The world is changing and to survive we must change with it. No longer an industrial society, we have to embrace technology and innovation to compete. But what drives technology and innovation? What makes one product more successful than another? Perhaps design drives innovation.
Higher education matters because it drives innovation and economic transformation. Higher education helps to produce economic growth, which in turn contributes to national prosperity….Employing graduates creates innovation, enabling firms to identify and make more effective use of knowledge, ideas and technology.
However, in order for design to drive innovation, students need to be knowledgeable in other disciplines other than design. According to the report on Multi-disciplinary Design Education in the UK, innovation drives new skills and a supply of differently skilled people drives innovation. Therefore, we need people who can not only design but have had exposure to other disciplines other than their own and are comfortable working with teams in many disciplines.
Designers, in order to be competitive, need skills beyond design in order to be competitive.
They need to be able to understand and articulate the client's needs and markets.
Designers need the communication skills to explain their work to employers.
Designers often business owners so they need entrepreneurial skills as well.
Designers need to gain exposure to a variety of established businesses, writing design briefs and working in teams with authentic businesses.
Designers that have a broader view of science and technology so they can work with the subject experts.
Working with engineering students, materials scientists and computing specialists will help designers know more about the design of environmentally sustainable products.
There are many ways for universities to integrate multidisciplinary design in their courses. They can use authentic client projects, mentors from businesses, bring in visiting lecturers, help students get internships in businesses other than design businesses. This exposure will raise the likelihood their students will be employed and help drive the economy in innovation.
Multi-disciplinary Design Education in the UK. Report and recommendations from the Multi-Disciplinary Design Network, November 2010.
Quote: Lord Browne of Madingley (2010). Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education. as quoted in Multi-disciplinary Design Education in the UK. Report and recommendations from the Multi-Disciplinary Design Network, November 2010.
A written reflection on my learning as I read Creating Significant Learning Experiences by Dee Fink.
We have a problem in higher education. Although most, if not all, faculty members desire their students to achieve higher learning experiences, they (the faculty) teach in a form that does not promote higher learning. The problem is that students are not learning because they did not have a significant learning experience during the course and so easily forget the material.
In a powerful learning experience, students will be engaged in their own learning, there will be a high energy level associated with it, and the whole process will have important outcomes or results. Not only will students be learning throughout the course, by the end of the course they will clearly have changed in some important way—they will have learned something important. And that learning will have the potential for changing their lives in an important way.
Frank Smith in his book, The Book of Learning and Forgetting, argues, "We can only learn from activities that are interesting and comprehensible to us; in other words, activities that are satisfying. If this is not the case, only inefficient rote learning, or memorization, is available to us and forgetting is inevitable" (1998, p. 87).
According to Fink, significant learning includes enhancing the student's life, the life of others and prepares the students for work.
Okay. So how do we do that? How do we change a person's learning experience so that the student has changed in some way? How do we change from teaching something to providing a learning experience?
• Challenge students to significant kinds of learning. • Use active forms of learning. • Have teachers who care-about the subject, their students, and about teaching and learning. • Have teachers who interact well with students. • Have a good system of feedback, assessment, and grading.
Fink has created a taxonomy of significant learning which includes six categories that interconnect.
Foundational Knowledge, being able to understand and remember information and ideas.
Application, putting the knowledge to use with skills, with creative, critical and practical thinking, and managing projects.
Integration, or the connections between other things, other people other ideas.
Human Dimension, or learning about self and others-the social implications of what they have learned.
By using the taxonomy above, learning goes beyond knowledge mastery which makes learning more worthwhile and interesting.
Redesigning a course has the potential to solve three major problems teachers frequently face. If students don't read, then redesign the course to give students a reason to do the readings. If students are bored, the redesign the course away from lectures and include more active learning. If students don't retain the information, then give the learners more experience using what they have learned.
Fink, D.L. (2003) Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Josse Bass Higher and Adult Education) Kindle Edition.
I found that I really enjoy course design. I have this book called Creating Significant Learning Experiences by Dee Fink that I used as a tool to help me design my course, twentyfirstcenturyclassroom.com. I found out today that I can take a course through Dee Fink's company on Significant Learning, http://www.deefinkandassociates.com/index.php/onlinecourse/. I'm thinking of taking it. But I need a new course. Maybe I will create a course on web design. Anyway, I'm pretty psyched.
When I was taking courses at Kent, I struggled with professors who left out portions of the course because I like to know everything involved before I begin a course. One of my professors has all her content accessible a few days before the course begins and my personality really likes that. I have had other students note that a very detailed syllabus is overwhelming. So how does one accommodate someone like them and someone like me? Do I make the syllabus shorter as you suggest, leaving out some of the detail?…or is the compromise that the syllabus is shorter like you propose but yet the entire course is available for people like me who need the detail to plan their time?
This is probably less of an issue with undergraduate, younger students, but I am very specific about what I want to do with my degree and how I plan to use it. I've dropped three courses because the syllabi were so vague and the instructor was unattainable or otherwise couldn't explain what we would actually be doing in class. I want to be sure it meets my needs. And if I'm not sure, I don't take the class. I did make an exception. I wanted to take the Photoshop workshop but I didn't want to retouch photos and that sort of thing; my interest is in the graphic design techniques and typographic effects that can be accomplished with Photoshop. The instructor refused to give out any details before the class began, not even a short syllabus like you suggest. I took the course anyway thinking in an instructional technology degree that the emphasis was hopefully on design rather than photography. I was wrong. The course is well thought out and professionally done (impressive actually). But 3/4s of the class are techniques used in photography and photo retouching. I have no interest or use for that. So I spent a thousand dollars on a course that is meant for photo hobbyists (workshops are 100% cost, day one.) I'm learning new things but I can do that on my own. A syllabus would have steered my toward a course more useful to my goals. So I am very sensitive to what is offered in a Syllabus. I don't think there is a need to surprise students. If it is too much to read, then they don't have to read it, right?
Is it necessary for an online course to have discussions? I realize that we learn from each other. I have a group assignment in which everyone has to work together; wouldn't that be learning from each other?
So I'm thinking, is it necessary to have "discussions" like we do on the discussion boards, or is it also effective to discuss as part of the group project? I have read that students need to "know each other" before they work well together with collaboration projects. I'm doing a coffee shop, but maybe that is not enough. I feel like I should add a discussion because "everyone else does." But on the other hand, that is not a good reason, especially for quality instructional design, where we learn that only what will strengthen the "big idea" is what should be included.
I finally know what the problem is!
For the course on the 21st Century Classroom, I need to solve a problem.
A. Technology is not being used in the classroom to improve learning because teachers lack the skills and knowledge to use them effectively.
B. Students do not have the team-building and technology skills for the jobs of the future.
As I reflect on my proposed course, I am reading this article, Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in Technology-based Classrooms: A Developmental View . It states that teachers normally use linear methods to teach and disregard computers, and hold on to teacher centered teaching rather than student centered learning. According to the authors a major cause of this "disappointment" is because of teacher personal beliefs and theories about education. As teacher's beliefs determine how and why teacher's adopt new methods, the authors postulate that it is important to investigate teacher's beliefs. Makes sense.


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A Relaxed Mike Ford Doing Damage with RailRiders
Features Notebook
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TJ Sikkema returns to mound for Hudson Valley after two missed seasons
Taking an analytical look at Single-A Tampa's performance: Pitchers
A series for the history books: Rachel Balkovec and the Tampa Tarpons win the opening series in Lakeland
Takeaways from Hudson Valley Renegades Media Day 2022
"Feeling blessed": Rachel Balkovec blazes a new path as a female manager
2022 Tampa Tarpons staff headed by a groundbreaking manager
Under The Radar Yankees Pitching Prospects At The Upper Levels
These Yankees Prospects Need A Rebound Year in 2022
Yankees 2022 Minor League New Year's Resolutions
Pinstriped Prospects 2021 Organizational All-Star Team: First Base
Inside Yankee Hitting Coach Dillon Lawson's Hitting Philosophy
Pinstriped Prospects Organizational All-Star Team - Catcher
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders' Mike Ford at home against the Syracuse Chiefs on Thursday, August 30, 2018. (Photo by Martin Griff)
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MOOSIC, Pa. – Last spring was a rollercoaster for Mike Ford. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders first baseman was selected by the Seattle Mariners during the Rule 5 Draft in December 2017 but didn't make the big-league club the following spring. He was returned to the New York Yankees on March 24, 2018. Ford would have to…
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DJ Eberle covers the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders for Pinstriped Prospects. He is the former RailRiders beat reporter for the Times Leader newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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waitFor and Pause Both are synchronization commands.
Waits for a new page to load.
You can use this command instead of the "AndWait" suffixes, "clickAndWait", "selectAndWait", "typeAndWait" etc. (which are only available in the JS API).
Selenium constantly keeps track of new pages loading, and sets a "newPageLoaded" flag when it first notices a page load. Running any other Selenium command after turns the flag to false. Hence, if you want to wait for a page to load, you must wait immediately after a Selenium command that caused a page-load.
waitTime – the amount of time to sleep (in milliseconds) Wait for the specified amount of time (in milliseconds).
If pages loads before the time it will continue to next step.
For an in-depth understanding and practical experience, Explore Online Selenium Training.
Let's say there are 6 commands in your script and you want to pause your script at 3rd command.
Right click on command 3 and select Toggle/Break Point. Automatically you can see pause symbol in the test case pane. Your test will be paused at command 3. If you want to remove the pause repeat the same step. Pause symbol should be removed.
Let's say there are 6 commands in your script and you want to start your script from 3rd command.
Right click on command 3 and select set/clear start point. Automatically you can see RUN Symbol in the test case pane. If you start running the script. Your test will be start running from command 3. If you want to remove the start point repeat the above step. RUN symbol should be removed.
Let's say there are 6 commands in your script and you want to execute 3rd command.
Right click on command 3 and select Execute this command. Automatically that command will be executed. Or you can double click on that command. Command will be executed.


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Sports Injuriesmjmedina2019-02-06T15:06:19+00:00
Cervical spine injuries can occur during non-laborious activities and high-energy trauma, so it is understandable that neck injuries can and often do occur during sports activities. Neck muscle strains, ligament sprains and disc injuries are reasonably common. However, there are two types of neck injuries that occur most frequently during sports: stingers, or burner and transient quadriplegia (TQ), or cervical cord neurapraxia. These injuries can affect athletes participating in almost any sport, but occur most often in football, wrestling and other contact sports. Stingers are the most common. Transient quadriplegia is much less common, but more dangerous.
How are they diagnosed?
Stingers and transient quadriplegia are often "diagnoses of exclusion," meaning that other causes should be evaluated for and ruled out before these diagnoses are made. Frequently, patients will have a severe neck strain or herniated disc that will mimic some of the symptoms of a stinger or TQ. It is important for the clinician to conduct a thorough history and clinical examination prior to formulating a diagnosis so as not to misdiagnose this condition. Imaging studies such as X-rays and MRI are often essential to clarify and confirm the diagnosis.
What are the treatment options?
The treatment of stingers and transient quadriplegia is focused on regaining and improving the strength of the affected extremity(s), as well as the neck and core muscles. An athlete should generally not return to sport until the strength has returned to an adequate, pre-injury level. Patients who are noted to have spinal stenosis should be carefully evaluated by a spine specialist. Return to play criteria should be individualized. At times, surgical decompression may facilitate resolution of the stenosis, improve symptoms and prevent recurrence. General return-to-play guidelines are listed below.
* Please note – these are only guidelines; each individual athlete must be carefully evaluated by a qualified physician after an injury is sustained, and the decision to allow an athlete to return or not return to sport must be individualized and is ultimately made by the treating and/or team physician.
1. No Contraindications to Return to Play **
Single-level Klippel-Feil deformity/congenital fusion below C2
Spina bifida occulta
Resolved stinger or brachial plexus neurapraxia (2 or less)
Healed herniated disc
Healed subaxial cervical spine fracture (C3-C7)
Healed facet fracture
Healed lamina fracture
Healed spinous process fracture (clay shoveler's fracture)
Healed one-level anterior cervical fusion
Healed single or multiple level posterior cervical foraminotomy
2. Relative Contraindications to Return to Play **
Resolved transient quadriplegia (one episode)
Resolved stinger or brachial plexus neurapraxia (three or more)
Non-healed/non-resolved asymptomatic herniated disc or severe foraminal stenosis
Healed C1 fracture
Healed C2 or Odontoid fracture
Any healed subaxial spine fracture with minimal or mild residual displacement, deformity or decreased range-of-motion
Healed two-level anterior cervical fusion
Healed one-level posterior cervical fusion
3. Absolute Contraindications to Return to Play or Participation **
Clinical or radiographic evidence of rheumatoid arthritis, anklosing spondylitis or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Arnold-Chiari malformation
Os odontoidium or congenital odontoid agenesis/hypoplasia
Klippel-Feil deformity/congenital fusion or anomaly involving C1 and/or C2
Multiple-level Klippel-Feil deformity/congenital fusion below C2
C1-C2 hypermobility or instability (ADI > 4 mm)
Spear tacklers spine deformity
Transient quadriplegia (2 or more episodes)
Non-healed/non-resolved symptomatic herniated disc or severe foraminal stenosis
MRI evidence of spinal cord contusion, edema or abnormality
Any healed cervical spine fracture/dislocation (lateral mass fracture with subluxation/dislocation)
Any healed cervical spine fracture or injury with residual instability > 3.5 mm/11°
Any healed subaxial spine fracture with residual displacement, deformity or decreased range-of-motion
C1-C2 fusion
Three-level (or more) anterior cervical fusion
Two-level (or more) posterior cervical fusion
Cervical laminectomy or laminaplasty
** Athletes who are diagnosed with conditions in category I or II should be essentially pain-free, have normal cervical range-of-motion, normal cervical lordosis and normal strength and sensation before returning to sport. Athletes diagnosed with a condition in category III should generally not be allowed to return to sport, regardless of pain or neurologic status.
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Rapper author-composer and director of Belgian films and video clips, this Belgian man-orchestra of Congolese origin was born in Lubumbashi in the DRC. This year, on May 3rd to be precise, he released a remix of his 3rd album "137 avenue kaniama", a touch of originality, a single mixed track that lasts almost an hour. They include 2 remixes "spotlight" and "Indian winter".
Influenced by the American style of outkast, and especially by Congolese rumba, Baloji proves to be a Transcultural artist. His songs evoke subjects of all kinds, and especially the realities of his country of origin, the DRC.
We' ll give you a glimpse of Baloji's works with this video clip title independence, referring to the years of independence of the two Congo.


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Johan Barger (Amsterdam, 8 december 1853 – Leeuwarden, 2 mei 1900) was een Nederlandse dominee en moordenaar.

Biografie

Barger werd geboren te Amsterdam, als zoon van de timmerman Petrus Barger en Johanna ten Broekhorst. Hij studeerde theologie te Utrecht en was vanaf 2 mei 1880 predikant te Goudswaard. Wegens huwelijksproblemen ontvluchtte hij zijn woning, waarna hij in 1882 zijn ambt tijdelijk neerlegde. In 1883 werd hij hulppredikant te Lettelbert, waar hij in 1884 predikant werd. In 1885 werd hij benoemd te Garnwerd. Op 16 juli 1885 trouwde hij voor de tweede maal, nu met Eilke Venema. In 1888 werd hij aangesteld in Harlingen, waar hij woonde aan de Noorderhaven 29.

Hij leerde er de 17-jarige Cato Mirande kennen, die catechisatielessen bij hem volgde. Ze hielp de domineesvrouw met naai- en verstelwerk, en werd een huisvriendin. Barger had vanaf 24 november 1892 seksueel contact met haar. Op 30 januari 1894 maakte hij een scène op een huwelijksfeest van de Mirandes, waarna Cato's vader haar verbood contact te hebben met de dominee. Deze haalde zijn vrouw over Cato uit te nodigen. Op 6 maart 1894 sloot Barger Cato, op dat moment 23 jaar oud, op in een voorkamertje en maakte avances. Toen zij hem afwees schoot hij haar dood met een revolver die hij in Amsterdam had gekocht. Daarna liep hij naar het politiebureau, waar hij agent Johs. v.d. Meulen vertelde dat hij een moord begaan had. Tijdens het verhoor zei hij: "Ik ben geen Christen meer, ik ben een schurk, ik heb een moord gedaan!"

Barger kreeg in april mr. W.B. Buma toegewezen als verdediger. Tijdens de zitting die op 24 mei plaatsvond, eiste het Openbaar Ministerie levenslang. De verdediger bestreed dat er sprake was geweest van moord met voorbedachten rade. Barger werd op 2 juni 1894 door het gerechtshof te Leeuwarden veroordeeld tot levenslange gevangenisstraf, mede op basis van aantekeningen uit zijn dagboek. Hij tekende tegen het vonnis appel aan. Ook het Openbaar Ministerie ging in hoger beroep; het wilde bereiken dat bij het eventueel omzetten van de levenslange gevangenisstraf in een lagere straf, Barger toch zou worden ontzet uit de rechten zoals bedoeld in artikel 28 sub 1-5 van het Wetboek van Strafrecht. Op 13 juli diende het hoger beroep.

Het vonnis werd op 25 juli 1894 in hoger beroep bevestigd. Bargers huwelijk met Eilke Venema werd op 16 april 1895 te Harlingen ontbonden.
Hij overleed op 46-jarige leeftijd in gevangenschap en werd begraven op het kerkhof van de gevangenis van Leeuwarden.

Volkslied
Over dominee Barger en de door hem gepleegde moord werd in 1894 een volksliedje gemaakt:

Tarara boemdiee
De blikken dominee
Die schoot met kruit en lood
Zijn arme naaister dood

Nu zit hij in de kast
Al aan een ketting vast
De jongens roepen luid:
Die komt er nooit meer uit

Bibliografie
 In 1875 had Barger een dichtbundel gepubliceerd, getiteld Van Bloesems en knoppen.
 In 2011 publiceerde Simon Vuyk over Barger het boek De blikken dominee (Friese Pers Boekerij, ISBN 9789033009907).

Nederlands predikant
Nederlands crimineel

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Q: Scala, Casbah: MongoCollection.insert compilation errors I am trying to write function that writes data to MongoDB using Casbah toolkit:
  import com.mongodb.casbah.WriteConcern
      import ...

  def saveRecord(rec: MongoDBObject) {
    mongoColl.insert(rec)
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I get the following errors:
1) No implicit view available from Object => com.mongodb.casbah.Imports.DBObject.

2) not enough arguments for method insert: (implicit dbObjView: Object => com.mongodb.casbah.Imports.DBObject, implicit concern: com.mongodb.WriteConcern, implicit encoder: com.mongodb.casbah.Imports.DBEncoder)com.mongodb.casbah.Imports.WriteResult. Unspecified value parameter dbObjView.

What's wrong?

A: I'm not sure without full imports, but try to change MongoDBObject to com.mongodb.DBObject or add import com.mongodb.casbah.Imports._

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SuperChargers Confirmed
11:36 PM - Tuesday the 2nd of June, 2015 - by dark52
Well, there we have it, Skylanders: SuperChargers confirmed. Thanks to Eurogamer (link now broken) and new forum member BOOMCAKE we have a look at some of the new characters, vehicles, and reposes as well as the logo for the new game.
Backing up the recent Amazon listings there is a reposed version of Stealth Elf along with reposes for Trigger Happy and Terrafin, bringing them each up to Series 4. If the Amazon information is indeed correct then the middle of the three new Skylanders is called Spitfire, no names are known for the other two just yet.
The official embargo is anticipated to be lifted sometime tomorrow so expect more details on Skylanders: SuperChargers very soon!
#1 skylandersspyro 23:41:54 02/06/2015
Cool as heck
#2 HIR 23:43:56 02/06/2015
Nothing to see here, just more stuff to suck up kids' allowance money.
#3 Bifrost 23:47:23 02/06/2015
HIR,just because you're not interested doesn't mean only kids would be. I am interested... Slightly, but I am, more than SF at least.
I'm unfortunately reminded of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts looking at this. Maybe Rare's aiding in development? XP
Quote: HIR
They'd have to be seriously be trying to make something of that sort,plus it's not the same genre. This feels more like they put the Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed cars in a beat-em-up. Unless they changed the gameplay this time,which would be unwise to say the least. We'll see that in a few hours probably.
#6 PwnageFTW 00:47:27 03/06/2015
I really hope they make a Series 2
#7 superhalite 01:30:12 03/06/2015
Well ok then!
#8 Street50 02:54:11 03/06/2015
I think this is a bad move for skylanders. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade and i know we got a few who will like this obviously.
But point would be that both Disney infinity and Lego have a focus on cars and such.
It's also the one thing i am betting Disney infinity will do better then them.
But I think this move is going to turn more people away then going to bring in.
#9 WilltheWizard 03:12:20 03/06/2015
HYYYYYPE!
#10 SennyBonku 07:20:47 03/06/2015
LOOOL. After a decent move with Trap Team and releasing minimal version of reposes (yeah, Minis could be counted as ones but at least they were technically different characters) it seems we will return to the standards from SF. Who needs elevents Trigger Happy, fourth Terrafin and sixth or seventh Stealth Elf? Not to mention that new characters looks so... awful. I agree with HIR, they just want to suck money from fans.
And veihicles are the new gimmick? Yeah... Putting vehicles and drivers as gimmicks is just lack of ideas in my eyes. Skylanders games were great platformers, racing game with them will be just another attempt to copy Mario Kart, except in the lesser you don't need to buy 2 figures just to play it.
@Street50 - DI doesn't focus on cars completly. Vehicles are just addition. Lego can have anything in their game, assuming how many franchises they've claimed and can implant into game. It seems that Skylanders 5 at least in half will have to focus on vehicles, because they are the "new gimmick".
#11 CountMoneyBone 11:23:30 03/06/2015
this art style remind me of the hotwheels toys, this might be the first skylanders game i skip... its becoming to kiddified.
#12 GillGrunt4Ever 12:53:37 03/06/2015
Aw man they didn't include Light/Dark in the logo! Plus, look at Trigger Happy! Is he wearing a bib or a cape? What did they do to him?
#13 Bifrost 13:50:52 03/06/2015
Quote: GillGrunt4Ever
Dark and Light are on the background, they didn't specify why it's not on the logo. Trigger Happy apparently is wearing Speed Racer-like cosplay but I can't see that at all.
Also,the game is really a vehicle game slapped on top of a hack-and-slash(completely screwed up the genre yesterday). It's nor Nuts and Bolts because you don't build cars,you just change their stats and appearance, and not Racing Transformed because the vehicles are set to one type of terrain. Now how much of race and how much of button mash is up to question.
#14 CrystalFissure 07:18:07 04/06/2015
They really need to detach Spyro from this. Looks like an interesting concept, but in my opinion, Skylanders as a whole isn't super-creative. The characters are cool, but gameplay wise there's literally nothing that stands out about the games. It feels like a combat based button masher, which gets tired after a while. Just like TLoS. I realise I've probably offended 2/3 of the board here, but it's just the way I feel about those games.
That being said, this has the potential to be cool. The actual environments look awesome; I just wish they'd do something creative with them, instead of hiding a majority of things behind a damn paywall (Giant boxes, Swap Force doors, Skylander type doors etc).
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Skylanders games were great platformers, .
I was going to say literally the exact opposite about Skylanders. Particularly Swap Force. The first two games you can't even jump! As a platformer, the gameplay is unimaginative as it can get. I'm talking about the platforming and the way you get around levels. Not the whole game obviously (as I mentioned, everything looks good), but I just don't see how any of them are great games. Spyro 1-3 changed the formula up each time while still being similar. And offered an actual challenge despite being aimed at a younger market.
"This isn't Spyro enough for me, get Spyro out of it"
Well darn time for Acti to throw their plans out of the window and change everything because apparently his IP has a genre meter.
They're not coming back to full plataformers outside of the 3DS versions until they feel like it. I'd rather have him in a hack-and-slash than nowhere.
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Eh, whether you're being snarky or not, it doesn't change the point that the series has made Spyro as irrelevant as they ever could. Where people get excited about unrelated comic books, as opposed to actually using the IP in a meaningful way. Same with Crash too; what a disgrace.
To me, Skylanders is unimaginative compared to what they could have done. Everyone says "it's for the kids", as if Spyro the Dragon wasn't originally for the kids either. The difference is, the latter actually had substance to their characters. They weren't about selling more DLC to unlock irrelevant mini-games and challenges. By definition, the series is a sell-out.
UNRELATED comic books? Both the books and comics are part of the canon, just because you don't touch a controller doesn't make anything irrelevant.
And I'll just repeat myself. I prefer Spyro a second-in-command and in physical DLC than being down there in the limbo with Crash. Also the toys don't unlock minigames and challenges, they're other characters entirely. Now, we can continue to argue like everyone that shows up in the Skylanders forums for that does.
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Rodney Dangerfield had a great line about how he went to the fights and a hockey game broke out. It was a concise and witty commentary on the frequency of bench-emptying fist fights between hockey teams. We're going to witness a similar trend in energy storage conferences. Many will transform into data analytics events.
Energy storage has extraordinary potential to transform electric utility operations and business models. There are many moving parts to it – there are almost daily announcements about new breakthroughs in chemistries that improve energy density, safety, and number of roundtrip charges and discharges.
Some moving parts of the energy storage market will mirror trends and characteristics of solar energy. Energy storage breakthroughs will result in rapid decreases in costs that have been witnessed in solar technology production and deployment. Privately-owned energy storage, like rooftop solar, will create whole new businesses that focus on deployment and maintenance of batteries and local jobs that require skilled workers. Energy storage solutions will also challenge utilities and regulators – another example of how technology outpaces policy. Just like net metering and feed-in tariffs were created for distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, special tariffs will be created for energy storage assets that are not owned by utilities.
There is added complexity to energy storage tariffs insofar as batteries can deliver a variety of difference services to utilities ranging from ancillary services to keeping the lights on for specific periods of time during grid service disruptions. While solar panels constitute opportunities for their owners to reduce purchases of electricity from a utility or sell power back to it, energy storage has a greater variety of potential business cases. In addition to firming renewable sources of generation, owners of energy storage assets will have new opportunities to transact with utilities or with energy services aggregators. The basis of these transactions may be to place distributed energy storage assets alongside solar generation to enable greater participation in demand response programs. Today, demand response usually means a business must modify their operations to accommodate reductions in energy use. For some businesses, that may not be feasible as they lack that flexibility in their use of energy, or don't want to invest in management systems that support automated responses to DR events. But if that business can rely on energy storage to take up the slack for demand response or other utility requests for capacity, voltage, or frequency responses, then they can earn money leveraging their energy storage assets.
And that's how a funny thing happened when I attended a recent Agrion event about energy storage. A data analytics event broke out. In order for companies to participate in these new types of transactions, there's a significant amount of data that must be gathered and analyzed. One company, Bosch Energy Storage Solutions has focused on development of complex software analytics and algorithms to define customer power needs. They are building data sets to forecast energy use patterns based on a number of historical and realtime data sources. They look 24 hours ahead to anticipate energy use as well as review the last week and the last year's data to understand historical patterns of use in order to formulate the best energy storage management decisions. Another company, Stem, created a software platform that uses predictive algorithms to manage individual energy storage systems and aggregated storage systems to perform load reduction in conjunction with utilities' operational needs. They collect granular usage data at a higher resolution than what is gathered by smart meters and combine this data with tariff information to build reliable financial models and determine the optimal times to discharge and charge batteries.
These are two examples where data analytics applications help run energy storage as cost-effectively as possible, and help build the business cases for sales resources to sell storage solutions to customers. There will be many more applications to follow that help energy storage solution purchasers determine which technologies and what storage applications make the most sense based on unique requirements. So don't be surprised if you go to an energy storage event and discover that it's a data analytics event too.


From time to time, every Project Manager will find themselves managing difficult conversations. Because it is an important part of our role. But it's one we'd rather not have. Then, of course, at the end of a hard day or week at work, you leave work. And again, you will have to face these types of conversation at home, with friends and in social situations.
We all know a difficult conversation as soon as it gets started – in fact, we mostly spot it in advance. This triggers adversarial or defensive reactions that just make things worse.
There are ways to plan and manage a difficult conversation to vastly increase the chances that it will go well. You want the other person will listen and participate constructively. You also want a good outcome. So, in this guide, I'll offer you some practical techniques to give you confidence when you are managing difficult conversations.
We all know a difficult conversation as soon as it starts.
In fact, we mostly spot it in advance.
And that triggers an adversarial or defensive reaction which does nothing but make the conversation more difficult still.
We need to understand what makes conversations difficult, and find ways to manage them effectively. As with all things, if you prepare for it and follow a sound process, you give yourself the best chance of success.
An assessment of what makes a conversation difficult?
Strong emotions are the first thing that comes to mind in making conversation difficult. This is usually because we know that there are important consequences to getting it right or wrong. As a result, one particularly strong emotion can dominate: fear.
We fear the consequences: succeed or fail.
This also gives us another contributing factor: uncertainty. The high stakes and emotions of a difficult conversation make it hard to predict what will happen.
And there's another common factor: baggage. We pick up emotional and interpretational baggage along our journeys. These conflict with other people's baggage.
Because you are scared, you have not prepared, or you hope the problem will go away on its own.
you will have plenty of time to do it right.
Your basic turf is home, away, or neutral territory. Let's look at each.
Calling people to your desk, or into your office shifts the balance of power to your side. Often this shift will unbalance the conversation, and make it hard for the other person to relax, and respond productively.
Likewise, going to where the other person is comfortable will make it easy for them. If you have prepared well, and are confident, this can be a very positive gesture.
Often, your best approach will be to hold the meeting in a neutral place. The most common option is a meeting room. There, you can sit next to each other without the desk as a barrier. A god orientation is on two sides of a corner.
Also consider somewhere like a hotel lobby or coffee shop. But you do need to consider the implications of this choice within the culture you're working in.
Often, in the heat of your difficult conversation, it will be easy to forget just how much the relationship matters. If that happens, you can easily slip into dis-respectful language… or worse. And once that has happened, there may be no easy way back.
Before you enter into any difficult conversation, you need to know your range of acceptable outcomes. This should run from your ideal goal, down to your minimum acceptable outcome.
It's vital to keep your goals realistic. If you set your expectations too high, it will make and already difficult conversation into a lost cause.
Take the long view of the issue you are dealing with. You will find managing difficult conversations easier if you prepare based on a sense of how things need to turn out in 6 months or maybe even 6 years. This will allow you to anticipate short-term problems and set-backs with equanimity.
Over the course of a long project management career, you'll get them all: arguments, blame, denial, tears.
You can't control the other person's responses. But you can foresee them, and prepare for them emotionally. That way, when tey come, you'll be able to deal with them effectively. We'll look at controlling your own emotional responses later in this article.
How confident are you that you can deal with it well?
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As with every challenging task, you'll find managing difficult conversations easier if you have a clear process to follow.
Own up to any mistakes you have made and look for things you can both agree on.
Invite the other person to share in a process that is honest. You must also both commit to listen to the other person carefully, before commenting.
Each of you needs to tell your story as you perceive it. And, while you do, the other listens.
Now, each of you must say what you feel about what you have heard.
Have you noticed that when we focus on the past, we get hooked on blame, and when we focus on the present we get hooked on right and wrong? When you focus on the future, your attention turns naturally to options and problem solving – a far more creative mindset.
A process is all very well – very useful, in fact. But for managing difficult conversations, what you also need are some practical tips.
A deep dialogue requires intent listening. Don't worry about what you will say next – turn over your whole self to hearing what the other person says. If you find your mind wandering from your focus on them, bring it back.
Adopt an attitude of curiosity. Be keen to learn what they think and how they feel about their own perceptions. Remember. You may not agree with the way they see things, but what is 100 per cent true is that this is their experience. Be respectful of that.
Acknowledge what you have hear, and also their courage in speaking their truth. Too often conflict escalates for the simple reason that we don't think the other person has heard and valued what we have been saying.
This quote – taken from the film Papillon – is one of my favorites. It's a crucial thing to remember during a difficult conversation.
Bad news doesn't keep. Don't pretend you can diminish its impact with small talk. Get on and say what you need to say. Be clear and precise, without being blunt and brutal.
The hardest thing for most of us is nonetheless crucial: you need to stay in control of your emotional state.
If you need to, ask for breaks. This is not about hiding your feelings; it is about being able to follow the process, to play your part fully, and stay respectful to the other person.
If you start noticing yourself getting nervous, tense, or angry, try to focus on your breathing.
Pat attention to the air going into and out of your lungs. Feel it pass through your nose and down into your chest. Concentrate on breathing deeply, from your abdomen. This will distract your attention from the physical signs of emotion. So, it well help keep you calm and centered.
When you sit still, emotions get pent up, making you agitated. You start to fidget, and so betray a lack of confidence, annoyance, or upset.
Remind yourself that the discomfort you are feeling, and any lack of confidence is temporary. Or maybe that your uncertainty can be countered by certainty in your preparation and competence.
Repeating some simple phrases in your head can have abig impact. That's why telling ourselves that things are going wrong, or we are useless can create such a big dip in your confidence.
One way to dissipate a strong emotion is to analyze it. Give it a name. Think about what triggered it. Recognize it as a temporary guest.
If all else fails, suggest taking a break. If you are getting emotional, there's a good chance the other person is too. So, they will probably welcome a break too.
If you need to, ask for a comfort break, or suggest getting a drink.
If I am absolutely honest (and why wouldn't I be?), these attitudes to avoid reflect a difficult conversation from my past that went badly.
I came up with a list of fifteen things (and memory is not what it used to be). Here are just six – the ones that rang most true when I sat down to write this!
Have you had experience of managing difficult conversations? If you have, please share your thoughts with our community, below. We love hearing from you and will reply to every comment.


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from __future__ import print_function, division

from fractions import gcd
import myhdl
from myhdl import Signal, intbv, modbv, enum, always_seq, always

@myhdl.block
def uartbaud(glbl, baudce, baudce16, baudrate=115200):
    """ Generate the UART baudrate strobe

    Three separate strobes are create: baudce, baudceh

    Arguments:
        glbl: rhea.Global interface, clk from glbl
        baudce: The baudce stobe
        baudce16: The baudce16 strobe
        Both of these are calculated in the function.

    Parameters:
        baudrate: The desired baudrate

    myhdl convertible
    """
    clock, reset = glbl.clock, glbl.reset

    # determine the actual baud rate given the system clock and then
    # calculate the limit.  The following creates a counter that counts
    # in increments of baudfreq, this creates a strobe on average equal
    # to the desired frequency.
    # @todo: this didn't work as well as I thought it would ???
    div = gcd(clock.frequency, 16*baudrate)
    baudfreq = int((16*baudrate) / div)
    baudlimit = int((clock.frequency / div))

    cbaud = clock.frequency / (16*(baudlimit / baudfreq))
    print("")
    print("uartlite ")
    print("  baudrate: {:f} actual {:f} ".format(baudrate, cbaud))
    print("  baud frequency: {:.3f}, baud limit: {:.3f}".format(
          baudfreq, baudlimit))
    print("  remainder {:f}".format(baudlimit / baudfreq))
    print("")

    cntmax = baudlimit - baudfreq
    cnt = Signal(intbv(0, min=0, max=2*cntmax))
    cnt16 = Signal(modbv(0, min=0, max=16))

    @always_seq(clock.posedge, reset=reset)
    def beh_baud16():
        if cnt >= cntmax:
            cnt.next = cnt - cntmax  #baudlimit
            baudce16.next = True
        else:
            cnt.next = cnt + baudfreq
            baudce16.next = False

    @always_seq(clock.posedge, reset=reset)
    def beh_baud():
        # this strobe will be delayed one clocke from
        # the baudce16 strobe (non-issue)
        if baudce16:
            cnt16.next = cnt16 + 1
            if cnt16 == 0:
                baudce.next = True
            else:
                baudce.next = False
        else:
            baudce.next = False

    return myhdl.instances()

@myhdl.block
def uarttx(glbl, fbustx, tx, baudce):
    """UART transmitter  function

    Arguments(Ports):
        glbl : rhea.Global interface, clock and reset
        fbustx : FIFOBus interface to the TX fifo
        tx : The actual transmition line

    Parameters:
        baudce : The transmittion baud rate

    myhdl convertible
    """
    clock, reset = glbl.clock, glbl.reset

    states = enum('wait', 'start', 'byte', 'stop', 'end')
    state = Signal(states.wait)
    txbyte = Signal(intbv(0)[8:])
    bitcnt = Signal(intbv(0, min=0, max=9))

    @always_seq(clock.posedge, reset=reset)
    def beh_tx():
        # default values
        fbustx.read.next = False

        # state handlers
        if state == states.wait:
            if not fbustx.empty and baudce:
                txbyte.next = fbustx.read_data
                fbustx.read.next = True
                state.next = states.start

        elif state == states.start:
            if baudce:
                bitcnt.next = 0
                tx.next = False
                state.next = states.byte

        elif state == states.byte:
            if baudce:
                bitcnt.next = bitcnt + 1
                tx.next = txbyte[bitcnt]
            elif bitcnt == 8:
                state.next = states.stop
                bitcnt.next = 0

        elif state == states.stop:
            if baudce:
                tx.next = True
                state.next = states.end

        elif state == states.end:
            if baudce:
                state.next = states.wait

        else:
            assert False, "Invalid state %s" % (state)

    return myhdl.instances()

@myhdl.block
def uartrx(glbl, fbusrx, rx, baudce16):
    """UART receiver function

    Arguments(Ports):
        glbl : rhea.Global interface, clock and reset
        fbusrx : FIFOBus interface to the RX fifo
        rx : The actual receiver line
        baudce16 : The receive baud rate, strobes 16x the
            configured baud rate.

    myhdl convertible
    """
    clock, reset = glbl.clock, glbl.reset

    states = enum('wait', 'byte', 'stop', 'end')
    state = Signal(states.wait)
    rxbyte = Signal(intbv(0)[8:])
    bitcnt = Signal(intbv(0, min=0, max=9))

    # signals use do find the mid bit
    rxd = Signal(bool(0))
    mcnt = Signal(modbv(0, min=0, max=16))
    midbit = Signal(bool(0))
    rxinprog = Signal(bool(0))

    # get the middle of the bits, always sync to the beginning
    # (negedge) of the start bit
    @always(clock.posedge)
    def beh_mid():
        rxd.next = rx
        if (rxd and not rx) and state == states.wait:
            mcnt.next = 0
            rxinprog.next = True
        elif rxinprog and state == states.end:
            rxinprog.next = False
        elif baudce16:
            mcnt.next = mcnt + 1

        # 7 or 8 doesn't really matter
        if rxinprog and mcnt == 7 and baudce16:
            midbit.next = True
        else:
            midbit.next = False

    @always_seq(clock.posedge, reset=reset)
    def beh_rx():
        # defaults
        fbusrx.write.next = False

        # state handlers
        if state == states.wait:
            if midbit and not rx:
                state.next = states.byte

        elif state == states.byte:
            if midbit:
                rxbyte.next[bitcnt] = rx
                bitcnt.next = bitcnt + 1
            elif bitcnt == 8:
                state.next = states.stop
                bitcnt.next = 0

        elif state == states.stop:
            if midbit:
                #assert rx
                state.next = states.end
                fbusrx.write.next = True
                fbusrx.write_data.next = rxbyte

        elif state == states.end:
            state.next = states.wait
            bitcnt.next = 0

    return myhdl.instances()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Tourists staying in 5 star hotels in Tenerife grew by 6.8% in August 2017
Posted on September 27, 2017 by advartis in Tenerife News
5 star hotels in Tenerife
The 5 star hotels in Tenerife have increased their customers by 6.8 percent in August 2017, as recorded in the Estadísticas de Turismo Receptivo del Cabildo, and in total, the island has registered a total of 520,934 tourists a month, 1.1 percent more than the previous year.
The president of the Cabildo, Carlos Alonso, values the positive evolution of tourism in Tenerife also in the first eight months of the year, "in which are registered growth of 1.8 percent of lodged and more visitors arriving to the island of the two main issuers, the British market and Spanish. "
The tourists who spent their vacations in the island in the month of August generated a total of 4,093,242 overnight stays, 1.3% lower than those registered in the same month of 2016.
The length of stay in Tenerife was 7.86 days on average (-0.19 points) and occupancy in the housing establishments was 82.1 percent (-2.8%).
Issuance markets
The behavior of the issuing markets in the first eight months of the year shows a positive evolution of international tourism.
Thus, Tenerife accommodated 2,966,723 foreign visitors from January to August, which represents an increase of 1.4 percent.
"Among the international issuers, we highlight the increase of our main market, the British, as well as the recovery of the Nordic markets and the increase of tourists from other countries of great interest for Tenerife like France or the Eastern Countries, among others." says the island's Tourism Minister, Alberto Bernabé.
As for British tourism, it increased its influx to the island by 2.2 percent to reach a cumulative figure of 1,396,533 housed from January to August.
The French (+ 6.9%), Irish (+ 12.1%), Austrian (+ 7.7%) and Swiss (2.4%) markets also increased. of the East (+ 11.9%) and recovering the Nordic markets, which rise 2%.
On the other hand, the German market, with 399,894 tourists, registered a decrease of 6.6 per cent as a result of the negative evolution that has accused since the beginning of the year.
Dutch (-1.8%), Italian (-6%) and Russian (-6.8%) visitors also declined on the island, while the Belgian market remained stable.
In terms of national tourism, it grew by 3.3 percent on the island to 850,231, with a significant increase in peninsular tourism in the island, which, with a share of 61.5 percent of national visitors, increased its influx by 7.1 percent.
In the analysis of the main tourist areas, the south of the island accumulates a total of 2,894,393 tourists, barely 0.2 percent less than in 2016.
As for the situation in the North, in the first eight months of 2017 a total of 733,196 tourists were housed in their tourist establishments, 10.2 percent more than in the same period of 2016.


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Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary Disney Dreams! Full Show Premiere HD Video and High-Res Pictures !
Here is the full Disney Dreams! show which was broadcast last night during DLP press and VIP Premiere event! The show will start tomorrow for every guest with the beginning of DLP 20th Anniversary celebration! Enjoy the show and let us know what you think of this great show which was directed by Steven Davison. Personally i think that Steven and his team did a great job and that DLP guests will love it!
Plenty of pictures below for those who don't want to watch the video to avoid too much spoilers ( DLP official pictures should arrive anytime soon ) but for all others you have the choice between two videos, the first one below is in HD - note that you must choose to watch it in high definition by changing the definition with the small icon on the bottom right of the video ( fourth icon from the right )...
...and on the next one the show filming is the same but you have sounds of applause of the people who watched it and most of all after the show ends you have two minutes more of projection effects on the castle.
And now, some great shots from the show! Below, the opening scene with "the second star on the right"...
Peter Pan meets Wendy, thanks to projection effects on fountains.
Peter Pan shadow escapes from Peter...
Peter's shadow hook at the second star...
The "Be our Guest" sequence...
Peter's shadow meets Remy who will free him...
The Aladdin Genie sequence...
Sleeping Beauty castle transformed in cathedral for the Hunchback of Notre-Dame sequence...
The Mary Poppins "Step in time" sequence...
The castle magically transform in Khmer temple for the Jungle Book sequence...
The Raiponce sequence...
The Villains sequence starting scene...
Peter's shadow is captured by Captain Hook...
...then try to escape from Ursula...
Hook is defeat thanks to Tinkerbell pixie dust!...
The final scenes are spectacular and beautiful...
...until the spectacular final fireworks!
It's DLP 20th Anniversary so it's the right time to order your copy of the collector's edition of the Disneyland Paris From Sketch to Reality book which will tell you all about the creation of the park with 320 pages and 750 pictures and WDI renderings! And during all April to celebrate DLP 20th Ann the book is at its pre-order price of 100 euros! Place your pre-order now for a collector's edition copy while you can get a special offer on this wonderful book! To know how to order and send your payment please go HERE.
Video: copyright Disney -TF1
Publié par Alain Littaye à l'adresse 1:02 PM 10 commentaires
Libellés : Disney Dreams, disneyland paris, steven davison
DLP 20th Ann Disney Dreams Show - First Video !
A Disney Dreams! cast-member premiere happened last night and today Le Parisien has posted a video which will show you the very first (good) images of DLP 20th Anniversary show. It looks really good and comments from those who have seen it last night are excellent!
Now, if all goes fine you should be able to see the entire 19 minutes show tomorrow evening as DLP will broadcast LIVE the show press event premiere! I can't guarantee that the show will be available for all countries but you have nothing to loose to try. So, this saturday March 31 around 10.30 european time (9.30 U.K time) go either on DLP Youtube channel HERE or on the Mytf1 website HERE
Steve Davison who created the show wrote on his Facebook page: "Tonight we completed the final programming of DISNEY DREAMS! It was a lot of work and I can never thank the production team enough for all their efforts. This was a very diffucult show to create/produce, but everyone stuck with it and gave it their all! Thanks Team Dreams! Whew! We're all very excited to premiere the show."
Pictures: copyright Disney
Video: copyright Le Parisien - Disney
Publié par Alain Littaye à l'adresse 10:42 AM 4 commentaires
Fantastic Egyptian Theming for Awaited B&M OzIris Coaster Opening April 7 at Parc Asterix
French theme park Parc Asterix will open its gates on April 7 for the new season and guests will find a whole new land as well as the awaited inverted B&M coaster. The new land is all about ancient Egypt and the new coaster is called OzIris and is supposed to have cost $26M with half of the ride's budget in the theming. As usual with Parc Asterix the theming is done with plenty of humor and private jokes related to Asterix adventures, but not only. Asterix most famous Egyptian adventure is of course the best-seller and highly popular album "Asterix and Cleopatra" released at the end of the 1960's.
According to Screamscape B&M has designed a great inverted coaster which will be "40 meters tall (131 ft), have 1000 meters of track and feature 3 tunnels and 5 inversions, with no mid-course brake along the way to slow things down" and for sure this coaster looks great. But the theming looks even greater and knowing how Ancient Egypt has always been highly popular in France and Europe i predict a big success to this new Park Asterix ride. The ride was designed by 30 years old designer Julien Bertevas who began his career at Parc Astérix a few years ago by working on the park's decors. Let's have a closer look at OsIris, thanks to official pictures recently released by Parc Astérix, beginning by the outside decor and also two concept-arts.
Some pictures of the Egyptian temple interior and the queue decor theming...
The inverted coaster raedy for lift-off and outside pics of the track.
As you'll see on the Ad video below the coaster goes many times under ground and the plunge promises to be scary! Always according to Screamscape, the existing Zierer family coaster in the park called Periferix will be rethemed to fit the new Egypt area and be renamed "SOS Numerobis".
Now, do i think that this new Parc Asterix attraction might hurt DLP attendance in its 20th anniversary year? Well, considering that the Parc Asterix is only at 45 minutes from Paris and even closer from others european countries like Belgium than DLP is - and that DLP will have a new show but no new ride this year - yes, i think it might have some effect. That said, when DLP have 14 Million visitors per year the Parc Asterix have 1.7 Millions only. Even if they have an exceptional year - which i wish to them - they won't "take" more than 3 or 500000 guests from DLP. But, with DLP marketing machine in this 20th anniversary year it's not even sure that the Parc Asterix ride will have an effect, although it will certainly have one on Parc Asterix results as it might help them to resist, precisely, to DLP 20th Ann and should succeed to attract visitors at Park Asterix.
Pictures and video: copyright Parc Asterix
Publié par Alain Littaye à l'adresse 1:04 PM 5 commentaires
Libellés : osiris coaster, Parc Asterix
The Great Goofini Posters
Disney Parks had the good idea to post these great posters which are part of the theming of the Great Goofini ride - previoulsy known as Barnstormer - at WDW Storybook Circus area in WDW Magic Kingdom. They're not only brilliantly design but they're also funny!
Libellés : Barnstormer, goofy, Great Goofini, The Great Goofini Posters
Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary Disney Dreams! F...
Fantastic Egyptian Theming for Awaited B&M OzIris ...
DLP 20th Ann Update : Disney Magic on Parade Premiere
Editor's Note: James Cameron, the legendary direct...
What is the common point between the Disney Dream ...
Awaited " Poster Art of the Disney Parks " Book to...
David Copperfield is back at Disney Hollywood Stud...
First Picture of Disneyland Paris Disney Dream Show !
Disneyland Mark Twain and Railroad rides as seen f...


By the end of the summer, Jamison and I were bombing Mt. Tabor. Thanks, Robin!
Class starts this next Wednesday. We're not going to have time this session, but hope to hit the hill once or twice when the class is there. Maybe next session.


This large booklet aims to tell younger readers some of the facts about the real John Bunyan and some of the stories from his past. Read about his mistakes and about how he kept being thrown into prisonand how he was determined to tell people about God no matter what it cost. Alongside the story which includes several illustrations there are also some great activities to have fun with. These include Wordsearches to do; Puzzles to work out; Games and activities to enjoy; Things to find out.
- Publisher Find out about Bunyan: Word-searches to do; Puzzles to work out; Games and activities to enjoy; Things to find out, and much more!
About "John Bunyan (Footsteps Of The Past Series)"
Find out about Bunyan: Word-searches to do; Puzzles to work out; Games and activities to enjoy; Things to find out, and much more!


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Daily Reading – June 3, 2019
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1 Kings 7:23–44 (Listen)
23 Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 24 Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 25 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 26 Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
27 He also made the ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. 28 This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames, 29 and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work. 30 Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each. 31 Its opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit. Its opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At its opening there were carvings, and its panels were square, not round. 32 And the four wheels were underneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 34 There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands. 35 And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it. 36 And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around. 37 After this manner he made the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.
38 And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands. 39 And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
40 Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the LORD: 41 the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars; 42 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars; 43 the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands; 44 and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.
Psalm 123 (Listen)
Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God
A Song of Ascents.
123:1 To you I lift up my eyes,
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till he has mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.
4 Our soul has had more than enough
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.
2 John (Listen)
1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, 2 because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:
3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.
Walking in Truth and Love
4 I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. 5 And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
Final Greetings
12 Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
13 The children of your elect sister greet you.
During the summer [Luther] defended himself in a German as well as in a Latin treatise against the attack by King Henry VIII of England. I will quote only the brief word from the Latin writing, "They demand that we believe them; I do not demand that men should believe me but that they should believe the clear words of God." From the German we quote: "But that he (King Henry) cites the statements of several of the Fathers and ridicules my arrogance that I alone would be smart whereas I am the greatest fool, does not a affect me. For me it is enough that King Heinz can not quote a single Scripture … But I place against the sayings of all Fathers, all angels', men's, devils' artifice and word, the Scripture and the gospel. Here I stand, here I bid defiance, here I strut about and say, God's Word for me is above everything; divine majesty stands by me (i.e., in and with the Word); therefore I will not give a hair though a thousand Augustines, a thousand Heinze-Churches were also against me, and I am certain that the true Church with me holds fast to the Word of God." (22–23)
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This month, work will continue on the construction of the gate chambers for the new sea lock at IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
The cofferdam for the vertical lock gate recess is now being pumped dry. The last diaphragm walls for the lock chamber walls have now been installed and construction work on the new flood defense continues.
In December, the last concrete pourings will take place for the floor of the inner head gate chamber. After completion, contracting consortium OpenIJ will continue with the construction of thick concrete walls on top of the floors of the inner and outer heads. Concrete will be poured in several layers, each layer being 3.5 meters high. Construction of these walls will continue until into next year, reported the port.
Near the inner head, OpenIJ is not only building the gate chambers, but work is also continuing in other cofferdams. In November, a gantry-like structure has been built on top of the cofferdam of the inner lock sill. The structure acts as a movable platform on top of which a crane will be installed later.
In December, a similar structure will be built on the cofferdam of the outer lock sill. Next month, the cofferdam for the vertical gate recess will be pumped dry to enable concrete pouring at 10 meters below water level. The vertical recess is necessary to create a watertight seal between the gate and the lock chamber wall when the gate is closed.
The last diaphragm walls for the lock chamber walls have been installed. The diaphragm wall grabs have been moved to the construction site of the dividing dam to work on the new flood defense between the Middle Lock and the new lock.
The diaphragm wall grabs will fill up the area in order to move the flood defense in a seaward direction. The dividing dam will act as the new flood defense structure connecting the new sea lock with the Middle Lock.
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Ťin Pching Mej (čínsky: znaky 金瓶梅, pinyin Jīn píng méi, doslova Květy slivoně ve zlaté váze, je čínský naturalistický román z konce 16. století. Jeho autorem je Lan-lin Siao-siao Šeng (兰陵笑笑生, doslova Posměváček z Lan-linu), což je zjevný pseudonym. Kniha je někdy pokládaná za pátý klasický román čínské literatury.

Román je tradičně označovaný za pornografický. Děj je umístěný do první poloviny 12. století, popisuje morálně zpustlý život bohatého lékárníka, který je posedlý ženami. Popisuje jeho bohatý sexuální život a hádky mezi dotčenými ženami. Obsahuje detailní popisy běžného života i erotické scény.

Název románu obsahuje jména tří hlavních ženských protagonistek – Ťin-lien (Zlatý lotos), Pching-er (Vázička) a Čchun-mej (Jarní květ slivoně). Navzdory označení za pornografický je román v první řadě sociálně-kritický, kritizující úřednickou vrstvu a úpadek mravů ve společnosti.

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Riley Reid is an award-winning adult film actress. Her credits include numerous X-rated features and she has won over 45 awards. She was awarded the XBIZ Award in 2014 for Female Performer and in 2016 the AVN Award in Best Pornstar. She is also set to be inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Lipovsky works in ESET' Security Research laboratory in Bratislava, Slovakia and was invited to speak at the company's Security Day in held recently in Johannesburg.
He spoke with ITWeb Africa ahead of the event and said the main message to the market is to avoid 'keeping all eggs in one basket' and use multi-layered technology to cover all bases.
The market has moved past the days of simply using anti-virus to protect resources. "It is an unequal battle. As defenders we have to secure all the possible vectors that the attacker can get in the organisation, whereas the attacker simply has to find one single point of entry they want... that is why we need to have these multiple layers to try to stop an attack or infiltration."
"One-layer today is simply not enough. Even the most advanced algorithms have their limits and can be fooled. Therefore, you need other technologies, to add more layers and make the attack more costly for the black-hat. The costlier – the less probable (albeit not impossible)," he added.
Lipovsky agrees that the availability of skills is an issue. He says that in today's market, these skills are necessary to ensure that companies are able to extract benefit from cyber security solutions and also with regard to company-wide basic security awareness for all employees.
"It's a difficult vulnerability to patch... that is why it is the number one method that attackers use to get into corporate networks," he adds.
It is a market in which many threats, including phising and ransomware, are linked to human behavior.
The company detects on average 300,000 unique malware samples daily.
In his presentation Lipovsky referenced Operation Windigo and the infection of 25,000 servers (as well as botnet and 35,000,000 spam messages a day), resulting in ESET's "largest, most complex investigation" in 2013.
He also described 2017 as the year of ransomware, with two major outbreaks: WannaCryptor and NotPetya.
One of the attackers, Maxim Senakh was arrested, said Lipovsky. "The main thing is – bringing cybercriminals to justice is really hard and takes time. But it can be done."
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Newmarket's Rachel Rennie wins Town Plate on Friends Don't Ask after gruelling battle with breast cancer
By Suffolk News Reporter
suffolk@iliffepublishing.co.uk
An amateur rider who won the world's oldest and longest flat horserace yesterday five years after being diagnosed with cancer said she is hoping to defend her crown next year as a 50 year old.
Jubilant Rachel Rennie had been due to ride in the historic Newmarket Town Plate in 2016 until she discovered what turned out to be a cancerous lump near her left breast just weeks before the race.
Five years later and after surgery, eight rounds of chemotherapy and 20 rounds of radiotherapy, she was finally able to realise her dream of not only riding in the 3m 6f contest – which dates back to 1666 - but winning it on her mount Friends Don't Ask.
Newmarket's Rachel Rennie win the town plate yesterday, the longest and world's oldest horserace, on Friends Don&'t Ask. Picture: The Jockey Club
Now the 49 year old is considering taking out an amateur jockey's licence, meaning she can take part in races staged 'under rules' at racecourses around the country.
Rennie admitted that while she had always been determined to take part in the race, she remains stunned that she has actually been able to achieve her dream and is now hoping to defend her crown as a 50 year old next year.
She explained: "I'm just amazed I managed to get back from cancer and get fit. I'm fitter than I thought I was, as that was a major worry.
"I'm just glad to be here to do it and maybe I'll be here again next year to do it. There was a little bit of me thinking back to five years ago as this was the culmination of the getting back progress. It was the one thing I didn't get to do then that I have now.
"It is great. I could hear people shouting at me which I didn't think I would be able to with the crowd that was here.
"It is slightly tempting to go for the amateur licence as I've got a couple of horses I could ride in flat races. It is just a case of it being a full-time effort rather than just a three month effort.
"It has to definitely be one of the highlights of my life. Although I said I'm competitive I've never done loads of competitive things apart from horse-based stuff so to do something that is a bit more than your local show is good. The whole thing has been very special."
Rennie, who works for Newmarket-based trainer Martin Smith, and Friends Don't Ask produced a grandstand finish to secure victory in the 351st running of Newmarket Town Plate, which prompted emotional celebrations in the winner's enclosure.
During the race the pair found themselves positioned at the head of the chasing pack behind runaway leader Torquay as the field turned for home heading into the final mile of the historic race.
Waiting for the right moment to hit the front again, Rennie and Friends Don't Ask surged into the lead with three furlongs left and battled hard to the line for victory by around a length from Stripe Of Honour and Jon Day.
Talking about the race itself, Rennie added: "I wanted to sit fairly handy so I nicked a bit at the start. I looked around and thought I'd nicked a bit too much here so I thought I would just let him roll.
"Then I had somebody come up my inside so I didn't feel half so bad then. I just cruised around the bottom part of the course and a couple of people came up and passed me so I just let them take me on and save a bit of energy for myself.
"I was determined not to ride a ride until I was on the straight. I pulled him out and he took off then I thought I was going to get caught again at the end. I just had enough energy to push him out a bit and I managed not to fall off.
"I was thinking 'where is the line?' - when I took up the lead I was glad to see it coming. You can't help but think that you are going to get beaten when you have one come up your inside like the runner-up did, but I knew he would stay the distance.
"It was just a case of whether he had the speed to keep going at the end against something that might have had a little bit more toe, but luckily his stamina pulled out and he switched up a gear and was a willing partner."
After the race Rennie was presented with the Golding Perpetual Challenge Plate, silver photograph frame, £125 Golding voucher and a box of Powters celebrated Newmarket Sausages.
And she laughed: "The yard had the eyes on the prize of the sausages and they wouldn't have been happy with anything else! I've had people shouting at me across the gallops in Newmarket all week. The reaction to this has been great.
"All the lads talk to each other and they often asked which one is the Town Plate horse when we were out. They were telling them 'this is the Town Plate winner' on Friday and I thought 'Oh God do you have to?!'
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Alain Klotz, né le  est un astronome français, astrophysicien à l'observatoire de Toulouse et professeur à l'université de Toulouse.

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En , il découvre la supernova  située dans la galaxie spirale NGC 1365.

Le Centre des planètes mineures lui crédite la découverte de sept astéroïdes, découvertes effectuées entre 1997 et 1999.

Il a entre autres co-découvert les satellites astéroïdaux de (854) Frostia, (1089) Tama, (1313) Berne et de (4492) Debussy.

L'astéroïde (10222) Klotz lui est dédié.

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Découvreur de supernovas
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Astronome français du XXe siècle
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Herschel Walker Worries There Is Now an 'Asterisk' Behind the First Black President
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Source: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Former NFL star Herschel Walker has been reflecting on the Obama years and what the new Joe Biden-Ukraine scandal means for the legacy of the first Black president. As has now been widely reported, when Biden was vice president and overseeing U.S. relations with Ukraine, his son Hunter sat on the board of a corrupt Ukrainian gas company, Burisma Holdings, earning thousands of dollars a month.
"With everything happening with Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, to be selling favors from the White House is not a good thing, and maybe you didn't know about that, and maybe you want to distance yourself from Joe," Walker mused on a video for his Twitter followers.
Maybe that was the reason why the former president "didn't want to support" Biden at the beginning of the 2020 Democratic primary. It sounded like Walker hoped that Obama was somewhat innocent of the scandal because if not, it could tarnish his historic presidency.
"And you being the very first Black president that everyone can look up to, I don't want to have an asterisk behind my very first Black president."
Former President ?@BarackObama?, thinking today about the legacies people leave behind. ?@CNN? @FoxNews? ?@espn? ?@Outkick? ?@MSNBC? ???@realDonaldTrump? ?@kayleighmcenany? ?@BernardKerik? pic.twitter.com/hrHXxT6L3w
— Herschel Walker (@HerschelWalker) October 20, 2020
Walker may be giving Obama the benefit of the doubt in the Ukraine scandal, but skeptical social media users maintained that Obama had to know about it. After all, a congressional investigation this fall revealed that at least two Obama administration officials had raised concerns about Hunter's position in Burisma.
"The presence of Hunter Biden on the Burisma board was very awkward for all U.S. officials pushing an anticorruption agenda in Ukraine," State Department official George Kent wrote in a September 2016 email to his colleagues.
The closest Walker has gotten to politics was a speaking slot at this year's Republican National Convention to share what his 37-year friendship with President Trump has meant to him and to push back at claims that he is a heartless racist.
"I know what [racism] is, and it isn't Donald Trump," Walker said, adding that he takes it as a "personal insult" that people would think he'd be friends with a racist.
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Q: how to import table from rdbms to hive using sqoop in hadoop cluster? I am trying to import table from RDBMS to HIVE using SQOOP in hadoop cluster, i am getting the following error, can you please provide the solution for this.
bin/sqoop-import  --connect jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hadoop -username root -password root --table salaries  --hive-table salaries --create-hive-table --hive-import --hive-home  /home/techgene/hive-0.11.0 -m 1 --target-dir /user/hive/warehouse

Exception:
FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask
14/06/02 14:30:19 ERROR tool.ImportTool: Encountered IOException running import job: java.io.IOException: Hive exited with status 1
    at org.apache.sqoop.hive.HiveImport.executeExternalHiveScript(HiveImport.java:364)
    at org.apache.sqoop.hive.HiveImport.executeScript(HiveImport.java:314)
    at org.apache.sqoop.hive.HiveImport.importTable(HiveImport.java:226)
    at org.apache.sqoop.tool.ImportTool.importTable(ImportTool.java:415)
    at org.apache.sqoop.tool.ImportTool.run(ImportTool.java:476)
    at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.run(Sqoop.java:145)
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
    at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runSqoop(Sqoop.java:181)
    at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:220)
    at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:229)
    at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.main(Sqoop.java:238)

A: Whenever ,you are using a Sqoop with Hive import option,the sqoop connects directly the corresponding the database's metastore and gets the corresponding table 's metadata(the table's schema),so there is no need to create a table structure in Hive.This schema is then provided to the Hive when used with Hive-import option.
**Example::
**sudo sqoop import-all-tables --connect jdbc:mysql://10.0.0.57/movielens --username root --password root —hive-import**

this is too import the tables from movielens database in mysql.

**sqoop import \
   --connect jdbc:mysql://10.0.0.57/movielens \
   --username root \
   --password hadoop \
   --table cities \
  --hive-import**

this is to just import one table called cities.**
So the output of all the sqoop data on HDFS will by default stored in the default directory .i.e /user/sqoop/tablename/part-m files
with hive import option,the tables will be downloaded directly into the default warehouse direcotry i.e.
/user/hive/warehouse/tablename
command : sudo -u hdfs hadoop fs -ls -R /user/
this lists recursively all the files with in the user.
Now go to Hive and type show databases.if there is only default database, then type show tables:
remember OK is common default system output and is not part of the command output.
hive> show databases;

OK

default

Time taken: 0.172 seconds

hive> show tables;

OK

genre

log_apache

movie

moviegenre

movierating

occupation

user

Time taken: 0.111 seconds

A: Check for the syntax, eliminate extra spaces..
$ sqoop-import --connect "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hadoop;database=< db_name >"
               -username root
               -password root
               --table salaries
               --hive-import
               --target-dir /user/hive/warehouse

No need to mention --hive-table < table_name > if using the same name as in mysql


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Editorial: Beach Club transformation holds on to pieces of Naples' past
The Beach Club has been the Beach Club for as long as most can remember.
Editorial: Beach Club transformation holds on to pieces of Naples' past The Beach Club has been the Beach Club for as long as most can remember. Check out this story on naplesnews.com: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/opinion/2018/11/14/editorial-beach-club-transformation-holds-pieces-naples-past/1990986002/
Editorial Board, Naples Daily News, USA TODAY NETWORK - FLORIDA Published 4:44 p.m. ET Nov. 14, 2018
Aerial showing plans for the redevelopment of The Naples Beach Hotel.(Photo: Submitted)
For decades now, the constant around Naples and Collier County has been change.
With growth, development and redevelopment the order of the day since before most of us arrived, it's difficult to point to a single spot and say, "That's just how I remember it on my first day here."
An exception has been the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, the iconic setting spanning U.S. 41 to the beach in the middle of town.
Sure, it has gone through occasional renovations, as all hotels do. And the golf course was closed for several months in 2016 as it was redesigned by Jack Nicklaus, the legend who first realized the golfer's coveted sub-40 nine-hole score on that very tract as a 10-year-old in 1951.
But essentially, the Beach Club has been the Beach Club for as long as most can remember. Hotel rooms on the Gulf, concerts on the lawn, drinks at the Sunset Beach Bar & Grill at, of course, sunset.
Now that, too, is about to change as the longtime owners the Watkins family transition control to The Athens Group, which joined the family as strategic partners in March.
Initial plans, which will require review and approval at several points, are for condominium towers to be added to the property and the hotel to be torn down then rebuilt at a reduced size.
The transformation means the hotel will be closed for "a few years," says The Athens Group CEO Kim Richards. That, too, will represent a change in the local landscape. One less option when considering a comfortable spot to enjoy the beach without getting in the sand.
As much as we hate to see the old hotel go, we are heartened to learn that through change, some things will remain.
Most importantly, the golf course, representing more than 100 acres of green space, is to remain a golf course. While additional renovations are planned to the course, the hope is that it will mostly be open to play throughout the transformation.
We're happy to see that then-Collier County Commissioner Tim Nance's worst fear, expressed in 2016, that the whole property could become high-end housing, did not come to pass.
Also encouraging is the part of the plan that calls for HB's on the Gulf and the Sunset Beach Bar to be open to the public once the new property is unveiled. Other aspects of the new plan, such as a market square with activities for residents and a landscaped corridor with bike lanes, are also intriguing.
It is difficult to imagine the traffic nightmares that the addition of eight new residential towers, demolition of an existing hotel and construction of the new one will bring to Gulf Shore Boulevard North and the surrounding streets.
The developers will need to work with the neighborhood and the city to minimize disruption.
As is usually the case when major change comes to a neighborhood, communication will be key to keeping expectations — and tempers — under control.
The Watkins family have been great stewards of this public resource, the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, for more than 70 years. They've made clear for the past couple of years that they've been considering options for its future.
While many wish that things could just stay the way they were, Southwest Floridians have learned through decades of experience that rarely happens.
Change is coming again. In this case, some of what we treasure survives.
Brent Batten wrote this on behalf of the Naples Daily News editorial board.
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