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Ensures that compliance with all applicable laws is maintained at a minimum.
Determines detailed specifications for all supplies, materials and equipment.
Recommends necessary purchases of supplies and equipment.
of workmanship, cleanliness, safety, and security are maintained.
Conducts periodic inspection of all school district facilities to ensure fire safety.
Organizes and implements a program of preventative maintenance.
changes are properly approved and executed.
Maintains inventory of all materials and equipment related to building and grounds.
contracts have been fulfilled before authorizing payments.
Establishes the work schedule for all custodial and maintenance personnel.
Coordinates vacation schedules for departmental personnel.
Performs duties with awareness of all school district requirements and policies.
Assumes any other responsibilities as assigned by the Business Administrator or designee.
The next step of the “Tebow Takeover” in Jets Nation comes today when the media get to see Tim Tebow on the field for the first time.
Tebow and the Jets began organized team activities (OTAs) on Monday, but today’s is the first session open to the media. That means a ton of reporters and TV cameras fixed on No. 15.
These sessions are glorified practices with players only in helmets, jerseys and shorts, so it is unlikely there will be much to glean from them. But just the sight of Tebow in a green helmet is further proof the polarizing quarterback is actually a Jet and the trade the Jets made two months ago actually did happen.
Jets coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano have been very secretive about how Tebow will be used, so they probably will not practice any of the “Tebow package” while the media are watching.
This is the first of three weeks of OTAs followed by mandatory mini-camp in June. There is plenty of time to install the Tebow offense. Players have said they currently are installing the basic offense.
Since the beginning of the team’s offseason program, the players have been talking about the new offensive coordinator’s demeanor.
A few weeks ago during rookie minicamp, he was loud and demonstrative. It will be interesting to see him working with the veterans. It also bears watching what kind of formations Sparano uses and how he utilizes certain pieces of the offense like tight end and fullback.
The focus will be on Tebow and fellow quarterback Mark Sanchez, but the guys on the other end of the passes bear watching. Santonio Holmes is the Jets’ only established receiver. Rookie Stephen Hill and free-agent pickup Chaz Schilens will be on display.
The Jets revamped their defensive line last month when they selected defensive end Quinton Coples with the 16th overall pick in the NFL Draft. Today, we get to see how the rotation might look with Coples, Mike DeVito, Muhammad Wilkerson, Sione Pouha, Marcus Dixon and Kenrick Ellis. The Jets have a ton of versatility now to run different fronts. There has been talk of running more of the 46 defense and some more 4-3 than they have in the past.
* The Jets signed fullback Fui Vakapuna yesterday, according to a source. Vakapuna, most recently with the Colts, has never played in an NFL game. … The Miami Herald reported former Jets and Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who is a free agent, wanted to try out for the Dolphins, but the team was not interested.
said he was "feeling hopeful" while watching the election results with his daughter. The C.E.O. of Grubhub, Matt Maloney, however, took a much more direct approach, saying that if any of his employees support the politics of Trump, they may as well resign.
"I absolutely reject the nationalist, anti-immigrant and hateful politics of Donald Trump and will work to shield our community from this movement as best I can," Maloney said in his company-wide e-mail. "If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here. We do not tolerate hateful attitudes on our team."
He also explained in his memo that if Trump had hypothetically ever worked at Grubhub, his behavior would not have been tolerated.
"While demeaning, insulting, and ridiculing minorities, immigrants, and the physically/mentally disabled working for Mr. Trump, I want to be clear that this behavior—and these views—have no place at Grubhub,” the memo continued.
According to a report, "almost 20 percent" of his employees thanked Maloney for taking such a firm stance.
His actions, however, were not commended by shareholders, with shares dropping by 5 percent yesterday (Nov. 11).
In a statement to Forbes, Maloney shared that none of his employees came forward to resign after receiving the memo.
"I want to clarify that I did not ask for anyone to resign if they voted for Trump,” he clarified. “I would never make such a demand. To the contrary, the message of the email is that we do not tolerate discriminatory activity or hateful commentary in the workplace, and that we will stand up for our employees."
Some Twitter users didn't take too kindly to Maloney's bold statements either, with some saying they'll never order delivery via Grubhub again.
Take a look at Matt Maloney's company-wide email in full here.
After 14 months of watching “The Apprentice: White House,” we’re finally going to get the very special “constitutional crisis” episode they’ve been building up to.
I’m glad I stuck with the show.
He told The Daily Beast he was speaking on behalf of the president, in his capacity as the president’s attorney.
This is the same guy who once handed the NYT a Russiagate scoop by talking too loudly about the case at a D.C. restaurant. How is it that a billionaire-turned-president somehow has nothing but clowns for his lawyers?
I’m told Dowd will now put out a statement saying he was not speaking on behalf of the president.
Dowd now says to CNN he was speaking in his personal capacity not on behalf of the president. A major walk back.
If the president’s attorney was speaking off the cuff about firing the special counsel without clearing it with his client first, knowing that Mueller’s already looking at obstruction charges, he’s a garbage lawyer who should be fired himself. If he wasn’t speaking off the cuff but rather at Trump’s behest, it’s inexplicable that he’d instantly try to walk back the statement. If Dowd’s not comfortable with Trump threatening Mueller then he should either keep it to himself or refuse to issue the statement the president wants and resign instead. Telling reporters “I’m speaking for him” and then “I’m speaking only for myself” in the span of an hour is bizarre. It’s not lawyering, it’s gaslighting.
I’m asking seriously: Was this guy drunk, in the morning, when he responded to Woodruff?
Here’s Dowd’s best defense: I didn’t tell you anything you didn’t already know. How many times has Trump tweeted that there was no collusion with Russia, that the investigation is a “witch hunt,” and that it’s hurting America? The WSJ reported a week ago that Trump and his lawyers were so eager to end the investigation that they were considering trading an interview with the president for Mueller’s promise to wrap up the probe within 60 days. Two months ago the Times reported that White House counsel Don McGahn had to threaten to quit last summer to get Trump to back away from firing Mueller at the time, an episode that Mueller himself has no doubt interviewed McGahn about at length. Trump fired Jim Comey over the Russia investigation by his own admission, for cripes sake. If there’s an obstruction case to be made, it’s not going to live or die by the email Dowd sent to the Daily Beast this morning.
But it’s a little more likely to live now that he did. Which is reason enough to fire Dowd.
Exit question: Are we sure Dowd wasn’t speaking at Trump’s behest? Per the NYT, “one person close to the White House said the president was livid over a report in The New York Times that Mr. Mueller had subpoenaed his corporate records, including those related to Russia.” If anything might put him in a firing mood towards Mueller, it’s Mueller’s office sniffing around the Trump Organization.
Sellers motivated to move inventory at Palm Beach Boat Show as boating season begins in earnest.
Temperatures are leveling off. The sun is shining more and more every day. Flowers are in bloom. Let's face it, spring has sprung.
That means boating season is here.
Next week, along picturesque Flagler Drive in downtown West Palm Beach, South Florida's final event of unofficial "boat show season" will take place with the 34th annual Palm Beach International Boat Show.
Over $1.2 billion worth of yachts, boats of all classes and sizes, marine equipment and accessories, gear, clothing, services and much more will be on display from dozens of exhibitors. Boats from small inflatables up to superyachts 300 feet in length will be on hand. Along with the large selection of boats and exhibits, the show offers fun and educational activities, including free youth fishing clinics by Hook The Future and IGFA School of Sportfishing seminars, plus demonstrations of a wide variety of watersports equipment at The AquaZone. The AquaZone is a 40,000-gallon fresh water pool and adjacent area close to the Intracoastal Waterway.
Chris Frambes, a broker with SunDance Marine USA, a dealer with five locations between Jensen Beach and Miami, said the dealership has moved in 28 boats for next weekend's event.
"We love the Palm Beach Boat Show," Frambes said. "What has happened with Fort Lauderdale, it has grown so big in a confined space that we can't expand our display space even if we want to. Stuart in January is good, but there is always a spending hangover because it is so close to Christmas. Miami is tricky to get in and out of and the locals aren't there. Palm Beach gives us the best of everything."
Frambes said people come to the show and then have dinner afterwards downtown or at CityPlace.
Frambes said there are many roads leading to the show across town and much better parking in downtown garages and lots than many of the other shows. It is only an hour from Miami and the Treasure Coast so it draws buyers from a wide boating-happy area of Florida.
Frambes said for the past year, the market for buying a new boat has been strong.
"Anything with an outboard is selling," he said. "The fishing stuff is always selling. But what we've seen is other models we carry with outboards are also selling strong right now."
Sundance Marine carries Everglades, Sea Fox, Ranger Boats' saltwater line, plus Regal and Cobalt. Recently, to showcase its performance, Frambes used an Everglades demo to carry YouTube fishing personality BlacktipH, Josh Jorgensen, and former pro golfer Greg Norman to a Goliath grouper and shark fishing trip off Jupiter.
"We've increased our coverage for this year's show," Frambes said. "Regal's new 38 XO has two state rooms and is an express cabin cruiser outfitted with triple 300 horsepower motors. It debuted last month at the Miami Boat Show and it has exceeded our expectations. It can easily be taken to the islands but offers the reliability of outboards."
The International Game Fish Association is hosting its highly-acclaimed School of Sportfishing seminars onsite during the Palm Beach Boat Show. Featuring instruction by some of the best captains and anglers in South Florida, the seminars share the skills, information and techniques necessary for avid anglers to maximize success on the water. Reservations are not required and participation is free with show admission. To view the seminar schedule, go to PBboatshow.com and click on “Seminars & Classes” under the “Attend” menu.
Hours: Thurs. Noon to 7 p.m.; March 29-30 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; March 31 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission: Adult (16 and over) $28; Adult (Two-day ticket) $52; Children (6-15) $18; Children under 6 free.
Campaigners who climbed on top of a train and glued themselves to the roof have been arrested as the third day of climate change protests, which have caused serious disruption in London, continued.
An air accident investigator has lamented a lack of evidence available from a police helicopter that crashed on to the roof of a pub, killing ten people.
The huge Airbus A380 which landed in Glasgow airport earlier this week is the largest passenger aircraft in the world.
Glasgow Airport is understood to be confident of winning back the world’s largest passenger aircraft next summer after an Airbus A380 landed last night to launch its first daily flights from Scotland until September.
Bus bosses should issue free school trip tickets to children living in poverty in the Capital, it was claimed yesterday.
Environmental campaigners have condemned as a “scandal” the lack of take-up by bus operators of a Scottish Government fund to clean up the most polluting engines.
Rail staff could be forced to take industrial action if pensions are threatened after firms were barred from bidding for franchises, a union has warned.
THE city’s 20mph limit is controversial with many drivers objecting to it and 105 being caught breaking the rules on Leith’s Ocean Drive.
Passengers and politicians may rage at ScotRail’s chronically late trains, but the operator has published figures which show one third of them are actually early.
There are many ways to make a car fly and perhaps the most promising option is pretty amazing. writes Dr Hugh Hunt.
Rush hour commuters travelling home across the Queensferry Crossing this afternoon have been hit with lengthy delays after a vehicle break down.
Cement slabs have been dropped onto a live railway track in Fife, prompting a warning from police.
We will be bringing you live updates after a tram and lorry crashed in Edinburgh's West End and a passenger was taken in on York Place.
A tram and lorry have crashed in Edinburgh's West End.
Edinburgh Airport's growth accelerated last month when Scotland's busiest terminal handled nearly 15 per cent more passengers than a year ago, it announced today.
Picking my way through 30ft-high trees along a stretch of the former Borders Railway, it was difficult to imagine I was walking on a line which once carried Edinburgh-London trains, let alone one on which the tracks could be relaid.
Two rush-hour services between Edinburgh and Fife are to be cancelled this afternoon, with a further two trains axed later this evening.
It sounded like one of those crazy ideas that should have led to fun and adventure and ended in triumph. Instead it ended in tragedy.
Richard Swanson, pictured here, of Seattle, decided to raise money for charity by dribbling a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup. Sadly, The Guardian reports that he only made it as far as Oregon. While walking down US Highway 101 near Lincoln City he was hit by a pickup truck on Tuesday and killed. The police have ruled it an accident and the driver has not been charged.
Swanson was only two weeks and about 260 miles into his trip. He had been posting updates about his journey on his Facebook page, including a photo of the last meal he ate, a hearty breakfast in Lincoln City just hours before being killed.
His project, called Breakaway Brazil, was meant to raise money for the One World Futbol Project, which distributes durable soccer balls to needy children in developing areas.
The National Park Service is calling part of a Civil War battlefield “an active crime scene” following a series of excavations.
Authorities are investigating suspected looting at Petersburg National Battlefield, just south of Richmond, Virginia. The National Park Service describes Petersburg as the site of the war’s longest siege, lasting more than nine months between 1864 and 1865 and claiming 70,000 lives.
“Earlier this week, one of the park employees was out doing landscape work and noticed some things were out of place,” park spokesman Chris Bryce said.
Marked graves were not disturbed.
Park officials have not described what type of items or relics may have been targeted. They have not confirmed whether anything was removed.
Civil War relics, including uniform buttons, rifle parts and other metallic battlefield items, regularly show up on Internet auction sites.
The park service says looting a federal battlefield is a crime, and violators can be fined as much as $20,000 and face two years in prison.
The siege of Petersburg is known as the longest military event of the Civil War, pitting Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The Petersburg siege and battle over supply lines led to the eventual fall of the Confederate capital of Richmond and the surrender of the Confederacy.
In one of its most infamous battles, called The Crater, Union troops detonated a mine underneath a Confederate fortification.
But poorly led Union troops were repulsed after they rushed into the gap.
The excavations occurred where significant fighting took place in June 1864 and March 1865.
Bryce said Saturday he was unaware of any tips to authorities. Officials are hopeful someone saw something and will report it, he added.
This is not the first time people have done such excavations. Bryce said someone was successfully prosecuted in 2010.
Eruditus started by offering classroom programmes.
Eruditus Group is built on the mission of making high-quality education accessible. We want people to be beneficiaries of education from top schools such as MIT, Wharton, Harvard, Columbia and INSEAD. Chaitanya (Kalipatnapu), my co-founder, and I are beneficiaries of such education. But we know that very few people have the access we had. How could we make more people gain access to elite schools? That is the problem we are trying to solve.
Eruditus started by offering classroom programmes. We were reaching hundreds of people across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and India. We knew, however, that there were many more professionals who wanted this education. From hundreds, we wanted to reach thousands, globally. That’s when the click moment came about.
The switch from classroom programmes to online programmes happened in 2015. We introduced Emeritus, a subsidiary of Eruditus, that delivers online programmes in collaboration with schools like MIT, Dartmouth, Columbia, Wharton and Kellogg. We scanned the online education landscape, which was growing exponentially due to massive open online courses (MOOCs) which had been very successful in enrolling millions of students. But course completion was very low at 5%. So, we decided not to be a MOOC, but to use a small private online course (SPOC) model.

upgrades for the school district.

Ensures that compliance with all applicable laws is maintained at a minimum.

Determines detailed specifications for all supplies, materials and equipment.

Recommends necessary purchases of supplies and equipment.

of workmanship, cleanliness, safety, and security are maintained.

Conducts periodic inspection of all school district facilities to ensure fire safety.

Organizes and implements a program of preventative maintenance.

changes are properly approved and executed.

Maintains inventory of all materials and equipment related to building and grounds.

contracts have been fulfilled before authorizing payments.

Establishes the work schedule for all custodial and maintenance personnel.

Coordinates vacation schedules for departmental personnel.

Performs duties with awareness of all school district requirements and policies.

Assumes any other responsibilities as assigned by the Business Administrator or designee.

The next step of the “Tebow Takeover” in Jets Nation comes today when the media get to see Tim Tebow on the field for the first time.

Tebow and the Jets began organized team activities (OTAs) on Monday, but today’s is the first session open to the media. That means a ton of reporters and TV cameras fixed on No. 15.

These sessions are glorified practices with players only in helmets, jerseys and shorts, so it is unlikely there will be much to glean from them. But just the sight of Tebow in a green helmet is further proof the polarizing quarterback is actually a Jet and the trade the Jets made two months ago actually did happen.

Jets coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano have been very secretive about how Tebow will be used, so they probably will not practice any of the “Tebow package” while the media are watching.

This is the first of three weeks of OTAs followed by mandatory mini-camp in June. There is plenty of time to install the Tebow offense. Players have said they currently are installing the basic offense.

Since the beginning of the team’s offseason program, the players have been talking about the new offensive coordinator’s demeanor.

A few weeks ago during rookie minicamp, he was loud and demonstrative. It will be interesting to see him working with the veterans. It also bears watching what kind of formations Sparano uses and how he utilizes certain pieces of the offense like tight end and fullback.

The focus will be on Tebow and fellow quarterback Mark Sanchez, but the guys on the other end of the passes bear watching. Santonio Holmes is the Jets’ only established receiver. Rookie Stephen Hill and free-agent pickup Chaz Schilens will be on display.

The Jets revamped their defensive line last month when they selected defensive end Quinton Coples with the 16th overall pick in the NFL Draft. Today, we get to see how the rotation might look with Coples, Mike DeVito, Muhammad Wilkerson, Sione Pouha, Marcus Dixon and Kenrick Ellis. The Jets have a ton of versatility now to run different fronts. There has been talk of running more of the 46 defense and some more 4-3 than they have in the past.

* The Jets signed fullback Fui Vakapuna yesterday, according to a source. Vakapuna, most recently with the Colts, has never played in an NFL game. … The Miami Herald reported former Jets and Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who is a free agent, wanted to try out for the Dolphins, but the team was not interested.

said he was "feeling hopeful" while watching the election results with his daughter. The C.E.O. of Grubhub, Matt Maloney, however, took a much more direct approach, saying that if any of his employees support the politics of Trump, they may as well resign.

"I absolutely reject the nationalist, anti-immigrant and hateful politics of Donald Trump and will work to shield our community from this movement as best I can," Maloney said in his company-wide e-mail. "If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here. We do not tolerate hateful attitudes on our team."

He also explained in his memo that if Trump had hypothetically ever worked at Grubhub, his behavior would not have been tolerated.

"While demeaning, insulting, and ridiculing minorities, immigrants, and the physically/mentally disabled working for Mr. Trump, I want to be clear that this behavior—and these views—have no place at Grubhub,” the memo continued.

According to a report, "almost 20 percent" of his employees thanked Maloney for taking such a firm stance.

His actions, however, were not commended by shareholders, with shares dropping by 5 percent yesterday (Nov. 11).

In a statement to Forbes, Maloney shared that none of his employees came forward to resign after receiving the memo.

"I want to clarify that I did not ask for anyone to resign if they voted for Trump,” he clarified. “I would never make such a demand. To the contrary, the message of the email is that we do not tolerate discriminatory activity or hateful commentary in the workplace, and that we will stand up for our employees."

Some Twitter users didn't take too kindly to Maloney's bold statements either, with some saying they'll never order delivery via Grubhub again.

Take a look at Matt Maloney's company-wide email in full here.

After 14 months of watching “The Apprentice: White House,” we’re finally going to get the very special “constitutional crisis” episode they’ve been building up to.

I’m glad I stuck with the show.

He told The Daily Beast he was speaking on behalf of the president, in his capacity as the president’s attorney.

This is the same guy who once handed the NYT a Russiagate scoop by talking too loudly about the case at a D.C. restaurant. How is it that a billionaire-turned-president somehow has nothing but clowns for his lawyers?

I’m told Dowd will now put out a statement saying he was not speaking on behalf of the president.

Dowd now says to CNN he was speaking in his personal capacity not on behalf of the president. A major walk back.

If the president’s attorney was speaking off the cuff about firing the special counsel without clearing it with his client first, knowing that Mueller’s already looking at obstruction charges, he’s a garbage lawyer who should be fired himself. If he wasn’t speaking off the cuff but rather at Trump’s behest, it’s inexplicable that he’d instantly try to walk back the statement. If Dowd’s not comfortable with Trump threatening Mueller then he should either keep it to himself or refuse to issue the statement the president wants and resign instead. Telling reporters “I’m speaking for him” and then “I’m speaking only for myself” in the span of an hour is bizarre. It’s not lawyering, it’s gaslighting.

I’m asking seriously: Was this guy drunk, in the morning, when he responded to Woodruff?

Here’s Dowd’s best defense: I didn’t tell you anything you didn’t already know. How many times has Trump tweeted that there was no collusion with Russia, that the investigation is a “witch hunt,” and that it’s hurting America? The WSJ reported a week ago that Trump and his lawyers were so eager to end the investigation that they were considering trading an interview with the president for Mueller’s promise to wrap up the probe within 60 days. Two months ago the Times reported that White House counsel Don McGahn had to threaten to quit last summer to get Trump to back away from firing Mueller at the time, an episode that Mueller himself has no doubt interviewed McGahn about at length. Trump fired Jim Comey over the Russia investigation by his own admission, for cripes sake. If there’s an obstruction case to be made, it’s not going to live or die by the email Dowd sent to the Daily Beast this morning.

But it’s a little more likely to live now that he did. Which is reason enough to fire Dowd.

Exit question: Are we sure Dowd wasn’t speaking at Trump’s behest? Per the NYT, “one person close to the White House said the president was livid over a report in The New York Times that Mr. Mueller had subpoenaed his corporate records, including those related to Russia.” If anything might put him in a firing mood towards Mueller, it’s Mueller’s office sniffing around the Trump Organization.

Sellers motivated to move inventory at Palm Beach Boat Show as boating season begins in earnest.

Temperatures are leveling off. The sun is shining more and more every day. Flowers are in bloom. Let's face it, spring has sprung.

That means boating season is here.

Next week, along picturesque Flagler Drive in downtown West Palm Beach, South Florida's final event of unofficial "boat show season" will take place with the 34th annual Palm Beach International Boat Show.

Over $1.2 billion worth of yachts, boats of all classes and sizes, marine equipment and accessories, gear, clothing, services and much more will be on display from dozens of exhibitors. Boats from small inflatables up to superyachts 300 feet in length will be on hand. Along with the large selection of boats and exhibits, the show offers fun and educational activities, including free youth fishing clinics by Hook The Future and IGFA School of Sportfishing seminars, plus demonstrations of a wide variety of watersports equipment at The AquaZone. The AquaZone is a 40,000-gallon fresh water pool and adjacent area close to the Intracoastal Waterway.

Chris Frambes, a broker with SunDance Marine USA, a dealer with five locations between Jensen Beach and Miami, said the dealership has moved in 28 boats for next weekend's event.

"We love the Palm Beach Boat Show," Frambes said. "What has happened with Fort Lauderdale, it has grown so big in a confined space that we can't expand our display space even if we want to. Stuart in January is good, but there is always a spending hangover because it is so close to Christmas. Miami is tricky to get in and out of and the locals aren't there. Palm Beach gives us the best of everything."

Frambes said people come to the show and then have dinner afterwards downtown or at CityPlace.

Frambes said there are many roads leading to the show across town and much better parking in downtown garages and lots than many of the other shows. It is only an hour from Miami and the Treasure Coast so it draws buyers from a wide boating-happy area of Florida.

Frambes said for the past year, the market for buying a new boat has been strong.

"Anything with an outboard is selling," he said. "The fishing stuff is always selling. But what we've seen is other models we carry with outboards are also selling strong right now."

Sundance Marine carries Everglades, Sea Fox, Ranger Boats' saltwater line, plus Regal and Cobalt. Recently, to showcase its performance, Frambes used an Everglades demo to carry YouTube fishing personality BlacktipH, Josh Jorgensen, and former pro golfer Greg Norman to a Goliath grouper and shark fishing trip off Jupiter.

"We've increased our coverage for this year's show," Frambes said. "Regal's new 38 XO has two state rooms and is an express cabin cruiser outfitted with triple 300 horsepower motors. It debuted last month at the Miami Boat Show and it has exceeded our expectations. It can easily be taken to the islands but offers the reliability of outboards."

The International Game Fish Association is hosting its highly-acclaimed School of Sportfishing seminars onsite during the Palm Beach Boat Show. Featuring instruction by some of the best captains and anglers in South Florida, the seminars share the skills, information and techniques necessary for avid anglers to maximize success on the water. Reservations are not required and participation is free with show admission. To view the seminar schedule, go to PBboatshow.com and click on “Seminars & Classes” under the “Attend” menu.

Hours: Thurs. Noon to 7 p.m.; March 29-30 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; March 31 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Admission: Adult (16 and over) $28; Adult (Two-day ticket) $52; Children (6-15) $18; Children under 6 free.

Campaigners who climbed on top of a train and glued themselves to the roof have been arrested as the third day of climate change protests, which have caused serious disruption in London, continued.

An air accident investigator has lamented a lack of evidence available from a police helicopter that crashed on to the roof of a pub, killing ten people.

The huge Airbus A380 which landed in Glasgow airport earlier this week is the largest passenger aircraft in the world.

Glasgow Airport is understood to be confident of winning back the world’s largest passenger aircraft next summer after an Airbus A380 landed last night to launch its first daily flights from Scotland until September.

Bus bosses should issue free school trip tickets to children living in poverty in the Capital, it was claimed yesterday.

Environmental campaigners have condemned as a “scandal” the lack of take-up by bus operators of a Scottish Government fund to clean up the most polluting engines.

Rail staff could be forced to take industrial action if pensions are threatened after firms were barred from bidding for franchises, a union has warned.

THE city’s 20mph limit is controversial with many drivers objecting to it and 105 being caught breaking the rules on Leith’s Ocean Drive.

Passengers and politicians may rage at ScotRail’s chronically late trains, but the operator has published figures which show one third of them are actually early.

There are many ways to make a car fly and perhaps the most promising option is pretty amazing. writes Dr Hugh Hunt.

Rush hour commuters travelling home across the Queensferry Crossing this afternoon have been hit with lengthy delays after a vehicle break down.

Cement slabs have been dropped onto a live railway track in Fife, prompting a warning from police.

We will be bringing you live updates after a tram and lorry crashed in Edinburgh's West End and a passenger was taken in on York Place.

A tram and lorry have crashed in Edinburgh's West End.

Edinburgh Airport's growth accelerated last month when Scotland's busiest terminal handled nearly 15 per cent more passengers than a year ago, it announced today.

Picking my way through 30ft-high trees along a stretch of the former Borders Railway, it was difficult to imagine I was walking on a line which once carried Edinburgh-London trains, let alone one on which the tracks could be relaid.

Two rush-hour services between Edinburgh and Fife are to be cancelled this afternoon, with a further two trains axed later this evening.

It sounded like one of those crazy ideas that should have led to fun and adventure and ended in triumph. Instead it ended in tragedy.

Richard Swanson, pictured here, of Seattle, decided to raise money for charity by dribbling a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup. Sadly, The Guardian reports that he only made it as far as Oregon. While walking down US Highway 101 near Lincoln City he was hit by a pickup truck on Tuesday and killed. The police have ruled it an accident and the driver has not been charged.

Swanson was only two weeks and about 260 miles into his trip. He had been posting updates about his journey on his Facebook page, including a photo of the last meal he ate, a hearty breakfast in Lincoln City just hours before being killed.

His project, called Breakaway Brazil, was meant to raise money for the One World Futbol Project, which distributes durable soccer balls to needy children in developing areas.

The National Park Service is calling part of a Civil War battlefield “an active crime scene” following a series of excavations.

Authorities are investigating suspected looting at Petersburg National Battlefield, just south of Richmond, Virginia. The National Park Service describes Petersburg as the site of the war’s longest siege, lasting more than nine months between 1864 and 1865 and claiming 70,000 lives.

“Earlier this week, one of the park employees was out doing landscape work and noticed some things were out of place,” park spokesman Chris Bryce said.

Marked graves were not disturbed.

Park officials have not described what type of items or relics may have been targeted. They have not confirmed whether anything was removed.

Civil War relics, including uniform buttons, rifle parts and other metallic battlefield items, regularly show up on Internet auction sites.

The park service says looting a federal battlefield is a crime, and violators can be fined as much as $20,000 and face two years in prison.

The siege of Petersburg is known as the longest military event of the Civil War, pitting Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

The Petersburg siege and battle over supply lines led to the eventual fall of the Confederate capital of Richmond and the surrender of the Confederacy.

In one of its most infamous battles, called The Crater, Union troops detonated a mine underneath a Confederate fortification.

But poorly led Union troops were repulsed after they rushed into the gap.

The excavations occurred where significant fighting took place in June 1864 and March 1865.

Bryce said Saturday he was unaware of any tips to authorities. Officials are hopeful someone saw something and will report it, he added.

This is not the first time people have done such excavations. Bryce said someone was successfully prosecuted in 2010.

Eruditus started by offering classroom programmes.

Eruditus Group is built on the mission of making high-quality education accessible. We want people to be beneficiaries of education from top schools such as MIT, Wharton, Harvard, Columbia and INSEAD. Chaitanya (Kalipatnapu), my co-founder, and I are beneficiaries of such education. But we know that very few people have the access we had. How could we make more people gain access to elite schools? That is the problem we are trying to solve.

Eruditus started by offering classroom programmes. We were reaching hundreds of people across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and India. We knew, however, that there were many more professionals who wanted this education. From hundreds, we wanted to reach thousands, globally. That’s when the click moment came about.

The switch from classroom programmes to online programmes happened in 2015. We introduced Emeritus, a subsidiary of Eruditus, that delivers online programmes in collaboration with schools like MIT, Dartmouth, Columbia, Wharton and Kellogg. We scanned the online education landscape, which was growing exponentially due to massive open online courses (MOOCs) which had been very successful in enrolling millions of students. But course completion was very low at 5%. So, we decided not to be a MOOC, but to use a small private online course (SPOC) model.