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The U.K. government released its report into the Carillion fiasco and it's damning, to say the least – though not unexpected.
Since the collapse of Carillion, once the nation's second-largest construction company and a massive government supplier, fingers have been pointed in all directions. A few key themes emerged from the fallout, however, with analysts citing Carillion as a prime example of how a consolidated auditing market risks lackluster accounting standards, as well as how late payments by large corporates can have detrimental impacts on small suppliers.
Both topics, however, have captured headlines for some time. Will the Carillion collapse – and Parliament's subsequent report condemning the company and its partners – be the final crack in crumbling foundations of corporate governance?
The Government's Report
The Guardian broke down some of the most condemning quotes from the report, created by the Work and Pensions Committee and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, which examined what, exactly, went wrong when Carillion found itself in dire straits, buried in more than $2 billion in debt when it went into insolvency in January.
"The mystery is not that it collapsed, but that it lasted so long," the report's MP authors wrote.
"We have no confidence in our regulators."
"The board was either negligently ignorant of the rotten culture at Carillion or complicit in it."
And, perhaps the most daunting conclusion in the report: "Carillion could happen again, and soon."
The report declared that Carillion's downfall was a culmination of a "relentless dash for cash, driven by acquisitions, rising debt, expansion into new markets and exploitation of suppliers."
Its accounting practices led to a misrepresentation of the firm's financial health, MPs noted, while the organization's leadership demonstrated "recklessness, hubris and greed," boosting bonuses while financial situations worsened.
The Government's Response
The report is urging "radical reforms to our creaking system of corporate accountability" to avoid a repeat – but calls for action are not new.
The U.K. has taken several measures to combat the issue of late supplier payments and unfair payment terms that large enterprises impose on small vendors. In the report, MPs noted that "Carillion relied on its suppliers to provide materials, services and support across its contracts, but treated them with contempt."
Carillion suppliers have already begun to speak out against late payment practices, as they are left with bills totaling millions of dollars, and no guarantee that invoices will ever be paid. The company, which began paying its suppliers in net-120 days, was found to be using suppliers as free capital by delaying payment.
Last month, reports emerged that U.K. officials are considering expanding access for subcontractors to report late and delayed payments.
The MP's report further recommends that the government consider breaking up the nation's Big Four auditors. Officials found "incredibly poor standards" within Carillion's accounting and financial management practices dubbed "aggressive."
"Whether or not all this was within the letter of accountancy law, it was intended to deceive lenders and investors," the report concluded.
Earlier this year, separate calls for a breakup of the nation's accountancy industry surfaced from the Financial Reporting Council's CEO, Stephen Haddrill, who urged officials to probe whether a Big Four breakup would improve competition in the market.
"There is a loss of confidence in audit, and I think that the industry needs to address that urgently," Haddrill told The Financial Times in March. "In some circles, there is a crisis of confidence."
A previous inquiry by the U.K. Competition Commission (now the Competition and Markets Authority) introduced stricter rules for the nation's accountancy industry, but Haddrill said the initiative did not go far enough.
Financial institutions that provided financing to Carillion are facing criticism, too, with some calling for greater oversight in light of claims that banks knew for months what had been going on with the company. Soon before the firm's collapse, Santander, RBS, Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds approved of a $200 million loan facility to the company.
The government's report on Carillion's collapse has heightened calls for action. But with officials already warning of the problems of late supplier payments and a lack of competition in the accountancy industry, it is unclear whether the damning report will be the spark that ignites change, or simply another call that goes unanswered.
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For the 4th time in Wolverines history, the Nevada Wolverines will travel to Oakland, Ca to square off against the nationally ranked Oakland Soldiers AAU team in the Spring-Hoops festival April 9th-10th. The Oakland Soldiers program has produce a long list of NBA and highly recruited players over the years. Their alumni list includes players such as LeBron James, Brandon Jennings, Drew Gordon, Stanley Johnson and our very own coach, Garry Hill-Thomas.
The Nevada Wolverines 17U Black team schedule is as follows:
NVW vs. Oakland Soldiers – April 9th – 1:55pm @ Tice Valley Gym Ct1
NVW vs. Squad Basketball LBC – April 9th – 5:10pm @ Tice Valley Gym Ct2
NVW vs. YBA Beastmode – April 10th – 8:30am @ Tice Valley Gym Ct1

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The 22nd Very Merry Parade of Lights kicks off the Christmas season Saturday
Gather up the kids, a few lawn chairs and some blankets and head downtown Saturday evening for the spectacular Very Merry Parade of Lights that kicks off the Christmas holiday season.
It's a 22-year Kingman tradition that's been picked up again by the Kingman Downtown Merchants Association, featuring brilliantly lighted floats, marching bands, candy for the kids and a visit from Santa Claus, if you've been good.
The parade starts at 7 p.m. at Locomotive Park and proceeds down Beale Street to Fifth Street. Staging takes place in Lee Williams High School parking lot.
This is a Christmas parade where the community comes together to have fun and soak in the sights and sounds of the holiday season.
"It's to get everybody in the Christmas spirit and to shop local," said Billie Jo Perkins, parade chairwoman for the Kingman Downtown Merchants Association. "The streets were lined with people last year."
She has more than 40 entries for this year's parade, including the Kingman Middle School band, Boys and Girls Club, Kingsmen and rodeo royalty, and floats by Pioneer Title and House of Hops.
Floats must reflect the theme of the parade and all things Christmas, and the parade committee determines the criteria.
There will be no advertising, slogans, signs, banners, flyers or other displays deemed to be in violation of the rules.
Floats must be self-propelled or towed by a lighted vehicle or a person or animal. They can't be more than 30 feet high, 40 feet long and 8 feet wide. Past parades have featured about 30 floats.
The Downtown Merchants Association passed the parade over to the Route 66 Trailblazers Rotaract Club in 2014, but has taken it back the past few years. It costs about $1,000 to sponsor the parade.
The association's goal is to promote businesses in downtown Kingman, many of which have been there for years providing a variety of goods and services.
Tree lighting
Immediately after the parade, the City of Kingman will hold its 10th annual Christmas Tree Lighting at City Hall, corner of Fourth and Oak streets, just off the parade route. Warm up with hot cocoa, make a Christmas card for a wounded veteran, enjoy live music and count down the tree lighting.
Christmas sing-along
Before the parade, stop by Mohave Museum of History and Arts, 400 W. Beale St., at 2 p.m. for the 37th annual "Old Fashion Christmas Carol Sing-a-Long Gathering."
Bring all the little ones and join Paul Carson, who will be featured on the Austin Pipe Organ, playing your favorite carols.
Also, Beale Street Theatre, a group of local performers, will share a special Christmas performance at the museum gathering.
Admission is free and light refreshments are provided.
Hualapai Wonderland
Take a trip to Hualapai Mountain Park for Santa's Hualapai Wonderland on Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Take a picture of the kids with Santa Claus, go on an old-fashioned hayride, drink hot cocoa, eat cookies and roast marshmallows.
It's a cool setting among the pine country with elevations up to 8,400 feet, so dress warmly.
Admission is $7 a vehicle. The park is at 6520 Hualapai Mountain Road.
Festival of Trees
Downtown businesses are participating in the first "Festival of Trees," a tree-decorating contest to display the Christmas spirit and bring more foot traffic to stores.
Each business will decorate their tree with ornaments of their choice, which may be sold as a fundraiser. Store owners are asked to turn on their lights in unison with the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
People can vote on their favorite trees for the Best of Show grand prize.
Country Faire
Caring Hearts for Horses presents a "Country Faire" from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at Castle Rock Event Center, 3743 N. Highway 93 in Golden Valley.
There will be seasonal baked goods, crafts and gift items, food specials, entertainment, dancing, Grinch dunk tank, rodeo queens with Santa for pictures, live and silent auctions and full bar inside.
It's all part of Caring Hearts for Horses Yuletide event. Call 928-303-3378 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
MCC Shines
Bring your camera for a picture with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus at Mohave Community College's Christmas tree lighting ceremony from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Mohave Community College's Neal Campus in Kingman, 1971 Jagerson Ave. Bring one item of nonperishable food.
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Glasser, Moore, Shorewomen Earn Scholar All-America HonorsJuly 21, 2011The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) recently announced its individual and team Scholar All-America awards and the Washington College women's swimming team was well-represented. Rachel Glasser was named a Scholar All-American, rising senior Jenna Moore was named a Scholar All-American honorable mention, and the Shorewomen received a Scholar All-America Team Award.
Washington College Presents Annual Athletic AwardsMay 05, 2011The Washington College Athletics Department held its annual athletic awards ceremony tonight, honoring the top student-athletes for the 2010-11 academic year.
Inside Look: 2011 NCAA Swimming ChampionshipsApril 14, 2011Senior Rachel Glasser wrote about her experience at the 2011 NCAA Division III Swimming Championships that were from March 23-26 in Knoxville, TN.
Glasser Earns All-America Honorable Mention in Two Events at NCAA ChampionshipsMarch 25, 2011Washington College senior Rachel Glasser finished her collegiate career with a pair of All-America honorable mention performances at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships.
Eleven Student-Athletes Named to Centennial's Winter Academic Honor RollMarch 21, 2011Eleven Washington College student-athletes have been named to the Centennial Conference's Academic Honor Roll for winter sports. Six of Washington's 11 Academic Honor Roll qualifiers were from the women's swimming team.
Glasser Ready to Compete at NCAA Division III ChampionshipsMarch 20, 2011Washington College senior swimmer Rachel Glasser will compete at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships beginning Wednesday in Knoxville, TN.
Four Named to Winter All-Sportsmanship TeamMarch 17, 2011Four Washington College student-athletes have been named to the Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team for winter sports.
VIDEO: Rachel Glasser Video ProfileMarch 04, 2011Check out this video profile of Rachel Glasser - our "Face in the Crowd."
Senior Swimmer Rachel Glasser in this Week's Sports IllustratedMarch 02, 2011Washington College senior swimmer Rachel Glasser is featured in the March 7th edition of Sports Illustrated, which hits newsstands tomorrow - Thursday, March 3rd.
Washington College Swimming Recognizes Jenna MooreFebruary 28, 2011Washington College swimming would like to congratulate junior Jenna Moore on becoming the school's first conference champion in the 100 breaststroke in seven years.
VIDEO: Rachel Glasser Wins 500 Freestyle at Centennial ChampionshipsFebruary 25, 2011Watch Rachel Glasser's gold-medal winning 500 freestyle at the 2011 Centennial Conference Championships.
Swim Teams Receive Scholar All-American StatusFebruary 23, 2011Both Washington College swim teams have been awarded Team Scholar All-American status for the Fall 2010 semester by the College Swimming Coaches Association. To qualify for the award, the team must finish with a team grade-point average of at least 3.0 for the fall semester.
"Thrice as Nice" - Glasser Named Most Outstanding Performer at Centennials for Third Year in a RowFebruary 20, 2011Washington College senior swimmer Rachel Glasser was named the Most Outstanding Performer for the third consecutive year after winning gold in three individual events at the 2011 Centennial Conference Championships, held Friday through today at Gettysburg College.
Swarthmore Dips Shorewomen, 116-90February 08, 2011Host Swarthmore College topped visiting Washington College, 116-90, in Centennial Conference women's swimming tonight in Swarthmore, PA. Senior Rachel Glasser and junior Jenna Moore combined to win five individual events for the Shorewomen in the loss.
By a Fraction of a Second: Shorewomen Defeat Green Terror, 105-98February 05, 2011The Washington College women's swim team won the 200 freestyle relay, the final event of the meet, by one one-hundredth of a second to record a 105-98 Centennial Conference win over visiting McDaniel this afternoon inside Casey Swim Center. Washington's 200 medley relay and senior Rachel Glasser each broke pool records earlier in the meet.
Bears Edge Shorewomen, 109-96January 29, 2011Visiting Ursinus College topped host Washington College, 109-96, in Centennial Conference women's swimming this afternoon inside Casey Swim Center. Senior Rachel Glasser broke a pool record and won three individual events for the Shorewomen in the loss.
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Dickinson Swims Past Shorewomen, 135-65January 22, 2011Host Dickinson College defeated visiting Washington College, 135-65, in a Centennial Conference women's swim meet this afternoon in Carlisle, PA. Senior Rachel Glasser won three individual events for the Shorewomen in the loss.
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Adding Color! Hublot Revamps Their Iconic Big Bang Timepiece
No strangers to stunning designs, Hublot is back today with a new twist on one of their classic designs. Today we get a look as Hublot Revamps Their Iconic Big Bang Timepiece. This time around The Big Bang gets an added touch of color, thanks to a stunning red hue that makes for quite an eye-catching appeal. Hublot has created a way of creating transparent sapphires by melting iron with aluminum oxide, offering up a unique and solid design.
The timepiece offers up a full sapphire cases that also comes in blue. The design lets you see the middle bezel while a case back features was also cut out of a single block of sapphire. Eye-catching, luxurious and quite sleek, what more could you want? Check out the new timepiece in the images below and speak your thoughts on it after the jump. Stay tuned for much more from Hublot coming very soon!


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If you're like me, you can't stand adverts whose promises outstrip their products, sales people whose pitch doesn't withstand the gentlest prod with a few sharp questions, or politicians who promise the earth but leave the planet when the time comes to deliver.
However, for better or for worse, we wouldn't be where we are today were it not for overblown promises. The nature of reality, or whether it indeed exists, is beyond the scope of this article. But it's fair to say that the primary objection from pedants who take blowhards to task is that overblown promises simply don't reflect reality.
But is this always a bad thing? And is the expectation of a neat overlap between reality and our dreams for the future itself inflated? I would argue: yes, it is.
The good
Let's start by looking on the bright side. In cultural, political and economic terms, a tendency to exaggerate comforts us, gets us through bad times and helps move us forward.
Money – a case in point
A glaringly obvious example is money. There is a good explanation of this phenomenon in Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens, discussing the history of the human race. Our optimism for the future is a rather recent development: only since the 1500s can money lending be described as a bet on the future. Banks lend more than they actually own – they can lend around ten times as much money as they have in assets. Now you know this, are you going to withdraw all your money and convert it to gold? No, because you trust that everyone else is ignorant, stupid or optimistic enough to believe the promise. The promise that tomorrow, the debtors that your money is being lent to will, on average, pay back more than is lost in defaults. If confidence in the markets wanes, our economic system has a big problem: people might realise they don't stand a chance of getting their money back unless they withdraw it now, so there is a run on the banks.
So assuming enough people believe that everyone else believes that the economy will continue growing (or at least that the state will step in an emergency), no-one needs to rush to the cashpoint. The overblown promise – the barefaced lie – that there is enough for everyone only becomes a problem if people stop believing it.
National identity
I've been reading The English by Jeremy Paxman over the past week or so. Of course, it would be easy to fact-check everything Paxman writes, accuse him of sweeping statements and point out that many supposed characteristics also apply to other nations. But little by little, as if by a thousand brush strokes, a picture of a people emerges. It's not perfect, it doesn't apply to everyone, but at least it helps understand those around one and oneself. It was published in 1998, but reading his book now, I would say it largely stands the test of time and no-one could say the developments leading up to Brexit were unexpected.
The point is: a positive self-image is a comfort blanket, helps people look on the bright side, gets them through their day and gives them a common basis for social and economic activity even if some of it may be rather spurious. It also, I would argue, makes it more fun to compare oneself to others when going abroad. Or even distance oneself from certain aspects of one's national image.
It's certainly cheerier than the dreary reality, whatever that is. Just don't take it too seriously, and see it as an enabler rather than a straitjacket. Maybe it's a good idea to have a spring clean every now and then and remove the clutter that isn't helpful in modern terms.
Something to aspire to
Yes we can! They say "fake it until you make it" and on a personal level, like those sales people, thinking positively about the future can help you gather experiences. At the least you can look back on them as lessons learned, and more often than not surprise yourself with what you're capable of. By all means stay realistic but at least try. As I said, I'm always quite wary of overbearing sales representatives, but sometimes you just have to try something out, even if you're not sure it's the absolute best product or whether you are entirely certain you need it.
The bad
Having said all that, at what point does the overblown promise depart so materially from reality that it should never have been made in the first place? Well we'll come to that later. But seen as I'm structuring this article along the lines of "the good, the bad and the ugly" if I'm going to keep my promise I'll have to save some for "the ugly".
Sorry if it's a little bit of a disappointment, but this section is just here to say that you win some and you lose some. This is disappointment. It's not nice, it's frustrating, and it should happen as little as possible. But everyone has their error ratio, whatever they do, and while keeping it as low as possible is a nice idea, perhaps it's better to have tried than not to have bothered in the first place. There's loads of this kind of stuff all over Twitter and the rest of the internet – you know what I'm getting at.
The ugly
There are situations where an overblown promise is simply undeliverable, mendacious and misleading. In the age of "fake news", it's tempting to put every overblown promise in this category. I'd say fake news is about the past though – usually demonstrably misleading – whereas overblown promises are relating to the future. And whereas the past can be agreed on, to some degree, the future is anyone's guess.
Money is again a case in point: although the financial system is founded on a very big overblown promise as outlined above, it can go too far. The 2008 financial crisis was triggered by loans not being backed up by sufficient securities, i.e. a major discrepancy between what people told banks they could repay (or probably vice versa: overzealous bank representatives foisted loans on people without the assets to back them up). This led to a crisis in confidence and a shrink in the world economy. Interestingly, the measures to avert such crises in the future included current rules on minimum level of assets banks need to have depending on how risky their lending is. In other words, a limit to how overblown their promises can be or on how far fantasy can depart from reality.
Finally, we come to the topic of Brexit. You could say Brexit is about a competition between two overblown promises. The European Union, protector of peace and prosperity unlike anything the continent has seen for centuries (Thirty Years' War, Napoleonic Wars, World War I, World War II, Cold War). Of course you can poke at it with alternative narratives that suggest peace is actually provided by NATO and the Euro has led to ridiculous levels of youth unemployment in Spain and introducing a single currency without accompanying political mechanisms is a boneheaded idea. But if you believe in Europe, keep the overblown promise alive, and just hold on in there, then you're in favour of sticking with it and pushing for change. And change is happening – not on a revolutionary scale, but there have recently been reports of agreements between Germany and France on unifying unemployment benefits, a way of transferring money from beneficiaries of the Euro to countries less fortunate.
On the other hand, you've got the overblown promise of Brexit. Ah, yes. I'm not exactly impartial on this one. People already know which side my bread is buttered on. I prefer the European overblown promise over the Brexiteers', and I would venture that theirs is an ugly and misleading overblown promise. It is born of an extrapolation of the more unsavoury characteristics Paxman describes in the English (and it is mostly the English) – exceptionalism, arrogance, lack of interest in how the world perceives them, and bloody-mindedness. Despite the mud-slinging at the Remain camp, accusing it of promulgating "project fear", the Leavers are those who have a fear of the future and want to turn the clock back to when Britain traded with the whole of the world and a gentleman could easily do business with like-minded partners who spoke English and rolled out the red carpet.
Unfortunately, this was not how things were even then. The British empire controlled large swathes of the world by conquest, not consent. Luckily for most former colonies, Britain wouldn't now have the power to impose its will on them the way it did for centuries. Unluckily for Britain, its reception abroad will in reality not be anything like what the overblown promises the Brexiters made to the populace suggests.
To compare the situation to the monetary example above: it's as if, until now, Britain has profited from its image as a former world power that can punch above its weight on the world stage. Within the EU, it never had to put that to the test. The credit in terms of power it made from its image, and generally being seen as a positive force in Europe, a force for common sense, was paying off nicely.
However, for some reason the British think that it's backed up by facts, and think they can take their gold and divvy it up amongst themselves. Call this project fear if you like, but they will be disappointed to find that the harsh reality is perhaps 10% as good as what they thought – and they will be fighting over that for years to come.
So next time you feel offended by someone's overblown promise: maybe they're the realist and not you. Or maybe you are arguing over competing overblown promises.


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Don't be fooled by the funny faces he pulls for his posters. Loyiso Gola may be among the continent's top comedians, but he's a pretty serious guy. 'I'm obsessed,' he says. 'I'm obsessed with doing stand-up comedy.' Everything else – fame, money, even the career trajectory he's set himself on – is secondary to the obsessive love he has for performing comedy on stage.
Gola, who, along with fellow South Africans Loyiso Madinga, Riaad Moosa and Tumi Morake, appears in Netflix's gargantuan new series Comedians of the World, says that his currency is time, which means that, wherever possible, he wants to be doing the thing he loves – making people laugh. It's why there's perhaps a hint of impatience when he's being interviewed. Because, as much as he enjoys sharing his mind and batting away irrelevant questions with deep insights, he would much rather be on stage making people laugh.
His Netflix appearance has certainly broadened his audience. The series, filmed at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival last year, features 47 comedians from around the world, each performing a solo half-hour set in front of a live audience. Considering Netflix's incredible global footprint, it's probably the biggest comedy platform in the world right now.
Not that Gola is new to the international arena. His long-running satirical TV series Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola was earning Emmy nominations back in 2013, and he has for years been performing on foreign stages, including London's Royal Albert Hall. He's appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, at the Edinburgh Fringe, and – apart from appearing on Britain's prestigious Live at the Apollo – earned a spot on 50 Cent's BET comedy show, 50 Central.
'I'm very good at what I do,' Gola tells me when I ask how French-speaking Canadian audiences responded to him during the filming of his half-hour Netflix taping. To prove his point, he switches accents, does a brief Québécois impression, and throws in a few French words for fun. 'Yes,' he says, 'comedy keeps me sharp.'
Witnessing that sharpness in action is fascinating, because it's never certain where Gola will be coming from – there's consistent novelty, a sustained sense that he's about to unleash something unexpected. It's breathtaking watching him in front of an audience. Not only because his stories are funny and clever, but because of the manner in which he engages with the crowd. Typically, he laughs along with them, as if he's hearing his jokes for the first time, surprising himself with the stories he tells. When I ask him if that laughter is genuine, he looks at me almost bewildered. 'Yes, of course I find my jokes funny!'
Gola grew up in Gugulethu, where he says he was not the funny guy in school. He was pretty shy, in fact, and only started 'speaking out' when he reached high school. Even then, he didn't stand out as the comic, since he wasn't the only one making jokes. 'That's what we all did – on the sports field, in class – we all made jokes,' he says.
His dad was funny, too, though, so perhaps the comedy bug was in his DNA. But Gola says it wasn't so much that he had anything special, but that he became determined to work hard at something he loved.
The thing about comedy, he explains, is that it takes time to hone the skill. He says he was fortunate to get started when he was really young. 'When you're young, it's easier. You don't have too many things to worry about, to rant about. You don't have bills to pay, and you don't have a wife or girlfriend asking, "What's the plan?" So a young comedian is able to work at it without the pressures of life.'
He started out with the Cape Comedy Collective while he was still at school. By the time he arrived in Joburg, aged 19, he was on the verge of turning pro and was picking up awards for his routines. He fast-tracked his climb to the top of Mzansi's comedy scene when he teamed up with writer-comedian Kagiso Lediga as the anchor of Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola.
He's also been the Africa correspondent for The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, an Australian news parody show; has appeared on various specials for the BBC; and been profiled by CNN's African Voices. He's performed everywhere from Lagos to Latvia, and in Switzerland, Finland and Estonia. He calculates that in 2017 he never spent more than three weeks at a stretch in the same city, such was his touring schedule.
He says that, while he's not into educating an audience, there is some responsibility for giving the outside world a glimpse into the reality of South African life. Gola has been outspoken about the general lack of knowledge about blackness. He says the West tends to have an overwhelmingly American notion of black identity, so when he performs abroad he likes to provide a more nuanced perspective, giving audiences an insight into the reality of life on this continent.
He also believes that making people a bit uncomfortable is part of his job. That discomfort is the space in which people get to reflect.
Self-reflection has been a big part of his own life, too, he says. These days he likes to use the word 'fluid' to describe himself, meaning that he tries to live with an open mind and to be open to change. Most things, including beliefs, he says, are – to some extent – ephemeral, changeable.
He describes how – in the 1990s – he loved cricket. He says you could ask him the tiniest bit of cricketing trivia and he'd have an answer for you. Who was at the crease for such-and-such a match? He'd not only know who was batting, but how many runs were scored. 'Now I hate cricket!' he says. Realisations such as this have made him aware that nothing is fixed or permanent. He's learnt not to hang on to things, material or otherwise. And he doesn't mind having his mind or his opinion changed. Today's love might be tomorrow's hate, so those sorts of attachments aren't helpful, either.
He says he tries to live in the moment, preferring to savour and appreciate what's happening right now rather than focus on some idealised goal in the future. He prefers not to think in terms of achievements. 'The thing is to keep working,' he says. 'And to be alive and happy.'
This kind of reflection has been close to Gola's heart for some time now; he's been sagely unpacking what was instilled in him growing up, reflecting deeply on how habits and beliefs are formed.
Part of his ongoing process of self-improvement – also the subject of his recent show Unlearning – has been to let go of ingrained ideas about how the world works. He says, at a certain point, when he started unpacking himself, he got rid of a lot of material things. But the real transformation is about getting rid of what you've been taught, he says.
He admits that some of the most important things he's had to unlearn have been around masculinity. He talks about how men traditionally were being primed for war – to fight and kill – and they were therefore taught to disconnect from their emotions. That's not applicable anymore, he says, and men today need to be in touch with their emotions.
So does he do comedy to connect people with their emotions, to make them feel more deeply? Not really, he says. 'My intention is to get to the joke as quickly as possible. I want to make people laugh. That is what I love to do.'


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There's a fine line between calm and eerie, and it's one that composition 83 toes. Like an astronaut or a deep sea diver, you explore an empty monochromatic world, objects slowly coming into focus through a haze of grey.
There isn't a lot of explanation in composition 83. Instead, it plays on the best kind of horror; the deep seated terror of the unknown. Quickly in your journey, you come across a group of people frozen in place. Their poses and body language run the gamut from agony to waiting. These beings, these people are both dead and immortal. They are beyond your help. You coast between their bodies, attempting to escape the same fate as you collect data.
It's difficult to classify what composition 83 is, beyond memorable. It shares elements of suspense and horror, but it doesn't feel like a scary game. There is a terrible momentum, the sense that there is an inescapable path that you are on. It captures a sense of loneliness and inhospitability that few other games manage. The details are sparse, but where they come to mind they are handled with exceeding care and sense. Your player movement is restricted, as though you are trapped inside a nautilus. Moving quickly is not an option. Your vision is impaired in this sense by your ability to turn your own head and by the speed at which you walk. every step is affected by the strange gravity of the world you've found yourself in. Every detail is perfect for portraying the alien climate that you've found yourself in.
composition 83 is short, less than 10 minutes long, but there is an aspect to it that remains with you. Text is delivered in short static-confused spurts that convey the separation between you and the person who has sent you to this place. The desperation climbs as you explore further into the world, and the images and sounds remain with you long after you've put up the game.
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October is upon us, dear Listers. This month you can expect to get fit at the city's biggest fitness event, get fat from drinking waaaaay too many epic milkshakes, and get spooky at the best Hallowe'en party in the city. And, if that's not enough, there's an extra day off to do what you please, as well as heaps of new openings that you're going to want to be checking out!
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#1: Croissants, Doughnuts, Pastries... Meet Rustica Canteen
A superstar line-up of Melbourne chefs and venue owners have come together to open Rustica Canteen, Melbourne's latest laneway eatery. As you'd expect, the baked goods are next-level, and the coffee and lunch options are drool-worthy too. The perfect place to hit up for an inner city snack.
#2: Grand Final Day = An Extra Day Off!
It doesn't matter if you're the biggest footy fan in the world, or don't have a clue about Melbourne's favourite sport—either way, you'll have a whole extra day off to enjoy this beautiful city on Friday 2nd October. We can't WAIT for a whole 24 hours of Netflix and Nutella in bed. Thank you, AFL!
#3: Ditch the diet – Freakshakes FTW!
Is it a drink? Is it a dessert? Is it even legal?! The must-try drink this October simply has to be the freakshake. Combining a milkshake with doughnuts, sprinkles, choc-chips and all manner of incredible toppings, you can find Melbourne's best freakshakes at Muharam Café in Hawthorn and Johnny Pump in Essendon. Get ready for the sugar hit of your life…
#4: Hallowe'en + BBQ = Day Of The Dead At The Gem
One of Melbourne's best pubs for American BBQ, The Gem Bar & Dining Room hosts its annual Day Of The Dead event on Hallowe'en night, making for an incredible evening of music, food, drinks and fancy dress. Ditching the traditional Hallowe'en theme, The Gem will be awarding a prize for the best Mexicano outfit on the night. Get your sugar skull facepaint game ready!
#5: Find Epic Treasures On The Garage Sale Trail
Calling all thrift store aficionados and garage sale gurus! The Garage Sale Trail takes place on Saturday 24th October, inviting Melburnians to host their very own garage sale and plotting them all on one easy-to-use map. With over 400 sales already listed in Melbourne, it's a bargain hunter's dream! Check out what's happening in your suburb on The Garage Sale Trail website.
#6: Enjoy Japanese Delights At Toko
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#7: Run… It's the Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival!
With more than 30,000 competitors running in a variety of races, the Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival on Sunday 18th October is one of the biggest fitness events in Australia. Finishing up in the MCG, the full 42.2km race route covers some of Melbourne's finest landmarks, including graffiti-covered laneways, St Kilda foreshore and Flinders Street station. If you're not running on the day, get down there and cheer on someone who is.
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Bluewater Babes Fish for a Cure Tournament
Posted by Amanda Hicks on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 at 10:45am.
Female anglers! It's time to gather your team and register for the 10th Annual Blue Water Babes Fish for a Cure Tournament to raise money for local ovarian and breast cancer patients in need of financial assistance.
The Blue Water Babes are a 501c3 non profit whose devotion is to helping local cancer patients, and hosting some awesome fundraisers in order to do so. The Fish for a Cure Tournament always has a great turn out and is so much fun for everyone.
It's Florida's largest female angler tournament and is a festive mix of fishing, boat decorating, cocktails and costume contests. The event is held at Sailfish Marina on Singer Island beginning with a kick-off party on Friday night and a full day of fishing and awards on Saturday (October 5th & 6th).
Teams are $500 to register before September 20th and $600 starting on the 21st so it's smart to sign your boat up early. Teams include a captain, first mate, and four female anglers with the cost including team party passes for Friday and Saturday nights' parties at the Marina. Those not fishing can purchase party passes separately which are $60 and include two free Tito's drinks and a buffet dinner from the Sailfish Marina Resort restaurant.
The tournament will award 1st, 2nd and 3rd place anglers for KDW as well as top female angler and top team for Billfish and an award for the person who catches the heaviest meatfish over all (Snapper/Grouper/Cobia/Blackfin Tuna).
This contest is also awarding the best decorated boats and costumes. On Friday night, boats will be judged by local celebrities and some ideas include mermaid, hula girl, and pirate themes. Angler costumes are encouraged as well as water guns for fun. The people's costume awards will be for best overall, most outrageous, best male mate costume, best use of pink, most energetic, best newcomer and most glamorous.
Tito's Handmade Vodka is the title sponsor so there will also be a cocktail contest on Friday night where you make a cocktail and the best one wins. At Saturday's party expect some awesome raffle prizes and fireworks over the water.
The Fish for a Cure Tournament is going to be loads of fun once again and it's for an excellent cause. You can find more about how the Blue Water Babes helps women in our community on their website and register for the tourney online here. Click on the hyperlinks for the schedule and rules.
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It's a busy time for movies, but now up is Keeping Up with the Joneses. I actually did kind of like the trailer for this movie. I like Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, and Jon Hamm, and I want to see as much from Gal Gadot as possible because I think she has room to grow and really be great. Other than that, I wasn't expecting this to be ground-breaking. I just wanted to be entertained for the time and get a few laughs out of it along the way. It had an interesting premise with a play on an old saying, and I thought that was a little bit clever, but other than that, I just wanted to laugh and be entertained. Let's talk about it!
Keeping Up with the Joneses is directed by Greg Mottola and stars Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Tim Jones, and Gal Gadot. When Tim and Natalie Jones move in next to Jeff and Karen Gaffney, the typical suburban family life of the Gaffneys might be headed for change. This new couple next to them is a little bit too perfect. They're good at everything, but they're peculiar. They aren't your average neighborhood family, and they're very interested in David and his job. Why are they too good at everything and a bit strange? It's up to David and Karen to find out.
First of all, I do like this cast. I like Zach Galifianakis because I think he's a lovable goofball, and I like Isla Fisher because I tend to enjoy her movies. I also really liked Jon Hamm. I think he's really charismatic, and he's the guy who you try not to like because he's definitely cool enough to steal your girlfriend, but he's so dang likable that it's okay. I also try to stay positive about Gal Gadot. I know that a lot of people don't like her and hated that a relatively inexperienced actress was cast as Wonder Woman, but I thought that she killed it in Batman v. Superman as Wonder Woman. I'd like to be able to see her as Diana Prince more to make a final determination on how she portrays Wonder Woman's alter ego, but for right now, between the Fast and Furious franchise and Batman v. Superman, I'm a fan. I think that was the best thing about this movie, for me. I did like the cast, and I thought everyone was likable. Galifianakis was a likable goofball again, and I thought he and Isla Fisher worked decently well together. I really liked the interaction between Galifianakis and Jon Hamm. Strangely enough, I thought they had good chemistry. Zach Galifianakis seems to be very good at creating chemistry, so it doesn't shock me to see that in this movie. I have to say that even thought Keeping Up with the Joneses wasn't as funny as I wanted it to be, I chuckled and smiled here and there. I liked the contradicting life styles, and it's nothing we haven't seen before, but I still enjoyed it.
This movie wasn't as funny as I was hoping it would be. I thought a lot of the jokes fell flat, and so many of the conversations and awkward moments that need to work in comedies didn't work. I thought that a lot of the jokes were almost too straightforward as compared to having a little bit of cleverness and subtlety to get a laugh. I did like the contradicting lifestyles, but by time it's all said and done, the story is pretty ridiculous and feels kind of lazy. I mentioned that a lot of jokes fell flat because they weren't subtle. The story suffered from the same thing. Instead of quietly leading into the next event, it basically tells you that it's going in a certain direction. It was happening, and we were going to have to deal with it even though it didn't make sense. In fact, I think that by the end of this movie, it's one where you're probably going to talk to your friends about how plenty of events are absolutely illogical even in a film setting. That's just if you remember it long enough to discuss it with your friends. It's so forgettable that you may even forget about it once you step foot out of the theater and wonder if you really saw a movie.
Overall, I think that Keeping Up with the Joneses has a few laughs here and there, and the cast is likable, but a lot of the jokes fall flat. It's not very funny, and it isn't subtle about it. I don't fully know why this movie was made. I definitely don't think it's going to make its budget of $40 million back, and everyone who does see it won't be talking about it because it's going to fall through the cracks for anyone who isn't a Zach Galifianakis filmography completist. It's very forgettable and lazy, and as much as I wanted to enjoy this movie, I'm not going to remember it next week. I'm going to give Keeping Up with the Joneses a 4/10.
Are you going to check out Keeping Up with the Joneses? Comment down in the comment section and let me know what you thought of the movie! Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Ouija: Origin of Evil, and Boo! A Madea Halloween are also out this weekend, so let me know if you're going to be checking any of them out! I did post a review for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, but I may not get a review out for Ouija: Origin of Evil or Boo! A Madea Halloween unless I get the chance to check them out this weekend. Next week I should have a brand new review for Inferno, then the following week I'll have reviews for Doctor Strange, Hacksaw Ridge, and Trolls! As always, thank you, and keep listening to 88.7 The Pulse!


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I took a moment to sit quietly on the step my step dad built. He etched my and my daughter's names into the concrete there. This was such a beautiful orangey pink evening, warm and still and filled with spring green leaves and periwinkle blue hydrangeas.
Times like these make me feel like my heart is going to break and fall from my chest, except for the fact that Love saves me and creates in me such gratitude that it soothes the ache. My sweet daughter had gone to her sweet friend's house right next door for a sleepover. They were so excited. Thank you, Father, for this lovely life you've helped us create and blessed us with here at the blue house.
We have only about a month left and it's not getting any easier. I had been hoping for a miraculous stay … a Hail Mary … but it's not coming, so I must choose to believe it is God's will for us to go. I believe He has more in store for us than we can imagine. I refuse to revisit the past. I will go no further back than the present moment. I will look forward in hopeful anticipation of the next adventure and what awesome beauty exists beyond the blue house.


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Fleur de Sel
Venice • 5th June - 30th August 2009
An Installation by Steve Messam & Hannah Stewart
A dual site-specific installation for Venice and Cumbria launched to coincide with the 53rd Venice Biennale. Over a distance of 3 1/2 miles a series of forms made from lace parasols explore the multi-layered relationships between Venice and the Lake District through cultural tourism, Ruskin, lace and mineral extraction. A new publication will be launched on the 4th June featuring articles by Keith Hanley, Catherine Spooner and Hannah Stewart with a foreword by Howard Hull, Director of Brantwood.
Lighthouse Lullaby
29th - 31st January 2009
Ailis Ni Riain
Commissioned as part of a season of site-specific works across Cumbria, composer Ailis Ni Riain has composed an electro-acoustic piece for the old Lighthouse on Maryport Harbour. For a few days only, the very fabric of this 200 year old cast iron building will accompany the music inspired by this wild and unpredictable location.
Fold at SCOPE London
16th - 19th October 2008
Fold brought a taster of contemporary rural art to the heart of London for the art fair season. We were invited to show at this year's SCOPE art fair at Lord's Cricket Ground (a short walk from Frieze) so expect some pulling out of the stops and something so not London..
stand 121 SCOPE art fair
FRED - get out there
26th September - 12th October 2008
an art invasion across Cumbria
Our annual art invasion kicked off for the 5th and final time. This year's theme was 'Get Out There' with projects located in some of the most beautiful locations in the county and beyond, but you had to explore new places to find them...
Jet Set Trash
30th September - 12th October 2008
Vincent James
Continuing our programme of video-works in the window of the gallery, Vincent James presents a new annimation based on the background imagery of classic cartoons. Explosions, tin cans, half eaten apples and other detritus from the world of roadrunner are trapped in an endless annimated loop.
May - August 2008
Hannah Stewart, Kat Östlundh, Su Grierson, Lauren Healey, Doireann Ni Ghrioghair
The gallery space at Foldgallery was been programmed by four artists from England, Scotland and Ireland and Sweden for a series of new exhibitions. Each has responded to the challenge of our four-metre cube and rural location in ways we wouldn't normally programme ourselves.
Jump Start!
26th April 2008
In the Window...
January - March 2008
Sally Barker, Lee Cavaliere, Steve Messam, Irene Sanderson, Paul D Stevens, Patricia Townsend, Rupert White
It's way too cold in the gallery over the dark winter months. As a solution, In the Window... does just that. For three months there will be a changing programme of contemporary rural work in our 1m wide window. From 2D work and installations, to moving image and interactive pieces.
1st December 2007
As part of the DOTT07 project in the North East of England, Fold is organising a major landscape intervention beside the East Coast Mainline. Six artists and designers will work with local farmers as part of a 10-day sustainable tourism design camp. Expressions of interest are welcome from artists and designers from any part of the world.
28th September - 14th October 2007
Eighteen thousand sandcastles on St Bees beach, models of iconic buildings made from sheep droppings and twigs, and a light installation under Coniston Water were all part of this year's FRED. From Sept 28-Oct 14 Cumbria hosted Europe's biggest outdoor art show, turning its forests, paths, lakes, mountains and coast into a giant al fresco gallery. This year we had the best part of 80 artists and 43 projects in 50+ locations across the length and breadth of England's largest and most rural county.
Personal Expressions
16th June - 1st September 2007
The Personal Expressions project, run by the Rural Education and Arts Project (REAP), gave Young Farmers in Derbyshire a unique opportunity to use photography to reflect the hardships and joys of rural life. The exhibition is a social documentary about the issues faced by young people in rural communities.
Art Strike!
8th June 2007 - Kendal
Feel marginalised by the art world? Isolated and alone? Speak up at the Art Strike at Art '07. Art Strike gave a voice to artists during an innovative and enjoyable intervention at Art '07 in Kendal. Artists from across the UK (and beyond) were invited to this placard-waving gathering. There were badges for everyone who took part, and the lucky few got to wear the t-shirt.
21st April 2007
A day of Gravity-sports related activities hit the town on the 21st April for Gravity! 2. Featured were Parkour demonstrations, mountain boarding, performances by Euphoric Circus and Extreme Kung Fu Positioning workshops.
Festive Frolics
Frost Fair in Kirkby Stephen
The Animals Went in Two by Two
an installation by Helen Snell
Travelling East
Ivan Black - Kinetic Sculptures
Street Dance
Stick it where?
Street Dance
FRED! it happened again...
Motorway Art Break
Jenny Holzer at the service station
Fold presented the latest work by American icon, Jenny Holzer. "For Cumbria" was a series of texts printed on the reverse of till reciepts at Tebay Services on the M6 and at Rheged Discovery Centre, Penrith. this work was commissioned as part of the FRED art invasion.
Barrie J Davies Is An Artist
5th - 25th August 2005
The Title Says it all really. A look at new and nearly-new works by the Cardiff-based artist. Davies work centres on the premise, that he is an artist, and by default, everything he does or makes is therefore art.
Flowers in the Gardens of Eden
Artist-in-Residency programme
As part of the 7th annual Kirkby Stephen Garden Trail, artist Sue Flowers worked with the gardeners in the town to create a new piece of work for the Garden Trail Weekend - 30th - 31st July 2005.
watch this space for details..
Pui Lee in the window
Foundation student Pui Lee created this piece in the gallery window during refurbishment closure.
details to follow...
Balls to Grasmere
Kirkby Stephen Winter Wonderland
Seasonal sensations
As part of the Kirkby Stephen Winter Wonderland day, Fold organised a number of events to put contemporary art into the annual shopping panic experience!
Off the Wall
By Andrew Bracey, Arabella Harvey, Carl Colley, Debby Akam & Gary Power, Lee Cavaliere, Niki Russell, Tobias Sternberg.
Off the Wall is a group show of artists who responded to the challenge of redefining ways that gallery walls function in presenting art. It features seven artists from across the country working in a variety of media and scale, from video projections to rolls of insulating tape. What unites the individual pieces is the variety of ways in which the work incorporates or references the wall but goes beyond just being on the wall.
Arcane Specimens
by Stephen Butler
Part 1 of the Plant Life series of exhibitions about gardens. Stephen Butler takes items found in the garden, on the beach, in the kitchen, or on the pavement, and grafts them together to create a beautifully strange collection of twisted, but familliar objects.
Dancing Plants
by Paul Masters
Paul takes the Ronseal approach to video art - it does exactly what it says on the tin - there's plants and they're dancing to disco classics. Shown in the gallery for one weekend only as part of the Plant Life series of exhibitions.
Paper Cut
by Rob Ives
Rob is best know for his range of easy to build cardboard mechanical toys, under the name of Flying Pig. Paper Cut sees Rob's first UK solo exhibition of prototypes and experiments together with large-scale versions of his most popular work.
Paper Cut also sees the launch of 'FarmArt' our major project for the next year. Watch this space for details soon.
Snowcase#3 (2003)
Paul Scott Russell Mills Maddi Nicholson Conrad Atkinson Jac Scott Malcolm Mitton Ian Walton
an exhibition of multiples and editions by the cream of Cumbria. A "wunderkammer" of the wierd and wonderful suspended from the ceiling in metal cages or nailed to the wall in wooden boxes. Proof, if it were needed, of the international calibre of contemporary art in Cumbria.
Snowcase#2 (2002)
by Steven Barrett, Kate Brundrett, Kate Calico, Lawrence Cassidy, Adam Clarke, Claire Fell, S.Mark Gubb, Susie MacMurray, Steve Messam, Kate Robinson & Christine Stringfellow
by Melanie Wickham
with Kate Robinson
more than just marks on a page to let you breathe when reading out loud, this interactive piece looks at ways that punctuation can define new meanings to text. It's a bit of a word puzzle with 'Looking-glass' logic.... confused? you will be....
crammed with crimson, stuffed with scarlet:
a feast of all things red and scrumptious by resident artist Richeldis. Crammed with Crimson.. Is a selection of new work comprising of painting, textiles and text combined to present a unique look at valentines day, and connotations with the colour red.
Baa Codes:
To coincide with the Kirkby Stephen Charter Fair, this inaugural exhibition by Steve Messam contemplated the themes of sheep and shopping. A hands on exhibition, where visitors were encouraged to rummage through a sheep's shopping trolley!


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Hello lovelies, I was asked for a tutorial for my abstract design I did for NAGG Challenge. I did choose different colour setting but the steps remain the same.
Some tips:
- Be sure to use opaque polishes, it will be easier to work with. As you can see, the dark blue isn't opaque in 1 coat. Ofc if you don't mind waiting for drying, you can use 2 coaters too.
- Instead of dotting tool, toothpick can be used. Or any other pointy item.
Now l'll move on to the polishes and the tools I used. They will be shown also on a picture below.
Things needed:
- black and white nail polish – I used Liquid Leather by China Glaze and Alpine Snow by OPI
- 4 colours of your choice – here I used from lightest to darkest: Worn In by Maybelline Colorama, Teal by Barry M, Electric Blue by Maybelline Colorama, Maybelline Colorama no. 106
- also don't forget your base and top coats
- brushes: striping brush and a flat brush for clean up
- dotting tool
- acetone, a small container to tip your brushes into
- a paper/plastic where to put a drop of polish for dotting
Now the how to step by step (there's also a pictorial below):
- Start off with your favourite base coat and let it dry.
- Now paint your nails white and try to get it even as possible (this is important when you don't use dark or very opaque colours). Let this dry out completely or the colours might mix. Also the design will dry quicker afterwards.
- Next step is to start painting V shapes with different colours. Start with the lightest and don't worry about straight lines. Just use the polish brush to freehand it.
- If you move on colour by colour, your first nail should be dry enough for the next shade. Paint another V towards your nail tip. The polish can overlap the pervious one slightly (or as much as needed to get the V-s more or less the same wight). Repeat step 3 with all your chosen colours by moving towards your nail tip.
- Now seal in your V-s with 1 layer of topcoat. I did this to even out the background. Also I did a clean up after this step.
- The next step is to load your striping brush with black polish (you can use acrylics too, I just don't have any at hand) and start painting 2 stripes from the border of your lightest and the next colours border. Curve them up a little as you move towards the center of your nail. Repeat this for the other side too. Then paint just 1 line to each side on your tip by following the V-shape of your darkest colours.
- The last set of stripes are the 3 near the cuticle. Start with the one closest to it (starting point is the border between white and your lightest colour). Just do 3 gentle stripes above each other by moving towards the center of your nail and finish them there.
- Now start with 4 dots by moving diagonally between the white and the lightest colour. Then add 3 more dots (or 4, depending on how many will fit) on the opposite side above your 2-lines on the border of your 2nd and 3rd colour. After that add the tip dots onto your darkest colour.
- Lastly when everything is dry, finish it off with your favourite top coat.
I've added a pictorial for easier understanding of the design. I hope this helps and let me know if you decide to try this out and ofc I'd love to see the results.


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Got this idea from Liliana at Liliana N Bookish Blog when I didn't know what to write for my next blog post. Never done a tag before but this seems fun! Hope you don't mind Liliana. If you guys ever do a tag, feel free to tag me 'cause why not.
Without further ado,
eBook or Physical book?
Definitely Physical. I just can't seem to get into a book in it's eBook format, that's why it always takes long for me to finish an eBook. Plus the feeling of the actual book in your hands is veryyyy satisfying.
Paperback or Hardback?
Difficult question indeed. I would buy the hardback if I have the money. But If I don't or when the paperback is the only thing I can find, then I'll take the paperback. But I do like Hardbacks because it doesn't get messed up easily… if you know what I mean. Like the cover of the hardback doesn't get easily folded.
Online or In-Store Book Shopping?
Hmm, In-store. And I'd say that without hesitation. You can't be fooled with pictures. In-Store, you can check out the quality of the book, if there are folded pages, etc.
Trilogy or Series?
I prefer Trilogy. That way I only need to save less. Series such as the Mortal Instruments make me not want to read it because I might think that the story gets dragging.
Heroes or Villains?
I don't know, is the villain hot?
For me, it actually depends on the situation of the protagonist.
A Book You Want Everyone to Read?
I haven't read a book that good yet to make me want to make everyone read it *sad face*
The Last Book You Finished?
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Last Book You Bought?
Am I too old that I can't remember? It took me about thirty seconds. I think City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.
Weirdest Thing You've Used as a Bookmark?
Used Books: Yes or No?
Uhm, depends on the quality of the used book. No folded pages, no dirt, etc.
Top Three Favorite Genres?
YA, Fantasy, Romance
Borrow or Buy?
Buy. I take better care of the book if it was mine.
Characters or Plot?
Long or Short Books?
Not short because I would want more. Not too long because it would be dragging. Somewhere in the middle, perhaps?
Long or Short Chapters?
I usually count how many pages left till the next chapter so I would say short chapters.
Name the First Three Books You Think of…
Red Queen
Caraval Rebel Belle
Books that Make You Laugh or Cry?
Uhm, depends on my mood. If I'm feeling emotional, cry. If I wanna laugh out loud, laugh.
Our World or Fictional Worlds?
Audiobooks: Yes or No?
When traveling or working out, yes.
Do You Ever Judge a Book by its Cover?
Yes, most of the time.
Book to Movie or Book to TV Adaptations?
I really don't know..
A Movie or TV-Show You Preferred to its Book?
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Series or Standalones?
I like both. But if series, I prefer trilogy.
Those are my answers to the tag! Feel free to consider yourself tagged if you wanna do it. If you did, comment the link to your post, I wanna know your answers.
See you next Friday!


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Parents and Citizens (P&C) Association meetings are held in the new resource centre on the 4th Monday of each month at 6.30 pm. All parents are welcome to attend these meetings. It is a great way to get to know other parents and become involved in our great school.
The P&C play an important role in the decision making process of the school. We are always happy to have any extra input from parents who want the opportunity to help shape our school's strategic direction.
Fundraising is one of the important roles the P&C Fundraising Team performs to help provide the best possible opportunities and resources for our children at Caningeraba. We encourage all parents to participate in the many and varied activities offered by our team throughout the year. We need your support and always welcome any offers of help at any of our fundraising events.
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President: Marsha Graham
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The drywall in the bathroom above the shower and bathtub is typically subjected to a daily onslaught of steam. If there's a lip at the top of the shower stall, water collects there and seeps into the drywall, causing it to soften and crumble. Although the sheetrock used in bathrooms is usually "greenboard," which has a moisture-resistant coating, it's not waterproof, and once water seeps into the tiniest crack or gap, it will start crumbling. Fixing bathroom drywall entails making the repair as watertight as possible.
Step 1
Remove softened, crumbling drywall and scrape away peeling paint. If there's a large area of ruined drywall, cut it out with a utility knife. Scrape away loose caulking along the lip of the stall with a putty knife.
Step 2
Attach at least one furring strip (1-by-3-inch piece of wood) to the back of the existing drywall with 1 5/8-inch drywall screws unless the drywall you've removed has exposed at least two wall studs. You will need something solid to attach the new drywall patch to, so extend the furring strip well past the margins of the missing drywall.
Step 3
Cut a piece of greenboard drywall to fit the hole. Screw it into the studs or furring strips with the drywall screws.
Step 4
Apply a coat of joint compound to the edges using a 6-inch drywall knife. Embed fiberglass mesh drywall tape in the wet compound, scrape off the excess and allow it to dry for at least eight hours.
Step 5
Apply two more coats of joint compound, allowing it to dry completely in between coats. Sand the final coat smooth with 120-grit sandpaper, a drywall sanding screen or flexible sanding sponge.
Step 6
Prime the patch with latex (water-based) primer.
Step 7
Caulk along the top lip of the shower or bathtub stall with paintable silicone caulking. Allow this to dry for about eight hours before painting over the repair.