his poem and recognised the first and last lines that are carved at the base of his memorial. This discovery on our part prompted me to find out more about Magee.
He was born to a U.S. father and British mother, both missionaries, in China. His education began at an American school in Nanking, but from 1931 to 1939, when the family moved to England, he was educated in English schools including Rugby School. In 1938 he won that institution's poetry prize. He was an admirer of another Rugby pupil, Rupert Brooke, the poet of the First World War, who had also won the school's poetry prize in 1904. In 1939 Magee went to the United States and the following year he earned a scholarship to Yale University, but instead chose to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1941 he transferred to Wales to train on the Spitfire aircraft. It was here that he wrote "High Flight". Shortly afterwards he went to RAF Digby and No. 412 (Fighter) Squadron, RCAF. On 11th December 1941, Magee's aircraft and a training aircraft collided in cloud at 1400 feet, resulting in his tragic death at the age of 19.
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Does this mean their club hookup wasn't just a one-off fluke?
Notorious ex-couple Chris Brown and Rihanna were reportedly spotted together at a Jay-Z show in Brooklyn Wednesday, where the two seemingly got cozy with each other.
The concert coupling comes just a day after the tempestuous duo were caught making out at a Manhattan nightclub, amid rampant reports that the Barbadian songbird might be giving her infamous ex another chance.
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Chris Brown and Rihanna make out at NYC club
On late Wednesday night, Rap Radar editor Elliott Wilson tweeted a photo of the duo sitting next to each other at the VIP area of Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Jay-Z performed.
There, Breezy could be seen putting his arm around the back of Ri-Ri's seat as they reportedly sat behind Beyonc and Rita Ora.
(The sighting appears to have been verified by other concertgoers as well.)
Chris Brown tests positive for marijuana
Earlier in the evening, the duo were also snapped making separate exits from Manhattan's Gansevoort Hotel in seemingly the same outfits they were wearing at the Jay-Z show, with Rihanna stepping out moments after Brown.
Meanwhile, Brown's girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, posted a terse, cryptic tweet Wednesday night, simply writing: "Bye baby."
Brown remains on probation for his infamous 2009 beatdown of Rihanna. Last week, a judge refused to revoke the R&B star's probation after he tested positive for marijuana.


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I slip on my prettiest dress. The Pharisees are having a dinner party tonight which means faithful customers and good money for me. I sit in front of my vanity and brush my long blonde locks, humming as I try to drown out the sounds of my "co-worker" in the room next to me with a man that apparently likes it rough. I'm so used to the sounds. To the flirting. To the drunken men stumbling their ways into the bedrooms. To the banging up against the walls. The abuse and occasional screams. The sound of coins being exchanged afterwards. This has been my home for a long time now. I used to think it would always be my home, but ever since I saw that Man...things are...different....
Ha. Who am I kidding.
I lock eyes with myself in the mirror...something feels off tonight. Oh, how tired I look. My once alive blue eyes are now a dull lifeless grey. My cheeks have little fullness left to brush makeup over, but still I make an effort hoping that the money will be worth the time spent on getting ready. I grab my bottle of perfume, the one my parents gave me as a little girl for my husband on my wedding night. When I first started in this business I tried to used the perfume sparingly in hopes of handing over this precious gift to a man whom I love, but now I use little because it is the only thing left I have of my life before this darkness. The only remembrance I have of family and sweetness and what a real home was like. Usually, I hate the smell of it for the painful reminder that it is and the memories the fragrance brings to my mind, but not tonight. Tonight I breathe in and something different fills my soul...maybe longing...or even hope?
My eyes meet the eyes of this lifeless woman once again in the mirror. I let my mind wander into pity, something that has been happening frequently ever since I saw that Man on the street. I don't want to go out tonight. Though the money is high, something deep within me longs to stay in bed and dream of being held in a warm embrace. Self-pity quickly turns into shame and guilt and anger deep within me for the life I live...the life I have chosen. But I close this dam of my heart quickly before I drown in the mess of it all. I force myself to get up, remembering the truth of who I am and what I do. Oh how deeply I long for a different truth, but it doesn't matter, because this is who I will always be...right? I breathe in again and let the scent of my perfume fill my lungs for one more moment of dreaming and longing, then I smother the glimmer of hope by walking out the door.
I make my way through the dark streets to the house of the Pharisee, Simon. My steps are quick along the way to avoid the slander and comments from the people in the town. I pretend that they can't see me and sometimes they do the same, but there is the occasional man or woman that sees my face and yells out "whore" or other words, words that seem to have become my name. Thankfully, I make it to the house unnoticed as the men start to gather.
The air is cool but not cold like it has been the past few weeks. Spring is just around the corner. I place myself subtly by the door to let the men know that I am there and will be after their feast. The real business won't start until after dinner, until after they have had their wine. A few of these "religious" men see me as they walk past into the house. Though many have laid in my bed before, they try not to make eye contact with me. Cowards. Something about tonight makes me loathe them.
And then, I see Him, the man from the street. The man who travels with the crowds following him. The one everyone talks about who performs miracles and heals people. Who eats with tax collectors, and sick people, and...prostitutes.
I begin to panic. I don't want Him to see me, but all the same I want to throw my arms around His neck. My fear wins and I hide my face hoping He won't notice me. I wonder if He knows who I am or what I do? I slip around the other side of the house and run home as fast as I can, barely breathing. I burst through the door and collapse in the chair at my vanity trying to catch my breath, but can't seem to. Something about this man...I must see him again! Will He have me? No, there is no way a man like that would even be near me. But I must see Him! I meet eyes with the woman in the mirror again, and suddenly the dam opens, the one I have had tried to keep shut for so long. All my emotions burst fourth at once. I can't stop the memories from flooding my brain. Every mistake, every sin, every cruel word, every painful experience, every night spent used but still left alone. They come spilling out like a landslide. The tears won't stop. As I try to catch my breath, I my nose fills with the fragrance of my precious perfume...
Before I even know what I'm doing or where I'm running to, I find myself back at the Pharisee's house with my perfume in hand. I don't know what is happening but I do know the water pouring out of the dam of my heart isn't anywhere near stopping. I must get to Him.
I burst through the door and quickly find the One I'm looking for in the back of the room at the table. I run to Him and throw myself at His feet. Something about His presence makes me weep even harder and I find my tears are washing over His toes. Everyone is watching, they have to be. They are all probably wondering what the hell I am doing here, a woman like me in the house of a Pharisee, barging in uninvited. But I don't care. All I care about is this Man. I realized that His feet are now in a pool of my tears. I grab my hair and being to wipe up the mess I have made. I kiss and I kiss and I kiss His feet because I don't know how else to show Him that I love Him. Oh how freely I have given away empty kisses before this moment. But these kisses are different. They are all I have to give him. These kisses and these tears. And then I remember my perfume. I grab it and before even realizing what I'm doing the whole bottle is poured out over Him. And I find that all I am and all I have is there... at His feet...pouring out.
He talks with the Pharisee who owns the house, but my cries and my weeping and my kissing are so loud within me that I can't pay attention to their words to each other.
But then, this man, Jesus, gently lifts my face from the ground to His face. My tear filled, blood shot eyes meet His loving gaze. He pulls me in close and whispers with the sweetest voice I have ever heard "Your sins are forgiven, beloved. Your faith has saved you; go in peace." And I dance in the home of His heart and His grace for the rest of forever in the truth of His great love for me.
Thank you, O sweet Savior King, THANK YOU.


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text: Plenty to discover St.Gallen's Abbey District has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983 - a designation the town is proud of. This is just one of the many things beautiful St.Gallen can offer. Cathedral Prince-Abbot Cölestin Gugger von Staudach ordered today's baroque cathedral to be built in 1755. The pulpit was finished in 1785, the classicist high altar and gallery in 1809/1810. Famous artists and master builders, like Josef Wannenmacher who painted the frescos on the ceiling, were appointed to work on this magnificent building. Abbey St.Gallen's Abbey District was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO. Abbey library Today's library was built in 1758/67. It is considered the most beautiful, Rococo hall in Switzerland with more than 150,000 volumes. In particular, it is the unique collection of early mediaeval handwriting that underlines the international importance of the library's outstanding work. The Stiftkirche's lapidarium The lapidarium shows a collection of valuable building blocks and columns from the 8th and 17th centuries. St.Laurenzen Church with observation tower During the Reformation of the town of St.Gallen during the 1520s, St.Laurenzen became the main church for reformed churchgoers. Since its remodelling in 1850/54, the church is a basilica in new Gothic style. St.Gallen's historical district Town merchants often liked to adorn the facades of their houses with richly-decorated extensions. Many of these bow windows remain until the present day and lend the alleyways variety and an artistic touch. They are called Kugel (Kugelgasse), Scheggen (Marktgasse), Kamel-Erker (Spisergasse), Sternen-Erker (Spisergasse), Bären-Erker (Spisergasse), Gerechtigkeits- and Engel-Erker (Spisergasse), Pelikan-Erker (Schmidgasse) and Erker am Grünen Hof (Gallusstrasse). Karlstor Built in 1570, Karlstor is the only remaining gate of the original 11 gates in the town wall. It is named after Cardinal Karl Borromäus of Milan who is supposed to have been the first person to go through the gate. Waaghaus or Kaufhaus am Bohl From mediaeval times to the 19th century, this building was a warehouse and place for merchants to weigh their goods. Since it was restored in 1963, the meeting hall of the town's parliament and a large hall for exhibitions and concerts are located on the top floor. Drei Weieren With attractive Art Deco bathing huts and a fantastic view of St.Gallen right down to Lake Constance, St.Gallen's charming natural lakes invite you to take a stroll, have a swim or just linger a while. Peter and Paul Wildlife Park The Wildlife Park is an enjoyable place to go at all times of the year. Ibex, roe, fallow and sika deer, as well as chamois in packs of different sizes, live in the wildlife park today. You can also come and see wild boar, marmot, lynx and wild cats. The forest paths between the cages and the vast number of observation towers make a walk in the wildlife park an experience that is relaxing and allows you to be close to nature at the same time.


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The world's largest stove, a Michigan landmark, has been destroyed by fire.
The 15-ton stove, first displayed at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, was lost to a fire sparked by lightning on Saturday. Built by the Michigan Stove Company, it stood 25 feet high.
In 1998, the dismantled stove was pulled out of storage and reassembled at the fairgrounds near 8 mile.
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"It's gone through so many evolutions, so many changes in the city and still survived all those years," Jan Kaulins, a photographer who sells prints of the stove and other Detroit landmarks, told The Associated Press. "It's multigenerational. Objects like that help bind history."
Stoves were big business in Detroit before the automotive industry took over the city's industrial sector.


text: Dear Harriet, We are a mixed race couple with an adopted mixed race four year old son. I can see my parents showing preferential treatment towards my sisters' children who are not mixed race and are not adopted. I thought my parents were more fair minded. I am very hurt and angry. How shall I handle this?


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On 23 January we released this month's fabulous new rubber stamps, Shapeology dies, Shape EZ template, Whimsy Designer paper pack and Whimsy Prints pre-colored toppers. Over the past week the Whimsy Stamps DT together with our Special Monthly Guest have been showcasing these gorgeous new goodies, and each day we held a 24hr mini blog hop where you could enter to win a prize! So without further ado, here are the lucky randomly-drawn winners from those draws who each win a new release stamp:
Lynda from http://positive-force.blogspot.com/
Thu 24 January ~ Drawn from the comments left on Tammy Louise's post:
Sandra H from http://sandra-nanagramps.blogspot.com/
Fri 25 January ~ Drawn from the comments left on Ellie's post:
Jopie from http://jopieskaarten.blogspot.com/
Sat 26 January ~ Drawn from the comments left on Deb's post:
Patty from http://hapscrappy.blogspot.com/
Sun 27 January ~ Drawn from the comments left on Erin's post:
Sylvie from http://frlfanta.blogspot.com/
Mon 28 January ~ Drawn from the comments left on Jacque's post:
Christine Harrop from http://christinescardsandcrafts.blogspot.com/
Tue 29 January ~ Drawn from the comments left on Heidy's post:
Mieke from http://letnietopderommel.blogspot.com/
Thank you to everyone who visited the blogs of our fantastic DT and guest and left such wonderful comments. Please would the winners email Denise with your full contact details so that your prizes can be mailed out to you as soon as possible.
We would also like to thank our January Special Guest Designer, Gail Lass, for sharing her talent with us this month and showcasing our new release with her gorgeous creations. Here are her wonderful January release creations:
We will announce the winner of our March 2013 Release Guest Designer Contest here on the Whimsy blog on 6 February. Thank you to everyone who applied!
Whimsy Inspirations Challenge
Our monthly challenge is in full swing over at the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge blog. Today the rubber team are posting their challenge creations, so be sure to stop by the challenge blog to take a peek.
You have until February 12th to join this month's challenge which is "Fancy Edges" and we have 3 prizes up for grabs: a $15 gift certificate, 5 digi stamps, 1 surprise rubber stamp.
You don't have to use a Whimsy image on your challenge entry, but of course it would be great if you did!
Whimsy Inspirations Magazine
As announced earlier today, the new Whimsy Inspirations Magazine - January 2013 Issue 11 is now live! It features never-before-seen creations from our wonderful Magazine Staff as well as many stunning creations by the Whimsy DT, Special Guests and Friends of Whimsy. So grab a cup of your favourite beverage, CLICK HERE or on the magazine cover below to open the *free* online magazine and be prepared to be blown away!


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Primark Haul:
As I already mentioned in one of my outfit posts before, I spent some time in Munich on Saturday and in Essen on Monday, both are beautiful german cities. I only took some pictures in Essen after I did some shopping at the local Primark store. To be honest I had never really understood those people being all excited about Primark before because every time I went to the shop in Frankfurt there were only a few pieces which caught my attention. This time there were so many amazing clothes, the whole SS14 collection by Primark is festival inspired, there were tons of kimonos, printed tees and crochet clothes. I really enjoyed shopping there haha. On top of that the clothes are a real bargain, you can get so many stunning clothes for only 15€ or less. Some of the printed shirts I bought were only 3€.
Talking about Essen in general, I fell in love with the city. It felt so good to travel again and just to go by train, watching the beautiful landscape pasting by while looking out of the window. The weather was also awesome, the sun shone, it was hot, but there was that thundery atmosphere, too. When we left there was a heavy thunderstorm happening and it was raining pitchforks! So we were really lucky to be already at the train station when it happened. :-)


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Cool contest! I never win these things, but some one always does of course. I guess if you want to win just try, try and try again and again
AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon Headphones Sweepstakes
According to the company:
A direct descendant of AudioQuest's award-winning NightHawk headphone, the closed-back NightOwl Carbon replaces its predecessor's biomimetic sound-diffusing grille with an intelligently designed aperiodic damping system for excellent isolation of external noise, ensuring privacy for the listener and those nearby.
NightOwl ships with two sets of earpadsProtein Leather Boost Pads for slightly enhanced treble clarity and Ultrasuede pads for slightly reduced bass impactand includes a high-performance, non-microphonic cable with discrete mic/smartphone controls that enable phone calls and playback functions (Play, Pause, Skip) without compromising sound quality.
NightOwl's distinct packaging is actually an attractive travel case made of genuine leather, featuring a thickly padded internal compartment and accommodations for various headphone accessories. With NightOwl, AudioQuest hopes headphone enthusiasts will feel inspired to listen longer, later, and with greater pleasure, enjoying unsurpassed comfort and deep immersion in music, videos, and games.
To enter the sweepstakes, all you need is an account on this website. If you don't already have one, click on the link labeled "register" at the bottom of this announcement or "LOG IN/JOIN" in the nav bar at the right. Then, enter a username and a valid e-mail address, and click on the "Create new account" button. A message will be automatically sent to the e-mail address you specified, which will include a link to activate the account.
The final step (and only step for those who already have an account) is to log in and leave a comment right here on this announcementany comment will do, as long as it's not profane or spam. Then, when the sweepstakes closes, a lucky commenter will be chosen at random to receive the prize. So post a comment, and good luck!
For complete sweepstakes rules, click here.
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Casting my entry!
Sounds like an amazing givaway!
Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!
I'm not usually a fan of closed-back headphones, but these look promising.
Thank you Tyll and Audioquest!
I'm feeling lucky. If I win, I will review this baby thoroughly.
Especially if won from this contest
These look very comfortable, I'm glad some manufacturers aim for that.
Hope I win this headphone in Lunar new year COMING in Asia.
If I win. Thank you!
extending the Nighthawk formula. Cool!
I'd really like to win this one! :D
Good luck to all!
Rng gods please help me get some good headphones!
I made an account to enter, than find out its USA only haha. Good luck to the rest of u annyway.
Hope I can win!!!
Can't wait to audition these new headphones, they look so nice!
Liquid sound from the liquid wood Nighthawk and now carbonated sound from the nightowl carbon. What's next: champagne sound for the gold edition?
I love the objective/subjective balance in Tyll's reviews!
Win IMG these would put the icing on the cake. :)
would be glad to take part
Thanks for the giveaway and good luck to all.
I've never tried an AudioQuest headphone before but always wanted to. This looks amazing. I hope I finally get to try one.
I never win these things, but it's worth an entry! The original Nighthawks certainly had a polarizing sound. I'd be curious as to how these have changed.
Never won anything in my life, but here goes.
Not american so i cant win :)
Like I have a shot of winning this :) Cool headphones anyway.
Than you for the chance to win these headphones
Very curious about the Nightowls. Hope to win!
So here it is.
I hope I win, Id love to hear these!
Look at all the comments stream in. Thanks guys!
Interesting headphones, but I really liked the "liquid wood" of the Nighthawk..
I like Owls, bearers of many good omens.
I just wanted to say that I like cheese, especially the mouldy kind.
Thanks for the contest, Tyll!
This is my comment right here on this announcement. It's not profane or spam. Then, when the sweepstakes closes, I hope to be the lucky commenter chosen at random to receive the prize.
I've never won anything online, but let's see this time :-)
Thanks for the contest!
Would be staying up all night listening to this Night Owl.
Very interesting headphone...good luck everyone!
Throwing in and seeing what comes of it.
I heard the nightowls and it's quite good. Warm smooth with a decently wide stage (but little depth). Decent micro/macro dynamics and detail. And a lot cleaner sounding than the v1 nighthawks.
I would love to win one.
That's pirate for count me in. I'd love to give those a listen.
The Night Hawks were interesting, looking forward to seeing feedback on their closed-back cousins on IF
I'd love a pair of these....thanks for the chance to win a pair :)
If it's free I'll take three! Well contest rules won't allow that so I'll be happy with one.
This is the winning comment.
Very nice! Won't win, but what the hey.
I'll throw in my hat on this.
Thank you Inner Fidelity and Audioquest.
I want. I want. I want. I need. I need. I need.
...in these headphones. Hope to win a pair.
I've always been a little curious about AudioQuest headphones. This would certainly be a nice way to get a chance to try them out.
And put it on YT.
Have you guys reviewed these headphones? Will you be reviewing them before giving them away?
I love the nighthawk, would love to get a nightowl
Thank you to AudioQuest and Inner Fidelity for the opportunity to win one! Best of luck to everyone!
Here's to hoping... thanks for the contest.
I don't need a closed back but I would love to send these to someone with more experience to have measured and reviewed. Could even give these out as a loaner for people to try. More information for the masses! Good luck everyone!
Hope I can win, my Momentum is aging haha. Tks Audioquest!
Been interested in AudioQuest's stuff for quite awhile. Hopefully I'll be able to try their headphones first hand! ;)
I might need help installing them.
I wonder how it's going to be different from the Nighthawks. Can't wait to find out!
I'll put these to good use!
Fingers crossed and crossed and crossed
I liked the Nighthawk when I got to try them out; would quite like to hear these too.
Thanks for putting on the contest!
Another awesome opportunity.
Many thanks, Tyll.
in case you didn't know, you da man.
Thanks for putting on the giveaway!!!