A new Santa Cruz hotel has an unusual welcome.
SURREAL SANTA CRUZ: Everyone who has been to Santa Cruz tends to alight upon a few quintessential images as representative of the area. Maybe it is a surfer or a beach, but for many people Bigfoot and the Mystery Spot and the mysterious redwoods come into play (we'd also add the tiny cable car at Capitola's own Shadowbrook Restaurant to the area's list of offbeat features). Meaning a new lodging venue with the name Hotel Paradox fits right in. Nope, the hotel itself isn't tricked out with whimsical bells and whistles, though it might have one of the more memorable front desks you'll encounter -- more on that in a second -- but its moniker neatly summons the spirit of Santa Cruz. It just debuted in late summer.
DOWNTOWN LOCATION: It's downtown on Ocean Street, about a mile from the pier. The restaurant Solaire serves "farm-to-table cuisine" and there are cabanas and fire pits dotting the property, too.
NOW, ABOUT THAT FRONT DESK: If you've pictured most front desks you've encountered in your travels, few likely pop to mind, full formed. They're generally wood, right? Or not? Very non-descript, overall, and perhaps designed to blend in, a tad blandly to the lobby. Not Hotel Paradox. The front desk is a eucalyptus trunk that weighs in at 15,000 pounds (thus it is no shocker that two forklifts were required). The tree, in fact, shows up a few places in the hotel, like the hostess stand. So when we said the hotel isn't tricked out with whimsy, we weren't being wholly straightforward; that is one pretty outlandish front desk. How many inns can brag that guests'll stop a check-in to take a picture of what usually goes unnoticed in a hotel?


will facilitate adjustments to the bridge and complete the remaining work that will bring the project to an end. Children and parents crossing the bridge on foot to access bussing will be accommodated.
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We're traveling from Rome to the Amalfi Coast. I understand they have high speed trains from Rome to Naples, but what is available from Naples to the coast?
To get down to the Amalfi Coast, you are right that you'll first have to take a high-speed train to Naples. The Amalfi Coast itself is only accessible by a private railway out of Naples called the 'Circumvesuviana' and then a bus or ferry. Since it is privately owned and operated, tickets for the Circumvesuviana Railway can only be purchased locally when you're in Italy. The same is true of the connecting buses and ferries.
The Circumvesuviana trains depart out of the Piazza Garibaldi station in Naples, conveniently located in the lower level of the same building as the Centrale station (the main station in Naples where most trains from elsewhere in Italy would arrive into, including trains coming from Rome).
To get to the Amalfi Coast, you would take the Circumvesuviana its full route from Naples to Sorrento. From Sorrento, you can take a SITA bus to the villages on the actual Amalfi Coast itself. Otherwise, you can board a ferry in Sorrento that you would take you to the villages on the Amalfi Coast. The buses run year-round, while the ferries are only seasonal.
You would purchase tickets for your train from Rome to Naples by searching the route under 'BOOK TRAIN TICKETS' on the homepage of our website, www.raileurope.com. The high-speed trains from Rome to Naples are Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, Frecciabianca, and Italo trains. Generally, these trains can be booked once within 120 days of an intended departure.
For time spent in Rome, you can shop various city passes and tours offered by clicking here: http://www.raileurope.com/train-tickets/activities/?countries=undefined&cities=cities-511.
For tours and activities in the Amalfi Coast region, click here: https://www.raileurope.com/train-tickets/activities/?countries=57&cities=regions-946.
Hi Gary,

To get down to the Amalfi Coast, you are right that you'll first have to take a high-speed train to Naples. The Amalfi Coast itself is only accessible by a private railway out of Naples called the 'Circumvesuviana' and then a bus or ferry. Since it is privately owned and operated, tickets for the Circumvesuviana Railway can only be purchased locally when you're in Italy. The same is true of the connecting buses and ferries.

The Circumvesuviana trains depart out of the Piazza Garibaldi station in Naples, conveniently located in the lower level of the same building as the Centrale station (the main station in Naples where most trains from elsewhere in Italy would arrive into, including trains coming from Rome).

To get to the Amalfi Coast, you would take the Circumvesuviana its full route from Naples to Sorrento. From Sorrento, you can take a SITA bus to the villages on the actual Amalfi Coast itself. Otherwise, you can board a ferry in Sorrento that you would take you to the villages on the Amalfi Coast. The buses run year-round, while the ferries are only seasonal.

You would purchase tickets for your train from Rome to Naples by searching the route under 'BOOK TRAIN TICKETS' on the homepage of our website, www.raileurope.com. The high-speed trains from Rome to Naples are Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, Frecciabianca, and Italo trains. Generally, these trains can be booked once within 120 days of an intended departure.
Thank you Jeff for your response. I understand you can get passes 120 days out on the high speed trains. Since we're flying into and out of Rome, once we purchase a 3-4 trip pass, do we have to select exact travel days and times or do the passes allow flexibility? My concern is trying to meet a departing train from Rome to Sirrento based on flight arrival times..
Thanks again for for responses.
Passes (rail passes) and tickets are two different things. A rail pass is something that covers ticket costs. Therefore, if there is a trip for which you plan on using a rail pass, you would not also purchase tickets, as that would be redundant. Not being aware of your intent to purchase a rail pass, my response above only addressed purchasing regular tickets.
For the specific trip you mentioned in your question, only the 'Le Frecce' trains between Rome and Naples are covered by rail passes. The Le Frecce trains include the Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, and Frecciabianca. Italo trains are privately operated, so these trains from Rome to Naples are not covered by rail passes.
While the 'Le Frecce' trains are covered, they would still require reservations as a supplement to the rail pass. Since the trains from Rome to Naples require reservations, that means you will have to book a specific departure to make this trip. For travel with a rail pass, you would purchase reservations from Rome to Naples by searching the route on our homepage (www.raileurope.com), checking the box that says 'I have a rail pass', and then indicating the type of rail pass with which you'll be traveling (i.e. a 'Eurail Italy Pass'). Generally, 'Le Frecce' trains can be reserved once within 120 days of an intended departure date.
Since the Circumvesuviana Railway (Naples-Sorrento) is privately operated, these trains are also not covered by rail passes. In addition to not being covered by rail passes, tickets for the Circumvesuviana can only be purchased locally when you're in Italy. This also applies to the SITA buses and ferries to the villages on the actual Amalfi Coast. For the Circumvesuviana and the SITA buses/ferries, you would just pay to board when you arrive.
The Eurail Italy Pass itself has to be validated for use within 11 months from the date of purchase. For the Eurail Italy Pass, you would click here: https://www.raileurope.com/pass/italy-pass-5922.
The trains from Rome to Naples depart from the city of Rome. Therefore, if you'll be heading straight to the Amalfi Coast from the Rome FCO Airport, you are first going to need to commute into the city to connect with your train to Naples.
From Rome FCO to the city of Rome, there are airport express trains called the 'Leonardo Express', which depart every 30 minutes throughout the day, and the ride only takes about 30-35 minutes. The Leonardo Express trains depart right out of the airport and arrive into the Termini station in Rome, which is Rome's main station. Conveniently, the train station at the Rome FCO Airport is located in the area that's central to all terminals and is very easy to get to.
A 1st class Eurail Italy Pass is valid on the Leonardo Express trains. Leonardo Express trains do not accept reservations, so a 1st class Eurail Italy Pass is all you would need to board. For the most comfortable travel experience, we do recommend booking 1st class. On trains in Europe, 1st class offers larger and more comfortable seats with more leg room. With fewer seats per train car, 1st class is also usually going to be less crowded and quieter than 2nd class.
Thank you Jeff for your response. I understand you can get passes 120 days out on the high speed trains. Since we're flying into and out of Rome, once we purchase a 3-4 trip pass, do we have to select exact travel days and times or do the passes allow flexibility? My concern is trying to meet a departing train from Rome to Sirrento based on flight arrival times.. Thanks again for for responses.
If I understand you correctly, we won't need rail passes and will just need to purchase all of our 1st class tickets when we arrive.
I wanted to let you know our plans so maybe this will help provide additional information.
We will arrive at FCO, travel from there to the Amalfi Coast, then up to Florence and eventually back to Rome to depart. We plan to stay various days at all three stops, Amalfi Coast, Florence/Sienna and Rome.
If that is all the travel you'll be doing, then regular tickets will be your most economical option.
Except for the Circumvesuviana, you would purchase tickets just by searching a route under 'BOOK TRAIN TICKETS' on the homepage of our website, www.raileurope.com.
When booking tickets for trains right out of the Rome FCO Airport, you would just type 'Rome Airport' in the field for the departure city. By doing one search from 'Rome Airport' to 'Naples' on our website, the schedules that display will reflect the transportation from the airport into the city of Rome and the connecting trains down to Naples. Therefore, the tickets we issue would cover both segments.
At the airport itself, the time it takes to get from the gate to the trains can depend on several factors. I would just recommend allowing a time that is comparable to the amount of time it would take for you to walk through a typical major North American airport and retrieve luggage. It is also recommended that you allow an additional hour to get through customs if your flight is arriving from overseas.
As I've explained above, tickets for the Circumvesuviana trains from Naples to Sorrento can only be purchased locally when you're in Italy. That also applies to the SITA buses and ferries that go to the actual villages on the Amalfi Coast from Sorrento.
To get from the Amalfi Coast to Florence, you would again have to take the privately owned Circumvesuviana to get from Sorrento back up to Naples. Once again, tickets for the Circumvesuviana can only be purchased locally. If you need to, you would take a SITA bus or ferry to get back to Sorrento from the Amalfi Coast itself.
From Naples, you would take a direct high-speed train to Florence. Tickets from Naples to Florence are purchased right on www.raileurope.com under 'BOOK TRAIN TICKETS'. The trains from Naples to Florence are high-speed Frecciarossa or high-speed Italo trains.
Tickets between Florence and Siena are also purchased right on our website. The trains running between Florence and Siena are regional trains and InterCity (IC) trains.
To get from Florence back to Rome, you would take a direct Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, or Italo train. Tickets for the trains from Florence to Rome are purchased right on our website under 'BOOK TRAIN TICKETS'.
If you plan to go straight to the airport, you would just have to specify so in your search by doing one search from 'Florence' to 'Rome Airport'. Otherwise, you would do a separate search for each segment (i.e. one search from Florence to Rome and then another search from Rome to 'Rome Airport').
You're welcome, Gary. Have a great trip!
Thank you again Jeff.

 If I understand you correctly, we won't need rail passes and will just need to purchase all of our 1st class tickets when we arrive.

 I wanted to let you know our plans so maybe this will help provide additional information.

 We will arrive at FCO, travel from there to the Amalfi Coast, then up to Florence and eventually back to Rome to depart. We plan to stay various days at all three stops, Amalfi Coast, Florence/Sienna and Rome.

 Thank you again!


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2021-02-28 09:10:01 | Iran receives China's Sinopharm jabs as COVID deaths reach 60,000 | Coronavirus pandemic News
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Story by: Al Jazeera
Iran will receive several million more doses of foreign vaccines while advancing work on promising local candidates.
Tehran, Iran – Iran received 250,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine on Sunday that have been donated by the government of China.
"This act and those similar to it by the government and nation of China are admirable and will of course remain in the historical memory of the Iranian nation," Kianoush Jahanpour, spokesman of the Food and Drug Administration, told state TV.
The delivery came on the same day that Iran's total deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 60,000. The country has also recorded more than 1.6 million cases.
After Russia's Sputnik V, the first doses of which were delivered earlier this month and used to inoculate front-line healthcare workers, the Sinopharm vaccine is the second foreign vaccine imported to Iran.
It is also to be used as part of the country's national vaccination programme, which from Wednesday moved to vulnerable groups after front-line healthcare workers.
According to Alireza Raisi, spokesman of the national anti-coronavirus task force, the government hopes to begin inoculating an estimated 1.3 million vulnerable Iranians before the end of the current Iranian calendar year on March 20, and finish their vaccination one month later.
He also said on Saturday that Iran will know soon when exactly it will take delivery of 4.2 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as part of COVAX, a global vaccine initiative by the World Health Organization.
Iranian officials have also hinted at the possibility of importing a vaccine from India's Bharat Biotech.
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Second local vaccine starts human trials
But to rein in the deadly virus in a country of almost 85 million people, Iranian officials are mainly banking on locally manufactured vaccines. The country's second vaccine candidate, Razi COV-Pars, began human trials on Sunday.
In a ceremony aired live on state television, Agriculture Minister Kazem Khavazi issued the order for the first volunteer to receive the first dose.
As part of the vaccine's first phase of human trials, 133 volunteers will receive two doses via injection and one dose via inhalation, officials have said.
The mRNA vaccine has been developed by the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Iran's oldest vaccine institute with a history of almost 100 years, and is said to be able to stop COVID-19 transmissions while having few side effects.
Iran's first vaccine candidate, COVIran Barekat, finished its first phase of human trials earlier this month and the team behind it said preliminary results indicated it is 90 percent effective while being capable of fully countering the COVID-19 variant first found in the United Kingdom.
Officials have said Iran is building "the largest vaccine production site in the Middle East" and expects to produce 10 million doses of the Barekat vaccine per month by early spring.
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India will continue to deal firmly with cross border terrorism from Pak: Govt sources
The Army clarified there has been no ceasefire violations along the LoC on Thursday
This year eight infiltration bids were foiled and 14 terrorists have been neutralised along the LoC | PTI
The Indian Army had carried out "pinpointed strikes" on suspected terror launchpads inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to Pakistani military's unrelenting efforts to push maximum number of terrorists into India before the onset of harsh winters, sources in the security establishment said on Thursday.
The Army clarified that there has been no firing or ceasefire violations along the LoC on Thursday.
Referring to recent attempts of cross border terrorism, the sources said the 'deep state' in Pakistan has tried to manage a fine balance between escaping the scrutiny by global anti-terror watchdog FATF and supporting terror activities with an aim to fuel unrest in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Army said speculative reports that it carried out strikes on Thursday are "based on analysis of the Ceasefire Violations (CFV) that took place on November 13. There has been no firing or CFV in LoC today".
Triggering a major flare up, Pakistan resorted to heavy shelling in several areas along the LoC in north Kashmir on Friday killing five security personnel apart from at least four civilians.
The Indian Army mounted a major retaliation pounding several Pakistani positions with anti-tank guided missiles and artillery guns in which at least eight Pakistani soldiers were killed and 12 others injured.
In the last few weeks, Pakistan Army has been aggressively targeting civilians on Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) by resorting to indiscriminate firing by heavy calibre artillery guns to support infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, they said.
This year, 21 innocent civilians have lost their lives in Pakistani firing compared to 18 in the whole of 2019, according to official data.
The sources said intelligence-based targeted strikes are being conducted by the Indian Army to neutralise mostly Pakistani and foreign terrorists, and the collateral damage has been very negligible in these operations.
The new pattern being followed by Islamabad in "inciting" unrest and arm the youths in Jammu and Kashmir has been to avoid any trace of its involvement in view of the growing international pressure on it to take action against terror groups operating from its soil, they said.
"Pakistan has sought to target the peaceful villagers living alongside the Indian side of the LoC in order to send a message to the inhabitants of Kashmiri hinterland that to disobey Pakistani diktats and directives on terrorism will prove lethal," said a military source.
"Pakistan Army's actions to exclusively target civilians are countered by Indian Army's pinpoint strikes on suspected launchpads inside Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir," the source said, adding deaths of terrorists in the area are shown as civilian deaths by Pakistan in order to garner sympathy and aid from foreign donors.
Pakistani military has also been resorting to firing at Indian Army posts along the LoC with heavy calibre weapons, the sources said.
This year eight infiltration bids were foiled and 14 terrorists have been neutralised along the LoC, according to official data.
The sources said Pakistan has been strongly guarding the location of terrorist training camps following India's Balakot air strikes last year. Indian war planes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp deep inside Pakistan on February 26 last year in response to Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed.
The Indian action reflected a doctrinal change in the country's approach in tackling cross border terrorism.
The sources said Pakistan's efforts to incite violence inside Kashmir valley and disrupt the lives of common citizens have proved "futile" as an increasing number of youths have surrendered to join the mainstream.
"Increasing number of misguided youth who were lured by the false narratives from Pakistan and joined terrorist tanzeems are surrendering to the security forces after concerted efforts were made to reach out to them through their parents, friends and relatives," according to a security official.
He said a revamped liberal policy of surrender and rehabilitation has encouraged militants to return to the national mainstream.
To mislead the international community and reduce signatures of Islamic identity of terrorists, the deep state has created new entities on the social media, the sources, adding the endeavour is to somehow catch the imagination of the youth and arm them. Apparently, these groups are unknown to people of Kashmir, they said.
Notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic in the region, Pakistan has been resorting to unprovoked ceasefire violations along the LoC and making concerted efforts to push militants into Kashmir.
Pakistani hostilities increased after India announced its decision to withdraw the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divide the state into two union territories in August last year.
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There are a few ways to get funds out of your HSA account.
Use your debit card to pay for services.
Use an HSA check…you will have to pay for each check.
Transfer funds to another checking account you own. It is easy to transfer the money directly into your checking acct or issue a check for any amount to yourself from your HSA account which will be mailed to you.
Keep all receipts and match reimbursements from HSA to the medical bills.
Best Way: (in my opinion) Use a personal check or credit card to pay and then reimburse yourself from your HSA account to your personal checking account. You can send yourself a check from the HSA account for the exact amount of the bill you paid or transfer the money to your account.
1. Log into your mycigna.com account.
7. You will be prompted that you will have to confirm a deposit into your personal checking account before the transfer capability becomes active.
8. After a couple of days a small amount (less than $1) will be deposited into the account you specified..I used a People's account..the same one my direct deposits from WPS go to.
9. Log on to mycigna and enter your HSA bank again…see #3 above…and you will be asked to enter the amount that was deposited. If it all works, you will get a confirmation that it is set up.
10. You can now transfer money from your HSA into your personal checking/savings account.
11. After you are set up, you will be able to transfer exact amounts from your HSA account into your personal checking account which you can match up with bills you have paid using a credit card, cash or a personal check.
Important: Remember to keep and match up bills and payments with HSA withdrawals just in case you are ever audited. Keep them with your tax records for 5 years.


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Over the last year I have been working with a startup company here in Reno called Dragonfly Energy. It has been an exciting and interesting opportunity to apply my business skills on an entrepreneurial level. Last year my friend Dr. Denis Phares asked me to join him in launching a new li-ion battery technology. I gladly accepted his offer and became the Chief Operating Officer of Dragonfly Energy. On our team we have three very talented and experienced professionals. The team includes Justin Ferranto, current PhD student in the College of Engineering at UNR, myself (Sean Nichols) a current EMBA student in the College of Business at UNR and Dr. Denis Phares a Caltech PhD in Engineering and current EMBA student at UNR.
Dragonfly Energy is a Reno based Technology Company. We specialize in energy storage, specifically li-ion battery manufacturing. We have developed an innovative manufacturing process that significantly reduces to the cost of producing li-ion batteries. Cost of energy storage is the largest inhibitor to the widespread incorporation of renewable energy sources. We are addressing this problem head on.
As graduate students, we have been able to enter a few academic business competitions. Business plan competitions are an excellent way for a new company to raise capital. We have been finalists in three competitions to date. We have found major success at two of the competitions. In April of 2014 we placed 2nd in the Nevada Governors Cup and received $15,000. We then advanced to the next round of this completion the D.W.Reynolds Tristate hosted in Las Vegas. We went into this contest as the underdog, a Nevada team had never placed 1st in the Tristate. Our team found success in Las Vegas. We were awarded 1st place in both the business plan and the elevator pitch categories. The prize money we collected in Las Vegas was a whopping $32,000.
Today at Dragonfly we are actively seeking a seed investment to get started on developing our first scalable manufacturing cell. We are also getting a lot of media coverage and support from the Reno community. Currently, we are semifinalists in the Cleantech Open – Western Region. Our next business plan competition will be in October of 2014. We will be competing against many other cleantech startups in the Western United States. Our technology is currently going through third party validation to prove its potential. We are also partnering with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via the CalCharge Program. This provides even further credibility for our technology. All of these activities are giving us better access to potential Bay Area investors.
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After Van Chien, possibly our favorite artist. She was born in 1957 in HaiDuongProvince, later taking up residence in Hanoi. She graduated from Hanoi Fine Art University in 1982 and became a member of the Hanoi Fine Art Association. After 2002, she participated in international exhibitions in Poland and Germany and, more recently, in United States and, particularly, in California where her work has become popular. She specialises in oil on canvas and lacquer work depicting different ethnic groups of Vietnam and typical countryside scenes. Her lacqueur work is exquisite and highly finished.


Students following language B course will be expected to have studied the relevant language successfully to GCSE level. The higher level course also aims to prepare students for the study of French in Higher Education. Therefore, the aim of the French B course at Dane Court is to equip students with the skills needed to communicate effectively, and spontaneously, in the target language. To promote this, the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be regularly practised so that students develop their ability to both understand, and use, the spoken and written word. Learning a language is intellectually stimulating and we aim to promote the enjoyment of language learning. We also aim to raise students' awareness of the links between languages and different cultures.
At the heart of the courses are the three central elements of language, texts and cultural awareness. Students will be able to recognize, understand and produce a number of different types of texts to suit specific social and linguistic purposes.
Experiences - leisure, customs and traditions.
Human ingenuity - communicationand media, science and technology.
Social organization - social relationships, education and the world of work.
Sharing the planet - the environment, globalization.
At higher level two works of literature are also studied.
International Baccalaureate Diploma: 6 x grade 6 and 2 x grade 5 at GCSE or equivalent.
International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme: 3 x grade 6 and 2 x grade 5 at GCSE or equivalent.
Students will be assessed on their understanding of three interrelated areas: language, cultural interaction and message.
The higher level course is assessed in the April/May of the second year of the course.
This course is offered as part of the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme, or as part of the International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme.
The IB Diploma is made up of six subject groups together with a core comprising of three parts.
Students study six subjects selected from the subject groups. Three of these subjects are studied at higher level and the remaining three subjects are studied at standard level. Students must choose one subject from each of groups 1 to 5. However, instead of a group 6 subject, a candidate may select an additional subject from groups 2 to 4.
The three core requirements are the extended essay, theory of knowledge, and creativity, action, service.
The IB Career-Related Programme aims to provide a curriculum for students that will equip them for further education and also the world of work. It combines the academic rigour and principles of the IB with well-established vocational qualifications and a unique 'core' course.


Imagine stumbling on an enigmatic "ruin" – an old cement factory with cavernous rooms, punctuated by massive supports (sometimes for things no longer there), and dotted with stairs leading to nowhere. A child's dream to explore… and a playground for a whimsical and very cool reinvention. With some careful demolition and clever insertions, the old factory was transformed into offices, archives, a library, theatre, and a huge multi-function space.
I love this thing! The whole thing is visually interesting and teasing, very fairy tale like (which is very much helped by the gothic-like tracery added to windows and around doors). The rich texture of the rough concrete helps a bunch too, evoking the feel of natural stone that the castle was either carved in to, or otherwise built out of. Surrounded by gardens and greenery, it really is like inhabiting a forgotten world.
And the rooms inside are a delight as well. From the old concrete silos (round rooms! aka turrets!) to the great machine halls, everywhere the original (industrial) shapes are used to excellent effect. Solid yet soaring, heavy yet filled with light, with smooth wood and steel contrasting with the rough natural concrete, it's a delight for the senses.
Sorry for the million pictures here, but there are just so many of them that catch my imagination. I've gotta try and visit this place sometime. What an amazing piece of adaptive reuse, using the bones of something gone to create something wonderful and new.
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Context: Embedded systems have overwhelming penetration around the world. Innovations are increasingly triggered by software embedded in automotive, transportation, medical-equipment, communication, energy, and many other types of systems. To test embedded software in an effective and efficient manner, a large number of test techniques, approaches, tools and frameworks have been proposed by both practitioners and researchers in the last several decades. Objective: However, reviewing and getting an overview of the entire state-of-the-art and the –practice in this area is challenging for a practitioner or a (new) researcher. Also unfortunately, as a result, we often see that many companies reinvent the wheel (by designing a test approach new to them, but existing in the domain) due to not having an adequate overview of what already exists in this area. Method: To address the above need, we conducted and report in this paper a systematic literature review (SLR) in the form of a systematic literature mapping (SLM) in this area. After compiling an initial pool of 588 papers, a systematic voting about inclusion/exclusion of the papers was conducted among the authors, and our final pool included 312 technical papers. Results: Among the various aspects that we aim at covering, our review covers the types of testing topics studied, types of testing activity, types of test artifacts generated (e.g., test inputs or test code), and the types of industries in which studies have focused on, e.g., automotive and home appliances. Furthermore, we assess the benefits of this review by asking several active test engineers in the Turkish embedded software industry to review its findings and provide feedbacks as to how this review has benefitted them. Conclusion: The results of this review paper have already benefitted several of our industry partners in choosing the right test techniques / approaches for their embedded software testing challenges. We believe that it will also be useful for the large world-wide community of software engineers and testers in the embedded software industry, by serving as an "index" to the vast body of knowledge in this important area. Our results will also benefit researchers in observing the latest trends in this area and for identifying the topics which need further investigations.
Information and Software Technology 104 (2018). - ISSN 0950-5849 - p. 14 - 45.


Rueil-Malmaison is, undoubtedly, an imperial city, and that is why Napoleon Ist and the first Empire have been naturally selected as the theme of the historical identity of the city, in terms of tourist development strategy and actions and cultural events. The municipality has offered throughout year 2017 many initiatives in artistic and intellectual heritage and in particular with the implementation of the trail "Josephine and Napoleon Bonaparte's path" enhancing the memory of the imperial couple.
Imperial Jubilee were also an exceptional weekend since Rueil-Malmaison came back to the the first Empire era with reconstructions : more than 110,000 people participated (reconstruction of battles, military camp, parade bands concert of the Republican Guard, daily life of the Empire …).
Discover below all of the city's heritage that offer a diverse panorama and participates in the definition of Rueil-Malmaison city as a reference and an attractive place for history buffs.


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Best Games For Travel Entertainment: Time To Rock Your Trip!
Traveling is not just about the beautiful beaches and scenic views. It's much about the fun you have and the memories you captivate. And Games are the best travel entertainment and the coolest way to head back with a lot of memories of playing some incredible games. Apart from having fun, games help in knowing the travel mates more closely and create some lifelong bonds. If you are wondering which one should you play on vacation, then make sure you read the given list. We have put together the best travel games that will let you have a great time on your vacation. Try out these games and you will be surprised how enjoyable your vacation will be!
This is one of the simplest and fun games that will make your travel on the road more enjoyable. There are different variations to this game, some of them are simple while others are nerve-wracking. With passing minutes, this game gets pretty tough which makes it more interesting. The joy of Dobble is inevitable with the screaming, snatching, and shouting at each other. The simplicity and fun of this game make it a must to try for the best travel entertainment.
Players: 2-8
Game Timing: 10 minutes
The best game to enjoy while traveling from one place to another is undoubtedly the "Rummy". If you are a card game lover, then this game needs no introduction. The simplicity of this game with complex and strange rules makes it fun-filled. In this game, the person who first discards all his/her cards becomes the winner. Together with so much entertainment, this game is played with a deck of cards which makes it handy and ideal to carry while traveling.
Being played for more than 50 years, this game is still the most fun game to play while traveling with friends and family. This game consists of colorful cards and requires strategic thinking with the growth of the game. It is fully packed with frenetic and unforeseen laughter which makes it simple to spend hours playing this game. It is a tactical game that people love to play in groups which enhances its magic and makes it the most loved card game among travelers.
Players: 2-10
If you are a word game lover, then Bananagrams is all for you. It is a simple and entertaining word game that can be enjoyed at any age. The game revolves around the forming of words but with a time limit. The tiles of this game come in a cute little banana-shaped pouch and make it super convenient for carrying. The little arguing among the players and the time limit makes this game super fun to play while traveling.
Players: 2+
Game Timing: 5 minutes
One of the best board games for traveling is definitely Ligretto. It is a fast and quick game that needs to put down the cards with a strategy in mind that can be changed with every move. This is the fun part of this game. The objective of the game lies to clear the cards as quickly as possible. Being fast-paced, this game makes the players lively and indulges them for a long time.
Game Timing: 5-10 minutes per round
It is an amazing travel entertainment game out there that is played with travel cards. Monopoly Deal is a fast-paced game that is quite interesting when played with loved ones. This is just like the traditional board game but is played with cards. Playing in the card format makes it easy to carry on the vacation. The pack of Monopoly Deals comes in 110 cards that let the players buy the things and take them on rent as well. Make sure you play this game and have the best time on your vacation.
Never Have I Ever is one of the laughter-filled games to play with the classic group of friends. This game is to reveal the awkward secrets of the friends, things that they are embarrassed about. In this game, one person makes the statement of awkward experiences starting with "Never Have I Ever". Other players of the game have to eat or drink something if they have ever done that action in their lives. It is a fun game that lets the friends tease each other by unveiling their secrets.
Game Timing: No Time Limit
Long travels and vacations need some fun games to be played all along the way. It is a fun and easy road trip game that lets the people ask each other cool things that they would do. In this game, the question of dilemma starts with "Would you rather..." and brings out weird possibilities. Questions in this game come up on the spot that makes this game super incredible and humorous. This game makes the time on the road wonderful.
Dumb Charades
Games are the best way to make the most of the vacation regardless of the duration of the ride. One of the games that are played the most with a group of friends is Dumb Charades. It is the game that never fails to convert dull parties into memorable moments. Dumb Charades game is played between two or more people who come up with desi and fun movies and then act them to make other teams guess the movie. This is a must to play games with friends on an evening night and make it an unforgettable experience.
This game is the greatest way to know the other person and their feelings with just 21 questions. It is a game for people of all ages and is great fun. This game allows one player to think of something and other players have to ask 21 spicy questions to guess what the person is thinking. The questions in this game are not to be repeated by the players. With the dark and dirty thoughts, this game becomes more interesting. Play this game on your vacation and it will surely take a lot of your time enjoying the journey.
Game Timing: 10 minutes each round
It is not about the destination that you choose to travel to, it is about the journey and the memories that you make on the way. If you too want to have the best time on your vacation with uncontrollable laughter and ever-lasting memories, then you must play these aforementioned games. Nothing can be better than this travel entertainment. Play games and rock your vacation.


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HOEVEN AGAIN PRESSES CORPS TO WITHDRAW PLAN TO CHARGE FOR MISSOURI RIVER ACCESS
Senator Coordinating Joint North Dakota, South Dakota Letter in Opposition to Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Hoeven today again voiced his opposition to a recent proposal by the Army Corps of Engineers to charge businesses, farmers and ranchers for access to Missouri River water.
His comments came in a telephone conversation with Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, who updated the Senator on the progress of her decision. The plan, proposed in the Lake Sakakawea Draft Surplus Water Report and Environmental Assessment released by the Corps in December, calls for levying fees to recover the cost of the nearly 60-year-old Garrison Dam project.
Darcy told Hoeven that a large volume of comments on the proposal came in during the public comment period, which has prompted her to delay her ruling on implementation of the plan by up to 30 days. She promised to keep the Senator informed on the agency's progress.
"There is clearly no legal, historical or ethical basis for charging North Dakotans for the use of a resource that rightfully belongs to North Dakotans," Hoeven said. "We've again asked Secretary Darcy to resolve the issue."
Hoeven is also coordinating a joint letter to the Corps from members of the North Dakota and South Dakota congressional delegations underscoring widespread concern in communities along the river basin about the project and the precedent it sets.
At a meeting Hoeven held in Bismarck last month with the Omaha District Commander, a series of mayors, county commissioners, tribal leaders, economic development specialists and industry representatives joined the Senator in unanimously telling Corps leaders to oppose the proposal.


The Illinois Department of Transportation is warning Kane County drivers who regularly travel to and from Chicago that extended ramp closures will take place on the outbound Dan Ryan Expressway (southbound Interstate 90/94) beginning Tuesday, May 15.
The ramp closures are necessary to construct new pavement and drainage along the inbound Eisenhower Expressway (eastbound Interstate 290), as part of the ongoing Jane Byrne Interchange Project.
Beginning May 15, the ramp from outbound Congress Parkway to the outbound Dan Ryan Expressway (southbound Interstate 90/94) will be closed. A posted detour will direct traffic to go northbound on the Kennedy Expressway, exit at Augusta Boulevard and reenter southbound Interstate 90/94.
The ramp from the outbound Dan Ryan to Taylor Street/Roosevelt Road also will be closed. The posted detour will direct traffic to exit at 18th Street, reenter northbound Interstate 90/94 and exit at Roosevelt Road/Taylor Street. The ramp will be accessible to traffic traveling from the inbound Eisenhower to outbound Dan Ryan.
Expected to reopen late August 2018, the ramp closures will allow for improvements on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway. The work is part of the overall Jane Byrne Interchange project.
The overall reconstruction project at the Jane Byrne Interchange will improve safety and traffic flow for the more than 400,000 motorists who use it each day, while also enhancing mobility for bicyclists, pedestrians and transit users in the surrounding neighborhoods. For more information and to view a live camera feed of the work zone, visit www.circleinterchange.org.


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Here's a riddle: What begins with some NASA-sanctioned road racing, features two days of pro/pro-am drifting, a car show, monster truck and rally rides, even tractor racing, and ends in an explosive, fiery burnout contest? If you were at this year's 16th-annual Hyperfest automotive extravaganza and third-annual Street Driven Tour at Virginia International Raceway, you'd know the answer all too well.
This magical combination of automotive debauchery again greeted East Coast and mid-Atlantic auto enthusiasts at southern Virginia's VIR facility for two recent days, compete with a bigger schedule, packed with more events, attendees and participants, than in years past. And East Coast enthusiasts responded in kind, reasserting themselves as some of the most dedicated, die-hard, and carefree gearheads out there.
to an assortment of impressively quick, performance-modified, late-model foreign cars, imports and domestics.
If you click off a sub-two-minute lap throughout VIR's 3.27 miles and 17 turns, you're pretty fast. But once the final lap was clocked, the fastest of the day went to IMSA driver Eric Foss in the Mosing Motorcars-backed Riley Track Day racing prototype. Foss' blistering 1:44.376 lap was good enough not only for the event win, but also a place in the history books under the fastest lap ever recorded in the UTCC's 11-year history.
After the serious business of the Ultimate Track Car Challenge, it was time for the not-at-all-serious Barbie Car Challenge.
Think of this as a soapbox challenge for big kids. Engines, motors and rules of sportsmanship were left in the paddock, as participants squeezed into the Power Wheels-esque "vehicles" of their choice and gravity-raced each other through the downhill turns of VIR's "rollercoaster" section, trying to usurp their foe whilst not dying on their sprint toward a crudely drawn finish line.
Many entered. Few finished. All had fun.
Saturday is traditionally the main day for Hyperfest, and true to form, event organizers made the absolute most of it. NASA racing persisted on the main course throughout the day, while the Street Driven Tour invited drifters with all qualifying machines and ability levels to join a select group of professionals on VIR's smaller Patriot Course for a day of bash-style drifting.
Those pros—Vaughn Gittin Jr., Chelsea Denofa, Forrest Wang, Geoff Stoneback, Nate Hamilton, Kevin Lawrence, Dirk Stratton, Josh Robinson, Doug Van Den Brink, and Austin Meeks—took to the track as much as they wanted, tandeming with the locals and toting along lucky passengers who purchased ride-along passes.
Participating drivers pitted and changed tires next to the track, while fans swirled around, and there wasn't a dull moment from open 'til close.
In between drift run groups, participants in the day's Red Line Oil Hyperdrive sessions took to the Patriot course for some increasingly high-speed lead/follow runs, which were open to just about any car—rentals included (don't tell!).
Street Driven Tour's partnership with Tuner Evolution could be seen just outside the Patriot Course, engulfing the entire west side of the drive down to the main course's north paddock with some of the area's best and freshest makes and models spanning the vintage/style/country-of-origin spectrum.
These are only some of our favorites. There's more to see in the gallery below.
… but also including the PRS Guitars Air Guitar Contest, and monster truck rides—both fun. One maybe a little more so than the other.
Further out in right field at VIR are two events for the dirty heads among us: Exedy Rally Rides, and Conquer That Hill, the latter being—as they say in the south—Muddin'.
And just in case two straight days of racing, drifting, showing, and assorted other automotive mayhem (along with the midnight camping shenanigans that occur in between) weren't enough, East Coast fans pulled it together for what we think is still their favorite part of the event: the Tire Massacre.
… and no less than three Miatas, the driver of the last of which attempted a sixth-gear smoker but mistakenly roasted his flywheel to the point of explosion, with jagged chunks of flywheel and bellhousing exiting the car at warp speed from every direction (including straight through the windshield), severing and igniting a fuel-line in the process.
No one was hurt (still not sure how that happened) and the owner was just stoked to have put on a good show. It was, very literally, an awesome way to end the event, and hopefully something we'll never see again!
So, in closing, if you missed this year's Hyperfest, you'll have to wait until next year to catch it again. But Street Driven Tour still has three national events to come (in St. Louis, Las Vegas and Atlanta), and Tuner Evolution is adding events faster than we can keep count.


The teenager got me this book for my birthday on the strength of it being publicised at Vworp! I think we were both a little disappointed with the reality which is capsule biographies of various women in Doctor Who not, as we'd somehow thought, new short stories about them. Still, there is lots of pretty artwork and it's the kind of thing I would have loved as a child/teenager getting into the fandom - though I'm less clear how much demand there is for this kind of thing in the age of the Internet.


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Sony E Mount Camera
The Sony E Mount System is the newer of the two Sony lens mount systems. The first camera with this type of mount, the Sony NEX3, was launched in mid-2010. Sony E Mount cameras are so called "mirorrless digital cameras" with interchangeable lenses. This type of camera is characterized by the fact that they have a much shorter flange focal distance than conventional SLR cameras due to the omission of the mirror and the optical viewfinder. The Sony E Mount System has a flange focal distance of 18mm whereas the Sony A Mount System, which is a conventional system with mirror and optical viewfinder, has a flange focal distance of 44,5mm.
The short flange focal distance of 18mm makes the Sony E Mount System ideal for using old vintage analogue lenses. Theoretically you can adapt any lens of any analogue SLR or rangefinder camera. For example M42 lenses, Exakta EXA lenses, Minolta MD and Minolta MC lenses, Zeiss Ikonflex BM and many more.
This also uncludes lenses from digital SLR cameras of other manufacturere (Canon, Nikon). Thanks to the new technology of the latest generation of E Mount Cameras (Alpha 6300, 6500, 7II, 7SII, 7RII, 9), these not native lenses can even be operated fully automatically with autocous and communication between the camera and the lens.
The only hurdle to using lenses from analogue photography is the availability of an approriate adapter. This should be as precise ad possible in order to compensate the difference in the flange focal distance between the lens and the E Mount System as accutrately as possible. Unfortunately, for some camera systems with interchangeable lenses this adapter will not be available due to the small number of cameras and lenses produced. This includes, for example, the Altissa ALTIX system. Adapters for ALTIX to Sony E Mount are really rare. There are only a few handmade versions.
Recommended lenses
Since you can use almost any old analogue lens on a Sony E Mount camera, the following applies: "The best lens is the one already in the cabinet".
Apart from that, there are of couse some analogue lenses that can be counted among the classics:
Meyer Optik Goerlitz, Trioplan, 50mm f2.9
Meyer Optik Goerlitz, Trioplan, 100mm f2.8
Zenitar, Helios 44m-2,58mm f2
Carl Zeiss Jena, Flektogon, 20mm f4
Carl Zeiss Jena, Tessar, 50mm f2.8


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Oolong tea is a traditional Chinese tea made leaves and buds of Camellia sinensis plant; the same plant that is used to make green tea and black tea. Though made from the same plant, the oxidation level resulting from different production style makes one tea different from another.
Green tea is unoxidized, black tea is fully oxidized whereas oolong tea is partially oxidized giving it a unique taste. The taste of oolong tea can also differ (sweet, bitter or grassy) depending upon the horticulture and degree of oxidation allowed during production.
Oolong tea contains powerful antioxidants because they are not completely fermented. It also contains several vitamins, minerals and useful chemicals.
Along with it's unique taste, oolong tea also provides several health benefits. As it is packed with powerful antioxidants, it helps to prevent cancer, improves mental alertness, prevents heart disease, makes bone strong and so on.
There are several minerals found in oolong tea including calcium and magnesium. Regular consumption of oolong tea for long period of time, especially more than 10 years, has significant benefit on Bone Mineral Density (density of minerals in bone) in adults.
How much oolong tea should you drink?
Oolong tea contains caffeine as much as 37 mg per 8 fl. Oz. cup. And 400 mg of caffeine a day is considered safe for healthy individuals.
However, health experts suggest limiting your daily tea consumption to no more than 5 cups in a day to avoid any possible consequences of caffeine overdose. Also, it would be a good idea for you to consult physician beforehand you decide your safe caffeine limit.


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"Cadillac Records"
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Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright in "Cadillac Records."
To prepare for his role in "The Pianist," Adrien Brody withdrew for months, gave up his apartment and his car, learned how to play Chopin on the piano, and lost 29 pounds. His dedication earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the youngest actor ever to win the award.
In "Cadillac Records," which chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists, Brody stars as Leonard Chess alongside of Jeffrey Wright who plays Muddy Waters. Wright has received a Tony, and later an Emmy for his portrayal of a drag-queen nurse in "Angels in America." Recently, he played Colin Powell in "W."
The partnership between Muddy Waters and Leonard Chess was what put Chess Records on the map.
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Betting is one of the various types of gambling in which millions of people indulge every year. It is one such addictive game which many people across the world look forward to playing on a regular basis. One such type of betting is sports which nothing is but to guess in whose court will the ball be and accordingly place the wager.
One of the most popular forms of gambling is betting. It is one of the various types of gambling in which millions of people around the world sinfully indulge themselves whole year round, watching their favourite sport at the same time placing their money in betting sites with the hopes that their favourite team or athletes will come out victorious. It is such an addictive form of gambling that a lot of people around the world look forward to playing on a daily basis.
Each country in the world have its unique gambling culture and sports betting is always included in it although there are certain countries especially countries that follow the Islamic religion prohibits its citizens to play in online gambling sites and placing their bets through online betting sites while a lot of country legalizes it and it eventually became a huge scale industry as large as casinos.
If you are excited and looking forward in playing online sports betting the you should be looking up for a website in your computer or smartphone that offers live and updated bookkeepers that regularly updates the odds of the scheduled matches of your favourite team or athletes in different sports.
Online sports betting sites gain popularity as majority of the people around the world are hooked or connected to the internet. It is more convenient to gamble considering that you can place your bet in the palm of your hands, wherever, whenever.
In this article from sbobet, let us discuss the reasons why online sports betting is so popular that it changes the entire perception of sports gambling around the world. Before we proceed with the article, let us know more about sbobet.
It is a website that specializes in online sports betting or an online bookmaker that mainly operates in Asia which has a license in the Philippines and operated in Europe by the Isle of Man to make it operate in many parts of the world legally.
There are tons of websites that appear on the internet where you can indulge in sports betting absent the conventional wagering. It is the same as sports betting, but the only difference is that it can be played online. All you have to do is place your bet on your chosen team or athlete and watch the match or game live as you excitingly await the result and determine if your bet wins.
Online sports betting is so popular that the latest basketball, football, boxing, Formula one, and other forms of sports now all have its own bookkeepers or online betting sites where die-hard fans who are also gamblers at the same time add more excitement and drama to each of their favourite team's games.
The main reason why online sports betting is popular nowadays is that majority of the world's population have portable devices such as smartphones, laptop computers, tablets and most of all have the connectivity to the internet where they can freely stream their favorite sports live at the same time cross their finger that their team wins and bring home some cold hard cash.


Jesus invites you to spend Holy Time with Him during Daily Eucharistic Adoration in Our Lady's Oratory here at Saint Catherine Laboure Parish.
You are welcomed and encouraged to come at any time for prayer and adoration during the regular schedule. But to be certain our Eucharistic Lord is never left alone, we are striving for 4 regular adorers during each of the hours of Exposition. Are you willing to make the commitment? Are you brave enough to say yes to Jesus' call?
Monday through Thursday: 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Closings: The chapel with be closed on all federal holidays, December 24th and 31st, 40 Hours, and Good Friday. There will be early closings on Holy Thursday evening, the Parish Mission, and Parish Penance Services. You will be notified if there are any special listings. The chapel follows follows the schedule of Central Dauphin School District for closings and cancellations due to inclement weather.


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Q: What happens to a table with 2 concurrent updates (SQL) What happens to a table in SQL when two update Statements executed at same time from different systems that will overlap on the SQL engine.
Which one will execute first and why?

A: The clients don't change the table, they request that the server does that for them. Then it is the job of the server to execute these statements in some order.
What the end result is when they both update the same row, depends on the statement.

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*If the where-clause is just WHERE id=10, then the last one overwrites the changes of the first one.

*If the where-clause uses something like WHERE id=10 and theColumn=knownvalue (where "knownvalue" is the previous value of that column, as far as the client knows), then the first one wins and the last one fails to update anything, because that column was changed.

A: There are never 2 transactions "at the same time" as such
One will always be before or after another.

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*If they change the same row/same column(s) then one will wait for the other, and overwrite or fail (depending on row-versioning/snapshot mode)

*If they change different rows then each is independent of the other

Which one will be first? It depends on which one is scheduled first if they actually arrived at the same instant

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently published a paper condemning paperless electronic voting machines as insecurable. I'll have to read the paper in-depth to see how they came to that strong of a conclusion, but I do know that there is no research showing that a purely electronic system can be completely trustworthy.
It's amazing how far this subject has come in just a few years, yet how far it still needs to go as evidenced by the irregularities in the recent 2006 midterm election.


In an age and a culture that expects polish and encourages perfectionism, the tendency to import these values into worship is at best seen as a 'bait and switch' tactic of appealing to the non-Christian's expectations in order to introduce them to Jesus.
There is a legitimate aim in that desire.
But unrelenting exposure to that culture must shape and form the values and expectations of Christians eventually.
If the medium is the message, what does 'professional' standard worship in a darkened room shape.
We live in an age of production. We've learned to value and expect polished professionalism from the various interactions that make up our daily lives, from the television shows we watch to our "customer experience" at the local Starbucks.
I call these expectations "consumer intuitions." They're not necessarily bad or wrong. But we must beware lest we let these intuitions dictate how we approach church gatherings. We attend church not primarily as consumers to experience a product, but as worshipers to exalt God and edify his people.
Of course, I'm not saying that we should aim for mediocrity in our church services, or that pastors should encourage members to serve in areas in which they're obviously not gifted. My point is not for us to pursue clumsiness, but merely to embrace it when it occurs.
And I'm not against "excellence" per se. It simply depends on what we mean by excellence. Yes, it honors God to serve him with our whole heart. Doing all things for his glory (1 Corinthians 10:31) means stewarding our God-given gifts as well as we can. It means resisting sloppiness. Church musicians would do well to emulate the Levitical singers who were renowned for being "skillful" (1 Chronicles 25:7).
Pursuing excellence in serving, facilitating, and accompanying the worship of God's people is one thing. But if by "excellence" we mean professional-level production quality, I fear it reveals that our consumer intuitions have snuck into our churches.
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The PlayStation 4 version of Octodad: Dadliest Catch isn't quite on schedule and has been delayed a few weeks, as a result.
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a sequel to the 2010 freeware game Octodad. The game has the player controlling Octodad as he attempts to complete typical mundane chores of the average father, but complicated by the fact that he is an octopus in disguise.
Check out the trailer for Octodad: Dadliest Catch below.
Condemn OR Condone: Sounds to me like they're taking their time to make it better, instead of just rushing it out for its scheduled release. God knows that plenty of games get released too soon, so I think the delay will be a good thing… and come on… it's only a few weeks!
This entry was posted in Featured, News, PlayStation 4 and tagged Octodad on February 20, 2014 by Mike Guarino.