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Ep.119 The Rare Combination Of Factors That Lead To Success, with Michael Jacobsen
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Ep. 118 Finding The Frothers, with Benny Wallington & Brett Robbo
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Sam Webb is the co-founder of the the mental health organisation and charity,Livin. The core of their mission is to break the stigma around mental health through fashion, events and the delivery of education programs into schools across Australia. Their motto is, "it aint weak to speak". He's also a professional speaker and is passionate about helping…
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EP.92 FOCUS. The F-word We Should Use More Often, with Brett Robbo
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Ossification center
X-ray of ossification centers in a child.
centrum ossificationis
Anatomical terminology
The first step in ossification of the cartilage is that the cartilage cells, at the point where ossification is commencing and which is termed as an ossification center, enlarge and arrange themselves in rows.[1]
The matrix in which they are imbedded increases in quantity, so that the cells become further separated from each other.
A deposit of calcareous material now takes place in this matrix, between the rows of cells, so that they become separated from each other by longitudinal columns of calcified matrix, presenting a granular and opaque appearance.
Here and there the matrix between two cells of the same row also becomes calcified, and transverse bars of calcified substance stretch across from one calcareous column to another.
Thus there are longitudinal groups of the cartilage cells enclosed in oblong cavities, the walls of which are formed of calcified matrix which cuts off all nutrition from the cells; the cells, in consequence, atrophy, leaving spaces called the primary areolæ.
Types of ossification centers
Section of fetal bone of cat. ir. Irruption of the subperiosteal tissue. p. Fibrous layer of the periosteum. o. Layer of osteoblasts. im. Subperiosteal bony deposit.
There are two types of ossification centers - primary and secondary.
A primary ossification center is the first area of a bone to start ossifying. It usually appears during prenatal development in the central part of each developing bone. In long bones the primary centers occur in the diaphysis/shaft and in irregular bones the primary centers occur usually in the body of the bone. Most bones have only one primary center (e.g. all long bones except clavicle) but some irregular bones such as the os coxa (hip) and vertebrae have multiple primary centers.
A secondary ossification center is the area of ossification that appears after the primary ossification center has already appeared - most of which appear during the postnatal and adolescent years. Most bones have more than one secondary ossification center. In long bones, the secondary centers appear in the epiphyses.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 93 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
^ Gray and Spitzka (1910), page 44.
Gray, Henry; Spitzka, Edward Anthony (1910). Anatomy, descriptive and applied. the University of California: Lea & Febiger.
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Bird numbers are rather low, considering the little rain which has fallen up until mid winter. However, the July bird count reached a total of 2091 birds, including 8 Spoonbills, 6 Pied Kingfishers, 6 Purple Herons, 49 Pelicans, 15 Greater Flamingos and 186 Cape Shovellers! 36 species were counted in all. Perhaps the rain expected towards the end of July will finally fill up the vlei as well as our local dams.
We have had some reports from members who are being told, on arrival at the main gate, that their names are not on the membership list kept at the gate. If this should happen to you, please ask for the name of the person at the gate, and email us with this info, plus the date and time of your attempt to gain access. Or you can phone Margaret on 557-4990.
Thereafter, our next evening talk on "Healthy Rivers", will be presented by Jo Barnes and will be held on TUESDAY, 14 September.
With the building of the new Education Centre at Rietvlei last year, we were in a good position to be a satellite venue for the YES 2004 Program. YES stands for Youth Environmental School and has been a successful initiative in Cape Town for six years. The theme for YES 2004 was "WANTED! Seas and Oceans, Dead or Alive". The Rietvlei Nature Conservation students, Andrie and Juan-Pierre took the lead in preparing the program for the schools who visited Rietvlei. At Rietvlei the focus was on birds with a program prepared for good (outdoor) or bad (indoor) weather.
On Monday 31 May, a beautiful sunny day, the first group of 43 grade 6 pupils from Greenlands Primary School, Bishop Lavis arrived. Andrie, Juan-Pierre, Koos and Pat welcomed them. The first 20 minutes were spent in the Education Centre where info on wetlands and birds was given to the pupils. Different beaks and feet were shown and it was explained how the birds live in a variety of habitats. Then it was outdoors for a walk to the bird-hide. On the way the pupils learnt about alien vegetation. At the hide pupils used binoculars and the bird sheets to identify the birds at Rietvlei. The central pan was rather dry but there were plenty of pelicans and Egyptian geese on the south vlei, and lots of coot and some herons and cormorants on the north vlei. After the hide it was back to the amphitheatre where the children had a picnic. A second group from Danie Ackerman Primary in Somerset West arrived for their two-hour slot at 11am, and the program was repeated.
During the week a total of 9 groups (325 pupils) came to Rietvlei and during this time Margaret Maciver and Ruby Briggs were welcome assistants with some of the groups. The weather was sunny and warm for the whole week so the bad weather program was never tested. The enthusiasm of the pupils and teachers was encouraging to see and we hope that Rietvlei will be revisited by these schools again.
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When staying in Ashland it's very easy to visit Manchester museums and many different attractions which Manchester has to offer. Researching all of these museums in advance will make it really easy to plan your trip and ensure that you're going to have enough time to fit everything in that you want to do.
There are lots of museums in Manchester which are worth visiting. If you like history and art then you will really enjoy your time in Manchester.
The Currier Museum was opened in 1929 and is a must for anyone who is interested in Art. Over 13,000 items are in the collection and on display. There are around a dozen separate galleries which you can walk around. The collection is diverse and contains items from America and Europe.
The Currier Museum has recently been renovated and reopened, so there is also a new car park which makes visiting the area very easy. When visiting the Currier Museum of Art the easiest place to stay will be in an Ashland Bed and Breakfast.
The SEE Science Center is ideal for anyone with young children as it's aimed specifically at children. It's also great for adults although not many adults will visit unless they have children. This is also a popular destination for school groups.
This is a huge museum but it's certainly worth a trip if you have young kids in your family. If you plan to visit the SEE Science Center then you might want to book into a local Ashland Inn as these are within easy traveling distances.
This is a newly refurbished museum which houses a number of different attractions and exhibits which are worth investigating and checking out. These show the history of credit unions throughout the United States.
The first credit union started in the building of the museum in 1908. If you are ever in Ashland or Manchester then this is certainly worth a look.
The Millyard museum will show you the history of milling in the area. A visit round the Millyard museum won't take very long as it's quite small. It is worth a visit if you have some spare time on your hands.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Zimmerman House is the only Wright-designed house which is open to the public in New England. This house is located on the same site as the Currier Museum which means that you can visit both attractions in the same day. The guides are volunteers who are really passionate about the house; this means that you will be able to learn a lot about the history and care of the house.
If you're a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright then you should certainly check out this property, as it's the most popular attraction in Manchester.


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8th federal execution since July scheduled for Nov. 19
by: MICHAEL TARM and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — A Black death-row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a Texas teenager in 1994 has been scheduled for execution in November, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
If the lethal injection goes ahead as scheduled Nov. 19, Orlando Hall would be the eighth person executed this year as part of the Trump administration's resumption of federal executions after a nearly two-decade pause.
Hall, 49, was one of five men who prosecutors said kidnapped 16-year-old Lisa Rene from her home in Arlington, Texas, to get revenge on her two brothers for a botched $5,000 marijuana deal. Over two days, she was taken to Arkansas, gang-raped, bludgeoned with a shovel and buried alive.
Hall's lawyers said in a statement that their client is scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov. 19 at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Department of Justice confirmed that information.
Last week, Christopher Vialva, 40, another Black federal death-row inmate, was put to death at the same facility for killing a religious couple visiting Texas from Iowa.
Hall's attorneys, Marcia A. Widder and Robert C. Owen said Hall was sentenced to death on the recommendation of an all-white jury. The lawyers said the selection of those jurors displayed racial bias. Vialva's lawyer, Susan Otto, also said race played a role in landing her client on death row.
Prosecutors say Rene was dragged from the family's apartment as she pleaded with a 911 operator. "They're trying to break down my door! Hurry up!" she said, according to a recording of the call.
Hall's lawyers said he never denied his role in Rene's killing and that Hall's expressions of remorse showed he "is not among the 'worst of the worst' for whom the death penalty is properly reserved."
Jurors who decided his fate, they contend, weren't aware of the severe trauma Hall experienced growing up and how he had once saved his 3-year-old nephew from drowning by leaping from a balcony to rescue the boy at a motel pool.
"Had jurors known these facts about Mr. Hall, there is every reason to believe they would have spared his life, despite his admitted involvement in a terrible crime," the lawyers' statement said.
Vialva's Sept. 24 execution was the seventh federal execution since July and the second in that week. Five of the first six to die were white, which critics argued was a political calculation to avoid uproar. The sixth was Navajo.
Questions about racial bias in the criminal justice system have been front and center since May, following the death of George Floyd after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on the handcuffed Black man's neck for several minutes.
A recent report by the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center said Black people remain overrepresented on death rows and that Black people who kill white people are far more likely to be sentenced to death than white people who kill Black people.
Of the 55 inmates currently on federal death row, nearly 50% are Black, according to center data updated Wednesday; round 40%, are white and some 12% Latino. There is one Asian on federal death row. Black people make up only about 13% of the population.
Federal authorities executed just three prisoners in the previous 56 years. Death penalty foes accuse President Donald Trump of restarting them to help stake a claim as the law-and-order candidate in the Nov. 3 election.
Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C.
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Jesta is one of the best and biggest producers and songwriters Denmarks has ever "produced" so to speak. Back in the days when Outlandish were trying to hook up with producers and label records, they got turned down many time simply because they were ahead of their time. Jesta was one of the few guys who could feel their ideas and saw some potential in them. He felt their new thinking inside the hip-hop genre and therefore they hooked up and he was one of the clever minds behinds the Outlands' Offical sound and beats.
Today he is a world-known producer and has collaborated with people and stars like Coolio, Toy Box, Cas, Mukupa and many more. Jesta also produces the two first singles in Denmark for Outlandish ever. Pacific to Pacific from 1997, were the boys maked the song for a charity and enlighten project about poverty. And the more funky sound and happiness in the movie soundtrack for Pizza King named Saterday Night.


Although the authors reported new information as it relates to patients with FMD, it is important to recognize that the 113 patients who underwent this "specialized CTA protocol" represented only 31% of the total 360 FMD patients evaluated at the FMD clinic during the 2-year period of study. Only patients who had not undergone previous cross-sectional imaging of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis were included. As acknowledged by the authors, these data are not generalizable to the entire FMD population because they represent a cohort of patients from a specialized FMD referral center. There are several other caveats to consider in the interpretation of their findings. First, the clinical characteristics of this cohort differ from those reported in the U.S. Registry for Fibromuscular Dysplasia (2). The patients included in this report were older at diagnosis (age 55.6 ± 10.1 years) and had higher rates of headache (77%), pulsatile tinnitus (55%), and dizziness (47%), which may reflect a selection bias toward patients with a higher prevalence of extracranial cerebrovascular FMD and a lower prevalence of renal artery involvement (92% extracranial carotid artery vs. 64% renal artery involvement). Second, not all patients in this cohort had computed tomography or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the head and neck. In some patients, the diagnosis of cerebrovascular FMD was made by duplex ultrasound alone, for which there are no standardized diagnostic criteria for FMD. Third, the authors did not report on the prevalence of arterial tortuosity, which is a well-described finding in patients with FMD and is associated with increased rates of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) (10,11). In fact, patients with SCAD who have tortuous arteries have a higher likelihood of recurrent dissection than do those with arteries that are straight (10). Finally, important clinical information about this patient population is lacking. What was the clinical impact of the findings identified by CTA? What were the sizes of the aneurysms? Did these findings lead to a change in the patient's management? Did the finding of "beading" in the renal arteries lead to an intervention to treat the hypertension or have a meaningful effect on blood pressure control? It will be interesting to see how knowledge of these vascular findings will affect the long-term outcome in this patient population.
(2017) Screening CT angiography of the aorta, visceral branch vessels, and pelvic arteries in fibromuscular dysplasia. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 10:554–561.


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How many bitcoins will it cost to buy a Tesla? Elon Musk's company invests $1.5B, will accept it as payment
Elon Musk's Tesla on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin and also said that Tesla will now accept the cryptocurrency as payment for their cars
By Priyanka Sundar
Published on : 11:59 PST, Feb 8, 2021
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Getty Images)
On Monday, Elon Musk's company Tesla listed a $1.5 billion investment in cryptocurrency Bitcoin in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The company also claimed that they would begin to accept bitcoin as payment for their payment. In the filing, Tesla explains how their investment policy had changed in January 2021, to accommodate a diverse investment plan.
The commission filing read, "In January 2021, we updated our investment policy to provide us with more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash that is not required to maintain adequate operating liquidity. As part of the policy, which was duly approved by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, we may invest a portion of such cash in certain alternative reserve assets including digital assets, gold bullion, gold exchange-traded funds and other assets as specified in the future.
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It further added, "Thereafter, we invested an aggregate $1.50 billion in bitcoin under this policy and may acquire and hold digital assets from time to time or long-term. Moreover, we expect to begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for our products in the near future, subject to applicable laws and initially on a limited basis, which we may or may not liquidate upon receipt."
How many bitcoins will it take to buy a Tesla car?
Tesla vehicles stand outside of a Brooklyn showroom and service center in New York City. (Getty Images)
According to the filing, it was stated that the payment in the form of Bitcoin will be accepted soon. So there is no indication regarding when Tesla will make this claim a reality. In support of why there is no clarity regarding the acceptance of cryptocurrency as a form of payment, there was a note of disclaimer which read, "The prices of digital assets have been in the past and may continue to be highly volatile, including as a result of various associated risks and uncertainties. For example, the prevalence of such assets is a relatively recent trend, and their long-term adoption by investors, consumers and businesses is unpredictable."
The statement further added, "Moreover, their lack of a physical form, their reliance on technology for their creation, existence and transactional validation and their decentralization may subject their integrity to the threat of malicious attacks and technological obsolescence. Finally, the extent to which securities laws or other regulations apply or may apply in the future to such assets is unclear and may change in the future. If we hold digital assets and their values decrease relative to our purchase prices, our financial condition may be harmed."
Did Elon Musk's Doge coin push have an ulterior motive?
A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. (Getty Images)
Recently, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla had championed the Reddit traders' move to get behind investing in Dogecoins, a cryptocurrency that was started as a joke between two engineers. With every tweet affirming Dogecoins' existence, the share price of the cryptocurrency rose and at one point, the price of the coin surged to surpass 8 cents for the first time. This means that the company which was started as a joke is now valued at $10 billion and is up by 1,266 percent year-to-date according to Coindesk.


Nothing can quite prepare you for what an experience a trip to Israel is. All your senses will come alive as you wander safely through ancient markets, cycle along developed seafront promenades, barter with friendly shop owners and taste heavenly foods.
The experience starts upon arrival at Tel Aviv's huge, modern airport and once you've passed passport control, you're quickly on your way. Our friendly transfer driver sped into the night, with Tel Aviv's modern skyscrapers lit up ahead. Our hotel was based about 10km north of the city centre.
The stylishly refurbished 5* Dan Accadia Herzliya is positioned just a stones throw from the pristine white sands of Herzliya and there's a handful bars and restaurants just outside if you prefer to eat out. Not that you need to as the food is amazing and refreshingly different to most typical Med hotels.
Jaffa, one of the world's oldest ports, makes a great starting point for a day in Tel Aviv. It was once the arrival point for millions of pilgrims heading inland to Jerusalem. Now, its pristine cobblestone alleyways are dotted with churches, cafes and jewellery shops. The old fishing port has been cleaned up and restored, and the bars lining the old wharfs make a good place to stop off for refreshments or a traditional shot of Arak.
Cycling along Tel Aviv's beachfront felt more like being in Florida or Australia than just a stone's throw from Europe. The promenade is modern and interspersed with grassy parks featuring popular outdoor gyms. There's plenty of room for everyone and the clean beaches are busy with hip youngsters playing volleyball and surfing against a backdrop of modern skyscrapers.
The food in Israel has a wonderful mix of Mediterranean, North African and Middle Eastern influences and does not disappoint (ever). Everything we ate was a taste sensation. From the mind-bending humus and falafels (literally nothing like what we get back home) to the freshly squeezed pomegranate juice at a street stall. If you like your food – you'll love it here.
Walking back to our hotel after a long day in Tel Aviv we were treated to an unexpectedly stunning Ibiza-esque sunset. All we needed was some classic Balearic house music and we could have been at a Café Del Mar sunset party. The end to a perfect day.


I got a short story published in an online literary magazine. The link is HERE. The issue is Wilderness House Literary Review #6/3 and the story is called Stanford Avenue. I want to link it here in case I ever need to find it again.
The site is unusual in that you have to click on the story link and it gives a PDF file. I'm not really sure why they set it up that way. It seems a bit of an inconvenience.
You don't need to read the story. In fact, it's probably better if you don't. You can just send me a note that says: Good job, Jessica! That would be perfect.
The day before Thanksgiving, my neighbor called to see if I had a rolling pin she could borrow. I told her I sort of did; our rolling pin is now just a cylinder – the handles were unscrewed, dismantled and lost by one of my sons when he was a toddler. You can still roll with it, though, so she came over and I presented it to her. "It's really only a dowel," she said. Which is true. A rolling pin without handles is basically a dowel.
I was a psychology major and had a very different idea about what "communications" meant than she did, but I said yes and she gave me her colleague's name and I called the woman and got an interview and then got a job there all within a few short weeks.
I thought of all this because my brother's friend's last name was Dowell.
At that job, I met my husband. He was one of very few single men working among a sea of linen-clad, pedicured, estrogen-laden Communications professionals. He and I went out for lunch a few times and then occasionally to the movies. I had a boyfriend at the time, but didn't think much of it. I was in New York and my not-yet-husband was thin, well-dressed, and fun to talk to, so I assumed he was gay.
It turned out I was wrong about that and we started dating and then one thing led to another and now here we are, 27 years later, lending dowels to our neighbors.
I was thinking yesterday, about how much I have to be thankful for and topping the list was finding someone who can reflect to me who I am and help me laugh about it.
I'm glad we have been left with a pastry-rolling dowel. Because the people who come into our lives and become the most important to us are often the result of chance encounters and uncharacteristic decisions, and my gratitude for these types of happenstance may never have come into such clear focus if what I had was still a regular old rolling pin.
I've spent the past few weeks looking for a new car, a project that should be easy and fun, but for me is playing out like some kind of existential reckoning.
I don't think I've ever "shopped" for a car in my life. I was either handed down cars, or stumbled upon something in a used car lot. The few new cars I've bought had been decided upon long before I ended up at a showroom. I didn't test drive a series of mini-vans, I just walked into a Honda dealer and bought an Odyssey. I own the car I drive now because I liked the way my neighbor looked in hers – sophisticated and put together. I bought one for myself, thinking I might look the same way.
The root of the problem lies where most (ok, all), of my problems begin: I don't know what I want.
I've studiously considered small, mid-size, sub-compact, luxury, hatchback, new, used, certified pre-owned, American, foreign, financed and leased. I can speak with frightening eloquence about any given car's ranking in its class, its gas mileage, what comes standard, what fully-loaded costs. Car sentences come out of my mouth that make my best friend burst out laughing and my husband's eyes glaze over.
I thought that research would bring me closer to understanding what it is I want, but, in fact, it's just made things more cloudy and confused.
My family is no help. "Just get something with a USB port," my husband has said. The kids agree. Beyond that, they couldn't care less.
So this is how my conversations go with the car salesmen. Sitting across from them at their desks, my mind on one thing and one thing only: will I regret foregoing leather seats? They lean toward me, look deep into my eyes and ask the question that I've been hoping I'd know the answer to by now: What is it, exactly, that you're looking for?
They want to help me. They want to meet my needs. I can feel it emanating from them, in their breath, and in the way they tap, tap, tap their pens gently on a clean white sheet of paper – a sheet that could soon be filled with whatever my imagination puts forth, however I care to spell out my heart's desire.
They wait, pen poised, but I'm finished. They smile. I smile. And then we go drive some stuff around.
I barely pay attention to the cars as I drive them. I ask the salesmen whether it's scary to get in a car with a stranger, to be a passenger next to someone you don't even know. One guy told me he was car-jacked a few years ago. A guy he took out pulled a knife on him about a mile from the dealership. He let the salesman out of the car and drove off.
"I'm not going to do that to you," I tell him.
We park, shake hands, exchange numbers. I have little recollection of the encounters. I want the earth to move, but it stays put.
That I don't know what I want is not entirely true. There's a specific model of VW, which is not only a convertible but it's a hard-top, auto-retracting convertible that, when the top is opening or closing, makes the car look like a Transformer. It's a 2-door, tight-fit, over-priced, poorly rated car that is so cute in red it's almost unbearable. That's the car I want.
If someone just put a car in my driveway and started sending me monthly bills, that would be ideal. But so far that hasn't happened and it doesn't seem likely that it will. So, I'm going to have to read more Edmund's reviews, visit more dealers. Find myself a 4-door, automatic, front-wheel drive USB port, even if it kills me.
My husband just came back from a speaking engagement at Philadelphia University. He was asked to give a presentation to a group of animation students. He put together a bunch of work he had overseen when he was the creative director at Nickelodeon. I'm not sure what it all amounted to, but he said he left them with this sentiment: You all have a lot of opportunity right now, because everything is falling apart. If you're willing to think and figure things out, there's probably a lot of different ways your careers could go.
This is one of the things my husband does best: imagine things that don't exist yet. I don't even know how that's done.
He told me that afterwards, one after another student came up to him and said the same thing. That they really appreciated his perspective. That everyone else that comes to talk to them – everyone – describes a future of doom and gloom. Even the professor said that to him.
Six Flags. Big Dimples. First Wife.
I'm in the car driving home. I have four teenage boys in the car. They're tired and the ride is long, so they're draped over the seats and armrests, occupying even more of the car than they need. Long legs. Smelly socks.
Big Dimples is sitting alone in the third row of my SUV, the area we would call "the way back" of a station wagon when we were kids. I can't hear most of what he says from back there, only that he keeps yelling up to the front to turn the music louder.
The Parkway is slow, but not crawling. Still, it feels like we've been in the car forever. Each of them has slept for a little while, but we're close to home now, so they're all eager and alert.
"Let's play the wave game," one of them says.
I imagine them standing up and sitting down the way people do in a stadium. I tell them I don't want them standing in the car, but I quickly realize that's not what they're talking about. They're talking about waving to people in other cars. The way you do when you're five. And they begin.
This unnerves me; I feel like we're going to get shot. There's something about being in close proximity to Big Dimples that makes me feel like I'm living on the edge, and I feel that way now, even in my four thousand pound car.
The girls who are driving behind us look like they're in college. They see Big Dimples and they smile and wave back. The boys are giddy. Big Dimples has his hand up by his ear – he's asking them to call him.
The girls smile and shrug their shoulders. How can we call you when we don't have your number, they appear to be saying. Big Dimples starts holding fingers up. Nine fingers. Seven fingers. He's miming his phone number for them.
"She texted me!" he yells.
I attempt to intervene but it's half-assed. I'm not sure yet if they're doing anything wrong and I'm curious to see what happens. "That girl shouldn't be texting while she's driving!" I yell out.
The driver isn't texting, someone informs me. The passenger is.
Big Dimples shares the conversation with the other boys, but I can't hear most of what he says because the music is on, the air-conditioner is blowing. I'm trying to appear blasé, so I don't want to ask him to repeat himself.
The other boys vacillate between awe and mockery. "They're asking where we're going," Big Dimples says.
"Are you going to tell them your friend's mom is driving us home from an amusement park?" one of the boys shoots back.
The boys learn that the girls are in college and that they're on their way home. They don't live nearby and they don't know they're texting with high school freshmen. By this time, Big Dimples has stored their number in his phone, probably labeled as Girls On Parkway.
The girls pull out from behind us and start to pass me on the left. I'm sure they want to see who's driving. I shield my face as they drive by, embarrassed by what I've just witnessed.
"This how Big Dimples is going to meet his first wife," says one of the boys.
I sneak a peek at the girls before they drive off and they're smiling – giggling – and a part of me thinks he's probably right.
Let me just start by saying, I'm not proud of anything I'm about to write.
I can't blame it on the storm. Before we ever lost power – long before – I felt "done" with the gecko. I've tried to get rid of him, but someone always talks me out of it. But this storm that took out the power, that catapulted The Teenager out to some friend's heated home for days, that left my husband stranded in Boston a little longer than he planned, seemed like just the Unfortunate Event that might set me free.
By the third day without power, the house was cold – colder than the outside air. I think it was 52 degrees inside and the gecko was barely moving. He'd been looking sickly to begin with – for weeks he had an opaque quality to his skin and yucky stuff on his toes. He barely opened his eyes, which made him look even more grumpy than usual. His tail, an indicator of virility, was far too thin.
"Just so you know, I've decided not to take any extraordinary measures with the gecko," I said to my husband in one of our thrice-daily phone calls during which I mostly complained about how cold and unpleasant life here was.
I reminded my husband about my injured shoulder and how taxing transporting a gecko tank would be. "You have to," he said.
So I did. I took the gecko over to a friend who had power and heat and a big heart. I grumbled, even as I set up his warming lights, knowing this was just going to prolong his miserable life. And then, in for a pint, in for a pound, I drove to the pet store to get him crickets.
I could have just asked for 10 crickets, as I always do, but for some reason I launched into a confessional speech about how I really didn't want to "save" my gecko, how he was ill and how I would have happily let him freeze to death, but I didn't, I moved him to warmth and now here I was, needing to feed him crickets.
The two guys behind the counter were speechless. Both in their twenties, and obvious animal lovers, I'm sure they didn't know what to make of me, a middle-aged lizard hater.
"How do you know he's ill?" one finally managed to ask.
"What am I supposed to do, spray him with this?" I said.
No, it goes into a basin. Lukewarm water, preferably distilled. The gecko was to soak in it for 20 minutes and then I was to gently rub off his molting skin.
Had they not heard me when I said I was hoping he would just die?
One of them talked about how much he was probably suffering and that if I was going to let him perish, I could at least make him comfortable in the meantime. This reasoning would normally make no sense to me, but the storm had really rattled me, so I entertained their pleas.
I turned the bottle over to see how much it cost.
"If you buy the Reptile Bath, we'll throw in the crickets for free," said the other.
"Ok, but I'm not bathing him at my friends house," I said.
No, of course, whenever your power comes back on, they said.
I took the crickets to the gecko and unceremoniously dumped them into his tank. He seemed neither grateful nor joyful and I wondered whether it was possible that he might just die of scorn.
Geckos can live for 20 years, the pet saviors told me. Ours is seven. I try to imagine myself thirteen years from now, gray and liver-spotted, inquiring whether I can get a Senior Discount on crickets at the pet store and it's not a fantasy that I care to engage in.
It got me wondering: Would my kids, when they're 40 or 50, show up at a Halloween party in a pair of jeans slung low on their hips – below their butts, even – with a colorful pair of boxers displayed, announcing they were Dudes From 2011? Egad.
If this Halloween was any precursor, that particular demise of society has already begun, because just days ago, I opened the door to eight giggling, early pubescent girls and, in an attempt to make small talk, asked one – a neighborhood girl – what she was supposed to be. She promptly uttered the name of my 12-year-old son and when I looked confused, she pulled up her tee shirt to reveal several inches of striped boxers, cinched below by a pair of belted, sagging jeans.
I gave her an extra Reese's Cup, because I couldn't think of anything else to say. And then I watched her take the porch steps, slow and wide-legged, just as my son does, so her pants wouldn't fall down completely.


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Q: How do I create same numbers patterns list in Python? I want to create a pattern of numbers which repeat the same number thrice or twice.
Example: 111(and here 1), 2221 3331 4441 5551... And when it reaches 9991, the next output should be 1112 2222 3332.
And finally another combination after the first one has finished should be like 1122 2211 3322 4422 2244. 5599. I need two same numbers twice here.

A: Simple solution. One loop to increment right value. Inner loop to increment repeating left value
for i in range(1,10):
    for j in range(1,10):
        print(f"{str(j) * 3}{i}")

Output:
1111
2221
3331
4441
5551
6661
7771
8881
9991
1112
2222
3332
...(You get the point)

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First of all I just want to restate how amazing these two are. If you haven't already, please head on over to see the first post from their session. It was great to just walk around with them and see how they act with one another. I am really thankful to have been able to document it.
They were also just funny to watch. At one point they began to dance but after some difficulty they burst into laughter and couldn't stop. They were so fun to be around and watch.
After our first location we decided to walk around town a little bit and see what we could find. These guys were so easy going and up for anything which I really appreciate. Plus, it was so cute to watch them. Even as we waited for lights to change they maintained contact.
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Anthropology / Memoriam / Dr. Ken Turner
Dr. Ken Turner
The news of Dr. Ken Turner's death at the age of 57 shocked and saddened his many friends and colleagues in the Department of Anthropology and in the wider University of Alabama community. Dr. Turner was assistant professor of Anthropology and director of the Laboratory of Human Osteology at UA from 1974 until 1993. He left UA to assume the position of director of the No Man's Land Museum of Oklahoma, where he served until his death on October 24, 2003.
Although he left us a decade ago no one who knew Ken will ever forget his many contributions to this university and to the people of Alabama. He systematized, cataloged and preserved one of the great osteological collections of the nation. Despite all of the painstaking work that he personally put into the collection, he was gracious and unstinting in the assistance that he rendered to scholars from other institutions who came to Tuscaloosa to study a very valuable scientific resource. Ken was equally generous with his time in helping Alabama law enforcement with many forensic consultations over the years.
Ken Turner was also a very dedicated, conscientious and effective teacher who demanded much from his students and drew out of them the very best work of which they were capable. Mark Hovezak, one of Ken's students from the mid-1970s, expressed the sentiments of many when he wrote this about his professor:
I took my first Anthropology classes from Ken at The University of Alabama in 1976. He was an inspiring teacher and I responded to the enthusiasm he brought to his subjects with scholarly devotion. As a result, Ken recommended me for my first job in archaeology and became an academic advisor for my undergraduate education. He provided a bright, strong and cheerful guiding light for students who were searching for their path in life. Ken was one of those few, truly unforgettable teachers one encounters in life.
His friends and colleagues benefited greatly from his vast knowledge of biological anthropology and enjoyed his unfailing collegiality, always seasoned with a unique sense of humor that never failed to produce smiles all around. He is survived by his wife Dr. Kathleen Turner, Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Panhandle State University.


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Chinese Armed Patrols on the Mekong
The recent announcement of a decision by China to join other nations in dispatching armed patrols along the Mekong River should come as no surprise. It comes on the heels of an incident last October when 13 Chinese sailors were killed by suspects who may or may not have been Thai soldiers, and it appears to be a continuation of Beijing's longstanding claim over the entire South China Sea.
Beijing responded to the October incident by first suspending shipping down the Mekong and by sending its gunboats unannounced down the river to provide its ships with armed escorts from Chinese waters into foreign waters, a move that has concerned some of its neighbors and the international community.
With fears of an increasingly assertive and aggressive China, this decision to send armed patrols has only added fuel to the fire. Such a reaction is understandable at first. Any nation would act to protect its citizens from roaming gangs, particularly when passing through the infamous "Golden Triangle," the primary opium-producing region in Southeast Asia.
However, this is not the coast of Somalia, where merchant vessels are escorted by armed ships while traversing through international waters. Where Somali pirates have conducted their raids on international waters, the October incident occurred under foreign jurisdiction—that of Thailand. Sending an armed force into foreign territory can be misconstrued as an act of war, or at the very least, an unwelcomed incursion.
Sending the wrong message
It is understandable that China wishes to protect its vessels. However, there must be moderation in its actions. Armed Chinese vessels patrolling the Mekong River to and from its territories will raise the specter of said patrols running the entire length of the river. It is an overreaction to what is a tragic event, a disproportionate use of force that is akin to fishing with grenades. Most importantly, however, it is the wrong message China wants to send to the world.
There is nothing to be gained by the disproportionate use of force. It is a blunt response to a much more complex issue. It is the response of a country that does not understand the value of strength. Maturity demands wisdom, and there is little wisdom in sending armed ships into the territory of your neighbors.
That Beijing wants to play a bigger role on the international stage is nothing new, but this decision has merely furthered the paranoia of some in the world that China is seeking to establish a sphere of influence in the Pacific. Critics are not simply looking at the Mekong incident and its subsequent response as an isolated issue but as part of a greater picture: China's assertiveness and increasing reach in the Pacific.
China here is proposing a multinational policing body to patrol the entire Mekong, not just the Golden Triangle where the murders occurred, a considerable foray into the territory of sovereign nations. There will be no point for China having its armed force to be present in the Mekong River. Fairly or unfairly, armed patrols tend to juxtapose quite well against any "peaceful" plan for development.
The real problem at hand
This is a quintessential "right idea, wrong execution" scenario. Should China desire to protect its merchant vessels and citizens, it must do so in cooperation with its neighbors sharing the Mekong River—Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. China will never allow a multinational force to enter policing on its territory. Rather than being perceived as acting unilaterally, thus giving rise to the image of an aggressive China, it should endeavor to embrace a multinational solution to what is clearly a multinational issue.
There is a greater issue at hand, one that China and its neighbors have failed to address. It is an issue that, if not addressed, will continue to plague the Mekong River, regardless of how many armed patrols China sends. However well-meaning these river patrols, they fail to address the core problem: lawlessness.
Pervasive lawlessness has permitted criminal organizations to establish their opium farming and drug trade operations in the Golden Triangle. The deaths of the 13 Chinese sailors are a consequence of this "symptom." Authorities in the area believe that, rather than having been murdered by officers of the Thai army, Golden Triangle warlords are involved. The two most likely, say sources in the area, Naw Kham, a former Burma Army-backed militia leader, who has been active in the Golden Triangle collecting protection money from businesses, both legal and illegal, along the river. Others point at Zhao Wei, owner of the Kings Romans Casino in Laos, opposite Burma's Golden Triangle Paradise Resort Hotel in Tachilek.
Should China and the five nations who rely on the Mekong River seek to bring security to the region, they must address this core problem immediately. Armed patrols along the Mekong River alone will not prevent another tragic incident, just as coastal patrols along the Somali coast will not prevent acts of piracy.
Given that the Golden Triangle affects not only China but its neighbors as well, why not form a regional policing organization comprised of those six nations? This body would patrol the entire length of the Mekong River with the mandate to protect merchant and civilian vessels from the very same threat that took the lives of those Chinese sailors. China would be able to patrol the Mekong down into Vietnam just as Vietnam would be able to do the same up into China. Such a multinational body, particularly if China elected to lead (an intelligent use of its strength), would be praised for its effort to curb the drug trade.
If China is serious in protecting its vessels against threats, it cannot ignore the greater malaise that is lawlessness. Moreover, it should not act alone when the matter at hand is a regional affair. If China is serious in preventing the death of more sailors, it must do so under the framework of joint-responsibility. Until the law is brought to bear over the Golden Triangle, it does not matter how many armed patrols China or its neighbors send to travel up and down the Mekong River.
(Khanh Vu Duc is a Vietnamese Canadian lawyer in Ottawa, focusing on various areas of law. He researches on International Relations and International Law.)


With €100M turnover, organic products only contributes to 2% of the sales on the self-service catering section. However, sales in value are up +41.1%, consequently manufacturers are developing an appetite for organic products. In addition to specialised brands – Jardin Bio, Cereal Bio, Bjorg – we see classic providers of the self-service catering section offering organic products such as Fleury Michon, Pierre Martinet or Mix Buffet. Developing its range has become a priority for all. Jardin Bio launched a range of gluten-free products for the catering section three years ago. Panzani France – after acquiring Celnat in 2015 and its two grocery brands – bought last year Vegetalia from Spain. Vegetalia produces ingredients (tofu, tempeh and seitan) and prepared recipes (veggie burgers, steaks and prepared meals) and plans to offer its ranges in France by the last quarter of 2018.


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It's not often that you come across handmade cards and here's a nice one, kind of funny, too. The artwork is pretty good, the leaves at the top, in particular. That would be a poinsettia in the gold heart, and of course a rose. If you can imagine one possibility for the life of this card: It gets made, maybe for Christmas, but not sent, handed off to some family member who's going to use it later for Valentine's Day. That person puts their initials and their sweetheart's initials on it, "J. H. + "whoever." Then the boyfriend or girlfriend falls out of favor, the initials get erased, (top left front) and J. H. decides he or she will leave this sweetheart question to be determined in the future. Later another family member comes across it and sends it to Bessie. (See the writing on the left side of the back.) And how about that embossing, pretty good, eh?


The boys are back! Well sort of ..
When this movie was announced I was excited because I knew that it was going to fix the last season and how it was suppose to end. And where I thought it was going to be a one off type of film where they rode into the sun, I was turned back around and shown truly that there isn't such a thing as a last ride with these guys.
The movie wasn't anything different from what made the series loved in the first place which begs to question why this movie didn't just premier on HBO and earned possibly the highest ratings in the channels history versus' releasing it to theaters where the majority of people haven't watched the show. That's probably my only knock against this movie other than the opened ended ending which leads me to speculate that there could be more from this series than what people have said about this show.
I just feel like this movie left a couple of open ended questions before the mid credit scene.
For the actual movie, it was a good one considering I actually invested time in watching the series and it was pretty much on par for why we loved the series initially. I know that there were too many cameos to even try to name that made the movie that much more special, but the fact that everyone was there from various times in the series history made it feel pretty cool too. It didn't have any special effects beyond the bits and pieces of the movie Hyde that was made in the film by Vincent Chase, the character the show is based around. That was pretty dope as well.
All in all, as a fan of the show, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie for the simple fact that it returned to the elements of what the show great. Would I suggest this movie to you? Depends on who's watching the movie and if they've seen the show or not. If you've seen the show, then totally go for it, if you're a newbie then I would suggest watching the show first and then watching the movie, seeing as how there is a sense of payoff after the last season.
That's my review of the movie, have you seen it? If so, then how did you like it? Leave it in the comments below.


Besides the many online websites for genealogy searching, there are a growing number of great applications for iPads and iPhones worth a try … and the price is right: most of them are free.
Have part of your tree in Australia? The New South Wales government has an app for that! Called Family History, it allows a search of the database of the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Free.
InMemoriam.ca has a great app for obituaries of recent vintage (the last 25 years or so). Covers most provinces, though notably not Ontario. Free.
Research Logger is a place to store your research notes on your phone or pad while at a library or archives. Free.
TombFinder is one of several (including 1BGraves also free) that offer photos of gravestones. While not quite the equal of the online sites, these apps do provide the opportunity for you to easily contribute photos and cemetery listings… whether just your own family's stone or those for a row or section of a cemetery. Neat feature: TombFinder uses GPS data when photos are uploaded, so it can offer precise driving and "walking" directions right to a particular stone. Free.
PaperOfRecord is an app with a price ($4.99) but can be just the destination if there is a particular historic newspaper you need to research. Hint: Check the list before signing up, to avoid disappointment. Some early papers I've used .. limited run of dates .. include the Bytown Gazette (1836-1845), Ottawa Free Press (1871-1881), Ottawa Times (1865-1867). I will admit I like the website best, but the iPad app is really a great research helper when not at the desk.
A search engine like Google or Bing … but just for genealogy sites and databases. That's Mocavo. I have not found it especially useful myself, but many have found it helpful and it does have the ability to save and repeat searches.
While it is old news that Library and Archives Canada put the index to the Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865) online … it seems to be fairly unknown that LAC has also put online the digitized images of the petitions (Sept. 2010).
The reason: there is no connection between the index here and the digitized images.
When you search for your person, you'll locate the microfilm you need — the number of the microfilm the petition information is on. Use it to find the digital images and click through them by starting here.
Some of your challenges: 1. Not finding your petitioner in the index! It seems that there is something to be desired in the transcribing of the index. Try different versions of the name — Jeremiah O'Connor, Jeremiah Connor, J Connor, J O'Connor. 2. Finding your person! You'll have to make your way through the whole microfilm to locate the page image you need.
Mary Catherine Moran describes how she found her James Moran.
So, for example, the index entry for James Morin of Huntley indicates that C-2739 is the relevant microfilm number. … I found Denis Killeen and James Morin [Moran] on page 545 of 1129 pages. So, yeah, I did have to do some clicking around to find the relevant page. As usual, when faced with 1000 or more pages of text, I used my 'by the 100s, then 50s, then 10s' rule: I start on page 1 (yes, brilliant is my method, I think I should take out a patent or something), then go to page 100, then 200, 300, 400, and so on. Once I see that I've gone too far, I go back in 50-page increments, then refine with 10s, then finally zero in on the looked-for page. But that probably makes it sound more complicated than it actually is: took me less than 15 minutes to find James Morin [Moran] in the online version of microfilm C-2739, after looking him up in the online index. And that's about three or four weeks faster than the previous photocopy ordering system. Advantage: internet!


A woman was brutally attacked and allegedly paraded naked in Warangal district on Monday. Anitha, second wife of one Mr Ravi, had to face the humiliation at the hands of relatives of his first wife Swarupa, who have beaten her and burnt parts of her body with a spark of fire. Anitha was said to be pregnant. The incident took place in a girijan hamlet called BC tanda in Vardhannapet mandal. Ravi married Anitha last year without snapping relationship with Swarupa and the two children through her.


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Jacquetta works at Salon Envy in Visalia, CA and travels for style and photography.
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title:  "Pyrotechnics"
date:   2015-08-31
source: EE.21
tags: [bard, sorcerer, wizard, level2, transmutation]
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**2nd-level transmutation**

**Casting Time**: 1 action

**Range**: 60 feet

**Components**: V, S

**Duration**: Instantaneous

Choose an area of flame that you can see and that can fit within a 5-foot cube within range. You can extinguish the fire in that area, and you create either fireworks or smoke.

**Fireworks.** The target explodes with a dazzling display of colors. Each creature within 10 feet of the target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become blinded until the end of your next turn.

**Smoke.** Thick black smoke spreads out from the target in a 20-foot radius, moving around corners. The area of the smoke is heavily obscured. The smoke persists for 1 minute or until a strong wind disperses it.

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Washington : New research may provide insights concerning the cause of changes in the heart's structure that often occur in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), suggest that treatments targeting skin sodium may help protect CKD patients' heart health.
Individuals with CKD are at elevated risk of developing heart problems and dying from cardiovascular causes. At least in part, these increased risks are related to a high prevalence and severity of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), an enlargement and thickening of the walls of the heart's left ventricle. The cause of LVH in patients with CKD is unclear, although some studies suggest that excess sodium intake may play a role.
Recent research indicates that tissues such as skin and muscle may store sodium. Markus Schneider, MD (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, in Germany) and his colleagues wondered whether sodium deposition in these newly identified sodium stores is related to the degree of LVH in CKD patients. Using a technique called 23Na-magnetic resonance imaging, the team measured skin sodium content at the level of the calf in 99 patients with mild to moderate CKD. The researchers also assessed total body water levels, 24-hour blood pressure, and left ventricular mass.
Skin sodium content, but not total body water, correlated with systolic blood pressure. Moreover, skin sodium content correlated more strongly than total body water did with left ventricular mass. Results from additional analyses suggested that skin sodium is a strong explanatory variable of left ventricular mass independent of blood pressure or total body water.


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At a ceremony in early November, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized this year's 362 National Blue Ribbon Schools—312 public schools and 50 private schools. Through overall academic excellence or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups, awardees have demonstrated that all students can achieve at high levels.
Of the cohort of National Blue Ribbon Schools, NAESP, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Association for Middle Level Education selected 10 principals to receive the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. The honor, named for the secretary of education serving during President Ronald Reagan's administration, highlights exceptional school leaders. These are the 2019 Terrel H. Bell Awardees.
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I'm not very good at it, but it's kind of fun experimenting.
Here are two results from my button tinkering.
Very cool! I am liking picnik so far as the easiest free online editing program.
I love both of them but am kind of partial to the top one!
Following you from New Friend Friday - love all these great project ideas...now to find the time! Hope you'll stop by and say hi!
I love both but I think I am partial to the top one. What program did you use to make them?


Picture from the KVD auction.
The car shows the Swedish license plate LGT 271 in October 2011.
Venza Cars in the Netherlands bought this 2012 SportCombi from the KVD auction and they report it was recently sold to a new owner in Norway.
Yes, I bought the car, and I am doing some minor repair and adjustments with the Saab garage near San Sebastian in Spain. I intend to get Spanish number plates on the car, but it might not be too easy, as the Spanish authorities do not like too much the German papers I have, but insist on a COC - Certificate of Compliance. Any advice??
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You may want to try the route that I took: get the car permanently registered in Germany and then export to another EU country. More info on The saga about but PM me if you have specific questions.
This route is more or less proven given that (with the exception of the Norwegian SC) all other road legal SCs followed the same process.


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Q: repository save works differently from controller or commandlinerunner in spring boot I have two cases where child entity save works differently when invoked from different context.
When I update child with no cascading parent, modified data is also updated, but this happens only from controller, if I invoke from CommandLineRunner that parent update doesn't happen.
This is my service
@Service
public class BookService {

    private final BookAuthorRepository bookAuthorRepository;

    private final BookRepository bookRepository;

    @Autowired
    public BookService(BookAuthorRepository bookAuthorRepository, BookRepository bookRepository) {
        this.bookAuthorRepository = bookAuthorRepository;
        this.bookRepository = bookRepository;

    }

    public void updateBookAuth() {
        Book book = bookRepository.findById(3).get();
        book.setName("should not update");
        book.getBookAuthor().setName("new name");
        bookAuthorRepository.save(book.getBookAuthor());
    }
}

When I invoke this from class below, only BookAuthor name is updated, which is the right behaviour.
@Component
public class MyRunner implements CommandLineRunner {

    @Autowired
    private BookService bookService;

    @Override
    public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
         bookService.updateBookAuth();
    }
}

But if I invoke this service method from controller :
@RestController
public class BookController {

    private final BookService bookService;

    public BookController(BookService bookService) {
        this.bookService = bookService;
    }

    @GetMapping("/")
    public void test() {
        bookService.updateBookAuth();
    }
}

then both Book name and BookAuthor name are updated, but I didn't understand why Book name is updated.
Here are the entities :
@Entity
public class Book {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Integer id;
    private String name;
    @OneToOne
    private BookAuthor bookAuthor;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public void setId(Integer id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public Integer getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public BookAuthor getBookAuthor() {
        return bookAuthor;
    }

    public void setBookAuthor(BookAuthor bookAuthor) {
        this.bookAuthor = bookAuthor;
    }
}

@Entity
public class BookAuthor {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Integer id;
    private String name;
    @OneToOne(mappedBy = "bookAuthor")
    private Book book;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public void setId(Integer id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public Integer getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public Book getBook() {
        return book;
    }

    public void setBook(Book book) {
        this.book = book;
    }
}

I thought about transactional also, if I write transaction on method then all context is opened and both parent-child will be updated but in this case I don't use it so why is it happening ?

A: You can check if the book entity is still managed when you get it from the repository. For this we can inject the entity manager directly in the service and add the log statement like this:
    @Service
    @RequiredArgsConstructor
    public class BookService {

      private final BookBookAuthorRepository bookAuthorRepository;
      private final BookRepository bookRepository;
      private final EntityManager entityManager;

      public void updateBookAuth() {
        Book book = bookRepository.findById(1L).get();

        System.out.println("----------> is managed: " + entityManager.contains(book));

        book.setName("should not update");
        book.getBookAuthor().setName("new name");
        bookAuthorRepository.save(book.getBookAuthor());
      }

    }

Now when you call the updateBookAuth function from the MyRunner it will print:

----------> is managed: false

And when you call the updateBookAuth function from the BookController it will print:

----------> is managed: true

This means that in the case of the rest controller the database operations were executed in the single persistence session and because of that both book and author entities were updated.
And in the case of the command line runner the book entity query was executed in the separate persistence session and was detached after that, and the author entity update was executed in the separate persistence session, because of that book entity update was lost.
This happens because the Spring web framework by default ties the persistence session and the request life-cycles together. This is implemented like this to prevent the problems with the lazy initialize associations in the view layer.
To prevent this behavior you can disable it with the following setting in the application.properties file:

spring.jpa.open-in-view=false

Please read more about this feature in this article

A: To really understand what is going on you need to understand how Hibernate works, and in particular the Hibernate Session. Here is a good article https://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-save-persist-update-merge-saveorupdate . In the BookService class you specifically set the new name for the bookauthor, and because this transaction is part of the session, it will update it as well. Spring Data JPA is very useful but you must be familiar with Hibernate to fully understand the behavior.


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Video Premiere: Bambi Lee Savage's "Honey" from Berlin-Nashville Express
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Americana Highways presents this video premiere of Bambi Lee Savage's song "Honey" from her forthcoming release Berlin-Nashville Express, which was engineered by Steve Nistor at Hunter's Hollow in Los Angeles and mixed by Sean Sullivan. "Honey" is Savage on vocals and acoustic guitar, with Jim Wilson on guitars & bass and Steve Nistor on drums & percussion. The video is by Aelstrom & Lee.
Watch in a pink setting complete with rotary phone and life-sized dancing mascot, while the throwback Beatles-esque music plays. Echoing the "I am the Walrus" era, Savage and company have created a visual delight for eyes while the ears dance to the sock hop love song. Berlin-Nashville Express promises to be an entertaining project, and "Honey" is clearly one of its highest upsides.
The majority of the songs on "Berlin-Nashville Express" were written while I was living in Berlin, so when it finally came time to assemble them into a record I really felt like I needed some new material – in part because I wanted to re-invigorate my enthusiasm for a project that had been simmering for such a long time, but I also felt the record needed an upbeat love song since several of the other tracks are about the down side of life and love. I wrote "Honey" in about twenty minutes, which was a delight and a relief because I do have a suitcase load of unfinished songs in my life so it's always great to get one out the door straightaway! It came together really quickly in the studio, with a sort of early-Beatles vibe. And speaking of The Beatles, as a kid I loved the video of them performing "I Am the Walrus" in animal costumes, so that was probably somewhere in the back of my mind when I imagined an animal to sort of stand in as "Honey" – and as long as I've got a giant raccoon there pretending to play guitar, why not give him the solo? A good friend of mine who has been known to tear up the dance floor with some cool and goofy moves was easily enlisted and we shot it in a lovely house in East Nashville in an afternoon. — Bambi Lee Savage
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One thing that brand loyalists can count on are seasonal capsule collections that often present a new take on some of the brand's most covetable bags. This winter, creative director Nicolas Ghesquière partnered with Riot Games to design a collection inspired by the video game League of Legends. The collaboration, dubbed LVxLoL, features some of the brand's fan favorite bags like the Neverfull, Petite Boîte Chapeau Souple, and the Mini Palm Springs Backpack. Classic monogram gets a camouflage makeover in this collection, and though an unlikely partnership, the bags are unique and ultra-cool. Sure to be the most wanted styles, this collaboration features a micro, bracelet version of the beloved Palm Springs Backpack ($730) as well as tiny Speedy BB ($1,630). The entire collection is available for pre-order now via Louis Vuitton, though the Speedy BB seems to already be out of stock.
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SWBAT edit their narratives by successfully engaging in a peer critique.
Coming in for a landing--peer editing can be just like getting coached from the control tower!
If time, I will read this essay about a crash landing to my class. I think it's got an exciting plot featuring the crash landing of a plane (hence my use of the control tower image... that, and we are coming in for a landing of sorts with this essay!). I am continuing to use models this late in the writing process because I have noticed that students might just now be truly grappling with the demands of the narrative that they are writing or have to write, so a late-inning model is not a bad idea!
1.) I really like the engaging opener! How does the writer hook you along?
2.) What elements of development and structure does the writer use?
I have put this activity down for 15 minutes, but it could easily be much longer or use 3-4 writers in a group. I will plan to run this as a paired activity in which I focus students on helping each other use the tool (link) to help revise their work (W.9-10.5) so that their craft (W.9-10.3b) and specific word choices (W.9-10.3d) are as strong as they can be.
By now, I expect a great deal of nervousness and some excitement, as some students are done with their essays and others are needing to rally to finish well on time.
Now that the students are coming in for a landing, so to speak, I want to get them to begin to process what they have learned about characterization (RL.9-10.3) as well as narration (W.9-10.3) and editing (L.9-10.2).
1.) What have you learned about making a compelling, rounded character? What is the relationship between a strong character and a strong story?
2.) What about point of view--how would your story change if you were to select a different point of view than the one you selected?
3.) What have you learned about writing? About strong word choices? About editing?


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Australia may not sign up to Paris climate deal: Andrew Robb
By Marcus Priest
Updated December 11, 2014 — 4.48pm first published December 10, 2014 — 8.30pm
Lima: Trade Minister Andrew Robb has told business leaders at climate change negotiations in Lima that Canberra may not sign up to a new global deal if major trade competitors are not pulling their weight, stating Australia will not "get it in the neck".
Mr Robb hosted the meeting for Australian business leaders on Tuesday - which Fairfax Media also attended - and said the Abbott government had to ensure anything agreed through the United Nations climate talks would not put Australia at a disadvantage to its immediate trade rivals.
The attendance of Mr Robb in Peru - who has been labelled a climate sceptic - has raised eyebrows after it was reported he was sent by Prime Minister Tony Abbott's office to watch over Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the talks.
Tuesday was the first full day at the Lima negotiations for Australia's two ministerial representatives, with Ms Bishop announcing a $200 million contribution to the Green Climate Fund - to be taken from foreign aid.
Andrew Robb said anything agreed at the talks should not put Australia at a disadvantage. Credit:Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop has previously said foreign aid should not be used on climate change initiatives. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has previously said Australia would not contribute to the fund, as it was "socialism masquerading as environmentalism".
Mr Robb told the meeting with business officials - which included representatives of BHP Billiton and the Business Council of Australia - Australia would make a particular effort to ensure trade competitors "are as ambitious as we will be."
"If we are not convinced they (trade competitors) are doing what they should, it will influence whether we sign up or not. Outcomes must be comparable…we are not going to get it in the neck and increase our costs for nothing," he said.
Mr Robb also said the government wanted to ensure developing countries understood that there would be no further money from Australia in the climate negotiations.
The government also wanted to ensure there were proper arrangements for developing countries to access the Green Fund, which was established to help poorer nations address climate change.
"We want a demonstration that they will use it to leverage private sector investment and identify real projects," he said.
"They can't just pocket the $10 billion (currently committed to the fund) and say 'now what is the next thing'."
Asked about his attendance in Peru, Mr Robb said: "I joined Julie because I wanted to soak up what is being discussed and how it impacts on all my trade negotiations and investment responsibilities. Economic risks coming out of negotiation are the things to focus on."
There is a belief in the Australian delegation that the contribution will give it more leverage in the negotiations, after being ostracised by other countries in the first week of the talks over its hardline climate change stance.
Despite the contribution, the two Australian ministers continued to take a tough position on other elements of the talks. During the day Mr Robb and Ms Bishop firmed up Australia's position in bilateral talks with other countries including China, the United States, Canada and Japan.
Alongside the Green Fund contribution, Ms Bishop also announced a taskforce in the Prime Minister's department to review other countries' pledges to cut emissions post-2020 in the lead-up to next year's climate negotiations in Paris, where a new global deal is due to be finalised.
It is understood that the new taskforce will particularly examine new commitments by China, the United States, Japan, Canada and Gulf countries in determining what new emissions pledge Australia should make in the first half of next year ahead of the Paris talks.
As a result, Australian negotiators have been focusing their efforts in the last week on ensuring that there is an agreement in Lima for countries to provide detailed information about their new emissions commitments before Paris next year to allow them to undertake the detailed review.
"Currently, there are different baselines, different timeframes and whilst we can analyse the comparisons, it would be far easier if there was a uniform approach," Ms Bishop told Fairfax Media.
"We are looking for a focus on transparency, accountability and pragmatism."
She also flagged the Government wanted to narrow the focus of the Lima agreement and next year's Paris deal. She backed concerns of some developed nations that the talks are becoming to unwieldy and could see some countries walking away from a deal.
Of particular concern was a proposal by Norway and Latin American countries to commit countries to reduce emissions to zero by 2050. Ms Bishop said the proposal would damage Australia economically.
"We wouldn't sign up to that," Ms Bishop said.
"How could one possibly commit to having fossil fuel free world by 2050 at best it is an aspiration. I am interested grounding our text in fact and reality.
"We would not sign up to targets that would damage our economy, would send jobs offshore, would close down manufacturing. It is in no one's interest for Australia to be damaged economically."
United Nations secretary-general Ban-ki Moon told delegates at the conference that the time had come to stop "tinkering" and reach a climate change agreement that would achieve "transformation".
"From Manhattan to Mumbai to Melbourne, hundreds of people marched for climate action," Mr Moon said.
"And Governments are responding in unprecedented ways. Despite these positive steps, I am deeply concerned that our collective action does not match our common responsibilities."
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Marcus Priest travelled to Lima with the assistance of the Clean Energy Council as winner of its 2013 media award.
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Yesterday we talked to Claire Handleman, who cooks at Del Posto and blogs about her constant travels at Passport to Eat, about how she fell in love with Thai cuisine and the best papaya salad she's ever eaten. Today, she talks about fine dining in Bangkok, Del Posto's Italian cuisine, and where she likes to eat in Queens.
Aside from street-food vendors, were there any restaurants in Thailand that you really loved?
The restaurant I trailed at was nahm, which means "water." The chef is David Thompson. He's really well known; he is an Australian that has a restaurant in London that's the first Thai restaurant to get a Michelin star. Thais kind of have an issue with him because he's come in and perfected Thai food. I trailed him at his restaurant and before that I'd eaten there like maybe four times. I can honestly say that I can put my meals there in the top three meals of my life. Thailand has great ingredients, but he really puts the effort into finding the best.
One of the things that blew me away was his durian dessert. In Bangkok, I can buy durian on the street for maybe 400 baht ($13) a kilo; he gets his for like 1,500 baht ($49) a kilo. He really finds the most exceptional produce. He has separate purveyors for everything, from the cilantro to bird's-eye chilies. He's also done lots of research on Thai cuisine going back hundreds of years and revived a lot of the old methods, so cooking in that kitchen was really exciting.
Lots of Thais don't like it because you can spend $2 on the street for a great meal while at his restaurant you're spending like $50, which for us isn't that expensive, but the locals don't want to spend that much money. So it's not really for the locals, which is really too bad, because I think every restaurant should be for the locals wherever you are. Even the Thai cooks, though, said that it was some of the best Thai food they had ever eaten.
What are your favorite Thai spots in New York?
Most of them are in Queens. Everyone tells me Sripraphai is amazing and I ate there once and had a really mediocre meal, so I'm thinking maybe I just went there on a really bad day and should give it another shot. I ate at a place called Nusara in Elmhurst and they asked me whether I wanted my papaya salad like a Thai person would eat it, and they actually did and that meant a lot. Most places look at me and see that I'm a blond white girl and don't usually make me spicy food, even if I ask for it.
As someone who is obsessed with Thai flavors, how do you find working at an Italian restaurant like Del Posto?
I think the food is incredible. Mark Ladner (executive chef) and Mike Davis (chef de cuisine), they put plates together that are really rustic yet refined. It's an amazing experience; I've never worked in a kitchen as big as Del Posto's. Even though I'm crazy about Asian food, I get very inspired by the Italian food they do there. They're also very adventurous. I was in Korea a few weeks ago and I brought back some Korean ingredients, and Mike ended up incorporating them into a dish. They'll use bonito or dashi or Korean chilies and incorporate it into Italian cooking and really make it work. It's very exciting to me that they're willing to use ingredients from other cultures in their cooking.
Do you ever think of opening your own restaurant?
I keep thinking that one day I'd like to open a Thai restaurant over here. The thing is, the quality of the produce in Thailand is probably the best I've ever seen. Have I ever seen Thai ingredients of that quality in the United States? I don't think so, or at least not in the quantity that you would need to supply a restaurant. If I was going to do it, I guess I could grow it all myself in a greenhouse or something like that.
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Maple season isn't over yet–why not celebrate with an extra special pancake breakfast?A� Below, Agatha shares her favorite locally-grown griddle cakes for just that!
These little guys would go perfectly with one of our first ever Taste Tested recipes: Blueberry Basil Sauce!
Mix the wet ingredients together in a bowl with a wooden spoon.
Sift dry ingredients into the wet and stir lightly. Do not over mix. You want clumps! That`s how they stay tender.
Spoon onto a pre-heated griddle that has been generously buttered or greased.
Cook on a gentle medium heat – too hot orthe sugar in them burns.
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