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Featured Databases
All databases are available both in and outside of the library except as noted. If you're outside the library, some databases may require a library card number.
In addition to searching the databases individually, you can use the Ohio Web Library to search all the statewide information databases using a single interface.
Note: This does not search the databases which are paid for and provided by Cuyahoga Falls Library, which are indicated below with a note.
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
ProQuest® African American Heritage is a groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research. This collection was created in partnership with leading African American genealogists and recognized leaders in genealogical information to develop a comprehensive mix of resources, records, and tools specifically pertaining to African Americans.
Alt HealthWatch
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990.
American and English Full-Text Literature Collections
Contains many works of poetry, drama, and prose from the 16th through 20th centuries. It includes the complete text of more than 200,000 poems, 2,000 plays, 100 works of prose, 11 major editions of Shakespeare's works, and 21 editions of the Bible.
Begin your genealogical or local history research with Ancestry Library Edition from ProQuest, which delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more contained in more than 7,000 databases. Ancestry Library Edition includes the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, court records, slave narratives, reference sources, and more.
AtoZdatabases (provided by Cuyahoga Falls Library)
Reference and marketing database that includes 30 million business profiles, 240 million residents, and 7 million job postings. It is ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, and finding friends & relatives. You can email, print, or download results. Export/download up to 1,000 records. Download the app for Apple devices (Android coming soon). See AtoZdatabases' Intro Videos, and a video about the Job Search tools. You can also register for ½ hour training webinar at AtoZU through the database's Reference Desk.
AtoZ Food America
From regional cookbooks to an exploration of ethnic culinary influences, from fun collections of historic cookbooks and television commercials to "how to" food preparation videos, AtoZ Food America has something sure to educate and entertain everyone.
AtoZ World Culture
AtoZ World Culture is the most comprehensive country cultural database on the market today. Featuring in-depth information on 175 countries, AtoZ World Culture will give your patrons a level of insight into each country that cannot be found anywhere else. Categories include: Culture & Society, Food & Recipes, Language Video Dictionary, Royalty-free Maps, Royalty-free Images, National Symbols, Business Culture, Music, Education. AtoZ World Culture is an excellent resource for student projects and a great companion for international travelers.
Biography Reference Bank
Wilson's largest biography database has combined the in-depth, original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, plus the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases (including biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries). With links to every article focused on any individual in nearly every WilsonWeb database, Biography Reference Bank offers a breadth and depth of information you'll find in no other biography database. It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images!
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier is the industry's most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Chilton Library
Easily locate domestic and imported vehicle information by the make, model, and year. Contains information on over 2,600 vehicles from 1940 to current year. Continually updated, this database offers users the detailed information they need to tackle preventative vehicle maintenance and repairs.
Chronicling America provides free online access to over 17 million digitized historic newspaper pages covering 1789-1963 from over 50 U.S. states and territories. Made possible through the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, and state partners, like the Ohio History Connection. Ohio has added more than half a million pages to Chronicling America since 2008. Check out these high quality, full-text searchable, public domain newspaper pages at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov!
Computer Source
Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is updated on a weekly basis.
ConsumerReports.org provides Web-based access through EBSCOhost to the most current Consumer Reports ratings available. In addition to the traditional side-by-side product rankings and ratings, ConsumerReports.org also offers links to blogs, forums and videos to help consumers make better purchasing decisions on all the products they are shopping for.
Offers a broad range of full text and bibliographic databases designed for research. Subject areas include: academic, business, government, health, science, technology and more.
ERIC®, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.
Explora is EBSCO's interface for Schools and Public Libraries. Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with the following features:
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Fold3 features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of the records come from the U.S. National archives, The National Archives of the U.K. and other international records.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. Discover the amazing history of you with HeritageQuest Online. With more than 4.4 billion records, it delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place's past.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines.
Home Improvement Reference Center
Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides users with detailed, user-friendly "how-to" information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.
Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is an intuitive resource that introduces students to database searching. With engaging content that supports the curriculum, learning becomes exciting.
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from thousands of major respected reference works, books, and literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Content includes thousands of plot summaries, essays of literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, and author interviews.
Lynda.com has been the leading provider of online learning content for 20 years. Lynda.com has more than 12,000 courses, ranging from computer programming to project management including instruction on various computer software, programming languages, and business topics. The video courses are taught by industry experts and are designed for any skill level.
MAS Ultra – School Edition
This database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text back files (back to 1975) for key magazines.
MasterFILE Premier
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.
Morningstar (provided by Cuyahoga Falls Library)
Morningstar Investment Research Center combines in one convenient database all the stock, fund, industry and ETF information necessary for in-depth research and smart portfolio construction. It is a one-stop-shop for screening and report building tools including extensive help and education materials.
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
NoveList Plus has expert reading recommendations. Get trustworthy advice from people who love to read. Find series information, reading lists, award winners, book discussion guides, and more. NoveList Plus is made for readers.
NoveList K – 8 Plus
Looking for a good book? Discover books that you just can't stop reading with reading recommendations from NoveList K-8 Plus
Ohio Death Record Index Search (Library card not required)
Find death certificates of persons that died in Ohio from 1913-1944, 1954-1963. Use the index information to help in obtaining a copy of particular death certificates.
Ohio History Central || Online Encyclopedia (Library card not required)
An evolving, dynamic online encyclopedia that includes information about Ohio's natural history, prehistory, and history. Ohio History Central is perfect for anyone wanting to learn more about Ohio! Ohio History Central was researched and written by staff at the Ohio History Connection.
Ohio Legal Help
Need help with a legal problem? Check out @OhioLegalHelp at www.ohiolegalhelp.org for step by step information, forms and referrals to local organizations that can help!
Ohio Memory (Library card not required)
Established in 2000, Ohio Memory is the collaborative statewide digital library program of the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio. On this free website, you can explore digital content from over 360 cultural heritage institutions representing all 88 of Ohio's counties! Ohio Memory contains over 700,000 digital images from a variety of primary source image types, including: Photographs, maps, drawings and paintings; Manuscripts, letters, diaries and journals; Archaeological, natural history and historical objects; Newspapers, books and e-publications; Videos and more!
Ohio Obituary Index (Library card not required)
An index to over 3,500,000 obituaries, death & marriage notices & other sources from Ohio from the 1810s to the present day. Actual obits may be ordered from over 60 partner libraries.
Simultaneously search any or all of the Ohio Web Library statewide information databases from a single intuitive interface.
Ohio.gov: Government Information & Services (Library card not required)
The official government website of the State of Ohio. Find government services and information for residents, businesses, visitors, and state employees. Reach the website of any Ohio government agency.
Ohioline (Library card not required)
An information resource produced by Ohio State University Extension. Through Ohioline, you have access to hundreds of OSU Extension fact sheets covering a wide array of subjects such as agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community development, and 4-H youth development.
Oxford Reference is an online reference resource, spanning 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press's Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.
World-class experts give readers an overview of a subject that they can understand in half an hour of reading or less. Comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics.
Points of View Reference Center
Points of View assists researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. High school and undergraduate students can use Points of View as a guide to debating, developing arguments, writing position papers, and developing critical thinking skills. Each Points of View Essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world's top political and societal publications.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
Profiles of Ohio (provided by Cuyahoga Falls Library)
Profiles of Ohio provides data on all populated communities and counties in the state of Ohio for which the US Census provides individual statistics. Also includes profiles of 132 unincorporated places based on US Census data by zip code. Users have immediate access to sortable comparative ranking charts that allow for quick and easy comparisons of all populated places in the state.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Religion & Philosophy Collection™ provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. With more than 300 full text journals, the Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
The Sanborn Maps were originally created for assessing fire insurance liability in urbanized areas in the United States. Our collection includes over 40,000 detailed maps of Ohio cities drawn between 1882 and 1962. Each map includes detailed information regarding town and building information. Although these maps were originally published in color, our collection is digitized from microfilm and is in black and white.
Science Reference Center
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Small Business Reference Center
Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.
Sociological Collection
This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Summit Memory (Library card not required)
The Summit Memory project is a countywide, collaborative effort to make available some of the remarkable local history collections maintained by our partner institutions. Summit Memory makes digital collections available with the intention that they be used for nonprofit educational, research or personal use.
TOPICsearch
Contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
Transparent Language Online
Transparent Language Online features a scientifically proven methodology, the widest variety of high-quality learning materials, and seamless integration of real-life language used by native speakers, all packaged together in an easy-to-use interface. And with 100+ languages to choose from, there is something for every language learner.
ValueLine (provided by Cuyahoga Falls Library)
Provides independent investment information, analyzing over 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. The Rating & Reports section details the history, current status, and projected performance of individual stocks. Value Line is backed by an independent research staff of more than 70 experienced independent professional security analysts and statisticians.
Oxford's Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects–from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, and Literary Theory to History.
Vocational and Career Collection
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.
World Book Early World of Learning
An online resource for preschoolers and early elementary grade students. Includes three interactive learning environments.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
This dedicated Spanish-language database contains videos, compare-and-contrast features, selected articles, and a visual dictionary to allow ESL students and Spanish-learners the chance to learn. Integrated with World Book Kids for parallel English-language content.
Esta base de datos dedicado de español contiene videos, comparación y contraste características, artículos seleccionados y un Diccionario visual para permitir que los estudiantes de ESL y estudiantes de español la oportunidad de aprender. Integrado con mundo libro infantil paralelo contenido de lengua inglesa.
World Book Hispánica Saber: Gran Enciclopedia Hispánica
Academic Spanish-language encyclopedia written from a Latin American perspective. Includes timelines, statistics, and multimedia.
Enciclopedia académica de Español escrito desde una perspectiva latinoamericana. Incluye cronologías, estadísticas y multimedia.
World Book Kids
A general reference website developed especially for kids. The site offers simple search and browse navigation, easy to read articles with embedded multimedia, thousands of illustrations, and a wealth of engaging activities.
World Book L'Encyclopédie Découverte
A full-featured, beginner-level reference source, Découverte provides users with a database written at basic French reading levels. Seamlessly integrates with World Book Kids for parallel English-language content.
Une source de référence complet, niveau débutant, Découverte offre aux utilisateurs une base de données écrit aux niveaux de base en lecture Français. S'intègre avec enfants livre monde parallèle contenu de langue anglaise.
World Book Online delivers a progressive sequence of core databases supported by supplemental tools, such as language translation, graphic organizers, and unique Webquests. Moving from Early World of Learning to World Book Advanced, World Book Online aligns end-users with their appropriate learning levels. Each stand-alone site provides additional features to support the needs of users' specific capabilities.
World Book Student
Includes the World Book Encyclopedia, the World Book Dictionary, and the World Book Atlas. It contains an extensive multimedia collection, including editor-selected websites, correlations to state standards, and much more.
World Book Timelines
Allows you to discover and map important events with accurate information powered by World Book's wealth of knowledgeable resources. There are over 400 interactive timelines to learn from. Create family histories and track science projects.


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Patrick Jee holds a B.M. degree from the Juillard School and the M.M. degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Aldo Parisot. In 2006, he was the Grand Prize winner of the 5th Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition. That same year, he was appointed by Sir Andrew Davis as the assistant principal cellist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.


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The CLOCKSS Archive is a not-for-profit collaboration of the world's leading academic publishers and research libraries, providing a sustainable dark archive to ensure the long-term survival of digital scholarly content.
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The USDocs LOCKSS network replicates key aspects of the United States Federal Depository Library Program. The content is held in geographically-distributed sites and replicated many times. Citizens have oversight and responsibility for the long-term care and maintenance of the content. For all documents, preservation in a tamper-evident environment where any alteration of the content (either deliberate or accidental) is detected and repaired is important, but for government documents, this is essential.
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Flat Rock Homes, Care Center, and Community Services Announces CEO Change
April 28, 2016 EOC News
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The Flat Rock Homes board of directors is pleased to announce the hiring of Karen Kilgo as President/Chief Executive Officer of Flat Rock Homes, Care Center and Community Services effective June 1, 2016.
Kilgo brings to Flat Rock 23 years of executive management experience, including 17 years working in mission-driven non-profit agencies in Atlanta, Georgia. She most recently served as chief human capital officer at Atlanta Mission, which provides emergency and temporary shelter, recovery programming, job attainment, and transitional housing for more than 1,000 men, women and children daily.
Kilgo has managed multi-million dollar budgets and led large staffs of employees and volunteers. She was the founder and chief executive officer of Karen Kilgo and Assoiciates, and spent 13 years leading Christian City. The non-profit ministry in Union City, Georgia includes group homes, foster care programs, and transitional living for children, as well as behavioral/mental health counseling, skilled nursing, and assisted/senior living communities.
"We believe that Karen's experience in corporate environments and entrepreneurial start-ups, coupled with experience in children's homes, healthcare and family service ministries, has uniquely prepared her for this position," said the Rev. Gary Olin, chairperson of the Flat Rock Homes board of directors.
"Karen says she feels called to lead Flat Rock in its mission of love and hope as an opportunity to bring together her professional skills and her own faith commitment," Olin said. "She looks forward to living in Ohio, and getting involved in a United Methodist Church in the East Ohio Conference."
Kilgo is currently active in the lay leadership of McDonough First United Methodist Church in Georgia, where she teaches Sunday school and serves on various boards and committees.
Certified by the HR Certification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources, Kilgo also has been recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management as a Senior Certified Professional. She earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Sociology from Berry College and a Master of Science in Human Resources Development from Georgia State University.
Kilgo will succeed the Rev. Nancy Hull, who will retire at the end of June after guiding Flat Rock Homes for the past 17 years.
"The board is extremely thankful for Nancy's exemplary ministry lived out in service to Flat Rock. She led Flat Rock into the future through building projects, expanding of programs, and the achievement of excellent ratings in our field," Olin said. "Under her leadership Flat Rock has grown in reputation as being one of the finest in the work that we do."
During a ceremony on April 24 to celebrate Hull's ministry, the board renamed the Flat Rock Family Life Center as The Rev. Nancy Hull Life Center, and announced that $8,800 has been raised to-date for the Campaign for the Future of Flat Rock.
"The Board is extremely grateful for the continued faithful work of Flat Rock staff in this time of transition," Olin said. "We are committed to providing the necessary oversight to ensure that Flat Rock continues to provide outstanding services which transform the lives of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and persons with critical needs through a dedication to caring and excellence that demonstrates Christian values."
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Based on the work of Joseph Pilates, the Body Control Pilates Association (BCPA) was established in 1996, with the goal of bringing the benefits of Pilates to all!
Body Control Pilates exercises are adapted from the 'classical' exercises developed by Joseph Pilates. These physically challenging classical exercises have been broken down by the BCPA so that everyone, regardless of fitness level, can enjoy their benefits. This is the essence of the Body Control method.
The BCPA is Europe's largest professional body for Pilates teachers and boasts an excellent reputation for effectiveness and quality. All members subscribe to a code of practice that governs professional ethics, teaching standards, class size (maximum 12 participants) and ongoing professional development.


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Racine & Me February 11, 2018: "4th Worst City for Black Americans" Label and a New Bryant & Stratton College Campus
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Racine & Me February 11, 2018: "4th Worst City for Black Americans" Label and a New Bryant & Stratton College Campus
Jacob Kittilstad started the program by talking about racial disparity recently written about in a USA Today article. An index based on a number of socioeconomic figures – developed by 24/7 Wall Street – puts the city of Racine as the 4th Worst City for Black Americans (Milwaukee is #3). Jacob invited life-long Racine residents to the studio to talk about what factors they believe has led to the current economic situations. Click here to read the USA Today / 24/7 Wall Street article
The conversation continued in the next segment when Jacob spoke to younger activists and community organizers. The discussion centered on how much they look at the past when considering what to do in the present. The question of "What needs to happen to reverse this situation" was also talked about.
Next, Jacob welcomed the president of Bryant & Stratton College to the studio to talk about why they are expanding into Racine County. They recently announced they would be putting a campus in Mt. Pleasant in response to opportunities presented by both Foxconn and growing healthcare careers in Kenosha County. Enrollment for the Spring semester is already open. Click here for more information on the new campus
The Racine Public Library is also preparing for their 3rd Annual Mary Finley & Marcie Eanes Memorial Black History Month Read-In. The event allows people to highlight the writings of black authors – and also tries to get young people involved in that reflection. Jacob asked his two high-school-aged guests what they thought about what the older guests had said earlier in the program – and also asked them to reflect on their own racial identity. Click here to access the Racine Public Library's website
Guests: Chester Todd – Community Activist, Jimmy Smith – Lifelong Racine Resident, Corey Prince – Community Activist, Carl Fields – Community Organizer, Dr. Fran Felser – President and CEO of Bryant & Stratton College, Greg Brandner – Bryant & Stratton College Wisconsin Market Director and Athletics Director, Nick Demske – Racine Public Library, Hadiyah Tolson – Reader at Black History Month Read-In / Senior at Case High School, Jada Patterson - Reader at Black History Month Read-In / Junior at Case High School
Racine & Me: WHS Racine Campus Update, Lost Pets & Foster Families, Summer Reading Kickoff Bash, Racine 120 (6/2/2019)
Racine & Me: New Housing & Hotel, Smart City Designation, 9 to 5 The Musical (5/19/2019)
Racine & Me: Do More 24, Eggstravaganza, Party for the Planet (4/14/2019)


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carat (n.)
also karat, late 15c., "a measure of the fineness of gold," from Middle French carat "measure of the fineness of gold" (14c.), from Italian carato or Medieval Latin carratus, both from Arabic qirat "fruit of the carob tree," also "weight of 4 grains," from Greek keration "carob seed," also the name of a small weight of measure, literally "little horn" diminutive of keras "horn of an animal" (from PIE root *ker- (1) "horn; head").
Carob beans were a standard in the ancient world for weighing small quantities. The Greek measure was the equivalent of the Roman siliqua, which was one-twenty-fourth of a golden solidus of Constantine; hence karat took on a sense of "a proportion of one twenty-fourth, a twenty-fourth part," especially in expressing the fineness of gold when used as jewelry, and thus is became a measure of gold purity (1550s): 18-carat gold is eighteen parts gold, six parts alloy; 14-carat gold is 10/24ths alloy, etc.
As a measure of weight for diamonds or other precious stones, carat is attested from 1570s in English. In U.S., karat is used for "proportion of fine gold in an alloy" and carat for "measure of weight of a precious stone."
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Duomo (cathedral), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Duomo (cathedral), Siena, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Festival balloons flying over The Duomo (cathedral), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Duomo dating from between the 12th and 14th centuries, and 14th century campanile, Siena, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Duomo (cathedral), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Cathedral bell tower (Campanile), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Statue, Leaning Tower and Duomo, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Duomo and campanile (cathedral and bell tower), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
The Duomo (Cathedral), Siena, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
The Baroque facade of the Duomo, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, Europe
Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Italy, Europe
Christian cathedral, the Duomo and bell tower (Campanile), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Baptistery and duomo, Pl. des Miracoli, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Rooftop spires of Duomo Cathedral and city, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe
San Giorgio Maggiore church, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe
The Duomo and Campanile (cathedral and bell tower) in Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy, Europe
The Duomo, dating from between the 12th and 14th centuries, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Facade of polychrome marble of the Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore and Giotto's campanile, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Milan Cathedral, Milan, Lombardia, Italy, Europe
San Martino and the campanile, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Amalfi cathedral, Amalfi, Campania, Italy, Europe
Norman cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
Duomo and Campanile, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
View from the Campanile of the Duomo (cathedral) of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Duomo (Cathedral), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Moon in the sky above cathedral and houses clustered below at sunset, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Santa Maria Della Salute church at sunset, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
San Marco campanile (St. Mark's bell tower) and Palazzo Ducale (Ducal palace), Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Duomo (cathedral) and Leaning Tower of Pisa, Campo dei Miracoli, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Chiesa di Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Gothic detail on the facade of the Duomo (Cathedral), including the sun symbol, Siena, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Duomo dating from between the 12th and 14th centuries, Siena, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Leaning Tower (Torre Pendente) dating from between the 12th and 14th centuries, and Duomo dating from the 11th century, Campo dei Miracoli, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Leaning Tower (Torre Pendente) dating from between the 12 and 14th centuries, and Duomo dating from the 11th century, Campo dei Miracoli, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
The cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
Basilica della S.S. Trinita di Saccargia, Assari, island of Sardinia, Italy, Europe
Baptistery, Duomo, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Elevated view of the Duomo (dome of the cathedral), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Last light on Santa Maria della Salute church from Academia bridge, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Il Duomo di Firenze, Cathedral of Florence, and campanile bell tower in Piazza di San Giovanni, Tuscany, Italy
Il Duomo di Siena, the Cathedral of Siena, dome and campanile bell tower, Italy
Il Duomo di Siena, the Cathedral of Siena, Italy
Cathedral facade, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, Europe
Facade of St. Peter's, with statues, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
View of cathedral dome (Duomo), Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Piazza del Plebiscito and San Francesco di Paola church, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe
Nun in St. Peter's Square, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
Exterior of the Christian cathedral, the Duomo, S. Maria del Fiore, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Basilica of St. Mark's, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, Europe
The Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Gates of Paradise, Porta del Paradiso, Battistero, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Low angle view of San Michele in Foro - Madonna, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Campo dei Miracoli, Duomo (Cathedral) and Leaning Tower at sunset, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Church of San Vidal, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Campanile, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Cathedral and Leaning Tower, Campo Dei Miracoli, Piazza del Duomo, UNESCO World Heritage site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
View of the unfinished nave wall of the Duomo (Cathedral) which was abandoned after the plague, Siena, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
The Campanile, bell tower of the Duomo (Cathedral), Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Duomo di San Martino and campanile in Romano-Pisan style, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Santissima Trinita di Saccargia, Logudoro region, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
Majolica tiled cupola of Jesuit church of San Michele dating from the 17th century, Old Town, Alghero, Nurra province, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
St. Peter's and St. Peter's Square, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
The Duomo (cathedral), Piazza del Duomo, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Basilica of San Marco (St. Mark's), St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe


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The Pacific Ocean - sailing west and north from Tahiti
PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
Part 1: Atlantic Ocean (North Atlantic)
Part 2: The Atlantic Ocean (The Caribbean to Antarctica and the Arctic)
Part 3: Pacific Ocean (Panama to Tahiti)
Sailing west from Tahiti there are several detours that can be made from the main trunk route and the figures for 2010 show a significant increase in the number of boats going off the beaten track. Once a rarely visited place, Palmerston atoll attracted an unprecedented influx of 108 boats. According to Mike Dorsett, who spent a long time there, "You are still made welcome, although there are now some local council rules that allow them to get rid of undesirables. This is one place where you still get a true Polynesian welcome, one that is sadly lacking in major centres, probably due to the large number of visiting yachts."
Another highly popular place, also in the Cook Islands, is Suwarrow, an uninhabited atoll where a caretaker is based during the peak arrivals time and welcomed a total of 107 in 2010, while further west the small island of Niue could hardly cope with an influx of 120 boats during the busy winter season. In neighbouring Tonga, the main island of Tongatapu saw a record 148 arrivals but was utterly eclipsed by the northern island group of Vava'u. This long time favourite among sailors roaming the South Seas welcomed a staggering 553 arrivals, an all-time record.
With all popular destinations west of Tahiti recording higher arrivals than in previous years, as Fiji is the main cruising hub in the South West Pacific it is an ideal place to assess the extent of the cruising traffic in the South Seas. According to the Royal Suva Yacht Club, the Fijian capital was visited by an estimated 400 boats during 2010, of which 196 used the services of this welcoming club. A perennially popular destination is the Musket Cove Yacht Club on the island of Malololailai. Located just west of the main island of Viti Levu, the owner of the Musket Cove resort founded an informal yacht club which has become the most popular watering hole among sailors roaming the South Seas. Altogether 266 yachts dropped by in 2010 with the largest national contingent made up by the 73 New Zealand boats, followed by 38 British, 36 Australian, 33 American, 15 Canadians, followed by various European boats but only two from France. Indeed, most French yachts are known to head straight for New Caledonia obviously guided by the same linguistic preference as in the Caribbean.
Most cruising boats leave the tropics during the cyclone season and normally sail to New Zealand or Australia. Although ports in South Queensland and New South Wales are attracting an increasing number of boats, New Zealand continues to be the favourite destination. This was borne out by the 697 arrivals in New Zealand, a net increase on the 567 which arrived in 2000. In Australia, the numbers have remained stable over the last decade with a total of 771 arrivals of which an estimated 450 were foreign flagged. This shows a significant decline of foreign visitors from 2000, when among the 802 arrivals, 571 were non-Australian. The situation was similar in neighbouring New Caledonia which saw 415 arrivals in 2000 compared to 605 in 2010.
These figures seem to confirm that whereas the total number of boats cruising in the South Pacific has increased, those continuing on a world voyage has gone down. One reason may be the safety concerns regarding other parts of the world, especially the Indian Ocean, but a major reason is the lasting attraction of this part of the world, as explained by Tom Walker. "Many world cruisers become caught in the South Pacific gyre. This is a vast imaginary current which sweeps cruisers north from New Zealand and Australia to the islands for the austral winter. It sweeps them south again for the cyclone season. Some cruisers become caught in the gyre for many years. And why not, as these are the finest islands anchored in any ocean."
While the South Pacific continues to attract most of the yachts undertaking a world voyage, the North Pacific saw comparatively fewer boats with only an estimated 30 foreign flagged yachts calling at Hawaii in 2010 compared to 25 in 2006 and 39 in 2000. US boats were not included in those statistics although Hawaii does attract many American boats and most of the yacht movement in the eastern part of the North Pacific continues to be made up of US and Canadian boats commuting between the mainland and Hawaii. It is estimated that Hawaii is visited every year by between 200 and 250 boats, both cruising and racing. Some sail from there to French Polynesia and a very few continue west towards Micronesia and the Asian mainland. This is shown by the 28 arrivals in the Marshall Islands, which is probably a fair estimate of the total number of boats calling at the Micronesian islands generally.
There was much more movement in Asia proper with 88 arrivals recorded in Hong Kong, a considerable increase over the twenty arrivals in 2000, although the port authority pointed out that some of those may have cleared in more than once. However, only ten foreign cruising boats visited neighbouring China where formalities for visiting yachts continue to be both complicated and expensive. Until these matters are improved sailors will continue to be deterred from visiting this interesting country. What is showing a change, however, is the rapid increase in the number of Chinese-owned yachts which are visiting neighbouring countries.
NEXT CHAPTER Part 5 of 6:
Skipper for Cabin Charter
Boat type: Training Yacht
Location: Mykonos
Captain & 1st Mate/Stew - 80ft sailing yacht
Boat type: Sailing
Location: Marina di Loano


No work today. Should be saying yee-ha, but it could be a hard day for me. Why? My thoughts will be on food. Yes, food. For me, how to not eat all day. There's plenty around here. But how do I stay away from the freshly baked cookies sitting on the sideboard? They make it hard for me to cut back. My will power is weak.
My other thought of food will be regarding the kids I work with. I know many of them hunger for the two meals given them at school. They rely on them. Being home today, will there be food for them? Will there be enough for the weekend?
Doesn't seem right to think so much about food.
Why not think about food? After all, without it, you're...dead. Last time I checked anyway!


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seems pretty important to me. I may well be wrong-headed there.
sense as normal marginal notes.
hmm, this may affect my entire workflow. aargh.


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Anthony John Fletcher (born 24 April 1941) is an English historian of the seventeenth century.

His parents were Dr. (Clarence) John Molyneux Fletcher (younger brother of Eric Fletcher, Baron Fletcher) and Isabel Chenevix Trench. His maternal grandfather Reginald Chenevix Trench, who died in the Great War, had a sister Cesca, a Sinn Féin supporter who was at the General Post Office, Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916. Isabel Fletcher was born in November 1915, shortly before her father's death. Fletcher produced a series of recordings about his Irish forebears for the Irish Life and Lore website.

Dr. John Fletcher, after government service as a research metallurgist at Harwell, became an antiquarian who pioneered the use of dendrochronology in the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art at the University of Oxford, dating medieval buildings, structures, and paintings on panel.

Anthony Fletcher was educated at Wellington College from 1954 to 1959, where he was an avid historian, journalist and stamp collector. In spite of his talent, he failed History at O-Level, which he considered "unpassable". On leaving school, he read history from 1959 at Merton College, Oxford, where he was a contemporary of R. I. Moore. At Oxford, he was particularly influenced by WG Hoskins.

He decided to teach history as a career, and spent three years doing so at King's College School, before becoming a lecturer at the University of Sheffield.  He was subsequently appointed as Professor at Durham University, from where he moved to the University of Essex.  In his final post, from 2000 to 2005 he was Director of the Victoria County History. He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society for 1996–97.

J. P. Kenyon called Fletcher's The Outbreak of the English Civil War "easily the most important book on the Great Rebellion in the past 20 years".

Fletcher's festschrift was published in 2007 by the Cambridge University Press (The Family in Early Modern England, edited by H Berry and E Foyster).

Works

(with Diarmaid MacCulloch) Tudor Rebellions (1st ed., 1968; 2nd ed., 1973; 3rd ed., 1983; 4th ed., 1997; 5th ed., 2008).
The Outbreak of the English Civil War (1981).
History, Society and the Churches (1985).
Gender, Sex, and Subordination in England, 1500–1800 (1999).
Growing Up in England: The Experience of Childhood 1600–1914 (2010).

Notes

1941 births
Living people
English historians
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
Presidents of the Ecclesiastical History Society

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Q: Junit with MockMVC - Error - java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Entity must not be null I have created a simple get and post rest service for bookstore. I am new in Junit. When using Mockito post call I am getting error.
BookRepository.java
public interface BookRepository extends MongoRepository<Book, BigInteger> {

}

BookController.java

@RestController
public class BookController {

    @Autowired
    BookRepository bookRepository;

    @GetMapping("/books")
    public ResponseEntity<List<Book>> get(){
        return new ResponseEntity<List<Book>>(bookRepository.findAll(), HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    @PostMapping("/book")
    public ResponseEntity<Book> create(@RequestBody Book book){
        return new ResponseEntity<Book>(bookRepository.save(book), HttpStatus.CREATED);
    }

}

Book.java
@Document(collection="book")
public class Book {

    @Id
    private BigInteger id;
    private String bookname;
    private String author;
    private BigDecimal price;
    //getter and setter
}

JunitApplicationTests.java
@SpringBootTest
@AutoConfigureMockMvc
class JunitApplicationTests {

    @Autowired
    private MockMvc mockMvc;

    @Autowired
    private BookRepository bookRepository;

    @Test
    public void get() throws Exception {
        mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/books")).andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.status().isOk());
    }

    @Test
    public void create() throws Exception{
        Book book=createBook();
        Mockito.when(bookRepository.save(Mockito.any(Book.class))).thenReturn(book);//here I am getting error
        mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/book")).andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.status().isCreated());
    }

    public Book createBook() {
        Book book=new Book();
        book.setId(new BigInteger("102"));
        book.setBookname("Java Concept");
        book.setAuthor("James K");
        book.setPrice(new BigDecimal("205.50"));
        return book;
    }
}

I am getting below error
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Entity must not be null!
    at org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.java:198)
    at org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.support.SimpleMongoRepository.save(SimpleMongoRepository.java:81)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition$RepositoryFragments.invoke(RepositoryComposition.java:371)
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition.invoke(RepositoryComposition.java:204)
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$ImplementationMethodExecutionInterceptor.invoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:657)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.doInvoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:621)
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.invoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:605)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.springframework.data.projection.DefaultMethodInvokingMethodInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMethodInvokingMethodInterceptor.java:80)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:95)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:212)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy82.save(Unknown Source)
    at com.example.demo.JunitApplicationTests.create(JunitApplicationTests.java:33)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.junit.platform.commons.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:675)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.MethodInvocation.proceed(MethodInvocation.java:60)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain$ValidatingInvocation.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:125)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.intercept(TimeoutExtension.java:132)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.interceptTestableMethod(TimeoutExtension.java:124)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.interceptTestMethod(TimeoutExtension.java:74)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker$ReflectiveInterceptorCall.lambda$ofVoidMethod$0(ExecutableInvoker.java:115)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.lambda$invoke$0(ExecutableInvoker.java:105)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain$InterceptedInvocation.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:104)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:62)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.chainAndInvoke(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:43)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.invoke(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:35)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.invoke(ExecutableInvoker.java:104)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.invoke(ExecutableInvoker.java:98)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.lambda$invokeTestMethod$6(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:202)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.invokeTestMethod(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:198)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.execute(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:135)
    at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.execute(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:69)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$5(NodeTestTask.java:135)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$7(NodeTestTask.java:125)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:135)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:123)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:122)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:80)
    at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(Unknown Source)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.invokeAll(SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:38)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$5(NodeTestTask.java:139)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$7(NodeTestTask.java:125)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:135)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:123)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:122)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:80)
    at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(Unknown Source)
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    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$5(NodeTestTask.java:139)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$7(NodeTestTask.java:125)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:135)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:123)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:122)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:80)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.submit(SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:32)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.HierarchicalTestExecutor.execute(HierarchicalTestExecutor.java:57)
    at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.HierarchicalTestEngine.execute(HierarchicalTestEngine.java:51)
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    at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.DefaultLauncher.execute(DefaultLauncher.java:181)
    at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.DefaultLauncher.execute(DefaultLauncher.java:128)
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I have created a simple get and post rest service for bookstore. I am new in Junit. When using Mockito post call I am getting error.

A: Problem in test create(). You are doing post without body. Add .content() and .contentType():
mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/book"))
   .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8)
   .content(bookJson)
   .andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.status().isCreated());

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advanced Europe
financial conditions
Agricultural sector
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1. Domestic Expansion Running into External Turbulence »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, October 2018, Europe : Domestic Expansion Running into External Turbulence
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Keywords: Europe, Regional Economic Outlook, economic outlook, financial conditions, fiscal policy, monetary policy, emerging Europe, advanced Europe
Activity continued to expand in the first half of 2018, but at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in advanced Europe. The external environment has become less supportive, with slow...
Executive Summary »
Economic activity continued to expand in the first half of 2018, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in advanced Europe. Domestic demand, supported by stronger employment...
IMF Executive Board Approves US$178.7 million Arrangements Under the Extended Fund Facility and the Extended Credit Facility for the Republic of Moldova »
Source: Republic of Moldova : Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility and an Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Moldova
Keywords: Staff Reports, Press releases, Monetary policy, Letters of Intent, Moldova, Fiscal policy, Extended arrangement requests, Extended Credit Facility, Extended Fund Facility, Europe
The paper examines the nature and scale of spillovers to a number of European countries from monetary policies in the euro area and the United States using three different approaches. The analysis focuses on select...
Republic of Moldova : Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility and an Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Moldova »
2. Macroprudential Policies and House Prices in Europe: An Overview of Recent Experiences »
This chapter documents the increasing use of macroprudential policies (MaPPs) in Europe in recent years to build financial resilience, contain general and sectoral credit growth, an...
Regional Economic Outlook, October 2018, Europe : Domestic Expansion Running into External Turbulence »
Economic activity continued to expand in the first half of 2018, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in advanced Europe. Domestic demand, supported by stronger employment and wages, remains the main engin...
Republic of Moldova: Requests for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility and an Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility—Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Moldova »
Statement by Anthony De Lannoy, Executive Director for the Republic of Moldova and Veronica Volociuc, Advisor to the Executive Director November 7, 2016 »


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On 27 September 2012, the inaugural Business Play 2012 Symposium & Workshop in Karlsruhe, Germany, gathered top-notch Enterprise Gamification experts from the USA, Australia and from Europe, as well as an audience of German IT game-changers and decision makers. Details about bizplay 2013 will be announced shortly, the event will take place in Karlsruhe on two days, 26 & 27 September 2013.
bizplay 2012 was an intense one-day format that featured both talks as well as workshops led by our invited experts. During their morning talks, the experts shared how gamification, game design and persuasion design methods can positively affect and alter key management fields in enterprises and institutions. During their afternoon workshops, the experts playfully tackled select enterprise challenges together with the attendees. The challenges had been pre-selected from a pool of suggestions submitted by the attendees during the registration process. In addition, Audi AG's strategy unit delivered a keynote to introduce the audience to how game thinking plays a role for them, in the future.
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This event was co-organized by the GEElab Europe, European branch of RMIT University's Games & Experimental Entertainment Laboratory (GEElab) based in Karlsruhe, jointly with K3 – Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbüro Karlsruhe and CyberService GmbH. bizplay 2012 was supported by Smart Business IT and Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH, and curated by GEElaburnian Dr Steffen P Walz. Go to the bizplay 2012 website to browse the program and see who spoke.


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El rift Albertí o falla Albertina és la branca occidental del Rift d'Àfrica Oriental, que abasta parts d'Uganda, República Democràtica del Congo (RDC), Ruanda, Burundi i Tanzània. S'estén des de l'extrem nord del llac Albert fins a l'extrem sud del llac Tanganyika.

El terme geogràfic inclou la vall i les muntanyes circumdants.

Geologia

La falla Albertina i les muntanyes associades són el resultat dels moviments tectònics que estan separant gradualment la placa somali, allunyant-la, de la resta del continent africà. Les muntanyes que envolten el rift es componen de roques de basament alçades del Precàmbric, superposades en parts per roques volcàniques recents .

Llacs i rius
La part septentrional del rift és travessada per dues cadenes de grans muntanyes, les muntanyes Rwenzori, entre el llac Albert i el llac Rutanzige (abans llac Eduard), i les muntanyes Virunga, entre el llac Rutanziga i el llac Kivu. Els Virunga formen una barrera entre la conca del Nil, al nord i a l'est, i la conca del Congo, a l'oest i al sud, i són part de la divisòria Congo-Nil. El llac Rutenzige és alimentat per diversos rius grans, com el riu Rutshuru, i drena cap al nord a través del riu Semliki al llac Albert. El Nil Victòria flueix des del llac Victòria cap a l'extrem nord del llac Albert i surt, com el Nil Blanc, des d'un punt lleugerament cap a l'oest, fluint cap al nord fins a arribar al mar Mediterrani.

Al sud de les Virunga, el llac Kivu desguassa cap al sud al llac Tanganyika a través del riu Ruzizi. El llac Tanganica després drena al riu Congo a través del riu Lukuga. És probable que l'actual sistema hidrològic s'establís fa molt poc, quan van esclatar els volcans de la serralada Virunga i van bloquejar el discórrer de l'aigua cap al nord des del llac Kivu cap al llac Eduard, causant que en el seu lloc descarreguessin cap al sud en el llac Tanganyika. Abans d'això el llac Tanganyika, o les subconques separades en el que avui és el llac, poden no haver tingut cap sortida més que l'evaporació. El Lukuga s'ha format fa relativament poc temps, proporcionant una ruta a través de la qual les espècies aquàtiques de la conca del Congo van poder colonitzar el llac Tanganyika, que anteriorment tenia una fauna diferent.

Muntanyes

De nord a sud, es troben l'altiplà Lendu, les muntanyes Rwenzori, les muntanyes Virunga i les muntanyes Itombwe. Les muntanyes Ruwenzori s'han identificat amb les llegendàries "Muntanyes de la Lluna" de Claudi Ptolemeu. La serralada cobreix una àrea de 120 km de llarg i 65 km d'ample. En aquesta serralada sobresurten el mont Stanley (5.119 m), el mont Speke (4.890 m) i el mont Baker (4.843 m). El massís de les Virunga a la frontera entre la República Democràtica del Congo i Ruanda i es compon de vuit volcans. Dos d'ells, Nyamuragira i Nyiragongo, segueixen estant molt actius.

Hi ha diversos blocs de muntanya aïllats més al sud, com el mont Bururi, al sud de Burundi, les muntanyes Kungwe-Mahale, a l'oest de Tanzània, i el mont Kabobo i les muntanyes Marungu, a la República Democràtica del Congo, a la vora del llac Tanganyika. La majoria dels massissos s'eleven a una altitud de 2000-3500 m.

Ecologia
La selva montana de la falla Albertina és una important ecoregió de l'ecozona afrotropical, definida pel WWF. Es troben boscos de transició, intermedis entre les terres baixes i el bosc montà, en altituds de 1000-1750 m. El bosc montà cobreix els vessants del voltant de 1600-3500 m. Per sobre dels 2400 m hi ha àrees de bambú i bosc nan. Bruc i poàcies predominen per sobre dels 3500 m.

L'ecologia es veu amenaçada per la desforestació, ja que una població en creixement busca noves terres de cultiu. L'extracció de fusta il·legal és un altre problema, i la mineria artesanal de l'or provoca algun dany local.

Vegeu també
 Reserva Forestal de Mukura

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Referències

Geografia de Ruanda
Geografia de Burundi
Geografia d'Uganda
Geografia de la República Democràtica del Congo