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Yakshinis or yakshis (यक्षिणी  or yakṣī;  or yakkhī) are a class of female nature spirits in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious mythologies that are different from devas and asuras (classes of power-seeking beings), and gandharvas or apsaras (celestial nymphs). Yakshinis and their male counterparts, the yakshas, are one of the many paranormal beings associated with the centuries-old sacred groves of India. Yakshis are also found in the traditional legends of Northeastern Indian tribes, ancient legends of Kerala, and in the folktales of Kashmiri Muslims. Sikhism also mentions yakshas in its sacred texts.

The well behaved and benign ones are worshipped as tutelaries, they are the attendees of Kubera, the treasurer of the gods, and also the Hindu god of wealth who ruled Himalayan kingdom of Alaka. There are also malign and mischievous yakshinis with poltergeist-like behaviours, that can haunt and curse humans according to Indian folklore.

The ashoka tree is closely associated with yakshinis. The young girl at the foot of the tree is an ancient motif indicating fertility on the Indian subcontinent.  One of the recurring elements in Indian art, often found as gatekeepers in ancient Buddhist and Hindu temples, is a yakshini with her foot on the trunk and her hands holding the branch of a stylized flowering ashoka or, less frequently, other tree with flowers or fruits.

Yakshinis in Buddhism

The three sites of Bharhut, Sanchi, and Mathura, have yielded huge numbers of Yakshi figures, most commonly on the railing pillars of stupas. These show a clear development and progression that establishes certain characteristics of the Yakshi figure such as her nudity, smiling face and evident (often exaggerated) secondary sexual characteristics that lead to their association with fertility. The yakshi is usually shown with her hand touching a tree branch, in a sinuous tribhanga pose, thus some authors hold that the young girl at the foot of the tree is based on an ancient tree deity.

Yakshis were important in early Buddhist monuments as a decorative element and are found in many ancient Buddhist archaeological sites. They became Salabhanjikas (sal tree maidens) with the passing of the centuries, a standard decorative element of both Indian sculpture and Indian temple architecture.

The sal tree (Shorea robusta) is often confused with the ashoka tree (Saraca indica) in the ancient literature of the Indian Subcontinent. The position of the Salabhanjika is also related to the position of Queen Māyā of Sakya when she gave birth to Gautama Buddha under an asoka tree in a garden in Lumbini, while grasping its branch.

List of yakshini found in Buddhist literature
Below is a nonexhaustive list of yakshinis found in Buddhist literature:

Hārītī
Ālikā
Vendā
Anopamā
Vimalaprabhā
Śrī
Śankhinī
Meghā
Timisikā
Prabhāvatī
Bhīmā
Haritā
Mahādevī
Nālī
Udaryā
Kuntī
Sulocanā
Śubhru
Susvarā
Sumatī
Vasumatī
Citrākṣī
Pūrnasniṣā
Guhykā
Suguhyakā
Mekhalā
Sumekhalā
Padmocchā
Abhayā
Jayā
Vijayā
Revatikā
Keśinī
Keśāntā
Anila
Manoharā
Manovatī
Kusumavatī
Kusumapuravāsinī
Pingalā
Vīramatī
Vīrā
Suvīrā
Sughorā
Ghorā
Ghorāvatī
Surāsundari
Surasā
Guhyottamārī
Vaṭavāsinī
Aśokā
Andhārasunarī
Ālokasunarī
Prabhāvatī
Atiśayavatī
Rūpavatī
Surūpā
Asitā
Saumyā
Kāṇā
Menā
Nandinī
Upanandinī
Lokāntarā
Kuvaṇṇā (Pali)
Cetiyā (Pali)
Piyaṅkaramātā (Pali)
Punabbasumātā (Pali)
Bhesakalā (Pali)

Yakshinis in Hinduism
In the Uddamareshvara Tantra, thirty-six yakshinis are described, including their mantras and ritual prescriptions. A similar list of yakshas and yakshinis are given in the Tantraraja Tantra, where it says that these beings are givers of whatever is desired. They are the guardians of the treasure hidden in the earth.They can be Sattvik, Rajas, Tamas in nature.

36 Yakshinis

The sadhak can take yakshini as mother, sister or wife before commencing it. Proper mantra dikshaa from guru can speed up the mantra siddhi. They can be invoked with mantra "Om hreem shreem nityadravae mada (yakshini name) shreem hreem". The list of thirty six yakshinis given in the Uddamareshvara Tantra is as follows, along with some of the associated legends:

 Vichitra (The Lovely One)
 Vibhrama (Amorous One): She is a tamas yakshini and should be worshipped naked by lighting camphor, ghee, and her mantra should be recited 20,000 times. Her mantra should be written with dust from Cremation Ground. After that 20,000 times havan need to be performed with cow ghee.
 Hamsi (The one with Swan)
 Bhishani (The Terrifying)
 Janaranjika (Pleasuring Men)
 Vishala (Large Eyed)
 Madana (Lustful)
 Ghanta (Bell)
 Kalakarni (Ears Adorned with Kalas): Recite her mantra 10000 times with blade of grass. She gives a shakti.
 Mahabhaya (Greatly Fearful)
 Mahendri (Greatly Powerful): Gives the person the ability to fly. One obtains Patala Siddhi.
 Shankhini (Conch Girl ): Fulfilment of any desire.
 Chandri (Moon Girl):
 Shmashana (Cremation Ground Girl ): She is a Tamas yakshini.
 Vatayakshini: She resides in the banyan tree.
 Mekhala (Love Girdle): She gives magical unguent which when smeared subjugated women. The sadhak has to go to madhuka tree in blossom on 14th day of lunar cycle and must chant her mantra. "Om Drim hum madanamekalayai madanavidhambanayai namah svaha".
 Vikala
 Lakshmi (Wealth)
 Malini (Flower Girl )
 Shatapatrika (100 Flowers )
 Sulochana (Lovely Eyed)
 Shobha
 Kapalini (Skull Girl)
 Varayakshini: She bestows boons to sadhak.
 Nati (Actress):
 Kameshvari: She gives gems,clothes and secrets of alchemy to the sadhak.
 Dhana yakshini: She is used to provide knowledge on past,present.She is a sattva yakshini.She also provide riches to the sadhak.The sadhak should climb and sit on banyan tree and chant 10000 times "Om Aim hreem shreem dhana kuru kuru swaha" during daytime.
 Karnapisachi: She is a tamas yakshini.She is used by aghori to know about past and present life of person by whispering in ear of person who has attained siddhi.It is mentioned that sadhak should leave this Siddhi else the karnapisachi takes soul of sadhak for serving it for 1000 years.Her mantra is "Om arvinde swaha" which needs to be chanted 10000 times within 21 days.
 Manohara (Fascinating)
 Pramoda (Fragrant): For one month rise at midnight and pronounce the mantra for 1000 times. "Om hrim pramodyai swaha".
 Anuragini (Very Passionate)
 Nakhakeshi: She gives fruit on Siddhi.
 Bhamini: She gives an wonderful unguent which smeared alludes women and helps find treasure. Recite her mantra at the time of an of eclipse. "Om hrim yakshini bhamini ratipriye swaha".
 Padmini: She is mentioned in (35).
 Svarnavati: She gives Anjana Siddhi.
 Ratipriya (Fond of Love): She is a Satva yakshini.Her image should be drawn in yellow silk cloth with beautiful women Adorned with jewels and worshipped with ghee lamp,one unbroken nutmeg.She should be invoked with mantra "Om hrim ratipriya swaha" or "Om agacchh ratipriye swaha" each night(from 11.30 am to 3.30 am)till the yakshini manifests. During the time of sadhana,the sadhak should not eat Non veg, betel leaves. It is not suitable for married men.

Yakshinis in Jainism

In Jainism, there are twenty-five yakshis, including Panchanguli, Chakreshvari, Ambika, and Padmavati, who are frequently represented in Jain temples. Each is regarded as the guardian goddess of one of the present tirthankar Shri Simandhar Swami and twenty-four Jain tirthankara.  The names according to Tiloyapannatti (or Pratishthasarasangraha) and Abhidhanachintamani are:

 Panchanguli
Chakreshvari
 Rohini, Ajitbala
 Prajnapti, Duritari
 Vajrashrankhala, Kali
 Vajrankusha, Mahakali
 Manovega, Shyama
 Kali, Shanta
 Jwalamalini, Mahajwala
 Mahakali, Sutaraka
 Manavi, Ashoka
 Gauri, Manavi
 Gandhari, Chanda
 Vairoti, Vidita
 Anantamati, Ankusha
 Manasi, Kandarpa
 Mahamansi, Nirvani
 Jaya, Bala
 Taradevi, Dharini
 Vijaya, Dharanpriya
 Aparajita, Nardatta
 Bahurupini, Gandhari
 Ambika or Kushmandini
 Padmavati
 Siddhayika

Legendary Yakshis of South India

In the literature and folktales of Kerala, Yakshis are generally not considered benevolent. Many folk stories feature murdered women reborn as vengeful yakshis, some of which are listed below. Aside from those mentioned below, yakshis are also featured in Malayatoor Ramakrishnan's 1967 novel Yakshi, which describes their world as having a blue sun, carpets of crimson grass, streams of molten silver, and flowers made of sapphires, emeralds, garnets, and topaz. In the novel, young yakshis fly around on the backs of giant dragonflies. According to Ramakrishnan's novel, adult yakshis are required to enter the land of the living once a year to feed on the blood of human men.

Chempakavally Ammal and Neelapilla Ammal
According to a legend from Thekkalai, next to Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu, a pair of beautiful sisters named Chempakavally and Neelapilla turned into vengeful yakshis after becoming victims of an honor killing by their father. Since their father killed them to keep them from the clutches of the lustful raja of the region, the sister yakshis tortured and killed everyone in the palace, and their father as well. The two yakshis haunted the place where they were killed until they were placated somewhat by many poojas and rituals the construction of a temple on the site. Idols of the sister yakshis are present inside. The older sister, Chempakavally, eventually transformed into a benevolent deity and traveled to Mount Kailash to worship Lord Shiva, while the younger sister, Neelapilla, remained ferocious. It is said that some of Neelapilla's devotees offer her the fingernail clippings or locks of hair from their enemies, beseeching her to destroy them.

Kalliyankattu Neeli
One of the most famous stories of legendary Yakshis of Kerala is that of Kalliyankattu Neeli, a powerful demoness who was fabled to have finally been stopped by the legendary priest Kadamattathu Kathanar. The Yakshi theme is the subject of popular Keralite tales, like the legend of the Yakshi of Trivandrum, as well as of certain movies in modern Malayalam cinema.

Kanjirottu Yakshi
Mangalathu Sreedevi or Chiruthevi, also known as Kanjirottu Yakshi is a yakshi from the folklore of Kerala. According to legend, she was born into a Padamangalam Nair tharavad by name Mangalathu at Kanjiracode in South Travancore. She was also known as Chiruthevi. She was a ravishingly beautiful courtesan who had an intimate relationship with Raman Thampi, son of King Rama Varma and rival of Anizhom Thirunal Marthanda Varma. Made arrogant by her beauty and the adoration heaped on her by men, she enjoyed toying with men's lives and driving them to financial ruin.

However, Chiruthevi was truly in love with Kunjuraman, her palanquin-bearer, who was already married and uninterested in her romantically. In frustration, Chiruthevi arranged to have Kunjuraman's wife killed. Kunjuraman finally agreed to sleep with Chiruthevi, but then murdered her to avenge his wife.

Immediately after her death, Chiruthevi was reborn as a yakshi in the village of Kanjirottu, where she magically transformed into a beautiful woman mere moments after her birth. She terrorized men and drank their blood, and continued to harass Kunjuraman. Her frenzy only subsided after she made a deal with her brother Mangalathu Govindan, a close associate of Kunjuraman and a great upasaka of Lord Balarama. According to their agreement she would cohabit with Kunjuraman for a year on the condition that she would become a devotee of Narasimha after the year was up. The yakshi was installed at a temple which later came to be owned by Kanjiracottu Valiaveedu, though this temple no longer exists.

Sundara Lakshmi, an accomplished dancer and consort of HH Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, was an ardent devotee of Kanjirottu Yakshi Amma.

The Kanjirottu yakshi is now said to reside in Vault B of Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, which supposedly also contains an enormous treasure. The enchanting and ferocious forms of this Yakshi are painted on the south-west part of Sri Padmanabha's shrine. The vault remains unopened due to ongoing legal issues and the legend of the Yakshi, whom some believe will wreak havoc on the world if her prayers to Lord Narasimha within Vault B are disturbed by opening the vault.

Beyond the Indian subcontinent and Hinduism

In China, Taiwan, and Japan yakshni are famous and well-known, such as Hariti, one of the Twenty-Four Protective Deities who are venerated as defenders of the Buddhist dharma inMahayana Buddhism. The Kishimojin (Hariti) temple in Zoushigaya, Tokyo is dedicated to her.

In Thailand, yakshni are known and worshiped as deity guardians in Tai Folk religion and Thai folklore, showing the influence of Buddhism and Hinduism on Thai culture. Yakshini have spirit houses and shrines devoted to them as Tutelary deities in Thai folk religion. Examples include Nang Phisuea Samudra (ศาลนางผีเสื้อสมุทร), considered the deity guardian of Phisuea Samut Fort, Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province, Seang Chan Beach in Mueang Rayong district, and Rayong province; Nang Suphanapsron chomtevi (นางสุพรรณอัปสรจอมเทวี), considered the deity guardian of Wat Nang thakian (วัดนางตะเคียน) in Mueang Samut Songkhram district, and Samut Songkhram province; and Nang Panturat (ศาลนางพันธุรัตน์) from the Sang Thong, considered the deity guardian of Khao Nang Panthurat Forest Park, Khao Yai Sup district, Cha-am district, and Phetchaburi province.

In Myanmar, yakshni are known and worshiped as deity guardians in Myanmar folk religion and Burmese folklore, showing the influence of Buddhism and Hinduism on Burmese culture. Examples include Popa Medaw, the deity guardian of Popa mountain, and the yakshni deity guardian of the Shwedagon Pagoda.

See also

Apsara
Salabhanjika
Shitala
Nariphon
Nymph
Fairy
Houri
Yogini
List of tree deities

Succubus

References

External links

Concept of Yakshi (archived 21 July 2011)
Encyclopædia Britannica — "Yaksha"
RBI Monetary Museum — "Yaksha and Yakshini"
Ideals of Female Beauty in Ancient India
Huntingdon Archive

Buddhist legendary creatures
Non-human races in Hindu mythology
Indian folklore
Female buddhas and supernatural beings
Female legendary creatures
Mythological hematophages
Yakshas
Harvest goddesses
Jainism

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June was spent mainly at the beach house. We had such a good time there. We named it "The Getaway" and it truly was. The kids always had a blast playing on the beach, and we loved spending time under the house letting them ride their bikes or just sitting in the porch swing. We ate a ton of good food and had a bunch of friends and family join us during the summer. It was such a treat!
Emma inspired Kelvin to go back to school. He started back in July and has enjoyed being a student again. July brought more beach house trips. It also brought the biggest punch in the gut we've ever had. Emma's neurologist called July 23 to let us know that the genetic test results were in and confirmed Emma has Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, or Batten Disease. Her disease is characterized by rapidly progressing symptoms, and unfortunately we have found this true in her case as well. We have learned to accept love from others in a way we never have before. God is good, even when situations aren't so good.
July also brought one of the biggest surprises of our lives. We found out we were pregnant with our 4th child! After a couple of months of tears and denial, we finally started wrapping our minds and hearts around the fact the God has a plan that is different than ours. Despite any efforts we may have taken to prevent another baby, God decided we needed another child. Of course there was a certain amount of fear tangled with the tears and denial because we knew that another baby would have a 25% chance of having Batten Disease just like Emma. God spared this new little one as the amnio results showed everything is perfectly normal! Baby Cora is due April 5.
In August, we were given a very special gift from some anonymous friends. Our friend and pastor called Kelvin one day and told us our family needed to book our all expense paid trip to Disney World! So, we did and had the time of our lives. Our plan had been to wait a couple of more years before our family went so that Emma would be a little older and the other two would still be young enough to enjoy the magic of Disney. After her diagnosis, we realized this past summer might be the last time Emma could enjoy a trip to Disney World. Kelvin briefly shared these thoughts with our friend in passing and that was all she wrote! AMAZING!!
August was the start of 1st grade at public school for Carleigh. Though homeschooling her had been our plan, I didn't feel I could devote the time and attention Carleigh would require as I was taking Emma to therapy twice and week and meeting her daily demands. Carleigh loves riding the bus more than anything. I couldn't pass up the big yellow limousine service that stops at my front curb!! Her teacher is a doll, and she loves her school.
Luke and Emma are still at Wee School. Luke has learned so much this year. I am constantly amazed at what they can do at such an early age. Emma has wonderful teachers who love her dearly. We are blessed with so many people who love and care for her. She has made a big impact on the lives of many we will never know.
September was the month of storms. We dodged one in August while we were at Disney World too. It was tough, but we stayed an extra day so we wouldn't get stuck at the airport to wait out Tropical Storm Faye, I think it was. We had a good time walking around in the rain at Downtown Disney and caught a 3D movie while we were there! Anyway, we made it through Gustav, and Eduard, but Ike had other plans for our little beach house.
We found our roof totally in tact on our backyard neighbor's slab! Most of our house was washed away in the 20 foot storm surge, but we found some of our belongings like Luke's rubber elephant and Carleigh's My Little Pony, a few knives and plates, a platter or two, and a few hundred yards away, the fire pit Kelvin's uncle had made for us just a couple of weeks before the hurricane hit! We couldn't believe the complete devastation to our little beach community. It will be many months or even years before the area is ready to rebuild.
We spent the night of the hurricane in Beaumont with Kelvin's family. What were we thinking? I'll never stay nearby a storm again. It was very scary. I thought at any minute the roof was going to blow off and the windows were going to crash in! The day after the storm Kelvin headed back home and my mother-in-law, Connie and I headed north to stay until one of us had power restored. Because of Emma's seizure medication, she cannot get overheated. Her body does not cool itself, so staying home with no A/C in the Gulf Coast September heat was not an option for her. It was a fun mini vacation. Connie was so helpful. After a week in a hotel, Connie's power was restored, so we headed to her house for several days. Two weeks away from home was hard. We had good company though.
Carleigh, Kelvin and I got to enjoy our niece's Debutante Ball. It was fun, especially for Carleigh, to get all dolled up and spend the evening eating and dancing. The girls looked beautiful in their gowns, and Carleigh was a little princess.
Kelvin enjoyed spending time with his uncles on a new hill country deer lease. He got a good 8 point buck this season!
December was full of fun. I had a birthday. Kelvin and I got to spend a night away by ourselves to celebrate...the best birthday ever! We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at an excellent restaurant, enjoyed a little shopping and spent the night at a great hotel. A long, uninterrupted soak in the tub was greatly appreciated! We also celebrated my sweet mother-in-law's birthday, decorated the house, looked at pretty Christmas lights and went caroling, had a good time at some Christmas parties, went to a couple of Christmas concerts, enjoyed Luke's school Christmas program, had a blast at a friend's church's outdoor Christmas Festival complete with snow hills and all, visited with Santa, and watched Carleigh and Luke perform in the children's choir program at church.
The biggest surprise in December was the first ever (that I know of) partial snow day for school. It snowed around 3 or 4 inches, and the kids enjoyed building snow men, making snow angels, pelting me with snowballs, and hot chocolate afterward.
We are also excited about our new non-profit organization, Emma's Hugs. We have already received some donations, have meetings scheduled with Texas Children's Hospital in January, have plans in the making to help with different programs at MD Anderson, are excited about the benefit scheduled for March 21, and are awaiting news from the IRS as to when our application is approved.
A special thank you to all of you, our family and friends, old and new, who have prayed and lifted up our family this year. It has been a tough one, but by the grace of God, we are still standing. "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 (New King James Version) We love you all and hope you have a very blessed 2009. Keep stopping by the blog to keep up with the happenings around our place.
What a wonderful post. :) Thanks for sharing your stories with "us".
Happy New Year!! May the Grace of God surround your beautiful family throughout 2009 and fill each of your lives with more blessings than you can count. Thank you for the recapture of your family's life.
Wow you've come quite a way in know hows of the blogging world! I love your video of the Disney world.. you'll have to e-mail me and let me know how you do this!
This post was just great! Thanks for sharing, taking the time outta your crazy schedule to do this, wait-to-go momma!
Hope your feeling good! Did you get my e-mail on the "glimpse".


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L'Huracán Football Club, meglio noto semplicemente come Huracán, è una società calcistica di Montevideo, in Uruguay. Avendo sede nel barrio (quartiere) della capitale uruguaiana denominato "Paso de la Arena", il club è anche noto come Huracán de Paso de la Arena.

Storia
Nato nel 1954 dalla fusione del "Club Atlético Charrúa" con "La Esquinita Football Club", si è affiliato all'AUF nel 1962.

Nel 2000 entrò a far parte del nuovo club dell'Alianza, già formato dalla fusione tra Salus e Villa Teresa. L'Alianza disputò tre stagioni consecutive in Segunda División Profesional dal 2002 al 2004, poi problemi economici la portarono a una rapida scomparsa. I tre club originari hanno così ripreso autonomamente le rispettive attività agonistiche.

Nella stagione 2009-2010, l'Huracán ha vinto il campionato di Apertura di Segunda División Amateur, qualificandosi alla finale contro l'Uruguay Montevideo, vincitore del campionato di Clausura. Qui l'Huracán ha superato gli avversari per 4-3 dopo i calci di rigore (la partita si era conclusa sull'1-1 dopo i tempi supplementari), conquistando così il campionato di terza divisione per la terza volta e la promozione alla Segunda División Profesional 2010-2011.

Palmarès

Competizioni nazionali
Segunda División Amateur de Uruguay: 3
1983, 1990, 2009-2010

Primera "D" (Uruguay): 1
1978

Altri piazzamenti

Secondo posto: 1991

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Collegamenti esterni

Società calcistiche uruguaiane


see Lama Glama (really! Linnaeus classification, 1758). Lama Glama may also be a Brazilian soap opera star.
Directly to the east of the Campania region of Italy is the region of Puglia (Apulia) with a very diverse set of geological features. One of these features is called the Murgia, a rectangular plateau inland from the town of Bari (image, right). The name murgia is from the Latin murex, meaning "sharp stone". The Murgia plateau covers a surface of about 4,000 km²/1545 miles², bordered by the Ofanto river and the Tavoliere [tableland] delle Puglie on the north, the Adriatic Sea on the northeast, by the Messapic depression, which separates the province of Bari from the Salento peninsula (the "heel" of the boot) on the south, and by the Apennine mountain range on the west, separating the entire region of Puglia from Campania. The Murgia is usually divided into Alta (high) Murgia, with poorer vegetation, and Bassa (low) Murgia, with more fertile land, prevalently cultivated with olives. The rocks are mostly composed of cretaceous limestone, so that karst landscapes prevail in the area, including sinkholes, and caves.
The monotony of the Puglia coastal landscape near Bari is broken by a drainage network characterized by shallow gullies, locally called lame (singular: lama). They are eroded by rainwater and flow down from the mountains and channel the water into the Adriatic. Some lama environments may actually be a confluence of various smaller gullies as they flow to the sea. Such is the case at the town of Monòpoli, just south of Bari. [There are only two things certain about the name of the town, Monòpoli: 1-It has nothing to do with the economic term; 2-It is not the name of an ancient Greek board game. All other options are still open. No one knows.] The "Belvedere lama" was originally the name of a farm/estate higher up where the gully started. It was probably just a shallow depression initially, just enough to attract a bit of so-called "overland flow", the loose unchanneled water on the surface. Then there was another and another—more like soggy footprints than an actual flow of water as they picked their way down the hillside. Over the centuries, though, its adds up to a beaten path of erratic regularity as they wear down the same track—sometimes on the surface, sometimes moving beneath the surface (which then may or may not collapse). In the case of Monòpoli, the green paths shown in the image (left) are a network of different 'pluvial gullies' running beneath the town to the sea. The largest of these is the Ferraricchio. All four of these gullies, as well as a few smaller ones not shown, are now collectively called the Lama Belvedere. As they approach the sea, they stay beneath the limestone surface and finally open onto the beach.
From the sea, those openings may resemble coastal sea grottoes, but instead of being formed by the sea and containing salt water, the gullies were formed by fresh water and have brought with them from the hills their own fertile ecosystem. In the otherwise arid landscape of Puglia the gullies are fertile, as shown by the ample flora that they nourish. They made good caves for cave-dwellers, and along the length of the 'lamas' there are signs of ancient habitation, especially at the large outlets near the sea (image right).
The Ferraricchio was so large and erratic as it approached the port of Monopoli that it was potentially dangerous in terms of the stability of adjacent property and buildings on the surface. Thus, little by little, in the early years of the 20th century, the meandering Ferraricchio was straightened and shored up from within, essentially turning it into a one-kilometer tunnel beneath Monopoli to the sea. The channel then served as an outlet for flood waters and even as an air-raid shelter in WWII, when at times there were as many as 3,000 persons sheltered within. The Lama Belvedere Urban Park of Monòpoli is now a reality, protected green areas (image, left) totaling about 12 hectares (30 acres); fed by this underlying system of irrigation, these patches appear at various places and incorporate unique features of this fertile ecosystem into the urban fabric of the city.


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Q: ggplot theme remove y-axis on two plots in gtable, keep on third plot I am trying to remove the y-axis on two ggplots that are in a gtable with a third ggplot.  I would like to show the y-axis for the leftmost graph in the gtable and remove the y-axis completely from the subsequent graphs; however, I would like the x-axis to remain on all plots.
My graph looks like this:
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[1]: image produced by code
library("ggplot2")
library("gridExtra")
library("gtable")

theme_set(theme_bw(base_size=16))

p1 <- ggplot(a.pi, aes(x=window, y=measure, fill=key, colour=key)) +
  geom_line() +
  scale_colour_manual(values=c("#000099", "#333333", "#FF0000")) +
  ylab(expression(pi)) +
  xlab("Position") +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks=c(1e+06, 2e+06, 3e+06, 4e+06), labels=c("1Mb", "2Mb", "3Mb", "4Mb"))+
  scale_y_continuous(limits=c(0.0,0.0004)) +
  theme(#axis.text.y = element_blank(),
        #axis.ticks.y = element_blank(),
        #axis.title.y = element_blank(),
        #axis.title.x = element_blank(),
        plot.margin = unit(c(0,-3,0,0), "lines"),
        plot.background = element_blank(),
        panel.background = element_blank(),
        panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
        panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
        panel.border = element_blank(),
        legend.position="none",
        axis.line = element_line()
        )

p2 <- ggplot(b.pi, aes(x=window, y=measure, fill=key, colour=key)) +
  geom_line() +
  scale_colour_manual(values=c("#333333", "#FF0000")) +
  #ylab(expression(pi)) +
  xlab("Position") +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks=c(1e+06, 2e+06, 3e+06, 4e+06), labels=c("1Mb", "2Mb", "3Mb", "4Mb"))+
  scale_y_continuous(limits=c(0.0,0.0004)) +
  theme(axis.text.y = element_blank(),
        axis.ticks.y = element_blank(),
        axis.title.y = element_blank(),
        #axis.title.x = element_blank(),
        plot.margin = unit(c(0,-3,0,0), "lines"),
        plot.background = element_blank(),
        panel.background = element_blank(),
        panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
        panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
        panel.border = element_blank(),
        legend.position="none",
        axis.line = element_line()
        )

p3 <- ggplot(c.pi, aes(x=window, y=measure, fill=key, colour=key)) +
  geom_line() +
  scale_colour_manual(values=c("#333333", "#FF0000")) +
  #ylab(expression(pi)) +
  xlab("Position") +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks=c(1e+06, 2e+06, 3e+06, 4e+06), labels=c("1Mb", "2Mb", "3Mb", "4Mb"))+
  scale_y_continuous(limits=c(0.0,0.0004)) +
  theme(axis.text.y = element_blank(),
        axis.ticks.y = element_blank(),
        axis.title.y = element_blank(),
        #axis.title.x = element_blank(),
        plot.margin = unit(c(0,-3,0,0), "lines"),
        plot.background = element_blank(),
        panel.background = element_blank(),
        panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
        panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
        panel.border = element_blank(),
        legend.position="none",
        axis.line = element_line()
        )

grid.arrange(p1,p2,p3, nrow=1)

gt1 <- ggplot_gtable(ggplot_build(p1))
gt2 <- ggplot_gtable(ggplot_build(p2))
gt3 <- ggplot_gtable(ggplot_build(p3))

newWidth = unit.pmax(gt1$widths[1:3], gt2$widths[1:3], gt3$widths[1:3])

gt1$widths[1:3] = as.list(newWidth)
gt2$widths[1:3] = as.list(newWidth)
gt3$widths[1:3] = as.list(newWidth)

# New gtable with space for the three plots plus a right-hand margin
gt = gtable(widths = unit(c(1, 1, 1, 0.3), "null"), height = unit(1, "null"))

# Instert gt1, gt2 and gt2 into the new gtable
gt <- gtable_add_grob(gt, gt1, 1, 1)
gt <- gtable_add_grob(gt, gt2, 1, 2)
gt <- gtable_add_grob(gt, gt3, 1, 3)

grid.newpage()
grid.draw(gt)

A: Your linked image is not showing, but here is my shot in the dark:
Change from this:
plot1 <- theme(#axis.text.y = element_blank(),...

to this:
plot1 <- theme(axis.text.y = element_text(),...

if you want to change the label do this:
plot1 <- ... + ylab("y-axis label")

A: You need to do two things:
One is set axis.title.x  and axis.title.y as blank under options (opts).
The other one is set xlab("") and ylab("")
I have included a code snippet in case it helps:
ggplot(space[1:closetos[i],], aes(dim1, dim9, colour = name,
shape=shape))+ opts(axis.line = theme_segment(colour = "black"),
panel.grid.major = theme_blank(),
panel.grid.minor = theme_blank(),
panel.border = theme_blank(),
panel.background = theme_blank(),
axis.title.x = theme_blank(),
axis.title.y = theme_blank())+
               xlab("") +
               ylab("")+
               theme(text = element_text(size=15, colour = "black"),
                     axis.text.x = element_text(angle=0, vjust=1, colour = "black"),
                     axis.text.y = element_text(angle=0, vjust=1, colour = "black"),
                     axis.line = element_line(colour = 'black', size = 1),
                     axis.ticks = element_line(colour = 'black', size = 1),
                     axis.ticks.length = unit(0.3, "cm"),
                     axis.title.y=element_text(vjust=0.4),
                     legend.position = "none") +
               geom_point(size=5)+
               scale_color_manual("Status", values = mycolours) +
               xlim((space$dim1[closetos[i]]-0.01), (space$dim1[closetos[i]]+0.01)) +
               ylim((space$dim9[closetos[i]]-0.01), (space$dim9[closetos[i]]+0.01))

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When Bella Popera contacted me they were already an established act with loads of talent and even more potential. They booked the 4 hour Cabaret Masterclass and wanted me to review the act they already had, explain why some things were not working as well as they should, and make the necessary changes to produce a very strong show.
The process was fun and very rewarding. For me, it's great to work with people who appreciate the hard work involved to create a great show. I have no doubt Bella Popera will go on to do great things and it's been my pleasure to work with them and see them grow.
"I feel extremely privileged to have worked with Gary on our up-coming show. We came to him with nothing more than a basic concept and structure. And without further ado he set about turning it into some concrete – assessing our unique selling points, targeting our audience, providing a wide variety of creative ideas, and in virtually every respect going above and beyond expectations. Gary sets out to support you every step of the way. He's passionate about what he does, and it's refreshing to work with someone who won't hesitate to tell you the truth about your product. A true pro, kind, passionate, with great ideas and advice. That's why it's a pleasure to be able to recommend him mostly highly."
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New Live Action Video on Albuquerque Pain-Capable Ordinance
By LVA | November 14, 2013 , 05:45pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 14, 2013
"Profits from Pain": Live Action Exposes Dangerous Late-Term Abortion Procedure in Albuquerque
Vote on "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance" to Take Place Next Week
Arlington VA – As residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico prepare to vote on a groundbreaking fetal pain ordinance on Nov. 19, the pro-life organization Live Action today released a new investigative video that exposes the gruesome particulars of the late-term abortion procedure and the sleazy business side of the abortion industry.
The video, titled "Profits from Pain," features a new investigative recording from the notorious late-term abortion facility Southwestern Women's Options. Live Action exposed this abortion facility's gruesome and negligent practices in this past summer's Inhuman investigation.
In the Nov. 8, 2013 recording, a Live Action investigator schedules a 25-week abortion – a "week-long procedure." When the investigator expresses shock at the abortion's cost – $8,000 – the facility's staffer sympathizes: "Are you still in your chair?" She follows up with a warning: "every week that goes by, the fee goes up by another thousand dollars[.]"
Live Action hopes to alert Americans – who, polls consistently show, vehemently oppose late-term abortion – to the abortion industry's "rabid and extremist" opposition to any and all industry regulations.
"This facility is only one of the worst examples of the abortion industry's complete disregard for basic human rights," Lila Rose, Live Action's president, explained. "Babies shot through the heart with poison, mothers left to deliver their dead children in an empty hotel room."
"If Cecile Richards thought Albuquerque was a winning issue," Rose continued, "she would be trying to make money on it. But Planned Parenthood's fundraising e-mails are silent on this. It takes a truly fringe mentality to advocate for more privileges for abortionists in the face of the blatant negligence and contempt for women on display in Albuquerque. And yet we have senators and congressmen in Washington, bought and paid for by Planned Parenthood, trying to mainstream this gruesome reality."
Rose was referring to a new piece of legislation, the putative Women's Health and Safety Act of 2013, intended to federally nullify all abortion regulations nationwide, from sanitation standards to waiting periods to building code regulations.
The Live Action video shines a light on the ideological chasm between the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance and the Women's Health and Safety Act of 2013.
"On the one hand," Rose said, "we have a city making history by voting to forbid industrial slaughter of precious children. On the other, we have Planned Parenthood-backed, virulently pro-abortion politicians working to help abortionists carry out this butchery. But what more can we expect from people like Barbara Boxer, who think a baby 'becomes' a human being only when her parents arrive home with her from the hospital?"
California senator Barbara Boxer, one of the sponsors of the abortion expansion bill, famously said in 2010, "I think that when you bring your baby home, when your baby is born … the baby belongs to your family and has all the rights."
"This," Rose concluded, "is a clear-cut case of good versus evil."
Live Action is a youth-led movement dedicated to building a culture of life and ending the human rights abuse of abortion. The group uses new media to educate the public about the humanity of the unborn and investigative journalism to expose threats against the vulnerable and defenseless. More information at LiveAction.org.


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Historic spaces are educational in and of themselves. So when our team was asked to renovate the White House Visitor Center in order to create more educational and interactive opportunities, we knew that it was a matter of creatively reorganizing the space, since so many of the architectural details could speak for themselves. With a design concept that focuses on lighting and open space, we were able to provide the world with an opportunity to learn about the White House and its roles in democratic government.
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While one of its primary purposes is to provide a home for the first family, the White House isn't just where the president resides. It is, in many ways, the center point of American politics, providing not only a rich documentation of each president's term, but embodying the stage on which centuries of governing have transpired.
The reimagined White House Visitor Center is an effort to demonstrate this legacy; to educate the public, to connect visitors to the White House's history, and to show the mansion in as many lights as possible — from home, to office, to museum.
Our design for the White House Visitor Center renovation includes interpretive exhibits, a theater with a 14-minute film, a new permanent museum gallery, a temporary exhibit area, a new retail shop, and visitor information facilities.
Frosted white translucent plastic is used to clad the central elements for seamless integration of architecture and exhibit spaces. This maintains the distinct character of the room and brings a dialog between old and new.
Our team made light a main consideration when redesigning the space, as our team strategically wielded it in order to both bring out the dramatic depths of the coffered ceiling to naturally show the historic building in accordance with the weather and season.
The Visitor Center is now able to educate and connect, not only through its newfound tools and exhibits, but through its historic architecture, pronounced now more than ever with a renovation that carefully balances history and future, local and global.
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Lita Melissa Pezo Cauper (Iquitos, 4 de abril de 1999) es una cantante peruana.

Participó de diversos concursos de talentos de la televisión peruana. Se dio a conocer en la escena musical peruana cuando tenía solo 14 años tras ganar la primera temporada del concurso de imitación musical infantil Yo Soy Kids en el año 2014 cuando imitó a Isabel Pantoja, personaje con el cual recibió el apodo artístico de «La Pantojita». Posteriormente consiguió popularidad como solista al ganar la quinta temporada del concurso de canto La Voz Perú en el año 2022.

Primeros años
Lita Melissa Pezo Cauper nació el 4 de abril de 1999 en Iquitos, Loreto, Perú. Es integrante de una numerosa familia de artistas musicales, en que su padre cantante e instrumentista es su maestro de canto desde pequeña.

Sus primeros inicios artísticos los realizó desde los 4 años de edad y en los siguientes años ganó diversos festivales de la canción locales. En el año 2012 viajó a Lima junto a su padre y hermano, para buscar oportunidades en el rubro de la música y además poder estudiar una carrera profesional en el futuro.

Carrera

Inicios
En 2012, audicionó en la primera temporada de Perú tiene talento, en que solo permaneció en la primera eliminatoria.

En 2014, participó en la primera temporada de Yo Soy Kids imitando a Isabel Pantoja, ganando en la final como premio el galardón y una carrera universitaria pagada.

2018 - 2022: Proyecto como solista - La Voz Perú
En 2018, regresó a la televisión peruana, al dejar su faceta de imitadora, para presentarse en la primera temporada de Los cuatro finalistas.

En 2021, luego de haberse recuperado del COVID-19 y quedar con secuelas en su voz, entró en las «audiciones a ciegas» en la cuarta temporada de La Voz Perú. Aunque no logró pasar esa instancia, recibió los ánimos de los entrenadores para volver a concursar en la siguiente temporada.

A fines de 2021, participó en la Temporada 31 de Yo Soy, denominada Yo Soy Grandes Batallas Internacional, que volvió a imitar nuevamente a Isabel Pantoja con tesitura adulta.

En el año 2022 audicionó por segunda vez a La Voz Perú en busca de su revancha personal. En ella consiguió la aprobación de Eva Ayllón para pasar a la siguiente etapa de batallas. Posteriormente, representó en la gran final del 20 de agosto, en donde finalmente se convierte en la ganadora de la temporada y obtuvo la posibilidad de grabar una canción bajo el sello de Universal Music. El entrenador rival Noel Schajris calificó de «espectacular» la interpretación de su canción final «Desesperado».

El 24 de septiembre, junto a Eva Ayllón, fue invitada especial en el Festival Internacional de la Canción de la Amazonía, en el Estadio Max Augustin de Iquitos, recibiendo a miles de espectadores.

El 14 de octubre, celebrando su faceta como solista, brindó un concierto en el Teatro Plaza Norte de Lima, teniendo como artista invitada a la cantante Eva Ayllón.

El 23 de octubre, Lita tuvo una participación especial en el concierto de la cantante argentina Valeria Lynch en el Teatro Caupolicán, en Chile. Además que estuvo acompañada de diversos artistas internacionales como: el cantante e integrante del grupo de rock argentino Attaque 77, Mariano Martínez, la cantante española Tamara y el cantante chileno y ganador de la primera temporada de The Voice Chile, Pablo Rojas.

El 17 de noviembre, asumió como co-entrenadora del equipo Eva Ayllón, para el programa La Voz Kids Perú en su quinta temporada.

El 7 de diciembre, formó parte del concierto titulado "Vive Perú 2", acompañada de la agrupación Los Ardiles, el cantante Willy Rivera, mezclando la música criolla, la salsa y la música romántica, en Centro de Convenciones Bianca de Barranco.

El 24 de diciembre, fue artista invitada para el especial de Navidad en La voz Generaciones, entonando el villancico «Noche de paz».

2023 - presente: Me cansé de ti
El 8 de marzo con el sello Kalma Music, estrenó su primera canción inédita "Me cansé de ti", una balada pop bajo la autoría del productor español José Abraham.

Referencias musicales
Aunque su trayectoria involucró procesos artísticos propios al participar en La Voz Perú, sus artistas favoritos y señalados como influencia, además de Isabel Pantoja, quien la conoció personalmente en 2017, son: Myriam Hernández, Mon Laferte, José José, Camilo Sesto, Ángela Carrasco, María Conchita Alonso y Yuri.

En cuánto a su género musical, abarca la balada romántica, su repertorio es clásico. Lita señaló que «no estoy cerrada a la posibilidad de variar» sus estilos musicales.

Debido a su talento y entrega, recibió elogios por diversos artistas nacionales como: Tony Succar, Eva Ayllón, Daniela Darcourt, Christian Yaipén, Cecilia Bracamonte, Carlos Galdós, Almendra Gomelsky, María Pía Copello, Maricarmen Marín, Rodrigo González, Katy Jara,Deyvis Orosco, Susan Ochoa y Pedro Suárez-Vértiz. De hecho la propia Pantoja comentó cuando fue entrevistada durante su concierto en Lima, Perú de junio del 2022 que «ya no [es el momento] es que me imitéis, no: sois alumna mía».

Vida personal

En agosto de 2022, mediante una entrevista para Infobae, Lita expresó tener problemas visuales, en el cuál sigue en constante tratamiento.

En una entrevista para diario La República, Lita confesó que ganó una beca universitaria en la Universidad César Vallejo tras ganar Yo soy Kids que «no se consumió por temas laborales». En su lugar recibió Ciencias de la Comunicación en un instituto particular.

Créditos

Televisión

Teatro

Discografía

Sencillos

 «Celos» (2019)
 «Popurrí Myriam Hernández» (2020)
 «Quererte a ti» (2020)
 «Hermosa Loretana» junto a Joanna Cisowska (2023)
 «Amazonas» junto a Joanna Cisowska (2023)
 «Me cansé de ti» (2023)

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Lita Pezo en YouTube

Mujeres
Nacidos en 1999
Loretanos
Iquiteños
Cantantes femeninas de Perú
Cantantes de balada romántica de Perú
Cantantes infantiles de Perú
Cantantes de Perú
Participantes de La voz


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Student Taylor Knoop Raising $11,000 for Ladakhi Village
Village of Ursi, Ladakh by Taylor Knoop
This article was written by Elizabeth McNamera and posted on the EastGreenwichPatch on November 3, 2011. Reposted with permission.
She spent last semester there; the money would be used to provide a consistent water source for crops.
Taylor Knoop looks like a regular teenager. She's medium height, with bright eyes, fair skin and a winning smile. An East Greenwich High School (EGHS) senior [in Rhode Island], Taylor likes Girl Scouts, riding horses and travel. It all sounds normal enough.
But ask where she's traveled and you get a glimpse of what makes Taylor stand out. Because she spent last semester – at age 16 – in the tiny mountain village of Ursi, Ladakh in northern India, on an exchange program. She went there because of an overwhelming desire to see the world. She returned with an overwhelming desire to give back to that part of the world.
And so, this Friday night at East Greenwich High School, Taylor will be selling malas – Buddist prayer beads – at the Homecoming football game, in an effort to raise $11,000 for an artificial glacier for the people of Ladakh.
Ladakh is in the Himalayas and relies on snow melt to provide water for its crops. But with climate change speeding up the snow melt every year, villagers realized that soon the snow would be melting ahead of the growing season – imperiling their crops.
A Ladakhi man devised a solution – an artificial glacier which could be used as a controlled water source – but the village needs $11,000 to install it. The money is needed for pipes and insulation and to pay for those items to be transported to the village.
Taylor Knoop and Ladakhi Friend. From WorldYato website.
That's where Taylor, 17, and her exchange-student friend Moya Cavanagh of Vermont come in. They both fell in love with the people of Ladakh and the place itself during their months there. To think that the villagers could be denied a way to make a living for want of $11,000 – "we were like, there's something wrong with this," recalls Taylor.
They knew that raising $11,000 would be far easier in the U.S. than in Ladakh.
The girls came home with a mission and promptly established WorldYato, an organization dedicated to providing money to small communities that have sustainable plans to better their standard of living. The organization gets its name from the Ladakhi word "yato," which means both "friend" and "help." According to Taylor, they are seeking nonprofit status.
Taylor built the WorldYato website and Cavanagh started making malas, lots of malas. Knoop convinced the EGHS Student Council to let her sell the malas during spirit week. The strands – which can be worn as bracelets (looped around a few times) or necklaces, will be sold at the Homecoming Football game Friday night.
Priced at $10 and $20 a strand, the beads won't be the sole fundraiser for the fledgling organization. Taylor says they will be applying for grants too. She's using her experience as the basis for her Senior Project.
It's been a lot for Taylor, who is also going through the college application process this semester. But to hear her mother Kathleen O'Rourke tell it, Taylor has always been looking at the big picture.
On Christmas morning when Taylor was only 3 years old, relates O'Rourke, she took one look at the spread in front of her and said, "Oh, Daddy, he did a really good job," about Santa's handiwork.
"I'm so used to her that I forget to be impressed," says O'Rourke. Not that she wasn't at least a bit apprehensive about letting Taylor go to India. Taylor had already been to China (at age 15), but that was on a very controlled program and the rest of the family – Taylor's sister McKinley, a EGHS sophomore, her mom and dad – went to China as well. "I wanted to be at least on the same continent," said O'Rourke.
When it came to Taylor going to India (she went with Vermont Intercultural Semesters), O'Rourke says she knew she could trust her daughter.
"You get more comfortable in believing in their skills and their abilities," she says.
EGHS science teacher Nicholas Rath says he's completely impressed by Taylor.
"Every so often, a student comes along who is passionate about an issue and keen to make a difference to our world, and Taylor is such a person," he says. "Her experience in India provided her with a strong and healthy understanding of the plight of so many people less fortunate than those here in the USA."
For Taylor, her time in India and what she's doing now make her feel alive. "This is what I've been looking for – to live every moment."
If you want to donate to WorldYato, buy a mala online and learn more about Ladakh, click here. Or stop by Taylor's sale at the Homecoming Game Friday night!
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Q: Javascript onclick with array parameters I'm trying to figure out how to make the following code work:

+10 Defensive Ability

+15 Defensive Ability
+20 Constitution

These links are accessing methods from the the star object. I need the 2nd and 3rd parameters to be arrays, because they have a variable number of values. For instance, the first star, anvil1, has one stat (defense) and one value (10). The fourth star has two stats (defense, constitution) and two values (10, 20). I believe the number of stats/values can go up to 3.
So far, if I try to call stats[0] the value that's returned is simply the first letter?
alert('Stats: ' + stats[0]); results in an alert box with Stats: d or Stats: [
I'm not sure how to fix this, and any advice would be greatly appreciated!

A: Can you spot the difference ?
"[\"defense\", \"constitution\"]"

is a string and
[10, 20]

is an array. Obviously you want your 2nd parameter as an array too so you need to change your call to
anvil4.countCheck("anvil4", ["defense", "constitution"], [10, 20], event.button);

A: you have your array in quotes. when you use [n] on a string it returns the n'th character. you can also get rid of the string escapes (like elclanrs said)

A: I wouldn't pass the parameters like that. You could add one eventlistener for anvil elements and pass the parameters with data attributes.
Please have a look at the following snippet or in this jsfiddle.

var anvil = {
 countCheck: function(e) {
   var props = this.dataset.props.split(','),
      points = this.dataset.points.split(',');

    console.log(this.id, props, points);
  }
}

// add eventlisteners
var anvils = document.getElementsByClassName('anvil');

for (var i=0; i< anvils.length; i++) {
 anvils[i].addEventListener('click', anvil.countCheck);
}

+10 Defensive Ability

+15 Defensive Ability
+20 Constitution


Loano, with its 2000 meters of coastline, is surely one of the most visited cities of the Riviera di Ponente (Western Riviera), where enjoyment and comfort come together in a perfect union.
At Bagni Sirena (Sirena Beach), the beach-side establishment affiliated with Ai Pozzi Village, you will find a completely accessorized beach with lounge chairs, beach chairs, beach umbrellas and changing rooms.
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Q: Upload zip file via Dropbox Api and curl I'm trying to upload .zip file using

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*dropbox api

*curl

*bash script

Curl request:
curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <Access Token>" \
--header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/upload.zip\"}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
--data-binary @/upload.zip

Uploading completed without errors. Downloading from another device (Ubuntu server) is also completed. But when I'm trying yo unzip I get bellow error:
Archive:  upload.zip
  End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip:  cannot find zipfile directory in one of upload.zip or
        upload.zip.zip, and cannot find upload.zip.ZIP, period.

Something is not correct in my curl upload configuration I guess. Probably, there are some special config to upload and download .zip files.
What I'm doing wrong? How to upload .zip file via dropbox api in the reight way?

A: After one day I've found what was wrong.
As most of unworking situation, you have to check your code and syntax...
1) file path shall be inside quotes:
--data-binary @"/upload.zip"

2) download path shall start with slash:
curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <Token>" \
    --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/directory/upload.zip\"}" >>upload.zip

Generaly it's a good idea to check, if downloaded zip file hase the right file size. If file size is not the same as in local storage so uploading was not finished successfully.


Selection of detailed guidance on the communityplanning.net website which may be useful at specific stages of the neighbourhood planning process. Samples to get you started - by no means a definitive list.
A Neighbourhood Plan can be initiated by a Parish or Town Council, or by a Neighbourhood Forum, which may be created for the purpose or be an adaptation of an existing community organization.
This 'qualifying body' then submits an application to the local planning authority to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan for a specified 'designated area'.
A simple format for securing information, generating ideas and creating interaction between interest groups.
The Neighbourhood Planning Regulations make it clear that a Neighbourhood Plan has to fully engage all stakeholders at each stage in the process. This has to be demonstrated in a detailed 'consultation statement'. So you need a strategic approach to community consultation and engagement.
As a potential statutory plan, your neighbourhood plan will be reviewed by a professionally qualified Independent Assessor who will examine the evidence which backs up your proposals. This means that a systematic assessment of needs and aspirations will be required which will be embodied in your vision for the future.
A family of methods which actively involve the community in building up a picture of its nature, needs and resources.
Engaging people where they are.
Inspection of the neighbourhood by mixed teams of local people and technical experts.
Visit inspiring places elsewhere and meet people who made it happen.
There will inevitably be conflicting needs and demands. The essence of good planning is striking a balance which all stakeholders can live with. This means establishing priorities both between various proposals and between proposals over time i.e. phasing. Effective consultation is vital at this time to secure maximum 'buy-in'. One or more 'community planning events' will be very productive.
Events to produce plans of action at which all those affected work creatively together.
A highly effective 3-4 day process for complex projects.
Deciding collectively what needs to be done when.
Giving people the chance to amend plans before they are finalised.
Involving people in the details.
will be funded and delivered.
Securing funding for feasibility work.
A mechanism for communities to undertake development projects themselves.
It is good practice to monitor progress in implementing the Plan and to review the Plan periodically to ensure it remains relevant.
Monitoring progress and maintaining momentum.


Hyderabad is located in India at the longitude of 78.48 and latitude of 17.4. Jerusalem is located in Israel at the longitude of 35.22 and latitude of 31.78 .
The total straight line distance between Hyderabad and Jerusalem is 4622 KM (kilometers) and 832.04 meters. The miles based distance from Hyderabad to Jerusalem is 2872.5 miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Hyderabad and Jerusalem may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road .
Hyderabad universal time is 5.232 Coordinated Universal Time(UTC) and Jerusalem universal time is 2.348 UTC. The time difference between Hyderabad and Jerusalem is 2.884 decimal hours. Note: Hyderabad and Jerusalem time calculation is based on UTC time of the particular city. It may vary from country standard time , local time etc.
Hyderabad is located around 4622 KM away from Jerusalem so if you travel at the consistent speed of 50 KM per hour you can reach Jerusalem in 92.46 hours. Your Jerusalem travel time may vary due to your bus speed, train speed or depending upon the vehicle you use.
Jerusalem is located nearly east side to Hyderabad. The given east direction from Hyderabad is only approximate. The given google map shows the direction in which the blue color line indicates road connectivity to Jerusalem . In the travel map towards Jerusalem you may find en route hotels, tourist spots, picnic spots, petrol pumps and various religious places. The given google map is not comfortable to view all the places as per your expectation then to view street maps, local places see our detailed map here.
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Q: Sending data from service to activity I am having issue when sending data from Service to Activity through Notification , I click a Notification an Activity get invoked but when i try to add some parameters through bundle i am not able to get the parameters in that called intent , I have gone through the link
How to send parameters from a notification-click to an activity?
But still no luck.
Has the same issue occurred with somebody else ?
Thanks in advance.

A: You have to modify the Manifest file as well.
Here is the example that works:
These variables and methods are members of Service class:
public static final String MOVEMENT_UPDATE = "com.client.gaitlink.AccelerationService.action.MOVEMENT_UPDATE";
    public static final String ACCELERATION_X = "com.client.gaitlink.AccelerationService.ACCELERATION_X";
    public static final String ACCELERATION_Y = "com.client.gaitlink.AccelerationService.ACCELERATION_Y";
    public static final String ACCELERATION_Z = "com.client.gaitlink.AccelerationService.ACCELERATION_Z";

private void announceAccelerationChanges()//this method sends broadcast messages
    {
        Intent intent = new Intent(MOVEMENT_UPDATE);
        intent.putExtra(ACCELERATION_X, accelerationX);
        intent.putExtra(ACCELERATION_Y, accelerationY);
        intent.putExtra(ACCELERATION_Z, accelerationZ);

        sendBroadcast(intent);
    }

And this are the methods from Main activity:
You have to register receiver in the onResume method:
    @Override
    public void onResume()
    {

        IntentFilter movementFilter;
        movementFilter = new IntentFilter(AccelerationService.MOVEMENT_UPDATE);
        accelerationReceiver = new AccelerationServiceReceiver();
        registerReceiver(accelerationReceiver, movementFilter);

        startAccelerationService();

        super.onResume();
    }

    private void startAccelerationService()
    {
        startService(new Intent(this, AccelerationService.class));
    }

    public class AccelerationServiceReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
    {
      @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)//this method receives broadcast messages. Be sure to modify AndroidManifest.xml file in order to enable message receiving
        {
            accelerationX = intent.getDoubleExtra(AccelerationService.ACCELERATION_X, 0);
            accelerationY = intent.getDoubleExtra(AccelerationService.ACCELERATION_Y, 0);
            accelerationZ = intent.getDoubleExtra(AccelerationService.ACCELERATION_Z, 0);

            announceSession();

            updateGUI();
        }
    }

This is the part of AndroidManifest.xml file that has to be set in order to receive broadcast messages:
<activity android:name=".GaitLink"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

                <action android:name="com.client.gaitlink.CommunicationService.action.ACTIVITY_STATUS_UPDATE" />

            </intent-filter>
        </activity>


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import os
from os.path import join, dirname
from dotenv import load_dotenv

API_KEY = ''
API_SECRET = ''
OAUTH_TOKEN = ''
OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET = ''

FACTCHECK_API_URL = ''
FACTCHECK_API_KEY = ''

# Load environment variables from the .env file
dotenv_path = join(dirname(__file__), '.env')
load_dotenv(dotenv_path)

# Load any extra environment variables overriding these settings
for var, value in os.environ.items():
    if var in globals():
        globals()[var] = value


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Jiří Štolfa (* 13. Januar 1978) ist ein tschechischer Volleyballspieler.

Karriere
Štolfa begann seine professionelle Volleyball-Karriere 1996 bei Aero Odolena Voda. Nach vier Jahren wechselte er innerhalb Tschechiens nach Perštejn. Seine erste Station im Ausland war das französische Dunkerque, wo er 2003/04 jedoch nur eine Saison spielte. Anschließend kehrte er in die Heimat zurück und kam nach Jihostroj České Budějovice. Nach einem weiteren Jahr in Benátky nad Jizerou wurde er 2007 vom deutschen Bundesligisten VC Bad Dürrenberg/Spergau, dem späteren Chemie Volley Mitteldeutschland, verpflichtet. Dort musste der Außenangreifer in der Saison 2009/10 vorübergehend als Libero aushelfen, wobei er zu Jahresbeginn wegen einer Verletzung an der Lunge einige Zeit ausfiel. 2013 beendete Štolfa seine Karriere.

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