Hand-crafted, domestically made, unique, highest quality, and breadth of selection describes the art created by Wendover Art Group. We source art from artists around the world so our customers – retailers and designers of commercial and residential spaces - have access to the art they need at an excellent price for any project. In addition to our own work, we have licensed collections with top designers Thom Filicia, Lillian August, Christopher Kennedy, Jo Sampson and Meg Braff. We also offer art consulting services to customers whose design intent requires customization of one piece or an entire package. All of our work is designed and made in our state-of-the-art facility in Largo, Florida (Tampa/St. Petersburg area). We have offices in Atlanta, GA and showrooms across the country.
Our customers look to us to bring their concepts to fruition on time, within budget, and to industry-leading standards for quality. Our artwork has been featured in leading publications such as Coastal Living, D Magazine, Design NJ, Harper's Bazaar, Luxe, Traditional Home, and others.
Known for our quality, breadth of selection, and proactive customer service, Wendover is focused on building long-term partnerships one project at a time. We are proud to report a compound annual growth rate of 25% over the past ten years, which is a result of our tenacious commitment to excellence in every aspect of our business.
Wendover is the source for art.
Our Goal is to build the BEST art company in the world on a solid Foundation of the American Dream, Our Mission, One Wendover, and our Core Values.
Superior Value is the filter for all decisions.
Honor – What is right is more important than who is right.
Team – We win as a Team.
Excellence – We are what we repeatedly do; excellence is a habit.
Smart – Doing things on purpose with purpose.
Partnership – We collaborate with you in order to bring your concept to fruition on time, within budget, and to industry-leading standards for quality. We have art not seen anywhere else. You can count on us to be as involved and hands-on as you want us to be, share our design expertise, present ideas that support your vision, and produce a unique, customized solution that is just right for you. Our state-of-the-art facilities are built specifically to allow us to manage the creation of your art. This results in fulfilling your vision for unique, custom, and quality art with a shorter lead time (4 weeks).
One Source for Art – We source the art. We design the art. We make the art. Our Team of impeccably trained design professionals and technically trained, in-house studio artisans stay in front of art and design trends. We work with established and new artists from around the world so you have access to the art you need at an excellent price for any project. Our application of traditional techniques, such as leafing, hand painting, and mixed media, is as diverse as you require. We use state-of-the-art technology to support our full range of capabilities that includes printing on countless types of media. Each piece of art is crafted for you with care by a skilled member of our Team who takes pride in its creation. Our custom framing is at the highest quality at every price level.
Proactive Service – We have your back, practice "no surprises", and provide respectful, timely, complete, and honest communication. We guarantee the quality of our work and delivery that is accurate, on-time, and intact, but should we make a mistake – we fix it.
We understand that people are all that matter so when we say our people are our most valued assets - and are at the heart of Wendover - we really mean it. Each week our entire company meets to discuss and train on our Goal, our Mission, our Promises, and our Core Values. We are One Wendover. We know that our success as a company is totally dependent on what each of us does every day to create the best experience possible for our customers and for each other. Our Core Values drive us to focus on every detail, to do what we say we will do, and to do whatever it takes to exceed expectations. We believe we have the hardest working, smartest, most caring team of people in the industry. We look forward to working with you!
We are proud to say that our team includes many of the industry's top professionals, in particular our fine team of professional and knowledgable sales representatives.


The State Bank of India (SBI) has written off loans worth about Rs 7,016 crore owed to it by 63 wilful defaulters, according to a report by Daily News & Analysis. It includes the loan amounting to Rs 1,201 crore given to Vijay Mallya's defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
SBI has moved the loan amount to an Advance Under Collection Account (AUCA) in a bid to clean-up its balance sheets.
63 Accounts in the list have been fully written off, 31 have been partially written off and 6 have been shown as non-performing assets (NPAs), the paper said quoting a document it had accessed.
Apart from Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines, KS Oil (Rs 596 crore), Surya Pharmaceuticals (Rs 526 crore), GET Power (Rs 400 crore) and SAI Info System (Rs 376 crore) are the other top defaulters.
Mallya's Kingfisher airlines owes total amount of Rs 6,963 crores to 17 banks. The auction of his Kingisher villa in Goa did not see any buyers last month.
Banks exercising write-offs is a unique idea to clear bad loan impacts on balance sheets. Banks use the RBI approved tool, Advance Under Collection Accounts (AUCA), in which transfer of accounts to a specific AUCA is an NPA reduction strategy. It is resorted to after exhausting all avenues of recovery, restructuring and compromises. By writing-off bad and doubtful assets, banks can improve NPA ratios through cleansing of the balance sheet and tax benefits. All write-offs, except where one-time settlement or compromises are involved, irrespective of outstanding, should be treated as technical write-offs and parked in AUCA; recovery process of these accounts will continue till resolution of these accounts.
We should refrain ourselves from writing misleading facts. The writer seems to be not aware of real truth. In short write off has been for interest element only after recovering principle amount.
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I know this is a requirement, but it's so grateful if you could take this into consideration.
Normally, if we use "FEFO-Batch" costing method, it would be easier to enter manufacturing date on "stock-in" step, instead of expiry date. Because the validity period of one product is fixed, and manufacturing date is straightforward to acquire. Then system can automatically calculate expiry date.
However, currently, user needs to enter expiry date by MANUALLY adding manufacturing date and validity period. It's not so convenient for users to operate.
In summary, manufacturing date is much easier to get for users, and we hope there could be another way to maintain expiry date in system, rather than manually input.


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COVINGTON, Ky. — As the Kentucky Army National Guard continues to conduct operations in support of the war on terror, the Soldiers and families thereof continue to combat their own conflicts in the form of reintegration. The spouse who remains home assumes the daily tasks as if nothing changed when in reality they now have acquired the responsibilities of the father, the mother, comforter, disciplinarian, bill payer, banker, to name a few.
The acceptance of divorce in American society as a 'way out' has impacted Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, and Sailors alike and created staggering divorce rates amongst all branches. This reality has altered or in some instances removed the meaning of marriage all together. The Armed Forces must be willing to acknowledge this disparity and offer assistance to the ones who are willing to sacrifice so much.
For those willing to put forth the effort, there is a program that allows military couples to police themselves and essentially, start where they left off. Chaplain Phil Majcher is a Kentucky National Guard State Support Chaplain as well as the 1/623rd Fires Battalion chaplain. Together with Tami, his wife of twenty-two years, he recently conducted a Strong Bonds Marriage Enrichment Seminar in Covington, Kentucky on January 24-26, 2014, but with a different emphasis than their predecessors.
Click here for more information on the Kentucky National Guard Chaplain Corps and the Strong Bonds Program.
One enthusiast of Strong Bonds is State Command Sergeant Major Thomas Chumley, who was on hand to see some of the training. He expressed the importance of marriage, making reference to his wife of over thirty years.
The seminar incorporates and offers advice that covers most of the problems that marriages experience during reintegration. The topics of personality conflicts, sexual misunderstandings, society misconceptions, forgiveness, and the differences between men and women's brain configuration not only helps couples understand why things are not the same as they were prior to deployment but helps resolve some of the problems they have experienced in the past as well. The participating couples are provided with tools that provide them a chance to see how to succeed in life, what motivates them and how they are different from those they are close to.
The Majchers offered their own personal testimony and were available throughout the duration of the weekend to answer questions or provide guidance and assistance. The program is designed to remove the stressors of the normal environment and other distracting stimuli. Every step is taken to ensure exclusivity towards achieving the couple's goals thus allowing them to reset their marriage, apologize for the past, and move forward as one autonomous unit.
"Not to mention, a lot of the couples start dating again," he said.


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Q: Unity: Make object appear or disappear randomly during game play I'm creating a 3D, 1st person maze game in Unity. The objective of the game is to reach the other side of the maze before time is up. To make the game fun, for every round a player starts the maze map randomly generates walls so every maze is unique so the player can't memorize a path. I've decided what I should do is create a grid of walls like this...
(Imagine that the lines are the walls, each segment is an individual wall object)

When a player starts, each wall segment will have a chance of disappearing, so imagine that this grid will transform into something like this...

How do I do that? I will be using C#. Basically, I want to wall to turn invisible and be passable if it is selected to "disappear". The algorithm will be
game starts
probability that wall will disappear = 1/3;
wall disappears = true;
if(true){
    wall becomes invisible and passable
}
 else{
    wall stays there
}

A: There are many ways to make an Object disappear in Unity.
The wall to make disappear:
public GameObject wallObject;

1.Deactive it
wallObject.SetActive(false);

2.Disable the Renderer component of the Wall then the collider so that other GameObjects can pass through it
wallObject.GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = false;
wallObject.GetComponent<Collider>().enabled = false;

3.Destroy it.
Destroy(wallObject);

You can use Random.Range to generate the number number then use one of the method above to hide that wall.

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Mark Hugh, CPA
He is a well-known and award-winning speaker regarding state and local tax issues, and his audiences since 1992 have included thousands, including accountants, industry groups, and attorneys. His work includes planning and tax reporting reviews for a variety of organizations in all states. He has represented thousands of taxpayers, from field auditors to administrative appeals. He is the instructor of the Washington Tax Series webcasts: Washington Tax for Service Businesses, Washington Sales Tax, and Washington Tax Audits. In addition, he is the instructor of the course on nexus throughout the US, State Tax Nexus FAQ: Frequently Awkward Questions.
He is a CPA, a graduate with honors from the University of Washington, and holds a master's degree in federal income taxation from Golden Gate University. He is the winner of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants award for Outstanding Discussion Leader, the award for Public Service, and the Chair's Award for outstanding service as a board member.
Mark is also author and instructor of Washington Ethics and New Developments, a Washington State Board of Accountancy approved course for regulatory ethics, Oregon Ethics and New Developments, an Oregon Board of Accountancy approved course for regulatory ethics, Ethics for CPAs, the Pragmatic, Possible, and Practical, a course on national ethics, and CPA to Consultant, a course on creating and providing consulting services.
He was a four-term board member of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, and was the 2011 to 2012 Board President. He was also a three-year member of the AICPA Council, the governing body of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mark is currently a CPA member of the Washington State Board of Accountancy, the government body that initially qualifies and monitors the quality of CPA's and CPA firms in Washington.
State Tax Nexus FAQ: Frequently Awkward Questions
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Q: Is there a way to see created by , last modified by in feild definition using tooling api, metadata api or other ways in Apex? Is there a way to see created by , last modified by in feild definition using tooling api, metadata api or other ways in Apex?

A: it is possible and the fields are available via tooling api in the link below:
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/tooling_system_fields.htm
These fields are system fields and their information is not in the documentation of the FieldDefinition table, which was why I raised this question.


NEW YORK, NY – January 9, 2019 – The Local 802 Musicians' Union supports Actors' Equity in its effort to secure just compensation for its members. Broadway is booming. Grosses and attendance are at all-time highs. This is made possible by the creative and performing artists who do the hard work of developing and performing in these productions. The work done in developmental labs is essential to the success of any Broadway production. This has been recognized by several producers such as Disney, Lorne Michaels, and the producers of Hamilton, who have decided to share profits with actors who play a role in the development of productions. It is time the Broadway League get in line with these producers and do the right thing.


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'13 Reasons Why' is soulful, clichéd
The Netflix series tries to distinguish itself from its source material
"13 Reasons Why" is aimed at teens, but rated TV-MA. Photo courtesy of Netflix.
By Desmond Kamas
"13 Reasons Why" is a complicated show.
In the new Netflix series, high schooler Clay Jensen receives a package of 13 cassette tapes, which he discovers are the last recordings of Hannah Baker, a student who recently committed suicide. Each tape describes a person at the school, including Clay, and what each did to drive Hannah to eventually kill herself. The series is based on a 2007 novel by Jay Asher, however, despite having the same basic plotlines, these two works are different.
The book in many ways is simpler than the series, focusing mainly on Clay's journey as he bikes through the town following the locations in the tapes. As he listens, his perception of his relationship to Hannah and the others mentioned in the tapes shifts as secrets unfold. However, it is never about the other characters except in their relationship to Hannah or Clay. The audience resonates with Clay as the world he thought he knew collapses and he tries to piece it together again.
The Netflix series makes many changes from its source material. For one, it has multiple non-white actors and actresses, having a normalized multiracial family and also implementing at least six LGBT characters. But there is one fundamental change: it shifts perspective. The book is told in first person, from the viewpoint of Clay only, but the series's point of view is omnipotent.
Visual and print media have contrasting audiences and different ways to tell stories. Television often has a larger cast and can afford to shift between multiple story arcs, while books are harder to pull off with multiple narrators. By focusing beyond Clay, the series develops its secondary characters and gives them backgrounds and subplots where the book could not.
It's not entirely fair to review the new series exclusively as an adaptation of a book. However, it is worth noting the consequences those changes have on how that original story is told.
By adding more plotlines, there is always action. When one arc gets a bit slow, a different one can pull in its own drama, leaving little time for the audience to reflect or catch their breath short of pressing the pause button.
Some of these plotlines, especially those that give backgrounds to the other characters on the tapes, give the story depth. But others appear contrived, almost laughably adhering to soap opera tropes and distracting from the main story arc to the extent that I would have stopped watching if I weren't reviewing it.
Ironically, by giving the secondary characters more screen time, the main character, Clay, is underdeveloped. He is jumped into the action so abruptly the audience never gets to be familiar with his character. As he makes less rational choices, we have to trust when other characters comment that he's "not acting like himself" rather than from our judgement.
Despite this, we do get a brilliant picture of Hannah. Although Clay is technically the main character, his own flashbacks along with Hannah's recorded thoughts make her more developed. This causes each reason described on the tapes to be more powerful – the audience doesn't just feel bad for her because the actions are objectively bad, but because they can also resonate with her on a deeper level, something absent from Clay.
It is impossible to discuss this show without addressing its darker elements. While the book is young-adult fiction, the series is rated TV-MA. The series has a no-holds-barred attitude, and depicts violence, rape and suicide in graphic detail. As a consequence, it never holds a romanticization of these subjects. The events feel real, disgusting and awful, and since they also occur in the later episodes, they damage the characters the audience has grown attached to.
I understand the need to portray it in reality, to contrast the trivial problems of daily life to something grotesque and horrific. But much of the beginning of the show clearly caters to the young adults, and, regardless what the rating is, they are still the audience. Even with individual warnings on the episodes with the most disturbing elements, it is hard to expect viewers to watch three-quarters of the way through, then warn them and expect them to just stop watching.
Ultimately, there's never going to be a "best" way to depict suicide, and it is unfortunately an issue relevant to youth today. This series respects both the desire to remember the dead with the need to show that suicide is not and should never be glorified.
This show took risks I never expected it to and clearly distinguished itself not only from the book, but from other shows of its genre. Some of those decisions worked well, others not so much. "13 Reasons Why" is not my favorite show on Netflix, and I'm not sure I ever want to rewatch it, but I'm certain it will stay with me for a very long time.
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Madeley Surname Ancestry Results
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Clerks and Clergy in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire (1317-1327)
The register of bishop Adam de Orleton of Hereford, containing general diocesan business. Hereford diocese covered almost all Herefordshire, southern rural Shropshire, a westward arm of Worcestershire, and a northwestern slice of Gloucestershire.
MADELEY. Cost: £6.00.
Shropshire Charters (1420-1429)
A large accumulation of documents preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, formerly constituted the antiquarian collections of Anthony a Wood, Roger Dodsworth, Ralph Thoresby, Thomas Martin of Palgrave, Thomas Tanner bishop of St Asaph, Dr Richard Rawlinson, Richard Furney archdeacon of Surrey, and Richard Gough. A calendar of these was prepared by William H. Turner and published in 1878 under the title 'Calendar of Charters and Rolls preserved in the Bodleian Library'. The word 'charters' is here used in a rather loose sense, including virtually any manuscript or copy of a manuscript, but the bulk of the contents consists of mediaeval deeds of conveyance. Turner's calendar deals with each briefly, naming the principal parties and the nature of the deed, but hardly ever lists the witnesses. Many of these charters were undated (dating of deeds did not become general until around 1350) or so damaged or defective ('mutilated' is Turner's usual description) as no longer to display a legible date. However, he contrived, from the style of the script and/or the nature of the contents, to estimate dates in such cases. The sample scan is from the start of the Bedfordshire list.
Patent Roll 1 Henry VIII (1509-1510)
Royal grants of all kinds were enrolled on the Patent Rolls of England. Many of these grants originated as signed bills (S. B.) or privy seals (P. S.). J. S. Brewer calendared the rolls for the first year of the reign of king Henry VIII (22 April 1509-21 April 1510) for the Master of the Rolls, including all the surviving signed bills and privy seals (some of which had never led to enrolment), in this volume published in 1862. We have reindexed this: most of the names that occur are of those granted royal offices, or wardships or ecclesiastical preferments that were in the hands of the Crown, and often the names of those whom they superseded.
Common Pleas: Staffordshire (1558)
Pleas at Westminster Michaelmas term, 5 & 6 Philip & Mary and 1 Elizabeth, 1558. The court dealt with civil cases: debt, detinue, slander, assault, theft, breach of covenant, formedon, novel disseisin, &c. Each case is marked in the margin with the name of the county to the sheriff of which the writs were issued. Most often, but not necessarily, this would be the county of residence of the defendant. This calendar of the original formulaic record in abbreviated Latin on parchment has been made by David Bethell, preserving all individual detail from each case. The Latin text is translated: English phrases and passages are preserved literatim, in bold. CP 40/1176 mm.1-100
Staffordshire Entries in the Common Pleas (1558)
The Common Roll of the Common Pleas records litigation before the justices de Banco from throughout England.
London Marriage Allegations (1521-1610)
London, Essex and part of Hertfordshire lay within the diocese of London. In the later 17th century the individual archdeaconry courts issued marriage licences, but for this period the only surviving material is from the overarching London Consistory court. The main series of marriage allegations from the consistory court starts 7 December 1597, and these were extracted by Colonel Joseph Lemuel Chester; Colonel Chester then discovered earlier material, back to 5 January 1521, in Vicar-General's Books of the Principal Probate Registry. The notices in these books were much briefer, but as well as extending back so much earlier, they included additional material for 1597 onwards. All this he collated with the consistory court extracts, and the text was edited by George J. Armytage and published by the Harleian Society in 1887. A typical later entry will give date; name, address and occupation of groom; name, address and condition of his intended bride, and/or, where she is a spinster, her father's name, address and occupation. Lastly we have the name of the church where the wedding was going to take place; or the words Gen. Lic. signifying a general or open licence.
Lancashire and Cheshire Marriage Licences (1624-1632)
Licences for intended marriages in Chester archdeaconry, which covered Cheshire and Lancashire south of the Ribble (by far the most populous part of that county)
House of Lords Proceedings (1678-1688)
Private bills dealing with divorce, disputed and entailed estates: petitions, reports and commissions: naturalisation proceedings.
Apprentices registered in Shropshire (1720-1723)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. Because of the delay before some collectors made their returns, this register includes indentures and articles from as early as 1719. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)
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In Memoriam: Bob Wolff, Broadcast Legend and Voice of Washington Senators
TV pioneer interviewed some of sports' greatest figures
Bob Wolff, the pioneering television voice of the Washington Senators, started in radio in 1939. His career is the longest of any sportscaster in broadcast history. (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
By Jason Dick
It was the understatement of Bob Wolff's career, under the circumstances.
"I do get very verbose," Wolff said on April 26, 2013, the day the legendary sportscaster donated decades' worth of his interviews with sports' greatest figures to the Library of Congress.
Wolff, the longtime voice of the longtime hapless Washington Senators, died on July 15 at the age of 96. His play-by-play work for Washington's baseball team was just one part of a career that spanned nine decades.
He provided the recording materials that the world's largest library coveted, including of the likes of Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Jim Thorpe, Rocky Marciano and even other cultural figures such as Richard Nixon and Bob Hope.
Wolff started his career in radio in 1939. He called some of the most iconic contests ever, including pitcher Don Larsen's perfect World Series game for the New York Yankees in 1956, and the 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants.
At the April 2013 event at the Library of Congress, Wolff had some fun describing the challenge of calling games for 15 years for some truly wretched Senators teams.
"I played up the artistry of the game," he said to chuckles, even as present-day reminders of the current Washington baseball team's success were present, including current play-by-play men Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler and Nationals mascot William Howard Taft of the Racing Presidents.
One of the Washington Nationals mascots, William Howard Taft of the Racing Presidents, at an event for Wolff at the Library of Congress in April 2013. (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
As James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress at the time, said at the 2013 event, "Sports and sporting events have a way of bringing people together."


Module 4 will start on Wednesday the 6thof November and finish on Sunday the 10thof November.
Course is running the first day from 10am to 5pm and the other days from 9am to 5 pm with a break of 90 minutes.
On the last day, we will stop at 3 pm with a shorter break of one hour.
For the module, Svastha will issue a certificate, and after 7 modules, the overall certificate will be issued.
The cost for the module is 690 Euro.
About the location: Gallarate is a very nice place, not a big city, 55,000 inhabitants, very close to Malpensa, the international airport of Milano. Low cost company as Easy Jet fly from Malpensa (10 minutes by car from Gallarate, 15minutes by train). The city is close to Lake Maggiore and to the mountains.
In center of town, where the course will be held, there are a lot of restaurants, pizzerias, supermarkets and shops.
The yoga shala is in center and 5 minutes walk from the train station that leads to Milano and to the airport.
The address of the Yoga School where the module will be held is:KarmachakraVia Verdi, 4 – Gallarate (VA) you can find it in google.
If you want to book your place we are ready.
It will be very nice to have you onboard on this great adventure in knowledge.
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The place is held on the reception of the payment.
1. Functional organization of the nervous system and presentation of failure.
2.Movement disorders and balance problems, with a focus on ageing and Parkinsonism, and discussion of stroke.
3.Working with inner body awareness and the breath as a pathway to access physiological balance.
a.Creating a deeper connection to the feeling of the breath.
b.Moving awareness with the breath in the body to areas of dysfunction.
c.Moving somatic sensations with the breath to areas of dysfunction in the body.
d.Linking emotional content to breath especially in areas of dysfunction.
4.Overview of the immune system and immune dysfunction.
6.Pranayama as a therapeutic modality.
7.An overview of traditional yoga concepts related to pranayama: nadis, prana, koshas etc.
9. Diet and lifestyle changes for auto-immune, hormonal, and other metabolic disorders.


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Big Brother Africa is the African version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show was first aired in 2003 for one season on M-Net and broadcast to audiences in 42 African countries. In 2007, the show was back from four-year hiatus, until it got cancelled after season nine in 2014.

The African version initially involved 12 countries within Africa (Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe) with two countries (Ethiopia and Mozambique) being added in season 4 and two other countries (Liberia and Sierra Leone) being added in season 7 while Rwanda was added in season 9. Each country provides at least one contestant living in an isolated house while trying to avoid being evicted by viewers and ultimately winning a large cash prize at the end of the show. The show is co-produced by Endemol South Africa.

A special edition of the Big Brother Africa franchise called Big Brother Titans was announced and will premiere on 15 January 2023. It faces off brand-new contestants from South Africa and Nigeria.

Series details

Big Brother Africa 1

The first season of Big Brother Africa, featuring 12 housemates from 12 African countries, premiered to audiences in 42 African countries on Sunday 25 May 2003, and ended on 7 September of the same year, lasting 106 days.  It was the first time in the world that the internationally famous program will be created using participants of different nationalities from one continent. Mark Pilgrim was the host.

Big Brother Africa 2

The second season of Big Brother Africa, featuring 12 housemates from 12 African countries, premiered 5 August 2007, and ended on 11 November of the same year, lasting 98 days. The show returned from its four-year hiatus, with a brand new host, KB Ngakane.

Big Brother Africa 3

The third season of Big Brother Africa, featured 12 housemates from 12 African countries, premiered 24 August 2008, and ended on 23 November of the same year, lasting 91 days. KB returned as host.

Big Brother Africa 4: Revolution

The fourth season of Big Brother Africa, featured 25 housemates from 14 African countries. The season premiered 6 September 2009, and ended on 6 December of the same year, lasting 91 days. This year, Ikponmwosa "IK" Osakioduwa took over as the new host. It was the first season featuring more than 12 contestants. It was also the first time 14 countries participated.

Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars

Big Brother Africa 5 started on 18 July 2010, and ran for 91 days until 17 October 2010. This was an all-star series which featured 14 former Big Brother Africa contestants. For the second time, IK was the host.
The winner was Uti Nwachukwu a. k. a uti

Big Brother Africa 6: Amplified

The sixth season of Big Brother Africa, tagged "Amplified" ran for 91 days from 1 May 2011 to 31 July the same year. Bringing together 26 housemates from 14 African countries, M-Net co-partnered with Coca-Cola for the series. IK returned as host. This season is the first ever series of Big Brother in the world to have 2 winners; Karen Igho from Nigeria and Wendall Robert Parson from Zimbabwe. One of the notable housemates in this season was Zimbabwean actress, model and TV personality, Vimbai Mutinhiri.

Big Brother Africa 7: StarGame!

The seventh season of Big Brother Africa premiered to viewers in 47 African countries on Sunday 6 May 2012 and ran for 91 days until 5 August 2012. Live performances were made by American rapper J. Cole during the opening ceremony. The show was once again headline sponsored by Coca-Cola and hosted by IK.

This season, the cash prize was raised to US$ 300,000. A new rule called Double-Up was introduced to the show. This means that entrants partnered with other people to enter as a pair.

Liberia and Sierra Leone were represented in the house for the first time ever, while Ethiopia was not represented in this season, and contestants from Mozambique were expected to take on a new role that was not announced, the idea was dropped and replaced with seven celebrity housemates making it a Stargame themed series.

This season featured a record breaker, for the first time ever in the worldwide history of big brother, 35 housemates went into the big brother house on launch night. From 14  African countries the 35 contestants constituted 14 pairs called BBFs (Big Brother Friends) and seven VIP celebrity housemates.

Keagan Pietersen from South Africa was crowned the winner of the $300 000 cash prize on 5 August 2012 during the 2 hours 20 minutes finale.

Big Brother Africa 8: The Chase

The eighth season of Big Brother Africa aired in 2013 titled The Chase. M-net's Africa Magic confirmed the return of the series on 18 December 2012. The season premiered Sunday 26 May 2013 with 28 housemates from 14 African countries and lasted for 91 days ending on Sunday 25 August 2013. Ethiopia returned as the fourteenth participating country in the show, replacing Liberia. IK returned as host of the series.

Airtel took over the role of headline sponsor becoming the official sponsor of Big Brother The Chase. Once again 2 houses are featured on BBA The Chase, "Diamond" and "Ruby". Dillish Mathews from Namibia was the winner of the $300 000 cash prize.

Big Brother Africa 9: Hot-Shots

M-net's Africa Magic announced the ninth season of Africa's top reality TV series on 26 May 2014. The show began with housemates on Sunday 7 September 2014 and ran live for 91 days, 24/7 on Dstv channels 197 and 198, ending with the series finale on 7 December 2014.

The auditions were held in the same 14 countries as the previous season (The Chase) with the only exception being Angola which replaced by newcomers, Rwanda. Although Angola was the only country left out from the original 12 participating countries, it Dstv premiered a local Angolan Portuguese version, Big Brother Angola. Additional auditions were held in Mozambique.

Production of Season 9 had to be put on hold as the Big Brother house in Highlands North, Johannesburg burnt down. Nobody was injured in the fire.

Season 9 premiered on 5 October 2014, nearby the old studio in "7th Street", where the 26 contestants entered the new house for 63 days.

Tanzania's Idris Sultan emerged as the Ultimate Hotshot and the winner of the US$300,000.

References
Dillish Mathews from Namibia won BBA The Chase

External links
 Official website

South African reality television series
M-Net original programming
2003 South African television series debuts
2003 South African television series endings
2007 South African television series debuts
2000s South African television series
2010s South African television series
Television shows filmed in South Africa

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The Baptist War
The Christmas Rebellion, also known as the Baptist War, of 1831 is remembered as a pivotal moment in Jamaican history. It is argued that the scale and structure of this rebellion, although eventually quelled, led to the hastening of the abolition of slavery within the British Empire.
The rebellion, which took place around Christmas day, was led by Samuel Sharpe. Sharpe was born into slavery in 1801 and named after the owner of the plantation he was born on. Not much is known about his childhood, but in his adult years, Sharpe became a well-respected preacher in the Baptist Church.
It is important to note here that the first Baptists to come to Jamaica were black men who established churches in the 1780s. These Baptists, who became known as Native Baptists, were associated with rebellion and soon came into conflict with the European Baptist branch.
As a religious leader, Sharpe was permitted to hold independent meetings with his black congregation. He is also known to have travelled widely to different parishes, spreading his anti-slavery doctrine. Sharpe also kept himself informed of the abolition movements back in Britain.
Sharpe made sure to keep his congregation informed of the latest news regarding the abolition movement - at one point believing that freedom for enslaved peoples in the British Empire had been won, and it was just Jamaican plantation owners who were withholding that freedom.
In December 1831, Sharpe organised a protest, one scheduled to have maximum impact on the sugar cane harvest, one of Jamaica's most important exports. In meetings with some of his known followers, Sharpe continued to speak out against the horrors of slavery and outlined his plan of passive resistance.
Sharpe and his followers refused to work from Christmas Day 1831, demanding to be paid just half of the standard wage. The strike soon spread to other areas, with as many as 60,000 of Jamaica's 300,000 enslaved population taking part in the uprising.
Sharpe's tactic of passive resistance, i.e. non-violent protest, was to be made untenable by the actions of British militia and naval forces, who responded with violent repression.
On 27 December 1831, Kensington Estate in the hills above Montego Bay was set on fire, signalling to many that the rebellion had begun. The rebellion went on to destroy many of the most prosperous sugar plantations in the region, including the Boyne and Roehampton Estates.
The rebellion lasted ten days, with over 200 rebels losing their lives and 14 white slavers also dying. The rebels were estimated to have caused over £1 million worth of damage, the equivalent of approximately £120 million today. Over 100 properties were set ablaze, including 40 sugar plantations.
In the aftermath of the rebellion, British forces murdered an additional 300+ enslaved men, women and children, as retribution for the rebellion. Groups of white slavers also went around destroying chapels that housed black congregations.
Sharpe himself was captured following the rebellion and imprisoned; prior to his execution, Sharpe expressed:
"I would rather die upon yonder gallows than live my life in slavery..."
On 23 May 1832, Sharpe was executed. His 'owners' were paid £16 in compensation for their loss of property. A year later, the Slavery Abolition Act was passed. The scale of the rebellion and its financial toll is said to have had a profound effect on the British government.


You got here right here since you wish to download the ebook referred to as Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger, #2) and it is written by V.C. Andrews. You can download it in PDF or EPUB format, however you can too read it on-line. It belongs to the style Fiction. We hope you get pleasure from studying.


FL STUDIO 12. Why do we use external sites to host the trial / demo. Our FL Studio trial / demo installer is downloaded over 30,000 times a day (10,000,000 times a year. You can download FL Studio from our servers directly by using the grey button on the left. If you don't manage to download from there, please use one of the alternative download locations. Alternative download locations. It is difficult for us to host all downloads and maintain sensible download speeds. Our solution is to partner with the hosting services on the left side of this page. They offer a sponsored but usually local very fast download of the trial / demo installer. The trial / demo is the official installer. When you buy FL Studio or grab a Lifetime Free Update, you will install the latest trial / demo. The trial / demo is then unlocked to the level you purchased by installing a very small. 50 kb file or by entering your 'my account' sign in details in the FL Studio about window (version 11 and up). It takes only seconds to activate the program. If you have installed the latest FL Studio trial / demo you have already downloaded 99.7% of the data you need to own it.


Bliss-ed Out with another GREAT Meditation!
Starting with breath work, I found my deep yogi breath and began working the breath through my body. Focusing on breathing into and out of my different chakra points I really began to slow down my thoughts and narrow my attention. Moving from the Root up to the Crown, I then set an intention. My intentions lately have all been about uniting all aspects of my self with source so again I chose this to acknowledge for the practice.
The next phase started to open up my holographic right brain. We do this in meditation to clear our channels to receive. Starting with small images first and then moving up to harder imager, like visualizing yourself. So I began visualizing the energy from my body moving into a bubble that hovered above my naval. Anyone familiar with astral projection will recognize this practice. Using breath I moved my energy from inside my physical vehicle into my bubble above my naval. I used as many deep breaths as necessary to feel like I have fully transitioned my energy.
Next I started to visualize myself from outside my body. If you are experienced this can be done just looking down and witnessing you body below your bubble. If it is harder for you to visualize you can envision yourself in a mirror. Once I have my body awareness then I started to work with my chakra points. Finding each chakra on my body and allowing it to show itself to me. I would use activation points around the chakra to bring more feeling and awareness to each chakra, then find the chakra itself. This part is done actively, but with no expectation.
After working through the entire body I moved back down to the root and again stated my intention. Mine being to become united as a whole being. Next using your intention to receive, I activated each chakra and let it present a message to me either through images, messages, or sensations. To activate the chakra you can envision a wand touching it, or your own telepathic voice telling it to reveal itself to you, or you can visualize yourself touching it to activate. Be open to the messages for these things you receive can be figured out later, just be open to everything that is happening now.
Crown- I saw all of the angles, and Devine beings in the heavens staring down at me with so much love and acceptance.
I then asked how these messages could help me and was shown my chakra pillar and the caduceus of energy weaving up and through each of these energetic centers. I saw the energies of these Devine messengers get intertwined with the energy of my own chakra pillar. I understood this to mean that all I am is completely Devine. Although I haven't sat with each of these images individually for greater meanings, I do understand my intention of unity with source was given to me in meditation today. I will move forward knowing I am all that I am and that is completely Devine!


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Business Broadcast
Blogger Suit: PM seeks judgement in his favour without trial
Tham Yuen-C
PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has applied to the High Court to rule in his favour in his defamation suit against blogger Roy Ngerng, without going through a trial.
The application for summary judgment was released to the media yesterday by Mr Ngerng's lawyer, Mr M. Ravi.
PM Lee's lawyer, Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, argued in the application that Mr Ngerng, 33, has "no defence" against the claim of defamation.
Mr Singh said: "The defendant has no defence to the plaintiff's claims and the only issue to be determined is damages."
He asked the court to decide how much damages Mr Lee should receive, and asked for a ban on the continued publication or dissemination of the offending blog post and "other allegation to the same effect".
In a May 15 blog post, Mr Ngerng alleged that Mr Lee had misappropriated the Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings of Singaporeans.
The blogger had compared a Channel NewsAsia chart detailing the relationship between City Harvest Church leaders, prosecuted for misusing about $50 million in church funds, to another chart he had created.
His chart set out the relationships between the CPF Board, Mr Lee, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Temasek Holdings, GIC and other Singapore companies.
He later removed the post and apologised for it, after receiving a letter from Mr Lee's lawyer, but demurred on the issue of damages. He then offered to pay Mr Lee $5,000, which Mr Singh had said was derisory.
Mr Ngerng also followed up his first blog post with a few other posts and videos on the same topic.
Mr Ravi told the media that he would be making "submissions to vigorously resist the Prime Minister's application for summary judgment".
A summary judgment is a procedure whereby a plaintiff claims the defendant has no case and seeks judgment in his favour without a trial.
Mr Ngerng, in a defence filed in court last month, said he never intended to accuse Mr Lee of misappropriating CPF savings.
He also said the key concerns raised in his blog post, which is at the centre of the suit, were the lack of transparency with which CPF funds are managed and the question of interest on these savings, among other things.
A hearing has been scheduled for Sept 18 for the court to decide if it would grant a summary judgment.
Meanwhile, the case will proceed with a pre-trial conference next Thursday.
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Q: How to block the social websites in centos through proxy? I am installed squid in centos system. Blocked the social websites to all ip address through squid in my server systems. But someone access social websites through proxy websites, because lot of proxy sites are there in the internet. I think Proxy websites are encrypted to allow the social sites. Please suggest my question...

A: Blocking websites is somehow a cat-and-mouse game, and you will have to combine many methods to minimize the number of web proxies that your users can reach/access.
Method 1 - Blocking common proxy regexes:
Edit your /etc/squid/squid.conf file using your editor of choice and add the following lines:
acl regex-prox-sites urlregex –i "/etc/squid/proxy_regex.acl"
http_access deny regex-prox-sites

Now, create the file /etc/squid/proxy_regex.acl and add the following line:
browse.php
view?q=

You could also add the word proxy on this list, but it could cause false positives. Using this method you will cut user access to webproxies that have the common php filenames above and use those words on any place of the url.
Method 2 - Use squidGuard and download online provided lists
This will take some time, and you will probably have to compile squidGuard sources if your disribution does not package it, and use online lists like Shalla Secure Services. You can refer to squidGuard docs where there is plenty of documentation with the install steps and how to use blacklists from internet.

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*squidGuard Installation

*Basic configuration

*Extended configuration

*Configuration examples

*Ubuntu squidGuard Wiki - Useful stuff
After the setup is complete, you will need to add a url rewrite parameter at the end of your squid.conf file. Example:
echo "url_rewrite_program $(which squidGuard)" >> /etc/squid/squid.conf

Method 3 - Craft your own script to create a blacklists from sites that provide web proxies information.
This example will download a html file from proxy.org and extract sites from the html.
wget -q -U "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0" http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml -O - |grep "\<option value=\"" | grep -v random | cut -d \" -f 2

Note that this simple script will work just with this site, and other proxy providers could have login restrictions or other methods to block you from bulk downloading information.
You could redirect the output of this command to another file, and create a dstdomain block on squid following the example of the method 1.


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Powieść:
 Cichy Don – wydana w 4 tomach powieść autorstwa Michaiła Szołochowa
 Filmy:
 Cichy Don – film z 1930 roku, reż. Iwan Prawow, Olga Prieobrażenska
 Cichy Don – film z 1958 roku, reż. Siergiej Gierasimow, Wieniamin Dorman
 Cichy Don – film z 2006 roku, reż. Siergiej Bondarczuk, Fiodor Bondarczuk
 Opera:
 Cichy Don – opera Iwana Dzierżynskiego


A few weeks only before the SIHH 2015, IWC presents a new model in its Portofino collection. The newcomer goes by the usual codes of sleekness and timeless elegance of the house. Meet the Portofino Hand-Wound Pure Classic.
Mechanically, the Portofino Hand-Wounded Pure Classic is powered by the 59060 movement - manufactured by IWC. After a complete winding, it offers a comfortable power reserve of 8 days (192 hours). The clear case back makes it possible to watch the movement - including the balance wheel as well as 2 bridges engraved with Côtes de Genève. It is on the lower bridge that you will find the display of the power reserve that will enable you to know when it's time to wind the watch.
As far as its looks are concerned, there are no unnecessary embellishment for this timepiece with only 2 hands (hours & minutes). The dial is easy to read, the case design is simple and its general is more elegant, as a consequence. The burnished leather strap, with an orange lining also in leather, is made by the Italian manufacture Santoni exclusively for IWC.
The Portofino Hand-Wound Pure Classic is available in 2 versions - not limited -described below and are only sold through selected IWC boutiques.


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Developer Silicon Studio
Publisher Nintendo
Bravely Second: End Layer is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Silicon Studio and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo 3DS, and is the sequel to Bravely Default.
Bravely Second is a traditional role-playing video game with turn-based action, and reuses the battle system of its predecessor Bravely Default. This allows players to build up "brave points" (BP), or the number of user turns per character at any given time. On any turn, characters can "default", to guard, and gain an additional BP, or "brave" multiple times, to use up BP and act multiple times on the same turn.
New to the game is a chain-battle feature where a player who defeats a random encounter may continue to battle enemies in succession for greater risk and reward. Players can receive up to three times the amount of experience and money. This also allows the player to level up each character's "Job Points" (JP). Each character has access to many different jobs, (up to a total of 30) by gaining that job's asterisk. The asterisk is usually held by another character in gameworld with that class.
Bravely Default's sidequests have been revamped; players encounter two Eternian asterisk holders in an argument about an ethical dilemma, and the player must resolve the conflict with the reward being the loser's asterisk.
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Sophomore third baseman followed new coach Larissa Anderson from Hofstra and has provided a jolt to Tigers' lineup.
The United States Basketball Writers Association has made St. Louis its awards home for the foreseeable future, and nights like Monday show why that's a plus for us.
Former Clemson quarterback smoothly transitioned into Mizzou offense, but other questions linger heading into next phase of the Tigers' offseason.
Missouri sophomore center Jeremiah Tilmon will make himself available for this summer's NBA draft and will have until late next month to decide if he's returning to school for his junior season.
Tigers take two of three from national power for third SEC series win.
Former walk-on receiver leads Tigers with eight catches in Saturday's spring game.
New Tigers quarterback completes first eight passes, displays offense's new dimension in Black and Gold spring game.
New quarterback will put skills on display at annual Black and Gold spring scrimmage.
Former Mizzou guard eyes professional career. Plus more on Cunningham's WNBA future, a pivotal baseball series and new lids for Barry Odom's Tigers.
UConn All-American and former Incarnate Word star Nahpeesa Collier taken by Minnesota with the sixth pick.
St. Louis' Napheesa Collier taken No. 6 overall by Minnesota after All-American career at Connecticut.
Slimmed down and motivated to live up to Odom's expectations, the junior defensive tackle will lead a retooled defensive front.
Eric Williams Jr. led the Dukes in scoring, rebounding this past season, including a 40-point game against SLU in the regular season.
Be who you are. Be where you are.
Tigers working in sophomores White, Borom, Cook to replace departed seniors Adams, Pendleton.
Led by colorful pitching coach Fred Corral and a weekend rotation of dominant lefthanders, the Tigers sport the nation's eighth-lowest ERA.
With Kelly Bryant entrenched as Mizzou's starter, former backup quarterback Micah Wilson volunteered to play wide receiver with hopes of earning playing time this fall.
College basketball's silly season is underway. Cue the goofiness.
Hochman: Does Mizzou's Sophie Cunningham have what it takes for the WNBA?
She played basketball with a thumping heart -- it was a treat to watch Sophie Cunningham at Mizzou, because she played every game like it was her last. And then, alas, she played her last.
A NFL team-by-team glance at the most likely and least likely suitors for the Mizzou quarterback.
Senior guard earns third-team AP honors, becoming MU's first AP All-American in team history.
KMOV did an outstanding job of weathering the storm Sunday, when it interspersed severe weather reports with live coverage of the NCAA Tournament.
Sophomore forward admits he returned to court before he was medically cleared.
With injuries to Jontay Porter and Mark Smith, Mizzou's depleted roster struggled to finish games in Cuonzo Martin's second season in charge.
Four former Tiger teammates started at center in the NFL last year, could open more doors for MU linemen in the league.
AD Jim Sterk says sanctions delivered a message "loud and clear" that "neither proactive self-reporting nor exemplary cooperation is of any value to the" NCAA infractions committee.
Another Porter injury leaves questions unanswered. Which football player is next on the NFL's radar? Baseball, softball surging. And a fond farewell to Sophie Cunningham.
Tigers fall short of Sweet 16 with 68-52 loss to Hawkeyes in Iowa City.
Mizzou falls flat in second half in 68-52 loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
On the court where her mom starred in the 1980s, Mizzou senior can send the Tigers to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000.
Mizzou sophomore forward re-tears ACL, further clouding his status for this summer's NBA draft.
IOWA CITY, IOWA '� Missouri junior guard Jordan Roundtree stepped up to the free throw line, took a few deep breaths and tried not to think about the fact that the Tigers' season was on the line.
With Cunningham and Porter fouled out, the seventh-seeded Tigers edge No. 10 Drake 77-76 to reach the NCAA Tournament's second round. They'll face No. 2 seed Iowa on Sunday.
If MU gets past Drake, Tigers coach Robin Pingeton could face her mentor in the second round, Iowa's Lisa Bluder.
With QB-needy NFL coaches on hand, former Tigers' quarterback puts on a show at Mizzou's pro scouting day.
Newly signed Buffalo Bill Mitch Morse supports former protege at Mizzou pro day.
Seven of Odom's returning coaches get new deals, including new three-year contracts, plus raises, for both coordinators Derek Dooley and Ryan Walters.
Tigers aren't sweating Crockett's surprising departure after Rountree's historically productive 2018 season.
Tigers will have nine wrestlers at national meet in Pittsburgh, including four freshmen.
Tigers open NCAA Tournament Friday against No. 10 seed Drake, with possible second-round game against No. 2 seed Iowa.
News and notes from around Mizzou, starting with a check on the Tigers' new starting quarterback.
Tigers face No. 10 seed Drake in the first round in Iowa City on Friday, could face Big Ten tourney champion Iowa in second round.
Offensive lineman explains why he gave the Tigers an early commitment for the 2020 class.
With a win at Mississippi State valuable currency, the Tigers are projected as a No. 5 seed in 64-team field.
Sidelined last year with a shoulder injury, MU's junior tight end passed on the NFL draft, returns as one of the country's elite talents.
With promising players set to return plus several additions, Martin believes Tigers can be "as good as anybody" in the SEC next season if they avoid injuries.
Redshirt freshman tight end is turning heads in spring practices after missing last season with a torn ACL.
Geist's 25 points, Watson's 20 not enough in 81-71 loss in Nashville, all but certainly ending MU's season at 15-17.
A closer look at Thursday's second-round matchup in the SEC tournament.
Senior guard leads Tigers with 30 points in 71-61 win over Georgia. Mizzou faces No. 5 seed Auburn on Thursday.
Senior guard scores career-high 30 points in Mizzou's 71-61 victory. Tigers advance to face No. 5 seed Auburn on Thursday.
A closer look at Wednesday's first-round matchup in the SEC tournament.
Martin's Tigers, the No. 12 seed, open play in Nashville against No. 13 seed Georgia, a rematch of last week's Mizzou win.
Jalani Williams (Parkway North) will miss the rest of MU's spring practices after undergoing foot surgery.
Tennessee's Grant Williams doubles up as media, coaches' choice for SEC player of the year.
New cornerbacks coach came from Texas Tech, where his defenses sacrificed yards for extra possessions.
A jumper late in the first quarter of Saturday's Southeastern Conference tournament semifinal round, in Greenville, S.C., sealed Sophie Cunningham's spot in the Missouri women's basketball record book. With the shot, she became MU's career leading scorer.
Tigers stumble late in 73-68 loss to Rebels despite Pinson's 20 points.
The All-American from Dixon, Mo., becomes the eighth Mizzou player to have his number retired.
Senior guard scores 33 points, eclipses Joni Davis' career scoring record, in 71-56 loss to top-seeded Mississippi State.
Pinson scores career-high 20 points, but Tigers can't hold off Rebels in 73-68 loss. Mizzou will be the 12th seed in the SEC tournament and open against 13th seed Georgia.
Matter's Pregame Primer: Fond farewell for Mizzou seniors?
Tigers will honor Geist, Puryear, VanLeer, Wolf before Saturday's home finale against Ole Miss.
One of the SEC's most improved players, Mizzou's senior guard plays his final home game Saturday.
Cunningham leads Tigers with 29 points in 70-68 victory over Kentucky, setting up Saturday's showdown with No. 1 seed Mississippi State.
Graduate transfer from Arkansas adds experience to young wide receiver corps.
Tigers cruise in tourney opener 87-56.
A look back at the Tigers' 25-point win at Georgia.
ATHENS, GA. '� It's never too late.
Matter's Pregame Primer: Can Tigers create late-season surge in Athens?
A closer look inside Wednesday's matchup in Athens, Ga.
The new billboards now standing above St. Louis and Kansas City must have caused some interesting water-cooler conversations in Indianapolis.
The Bulldogs have struggled to finish games, but the first-year coach is attracting top recruits to Athens, Ga.
MU seniors are allowed to transfer without penalty while the NCAA appeals process unfolds, but Odom's veterans insist they're committed to staying.
Cunningham named first-team All-SEC; Porter recognized as league's top reserve; Levy makes All-Freshman team.
Clemson coach praises former quarterback, now at Mizzou, during Sunday's visit to Cardinals spring training.
Tigers topple Alabama in home finale, clinch No. 5 seed in SEC tournament.
On the first day of spring practices, the transfer quarterback from Clemson steps into Missouri's starting job.
A look back at Mizzou's 78-63 win over South Carolina.
Driven to become "the face of the program" at Missouri, the senior guard from Columbia has achieved far more in her celebrated career.
Season-best scoring games from Watson, Puryear help Tigers snap four-game losing streak with 78-63 win over South Carolina.
Watson, Puryear enjoy season-high scoring days as Tigers take down South Carolina 78-63.
Mizzou spring football preview: Where's the rush from defensive front?
A closer look at Mizzou's D-line, linebackers heading into Sunday's first practice of the spring.
A closer look at Saturday's Mizzou-South Carolina showdown in Columbia.


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Q: Check if two scipy.sparse.csr_matrix are equal I want to check if two csr_matrix are equal.
If I do:
x.__eq__(y)

I get:
raise ValueError("The truth value of an array with more than one "
ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all().

This, However, works well:
assert (z in x for z in y)

Is there a better way to do it? maybe using some scipy optimized function instead?
Thanks so much

A: Can we assume they are the same shape?
In [202]: a=sparse.csr_matrix([[0,1],[1,0]])
In [203]: b=sparse.csr_matrix([[0,1],[1,1]])
In [204]: (a!=b).nnz==0
Out[204]: False

This checks the sparsity of the inequality array.
It will give you an efficiency warning if you try a==b (at least the 1st time you use it).  That's because it has to test all those zeros.  It can't take much advantage of the sparsity.
You need a relatively recent version to use logical operators like this.  Were you trying to use x.__eq__(y) in some if expression, or did you get error from just that expression?
In general you probably want to check several parameters first.  Same shape, same nnz, same dtype.  You need to be careful with floats.
For dense arrays np.allclose is a good way of testing equality.  And if the sparse arrays aren't too large, that might be good as well
np.allclose(a.A, b.A)

allclose uses  all(less_equal(abs(x-y), atol + rtol * abs(y))).  You can use a-b, but I suspect that this too will give an efficiecy warning.

A: SciPy and Numpy Hybrid Method
What worked best for my case was (using a generic code example):
bool_answer = np.arrays_equal(sparse_matrix_1.todense(), sparse_matrix_2.todense())

You might need to pay attention to the equal_nan parameter in np.arrays_equal
The following doc references helped me get there:
CSR Sparse Matrix Methods
CSC Sparse Matrix Methods
Numpy arrays_equal method
SciPy todense method


Hi, Everyone! I had a viewer ask me a thought provoking question. To be quite honest I hadn't really thought much about it. I love the Cricut! I love the versatility with their machines; meaning the various products you can cut with them (chipboard, scrapbook paper, cardstock (various weights of that), vinyl, fabric, make embossing folders, cut magnet sheets Cricut has, food (cookie dough and fondant or gum paste). These are just a few things, but what I love too is what you see is what you get. I hate when there's a product that shows you one thing and when you follow their instructions it's nothing like what they showed; materials inside are not as nice as what is shown on the outside. I don't find this with Cricut. The instruction books that come with each cartridge not only show you what you're cut is going to look like, but you also find there are bonus items in there. Let me clarify that. I purchased Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge quite a while ago now, but when I did I hesitated and thought what am I going to do with a cartridge full of paper dolls?? I don't have a little girl at home that would appreciate these if I made them for her. I do have a son and I've used various cuts of these to make teaching games from alphabet to numbers and other fun learning things for him. I also found there are many, many little fun bonuses in this cartridge as well. I am so happy that I have added this one to my cartridge library.
Thank you so much for asking me your question Cricut Critter. I appreciate you taking the time. I really don't know if I could put just one thing that I like most about the Cricut. I put a few things above here; the list could go on for a super long post because there is so much more I could add in here that I like about the Cricut. I'd write it all out, but I would be afraid my family would miss me, lol.
Time for me to get my Sunday rolling! Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend!


Above are a selection of my knitted cowls... two of which were purchased by these lovely ladies.. don't they look fab?
The hall was decorated with cut up vintage fabric... very pretty & effective.
I'm so happy to have been apart of it and to have a stall alongside so many other lovely, talented ladies (& a few gents!).


The start of a new term can be a shock with the stress of trying to get everyone out of the house fed, looking presentable with the right kit in such limited time. I have learned from experience that planning and preparation is definitely the key to a calmer morning. Here are my top 5 tips based on some of the things we now do that help us to have a stress-free school-run!
Uniforms: get them all washed and ironed at the weekend ready for the week. Put each set on a hanger so the kids can just grab and go. Having one set of uniform for each day is a lifesaver for me because my boys never come home clean. Have a designated place for school shoes, even if it's just a box by the door. I find coat pegs are a good place to keep ties with blazers.
School bags: empty them straight after school. Remove newsletters, do any admin straight away, discard rubbish, check for homework etc. Repack and leave by door.
Lunchboxes: I fill them with drinks and snacks the night before and just make sandwiches in the mornings. Sometimes there's a yoghurt explosion to clean up first.
Baths & showers: we all have baths & showers before bed now. Saves a humongous amount of time in the mornings and we sleep better too.
There's a reason why airlines tell you to put your oxygen mask on before you help anyone else put theirs on – you might not get the chance! If I get up late and rush around in my PJ's time flies and I barely have a chance to shove some clothes on before racing out. Being up and ready early makes me feel so much calmer. I often leave some clothes out for myself the night before to save a couple of extra minutes in the morning.
This sounds so much more formal than it actually is! By simply doing things in the same order each day everyone gets to know what they should be doing next. For my boys it's roughly this: get up, get dressed, make beds & fold PJ's, go downstairs, eat breakfast, tidy plates, brush teeth & hair, coats & shoes on, pick up bags and go!
Have a few easy breakfast ideas to hand for the week – it's even more helpful if everyone eats the same thing on the same mornings. The whole family can enjoy Nutella, spread on wholegrain toast. (It's absolutely delicious topped with some sliced bananas or other fresh fruit).
The recommended portion size of Nutella is one heaped teaspoon - that's just 15g - but a little goes a long way. One portion is only 80 calories, and it's more than enough to spread on a slice of bread or toast. Nutella is made from only seven quality ingredients so it can be eaten as part of a balanced breakfast.
from getting distracted and losing focus.
Over to you! What are your top tips for making sure you get out of the house on time? I'd love to hear from you! Please comment below!
This is a sponsored post in association with Nutella. All words & images are my own.


Change of use from office use (Class B1(a)) to residential (Class C3) to provide 79 dwellings.
Erection of two-storey extension to side of dwelling.
Change of Use from D1, to dog daycare and grooming salon (sui generis).
Removal of condition 2 of 07/1339 to allow permanent residential occupation for building A.
Alterations and extensions to front, side and rear of dwelling and detached garage to front.
Variation of condition 2 of 15/1742 to allow alterations to design and materials.
Erection of single storey extension with flue to garage to provide annexe.
Installation of new entrance with glazed front door.
Alterations and erection of first floor extension to front of dwelling.
Erection of two-storey extension to side of dwelling, replacement porch and render to painted brickwork.
Erection of single storey extension to farmhouse.
Conversion of barn to create dwelling.
Conversion of two-storey outbuilding to form additional annexe accommodation and extension of existing detached annexe to form a single-storey link between the converted outbuilding and the existing annexe.
Site for the erection of 1 dwelling.
Erection of extension to side and rear of dwelling following demolition of previous extension.
Erection of shepherds hut, summerhouse and replacement garage and alterations to dormer extension, installation of leaded windows and addition of rooflight.
Erection of extensions to front, side and rear of dwelling (Revised to include changes and extension to conservatory, lower roof to entrance hall, changes to balcony shape including enclosure to underside of front balcony) and revised parking.
Change of use from self-contained annexe to holiday let.
Non Material Amendment Request to change all windows and doors to white painted softwood frames with leaded lights.
Erection of two-storey extension to front of dwelling and two single-storey extensions to the front of dwelling, to be lime rendered.
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission ref: 14/0494 to permit omission of window/door on Barn 2 and alteration to parking layout.
Erection of single and two-storey extensions to rear of dwelling.
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission ref: 10/0682 to permit revised design to facilitate creation of external bin/cycle store.
Change of use from beauty salon to tattoo studio.
Insertion of dormer window to facilitate loft conversion and change flat roof to pitch.


The aim of this book is to provide an account of the state of the art in Com putational Kinematics. We understand here under this term that branch of kinematics research involving intensive computations not only of the nu merical type, but also of symbolic as well as geometric nature. Research in kinematics over the last decade has been remarkably ori ented towards the computational aspects of kinematics problems. In fact, this work has been prompted by the need to answer fundamental questions such as the number of solutions, whether real or complex, that a given problem can admit as well as computational algorithms to support geo metric analysis. Problems of the first kind occur frequently in the analysis and synthesis of kinematic chains, when fine displacements are considered. The associated models, that are derived from kinematic relations known as closure equations, lead to systems of nonlinear algebraic equations in the variables or parameters sought. The algebraic equations at hand can take the form of multivariate polynomials or may involve trigonometric functions of unknown angles.


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2021, It's A Wrap!
Wow! I can't believe a whole year has gone by, since I started blogging for The Children's Book Academy. Over the past year, I have shared fantastically funny books by fellow Aussies. I hope these books added joy and laughter to your world. The books that I chose contained one or more humorous elements, such as...
Super silly words
Letting the illustrations speak
Page turns
Pushing the joke as far as you can
Inside jokes - nod to parents, puns
Sound words onomatopoeia
Funny premise
Word choice e.g., using words that start with a hard /c/ or /k/
Bedtime, Daddy!
Written by: Me – Sharon Giltrow
Illustrated by: Katrin Dreiling
Published by: EK Books, May 2020
Humorous elements- Inside Jokes, nod to parents, Surprise
We Love you Magoo
Written and Illustrated by: Briony Stewart
Published by: Penguin Random House Australia, September 2020
Humorous elements- Surprise, Sound words, onomatopoeia
When the Waterhole Dries Up
Written by: Kaye Baillie
Illustrated by: Max Hamilton
Published by: Windy Hollow Books, March 2021,
Humorous elements- Alliteration, Layering, Repetition
Humorous elements- Letting the illustrations speak, Word choice e.g., using words that start with a hard /c/ or /k/
CHICKENSAURUS
Written and Illustrated by: James Foley
Published by: Fremantle Press, January 2021,
Humorous elements - Puns, Funny premise, Letting the illustrations speak
SUPER SIDEKICKS BOOK 2 – OCEAN'S REVENGE
Written and Illustrated by: Gavin Aung Than
Humorous elements - Super silly words, Pushing the joke as far as you can, Letting the illustrations speak
Get Back in Your Books
Written by: Rory H. Mather
Illustrated by: Shane McG
Published by: Scholastic Australia, July 1st 2021
Humorous elements - Page turns, Pushing the joke as far as you can, Inside jokes - nod to parents
Belly Button Fluff
Written and illustrated by: Dave Atze
Published by: Big Sky Publishing, September 15th 2021
Humorous elements - Super silly words, Letting the illustrations speak, Funny premise
Mr Bat Wants a Hat
Illustrated by: Laura Wood
Published by: New Frontier Publishing, May 2021
Humorous elements - Letting the illustrations speak, Page turns, Funny premise
Jingle Belly
Written by: Jacinta Froud
Illustrated by: Gabriella Petruso
Published by: Larrikin House , November 2021
Humorous elements - Letting the illustrations speak, Page turns, Layering
Well, that's it from me for 2021.
See you in 2022, with more fantastically funny, Aussie book.
For a chance to win a book of your choice,
The winner will be announced on twitter on Monday 6th December
Sharon Giltrow grew up in South Australia, the youngest of eight children, surrounded by pet sheep and fields of barley. She now lives in Perth, Western Australia with her husband, two children and a tiny dog. Sharon has taught for all of her career. Previously a teacher of children who are hearing impaired and Deaf-Blind, she now teaches young children with Developmental Language Disorder. Her humorous debut PB, BEDTIME DADDY! released May 2020 through EK books. Sharon's humorous follow up PB, GET READY, MAMA! Is due to be released through EK books in April, 2022. Her third PB, LET'S GO SHOPPING, GRANDMA! is due to be released through Dixi Books in 2022. SAMARA RUBIN AND THE UTILITY BELT, book one in Sharon's early MG series – THE UTILITY BELT, will be released in 2022 through Clear Fork Publishing. With book two TOBY KING AND THE UTILITY BELT to follow.
Four Holiday Questions to Ask Your Characters
Well, we've almost made it through another year. I have one more writing deadline for the year before I take a short break for the holidays. This past year, I've had the pleasure of introducing a number of new characters to world including Sidney (who graced the pages of THE FREEMAN FIELD PHOTOGRAPH) and Mr. Grizley and his creative, kind, and caring class, including Cecilia (CECILIA'S FUNDRAISER), Mordecai (MORDECAI'S MAGIC), Shaw (SHAW'S SOLO), and Emily (EMILY'S BIG SHOT). This January, readers will get to meet middle grade sports stars turned sleuths Gabriella (SOCCER SUSPICIONS) and Jayden (OFF BASE).
Thinking back over all these characters I've been privileged to create, I decided I'd use this month's blog post to share some holiday-themed questions you can ask you characters to get to know them better. I've included some of my characters answers as well. Here goes:
1. How do you spend your holiday break? Where do you go (if anywhere) and what do you do?
Gabriella: I love the holidays. We stay home so, with no school for almost three weeks, I get to play soccer pretty much all day, everyday. Plus, I can watch all of the English Premier League festive fixtures
2. What, if any, events (Hannakuh, Christmas, Kwanzaa, etc.) do you celebrate?
Cecilia: We're Catholic, so my family celebrates Christmas. Before that, though, is my favorite celebration, the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe. It starts early in the morning on December 12th. There's singing and praying, then we have a mass with a Mariachi band. When it's over, we get tamales and hot cocoa. I love it!
3. What is your least favorite part of the holidays and why?
Mordecai: I like the holidays but, since my Dad is in the military, we're always someplace different. The worst part is we don't usually get to see my grandparents over the holidays. We just moved to a new town again. The good news is we might be able to see Grandma and Grandpa this year!
4. Does your family have any special traditions (e.g. gumbo on Christmas Eve) for the holidays?
Jayden: We've celebrated Kwanzaa for as long as I can remember. We also celebrate Christmas but Kwanzaa gives us a chance to celebrate our African heritage and culture. My favorite day of the Nguzo Saba is Kujichagulia. It's fun to say but, more important than that, it represents Black people determine our future and how we're seen by the world. It reminds me that I have to work hard to succeed and help others do that also.
I encourage you to ask your characters these questions. It may help you unlock a part of the backstory or personality that will really make a difference in your story. I'd love to hear how your characters answer these questions. Feel free to leave a note in the comments.
Well, that's all for this month. I wish you all a happy, and safe, holiday season. Have a magical new year!
At the age of 7, Bryan Patrick Avery discovered a love of reading and mysteries after receiving his first Bobbsey Twins Mystery Book. Today, he is an award-winning poet and author of books for children. His middle-grade story, "The Magic Day Mystery", appears in SUPER PUZZLETASTIC MYSTERIES, an anthology from HarperCollins and the Mystery Writers of America. His debut picture book, THE FREEMAN FIELD PHOTOGRAPH, illustrated by Jerome White, was published by Clearfork Publishing/Spork. His early reader series, MR. GRIZLEY'S CLASS, illustrated by Arief Putra, is available now from Picture Window Press. He is the 2021 recipient of the SCBWI Work in Progress Award for his chapter book mystery THE ROBOT IN THE LIBRARY.
Bryan serves on the board of directors of the Northern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and is a 2021 Amplify Black Stories Fellow, a joint program presented by the Brown Bookshelf and the Highlights Foundation.
Bryan lives in Northern California with his family.
IT'S ALL ABOUT – PLANNING FOR THE NEW YEAR – CHEERS TO 2022!
As we get ready to welcome 2022 – it's time to take stock of the year that is about to end and to plan and set writing goals for the upcoming months.
Write down a few accomplishments that you achieved in 2021. These can be gathering ideas, writing, revising, hitting a milestone in the publishing world, or anything that makes you feel proud of your creative life.
Take note of any opportunities from the past year that are in flux and that you can still work on. What is one holdover project that you commit to make progress toward in January?
Envision any new intentions you choose to set for yourself in the new year. What will you focus on to help propel your writing career? What is one project you can work on in January?
Wishing you all the joys of the holiday season, Happy New Year, and cheers to creativity in 2022!
BIO:
Melissa Stoller is the author of the chapter book series The Enchanted Snow Globe Collection - Return to Coney Island and the picture books Scarlet's Magic Paintbrush; Ready, Set, GOrilla!; and Sadie's Shabbat Stories. Planting Friendship: Peace, Salaam, Shalom (co-written with Callie Metler and Shirin Rahman, illustrated by Kate Talbot), released from Clear Fork Publishing in October, 2021. Melissa is a Blogger and Course Assistant for the Children's Book Academy, a Regional Ambassador for The Chapter Book Challenge, a volunteer with SCBWI/MetroNY, and a founding member of The Book Meshuggenahs. She also interviews authors on her blog, This Writing Life, and offers book tips and resources. In other chapters of her life, Melissa has worked as a lawyer, legal writing instructor, freelance writer and editor, and early childhood educator. She lives in New York City with her family, and enjoys theatre, museums, and long beach walks. www.MelissaStoller.com
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Adding Tension to your Manuscript
by Ana Siqueira
I want to tell you how to add tension to your manuscript. Oh, no! I can't tell you that.
It's against the rules.
I must show you, right?
Let's start with a sweet and silly story about a carrot-eating bunny. (This is not my WIP! hahaha)
Spread 1
Bunny Jeo gobbles up sweet carrots.
When the floor shakes.
And he hears…
BOOOM!
Jeo trembles.
FART!
Jeo gags.
STOMP!
Jeo hides.
It's a Monster Carrott!!!
Now let's investigate some techniques used in these spreads.
Technique 1: Page-turner
TV shows often end with a cliffhanger, to reel you in and keep you coming back for more. Will the bad guy catch the good guy? Will the princess fall in love with the prince? Will the rabbit gobble up the monster?
So you must hook your readers with a question.
Ending a spread with but, when, then, or even ellipsis will pique the readers' curiosity.
They won't be able to stand it. They must…
TURN THE PAGE!!!
Now that the reader is hooked, let's keep them curious and a little nervous too.
Technique 2 - Short sentences
Short sentences full of tension will hook your readers and engage them in the story.
Compare -
The sweet bunny is eating carrots when he hears a boom, smells a fart, and hides from heavy steps.
The bunny trembles.
The bunny gags.
The bunny hides.
Long sentences are good to slow down the pace. Short, snappy sentences add tension and mystery. But don't forget to use the page-turner to heighten things even more.
On spread 2, readers will feel the need to TURN THE PAGE because they must find out who is doing all that stomping.
Technique 3 - Onomatopoeia and Senses
If you've read comic books, you'll have seen lots of sound effects, right? Pow, Kaboom, Zap, Crash! Words like these immediately grab your attention. Sound effects, onomatopoeias, smells, visions, or any senses can involve readers. And if readers can hear, smell, taste, see, or touch but they don't know what…Ta-Da! They will…
TURN THE PAGE.
Technique 4 - Show, Don't tell
Of course, we all have heard and been annoyed by this message - Show, Don't Tell, but…
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The bunny gets nervous, nauseated, and scared.
The bunny trembles. The bunny gags. The bunny hides.
Technique 5 - Why do they Care?
These are a few techniques you can use to add tension to your manuscript. But remember, the most important way to get your readers hooked is to make them feel. If we really feel for this bunny and cheer for him, that will keep us hooked. So, make sure your character is likable and readers care about them. And also, one more annoying question…
Will the Monster Carrot say he wants to be his best friend and they go play in the garden? - Probably not that tension-packed, right?
But maybe the Monster Carrot does want to be the bunny's best friend, but the bunny is really scared of the monster. - Higher stakes
What if the Monster Carrot tries to gobble up the rabbit? - Huge stakes.
Choose what is at stake.
Make your readers care.
And force them to…
Turn the page!
And if they
OHHHHH! Shout.
Pound, pound! Feel.
Hahaha! Laugh.
You got them HOOKED…
FOREVER! (just an exaggeration for tension purposes, of course!)
Ana Siqueira is a Spanish-language elementary teacher, an award-winning Brazilian children's author, and a published author in the Foreign Language educational market. Her debut picture book is BELLA'S RECIPE FOR DISASTER/SUCCESS (Beaming Books, 2021), Her forthcoming books are IF YOUR BABYSITTER IS A BRUJA/ CUANDO TU NIÑERA ES UNA BRUJA (SimonKids,2022), ABUELA'S SUPER CAPA/LA SUPER CAPA DE ABUELA (HarperCollins 2023) - two-book deal auction. The second book can't be announced yet. Ana is a member of SCBWI, Las Musas Book, and co-founder of LatinxPitch. Ana is also a proud graduate of the Children's Book Academy Picture Book course where she got a Golden Nugget from Alyza Lius to whom she sold her second book - IF YOUR BABYSITTER IS A BRUJA.
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