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Pride flag protest sends message that LGBTQ students aren't supported, advocate says
Campaign Life Coalition behind push to keep kids home from schools flying the flag on June 1
An advocate for the LGBTQ community in Windsor is shocked with the participation level among parents who kept their children away from school on Thursday as a protest against the Greater Essex County District School Board flying the Pride Month flag at its offices and schools.
"It does send a message to the 2SLGBTQ students that attend most schools that the school isn't behind them and that their peers and the family members in their community are not supportive of their identities," said Colm Holmes, president of the board of directors for Windsor Pride Community.
Holmes says they have noticed more anti-LGBTQ sentiment seeping up from the states lately but still says he is surprised by the participation rate.
"Windsor-Essex has such a strong community and some amazing services led by some amazing individuals, and so I am surprised about the number."
There are no exact figures, but Mario Spagnuolo, the local president of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, said attendance was down to less than half at some schools.
"It's disappointing and I've been fielding calls from members, teachers that are on the front lines that are harmed by this and that are seeking support, and we're doing the best we can to be there to support them and also to spread the message of love versus hate, tolerance and respect and mutual respect for for all people," said Spagnuolo.
In a statement on the board's website Education Director Erin Kelly states the reason for flying the flag.
"We care about everyone and their rights to freedom, security and safety," writes Kelly.
Josie Luetke, the director of education and advocacy for the Campaign Life Coalition, which organized the National Day of "Pride" Flag Walk Out Day (the quotation marks are in their title), says they are opposed to the flag because they feel it teaches kids the wrong message and even promotes gender transitioning.
"There is an idea that we can pretend that this flag is just about inclusion, but I think if we're honest, it's more than just about inclusion. It represents an ideology that many, many people take issue with," said Luetke from her office in Hamilton.
The GECDSB could not provide attendance figures for Thursday because, according to spokesperson Scott Scantlebury, they do not keep track of attendance unless it is health related.
They could also not say which schools were affected or how many. Spagnuolo said both secondary and elementary schools were affected.
The Windsor Essex District Catholic School Board does not fly the flag.

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He is none other than Subbaraju and this handsome villain hails from East Godavari. He made his presence felt in Tollywood through many films as a villain and a character actor. Recently, Subbaraju went to Bollywood as well but many didn’t consider it as a proper entry.
When he did guest role in RGV’s ‘Department’ and a meaty role in Puri Jagannadh’s ‘Buddah Hoga Tera Baap’ many thought he got the roles because the makers were Telugu people. But now it is heard that Subbaraju is doing a direct Bollywood film and that too in a full length villain role. Soon he would be heading to Goa for the shoot and details will be given.

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Almost half of all people who get 10 annual Medicare-subsidised therapy sessions use just three or fewer, leading the Productivity Commission to call for an urgent review of the Better Access Scheme.
It comes after the government announced in the October budget people would be able to access twice as many subsidised psychology sessions, taking the annual total to 20.
The report was also critical of the current GP treatment model, saying many people were not accessing the right treatments.
The Productivity Commission report on mental health recommended the Better Access Scheme be "rigorously evaluated" as a matter of priority, as the drop-out rate showed many people were not accessing services that were right for them.
The Commission also estimated 10 per cent of people using those rebated sessions, who have moderate or higher-intensity needs, would benefit from further sessions, and recommended a trial on the number of provided sessions.
In October, Health Minister Greg Hunt announced the scheme would be increased from 10 sessions to 20 for anyone who needed them.
A spokesman for the minister said that doubling of sessions was a trial that will run until June 30, 2022, and the government would also be commissioning a review of that initiative.
"The expansion of Better Access also recognises that the impacts of COVID-19 may have exacerbated existing conditions for some people, leading to increased demand for services," the spokesman said.
"While currently just over 10 per cent of people use more than 10 Better Access sessions, those that do are those most in need of more intensive psychological care and it is important that they have access to services provided under the initiative."
Doctors defend work as report says care often "below best practice"
The current mental health treatment plans should also be scrapped and replaced with an online diagnostic tool, the Productivity Commission report said.
The report also said while many GPs do a great job, some lack mental health skills and "rely too readily on medication as a treatment option".
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners acting president associate professor Ayman Shenouda said he welcomes any report that will improve patient outcomes, but defended the work of GPs.
"I think GPs are very well trained in mental health, the issue is about time," he said. "At the moment the patient Medicare rebate encourages shorter consultations, we have been talking to the government for years about how we have to give access to longer consultations."
Chairwoman of the Australian Medical Association's mental health committee Dr Danielle McMullen said the report seemed to be trying to have it both ways - acknowledging doctors are the "cornerstone" of mental health care, yet saying GPs don't do enough.
"Mental health care is complex, it takes time to get to know your patient, assess their true mental health state, it's often over a period of time, and a good mental health assessment requires a good therapeutic relationship with your patients," she said.
"Replacing that with an online tool doesn't fit with what the Productivity Commission wants with more patient-centred care."
Professor Gordon Parker, a psychiatrist and joint winner of the National Mental Health prize, said many doctors were good at ensuring they gave their patients appropriate mental health care, but training needed to be weighted towards diagnosis.
"If you've got condition 'x', you end up with one therapist who gives drugs to everybody, and another therapist who gives everybody [cognitive behavioural therapy], that's a really dumb model," he said.

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The foundation NEAR and Outlier Ventures have set up a gas pedal dedicated to projects based on the blockchain Near.
Unveiled this Thursday, the ” NEAR Base Camp accelerator “is a program designed to support startups working in the NEAR ecosystem. According to the announcement, selected projects will receive access to a panel of experts, training and up to 120,000 funding.
Now more than ever, we need to support the founders and help them scale their business. Following NEAR’s momentum with developers and their focus on ease of use and frictionless applications, we are excited to partner with the NEAR Base Camp gas pedal program,” said Jamie Burke, founder of Outlier Ventures, in a statement shared with Coins.co.uk.
Earlier this month, Outlier Ventures made an investment in token savings expert Nomiks. The portfolio of the British VC and incubator Web3 includes more than 200 companies.
Marieke Flamentthe CEO of the Foundation NEARsaid she was pleased with the partnership with Outlier Ventures. “We will support the best talent in the ecosystem by giving them the tools they need to scale their startups in a sustainable way,” she said.
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I have a service task which throws an exception .
In the catch block, another spring bean method is called to update the process variables
The process variable set by spring bean method is not stored as the whole transaction is rolled back. (Which is expected)
In the spring bean method, I added @Transactional(propagation = Propagation.REQUIRES_NEW)
thinking that it will create a new transaction and update the process variable.
But this change is also getting rolled back it seems.
I use a JDBC connection to a Microsoft SQL database.
I’m not entirely certain the exact cause but the @Transactional attribute has a few potential pitfalls because of the way Spring uses proxies to handle transactions. You can look at this page: Transactions with Spring and JPA | Baeldung, especially section 5 to see if it is applicable to your use case. A potential work around, if you need it, is to create your own transactions programmatically and call the setVariables method within it.
What is explained by @jwashington is correct. What I would like to add on top of that is that you if you are creating new transactions while within an already existing transaction certain things might not work correctly. Flowable does some optimizations and only flushes to the database when its transaction is completed, which means that if you try to modify something which from a different transaction you might not see it.
Yes changing Flowable transaction scopes is not a good idea and is a intrusive approach. Probably some form of the saga pattern or perhaps utilizing Flowable compensation would be a much cleaner way to update workflow variables in the event the service task fails.
@jwashington I did implement considering the nested transaction pit fall.
Its an external methdo call.
@filiphr I understand. I think that is the reason the process variables are not getting updated in the nested transaction.


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Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) announced earnings for the first quarter of 2014 on Thursday. The company is generating remarkable performance on the back of booming gaming demand in Macau, outperforming competitors such as Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) and Melco Crown (NASDAQ:MLCO) in that key market. Las Vegas Sands also has ambitious plans for expansion in the years ahead.
Las Vegas Sands is on a roll
First-quarter sales increased by 21.4% year over year to a record $4.01 billion, which was above the analyst consensus of $3.84 billion. Adjusted earnings per share jumped by 36.6% to $0.97, also beating analysts’ average estimate of $0.92 per share.
Booming gambling demand in Macau is a major growth driver for the company, and the latest earnings report confirms that business is stronger than ever in that market.
Sands China delivered a whopping increase of 34.7% in total net revenue during the quarter, to $2.72 billion. Adjusted property EBITDA in Macau (a special administrative region of China) grew 49.8% to $938 million, while net income increased 66% to $751.9 million during the quarter.
Net revenue in Singapore grew by 5.1% to $835.4 million, while adjusted property EBITDA in the country increased 9.7% to $435.2 million. Performance was quite disappointing in Las Vegas, though, as sales fell by 7% to $382.7 million and adjusted property EBITDA declined by 29.7% to $79.7 million.
All in all, Macau is the main driver of Las Vegas Sands' performance. The company's growth in that key market is nothing short of impressive, which is having a big positive impact on overall sales and earnings.
Beating the competition
Las Vegas Sands is the leading player in Macau, but that does not mean the company is immune to the competition. In a cyclical industry with high fixed costs and elevated capital requirements, it’s always important to monitor the competitive landscape.
Melco Crown is scheduled to report earnings on May 8 and Wynn Resorts on May 1. But at the moment Las Vegas Sands still looks like a winner when comparing numbers for the fourth quarter of 2013 in the region.
Sands reported a 28% increase in Macau revenue to $2.53 billion for that period, while Melco Crown announced a marginally smaller increase of 27% in sales to $1.39 billion and Wynn Resorts delivered a 24.6% increase to $1.12 billion.
Both Melco Crown and Wynn Resorts are smaller than Las Vegas Sands, which should mean higher potential for growth. However, Sands is demonstrating its ability to outperform the competition in its main market, and that says a lot about the company and its management team.
Demand in Macau is expected to continue growing at a remarkable rate due to multiple factors. A rapidly growing Chinese middle class with increased disposable income, more efficient and affordable transportation infrastructure in the region, and more attractions for different kinds of travelers should generate sustained demand growth in the years ahead.
Las Vegas Sands has ambitious expansion plans in Macau; The Parisian Macau is scheduled for inauguration in late 2015, adding 3,000 rooms to the company's capacity in the region. In total, Sands intends to have more than 12,600 rooms in Macau by 2017, representing a leading market share of 44% among gaming operators by that year.
In addition, Las Vegas Sands is leveraging its experience and reputation as a successful operator in Asia to explore expansion opportunities in countries such as Japan and South Korea. According to Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson on the recent conference call, “activity levels in Japan remain robust,” and “Korea has also shown increased activity levels."
Considering what the company has achieved in China, investors have good reasons for optimism. If Las Vegas Sands manages to successfully replicate that experience in other Asian markets, it will pay off nicely for shareholders.
Las Vegas Sands delivered impressive results for the first quarter of 2014, and the company appears positioned for sustained growth in the years ahead while outgrowing competitors such as Wynn Resorts and Melco Crown in Macau. This well-run casino operator looks like a winning bet.

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Animal trainers and behavior consultants sometimes overlook or undervalue Level 2 (Antecedent Arrangements) of the Humane Hierarchy. This six-level progression of behavior-change procedures, arranged so that the least intrusive and most positive interventions come first, was introduced by Dr. Susan Friedman in 2010. (See What’s Wrong With This Picture? Effectiveness is Not Enough) We may be tempted to skip ahead to familiar operant training procedures such as positive reinforcement (Level 3) & differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors (Level 4). Antecedent arrangements (Level 2) suggest we first notice and adjust the learner’s environment in ways that facilitate the behaviors we wish to reinforce. It invites us to be creative in changing conditions that precede these behaviors, with the goal of making learning more effective and efficient. Level 2 is much broader than simply “managing the environment” to prevent problem behaviors from occurring. We’ll look at specific examples of antecedent arrangements drawn from Kathy’s work with behavior-consultation clients.
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WASHINGTON – Moderate exercise is healthy and a part of many people’s New Year’s resolutions, but is more exercise necessarily healthier?
“We know that moderate levels of exercise are healthy – we don’t know exactly what happens as you get to the other side of the curve,” said Dr. Martin Hoffman, a professor at the University of California – Davis. He is teaming up with researchers at Stanford to take a closer look at 1200 ultramarathoners.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated new US President Donald Trump.
The Prime Minister’s office said by e-mail that the two men spoke by phone on Saturday, but the length of the conversation is unknown.
According to the firm, the two men would have reiterated the importance of the relationship between the two countries.
Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Trump had discussed together after the victory of the Republican candidate in November. The Prime Minister took the opportunity to invite the new president to visit Canada at the first opportunity.
The two heads of government “hope to meet soon,” the cabinet added.
Some of the Prime Minister’s senior advisers told about Mr. Trump’s organization in the weeks leading up to the president’s inauguration on Friday. Several Canadian officials expressed their fears about the consequences of the republican economic program on Canada.
Mr. Trump is committed to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Mr. Trump’s chief spokesman also recently suggested that the Canadian auto sector may have to pay tariffs.


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The House of Representatives (Majlis al-Ummah) is an elected council whose members can be Muslim, non-Muslim, men or women. These members represent the interests of their constituencies within the state. The Majlis has no powers of legislation like in a democratic parliament but it does have many powers that act as a counterbalance to the executive powers of the Caliph.
It is true that Umar, Uthman and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them all) were all assassinated and honoured with shahada (martyrdom). Only Abu Bakr died a natural death.
In addition to the institutionalised mechanisms of accountability discussed so far, Islam also ordered the establishment of political parties. Although members of the government will in many cases be members of political parties the Caliphate does not have a party system of ruling as found in western democracies.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّـهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّـهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّـهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا “O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.” (An-Nisaa, 4:59)
The Caliphate’s judiciary is responsible for issuing judgments that are enforced by the state. It settles disputes between people, prevents whatever may harm the rights of the community and also settles disputes between people and any person who is part of the government whether this is the Caliph, his cabinet, civil servants or any other official.1
Executive powers of the Caliph The executive branch of government is responsible for the day-to-day management of the state. Islam does not believe in collective ruling where the executive powers are shared among a cabinet of ministers. In parliamentary democracy the Prime Minister is ‘first among equals’, having limited powers of interference in his cabinet minister’s departments. Sharing executive power among government ministers with separate portfolios (departments) leads to immense bureaucracy and lengthy delays in resolutions to problems. It also leads to political infighting and rivalry between government departments. Normally the head of the treasury emerges as the second most powerful minister since he must approve the budgets for all other departments which he can use to wield political influence. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s fractious relationship in the UK is an example of this.
Ruling Contracts The relationship between the ruler and the ruled and their corresponding rights was discussed by thinkers such as Rousseau during the enlightenment period. Rousseau developed the theory of a social contract which underpins modern western societies. While Islam views the relationship between the ruler and the ruled as a contract this bears no resemblance to the social contract theory. There are three ruling contracts in the Caliphate. These are: Bay’ah – contract between the Muslims and the Caliph Dhimmah – contract between the non-Muslim citizens and the Caliph Mu’aahadaat (treaties) – contract between other states and the Caliph The Bay’ah (pledge of allegiance) The second principle of the Islamic ruling system is that ‘Authority belongs to the Ummah.’1 The Caliph is not a king or dictator who imposes his authority on the people through coercion and force. The Caliph’s authority to rule MUST be given willingly by the Muslims through the Islamic ruling contract known as Bay’ah.2 Without this Bay’ah the Caliph cannot rule. The Bay’ah contract is between two parties – the …


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September 1, 2017
Mars Hill University’s Weizenblatt Gallery will host two exhibits from February 13 through March 10, 2017. One features the textile art of Laura Ball and clay art of Bill Dale; the other features altered photography by Lydia See. An opening reception will be held Thursday, February 16, The gallery is located in Moore Fine Arts Building and is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Admission is free.
Laura Ball is an Asheville artist who uses vintage, commercial and repurposed materials, creating art quilts, soft sculptures, and book arts. She applies dressmaking skills, appliqué, quilting, trapunto, embroidery, thread painting, and beading in creating her textile works, even painting, dyeing, and printing much of her own fabric. Ball says, “I often represent images as seen from a photographer’s viewpoint. The themes in the representational pieces are inspired by my own photographs and drawings of subjects I encounter in my environment.”
Bill Dale, is a Nashville, Tennessee, artist who grew up in Asheville He began working in clay more than 40 years ago, drawn by the pace and rhythm of working the clay by hand. Dale says, “I came to love the elusive beauty of the asymmetrical form. Asymmetry is the constant companion of the hand builder. It is the flirt and the tease between what is and what might be.”
Lydia See is artist-in-residence with the Spartanburg County (S.C.) Public Library System and the Spartanburg artists’ community HUB BUB. She primarily works with photography and fiber, and describes her work as, “rooted in history: literal and conceptual, local and global, intimate and environmental, personal and anonymous.” Her exhibit at Weizenblatt is titled, “Family Vacations I Have Never Taken,” and features photographs altered with embroidery.


Australian rocket engineers at Gilmour Space Technologies have successfully completed the final qualification test of its main Sirius hybrid rocket engine, paving the way for the country’s first orbital launch attempt of an Australian-made rocket next year.
The Queensland-based rocket company is developing Eris, a three-stage launch vehicle that will be a cost effective and greener alternative to traditional liquid and solid propulsion rockets.
“What you see here is Sirius, our main hybrid rocket engine, five of which will power the first and second stages of our Eris rocket to orbit in the first half of 2023,” said Adam Gilmour, CEO and Co-founder of Gilmour Space. Sirius is a single-port hybrid rocket engine developed by Gilmour Space, which uses a liquid oxidiser and a proprietary solid fuel.
“As this was a final qualification test, we also tested it to destruction to help us understand the limits of its design,” he added. Any findings will help improve the performance of future engines.
“I’m happy to share that the test was a success. Our Sirius engine generated a record 115 kilonewtons (or 25,850 pounds force) of stable and efficient combustion. (Watch it here)
“This is the most powerful rocket engine ever developed in Australia; and it achieved its mission duration requirement before failure,” he said.
“All engines are now qualified for our first orbital test launch next year.”
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Rocket Lab opens Archimedes Engine Test Stand at Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Nov 07, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has kicked off operations for testing the Archimedes engine with a ribbon cutting ceremony at NASA’s historic Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The Archimedes Test Complex will be home to engine testing for the 165,000 lbf engines to be used on Rocket Lab’s reusable Neutron rocket.
The Archimedes Test Complex is located across a 1 million square foot area at the Stennis Space Center’s A Test Complex and includes use and development of existing infrastructure … read more


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One of the most loved recipes on the site is our banana bread, and one thing people seem to like to do to change it up is to add chocolate chips to it. That's sort of a no-brainer, right?
A Rich, Chocolatey Banana Bread
Dear banana bread lovers, putting chocolate chips in your banana bread is like having your bananas and chocolate go on a date. Lovely and sweet, yet still separate and distinct. After a while both want something more—a merging of wills, a commitment!
Well, if chocolate and banana were to marry, this would be the result—a richly chocolate banana bread, infused with cocoa, speckled with chocolate chips, with warm hints of butter, vanilla, and allspice.
Chocolate Banana Bread
Using Frozen Bananas
Thawed frozen bananas are a dream in this recipe, since they emerge from the peel nearly pureed to begin with.
When a bunch of bananas on your counter get speckled and threaten to be a magnet for fruit flies, toss them—peel and all—in the freezer. Thaw them overnight in the fridge, or for a few hours on the counter; set them in a bowl first to catch the brown liquid that will ooze out.
Then, come baking time, just squeeze the flesh right out of the peel.
Dutch-Process Vs. Natural Cocoa
This recipe calls for unsweetened natural cocoa powder and not Dutch-process. What's the difference? It's a question of color, flavor, and pH level.
Natural (non-Dutched) cocoa is naturally a bit acidic and slightly fruitier tasting because of the way cacao beans are fermented before processing (cacao, remember, is a fruit). For the color and leavening in this recipe to be optimal, you want an acid/base reaction with the baking soda, which is basic.
Dutch-process cocoa is treated with alkaline salts to darken its color and create a milder flavor. The nearly black color of Oreos is an extreme example of Dutching (it's called that because the process was developed by Coenraad van Houten, who was Dutch). Unlike natural cocoa powder, it is basic (alkaline). The baking soda in this recipe is, too. The leavening in recipe is designed for a little boost of an acidic ingredient (in this case, natural cocoa powder) to react with the basic baking soda.
Natural cocoa in this recipe is preferable, but not a requirement. We're not tried it ourselves, but readers have reported success with Dutch-process cocoa in their comments. It will be darker, with more of a fudgy flavor versus a purer chocolate flavor. You may want to reduce the salt, too, as Dutch cocoa powder can have residual salts from the alkalizing process.
Chocolate Banana Bread
Use very ripe or over-ripe bananas. The peels should be at least half browned, and the bananas inside squishy and browning.
Melted coconut oil can be used in place of the butter. The flavor will change a little and you may get a hint of coconut in the result.
3 large ripe bananas (ripe and easily mashable)
1/3 cup (76g) melted butter
3/4 cup (161g) brown sugar (packed, light or dark)
1 teaspoon salt (1/2 teaspoon if using salted butter)
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups (175g) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (21g) natural unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 cup (100g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
Prepare the pan and preheat oven:
Butter or spray with cooking spray the inside of a 5x9-inch loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) with a rack in the middle.
Line your pan with parchment for easy removal of this especially moist banana bread.
We find it works just as well baked in an 8x4 or 8 1/2x4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
Puree the bananas:
Using a blender, food processor, or a fork, puree the peeled ripe bananas until smooth. You should have 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups of banana puree.
Mix the wet ingredients and sugar:
Place the banana puree into a large mixing bowl. Stir the melted butter. Stir in the brown sugar, salt, egg, and vanilla extract. Whisk to break up any clumps of brown sugar.
Mix the dry ingredients:
In a separate bowl, vigorously whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and allspice.
Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture:
Stir until just incorporated, then stir in the chocolate chips.
Pour the batter into the greased pan. Place in a 350°F (175°C) oven and bake for 1 hour, until the loaf feels relatively firm and bounces back when you gently push the center top of the bread down with your finger. If the loaf still has some give, keep baking it.
Note that because of the chocolate chips that melt in the bread as it cooks, it's hard to check for doneness using a tester that you insert.
Remove the bread from the oven, set it on a cooling rack, and let it cool for 10 minutes in the pan.
Gently remove the loaf from the pan and place on the rack to cool completely.
Slice with a serrated bread knife to serve.
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Well wrapped, the bread will stay fresh at room temperature for 2 to 3 days. To keep it fresh a few days longer, keep it in the refrigerator. It also freezes well.
|Nutrition Facts (per serving)|
|Amount per serving|
|% Daily Value*|
|Total Fat 8g||10%|
|Saturated Fat 5g||23%|
|Total Carbohydrate 35g||13%|
|Dietary Fiber 2g||7%|
|Total Sugars 19g|
|Vitamin C 3mg||15%|
|*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.|

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|Lantana camara. Photo from Wikipedia.|
I was privileged to work in Chuuk and on Saipan, both, as an Environmental Science teacher, in high school and at community colleges of both island groups. It was my responsibility to research---using whatever meager resources may have been at my disposal---significant issues, and, in the process of learning about them myself, share this knowledge with the true stakeholders, the native people upon whose efforts will hinge the ultimate fate of the islands themselves, and future generations.
It is impossible to explain the depths of my anger when I have seen important literature that has been inaccessible to me, because of the policies of the publishers of scientific literature, and textbooks. The same goes for health issues, and marine resources and their management. The proprietary publishers are the handmaidens of the scientific elitists who drift like flotsam through the islands, and brandish their superiority about, in their arrogance and conceit. They publish papers, build careers upon their remarkable publishing records. In Chuuk, one is amazed that the word "scientist" means someone who can read other peoples's minds.
Not all scientists---in fact, perhaps only a few of them---exhibit such a painful countenance; but the papers even of the humblest among them, the fruit of the research they have performed in the islands, is as often as not unavailable to any islander who may wish to avail of the knowledge therein.
This unacceptable situation is exemplified here by the following screen shot of my computer, when I was doing a google search and discovered a paper about Lantana camara. I thought, "this is a paper worth having a look at: someone in Micronesia needs this paper." But, unfortunately, it is behind a paywall. Take heed of the following.
Notice that this article alone would cost 46.00.
Luckily I can now access this literature at a nearby library. This is of little help to the ones who truly need this knowledge: students, teachers, and just plain people of the islands. Actually, NO HELP.