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SAP chair has undisclosed link to software giant's joint venture
SAP, Europe's largest software company, did not disclose that its billionaire chair and biggest shareholder has a personal connection to a recently announced joint venture worth hundreds of millions of euros.
The Hasso Plattner Foundation, an eponymous charity set up by the software giant's co-founder, is a secret investor in the spinout of SAP's financial services business alongside a Munich-based private equity firm called Dediq.
The revelations raise questions about governance and Plattner's influence at SAP, Europe's answer to the software giants of Silicon Valley, where since 2003 he has been supervisory chair, a non-executive role.
In April, SAP said it had formed a "strategic partnership" with Dediq to spur innovation in its financial services product portfolio. SAP said it would hold a 20 per cent stake in the joint venture and that Dediq would invest €500m.
But the $170bn market cap company, which has listings in Frankfurt and New York, did not disclose the role of the Plattner foundation and other financial links between Plattner and Dediq.
SAP confirmed that the Plattner foundation is an investor in the joint venture in response to questions from the Financial Times, but stressed that its role was as "a passive investor behind Dediq". Handelsblatt first reported the foundation's role earlier on Tuesday.
"The foundation takes its own investment decisions and all of the foundation's yields are directed exclusively toward non-profit and charitable purposes. Hasso Plattner himself played no role in this deal," SAP said.
Asked why it had not disclosed the foundation's involvement, SAP said it had held a media briefing last month, which included a FT reporter, and that: "In that pre-briefing, we answered all questions that were directed to SAP and to Dediq".
The company added that it had "looked into various strategic options including with other third parties and conducted thorough market research before determining that Dediq was the best match for the new venture".
Dediq said: "As a matter of policy, we do not comment on our co-investors. Regarding the transaction with SAP, for purposes of clarity we can confirm that Mr Plattner is not an investor, and therefore has no influence and is not a beneficiary." The firm added: "All our co-investors are passive only."
A spokesman for Plattner said he "does not have any influence in the [Hasso Plattner] Foundation; neither in an executive nor in a supervisory role" and added: "As passive investor HPF has no control and no business involvement in Dediq."
The Plattner foundation's website describes Plattner as its "strategic adviser in all matters of business" and that his wife and daughters help to approve new projects and decide on strategy.
A spokesman for Hasso Plattner said he 'does not have any influence in the [Hasso Plattner] Foundation; neither in an executive nor in a supervisory role' © Uwe Anspach/dpa/AFP
Plattner, 77, helped found SAP in 1972 and is its biggest single shareholder with a stake of about 6 per cent. He is also the owner of the San Jose Sharks, the US ice hockey team, and has a net worth of $9bn, according to a Forbes estimate.
In a 2018 Dediq presentation, the private equity firm indicated that the family office of Plattner was its sole outside co-investor.
"We invest our own capital and the capital of our co-investor Hasso Plattner Capital, the family office of the SAP founder," said the German-language presentation seen by the FT.
Dediq's deals include a 2017 investment into a consultancy aimed at SAP customers called ConVista. Its co-investors included entities linked to Plattner's daughters and several Plattner associates, including an entity owned by Rouven Westphal, who heads his family office, according to publicly-available company records.
On Wednesday, SAP shareholders at its annual meeting were set to vote on the appointment of Westphal to the company's supervisory board.
Two other Dediq investments, both in 2019, included as co-investors a Plattner family office entity, FOP Co-Investment, as well as the Westphal entity, Arrakeen Ventures.
SAP said neither Plattner nor Westphal were Dediq co-investors.
The involvement of the Hasso Plattner Foundation in the joint venture can be traced back to February, when it appears in a filing together with an entity controlled by Dediq's managing partner, Matthias Tomann, notifying the German competition authority that they intended to set up a joint software venture together. The brief notice did not include further details.
Last month, the SAP/Dediq joint venture entity, currently owned by the same Tomann entity from the February notice, notified the competition authority of its intent to acquire the spun-out assets from SAP.
SAP's existing financial services activities are being transferred to the joint venture, with the software giant contributing financial services-specific products, hundreds of employees and part of the joint venture's management team.
Luka Mucic, SAP chief financial officer, told reporters last month the venture, which will be SAP branded, would be a "speedboat" that could operate more quickly and flexibly than the wider SAP group. He admitted, however, that Dediq was not a well-known player, describing it as "an entity that many of you might not immediately be familiar with."
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Q: entrypoint module not found after install In my python project, I have this hierarchy
+ slack_app
  + src
      + apps
         + intro
             + \__main__.py
             + slack_app.py
  + setup.py

This is my setup.py:
setup(
  name= "my-slack-app",
  packages = find_packages(),
  entry_points = {
        'console_scripts': [
            'slack-app = src.apps.intro.__main__:main',
        ],
})

__main__.py:
def main():
    print("WORKED")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

I run python3 setup.py install, then run my app which is installed in /usr/local/python3.6/bin but I always get this error when I run it:
Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/local/python3.6/bin/slack-app", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('my-slack-app==0.1.dev2+g4fd21b0.d20200309',
   'console_scripts', 'slack-app')()
     File "/usr/local/python3.6/lib/python3.6/site-
   packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 490, in load_entry_point
    return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
   File "/usr/local/python3.6/lib/python3.6/site-
   packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2854, in
   load_entry_point
    return ep.load()
   File "/usr/local/python3.6/lib/python3.6/site-
   packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2445, in load
    return self.resolve()
   File "/usr/local/python3.6/lib/python3.6/site-
   packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2451, in resolve
    module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'],
   level=0)
   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'src.apps'

Any help please?

A: If you are using setuptools.find_packages, then you need to have __init__.py files. Also you are using the so-called src-layout so you need to adjust the package_dir and set the where parameter of find_packages.
Reference:

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*https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#using-find-packages

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GAME OF THRONES Season 5, Episode 5 Recap: "Kill the Boy"
In Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 5, "Kill the Boy" the stakes for each side are raised, and new conflicts are introduced as characters make difficult decisions for the people they lead. My favorite parts of this episode of Game of Thrones include the sweet conversation between Grey Worm and Missandei and the scenes with Sansa and the awful Bolton family in Winterfell.
After the battle with the Sons of Harpy, Grey Worm is severely injured but survives. Unfortunately, Daenerys' remaining knight, Ser Barristan Selmy, dies from his wounds. I was sad about the passing of the old knight. He wasn't with Dany for as long as Jorah was, but I always felt that Ser Selmy always had good intentions for his queen.
Daenerys orders all the leaders of Meereen's great families to be brought before her, even her noble adviser, Hizdahr zo Loraq. She gathers them all in The Dungeon and feeds one of the leaders to her two chained dragons. Yikes. At first I thought that she must have really hated that guy, but later it looks like she just chose that guy at random. He was the Unlucky One.
Later, reassured by Missandei about her problem-solving abilities, Daenerys visits Hizdahr in his dungeon cell and informs him that the gladiator pits will be opened–but only for free gladiators, and to make peace with the people of Meereen, she will marry him. The camera leaves us watching him watch Dany leave. I don't see his face so I'm projecting my own awe and mindfuckery into whatever I think Hizdahr must be feeling.
Brienne distrusts Little Finger and the Boltons. She doesn't believe that Sansa will be safe. In this episode, Brienne and Podrick are marginal characters – Brienne wants to save Sansa but there's not much that they can do. However, peasants of Winterfell are still loyal to the Starks. Brienne sends a secret message to Sansa, directing the young Stark to light a candle in Winterfell's highest tower if she is ever in trouble.
I could hear the bitterness in Brienne's voice as she recounted her old life as a plain-faced noble lady, the awful experience with those noble men, and how it must have pained her father. She also reveals why she was so loyal to King Renly: he had saved her dignity in the face of humiliation.
Long before George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones series was made into a TV show, Gwendolyn Christie was already cast by fans for the role of Brienne. The six-foot-three Gwendolyn Christie has done an amazing job portraying Brienne.
Theon: A Glimmer of Hope?
With all the camera closeups featuring Theon in the foreground while Ramsay Bolton talks to Sansa Stark, I find myself searching for a glimmer of rebellion within his twitchy countenance. Sometimes he looks as if he might betray Ramsay for the sake of his old adoptive sister, but Theon is long gone, and I'm reading too much into his anxious ticks. Theon's fear is on behalf of his own wellbeing, not that of Sansa. Pre-broken Theon had never been the selfless sort, and he was not about to change in this episode.
I couldn't help but feel disappointed with Theon when he goes whimpering to Ramsay that Sansa had seen him in the dog kennels–and also disappointed with myself for hoping for something different. He is completely broken.
As always, the Boltons leave me in that uncomfortable spot between cheering (when Lord Roose Bolton recognizes Ramsay as his son) and cringing (at how the father and son take what they want by the most brutal means possible).
Roose tells his son the story of how Ramsay's mother had married "without my permission", so he hung her husband and raped her under his hanging body. About a year later, she shows up at his castle with a baby claiming that it was his. Roose was going to have her whipped but then he saw the baby and recognized the child as his son. 10% heartwarming, 90% awful.
Ramsay is to marry Sansa Stark to secure his family's claims to the North (and Winterfell). He initially sets out to flatter his future wife, but since Theon confessed that she had seen him in the dog kennel, Ramsay starts to release his nasty side during dinner with the family by arranging for Theon to marry her off during the wedding. Lord Roose, in response, reveals that his wife is pregnant with their son. Observing Ramsay's look of dismay, Sansa smirks. Ahh, the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Having been ushered into leadership by Sam and his big mouth, Jon Snow now must make some unpopular decisions in order to make sure that the Wildling women, elders, and children make it south of the wall before the White Walkers come. He must "kill the boy" to reveal the man that he is to become.
Jon frees Tormund Giantsbane (or, the Guy with the Epic Beard) and offers to let the Wildlings live south of the Wall in exchange for an alliance with the Nights Watch. Tormund agrees, but only if Jon accompanies him to North to convince his people to come with them. Props to Tormund for negotiating power…One day I would like to negotiate as well as he does. Jon requests Stannis's fleet to transport the Wildling folk.
Due to the Wall's dwindling supplies, King Stannis makes arrangements to march for Winterfell in the morning. Ser Davos is worried about Stannis's wife and daughter, but Stannis doesn't trust the Nights Watch men, a large percentage who he knows are criminals, including rapists. It's sweet how Ser Davos cares for Shireen's safety.
Stannis bumps into Sam in the library and asks him about his research of the White Walkers' weaknesses. Stannis recognizes that the pudgy sam is no warrior, but appreciates his scholarly skills and tells him to keep reading. I read somewhere that one of the traits of a good leader is to recognize the strengths of your subordinates, so Stannis gets an A+ in leadership today.
+0 The creepy relationship between Ramsay and his peasant lover. At first I thought she'd be scared of boring him, but she seems to enjoy the thrill of sexing a dangerous man. This explains her unhappy face from episode 3 when Sansa Stark enters Winterfell.
+1 Great beard for the new wildling leader. I've always liked his beard.
+2 The old peasant woman: "The North remembers." Ned Stark left a legacy of decent treatment of his peasants, and years later, people still remember his leadership with respect.
+1 The son prompting his father for that baseball-and-mitt talk? Oh my.
+2 Sweet moment between Grey Worm and Missandei, in which he says he felt fear that he would never see her again. They make a cute couple.
+1 Tyrion + Jorah make an interesting duo, with Tyrion's playful (and occasionally biting) sarcasm clashing with Jorah's earnest solemnness.


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Roberto Semprini
by imavexadmin | Aug 31, 2021
Born in Rimini in 1959, Roberto Semprini studied architecture in Florence. In 1987 he joined the Bolidismo trend that expresses the design in a symbolic and synthesis of a concept of electronic speed. He moved to Milan and started working as a freelance journalist for several design magazines like Mode, L'Atelier (Paris) and ARDI (Barcelona). In 1989, he realized the sofa "Tatlin" Edra, which is one of the winners of the prestigious TOP TEN in Dusseldorf. In 1994, with the table "Manta" for Fiam is among the winners of the Young & Design. His products are part of the permanent collection of the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts in Canada and the New Museum of Design in London. In 2000 he moved to Rimini, where he launched the space "RM 12 Art & Design" Gallery and Studio of Design and Interior Architecture. Since 2006 the studio has realized high-impact scenography, regarding the search for new domestic and public spaces, within cultural events such as exhibitions SIA in Rimini, Fuori Salone del Mobile in Milan, Abitare il Tempo in Verona and Sun in Rimini. In 2007 he was invited by the Seoul Living Design Fair (Korea) to exhibit "The Italian / Korean house." He has collaborated with numerous design fifi rms like Fiam, Moroso, Alivar, Rede Guzzini, Edra, Ciacci, RSVP, Arredaesse, Sicis, Slide, Trivellini, Contempo, Ciacci Kreaty, Larms, Spaus, Ad Hoc, MB, Trend Group, Frighetto, Dilmos, Adrenaline, Morfeus, Mastella Design, Pedrali, Morellato, Scab, Valdichienti etc. He has given lectures and seminars in various faculties of design such as the Faculty of Architecture in Florence, the Polytechnic in Milan, the School of Engineering, the University of Bologna, the I.E.D. in Milan, the I.A.V. in Orleans and the School Elisava Barcelona, etc. He is currently role Professor and Coordinator of the Artistic Project Class for the Business Academy of Fine Arts in Brera.

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In a few years since cryptocurrencies have been around, we've seen many initiatives to increase Financial Inclusion (FI) through Blockchain applications. The first few use cases were based on remittances without intermediaries (like BitPesa) while the latter approaches like EthicHub look to increase FI by closing the gap among Impact Investors and community farmers that need financial capital to kick-off their production cycles.
Although these first steps are fantastic, the benefiting communities still rely on fiat economies to cover their needs; cases like the Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador show that communities are capable of thriving by operating their economy and local markets with crypto (BTC in this case). Still, they rely on the help of an external benefactor.
Other Blockchain solutions like MonedaPar attempt to empower communities to be resilient against external economies by creating Community Currencies whose value relies on the commitments of the community to accept the currency in exchange of the Goods & Services they can offer among them. Still, when a need can't be covered locally, they would need to operate in fiat which threatens to discourage operability and resilience of the community-owned currency.
Solutions like GrassRoots Economics are looking to solve these issues by settling protocols within smart contracts (see token bonding curves) that allow communities to create their own currency (therefore their own economies) in a similar way they do to create their Community Currencies (like MonedaPar) out of the commitments within the individuals and the collective while enabling group savings to serve as collateral that would back up the value of the community currency there where there is a need to interact with the external economy. This mechanism allows, therefore, to multiply the purchasing power where fiat money is not enough for a community. See GrassEcon post-COVID response.
The enablement of these new kinds of Interoperable Community Currencies promises to grant economic resilience to communities so that the collectives can thrive by coordinating economic exchanges according to their own rules while establishing gateways to operate with the external world. Due to this, all needs will be covered while protecting communities from economic inefficiencies that are alien to them.
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Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH on Leica M Typ 240: Onions and Ginger.
One wishes that Leica had designed in greater close-focusing capability than the limiting 1:11.3 reproduction ratio offered by the 50/2 AA.


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Up and down the country A-Star Sports coaches have been sporting wigs, touring cities with 'Skip' and 'The Unbeatables' team and organising football-themed fun like never before.
The Colchester & NE Essex team hit the local headlines with 'Kids' day of fun inspired by magical football film', competition winners in Glasgow celebrated in style at the preview screening:
…and are looking forward to some great party-style events, and the team in Chester is hosting the launch event at The Cheshire County Sports Club on Friday 15th August.
Children from 3-11 years old will be attending the football themed event from 9am-5pm and enjoy playing new games and joining in physical activities, inspired by the characters and themes in the film, created specifically for the launch by experienced A-Star Sports coaches.
Gary Bassett, franchise owner and Cheshire West & Chester's Coach of the Year, explains, "We're really looking forward to adding in lots of new games and activities, especially turning the sports hall into a life-size game of table football! It's a really fab way for us to bring sport to life in a fun way with our usual emphasis on accessibility for children of all interests and abilities to join in."
All children in attendance will have the opportunity to win The Unbeatables goodie bags, including DVDs, stickers, puzzles and t-shirts, as well as A-Star Sports gifts such as water bottles, t-shirts, wrist bands and balloons.
Winners of the previous A-Star Sports competition to win tickets to the preview screening last Tuesday (5th August) have loved the film. Local coach Mark Roberts attended the preview, "If your children are experiencing post-World Cup blues (like me!), The Unbeatables is a perfect way to get some football excitement back, just in time for the new season. You don't have to be a football fan to see the film – there are funny storylines, great characters, jokes and famous sporty references, something for everyone."
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Abstract: n online module series to prepare pharmacists to facilitate student engagement in patient-centered care delivery: development and evaluation Original Research (1554) Total Article Views Authors: Kassam R, Kwong M, Collins JB Published Date June 2012 Volume 2012:3 Pages 61 - 71 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S29922 Received: 13 January 2012 Accepted: 02 April 2012 Published: 18 June 2012 Rosemin Kassam,1 Mona Kwong,1 John B Collins2 1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Introduction: Accreditation bodies across North America have adopted revised standards that place increased emphasis on experiential education and preceptors to promote and demonstrate patient-centered, pharmaceutical care practices to students. Since such practices are still evolving, challenges exist in recruiting skilled preceptors who are prepared to provide such opportunities. An online educational module series titled "A Guide to Pharmaceutical Care" (The Guide) was developed and evaluated to facilitate this transition. The objectives of this paper are: (1) to describe the development of the modules; and (2) to present the evaluation results from its pilot testing. Methods: The Guide was developed as an online, self-directed training program. It begins by providing an overview of patient care (PC) philosophy and practice, and then discusses the tools that facilitate PC. It also provides a range of tips to support students as they provide PC during their experiential learning. Pharmacists participating in the pilot study were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. A pre–post quantitative survey with additional open-ended questions was used to evaluate the modules. Results: The modules incorporated a variety of teaching strategies: self-reflection exercises, quizzes to review important concepts, quick tips, flash cards, and video clips to illustrate more in-depth learning. Thirty-two pharmacists completed the pre–post assessment and reported significant increases in their confidence because of this training. The most influenced outcome was "Application of techniques to facilitate learning opportunities that enable pharmacy students to practice pharmaceutical care competencies." They also indicated that the training clarified necessary changes in their teaching techniques as well as increased their own practice skills. Conclusion: The study results indicated that a series of self-paced online modules with appropriate content improved the pharmacists' confidence to nurture students' experiential learning for PC practice as well as enhanced their PC knowledge and skills within their own practices.
Abstract: tient satisfaction with pharmaceutical care delivery in community pharmacies Original Research (2880) Total Article Views Authors: Kassam R, Collins JB, Berkowitz J Published Date April 2012 Volume 2012:6 Pages 337 - 348 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S29606 Received: 31 December 2011 Accepted: 18 February 2012 Published: 18 April 2012 Rosemin Kassam1, John B Collins2, Jonathan Berkowitz3 1School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, 2Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, 3Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Background: The purpose of this study was to validate previously published satisfaction scales in larger and more diversified patient populations; to expand the number of community pharmacies represented; to test the robustness of satisfaction measures across a broader demographic spectrum and a variety of health conditions; to confirm the three-factor scale structure; to test the relationships between satisfaction and consultation practices involving pharmacists and pharmacy students; and to examine service gaps and establish plausible norms. Methods: Patients completed a 15-question survey about their expectations regarding pharmaceutical care-related activities while shopping in any pharmacy and a parallel 15 questions about their experiences while shopping in this particular pharmacy. The survey also collected information regarding pharmaceutical care consultation received by the patients and brief demographic data. Results: A total of 628 patients from 55 pharmacies completed the survey. The pilot study's three-factor satisfaction structure was confirmed. Overall, satisfaction measures did not differ by demographics or medical condition, but there were strong and significant store-to-store differences and consultation practice advantages when pharmacists or pharmacists-plus-students participated, but not for consultations with students alone. Conclusion: Patient satisfaction can be reliably measured by surveys structured around pharmaceutical care activities. The introduction of pharmaceutical care in pharmacies improves patient satisfaction. Service gap details indicated that pharmacy managers need to pay closer attention to various consultative activities involving patients and doctors.
Abstract: In order to evaluate the influence of stressed environments on hepatopancreatic cells of fre- shwater prawns, Macrobachium borellii Nobili, 1896 and Palaemonetes argentinus Nobili 1901, (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) were collected at three different aquatic environments with different relationship to urban development in Argentina. Furthermore the effects of several cypermethryn concentration on hepa- topancreatic cell of M. borellii and P. argentinus were evaluated in a laboratory assays. The "N° 1" lake (Santa Fe Argentina) which is more affected by the anthropogenic pressure and "Don Felipe" lake which is still not strongly by human activities were the studied sites from the floodplain of Paraná river. While Alejandra lake was the intermedia effects sites. Different damaged ultra-structures were found in F- and R-cells of prawns in the stressed lake. The predominant features were: disrupted the microvillous border, swelled mitochondria, reduction of endoplasmic reticulum, dyctiosomes, glycoproteins, desna-turalization of vacuole membrane and premature autolysis. Moreover the F-cell number was higher in the environment near to city than in the others sites. Similar effects were observed in the cypermethryn assays. The observations clearly indicate that the ultrastructure of midgut gland in the both palaemonids varies depending on the site from which animals are collected and the biocid presence. So, in this case it can be stated that the hepatopancreas histology of fre- shwater prawns is a good tool to monitor the impact of a stressed environment upon freshwater prawns.


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No that I can do a lot in my condition, with only three more weeks to go before our life changes completely and forever, but we're trying to show my parents as much of the region as we can. They are loving it!
We have always loved Port Douglas on a Sunday, when the markets are on. So one morning, after doing our weekly shopping in Rustys and making sure the rain was going to give us a break, we headed for this fantastic destination. First thing, as we always do when we get to Port Douglas, we went for a coffee and a muffin in our favourite cafe in town (I'm afraid we never remember the name of the place, but the muffins there are absolutely delicious). And then to the markets. This time there weren't as many stalls as usual, still we managed to see a few unusual things, at least for the Spanish eye: the bike producing cane sugar juice, funny faces made out of coconuts, a whole stall selling macadamia nuts with different flavours, exotic fruits, etc. It's always very interesting to wander through markets, since you never know what you can find.
Next stop, Four Mile Beach, where there were quite a few people enjoying the tropical waters. We didn't have a swimm, can you believe we had forgotten our swimming apparels at home? Lucky we have a swimming pool at home. Yes, I know, it isn't the same, is it?.
Another area we have taken my parents too is Steve's all time favourite: the Atherton Tablelands. The weather wasn't the best, so we had to give Granite Gorge a miss this time, which is where I really wanted to take them so they could hand feed wallabies. I don't think there are too many wallabies in Spain. However, we had plenty of time to do other things. First we visited one of the many tropical wineries in the area, where my parents bought coffee liqueur (by the way it is disappearing from the frigde, I have the feeling that it's very good, not that I have tried it). After that, a stop to drink a very tasty coffee, since the area is also well known for its coffee plantations. Being Spanish, they're a bit particular about their coffee and it seems the one we had at Skybury met their standards.
My mum was very surprised by the size of the termite mounds that we saw all the way along the road, so we took her to see the massive mounds that have been put together to create a very impressive avenue in the area. As you can see, some of them can be the size of a grown up person.
Another thing they are finding interesting is the amount of "Big Things" that you can find in Australia. So far, we have seen the Big Pineapple in the Sunshine Coast, the Big Captain Cook in Cairns, and the Big Fish and the Big Peanut, both in the Tablelands. There are still a few around the Cairns area we haven't seen, hopefully we will before they leave Australia. It's something we don't have in Spain and they seem to be very interested in.
We also had time to show them what Australian food tastes like at The Falls Teahouse, in Millaa Millaa, one of our favourite restaurants in the Cairns region. I'm not a very big fan of meat, in fact, I'm really struggling with the amount of meat that I have to eat during the pregnancy, but I always look forward to their meat pies, the best ones I have ever tried. I probably haven't been around too much to be able to talk about meat pies, but if the same afirmation comes from Steve, a meat lover, then it must be true. And since the Falls Teahouse restaurant is so close to some of the falls that belong to the very well known Falls Circuit, we also visited Millaa Millaa Falls, the best known of all of them, but definetely not the only one around. There are about 7 or 8 waterfalls, all of them beautiful and worth a visit. So if you have the time, go for it, 100% recommended.
And our last visit so far has been to Green Island, off the coast of Cairns. Finally I got to visit Melanesia Marineland, where Cassius lives, the biggest croc in cautivity. The sweet little thing measures only 5.5 metres and has such a kind face… I find crocs and snakes fascinating, so I never get tired of seeing them, although when they find a comfortable position they can remain quite for a very long time. It wasn't the case in one of the enclosures we saw. There were at least 9 small crocs in a few different ponds. The one that seemed like the boss run from one pond to another, where there was a smaller croc. This one jumped out of the pond towards us at a very high speed, and the three of us run away from the fence at the same speed. At the time, we didn't ever remember there was a fence between the crocodile and ourselves.
We also did a couple of tours on the island: one of them on a semi submersible and another one on a glass bottom boat. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, a semi submersible is a boat partly underwater with glass windows on both sides, so as the boat moves you see the different corals and marine life. And the glass bottom boat is somehow similar, but this time is the bottom of the boat what it's made of glass.
Thanks to both boats, we saw lots of different fish species, being our favourite ones the Clown Fish, best known these days as Nemo. I just love the anemonies moving and the Nemos coming in and out of them. We also saw a couple of massive turtles, giant trevallies and many other species, including a manta ray. This time we didn't see any sharks, unfortunately.
We're already planning a few things for the next few days, such a basketball game in Cairns or a visit to Paronella Park, but right now, we never know what we will be able to do. Junior is not here yet, not because I don't want to, but it seems he's very happy where he is right now. I hope he decides to meet us all soon, we're definetely getting "unpatient", as our lovely Flynn, Steve's nephew, says. I'm sure nobody is more impatient than I am right now.


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