Here are some FUN Ideas for Elf on the Shelf!
Use these Ideas for Elf on the Shelf and keep your kids guessing and entertained all season long! I love all of the different creative ways you can set up your Elf on the Shelf, and I'm sure your kids will love them too!
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25 Elf on the Shelf Ideas That Won't Stress You Out!
Wizard of Oz Elf – Pull out your Wizard of Oz Story Book or Wizard of Oz Movie and set your Elf up to follow the Yellow Brick Road all day long! You would even read the story or watch the movie at the end of the day as a special surprise for your kids! This elf is reading the Wizzard of Oz on the toilet in the bathroom!
Duct Tape Elf – Now days you can get Awesome Duct Tape Colors and Patterns. Choose a fun Duct Tape Pattern and set your Elf to work! You could even work on a Duct Tape Project with your kids at the end of the day! Another fun idea is to put your Elf in the Duct Tape Roll and Tape it on a wall or railing somewhere so that the Elf can "hand around" all day!
Toothpaste Elf – Toothpaste is something everyone has in their homes! This would be a great way for your kids to find their Elf in the morning! Plus, it would help encourage your kids to brush their teeth! Keep in mind that you could use any kind of toothpaste or use an empty toothpaste tube wrapped around the Elf!
Hair Curler Elf – If you have some little girls in your house, this would be a fun creative way to set up your Elf on a day you have to go to a Holiday Party or dress up for a special occasion! Get your girls to curl their hair to show the Elf how it's really done!
Snow Fun Elf – Use this Elf Idea on a snowy day around your house! Just pour some sugar onto a plate or Christmas platter and have your Elf Play in the snow and make snow angels! Use marshmallows or Sugar Cubes to build a Snowman or Igloo for added effect!
Stinky Diapers Elf – This would be a fun one if you have a toddler or baby in the home! Just pile up a bunch of unused diapers in a basket and throw in your Elf! Place the basket in the Bathroom or by the Changing Table! You could even open up one of the diapers and place the Elf in the Diaper!
Plunger Elf – This would be a fun one to surprise the Adults in your house! Or pull it out at a Christmas Party that you are hosting! For a fun idea, turn the Elf upside down half way through the day and see if anyone notices that it is working "extra hard" now!
Basketball Elf – If you have a basketball net in your house, or in one of your kids rooms, this would be a fun way to display your elf! You could also have the Elf change positions all day long since there is an entire net to work with! Have a sports day with your kids and play a lot of activities using sports balls!
Fireman Elf – Get your Elf ready to fight the fires and have the Elf on hand in the Kitchen for all of your Holiday Baking! This would be a great time to make Christmas Cookies with your kids or fun Holiday Treats! For an extra idea, take cookies to your local fire station and support the men and women who keep us safe!
Cocoa Elf – Hot Chocolate and Movie Night! Your Elf will start the day of right and start making the Hot Cocoa for a fun night with the family! Keep the marshmallows, Cocoa, and Mugs close by! The Polar Express would be a great movie to watch on this day!!
Tangled in Lights Elf – Add this Holiday Decoration to your collection! Place your Tangled Elf under the Christmas Tree or on the Table for a fun center piece! This would be a fun day to take your kids driving around town to look at Christmas Lights in your local neighborhoods!
Tinsel Tangled Elf – Looks like your Elf is in a bind!! Wrap your Elf in Tinsel and play Hide-and-Seek! You could even wrap your Elf on a chair with Tinsel, or hang him from a ceiling fan with Tinsel so he can fly! I love the Shiny Tinsel for a fun Holiday photo opportunity with your elf! This would be a great idea to use on a day you will be Wrapping Christmas Presents!
Cookie Monster Elf – Looks like your Elf got into the Cookie Jar and took some of your homemade goodies! The crumbs and cookie pieces don't lie. Be sure to have enough treats ready for the entire family!
Christmas Craft Elf – This would be a great day to do a bunch of Christmas Crafts with your kids! Set out the Hot Glue Gun, Felt Paper, Pine Cones, Sticks, and More! Let your Elf get a head start on your craft project!
Popcorn Elf – Another idea for a movie night with the family! Put your Elf in a bowl of popcorn next to a bunch of Christmas Movies for your family to watch! Christmas Classics are always a hit like Frosty the Snowman, Santa Clause is Coming to Town, and A Christmas Story!
Bubble Bath Elf – This would be a fun idea for your Kitchen Sink or a big bowl!! Looks like your Elf is pouring soap into the water to take a bath! This is a fun one for kids of all ages! This would be a great day to stay in your PJ's all day for Christmas Crafts and Activities!
Cactus Elf – If you don't have a tiny cactus, use a branch off of the Christmas tree! This is your Elf's way of preparing his tree for Christmas! Set this next to your tree, or put your Elf in your tree for added effect!
Sweet Tooth Elf – Looks like your Elf got into the candy bowl! Use your favorite holiday treats such as M&M's, Red Hots, Candy Canes, or other candy for your Elf to get into! You can either put your Elf in the bowl or hang him on the outside! Use your kids' favorite treats for added effect!
Internet Elf – Maybe your Elf has spent too much time online writing Santa back at the North Pole. Looks like he needs to do some much needed cleaning on your personal laptop before you do anymore Holiday Shopping!
Barista Elf – All of you coffee lovers out there better watch your coffee supply, your Elf has had a long night flying back and forth from the North Pole. You may even run out of your favorite caffeinated blend by the time Christmas arrives!
Gametime Elf – This would be a great way for your kids to find their Elf and to get them ready for family game night! Have your Elf set up your favorite family game and at the end of the day make it a fun game night for everyone! You can use any game or puzzles for this one!
Wrapping Paper Elf – This would be a great one for closer to Christmas when the presents start piling up under the Christmas Tree. Looks like Elf won't be able to wait till Christmas Morning. You better remind your Elf not to peek or he won't get his Christmas gifts!
Hang Time Elf – Dishwashers, Ceiling Fans, Stair Railings, Light Fixtures, Cabinets, and more, looks like your Elf is ready to "hang out" for the day! Remember, he's keeping a close watch so he can report back to Santa, but whilee he waits, he is also working on his acrobatics!
Peek-a-Boo Elf – Elf is starting to get creative, and sneaky. He found the silverware drawer and is always looking for fun places to hid that your kids won't be suspecting! Place your Elf in the refrigerator, pantry, cabinets, freezer, or any other place your child might be surprised to find him!
Chalk Board Elf – Elf is ready to make his own Christmas List. After he is done, maybe you could help your child make their Christmas List on the chalk board or whiteboard in your home!
Tick Tock Elf – It's getting closer to Christmas Day and your Elf is watching the clock very closely! This would be fun for December 23, so that you can countdown to only 2 days before Christmas!
Fish Bowl Elf – Apparently your Elf likes to help take care of the Animals. Maybe you found him in (or near) the fishbowl, or perhaps by the dog's food bowl. He's trying to be helpful, but let's hope he doesn't become the dog's next meal.
Snack Time Elf – Don't forget that your Elf gets hungry too! Don't leave him out of the snack time fun! You could even make Mini Snacks for your Elf to enjoy after the kids go to bed! This would be a fun activity for your kids to participate in!
This year I am back with NEW Elf on the Shelf Ideas for 2014! I'll be updating this page daily so bookmark the page and come back frequently for fresh ideas!
Tootsie Pop Elf – How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll Center of a Tootsie Pop? I don't know, let your elf help count and leave a few extras laying around for kids that have been nice.
Workout Elf – After all that Thanksgiving Turkey and Feast your elf will need a workout. Just use a small piece of Felt or ribbon to create a workout band and a Toothpick with 2 large marshmallows for the weights.
Marshmallow Message Elf – You can have a lot of fun with this one, Use Miniature Marshmallows to leave a note from your elf. You can spell out your child's name or a message from Santa.


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Q: Self removable directive in angular JS i'm trying to create application which will allow me to append and destroy repeatable elements, but i encounter a problem.
Firstly here is my directive to append elements:
myApp.directive("addWatcher", function($compile){
    return function(scope, element, attrs){
        element.bind("click", function(){
            angular.element(document.getElementById('watchers-space')).append($compile("<Watcher></Watcher>")(scope));
        });
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And it contains this div-button:

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And of course here is watcher directive:
myApp.directive('watcher', function() {
    return {
        controller: function($scope, $element, $attrs, $transclude) {
            $scope.remove = function() {
                $element.remove();
            }
        },
        templateUrl: 'watcherDirective.html'
    };
});

The problem is I can add many of "Watchers" but i can remove only the last one added, and also firstly created on page load. What am i missing with implementation to create opportunity to remove every created "Watcher" element?

A: Thanks to the @devqon comment i resolved it in this way:
myApp.directive('watcher', function() {
    return {
        scope: true,
        controller: function($scope, $element, $attrs, $transclude) {
            $scope.remove = function() {
                $element.remove();
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            }
        },
        templateUrl: 'watcherDirective.html'
    };
});

And now everything works

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I spent five days at a lake house surrounded by family, nature, and lots of good times.
Yet, I found myself stuck a bit back in Raleigh – wondering what was going on, trying to plan my trip to BlogHer on Thursday and so much more. That's a little sad right?
On Thursday, I forced myself to just sit outside and stare at the water. I was amazed at how difficult I found that to be. I wanted my mind to be at rest, but it kept meandering all over the place.
SILENCE I shouted at myself.
It was maddening. I sat there, having internal arguments with myself.
Don't get me wrong. I had an amazing time. I wasn't constantly somewhere else. Watching my children explore new places and experience new things filled my heart with pure joy. My son went out on a canoe and barely said two words the entire time because he was in THAT MUCH AWE by all that was around him. In that moment, I was too. But the moment was too brief. It should have been that way the entire time.
We spent each evening playing games and laughing hysterically – gut busting, tears down your face, pee your pants laughter. I love my family and treasure how lucky I am.
But I felt like each enjoyable moment was just that – a moment. My moments were dissected when they should have been fluid.
I should be able to just be. Be still. Be quiet. Be off.
That's it. I'm "addicted" to being on.
The next vacation, I don't want any phones or computers. I don't want ANY access to distraction. I didn't intend to check Facebook, but when I went to look something up on Google, the temptation was there. I didn't mean to look at my blog stats, but when I checked the news, I felt compelled.
I don't NEED any of that. I need family. That's it.
Turn off if you can. Find time to be still today.
When we went on our quick little vacation last week I kept checking my email since I was expecting a few important emails. Every time i picked up my phone I internally scolded myself saying knock it off, just enjoy your family time and pretend you don't even have a phone yet I kept doing it. Sometimes it can be hard to completely unplug. Don't beat yourself up, I'm sure most of us have been there.
SO HEAR YOU!! I had all of this mini panic attacks this weekend about the conference and then I just looked over at W and decided to ditch everything and take him on a road trip to the ocean. We spent the day building sand castles. Is my in box a big exploded? Sure. Do I regret this day? Hell no.


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Home Commercial Property Protective workwear manufacturer relocates Hull HQ
Protective workwear manufacturer relocates Hull HQ
Tess Egginton
The Derwent Group has secured two new lettings at Willerby Hill Business Park in Hull.Ansell UK Ltd, one of the world's first manufacturers of limited life protective workwear, has relocated its head office to Willerby Hill from Hull's Priory Park, taking 8,760 sq ft across the first and second floors of Building C, in a ten-year deal.
Meanwhile SpaMedica, the UK's largest provider of cataract surgery, has leased all 13,674 sq ft of three-storey Building B, which is located at the centre of the site, on a ten-year lease. The letting marks SpaMedica's first hospital within the Humberside region.
Jonathan Black, Property Director for The Derwent Group said: "Opening a state-of-the-art hospital at Willerby Hill Business Park will give SpaMedica the space, facilities and accessibility that their patients need. We're also delighted to see Ansell choose Willerby Hill for its relocation and we welcome them both to our tenant portfolio."
Willerby Hill Business Park is also home to BT Wholesale and Advanced Solutions.
Nick Coultish from Scotts Property acted on behalf of The Derwent Group and Ewan Mackay from Ewan Mackay Property Consultants acted for SpaMedica. Ansell UK Ltd acted for itself.
Nick Coultish said: "Willerby Hill presents the perfect location for SpaMedica to establish itself in the region and for Ansell's relocation, thanks to the park's high quality office space, plentiful car parking and excellent road connectivity.
"We are pleased to have secured both lettings, bringing new jobs and economic growth to the area. Both deals show confidence and demand in the local marketplace for good quality office accommodation."
Willerby Hill Business Park is located to the west of the City of Hull and is accessed from the A63 via The Beverley Humber Bridge Link Road, the A164.
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Milov, Ernest, and Robert McCarl. Electrical engineer Ernest Milov installing a laptop computer into the take-up panel to evaluate the circuits . New Jersey Paterson United States, 1994. -08-08. Photograph. https://0-www.loc.gov.oasys.lib.oxy.edu/item/afcwip003428/.
Milov, E. & McCarl, R. (1994) Electrical engineer Ernest Milov installing a laptop computer into the take-up panel to evaluate the circuits . New Jersey Paterson United States, 1994. -08-08. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://0-www.loc.gov.oasys.lib.oxy.edu/item/afcwip003428/.
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Needed a high-quality door for a high use area.
During the sales process, it would have been nice to see 2 things: 1) a picture of what I was getting (none was provided) 2) a run through and choose the options available for the door. I had to ask for things, and well it would be better to know what is offered. This way nothing might be missing.
We chose Pella because my husband in the past had done business with Pella and was very satisfied with the service and product. The other window companies consulted were not chosen because (1) main office was located out of state, (2) the cost was considerably higher and (3) the reputation advertised did not live up to expectation in our immediate neighborhood.
When my husband talked to the salesman, he tried to smooth things over by offering a free meal gift card. Reputation is earned, not bought.
Quality of the product, price/value, and reputation of Pella.
Felt like it was a better product and got a good price.
The installation team did not clean up the clutter an debris after they finished installation.
After researching various brand windows, I found Pella to be very respectable. The warranty for the intall of this product is what sold me. The price was very fair as well.
Salesman and Install team were fantastic. Install team was on time, quick, clean, nice, and did a great job.
The scheduler, Andria was extremely nice and professional and kept me informed of changes etc. The crew leader, extremely nice and professional, knows what he was doing and kept me informed throughout the day of what they were doing. His crew obviously looks up to him.
The installation guys were AWESOME!
After sales reps(2) did initial measurements & verified each other and then the measurement verifier reverified the measurements prior to placing the order into production, the 2 bedroom windows showed up with the wrong size.
No negatives. Everyone seemed to care about what we wanted and making sure we were happy.
KC in Birmingham al was great from sales to installation.
Quality, pricing and discounts, selection/ options. The sales rep, Pete, was patient in answering my questions and educating me on the features of your products. I did not feel pressured or rushed in this process.
It was a new experience for me and iI was a little more work than I thought. But not having been through that before, I had no basis for my expectation. I understood the process and learned that the work was a detailed process. I enjoy learning new information which is a good thing.
Salesman stated that the trim around the windows would look like the brick mold that was on the house. It looks nothing close and for most consumers the job would have come to a stop while a different solution was found. Also I had a half circle window that we did not do and thing with and the salesman said they would trim it out to look like the others. They did not do anything to the window.
We only looked seriously at Pella. The salesman who called on us was helpful and knowledgeable. He was able to demonstrate the product and to guide us through the selection process. The price was higher than we had anticipated but the salesman gave us confidence that we were making a wise decision.
Installation team, Enoch40, was a husband and wife. They were neat, punctual, and businesslike. They allowed me to watch the entire process, and I was extremely impressed with the efficiency of their work. The only remaining evidence of their presence is a flawless installation.
We had an abnormal door frame opening to work with, and from all the advertisements I have seen, Pella seemed really professional and knowledgeable enough to help with the situation.
The installation team was a family. I enjoyed talking with them and learning more about them.
From the salesman not getting back timely, the scheduling issues previously provided, the installation originally placed 1 inch high from the floor (corrected before they left) to being billed after we provided a down payment and payment at installation in full. Seems the invoice stated the down payment was made on installation date and the payment on the installation date was not processed. Truly multiple bad experiences in customer service!
Really liked the installation team.
Positive feedback from installers and took further steps to insure proper installation to look great.
Not many readily available alternatives.
The guarantee that if product malfunctions during its lifetime, it will be fixed.
Quality of product and belief that we would have a single company to answer for quality of the product, timely delivery of the product and installation. Turned out no one appeared to be in charge of assuring order was timely made and that it was correct.
Delay in initial ordering process followed by delay in getting correct doors. We will now be lucky to finish the project in June where representation and expectation was that it would be complete in February. Also somewhat confused why my 18 month interest free financing began in March when I was told it would begin when project was complete.
Kindness of salesperson and installers.
The installation crew was outstanding. They are craftsmen who care about their work. The sales experience, the handover from sales to ordering, and the local warehouse work were pretty bad. The warehouse never bothered to check that the windows delivered did not match the sales order. In the end the Pella folks worked with me to my satisfaction.


Here comes lifeinitaly second part of the best Italian music. Want to learn more about our classic stars and singer songwriters? Check out Best Italian Music I!
Il Blasco (as it is known among his fans) is a bit of an Italian phenomenon. When non-Italian friends of mine heard his music, they were left at best untouched: when compared to American rockers, Vasco may look and sound more like a theatrical imitation than anything else, but don't be fooled, the man has talent. He remains one of the most popular Italian singers and he is literally adored by his fans. He's been high riding the charts since the early 1980s and some of his tunes remain among the best example of Italian pop-rock music around.
Get to know him with: Albachiara, Vita Spericolata, Senza Parole, C'è chi Dice no, Gli Angeli.
Albeit his career started a bunch of years later, Ligabue (Il Liga, as he's known to his fans) is as much of a crowd-pleasing rocker as Vasco is. If his cowboy look (much tamer today than it used to be) may not be everyone's cup of tea, it must be admitted that good old Luciano did pen some very good songs. Il Liga shares its origins with Il Blasco, as they come from the same area of Italy, Emilia Romagna; however, lovely Emilia is much more of a feature in Ligabue's music and lyrics, where references to its people, food, wines and traditions appear quite often.
Get to know him with: Urlando Contro il Cielo, Certe Notti, Ho Messo Via, Balliamo sul Mondo, Sono Sempre i Sogni a dare Forma al Mondo.
Eros barely needs introductions and if you're not familiar with his career and music you can check out our Eros Ramazzotti feature article. What makes Eros so different from many, just as talented, musicians and singers, is that he's not only big in Italy, but also abroad: Spain, Germany, South America and the US, Eros has conquered the world with his blend of catchyness, poetry and creativity. His very distinctive voice may have also helped: his timbre is unmistakable.
Get to know him with: Terra Promessa, Musica è, Adesso Tu, Cose della Vita, Più Bella Cosa, Infinitamente.
In many ways, Laura Pausini's career resembles that of Eros Ramazzotti: launched at a very young age by the Festival di Sanremo, Laura is probably, along with Eros himself, the best loved singer in Italy at the moment. She also shares with Ramazzotti an enormous international success, something not many Italian singers and songwriters can say about themselves. Laura has invested time and effort into singing in Spanish and English and the international public seems to have paid her back.
Get to know her with: La Solitudine, Tra te e il Mare, Non ho Mai Smesso, Surrender.
Compared to the other "famosissimi" in this list, Tiziano Ferro has had a much shorter career. Born in 1980, he enters the homes of the Italian public at the beginning of the years 2000 with the album "Rosso Relativo." It's the beginning of an enormous success, which brings him also abroad: he sings in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese, too.
Get to know him with: Sere Nere, L'Amore è una Cosa Semplice, Assurdo Pensare, Ti Voglio Bene.
Subsonica came to the spotlight in 2000, when the band participated to Sanremo with hugely popular "Tutti i Miei Sbagli," but its story had started much earlier. Officially, the band was created in the Summer of 1996, but its members had been known on the indie music scene of Turin, their city, for quite a while. Subsonica have been performing and creating together for 15 years and are still going pretty strong. Their mix of rock and electronic music is well supported by Samuel Romano's beautiful voice. Worthy to follow are also some of the many side projects Subsonica's members have been carrying on, above all the indie dance group Motel Connection.
Get to know them with: Tutti i Miei Sbagli, Il Cielo su Torino, Livido Amniotico, Nei Nostri Luoghi, Nicotina Groove, Nuova Ossessione.
Litfiba, from Firenze, have been around since the beginning of the 1980s and they have never really gone out of fashion. Lead by charismatic duo Piero Pelù and Ghigo Renzulli, the band is known for its brand of visionary rock, made of heavy guitars and ethnic influences. To alternative rock purists, Litfiba' s best production is that of the first 10 years of their career, up to 1993's "Terremoto;" their successive albums, however, may be more palatable for pop music fans. Either way, Litfiba are unanimously considered a piece of Italian alternative music's history.
Get to know them with: Lulù e Marlene, Eroi nel Vento, Paname, Fata Morgana, Maudit, Suona Fratello, Cuore di Vetro, Regina di Cuori.
Fedez, short for Federico Leonardo Lucia, is currently the best known representant of rap music in Italy. His career started in 2011, when he recorded his first album, "Penisola che non c'è." Appreciated by the younger public, Fedez' style has been criticized by rap purists in more than one occasion. The young Milanese didn't let negative feedback affect him too much: his last album "Pop-Hoolista" has won two Platinum Records so far. Fedez has also been a judge on Italy's "X Factor" eight edition.
Get to know him with: Magnifico, Cigno Nero, Ragazza Sbagliata, Si scrive Schiavitù si Legge Libertà.
The Piedmontese band has been around since the mid-1990s and has always mentioned American music icons Sonic Youth as their first inspiration when they began palying music. Their first two albums, "Catartica" (1994) and "Il Vile" (1996) are probably their best, especially if you are into proper indie rock. Since then, the band has mellowed down a little, yet managed to maintain the right edge to still be counted among the best alternative music bands in the country. Marlene Kuntz have some of the best lyrics around from a linguistic point of view: lead singer Cristiano Godano is an extremely talented writer.
Get to know them with: Sonica, Nuotando nell'Aria, Lieve, Tre di Tre, Ape Regina, L'esangue deborah, Il Vile.


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Caitlyn Jenner Is Still Studying Womanhood: "I've Missed So Much"
On the cover of The Advocate, the world's most famous trans person asks to only be a spokesperson for herself.
By Katey Rich
Caitlyn Jenner, who made her debut to the world in a now-famous Vanity Fair cover story, has reprised her cover-girl status, with a feature in the February/March issue of The Advocate that calls her "the world's best-known transgender person" who is also still facing criticism for "not getting her very public transition exactly right."
"I am only a spokesperson for my own journey," Jenner says in the cover story, rejecting the media's depiction o her as a spokesperson for the trans community. "After that, I know nothing. Am I learning a lot? Absolutely. I'm just trying to do my best, that's all."
Related: Caitlyn Jenner Talks About Her Mother's Reaction and Transgender Fans
And despite her frequent discussion of the fashion and beauty regimen of being female, and her admission in the Advocate article that Kim Kardashian West has helped her learn to look her best for the paparazzi, Jenner says, "There's more to being a woman than hair and makeup." And she's actually been studying to learn what that means, including reading the book How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran.
"It's actually very good and very funny," Jenner says. "What I realized, when going through this book, is how my experience is so different than what a normal woman's would be growing up — that's obvious. The second chapter was about having your period. O.K.? I will never deal with that. So there is so much in life that I need to learn about who I am and be authentic with myself. But I never want to assume that this whole thing called womanhood, that I could ever experience all of that. I will be able to live authentically as female, but I've missed so much."
Jenner has been credited with bringing much more visibility to trans people, and she tells The Advocate that she doesn't take that position lightly—even if she still doesn't feel like a spokesperson for anyone but herself. "I am certainly the exception to the rule. I am not the rule," she says, citing the disproportionately high suicide and murder rates for trans people in the United States. "There's just so much work to be done."
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Honduran White Bat Scientific Name
The scientific name of the Honduran white bat is Ectophylla alba. As the only member of the Ectohylla genus, this bat is unique among its leaf-nosed cousins. These bats are somewhat different from other leaf-nosed bats in the same family and order, since they build tents out of leaves and live underneath them.
Honduran white bats are fruit-eaters and prefer to eat figs above any other type of fruit they can find. They are one of only six species of bat that is naturally white.
Ectophylla Alba Closest Relatives
The closest relatives of the Ectophylla alba are other leaf-nosed bats that eat fruit and live in the same general area. Although these are similar creatures in terms of their body, structure, and habits, they are not exactly the same.
There are no other variations or species of Honduran white bats other than this one, and these bats are truly unique in their combination of fruit-eating, tent-building, and white fur. Other fruit bats, vampire bats, long-nosed bats and big-eared bats are very close relatives of Ectophylla alba.
Ectophylla Alba Habitat
The Ectophylla alba habitat is a relatively small one. These cute little creatures live in the rainforest where they can find their favorite kind of food. They are most commonly found in Honduras—hence their common name—but can also be located in Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.
Their habitat must include heliconia plants, as this is the type of leaf they prefer to live under and use as their tent home. These leaves may have anywhere from one to twelve tiny white bats hanging upside-down beneath them at any given time throughout the day. At night, they fly around looking for food.
Is It Endangered?
Ectophylla Alba is not endangered, but it is close to being threatened. With that said, however, it is not yet considered to be at risk, and these bats are considered uncommon, but not rare, in the wild.
Their population numbers were last checked in 2015, so this information could have change somewhat since then. However, they are not checked as frequently as endangered species, since they are classified in a lower risk category.
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Ectophylla Alba Diet
What do Honduran white bats eat? These bats prefer to eat a certain species of fig that grows in rainforests. This is their number one choice, but the Ectophylla alba diet can also include other fruits that may be found in the same areas. They eat almost exclusively fruit but will eat other types of plants if they absolutely have to.
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These are the opening words of this memoir of shtetl life. Written with the humour and clear-sightedness of one who loved the shtetl, but who worked hard to escape it, this book records the rhythms and texture of everyday life from the early years of the century to 1927.
Life was ruled by religion and the Jewish calendar. The Bible and its injunctions were their living reality; each commandment was obeyed and Sabbath observance was so sacred that rabbinic dispensation had to be obtained before fleeing from the Cossacks on this holy day.
Dovid Zhager, as the author was known in this Yiddish-speaking part of the world, glories in the details of growing up, he explores every irony, every twist of fate, every historical fact, as history rushed past this shtetl, sometimes affecting it, sometimes just passing by. Above all, this memoir is about his growing rebellion against God who, on the one hand delineates the horizons of his life and gives meaning to it, and on the other allows so much suffering, and to such God-fearing people.
Two things emerge most clearly: firstly, the richness of such a devout life which meant that the life of the spirit took precedence over the grinding poverty that co-existed with it, and secondly, the shtetl's lack of preparedness for anything other than religion least of all, for the fate that was later to befall it.
First drafted before the Second World War, completed fifty years later and now published for the first time, Botchki is a testament to a vanished world.
"Botchki is an unusually sensitive, lively and honest account of life in a pre-war Polish shtetl. It is written with an unsentimental intelligence and considerable narrative flair; and its affectionate but candid picture of an Orthodox Jewish milieu illuminates the complexities of a world which we tend to reduce to quaintness or exoticism."
David Zagier managed to escape from Botchki and get to South Africa in 1927. He eventually became a journalist, working first in South Africa, then in Paris and London. During the war he made his way to the US, where he was recruited into the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA. He continued working for the CIA after the war, based first in Germany and then in Japan, until he was purged from it in the 1950's, a victim of McCarthyism. He managed to rebuild his life becoming, several years later, a college professor. He died in 1998.


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An intriguing and balanced appraisal of a much maligned album that I recall pending an inordinate amount of time defending in the school playground.
It always seemed to me that True was a anxious reaction to the relative commercial non-event that was Diamond, which to my ears was frequently diverting in its imagery and experimental textures and its curious homage to. Japan in tracks such as Innocence and Science and the weird Missionary. But the overriding impression was that Tony Hadley was wholly unsuitable for such material. With True, it seems that Gary Kemp, in addition to his desire to match the stateside success of his contemporaries, was writing in a more considered way with his frontman's strengths firmly in mind. Hadley sounds at ease here, with little of the obvious over-emphasis in his vocals, working with the mood rather than against it.
I did hope, however, that True would mark something of an artistic one-off rather than the underwhelming segue of Parade which seemed a little lifeless by comparison. That record smacked of the same witless complacency that you correctly identify with Let's Dance. They never recovered the poise and possibility of the best moments of True.
Great to have you back and loving the rapid dispatches this week, please keep it up! I wish I was in publishing because this whole project deserves a far wider profile and concurrent sense of cultural importance.
I really like Spandau, always did. They were I think the teen-pop group it was ok for the boys to like. A lot of that had to do with Weller talking about and being influenced by Chant No1 I think, but they were also a band of lads, which meant that you could like them and Madness, without people at school calling you names for it.
True is a great album, nicely rounded album. And I listen to it as much as any of the more acceptable albums from the era, your Dares and Lexicons. The singles from it are as good as any other single from the time, and for me 1980-83 is my favourite time for singles ever.
The thing about this album, and I find Duran Duran to be the same - considering it was considered shallow throwaway stuff by some - I believed them. They sounded like they meant it. I don't mean that in a blues band/paid their dues kind of way; I can't stand that idea of authenticity. But this was music they wanted to make, with Gary Kemp's heart at least in it. I think some of the time he was as serious about his music as Weller, if not as honest and straight as Weller lyrically.
Finally, they were a local band to me, I went to the same school as Martin Kemp. Other notable ex pupils were Christos Tolera from Blue Rondo A La Turk,Lee Gorman from The Ants and Bow Wow Wow and Ronnie Scott.
There was also Lee McDonald who was Zammo in Grange Hill, but that's a whole other level of star!
I had more than a few problems with my contemporaries who just plain hated the whole slick suits image probably more than the music because I do recall some solidarity for the berserk Instinction and Chant No 1 as you rightly say, Simon.
They seemed to be such a restless band, though, shifting musical styles and influences which made their singles at least pretty original and often fascinating. But Gary Kemp was never a prolific writer and in the end I think the weight of responsibility as the sole composer took its toll. The end for me was the Live Aid gig, combination of Hadley's ludicrous long black coat and the perplexing decision to air the non-event that was Virgin. But by then the tide was turning for all the acts from that era and many careers never recovered.


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Tantra Is About So Much More Than Crazy Sex Positions
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by Samuel Shin
This was the fifth time I had done the workshop. I was lying on the floor, on my back. There was a bit of verbal guidance while my partner applied slow pressure to my legs. Eventually, she came up to my lower belly where she placed her hands. After a couple minutes, she put her chest on my lower belly/genital area.
"What happens for me when the heart and sexual energy come together?" That is, "What is the relationship between these two energies in me?" This was the question I was opening to in this moment (so, too, my partner).
As I had done the workshop numerous times, I'd had many human hearts touching this area, the doorway to my sexual energy. There was soft, simple music in the background. The meditation was guided such that everyone would come to this point of the meditation at around the same time.
My partner gently put her chest on my lower belly and left it there for a few moments. All of a sudden, my eyes popped wide open as I felt surges of energy rushing through my body. A pure, sweet, super alive and intense feeling writhed from the point of contact and opened up into my body. It was as if I was getting injected with a pure, sweet, powerful nectar — the nectar of life.
It happened a few more times during the course of a few weeks at that workshop. That was two years ago. I've had similar experiences spontaneously in the past year, but even more intense and without any precipitating outer, physical stimulation (just alone in a parking lot or in my room).
What to exactly make of these experiences, I don't really know. There isn't a framework for it that I grew up with; I was raised in Texas in a conservative, fundamentalist, Korean Southern Baptist church. But it all makes sense within the context of Tantric philosophy and practice.
In the West, the word Tantra has come to denote deep, mystical sex, 20-minute orgasms or creatively contorted coital positions. This association between Tantra and sex and orgasm, misses so much of the basic essence of Tantric practice and philosophy, and I hope to clear some of the confusion in this article.
Let me just say here that I am no expert on Tantra, nor do I practice it in any formal way (the workshop mentioned above was not officially a Tantric workshop). Those who know and have studied Tantra may have more to say about its ins and outs, but I'm not going for a technical explication of Tantra here.
I'm offering my perspective, which comes from my experience. I've been immersed in spiritual teachings, been an avid meditator and yoga practitioner, travelled through India and have dabbled in a variety of different spiritual modalities for the past five years.
I've also studied psychology for over a decade, and have a master's degree in counseling from a school that is based in Eastern philosophy and spirituality, the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). The workshop (which I'll get more into later) was actually a class I took in graduate school.
Recently, I lived with a Tantrica (a Tantric yogi or practitioner), and it became clear to me that a lot of things I had come to realize on my path directly correlated with Tantric philosophy — at least in how she held it. This realization led me to write this article.
Tantra is an age-old, Indian tradition that branched off of early Hindu thinking some 3,000 years ago. Since then, many schools of Tantra developed, some Hindu, some Buddhist, and some — these days — not affiliated with any religion.
At its core, Tantra is simply a framework or theory of ultimate reality; that is, it is a spiritual tradition. And like any other spiritual / religious doctrine, it has its own message about who we are, what the universe is and what it means to live a fulfilling life.
So, Tantra clearly isn't just about sex. It is a whole body of knowledge, an ideology, a spiritual tradition and practice with its own worldview.
What is its worldview? What is it saying about us, the universe and ultimate reality? I will try to distill it down to a somewhat digestable form (although it's one of those things in life that evades adequate conceptualization).
I think one of the basic premises of Tantric philosophy is that all of life, everything you can see, hear, touch, taste, smell — that is, everything you can experience — is divine. Everything.
This means your dog, your computer, the old beat up car down your street, the coffee you drink, the cup you hold, the tree you pass, the hole you step in, the other stuff you accidently step in and even you and me. We are all divine.
What do I mean by "divine"? To get there, it's helpful to bring in a little Hinduism.
According to Tantra, everything is a manifestation of Shakti. Shakti can be thought of as lifeforce energy. Everything is imbued with Shakti, or Shakti is the energy that imbues everything.
Shakti is a Hindu deity that represents the source of life, the energy that empowers the universe. She is the creative force that unfurls and propels form and life into existence, the primordial goop from which all things emerge.
She exists as potential, but is also the ultimate, dynamic, creative force. Comparing Shakti to a battery isn't far off the mark. She is a reservoir of energy, a rich, fertile land that is always spurring creation and growth. Shakti is the ground of being.
Another way of framing Shakti is eros or erotic energy. Eros, in Greek mythology is the God of love. Freud used the term to denote the life-preservation instinct that underlies love, sex (procreation) and survival.
In Tantric practice, one taps into this energy. Whether through breathing, visualization, meditation and/or physical touch. The idea is that life force energy is within us (as it is in everything) and can be opened up to and experienced.
The experience that most people report when opening up or connecting to Shakti is one of intense energy and pleasure. It's like connecting to the battery, but not just any battery — the battery that powers all life.
The universe is always producing, creativity is always flowing, and we are a part of this ever-unfolding process (called "life"). However, we aren't always aware of this simple fact. In fact, we live very disconnected from it.
Humans think we are separate from it all — that the world we created (society, culture, our job, technology) is somehow its own, isolated reality. And then there's this other thing called nature, life, the Universe "out there."
We are a part of everything, and we have been. Our world as we know it is just another leaf sprouting off a branch on the age-old tree of life. So the same source that is underlying all of existence, that is fertilizing the "cosmic tree" is fertilizing us. We just aren't aware of it.
Tantric practice is aimed at reconnecting with this source. Just as a leaf's life can be traced all the way down to the roots, which take from the earth itself, so too can we tap into the dynamic force that drives us and propels our life, our creativity, our generativity, our life and all of existence.
This is the viewpoint of Tantra — that we can access the source of Life. That is huge.
This energy is always empowering us, moving us, enlivening the world. But when we connect to it in a conscious way, such that we are aware, open-minded and present, it is a whole different ballgame.
Holistic Sexuality
Pleasure and orgasm, independent of the physical act of sex or physical stimulation, is a trademark of a lot of Tantric practice. When we open up to the force of Shakti in a conscious way, the experience is one of intense pleasure — aliveness, openness, and a sumptuous, full-bodied sensation.
I don't have a rational explanation as to why this is the case. Shakti is erotic energy. Or, perhaps it makes more sense to say that erotic energy is Shakti. Why is opening up to Shakti from within inherently pleasurable? It just is.
Sexual energy, in its purest sense, isn't just desire or the impulse to be boisterously boinking; it is much deeper and much more profound. This is the case according to Tantra, but it also seems true from my own experience.
As I said, I am not a formal practitioner of Tantra, but my curiosity and spiritual inquiry have led me to the doorstep of realms that are very Tantric in nature (whether to call it "Tantra" or just Life, I don't know…and I honestly I don't think it really matters).
I dove into a body of work called Holistic Sexuality (now called Holistic Transformation as the word "sexuality" was ringing in folks who were expecting something different from what the work was offering). It is an inquiry into what it means to be human.
The basic idea of the work is that we are physical, sexual and spiritual beings with a heart that allows us to express these different energies through our human form. Each energy has its own physical doorway — the place in the body where the energy can most easily be accessed.
The legs are the doorway to our physical being, the genitals/lower belly our sexual being, the chest the center for our heart and the top of the head our spiritual doorway.
The work entails simple, structured guided meditations with one or two partners, and uses touch. Don't get the wrong impression. These meditations weren't "sexual" or "erotic" (at least in the way you're used to). The use of another human being for contact was simply to notice what happens for us when certain energies (e.g., the heart and the mind/the energy of consciousness) interact or connect.
The body is an integral part of Tantric practice — the body as a vehicle, as way of listening and learning. Swami Prem Pranama, a Tantric master (now known as Traktung Rinpoche), shared in an interview his view of learning versus the traditional, didactic schooling that focuses on the mind:
"In truth understanding is a whole body act. You must understand with the cells of your body, your mind and your feelings. Listening involves a profound action of the entire self. This action is what practice is. Spiritual practice is the act of listening to the teaching with the whole body."
This was the basic premise of the Holistic Sexuality work, and why we had physical touch as the medium: so that information would be evoked within the body through the contact and come into awareness. We didn't think too much, or try to have an experience; we let the experience come to us — just being open and curious.
The woman who co-founded the work — and led the workshops I took — says that when the heart and our sexual energy come together, the authentic experience and expression is aliveness. She refers to sexual energy as the dark, primordial substance of life, the seed or source of creativity (sound familiar?).
Holistic Sexuality isn't "Tantra," in the sense that it doesn't call itself by the name. Nor does it use terms like Shakti or Shiva (the male deity that represents consciousness, the spiritual force. Shiva is the counterpart of Shakti, and the unification of the two is at the heart of Tantra).
But minus all the concepts and terms, the core elements of Holistic Sexuality coincide well with much of the principles of Tantra — spirituality, sexuality, the body, and being open and present to these energies to deeply wake up to them.
Tantra is really about waking up to who or what we really are. Can you say the leaf is separate from the tree? Yes and no. Is the leaf a leaf without the tree? What is the tree? What is the leaf?
Where do we come from? How did we get here? Where do we go after it's all said and done? Tantra doesn't claim to have the answers to these questions. As Swami Prem Pranama says:
"Tantra takes the jump into crazy wisdom by eliminating even God from the equation, leaving only the mystery with no ultimate attempt to define it… With Tantra you are not getting somewhere; you are just waking up to the true nature of things as they are. The colors inherent in clear light [as when reflecting it through a prism] are not other than the light."
Tantra is about sexuality and spirituality, the relationship between the two, how they dance within us, how they can be seen and experienced outside of us, in the material world. We are sexual beings and spiritual beings. They go together.
If all of life manifests from a "primordial goop" or primary energy, then there is a place in us that is connected to all of life, a part of us that is a part of everything. How does this shift our consciousness, our perception, how we are in the world? This is spiritual realization in Tantra.
I've focused on sexuality in this article, on Shakti, orgasm, pleasure because there is an emphasis on sex with Tantra in the West, as if that is what Tantra is. Tantra isn't just about sex. And sex isn't just about sex. Sex is about life. Tantra brings these two separate-seeming notions together in the form of Shakti — which I appreciate.
The spiritual side of Tantra is the wonder and mystery of it all. For me, having the experiences I had (and still have) around sexuality have opened me up to life in a way that leaves me humbled and mystified.
Yes, Tantra does provide a framework to understand things like orgasm without stimulation, but even without understanding the tenets of Tantra, sexuality can open up to intensely spiritual dimensions — it did for me.
So, more than being about Tantra, this article is about sexuality. I wanted to reframe sexuality, dissociating it from the way it is popularly conceptualized — as a simply physical, pleasure-driven act — towards a stance where it is more about connecting with life itself. Tantra was just the way in for me to say this.
Part of me is averse to Tantra because of how much it is solely focused on sex and orgasm; people get drawn to its glamour and miss its essence, its spirit. But more and more I'm realizing that the path I'm walking is the path of a Tantrica.
This quote by the aforementioned Tantric master brings home elements in this article that I hoped to convey. But it also brings me home; it brings me to my path, to my deepest truth, to the knowing that resides in me. I must be a Tantrica at heart. I'll leave you with it:
"As Tantric practice takes root in our culture it is important that there be an understanding of the vastness of possibilities that Tantra offers. Waking up into the bliss-mad realm of the perfect union of perception and pure pleasure is really quite something. It is better than what people are dreaming up in the sex workshops. For one who is awake, the relationship to the world, to the elements, is completely different than for anybody else. We have to be able to move into the really magical and wondrous forms of transformational practice where you are working not only with your own body/mind at its most subtle levels, but the elements themselves. That level of awakening needs to be realized. Its power needs to be applied to the culture and the actual ground upon which we live. To work at these levels — the beginning levels and the most advanced levels, which bring radical awakening or enlightenment — to work with all of these is the real gift that Tantra brings. The gift is that we can encompass the whole of our lives, from the ordinary to the most wondrous, in a single path."
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Legendary Actor Clint Howard Coming To Geek'd Con In Shreveport
Greg Atoms Published: January 19, 2022
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Geek'd Con, Shreveport's biggest comic and pop culture event, is back for 2022!
The show will once again be at the Shreveport Convention Center in Downtown Shreveport. The 2022 edition of Geek'd Con will take place August 19th through August 21st.
Guests are being announced on a regular basis now, and the latest was just revealed. Legendary actor Clint Howard will be coming to Downtown Shreveport for Geek'd Con in 2022!
What an insanely epic career...from the original Star Trek series to modern Star Wars stories, and so much in between. Clint Howard has done it all. Major motion pictures like Apollo 13 and The Waterboy, to cult classics like Ice Cream Man and 3 From Hell. He has been in some of the biggest franchises as well, like Austin Powers, Night At The Museum, Curious George, and even some of the original Winnie The Pooh and Jungle Book cartoons.
As big as his movie resume is, what he's done on TV might be even better. From The Andy Griffith Show, to Gentle Ben, Happy Days to Gung Ho, Clint has been all over the small screen. He's appeared in some of the biggest shows of all time, like Seinfeld, Married...with Children, The Outer Limits, Arrested Development, My Name Is Earl, Key and Peele, and so much more.
Recently Clint was able to return to the Star Trek universe in Star Trek: Discovery.
You can meet Clint, and all of the other guests, at Geek'd Con this August. Vendor info, and ticket details, can be found at GeekdCon.com.
Comic Book Movie Stars Who Have Worked In Shreveport
We utilized IMDB's filming location database to help put this together. However there is one movie listed there that we didn't include. IMDB lists X-Men Origins: Wolverine on their Shreveport list, but we struggled to find citing for this. So we just left it off. Some of these stars weren't in comic book "movies" specifically.
But we counted the Netflix Marvel shows, and MCU Disney+ shows as well.
We also added in an odd option...pro wrestlers. Pro wrestling has been a big deal in the Shreveport area for a long time, so we're going to include the wrestlers who've worked in the Shreveport area, and went on to comic book movie fame.
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Q: Problem with Post API: "has been blocked by CORS policy...." i am using this code in React app, it supposed to fire a notification to react native expo app. instead, i am getting this error in the browser's console.
i tried adding Access-Control-Allow-Origin, Access-Control-Allow-Methods...etc
let response = fetch('https://exp.host/--/api/v2/push/send', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {
          Accept: 'application/json',
          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        },
        body: JSON.stringify({
          to: token,
          sound: 'default',
          title: 'Demo',
          body: 'Demo notificaiton'
        })
      });

A: Proxy any unknown requests to your API server in development, add a proxy field to your package.json, for example:

"proxy": "http://localhost:4000",

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A: You either need to have an API that allows CORS, or the call has to be made to the same domain as the front-end.  If you don't have access to the API server to allow CORS you need to add a proxy server.  I've always relied on express for that, set up a local API that is the same domain as your front-end, then have the express API make the actual fetch call to the API server.


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Wolowacz SE, Roskell NS, Plumb JM, Caprini JA, Eriksson BI. Efficacy and safety of dabigatran etexilate for the prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee arthroplasty. A meta-analysis. Thromb Haemost. 2009 Jan 1;101(1):77-85.
Eriksson-Berg M, Deguchi H, Hawe E, Scanavini D, Orth-Gomér K, Schenck-Gustafsson K, Humphries SE, Silveira A, Hamsten A. Influence of factor VII gene polymorphisms and environmental factors on plasma coagulation factor VII concentrations in middle-aged women with and without manifest coronary heart disease. Thromb Haemost. 2005;93(2):351-8.
Tremoli E. HIFMECH Study Group. Plasma fibrinogen concentration predicts the risk of myocardial infarction differently in various parts of Europe: effects of beta-fibrinogen genotype and environmental factors. The HIFMECH Study. Thromb Haemost. 2004;92(6):1240-9.
Konstantoulas C, Hawe E, Saut N, Yudkin JS, Di Minno G, Margaglione M, Hamsten A, Humphries SE, Juhan-Vague I, Ireland H, HIFMECH Study Group . HIFMECH Study Group. Common variants in the thrombomodulin gene as a risk for myocardial infarction in the north of Europe (HIFMECH Study). Thromb Haemost. 2004;91(3):628-30.
Kelberman D, Hawe E, Luong LA, Mohamed-Ali V, Lundman P, Tornvall P, Aillaud MF, Juhan-Vague I, Yudkin JS, Margaglione M, Di Minno G, Tremoli E, Humphries SE, HIFMECH Study Group . HIFMECH study group. Effect of Interleukin-6 promoter polymorphisms in survivors of myocardial infarction and matched controls in the North and South of Europe.The HIFMECH Study. Thromb Haemost. 2004;92(5):1122-8.
Cotton JM, Hong Y, Hawe E, Mathur A, Humphries SE, Brown AS, Martin JF, Erusalimsky JD. Rise of circulating thrombopoietin following cardiothoracic surgery is potentiated in patients with coronary atherosclerosis: correlation with a preceding increase in levels of interleukin-6. Thromb Haemost. 2003;89(3):538-43.
Dekou V, Gudnason V, Hawe E, Miller GJ, Stansbie D, Humphries SE. Gene-environment and gene-gene interaction in the determination of plasma homocysteine levels in healthy middle-aged men. Thromb Haemost. 2001;85(1):67-74.


text: Q: How to get Push Notification + WebSocket on Flutter when app is closed? Without FCM or Firebase I want to make sure that notifications come when the application is closed. I'm using flutter_local_notifications and for WebSocket web_socket_channel.


As a Welder, your job may include basic duties such as cutting, brazing and welding of various metal components to more advanced duties such as Mig and Tig welding using aluminum and stainless steel.
Welders need to have an understanding of metallurgy, American Welding Society standards and welding equipment maintenance.
To be most effective in the manufacturing environment today, you will need to be able to read blueprints, perform basic shop math, read measurement tools and communicate effectively with others using today's welding terminology.


The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader, edited by Professor A.J. Brigati, is a collection of the work of the American female anarchist.
The book's preface by Barry Pateman provides an overview of de Cleyre's life (1866-1912), her contribution to anarchism, and notes that while de Cleyre "preferred not to label her expressions of anarchism," her essays "reveal her tendencies as an individualist anarchist." The preface explains that de Cleyre was born into poverty and then shipped off for a convent education. The incident of the Haymarket Martyrs affected de Cleyre profoundly, and it is through this that she arrived at anarchism.
De Cleyre's pioneering attitudes towards marriage and the rights of women are some of the most interesting selections here.


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Insanity Wrap #100: It's Simple -- If They Can Loot and Riot, You Can Celebrate Christmas
By Stephen Green Dec 04, 2020 10:55 AM ET
"YOU get to go to the burn unit, YOU get to go to the burn unit, YOU get to go to the burn unit!" (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Insanity Wrap needs to know: How many members of the White House press corps did Kayleigh McEnany just send to the burn unit?
Answer: All of them.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today's Wrap.
Don't let the delivery grinch steal Christmas
Stolen valor: Hillary and Chelsea getting richer off of actual gutsy women
The funniest bit of 5G paranoia ever
And so much more.
This Is Not a Sane World, Exhibit #1,000,006
The world needs more change-makers. And I believe telling the stories of people who defy the odds and march forward will inspire others to do the same.
Alongside filmmaker @sambranson, @ChelseaClinton and I are proud to launch HiddenLight Productions. pic.twitter.com/xLs626xrrd
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 3, 2020
Kill us. Kill us now.
Apple TV+ will produce a series based on The Book of Gutsy Women, the 2019 anthology that Hillary and Chelsea Clinton caused to be written.
Please note that Insanity Wrap neither makes nor supports any claim about actual authorship.
These two putting their names on a book about gutsy women is like Insanity Wrap, who prefers to drink his breakfast, authoring a tract on the importance of sobriety.
Hillary Clinton is the woman who rode her extremely popular and politically skilled husband's coattails to power, yet even with every conceivable tailwind at her back, still failed to close the deal in 2016. Clinton is so gutsy that on the night of her loss, she chose to drown her sorrows in a box of Franzia rather than lift the spirits of her supporters who had gathered to hear her victory speech.
As an adult, Chelsea Clinton has enjoyed a cushy life of highly-paid makework positions, including a six-figure stint as an on-air reporter for NBC News. The biggest story she managed to break during her time in front of the camera was that she, herself, is untainted by the ravages of charisma.
Rosie the Riveter wouldn't give either of these ladies the time of day, and neither should Apple TV+.
MORE: We reviewed the Apple TV+ streaming service last year, and found that due to its uneven new content and its total lack of a back catalog, that Apple TV+ might be worth the $5 a month if you were one of the Apple hardware customers who didn't actually have to pay the $5 a month. Now, it's worth even less.
Your Daily Dose of Mostly Peaceful Protest
Now here's a gutsy woman.
Full disclosure: Insanity Wrap has a bit of a crush on Kayleigh McEnany, and we don't even usually care for blondes.
Anyway, it's come to this: Defending celebrating Christmas as a form of genuinely peaceful protest.
Insanity Wrap is pleased to inform you that we aren't exactly in Nero's Rome, falsely blaming (and persecuting) Christians for the city getting sacked.
But in recent decades, Washington has had more than a touch of Caligula.
How the Delivery Grinch Stole Christmas
(Image by Mediamodifier from Pixabay.)
UPS limits some retailer pickups as holiday surge tests its network
Insanity Wrap doesn't want to single out UPS here (even if they did just sit on our new computer in Hong Kong for five days this week) because all delivery services are feeling the strain.
But if you haven't finished — or worse yet, even started — your holiday shopping, you'd better get on it.
Drivers for Sandy Springs, Georgia-based UPS — the world's largest package delivery company — wrote in online forums this week that they were instructed not to pick up packages at some major retailers as e-commerce orders hit an all-time high Monday.
The shipping restrictions affected retailers including Macy's, Gap, Nike, New Egg, L.L. Bean and Hot Topic, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Instead of visiting stores during the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of customers are ordering goods online from stores, which then ship the goods to customers' homes.
Consumers spent $34.4 billion from Thanksgiving through Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year, according to an analysis by software firm Adobe. Monday was the largest online shopping day in U.S. history, according to Adobe.
UPS is trying to spread out shipments over peak and nonpeak times through a longer holiday shopping period to avoid big spikes in volume. It said it set "specific capacity allocations" last weekend and through the holiday season, and worked to ensure large retail customers "are aware of how much capacity is available to them."
Insanity Wrap read elsewhere that there are "no exceptions" to UPS's retailer caps, which should tell you just how strained they are.
"Moving at the speed of politically-constrained business" wouldn't be much of a corporate slogan, but at least it would be honest.
So: Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. But with churches and synagogs closed, and delivery services under such pressure, Insanity Wrap hopes you have more to do than stand around outside singing songs with all the other Whos in Whoville.
Previously On Insanity Wrap: Awkward — Joe Biden Stole the Election (Say the Bernie Bros)
The Jacobins Are Taking Charge of the Academy
Students say Thomas Jefferson statue should be removed from Mizzou campus
Insanity Wrap arrived at Mizzou as a freshman in the fall of 1987.
To give you an idea of how long ago 1987 was, at that time, College Republicans outnumbered Young Democrats (or Young Pioneers or Youth League or whatever they were called) by about two to one.
Can you imagine such a thing today?
In any case: Yes, Jefferson owned slaves. Jefferson's words also helped launch the philosophical revolution that would in less than a century nearly wipe one of humanity's oldest and vilest institutions off the face of the Earth.
Life is complicated, kids. Embrace it.
The Craziest Person in the World (Today)
Crackpots are buying Faraday cages for routers then bemoaning bad Wi-Fi
Insanity Wrap had thought at first that our next story must be satire, but no.
So the craziest person in the world (today) is anyone doing this:
Some of the internet's best moments arrive unannounced in the form of um, duh moments — it's one of the 21st century's best-selling brands of humor. This week's iteration comes in the form of Amazon reviews for Faraday cages, which unsuspecting consumers are apparently using to house their routers in the hopes of keeping harmful 5G signals at bay… and then getting angry when they realize the cage is blocking the router's Wi-Fi signal.
5G is nothing more sinister than some radio spectrum opened up in recent years for high-speed (but very limited range) cellular service.
Insanity Wrap finds 5G to be overrated for consumer use since 4G already delivers plenty of speed for high-def video, which is about the only thing most consumers need lots of bandwidth to do.
5G does have some fascinating industrial applications, however.
Needless to say, there's nothing about 5G worth getting paranoid over. Also, needless to say, there are some people who are paranoid about 5G, and how it will sap and impurify all of their precious bodily fluids.
But putting your wifi router inside a Faraday cage and then complaining that you can't get wifi?
A Faraday cage's entire job is to block radio waves, and it doesn't care if those waves are 5G, 4G, or even 4-H.
It's like unplugging your microwave and then complaining that it won't warm anything up.
It's like filling your sinuses with caulk and then complaining that you can't smell anything.
It's like locking yourself in a chastity belt and then complaining that you aren't getting any.
These Faraday cages that people are complaining about are working exactly as designed.
But so are the crazy people, and that's why Insanity Wrap appreciates them so.
Here's Another Damn Thing We're Supposed to Be Concerned About
Lin Wood is a Democrat that wants Republicans to self-destruct. Just because he wears a MAGA hat does not mean he shares a single value with you. He just wants your donations for his legal fees. He's a grifter.
VOTE IN GEORGIA.
PROTECT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LAST 4 YEARS. https://t.co/d8CwTQUS5V
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) December 4, 2020
Any Georgia conservatives who fall for this fake wedge-issue crap will deserve whatever the resulting Democrat-dominated Senate votes to shove up their orifices.
Unfortunately, the rest of us won't but would get it good and hard anyway.
It's up to you, Georgia, to put the brakes on a potential Biden administration.
So please stay sane and vote for Loeffler and Perdue.
(Seen on social media.)
That's a Wrap for today.
Come back tomorrow for another Insanity Wrap…
…assuming we make it that long.
Previously On Insanity Wrap: Wall Street Writes Off Biden's Chances of Enacting His Crushing Tax Hikes
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ARV drugs can control HIV infections and help prevent transmission
The United Nations in Zimbabwe is reaffirming that people living with HIV and AIDS need to continue with antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to manage their infections, after a local preacher reportedly claimed that he had received divine revelation of an herbal cure.
However, effective antiretroviral (ARV) drugs can control the virus and help prevent transmission so that people with HIV, and those at substantial risk, can enjoy healthy, long and productive lives." The United Nations wish to reaffirm that to date, there is no known and proven cure for HIV infection, but effective treatment exists to manage the infection through antiretroviral therapy and drugs. Zimbabwe has very well-established procedures for clinical trials. Clinical trials are the process by which any new medical approaches including drugs are rigorously evaluated to determine whether they are safe and effective in the prevention and/or treatment of any ailments.
The United Nations in Zimbabwe wishes to remind and encourage any researchers involved in developing possible new treatments for any ailments, including HIV and AIDS to subject these to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) national clinical trial processes and procedures. The United Nations wishes to reiterate guidance provided by MOHCC to all clients on antiretroviral treatment for HIV and AIDS to continue their prescribed medication. The use of antiretroviral treatment, in line with national guidelines, has resulted in better health outcomes for people living with HIV. Any decision to stop or switch medication should be taken with the full guidance of licensed medical practitioners. The United Nations wishes to also remind the public to continue to limit exposure to risk factors for HIV infection. National efforts supported by UN; Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and TB; and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and others have sustained antiretroviral treatment to over one million people living with the HIV in Zimbabwe. This has led to the reduction of AIDS related deaths by 63% from 2010 to 2017 and overall better health outcomes.
The United Nations is supporting Zimbabwe to achieve the commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Zimbabwe is well on track to achieve this as measured by the 2020 targets of 90-90-90 for treatment. By December 2017: 87% of people living with HIV knew their status; 74% of them were on treatment with 87% viral suppression among those on treatment.
The United Nations wishes to reaffirm full commitment to supporting Zimbabwe's commendable efforts to achieve national, regional and global HIV and AIDS control targets including the implementation of the fast track strategy to end the epidemic in line with 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The United Nations in Zimbabwe is reaffirming that people living with HIV and AIDS need to continue with antiretroviral (ARV) therapy
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Transformational Leadership and Change from London based Greenwich.In 2017, Abiy received his PhD as a Doctor of Philosophy
The Elders in Zimbabwe
Mary Robinson and Kofi Annan attend Citizens Manifesto event in Zimbabwe in July 2018. (Credit: The Elders)
Protecting the right to education for refugees
As highlighted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the education of refugees is today in crisis.
Taking women, peace and security to the next level in Africa
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Masculinities, violence against women, and women's participation in peace and justice
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The net loss is due to large depreciation deductions, which are non-cash deductions, maintained on my rental properties. So, I have to pick apart the Profit & Loss report to work out if my net cash flow from the property is positive or negative. While I want the info, I don't need to spend a whole lot of time digging for it. This is the reason I l love the Statement of Cash Flows report – it does the work for me!
Finding properties to purchase sometimes can be hard work by itself. If you're a new real estate investor finding homes to purchase may not be an easy thing to do. 1 way to find properties to buy if you are a new real estate investor is the local newspaper. The local paper nearly always has a real estate section with Properties for Sale. You can create a list of all of the properties you're interested in and prepare to make some telephone calls. When you do call, some questions you can ask is the size of the house, how long it's been on the market, if the mortgage is assumable.
Commercial lenders, grant financing, business angels and venture capitalists are all possible ways to get funding. Some will only lend a couple thousand pounds whilst the likes of commercial lenders may have the ability to finance into millions of pounds. All have their strengths and drawbacks.
Organizing your closets and cabinets would also be a great idea to remove all the clutter. Even if you're still in the process of packing away your things, make sure that you still keep the house organized. This would make it more appealing to buyers and would provide you a better chance of closing a sale. Any small repairs needed should also be carried out.


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Q: Receiving XML from POST query I'm interfacing an application with Rails.
In some queries, I get a POST request with standard URL parameters, and a body containing XML (generated with stdin JAVA method from client).
My route is simple :
post '/server/r' => 'my_controller#r', :as => :my_controller_r

The server have theses logs :
Started POST "/server/r?c=2" for X.X.X.X at 2015-01-30 12:50:51 +0100
Processing by MyController#r as HTML
  Parameters: {"<?xml version"=>"\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><cache><file md5=\"fc27e691ccb48681e38b8e343915af14\"/><file md5=\"ceda00890578762c6fac96f1a43f671a\"/></cache>", "c"=>"2"}

I see the correct parameters c => '2', but all the body is interpreted as an hash, with a key "<?xml version".
I can make it work using Hash.from_xml("<?xml version=#{params["<?xml version"]}") but it's dirty.
Is that a bad configuration of my routes, or a bad request from client ?
Regards


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Гміна Ганна () — сільська гміна у східній Польщі. Належить до Володавського повіту Люблінського воєводства. Станом на 31 грудня 2011 у гміні проживало 3116 осіб.

Площа
Згідно з даними за 2007 рік площа гміни становила 139.02 км², у тому числі:
 орні землі: 77.00 %
 ліси: 17.00 %

Таким чином, площа гміни становить 11.07 % площі повіту.

Історія
Як звітував командир сотні УПА Іван Романечко («Ярий»), у червні 1946 року польська армія вигнала українців зі своїх осель у гмінні Ганна з метою їхньої депортації до УРСР.

Населення
Станом на 31 грудня 2011:

Сусідні гміни
Гміна Ганна межує з такими гмінами: Славатичі, Соснувка, Тучна, Володава.

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. car was in a flood — a vehicle history report will reveal the car's accident history and whether it has a salvage title (meaning it's been declared a total loss by an insurance company). The repor.
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Apr 22, 2011. Even worse is getting a call from your auto insurance company saying. is due and the amount your car could have been sold for at a salvage yard. Your ability to buy collision and comprehensive coverage may be affected.
Jul 25, 2015. A rebuilt title is given to a used car that was deemed salvaged. damaged to the point where an insurance company says it's not worth repairing. with salvage titles is most buyers aren't willing to buy a used car with one.
Buying a vehicle with a salvage title can be a bit of a gamble, but such cars present. Insurance companies declare a vehicle a total loss when the cost of a car's. Hail damage: As with flood cars, the titles of vehicles that are damaged by hail.
Turning to Insurance Auto Auctions. I may have missed this in Jim's initial comments, but does this relate to the whole car business or more so to the salvage business? James P. Hallett – KAR Aucti.
"We worked closely with the city, Architectural Resources Group and the general.
Since the insurance company has no need to keep totaled cars, the vehicles get. The most common buyers of salvage vehicles are local wholesale dealers.
A branded title car is a vehicle sold through an insurance auction for a variety of reasons, good as new, the insurance company can still have the title of your car changed from "Clean" to "Salvage". "So, is a branded title like a salvage title?
NICB's VINCheck is a free service provided to the public to assist in determining if a vehicle has been reported as stolen, but not recovered, or has been reported as a salvage vehicle by cooperating NICB member insurance companies.
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Buy repairable cars, damaged, and wrecked vehicles direct from insurance auctions. The insurance company paid out $53,570 on the claim. You are more.
Aug 27, 2014. How a NJ used car dealership got caught selling a Superstorm. Undercover Investigation: Tracking Down Sandy-Damaged Cars for Sale.
Online Salvage Auto Auction. Buy Used Cars for sale direct from Auto Auctions. IBidSafely.com Public Auto Auction has been the customer's choices since 1996 for purchasing all types of vehicles directly from the motor vehicle dealer's source.
Buy accident damaged cars, stolen and recovered cars for salvage and for scrap. We have code 3 repairable smashed vehicles and code 4 vehicles for scrap.
Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.
Enterprise Car Sales offers a big selection of certified used vehicles for sale with no haggle prices.
Shopping for a car. insurance fraud. The organization provides its VINCheck service to help the public determine if a vehicle has been reported stolen but.
Mar 21, 2018. A salvage title car is an official indication that a vehicle has been damaged and is considered a total loss by an insurance company that paid.
Buying a vehicle with a salvage title can be a bit of a gamble, but such cars present an inexpensive alternative for shoppers on a budget.
"A review and improved regulation on the re-sale of insurance write-offs is.
Dec 17, 2013. The sale price of comparable cars in your area determines the. Insurance companies usually sell damaged cars to a salvage yard for parts or.
We are salvage vehicle experts helping you throughout the entire salvage vehicle. Buy repairable salvage vehicles direct from the insurance companies.
Jun 11, 2015. This means obtaining some form of salvage title and the necessary car. The insurance company will take the damaged car and sell it to a.
Your insurance company can declare your car a total loss after a crash, give it a salvage title and pay you for the damages. If you get to keep the car, Copart.
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Apr 23, 2018. A recent change in the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to find out more about the history of cars is creating a big problem for some car owners and dealers. if an insurance company has ever reported the vehicle as salvage or total.
Oct 31, 2010. A salvage title is issued once a vehicle has been classified as a total loss by an insurance company. In most cases, the cost to repair the vehicle.