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Laois primary schools invited to take part in Special Olympics Ireland fundraiser
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Laois Primary schools are invited to take part in an exciting fundraising competition to raise money to support the Special Olympics Ireland Games 2018.
Laois primary schools can win a visit from the Flame of Hope in advance of Special Olympics Ireland Games 2018.
The Special Olympics Ireland Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) are inviting primary schools across Laois to get involved and be in with the chance of winning a visit from the Flame of Hope and its fanfare of athletes, ambassadors and media.
The Torch Run is a key fundraising event which raises funds and awareness for the Special Olympic Ireland Games.
These Games offer an opportunity for athletes of all ages to reach their full sporting potential and become part of a growing community in the process.
The Ireland Games take place from the 14th – 17th June 2018 and will see 1,600 athletes from all over Ireland come to Dublin, to compete in 14 sports from football and swimming to gymnastics and bowling.
Schools have the opportunity to win a visit from the Law Enforcement Torch Run as it travels the country before attending the Opening Ceremony on Thursday 14th June.
By fundraising a minimum of €250 before the deadline of 30th March, schools can show their support for the Games and also help spread the important message of acceptance and inclusion in their classrooms.
Some fundraising ideas schools might consider include an Easter egg raffle, a non-uniform day, a sports day or a sponsored walk.
According to Fundraising Manager, Jennifer Clark "fundraising doesn't have to be too time intensive, sometimes the simpler ideas work the best. The main thing is that students are learning to help others and are having fun".
For more information and to register your school visit www.irelandgames.ie/schools.
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Portlaoise pub takes home prize at Hot Press Live Music Venue of the Year awards.


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Most ISPs set monthly limits on the amount of data their customers can use in a certain month, especially for 4G LTE USB modems. Users who exceed this quota may experience a slower data speed or be charged overage fees. The WAN Budget application helps the administrator to manage the data usage in a specific period of time. It allows the administrator to set a quota for traffic on each WAN interface, and the router will send a notification email or shut down the interface when the quota is exceeded.
1. Set up a WAN Budget, go to WAN->WAN Budget. In General Setup, click on the WAN interface you would like set a budget.
a. Enable WAN Budget on this interface.
b. Enter a Quota Limit.
c. Select the actions to be taken when the quota is exceeded.
d. Set the date and time for the start of your ISP's billing cycle.
e. Click OK to save the configuration. Please note that after clicking OK, the counter will be reset. So if you want to keep the traffic count, please click Cancel instead.
2. To monitor the current traffic, go to WAN->WAN Budget. In the Monitor Page, administrator can check the usage of each WAN interface.
However, rebooting the router, restoring configuration or upgrading firmware with the ".all" file will keep the traffic count.


Our pastor Father Ricardo Bauza with Rosemary Leyva (President of the St. Genevieve Historical Society) and Mariana Lopez.
Many items of the old church were displayed for this occasion so people could appreciate our past.
Members of the St. Genevieve Historical Society: Father Ricardo Bauza, Christopher Williams, Renee Allison, Rosemary Leyva, Derek Rubio, Liz Portillo, and Stephen Elchlepp.
1859-2009, Celebrating 150 years of community.
Seminarian Christopher Williams and Bishop Ricardo Ramirez. Father Juan Moreno is having a bite to eat.
The conference room was decorated with golden balloons to mark the beginning of the 150th anniversary.
People look at the pictures displayed showing our history.
Jaime Flores is caught at the museum-like display.
Smile, Socorro. This picture will go to the Las Cruces Sun News.
Members of the St. Genevieve's Knights of Columbus.
Some of the stain glass windows from the old church displayed during our celebration.
Parishioners celebrating 150 years of community.


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It also includes Sarvin Haghighi, an Iranian woman who wound up stranded in Australia after visiting family there. Her husband, a U.S. citizen named Andrew Culley, told Al-Jazeera she was first admitted to this country only after three and a half years of vetting by the Department of Homeland Security.
Most of all, I wished I could apologize to Hameed Khalid Darwish, a 59-year old Iraqi man who was handcuffed and spent nearly 19 hours in detention at Kennedy Airport. Over 10 years, Darwish — at grave risk to himself and his family — worked with U.S. military personnel in Iraq as a translator and contractor. For a man who put himself on the line to further American interests and safeguard American lives to be treated like that upon arriving on American soil is shabby beyond belief. Of course, shabbiness is a hallmark of the new regime.
The one heartening thing in this is that the detentions sparked such a great outcry, with mass protests erupting at airports across the country. Taken in conjunction with the Women's March that brought huge numbers to Washington a week and a half ago and inspired echoes across the country and around the world, it seems not unreasonable to hope that we are seeing the birth of a mass movement here.
It's darn well about time. Over the last 25 years, as conservatism has mutated from a respectable ideology to a cult of perpetual lunacy, progressivism has been marked by an often milquetoast unwillingness to fight for its own values. The tea party organized, demonstrated and became a force in Congress. Progressives wrote think pieces, shared snarky tweets and complained.
These were people whose forebears once took to the streets to stand down racism, sexism, imperialism and homophobia. Now — especially in Congress — they were people who were routinely left standing with their figurative pants yanked down around their metaphorical ankles.
Well, progressives need to stop taking boxing gloves to a knife fight. What is at stake here is not any one ideology, but reason itself, decency itself. A muscular and consistent resistance is required now. Pray God, that's what is taking shape.
Darwish, by the way, went free Saturday after lawyers filed a writ of habeas corpus. "America is the land of freedom," he told reporters after his detention. "… America is the greatest nation, the greatest people in the world."
He spoke without irony. He meant it from his heart.
And that may have been the most embarrassing thing of all.
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RENTON, Wash. - Former University of Washington athletes Rick Noji and Joe Steel are among the 12 individuals and one team the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association will induct into its Hall of Fame next month.
The 2010 class will be inducted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at the Spirit of Washington Events Center in Renton, Wash.
For more information on the 2010 WIAA Hall of Fame inductees and for tickets to the luncheon, contact Andy Barnes, WIAA Assistant Executive Director, at (425) 282-5237 or abarnes@wiaa.com. To view the full-length biographies of this year's inductees, please visit www.wiaa.com.
Rick Noji was one of the best high school track and field athletes in the state of Washington. Rick won WIAA State Track and Field Championships in the high jump, long jump and the 200-meter race. In 1984, Rick set the all-time state high jump record (7'4') at the Metro League Championships. His record still stands today. After high school, Rick competed for the University of Washington Track and Field team and was a six-time All-American. Rick competed internationally in three World Championships and U.S. Olympic Trials.
Joe Steele was one of the best running backs in Washington state football history. Joe helped his 1974 team win the WIAA 3A State Football Championship. He was a durable athlete who could run the ball over 25 times a game and never get injured. Joe ran for 3,814 yards and 44 touchdowns while at Blanchet. He went on to play football at the University of Washington and helped the team win the 1978 Rose Bowl.


There's no doubt in my mind that the dedication, persistence and cooperation of your team made all the difference. They are wonderful, pleasant and so totally and completely professional. We will leave Howard County, with the best real estate experience ever.


Have in some ways had a really lazy Sunday morning sat around scrolling through the laptop but actually have been hard at work preparing to throw myself back into work mode at full pace tomorrow. Many times when I have done a piece of flash fiction I have been lucky enough to receive amazing comments requesting more, now obviously getting Voices out takes priority you have all been waiting far too long for it and I can only apologise again but surgery, family issues and the fact it has taken me longer to recover than I expected have taken there toll far more than I have wanted to discuss on here as I above all else want to stay positive here and not allow the darkness which has descended recently to pervade this space. Never-the-less via the lethargy it has induced it has but I have given myself a damn good talking to, and know the only way to get through this is to actively do something about it. So to that end this morning I went back read through feed back on short stories and have sorted those to be worked on at a later date into short story collections so far there will be a second ghost stories, one of relationship pieces, one horror and one post apocalyptic/futuristic. I still have a few other ideas and the Sunday serial may end up being reworked a little to make it into a novel/novella in its own right depending how I feel it goes. I do feel a little better now having organised my ideas in such a way that when new ones come up rather than freaking out and stressing about what to do with them I know where they can fit in. I also feel better in shelving the option of other novels and concentrating on short stories then just working on my trilogy in novel form, they I would still love to publish traditionally but know they need a lot of work for me to be happy with them or should I say it as only the first part is written, but the short story collections I am happy to self publish and hopefully if I can get my head round it it will mean you get more things quicker as all of them have a core of stories for me to build upon.
Anyway heading out for dinner with daughter this afternoon then will finish today's part of the Dragon's Mark when I get back.
Oh just a note for everyone with a Facebook page if you visit mine there is a picture there you may wish to share on yours and on your own Facebook page explaining why Facebook is making it hard for our posts to be seen and that only those who are actively involved with a page are receiving notifications.
I've nominated you for an award honey. Please accept it. No pressure though. Kisses.


Red hot outfit in this red hot summer? Don't mind if I do!
Starting a big big big 18 month work project at the end of this month! I'm going to be running the massive & complex project and be traveling to DC with some regular frequency. And best news of all – I'm going to have my favorite co-worker & twin as my right hand man on this project! Exciting stuff!
This red cardigan has gotten a ton of use over the past five years! Click here for previous outfits and below there is a roundup graphic I did awhile back of a few outfits with the cardigan.
I love this outfit! Super professional but so much fun!


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Decisions of Hon. Peleg Sprague, in admiralty and maritime causes, in the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.
United States. District Court (Massachusetts)
Sprague, Peleg, 1793-1880, Parker, Francis Edward, -1886, Lathrop, John, 1835-1910, Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882
Philadelphia : T. & J.W. Johnson, 1861-1868.
Admiralty > United States.
Maritime law > United States > Cases.
Admiralty.
Maritime law.
Online Resource:
Print version: Decisions of Hon. Peleg Sprague, in admiralty and maritime causes, in the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.
Monograph Online Resource
by: Force, Robert, 1934-
Handbook of admiralty law
by: Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), 1855-1940
Admiralty decisions in the District Court of the United States, for the Pennsylvania District, by the Hon. Richard Peters : comprising also some decisions in the same court, by the late Francis Hopkinson, Esq. : to which are added cases determined in other districts of the United States : with an appendix containing -- The laws of Oleron -- The laws of Wisbuy -- The laws of the Hanse towns -- The Marine ordinances of Louis XIV -- A treatise on the rights and duties of owners, freighters, and masters of ships, and of mariners; and the laws of the United States relative to mariners
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Would you be interested in buying a CACC badge?
Checking if there is some interest to get some more Capital Area Cobra Club car badges manufactured.
We need at least to place an order for 40.
There was 2 versions made before, one with adhesive and one with posts, we can decide later what will be the mix.
I'll take two with the posts.
C'mon people, think about it, it'd be a great ornament for your car, your truck, keychain, your Christmas tree, ear rings for your wife, dog tag, jacket... underwear.... whatever!
I'll buy one with posts.
Check the way your voting works, I count 23 including Brian.
Voters can change their votes, so I guess that can change at any time.
I forgot, Jack Goehring wants one with posts.


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Loyola Law School > Faculty > Faculty List H-K > Jonathan F. Harris
Jonathan F. Harris
Jonathan F. Harris, Associate Professor of Law
Associate Professor of Law
AB, cum laude, Duke University
JD, City University of New York School of Law
Jonathan Harris writes and speaks on work law, contracts, and workforce development. His publications have appeared or are forthcoming in the Alabama Law Review, California Law Review Online, Northwestern University Law Review Online, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, and New York City Law Review, and have been cited by, inter alia, the Senate Banking Committee. Professor Harris is a recipient of a $15,000 grant through the University of California Irvine School of Law's Student Loan Law Initiative. He is a fellow with the Student Borrower Protection Center and co-authored the Center's 2022 groundbreaking report, Trapped at Work: How Big Business Uses Student Debt to Restrict Worker Mobility.
Professor Harris is the Secretary-Treasurer of the AALS Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law, as well as an executive committee member of the AALS Section on Employment Discrimination Law. He previously taught in the Lawyering Program at NYU School of Law. Professor Harris clerked for Judge James E. Graves, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit while teaching at Mississippi College School of Law. He began his legal career as a Skadden Fellow, focusing on the intersections of employment and consumer law. Prior to that, he was a labor and community organizer.
Law Review Publications
Consumer Law as Work Law (work in progress)
Economic Duress in Employment Contracting, 42 Compar. Lab. L. & Pol'y J. __ (forthcoming 2022) (invited)
The New Noncompete: Training Repayment Agreement Provisions as a Scheme to Retain Workers through Debt, 117 U. L. Rev. Of Note 1 (2022)
Unconscionability in Contracting for Worker Training, 72 Ala. L. Rev. 723 (2021) (reviewed in JOTWELL by Miriam A. Cherry)
Is There a Right to Job Quality? Reenvisioning Workforce Development , 11 Calif. L. Rev. Online 339 (2020) (with Livia Lam)
Worker Unity and the Law: A Comparative Analysis of the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Hope for the NLRA's Future, 13 N.Y.C. L. Rev. 107 (2009) (winner, Burton Award for Distinguished Writing in a Student Note)
Trapped at Work: How Big Business Uses Student Debt to Restrict Worker Mobility, Student Borrower Prot. Ctr. (July 2022) (with Chris Hicks)
Collecting Unpaid Wages & Enforcing Judgments in Maryland, Pub. Just. Ctr. (2012) (with Molly Theobald)
Agency Comments
Comment Letter to CFPB on Employer-Driven Debt (Sept. 23, 2022)
Comment Letter on Dec. 6-7, 2021 FTC & DOJ Workshop, "Making Competition Work: Promoting Competition in Labor Markets" (Dec. 19, 2021)
Comment Letter to FTC on Contract Terms that May Harm Competition (Sept. 30, 2021)
Recent Media Mentions
Newsy, The Why, Quick Quitting (Nov. 29, 2022) (television)
Taryn Luna & Hannah Wiley, A Sexual Misconduct Settlement Could Threaten #MeToo Progress at California Capitol, L.A. Times (Oct. 23, 2022)
Jacob Zinkula, Be Careful before "Quick Quitting" and Joining the Great Resignation. Your Employer May Hand You a Bill for Your Job Training., Business Insider (Oct. 19, 2022)
KMOX, The Show, Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (Oct. 18, 2022) (radio)
Diane Bartz, More U.S. Employers Charging Employees for Job Training if They Quit, Reuters (Oct. 17, 2022)
USC Annenberg Media, ATVN News, Disneyland Wages (Oct. 11, 2022) (television)
Sam Knight, More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude, Truthout (Sept. 19, 2022)
Jillian Berman, 'They are Looking for Other Ways to Keep Workers from Leaving Their Jobs': Training Repayment Agreements are the Latest Corporate Battleground in a Tight Labor Market., MarketWatch (Sept. 1, 2022) (quoted in headline)
Devin Leonard, 'Free' Job Training Can Cost a Fortune for Employees Who Quit, Bloomberg Markets (Aug. 11, 2022)
Dave Jamieson, A PetSmart Dog Groomer Quit Her Job. They Billed Her Thousands of Dollars for Training., HuffPost (Aug. 4, 2022)
Caitlin Harrington, Beware the Contract Clause Loading US Workers With Debt, Wired (Aug. 4, 2022)
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Graphs showing Arkansas sources of general revenue.
Four days after announcing plans to cut the state general revenue budget for the rest of this fiscal year, officials said Tuesday that they also took $43 million out of the budget for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1.
The cuts are planned even as the state announced record revenue for April.
"These cuts just reflect the fact that the budget for 2018 will be tight," Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, said in a written statement. "However, no layoffs are expected, and services will go on uninterrupted. I will continue to monitor the budget, as I've always done, as we enter a new fiscal year."
The announced cuts come about a month after the Republican-controlled Legislature and governor passed a $5.496 billion general revenue budget for fiscal 2018. Most of what was a $163 million increase in that budget was earmarked for the Department of Human Services.
But late Tuesday afternoon, Department of Finance and Administration officials announced a cut in the forecast for net general revenue -- the amount available for state agencies -- to $5.453 billion for fiscal 2018.
The change reflects updates in the state's economic forecast; a net revenue increase of $6.3 million from tax law changes by this year's General Assembly; and a reduction in the amount of money going to the State Central Services and Constitutional Officers Fund, the department said. Tax refunds and some special government expenses come off the top of total general revenue, leaving a net amount that state agencies are allowed to spend.
The revised forecast for fiscal 2018 projects a $230.9 million increase in gross general revenue over fiscal 2017, to $6.75 billion.
"It still shows a strong economy, a strong expansion continuing across the biennium [in fiscal years 2018-19]," said John Shelnutt, the state's chief economic forecaster. "This economic update is not that much different from the recent past and does not include some major anticipated or hoped for gains from a [Republican President Donald] Trump budget, and stimulus in business spending and investment or stimulus for infrastructure."
The state Revenue Stabilization Act for fiscal 2018 prioritizes spending into A and B categories. The $43 million budget cut will mean a 33 percent cut in the $131.5 million Category B allocation. Most of the money would go to the Department of Human Services, with other money for public schools, prisons, parks, and tourism and health.
Finance department officials Tuesday also formally reduced the fiscal 2017 budget by $70 million, to $5.263 billion. Hutchinson announced that cut Friday and said it wouldn't result in layoffs or reduced services.
To explain the fiscal 2017 budget cut, Hutchinson pointed to lagging sales and corporate income tax collections, and higher-than-expected individual income tax refunds. The 2015 Legislature passed Hutchison's plan to cut individual tax rates for Arkansans with taxable incomes between $21,000 and $75,000.
The plan was projected to cut general revenue by about $100 million a year.
Category B in the Revenue Stabilization Act for fiscal 2017 has a $127.9 million allocation. The reduction cuts Category B by 55 percent, according to the finance department.
Most of the money is for Medicaid, with the rest for education, higher education, prisons and the state's economic development agency.
"We are just now officially issuing the guidance on the revenue forecast for the current fiscal year ... but as that process rolls out, now we are working with" agencies to figure out where they will cut their budgets, said Jake Bleed, a spokesman for the Department of Finance and Administration.
Officials haven't decided whether to grant merit raises to state employees in fiscal 2017, said Larry Walther, finance department director.
The last state government budget cut was in January 2010, when then-Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, announced a $106 million reduction just a few months after another $100 million cut during an economic downturn.
In addition to the budget cut, the finance department reported that general revenue in April increased by $30.6 million, or 3.9 percent, over the same month a year ago to $824.3 million and exceeded the state's forecast by $14.3 million, or 1.8 percent.
April's total general revenue collection is a record for the month. The previous April record was $817.4 million in 2013, said department tax analyst Whitney McLaughlin.
"We think the economy in Arkansas is good, especially as reflected in the withholding tax," Walther said.
"The unemployment rate is a record low. A lot of people are working out there. The actual number of people employed is up. It seems to be a good economy. I wish it was more reflected in sales tax and corporate income tax."
• A $16.7 million, or 3.3 percent, increase in individual income taxes over the same month a year ago to $522 million, which fell $9.7 million, or 1.8 percent, below forecast.
Individual withholdings are the largest category of individual income taxes. They totaled $285.3 million, a $50.3 million increase over a year ago and $26.8 million over forecast.
Withholding collections were boosted from having one more Friday payday than the same month a year ago. Another boost came from the income taxes paid by a $177 million Mega Millions jackpot winner from Texas, state officials said.
• A $2.4 million, or 1.3 percent, decrease in sales and use tax collections over the same month a year ago, to $190.2 million. The monthly collection was $11.1 million, or 5.5 percent, below forecast.
"For some reason this year, our sales tax has been just continually lagging [growth in individual income tax withholdings]. The sales tax is just acting strangely this year," said Walther.
April is the first month that Seattle-based Amazon started remitting sales taxes to the state based on its sales to Arkansans.
"It is in there, but it's not a big panacea," Walther said.
• A $22.1 million increase in corporate income tax collections over the same month a year ago to $78 million, which is $31.7 million above forecast.
Walther said the change in the corporate income tax filing due date from March 15 to April 15 increased those collections in April.
Net general revenue available to state agencies for April inched down by $400,000, or 0.1 percent, below year-ago figures to $660.9 million. That's $11.3 million above forecast, according to the finance department.
Through the first 10 months of fiscal 2017, gross general revenue totaled $5.42 billion -- an increase of $22.5 million, or 0.4 percent, over the same period in fiscal 2016, but $87.5 million below forecast.
So far in fiscal 2017, individual income tax collections have increased by $67.5 million, or 2.5 percent, over the same period in fiscal 2016 to $2.73 billion and that's $10.6 million, or 0.4 percent, below forecast.
Sales and use tax collections have increased by $19.3 million, or 1 percent, over the same period in fiscal 2016 to $1.94 billion. But that's $61.8 million below forecast.
Corporate income tax collections have declined by $61.1 million, or 15.6 percent, from the same period in fiscal 2016 to $331.7 million. That's $39.3 million, or 10.6 percent, below forecast.
In the 10-month period of fiscal 2017, net general revenue available to state agencies totaled $4.48 billion -- which is $50.1 million, or 1.1 percent, below the same period in fiscal 2016 and below forecast by $54 million, or 1.2 percent.
May 3, 2017 at 6:33 a.m.
Proof that AR's god, guns and gynecology agenda does NOT create jobs. And while state unemployment might be low, most jobs here are low wage. We have the lowest median income in the country. How can we even think of giving state employees a 'merit' raise?! Set them free through budget cuts to go work in the private sector. Legislators should work for free since they produce absolutely nothing of value.
May 3, 2017 at 8:31 a.m.
May 3, 2017 at 8:39 a.m.
State employees have not received even a cola raise for a very long time. So sure, lay them off, and they move out of state to find gainful employment. That doesn't help the situation because you've lost that persons tax revenue, and the state doesn't "bank" that salary of the vacated position. They fill it, or it gets shuffled to another agency that needs it. We lose either way.
May 3, 2017 at 8:49 a.m.
May 3, 2017 at 12:01 p.m.
Wait a minute. April's sales/use tax DROPPED? What happened the Amazon tax fixing all our ills given that it should have been included? Yup, about what I thought.


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Which is the best Dubai International school
While Dubai is known as one of the best tourism places in the whole world, with its awe-inspiring architecture, beautiful landscapes, and more, the city also houses some impressive establishments for education. Dubai helps to cater to the needs of education that people have. Education in Dubai encircles many levels of primary, secondary and college education. If you're looking for the top Dubai international schools then here's a whole list of them.
1. Cambridge High School Dubai
Cambridge International School Dubai
If you are looking for a marked educational institute in Dubai then Cambridge High School is the exact place for you. It is a British curriculum school situated near the American College of Dubai, Garhoud-Dubai United Emirates.
Basically the school is divided into two departments: primary school (kindergarten to year 6) and secondary school (year 7 to year 13). So, why is Cambridge High School one of the best schools in the city? This is because of its predominant teaching, varied facilities for learners and a variety of opportunities it offers to students. The Cambridge High School produces students with qualified education and all the necessary skills which enable them to face challenges in the world. This school gives its scholars an opportunity to enhance their skills in outdoor activities. The institution holds an annual Sports Day for both the primary as well as secondary school students. The school also has a uniform policy that all students must adhere to.
2. Regent International School, Dubai
Regent International School is a British National Curriculum School and it is contemplated to be one of the top ten in the UAE. School is set in the Greens, Emirates living community first Al – khail St. Dubai. This school was founded in the year 1993. Regent International School (RIS) is an authorized establishment having an impressive history. The stability of their teaching techniques and versatility of their teachers have enabled RIS students to accomplish their personal ambitions in the most efficient manner. This school offers primary and secondary level education. The school has a playground, a gymnasium, library, and fully equipped computer labs for its students to develop and grow.
3. Clarion School Dubai
One of the most important elements for a child's eminence is a nurturing adult who helps spark imagination, frame self-esteem and helps the child discover the world around them. The Clarion School in Dubai is an American curriculum school that offers just that. It is the first affiliate school of the Bank Street College of Education and was established quite recently. Through offering a challenging, intriguing and supportive educational environment to their young scholars so that they can confront modern challenges in the world, the institution has been able to make a name for itself. All the teachers at Clarion are well qualified and follow American standards of teaching students. The students have a playground to hone their athletic skills. The classrooms are spacious and each class has a suitable number of students so teachers can give their full attention to them.
4. Green Field Community School (GCS)
The Green Field Community School is situated in Green Community DIP in Dubai. GCS is one of the few schools in world offering all four International baccalaureate programs: The primary year programs (PYP), Middle year programs (MYP), Diploma program (DP) and the IB career- related program (IBCP). IB students are able to make participate in researches in the field of science and technology. GCS is a truly international school with over 80 nationalities and 50 varied languages. The school is equipped with a variety of facilities i.e. impressive sporting equipment, well-stocked libraries, an auditorium and fully-equipped I.T rooms. Teachers are qualified and work together to create a unique learning environment for students.
5. Swiss International Scientific School
The Swiss International Scientific School welcomes all families that demand quality education and a training-inclusive environment for their children. It is an authorized IB world school and offers four international baccalaureate programs. It is one of the best schools in Dubai that offers distinguished enlightenment on both academic excellence and personal advancement. Students are able to get quality education from an international teaching staff that is well qualified and striving to provide standard education to children in a caring, nurturing and supportive environment. The school has a well-equipped playground, a healthy cafeteria, and more.
6. GEMS Royal Dubai School
The GEMS Royal Dubai School opened in 2005 and is striving to give authentic education to students from their foundation-laying years to being 6 years old. It is set near the mirdif and gives good commuting links to Dubai and Sharjah. British trained and experienced teachers are part of the staff and they are able to generate motivational and child-centric teaching environments. GEMS focuses on comprehensive education which is not limited only to the classroom but also embraces a wide range of extracurricular activities that includes sports, art and craft, and explorative skills. GEMS is equipped with interactive whiteboards and students have access to PCs, laptops, and iPads for educational purposes.
7. Repton School
The Repton School is one of the leading schools in Dubai and is set in Nad Al Sheba. It provides both day and boarding facilities. It has a very distinguished British taste and a vibrant multicultural learning community. This school is endeavoring to facilitate students with high-quality education and a skill-inclusive environment which enables young minds to accomplish modern challenges in the rapidly changing and highly competitive global society. This school is basically portioned into two major departments: primary school and secondary school. This educational establishment offers IGCSEs and IB diploma with a choice of 45 subjects. This school was acknowledged with an IB world school status on 1st April 2009. It is one of the best schools to have achieved such valued distinction in a very short span of time.
While these listed schools are one of the best Dubai international schools you can for, the next three are a bit different in terms of education and facilities. These three Dubai international schools are highly recommended for people looking to teach their young ones valuable information and skills needed to progress in life.
8. Choueifat School Dubai
Dubai International School Choueifat is a highly academic, co-educational, English medium independent day school. The school is striving to develop academic competencies, interpersonal skills and learning abilities among its students. This school was founded in 1993 for providing education from KG1 to grade 6. Students who are found to be behind academically are rarely refused. Instead, they are offered, at an extra cost, one of several different solutions, depending on their academic needs. This allows Choueifat to provide education to all kinds of students without refusing a few young minds on the basis of their current aptitudes. The school also focuses on student activities such as gymnastics and swimming.
9. GEMS Willington School Dubai
Quality education is one of the most basic needs for every child. The GEMS Willington establishment caters to parents who want their kids to get the best quality education. This school is situated in Al wasl Dubai in United Arab Emirates with its iconic architecture. GEMS international school prepares students to meet the modern challenges that are being faced in the world. Their educational programs help students to explore the world around them by making use of their curious natures. GEMS aim to develop leadership qualities among the students. The teaching staff is more than capable of teaching young students in the most efficient of manners.
10. Jumeirah English Speaking School Dubai
For a lot of parents, there is no better Dubai International School for education purposes other than the Jumeirah English Speaking School Dubai. Jumeirah itself is considered to be a place that has impressive architecture and offers a lot of quality for tourists. This also holds true for the kind of education it is able to offer. This establishment, with its British flavor, caters to the need of students for meeting the modern challenges in the global society that we all live in. This school is basically partitioned into two campuses. Its original campus, on Sheikh Zayed Road, serves as the primary school; a second campus which is both a primary and secondary school is set in the Arabian Ranches. This school is equipped with British trained teachers who are looking for new ways in which they can deliver education that will not only prepare their students for university and higher education, but will also prepare them for global citizenship. This educational institution has a swimming pool, an outdoor playground, and beautiful classrooms for students to thrive both mentally as well as physically.
So, if you're looking for the best Dubai International Schools then all of the establishments talked about in this list are the best. However, comparatively the Choueifat School Dubai, GEMS Willington Primary School Dubai, and the Jumeirah English Speaking School Dubai are highly recommended.


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By Dennis Schaal | January 18, 2012
Orbitz for Business and Limos.com are now giving road warriors the ability to book black cars and limousines through the online travel agency's corporate booking tool.
The deal adds black cars and limousines from some 2,000 town car and limousine vendors to the Orbitz for Business ground transportation mix, giving corporate travelers an alternative to car rental firms, the companies say.
The service is available in some 370 destinations in 62 countries, the companies state.
Corporations have access to negotiated discounts of up to 40% on the black cars and limousines and can take advantage of integrated reporting and policy controls, according to the companies.
This is not the first time that Orbitz for Business has offered black cars and limousines.
In 2005, for example, Orbitz for Business struck a similar deal with GT3 (Ground Travel Transportation Team).
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Indonesian musician faces jail time for anti-Ahok tweet
Ahmad Dhani Prasetyo stands accused of hate attacks against Jakarta's former Christian governor
A photo of Indonesian musician Ahmad Dhani Prasetyo taken during a promotional event in Jakarta on Jan. 6. (Photo by Bahtiar/AFP)
By Katharina Reny Lestari
Updated: November 27, 2018 10:45 AM GMT
Indonesian prosecutors have sought a two-year jail term for an outspoken musician over allegations he committed hate speech against Jakarta's former Christian governor.
Prosecutors told judges at a Nov. 26 hearing that they are seeking the jail term for musician Ahmad Dhani Prasetyo over allegations he spread hate speech via Twitter targeting imprisoned former governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok.
Prasetyo was named a suspect in November 2017 after a police report was filed in April of that year by Jack Boyd Lapian, an Ahok supporter.
When Jakarta's gubernatorial election campaign was ongoing during March 2017, Prasetyo allegedly wrote via Twitter: "Anyone who supports the blasphemer is scum and deserves to be spat at in the face."
Ahok was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of insulting the Quran by a court in May that year.
During the hearing at South Jakarta District Court, prosecutors not only mentioned Prasetyo's tweet but two other tweets from the same account that referred to Ahok.
Hendarsam Marantoko, a member of Prasetyo's legal team, told ucanews.com that prosecutors must be able to prove two important elements of the alleged crime, namely "the fact that the tweets are real" and "the fact that the tweets contain hate speech."
"They could only prove the first one and ignored the fact that the other two tweets were posted by other individuals on Prasetyo's Twitter account," he said.
Marantoko said other people apart from Prasetyo manage the Twitter account. The use of the term "anyone" does not refer to a certain party, he said.
Marantoko said a plea is being prepared for the next hearing scheduled for mid-December.
The charges against Prasetyo come under Article 28(2) of the 2016 Electronic and Transactions Law, known as the ITE law, which outlaws the spreading of so-called hate speech against ethnic groups, religions and races.
The hearing on Prasetyo's case came two days after Buni Yani, a former university lecturer, was given a 1.5-year prison sentence under the ITE law for uploading an anti-Ahok video to Facebook.
"We respect the Supreme Court's ruling, but we are disappointed that he is sentenced only to 1.5 years in prison," I. Wayan Sudarta, a lawyer who defended Ahok, told ucanews.com.
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Q: what exactly ObjectFactory is, and, whats is it used for? this is my StructureMapControllerFactory which i want to use it in mvc5 project
public class StructureMapControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
    private readonly StructureMap.IContainer _container;

    public StructureMapControllerFactory(StructureMap.IContainer container)
    {
        _container = container;
    }

    protected override IController GetControllerInstance(
        RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
    {
        if (controllerType == null)
            return null;

        return (IController)_container.GetInstance(controllerType);
    }
}

i configured my controller factory in the global.asax like this:
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    protected void Application_Start()
    {

        var controllerFactory = new StructureMapControllerFactory(ObjectFactory.Container);

        ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(controllerFactory);
        AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
        RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    }
}

but what is  ObjectFactory? why i cant find any namespace about that? why iv got:

the name ObjectFactory doesnt exist in current context

i tried many methods of using controller factory and iv got this problem when i felt Object factory in code ...it really bored my

A: ObjectFactory was a static instance to the StructureMap container. It has been removed from StructureMap because it is not a good practice to access the container anywhere but in the application's composition root (which leads down the dark path to the service locator anti-pattern).
So, to keep everything DI-friendly, you should pass the DI container instance, rather than using static methods.
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    protected void Application_Start()
    {
        // Begin composition root

        IContainer container = new Container()

        container.For<ISomething>().Use<Something>();
        // other registration here...

        var controllerFactory = new StructureMapControllerFactory(container);

        ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(controllerFactory);
        AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
        RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);

        // End composition root (never access the container instance after this point)
    }
}

You may need to inject the container into other MVC extension points, such as a global filter provider, but when you do make sure that all of that is done inside of the composition root.

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Q: How to Mock client side rest service I'm trying to create mockito test run for rest api below is the controller class followed by mock test which I'm trying to execute but the problem is it is still calling actual rest api instead of mocking it,
1) Controller Class
public void sendData(ID id, String xmlString, Records record) throws  ValidationException{
        ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new
                HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(HttpClients.createDefault());
        RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate(requestFactory);

        List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters = new ArrayList<>();
        messageConverters.add(new StringHttpMessageConverter(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));

        restTemplate.setMessageConverters(messageConverters);

        MultiValueMap<String,String> header = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
        header.add("x-api-key",api_key);
        header.add("Content-Type",content_type);
        header.add("Cache-Control",cache_control);
        HttpEntity<String> request = new HttpEntity<>(xmlString, header);

        try {
            restTemplate.postForEntity(getUri(id,record), request, String.class);
        }catch (RestClientResponseException e){
            throw new ValidationException("Error occurred while sending a file to some server "+e.getResponseBodyAsString());
        }

    }

2) Test class
     @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
        public class Safe2RestControllerTest {
            private MockRestServiceServer server;
            private RestTemplate restTemplate;
            private restControllerClass serviceToTest;

         @Before
         public void init(){
         //some code for initialization of the parameters used in controller class

         this.server = MockRestServiceServer.bindTo(this.restTemplate).ignoreExpectOrder(true).build();
         }

          @Test
            public void testSendDataToSafe2() throws ValidationException, URISyntaxException {

            //some code here when().then()

            String responseBody = "{\n" +
                        "    \"responseMessage\": \"Validation succeeded, message
                             accepted.\",\n" +
                        "    \"responseCode\": \"SUCCESS\",\n" +
                        "    2\"responseID\": \"627ccf4dcc1a413588e5e2bae7f47e9c::0d86869e-663a-41f0-9f4c-4c7e0b278905\"\n" +
                        "}";

           this.server.expect(MockRestRequestMatchers.requestTo(uri))
          .andRespond(MockRestResponseCreators.withSuccess(responseBody,
           MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));

            serviceToTest.sendData(id, xmlString, record);
            this.server.verify();
            }
        }

How should I go ahead, any suggestion would be appreciated.

A: Spring's MVC test apparatus makes this quite easy.
@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@WebMvcTest(controllers = YourController.class)
public class YourControllerTest {

    @Autowired
    private MockMvc mockMvc;

    @Test
    public void testSendDataToSafe2() throws Exception {
        // prepare e.g. create the requestBody

        MvcResult mvcResult = mockMvc.perform(post(uri).contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).content(requestBody))
            .andExpect(status().isOk())
            .andReturn();

        Assert.assertEquals(responseBody, mvcResult.getResponse().getContentAsString());
    }
}

For more details, see the section titled "Add Unit Tests" here and/or the section titled "Auto-configured Spring MVC tests" here.
Your question also states "the problem is it is still calling actual rest api" so I'm guessing that, in addition to calling your controller is a test context, you want that mock out some of the behaviour of that controller. Specifically, you want to mock the RestTemplate instance used in that controller. If so, then would have to change the controller implementation such that the RestTemplate instance is an @Autowired class member. Then you would declare a mock for that in your test case  like so:
@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@WebMvcTest(controllers = YourController.class)
public class YourControllerTest {

    @Autowired
    private MockMvc mockMvc;

    @MockBean
    private RestTemplate restTemplate;

    @Test
    public void testSendDataToSafe2() throws Exception {
        // prepare e.g. create the requestBody

        // tell your mocked RestTemplate what to do when it is invoked within the controller
        Mockito.when(restTemplate.postForEntity(..., ..., ...)).thenReturn(...);

        MvcResult mvcResult = mockMvc.perform(post(uri).contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).content(requestBody))
            .andExpect(status().isOk())
            .andReturn();

        Assert.assertEquals(responseBody, mvcResult.getResponse().getContentAsString());
    }
}

The above code is valid for spring-test:4.3.10.RELEASE.


China's construction equipment industry is bracing for a decline in sales in 2019 after two years of rapid growth, as work slows on new projects and firms replace fewer old diggers and cranes, executives at an industry event in Shanghai said this week.
"There are a number of uncertainties (in 2019), be it in relation to the global economy or world trade," Lu Chuan, president of XCMG Construction Machinery Co Ltd, said on the sidelines of the biennial Bauma China fair.
Industry executives said there were signs that growth had peaked and that customers were turning more cautious, a concern for firms from Caterpillar Inc to local rival Zoomlion and Japan's Komatsu Ltd in the world's largest market for construction equipment by unit sales.
Melker Jernberg, president of Volvo Group's construction equipment unit, said the Swedish firm anticipated 2019 sales would be in line with this year or a "little bit lower".


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Evan Oliphant – The season so far
Racing in the heartlands of Belgium will toughen a guy up.
It's been a while since we spoke to our friendly Scottish Pro Evan Oliphant, so we figured this was a good time to get a progress report for the season so far, how life is treating him in Belgium and the setup in the new DFL team.
What have you ridden this year?
"I've ridden about a dozen races; it's less than I would like, but I was sick around De Panne time and missed quite a number of events.
"That's the thing about six of us sharing the house here, if one gets sick then you all do, it was Dan Fleeman who was sick first on that occasion.
"The toughest races I've ridden have been in Germany, I rode the Rund um Koln (203 kilometres, won by Juan Jose Haedo of CSC) and the Rund um den Henninger Turm (approx. 200 kilometres, won by Patrik Sinkewitz of T-Mobile —and Britain's Barry Hoban in 1966) they were horrible!
"I also rode the Scheldeprijs, which 'Cav' (Mark Cavendish of GB and T-Mobile) won, it wasn't bad because it's pan-flat.
"It wasn't flat in Germany though, Henninger Turm goes up into the Taunus Mountains. My best result was at Drenthe in Holland where I got 15th, I was away on my own going for 7th but I got caught with 300 metres to go."
What's coming up next?
"The Dunkirk Four Day — but it's actually six days; I was just looking at the start sheet and half the teams lining-up are Pro Tour.
"I think I may be home after that to ride the Scottish 10 and road race; we've nothing planned until the Tours of Belgium and Luxembourg, I'd prefer to ride the latter because it's a bigger race.
"The thing is, because we're pro continental we can only really ride hard races and you are up against Pro Tour guys in everything you ride. Eric Vanderaerden, our team manager has said that it should be easier to get results now that the classics season is finished, guys won't be so full-on and a lot of them will be thinking about the Tour.
"The team is riding the Tour of Britain, I'm not sure yet if will be though — that'll be about the smallest race we ride all year. When you see the crowds at German races you realise that cycling isn't a big sport in Britain — you can't compare it to the continent."
What are your goals for the rest of the season?
"To get top three placings and get noticed, but like I said, that's difficult because of the standard of the races we ride. I also want to win the British road race championship."
How's DFL?
"Good; better than I imagined it would be, well organised and the programme is good too — no complaints. The house where we say is fine, a maximum of six of us stay there but just now, for example, there are only three of us, so it's not crowded."
What's DFL's best result so far?
"Jens Mouris (Holland) got a top ten in West Flanders but we're hoping for better things over the next few weeks."
Nico Mattan is proving to be a great Road Captain for the DFL boys.
How's Nico Mattan doing as team captain?
"He's very keen to help and great when it comes to race rehearsals because he knows all the courses so well. In the races he's always on the radio telling us what's coming-up, where to sit in the bunch and to move-up if we have to.
"I hadn't realised how popular he is here, when you're out on the bike and people in cars see the DFL jersey they lean out of the window and shout 'Where's Nico?'"
Who's impressing you?
"There's not really one person who I would point to, but CSC are certainly the most impressive team. They are always willing to race and are represented in every move; some of the Pro Tour teams sit back and leave it to others to make the racing but CSC go with everything right from the start."
Coffee time.
Favourite things about Belgium?
"The waffles! I even eat them in races. The weather has been great too; I haven't raced in the rain yet, although the weather is forecast to break soon.
"I also really like the fact that drivers respect you, no one blasts horns at you and they'll wait until they can pass if you are riding two-abreast."
Least favourites?
"The cross-winds!"
Out training with the team.
What do you miss about Scotland?
"I've been away so much that I don't really miss anything, I was in Australia for the whole winter then I've been here all season so far."
VeloVeritas will be at the Scottish 10 and road race champs so we'll catch-up with Evan at one or both. In the meantime, good luck at Dunkirk, Evan.
Scheldeprijs
Scottish Professional
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I have given her a basket of strawberries that she has picked.
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Jesus' love for us is something like that. He longs for fellowship with us. And when we kneel before Him and spend even a few minutes in prayer, we bring joy to Him. The apostle Paul said Jesus wants to hear your voice "continually" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). But, when we let our‐selves get caught up in the busyness of life and put off time for prayer, we become less sensitive to His voice and His leading in our lives.
Relationships, whether human or divine, must be cultivated and maintained if they are to be vibrant and meaningful. Let's make sure we spend time every day with our loving Master.
• How do you feel when we're apart for several days?
• How can we make sure that no matter how busy we are, we keep talking to each other?
• Do you think we spend enough time with Jesus in prayer?
• How is it possible to pray "continually" amidst the busyness of our lives? Can we learn to be mindful of Him throughout the day?
Dear Lord, we seek a thriving prayer conversation with You. We need it—to know You better, to hear You more clearly, and to love each other more deeply. Teach us to pray. Amen.


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On the whole the temperatures across the Indian sub continent is expected to see slightly higher than normal temperatures with more pronounced anomaly showing up in the Northwest Regions of the country.
In the meanwhile we are likely to see the isolated rains continue over South Coastal Tamil Nadu like the last couple of days under the influence of the Easterly Trough off the coast of Sri Lanka.


The things that go bump in the night in Yellowstone might not be just the resident wild creatures. The park's historic hotels and mysterious landscapes have inspired countless ghost stories over its long history.
Last year, I visited the Old Faithful Inn on a winter's night. Every fall the Inn is closed and shuttered for the season until it reopens the next spring. As I walked through the darkened hallways and listened to my lonely footfalls, thoughts of The Shining certainly entered my mind. Indeed, employees have a spooky tradition of gathering for showings of the film over the winter in one of the Inn's dark rooms.
The Old Faithful Inn, over one hundred years old, has numerous ghost stories associated with it. One tells of a newlywed bride beheaded during her honeymoon at the Inn. Soon after the murder, guests began reporting a headless apparition that wandered through the hallways. Visitors and employees have also witnessed the specter of a small, intense-looking man walking through the lobby—he is thought to be the ghost of Robert Reamer, the architect of the Old Faithful Inn and many other historic buildings in Yellowstone.
Other well-known landmarks in Yellowstone also possess spooky stories. Visitors have reported hearing the whispers of the drowned on Yellowstone Lake and a little, lost boy is said to appear among the onlookers watching the Old Faithful Geyser.
A strange phenomenon takes place in the high country above Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. Travelers in the area hear a disturbing whining noise that is said to last up to thirty seconds. The Yellowstone Whispers are heard most often between the hours of dawn and ten a.m., usually when few people are around. There's nothing new about this occurrence-early trappers in the region knew of it, and Native Americans regarded the Whispers as a sacred occurrence.
Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park is the largest log structure in the world—a giant log cabin, of sorts—and features an 85-foot tall lobby, huge rough stone fireplace, overhanging balconies and railings made of spectacular twisted gnarled logs. The inn's architect was a 29-year-old Ohio designer named Robert C. Reamer, who took immense pride in his creation. He must have, because his spirit may very well remain at the inn. Visitors have reported a short, ghostly man walking the hallways during the evening. He has a worried look on his face, and seems to be walking with a purpose.
After the Old Faithful Inn opened in Yellowstone, a newlywed couple booked a night in the hotel. They checked in and had the perfect day: touring the geyser basins, dining at the Inn, and simply enjoying nature. Everything seemed perfect - but when the housekeeping staff entered their room the next morning, the headless body of the bride was laid out on the bed. The park conducted a thorough investigation, lasting for weeks, but neither the husband or the wife's head could be found. Life slowly got back to normal at the Old Faithful Inn, but the management started to receive reports of a headless apparition on the balconies of the lobby. Both guests and employees have seen the ghost, even though the Inn tries to dispel the ghostly stories. If you spend the evening at the Old Faithful Inn, set your alarm and go for a stroll on the upper balconies in the wee morning hours - you just might encounter the ghost!
The hotel is definitely trying to stifle any ghost stories about their inn. We took the guided tour - which we highly recommend, by the way. When the tour guide didn't mention any ghosts, we asked about the hauntings of the Old Faithful Inn. She was silent for a moment, and finally said, "We used to tell a few ghost stories, but since we were afraid that we were scaring the kids on the tours, we stopped them. It's all nonsense anyway - I've never seen anything like that here."
A final story that we heard was about two tourists that spent the night in the Inn's 1928 west wing. Every night in Yellowstone is chilly, so the couple went to sleep under the heavy covers of the guest room's bed. In the wee hours of the morning, they awoke to find that they were completely undressed, and the covers off of them and folded neatly at the foot of the bed. Wondering if they could have done it in their sleep, the husband stood up and felt of the room's radiator - it was stone cold.


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Bartolomeo Cristofori - inventor of the piano
Instrument maker adapted harpsichord to play soft and loud notes
Bartolomeo Cristofori in a 1726 portrait
Bartolomeo Cristofori, the man widely credited with inventing the piano, was born on this day in 1655 in Padua.
He came up with the idea while working for the Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici in Florence, who had hired him to look after his collection of harpsichords and other instruments.
It is thought that Cristofori, who was assumed to have been an established maker of musical instruments when Ferdinando invited him to Florence in around 1690, wanted to create a keyboard instrument similar to a harpsichord but capable of playing notes of varying loudness.
An inventory of Medici instruments from 1700 described an "arpicimbalo", which resembled a harpsichord but which created sounds through hammers and dampers rather than the plucking mechanism employed by the harpsichord. It was said to be "newly invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori".
In 1711, Scipione Maffei, a poet and journalist, referred to Cristofori's "gravicembalo col piano, e forte" (harpsichord with soft and loud), the first time it was called by its eventual name, pianoforte. A Florentine court musician, Federigo Meccoli, noted that the "arpi cimbalo del piano e forte" was first made by Cristofori in 1700, which is regarded as the birth date for the piano.
An early model was dismissed by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach as possessing too heavy a touch and too weak a treble. Cristofori made further modifications over time and by 1726 his instrument had many of the characteristics of a modern piano, albeit with fewer keys.
In Germany, meanwhile, the organ designer Gottfried Silbermann, using Cristofori's blueprint, began making pianos of his own in 1730, which met with Bach's approval.
Three Cristofori pianos survive, the oldest a 1720 model at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Museo Strumenti Musicali in Rome has one dated at 1722 and the Musikinstrumenten-Museum of Leipzig University has one made in 1726.
Cristofori's invention was initially slow to catch on in Italy, but records show that Queen Maria Barbara de Braganza of Spain, patron and student of the composer Domenico Scarlatti, bought five. It is thought that hundreds of Scarlatti's single-movement keyboard sonatas, of which there were more than 500, may have been intended for piano, rather than harpsichord.
By the late 18th century, thanks to its range and versatility, the pianoforte had become a leading instrument of Western music. By the end of the 19th century, many wealthier households in Europe and North America possessed a piano and almost every major Western composer from Mozart onwards had played it and put it at the heart of their musical output.
Cristofori remained in Florence following the death of Ferdinando in 1713 and continued to work for the Medici court until his health declined. There is evidence that his assistants were Giovanni Ferrini and Domenico dal Mela, who both went on to establish notable careers of their own. Dal Mela is said to have made the first upright piano. Cristofori died in Florence in January 1731.
The Basilica of St Anthony in Padua
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The city of Padua - or Padova - in the Veneto region of northern Italy is best known for the frescoes by Giotto that adorn the Scrovegni Chapel and for the vast 13th-century Basilica of St. Anthony, notable for its Byzantine-style domes. The old part of the town has arcaded streets and many cafes. The University of Padua, established in 1222, is one of the oldest in the world.
Florence is said to be the birthplace of opera, a form of entertainment that evolved after musicians, dancers and actors began performing light-hearted scenes known as intermezzi to keep audiences entertained between acts of Roman plays. Noble Florentine families began to enthuse more about the intermezzi than the plays themselves and in 1600 the first complete opera - Euridice, by Jacopo Peri - was performed at the Pitti Palace at the royal wedding of Maria de' Medici and Henry IV of France.
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It is the second Butler and Bartorelli mystery by Val Culley, following Death in the High City, which was set in Bergamo in Lombardy.
The book - written for readers who prefer the 'cosy crime' genre - features journalist Kate Butler and her partner, Steve Bartorelli, who is a retired Detective Chief Inspector.
They are in Sorrento for the wedding of the daughter of one of Steve's Italian cousins.
When tragedy strikes an English family staying at their hotel, Kate feels she has to help.
She joins forces with another visitor to Sorrento to investigate after it becomes clear the Italian police aren't looking further than the English family.
The Shooting in Sorrento is available on Amazon Kindle or as a paperback.
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Leading scientists and environmentalists called on Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron to declare an immediate ceasefire in a bitter Anglo-French row over fishing rights on Saturday as fears grew that the UK's arguments with its EU neighbours could overshadow the crucial Cop26 summit on climate change.
On the eve of the UK hosting 120 world leaders at the meeting in Glasgow, the prime minister said the summit would be "the world's moment of truth" and could mark "the beginning of the end of climate change". Speaking at a meeting of G20 leaders in Rome, he added: "The question everyone is asking is whether we seize this moment or let it slip away."
But as the countdown continued, there was exasperation among green groups and scientists at the way UK and French governments were at each other's throats in an argument over fishing rights, at a time when the UK is also threatening to invoke article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol in a move that could trigger a new trade war with the EU.
Johnson's Brexit minister, Lord Frost, threatened action against France on Saturday as he reacted furiously to comments by French prime minister Jean Castex, who said in a letter to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen that the UK had to be shown that it "causes more damage to leave the EU than to stay in".
Frost said: "To see it expressed in this way is clearly very troubling and very problematic in the current context, when we are trying to solve many highly sensitive issues, including on the Northern Ireland protocol. This is all the more so as the threats made by France this week to our fishing industry, to energy supplies, and to future cooperation, for example through the Horizon research programme, unfortunately form part of a pattern that has persisted for much of this year."
The UK government, according to Frost, was "actively considering launching dispute settlement proceedings as set out in article 738 [of the trade and cooperation agreement]", which could lead to the use of tariffs on French goods if arbitration failed.
At the G20 in Rome, Johnson also made his feelings known to Von der Leyen, saying that French threats to hold up British exports in response to the dispute over fishing licences were "completely unjustified".
Asked if he believed there had been breaches of international rules by France, Johnson said: "I am worried that there might be. I am looking at what is going on at the moment, and I think that we need to sort it out, but that is quite frankly small beer – trivial by comparison with the threat to humanity that we face."
But Paris and London's heated arguments, on the brink of a climate change summit regarded by many as the most important gathering of world leaders ever, caused astonishment within the scientific and environmental communities.
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, whose landmark government report in 2006 warned of the catastrophic results of delaying action on climate change, said the UK and France needed to work together to address climate change rather than argue about an issue that was "comparatively trivial".
"There is a history of French and British leaders joining forces on climate change despite major political differences, such as Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair after the Iraq war. And both countries must also find a way to work with China on climate change," he said.
Chris Venables, head of politics at environmental charity the Green Alliance, added: "It's quite frankly ridiculous that this row could destabilise the start of Cop26. They should clear this up as soon as possible, and move swiftly on to the rather more important matter of protecting the future of our planet."
The Glasgow summit, which opens on Sunday, will determine if hopes of limiting a rise in global temperature to under 1.5C can be realised. Failure could trigger disastrous global heating, scientists have warned.
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Delegates from almost 200 countries will be involved in hammering out an agreement to prevent such scenarios – though climate experts have warned that they now have very little room or time for manoeuvre. Global average temperatures have already risen by 1.1C since the industrial revolution and only stringent emission cuts will prevent that increase from topping 1.5C.
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DOING MORE means building on a history of firsts to create the future of healthcare. For over 100 years, we've been pushing the boundaries of medicine with innovations such as the intravenous cardiac pacemaker and one of the nation's first pediatric kidney transplants. As we move forward, we seek professionals who want to join our team of leaders and trailblazers to advance the health of our communities.
Montefiore Medical Center is a busy major academic institution serving a diverse urban and suburban population and is the primary teaching hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Montefiore Medical Center is in the Bronx, a short drive or public transit commute from Manhattan and easily accessible from Westchester County, Long Island and northern New Jersey. Imaging equipment is state of the art.
The Department of Radiology at Montefiore Medical Center is seeking an ABR-certified/eligible full-time radiologist to join the division of musculoskeletal (MSK) radiology. Montefiore Medical Center is a busy major academic institution serving a diverse urban and suburban population and is the primary teaching hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The MSK division is staffed by 8 radiologists who work closely with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and other clinical services. The ideal candidate will be fellowship trained in MSK radiology, enthusiastic about teaching residents and medical students, and interested in research. Established attendings and current fellows are invited to apply.
Responsibilities include interpretation of diagnostic studies as well as performance of MSK image-guided procedures including arthrography, pain injections and biopsies. Experience or interest in MSK ultrasound is desirable. Salary and benefits are highly competitive, and academic rank at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine will be commensurate with experience. Applicants must be eligible for and be able to obtain a NY state medical license prior to their start date.
Montefiore (https://www.montefiore.org) is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Start with a low step and run up and down.
Stay nice and light on the balls of your feet.
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Q: Tensorflow builtin model architectures for more than 3 (RGB) channels How to make use of tensorflow's builtin model architectures for more than 3 channels?
https://www.tensorflow.org/tutorials/images/segmentation
For example, the model working on here works when input has 3 channels (e.g., RGB). I want to change the code for 10 input channels.
NOTE: I don't need the pretrained model, just the underlying architecture.

A: In short, you can define a custom size for the input when calling a tf.keras.applications object, add one or several layers for classification, and you're good to go!
Let's try it out with the model architecture defined in tf.keras.applications.MobileNetV2() just like in the image segmentation tutorial. Say you have 10 channels, 128x128 pixel images and 50 different classes (it can be changed accordingly).
import tensorflow as tf
INPUT_WIDTH = 128
INPUT_HEIGHT = 128
N_CHANNELS = 10
N_CLASSES = 50

A toy implementation might look like this:
# 1. Import the empty architecture
model_arch = tf.keras.applications.MobileNetV2(
    input_shape=[INPUT_WIDTH, INPUT_HEIGHT, N_CHANNELS],

    # Removing the fully-connected layer at the top of the network.
    #  Unless you have the same number of labels as the original architecture,
    #  you should remove it.
    include_top=False,

    # Using no pretrained weights (random initialization)
    weights=None)

# 2. Define the full architecture by adding a classification head.
#    For this example, I chose to flatten the results and use a single Dense layer.

model = tf.keras.Sequential()
model.add(model_arch)
model.add(tf.keras.layers.Flatten())
model.add(tf.keras.layers.Dense(N_CLASSES))

# 3. Try the model with a toy example, a single random input image
#    Input shape: (BATCH_SIZE, INPUT_WIDTH, INPUT_HEIGHT, N_CHANNELS)
import numpy as np
inp = np.random.rand(1, INPUT_WIDTH, INPUT_HEIGHT, N_CHANNELS)
print(inp.shape)
#> (1, 128, 128, 10)

res = model.predict(inp)
print(res.shape)
#> (1, 50)

You have your model architecture ready! All you need is some data to train it using model.fit(), define a loss and start your training! (all of these are covered in many TF tutorials).


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