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Our 2018 Values Journey
It's the new year, and we have a lot of exciting plans in motion. At the very top of my personal list, and my super-exciting project for the spring, is a revamp of our company Read more…
By Rebecca Lewis Smith, 2 years ago 12th January 2018
Time to Shout About It: Equality in Business
I'm preparing to speak on the Women in Leadership panel at Google's Partner Summit in New York next week. One of the questions they circulated was about how to "walk the walk" of gender equality Read more…
By Rebecca Lewis Smith, 2 years ago 23rd September 2017
The value of micro-surveying teams
We've recently introduced TinyPulse as a micro-surveying tool at Fountain, and within the first few weeks it had delivered amazing insight that really helped us become a better workplace. TinyPulse sends a single Read more…
By Rebecca Lewis Smith, 2 years ago 5th September 2017
Black Box Thinking in our business
To err is human. In his book "Black Box Thinking", Matthew Syed investigates how the airline industry is exemplary in using information from those rare instances that something has gone wrong to improve their Read more…
By Rebecca Lewis Smith, 2 years ago 5th June 2017
Journaling for Happiness at Fountain
In his book "59 Seconds – Think A Little, Change A Lot", psychologist Richard Wiseman summarises the latest research into what makes people happy, motivated, creative and successful in a broad range of other areas. Read more…
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Panera Cares
The Panera Bread Company has been making headlines with its Panera Cares Cafés, an experiment in outreach to the needy of inner cities. The first two Panera Cafés, in Detroit and St. Louis, offering menus similar to any other Panera Restaurant, pledged to serve meals to anyone who was hungry, regardless of the ability to pay, asking only a free-will donation.
In the first two cities, the free-will offering produced about 80% of the revenue a regular Panera restaurant would bring in. That enabled the cafés to cover expenses, including salaries paid to the unemployed inner-city youth the company hired to run them. The third store, in Portland, Oregon, proved a disappointment. That store brought in only about 60% of typical restaurant revenue.
Company founder Ron Shaich spent some time behind the counter of the Portland store, and also spoke to a number of the patrons. He spoke of "a palpable sense of people in pain" in that location. He also noted an attitude he labeled "a sense of entitlement" that he didn't see in Detroit or St. Louis.
Other patrons complained of a significant number of people with obvious mental-health or addiction problems who simply camped out in the Panera Cares café all day long. They seemed to treat it almost as a place to live, rather than a place to come for an occasional bit of extra help. Some seemed to have brought all their belongings with them.
"We had to help them understand that this is a café of shared responsibility and not a handout," Mr. Shaich told a newspaper reporter. "It can't serve as a shelter and we can't have community organizations sending everybody down."
The difference, it seems, is shared responsibility. In a one-sided transaction characterized by dependency, no one is helped much. Yet, when a meal is truly shared in every respect, all benefit.
Source: http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=131663856972432200

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We will meet at the end of Castle Rock Rd. We take the Castle Rock trail to Stage Rd to the Dusty trail. Ascend Dusty to Briones Mt Diablo. Right a short distance to Little Yosemite on our right. We descend to Stage Rd and will pause there to rest and snack. Then back to the start. Lots of shade but about 25% sun. Water and restrooms near the start. Hike is about 7 miles and elevation about 600 ft. A relatively easy hike. Dogs are not allowed in Mt Diablo.


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Vasquez Writes in Nature Reviews Genetics on Alternative DNA Structures
Division Head and Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology Karen Vasquez, Ph.D. published in the latest issues of Nature Reviews Genetics regarding repetitive elements in the human genome. Once considered "junk DNA," they are now known to adopt more than a dozen alternative DNA structures. These dynamic conformations can act as functional genomic elements involved in DNA replication and transcription, chromatin organization and genome stability.
Moczygemba and Wash Earn 2022 Kloesel Grant
Leticia "Tish" Moczygemba, Pharm.D., Ph.D. and Andrew Wash, Pharm.D. were selected as the recipients of the 2022 grant award from the Arlyn Kloesel Endowment for Excellence in Pharmacy Practice.
Vasquez Appears on BBC World Service to Discuss Z-DNA
Division Head and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Karen Vasquez, Ph.D. appeared on BBC World Service's Science in Action to talk about Z-DNA. Dr. Vasquez's research focuses on DNA damage and repair, genomic instability, gene targeting, DNA structure and cancer therapeutics.
Improving Health Outcomes for People Experiencing Homelessness is Focus of New Study
Combining mobile health technology, or mHealth, and community outreach to improve the health outcomes of people experiencing homelessness is the target of a new study led by Division of Health Outcomes Associate Professor Leticia Moczygemba, Pharm.D., Ph.D., thanks to a five-year research grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
TxCORE Research Wins PhRMA Foundation Award
Three researchers from the College of Pharmacy won an award from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation. Leticia R. Moczygemba, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Carolyn M. Brown, Ph.D. and Michael Johnsrud, Ph.D., R.Ph. were awarded $5,000 from the PhRMA Foundation for their proposal to advance racial and ethnic representation in value assessments.
Kompella Receives Fulbright Award for Postdoctoral Research
Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology researcher Pallavi Kompella, Ph.D. has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to research at the Biomedical Research Institute of Málaga in Spain.
Peppas to Receive Prestigious Oesper Award in Honor of Contributions to Chemistry
Nicholas A. Peppas, Sc.D. has been honored with the 2020 Oesper Award from the University of Cincinnati's Chemistry Department and the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society for his outstanding accomplishments in and contributions to science. The award recognizes his work in biomaterials, drug delivery, bionanotechnology, and nanomaterials.
Vasquez collaborates on paper published in Nature
College of Pharmacy Professor Karen M. Vasquez, Ph.D. recently collaborated on a research paper exploring the mechanisms involved in DNA structure-induced genetic instability in human disease. "Mechanisms of genetic instability caused by (CGG)n repeats in an experimental mammalian system" recently published in Nature, and includes co-authors Artem V. Kononenko, Thomas Ebersole, and Sergei M. Mirkin from Tufts University.


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12 Healthy Foods High in Prebiotics
September 18th, 2013 by Loretta Lanphier, NP, CN, CH, HHP
Unfortunately we don't always read much about the many health benefits of prebiotics nor are we told about healthy foods high in prebiotics. As a result most Americans don't eat enough foods high in prebiotics on a daily basis. This may cause more indigestion, higher levels of inflammation, lower immune function, weight gain and even a higher risk for some chronic diseases.
Let's talk about prebiotics and 12 of the healthy foods high in prebiotics which you should consume on a daily basis.
Prebiotics were first identified and named by Marcel Roberfroid in 1995. According to Roberfroid: "A prebiotic is a selectively fermented ingredient that allows specific changes, both in the composition and/or activity in the gastrointestinal microflora that confers benefits upon host well-being and health." In a nutshell, prebiotics are nondigestible carbohydrates that act as food for probiotics. They aid in stimulating and maintaining the good bacteria in your digestive tract which in turn has a positive effect on your immune system. It is argued that many of the health effects of prebiotics emanate from increased production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) by the stimulated beneficial bacteria. Thus food supplements specifically enhancing the growth of SCFA producing intestinal bacteria (such as clostridia and bacteroides species) are widely recognized to have such potential.
A huge and diverse range of bacterial species colonize the human body. The microbiota extend from mouth to anus and into the vaginal tract of women. They also reside on the skin. Many lines of research have demonstrated the significant role of the microbiota in human physiology. The microbiota are involved in the healthy development of the immune system, prevention of infection from pathogenic or opportunistic microbes and maintenance of intestinal barrier function. For a variety of reasons, normal native bacteria may not always perform these functions optimally. Probiotics and prebiotics have been studied and used to improve these functions. (International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics)
Probiotics Must Have Prebiotics
The relationship between prebiotics and probiotics is synergistic. Prebiotic fiber is the chief food source of probiotics, and probiotics cannot flourish without it. Taking a probiotic supplement or food with prebiotic fiber places the indigestible prebiotics in the gut where probiotics then consume them. This enables those beneficial bacteria to populate in your gut microbiome. The reverse is also true — if a probiotic is taken without prebiotic fiber, it's less likely to flourish.
Different Types of Prebiotics
Prebiotics reside in both food and supplement form. Common prebiotic fiber found in supplements and foods high in prebiotics include:
Acacia gum
Lafinose
Oligosaccharides (the best-known prebiotics) including:Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), Oligofructose (OF), Galactooligosaccharides (GOS), Transgalactooligosaccharides (TOS)
Resistant starch (RS)
Wheat dextrin
Even though there's some discussion about which prebiotics are the most effective, the consensus is that consuming any prebiotics with probiotics or cultured foods is beneficial to the body.
Benefits of Prebiotics
From preliminary research, there's encouraging evidence that higher intakes of probiotics may have a positive effect in:
Diarrhea treatment, especially following treatment with certain antibiotics
Prevent and treatment of vaginal yeast infections and urinary tract infections
Increases the production of short chain fatty acids in the human colon, including the supremely beneficial butyric acid
Reduction of colorectal cancer risk
Increased magnesium and calcium absorption
Immune system effectiveness
Treat inflammatory bowel disorders (Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis)
Lower risk of cardiovascular disease
Reduce bladder cancer recurrence
Speed treatment of certain intestinal infections
Prevent and treat eczema in children
Prevent or reduce the severity of colds and flu
Lower risk for obesity and weight gain
Lowering the body's stress response
Dandelion Greens
Getting your prebiotics from natural, real food will always be the very best choice; but for most people this is not always easy to do. Consuming a high quality probiotic supplement that includes prebiotics, such as Floratrex™, can be just as beneficial. And an added reminder that it's always best to consume supplements in addition to an already healthy plant-based diet and not "in place of" a healthy diet.
Research and References
Patel, Seema, and Arun Goyal. "The Current Trends and Future Perspectives of Prebiotics Research: A Review." 3 Biotech 2.2 (2012): 115–125. PMC. Web. 22 Sept. 2017
Slavin, Joanne. "Fiber and Prebiotics: Mechanisms and Health Benefits." Nutrients 5.4 (2013): 1417–1435. PMC. Web. 22 Sept. 2017.
Cummings, J.H. and G.T. Macfarlane. "Gastrointestinal Effects of Prebiotics." The British Journal of Nutrition., U.S. National Library of Medicine, May 2002
Collins, M. David, and Glenn R. Gibson. "Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics: Approaches for Modulating the Microbial Ecology of the Gut." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 69, no.5, 1052s-1057s, May 1999.
Roberfroid, M., et al. "Prebiotic Effects: Metabolic and Health Benefits." The British Journal of Nutrition, Aug. 2010. Suppl 2:S1-63.
Scholz-Ahrens, K.E., Ade, P., Marten, B., Weber, P., Timm, W., Açil, Y., Glüer, C.C., Schrezenmeir, J. "Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics Affect Mineral Absorption, Bone Mineral Content, and Bone Structure." The Journal of Nutrition. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Mar. 2007. Web. 22 Sept. 2017.
Gibson, G.R., and M.B. Roberfroid. "Dietary Modulation of the Human Colonic Microbiota: Introducing the Concept of Prebiotics." The Journal of Nutrition. U.S. National Library of Medicine, June 1995. Web. 22 Sept. 2017.
Hume, Megan P., and and Alissa C. Nicolucci. "Prebiotic supplementation improves appetite control in children with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled trial." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.140947.
Parnell, J.A., and R.A. Reimer. "Prebiotic Fibres Dose-Dependently Increase Satiety Hormones and Alter Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes in Lean and Obese JCR:LA-Cp Rats." The British Journal of Nutrition., U.S. National Library of Medicine, Feb. 2012.
Maki, Kevin C., et al. "Resistant Starch from High-Amylose Maize Increases Insulin Sensitivity in Overweight and Obese Men." The Journal of Nutrition, February 22, 2012, doi: 10.3945/jn.111.152975.
Sarkar, Amar, et al. "Psychobiotics and the Manipulation of Bacteria–Gut–Brain Signals." Trends in Neurosciences, Elsevier Applied Science Publishing, Nov. 2016.
Thompson, Robert S., et al. "Dietary Prebiotics and Bioactive Milk Fractions Improve NREM Sleep, Enhance REM Sleep Rebound and Attenuate the Stress-Induced Decrease in Diurnal Temperature and Gut Microbial Alpha Diversity." Frontiers, Frontiers, 9 Dec. 2016.
Leach, J.D., and K.D. Sobolik. "High Dietary Intake of Prebiotic Inulin-Type Fructans in the Prehistoric Chihuahuan Desert." The British Journal of Nutrition., U.S. National Library of Medicine, June 2010.
"Prebiotics and Probiotics: Creating a Healthier You." www.eatright.org, Academy of Dietetics and Nutrition, 10 Oct. 2016.
Scott, Karen. "Prebiotics." International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP).
†Results may vary. Information and statements made are for education purposes and are not intended to replace the advice of your doctor. Oasis Advanced Wellness/OAWHealth does not dispense medical advice, prescribe, or diagnose illness. The views and nutritional advice expressed by Oasis Advanced Wellness/OAWHealth are not intended to be a substitute for conventional medical service. If you have a severe medical condition or health concern, see your physician of choice.Save
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EXPRESS INFORMER > Business & Finances > Marston's shrugs off economic woes as sales rebound from Covid slump
Marston's shrugs off economic woes as sales rebound from Covid slump
October 11, 2022 Express Informer
Marston's shrugs off economic woes as sales jump above pre-Covid levels after punters return to their local pubs
Retail sales in the 10 weeks from 24 July to 1 October were 3% up vs FY2019
Growth was 'driven by drink sales', not food 'due to hot weather'
Overall, total like-for-like sales for the 52-week period were down 1% vs FY2019
By Sadie Whitelocks For This Is Money
Published: 11:19 BST, 11 October 2022 | Updated: 11:19 BST, 11 October 2022
Marston's like-for-like sales are now 3 per cent above pre-Covid levels with customer demand 'remaining encouraging' despite economic uncertainty.
The Wolverhampton-based pub and brewing business said retail sales in the 10 weeks from 24 July to 1 October were 3 per cent up versus 2019 and 4 per cent up on last year.
Growth was 'predominantly driven by drink sales', while there was less food ringing through the tills 'due to hot weather', Marston's said.
Pub and brewing retail business Marston's has revealed that like-for-like sales were up 3 per cent from pre-Covid levels with the level of customer demand 'remaining encouraging'
Marston's shares were up more than 4 per cent and trading at 37.27p by late morning on Tuesday.
Overall, total like-for-like sales for the 52-week period were down 1 per cent versus 2019.
The business said, as previously reported, that 'this reflects the impact of trading restrictions in December and January as a result of Omicron and the corresponding impact on consumer sentiment in H1'.
Looking ahead, the group said its strategy is to offer 'affordable pub experiences' for guests in 'a quality environment both inside and out'.
It added that it picks 'predominantly community-based locations' for its pubs so they are 'well-placed to meet the challenging consumer environment'.
Marston's CEO Andrew Andrea said the results show that the company is in 'good shape and well positioned to navigate the future.
He added: 'This is a good performance, with the trading momentum we experienced in the Summer continuing.
'Marston's has a long-term capital structure which is well suited to the current market environment and we remain committed to our debt reduction strategy with which we continue to make progress. We are managing cost inflation well with food, drink and energy costs covered for the immediate future.
'Whilst we are not complacent and can't predict what the future will hold, what is clear is that people want – and are continuing – to visit our predominantly community pubs.
'The level of customer demand we are experiencing is encouraging which underpins our confidence that our strategy is working and we are making positive progress in that regard.
'Looking forward, we are primed to maximise the trading opportunities provided by the forthcoming World Cup and first restriction-free Christmas in three years.'
To try and minimise outlays moving forward, the company has decided to fix its energy rates for the upcoming winter and secured an agreement to set its gas bills until the end of March 2025.
Having been part of the British pub landscape for over 180 years, the company grew from a local family run business to a PLC.
Today it has more than 1,500 pubs and 12,000 employees across the UK.
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Did a three way between Robin Thicke, his wife and their masseuse lead to break up?
Did a threeway courtesy of Robin Thicke, his wife and their masseuse get out of hand?
It seems Robin Thicke is not at all very impressed with circulating reports that a three way between himself, his estranged wife Paula Patton and their masseuse led to the dissolution of their marriage after things got a little out of hand.
To date the Blurred Lines performer has avidly denied the report, even motioning that he may take legal action against Star magazine.
Is Lara Scolaro Robin Thicke's mistress?
Thicke's attorney Howard E. King is said to have written a letter to Star, and their sister publication OK, before the article even came out.
King wrote, 'On behalf of Mr. Thicke, as well as [the alleged masseuse], we categorically deny every assertion of fact posited in your email [asking for comment] and are certain there can be no reliable, trustworthy source of any such story, given its gross deviation from the truth.
According to Star, Robin Thicke and Paula had been carrying on a consensual ménage-a-trois with a massage therapist for two years.
But when Patton, 38, allegedly found out the other woman and her husband were having a two-person affair, she called time on her marriage.
At the time Paula allegedly walked in on Robin and Jasmine, but Thicke reportedly didn't understand why his wife was upset.
Paula supposedly gave her husband of eight years another chance, and banned the woman from their home, but she couldn't put her suspicions behind her and eventually the end of their marriage was announced in February this year.


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CREB1
CAMP responsive element binding protein 1, also known as CREB-1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CREB1 gene.[1][2] This protein binds the cAMP response element, a DNA nucleotide sequence present in many viral and cellular promoters. The binding of CREB1 stimulates transcription.
This protein is a CREB transcription factor that is a member of the leucine zipper family of DNA-binding proteins. This protein binds as a homodimer to the cAMP-responsive element, an octameric palindrome. The protein is phosphorylated by several protein kinases, and induces transcription of genes in response to hormonal stimulation of the cAMP pathway. Alternate splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[3]
CREB1 has been shown to interact with:
CEBPB ,[4]
CREB binding protein ,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
FHL2 ,[15]
FHL5 .[15]
HTATIP ,[16]
P53 ,[11] and
RPS6KA5 .[17][18]
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↑ "Entrez Gene: CREB1 cAMP responsive element binding protein 1".
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Human CREB1 genome location and CREB1 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
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Q: Setting up UNC paths with GCP FileStore I'm really new at GCP.
At this time we have Multiple MSSQL Servers that heavily use UNC paths, and in trying to setup the filestore, mount it to a windows VM, I cannot seem to get UNC paths to work at all in the Microsoft Server 2019 instance to use UNC paths.
Does GCP support UNC paths from File Store.

A: Yes, GCP supports UNC paths for the File Store.
The most common protocols for exporting file shares are Server Message Block (SMB) for Windows and Network File System (NFS) for Linux (and in some cases Windows).
You can map/mount an SMB share created with Cloud Volumes Service by using its uniform naming convention (UNC) path, which the UI displays.
This document has FAQs and suggestions on the working of SMB.
Note:
Cloud Volumes Service doesn't let you use more than 10 characters for the cloud volumes SMB name.
A UNC path follows the pattern \<sharename> (for example, \cvssmb-d2e6.cvsdemo.internal\quirky-youthful-hermann).

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Voted one of America's top 100 Golf Ranges by the Golf Range Association of America, Alley Pond will get your swing into shape. But this golf center has more to offer than just a driving range. Target greens and real-grass short game areas will give you the feel of being out on the course, but save you the time and energy of walking all 18 holes. Alley Pond also offers clinics and camps for all ages, and private sessions with pros are available as well.


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Former Buffalo Zoo Director Dies
WBFO-FM 88.7 | By Mark Wozniak
A longtime former head of the Buffalo Zoo has died. Minot Ortolani began a 16 year term as head of the Zoo in 1980. He was a Naval reservist following several years of active duty in the Navy. In civilian life, he was a banker, and a community activist who led a Chamber of Commerce committee to beautify Buffalo streets in the 1970s. During his tenure at the Zoo, he oversaw more than ten million dollars in improvements, including construction of outdoor lion and tiger exhibits and a lowland gorilla exhibit. Ortolani died Friday (October 26) in his Williamsville home at the age of 83. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday.
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Mark Wozniak, WBFO's local All Things Considered host, has been at WBFO since mid-1978.
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Alcohol Present in Driver in Wrong Way I-380 Car Crash Deaths
Photo: Christian Vuong
Alcohol was present in the driver who caused the tragic head-on collision that killed himself and one other person, according to a just-released report.
Cedar Rapids Police issued a statement today regarding the results of Rob Norton's toxicology report.
Mr. Norton, of Iowa City died in a horrific head-on car crash on I-380 on Monday evening January 29, in an accident that also killed 28 year-old Jennifer Koenighain of Cedar Rapids.
Norton's car was driving the wrong way on northbound I-380 around 9:10 p.m. Police said they had been notified by concerned motorists that someone was driving dangerously, but they arrived at the accident just minutes after the crash.
Both Norton, age 69, and and Koenighain died upon impact at the scene.
"According to witness statements and traffic camera footage obtained from the Iowa Department of Transportation, it appears that Norton traveled southbound in the northbound I-380 inside lane (closest to the median) for over 3 miles before striking Koenighain's vehicle head-on. There are no indications that Norton's vehicle swerved or left that inside lane as he continued to travel in the wrong direction on the interstate. Norton's vehicle appeared to be travelling slower than the vehicles on the other side of the median that were correctly traveling south in the southbound I-380 lanes."
Police today confirmed that alcohol was present in the driver's blood. However in the report issued today, Norton's blood alcohol level was not released. It also did not reveal if any prescription medications were found in Norton's system.
"There was the presence of alcohol but there was no forensic correlation with intoxication level as defined by Iowa Code."
So the question remains, if Mr. Norton was not impaired by alcohol (alone) what was the reason he traveled over 3 miles in the wrong direction? The families and other victims have a right to know the full truth.
Rob Norton was the owner of KZIA FM Inc. a small local radio group that included station Z-102.9.
[source: Cedar Rapids Police Dept.]
Filed Under: Car Crash, January 29, Jennifer Koenighain, Rob Norton, toxicology
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Our intermediate classroom covers all the grammar and vocab you need to pass the JLPT N4! Our fun, manga-style lessons will make learning fun while teaching grammar in contextual conversation. Double bonus!
Everything would be so much easier if you could be sure about what's going to happen. You can never be sure about your future, but you can make a guess. Think about all the possibilities you have!
You are full of possibilities! Then you need more expressions to talk about them, don't you?! Give it a try!
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In the lesson "I'm Not Whining -- たらたら," we learned the expression ~たらいいです. Now, we're learning a similar expression with a different effect!
Sometimes you come across a problem. It often happens that, after several sleepless nights, some simple advice from a friend ends up solving your problem. Let's get advice and give some back to your friends! That's the way we live together, isn't it?!
It's fun to dream! "If I were a millionaire...?" "If I were married to that beautiful actress..." Your dreams won't always come true, but you're free to dream and tell people about them in Japanese!
もしもし-- Not a Phone Call!
You already know that you say もしもし when you make a phone call. In this lesson, you learned another もし. Let's master the new もしもし!
It's time to learn some more kanji! Do they look complicated? Well relax! You'll be memorizing them easily because you'll come across them again and again in your daily reading.
Teach Me Some More Kanji!
Now, let's get started on your kanji study at the intermediate level!! Don't worry! The "intermediate level" doesn't mean more complicated kanji, but more expressions that you can write with them!
Which season do you like best? Summer is many people's favorite for sure. What do Amanda and Kenichi plan for their なつやすみ? Enjoy your summer!
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Intermediate" sounds good, doesn't it? Learning a foreign language is like playing a challenging video game. Clear the stages, and you'll conquer the language!


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Lloyds Bank Of Scotland Fined £75k Over Faxing Blunders
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Thomas Brewster, August 5, 2013, 2:16 pm
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Lloyds Banking Group gets in trouble for sending faxes containing customer data to the wrong people
LLoyds Banking Group's Bank of Scotland division has been fined £75,000 for repeatedly faxing customers' information to the wrong people.
Payslips, bank statements and account details, along with customers' names, addresses and contact details were wrongly divulged to a third party organisation and a member of the public on numerous occasions over a three-year period, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said today.
At least 21 documents were sent to those two parties, both of whom had fax numbers one digit different from the intended recipient, a department within the bank.
'Unforgivable' Lloyds mistakes
"To send a person's financial records to the wrong fax number once is careless. To do so continually over a three year period, despite being aware of the problem, is unforgivable and in clear breach of the Data Protection Act," said Stephen Eckersley, head of enforcement at the ICO.
"Let us not forget that this information would have been all a criminal would ever need to carry out identity fraud. Today's penalty reflects the seriousness of this case."
A Lloyds Banking Group spokesperson said: "The security of our customers' data is always our key priority. We apologise that, due to human error, a very small number of documents relating to 32 customers were unfortunately misdirected. This occurred over a period in which several million customer documents, using the same process, were correctly received.
"No customer suffered any harm or detriment as a result of this error. We are continually reviewing our processes to ensure our customers' information remains safe".
What do you know about Internet security? Find out with our quiz!
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Fax Machines 'Give Attackers Foothold On Corporate Networks'
Tales In Tech History: The Fax Machine
I'm not doubting the story, but… if you misdialled a fax number wrongly by one digit, how likely is it you'd get another actual fax machine?
As well as being clumsy, BOS was also very unlucky…
Trooper says:
Blunder or deliberate ?, Hmmmmmm!!!.
Cash for information ?, it's possible.
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Author: Thomas Brewster
Tom Brewster is TechWeek Europe's Security Correspondent. He has also been named BT Information Security Journalist of the Year in 2012 and 2013.


Teens And Media: The Last 20 Years. . . A Fascinating Infographic. . .
Like frogs in a kettle of slowly boiling water, we are sometimes so immersed in the world around us that we fail to see just how much and how quickly things are changing. That's certainly the case with media. Remember the CD?!? Hey, it was an innovation not that long ago.
This helpful infographic from the folks at Siliconerepublic visualizes changes in the world of teens and media. . . all in a way that should get us thinking about how to best help kids navigate this rapidly emerging frontier to the glory of God. . .
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By Dan Brosgol
Ghostbusters: Plenty to see here
32 years after the original, It's not man-versus-ghost, it's woman-versus-ghost, and the brand is no worse for wear. Go out and see it: you won't regret it.
A lot movies aren't very good and most of them I have no interest in seeing. That list of nope-not-interested included the new Ghostbusters based on trailers that looked downright awful, and until about Wednesday, I hadn't planned on going. But the early reviews looked good and my sons wanted to go, so we took refuge in some delicious air conditioning on a hot and sticky afternoon to see it.
Good choice.
It's not a reboot (Batman Begins). It's not a continuation (Creed, The Force Awakens). It's not a remake either. It's just another take on man-versus-ghost-in-NYC, but this time it's woman-versus-ghost-in-NYC, and I'm happy to say that it's definitely worth seeing.
Melissa McCarthy plays Abby Yates, an out-there believer in ghosts that keeps plugging away at her dream of actually seeing one as she toils away in a (literally) forgotten corner of a barely-accredited college, and Kristen Wiig is Erin Gilbert, a true believer turned company woman who is desperately seeking a tenured physics professorship at Columbia and chases down Abby to get her to stop selling their book about ghosts on Amazon. Erin wrangles a commitment from Abby to take down the book in exchange for visiting a haunted house with her and the her crazy-amazing techno-wizard Jillian Holtzmann, played by a fully-in-her-element Kate McKinnon… and you can imagine what happens next.
At every turn, McKinnon steals the show in her role with a standout performance that's part wild-eyed zaniness, part mad scientist, part munitions genius, and part prankster-sister. Every line is delivered with a devilish and lovable look in her eyes and an unintelligible load of scientific gobbledygook, and her nodding-along-with-the-insanity and blasé yeah-who-cares deadpans after near-death experiences are just awesome. No one rolls out new ecto-toys and weapons like Holtzmann. She's kind of like a mashup between a Pete Venkmann who doesn't actually care about consequences and an Egon: Unchained. What a treat.
Leslie Jones, as Patty Tolan, almost steals the show, too, but she's given less room to do so as an MTA worker who sees a ghost and signs up to join the squad. As we all know from SNL, she's way funnier than she's allowed to be in this movie. Those four are joined by a super-forgettable villain named Rowan North (Neil Casey), and by Thor Chris Hemsworth, who hilariously turns the sexy secretary character on its head with a pitch perfect performance as Kevin, an absolute hot mess (emphasis on the hot) of a receptionist that can't do anything right.
The ghosts aren't that scary (except the huge dragon-y thing that first possesses a mannequin and then awesomely crashes a heavy metal concert), and the CGI is a little much, but who cares. It's funny, occasionally hysterical, and the actresses are tremendous. Clearly the ladies are having a good time out there, and the intra-cast banter and dynamic is as enjoyable, if nor more, than that of the original. And at the end of the day, this is a summertime movie and of all the movies out right now I dare anyone to tell me it isn't on of the better ones. I mean, the last movie I saw was Independence Day: Resurgence, which was so unimaginative I couldn't bring myself to spend 500 words writing about how disappointing it was.
With that being said, 2016 Ghostbusters won't be a classic, and the script isn't as clever as the original. I don't think any lines from the new one will stand up over time like the ones from the 1984 film, which include gems like: "When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES", "Are you the Keymaster?", "Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance", "I collect spores, molds, and fungus," "The flowers are still standing!", "Listen!…. Do you smell something?" the whole giant slor speech, and so forth.
Just like the original, this isn't a movie about ghosts, per se, but about people and comedy and a band of brothers sisters doing crazy stuff together. It's a solid 3 stars out of 4 and it's a movie I'd love to see again, but more importantly, that I totally recommend that you go and watch. In the canon of all-time cinematic classics, the new film will never approach the legendary status of the original, but it holds its own. And while the cameo ghosts of Ghostbusters past (Murray, Aykroyd, Weaver, Hudson, Potts) enter and exit the film quickly, their presences were at best unnecessary… and at worst a distraction. I guess that had to be done, but if it were possible to fully free the new film from the shackles of the old one, it would have been better.
I guess we'll just have to wait for the sequel to see that happen, but I'm quite certain we'll like the next one a whole lot better than Ghostbusters 2.
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Q: Logging batches? I have a scheduled batch class which runs repeatedly over some groups of accounts. In the finish-method I start the next batch if some condition is true. Simplified code:
global void finish(Database.BatchableContext BC) {
    if (condition) {
        // start next batch
        Database.executeBatch(new MyBatch(), 1);
    }
}

Now I want to gather some logging messages in the execute method.
When the last batch is ready, I want to send a mail with all messages.
I wrote a simple logging class which will be passed to the batch:
global class MyLog {
    // Map Account ID to message
    private Map<String, String> messages;

    global MyLog() {
        this.messages = new Map<String, String>();
    }

    public void add(Account myAccount, String message) {
        this.messages.put(myAccount.Id, message);
    }

    public String getMessages() {
        String result = '';
        for (String txt: this.messages.values()) {
            result = result + txt;
        }

        return result;
    }
}

MyLog Object will be created once in MyBatch constructor (first batch is called with null):
global class MyBatch {
    MyLog log;

    global MyBatch(MyLog log) {
        // first batch gets null from scheduler
        // log object is passed to all others
        this.log = (log == null) ? new MyLog() : log;
    }

    global void execute(Database.BatchableContext bc, list<Account> myAccounts) {
        this.log.add(account, 'some log message');
    }

    global void finish(Database.BatchableContext BC) {
        if (condition) {
            // start next batch
            Database.executeBatch(new MyBatch(this.log), 1);
        }
        else sendLogsAsMail();
    }
}

This doesn't work. After last batch is executed correctly, MyLogs.messages is always empty.
If I write system.debug in execute method, I see that messages contains one key/value pair for the processed account.
But it seems that the passed log object doesn't change.
Can anyone see what is wrong with my code? Or is there any other approach to pass data between batches?
Best Regards

A: If you want to maintain something between batches, you'll need to implement database.stateful. Otherwise, you'll only be able to carry something from one scheduled batch start to the next scheduled start.


This is a half day Training Course, which can be run with a minimum of 4 people. It can be run at Templar Wines offices or at your business.
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Tis the season for Olio Nuovo, the annual celebration of fresh olive oil straight from the presses, so we sat down with Oregon's top olive oil producer to find out more.
Paul Durant of the Oregon Olive Mill at Red Ridge Farms.
Heads up locavores: this November 16th, 17th and 18th, Oregon Olive Mill at Red Ridge Farms in the heart of wine country will open its grounds and olive press to the public for a free celebration of the first oil of the harvest season.
Based on the annual Olio Nuovo celebration that brings together communities of olive oil lovers in Italy, Oregon Olive Oil's weekend-long festival provides visitors of all ages the chance to sample oil fresh from the presses along with newly released wines from the property's vineyards.
I sat down with Oregon Olive Mill's head miller Paul Durant—who has been making olive oil in Oregon since 2005—to chat about the differences between winemaking and milling, the magic of Oregon terroir, and his favorite recipes using olio nuovo.
1. What makes new oil different than the oil that we're likely to find the rest of the year?
New oil, or Olio Nuovo represents the freshest olive oil you can find. It is full of rich sediment from the milling process that adds texture, flavor, and freshness to the oil. These sediments will continue to impart flavor to the oil, but must ultimately be racked or filtered out from the oil because they will begin to impart defects if they remain in the mix.
2. What was your introduction to the olio nuovo traditions?
When we purchased the olive mill, the manufacturer of the equipment provided two seasons of milling "training". Our trainer was Duccio Morozzo della Rocca, an olive expert experienced in the nuances of olives and the milling techniques used to produce superior olive oil. He was completely blown away by both the climatic challenges we face here in Oregon and the quality of the oil we can produce. On his last visit to the farm, he related to us the tradition of the Olio Nuovo Festa in Italy, where millers and producers open their doors and invite the community to experience and taste the new olive oils of the season, and it really resonated with us. We work so damn hard to grow these trees and to hone our craft in milling, and we're always looking for ways to reach consumers and let our work speak for itself.
3. What flavors differentiate Oregon olive oil? Does olive oil show terroir like wine?
The flavor difference is huge—just ask Vitaly Paley! He has been such a great supporter of our efforts, and he was one of the first to try our 100% Oregon oils. Up until the milling season of 2011, I had blended our Oregon Olive Oil with the fruit we source out of Northern California, and the first completely local oil was pretty intense. If you looked at it in the jar, it looked like motor oil! Pouring it out on dish, the deep emerald green leapt off the plate. Looking at the color, you might expect a deep bitterness, but the initial hit of flavor from our Oregon oils is one of fruit— banana, grass, apple—then develops a complex pungency that really compliments rich foods.
4. How do you cook with new oil at home?
I cook everything with olive oil—from grilled cheese sandwiches to fried eggs. My favorite recipe right now is baked chicken with a Koroneiki Olive Oil and Balsamic reduction. I also have been doing a poor man's paella. Just a combination of risotto rice with whatever is handy (like chorizo, polish sausage, dover sole, calamari or shrimp, green peppers) drizzled with plenty of new oil.
5. How does pressing olive oil differ from making wine, the other big product of your harvest season?
I believe there are "winemakers" but there are no "oilmakers"—there are only millers. The oil is in the fruit, created by nature and climate. We do not make this oil. In many ways, extracting olive oil is much more difficult than making wine. There is a very short window to produce a quality product, and if you mess it up there is no recovery, no masking techniques, at least not in my world (Global olive oil corruption is another topic). The job of the miller is to understand the nuance and techniques of the milling process to carefully extract this oil and preserve its freshness and taste. As a miller, I strive to capture this year after year.
Olives being sorted prior to press.
Friday through Sunday, November 16-18, 10 am to 5 pm daily.


"This is a great win and I would love to try and kick on now and get another win, try and qualify for The Open" said Hend.
Hend entered the day with a two-shot lead but that was quickly wiped out as Pieters birdied the first and then holed a bunker shot on the second for an eagle.
The 2014 Hong Kong Open champion soon moved back ahead with a birdie on the same hole and the lead was back up to two when Pieters made a three-putt bogey on the third.


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UCSB's Political Discourse Deficit
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Imagine two troops of gorillas engaged in a territorial dispute: the roaring, the chest beating, the feral, hormonal anger and us-versus-them mentality driving it all. This is approximately how the human brain thinks about politics.
A 2015 study led by former University of California, Santa Barbara researcher David Pietraszewski found, "As far as our brains are concerned, political affiliation is viewed more like membership in a gang or clique than as a dispassionate philosophical stance."
We are in an extraordinarily polarizing national election cycle in which the candidates seem intent on further driving a wedge between Americans of different political affiliations. The media struggles as much as the common person to understand Trump's and Sanders' successes, ludicrous levels of congressional gridlock and an ominously empty Supreme Court seat. Tribal identity politics seem to be the driving force behind political phenomena ranging from grassroots movements to executive-legislative confrontation.
American politics is divisive, vindictive and confusing as hell. It will remain so for much, if not all, of our lives. Preparing students to navigate this mess is an important element of a university's purpose.
Yet 17 of 19 UCSB clubs identified as "political" by the Office of Student Life either explicitly support a party's broad platform or promote a specific agenda with regard to a narrow issue or set of issues that are associated with one of the parties. These clubs advocate for pressing issues with the admirable common goal of improving the world, even if in doing so their approaches to policy and activism or priorities differ.
Problems arise when clubs in different ideological spheres don't frequently interact or debate, leaving their members convinced that only their opinions are correct. UCSB's civil society fails in preparing students to rise above their subconscious tribal identifications and objectively decipher reality from the grandiose rhetoric.
The university itself, clubs and UCSB's civil society as a whole have a responsibility to facilitate discourse, but the entire student body is ultimately responsible for our disconnected political community. Media organizations from The New York Times to Fox News have pretentiously decried safe spaces and political correctness as inhibitors to the free exchange of ideas on college campuses. While there are arguments to be made for both sides of that broader debate, UCSB's more immediate problem is students' apparent lethargy toward seeking out the ideological other, rather than anti-free speech sentiment.
So what do we make of two organizations — CALPIRG and Young Americans for Liberty — whose missions do not fall under the umbrella of party politics? CALPIRG's mission statement states that it advocates for issues such as "environmental protection, consumer protection, and hunger and homelessness." These are noble, important political advocacy causes that are unrelated to discourse.
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) identifies with libertarianism but doesn't align with a specific party. Such an apolitical free speech organization seems like the natural place for conflicting ideologies to interact — the organization is devoted to the free exchange of ideas — yet YAL has struggled to find traction among the student body beyond their core club members.
YAL's amoral stance toward offensive speech, general dislike of feminism and enthusiasm for hosting controversial speakers alienates much of the student body. YAL succeeds in bringing fringe ideas to the UCSB campus but fails to attract an audience.
UCSB needs an independent organization with no polarizing purpose beyond providing political clubs a public arena to argue their viewpoint. An independent club or commission, potentially under Associated Students, could facilitate debates or discussions. If well-publicized and funded, these debates could gain real traction, helping expose students to information they didn't know or opinions they hadn't considered in a civil environment.
Although I stated that politically oriented clubs tend to have cliquish tendencies, there is nothing inherently wrong with single-issue or party-affiliated clubs. On the contrary, they are driven by passionate members supporting integral movements for change. They provide students a place to share, refine and reaffirm the strengths of their ideas. But more mechanisms are necessary for students to exchange, reform and discover the strengths of others' ideas.


Looking for a new job? Want to work from home? Apple is hiring!
According to Apple's job posting , they have full-time and part-time positions available for "At Home Advisors," "At Home Team Manager" and "At Home Area Manager."
The high-tech company said the jobs offer a benefits package with "comfort, convenience and a no-hassle commute."
Apple say those selected for the positions will get paid as they learn Apple technologies and get familiar with the company's approach to customer conversations.
The jobs help to answer Apple customers' questions about products and services, assisting in trouble shooting and offering technical support.
Another benefit to the job is that the company will provide you with an iMac and headset.
However, you do have to have your own high-speed Internet connection from a provider that meets the minimum requirements of five megabits per second download and one megabit per second upload.
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CNS Unemployment Numbers Distortion Watch
It's a new month, which means it's time once again for CNSNews.com to find ways to avoid reporting good news about the economy.
Instead of reading that 142,000 jobs were created and that the unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%, here's what CNS wanted to report instead:
24,639,000: Record Number of Foreign-Born Hold Jobs in U.S.
Record 92,269,000 Not in Labor Force; Participation Rate Matches 36-Year Low
White Unemployment 5.3% -- Black Unemployment 11.4%
None of these articles noted the number of jobs created or the drop in the unemployment rate.
If there's good news about the economy under a Democratic president, you'll never read about it at CNS.
Climate Change Misinformation Spreads To Another MRC Website
One thing about the Media Research Center's multiple web platforms is that it provides more opportunities to spread misinformation. Mike Ciandella writes in a Sept. 2 MRC post:
The same year that former Vice President Al Gore predicted that the Arctic sea ice could be completely gone, the ice has actually reached its highest point in two years. This revelation comes from a report by the Danish Meteorological Institute.
According to the report, which was cited by the British publication the Daily Mail, "[t]he Arctic ice cap has expanded for the second year in a row."
As we documented when fellow MRC employee Tom Blumer parroted the Dail Mail report at NewsBusters, Slate's Phil Plant debunked the Daily Mail's reporting, pointing out that Arctic ice reaching "its highest point in two years" is a meaningless claim given the overall decades-long trend of declining Arctic ice:
Like Blumer, Ciandella makes no effort whatsoever to fact-check the Daily Mail, choosing instead to bash perennial right-wing punching bag Al Gore.
CNS Promotes Scientology-Linked Attack On Psychiatric Drugs
Barbara Hollingsworth devotes a Sept. 4 CNSNews.com article to Dr. Bart Billings, "a retired Army psychologist who has treated thousands of veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder," who claims that "there is 'a direct correlation' between the increased use of psychiatric medications to treat PTSD and the high rate of military suicides."
As per usual, Hollingsworth fails to allow anyone to rebut Billings' views. Perhaps she should have. This is how she ends the lengthy article:
Billings was the recipient of the 2014 Human Rights Award by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), which has produced a documentary, "The Hidden Agenda," on the use of use of psychiatric drugs in the military.
Hollingsworth doesn't mention that CCHR was created by the church of Scientology with the goal of attack the field of psychiatry. Despite the name, as Stephen Wiseman points out, it's not a human rights organization at all.
And the CCHR has returned the love, reprinting Hollingsworth's article on its own website.
Ironically, earlier this year CNS' Penny Starr criticized U.S. Health and Human Services and Planned Parenthood officials for holding an event about birth control at the Church of Scientology's National Affairs Office in Washington, D.C.
CNS certainly knows what Scientology is all about. So why is it promoting a Scientology-linked attack on psychiatry?
NEW ARTICLE: Public Relations, Not News, At WorldNetDaily
WND teams up with the right-wing Rutherford Institute to tell the story of a supposedly wronged ex-Marine, ignoring inconvenient facts about the case along the way that make the client look bad. Read more >>
MRC's Graham Disingenuously Scoffs At Notion Conservative Publisher Influences His Publication
Tim Graham writes in a Sept. 2 NewsBusters post:
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday morning that publisher Katherine Weymouth was stepping down (as Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos is now the owner), and former Politico executive Frederick Ryan is taking her place.
Post technology reporter Craig Timberg implied that the important/interesting part of Ryan's resume is his "years rising in the Reagan administration, eventually becoming a top presidential aide and key leader in the construction of his presidential library and numerous other initiatives after Reagan left office in 1989." This, he reports, will "raise questions about the direction" of the allegedly "nonideological" Post:
Laugh track, please, for the "nonideological" Post. Start with the incessant daily front-page coverage of former Republican governor Robert McDonnell's trial in Virginia right now, for example.
Remember, Graham doesn't think a high-ranking Republican accused of corruption is news.Which must be why the MRC has censored the story of McDonnell's trial.
Graham is being quite disingenuous about a newspaper publisher's politics not mattering because he's conservative. In a May 2012 column, he -- under the pen name of his boss Brent Bozell -- called New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger a "liberal twit." There would be no need to add that modifier to his insult of Sulzberger if politics didn't matter, right?
And the politics of the Post's owner certainly matters to Graham as well. In an August 2013 column, Bozell-slash-Graham wrote that the Graham family, in selling the Post to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, "were confident that he had all the right political values and social liberalism."
Funny how, according to Graham, the liberal politics of media owners always infuses the media the run, while conservative media owners never does. Apparently, Graham has never read the Washington Times or the New York Post.
Salon has published an excerpt from the new edition of John Avlon's book "Wingnuts" that focuses on WorldNetDaily. Avlon quotes Farah portraying himself as not as extreme as his website but also defending likening Obama to Hitler (which WND loves to do): "Well, if the analogy fits, it would be irresponsible not to make it."


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NFL Getting Ready For Lockout
Friday - February 17, 2010
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV
The Super Bowl victory for the New Orleans Saints was a success not only for the long-suffering fans of the team and for people in the region, who regarded the black and gold as a symbol of hope, but for the entire NFL.
The game was seen by 106 million people in the U.S., making it the most watched television show in history. The 48 minutes of advertising was by three minutes the most ever, making it the most lucrative revenue generator for the television rights holder. And the Super Bowl followed the highest rated AFC and NFC championship games in years.
So everyone should be happy with the status quo, right?
Not so. The owners have made it clear that they do not intend to continue giving the players 59 percent of the revenues. No serious bargaining has taken place on a new agreement to replace the one that expires in March 2011.
Consequently, this upcoming season will be an uncapped year. While that means that an owner could try to buy himself a Super Bowl, it also means there is no minimum a team must spend in salaries. Expect some teams to use 2010 as a profit-taking year, preparing for a lockout 2011. If it's true that the owners want to reduce the players take to 41 percent of revenues, there is the probability of an interrupted season in 2011. Commissioner Roger Goodell says owners need more money to build stadiums and market internationally. The owners also claim that some among them are losing millions every year. The union counters that the owners are making huge money now and nobody is losing money. With the books closed, it's tough to tell who's telling the truth, although with the television contracts and ticket revenues being what they are, it would seem that an organization would have to be very poorly run to be losing money. With all of the players on winning teams explaining how they did it for the fans, and with owners bleating that they do so much for the communities they play in, we'll find out come 2011 just how important the public really is in their thinking.
My guess? Not very important at all, and a strike-shortened season or no season at all could be the result.
The situation at Saint Louis School with the athletic director being asked to resign and the football coach rumored to be possibly forced out shows that no level is immune from the pressure to win. We expect it from the pros, and have seen college athletics ramp up the heat to win, but when you see a coach like John Hao go 15-6 and get vilified, you know high school sports are not excepted. That record would get most coaches an extension and gratitude, but Saint Louis is different. The almost unbelievable success under Cal Lee has raised the expectation level to lofty heights. Previous coach Delbert Tengan was put on the hot seat after losing two games in two years! It may get to a point where good coaches will look at the Saint Louis football job and say no thanks.


Read for a peek into the history of Goa. Learn more about history and origin of Goa, India.
The history of Goa is steeped in mythological roots. An ancient land, Goa finds mention in Hindu epics as Gomantak, literally meaning 'fertile land with plentiful water.' The first major dynasty to have ruled over Goa was the Satavahanas under who Goa flourished as a prominent center of maritime trade. After the fall of the Satavahana Empire, a number of Hindu kingdoms including the Bhojas, badami Chalukyas and the Kadambas held sway in the land of Goa.
As these kingdoms gradually faded into the sunset, Goa became the target of Muslim invaders who indulged in mass scale destruction and looting of temples. The carnage was brought to a halt when the Vijayanagar rulers annexed Goa in 1378. But the Bahmani Sultanate invaded Goa again in 1470 and subsequently Goa came under the rule of Sultan Yusuf Adil Shah of Bijapur.
After noted Portuguese voyager Vasco da Gama arrived in Kapukad in 1498, the Portuguese started gunning for Goa. Alfonso de Albuquerque succeeded in invading Goa in 1510 and the Portuguese under his leadership started fortifying their positions. In their effort to bring the whole of Goa under them, the Portuguese locked horns with Sultan Adil Shah over a prolonged period of time that resulted in the Old Conquests of Tiswadi, Bardez and Salcete.
Along with territory expansion, the Portuguese indulged in mass scale persecution of the Hindus characterized by destruction of temples and forced conversions. This led to resentment among the local population and they launched a number of futile assaults to dethrone the Portuguese. Notable among these are the Pinto Revolt in 1787 and the rebellion by the Ranes.
The revolts gradually petered out and Goa remained a part of Portuguese dominions for the years to come. With the independence of India in 1947, many expected an imminent demise of the Portuguese rule in Goa but it remained a pipedream due to the peaceful policy of the Indian government led by Jawaharlal Nehru. On 18-19 December, 1961 the Indian Army entered Goa as all efforts to resolve the imbroglio proved futile due to the adamant attitude of Portuguese dictator Salazar.


To help homes and buildings breathe, there are a variety of different ventilation systems available. We take a look at some of the most common and standard practices.
When discussing types of ventilation, there are two distinct categories that need to be dissected. In simple terms, these two categories are the location, or the "where" of the ventilation system, and the process, or the "how," of the ventilation system. First, we will discuss the where category of ventilation.
This ventilation system, as the name implies, is the natural movement of air currents and flows through a home uninfluenced by human technology. Natural ventilation is "located" wherever openings in the home's building envelope are located. You can think of this system as the air flow which is delivered to the indoors through open windows, screen doors, doggy doors, and other fenestrations that aren't exclusively designed for ventilation but still inherently dictate the airflow of the building. Natural air ventilation is used in nearly all homes to some degree, although some older homes may be more reliant on it than more modern structures.
This ventilation system utilizes technology to provide ventilation to very specific "spots" throughout the home. Any form of ventilation which uses man-made technology instead of purely natural airflow methods is often referred to as mechanical ventilation. Most often, these forms of ventilation are located in basements, attics, and other moisture-prone areas of a home. Exhaust fans, often found in kitchens and bathrooms, are another form of spot ventilation, as they quickly remove polluted air from their isolated location. Spot ventilation, while effective, is rarely the sole form of ventilation in a home, and is best used as a supplement to additional ventilation systems.
This ventilation system is the most common form of ventilation found in modern housing. Whole-home ventilation utilizes a series of exhaust ducts and vents throughout the home to provide man-made, deliberate ventilation and circulated air flow. These ventilation systems boast the ability to be managed, controlled, and modified entirely by the homeowner or a licensed contractor.
Adding ventilation after sealing and insulating may seem counter productive, but it's a critical component to building an efficient, healthy-home solution. The goal is to keep the good stuff (cool, clean air) in, and move the bad stuff (heat, moisture, indoor air pollution) out.
Now that we've covered where ventilation systems are utilized in the home, we can address how these systems work and keep healthy air flow functioning in the home.
Most homeowners are familiar with exhaust ventilation whether they recognize it or not. This form of mechanical ventilation blows polluted or unwanted air out of a specific location in a building. Kitchens and bathrooms are the most common locations for exhaust ventilation fans. In these rooms, you will often find them above the stove/oven, or on the floor behind the door. In older homes, exhaust fans often have their own independent switch on the wall, and can make a lot of noise once started. If you're a homeowner who is unsure whether specific vents are for exhaust ventilation or whole-home ventilation, try adjusting the thermostat. If the vent starts blowing out air, it's part of a whole-home system.
Supply ventilation works as the yin to exhaust ventilation's yang. Instead of sucking out air that homeowners do not want inside, supply brings fresh air in from the outside world. Supply ventilation intake locations are installed evenly throughout a building envelope. Occasionally, contractors will install additional or specific supply ventilation ports to areas which rarely receive natural ventilation, like the attic or basement. Cycling clean, fresh air from the outdoors is important for resolving hazards that arise from stagnant indoor air. Utilizing supply ventilation allows a home to avoid relying on open windows and doors for their air cycling, which may only be open for a brief period of time.
A balanced ventilation system is the ideal "how" system for a home's breathing options. When exhaust ventilation is used, it depressurizes a home by taking air out of its sealed enclosure; likewise, supply ventilation depressurizes the home. However, used in tandem and installed with each other in mind, the combination of supply and exhaust ventilation creates a home ventilation system that is designed for equal pressurization and consistent air cycling. Balanced ventilation system is often the mechanical side of the "how" behind a whole-home ventilation system. With assistance from natural airflow, a balanced ventilation system can bring constant clean air and good living conditions to rooms throughout the house. Utilizing a balanced ventilation system does not impede the ability for additional exhaust or supply ventilation systems elsewhere in the home. Oftentimes kitchens, bathrooms, basements, and attics will still have their own forms of supplementary ventilation to support their room-specific needs.
The most common side effect of bad ventilation is mold. When a home lacks proper air flow, the moisture in the air is allowed to rest within the walls and hard surfaces, creating a suitable environment for mold cells to grow. This is why basements, sheds, and attics are so consistently riddled by mold issues — they often have the worst airflow.
Moisture can cause additional damage to the structures of the home itself. Siding, banisters, columns, and walls are all susceptible to moisture damage, with the amount of damage depending on the material used within the structure. Generally, moisture damage results in a weakened home structure, causing chips, decay, and eventual deterioration.
Radon is an odorless, colorless, radioactive gas that is emitted through the soil underneath a home over time. When exposed to humans, it can cause long-term damage to the respiratory system. Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer in the United States for non-smokers and is particularly prevalent in older homes.


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As our brand and sales team continues to expand, our need for marketing support is growing rapidly. Mavrck is a growth-stage startup looking for an enthusiastic problem-solver who can help Fortune 500 brand and agency marketers become Influencer Marketing rockstars. As a member of the Marketing team, each day will bring new opportunities to solve brand and agency marketers' biggest challenges. The best marketing interns are genuinely excited about influencer marketing and its ability to solve these challenges. They are patient, empathetic, and great communicators. If you're looking to start a career in marketing, creative, marketing analytics, events, or project management, this is the internship for you!
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« Francis Lai is much more than a composer : He is my double with notes ».
It's with these words that Claude Lelouch talks about his musicial bond, with the man he met in 1965 with Pierre Barouh. The young filmmaker gave the chance of a lifetime to the composer, by involving him in the adventure of « Un Homme et Une Femme » (A Man And A Woman). The rest is history : international success, Palme d'Or at Cannes and plenty of covers, from Frank Sinatra to Ella Fitzgerald. Consequently, the delicate melodies of Francis Lai will be forever associated to the sentimental cinema according to Claude Lelouch. True path to long term, their complicity is one of the most successful of French cinema : thirty-one movies in forty-five years, a symphony of life scale of which every movie would be one of the movements : from Comedy (Tout ça Pour ça) to Thriller (Le Chat Et La Souris), through the big frescoes with crossed fates (Les Uns Et Les Autres). For an unique collaboration, we needed a large box : This double CD brings together for the first time all the main thèmes of Claude Lelouch's movies set to music by Francis Lai, from « Un Homme Et Une Femme »to recent « Ces Amours-là », released in September 2010. A true musical journey that ressurects the great emotions of cinema and brings together emblematic performers of Francis Lai : Johnny Hallyday (L'aventure C'est L'aventure), Charles Aznavour (Edith Et Marcel), Patricia Kaas (Les Misérables) without forgetting of course Nicole Croisille / Pierre Barouh. In two and half hours of music, a musical journey into the world of a refined composer, who according to Claude Lelouch « is the second father of all my films ».


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Pulp and paper waste could help build roads of the future
Image credit: UBC Okanagan's School of Engineering
Published Friday, April 9, 2021
Researchers in Canada are developing guidelines to use waste materials from the pulp and paper industry as a sustainable alternative for road construction.
The construction industry has long sought to use waste materials from the pulp and paper industry as possible fillers for building products such as cement, but for years these materials have ended up in landfills. Now, researchers at The University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan are developing guidelines to use this waste for road construction in an environmentally friendly manner.
To help create such guidelines, the researchers turned their attention to wood-based pulp mill fly ash (PFA), which is a non-hazardous commercial waste product, to investigate the potential of using a waste material from this industry in constructing roads.
The North American pulp and paper industry generates over one million tons of ash annually by burning wood in power boiler units for energy production. When sent to a landfill, the producer shoulders the cost of about $25 (£18) to $50 (£36) per ton, so mills are looking for alternative usages of these by-products.
"Anytime we can redirect waste to a sustainable alternative, we are heading in the right direction," said Dr Sumi Siddiqua, associate professor at UBC Okanagan's School of Engineering. Dr Siddiqua leads the university's Advanced Geomaterials Testing Lab, where researchers uncover different reuse options for industry by-products.
The new research, co-published with postdoctoral research fellow Dr Chinchu Cherian, investigated using untreated PFA as an economically sustainable low-carbon binder for road construction.
"The porous nature of PFA acts like a gateway for the adhesiveness of the other materials in the cement that enables the overall structure to be stronger and more resilient than materials not made with PFA," Dr Cherian explained. "Through our material characterisation and toxicology analysis, we found further environmental and societal benefits that producing this new material was more energy efficient and produced low carbon emissions."
But Dr Siddiqua noted there are concerns in the construction industry that toxins used in pulp and paper mills may leach out of the reused material. "Our findings show that because the cementation bonds developed through the use of the untreated PFA are so strong, little to no release of chemicals is apparent. Therefore, it can be considered as a safe raw material for environmental applications."
While Dr Cherian explains that further research is required to establish guidelines for PFA modifications to ensure its consistency, she is confident their research is on the right track.
"Overall, our research affirms the use of recycled wood ash from pulp mills for construction activities such as making sustainable roads and cost-neutral buildings can derive enormous environmental and economic benefits," she said. "And not just benefits for the industry, but to society, by reducing waste going to landfills and reducing our ecological footprints."
In the meantime, while cement producers can start incorporating PFA into their products, Dr Cherian said the team will be continually testing and evaluating the PFA properties to ensure overall quality for future use.
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About 40 youngsters took to the Stratford Centre where just over a year ago Beniamin Pieknyi was knifed in the chest while walking through the Broadway based retail hub with a friend.
The 16-year-old added that young people felt either under threat in the centre or stigmatised claiming that some felt unfairly targeted in police stop and searches.
The teenagers want shops to become refuges for children whose safety is at risk or being chased by signing up to City Safe, a scheme set up after 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen's murder in Lewisham.
Holding white balloons and carrying a purple banner with the words 'Building a safer Stratford for all' on, the young activists walked around the mall and indoor market before small groups went into shops in a bid to persuade business owners to sign up to the scheme.
By signing up, businesses agree to call the police if a child is unsafe and send staff on free safety training.
Alistair Rooms from The East London Citizens Organisation which helped plan the march said that a safer centre would be better for youngsters and businesses which lose hundreds of thousands in lost revenue because of crime.
Before setting off, the youngsters shared stories gathered after speaking to shoppers with one of a girl who was slapped as she walked through the centre because she didn't come from Stratford.
Others spoke of being robbed, spat and sworn at.
Sgt Danielle Manning, who patrols the town centre, said: "Stratford makes me feel unsafe. Even I feel the need to look over my shoulder.
Cllr James Beckles, cabinet member for crime and community safety at the council, told the youngsters that there should be no no-go zones in Newham.
"Making young people feel safe is a big priority for the council," he said.
Andy Lewis, assistant headteacher at St Bon's said: "We feel there's a broken relationship between businesses and young people with youngsters being perceived as trouble-makers.