The disciple has a basic understanding of the principles of time management and has begun to utilize his time better.
In Scripture, time is seen as a precious commodity which God commands us to invest wisely. We each have been given time to accomplish everything God wants us to do. Eventually, we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ and account for how we used the time He entrusted to us. The following passages underscore these facts. Why not look them up and jot down a brief summary of each in your disciplemaker's notebook? Or had you already thought of that?
"Time management? Right up there with prayer and the filling of the Holy Spirit? With the holy stuff? I thought these training objectives were to help our disciples grow in Christilikeness. How could you bring up a subject so mundane as time management?
My defense of the inclusion of this topic is very simple.
Life on earth is short—and it gets shorter all the time. And we want to have a positive impact for Christ on our world in the few hand-breadths of time we have remaining, right? But for most of us, making it through each day is a lot like wrestling a gorilla. You can't stop when you get tired; you stop when the gorilla gets tired. How in the world can we take on any more? How can our disciples?
You are asking a lot of your disciple—to make an additional two to five hours a week available to you and to the Lord. Eventually, as he matures and develops a ministry, that may go up to around twenty to thirty hours a week. Where will he find the time? Where can you find the time to keep ahead of him? It doesn't matter how high and holy our world-changing intentions are if we don't have the time to carry them out.
Life is one big exchange. We give our time to an employer in exchange for money. We give our money to a store in exchange for food. We give our food to our bodies in exchange for energy. We give energy to our wives in exchange for a checked-off "Honey-Do" list. Through it all, the main coinage is time. It's what starts the transaction and it's charged to our account all along the way. Time is our number one resource. We may want a million other things—money, love, a motor home, maturity—but what we've got is time. You can't stipulate how much time you start with, but it's completely up to you what you'll exchange it for.
Some exchange it for nothing. At this writing the average American spends more than one-fifth of his waking hours in front of a TV set. So each year, he has spent every sentient moment from January 1 to March 13 doing nothing but stare at a cathode-ray tube. Some exchange it for junk. Maybe you've seen the slogan on a bumper sticker or T-shirt, shouting in puzzling triumph, "The one who dies with the most toys wins!" That really is the motivating credo of millions of people today, whether they realize it or not. But in the end, all the toys are worthless. They break down, are stolen, get worn out, or are left behind on this world when their owner goes to the next.
Some, on the other hand, exchange their time for gold, silver and precious jewels, the kind talked about in 1 Corinthians 3:11-14…the eternal kind.
We want to throw our lot in with that last group, and we hope our disciples will too. But we can't tell a busy housewife how important it is to set aside an hour a week for Bible study, and not tell her where to find that hour. We can't suggest to a harried account executive that he find twenty minutes a day to pray when he's already sprinting from dawn to dusk. We've got to help them organize the secular so there will be enough room for the sacred.
Actually, disciplemaker, this training objective is as much for you as for your disciple. If you struggle in this area, inadequate time management is hindering your ministry, and I urge you to assimilate these principles along with your disciple.
Have you ever thought about your specific purpose or mission in life? I don't mean "as a Christian" or "as a human," but "as YOU." What do you want to accomplish in the seventy-five or so years you've been given on earth? (If he can answer…) Do you feel you are accomplishing your purpose?
What are some of your major goals in life? Do you think those goals line up with goals that God has in mind for you? (Or, How does God fit into those goals?) What specific steps are you taking toward reaching those goals?
What are your top five priorities in life? How do you rank them in order of importance? Now, how would you rank them according to the amount of time you spend on each one each day? How do those priorities line up with your life's purpose and major goals?
Do you often feel that there are not enough hours in the day to do everything you'd like to do?
Are there some activities eating away at your time that you wish you could get rid of? (If so…) What are they?
Have you got a system of time management that you're pretty satisfied with? (If so…) Would you mind sharing it with me?
Do you conduct your affairs with the aid of a personal calendar and "to-do" lists?
When it comes right down to it, the battle for effective time management is won or lost in our ability to make intelligent, consequential decisions regarding day-to-day activities. Most of our time is frittered away, not on bad things, but on needless things. We make tons of decisions every week about the use of our time, often the wrong ones. But one cannot make those decisions intelligently unless he has some overriding frame of reference with which to evaluate the pros and cons of each decision.
Major companies each have a "Mission Statement," a succinct way of expressing why they exist and what they're trying to accomplish. General Motors might say, "We exist to produce the best cars and trucks in the world." When someone comes to the company executives and proposes building the world's best lawn mower, they confer. "Does this fit in with our mission statement? Well, it says here that we exist to make cars and trucks. A lawn mower doesn't fit either of those categories. Thumbs down." Someone else comes along with a proposal to make car engines less expensively, but sub-standard. "It's good to save money, but we're committed to making the best. Give him the boot." Another fellow proposes a state-of-the-art, computerized, fuel-injection system. "Let's see—it goes in a car or a truck, it will make GM fuel-injection systems the best in the world. This looks like a winner! Let's start production!" Their mission statement has helped them say no to activities that would hinder their function, and yes to the ones that would help.
We individuals should learn from those conglomerations. The principle that is vital to their existence ought to prove beneficial to us.
But before we can come up with a mission statement, we have to figure out what's important to us—our priorities. If we don't have a clear idea of what we value, we aren't going to know the first thing about using our time wisely in going after it. You rarely hit what you can't see.
Christians, particularly, need to set their priorities. "What's on God's heart? What's important to Him? In light of eternity, what is of utmost value to me?" When a person has answered those questions, he's ready to decide how best to utilize his time now in going after his priorities.
Determine a schedule that will allow for the reaching of short-term goals and will screen out unnecessary activities.
To help your disciple get established in the area of time management, we'll follow that order. One of the first things you should do with your disciple is share the above sequence with him so he'll know where you're taking him.
A. Priorities from God's perspective.
To construct a criteria by which you can make day-to-day decisions regarding your use of time, you have to start at the top of the list: life priorities. As Christians, we want to subordinate our priorities to God's priorities, so we need to find out what those are.
Start by reading Matthew 22:37-40 together. Here Jesus describes what man's two greatest concerns should be: (1) loving God; and (2) loving his fellow man. Write those two commands at the top of a piece of paper. These priorities are listed in other passages also: Leviticus 19:18; Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Micah 6:8; Acts 24:16; 2 Corinthians 4:5.
If he has a hard time getting started, help him by suggesting a few yourself. List at least six things in each column.
B. Assessment of present personal priorities.
We each are given 168 hours a week. How do we spend them? In the blanks provided (or on a separate sheet of paper with its own blanks), have your disciple examine his personal schedule and write in how much time he spends each week on each listed activity.
____ Dressing, shaving, shower, make-up, etc.
Realizing that we find time to do the things we feel are important, this exercise will help your disciple see where his current priorities lie. A person may say church attendance is important to him, but if he rarely goes, he has cause to wonder.
Now go back and look at the lists of general and specific activities you've already written. How does his current use of time fit his idealized, Christ-centered list of activities? How much of what he's currently doing wouldn't fit anywhere on the first two lists? More important, how much of the specific activities list fits into his current activities list? Should some activities be added to the first two lists?
Unless he's already exceptionally mature spiritually, he'll see quite a distance between the first two lists and the third. This should motivate him to begin changing. Make sure he understands that all Christians start with flawed priorities. One of the primary reasons God gave us the Holy Spirit is to help us make list 3 line up with lists 1 and 2. It doesn't happen overnight, and it's not necessarily easy, but if we'll cooperate with God, He'll bring it to pass.
Above all else, the mission statement should reflect the disciple's personal priorities talked about above. Biehl defines this statement as being made up of three important characteristics: "directional" (taking you somewhere; accomplishing something), "umbrella" (taking in everything you do), and "lifetime" (on-going; never completely accomplished; never needing to change).
This might be a good note on which to end this session with your disciple, giving him the assignment to spend the coming week formulating his own personal mission statement. You might need to call him once or twice during the week to remind him, primarily so that he won't throw it together during the five minutes before next week's meeting. Encourage him to spend a good, solid hour working on it—he'll need that kind of concentration.
The next three steps, the setting of major goals, intermediate goals and short-term goals, are pretty well known and widely used strategies of time management. I like the way Richard Furman, M.D., talks about them in Reaching Your Full Potential.[iv] His succinct, down-to-earth capsulization of weighty principles stands out to me. About a major goal, he says, "Set it and never change it." These are the big, long-term dreams that we might spend months, years or decades pursuing. All of your major goals balled up and stirred together will accomplish your mission statement. The mission statement is the car; the major goals are the wheels that enable the car to roll along.
Some goals are like that, quite specific. Mine, however, isn't. When I was a college athlete, I could say, "I'd like to be a writer," and the goal was made very clear by its contrast to what I was doing at the time. The road to "writer" was very distinct from the road to "professional athlete," "car mechanic" or "insurance salesman." As time passed and I became an administrator for Athletes in Action, the goal started to get fuzzy—the contrasts weren't as sharp. I did some writing, true, but it was utilitarian, things like slide shows, memos, reports, proposals. It didn't really represent my earliest visions of "a writer." For that reason, I needed some more specific intermediate goals. But we'll talk about them in a minute. The first step is to just get some major goals down on paper—specific or not.
After he lists his major goals, (there might be anywhere from two to ten) see if they fit in with his mission statement. If they don't either the goals or the statement needs to change. It's OK for him to change the mission statement, by the way, especially during these early days when he's still trying to figure out what's important in his life. Frequently, when one starts thinking in terms of specific goals, the picture of the life goals clears up considerably. Also, he may want to revise it as he matures in Christ and gets a clearer picture of God's mission for him.
Intermediate goals are stepping stones to the major goals. All of the intermediate goals stacked up equal one major goal. Remember Dr. Furman? The first intermediate goal he set for himself was to get accepted to medical school. That gave him something pretty specific to shoot at—and rather imperative. It was his first stepping stone. If he couldn't accomplish that, he could forget about becoming a surgeon.
My first intermediate goal in becoming a writer was, "Find out if you have any talent." If I had none, I should either forget the major goal, or take measures to get some talent. The next intermediate goal was, "Publish an article or book." Then, "Publish five articles or books." And finally, "Publish a bestseller." My desire was to serve Christ by having a fruitful ministry through writing, as mentioned in my mission statement. I figured that if there were quantity (five books and articles) and quality (a bestseller), those would be strong indications that I had indeed achieved a "fruitful ministry through writing." I have not yet accomplished all of those goals—but I'm working on them!
Have your disciple look at each of his major goals and, in the light of wise use of time, formulate the intermediate goals necessary to reach them. If he wants to become a commercial pilot, he'll first need to get his private pilot's license, then his commercial pilot's license, then get a job. If he wants to earn a million dollars, maybe he first needs to get out of debt. Then perhaps he needs to get a degree in finance. If she wants to raise a family, her first goal had better be to get married. Then she should have a baby. Very important.
In order to find out if I have any talent as a writer, I set short-term goals to talk with specific people I knew would be honest with me. They had read a lot of what I had already come up with, and without putting them on the spot, I was able to get their candid opinion. I don't know what you think, but they thought I had potential. Next I set a short-term goal to submit an idea to a publisher, along with a brief selection of the piece, in order to see what the pros thought. I accomplished that and they also gave me the green light, in the form of a signed contract! This signified to me that I did indeed have some talent as a writer. Not that it didn't need a major tune-up, but there was talent, nonetheless. The coast was clear to move on to my next intermediate goal: Publish an article or book. You hold in your hands the fulfillment of that goal! So now it's two down, two to go!
Have your disciple examine his intermediate goals one at a time and write out the stepping stones required to reach each one. These should describe specific activities in clear, concise terms hooked to a time frame. He may come up with twenty to thirty of them, so he should wade through the list and underline the ones he can handle within the near future. Those become his short-term goals.
This list may look suspiciously like a to-do list, but it has a grand purpose—to move him toward the goals God has set before him. It's a list of specific activities that have their roots sunk deep into his life's mission.
The second-to-last mile in this journey is traversed when the short-term goals are placed on the disciple's schedule. The last is when they are completed. "Desire accomplished is sweet to the soul!" (Proverbs 13:19) It's not likely he'll ever taste that sweetness if he doesn't get those desires onto a timetable!
B. Re-evaluate your mission statement, major goals and intermediate goals periodically. People change. They grow up. They get smarter. They figure out things they didn't know before. For these reasons, we can't assume that the goals we work out today will remain static the rest of our lives. It's a good idea to get away for a half-day all by yourself to ask God for whatever input He'd like to have as you think through your goals. You will probably find it necessary to change them from time to time. Set aside a time for this about every six months—that means put it on your schedule today!
C. Schedule your days, weeks, months, years. As I said before, if you don't, someone else will. Another tired but very true cliché is: If you fail to plan, plan to fail. The important things get scheduled, the unimportant things don't happen at all. Which category do these things belong in?
If you don't get them on your calendar, they'll buzz right by you and you'll miss out on some of the most meaningful things in your life.
A couple of other activities you should include in your schedule are relaxation and family time.
By relaxation, I don't mean playing softball or fishing or sleeping at night. I'm talking about a little time each day, and a longer period once a week, when you can just do nothing. Total rest, physical and mental. Daydream. Look at the trees outside. Decompress. This will keep burn-out and mental and physical exhaustion at bay. If you don't schedule relaxation, it'll get crowded out—and you need it. If someone wants you to do something of low priority to you during your relaxation time, you can honestly say you're booked.
As for family time, I work all day, and often at night, too, but each evening from 6 to 8, at least three evenings a week (but usually five), I hold jealously for my wife and daughter. They also get Sunday afternoon, and it's a rare day when I let someone else have it. People who have accomplished much in the world's eyes at the expense of their families die just like the rest of us. You rarely hear them lament from their death beds, "If only I'd spent more time at the office!" We can learn from them.
D. Use to-do lists. Prioritize them daily. What's the most important short-term goal you have today? Write it at the top of a piece of paper and put a big #1 next to it. What's next most important? Write it down and put a #2 next to it. List these goals as far as you need to go. Then, set about doing #1. Don't stop until it's done, no matter how long it takes. When it's finished, go on to #2 and hammer away at it 'til it's flat. Then move to #3. You may not check off your entire list, but you've gotten the most important things done, and they're the ones that really count. The rest can wait until tomorrow.
F. Don't fritter away your time on non-essentials. Do the insides of the trash cans really have to be spotless? Does the tree house need four coats of paint? Do I have to wash the car every Saturday? Can I leave a little dust on the garage floor? I know this will sound heretical to some, but I believe that we have to do some things in a mediocre fashion in order to have the time to do important things well. In Mark 7:31-37 Jesus took the time to do an excellent job of healing the deaf and dumb, but less important tasks, such as paying a non-essential tax or setting up a room for the Passover meal, He delegated (Matthew 17:24-27; Luke 22:7-13).
G. Get rid of "time-eaters." Assuming you did the Priority Assessment, were you amazed at how much time you spent watching television? reading the newspaper? browsing through magazines? These enterprises will eat up your time before you know what's happening. You might be better off making the ruthless decision to cancel your Mad Magazine subscription, or cut off your cable TV, or not take the paper.
H. Multiply your time. If you look, you'll find that many times during the day you could be doing two things at once. Driving, standing in line, waiting for a bus, waiting for an appointment, cooking, and walking are all prime time for doing double duty with Scripture memory, meditation, reading the Bible, listening to teaching tapes, writing letters, prioritizing your to-do list, etc. If it's not too redundant to say it, kill "dead time" wherever you find it!
1. This world is not my home; I'm just a-passin' through.
2. What time I have here should be invested for God's kingdom through the spiritual gifts, natural talents and acquired skills God has given me.
3. God is the Master, I am the slave. He owns me and my time.
4. Time is running out.
 David Dawson, Equipping The Saints Notebook, 4 vols. (Greenville, TX: ETS Ministry, 1982), Volume 1, Lesson 4: "A Biblical Perspective On Time," p. 1.
[ii] Information about The Masterplanning Arrow is available from Masterplanning Group International, Box 61281, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-6128.
[iii] Dawson, Equipping The Saints, Volume 2, Lesson 2: "How To Write Good Objectives," p. 8.
[iv] Richard Furman, M.D., Reaching Your Full Potential (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1984).
[v] Gordon MacDonald, Ordering Your Private World (1st Printing, Moody Press, 1984; 2nd Printing, Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1985), p. 9.


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الرئيسية/Common /Going to the United Nations Or the "Dissolution" of the Palestinian Authority
Going to the United Nations Or the "Dissolution" of the Palestinian Authority
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It was nineteen years ago when the Madrid Conference was convened to establish "a just and lasting peace in the Middle East". The Arab world and especially the Palestinians considered this conference as a first step towards freedom and independence. It was thought that peaceful co-existence between the Palestinians and the Israelis was "finally" at the hand. The then Prime Minister of Israel, after being pushed by President George Bush (the Father) to attend the peace conference viewed the negotiations as a delaying tactic to avoid any peaceful agreement with the Palestinians by saying: "Well, we will keep negotiating for ten or fifteen years"!!! Since then, to this very day, the above statement has been the official Israeli policy of every Israeli government. Negotiations to establish two states, living side by side in a peaceful co-existence, have become the official policy of the International Community, headed by the United States of America, including the State of Israel who recognized this policy though by lip service only. In fact, every Israeli government, more or less, has distorted the meaning of peaceful negotiations to become a stalling tactic to confiscate more Palestinian territories to build and expand Israeli colonies/ "settlements" while Palestinians sitting around the negotiating table. The present Netanyahu/ Liberman government is not only using the peaceful negotiations as a stalling tactic to grab more Palestinian lands, but has prepared "a final solution" for the Palestinian problem!! The insistence of the present Israeli government to make the world recognize the absolute Jewishness of the State of Israel is only the first step to transfer the non Jewish inhabitants (Palestinians) of 1948, along with other Palestinians primarily those in the West Bank. A non Jew would be an alien in an only Jewish State that is assigned to Jews only. And that is the real policy of the present Israeli government. The so-called Palestinian "State" was accurately defined by the Former Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence, Shlomo Gazet who said: "The State would be in the likeness of the Lahed State". He was referring to the mini State which Israel established in Southern Lebanon headed by a renegade from the Lebanese army, Anton Lahed. Such a view from a "moderate" high-ranking Israeli military officer only means that there is hardly any intention now in Israel to permit the establishment of viable Palestinian State. The Palestinian Leadership seems to be convinced that negotiating with the present Israeli government has become an act of absolute futility. Dr. Saeb Oreikat, the Chief Palestinian Negotiator, summed up the futility in keeping on the negotiations with Israel by saying: "The dissolution of the Palestinian Authority will be a last resort solution if we do not reach the two states solution by the end of this year". The dissolution of Authority has been in the minds of the Palestinians, but only as a second step. The first step is to go to the United Nations Security Council so that the international community, especially the United States, have to face their responsibility and their obligations towards what is being done daily by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. If the UN Security Council fails to do its international duty to make Israel respect and adhere to the dictate of international law, pertaining to occupied territories, then, the only solution left would be "the dissolution of Palestinian Authority". And let Israel then deal directly with its occupation of the Palestinian land. At this stage, the Palestinians would follow and employ other means and ways to fulfill their national aspirations and to attain their legal rights and civil liberties. The Palestinians are being taxed and their territories are being annexed by the Israeli Parliament without giving the Palestinians the civil rights to be represented in the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset). Palestinians, at this stage, would want to join with what little left from Palestine with their annexed occupied land which is now considered part of the State of Israel. If not, the Palestinians would be "ready" to be "officially" annexed by Israel as part of a "one state solution" that is ruled by one law in which all inhabitants are equally treated. The Palestinian President assumed presidency of the Palestine Authority for the sake of establishing an independent Palestinian State. This very reason for him to stay at the Head of Authority has been negated by Israel leading him (i.e. the President) to allude to "the dissolution of the Palestinian Authority". The very honor of the Palestinian Presidency and the very honor of his dedicated "peace team" are now being questioned by all quarters in both worlds, The Arab and Islamic. The Palestinian Authority is being accused of "providing the Legal Cover" for Israel to complete its annexation of Palestinian territories "with impunity in return of staying in authority". This sever accusation is taking hold in the Arab street and in the Islamic world. It is because the Palestinian Authority is still being engaged with Israel in negotiations of absolute futility. What is making it worst is the very insistence of the American Government to keep these futile negotiations going on for pure domestic politics. The Palestinian Authority's honor and life are on the line now and are being sacrificed by "the Camp for Peace" that is being headed by the U.S. Indeed, the world has to prepare itself when the gates of hell open up with the failure of "peaceful settlement" is announced by "the Dissolution of the Palestinian Authority".
Obama's Shift in Middle East Policy: An "Understanding" View?

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Greenbriar LFL
Changes that were made to a classic Richard Scarry book.
Richard Scarry was an incredibly prolific children's author and illustrator. He created over 250 books during his career. His books were loved across the world — over 100 million were sold in many languages. But here's something you may not have known about these classics: They've been slowly changing over the years. Don't panic! They've been changing in a good way. Scarry started publishing books in the 1950s, when times were, well, a little different. So some of the details were quietly updated. Alan Taylor, a senior editor for the photo section of The Atlantic, noticed differences back in 2005 and decided to photograph them.
See them here: 8 changes that were made to a classic Richard Scarry book to keep up with the times. Progress!
MaryO
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Towel Day!
Each year, May 25 is Towel Day. Do you know why?
Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans.
On this day, fans carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.
The original quotation that explained the importance of towels is found in Chapter 3 of Adams' work The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.
More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost." What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
Hence a phrase that has passed into hitchhiking slang, as in "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)
This book is important to me because I read it while I was at NIH waiting for pituitary surgery.
In case you like poetry, you might be interested in this: Vogon Poetry Generator.
Here's mine:
See, see the old sky
Marvel at its big grey depths.
Tell me, Clyde do you
Wonder why the armadillo ignores you?
Why its foobly stare
makes you feel yucky.
I can tell you, it is
Worried by your qwerty facial growth
That looks like
A tofu
What's more, it knows
Your rolf potting shed
Smells of pea.
Everything under the big old sky
Asks why, why do I even bother?
You only charm fish.
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Who Knew? National Biographer's Day
Today is National Biographer's Day!
National Biographer's Day commemorates the anniversary of the first meeting of Samuel Johnson and his biographer James Boswell in London, England on May 16, 1763, and honors all biographers.
A biography is a written account of another person's life.
Famous poet, essayist, literary critic, editor and lexicographer, Johnson was also a biographer. According to Johnson, the best biographers were those who ate, drank and "lived in social intercourse" with those about whom they wrote. If that were true, his best biography would be An Account of the Life of Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the earl Rivers which was published in 1744.
Applying this same rule, Scots-born James Boswell met his friend Samuel Johnson at a bookshop near Covent Garden. Nearly 30 years later he published The Life of Johnson, which became the most celebrated English biography.
From one of my favorite shows, Blackadder. Dr. Samuel Johnson seeks the regent's support for his dictionary, but when it is used for firewood, Edmund must rewrite it.
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Douglas Adams, RIP :(
Today is the anniversary of the day when Douglas Adams suffered a spontaneous existence failure. We miss you, you silly brilliant man. (Towel Day will be on May 25)
Adams was author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy.
Adams also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff (1983), The Deeper Meaning of Liff (1990), Last Chance to See (1990), and three stories for the television series Doctor Who; he also served as script editor for the show's seventeenth season in 1979.
I first started reading Adam's wonderfully quirky books when I was inpatient at NIH waiting for pituitary surgery…and ended up reading them all. Then, I got my son hooked on them.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, video
It's National Read A Book Day Again
Shouldn't every day be Read a Book Day?
In another of the "Who Knew" Holidays…
National Read A Book Day is observed annually on September 6th.
Don't keep it to yourself. Share the experience! Read aloud to anyone who will listen.
Reading improves memory and concentration as well as reduces stress. Older adults who spend time reading show a slower cognitive decline and tend to participate in more mentally stimulating activities over their lifetime. Books are an inexpensive entertainment, education and time machine, too!
Books, Little Free Library
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Two "New" Books!
Two new books showed up in the Little Free Library bearing BookCrossing Labels last night. I registered them and released them back into the wild.
If you find them, please take a moment to log them into BookCrossing so folks can see where they travel.
Several years ago, my mom found a book with a curious label in it. The label said it was a "BookCrossing" book. My mom doesn't have a computer, so I registered the book and I was off and running. I think this idea is so cool.
Each book has a unique BCID (BookCrossing ID). By entering that number at http://www.bookcrossing.com/ you can see where the book has been – and then you can track where it goes. If you're familiar with Where's George? for dollar bills, this is similar.
Many other Little Free Libraries are connected with BookCrossing and I thought it would be fun to have my Greenbriar Little Free Library #33664 play along, too.
In addition to randomly finding books, you can also go hunting for them at http://www.bookcrossing.com/hunt
This video is a great short explanation:
The Greenbriar Little Free Library #33664 is an official BookCrossing Zone.
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National Book Lovers Day
From the scent of a rare first edition book found in an old time book collection, to a crisp, fresh book at the local supermarket, the very sight of a book can bring back memories. Reading as a child, enjoying the short stories, the long books and the ability to lose yourself in a story so powerful that at the end your asking yourself where to get the next book in the series. This is for the reader in all of us, the celebration of Book Lovers Day!
History of Book Lovers Day
While the day's origins may be shrouded in mystery and rumor, the books themselves are not. Started from carving on stone tablets, the book was designed to make portable the writings and drawings of those that could not carry around stone tablets. Originally it was parchment or vellum (calf skin, in case you were wondering)was bound tightly with a wooden cover.
Often the wooden cover was tightly wrapped in leather to prevent the wood from getting wet and had clasps or straps to hold it shut. In the more modern age, printing capabilities made books cheaper, and easier, to print. The printing press, the typewriter, and the computer all had an effect on the market of books.
But more so than most, is the upsurge in electronic devices that can be used to read on. Computers, tablets, and most cell phones now have the ability to read books, making it that much easier to carry around a small library to enjoy not matter where you are.
How to celebrate Book Lovers Day
In order to truly appreciate Book Lovers Day, one must only find a story and read it. Maybe you wish to dive into the unknown with a good mystery, or see magic in a high fantasy setting, or be enthralled in a steamy romance. The individual genre of your reading is not the big piece of this, just that you do read it.
Maybe a visit to your local library is in order? After all public libraries existed even way back in the Middle Ages, but they didn't really let many folks take books home. The librarians in those days chained books to shelves or desks in order to prevent theft of the carefully hand written tomes.
Many librarians will gladly help you find a title to read, giving a brief explanation on what it is about if they have read it, or giving it a little flip and reading about it quickly in the synopsis. But no matter your preference, if you read it at home with a cup of tea, share a book meeting with friends or go to the library and make use of the wonderful pieces on those shelves, just enjoy your reading, revel in the book and find a way to read during Book Lovers Day!
From https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/book-lovers-day/
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An Invitation to Murder ~ Free on Kindle (6/29/19)
By Leighann Dobbs and Harmony Williams With her own freedom hanging in the balance, Lady Katherine assumes the identity of a matchmaker and joins a Northbrooke estate house party to catch the infamous Pink Ribbon Killer. But can Katherine find the murderer before another young debutante is snuffed out?
Death of a Hollow Man: Inspector Barnaby #2 (Chief Inspector Barnaby Novels)
Continuing the Barnaby/Midsomer Murders books, by Caroline Graham Actors do love their dramas, and the members of the Causton Amateur Dramatic Society are no exception. However, even the most theatrically minded have to admit that murdering the leading man in full view of the audience is a bit over the top. Luckily, Inspector Barnaby is in that audience, and […]
The Killings at Badger's Drift: Inspector Barnaby #1
I started reading this because I love Midsomer Murders so a new series for me! Finished June 23.
All the Anne Perry Monk books in order
I am currently reading all the Monk books in order and am up to number 18 of 24 A Sunless Sea: A William Monk Novel (Sorry - no Kindles in the Little Free Library!) Many other formats also available.
The Anatomist's Apprentice (Dr. Thomas Silkstone series Book 1)
This looks interesting so I just bought it for 1.99 In the first in a stunning new mystery series set in eighteenth-century England, Tessa Harris introduces Dr. Thomas Silkstone, anatomist and pioneering forensic detective. . . The death of Sir Edward Crick has unleashed a torrent of gossip through the seedy taverns and elegant ballrooms of Oxfordshire. Few […]
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Robert Farris Thompson (December 30, 1932 – November 29, 2021) was an American art historian and writer who specialized in Africa and the Afro-Atlantic world. He was a member of the faculty at Yale University from 1965 to his retirement more than fifty years later and served as the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art. Thompson coined the term "black Atlantic" in his 1983 book Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy – the expanded subject of Paul Gilroy's book The Black Atlantic.

He lived in the Yoruba region of southwest Nigeria while he conducted his research of Yoruba arts history. He was affiliated with the University of Ibadan and frequented Yoruba village communities. Thompson studied the African arts of the diaspora in the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and several Caribbean islands.

Career at Yale
In 1955, Thompson received his B.A. from Yale University. After receiving his bachelor's degree and serving in the 7th Army in Stuttgart, he continued his studies at Yale, where he received his Master's degree in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1965. He was the first Yale professor and second person in the United States (the first being Roy Sieber at the University of Iowa in 1956) to receive a professorship in African Art history.

Having served as Master of Timothy Dwight College from 1978 until 2010, he was the longest serving master of a residential college at Yale. Thompson was one of America's most prominent scholars of African art, and presided over exhibitions of African art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. He was one of the longest-serving alumni of Yale.

Publications and areas of study
Beginning with an article on Afro-Cuban dance and music (published in 1958), Thompson dedicated his life to the study of art history of the Afro-Atlantic world. His first book was Black Gods and Kings, which was a close reading of the art history of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria (population of approximately 40 million). Other published works include African Art in Motion, Flash of the Spirit (1983), Face of the Gods, and Tango: The Art History of Love. Thompson also published an introduction to the diaries of Keith Haring. Some of his works have even been translated into German, Portuguese, French and Flemish. Additionally, Thompson also studied the art of Guillermo Kuitca and José Bedia, and was anthologized 15 times.

Awards
The College Art Association presented its inaugural Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Art Writing to Thompson in 2003, and was named CAA's Distinguished Scholar in 2015. In 2007, Thompson was given the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award, by the Congress on Research in Dance.

Personal life and death
Thompson was born in El Paso, Texas. He spoke French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently and could speak Yoruba, Ki-Kongo and Creole at an intermediate level. He has been to nearly all 47 countries of Africa and is survived by a sister, two children, four grandchildren and a great granddaughter.

Thompson died from COVID-19-complicated Parkinson's disease on November 29, 2021, at a nursing home in New Haven, Connecticut. He was 88.

Bibliography
1971 Black Gods and Kings: Yoruba Art at UCLA
1974 African Art in Motion: Icon and Act in the Collection of Katharine Coryton White
1981 The Four Moments of the Sun: Kongo Art in Two Worlds
1983 Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy
1993 Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas
1999 The Art of William Edmondon
2005 Tango: The Art History of Love
2011 Aesthetic of the Cool: Afro-Atlantic Art and Music

References

External links
Portrait page at Timothy Dwight College

Further reading

Cosentino, Donald J., and Robert Farris Thompson. "Interview with Robert Farris Thompson." African Arts, vol. 25, no. 4, 1992, pp. 53–63. Accessed 7 Jun. 2022.
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"""functions related to animation"""

import pymel.util as _util
import pymel.internal.factories as _factories
import general as _general
import pymel.versions as versions

import pymel.internal.pmcmds as cmds

def currentTime( *args, **kwargs ):
    """
Modifications:
    - if no args are provided, the command returns the current time
    """

    if not args and not kwargs:
        return cmds.currentTime(q=1)
    else:
        return cmds.currentTime(*args, **kwargs)

def getCurrentTime():
    """get the current time as a float"""
    return cmds.currentTime(q=1)

def setCurrentTime( time ):
    """set the current time """
    return cmds.currentTime(time)

def listAnimatable( *args, **kwargs ):
    """
Modifications:
    - returns an empty list when the result is None
    - returns wrapped classes
    """
    return map( _general.PyNode, _util.listForNone(cmds.listAnimatable( *args, **kwargs ) ) )

def keyframe( *args, **kwargs ):
    """
Modifications:
    - returns an empty list when the result is None
    - if both valueChange and timeChange are queried, the result will be a list of (time,value) pairs
    """
    res = _util.listForNone( cmds.keyframe(*args, **kwargs) )
    if kwargs.get('query', kwargs.get('q', False) ) and \
            kwargs.get('valueChange', kwargs.get('vc', False) ) and kwargs.get('timeChange', kwargs.get('tc', False) ):
        return list(_util.pairIter(res))
    return res

def deformer(*args, **kwargs):
    return map( _general.PyNode, cmds.deformer(*args, **kwargs) )

def joint(*args, **kwargs):
    """
Maya Bug Fix:
    - when queried, limitSwitch*, stiffness*, and angle* flags returned lists, each with one value, instead
        of single values. Values are now properly unpacked
    """
    res = cmds.joint(*args, **kwargs)

    #if kwargs.pop('query',False) or kwargs.pop('q',False):

    if kwargs.get('query', kwargs.get( 'q', False)):
        args = [
        'limitSwitchX', 'lsx',
        'limitSwitchY', 'lsy',
        'limitSwitchZ', 'lsz',
        'stiffnessX', 'stx',
        'stiffnessY', 'sty',
        'stiffnessZ', 'stz',
        'angleX', 'ax',
        'angleY', 'ay',
        'angleZ', 'az'
        ]
        if filter( lambda x: x in args, kwargs.keys()):
            res = res[0]
    else:
        try:
            res = cmds.ls(sl=1)[0]
        except:
            pass
    return res

def _constraint( func ):
    def constraintWithWeightSyntax(*args, **kwargs):
        """
Maya Bug Fix:
  - when queried, angle offsets would be returned in radians, not current angle unit

Modifications:
  - added new syntax for querying the weight of a target object, by passing the constraint first::

        aimConstraint( 'pCube1_aimConstraint1', q=1, weight ='pSphere1' )
        aimConstraint( 'pCube1_aimConstraint1', q=1, weight =['pSphere1', 'pCylinder1'] )
        aimConstraint( 'pCube1_aimConstraint1', q=1, weight =[] )
        """
        if kwargs.get( 'query', kwargs.get('q', False) and len(args)==1) :
            # Fix the big with angle offset query always being in radians
            if kwargs.get( 'offset', kwargs.get('o', None) ):
                return _general.getAttr(str(args[0]) + ".offset")

            # try seeing if we can apply the new weight query syntax
            targetObjects =  kwargs.get( 'weight', kwargs.get('w', None) )
            if targetObjects is not None:
                # old way caused KeyError if 'w' not in kwargs, even if 'weight' was!
                # targetObjects = kwargs.get( 'weight', kwargs['w'] )
                constraint = args[0]
                if 'constraint' in cmds.nodeType( constraint, inherited=1 ):
                    if not _util.isIterable( targetObjects ):
                        targetObjects = [targetObjects]
                    elif not targetObjects:
                        targetObjects = func( constraint, q=1, targetList=1 )

                    constraintObj = cmds.listConnections( constraint + '.constraintParentInverseMatrix', s=1, d=0 )[0]
                    args = targetObjects + [constraintObj]
                    kwargs.pop('w',None)
                    kwargs['weight'] = True
        res = func(*args, **kwargs)
        if kwargs.get( 'query', kwargs.get('q', False) and len(args)==1) :
            if kwargs.get( 'weightAliasList', kwargs.get('wal', None) ):
                res = [_general.Attribute(args[0] + '.' + attr) for attr in res]
            elif kwargs.get( 'worldUpObject', kwargs.get('wuo', None) ):
                res = _factories.unwrapToPyNode(res)
            elif kwargs.get( 'targetList', kwargs.get('tl', None) ):
                res = _factories.toPyNodeList(res)
        return res

    constraint = constraintWithWeightSyntax
    if versions.current() < versions.v2009:
        def constraintWithVectorFix(*args, **kwargs):
            """
    Maya Bug Fix:
      - when queried, upVector, worldUpVector, and aimVector returned the name of the constraint instead of the desired values

            """
            if kwargs.get( 'query', kwargs.get('q', False) and len(args)==1) :

                # Fix the big with upVector, worldUpVector, and aimVector
                attrs = [
                'upVector', 'u',
                'worldUpVector', 'wu',
                'aimVector', 'a' ]

                for attr in attrs:
                    if attr in kwargs:
                        return _general.datatypes.Vector( _general.getAttr(str(args[0]) + "." + attr ) )
            return constraintWithWeightSyntax(*args, **kwargs)
        constraintWithVectorFix.__doc__ += constraintWithWeightSyntax.__doc__
        constraint = constraintWithVectorFix

    constraint.__name__ = func.__name__
    return constraint

for contstraintCmdName in ('''aimConstraint geometryConstraint normalConstraint
                              orientConstraint parentConstraint pointConstraint
                              pointOnPolyConstraint poleVectorConstraint
                              scaleConstraint tangentConstraint''').split():
    cmd = getattr(cmds, contstraintCmdName, None)
    if cmd:
        globals()[contstraintCmdName] = _constraint(cmd)

_factories.createFunctions( __name__, _general.PyNode )

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Q: How can I use custom "class"(function) as array datatype in javascript? I know in javascript if I want define an array,I use:
var arr=new array();

However,this array could only use for store date,int,string,just the javascript already defined
Suppose I have already my custom datatype:
        function LayerInfo(uuid, top, left, index, pindex) {
            this.uuid = uuid;
            this.top = top;
            this.left = left;
            this.index = index;
            this.pindex = pindex;
        }

How can I initialize an array which the data type is the "LayerInfo",could store the "LayerInfo"?
like
var l=new LayerInfo()?

if this could be done ,how can I let the layerinfo push into the array,or pull it out?

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However,this array could only use for store date,int,string,just the
  javascript already defined

Fortunately not, arr can store any object you like, including instances of your LayerInfo:
var arr = new Array(); //note caps or var arr = [];
arr[i] = new LayerInfo();
arr[i] = someLaterInfoInstance;
arr.push(new LayerInfo()); ...

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NARRATIVE FAIL: Majority of Americans, White and Black, Prefer 'All Lives Matter'
Jerome Hudson
When asked, an overwhelming majority of black people said they prefer the phrase "all lives matter" to "black lives matter," according to a recently released Rasmussen poll.
A mere 31 percent of black respondents said the term "black lives matter" aligns with their own beliefs, while 64 percent preferred "all lives matter."
The Rasmussen poll was released on Thursday.
When asked, 78 percent of all respondents preferred "all lives matter," along with 81 percent of white and 76 percent of non-white respondents.
Former Maryland Governor and current Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley apologized last month for responding to protesters shouting "black lives matter" by saying: "Black lives matter. White lives matter. All lives matter."
"That was a mistake on my part and I meant no disrespect," O'Malley said.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump harshly criticized O'Malley's apology, saying, "He apologized like a little baby, like a disgusting, little, weak, pathetic baby. And that's the problem with our country."
Black Lives Matter is an anti-police political movement. One of the group's co-founder's, Julius Jones, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that the phrase "all lives matter" is a "violent statement."
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Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri looks on as his team plays Ajax in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals at Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy, on April 16, 2019.
The Turin club has dominated Italian football, winning Serie A for the last seven seasons, and its signing of five-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo in July was interpreted as a bold statement of its European intentions, Reuters reported.
But those dreams were left in tatters after Juventus was beaten 2-1 at home in its quarterfinal second leg on Tuesday, going out 3-2 on aggregate.
Not only was Juventus beaten but it was outclassed by a team whose fluid, geometric passing left the Italian side chasing shadows and who possessed something Juventus lacked — a clear playing style.
Allegri, however, said that Juventus was "absolutely not" over-dependent on Ronaldo. "He has given us a lot over the course of the campaign, but when you reach the quarterfinal, you need every player," he said.
According to the specialist website Transfermarkt, Ajax has spent just over €51 million (£45 million) this season while Juventus has splashed out 261 million.
Of that, around €100 million was on Ronaldo, 40 million each on Joao Cancelo and Costa, €35 million on bringing Leonardo Bonucci back from AC Milan and 12 million on reserve goalkeeper Mattia Perin.
But, rather like Paris St. Germain in France, Juve's dominance of Serie A appeared to leave it unprepared for the European challenge.
Ajax took the game to Juventus in a way that none of its domestic rivals would have dared, and Allegri's team was incapable of dealing with it.


I know I have been spending a lot on my ride recently but this time round is necessary as my front brake pads are failing on me. I have to depress more on the brake pedal compared as below.
Not much confidence on the bite anymore. I am considering on a big brake kit but not at this moment yet.


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Simon began his musical career in the Salvation Army. After graduating from the Royal College of Music in 2000 with the Herbert Samuel trumpet prize, Simon has established himself as a busy freelance musician. This has seen him work with many of the world's leading orchestras including the Philharmonia, Royal Opera House, Halle, BBC Phillharmonic, Rotterdam Phillharmonic, Israeli Camerata, Manchester Camerata, English Chamber Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to this, Simon has played baroque trumpet with English Baroque Soloists, English Concert, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and as principal and soloist with The Academy of Ancient Music, Les Arts Florissant, The New London Consort and Ex Cathedra Baroque. As well as his work with Alberti Brass, Simon's chamber music has extended to working with ensembles such as London Brass and Halle Brass.
As concerto soloist he has performed on both modern and baroque trumpets with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.2 featuring heavily in his schedule. He has also performed the Haydn, Leopold Mozart, Michael Haydn concertos and over 150 performances of the Telemann Concerto in D, which he has also recorded with the Locrian Ensemble.


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'It's too late to leave – sheltering is now your only option': wildfires rage closer to suburbs
Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency level intensity across Australia's most populous state and into Sydney's suburbs yesterday as authorities warned people in their paths there was no longer time to flee.
New South Wales is under a week-long state of emergency, a declaration which gives the Rural Fire Service sweeping powers to control resources and direct other government agencies in its efforts to battle fires. The worst fires yesterday emerged in the state's north-east, where three people have died with more than 150 homes destroyed since Friday.
A catastrophic fire warning was in place for Sydney, Australia's largest city, where a large blaze threatened homes yesterday in northern suburb Turramurra, 17km from the city's downtown area.
A firefighter suffered a fractured arm and ribs before the fire was rapidly contained with the aid of a jet dumping fire retardant and a helicopter dropping water, officials said.
Turramurra residents reported trees catching fire in their backyards from embers.
Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said many people had heeded his warning and evacuated their homes in the danger zone well ahead of the escalating threat yesterday.
"We've got very tight, winding roads into a lot of these areas, which is why we talked about leaving early as the safest option," said Mr Fitzsimmons. "The last thing we want to do is be managing mass evacuations in pretty difficult to access areas and running the risk of having a whole bunch of congested roadways and seeing people incinerated in their cars."
Of 85 fires burning across New South Wales, 14 were rated as emergencies and burning out of control, the Rural Fire Service said. That is the largest number across the state in decades apart from last Friday, when there were an unprecedented 17 emergency fires.
"It is too late to leave on most of these fires and sheltering is now your only option as fire approaches," Mr Fitzsimmons said.
Kirby Ardis took the advice, driving her family from their home in the small town of Deepwater 42km to the larger centre of Glen Innes.
"With the winds, the embers are travelling many kilometres, so it's just not worth it," she said. "The general consensus is people are just evacuating. Better safe than sorry."
Alison Johnson said she would stay as long as she could in Nana Glen to protect her business, the Idle Inn Cafe, from embers which can carry 30km ahead of the fire front.
"If one ember lands on it, it'll go up," Johnson said. "When you look above the paddock at the end of the street, you can see the smoke behind the tree- line. The trees are a muted gray, shrouded in smoke. The first sign of a fire front and we'll be out."
Winds reached 80kmh in some areas and were expected to gather pace. There were reports of potential destruction of homes south of the town of Taree, near where a 63-year-old woman died in her home on Friday.
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Modern development consisting of just over thirty properties. The property was featured in the November 2007 Spanish Homes Magazine it is furnished to a high standard including washing machine dishwasher etc. It is situated on Alenda golf course with stunning views towards the mountains surrounding Alicante.
There are ample terraced areas around the property for both eating and sunbathing which overlook the pool and gardens.
The area has superb golfing and easy access to beaches along the Costa Blanca coastline. Alicante city is a ten minute drive where there are numerous traditional Spanish bars and restaurants including 5 star cuisine at the Amergio hotel or the renowned Nou Manolin. The city is overlooked by Santa Barbara castle with the picturesque marina surrounded by further bars and restaurants.
The Costa Blanca (White Coast) starts at Valencia, Spains third largest relatively unexplored city by tourists, and continues South towards Alicante.
The route South is interspersed with fishing harbours and holiday resorts which, until you reach Denia are known chiefly to Spanish and other Northern European tourists. However from Denia down to beyond Alicante you will find many towns some with character and style and others not so sophisticated. You will pass through and maybe linger a while in towns like Javea, Moraira, Calpe, Altea, Albir and Benidorm, one of the worlds leading tourists resorts.
Benidorm's success began in the 1960's when this, once modest fishing village was transformed into an international holiday centre. Whilst all the unique differences which collectively go to make up Spain may not find universal attraction, most people become quickly endeared to a significant majority of them. This is particularly true on the Costa Blanca!
Sea sun and beaches, but beaches are not everything, even though the Costa Blanca has some of the very best, with the longest stretching for as far as the eye can see. With its unique climate, described as being among the best in the World, this coast has something for everyone.
Alicante city has a population of over 300,000 and combines both classic and modern societies, living in harmony. It offers business and pleasure, entertainment and education. It's history reaches back to prehistoric times with remains being found here from the third century before Christ. Today Alicante is a first rate tourist centre thanks to its splendid beaches, excellent climate and well known facilities.
Besides it's golden beaches and impressive Paseo Maritimo, Alicante has a wealth of history to offer the visitor and has an impressive mountain-top castle. The city also has a range of 18th century manor houses, all worthy of a visit. When it comes to beaches, the Playa de San Juan is considered to be one of the finest in Spain. A broad beach, some 5km long that has all the facilities you would expect, from hotels, bars, restaurants and even an 18 hole golf course. There are three small coves, Palmera, Cantalares and Judios. They are difficult to access and therefore appropriate as nudist beaches. The small, sandy Almadraba beach and the well hidden Albufereta beach are ideal for watersports in safe surroundings. Further south is the Playa del Coco, next to the regional railway station. This beach connects to Playa del Postiguet, located close to the city centre, with an attractive promenade, flanked by palm trees. The last of the city's beaches is Saladar, broad, sandy and open. The pedestrian walkway here gives panoramic views of the bay of Alicante.
Alicante is a cultural centre and has a varied selection of events and fiestas. At the end of June a traditional arts and crafts market is staged in Plaza de la Santisima Faz and nearby streets. The event has a medieval theme. During July and August the new esplanade in front of the port comes alive for the summer festival with constant theatrical performances and concerts. The fist ten days of December sees the International Puppet Festival that attracts people from all over the world – one of the finest events of it's kind in the world. For more fiestas in Alicante.
New supermarket and golf clubhouse within 5 minute walk from property.


Advanced in-dispenser fleet fueling control.
The Wayne iX Fleet™ fuel control system, used in conjunction with Wayne Select™ electronic fleet dispensers, helps improve efficiency through sophisticated technology. Consisting of in-dispenser terminals (IDT) and a controller, the iX Fleet fuel control system delivers remote and on-site fleet fueling control and management for one location or many.
Installed in Select electronic fleet dispensers, the IDT helps simplify installation and the user interface by moving access control directly to the point of fueling. The distributed system architecture allows each dispenser to independently authorize fueling transactions for a quicker response and enhanced up-time. The iX Fleet fuel controller uses Microsoft® Windows® operating system and SQL Server databases to capture and store information from the dispenser, as well as provide centralized remote system management. It also delivers advanced reporting functionality, all from an easy-to-use dashboard display interface. Software is pre-loaded on the controller, simplifying, and expediting the system start-up.


Aged for 12 months in old French oak hogsheads. This Cabernet has good depth of colour with lively purple hues. The nose is attractive with notes of blackcurrant, red fruits and hints of regional mint. A small amount of oak maturation gives a subtle sweet spice to the fruit aromas. Palate: A soft full palate expressing sweet dark berry fruit and light oak flavours.
Vintage Conditions: The 2013 Coonawarra Vintage was excellent, characterised by a warm, dry summer followed by a cool autumn nights. A warm, fast flowering period saw an even fruit set with high berry numbers per bunch. This combined with a late break and ideal summer temperatures extending well into April allowed good conditions for ripening and harvest. Drink now + 5 years or more.
Once upon a time when it came to red wine in Australia it was all about shiraz, shiraz, shiraz. About 10 years ago this all changed. Australian palates were changing and beginning to lean towards lighter less full bodied and high alcohol reds. Enter Pinot.
There is almost no other grape so celebrated or held with such high regard and its rise to prominence was always bound to happen in Australia. It's the holy grail of wines for both winemakers and wine lovers alike, with serious pinot lovers describing themselves as "Pinot-philes". Although we have only started to consume Pinot Noir in large volumes in the last decade the first pinot grapes were brought out to Australia by James Busby in the 1830's. Starting with the heritage clone labelled as 'Mother Vine 6' (MV6) it wasn't until the 1990's that new Dijon clones were planted in Australia (114,115 etc).
In Australia and New Zealand, Pinot it is suited to the 'cooler climates' and thrives in regions such as; Tasmania, Adelaide Hills, Yarra Valley and Marlborough and Central Otago in New Zealand. It's notoriously fickle and only shows its best in these cooler temperate locations. The best examples are light-bodied yet intensely aromatic with multi-layered characters and incredible length.
Tasmania, the region that has all pinot lovers excited, is the southern-most wine region in Australia. Its cool climate and soils are perfectly suited to crafting stunning examples of Pinot Noir. The Tamar Valley's; Moores Hill Pinot Noir 2016 is a fantastic example. It's a generous wine showing lovely varietal sweet plum, red cherry and savoury notes on the nose. The palate delivers with delicious cherry flavours framed by a spicy oak touch.
The region all the cool kids are talking about at the moment is South Australia's Adelaide Hills. Arguably the countries home of alternative winemaking it sees examples of lovely aromatic whites and gentle medium bodied reds being produced in a wide array of techniques. Nova Vita's 2014 Firebird Pinot Noir is a single vineyard estate grown wine made using traditional techniques with a hint of flare. A fair bit of whole bunch and whole berry during fermentation as well as native yeasts sees a wine that soft and rounded. A mixture of spice and aniseed with cherries and forest floor, it's a super glugable wine through and through.
Victoria's Yarra Valley is one of the more classic and original regions for Pinot Noir. Considered by many as the Premier Pinot producing region in Australia. Seville Hill Estate has been producing sensational wines since the mid 90's. John the winemaker is old-school in his approach to winemaking, with all his red wines released with bottle age and under cork. His estate grown fruit produces big wines that have serious cellaring potential. The 2014 Pinot Noir is no exception. Dark cherry in colour with aromas of strawberries and mint transcending to the palate, strawberry and blackberry flavours with touches of spearmint and warm spices follow.
Not to forget our Kiwi's cousins, New Zealand's most famous wine region, Marlborough produces many world-famous wines. Widely known for its Savvy B, we shouldn't forget the quality of Pinot produced in Marlborough. Eradus from the sub-region of the Awatere Valley, make a superb single-vineyard Pinot Noir that very much pays homage to the 'old-world' style. Elegant, with cherry notes and liquorice, it's extremely smooth, deep and fruit driven.
Regarded as one of the 'Noblist' of the Noble Grapes Chardonnay is on the way back people! The Sauv-a- lanch is on the wane and while the Pinot G's and Rieslings deserve a mention, the real crowd pleaser and wine of a thousand wonderful personalities is Chardonnay. Chardonnay is the White wine for Red wine drinkers. It can be big, oaky, vibrant, & weighty and rewards a good few years in bottle. In fairness it can also be tight, nervy, chalky and austere.
Chardonnay is the most widely planted Vitis Vinifera Grape variety in Australia.
It's a vigorous, heavy cropping variety that; like many varieties, responds well to crop thinning and being 'kept on a short leash' in the vineyard.
Chardonnay originated in Burgundy, France, where it's the only grape used in the various styles of the region including the famous names: Chablis, Montrachet and Meursault.
In Australia, Chardonnay has a great history of consumption and enjoyment.
In the 1980's and 90's Australia's 'Sunshine in a Glass' has now evolved to be quite the sophisticated drink. The spectrum of Chardonnay styles includes equal parts 'Quaffers' and premium interpretations influenced by both 'place' and winemaking.
Adelaide Hills, Margaret River, Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Beechworth, Macedon, Tumbarumba and Tasmania all vie for the accolade of best Chardonnay region in Australia and all of these regions of origin deserve to be in the mix.
Here are 3 quite diverse Chardonnays that are sure to impress at the next dinner party.
Hand picked from a cool, single site about 20 clicks South of Margaret River town. The grapes were picked in 3 batches over 8 days to capture the varying levels of ripeness and add to this complex Chardonnay interpretation. Clean natural acidity is met with 10 months ageing in French oak barrels (38% new) In fact, this wine is fermented in Barrel (rather than just aged in barrel) which leads to a more seamless integration of oak flavour in the wine. There is some lees stirring and malolactic fermentation and the end result is a wine of absolute grace and precision. Citrus Fruits, Almonds and an overall sense of balance and length. Outstanding Chardonnay that will easily lay down for 10 or more years if you're patient.
Yarra Valley Chardonnay often has a more detectable line of acid versus fruit and the fruit profile often hinges more on Pears and Melons rather than a cricket bat of Oak. Seville Hill Chardonnay offers a delicate balance of Oak and almond nuttiness with some typical Yarra Chardonnay fruit notes, figs and a line of Citrus acid that keeps the flavours going (length). This wine is all about elegance and balance and epitomises Australian Cool climate viticulture and winemaking.


I was a bit apprehensive after taking the first dose (my boyfriend was looking at me as if I was about to transform into some sort of magical creature in a strange version of Alice in Wonderland – or Kate in Clinical Trial Land), but I felt fine.
This week we have a guest blogger from Scotland, who is on the same trial as our blogger Hellie. Here, she shares her experience of taking part in a clinical trial. The trial is for the re-purposing of the drug bexarotene, which is being tested for its ability to boost myelin repair.
My name is Kate, I work as an editor and live in Edinburgh with my partner, Steve, and two cats. I'm currently taking part in a clinical trial for bexarotene, a drug which may promote remyelination in people with MS. I was diagnosed with MS in 2016 and I've been taking Tecfidera for just over a year.
I attend the Anne Rowling Clinic in Edinburgh and had read about the bexarotene trial on their website. My neurologist said she thought I might be a good candidate, and after speaking to the senior research nurse on the trial and reading through all the information I decided to sign up. I couldn't think of a good reason not to, really. I'm self-employed and only live a short journey from the clinic, so attending appointments wasn't going to cause too much disruption. Though the prospect of side effects was a bit scary, I was satisfied that I'd be closely monitored and looked after.
My experience of the trial has been very similar to what Hellie details in her blog posts. As part of my initial screening, I had an MRI brain scan in a state of the art MRI machine. As the scanner used for the trial is lot more high-tech than my usual one, it produces higher quality images, so I guess this is one benefit of taking part. There was even mention of people being able to watch Blue Planet while in the machine! I had no such luck, but that was fine as I prefer to shut my eyes and pretend to be somewhere else. After my MRI, I met with the trial consultant who briefly showed me some of the images from the scan.
Once the results of all my tests came back it was time to start the meds. Ah yes, the gigantic meds. Before starting, the team had mentioned how swallowing the pills (my dosage came to six big ones) was sometimes the biggest problem people faced in the trial. I have to admit I was quite blasé about this until I took the first couple, at which point I panicked and almost dialled the clinic crying "I can't do this!" You do get used to them though. After doing a bit of googling on 'how to take massive pills' I found that leaning forward when swallowing helps a lot and stops them feeling like they're getting stuck. I was a bit apprehensive after taking the first dose (my boyfriend was looking at me as if I was about to transform into some sort of magical creature in a strange version of Alice in Wonderland – or Kate in Clinical Trial Land), but I felt fine.
I've been on the trial for around two and a half months and now attend the clinic monthly for monitoring (including a blood test) and to pick up more meds. As you need to fast before each blood test, they also offer some food when you come in, which is really nice of them. I feel quite guilty sitting there as someone who probably has a hundred more important things to do brings me a cup of tea and a pastry, but it's definitely appreciated! The team also have the next batch of meds ready for me to take away. I'm usually in and out within around 30 minutes. The whole research team are absolutely lovely. They take a genuine interest in you, are happy to answer any questions, and are very appreciative of you for taking time out of your life to take part in the trial.
So far, I haven't noticed any side effects and nothing disturbing has been showing up in my blood results, so all in all it's been quite straightforward. I think it's quite likely I'm on the placebo, though of course I can't be sure. I don't think I'll be disappointed if I am. In any case, it's been an interesting experience. I intend to continue with the trial and I'll be interested to see what the outcomes are once the results are out.


Gripping and memorable. Very happy that I picked up this slim, vividly colored novel.
The beginning of the end is when the protagonist's husband walks in to find her hunched over the floor, surrounded by trash bags and Tupperware containers full of frozen meat. It's a vivid image, and like many other scenes in the novel, I found myself having an almost visceral reaction to the struggles of the main character as she attempted to navigate her new revulsion in the face of meat.
This conc ise novel is broken up into three parts: her husband, her brother-in-law, and her sister all narrate different sections. Crucially, we don't receive narration from the titular character although we are given glimpses of her thoughts through brief italicized sections. She feels removed to us, which is pertinent when we consider how in real life we are often removed from those people who are acting in ways contrary to the norm. Raising our eyebrows and making meaningful eye contact with fellow bus passengers, we do our best to ignore those people whose behaviors make us shift with discomfort, or force us to confront the gaps in our society.
Bare in mind that despite the title, vegetarianism isn't really a central theme. The author isn't trying to coax you into reconsidering your cheeseburger lunch. That said, it wouldn't hurt to plan on just a salad after reading.
Review from The Guardian here.
Review from The New York Times here.


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It was déjà vu for the La Cañada High boys' soccer team. The Spartans watched as the ball went into the back of their net in overtime of the CIF Southern Section Division V quarterfinals for the second year in a row.
The golden goal has proven to be La Cañada's Achilles' heel. Salesian got the best of the Spartans on a golden goal last year in a 1-0 win, and Carpentaria had them seeing double, beating La Cañada the same way, 1-0, at home on Friday.
The Warriors squeaked out the game's only goal in the 94th minute. It was the first, and only, loss of the season for La Cañada's (23-1-3), the No. 1 seed in the tournament. The loss also ended the dream of winning a CIF Southern Section championship and making a run in the state playoffs.
"Overtime is tough, especially with the memories of last year," said La Cañada Coach Barry Ritson after his team's second-round overtime win against Whittier Christian.
The Spartans pulled out the dramatic victory against the Heralds at home on Feb. 22. The game went all the way to penalty kicks, as La Cañada dodged the golden goal and came out on top, 2-2 (5-4 in penalty kicks).
Armand Bagramyan and Alex Lee scored for the Spartans against the Heralds. Cameron Meeker assisted on both goals. All five of La Cañada's players converted their penalty kicks, while Spartan goalkeeper, Jack Hale, saved a penalty shot that proved to be the difference.
"Sooner rather than later we had to get lucky," Ritson said. "Every team has to get lucky once, and we did. I'm not happy about the game though."
The game was the Spartans worst performance of the season, Ritson said. It got worse on Friday when luck wasn't on their side against Carpentaria.
La Cañada was tormented by the same demon in its final two games that Ritson had been preaching about the entire season — finishing in the final third of the field. The Spartans had more than 20 shots on goal against Whittier Christian and only managed to score just two.
"Coach [Ritson] kept saying we'd have a tough, really gritty game, where we wouldn't finish our chances like this one," said La Cañada forward Matt Canatta after the win against the Heralds.
It happened again on Friday when the Spartans' offense, which is stacked with scorers, inexplicably shut down and couldn't find the back of the net against Carpentaria.


On June 18th, Adobe rolled out some updated features for their latest release of Adobe Illustrator CC 2014. Included in the update was an improved Pen Tool. Check out the quick tip below showing how to manipulate the new Pen Tool in order to create an easy chalk-like design. Alternatively, you can... Here's a pretty easy way to get a chalkboard look in Photoshop (without getting the chalk dust everywhere).
You can draw these very easily with the chalk brush you've created by using Photoshop's Shape tool. Once you've selected the shape you want from the shape tool menu above, make sure that you have 'Paths' turned on.... Rank History shows how popular Chalk Draw - Chalkboard / Blackboard Doodle Paint Pad is in the iOS app store, and how that�s changed over time.
Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything � walls, kitchen cabinets, metal, wood, and even fabric � but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old.... When you know how to make chalkboard paint, you can turn any wall in your home into a fun space to leave messages for family or let the kids actually draw on the walls and get away with it.
Kids love to draw with chalk and this chalkboard table is perfect for the budding little artist. It will make a great addition to any kid�s bedroom and it�s a really easy project to make.
I never did do much for tracing letters with Henry. George is all about writing and drawing though, so this was right up his alley. We have a large chalkboard to use, but we could (and probably should!) do this outside on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk and water too.


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Q: REST: POST method with payload mutation We have a microservice that will accept some data from another component, process it, enrich it and return it back to the client. What would be the best tradeoff/fix for this case to map it to REST?
We can't use GET because the incoming RQ is quite complex;
POST raises some doubts because even when the resource is rerutned back it is usually identical to the RQ payload, apart from the ID.

A: I think it depends on how much the "process it, enrich it" code changes the resource and if the semantics of the resource is altered in the process.
If your operation barely modifies the resource and so it preserve the meaning, you may want to consider a PATCH operation.
If a lot of fields in the original resource get modified but the resource type stays the same after the operation, you could use a PUT operation.
If the operation alters the resource so deeply that it changes its meaning, you probably are creating a new type of (sub)resource, in which case you will want to do a POST on a different/sub resource URI.

A: Frankly this doesn't really sound like REST to me. Are you really transferring resource states?
To make this more RESTful you might consider:

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*Using PUT to create a resource

*Using GET to get the newly created resource.

Since they are kind of different resources (pre and post 'enrichment') you could argue that the GET and and PUT should happen on different resources, or at least use different media-types.
However, if I were you, I would not use a REST pattern here and just use POST and have that request immediately return the enriched response.


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Awards, news and upcoming events
NIKOLA TESLA´S BEAUTIFUL CROATIA
The 360° film adventure Nikola Tesla's Beautiful Croatia takes you on a breathtaking journey through gorgeous sceneries of Croatia, home country of the inventor Nikola Tesla. Your tour of discovery starts in the middle of his laboratory: the revolutionary invention of the scientist enables a completely new way of travelling, with which you can explore the most beautiful places in Croatia in a way never seen before.
Immerse yourself in the fascinating history of Nikola Tesla and experience Croatia like never before. 2023 at Europa-Park!
YULLBE GO – The Phantom of the Opera
The global phenomenon, The Phantom of the Opera, as you've never seen it before: the world's first VR musical experience, exclusively at YULLBE GO! Immerse yourself in a virtual opera, in which the opera singer Christine is captured by The Phantom. Against the backdrop of Andrew Lloyd Webber's powerful and timeless score, weave your way through incredible illusions and hidden portals to the Phantom's secret lair deep beneath the Paris Opera House!
This new VR experience is the result of a unique collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber's team at the Really Useful Group in the UK. For the first time ever, virtual reality and the musical stage are combined. Are you ready for this once-in-a-lifetime adventure?
Exclusively at YULLBE GO! More information: www.yullbe.com
SIX NEW YULLBE GO LOCATIONS IN EUROPE!
On September 23rd 2022, Europa-Park Resort and MackNeXT opened a new YULLBE GO location at Quartier Q 6 Q 7 in Mannheim, Germany! Discover our variety of different VR adventures and immerse yourself in exciting virtual worlds.
In addition to that, MackNeXT is proud to reveal five new locations for YULLBE GO, four of them outside of Germany! From now on, you can visit our free roaming VR-Experience at Rotax MAX Dome in Austria, at Alton Towers Resort in the United Kingdom, the largest theme park in the UK, and on board of AIDAcosma, which visits ports in the mediterranean sea and orient this year.
New YULLBE GO locations at The Land of Legends in Turkey and at Tegernsee Phantastisch in Germany, an indoor attraction by the Bachmair Group, have been added recently.
ACE Scouts Volume 5
The newest and fifth book of the ACE Scouts novel series by author THiLO is finally available! This time, the scouts have to uncover the magical secret of the empress Josefina, meet the Yomis and save an ancient dragon. "Die Fliegenden Schule der Abenteurer – Das Herz des Drachen" is available in your local bookstore and online at http://bit.ly/ACE_Band5.
Rulantica 3 is out now!
The third book of our Rulantica novel series published by Coppenrath Verlag is finally available! Join the lovely main characters Finja, Mats and Snorri on their biggest adventure yet! You can find the novel at your local bookstore or online at http://bit.ly/RulanticaRoman3.
YULLBE Go wins Trickstar Business Award
We´re really proud to announce that YULLBE Go just won the Trickstar Business Award 2022 at the 29th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS)! The prize distinguishes companies and projects in the field of animation that have an innovative and groundbreaking business model.
Brass Ring Award for YULLBE
We won the IAAPA Brass Ring Award for "Best New Product" for YULLBE. We are so proud! With YULLBE we created a new way of storytelling! With the Brass Ring Awards IAAPA is awarding the innovation and unwavering spirit of the leisure industry. Named for the rings given to carousel riders at the very first amusement parks, the IAAPA Brass Ring Award is a symbol of achievement
Now available: volume 3 – "Dinosaurier in der Flugschule"
This time, a very special surprise awaits Leon and Sophie. Grandma even raises real pterosaurs in the meantime. Will the two siblings manage to teach the pterosaurs to fly?
New 4D film for Chimelong Group
Mack Animation presents its latest 4D film production, Kaka and Kiki's Magical Circus Adventure, created for Chimelong Group in China. This is the company's 5th 4D film production, as it continues its global expansion in the field of attraction media.
The film features two of Chimelong's much-loved mascots, Kaka and Kiki, who venture into a magical circus world that has been taken over by evil spirits. Here, they meet a new character the Cirus Genie, and together they work to banish the evil spirits, overcoming a range of challenges and doing some daredevil stunts along the way.
HAPPY FAMILY 2
The Wünschmann family returns!
Following the success of "Happy Family" in 2017, the sequel "Happy Family 2" is now being released in cinemas across Germany. It is already the second international film produced by Mack Animation.
The Germany-wide release of "Happy Family 2" is on November 04, 2021.
Amber Blake: Operation Dragonfly
The tough agent Amber Blake is the brainchild of Belgian super model Jade Lagardère and is currently mostly known among comic fans. With the new YULLBE PRO experience, you can now experience Amber Blake up close. The plot of Operation Dragonfly is based on the third book of the comic series and is set in front of the imposing skyline of Singapore. In the fight against a mysterious villain, Amber Blake needs your support… and the mission will soon develop into a sheer thriller for your nerves.
In order to create an even more immersive experience, the YULLBE PRO equipment has been extended with additional features especially for Amber Blake: Operation Dragonfly.
Amber Blake: Operation Dragonfly will be available for YULLBE PRO in 2022.
"TRAUMATICA." – New content for YULLBE GO
As of now, we're back playing our new and improved version of YULLBE GO: TRAUMATICA. Ready to get spooked?
With this addition, there are now FIVE different contents you can choose from at YULLBE GO Rust!
"Alpha Mods P.D." – New content for YULLBE GO
Alpha Mods P.D. Our new VR content is finally available on YULLBE GO!
"VALERIAN" – New content for YULLBE GO
Based on the famous blockbuster, the new Valerian experience transforms yourself into heroes in the middle of a spectacular science fiction universe. Our guests can slip into their spacesuit and enter the "city of a thousand planets". Thanks to the special suit, guests can jump through walls at the speed of sound, just like in the movies!
Valerian – The City of a Thousand Planets is a 2017 film adaptation by director Luc Besson, based on the science fiction comics Valerian et Laureline.
Alongside Eurosat Coastiality, opening in 2018, it's another time the Mack family has presented a VR experience based around this futuristic and unique universe.
Golden Ticket Award for "Pirates of Batavia"
245 years of history, tradition and innovation. Thank you Amusement Today for the publishers pick renaissance award for PIRATES IN BATAVIA! The MackNeXT team which put a lot of work, heart and soul into this project is very proud of this award.
Only one year after Michael Mack founded MackNeXT we are now voted as "innovator of the year 2020" by the renowned trade magazine "Die Deutsche Wirtschaft".
New partnership with Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
MackNeXT and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg entered into a strategic partnership. During a panel talk in Germany's largest theme park, Michael Mack and Prof. Thomas Schadt (director of FABW) officially announced the partnership. We are really looking forward to creating a new level of entertainment.
Volume 2 of the new children's book series about new and existing attractions at Europa-Park. The book about the Voletarium takes our 4 ACE scouts to a secret place again: the so far undiscovered seventh continent… but more will not be revealed – have fun reading!!!
THE FUTURE LAB OF ENTERTAINMENT
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Scott Chappelle and Strathmore Real Estate Group Congratulates Client Cracker Barrel On Yet Another Successful Opening
December 11, 2020 | admin123 | Scott Chappelle Strathmore Development
Scott Chappelle and Strathmore Real Estate Group have a stellar reputation for real estate including development, sales and leasing, acquisition, and management all over the Midwestern and Southeast United States as well as Ontario, Canada. They work in a wide variety of verticals, from apartment complexes and student housing to retail, restaurants, and entertainment centers. They have worked with notable clients like Lowe's, Rockefeller, Chick-fil-a, and, most recently, Cracker Barrel.
"We'd like to congratulate Cracker Barrel on another truly successful opening in Riverview, Florida," says a representative of Strathmore Development Scott Chappelle. "It was a team effort of our dedicated team of engineers, attorneys, CPAs, and other real estate professionals and Cracker Barrel's excellent group of representatives that made this new location possible."
Cracker Barrel is a Tennessee-based company with 664 stores in 45 states. They always source domestically grown produce and ingredients for their home cooked recipes. From their green beans and potatoes to farm-raised catfish and domestic beef, you can truly taste the difference. They still hand-roll their biscuits, make their mashed potatoes and gravy from scratch, and slow roast their roast beef for 18 hours to stay true to their authentic, country-style southern cooking, explained Scott Chappelle.
Strathmore Real Estate Group has worked directly with Cracker Barrel previously. The restaurant giant partnered with Strathmore Development to place one of its stores in Strathmore's Riverview 14 Entertainment District back in March of 2020, says Scott Chappelle.
"The project originally started construction in October of 2019," says Scott Chappelle, a representative of Strathmore Real Estate Group. "It took about five months to complete and prepare for the opening. We were really proud of the timeline. It wouldn't have been possible without the collaboration of our team and their fantastic owners."
Strathmore Development specializes in real estate development, debt acquisition, management, sales, and leasing. The group's senior management team averages over 30 years of experience in the industry and the members are each considered thought-leaders in their field, explained Scott Chappelle.
"We strive for extraordinary results," says Scott Chappelle, a Strathmore Real Estate Group representative. "Our expertise and experience have given us the confidence to evaluate and execute some truly cutting-edge designs."
Strathmore Development extends a heartfelt and well-earned "Congratulations!" to the new managers and employees of the newest Cracker Barrel Country Store in Riverview, Florida. "We love working with Cracker Barrel, and we hope to see this partnership continue well into the future," says Scott Chappelle and Strathmore Real Estate Group.
For more information regarding Strathmore Real Estate Group's Riverview 14 project, please contact Terry Benton at terryb@c-devco.com.
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