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YELLOWKNIFE, NT, Jan. 17, 2022 /CNW/ - Everyone in Canada deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Affordable housing is key to Canada's pandemic recovery, and the Government of Canada has created a national strategy to build and renovate hundreds of thousands of units and provide affordable housing to people across the country.
Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion and Minister responsible for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), along with Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories, the Honourable Paulie Chinna, Minister responsible for Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, and Keith Deans, President of Borealis Cooperative, announced details of a $9.05 million investment to renovate a collection of 50 townhouses in Yellowknife through the National Housing Co-investment Fund (NHCF).
The project, located at 2000 Finlayson Drive, will renovate buildings in the Borealis Housing Cooperative. Established in 1983, the Cooperative has operated for more than 35 years, offering significantly below-market housing to the people of Yellowknife.
This investment through NHCF is in addition to the $60 million northern carve-out funding set aside by the Government of Canada to address housing needs and challenges in the Northwest Territories, announced in March 2021. This critical funding is currently being rolled out to offset high construction costs caused by the unique building challenges faced in the north and are designated for initiatives that serve those most at-risk, including women and their children, people with disabilities, and seniors.
Through the NHCF, the Government of Canada is working with partners to build up to 60,000 new affordable homes and repair up to 240,000 existing affordable and community homes. This program is a part of the National Housing Strategy and will ensure that housing is within reach for all Canadians no matter where they live.
"Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Our government is committed to helping those who need it most, and this project will make a real difference in the lives of people in Yellowknife. We will continue to do our part to create even more affordable housing that will benefit all Canadians for decades to come." – The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion and Minister responsible for CMHC
"The revitalization of these 50 homes at Borealis Housing Cooperative is yet another example of what can be achieved when we work together. Through this collaboration, we are helping to ensure that all people living in Yellowknife have safe and affordable housing that enables them to thrive." – Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories
"The Borealis Housing Cooperative provides important affordable housing units in Yellowknife, and I am pleased that these homes will be revitalized. Today's announcement demonstrates what we are able to accomplish when we work in partnership. I am confident that with the support and partnership of the federal government, Indigenous governments and organizations, community governments, and other stakeholders, that we can help make housing in many communities across the NWT more affordable and more accessible for NWT residents. I look forward to continued partnership with the Government of Canada to support residents of the Northwest Territories." – The Honourable Paulie Chinna, Minister responsible for Northwest Territories Housing Corporation
"Members of the Borealis Housing Cooperative are very appreciative to have received a repayable loan up to $9.05 million from CMHC's National Housing Co-Investment Fund. These funds will help the Co-op finance needed updates to our homes, greatly improve energy efficiency, and ensure our members and community continue to have safe and affordable housing well into the future. We thank CMHC for working with us to arrange this funding, and the Northwest Territories Housing Cooperation for their contribution and support." – Keith Deans, President of Borealis Cooperative
With a budget of $13.2 billion, the National Housing Strategy's National Housing Co-investment Fund (NHCF) gives priority to projects that help those in greatest need, including women and children fleeing family violence, seniors, Indigenous Peoples, people with disabilities, those dealing with mental health and addictions, veterans and young adults.
Under the NHCF, investments are also planned to create or repair at least 4,000 shelter spaces for victims of family violence, as well as create at least 7,000 new affordable housing units for seniors and 2,400 new affordable housing units for people with developmental disabilities.
To help Canadians find affordable housing, Budget 2021 provides an additional $2.5 billion over seven years in new funding and to reallocate $1.3 billion in previously announced funding to speed up the construction, repair, and support over 35,000 additional housing units.
In Budget 2021, $750 million in existing funding under NHCF has been advanced to 2021-22 and 2022-23. This will accelerate the creation of 3,400 new units and the repair of 13,700 units. $250 million in existing funding will also be allocated to support the construction, repair, and operating costs of an estimated 560 units of transitional housing and shelter spaces for women and children fleeing violence. This funding will help the Government address gender-based violence.
Canada's National Housing Strategy (NHS) is a 10-year, $72+ billion plan that will give more Canadians a place to call home.
As Canada's authority on housing, CMHC contributes to the stability of the housing market and financial system, provides support for Canadians in housing need, and offers unbiased housing research and advice to all levels of Canadian government, consumers and the housing industry. CMHC's aim is that by 2030, everyone in Canada has a home they can afford and that meets their needs. For more information, please visit cmhc.ca or follow us on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.
To find out more about the National Housing Strategy, please visit www.placetocallhome.ca.
SOURCE Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Book Review--The Big Smoke by Cally Jackson
Ceara’s desperate for love; Seb’s desperate to get laid. Ceara adores reading novels; Seb hasn’t finished a book in years. Two strangers, both moving from small country towns to Brisbane – the big smoke. As they prepare to attend the same university, their paths seem set to collide, but they keep missing each other. Maybe fate is keeping them apart, or maybe it’s just chance.
When the semester starts, things get complicated. Ceara’s best friend withdraws from her, Seb’s closest mate turns into a sleazebag, and the relentless demands of university make their stress levels soar. Before their first semester is over, both Seb and Ceara will be forced to question who they are and what they want from their lives. Will they have the courage to find the answers, or will they crumble under the pressure? And when they finally meet, will it be love at first sight or a collision of headstrong personalities?
I'm going to be honest here and say that originally I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this. I wasn't sure it was going to be "my thing" by the blurb. For that reason, it means a lot more when I say I REALLY enjoyed this. Once you read you'll realize how brilliant the cover is and why the characters are sketched in.
This is a story about two people who want something very much, but it's the wrong thing. How many times have we been in the same place in our lives? The Big Smoke is a coming of age story about all the crap these two people have to go through in order to learn what's really important. And only then do they find what they wanted.
This story made me cry! I mean really hurt for these characters. A best friend, a dog, the "could have beens", and the letting go of guilt really hit home. Cally did a wonderful job digging into some deep emotional topics in a realistic and believable way.
I give The Big Smoke by Cally Jackson at 4.5 for a great two POV story with characters you will already know because they are so REAL.
1-5 scale and what it means:1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure

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I stand at the back of the Premier trying to get my line in quickly as the ship stops over a school of fish. Porpoising seals struggle in the swell to catch up with the boat to get their cut of the anchovies. Seagulls hover in the air, then dive down to steal bait. The deckhand stands on the fish tank tossing flying anchovies dripping with salt water for chum over my head.
My anchovy gently tugs the line as it drifts from the back of the boat. The line starts running. I flip the lever to unset the spool release. Tighten the line and set the hook with a quick yank upward on the rod. The fish is running and the tip of the pole is pointing straight down, the telltale sign of a yellow tail. I start working the line reeling up, keeping the tip of the pole up. Already, my forearms are tightening. I have to work my way from the end of the boat around the corner on the port side ducking under some poles and lines as I move.
The fish runs again. I wait.
I reposition the rod handle into my hip for some better leverage and put my foot up against the bottom rail. I reel down and pull up, reel down and pull up, reel down and pull up. Someone tells me they can see the fish. I work my further up the side of the boat. I feel the burn in my forearms and hope I can get the fish on board soon before it becomes a seal snack. It runs again. The captain says he will tire and come up soon. The captain gaffs the yellowtail and pulls the first yellow tail of the day on board that turns out to be the jackpot winner. I get several fish, er(??) fist bumps and high fives.
I raise my fifteen pound trophy for a quick picture, shake out the lactic acid in my wrists (is it even possible?) and remove my pullover as the overcast sky suddenly seems a bit warmer than it was fifteen minutes ago. The fish is a fine birthday present.

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Allrecipes.com is easily one of the best recipe sites online.. but sifting through a million recipes to find yummy & healthy recipes can be hard. The healthy section has a lot of lol-worthy “healthy” options (cinnamon sugar pork rinds? are you serious? in the healthy section? ok.) & There’s a ton of great healthy recipes buried in other sections around the site. Here’s a list of some worth looking at!
PS – when you change the number of servings, it automatically scales the ingredients down for you!
- Vegan Crepes
- Whole Wheat Pancakes
- Autumn Apple Salad
- Double Whole Grain Pancakes
- Egg White Crepes
- Fluffy Canadian Pancakes
- Dairy & Gluten Free Pancakes
- Eggy Veggie Bake
- Poached Egg Caprese
- Gluten Free Hot Breakfast Cereal
- Quinoa Pudding
- Omelet in a Mug
- Tofu Quiche with Broccoli
- Suppertime Egg Burritos
- Black Bean Breakfast Bowl
- Zucchini and Eggs
- Almond Chicken Salad
- Barbie’s Tuna Salad
- Vegetarian Sloppy Joes
- Avocado and Tomato Salad
- Black Bean Burger
- Bermuda Spinach Salad
- Avocado Egg Salad
- Vegetarian Chickpea Sandwich Filling
- Grilled Fish Tacos
- Cranberry and Cilantro Quinoa Salad
- Orzo and Shrimp Salad with Asparagus
- Vegan Falafel
- BBQ Tuna Fritters
- Asian Chicken Salad
- Simple Turkey Chili
- No Mayo Tuna Salad
- Coconut Curry Tofu
- Hawaiian Chicken Kebabs
- Garlic and Rosemary Chicken
- Vegetarian “Meatloaf”
- Paprika Chicken
- Lentils and Spinach
- Vegan Taco Filling
- Vegan Lasagna
- Thai Spiced BBQ Shrimp
- Whole Wheat & Honey Pizza Crust
- Cedar Planked Salmon
- Baked Salmon
- Taco Salad
- Tofu and Veggies in Peanut Sauce
- Stuffed Peppers
- Turkey Burgers
- Crispy Eggplant with Spicy Tomato Sauce
- Spaghetti Squash
- Peppermint Meringues
- Grilled Peaches with Gingersnaps
- Pumpkin Pie for Dieters
- Pumpkin Rice Pudding
- Spiced Baked Apples
- Gluten Free Garbanzo Bean Chocolate Cake
- Honeysuckle Pineapple
- No Bake Peanut Butter Nuggets
- Chocolate Banana Tofu Pudding
- Poppy Seed Fruit Salad
- Low Sugar Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
- Orange Sponge Cake Roll
- Fresh Fruit Minty Dip
- Dark Chocolate Bark
- Banana Cookies
- “Ice Cream” Sandwiches
- Baked Stuffed Pears
- Crunchy Macaroons
- Fruit Salsa & Cinnamon Chips
- Fruity Fun Skewers
- Baked Kale Chips
- Hard Boiled Egg
- Pita Chips
- Eggplant Chips
- Cajun Popcorn
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Chicken orzo with onions, mushrooms, asparagus, purple cherry heirloom tomatoes, spinach, and tomato-basil hummus+almondmilk-sauce Hey guys… I cooked it with EVOO…. I haven’t used that stuff in like 2 years!
Sesame Peanut Crusted Tofu
Breakfast: Ezekiel cinnamon raisin toast with pb and nutella. Grapes. Black coffee.
Morning snack: Pretzels
Lunch: Joseph’s flax wrap with plum chutney, blue cheese, balsamic-mushrooms and -eggplant, and spinach. Sesame honey crackers. Almond Fudge Clif Bar.
Afternoon snack: Carrots with cream cheese-mango salsa dip.
Dinner: Couscous and chickpeas in jalfrezi curry simmer sauce with spinach, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, garlic, and grilled peppers.
Evening snack: Banana nut cookie
Breakfast: 2 slices cinnamon-raisin ezekiel toast – one with white chocolate pb, the other with raw almond butter and nutella. Grapes. No coffee 😦 (I burnt my bottom lip really bad last night on tea… so no hot stuff today)
Morning snack: Venti iced black coffee (haha… and you thought I was going to give up of coffee because of my lip… hell no… thank god for iced coffee). Apple pie larabar.
Lunch: Cooper cheese and tomato sandwich with Balsamic-onions and -eggplant on ezekiel sesame bread. Sweet potato cinnamon crackers.
Afternoon snack: Hazelnut rice thin crackers, carrots, and mango salsa.
Dinner: Soba noodles and mahi mahi with onions, mushrooms, and broccoli cooked with sesame oil, soy sauce, fish sauce, rice vinegar, and topped with hoisin sauce.
Evening snack: A little piece of my vegan coffee cake and some bunny grahams.
Breakfast: ancient grains waffles with peanut butter and nutella. plum. black coffee.
Morning snack: 365 PB cereal + Cascadian Farms Ancient Grains granola
Lunch: Refried-pinto bean and cheese taco with cabbage, onions, and tomatoes. Jalapeno cornbread chips. Carrot cake larabar.
Afternoon snack: Honey wheat pretzels and multigrain crackers.
Dinner: Farro and chicken with purple cherry heirloom tomatoes, onions, asparagus, eggplant, fresh basil and chives (from my garden), organic goat cheese, and fresh garlic.
Evening snack: Homemade vegan coffee cake

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The original Splatoon game from ’15 was one of the best games that appeared on the Wii-U following its release. In terms of visual presentation the graphics looked incredible and was considered to be one of the strongest positives of Splatoon in general. Also, Nintendo had finally managed to create a first party third person shooter game that was appealing to children; without crossing the boarders of being too violent. The concept of players controlling inklings who could shapeshift between humanoid and squid forms was one that was both creative and intriguing. In addition, to having four online multiplayer game modes Splatoon also had a single player campaign mode that revolved a territorial conflict with the Octarians. The story for Splatoon see war veteran Cap n’ Cuttlefish recruit players to go on a reduce mission to retrieve the Great Zapfish; which was known to be the main soul of power within Inkopolis. What made the story or Splatoon even more interesting was the fact conflict between the Inklings and the Octarians had been taking place for almost a century. Despite, the storyline for the campaign mode lacking depth Splatoon was a game that targeted kids more so than adults.
During gameplay players could collect Power Eggs and various other power-ups that would help give them the advantage over their enemies. The secondary weapons utilized in combat such as: sprinklers and ink-filled balloons were beneficial to players; because it contributed to the strategical aspect of the gameplay in Splatoon. Also, players were provide with various options as it relates to weapons including: Sloshers, Ink Brushes and Splat Rollers which were generally good for melee combat. Throughout, Splatoon players could utilize currency to purchase weapons and were also able to customize their characters with clothing. As far as online gaming is concerned in relation the Wii-U Splatoon was probably one of the most entertaining games of 2015. Those who had access to online gameplay had a choice to select from modes such as: Splat Zones, Turf Wars, Rainmaker and Tower Control. The online multiplayer game modes in Splatoon allowed up to a maximum of eight players which added to the game’s overall replay value. As far as offline multiplayer modes are concerned players could compete in Battle Dojo which only allowed two players.
While some might argue that Splatoon should have had more local multiplayer modes the game itself still ended up becoming very successful. In fact, it was reported back in September 2020 that Splatoon managed to sell over 4.9 million copies within five years; despite the fact that the Wii-U had been discontinued in retail back in early 2017. Splatoon ended up be the 6th best sell game for the Wii-U overall and spawned a far more successful sequel for the Nintendo Switch back in Summer 2017. Splatoon 2 reached over 11 million units in sales on the the Nintendo Switch since its release in 2017; with series overall having reach more than 16 million copies in sales worldwide. There is not a doubt in anyone’s mind that Splatoon was the best third person shooter game for the Wii-U; despite the console itself being considered a commercial failure.

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The Imo state police command has announced the capture of one of the suspected killers of Ahmed Gulak, a former adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Spokesperson of the Imo state command, Mike Abattam, while parading the suspect, Chimobi Anosike, revealed that he was arrested after a painstaking investigation by detectives.
Gulak was murdered in cold blood on May 30, 2021 on his way to the Sam Mbakwe international cargo airport in Owerri.
Parading the suspect, Anosike Chimobi, 38, from Umuedo, Ahiazu Mbaise council area of the state, the police spokesperson for the state command, Micheal Abattam, disclosed that Chimaobi was nabbed following a sophisticated investigation carried out by the operatives of the command.
Abattam stated: “Terrorists that murdered Ahmed Gulak on May 30, 2021, along Imo state airport road. Being involved in the burning of Aboh Mbaise, Ahiazu Mbaise, Ezinihitte Mbaise, Ihitte-Uboma, and Obowo police stations, he confessed to being among the terrorists who attacked the onions truck at Enyiogwugwu junction Aboh Mbaise L.G.A, Imo state, on May 30.”
“He confessed to involvement in the attack and murder of many police officers and collection of their service rifles. He also confessed to the kidnap of one Jude Nwahiri at Eke Nguru Junction Aboh Mbaise L.G.A, Imo State, under the command of one Ebube Uche Madu aka virus, who is on the command’s wanted list.”

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Niall Horan has a very proud family cheering him on from his home in Mullingar, Ireland. Horan and the rest of his group One Direction made record charts history this week when they were the first UK act to debut at number one on US charts – outshining the likes of The Beatles and the Spice Girls.
The Independent reports that Horan has one proud papa waiting for him back home in Ireland. “He has done it, and we couldn’t be more proud,” said Niall’s father, Bobby Horan last night. “The whole country is proud of him.”
Bobby Horan remembers his son as having “never stopped singing from the moment he woke up to the time he went to bed.”
After trying out at the Croke Park auditions for the UK ‘X Factor’ competition in 2010, Horan failed to make it through as a solo artist, but instead was grouped together with four English boys to form One Direction.
The group only came in in third place on the reality competition, but Simon Cowell signed the lads to his label Syco. Since then, the boys have been rising to fame and have securely clinched the US market.
“It’s been an incredible two years,” Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) tweeted this week. Besides the huge announcement that the boys debuted at number one, Nickelodeon announced that they’ve signed One Direction on for a new television show, and yesterday the group announced a North American summer tour.
Cracking the US market is no easy feat for a foreign group; just look to other Irish boy-bands Boyzone and WestLife. The two Irish groups never found the American success that One Direction have already gained.
While Niall Horan and the members of One Direction are enjoying unprecedented success stateside, his family back home misses him. “It is tough that he is so hard to contact. We miss him terribly, it is the downside to all of this,” said his father.
“We are so excited and proud of him. It really is an incredible achievement to hear them being compared to the Beatles.”
One Direction Dad Fears Group ‘Comedown’
One Direction may be enjoying phenomenal success in America but the father of band member Niall Horan is already worried about what will happen when it’s all over.
Earlier this week, One Direction made US chart history by becoming the first UK band to debut at No 1 with their album Up All Night.
Niall’s dad, Bobby Horan, made the comments in an interview with 2FM.
He said: “The only thing I’m worried about is hopefully it’ll be a long period being at the top.
“The comedown from that, I’m a little bit worried about. It’s always at the back of my mind. You’re up there on a high, but it’s a big drop after that.”
However, the popstar’s dad, who is a butcher by trade, felt confident his son was coping well with the pressure of fame, adding: “But he seems to be coping with everything brilliantly – a lot better than I would.”
One Direction seem to have made an impact on the US music industry after the release of their debut single.
The X Factor stars were surrounded by crowds of female fans when they visited America.
Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik’s track What Makes You Beautiful has already made it to number ten on the U.S. iTunes Top 100 Songs chart.
One Direction reach top ten in America
The song was released in America on Valentines Day and quickly moved up the charts.
One Direction have proved so popular in the States that the release date for their album Up All Night was brought forward, after fans started to camp outside stores for their copy.
Meanwhile, the lads will not have any problem scoring a drink while supporting Big Time Rush on tour.
Big Time Rush have said they will look after the lads, with band member Kendall Schmidt telling the Daily Star: “We are definitely planning on getting in a little trouble.
“The only problem is that they are underage. They are legal in the UK but not in the States, where the minimum age is 21.
“So we will be like their big brothers, open a few doors for them.”
Maude: What were your first impressions of each other when you guys got thrown together as a band? Do you all get along?
Louis: Yea, I was quite quiet at boot camp. But as far as first impressions for me, I thought Zayn was more quiet. The more I get to know Zayn, he’s definitely not quiet. Harry was still quite charming, pretty boy. Niall was loud, really loud. Honestly, I would have gone away thinking Niall was the king of boot camp. He was the leader of boot camp.
Maude: Most played song on your iPod?
Zayn: Probably a Chris Brown tune. Something off his new album.
Louis: “Look After You,” by The Fray.
Louis: “Viva Forever,” Spice Girls.
Harry: Ha. “Paradise,” by Coldplay.
Niall: “Wanted Dead or Alive,” by Bon Jovi.
Liam: Probably a John Mayer song off Where The Light Is. I can’t remember the name, its track 2 or 3…
Niall: “In The Atmosphere?”
Niall: Yes, yes.
Maude: Your first stateside single, “What Makes You Beautiful,” comes out Valentines Day in the US. What are you guys planning on doing on Valentine’s Day?
Liam: We’re actually meant to be in France. There’s a trip lined up to Paris. The City of Love!
Louis: If we haven’t got any dates, well all just have to go out to dinner together. Otherwise we’re gonna be pretty depressing to be honest.
Zayn: All five of us are going to sit in the Eiffel Tower restaurant together.
Niall: Finish each other’s spaghetti and stuff like that.


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Time for another Wonder Hero to join the team!
This week’s addition to the team is entirely Maya Banks’ fault. That’s right. I’ve been immersed in Highlanders’ world these past few days, completely binging on both her historical romance series : The McCabe trilogy and The Montgomerys and Armstrongs.
Each book is a page turner, a fierce and ever-so-alpha highlander, a sassy but innocent woman and a threat against their growing love. I just love everything about it, how each time the heroine is going to turn a big and strong warrior’s head. These are a great combination of adventure, romance and humor.
And since you know how much I love the idea of a man in a kilt (you do too, right?) I couldn’t miss the opportunity to display a little kneeporn. Aye, ‘kneeporn’, it’s a thing.
Any historical romances you want to share? Preferably Highlander’s themed… Come on, don’t leave a lass waiting.


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The Bullets’ Harvest: Politics in Kidapawan after the ShootingsPosted: May 25, 2016
(Published in the Dumaguete MetroPost 29 May, 2016)
Kidapawan was still tense from the recent shootings when I came home to it on Election Day. The location where the rally of April 1 took place was marked by a large tarpaulin.
It spelled out my hometown’s general sentiment on the incident:
‘Do not disturb my Kidapawan!’
I had an inkling of this feeling from Kidapawanons online even before going home. The blockade had been hurting local business and disrupting transportation in Kidapawan, and yet less than half of the protesting farmers were from the city. They had been protesting against the provincial government in Amas, not the city government, but they chose to stage the rally near Kidapawan’s border with Makilala on the other side of the city from the Provincial Capitol – Kidapawan was literally caught in between. And the city has been dragged to the spotlight against its will since.
One of the two confirmed deaths, Enrico Fabligar, was from Kidapawan, and was only a bystander. And yet the absurdity of his death – a poignant demonstration of how uninvolved Kidapawan was as much a victim as the farmers – was being drowned by the louder ‘Bigas Hindi Bala’ uproar.
‘The losses are huge,’ mayor Joseph Evangelista puts it simply on an interview with online news site Rappler.
Evangelista had to balance the interest of Kidapawan, the demands of the farmers, and the directives of the provincial government, and most of the Kidapawanons I talked to believed the mayor handled the situation as best as he could. City Hall insiders tell me the mayor was functioning as mediator between Amas and the farmers, but the protest leaders were refusing to sit down.
Throughout and after the debacle the mayor was articulating the general sentiments of Kidapawan’s residents. An open letter condemning the city’s negative publicity, penned by his office, stands in front of the city hall and is covered with signatures.
Come May 9 support for Evangelista translated to votes: he was re-elected mayor of Kidapawan with over 46,000 votes, almost the entire voting population of the city. And this in a city which often abstains when a candidate is unopposed.
In contrast, at over 25,000 votes the governor of North Cotabato, Emmylou ‘Lala’ Taliño-Mendoza, got just over half of that figure in Kidapawan. Over 10,000 votes from Lala’s provincial capital went to her opponent Lito Monreal, who is virtually unheard of in North Cotabato politics. This was clearly a protest vote against her.
While her term as governor has generally been well received in Kidapawan, the shooting has evidently caused Lala some support in her province’s only city.
‘She had been too bureaucratic,’ ‘she was being inaccessible when she needed to be there,’ ‘she was too proud.’ Along with these murmurs in the city were wild rumours that she had in fact withheld the distribution of relief rice in order to help boost the candidacy of a political ally. The governor had earlier faced allegations in Kidapawan of manipulating the price of rubber, a major product in the province. While the rumours are unlikely, she has undoubtedly gained the tendency to attract unpleasant speculations.
‘She should have just talked to the farmers,’ as one tricycle driver I chatted with put it.
From his tricycle I saw more posters and tarpaulins on Kidapawan’s iconic island of pine trees: ‘Kidapawan loves Peace and Progress.’ ‘No one from Kidapawan was in the rally, but Kidapawan had to sacrifice.’ ‘Do not disturb my Kidapawan.’
Tagum the Scapegoat
And one sign hints at the reason why Lala has accrued such ill-will in the city. ‘To serve and Protect,’ it reads, with the subtitle ‘We salute you.’
‘Luoy ang mga pulis (I feel sorry for the police)’ says manong driver.
My godfather Alexander Tagum, the provincial police director who led the rally dispersal, is a son of Kidapawan. Many of the police deployed – and who were injured – were from Kidapawan. It was not difficult to see why Kidapawanons sympathize with the police – their own sons and daughters – more than the farmers.
‘Alex was used as a scapegoat,’ as one relative put it. Lala earned some flak for the way she handled the shooting, but she did not get as much damage as ninong Alex. Relieved from his post pending investigations, Tagum’s career now faces a bleak future in light of the imminent return to power of the Piñols – he had a verbal tiff with then governor Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Piñol when he was still Kidapawan’s police director. ‘Tagum’s only fault,’ says the relative, ‘is he can be too gentle for a police officer. Hopefully Duterte won’t be too vindictive.’
The Duterte Factor
The election of the country’s first Mindanawon president complicates post-shooting Kidapawan politics further. The Duterte camp was very much involved in the incident: he is seen as being close with the Left, which has been accused of orchestrating the rally; he has publicly castigated Lala for her handling of the situation; and he has Robin Padilla.
His ties with the Piñol family, through its most prominent member Manny, mean the very idea of him is a key factor in any political situation in the province.
Any bid for public office by a Piñol is consequently seen as implicitly with Duterte’s backing, and with him in the land’s highest post this is a huge boost for the clan. Combined with the potential for being a protest vote post-shooting against Lala, the Piñols are in for a comeback.
In this election they had already made significant gains across North Cotabato: Joselito Piñol successfully transitioned from mayor to vice mayor of M’lang, and Gerardo and Socrates Piñol got hold of seats in Lala’s provincial board.
And most shocking for Kidapawan, Bernardo ‘Jun’ Piñol made a remarkable comeback as Vice Mayor after a few terms in the wilderness since being routed out of his congressional seat some years ago.
Jun Piñol’s election may have been a protest vote for Lala’s handling of the shooting or a show of solidarity with Digong, but the clear victim of his comeback is the defeated incumbent, Rodolfo Gantuangco.
Then again, Gantuangco was practically a political sitting duck. The former mayor of Kidapawan was cast in a negative light by the 8 million peso deficit in the local coffers when he turned over the Municipio to Evangelista. And in the previous election the bid of his brother Nido to unseat Evangelista damaged him both ways: he was seen as disloyal to Evangelista, his running mate, to those who thought it was his plan to make his brother run (and he thereby alienated the Evangelista vote); and he was seen as so untrustworthy his own brother endorsed his opponent as vice mayor.
They now say in Kidapawan that the third casualty during the shooting was Gantuangco’s political career.
‘And now Jun Piñol is poised to run for mayor when Evangelista’s term ends,’ a city hall insider tells me. As Piñol and Evangelista are not the best of political friends, a Piñol mayoralty can be the worst situation for Evangelista’s many projects. This is what is making the people in the Municipio most anxious: Evangelista’s term has seen the city grow rapidly, and a change in administration can waste all the progress. ‘But politicians can learn to be civil,’ notes my insider with hope.
Rice among the Bullets
The aftermath of the shooting isn’t entirely bloody for Kidapawan though. Evangelista’s able handling of the situation is a boost for him too, and when his term ends his bid for Amas can be much easier. For all the trouble it had to put up with, the shooting may be a catalyst for Kidapawan to finally see one of its sons elected governor of North Cotabato.
And the return of the Piñols isn’t necessarily a bad thing: a possible Piñol mayoralty, and speculations of a cabinet post for Manny, mean Kidapawan – and North Cotabato for that matter – might get a closer voice to the president’s ear.
At the very least, Kidapawanons admit, the international attention isn’t entirely bad. ‘At least I don’t need to explain where I’m from,’ a friend quips wryly on Facebook. Kidapawan, for whatever reason, is being talked about. And that in itself is certainly a welcome thing.

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(Pocket-lint) - One of the most anticipated new electric cars has been officially unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Honda e is a refreshing electric rethinking of the compact urban car and it's now in its final production version.
The Honda e has been teased over the past 2 years, first as a concept and then as a prototype. What's remarkable about this little Honda is that it has stuck to many of those pre-production lines.
Often a concept car is diluted and diluted, flushing away the excitement until you're left with a predictable production model - but the Honda e has escaped that predictability. The result is something refreshing, distinctive and entirely new.
We sat down with Kohei Hitomi, head of the Honda e project, who explained that on this model, things really happened the other way around. The Honda e was in development and the concept spun out of that, rather than vice versa.
Car manufacturers talk about emotional design, but often that's exactly what's missing. The Honda e, by comparison, is adorable. We asked why Honda had decided to use a retro design for its most futuristic car and Hitomi responded that it wasn't retro, instead, it was designed to be familiar, comforting, like sitting in your lounge at home.
It certainly pulls that off, not giving a compact car design that's unique, but with an interior that really shakes things up. It’s not like sitting in any of Honda's other cars - there's a real sense of rebirth.
Honda isn't alone in this; the VW ID.3 - also launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show - takes a similar approach, with the sense that electric cars are starting something new, rather than reworking what was already there.
Despite that comfortable lounge interior, the Honda e is packed with tech. From cameras instead of wing mirrors, or a rear view mirror that can switch to a wide-angle camera view instead at the flip of a switch, you can't help but be drawn to the expanse of displays running across the dash.
It's an enveloping display as much entertainment for the passengers as it is informing for the driver. The fact that you can press a button and turn it into an aquarium really is the icing on the cake. Remember when the VW Beetle relaunched with a flower holder? Move over - it's all about the virtual aquarium now.
A quick look at the displays inside the Honda e pic.twitter.com/1TkSwMd1JR— Chris Hall (@christhall) September 10, 2019
What Honda is really competing with is cars like the VW ID.3 - which is promising to bring electric motoring to everyone - and the Mini Electric. We've quickly moved from having a few premium electric models to choose from, to an expanding range of smaller cars.
The Honda e will start from £26,160 for the standard version, while the "advance" model will be £28,660. That standard version is packed with tech (you get heated seats, heated steering wheel and parking pilot on the Advance). The standard version has 136PS, while the Advance can access 154PS, so will be nippier.
You can expect 0-62 in 8 seconds with a range of around 135 miles. The Honda e is rear wheel drive too, which is a little more unusual. We once again asked Kohei Hitomi why this was and he explained that it was partly to meet the requirements of manoeuvrability in an urban car. With the driving coming from the rear, that leaves the front to steer, and gives a really tight 4.3m turning circle.
If we're judging cars on desirability, it's hard not to see the Honda e as a success. There's personality in this little car, it's got character and we can't wait to see how this comes out on the road. Yes, it's not going to win any records for range, but we suspect it's going to tug at the heart strings of a lot of people and win a lot of fans.
You can register your interest for the Honda e now; deliveries are expected in summer 2020.


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Hugh Jackman and Daniel Henney in Korea
Hugh Jackman and Daniel Henney is now promoting "Xmen Origins: Wolverine" in Seoul, Korea.
The movie will have its world premiere on April 30. It is a prequel to the "X-Men'' trilogy, focusing on the past of the mutant Wolverine. Henney plays the role of Agent Zero, a lone sniper chasing Wolverine.
I can't wait to see what will happen to Henney's career once this movie comes out. Will he make it to hollywood????

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Police forces may soon be allowed to recruit older officers and raise the
retirement age to 65 under new Government proposals.
The Home Office is looking to recruit an additional 5,000 new officers and
is considering increasing the maximum age for recruits from 55 to 65, as well
as extending the age for compulsory retirement beyond 60.
The older recruits would have to undergo tests to prove their fitness for
duty but the move would help ease the burden on staffing, with a quarter of all
serving officers expected to retire in the next five years.
Police regulations could also be amended to allow fit and able officers to
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Officers can retire on a full pension after serving 30 years, which means
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(Opening Statement of government peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer at the GPH-MILF Meeting in Kuala Lumpur on 10 February, 2016)
KUALA LUMPUR (MindNews/ 11 February) — Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a pleasure to see all of you once again, altogether with our partners in the Bangsamoro peace process.
A blessed morning to all.
Today could have been a much happier occasion, if only we had the law that would have moved our road map forward in leaps and bounds. But we do not have the law – yet.
Despite the extraordinary efforts of our teams and all the other tireless peace advocates and congressional allies who travelled with us in this difficult journey of a thousand miles, we saw the session days in Congress wither away, without a BBL in sight.
Still, there is much to be proud about in our hard-fought struggle in the congressional arena. Hindi matatawaran ang pagsisikap na pinamalas ng lahat. The President and his office, civil society organizations in Mindanao and elsewhere, the international community.
As early as July 2014, before the draft law was to be submitted in Congress, the President in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) appealed: “We are currently forging the proposal for the Bangsamoro Basic Law. We ask for the Congress’ understanding regarding this. It is important to scrutinize each provision we lay down. To the best of our ability, we aim to advance a bill that is fair, just, and acceptable to all.”
In his July 2015 SONA, he again appealed: “Now, I wish to talk about legislation, which I hope will be passed during the term of this Congress. The most important of these: the Bangsamoro Basic Law. To those who oppose this measure: I believe that it is incumbent upon you to suggest more meaningful measures. If you do not present an alternative, you are only making sure that progress will never take root in Mindanao. Let me ask you: How many more of our countrymen will have to perish before everyone realizes that the broken status quo of Muslim Mindanao must change?”
From the start of the negotiations, the GPH Panel engaged our legislators. From the 15th to the 16th Congresses, from then Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to Senate President Franklin Drilon, we reported to them, and their concerned Committees, and sought their advice. Several legislators, moreover, observed the talks in Kuala Lumpur. A good number also joined exposure trips in Spain and UK.
With the signing of the CAB, we further saw the honest and faith-full endeavor to meaningfully engage the legislature – not by paid lobby groups, but the people themselves for whom the law mattered, accompanied by their sympathizers.
As the law entered the legislative mill, MILF leaders in the BTC knocked on the doors of senators in their offices to seek understanding. They appeared before congressional hearings, giving a face to the movement that has now effectively entered the terrain of legislative lobby (and even congressional investigations), lodged in this other supposedly democratic and representative institution by which the people’s will can see fruition.
From the battlefields in Mindanao and Sulu archipelago to the Philippine Congress in Metro Manila – it was a huge leap in mind set and formative socialization of the bearers of Bangsamoro aspirations who trace their descent in the long tradition of armed resistance fought on land and waters against the Spanish and American colonial regimes.
The almost day-to-day accompaniment of congressional deliberations also significantly distinguished itself from the earlier process that produced Republic Act 9054. At that time, the legislative process was unwittingly abandoned to take its own course. I know this because I followed the crafting of RA 9054 as part of the study we did at the University of the Philippines assessing the implementation of the 1996 GRP-MNLF Final Peace Agreement. In contrast, legislative process for the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law was “pushed to the max” by the primary advocates themselves.
Of the 40 or so amendments introduced by House Bill 5811, the BTC lobbied for the retention of 28 provisions. These numbers alone show that it is not true that the proponents would not allow any change in the original draft. Besides, any lawmaker can still introduce amendments during the next round of legislative wrestling. But commentators resented this attempt to reinstate some important provisions. Shouldn’t a revolutionary movement acting as a congressional lobby group in fact be welcomed? The passage of other controversial laws like the Reproductive Health Law and the Sin Tax Law were accompanied by the same pushing and steadfastness by lobbyists to preserve important provisions but they were treated with much less antipathy that the BBL advocates endured.
Many reasons and theories have been given as to why in the end the legislative calendar perished without the desired outcome. Luwaran’ s editorial cited four reasons. Editorial cartoons tried to capture our thousand sighs in one freeze frame. I will no longer delve much into this, as the interplay of actors and action-reaction has been complex, and would require some distance to fully comprehend.
And so it happened that while the MILF endeavored to exhaust the legislative process, the 16th Congress simply defaulted.
I remember Mr. Iqbal once described their situation. “”We have one foot inside the door, one foot outside. Help us drag the other foot in,” he asked. We are relieved that we still have that one foot inside the door. But what Congress (not all the members, but as a collective entity) did was to shut out the other foot, as if saying: “Dyan muna kayo. Huwag nyo kaming madaliin.” (“Stay there. Don’t rush us.”)
Our legislative bout was a fight well fought. We lost several rounds but each time the peace advocates altogether stood up to continue the fight. Not for any prize money or fame, but for the just share of the fruits of freedom and democracy for the Bangsamoro.
My good counterpart, the wise Mr. Mohager Iqbal, also said once: “There is no perfect agreement.” I hastened to add: “There are no perfect parties to an agreement, and no perfect bills or laws either.”
With humility, we accept the weaknesses and imperfections of our efforts.
We held hundreds of consultations, but apparently we need to do thousands more. We strained to straighten out the misinformation again and again. We still need to do even more.
We nurtured our ceasefire and were confident in the utility of our protocols. But we saw how a major lapse in protocol had unleashed deadly, almost knee-jerk instincts. Therefore, we must continue to tame our old ways and change the mind set of the weapon-bearers of both sides of the fence
From an angry, tight-knit organization, the MILF has increasingly opened up to the other segments of society – the other indigenous peoples, the non-Moros, other political forces. The MILF today is a confident MILF, not a besieged closed organization. It is aware of the need for inclusivity. It is a pragmatic organization that carefully balances its idealism with realism…It enjoys the trust and respect of many people in civil society and government who have worked closely with their members. It has chosen peace.
Still of course many difficulties remain. Many people do not yet see the difference between one Moro group and another believing that because they live side by side, they are all alike. Nobody would make that conclusion about Quezon City where I live among drug syndicates, carnappers, rapists, corrupt government officials, and petty thieves.
Many do not see that the mistake of one need nt embody the whole organization, nor the whole tribe, nor the whole religion and its faithful for that matter.
For all these reasons, much remain to be done to build and nurture public trust through dialogue.
Since all our efforts have not been enough, we should do more. We should listen more, engage more. This cause is ours, and so the main burden is ours. We shall prevail if we don’t give up now. How many times in the past did events play out to push us almost to the brink of giving up? But precisely because we persevered, we have reached this far in the process.
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet” is a Proverb found in many Philippine languages. In Bicolano: An paciencia mapait, alangad an bunga mahamis.
Similarly, the Tagalog say: “Ang sino mang may tiyaga, may palayok na linaga.” (“Who has patience, gets to enjoy the pot of boiled meat.”
As for the sum total of where we are now, we have definitely gained. We have scored net positive points.
We have made life better for the people in the periods of sustained ceasefire, and through the many capacity development programs and socio-economic activities that have flourished.
Out efforts have inspired similarly troubled countries. Our peace infrastructure is serving as a model. Our peace process has the respect and support of the international community, and the envy of those struggling for and seeking their own peace accords.
Many of those who were 10-14 year old children when we started out in 2010 are now about to enter the cusp of adulthood with a stronger sense of the value of life and human dignity. Instead of learning the ropes of warfare, they experienced relative peace. Like most children used to hard life, have solid dreams for a better future for their families.
We wish these children to continue to acquire the needed skills to wage peace through the rough-and-tumble of open and democratic politics. In promoting these nonviolent and democratic values alone to the next generation, we have already won the peace. These children of today would be more adept and more upright to the ways of nonviolence to attain justice and democracy when their time to lead comes. Ultimately, our efforts would bring about the needed social and political change, and heal the gaping wound of disunity and misunderstanding among Filipinos.
It is incumbent upon us who have chosen to reject war as the means to do politics, and who commit to the path of peace and democracy to rally together to make Philippine democracy work for those who have been at the periphery of the nation’s politics. Our armor: a good deal of patience and perseverance that gives us the moral courage to stay the course.
The Tausug say: “Isiyu in matugul siya in makagulgul” (S/he who has the patience and perseveres will achieve the things s/he desires.)
The Waray say : “An gahom kanan nagitkos.” (Power is for him and her, who persevere.)
The CAB remains our most viable roadmap, the source of the substance of the policies and legislation that we will continue to pursue under the next administration and the 17th Congress.
The next administration would be fooldhardy to wage war, and everything to gain by upholding this pathway. It will have enough time to see both the CAB and a CAB-compliant law realized.
As for the best legislative tack in the next Congress, several questions are relevant: Would it simply entail a refiling of a BBB (Bangsamoro Basic Bill)? Which version? Are the prospects rife for constitutional change? What to expect? Who would be the champions for peace and the Bangsamoro?
We believe we will be able to have a better reading of the prospects and the best tack after the election and the incoming legislators have been determined. In any case, in the Senate we generally foresee a majority who will be supportive of a good BBL being obtained. This estimate is based on those who would stay, those who are rating well in surveys and, moreover, the fact that several of the contrary ones would no longer be around.
The House probably remains the bigger challenge given these figures: almost half are re-electionists, a good number are running unopposed, others are relatives of incumbents, and the rest new entrants or comebacks. While the next President may also have less of the leverages traditionally wielded by the chief executive precisely because of the reforms that have been instituted in the budget system and the illegalization of the PDAF, s/he will enjoy a honeymoon period and will harvest many of the turncoats and can therefore heavily influence the movements in the House.
In due time, decisions would have to be made, risks taken. But we have shown that we are not averse to risks. How else did we get this far?
“The only genuine kind of dignity is one that is not diminished by the indifference of others,” said Dag Hammarskjold, the second secretary general of the United Nations.
We have met with adversity, we have cried out against the indifference. But the integrity of the CAB remains, and the dignity of those who have persevered is not diminished.


I attended the African Music Experience at Morehouse College. The concert started with a vocal kalimba circle which was very interesting how they got the entire audience to participate. The song taxi driver was also really good and it had some high points. When they stopped the music and everyone was kind of confused it was also interesting. The song Sweet Mother, they had a very wonderful trumpet solo and an amazing sax solo. The saxophone solo was amazing how it ran through the scales and just killed it with how they played it. And the trumpet solo did the same thing with its wonderful bright sound. This was probably the highlight of the concert for me. Another one of my favorite songs that were played was betelehemu. The glee club sang this very well and has me still trying to sing the chorus a week after the performance! The instruments added to the performance and was a great way to incorporate the audience. The last song was lithisikiya which had a kalimba ensemble the afro-funk ensemble and the glee club. I loved how it incorporated everyone who was apart of the concert. Singers, instrumentalists, even a class that had been practicing their miniature instruments.


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CIF STATE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BASKETBALL REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Tickets ($5-$9) can only be purchased online through GoFan.com.
NO. 4 ST. BERNARD (23-6) AT NO. 1 DAMIEN (29-4), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Outlook: Damien has its best opportunity to chase a state championship since winning its only one during the 2014-15 season, when it won the Division III state title. The Spartans are the top seed, so it will have home advantage on Saturday, and if they advance, will be home in the regional finals on Tuesday with a chance to book their ticket to Sacramento for the state finals.
After losing two of its three round-robin games in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, the Spartans looked comfortable back in a knockout bracket, easily beating Mission Hills 81-50 in their regional playoff opener, and followed it with a strong 66-56 win over JSerra on Thursday to advance to the regional semifinals.
Spartans senior RJ Smith scored 22 points in their win with Spivey Word adding 13 and Kaleb Smith with 12.
St. Bernard should be a difficult opponent. The Vikings defeated JSerra 71-59 in the CIF-SS Division 1 championship game, and have been just as convincing in the regional playoffs.
St. Bernard also defeated Riverside Poly, 57-50 during the sectional playoffs. Riverside Poly is one of the four teams to hand the Spartans a loss this season.
In the regional playoffs, St. Bernard has continued to be impressive, beating Long Beach Poly, 52-40 and Village Christian, 59-46.
The pick: Damien
NO. 11 EDISON (28-5) AT NO. 2 LOS ALTOS (25-6), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Outlook: The Conquerors advanced to the CIF-SS divisional finals last year and the semifinals this year, but are still searching for the school’s first championship ever. Will it come in the state tournament? So far, so good.
Los Altos has looked re-energized in both regional playoff wins, beating La Jolla Country Day, 64-35, followed by a surprisingly easy 55-37 win over La Mirada. If Los Altos is going to continue to win, junior 7-footer Jazz Gardner will lead the way. In the Conqs win over the Mats, he had 12 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks. In games the Conqs have lost, it is usually because teams find a way to smother and frustrate him.
Edison is a team that La Mirada defeated in the CIF-SS Division 2A semifinals, 67-48, and Edison barely got out of the opening round of regional playoffs, edging Mission Bay, 64-63 in the opener. Edison won a solid game on the road Thursday, beating Birmingham 59-50 to advance to Saturday’s game. Still, Los Altos couldn’t of asked for a better spot to advance than playing the 11th seed at home.
The pick: Los Altos
NO. 5 SCRIPPS RANCH (24-6) AT NO. 1 LA SALLE (29-2), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Outlook: The Lancers have been on some roll and have rarely been tested throughout the playoffs. It defeated Cerritos 46-33 to capture the CIF-SS Division 3AA championship, and has rolled through the first two rounds of the regional playoffs as the top seed. It crushed Eagle Rock, 61-37 in the opener, and followed with a 47-35 win over Rancho Bernardo in the quarterfinals.
The Lancers have won 21 straight, and sophomore Audrey Chen continues to be fantastic. She had 17 points in Thursday’s win.
Scripps Ranch is from San Diego and is a formidable opponent that could give La Salle fits. It opened the regional playoffs with an easy 57-37 win over Hart, which is a team that La Salle struggled to defeat in the CIF-SS semifinals, before winning 49-43.
On Thursday, Scripps Ranch advanced with a 56-52 win over Sierra Pacific. The player the Lancers need to watch is senior point guard Amanda Kramer, who had 28 points in Scripps Ranch’s win over Sierra Pacific. Kramer averaged 19 points a game.
The pick: La Salle

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The audio-visual installation to be shown in the Hall 1of the Klokgebouw during the Dutch Design Week (October 20-29) focuses on products that will change our world.
These products have been developed by students and researchers in the last 10 years, and are the result of a true combination of science and fiction. They are meant to provoke amazement and make us wonder. They are truly visionary: what begins as a fantasy in the imagination of the student could be a reality one day.
At the Why Factory, we believe that it is necessary to doubt, dream and imagine more. What products can make our cities wonderful, porous, adaptable, transparent, fast, biodiverse or fun? We accompany students through the process of framing and producing their fantasies, teaching them to dream and prepare them with the abilities and tools to imagine big and trigger radical change.
Our visions are made of scientific knowledge, objective data, good moments of fantasy and lots of optimism. They bring hope to the world of design and invite all actors involved in the construction of the city to think big again, pursuing collective aspirations instead of cultivating individual dreams.
Let’s bring the “all power to the imagination!” spirit back to design culture.

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text: This week I made a flower wreath using a floral foam ring. I showed you in the video that you can use a hurricane shade and candle in the center of the wreath or a cylinder vase with a candle in the center. I put the wreath in my family room and I still have the orchid plants that I showed you how to do a few weeks ago. So I put one of the plants in the center of the wreath and voila…here is a picture….I really like the way this looks! So, experiment, I’ll bet you can come up with other things that would look great in the center of a floral wreath!


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The Dallas Cowboys secondary has been a very intriguing story over the past year. Last offseason, the front office let Barry Church, J.J. Wilcox, Morris Claiborne and Brandon Carr walk out the door. Some questioned the team's ability to rebuild the unit, but it's fair to say they started off with the right foot.
Although there are still some questions regarding the defensive backs, the team did make a good job of adding Chidobe Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis during the 2017 NFL Draft.
Thanks to the addition of these guys, the Cowboys seem to have a foundation for what we hope will become a quality defensive backfield.
However, as I said, there are still plenty of concerns that must be answered to solidify the unit. Will the Cowboys address the team's need of a safety early in the coming Draft? Will they make some free agency moves in order to reinforce the secondary? Will they try to trade for Earl Thomas?
Right now, even though cornerback depth may be concerning, I think the big question mark is at the safety position. There are a lot of possible scenarios we could see for the Cowboys, but it's hard to know which will be the final outcome.
With the NFL Scouting Combine taking place this week in Indianapolis, Stephen Jones talked to the media and talked about lots of different topics, giving Cowboys Nation a lot of things to think about and discuss.
Jones had more than one thing to say about the team's secondary, which will have a new coach for 2018 in form of former Seahawks' Defensive Coordinator Kris Richard.
Stephen Jones was asked if a final decision has been made on moving Byron Jones from safety to cornerback. "No," he said. "That will be a work in progress.
We've been talking about Byron Jones' situation for a while now. After playing three seasons with the Cowboys, he still hasn't found a true position. This guy has become one of the most controversial players among fans, with some loving him and some wanting him gone.
However you feel about Byron though, it's foolish to deny his athleticism and his talent. He's shown it a lot throughout his short career and despite the fact that he hasn't done enough to deserve being called a "great" safety, a switch to cornerback might be just what he (and the defense) needs.
According to Stephen, there hasn't been a final decision and it may be a while until we know about it for sure. Even still, I'm sure a lot of fans will be looking very closely to this story, especially with Richard joining the coaching staff.
Stephen Jones classified the Cowboys' safety spot as "a work in progress." He said if the Cowboys move Byron Jones to CB, then safety becomes thin, and is a "position of need." He added that they like Chido Awuzie as a CB, "probably moreso than as a safety." #cowboyswire
Chidobe Awuzie's versatility is often brought up when talking about the Cowboys' future at safety. While it's true he could probably get the job done, I'm relieved to see Jones saying they're happy with their second-round pick at CB.
After returning from injury, Awuzie's performance as a rookie was more than impressive. Taking the risk of losing the impact he proved he could provide just to test him out at safety would be foolish. Let's hope the Cowboys let him and Jourdan Lewis stay put and continue developing the very promising cornerback duo.
Last but not least, Jones talked about Orlando Scandrick.
Stephen Jones said the Cowboys have not made a decision on Orlando Scandrick's future with the team
Even without a final decision made, the Cowboys are not expected to keep the veteran for 2018. We've been seeing this coming for a while now, and the truth is not many people would mind him playing elsewhere.
Awuzie and Lewis certainly calmed down the uncertainty of the cornerback group and with Byron Jones potentially switching to the position, it looks like a move Dallas can afford make. Scandrick hasn't been a great on the field for a few years now, so it definitely won't be a huge loss for the team.
With DeMarcus Lawrence, David Irving and Dez Bryant being the most talked Cowboys' players this offseason, don't forget about the secondary. This group is among the most intriguing ones of the team, and it'll be fun to see how it turns out.
Dallas Cowboys to Re-Sign Long Snapper L.P. Ladouceur for 2018
Continuity is the key to good special teams play in the NFL. Already losing long-time Special Teams Coordinator Rich Bisaccia to the Raiders - who promptly snatched ST aces Keith Smith and Kyle Wilber in free agency - the Dallas Cowboys have announced their intentions to re-sign Long Snapper L.P. Ladouceur for the 2018 season.
Returning on a one-year deal, the fan favorite Ladouceur will be back to do what he does best in cleanly executing almost every special teams snap for Chris Jones or Dan Bailey to handle.
Long snapper L.P. Ladouceur will re-sign with the Cowboys on Monday, according to sources, on a one-year deal. He will be in his 14th season with the franchise. Only Jason Witten, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Bill Bates and Mark Tuinei will have more years of... https://t.co/yTQbMYyrIv
While Jones has improved as the Cowboys' punter with each passing season, Kicker Dan Bailey actually enters 2018 as another question mark on this unit. With the general belief around the team being that Bailey will be just fine moving forward, the Cowboys will no longer have to worry about who handles long snaps next year either.
L.P. Ladouceur is back in the silver and blue, and in this moment, everything can be alright with the world.
Report: Raiders Sign Former Cowboys LB Kyle Wilber
A Free Agency period filled with departures continued for the Dallas Cowboys today, as the Oakland Raiders have reportedly signed the now-former Cowboys LB Kyle Wilber.
The Raiders have signed LB Kyle Wilber: https://t.co/TaC6cqjval
Wilber has been with the Cowboys since 2012, and has played in all 16 games four of the past five seasons. Most of his time has come on special teams, but he did provide solid linebacker depth for the Cowboys since joining the team.
Dallas has now lost both Wilber and Anthony Hitchens, depleting their linebacker depth even further over the last couple weeks.
The Raiders have now signed two key special teams contributors for the Cowboys in Keith Smith and Kyle Wilber this offseason. Hopefully Dallas can replace these types of "replacement level" players throughout the rest of the offseason, especially during the NFL Draft.
Report: Cowboys Officially Release CB Orlando Scandrick
After requesting his release from the team just a few days ago, Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick has gotten his wish. According to ESPN's Josina Anderson, Scandrick has officially been cut by the Dallas Cowboys.
I'm told the #Cowboys have informed CB Orlando Scandrick he will be released, per source.
This move will reportedly save the Cowboys roughly $1.4M against the salary cap, as we hope they finally look to make some moves during the Free Agency period.
Scandrick's release comes after an offseason in which the Cowboys totally overhauled the back end of their defense, specifically their cornerbacks. With the emergence of young, promising players such as Chidobe Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis, and the health issues of the aging Scandrick, the move makes a lot of sense.
In fact, after the Cowboys drafted Awuzie in the second round of last year's draft it was rumored the Cowboys were looking to move Scandrick for extra draft picks. Instead, one year later, they have cut him to save some cap room.
Orlando Scandrick should have a market to find a new team elsewhere, but his time in Dallas has now come to a close.
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CAPE TOWN - A report by Moneyweb has found that about less than 66% of N shareholders voted against the remuneration policy for executives.
Close to 74% did not vote in favour of giving directors authority of shares that were not issued.
At the recent Naspers AGM problems concerning corporate governance, that the shareholders had, come to light, according to the Sunday Times.
However Naspers CEO Bob van Djik said that the policy and its practice is “fit for purpose and compare well to those of many of our global peers".
Allan Gray announced that they were going to vote against the remuneration policy. Pieter Koornhof an investment analyst at Allan Gray said that the pay plan was not in line with the interest of shareholders and the performance targets seemed too easy to achieve.
Allan Gray have previously voted against the policy according to proxy voting documents for the years 2015 and 2016.
Allan Gray have been previously involved in the shake up of construction company after asked for the restructuring of the board for the company and the removal of 5 non executive directors.
The Old Mutual Investment Group whose voting documents are public also voted against the payment policy this year and in 2016. Other companies such as Prudential and Mergence, both investment management companies, also voted against the resolutions.
Due to the structure of Naspers it seems that the company will continue to pass policies and resolutions even if the N shareholders do not agree to them.


It was blowing fairly hard off the Crystal Coast last Saturday, but that didn’t stop those hearty souls engaged in the annual Fall TASS King Mackerel Tournament at Atlantic Beach. Even an official small craft advisory didn’t deter those serious Kingfish chasers.
Fortunately, the fish did not get the word that the weather was bad, and tournament participants enjoyed some excellent rod-bending action. The good news is that they didn’t have to go far off the beach to find it. Most boats started around artificial reef number 315 at first light. The King Mac bite was on, and the tournament boats stayed fairly busy all day. Several boats caught as many as 9 fish, and that’s a good day for anybody keeping score in a King Mackerel outing.
Steve Squires, at the helm of UNREEL, beat all comers with a 27.98-pound fish caught in an area called Dead Tree Hole, less than 5 miles from Beaufort Inlet. UNREEL also boated the largest Spanish mackerel of the day, adding to its total winnings that exceeded $1000 for a windy days effort on the water. A good days work and payoff, if you’re fortunate enough to find it.
Second place was held down by David Pennington, Keith House, and Rob Pennington, on the YANK’EM & CRANK’EM team with a 24.24-lb. King Mac, caught on a live bluefish.
MISS ROSEMARY, with Sam Anderson, David Mears, and Samuel Anderson aboard, captured 3rd place honors with a 17.38-lb. Kingfish.
Jimmy Dupree, Jr. and his OBX GIRL team caught 3 fish, but did not place in the money.
Jimmy D said a pretty King Mac leaped several feet out of the water and nailed their menhaden bait less than 10 feet behind the boat. Unfortunately, the line did not tighten, and no hook-up was made. That Kingfish had a tasty fresh menhaden for lunch, and won that round. I’m sure Jimmy D is already planning a rematch.
Rob Pennington, tournament chairmen, did his usual good job organizing and coordinating the 2012 version of the Fall TASS King Mackerel Tournament at Atlantic Beach.
Next up on the TASS tournament calendar is the Fall Toys-4-Tots Speckled Trout Tournament November 17th to December first. So, track and chart those trout honey holes out there, so you can bring a big’n to the scales.
Hotspot of the Week - Getting great reports of Speckled Trout being caught in all the familiar places. One report noted that some greedy fishermen were observed off loading their legal limit, and going back out to catch more. Shame on you! I hope the WRC enforcement officer meets you at the dock, and burns up your hindquarters big-time. I’ll bet those same selfish slobs are also some of the first people to complain loudly when fish populations are down, depleted, and limits are unattainable.
Rick’s Soapbox - Heading to the NC State Fair in Raleigh this weekend? The N.C.
Wildlife Resources Commission will have a family-friendly presence at the fair as usual, with plenty of interactive opportunities for all ages.
This year’s exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Program.
Visitors to the Wildlife Commission’s State Fair tent can experience hands-on activities, such as: the Hunter Education Program’s popular air rifle target range, wild turkey calling with box calls, a “picture yourself as a sportsman” photo booth, and the Sensory Safari.
The Commission’s mobile aquarium also will be on display, featuring largemouth bass, bluegill, and long-nose gar in a “coastal river” tank, and smallmouth bass, brook trout and brown trout in a “mountain reservoir” tank. ‘Tanks a lot,’ NCWRC!
Care to share? Tight Lines welcomes your fish snaps, tall tales, and outrageous lies at CarolinaAngler@Gmail.com.
See you on the water, my friend!


ICE agents arrest 16 in Oklahoma during three-day operation
Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operation arrested 16 people in Oklahoma during a three-day enforcement action that ended Thursday.
According to officials, 16 were arrested in Oklahoma, including 11 in Oklahoma City. Seventy arrests were made in Texas. Officials said of the 86 arrested, 55 had criminal convictions; 82 were men and four were women. They range in age from 19 to 61 years old.
According to the agency, most of those targeted by ERO deportation officers during this operation had prior criminal histories that included convictions for the following crimes: sexually exploiting a minor, assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, drug possession, burglary, obstructing police, larceny, manufacturing methamphetamine, firearms offense, smuggling, receiving stolen property, illegally entering the U.S., and driving under the influence (DUI).
Twenty one of those arrested illegally re-entered the United States after having been previously deported, which is a felony, officials said.


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Anchor Anasuya was never seen as the most talented anchor or actress like Suma, Jhansi. Her captivating beauty became her identity card after Jabardasth exploded in popularity.
The actress proved her mettle in acting with Kshanam and Rangasthalam. But the anchor is still somehow seen as a glam doll.
She likes being praised as a beautiful like many and she is turning out to be the main attraction of Local Gangs, a new show on Zee TV.
Anchor Ravi left Mallemala for this show and even Anasuya was reported to have left Jabardasth. But she clarified that she did not leave the show.
Nagababu is coming up with his new show on Zee TV soon and Anasuya might join it too.
In any case, the anchor and actress is turning up the heat and looking her best for Local Gangs. It is her beauty that the show makers are highly publicising too. Most of their promotional material has her image or her video as the big driving force.
It used to be Sreemukhi, the greatest attraction for any show, for Zee TV before she entered Bigg Boss, after that show, she seems to have limited herself to StarMaa and Anu, who lost some of her footing to Sreemukhi, seems to be gaining more on war-footing.

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“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.
That’s a clear prescription for disaster.”
Online Satellite Imagery and Information
- RealEarth™ is a data discovery and visualization platform developed at SSEC/CIMSS at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to support the outreach and collaboration efforts of scientists.
- Beginner’s Guide to GOES-R Series Data How to acquire, analyze, and visualize GOES-R Series data.
- The Geostationary Weather Satellite Group on Facebook.
- Stuff in Space A Graphical Representation of the stuff in orbit.
- Celestrack Cesium A graphical tracking page.
- WxSatS A very cool view from a weather satellite perspective.
- SatNOGS Network
- POES Operational Status – POES Status – OSPO
- SOLARHAM.com | Solar Cycle 25 | Space Weather Website
- ForWarn II is a US Forest Service satellite-mapping tool if you’re interested in tracking vegetation changes caused by wildfires, flooding, tornados, severe weather, insects, diseases, and human-induced disturbances.
- GOES Imagery Viewer – NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
- ABI Meso-scale location search function from the SSEC Data center for GOES-East and -West over their operational lifetimes.
- GOES Data – A big list by SSEC/CIMSS. The GOTO for all things GOES by the University of Wisconsin – Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) ~ The Birthplace of Satellite Meteorology ~This site has A LOT of information, data, imagery, etc. Including a section on free software for image manipulation, data analysis, phone apps, and more!
- GOES HRIT Schedules (this is what you can download off your dish.
- GOES-16 Band Reference Guide (PDF) So, what is Band 15, and why is it ‘Dirty’?
- ABI BANDS QUICK INFORMATION GUIDES These include two visible channels, four near-infrared channels, and ten infrared channels. Each fact sheet covers what the band measures and how this is operationally relevant. The fact sheets also include links for more information.
- GOES GRB Schedules (you’ll need a bigger dish!)
Tools for finding satellite positions.
- Goestools Tools to work with signals and files from GOES satellites
- Sanchez A unique and awesome tool for working with satellite IR and
- XRIT Decoder
Recommended Hardware Suppliers
- GOES-R Series Space Weather Data
- GOES-16 SUVI imagery from the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).
- GOES-16 SUVI imagery from a DIY GRB receiving system by @wxstar3000 and @H_Neil and a RGB maker Art and Science together!
- GOES-16 SUVI First Light RGB-maker small and large.
GOES-R Model, built from Paper!
Over on AXM PAPER SPACE SCALE MODELS BLOG they have a downloadable, printable model of the ATLAS V GOES-R EELV ROCKET and GOES-R PAPER MODEL. The Model of GOES-R is 1:35 scale, designed by Zach from Zach’s PaperSat Designs. The two pdf’s need are below:

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Long non-coding SNHG1 in cancer
ConclusionSNHG1 likely acts as a useful tumour biomarker for cancer diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
Publication date: Available online 24 May 2020Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineAuthor(s): Maira Jaqueline da Cunha, Katia Daniele Rech, Ana Paula Salazar, Aline Souza Pagnussat
Publication date: Available online 24 May 2020Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional RadiologyAuthor(s): Kasey Halsey, Jing Wu, Chang Su, Ben Hsieh, Thomas Yi, Scott A. Collins, Benjamin Kimia, Paul J. Zhang, Terrance Healey, Zishu Zhang, Harrison X. Bai
Publication date: Available online 24 May 2020Source: European Journal of RadiologyAuthor(s): Lisa Loi, Ferdinand Zimmermann, Steffen Goerke, Andreas Korzowski, Jan-Eric Meissner, Katerina Deike-Hofmann, Anne Stieber, Peter Bachert, Mark Edward Ladd, Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, Sebastian Bickelhaupt, Sarah Schott, Daniel Paech
ConclusionThe proposed multiparametric MRI-based SLICs+MTh method performs noninvasive assessment of NACT response in osteosarcoma that may improve cancer treatment monitoring, planning, and overall prognosis.Key Points• The simple linear iterative clustering supervoxels and Otsu multithresholding-based technique (SLICs+MTh) successfully estimates the proportion of necrosis, viable tumor, and edema in osteosarcoma in the course of chemotherapy.• The proposed technique is noninvasive and uses multiparametric MRI to measure necrosis as an indication of anticancer treatment response.• SLICs+MTh-based necrosis w...
ConclusionsThe e-ASPECTS software generates robust values for e-ASPECTS and acute infarct volumes when using ST ≤ 4 mm with ST = 1 mm yielding the best performance for predicting baseline stroke severity and clinical outcome after 90 days.Key Points•Clinical utility of automatically derived ASPECTS from computed tomography scans was shown in patients with acute ischemic stroke and treatment with mechanical thrombectomy.•Thin slices (= 1 mm) had the highest clinical utility in comparison with thicker slices (2–10 mm) by having the strongest correlation...
Publication date: Available online 24 May 2020Source: Pathology - Research and PracticeAuthor(s): Tania Franceschini, Elisa Capizzi, Francesco Massari, Riccardo Schiavina, Michelangelo Fiorentino, Francesca Giunchi
Publication date: May 2020Source: Journal of Comparative Pathology, Volume 177Author(s): L.M.C. Soares, A.H.B. Pereira, C.G. de Campos, L.S. Rocha, T.Á. dos Santos, M.A. Souza, P.C. Jark, C.A. Pescador
Psychologists say anxiety and uncertainty prompt irrational decisions — like turning down a transplant when an organ becomes available.
Publication date: 5 August 2020Source: Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Volume 187Author(s): Valentina Iacuzzi, Martina Zanchetta, Sara Gagno, Ariana Soledad Poetto, Marco Orleni, Elena Marangon, Michela Guardascione, Luisa Foltran, Bianca Posocco, Giuseppe Toffoli
Publication date: August 2020Source: Biomedicine &Pharmacotherapy, Volume 128Author(s): Xingxing Sun, Cong Tian, Hui Zhang, Kun Han, Meixiang Zhou, Zhihua Gan, Hongling Zhu, Daliu Min
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Old Dominion Score Second No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart
Old Dominion sold 31,000 copies in its first week, which includes streaming equivalent units and track equivalent units. 19,000 of those sales were in traditional album sales, according to Billboard.
The country group's third studio album moves last week's leader, Luke Combs' This One's For You, down a spot after it tied the record for most weeks on top of the Country Albums chart with Shania Twain's seminal Come On Over album from 1997.
The band consisting of Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung and Brad Tursi previously headed up the Top Country Albums chart in 2017 with the release of their second studio album, Happy Endings. That album debuted with 41,000 units and 31,000 in traditional album sales and produced the hits "No Such Thing as a Broken Heart," "Written in the Sand" and "Hotel Key." Old Dominion's debut effort, Meat and Candy, debuted at No. 5 on the Top Country Albums chart in 2015, and peaked at No. 3.
Old Dominion also debuts in the Top 10 of Billboard's all-genre 200 chart, where it comes in at No. 9, becoming the band's second Top 10 album on that chart. Their first was 2017's Happy Endings, which peaked at No. 7 on the chart.
"One Man Band" is the first single from Old Dominion's newest album. The song climbs two spots on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, from 7-5 this week.
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(JTA) — Israel will compete in the final of Europe’s biggest pop song contest for the second consecutive year.
Israeli singer Hovi Star made the final cut Thursday — Israel’s Independence Day — for his song “Made of Stars.”
The singer, whose real name is Hovev Sokulets, had tweeted before Thursday’s semifinal that he hoped to give his native country a “gift” on its Independence Day.
hope I can giveyou a great gift tonight
and get us to the#eurovision2016 Final
— Hovi Star (@MrHoviStar) May 12, 2016
Among others, Star will compete against fellow countryman Amir Haddad, a French-Israeli dentist representing France in the final on Saturday in Stockholm.
The other countries that made the final are Australia, Ukraine, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands and Russia.
Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain automatically qualified for the final because they contribute the most money to the contest, The New York Times reported. Sweden qualified because it is the reigning champion.
Nadav Guedj guided Israel to last year’s final with his song “Golden Boy.”


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Brad Lay is an artist working across a variety of media, including photography, video, sculpture, installation, sound and drawing. A significant portion of his practice has been conducted in response to the ocean as a place of extreme otherness that we, as humans, are simultaneously attracted to and terrified by. It has shaped our evolution, is of incredible ecological and cultural importance, and remains one of the last on-earth frontiers for scientific exploration. In considering the ocean from a variety of perspectives, he has used its movement to propel drawing machines, filmed and photographed it, built objects that refer to specific aspects of it, while incorporating research into its social and cultural significance.
First hand environmental experience has been key to the development of his art practice, examples of which include undertaking residencies at the Atlantic Centre for the Arts and Bundanon Trust, and traveling from Melbourne to Auckland aboard a cargo ship as a self-directed residency.
Whilst the ocean has provided his practice with a wealth of conceptual material, his interests have recently shifted inland to consider the complex nature of the relationships that exist between humans, animals and landscapes. Direct experience of diverse environments continues to be of utmost importance to the development and realisation of his art work.


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Here are some new promotional photos of an etched concertina book I made back in 2011. This was a difficult piece of work to photograph, because it's such a wide book!
The book is in an edition of twenty and is a wordless, panoramic etching of The Tempest.
Friday, 5 December 2014
The Tempest revisited
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Labels: aquatint, book art, Cornwall, etching, minack theatre, play, Shakespeare, the Tempest
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Small Nylmah booklet
A quick photo of some smaller versions of Nylmah that I'm still making. They're printed on vellum tracing paper using a colorwave printer, which works great for this detailed illustration. Each copy comes in an off-white dust jacket with a synopsis of the story of Nylmah on the back.
Unlike the original laser-cut book of Nylmah, they are smaller (6.5 x 17.5cm), uneditioned and are priced at £5 each (plus p&p).
Interested in buying one? Send me an email
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Labels: book art, narrative, Nylmah, storytelling, work for sale, work in progress
Monday, 27 October 2014
Nylmah - new laser cut book
There will only be thirty copies made, so if you're interested in owning one then please email me or keep an eye on my online shop - I hope to have at least one or two copies for sale online at some point in the next six weeks.
The book can be opened and displayed like a concertina book. But the hardback covers can also be folded back on themselves and can sit under the laser cut paperwork, and the book takes on more of a sculptural look -
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Labels: book art, laser cutting, narrative, narrative paper cut, Nylmah
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Concept work for new laser cut book
Here's a little taster of a new laser cut book that I'm working on...
The main design of the book is on a huge scroll and has taken weeks of work, off and on. I think I've just passed the half-way mark... there's now only the finishing of the design, the tracing, scanning, photoshopping, editing and laser cutting to go!
More images and photos to follow later....
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Labels: black and white, concept art, laser cutting, pen and ink
Sunday, 31 August 2014
Merchandise for SandvikFest 2014
This year's SandvikFest merchandise is looking good!
The original design for this was quite detailed, especially at the bottom, and I was worried that the some of the smaller lines would be lost when printed on fabric. But it seems to have come out alright.
|Original design for SandvikFest 2014|
For more info on Sandvikfest visit http://www.sandvikfest.com/ or Twitter and Facebook
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Labels: black and white, commissions, merchandise, music festival, SandvikFest, Sweden
Sunday, 3 August 2014
All finished and framed...
The framed print above (titled A La Turk) is in a limited edition of nine and is my entry for St Margaret's House Summer Residents Show in Edinburgh. The show is on from August 9th until September 7th 2014, with the private view is on Friday 8th August.
For more info on the show visit http://www.edinburghpalette.co.uk/events/st-margarets-house-summer-residents-show-2014/
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Labels: Arts Complex, Edinburgh, etching, printmaking, shows, St Margaret's House
Monday, 28 July 2014
Work in progress - part two
Two months ago, I posted up some line drawing etchings in to hardground on this blog and mentioned that the plate was going to be aquatinted. Aquatint is done by covering the plate in tiny, acryllic droplets and then using a stopping out fluid on areas of the plate to mask them before etching the plate in the acid bath. The areas under the stop out remain unetched, while the remainder of the plate will produce darker tones when it's printed, as the acid will have eaten in to plate enough to hold more ink. The process is long and labour intensive, but I wanted more practice at aquatinting for another project I have in mind.
The zinc plate required two applications of aquatint, fourteen hours of burnishing and nine states before it got to the stage where I was happy with it!
|1st state - original line drawing|
|2nd state - after first aquatinting|
|7th state - after second application of aquatint|
|9th and final state!|
Two small editions have been produced from this image, but I'll post more details about them later this week.
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Labels: aquatint, burnishing, etching, printmaking, self initiated work
Saturday, 12 July 2014
The Demon by Mikhail Lermontov
A story of love, hellfire and redemption...
Above is another pen and ink illustration I produced for Frances Robson's Scots translation of Mikhail Lermontov's epic poem The Demon. The poem itself is forty pages long and is published in an edition of 100 to coincide with Lermonotv's bicentenary.
There will be a reading from the publication by Frances Robson on Saturday 6th of September at the Callander Poetry Weekend, which runs from the 5th to the 7th of September 2014. It will also be available to purchase there for £8 per copy. Unfortunatley the book is not currently available to buy online, but if you'd like to order a copy then please do get in touch with me.
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Labels: commissions, Frances Robson, Lermontov, pen and ink, poetry, Russia, Scots, The Demon
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