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Q: iOS TableView button is being called multiple times I have a TableView with a custom UITableViewCell. In each cell I have multiple buttons, when any of the buttons is click after scrolling down and up it calls itself the many times I scroll down and up.
I have read and research for a solution and I haven't found a solution.
I know the problem is the cell are being reuse so that's why the buttons are being call multiple times but I can't find a way to prevent it.
I added console write line statements through the code and the else part in MoveToWindow is never call. Could that be the reason why?
Research material for solution:
my code is calling twice the btndelete method in uitableview
UIButton click event getting called multiple times inside custom UITableViewCell
My Code:
namespace Class.iOS
{
    public partial class CustomCell : UITableViewCell
    {
        public static readonly NSString Key = new NSString ("CustomCell");
        public static readonly UINib Nib;
        public int Row { get; set; }
        public event EventHandler LikeButtonPressed;

        private void OnLikeButtonPressed()
        {
            if (LikeButtonPressed != null)
            {
                LikeButtonPressed(this, EventArgs.Empty);
            }
        }

        public override void MovedToWindow()
        {
            if (Window != null)
            {
                btnAdd.TouchUpInside += HandleLikeButtonPressed;
            }
            else
            {
                btnAdd.TouchUpInside -= HandleLikeButtonPressed;
            }
        }

        private void HandleLikeButtonPressed(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            OnLikeButtonPressed();
        }

        static CustomCell ()
        {
            Nib = UINib.FromName ("CustomCell", NSBundle.MainBundle);
        }

        public CustomCell ()
        {
        }

        public CustomCell (IntPtr handle) : base (handle)
        {
        }

        public void UpdateCell (string Name, int number)
        {
            // some code
        }

        public class TableSource : UITableViewSource
        {
            public override nint RowsInSection (UITableView tableview, nint section)
            {
                return 8;
            }

            private void HandleLikeButtonPressed(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                var cell = (CustomCell)sender;
                var row = cell.Row;

                switch (row)
                {
                case 0:
                    cell.label.Text = ""
                    break;
                case 1:
                    cell.label.Text = ""
                    break;
                }
            }
            public override UITableViewCell GetCell (UITableView tableView, NSIndexPath indexPath)
            {
                var cell = tableView.DequeueReusableCell (CustomCell.Key) as CustomCell;
                cell.Row = indexPath.Row;

                if (cell == null)
                {
                    cell = new CustomCell ();
                    var views = NSBundle.MainBundle.LoadNib("CustomCell", cell, null);
                    cell.LikeButtonPressed += HandleLikeButtonPressed;
                    cell = Runtime.GetNSObject( views.ValueAt(0) ) as CustomCell;

                }

                cell.UpdateCell
                (
                    // some code
                );

                return cell;
            }
        }
    }
}

A: The cells are reused in iOS, so you need to make sure you properly unhook handlers and reset state when a cell is reused. You can do something like this:
public partial class CustomCell : UITableViewCell {

EventHandler _likeButtonHandler;

public static readonly NSString Key = new NSString (typeof(CustomCell).Name);
public static readonly UINib Nib = UINib.FromName (typeof(CustomCell).Name, NSBundle.MainBundle);

public CustomCell ()
{

}

public CustomCell (IntPtr handle) : base (handle)
{
}

public override void PrepareForReuse ()
{
    LikeButton.TouchUpInside -= _likeButtonHandler;
    _likeButtonHandler = null;

    base.PrepareForReuse ();
}

public void SetupCell (int row, string Name, EventHandler likeBtnHandler)
{
    _likeButtonHandler = likeBtnHandler;

    LikeButton.TouchUpInside += _likeButtonHandler;
    LikeButton.Tag = row;

    NameLabel.Text = Name;
    RowLabel.Text = row.ToString ();
}

Notice that I unhook the event handler in the PrepareForReuse override. This is the correct place to do clean up and reset a cell for reuse. You should NOT be using MovedToWindow().
Then your GetCell method will look like this:
public override UITableViewCell GetCell (UITableView tableView, NSIndexPath indexPath)
{
    var cell = tableView.DequeueReusableCell (CustomCell.Key) as CustomCell ?? new CustomCell ();

    cell.SetupCell (indexPath.Row, _fruits [indexPath.Row], _likeButtonHandler);

    return cell;
}

The _likeButtonHandler is a simple EventHandler.

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Since today, when opening NWDS (7.3 SP 08 PAT0004), after a few seconds I get prompted to "Enter your user name and password for ADM or another operating system administrator on the system host" in a dialog box titled "OS Logon to SAP JEE Host". There is no hint whatsoever which system host this refers to (local workstation with developer workplace or development portal or CBS or...). Whatever credentials I enter, nothing happens except that this box keeps on popping up. After clicking on "Cancel" for three times, the box does not reappear.
"Deployment failed, Error Code 0.
com.sap.ide.eclipse.deployer.api.APIException: System TP2 not responding.
When I deployed before, I got prompted to enter deployment credentials when starting the first deployment of the day, entered my own user-id and password and everything worked fine. My admin crew tells me that nothing has changed except that some weeks ago some pathed have been installed onto the netweaver portal server.
Does anyone have any clue on what may be misconfigured or what credentials have to be entered ?
These are credentials of users who have deployment role/action in NW Java Application Server where code is to be deployed.
Either get it assigned the same to your id or use administrator's id.
Not required OS user to deploy ejb stuff . it will allow with PI user credentials .
i think its required some more user privileges or NWDS missing some deployments when you create. .
Obviously, my basis team installed a new kernel on the development portal server introducing some new security features. One of these requires authorization whenever NWDS requested diagnostic data, logs (ListLogFiles and ReadLogFile) or whatever from the NWDS default JEE server. The correct credentials would have been the <sid>adm user and password. As my basis team does not like to issue such data to the development team, the corresponding property "service/protectedwebmethods" in the default profile "DEFAULT.PFL" was changed from the default "SDEFAULT" to "DEFAULT". After that, the problems were solved.


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Simon Harmer: Essex spinner extends contract until end of 2022
From the section Cricket
http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/50916774
Simon Harmer was the leading wicket-taker in the County Championship in 2019
Off-spinner Simon Harmer has extended his contract with county champions Essex until the end of the 2022 season.
Harmer, 30, took 83 Championship wickets in 2019 to help Essex win their second title in three seasons.
He also captained Essex to their maiden domestic T20 title in September, hitting the winning runs in the final against Worcestershire at Edgbaston.
South Africa-born Harmer's existing deal was due to end in 2021 but it has now been extended by a further year.
"From the moment I arrived three years ago, I was made to feel part of the group and at ease in Chelmsford," he said. "It is now a place I consider my home, so it was an easy decision for me to make.
"We've just had a phenomenal season and everybody at the club is hungry for more success.
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((The Go! Team)) Band Profile and Upcoming Chicago Concerts - Oh My Rockness
The Go! Team's website
The Go! Team's mood alone can make up for all the years of wallowing lo-fi indie rockers waxing depression. Mixing tons of samples circa 1984 (think Fraggle Rock meets Hardcastle and McCormick meets the soccer practice scene in The Karate Kid) with playful vocals and jubilantly upbeat tempos make U.K.'s The Go! Team one of the happiest bands you'll ever hear.
It's funny because the title of their debut album, Thunder Lightning Strike, sounds so ominous you sort of expect death-metal. Perhaps the title is appropriate if the thunder they speak of strikes its victims with the giggles. One would never think the prevalent "scratch" of hip-hop, soul and funk on vinyl could sound so right as it's juxtaposed with melodic harmonicas, country-time banjos, and light-station trumpets. This should never work, yet it does. The Go! Team seems to be an in-studio creation of old school beats, but they're actually a live band that plays decidedly real instruments. Their show should be a "funfest." Mope-heads beware!
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So the current head of #Youtube, which is being driven into the ground under her leadership is Susan Wojcicki.
And she was previously married to Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google/Alphabet.
Wow, that's not a lot of separation between these top tech companies, is it?
They all also share something else in common.
There are a few of these DNA testing labs. They don't return identical results, so you can't put a lot of weight into it.
One thing never mentioned is organ donor compatibility. You could search this database for a compatible liver and find a living donor. If you were a VIP, and needed a specific liver, you could find a donor. The donor could have an accident.


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Q: a scrollbar solution/any solution to navigate in the window of tkinter lib Im currently struggling with finding a solution to a project im working on.
so far I've reached to this point:
GUI so far
Basically Im loading a csv file and plotting graphs according to any variable I choose and I can plot
multiple graphs BUT, once I've plotted 4 graphs the 5th will no longer be visible since it will go out of the frame....
I've tried methods I saw online and came to the conclusion that the widgets I used just dont have the scrollbar option/implementation.
any suggestions on how to deal with that?


Military Force created on 25 October 1973 by UN Security Council Resolution 340 following the Arab-Israel War that started on 6 October 1973, to allow the Israelis to evacuate the Suez Canal zone and the Sinai.
"United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEF II)." Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. . Encyclopedia.com. 21 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.


Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo has been urged to do the honourable by apologizing for her claims over the building of a community day senior high school in her constituency.
In a video that recently went viral on social media, Ms Safo is heard telling some constituents that she was directly involved in the establishment of the school, Kwabenya Senior High School, though she was a member of the opposition then.
She told the gathering, in a meeting held at the School's premises, that she had to write to the World Bank for the project. The Bank, she told her audience, only demanded a litigation-free land.
She spoke in local language Akan. But the Deputy Majority Leader has come under attack from the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which initiated the projects across the country as part of its 2012 manifesto.
Commenting on the issue, Executive Director of the African Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) Dr Rasheed Draman said there is nothing wrong on the part of the Minister of State to apologise.
"I think as a leader of our House, if there is miscommunication, I don't think there is anything wrong with coming out and apologizing," he said on TV3's Midday Live on Monday.
Dr Draman pointed out that clearly the MP may have committed a slip in her claims. He further pointed out that MPs are even not responsible for such projects though Ghanaian MPs appear to have digressed from their core mandate of making laws.
But an officer of the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, Nana Nkrumah, said the issue has been blown out of proportion.
The Communications Officer said the lawyer was referring to her efforts in getting the project to the constituency and not owning it.
According to Nana Nkrumah, Ms Safo wrote to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) for the lease of land for the project.
He said as a member of the Assembly, she felt part of getting the project to its location. He said the hullaballoo had been generated by the NDC.


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namespace Node.Cs.Lib.Controllers
{
	public class ByteResponse : DataResponse
	{
		public virtual void Initialize(byte[] data, string contentType = null, Encoding contentEncoding = null)
		{
			Data = data;
			ContentType = contentType ?? "application/octet-stream";
			ContentEncoding = contentEncoding ?? Encoding.UTF8;
		}
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IKJDC: Ponzi as game!
Sanya Oni
Happy New Year! Like one of my friends is wont to say, it takes grace to survive the entity called Nigeria. Just imagine the array of forces massed to do the citizens in; from businesses that are a little more than glorified 'ponzis', the hordes of complicit if not entirely conniving regulators whose instinct is to look the other way, right up to an uncaring and utterly indifferent government that watches on as Nigerians are being mauled by so-called service providers.
You will certainly agree that survival in Nigeria in recent time require far more the famed Nigerian resilience; nothing short of the five-letter word – GRACE – is required to beat the odds.
Call it an unusual way to start year 2023 – and I will agree 100 percent. But then, when you have endured a month-long ill-treatment in the hands of an irresponsible service provider like Ikeja Disco, you are left with no choice. The real shame here is that my story – like those of countless other Nigerians marooned on the island of indifference – doesn't even pretend to be extraordinary; talk of the living reality daily forced on Nigerians by the conniving tag team of crooked institutions and corporate brigands!
Let me cut straight to the chase.
First week in December, my wife had gone to the neighbourhood office of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKJDC) to top up our pre-paid meter. Although she wanted N20,000 loaded on the card, she ended up being charged twice, no thanks to the glitches routinely suffered by Nigerians on the erratic payment platform. Not to worry; she was assured that the first transaction, which the official had assumed did not sail through, would be reversed in due time. Days of waiting for a reversal that didn't happen, she went to the bank to lodge a formal complaint. Only then was she told that the two transactions actually went through and that the IKJDC account had been duly credited with N40,000 for which she was supplied proof!
At this point, the matter looked quite simple and straight-forward: She would get IKJDC to transfer same to the card in the unlikelihood that they would want to refund the money.
Soon after, we realised that our nightmares had only just begun. At the IKJDC headquarters in Ikeja where she went to lodge a formal complaint, the customer relations staff on duty, after perusing her documents including the bank statement admitted that the fund in question (N20,000) was in their account alright, only that this could not be loaded because the card – yes, the same card on which the earlier credit was loaded days before – was no longer supported on their company's payment platform!
She was then availed two options: pay for a new meter which attracts a free of N115,000; never mind the interminable waiting time for installation during which we would be thrown back to the old estimated billing system; or in the interim, do another top up on the same old card and by that forfeit the N20,000 already into their piggy bank!
Just like that!
I took over at this point. I told the officials that neither of the options made any sense. In the first place, I had absolutely no problem with the current pre-paid meter to warrant my coughing out N115,000 for a new one under the current difficult economic climate. Second, to the extent that any technical/operational issues that have rendered the old meter obsolete had nothing to do with me, the consumer, (need I also remind that the same meter in question was duly paid for), the cost of any proposed upgrade ought to be borne by IKJDC, not me the hapless consumer! Third and most intriguing suggestion- that I could actually load new units on the old card but that would mean forfeiting the N20,000 that was the subject of the original complaint. And all of these in the raging background on what to do when the already purchased units run out considering that Christmas and New Year celebrations were only few weeks away!
Convinced that I could at least pull some levers to get the problem sorted out, I called everyone I knew. From their field staff to the customer relations personnel right up to some supposedly top guns in the public relations department; none, as one would imagine, could offer any practical help. Even at that, what I could never have bargained for was being taken through the lecture circuit; the customer relations officers with their standard, icy templates that left no accommodation for common-sense, fairness or equitable dealing; the antediluvian public relations directorate that suffered no pretences about being either 'public' or 'relational'. In all, you are told that the system has been long on this process of upgrade, only that the electricity consumer opted to remain light years behind by neglecting to pay for the modern digitised meters!
Summary: Either it is the ways of IKJDC or hell's highway!
In the meantime, I was expected to 'comfortably' endure the agony of spending the holidays without public electricity supply! And that's exactly how the holidays went! And all of these for the sole prize of running from IKJDC's pillars to their outposts!
Well, this is my story a la Ikeja Disco. I guess it captures the agonies of millions of electricity consumers in the hands of the clueless, shylock operator.
I must say that the story has only just begun. I have since paid the N115,000 for their 'digitised meter' just as the discussions on my N20,000 'overpayment' is currently on hold. As for their promissory note of 'direct connection' following the intervention of officials, this has remained undelivered although a friend has assured that a timely delivery of an estimated bill covering the period is more than guaranteed! And this is supposed to be a 21st century service provider.
Meanwhile, the gospel out there, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is that installation of electrical assets remains the responsibility of Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos). At least, this was what we heard as one of the outcomes of the three-day NERC/Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Customer Complaint Resolution Meeting held in Abuja last week.
Here is how NERC's Commissioner Consumers Affairs Aisha Mahmud puts it: "It is not the responsibility of the consumers to buy meters, poles or any assets for the Discos because we have already provided for that in the tariff of the utilities".
Well I just did.
She didn't even stop there. In the circumstances that you have to purchase these items and you cannot wait for the Discos to make that investment, it has to be done through an agreement. The consumer, she emphasised, has to sign an agreement with the DisCos stating when and how the consumer will be refunded.
"The agreement should contain a dispute resolution clause and all other items that are expected of a standard agreement".
My question – what options are available to the electricity consumer literally forced at gun point to pay for a meter in place of another which the service provider has deemed obsolete, and who must in addition, be denied service at the sole pleasure of a most irresponsible corporate like the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company?
Over to you NERC. Happy new year folks!


A remarkable woman whose rare gift teaches a gruff Scottish warrior how to listen with his heart.
Eveline felt the earth tremble below her and she automatically picked up her head, wondering who had gone riding on the hill where she was sprawled. She saw Brodie astride his horse, his head turning to survey the terrain. When his gaze fell on her, she saw the instant relief in his eyes.
He slid from his horse, dropped the reins to allow the horse to graze, and strode in her direction. As he grew near, she could see what it was he said.
She frowned, because where she may have once done something so selfish and cowardly, it was not something she'd ever do again. She might be terrified of her impending marriage, but she would face her future head-on and not give her family any hint of her inner turmoil. She owed them that much.
Brodie reached for her hand to pull her to her feet and then to her surprise he hugged her fiercely, holding her against his chest for the longest time.
She allowed it, enjoying the show of affection. It wasn't that Brodie wasn't affectionate with her. Of all her relatives, he was the most demonstrative. He also treated her less like a half person than the rest. To him she was his baby sister and that was all.
But this felt different. Almost as if it were he who needed comforting and not her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him back with all her strength. Which, considering she couldn't even circle his muscled girth and make her hands touch on the other side, wasn't much.
She knew he was talking to her because she could feel the vibrations rumbling from his chest, but she didn't want to give up the hug to push away so she could see what it was he said.
When he finally pulled away, he took her hand and started to tug her toward the keep. She stopped and frowned, then looked back at his horse.
For a moment, her gaze left her brother once more to find the horse who was grazing contentedly a few feet away. She didn't hate horses. They'd once been something she loved more than anything else. She hated that when she got close, when she could smell them, could feel their power, that she broke into a cold sweat and terror gripped her.
She hadn't ridden since her accident. She missed it. Missed the freedom of riding across open land, hair flying behind her, not a care in the world. Now the mere idea of being astride something so strong paralyzed her. She weighed nothing in comparison. It was so easy for a horse to unseat her.
Brodie tugged again, and this time he led her away more forcefully. She had a thousand questions she wanted to put to her brother, but she had no idea how to formulate them. No way to make him understand that she craved information.
What was the Montgomery chieftain like? Was he grotesque? Was he menacing?
She halted again, withdrew her hand from Brodie's, then touched his arm and tilted her head toward the keep. Then she lifted her eyebrows in clear question.
Brodie pursed his lips and blew air out, his cheeks puffing slightly. He glanced away, ran a hand through his hair and then finally directed his gaze back to her. There was deep sorrow in his eyes. Worry. Love. Concern.
She put a finger to his lips and then shook her head in a negative motion. Then she smiled because she wanted him not to look so sad. If there was ever a time she wished she had the courage to try to speak it was now. She opened her mouth, willing to try, not even knowing what would come out, but before she could issue those guttural sounds that she hoped formed words, her brother turned sharply and then held up a fist in the air.
He bellowed something she couldn't discern, but felt the vibration from his body. When she looked in the direction he was staring, she saw that Aiden was in the distance motioning them toward the keep.
Brodie put a hand to the middle of her back and nudged her forward. She was sure he spoke, but she was too focused on the keep as they drew near to try to discern what it was he said. It was at these times that she knew others thought her daft because she simply didn't respond, didn't react. He could be saying anything at all and she'd never know.
When they approached Aiden, he was frowning, and she knew a reprimand was forthcoming so she purposely didn't look at him, because if she didn't see what he was saying then it didn't really happen.
Perfectly logical in her mind.
Not that Aiden was ever mean. He was just less patient than Brodie. And he worried for her. If he had his way, she'd stay in the keep and never wander far. She'd never forget that it was he who'd found her in the ravine and that he'd feared the worst. That she had died.
She walked into the keep, flanked by her brothers, and she had to admit, it bolstered her courage because being between them, she knew she'd never come to harm.
As soon as she entered the hall, she came to an abrupt halt, her gaze automatically finding the man who commanded the most authority. It was obvious—at least to her—who the chieftain of the Montgomery clan was.
Power clung to him. It was an almost visible aura surrounding him.
She swallowed nervously and her palms grew damp. He was big. Really big. Taller than even her brothers. He was broad-shouldered with an equally broad chest, more narrow at the waist, and his legs were solid masses of muscle, as big around as she was. Maybe her first impression was a wee bit exaggerated, but he looked like a mountain to her.
His medium brown hair was unruly. It hung to just below the base of his neck and curled at the ends, flipping this way and that. It was obvious he hadn't a care when he had it shorn. Unlike his brothers—or at least she assumed the two men with him were his brothers—he wore his hair shorter.
One of the men with him was beautiful. It seemed odd to describe a man with such a feminine term—and there was nothing remotely feminine about him. But he hadn't a single flaw that Eveline could see. His hair was as dark as a raven's wing and his eyes were a vivid blue. It was a certainty that Eveline had never seen his equal when it came to fairness of face. It was hard to look away from him.
The man who stood on Graeme's other side was nearly as large as his two brothers, and he had a lot of similarities to the really handsome brother. In fact, of the three, Graeme was probably the least blessed with a face that women would fawn over or that poets and bards would compose lyrics about, but still she was drawn over and over to Graeme's features. The lines of his face. The strength in his deceptively casual pose.
Nay, he wasn't beautiful like his brothers, but there was something even more arresting about his appearance. Something that intrigued her and drew her to look at him again and again.
And then the most amazing thing happened. As she stood there gaping, nearly hidden behind her brothers, an odd vibration echoed through her ears.
It was faint—so faint that she thought perhaps she'd imagined it. But no, there it was again. A deep timbre—a voice! Low-pitched like some of the other rare sounds she was able to hear, though until now she'd never been certain that they were real. She'd thought they were only memories of sounds she'd heard before her world had gone silent.
She pushed around her brothers so she could more squarely see the room and she searched for the source of that sound. That beautiful sound.
As soon as she made her presence known, the others looked her way, and it was then she saw that Graeme's lips were moving. It was him she was hearing!
Uncaring of how forward or discourteous she might appear, she rushed forward, eager to be closer, wanting more of this delicious sensation in her ears.
But his lips stopped moving the moment she halted in front of him. They turned down into a frown as he stared back at her, almost as if he found her lacking.
Color suffused her cheeks and she lowered her gaze, suddenly shamed. Of course he'd find her lacking. He would have heard the stories and here she came boldly rushing forward, not even refreshed or appropriately dressed to greet her prospective husband. He must think her extremely disrespectful.
She took a step back, her hands shaking at her sides, and then she chanced another glance up at him, hoping that he would speak again, even if it was to voice his displeasure. She craved that sensation in her ears, something to break the endless, suffocating silence she lived in.
Graeme stared down at the tiny slip of a lass in front of him, taking in her heightened color and the sudden shame that had crept into her eyes.
Christ's bones, but the lass was beautiful. Breathtakingly beautiful. He hadn't imagined—how could he have?—that his intended bride would be such a bonnie lass.
She was tiny, almost fragile in appearance. He could likely break her bones with a simple squeeze. Her hair was like a wash of sunshine, only a little paler. Honey blond with the bluest eyes he'd ever seen on a woman. They reminded him a lot of Bowen's eyes, eyes he'd inherited from their mother. And they were fringed by dark lashes, long, making her eyes seem even larger against her small face.
He'd expected a . . . child. Perhaps even someone who resembled a child. This was no girl barely on the cusp of womanhood. She was a woman full grown with gently curved hips and a bosom that, although not overly large, was well beyond the initial budding of a girl in her youth.
He had to remind himself that she wasn't . . . normal. Or at least she was not as a normal woman should be. He still wasn't sure the extent or even the nature of her condition. There was much he needed to know.
He hated the bleakness in her expression. There was something in it that did funny things to his chest. Was she worried that he would deny her? That he would reject her in front of her family and his?
No matter his distaste for the union and the circumstances forced upon him by his king, the idea of hurting such a sweet-looking lass made him ill. Whatever was wrong with her was not of her making, and she was an innocent pawn in a calculated move by the crown.
"I assume you must be Eveline," he said in a gentle voice.
Her chin notched upward, and to his surprise, she smiled back at him, her eyes lighting up—her entire face lighting up—so much so that it made him catch his breath and stare back in awe at her beauty.
She sobered a bit at that last, so it was evident she had basic understanding of the situation. Her brow wrinkled up and then she cocked her head to the side as she studied him with those startling blue eyes.
He found himself fidgeting under her regard, which made him scowl. Her eyes widened as she took a hasty step back toward her father.
Hell, he hadn't meant to frighten her. He glanced over to the earl of Dunbar, allowing his displeasure to show. The earl, however, looked amused, another thing that Graeme didn't find pleasing.
Then, to Graeme's utter shock, Eveline stepped forward and slipped her small hand into his much larger, much rougher one and curled her fingers trustingly around his.
When he turned from the earl to stare back at her, she smiled, flashing straight, white teeth.
Laird Armstrong's groan could be heard throughout the hall. Robina Armstrong put a hand to her mouth and Eveline's brothers just looked really, really angry.
Whatever reservations the Armstrongs had about the marriage, it was evident that their daughter had no such misgivings.


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I learned that several famous authors received their original ideas by inspiration – from a dream or the like. So, many years ago, I prayed to receive an inspiration for a novel. The next morning I woke up with the first couple of sentences in my head, I saw it clearly: "Alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet…Hello, my name is Alpha, I am trapped, please help me…" Alpha reached out to me from the ether and told me of her plight.
So I received a tiny germ of an idea, just the first few sentences (I'm not including it all here since I don't want to give the story away). The idea fascinated me, captured my imagination, sent a thrill through me. What will happen to Alpha? What happens in my story? What is Alpha's story? I knew the book was like an old encyclopedeia with alchemical terms, like a Potions Class from Hogwarts. This novel is my answer to a deep desire to attend Hogwarts.
Thus began my journey as I worked on my first novel, on and off, for many years. It required a lot of research, which I love to do. I struggled the most with finding consistent time to make myself work on it – the first challenge of all writers. I was also running a business, then started a second, and raising four teenagers. My auburn hair began to gray.
But I continued working on my novel off and on for several years, spending the bulk of my time doing historical research and learning alchemy myself.
Then I met full-time author Susanne Lambdin at GalaxyFest and attended her writing class. I shared my story idea with her and she became so excited she offered to write the blurb on the back and connect me with her book reviewers and network. Her excitement acted as a catalyst, getting me fired up about my story again and finally figuring out how to work on it consistently.
I started participating in the various NaNoWriMo goals throughout the year (National Novel Writing Month plus their virtual writing camps) and joined a more aggressive local writer's group. They meet every other Monday night to give feedback on each other's works, to learn the craft of novel-writing, and to push each other to write at least 2,000 words a week and get our books done. I was encouraged to stop researching and get the writing done – the research can continue alongside the writing. I had been stuck in the research hole for a long time so this was what I needed.
I got serious with my writing and spent a year finishing the novel. Whew – I thought the main work was done. I was wrong. It took me two years of working on it steadily to revise and edit. I learned so much.
Finally in June of 2018, I finished my novel and kept dancing all day. I'm now querying it out and one agent is reading it!
It's called Encyclopedeia Magica: Volume 1 – Alchemy.


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Aswan Botanical Garden Elnabatat
Aswan Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Aswan is one of the oldest gardens in the world. It includes a group of tropical and subtropical plants and is considered to be one of the most important research centers in Egypt.
Meditation tour
Therapeutic tourism in Egypt
Birds watching
High Dam at Aswan
Sharm El Sheikh Water Sports
On the way to Botanical garden.
Some flowers in the garden.
Aswan Botanical Garden jetty.
Pomegranate tree in the garden.
Giant Palms of the garden.
Alley of Botanical garden in Aswan.
Orange tree at Aswan botanical garden.
The garden is located on one of the largest and most beautiful islands of the Nile. The oval shaped island has an area of 17 acres & includes a rare collection of tropical plants which have been collected from all over the world. It's rare collection of trees includes: Alcaaa African - Tamarind -Almahojuny - Ebony - Camphor - Neem - Cork - Alpomaks - Sandalwood. Collection of tropical fruit trees includes Jack Fruit - Kazmiro - Mango - Cream - Alepeshmlh - Pineapple - Passion Fruit - Figs - Sabota - Alaugenia - Coconut. As well as medicinal plants and aromatic henna, hibiscus, basil, frankincense and siwaak.
The island was settled by Nubians and was known as "Garden Natron", English in the late nineteenth century used the island as a military base and renamed the spot to the "Island of the radar," but King Fouad I ordered to change its name to the "King's Island". And only after the Egyptian revolution in July 1952 the President Gamal Abdel Nasser finally called the site as "Island of plants."
Island of plants is built on an area of 17 acres, and divided into 7 sections of the plant life and rare perennials, which are initialized its favorable climatic conditions by plastic greenhouses as follows:
1. Collection of timber trees: such as ebony, mahogany, and sandalwood.
2. Tropical fruit trees: such as papaya and grapefruit.
3. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: like siwaak, tamarind, carob, cloves, cardamom, hibiscus, ginger, marjoram.
4. Spice plants: such as chili peppers and red peppers.
5. Ornamental plants: such as Jasmine, Garonaa, tulips, and petunias.
6. Oily plants: such as oil palm, and coconut palms, olive trees.
7. Palm group: Dom like palm, coconut palms, date palms.


I know there are a few of the old guys from the Houston area. T&P for those affected.
Anyone know or still talk to Rampage? He and I talked several times over the years about rentals and if I remember correctly he had quite a few in the area.
I talked to him this morning. He had his house flooded and 4-6 rent houses flooded.
I've been chatting with goofyboy and he's dry, but not by much. If the forecasts hold he will make it out dry.
If y'all remember oshensurfer he and some friends came over from Austin w/boat to help with rescues.
An old friend from HS who lives in Kingwood took water when the spillway flows from Lake Conroe came in. She and her daughter got picked up by the coasties.
A good friend of mine (firefighter/paramedic) spent all day Monday packing up the Urban SAR gear for the Sacramento Fire strike team, but did not have to go himself. They are on scene now conducting rescues.
That stinks for rampagewake. I wonder how his offshore boat fared?
This will easily go down as the worst natural disaster in US history, at least by $$$$ cost.
All good things to all those suffering loss or displacement. Extra good JuJu to rampagewake, hoping good stuff finds you and yours.
Hello friends, thanks for the well wishes! Boat and my house in Freeport made it fine. I made the decision to move the boat from my house up the river behind the flood gates and all was fine. It would have ridden it out ok at my house it turns out, as the house was fine but obviously could not know that at the time. I am self insured on my house down there, which is great for cheap premiums, but the deductibles can be steep.
On Saturday, after landfall I realized that my house and boat were going to be fine and we went and watched the fight at a friends in town (Houston) and celebrated with lots of drinks. That night late the streets started flooding and we pulled the wifes suv up into their driveway. In the morning, we got a reprieve for an hour or so and made our break for Cypress (suburb). We finally made it after driving through water and rerouting several times.
My house in Cypress had never flooded since it was built in 1963. We got about 8" in the house but my real concern was watching houses flood all around town. Flood insurance is not subsidized for rentals the way it is for homeowners so I am self insured there as well. Having 10 houses go under could be pretty devastating. Oh well, it's not an outcome we could change at the time, so we jumped in my brothers jon boat and went to subdivisions behind ours closer to the creek to get people out of the second stories of their homes. My brother hauled 6-8 trips before being exhausted and needing fuel. We went back to his house (2 streets over from mine) and saw that the water was about to go in his door. I went back home and wished him luck but knew the inevitable was about to occur. I settled in above my garage in the gameroom with a knot in my stomach to try and get some sleep. My brother texted me at 2 am and said he went back out in the jon boat and got 2 more loads because he couldn't sleep and when he came back at 2 am anticipating the worst, he opened the door and it was dry! And - the water had went down 1/2"! (thanks Karma!!) We also lucked out, but would not know for another 2 days that we only had 2 (plus mine) flood, so that is easy for us to remedy. We cut drywall already and will have the tenants back in before the end of the month.
My wife and I were actually scheduled to leave on the boat for the Bahamas next week to spend 6 months over in the Exumas. I had taken a LOA from work but we've decided to postpone our departure until the end of the month while we oversee reconstruction. Things are really bad for lots of people, I am very fortunate we made out as good as we did. Thanks again for your concern!
Also, God Bless Jim "Mattress" McIngvale - he is good people.
Hi all! Some how myself and my immediate family all stayed dry. My father's main car was flooded, but his house was spared by about 17". That's a lot compared to some other friends that had water at their door. We took in our good friends from the neighborhood over, as the Brazos River was going to crest over the height of their levee. The river dropped and took them out of the danger zone.
I'm pretty sure 75% of the houses in my neighborhood have extra family or friends staying with them. A buddy took in a mom and her two sons that he helped rescue for a few nights.
It's been as bad or worse than what you have seen on TV. I saw video of Kingwood High School and it looks to have 4' of water in it.
Also, it's not over. The Brazos River is cresting late today or early tomorrow. It will hit 56' (roughly), which is a record. Communities down river will experience more flooding.
Rampage - sorry about your place sir. what neighborhood are you in? My buddy is up on Towne Lake and was out rescuing people. Are you that far out or are you around the Eldridge flooding?
I'm in front of Enchanted Valley between Telge/Barker. Glad you were spared!
Man, glad to hear so many are doing OK and it wasn't worse. My company has a couple offices and a lot of staff in that area. We have several who have lost their homes and this will be quite an ordeal.


For five years, Sarah Hummer had no explanation for her infertility. With nowhere to place the blame, she and her husband assumed it was stress-related.
She'd recently begun practicing yoga, but was in search of a new studio that provided a more restorative and holistic experience.
After years working at a marketing and communications firm in Georgetown, Sarah transitioned to a healthcare consulting firm in Tyson's Corner. But the bigger the practice got, the more corporate it felt. If there was any stress remaining in her life, this was it. Over the next six months, Sarah trained with Diego del Sol to become a Yoga del Sol instructor. She completed the training and began teaching.
After much deliberation, Sarah decided to quit her job at the consulting firm.
Sarah explored prenatal yoga, using herself as a guinea pig each trimester to determine what her body responded to, and began building her own practice.
After Sarah had her daughter Leigh—now six months old—she felt like she needed yoga the most.
Sarah draws from her own experience as a new mom—and someone who struggled with infertility for years—to teach her yoga students in a way that feels more authentic and personal. She says more and more teacher trainings have become nothing more than memorizing a set of poses and operating from a script. Yoga del Sol and Sarah's new pre- and post-natal yoga classes both dig deeper.
Traditional yogis get up at 4am every morning to take on such challenges, typically practicing for two hours. It's a beautiful, incredibly unrealistic practice for most people, new moms at the top of the list. Sarah practices daily, but sometimes that means 15 minutes on her mat, or a few conscious breathing exercises.
So, too, do the aches and pains. Sarah's husband is a yoga convert, but stopped attending Sarah's classes to stay home with Leigh. When his back started seizing up, Sarah showed him how to practice every morning on his own. The pain almost immediately disappeared.
It's this focus on both mind and body—and the realization that they're inextricably connected—that speaks to Sarah and so many others, particularly in a city full of noise.
And the sound of your baby's breath.


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Na 2. zimní olympiádě v St. Moritzu byl po druhé v historii olympiád na pořadu závod vojenských hlídek. Protože pro tento sport zatím nebyl ustanoven žádný mezinárodní svaz, byl prohlášen MOV na těchto olympijských hrách jako sport ukázkový. Organizaci závodu vojenských hlídek tak převzal Švýcarský lyžařský svaz. Závody vojenských hlídek jsou dnes považovány za předchůdce biatlonu.

Start závodu byl vzhledem k noční sněhové nadílce zpožděn o 45 minut. Závod probíhal na běžecké trati o délce 24 km s výškovým převýšením 1124 metrů. Hlídky byly čtyřčlenné a skládaly se z důstojníka, který se nesměl účastnit střelby, poddůstojníka a dvou dalších mužů. Všichni členové hlídky museli být v době závodu činní ve vojenské službě. Do cíle museli dorazit všichni s maximálním časovým odstupem mezi prvním a posledním v délce 30 sekund. Střelba probíhala na vzdálenost 150 m a střílelo se na balony. Za každý netrefený balon následoval trest v podobě 3 trestných minut.

Na závody se dostavil jako divák dokonce nizozemský princ-manžel, kterého na olympiádě zajímala především tato disciplína, i když se v ní neudělovaly olympijské medaile. Závodů se zúčastnily hlídky z devíti zemí. Vítězství si odvezla hlídka Norska před hlídkami Finska a Švýcarska.

Pořadí zemí

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Muži

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I know Advent is only a few weeks away (have you done your Christmas shopping yet?) but it is this verse from Mark that has played over and over in my mind for weeks now. Jesus is in the garden and asking that he be spared but he surrenders to what will happen and for that reason we have the resurrection and our Faith Tradition.
Now I am not one who believes that G-d incarnated Himself just to be hung on a cross for my sins or anyones sins. My belief is that G-d had hoped, we, his most recalcitrant creation would listen to the Word of Jesus and transform our lives and the world. I believe that for two reasons: first, Jesus repeatedly tells his disciples and anyone who was listening that the Kingdom of G-d was now, not in some future date, but now. And, I believe today the Kingdom is now if only we open eyes and ears to see and listen as G-d intends. But we don't because, well, we don't.
The second reason is the G-d I know and love would never deliberately send a beloved child to their death. Yes I know we have lots of stories in the Bible of G-d using violence but we have even more stories and words that express how much G-d loves and cares for us, especially those who are marginalized. So Jesus was hung on the cross because of the blindness and deafness of the people he only wanted to transform. We today are still pounding those nails into Jesus hands and feet because we are still blind and deaf. We have yet to transform and recognize the Kingdom all around us.
And, that brings me to my latest meditation. First of all the imagery of the cup has been an important one for me for over a year. I have wrestled with the cup placed before me and realized how bitter that can be. I also know just how sweet the cup is. I was devastated when a small minded official denied me a temporary visa to study in Switzerland and that was a bitter cup to swallow. But I have discovered how sweet the cup has been in the last number of week's as I have come to new insights about who I am as a spiritual being, and what my future ministry will be with God.
But the primary image is of Jesus' surrender to the path laid before him, saying not my will but yours. Surrender, that word is loaded with many images. There is the image of a soldier standing in front of his company waving a white flag as they surrender to an enemy. Or, picture a child being held down by a bully and crying "uncle" in order to get away from their tormentor. But it also has some wonderful positive images. Surrendering can also mean release from suffering. I have been with the elderly who have surrendered to the inevitable and come to a time of peace about the end of their lives. I was with my father in the last days of his life as he lay dying from cancer and I watched his face as it became peaceful and accepting of his discovery he wasn't going to overcome the illness, but instead was headed toward something sweet, even if he didn't know what that was.
But it is the image of an individual who has reached rock bottom in their lives from substance abuse or something they have done or has been done to them when the ultimate surrender happens that has the most importance for me. It is the image of someone who has nowhere else to go but up that holds my attention. I have been in that place partly of my own doing and partly of the worlds. I know what it means to be at the bottom of a well and yelling at G-d, "I give up; you fix it because I can't." It took a great deal of faith and trust for me to let go and let G-d take over. I am a control freak, at least over my own life, and always want, and still do, to take the reins and run with them. I want to tell G-d what I will do rather than wait and listen for what G‑d wants.
But there is a liberating feeling to that surrender to G-d's plan. While I have to keep reminding myself that I surrendered remembering it opens me to the possibilities of seeing and hearing in a totally new way. I see everything around me differently, everything becomes new. It is as if I have put on a new pair of glasses and now I see clearly for the first time in many years. Does that analogy sound familiar to you? It should.
In each of the Gospels we have stories of Jesus healing the blind and opening the ears of the deaf. These may or may not have been factual healings. Jesus was known as a healer and I have no doubt that he was an exceptional one. But these may also have been metaphorical stories about people who are spiritually blind and deaf who reconnect with G-d and creation. They find the path that lead back to G-d and life.
I want to say I have again found the path, but I must admit I seem to keep losing it. Mostly because of my own ego and arrogance that tells me I can do better by myself. But I am blessed that G-d has had so much patience with me. Letting me stray and then return with a bruised and humbled ego, kissing my wounds and saying "welcome home." This prodigal daughter must constantly pray, 'I surrender," because otherwise I forget.
I am currently in a period of discernment about what direction my life and ministry will take. It is hard waiting for G-d to speak, but I am praying over and over again, "I surrender, let not my will but yours be my life." I am beginning to see a path again and it is in the feeling of being surrounded by loving arms that is keeping me pointed towards that path. I don't know if I am 'seeing' correctly yet but I have time to figure that out. There will be a cup at the path I will have to drink from, sweet or bitter, I don't know which it will be, but if I have true faith. If I am committed, loyal, hold my allegiance to, and grow my relationship with, G-d I know I will be Ok; more than Ok, sweetly happy.
guide me back with your love.
open my ears to hear your voice.
You oh Beloved wait on the other side.
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Oh, how difficult to place myself and keep myself in that place/space called, "Wait on the Lord . . .". It is part of the discipline of surrender. Thanks for your words, and I promise to wait together with you .


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Companies feel layoffs can also pay off in hiring process
Companies say they are not wary of people who come with a justified reason for layoff as it stands as a testimony to a candidate's resilience.
Varuni Khosla
May 26, 2018, 16:17 IST
Firms are willing to consider candidates who have lost their jobs and give them a second chance — if the reasons are right.
Getting laid off is no longer shameful in India — if the reasons are right. In fact, getting fired could be a testimony to a candidate's resilience and fire in the belly to bounce back.
Professionals looking for jobs are increasingly open to saying they were laid off simply because it's not as uncommon or rare as it was before. Companies, too, are more willing to consider candidates who have lost their jobs.
They're aware that redundancies and job losses are due to business circumstances such as slowing growth, mergers and acquisitions, and disruption by automation and digitisation, said human resource heads and executive search experts.
"It is a reality of life today and people are far more open about it," said Saugata Gupta, managing director of Marico, the maker of Parachute and Saffolabranded consumer products.
"In the western world it is common. Even in India, it is no longer taboo."
"Companies are no longer wary of people who come with a justified reason for layoff," said Debabrat Mishra, partner and leader innovation & alliances at Deloitte Consulting, India.
Godrej managing director echoes a similar sentiment. "We don't believe that there should be any stigma associated with getting laid off. These things happen. What is important is to understand the context, the circumstances and the individual's track record," said Vivek Gambhir, managing director, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.
Over the past year, jobs have been shed in three leading service sectors — IT, telecom and banking, financial services and insurance — that have been aggressive job creators in the past.
Last year, India's IT sector saw more than 55,000 layoffs, faced with a slowdown as well as disruption of traditional roles by technology and digitisation, according to industry estimates.
The telecom sector cut a fourth of its workforce, with almost 75,000 people losing their jobs under pressure of competition and mergers and acquisitions. The BFSI sector has been hit by slowing growth.
Kamal Karanth, founder of Xpheno, said his staffing company gets at least one call a week from candidates who are comfortable acknowledging they were laid off. He cites the example of a person earning Rs 1crore-plus who approached him recently for a job, saying he was just waiting to get laid off.
"It is not about layoff but about resilience and how one has dealt with the layoff. Someone who has bounced back actually has demonstrated confidence," Mishra said.
"Companies are interested in such candidates as they come with experience and knowledge of handling tough situations having gone through uncertainty versus someone who has not seen the downturn." Mishra added that they "are more hungry and eager to make an impact".
"There is 100% acceptance of such candidates. Some candidates turn it into an advantage. If people have come out of it and still retained market value it is a big positive," said S Venkatesh, president — group HR at RPG Enterprises, which has interests in tyres, infrastructure and IT.
OTHER FACTORS AT PLAY
While it is easier to admit and accept layoff situations now, culturally the stigma has not fully been eliminated, according to Prabir Jha, global chief people officer at drug manufacturer Cipla. "Finally, it boils down to the overall track record and reputation of the candidate and how pressing is the need of the potential employer," Jha said.
However, the tension starts building up when one doesn't get a job for a long time, according to Venkatesh of RPG. "The gap should not be too long," he said, adding that if one crosses 50, there is again an age bias.
The possibility of layoffs being non-performance related is very high today, said experts. Also, companies find it easier to validate the reason for layoffs with stringent background checks and verification through references. Moreover, opportunities still exist in the market for such folks.
Kaustubh Sonalkar, president-HR at Essar Group, cited the example of a person from a large MNC who was asked to move on because it had closed down the business. "The person had a great skillset and we realised he could add value to our organisation," said Sonalkar.
Similarly, the vice president of a consumer company, with over three decades of work experience, recently lost his job due to a redundancy. He got a letter of recommendation from his previous employer stating that the company's business requirements had changed and that made it a breeze to get his next assignment.
Still, it's not always a cakewalk as one can expect more rigorous reference checks and background verification. While multinational companies are ahead in accepting the context of layoffs, many Indian companies are not comfortable, said experts. "Clients are still not open," said the head of a staffing company.
"We will be extra careful in doing 360-degree reference check with the person's previous line managers, colleagues, customers, suppliers or even talk to the Big 4 audit firms or strategy firms if the hiring is at a C-suite level," said Venkatesh. "We will be very careful and do a deep dive before hiring such candidates."
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Madonna (entertainer)
American singer and songwriter
Madonna Louise Ciccone, commonly known as Madonna (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, author, director and philanthropist. Madonna was born in Bay City, Michigan, but she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance.
Madonna performing during the Rebel Heart Tour in Stockholm, November 2015
Madonna Louise Ciccone
(1958-08-16) August 16, 1958 (age 62)
Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
Veronica (Catholic confirmation name)[1]
Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S.
U.S. $590–800 million[2][3]
(m. 1985; div. 1989)
Partner(s)
Carlos Leon (1995–1997)
Musical career
www.madonna.com
During her career, she has sold over 300 million records worldwide and is the top-selling female artist of all time. Some of her most famous albums are Like a Virgin, True blue, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions On a Dance-Floor. She has won seven Grammy awards. Madonna is considered the "Queen Of Pop" due to her extremely successful career on music and for being the most selling female singer in history. She has been in many movies; she received positive reviews for her role in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).[4] Her later movies received mixed reviews. She received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Evita (1996). She got harsh feedback for other performances.
1 1983–89: Madonna, Like a Virgin, True Blue, and Like a Prayer
2 1990–99: The Immaculate Collection, Erotica, film success, Bedtime Stories, and Ray of Light
3 2000–10: Music, American Life, Confessions on a Dance Floor, and Hard Candy
4 2011–present: W.E., MDNA, Rebel Heart, and Madame X
1983–89: Madonna, Like a Virgin, True Blue, and Like a PrayerEdit
After the release of some dance hits she released her first album, Madonna, in 1983. The album was a great success.[5][6] Her next album, Like a Virgin (1984), sold over 6 million copies in the United States only and overall 10 million copies worldwide. Her album True Blue has sold 25 million copies. Her album Like a Prayer caused controversy, as it had to do with Christianity but the album sold over 15 million records worldwide. During the 1980s, Madonna was a huge fashion icon and was an idol for millions of girls and boys. Songs like Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Into the Groove, Papa Don't Preach, Holiday, Lucky Star, La Isla Bonita, and Like a Prayer are believed to be classics.
1990–99: The Immaculate Collection, Erotica, film success, Bedtime Stories, and Ray of LightEdit
In 1990, she released her best selling greatest-hits album The Immaculate Collection which sold over 30 million copies, and this album became the most-sold greatest-hits album in music history. She released a book of naked pictures called SEX in that year. Her album Erotica was a big hit but was criticized by some, the album sold 5 million copies. Madonna starred in the film A League of Their Own, alongside American actor Tom Hanks and comedienne Rosie O'Donnell. In 1994, her album Bedtime Stories was released. She also performed in the movie Evita, which was very successful and released a soundtrack album of the same name. She also received the Golden Globe for Best Actress. Her 1998 album Ray of Light is considered to be a masterpiece and sold over 18 million copies worldwide. Some of her most famous and classic songs of the '90s are Vogue, This Used to Be My Playground, Erotica, Take a Bow, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, You Must Love Me, Frozen and Ray of Light.
2000–10: Music, American Life, Confessions on a Dance Floor, and Hard CandyEdit
In 2000, her album Music sold over 15 million copies worldwide, helped by the global hit song of the same name. Music became her twelfth number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100. She also released a successful greatest hits album titled GHV2. Madonna acted in the film The Next Best Thing, along with Swept Away, which got bad reviews. On October 22, 2002, a single called Die Another Day was released. The music video for the single was the second most expensive music video ever to make. The single reached number one in several countries. Her 2003 album, American Life, reached #1 in many countries but it was criticized by some, as it was against war in Iraq and sold 5 million copies. In 2005, her album Confessions on a Dance Floor, helped by the singles Hung Up and Sorry that reached #1 in 45 countries, sold 12 million copies. In 2008 she released her album Hard Candy which reached #1 in almost every country in the world and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The first single from the album, 4 Minutes, had Justin Timberlake singing in it.
2011–present: W.E., MDNA, Rebel Heart, and Madame XEdit
In 2011, W.E., the second movie directed by Madonna, was released. It got bad reviews.
Madonna performed at the 46th Super Bowl on February 5, 2012. She released her twelfth album, MDNA, in April of that year. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 album chart. Trinidadian-born American rapper Nicki Minaj was featured on the lead single, Give Me All Your Luvin', which reached the top ten in the United States and reached number one in Canada. Minaj also raps on the album track I Don't Give A.
Madonna's thirteenth studio album, Rebel Heart, was released in March 2015. It featured the singles Living For Love and Bitch I'm Madonna featuring frequent collaborator Nicki Minaj. The Rebel Heart World Tour made $169.8 million.[7]
Her fourteenth studio album, Madame X, was released on June 14, 2019, and became her ninth number-one album in the US.[8] It featured collaborations with Maluma, Quavo, Swae Lee & Anitta. It has sold 90,000 copies in the US so far. She will be going on a theatre-only tour to promote it.
ToursEdit
Main article: List of Madonna tours
Her tours during the 80's ("Who's That Girl Tour," "Blond Ambition Tour," etc.) were very successful. Her 1993 "The Girlie Show Tour" was very controversial—some thought of it as bad—but was a great success. The "Drowned World Tour" and the "Re-Invention World Tour" were the most successful tours of their years. The "Confessions Tour" was very successful and the "Sticky & Sweet Tour," with over $408 million earned, became the most successful tour of all time for a solo artist.
The Virgin Tour (1985) (US only): the tour grossed $33 million.
Who's That Girl World Tour (1987): the tour grossed $25 million.
Blond Ambition Tour (1990): the tour grossed $60 million.
The Girlie Show World Tour (1993): the tour grossed $70 million.
Drowned World Tour (2001): the tour grossed $75 million.
Re-Invention World Tour (2004): the tour grossed $125 million.
Confessions Tour (2006): the tour grossed $194 million.
Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008-2009): the tour grossed $408 million.
MDNA Tour (2012): the tour grossed $302 million.
Rebel Heart Tour (2015)
Madame X Tour (2019)
Main article: Madonna discography
Madonna (1983): 10 million copies sold.
Like a Virgin (1984): 21 million copies sold.
True Blue (1986): 25 million copies sold.
Like a Prayer (1989): 15 million copies sold.
Erotica (1992): 5 million copies sold.
Bedtime Stories (1994): 7 million copies sold.
Ray of Light (1998): 18 million copies sold.
Music (2000): 15 million copies sold.
American Life (2003): 4 million copies sold.
Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005): 12 million copies sold.
Hard Candy (2008): 4 million copies sold.
MDNA (2012): 2 million copies sold.
Rebel Heart (2015)
Madonna has had 12 number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100. They are:
This Used to Be My Playground
Madonna is the third of six siblings and was named after her mother, Madonna Fortin, who died of breast cancer when Madonna was only five years old.[9]
Both Madonna's marriages ended in divorce. She was married to Sean Penn from 1985 until 1989 and to Guy Ritchie from 2000 to 2008. She has a daughter, Lourdes (born 1996), and son, Rocco (born 2000). She adopted a Malawian son, David Banda, and a daughter, Mercy.
In February 2017, it was announced that she had adopted two more Malawian children, twin girls Esther and Stella.[10]
↑ "Libraries Australia Authorities – Madonna". National Library of Australia. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
↑ "2018 America's Self-Made Women Net Worth". Forbes. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
↑ Vasel, Kathryn (December 2, 2014). "The world's 10 richest recording artists". CNNMoney. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
↑ Ebert, Roger. "Desperately Seeking Susan". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
↑ "Madonna – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ "Madonna – Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ Morgan, Richard (2016-03-26). "Madonna reclaims crown as highest-grossing solo artist". New York Post. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
↑ "Madonna Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Madame X'". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
↑ "Madonna". Biography.
↑ "Madonna Overjoyed After Adopting Twins Esther and Stella". E! Online. 8 February 2017.
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Born in Montreal. Nicole Mathieu, also known under the artistic name of Niko, was born amongst a family of artists. She used to work in the fashion world in California and New York, but always knew she would eventually become a painting artist.Her nomadic character has given her the possibility of traveling everywhere, particularly in Europe, allowing her therefore, to evolve in various fields.
Upon her return to Montreal in 1988, she took lessons in therapeutic Arts with Nicole Bolduc. At this point in time, her true passion for painting continued and it's worth saying that 1988 underlines the beginning of her career that, today, has granted her enough stability to be able to paint daily.
The energy that Niko draws from meditation and yoga is reflected in her work, the latter glaring in rough, bright and impulsive colours.
Moreover, a new tendency immerses from her work: " the neonism ".
Born in Montreal. Nicole Mathieu, also known under the artistic name of Niko, was born amongst a family of artists. She used to work in the fashion world in California and New York, but always knew she would eventually become a painting artist.Her nomadic character has given her the possibility of traveling everywhere, particularly in Europe, allowing her therefore, to evolve in various fields. Upon her return to Montreal in 1988, she took lessons in therapeutic Arts with Nicole Bolduc. At this point in time, her true passion for painting continued and it's worth saying that 1988 underlines the beginning of her career that, today, has granted her enough stability to be able to paint daily. The energy that Niko draws from meditation and yoga is reflected in her work, the latter glaring in rough, bright and impulsive colours. Moreover, a new tendency immerses from her work: " the neonism ".