THURSDAY, July 1, 2004 (HealthDayNews) -- Most people have no trouble identifying one of their hands as their own, but how this happens in the brain was unknown until now -- thanks to a little sleight of hand.
British researchers have identified the parts of the brain that identify your own body parts. This feeling of body ownership appears to take place in the premotor cortex of the brain, they report.
While this may seem like a no-brainer, it's actually a complicated process that brings together many inputs from the senses that are processed in the brain to create the understanding that a body part belongs to you, according to a report in the July 2 online issue of Science.
"We think the brain solves this problem of distinguishing itself from the environment by looking at correlations between the different senses," said lead author Dr. H. Henrik Ehrsson, a research fellow from the Wellcome Institute of Neurology at the University College of London.
"The feeling that my hand is my hand is not a sixth sense, but an analysis of the correlation between the senses. If a hand both looks like my hand and feels like my hand, then the brain will say, 'Aha! It's my hand,'" he explained.
Ehrsson said this finding can shed light on disorders of self-perception, such as stroke, schizophrenia and phantom limb syndrome. "People with brain damage can misidentify their limbs and can't believe that the limb belongs to them," he said. People who've lost a limb, meanwhile, often experience the eerie feeling that the arm or leg is still there.
Ehrsson's team conducted what it calls the rubber hand experiment. In this test, a volunteer's own hand is hidden below a table, while a rubber hand is placed on a table in the same position as the hidden real hand.
The researchers then stroke both hands simultaneously with a paint brush. According to Ehrsson, eventually the volunteer senses the rubber hand is his or her own.
"By tricking the brain, the subject starts feeling the rubber hand is his hand," Ehrsson said. "Using our method, you can switch the feeling of ownership on and off."
To identify which parts of the brain were involved, the investigators used MRI imaging to monitor the subject's brain activity during these experiments.
This finding can lead to further research on disorders of self-perception, Ehrsson said. "The key thing we are looking at is how the brain distinguishes itself from the environment," he added.
"This study sheds new light on situations we see in our patients," said Dr. Hal Blumenfeld, an assistant professor of neurology and neurobiology at Yale University.
Some patients who have had a stroke in the right side of the brain are suddenly not able to recognize their hand as being their own, Blumenfeld said.
"I had a patient who woke up in the middle of the night and was shouting to his wife, 'What's this arm doing in my bed? Whose arm is this?'" he said.
Blumenfeld told of another case in which he held up the patient's arm to him and asked whose arm it was and the patient replied, "That must be my brother's arm. He must have left it here when he was visiting before."
"These patients have no ability to recognize their own arm as theirs," Bloomenfeld said. This study identifies the brain circuitry that is necessary for people to identify something as their own, he added.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke can tell you about brain basics.


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The Saint Germain Town Board enacted Ordinance SG17-01-1, creating a Code of Ordinances, pursuant to section 66.0103, Wis. Stats. on 01/09/2017. The ordinances in the following table have been updated in a manner that enables enforcement of them through the Vilas County Circuit Court. More ordinances will be added to the Code of Ordinances as they are updated.
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In flight school, at some point or another you will be asked to determine your density altitude. In this professionally taught tutorial, lean how to calculate density altitude on a flight computer. This lesson is taught by an instructor from the Golden State Flying Club at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California. So, if you are just beginning to fly, check out this clip and make sure you know all there is to know.


NIKE Golf Basic Tripunto G-Flex Belt has state of the art fibers that twist and turn with every stance for increased range of motion. With Nike's G-Flex technology, there is no holding back, just a full swing ahead. The Shoe Matcher technology allows the belt design to echo the leather details of the Nike Golf Sport performance Footwear by imitating traditional Nike Golf Saddle aesthetics and innovative fashion technology The Shoe Matcher completes the winning attire on and off the course. The 35mm wide belt strap is made with waxed nappa pebble grain leather, and features a tripunto stitch detail. The buckle is a sculpted brushed metal harness with a Swoosh design and matching loop. Size: 32; Color: Black.


In this study, I engage with the theorization of spatializing culture as an analytic tool to discuss not only how the production and the construction of the (Taipei) city marginalize and stigma Ka-la̍h-á, but also how emerging new-type local actions reconstruct locality. Without much concern for the continuous spatial marginalization of Ka-la̍h-á, the government and other non-state actors participate in the regeneration of Ka-la̍h-á through strategies that have intended or unintended effects on place-making, such as endangering the landscape of community business and the everyday life of working class. In this study, the everyday embodiment of three sets of marginalized community business reflects the spatial exclusion of planning system and reveals how labors under the stigma label developed identity broken. Furthermore, those daily labor landscapes provide an alternative culture perspective to reveal the constant negotiation and contradictory cultural and spatial argument, when locality is going to reconstruct narratives and networks in the future. Ka-la̍h-á had experienced rapid urbanization in Post-War, and became a habitat of the under-class immigrants in a passive planning. Because of the lack of care in municipal planning for many years, the infrastructure of Ka-la̍h-á had become relatively backward so it had turned into an urban blight. Until 1970s, from a series of coincidences and power struggles, the government implemented large-scale public infrastructure rapidly in Ka-la̍h-á without a comprehensive plan. Ka-la̍ h-á met the clean and tidy expectation of the modern city, but had gone toward a development of marginalized. The everyday embodiment of local labors magnified the inequity of planning politics. Those labors survived in nooks and evolved flexible sustaining systems, such as waste collecting system, printing industry , and fruit and vegetable processing industry. They use their body and flexible spatial strategies to make profits, also maintain the social relationship and support the operation of production throughout the city. The view of embodied space reflects that mainstream always positioning Ka-la̍h-á as an urban service role, and eliminating its local fabric through various spatial policies, making the sense of place lose its material spatial attachment and become fragmented. Also the mainstream keeps stigmalizing the industries and environments there, and make people in Ka-la̍h-á in a dilemma of the identity of place. Recently, new-type of local actions not only reconstructed the path of narratives of place, but also the networks of society. Narratives of the place have reversed the narratives of stigma, giving Ka-la̍ h-á a new identity of subjectivity and let the local youths resolve the previous contradiction with their hometown. The reconstructing social networks emphasizes that people help each other and benefit each other. Local people take care of locality, forming a new local sustaining system. It also takes care of the marginalized community business labors indirectly. That is the marginal place became a base of actors to develop a new identity and innovate new social models. In a hope of a more inclusive local society, these actors can't have further discussion of the issue of spatial exclusion encountered by those businesses. Especially, Zhong-zheng Wan-hua Revival Project, which is initiating recently, attempts to landscapelize place and drives real estate developments. It threats those businesses and the sustaining system of those labors in urban life. Neither the planning system nowadays be carried out with bottom-up participation, nor develops an urban regeneration with social sustainability. This study, however, is not to attempt to romanticize those marginalized community businesses. Though those businesses and the sustaining systems support the place, the negative externality and impression from production processing is a fact with no doubt. Therefore, it becomes an unspeakable and ambiguous situation in the planning of local construction or culture discussion. Similarly, this study is not opposed to urban regeneration, but it reflects the limit of planning and considers how to have a more inclusive planning by the revelation of this kind of local culture and social reality.


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Tomic, who at 19 is the youngest man in the field in the Catalan capital, spent 67 minutes in handing one-time prodigy Gulbis another ATP disappointment.
The 2010 Barcelona quarterfinalist has slipped to No.86 in the rankings after standing a career-best 21st just 14 months ago.
Tomic, who won a round in Monte Carlo last week but lost his next match to Ukrainian talent Alexandr Dolgopolov, was pleased with a winning start in the hotbed of Spanish tennis.
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Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Blond hair, hazel eyes. Strassburger has a brown spot on his left arm.
Medical Conditions: For unspecified reasons, Strassburger is classified as disabled.
Strassburger was last seen on his way home from work in Le Claire, Iowa at 12:15 a.m. on August 6, 1982. He never arrived home and has never been heard from again. His 1976 Oldsmobile was found abandoned in the eastbound lane on the Le Claire bridge over the Mississippi River on Interstate 80, about fifteen miles from his home, half an hour after he left work. Extensive searches of the river and the area around it turned up no sign of Strassburger.
Three years after Strassburger vanished, a witness in a court proceeding in another state claimed to know about a homicide connected to Strassburger's case. Authorities described the information as "extremely credible" and stated the witness knew information about Strassburger's disappearance that had never been publicly released. They were never able to verify the witness's account, however.
Strassburger was employed as a machinist at Rock Island Arsenal at the time of his disappearance. He lived with his parents in Davenport, Iowa. Investigators believe he was the victim of a homicide, but little information is available in his case.


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I thought to post this as another comment to the longish list of comments in the Leigh Blackall's blog post about Wikiversity and Wikieducator.
First at all, I highly appreciate Wayne's, Brent's and Leigh's work and hope that this post is not considered as any kind of personal attack against them. I know that we have a similar thinking on many topic in the field, and hope that we will have fruitful cooperation in future.
Like Leigh, I also hope that Wikiversity and Wikieducator could join forces. I know, that in practice this is not very likely to happen, but we may dream. Both projects are based on the same idea of using wiki (Mediawiki) to facilitate collaborative authoring of free learning content. As I wrote already, in my comment, I am not sure at all if wiki is a good platform for this. However, it is an interesting hypothesis and should be tried out. Because of this I really admire both projects.
Still, I prefer Wikiversity basically because it is run by an international, non-governmental, non-profit and non-political organization, the WikiMedia foundation. By its nature and tradition – compare to Wikipedia – Wikiversity is a multi-lingual and multi-cultural project. You can't say the same about the organization behind the Wikieducator, even that they do a lot of good things, too.
Commonwealth is an international governmental organization. Governments are political. Whatever Wikieducator would like to be non-political, it is not. The language policy – use of English – is a concrete example of the political agenda behind the Wikieducator. In the 53 member countries of the Commonwealth there are hundreds of local languages. I think that to meet the needs of the member states the Wikieducator should, first at all, emphasize development of free learning content in local languages.
I also find the development of "a free version of the entire curriculum by 2015" (Wayne) pretty scary. Is the aim to have a single curriculum for all the 53 Commonwealth member states or for the whole World? This development is very different from the decentralization of curriculum planning taking place in many wealthy nations. In number of European countries (e.g. Finland), schools are asked to plan their own curriculum, in cooperation with teachers, students, parents, local business and local Government (btw: some of them are using wikis for this). The national curriculums are becoming just checklists for the local communities to make their own curriculum based on the local needs. I wonder why Commonwealth would like to standardize the curriculums of its member states? In who's interest is this?
In sociology of education there is a set of questions one should always ask when looking for educational systems. The questions are: Who is educating Whom? On What, Why and How?
In the case of Wikiversity it is easy to answer these questions. The members of the Wikiversity are educating each other on topics they are interested in and want to learn about. They have found collaborative learning as the most suitable method to do this. This suits me, too. In the case of Wikieducator one should also ask who, to whom, what, why and how?
Disclaimer: My research group is developing LeMill.net. We share several objectives with the Wikiversity and the Wikieducator projects. LeMill is a web community (and open source software platform) for finding, authoring and sharing open and free learning resources. LeMill is developed in an European CALIBRATE project. Our aims are primary "scientific", totally non-political and non-profit. We are experimenting how the optimal platform for collaborative development of free learning resources could be.
Hi Teemu, thanks for keeping this going, and breaking it out of the comments.You said, "I think that to meet the needs of the member states the Wikieducator should, first at all, emphasize development of free learning content in local languages."I think that is an excellent suggestion!! If COL could negotiate international humanitarian funds into this, that would really make wikieducator great, and help undo the cultural losses of colonialism inherant in the Commonwealth.Yousiad, "I also find the development of "a free version of the entire curriculum by 2015" (Wayne) pretty scary." I think it is an interesting concern you have, and one I share when I see the likes of Google making tracks into education, or any US entity for that matter. We all (not just the US, have to very carefull of any cultural imperialism we may by unconciously implementing). What I would like to see is a standardised certification and qualification process that will assist international migration and skills trading. I think curriculum is a poor word to use in this context. My understanding of the term curriculum is that it means activities that support learning, and that is basically up to the individuals and/or orgainsation that organises learning. We don't so much need a standardised curriculum to achieve standardised certification. We need to be able to look into and appreciate each others curriculums more easily, and projects like open courseware through wikis make this a little more possible. My ideal would be a massively diverse array of curriculums, in local languages, with an orgainsation like COL helping to make sense of it all and fit it with a standardised certification and recognition process. Very difficult, and ultimately political.Why = to enable easier migration, measurable learning so that individuals can formalise their learning to maximum benefit.
Disclaimer: I am not an expert on any of these things but hope to raise questions and discussion to enhance my own understanding and that of anyone who is participating/lurking/listening/reading/etc.In 2004 I attended a conference called HighwayAfrica which brought together over 400 journalists from around Africa. I arrived with a strong bias against journalists on account of a few personal experiences and the bad impression given by some. I discovered among them, and indeed in the theme of the conference, a striving for the high ideals of responsible journalism – fulfilling their role in society.I came away less anti the press and more willing to talk to journalists :-).I have an aversion to politics – organisational and within and across countries – and prefer to focus on science and knowing what to do towards progress and sustainability (in the sense which necessarily simultaneously considers economic, social and environmental factors). It seems libre knowledge is part of the solution: let's focus on the science, share and extend this knowledge freely. The planet needs us to do this.But politics often seems unavoidable. Is advocating free/libre knowledge and decentralisation political?I think COL is advocating libre knowledge. A free (libre) version of the curriculum is inherently meant to be translated and adapted to local needs. I suspect COL intends to provide a starting point and the tools to localise and produce new locally relevant learning resources. Perhaps, given the current technological and political situation, collaboration and sharing of experiences across those countries is most pragmatically done in English for now. Local activities can take care of localisation and production of new local resources.I also wonder about whether this term "imperialism" is always appropriate in these discussions. Many people now recognise the dark side of imperialism, and no doubt the term is appropriate in some discussions on globalisation. However, the analogy might be misleading in some contexts, and in some cases misused to de-rail potentially positive initiatives. Initiatives providing tools and platforms enabling individuals and communities to empower themselves with knowledge, with the freedom to produce local knowledge resources, are not (IMHO) cultural imperialism. Culture and language change, and will continue to do so.Create opportunities for these communities to engage with the present, a networked world, and participate in the co-creation of a better world for all (think global act local).
Thank you Kim – good thinking and happy new year!Note, that I didn't call anyone imperialist. I actually do not have the term in my limited vocabulary of English language. I guess I just forgot it, because I hardly ever get a change to meet someone who is an imperialist. I do not hangout with that kind of heads of states. So, let's not get to the discussion about imperialism (BTW: I think to Finnish Imperialism translates to something like "epäreilua touhua").But, When advocating libre knowledge, I think we should not underestimate the role languages plays in knowledge. We structure and make sense of the world with language – primary with our mother tongue. If you are forced to operate knowledge, with a foreign language you are always a bit handicapped. Right to study in your mother tongue should be a human right.The reason of using only English, because it is "our common language" is not good, if this means that people are not empowered to use their own languages in the first place and only use English when meeting some handicapped people (from their perspective) who can't communicate in their language.I myself think, play (work) and make sense of the world in my native language, but because I want to communicate with you, I use English. Same way children of my people think, play and make sense of the world around them in our native language. Why in some point in their life they should give-up and become "handicapped"? Or do someone think that they were handicapped already when they were born? I don't think so.
Hi Teemu et al – and best wishes to all for 2007.Apologies – I was mixing conversations touching on colonialism and imperialism, and did not mean to imply that you called anyone anything (just commenting on use of terms like imperialism/colonialism in general).Anyway, I agree, mother tongue learning should be a human right. In fact, it is a constitutional right here in South Africa – though not easy to ensure at all levels of education. People I know here (in the current context 🙂 prefer to learn technical subjects in English or Afrikaans, as the terminology in the other local languages is not standardised yet and sometimes confusing. However, learners are quick to switch to the mother tongue when any detailed explanation is required :-).In the spirit of freedom, how about a world in which it is possible to learn in a language of choice? Perhaps most people will choose their first language, especially in the formative years. However, increasingly there are reasons to learn (and learn in) other languages. It would be interesting to see research on first language only vs second language vs bi-/multi-lingual learning, etc. (any pointers?) – to inform people's decisions about when and why to learn different languages and become acquainted with different cultures. The challenges associated with first language learning as a human right are significant, especially where there is limited access to computers and the Internet (e.g. not enough educators for all the subjects who speak the relevant languages, costs of production of printed texts in multiple languages, etc.). The vision becomes more feasible with peer production of free/libre resources in a connected world (a likely not too distant future).I think Leigh's ideal expressed above is great and well articulated :-).
As someone involved with both Wikimedia (as a Board member) and WikiEducator (providing hosting and project management services), let me share a few thoughts.I think WikiEducator is generally on the right track. We have a French edition and Wayne asked me to set up Spanish and Portuguese; the project is likely to become fully multilingual in due course, thanks to the development of Multilingual MediaWiki. Wayne is also forming an international advisory group, and we've discussed governance in the long run.Merging with Wikiversity is a possibility, but both projects have to mature on their own for a little while. We're developing some exciting stuff for WikiEducator that we'd like to try out in a smaller environment (in a larger community like Wikimedia, every experiment needs to be justified — this can slow innovation). In the long run hopefully there will be indeed one very large online teaching and learning community using libre knowledge and libre software. For now, we are sharing ideas on the OER grapevine at http://oergrapevine.org – a single, neutral place to keep up to date on what we are doing. Please do post info about your project there as well.
Colleagues – Sorry that I've not been more active in these discussions. I'm on international mission – always a stark reminder of the connectivity realities in the developing world. A few thoughts and observations:1) The English use of the concept curriculum is far broader than the Germanic derived equivalent. It encompasses not only content related issues but also process and most importantly the learning dimensions. We we talk about a free version of the education curriculum – the concept itself recognizes the very concerns you raised in our discourse. Education is contextually bound and as such must necessarily take into account the local and cultural needs. The notion of a free education curriculum is a clear statement (and rebuttal) highlighting the concerns associated with non-free content. Sadly – the majority of educational content is locked behind copyright — a disappointing paradox because education is fundamentally concerned with sharing of knowledge. 2) I have found the discourse on language policy and critique associated with the Commonwealth misplaced and misguided. First, COL does not own the community or its content. By virtue of the CC share alike license the copyright of the content submissions vest with the authors. We respect the freedoms of individuals to contribute or not to contribute. Second, on the question of language – there is no policy statement or intent to limit content development to English. In fact, we proactively support and promote multilingual content and currently support a French Wikieducator. As Erik has pointed out we are extending this support to languages of the Commonwealth. This week I've asked Erik to set up a Hindi Wikieducator based on requests I have received from India. I've not done any research on this – but the number of indigenous languages spoken across the Commonwealth is large. If we identify a critical mass with any indigenous language – subject to available funding, we will gladly support the institution of these wikis. 3) Colonisation is a prime example of the abuse of indigenous freedom – its appropriate that a free content initiative, through collaboration can make a contribution to widening access to education.4) WikiEducator is not in opposition to Wikiversity. We are a community that have exercised our freedoms to work together. We have an unashamed commitment to the unique challenges of the developing world. 48 of the 53 states of the Commonwealth are in the developing world. We have particular requirements that Wikiversity would be unable to deliver on. For example we required a close association with the eXe project – as this is an off line tool which will enable educators who do not have connectivity to develop content offline. We can't impose this requirement on the Wikiverstiy community. We have particular needs regarding the wiki-print requirements – which are not necessarily a huge demand in the Wikiversity community. We are collaborating in areas where we add value to both projects, for example on the development of pedagogical templates. All code development that the Wikieducator community engage with – will be release back into the community. Similarly we benefit from enhancements from that the Wikiversity community are able to prioritise in the Mediawiki code development roadmap.5) Finally – in my view we have a far greater challenge to deal with – and that's the legal incompatibility between different copyleft licenses. I would like to see the GNU FDL and the CC-BY-SA licenses reach some form of legal compatibility so that we can truly rip-burn & play between multiple free content initiatives.
Re 5) one possibility is dual/multiple licensing.
For example, GNU FDL and the CC-BY-SA are similar in intent.
In my research group we decided to take the "copy left" approach – to keep it simple. We are using the Creative Commons – attribution – share alike –license in the LeMill (http://lemill.net). This license is maximizes the possibility for the people to reuse and remix the OERs. The CC licenses are human readable; you are free to share and remix. Very simple.We decided that this is just very simple for people who are not really interested in the licenses, but rather want to focus on their OERs, reuse and remixing of them.
Yes – CC-by-sa is the best of the CC licenses for this. However, my understanding is that it is a problem to mix content from Wikipedia (GFDL). The dual/multiple approach is supposed to deal with this.PLOS, Connexions and others use CC-by which is non-free.Has the following been phased out for a good reason?


Since the death of Maurice Harvey on the 23rd of June 2005, Peter Foden of Tall Trees, The Spinney, Winthorpe was asked by Kath, Maurice's widow, to bring to a conclusion the last two coach holidays that Maurice had planned, Ireland and Scotland.
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Today is a wonderful day, the sun is shining and I can see the ocean in the distance from the slopes of the mountain on which I work, but for the last week or so Cape Town has had terrible rainy weather. Many of the informal settlements have been flooded and people are saying that it's the wettest winter in years. Ironically in the north of this country they are battling terrible wildfires and the death toll from that is now over 30, including 6 fire-fighters.
On Thursday, after a particularly loud thunderclap, a flash came out of the wall where my computer is magically connected to the internet… and the magic stopped. Luckily the computer was unscathed, but my connection to the outside world came to an abrupt end. I'm back on-line now, so it's all good.
We are expecting more rain on Thursday, great weather for staying at home knitting and quilting, but not so great for going to work. The quilt is starting to come together as I join the rows and add in the prairie points. Then I need to think about top and bottom borders. I've decided to alter the pattern a little.
I need some advice from the knitters out there. The pattern for the baby sweater I've knitted instructed me to knit a button flap. I've done that.
Any ideas on how to set in a sleeve to a shoulder seam that is not sewn up? It's driving me nuts and I just want to get it finished so that I can start the next thing (cute cardigan made from sock yarn that Gorgeous Man bought for me at Stitches DC on his last visit to the US).
I had to frog the lace socks, once they got long enough to try on I had to accept that there was no way they were going to fit. I'm knitting a plain stocking stitch sock with the yarn instead. Pictures when the first one is finished – hopefully tonight.
40. Spit & Polish Barry Ronge – this is another one of the books that Gorgeous Man won. Barry Ronge is a columnist for one of the big South African newspapers and this is a collection of his essays. It was an interesting insight into some of the issues that have had the country talking over the last decade or so.
41. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows JK Rowling – what can I say, I succumbed to the mania and pre-ordered. I enjoyed it, but did feel (and now I'm going to speak heresy) that it was a little long-winded and kind of anti-climactic. Could have left the last chapter off. That's all I'm going to say.
When we graduated our last crop of students they surprised me with a gift. I was somewhat surprised since I wasn't stopping work just then, but they explained to me that some of them were leaving and so wanted to give me a present for the baby. It was very sweet. The gift contained some cute denim overalls and some pants and tops. It also contained a plain green fleece blanket.
I appliqued an octopus onto it and blanket stitched it down. Then I started blanket stitching around the edging in variegated thread, but it just didn't look right. Gorgeous Man suggested a material edging, so I cut up what was left (I literally had 1/4 inch left over after cutting the binding) machine stitched it onto the front and hand stitched it onto the back.
I'm really pleased with how it's turned out and I'll be visiting some fabric stores to get more material to make some more.I've got quite a few designs floating around in my head.
Tonight is 'working on knitting for me/off-spring' night so I should have a sweater sewn up and ready to show tomorrow.
Oh, and tomorrow I've booked myself in for a pregnancy massage. Gorgeous Man sent me for one after our big road trip to Kruger and back, and it was heaven. I can't wait! I haven't been sleeping well as my back has been quite sore, so hopefully this will help. Even if it doesn't, an hour of pamering is still nice.
I got a fair bit of stuff accomplished this weekend, but I was like a butterfly flitting from one project to another – socks, intarsia sweater, African animal quilt, and baby blanket.
Then, on Saturday night we picked up our pre-ordered copy of a certain book that was released with great fan-fare on Friday night (Saturday morning – we are too old to go to launches like that, ok I really need my sleep at this stage…) and Sunday was spent immersed in the magical world of 3 young friends. No spoilers please, I haven't finished reading it yet.
I've been modifying a receiving blanket we were given and I'm really pleased with how it's turned out. There's choir rehearsal tonight, but I think it will be finished by tomorrow.
On the quilt front, the sashing is pieced and now I'm tacking prairie points together then the top needs assembling and the back pieced. I'm going to try hand quilting it, so that will be another new experience.
I'm procrastinating sewing up the intarsia baby sweater because that's my least favourite part of knitting.
Thanks to those of you who commented on the cloth nappy/diaper issue, we will probably end up taking that route.
Luckily, this is the storage area for rubbish bins and equipment for the gardeners and maintenance people. Luckily it's also nowhere near our house.
I'm working on a red cardigan for the Hottentots Holland Helpers, but I've had such a bad run with it. I frogged about 10 rows of the left front last night, so not much progress to show there. I am hoping to have some Finished Objects to show after the weekend though. We have a nasty cold front coming in, so it will be perfect crafting weather.
Just a quick question. Is anyone out their cloth diapering (or as we would say here, and in Australia – using cloth nappies?). I'd be really interested in any feedback or advice you can give. We have found a supplier of pre-folded nappies here and we are going to have a look next week – requires a trip in to Cape Town.
One of the things I love about travelling with Gorgeous Man is that I get to see stuff that I would otherwise miss. I'd be pretty right seeing stuff like this on my own.
But I'm pretty sure I would have driven over right past this little guy.
Gorgeous Man has some great shots of the chameleon actually on the road at his blog. I also would have missed this lilac breasted roller.
Not the best picture, but not bad for a little digital.
Gorgeous Man got very excited when we came across a group of Southern Ground Hornbills.
We saw a group of males and females and a juvenile. They are currently the subject of a study, so our sighting got logged in.
Finally here's a picture for those of you who think that Africa is warm all the time.
Kruger Park is in the north of South Africa, and we live on the southern tip. Coming home we drove through snow, we pulled over and I took this from the car window. I declined Gorgeous Man's generous offer to take a picture of me standing in the field – it was still snowing.
38. Texas by Tom Eaton. This is a South African novel (it was part of the package Gorgeous Man won from Penguin last year). Biggest waste of reading time this year. Really didn't enjoy it. Enough said.
The sleeves on the baby sweater are finished and cast off. The shoulder seam is sewn and now I need to pick up the neck and sew it all together. My least favourite part of knitting.
Here is the latest sock in progress.
The pattern is Yukon Leaves and the yarn is Opal Tiger (bought locally!!). I like the pattern a lot, but think it's a bit lost with this yarn. I'm going to have to do another pair in a plain yarn I think.
Are you sick of animal photos yet? These are Gorgeous Man's shots of the elephants wrestling.
Note the muddy water being tossed in the air by the elephant at the back.
The elephant equivalent of arm wrestling?
Tusks banging. It was actually very cool to see this sort of behaviour, and because we were the only car around we had an uninterrupted view.
Now that Gorgeous Man's socks are finished, and keeping his feet nice and cosy, I'm back to my regular rotation system of projects. So, tonight is quilting. Hopefully I'll get enough done to warrant a picture or two.
I've been getting heartburn pretty badly, but I hate the medicine prescribed by the doctor – tastes foul. I've discovered that sugarless chewing gum will take the heartburn away – doing the happy dance.
We are still not comfortable with the childbirth educator and are tossing up whether to try and find another one. We'll probably make a decision after the next couples' class in August. My friend who had a baby 10 weeks ago raved about her, and other people who have been to classes with her keep telling me how wonderful she was. That hasn't been our experience so far, and the women in the class are rather unfriendly. I tried to initiate conversation last night with the girl next to me and got a two word answer. Probably didn't help that when I was asked to draw the lucky number I pulled my own out of the basket…(prize was baby soap and bath oil – which I probably won't be using since we'll most likely go the organic option).
Anyway, on to other things. While we were in Kruger we were lucky enough to see elephants taking a dust bath in the river bed. These photos were taken with the magic of a zoom lens as the river bed is much lower than the road.
If you look closely in this next picture you can see the dust being snorted out of the trunk of the elephant on the left.
These two then started to get a little aggressive with each other.
Unfortunately, my photos of them actually trunk wrestling (and tusk banging) turned out blurry. I'll get some off Gorgeous Man – it was on his side of the car – and post them at a later date. The sound of the tusks smashing together was really quite something.
The bird hides were wonderful for seeing animals other than birds. This elephant came in really close to the hide and the picture was taken without any zoom.
We also saw lots of mothers with their young, like this pair crossing the road.
In keeping with the elephant theme, here I am barefoot and pregnant at the Olifants River (Olifants means elephants in Afrikaans, I'm not comparing size…).
You can get out on this bridge, provided you stay within the yellow lines at the centre of the bridge's span.
The latest sock is long enough to photograph now, and I'm hoping to get the sleeves of my latest baby jumper off the needles tonight, so there will be a crafty post tomorrow.
and began a new project, but there isn't enough progress on any of them to be worth showing photos.
I've decided that I just wasn't feeling the tunisian crochet love enough to make a whole blanket out of it, so I've given myself permission to cast it aside. So some new socks jumped onto the needles. I'm trying socks with lace this time. Pictures when it's long enough to slip onto the foot and show the pattern.
Gorgeous Man and I went to the movies on Sunday. A certain movie about a certain young wizard. I enjoyed it, but I'm a bit of a fan. We have two cinemas near us. One is in the big super mall and the other is in a town about 20 minutes away and is much smaller. It costs us half the price to go to the smaller one. The big cinema in the mall also assigns you seating. I've never seen this before anywhere. The odd thing is that people stick to the seats they are allocated. Last week we saw Amazing Grace – there were maybe 30 people in the theatre and all of them sat where they were told.
The smaller cinema doesn't allocate seats, I did get a little uncomfortable during the film – will have to take a cushion for my back next time, and Gorgeous Man had to help lever me out of the seat at the end of it.
I do have some elephant wrestling pictures to share from our trip to Kruger, but that will have to wait for another day, as they are still in the camera.
By the way, The Heathen Housewife is having an awesome contest. Head on over and leave her a comment.


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Absolute Bowieginners: The Hunger
Chris Morley drinks the kool aid...
Where do you go after quite literally falling to Earth for your first big film role? Perhaps typically given our subject is a man of many guises, somewhere entirely different! This being David Bowie, and with Halloween approaching, time to look at when the ex-Ziggy Stardust embraced bloodlust in 1983's The Hunger, playing John Blaylock in an adaptation of Whitley Strieber's original 1981 novel. Mr Blaylock is a vampire, having been turned around 200 years ago by his partner Miriam, only now realising that her talk of immortality might have been a slight fib in that he will indeed live forever but not stay looking so young, which is brought home when he ages a good few years in mere days.
Understandably alarmed at the thought of losing his looks, he does what no doubt millions of men in his position have tried and reaches out to a scientist studying the effects of rapid aging on primates. One problem, though. Dr Sarah Roberts thinks he's mad! At least initially, anyway, until she sees just how rapidly he's deteriorating & actually tries to help only to be rebuffed.
A decent cover story might just provide a solution at least. John & Miriam have set themselves up as classical music teachers, & a visit from a student gives him the opportunity to feed on the unfortunate soul who'd only turned up to say she won't be able to make it for a lesson scheduled for the next day. With more than a little melodrama he then practically begs Miriam to kill him- only for her to let slip that there is no release from the state they're both in.
Just to cap off his little flounce, he then faints and is placed into the latest empty coffin in a room full of them! The occupants of the others are Miriam's former lovers, trapped in a similar state of living death & none too happy about it. Sarah then follows rule one of what not to do in horror, ever, & goes investigating after the police have paid a visit to try & find out what happened to Alice, the poor unfortunate student from earlier, Miriam fobbing them off by saying her husband is in Switzerland & then managing to turn Sarah considerably more dead than she was when she came in through a lesbian encounter.
And yes, you read that right! Soon her work colleagues, including her partner Tom, will have reason to investigate samples of her blood to find out exactly what went on in the three hours she disappeared for, not that Tom will last much longer after the effects of her infection become all too clear & she has a bit of a nibble on him. Suppress those barely disguised sniggers!
For what happens next is possibly even stranger. Having killed the man she loved, she then forces Miriam to take in some of her blood after a fight with an ancient Egyptian knife sculpted into the ankh symbol- meaning life. Which very nearly means she'll be joining her lover's past flames in that rather nasty state of terminal boredom until they emerge as mummies just on time to do her a big favour & ensure she takes a rather large tumble over the balcony. Which frees Sarah up to move to London with the now entombed Miriam in tow - as you do.
In perhaps a less obvious nod to Bowie's influence, Bauhaus - seen performing Bela Lugosi's Dead in a nightclub during the film's opening credits - had also covered his Ziggy Stardust the previous year. Their appearance in The Hunger actually contributed to growing resentment against singer Peter Murphy on the part of the rest of the band - bassist David J, drummer Kevin Haskins & guitarist Daniel Ash - as they felt too much attention was placed on him in the final cut! The Hunger director Tony Scott having hand picked the band to open the film as he felt...
"Peter Murphy had this sort of ethereal, vampire quality to him, and I thought that would make an interesting opening title sequence in the movie."
The same year Bauhaus played a farewell show after a fourth & final album Burning From The Inside, Murphy unable to contribute much thanks to a bout of pneumonia. Though Haskins would later recall the experience of meeting Bowie in Bauhaus Undead...
"One of the most anticipated days in my career was our part in the filming of The Hunger starring David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve. The film was based on Whitley Strieber's novel of immortal beings and vampirism set in modern-day America.
Although we had the unnatural set time of 7:30 a.m., March 22, 1982, couldn't arrive soon enough. Bauhaus were contracted to perform "Bela Lugosi's Dead" in the nightclub scene where Bowie and Deneuve's vampire characters were hunting for young blood.
Although the scene was set in New York, it was filmed at the London nightclub Heaven, a club where we had previously played. We were all very big fans of Bowie and, like many musicians of the post-punk era, Bowie's performance of "Starman" on Top Of The Pops, was a significant and profound turning point in our lives. So to say that we were excited was somewhat of an understatement.
Radiating with charisma, and walking with a confident swagger, Bowie arrived on set in green designer army fatigues, appearing a tad shorter than I had imagined him to be. After surveying the set, he disappeared in to hair and makeup, later to emerge, magnificently transformed, sporting a very resplendent black silk suit and jet black pompadour wig…he looked amazing!
We were then ushered on stage to play our part, Peter delivering an electrifying performance, I'm sure spurred on by the knowledge that Bowie was watching from the wings."
Then, while his stand- in took over filming, the real Bowie led an audience including the band towards...
"...an old Wurlitzer jukebox, housed in an adjacent room of the club. I, along with about 20 extras, regulars of the club and who, one could tell, were also big fans, followed him at a respectful distance. David proceeded to begin selecting records, and so we all moved closer, and eventually, on his invitation, sat down before him.
It was from that point on, for the next two blissful hours, that we were treated to a private audience with the legendary musician! Many of the songs he played were from his LP, Pin Ups and he regaled us with wonderful stories about when he originally saw the bands at the Marquee Club and Eel Pie Island, and why he chose to record each one: Bands such as the Yardbirds, the Who, the Kinks and the Pretty Things, etc.
As this remarkable day was coming to a close, I was looking for a light for my cigarette and asked David's assistant Coco for one. Unbeknownst to me, Bowie was only one foot away from me, hidden from view, just the other side of a doorway. It was at this moment that he magically appeared before me, presenting a lit lighter! He had a devil of a time actually getting it lit, but eventually succeeded, and so, yes, David Bowie lit my cigarette!"
From lighting a ciggie for a member of Northampton's premier exponents of goth to Absolute Beginners in a three year jump next time out, plenty of ch-ch-changes still to ch-ch-chart as we plough on, oh you pretty things....
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Peter has worked in the accounting and business industry for over 30 years in Australia and overseas. He has broad business management and accounting expertise that is valued by clients across a diverse range of industries, with particular interest in hospitality and integrated tourism developments. Peter also has extensive experience in the mining industry having acted for numerous resource companies in Australia, Papua New Guinea and other jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific region.
His career began in the Australian Taxation Office and included roles in the policy and legislation division in Canberra. Prior to becoming a Partner with Hanrick Curran Peter was the founding partner of a Brisbane practice and traveled extensively as a Partner in a global accounting firm for seven years.
Peter is an active member of the Cairns Chamber of Commerce and contributes valuable business management advice to attendees in the Chamber's 2014 Strengthening Regional Business workshops.
Peter is an avid contributor to his client's strategic plans, assisting them to determine the path to improved profitability and business value then supporting them to implement the strategies through regular Board of Advice services. He has extensive corporate experience in this Board of Advice role having held executive positions on an International School Board, the University of Queensland Rugby Union Club, the Papua Club, the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and as President of the Australia / Papua New Guinea Business and Cultural Society. In 2010 Peter was elected to the Executive Committee of Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council and is the current Treasurer.
Peter and partner Annie have 5 adult children and 4 grandchildren so far. He is an active family man and whilst Peter has a hectic travel schedule splitting his time between Brisbane, Cairns and PNG he always make sure he allocates family time.
Peter enjoys swimming regularly and playing a round of golf with friends at the QHA golf days. He uses his knack for numbers at the horse track and enjoys a social bet whilst soaking up the atmosphere of major race days on the calendar in Cairns and Brisbane.


Blogging about food and wine is something that I thoroughly enjoy. I love it. Even more, I love the people and projects that have come to fruition because of my foray into the blogging world. When I started out with blogging, my goal was to show the perspective of food and wine, from someone who ACTUALLY works in the restaurant business. By trade, I am a service member and sommelier at a highly-rated Michelin. Which essentially means, I know what I am talking about when it comes to food and wine.
At least, I like to think so.
One of the best things about blogging though is the fact that I've started projects like Cinq: A Chicago Food Wine + Social Club, and the true friendships that I have formed with the great people surrounding that project. Kit Graham, Lauren Folkmann, Katharine Shindoll, and Laura Leigh Nash are four of the best new friends I have made in the past 6 months.
What I didn't realize though, is that when it comes to food/lifestyle blogging, I am a man living in a woman's world. 98% of the bloggers that I've encountered via social media or in real life are women. I guess it's something that I didn't expect when I started blogging. However, I can't seem to find any men who blog about food, wine, lifestyle, or fashion. Don't get me wrong, there are some out there. But like I said, 98% of this side of blogging is dominated by women.
I suppose if I wanted to find more male bloggers, I would need to get into fantasy football, comic books, video games, or cars. No thanks. I'll take my chances with the ladies. The reality though is that I don't have a problem being the 'minority' in this side of blogging. What I write about comes naturally to me. I live it and breathe it every day, so why limit myself to blogging about it because of the demographics of lifestyle blogs? The majority of my friends are females in the first place, so I don't have a problem with making a few more of them. I know, I know. First-world problems.
Come to think of it though, I have only met three male food/lifestyle bloggers in my travels so far. So I think it goes without saying that events for this side of blogging are geared towards, and mostly attended by women. Which translates to me only being able to participate in certain events for bloggers.
Joining a social club that is geared towards women? Nope. Can't do that!
Attending an event where I can learn how to apply makeup for a hot date? Nope. Can't do that either.
Being part of a fashion show for women's clothing on a local television station in the morning? Yeah, right. Going to have to pass on that one!
I think you get the point though. There are some minor inconveniences, and in a sense, it's been a learning process for me. Where most men would be turned off by all the events geared towards women, I find that I am trying to break ground here and make a name for male food and lifestyle bloggers. I am extremely proud of the friendships I have made, and glad to be a part of something like Windy City Blogger Collective from the ground floor.
For all you men out there reading (ok, I know there are very, very, very few of you men reading this), don't give up! Stick to your passion and have fun learning from all these great ladies in the blogging world. As you would suspect, there certainly is more "drama" than I anticipated. But I suppose there is drama anywhere. I've seen fights break out between men at fantasy football drafts, over video games, and at "bro-bars" because of the outcome of a college football game. Like I said before; no thanks. I'll stick with the ladies and the deeper insights on things that matter to me.


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Cloud strategy paves the way to data-driven business models for WWN
Cloud strategy paves WWN's way to data-driven business models
Cloud solution based on Microsoft Azure
IT strategy for smart grid business processes and models
Luzern/Gütersloh – As part of a project to introduce Redispatch 2.0 processes at Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH (WWN), the consulting firm HORIZONTE Group and the IT service provider Arvato Systems have built a cloud-based data platform for the East Westphalian network operator. From this, the redispatch processes are to be consistently fed with all the necessary data, but in the future, numerous other business processes and models of intelligent grid operation and the energy transition.
Based on the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) and the Grid Expansion Acceleration Act (NABEG), Redispatch 2.0 was established to manage power grid bottlenecks. Through comprehensive forecasts, real-time and planning data to be exchanged, potential grid bottlenecks are to be identified early and avoided through "redispatch," i.e. a modification of the planned power plant deployment. All generation plants (conventional, RE, CHP) and controllable loads with a capacity of 100 kW or more must be included in this process, representing an immense effort for the nearly 900 grid operators in Germany.
"For distribution grid operators, Redispatch 2.0 means that grid technology and grid management will have to work together more closely than before," explains Bashkim Malushaj, a member of the Board of Directors at HORIZONTE-Group AG. "This applies both in terms of organization and information technology. A common central data platform is the foundation and bracket for digitized and increasingly data-driven business processes. This applies to a large extent to congestion management in the grid and even more so to future innovative business models. The data silos that have prevailed among companies in the energy industry stand in the way of such future projects."
Based on these strategic considerations, WWN commissioned the HORIZONTE Group to prepare a proof of concept to establish a central data platform. To find the best solution for implementation, the HORIZONTE Group, the consulting partner with overall responsibility for the redispatch project at WWN, conducted a call for tenders. Arvato Systems, an IT service provider with proven energy market expertise and experience in big data projects, scored with a cloud solution based on Microsoft Azure. The concept convinced those responsible at WWN. The data platform was set up and put into operation within four months.
"WWN extracts data from various existing commercial and technical IT systems and brings this data together on the platform," says Dr. Alexander Roth, Director Data & AI at Arvato Systems, explaining how it works. The platform consists of a data management layer and an application layer. In the data management layer, which is scalable for large volumes, inconsistencies can be detected and cleaned up by comparing the various data sets. In the application layer, the cleaned data is made available for the redispatch process and for other services.
Network operators must be able to cope with the increasing flood of data
For Dr. Alexander Roth, the platform approach is the only option for digitizing network processes in a way that is fit for the future: "In the old redispatch process, around 200 large power plants control the German transmission network. In Redispatch 2.0 and the shift of system responsibility to the medium and low-voltage network operators, the processes there are becoming much more small-scale and complex. In Germany, we are currently talking about just under 100,000 generation plants relevant to Redispatch 2.0. In the future, this number will increase to more than two million distributed generation plants that must be intelligently managed in the redispatch process. The number of master data, forecast data, and movement data increase exponentially. As a result of the Controllable Consumption Devices Act, devices on the consumer side will soon also have to be integrated into the optimization processes, further increasing the flood of data. Network operators must be able to deal with this."
A vital advantage of the cloud solution is that you can start small. That's why WWN calls it a "garage solution" that was created in the first step and can now be expanded into a "villa" as needed. "With Microsoft Azure cloud technology, you can put the services together like Lego blocks," says Dr. Alexander Roth. "There is no need for high initial investment, but you can scale successively, both functionally and performance-wise. "
Further use cases in the implementation
"Redispatch is only the first application step," emphasizes Dr. Alexander Roth. "With a central data platform, it is easier and more targeted to optimize the network and, in other use cases, to place end customers at the center of the business and offer them data-based value-added services. HORIZONTE Group and Arvato Systems are currently implementing additional use cases for WWN and further improving the level of automation. Elmar Dopp, project manager in the Redispatch 2.0 project at WWN, is convinced of the chosen path: "Using a common, optimized database throughout the company brings us advantages in every respect: fewer manual interventions due to inconsistencies, a higher degree of automation, more transparency in the network and many options for new business models.
About Horizonte
HORIZONTE-Group AG, based in Lucerne, Switzerland, is an energy management consulting company in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It has the extensive market experience and is broadly networked in the energy industry. One focus of the consulting is the preparation of energy supply companies for the digitalization of the energy transition. ww.horizonte.group


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Q: JDBC create Data Source requires restart - Websphere 9.0 I am creating a JDBC data source in websphere. Everything works fine for the creation part. So when I test connection from websphere Data Sources the connection is successful. But if I try to access it through the browser like going to
http://10.10.10.23:9090/TestJdbCResourceName/ I get a Sql Exception.
And I would expect to get Connection: com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcConnection@f9cf6468
But all I get is:
java.sql.SQLException
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.AdapterUtil.toSQLException(AdapterUtil.java:1705)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:663)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:613)
    at com.test.testHello.TestServlet.doGet(TestServlet.java:29)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:687)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1234)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:778)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:477)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:178)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:1124)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:4115)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppImpl.handleRequest(WebAppImpl.java:2198)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:304)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1028)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1817)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:382)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:465)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:532)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:318)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:289)
    at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
    at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
    at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:175)
    at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
    at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture$1.run(AsyncChannelFuture.java:205)
    at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1892)
Caused by: javax.resource.spi.ResourceAllocationException
    at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.FreePool.createManagedConnectionWithMCWrapper(FreePool.java:2523)
    at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.FreePool.createOrWaitForConnection(FreePool.java:1840)
    at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.PoolManager.reserve(PoolManager.java:3840)
    at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.PoolManager.reserve(PoolManager.java:3116)
    at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateMCWrapper(ConnectionManager.java:1548)
    at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateConnection(ConnectionManager.java:1031)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:646)
    ... 25 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionPoolDataSource.getPooledConnection(OracleConnectionPoolDataSource.java:68)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.InternalGenericDataStoreHelper$1.run(InternalGenericDataStoreHelper.java:1365)
    at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:118)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.InternalGenericDataStoreHelper.getPooledConnection(InternalGenericDataStoreHelper.java:1384)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSRdbDataSource.getPooledConnection(WSRdbDataSource.java:2154)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.getConnection(WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.java:1787)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.createManagedConnection(WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.java:1557)
    at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.createManagedConnection(WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.java:1113)
    at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.FreePool.createManagedConnectionWithMCWrapper(FreePool.java:2162)
    ... 31 more

When I restart Websphere and try the exact the same thing it works.
But restart is not an option as other applications are running on websphere.
Not sure why this is requiring a restart and not working straight after creation. (As it works from Data Sources test connection)
What could be causing this to happen?

A: WebSphere Application Server traditional, which you are using, does not support updates to data sources without a server restart, which is why you see errors when you attempt it.  For the sake of others who might read this answer in the future, it should be clarified that WebSphere Application Server Liberty does support configuration updates to data sources without server restart, but that will not help in your case because you are using the traditional WebSphere Application Server edition.
The reason that you can see it succeed via the test connection operation is that the test connection operation does not exercise normal product codepath through the connection manager and simply forms a connection directly via the JDBC driver.  Given that all of your configuration is correct, this succeeds, whereas accessing the data source through JNDI (production codepath) fails.

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Space Ghost Coast To Coast
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (often abbreviated SGC2C) is an American animated parody talk show hosted by the 60s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. The show was purportedly shot and broadcast from Ghost Planet. The show premiered on April 15, 1994 on Cartoon Network. Though originally intended to cater to a wide audience of children, teens, and adults, Space Ghost Coast to Coast became more offbeat and edgy in its direction, and transformed into the launchpad for what would become the Adult Swim network. SGC2C was also Cartoon Network's first completely original series.
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Coming all the way from New York was and adventure and a challenge. My time in Sweden will remain very memorable. I will tell many, many, many people about everything!!!
You have given me a gift in many degrees….focus, energy, relaxation, senses, my body, my mind, my spirit and more.
Thank you very much, Rose-Marie!
Sweden – your country – is delicate and sensitive. I will remember the yoga, the water and the seemingly endless sunlight forever!
Thank you Rose-Marie for a 5 day TREAT! (not just a retreat but an amazing treat for body and soul!).
Gentle Yoga & Pilates Classes well planned and spaced out over the days to create the perfect combination of 'physical/mental' workout, ample time to relax and explore the beautiful surroundings of Fiskebäckskil. I have reached a point of 'internal space' come Friday! The classes built up to a beautiful flow towards the end of the week. The same with the breathing and meditation classes – gently building up as we deepen the knowledge and experience throughout the days.
The hotel accommodation and breakfast are excellent and the environment has been a splendid backdrop to the retreat!
A real treat for body, mind and soul – Sun, Sea & Yoga = life doesn't get better than this!!!
Although I was slightly apprehensive about my lack of yoga experience I thoroughly enjoyed the sessions. The planning of the sessions was considered very thoughtfully by Rose-Marie – she appreciated that many of us would be stiff from the journey and our lifestyles and gently eased us into the retreat by starting with plenty of stretches and introductory poses.
The views from the yoga studio were beautiful – looking directly over the fjord. The inclusion of the Pilates sessions I greatly appreciated and I would like to thank Rose-Marie for considering my needs.
Despite having had a bad slipped disc a year ago I was able to partake in the whole retreat and Rose-Marie I could tell was mindful of my situation.
The hotel was fantastic and the sea view was really worth it. The food and the company of the other retreat guests were also very good. have a smile on my face as I walk around the hotel and thoroughly enjoyed the sun and the beach.
The relaxation sessions were spine tingingly amazing, the music was excellent in providing the right atmosphere and very helpful in making the most of the sessions.
I have had a fantastic time!
Having attended a second of Rose-Marie's retreats I can only reiterate what I said about the first – that everyone should do it!
This week has been a fabulous experience from the organisation, and information provided before attending to the location and scenery during attendance and that was before I even began talking about the yoga, Pilates and meditation. If only I could bottle this feeling and apply it whenever I need it!
I cannot recommend it highly enough and am already planning for the next one.
I loved it all! The hotel was really nice and relaxing and the bed was the most comfortable in the world!
Rose-Marie is a great and friendly teacher and the yoga, pilates and meditation sessions were perfect for me – I managed to do more than I thought I would be able to and felt so much better. My body actually looked forward to the next session, despite my inclination!
The whole experience confirmed my love for Sweden and I shall be back – for a 5th time! Soon!
Thank you so much for your style of teaching yoga. I loved it! It felt just really good – calm and easy – and a sense that the mind could surrender.
I found it very easy to follow as you are very good at explaining and just say the right things.
The structure during the week occurred to me to be just perfect! I really felt my body change and was happy to be able to do a 'normal' practice as I can often experience dizziness and light-headedness in some postures, so the pace was just perfect! Or even better…I just allowed myself to dive in and accept and surrender…and I really do thank you for letting me experience that! I would now like to do yoga at home in the morning. The joy of yoga has really returned!
The hotel and surroundings were beautiful – loved it, thanks so much again!
I thoroughly enjoyed my yoga week away! The venue was beautiful and the location was ideal for completely relaxing. The yoga timetable worked very well and I felt myself improving with every class. I would not hesitate in recommending this retreat to anyone looking for a peaceful and relaxing week.
Rose-Marie tailored the class to suit all levels and worked patiently and calmly with us so that we could get the most out of the movements and postures.
The venue was spectacular and the Swedish breakfasts were out of his world.
'Rose-Marie is a wonderful Yoga/Pilates teacher and when you spend a week with her you realise just how good she is!
The Asia Spa in a fabulous setting with a magical Yoga Studio and Meditation Room added to the quality of Rose-Marie's teaching.
Lots of inspired Yoga, an amazing "Creative Flow Yoga" class and on top of that as much time in the Spa as you would desire – what a fabulous combination! I have booked my space for next year!
Thank you Rose-Marie for a truly wonderful time. The food, the place, the people, I had a ball.' Love from Aly Harrold, Kent.
'If you need to ease the stress and strain of modern living, then Rose-Marie's Spa Break in Sweden is just the antidote. A luxurious few days in a wonderful, top class Spa Hotel (with Jacuzzi, Vitality Pool, several Saunas, Japanese Wash Room and Meditation Room) was enjoyed by a group of 14 in the charming town of Varberg. The well planned and varied programme prepared by Rose-Marie was excellent and allowed time for wonderful treatments, as well as a walk in a lovely nature reserve.


They'll come all at once- or maybe you're stacking it all up for a BIG win!
Congrats! I can usually come close to winning my age group in 5k's, but it depends on the competition. I hate it when I skip a race and then look up the results and realize how well I would've placed! You never know!
Haha, exactly! I should probably stop doing that.
Congrats! I have won a 1 month subscription to Runner's Box & an entry into a Spartan Race.
Wow! The Nathan gift would be really handy! Shame you couldn't use the free race entry, but something like that can end up as an expensive win!
Wow, you're lucky, lucky Paul! It's typical though, winning something you buy yourself!


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Develop new processes to increase the effectiveness of reporting and consolidate & maintain departmental reports used internally and externally by parties such as to other departments, senior management, etc.
Develop and maintain new standardized reporting on a routine basis, i.e., define, create, automate, and maintain operational recurring reports.
Maintain a reporting schedule and documentation of reporting procedures. Generate and maintain control documentation of reporting procedures to comply with governance audits and regulatory requirements. Will also build audit process to ensure data integrity and efficiency.


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The Strokes - Live @ Sweetlife Festival, USA, 01-05-2011
Source: Soundboard
Sound Quality: 8/10
1. Is This It
2. Under Cover of Darkness
3. The Modern Age
4. Life Is Simple in the Moonlight
5. I Can't Win
6. Hard to Explain
7. Under Control
9. New York City Cops
10. Taken for a Fool
11. Someday
12. Gratisfaction
13. Automatic Stop
14. Reptilia
15. Last Nite
16. Take It or Leave It
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thestrokes
Buy the Music: http://thestrokes.com
Support the artist by buying their records and attending their shows.
Etiquetas: The Strokes
Lou Reed - Live @ Concerthouse, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-05-1974
1. (Intro) / Sweet Jane
2. Vicious
3. Ride Sally Ride
4. Heroin
5. Lady Day
6. I'm Waiting For The Man
7. Oh Jim
8. Walk On The Wild Side
9. Rock and Roll
10. White Light/White Heat
11. (banter)
12. Sister Ray
Facebook: www.facebook.com/LouReed
Buy the Music: http://loureed.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayItems.html
Etiquetas: Lou Reed
The Smashing Pumpkins - Live @ Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark, 26-05-1998
1. To Sheila
2. Tear
3. Once Upon a Time
4. Crestfallen
5. Ava Adore
6. Daphne Descends
7. Thru the Eyes of Ruby
8. Perfect
9. Tonight, Tonight
10. Bullet With Butterfly Wings
11. Shame
12. For Martha
Facebook: www.facebook.com/smashingpumpkins
Buy the Music: www.smashingpumpkins.com
Etiquetas: The Smashing Pumpkins
Jamiroquai - Live @ Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 12-07-1995
1. Obnoxious" Intro / Revolution 1993
2. Blow Your Mind
3. Light Years
4. Who The Funk Do You Think You Are?
5. Emergency On The Planet Earth
6. Scam
7. Journey To Arnhemland
8. Sunny
9. Stillness In Time
10. Just Another Story
11. Don't Stop The Feelin'
12. Space Cowboy
13. The Kids
14. Didgeridoo Solo
15. Our Time Is Coming
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JamiroquaiOfficial
Buy the Music: www.jamiroquai.com
Etiquetas: Festival - Montreux Jazz, Jamiroquai
Primal Scream - Live @ Barrowland, Glasgow, Scotland, 08-02-1998
NOTE: Not the complete show - missing 2 tracks.
Source: FM Broadcast
1. Out of the Void
2. Stuka
3. Burning Wheel
4. If They Move, Kill 'em
5. Rocks
6. Star
7. Come Together
8. I'm 5 Years Ahead Of My Time
9. Higher Than the Sun
10. Kowalski
Facebook: www.facebook.com/primalscreamofficial
Buy the Music: www.primalscream.net
Etiquetas: Primal Scream
The Pretenders - Live @ Theater de Meervaart, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 31-05-1980
1. The Wait / Precious
2. Talk of the Town
3. Cuban Slide
4. Private Life
5. Space Invader
6. The Phone Call
7. I Go to Sleep (The Kinks cover)
8. Brass in Pocket
9. Kid
10. Up the Neck
11. Mystery Achievement
12. Stop Your Sobbing (The Kinks cover)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pretenders
Buy the Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/pretenders/id2663644
Etiquetas: The Pretenders
Nirvana - Live @ Studio A, The Music Source, Seattle, USA, 01-01-1991
1. Aneurysm
2. Oh, The Guilt (Instrumental)
3. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (With scratch vocal)
4. On A Plain (With scratch vocal)
5. All Apologies (With scratch vocal)
6. Even In His Youth
7. Token Eastern Song (With scratch vocal)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Nirvana
Buy the Music: www.nirvana.com
Etiquetas: Nirvana
Peter Gabriel - Live @ Glastonbury Festival, England, 26-06-1994
1. (Intro)
2. Come Talk to Me
3. Quiet Steam
4. Steam
5. Games Without Frontiers
6. Across the River
7. Shakin' the Tree (Youssou N'Dour cover)
8. Blood of Eden
9. Red Rain
10. San Jacinto
11. Solsbury Hill
12. Digging in the Dirt
13. Sledgehammer
14. Secret World
15. In Your Eyes
16. Biko
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PeterGabriel
Buy the Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/peter-gabriel/id115433
Etiquetas: Festival - Glastonbury, Peter Gabriel
Oasis - Live @ Royal Festival Hall, London, England, 23-08-1996
NOTE: Unplugged show.
1. Hello
2. Some Might Say
3. Live Forever
4. The MasterPlan
5. Dont Look Back In Anger
6. Talk Tonight
7. Morning Glory
8. Round Are Way
9. Cast No Shadow
10. WonderWall
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OasisOfficial
Buy the Music: www.oasisinet.com
Etiquetas: Oasis
PJ Harvey - Live @ Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands, 01-11-1992
NOTE: Not the complete show.
1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Hair
3. Victory
4. Sheel-Na-Gig
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PJHarvey
Buy the Music: http://pjharvey.net
Etiquetas: PJ Harvey
Beck - Live @ Bridge School Benefit Festival, USA, 28 & 29-10-2000
NOTE: Semiacoustic Set.
The Bridge School is a non-profit organization enabling individuals with severe speech and physical impairments to pursue their goals and dreams. Click on http://bridgeschool.org/concert and help this organization.
1. Bottle of Blues
2. Lazy Flies
3. Lonesome Whistle Blow
4. Dead Melodies
5. Who's That Knocking At My Window
6. One Foot In The Grave
7. Hollow Log
8. Sing It Again
9. He's A Mighty Good Leader
10. Life Don't Pass Me By
11. Devil Got My Woman
12. We Live Again
13. Nobody's Fault But My Own
14. Debra
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Beck
Buy the Music: http://store.beck.com
Etiquetas: Beck, Festival - Bridge School Benefit
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What better way to spend your summer than lounging by your own backyard pool.
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The best swimming pool designs, ideas and pictures can help you plan out your backyard outdoor oasis. Whether you are remodeling your existing pool or putting in a new one there are a variety to shapes, materials, and types that you can choose from. There are in ground or above ground pools, circular or square ones, tile or vinyl one, as well as gunite swimming pools. Some easy pool remodeling tips include deep cleaning it or replacing the walls.
If you have a tile pool you could retile the floor and walls of the pool to create a brand new look. Vinyl pools can even be renovated by simply installing a new liner. These materials are also options when building a pool in your backyard from scratch. Another popular trend is to have a concrete swimming pool in your home. These are simple and low maintenance and can look great with any style home. No matter the style of you décor, there are many pool decorating ideas that you can choose from to create your dream home.


Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, the Inventor of Email, was featured in an article on EagleTribune.com on March 7, 2019. The article was entitled "Climate change lecture heats up, warranting police presence".
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai was featured in this article in The Eagle Tribune in which his disruption of a "climate scientist" was reported.


Kerianne Quick and Jess Tolbert first met as Graduate students in Metal at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 2010, where they discovered their shared interests in elaborate halloween costume making, high intensity group fitness boot camp classes, and the compelling, multi-faceted, layered, and meaningful world of contemporary jewelry. Jess and Kerianne now teach Jewelry and Metals at the University of Texas El Paso and San Diego State University, respectively, and continue to share ideas, beers, and collaborate.
While in Omaha for the Present Tense ACC conference, Keri & Jess worked on curating the exhibition from over 100 works!
*airbnb with gallery walls & lighting a plus!
The exhibition titled Duality of Presence explores a movement in American contemporary jewelry and object making where artists aim to reveal hidden narratives through material, format, presentation, and interaction. The works reveal and question histories, lineage, conveyance, and supply chain to expand and contract possible contexts of meaning. In virtual reality a 'duality of presence' refers to the user's ability to be present in both their own reality and another, via technology. This duality of presence highlights a specific approach in American making where artists explore both visible and veiled contexts through material, connecting the objects we make to a multiplicity of perspectives generated by these connections.
This exhibition suggests and demonstrates that material specificity conjures both the reality in front of us, and others – at a distance. To be simultaneously viewing the artwork in the gallery, but also be transported by the materials story provides insight to our relationships with objects, materials, and histories through materiality, research, and making.


Urging Public Utility Commissions To Protect Against Retail Ratepayer Subsidization Of Regulated Natural Gas Utility Participation In The Non-Regulated Natural Gas Vehicle Refueling Market.
WHEREAS, these advantages will create an anti-competitive market that will discourage private investment, reduce competition and therefore impede the development of a robust natural gas vehicle refueling market.
Natural gas refueling stations should be a competitive business. As such, retail ratepayers should not be required to subsidize, either directly or indirectly, any gas distribution utilities' natural gas refueling stations.
Any other natural gas refueling station related activity.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NASUCA authorizes its Executive Committee to develop specific positions and to take appropriate actions consistent with the terms of this resolution. The Executive Committee shall advise the membership of any proposed action prior to taking such action, if possible. In any event, the Executive Committee shall notify its membership of any action taken pursuant to this resolution.


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BonzoFury said:
He just won the BTT. No doubt that was a great run. His only tourney run... outside of making the NIT Final in 2013.
The "most wins in history" is more a by product of how long he's had the job. He also has the most losses in school history.
Before you leap to false conclusions, I'm not agreeing with O'Keefe...just completing the picture.
That said, some youth would be a good move. Kirk Speraw was great and Billy Taylor was a tough loss too, need to replace them with somebody good and younger. There are some great young assistants that could position themselves to be the next HC when Fran retires.
Meant to say second highest/most wins in a season…..you cite the B10 tournament run as his "only" tournament run and then list another significant post season run…the bottom line is that he's proven he can/does win.
Ronman
Planet Iowa
Last year?
How old are you? Memory fading?
You think winning the BTT is the same as winning the conference championship? How alford of you! While a nice achievement and a fun experience, I maintain the last conference championship for us was the tie with Purdue in 1979.
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Ronman said:
The tournament champion gets the automatic bid. The conference championship game only occurs once, and Iowa won it. They haven't won the regular season yet, yes, but they have won a championship game.
Matt Gatens has a lot of reasons to visit IC, but, I heard that he was here mid week. Could be something, or it could be coincidence.
dekhawk
lucas80 said:
It's gatens.
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Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Kanye West made a rare late night show appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday and discussed his support for President Donald Trump and mental health.
Kimmel asked West about his views on the president and West said he's been criticized by liberals, African-Americans and by members of the hip-hop community for his political stance and has been told constantly not to share his views.
"When I see people just even like go at the president, it's like, why not try love? One by one by one, we can diffuse this nuclear bomb of hate of society by thinking of everyone as our family and how we treat our kids," West said.
Kimmel also asked West what he thought about his wife Kim Kardashian traveling to the White House to receive a pardon from Trump for Alice Marie Johnson who was given a life sentence for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense.
"Well, she's super passionate about it, and it was amazing for her to see that dream come true," West said.
"Were you ever concerned about her being alone in the Oval Office with President Trump?" Kimmel then asked, to which West responded, "Well, he is a player."
West, when talking about his bipolar disorder, called for more open discussions about mental health.
"Yeah. It's not an opposite, it drives more of how you really feel. It's important for us to have open conversations about mental health especially with me being black, because we never had therapists in the black community," he said, along with how being bipolar has helped shape who he is as a person.
West's appearance on Kimmel was the musician's first since 2013 where he discussed the Hollywood Walk of Fame and classism. The appearance followed West slamming the late-night host on Twitter for mocking an interview he had with BBC Radio 1. The pair reconciled and Kimmel apologized.


Home to Snow Monkey, Kottu & Co, Grill House, Waffle Inc, B&B (Buns and Biriyani), The Wing Spot and The Village Kitchen, The Food Station should be on your list of go-to places if you are looking for a reasonably priced, decent spot for lunch or dinner.
Tamir Illyas, Founder, The Food Station said, adding that it has been a challenge to his vendors but explains that he wants to maintain this so that customers will know they can come to The Food Station and not worry about the dent it would leave in their wallets while also having a decent array of dishes to choose from.
The atmosphere is a food court like one with open stalls where you can pick from any one of the seven vendors. You can come as you are, dig into what's on offer and chill out. Tamir hopes to screen movies and host game nights while also giving the place out for private functions.
If sweetened shaved ice is your thing Snow Monkey has an array of sweet treats to dig into. You start by nibbling on the flavoured ice and then use a straw to slurp the rest in. The prices range from Rs 100 to Rs 300 and is based on the number of flavours.
Even though the title of the place is Kottu & Co, they also dish out rice dishes and beverages. Their Chicken Cheese Kottu (Rs 430) comes highly recommended. The portion is more than sufficient for two people (if you opt to have dessert too!) while there was plenty of cheese and chicken in it. The spicy chilli paste gave it a super kick too.
B&B is possibly the only place in town you can get a Jumbo Hot Dog (Rs 200) which is extremely close to the original Elephant House hot dog from the old days. They seem to have got the gooey, spicy sauce right, while the pepper corns and curry leaves create a real authentic feel. They also dish out a scrumptious Crispy Chicken Burger (Rs 350).
The rule of thumb with chicken wings is to have them hot. (We featured Wing Spot on September 21 so have a look at that article for more details). The addition since we featured them is the mixing of sauces of which we had the Mango Naimiris and Thai Dye (Rs 450 for eight wings) which was an impressive blend.
We opted for the Grilled Chicken and Sausages with Cucumber and Pineapple Salad (Rs 400). The portion here was well worth it but the sausages were a bit odd in flavour. The chicken was succulent while the fresh salad gave a refreshing note to this meaty dish.
We tried both the sweet and savoury options at Waffle Inc. The former was definitely the better of the two of which we had the Sweet Waffle Kottu (Rs 500). The dish comes with caramelised pieces of waffles, fresh fruit and two scoops of ice cream. There was a lot going on in this dish but it was pretty decent.
The savoury waffle we tried – Half Prawn and Half Chicken Waffle (Rs 350) was pretty average though and didn't give us much to write home about.
The Village Kitchen serves Rice and Curry for lunch and Hoppers and Pol Rotti for dinner. The Rice and Curry come in Chicken (Rs 200), Fish (Rs 180), Egg (Rs 180 and Vegetarian (Rs 160) while the Hoppers are priced at Rs 20 for a normal hopper and Rs 50 for an egg hopper while the Pol Rottis are Rs 30 a piece.
The Hoppers with Lunu Miris and Chicken Curry (Rs 200) are more than enough for one person. They also whipped up some refreshing drinks made with organic fruits. We had the Pink Boost (Rs 100) and Naarang and Mint Crush (Rs 100). The former is a blend of Pomegranate, Narang, Mint Leaves, Water Melon, King Coconut Water (optional) and Water while the latter is a simple mix of Naarang, Mint Leaves, King Coconut Water (optional) and Water.


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A script for Unity3D to customize the caret of a Text Mesh Pro Input Field game object.
/// This class is for creating a custom caret for TextMeshPro InputField GameObjects in Unity.
/// To use, create a Text Mesh Pro Text object to contain the caret itself with this script attached.
/// Create a Text Mesh Pro Input Field objext and set its caret blink rate to 0.
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