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Crime Prevention Inventory
Below is a list of programs funded under the National Crime Prevention Strategy, by Canadian provinces/territories, or non-governmental organizations. Use this tool to find specific programs matching your needs or the needs of your community.
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Adult offenders
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Homeless and/or runaway
Individuals suffering from FASD
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2)
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Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees
Placed out-of-home
Visible minority/ethnic group
Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk)
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Circle of Courage®
The Circle of Courage® is an approach of youth empowerment that integrates the best of Western educational, Indigenous cultures and emerging research on positive youth development. This approach is...
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Gang and/or related criminal activities, Social development
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Community Action for Healthy Relationships (CAHR) Network
The Community Action for Healthy Relationships (CAHR) Network is a collaborative partnership that began in 2010 within Athabasca, Barrhead and Westlock to address family violence (FV) and...
Adult offenders, Families, Victims of crime
Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment, Recidivism, Violence against women and girls
Community StreetSafe Initiative
The Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) StreetSafe Initiative was born out of the recognition of a need for increased safety for residents, businesses, staff and clients of the Boyle Street...
Families, Homeless and/or runaway, Individuals suffering from FASD, Persons with disabilities, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk)
Alcohol and/or drug use, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Crime issues involving a mental health disorder or other health disorder, Drug trafficking, Social/economic disadvantage
Domestic Conflict Response Team
The Domestic Conflict Response Team (DCRT) is a partnership between Calgary Police Service (CPS), Child and Family Services Authority (CFSA), Homefront, and Closer to Home Community Services. The...
Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment, Recidivism
Domestic Violence Response Unit (DVRU)
In 2010, the High Level Community Policing Society, in partnership with the local RCMP detachment, North Peace Tribal Council Child and Family Service, and Northwest Alberta Child and Family Services...
Edmonton Coalition of Crime Councils
The Edmonton Coalition of Crime Councils (ECCC) initiative supported the development of community-led crime prevention groups ('crime councils') in areas of Edmonton with crime and disorder issues...
Drug trafficking, Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment, Gang and/or related criminal activities, Hubs/situation tables, Property crime, Prostitution, sex trade and/or sexual exploitation, Social/economic disadvantage
Family and Youth Supports
The Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN) serves immigrants and refugees through settlement and integration services, English language training, and employment supports. Within EMCN's Family...
Families, Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees, Persons with disabilities, Placed out-of-home, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk)
Academic issues, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Crime issues involving a mental health disorder or other health disorder, Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment, Social/economic disadvantage
Family Violence Intervention
Family Violence Intervention provides services and support to women, men, and families living in violent or potentially violent circumstances. It is comprised of Family Violence Intervention...
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Families, Victims of crime
Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment, Social development, Social/economic disadvantage
Family Violence Outreach Team
The Family Violence Outreach Team (FVOT) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary initiative undertaken to enhance the community and RCMP response to incidents of family violence within Wetaskiwin RCMP...
Family Violence Prevention
The project was designed to address the impact of family violence in the community by engaging victims in support, collaboration, and risk assessment to ensure they have a role in criminal justice...
Families, Victims of crime
The Healthy Families project was created to support and provide information to current and expectant parents of the Bigstone Cree Nation who are at risk of trauma, violence, mental health issues, and...
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Families
Alcohol and/or drug use, Crime issues involving a mental health disorder or other health disorder, Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment, Gang and/or related criminal activities
Healthy Families Initiative (HFI)
The Healthy Families Initiative (HFI) pilot project is a two year multi-Ministry initiative aimed to address complex issues facing Saskatchewan's most vulnerable families. The pilot is being...
Academic issues, Alcohol and/or drug use, Antisocial/deviant behaviours, Crime issues involving a mental health disorder or other health disorder, Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment
High Conflict Custody and Parenting Program (HCCPP)
The High Conflict Custody Parenting Program (HCCPP) provides short-term counselling for high conflict separating or divorcing parents with a history of domestic violence, and who have ongoing custody...
Integrated Domestic Violence Treatment Program
The program provides a variety of integrated services to both offenders and victims of domestic violence. The mandated component of the program is integrated with police, courts, probation, Alberta...
Adult offenders, Families, Individuals suffering from FASD, Newcomers, immigrants and/or refugees, Persons with disabilities, Victims of crime
Crime issues involving a mental health disorder or other health disorder, Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment, Recidivism
Maskwacis Family Violence Unit (MFVU)
The Maskwacis Family Violence Unit (MFVU) is a collaborative and interdisciplinary initiative originally undertaken by the following six partners: Ermineskin Women's Shelter Society, Maskwacis RCMP...
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Adult offenders, Families, Victims of crime
Neighbourhood Development Team
The Neighbourhood Development Team addresses crime and social disorder issues primarily from youth activity: graffiti, vandalism, drug/alcohol related offences, theft/burglary, and large/intimidating...
Alcohol and/or drug use, Hubs/situation tables, Property crime, Situational crime prevention, Social/economic disadvantage
Nurse Family Partnership (NFP)
Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) is a maternal and child health program that seeks to change the lives of low-income, first-time mothers and their children, as well as strengthen communities by helping...
Social development, Social/economic disadvantage
Alberta Conflict Transformation Society (ACTS) provides community conferencing for offenders and victims in a restorative justice process in order to assist the offender, victim(s), and community in...
Adult offenders, Victims of crime, Youth in contact with law enforcement (and/or at risk)
Aggressive/violent behaviours, Bullying/cyberbullying, Property crime, Recidivism
Sexual Violence Services
Sexual Violence Services agencies provide direct support for survivors of sexual violence throughout Saskatchewan. These service providers offer a variety of services to survivors based on community...
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2), Sex workers, Victims of crime
Sexual violence (non-domestic), Teen dating violence, Violence against women and girls
Siksika Family Violence Response Initiative (FVRI)
The Siksika Family Violence Response Initiative (FVRI) was established to address the high rates of domestic and family violence on Siksika Nation. Working in partnership with the RCMP Gleichen...
Strengthening Families Program (SFP) – Alberta
Strengthening Families is a pilot program in Calgary for couples experiencing both domestic violence and substance use issues. It is a specialized counselling program to address the complex...
Alcohol and/or drug use, Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment
Taking Shelter with Literacy (TSWL)
The Taking Shelter with Literacy project incorporated promising practice to increase literacy for women's shelters in Alberta in order to reduce re-victimization of families who have experienced...
Family (domestic) violence/child maltreatment, Violence against women and girls
The Hub - Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime (BPRC) Initiative
Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime (BPRC) is a cross-government approach that aims to reduce crime, victimization and create safer and healthier communities by addressing crime prevention...
Aboriginal/Indigenous, Neighbourhoods/communities
Hubs/situation tables, Social/economic disadvantage
The Hub - Centre of Responsibility (COR)
The Centre of Responsibility (COR) is an initiative which consists of representatives from the participating Ministries and Policing partners. The concept was an expansion of the Hub model, in which...
The Hub Model / Situation Table
The Hub Model (also known as the Community Mobilization Prince Albert approach and Situation Tables in other jurisdictions) consists of a multi-agency team focused on addressing specific situations...
Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan
Thunderwing Project
Thunderwing is a Community Mobilization Initiative that aims to increase community safety and improve individual and or family well-being in the North End of Winnipeg. The Thunderwing Hub (Hub) and...


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Why the Civil War
I am often asked why I am a student of the American Civil War or of American history in general. It starts with patriotism for me— simple love of country. Patriotism was a natural thing for me growing up and it was nurtured in my school and church, too. It was like the love a baby has for his or her parents. The baby may not be able to explain it, but he or she instinctively knows it's there and it exists and it is real.
In fifth-grade, I realized that I loved the subject of Social Studies. I liked matching dates to historical events, and more, I liked figuring out what occurrences led to those events happening just then. Why did they come about and what came next? I wanted to know why—that's what history attempts to answer.
The answers I found deepened my patriotism and instilled in me a conviction never to take our freedom for granted. Did I find a perfect, flawless country? Certainly not. I found a battered and bruised one, some because of its own doing. But the love and appreciation remained.
One easy explanation for my study of the Civil War is this: if you want to know why we should value our freedom in America, we should "ask" the very people who stood on the battlefield willing to die in order to save or expand it. Who better to learn from?
Ultimately, it was simple curiosity that led me to the Civil War. On a western television show I liked, a Civil War veteran mentioned his time in Andersonville. Upon hearing that, the main character of the show was clearly distressed and said, "Oh, my God, Andersonville?" That's all it took for me. My head filled with questions. What or where was Andersonville? What happened there that was so awful?
Turns out Andersonville was a prison camp during the Civil War, one known for terrible conditions and treatment for captured Union soldiers. I learned this because, first chance I got, I drove my teenage self to the nearest bookstore and bought the first book I found with Andersonville in the index. That book happened to be "Reflections on the Civil War" by Bruce Catton. It changed my life.
The book opens with Bruce's defense of the study of history:
"What we shall someday become will grow inexorably out of what today we are: and what we are now, in its turn, comes out of what earlier Americans were—out of what they did and thought and dreamed and hoped for, out of their trials and their aspirations, out of their shining victories and their dark and tragic defeats."
I went on a binge of reading books by Bruce Catton after the first one. In America Goes to War, which was first published in 1958, he wrote:
"For the Civil War is not a closed chapter in our dusty past. It is one of the great datum points in American History; a place from which we can properly measure the dimensions of almost everything that has happened to us since. With its lights and its shadows, its rights and its wrongs, its heroic highlights and its tragic overtones—it was not an ending but a beginning.
It was not something that we painfully worked our way to, but something from which we made a fresh start. It opened an era instead of closing one; and it left us, finally, not with something completed, but with a bit of unfinished business which is of very lively concern today and which will continue to be of lively concern after all of us have been gathered to our fathers. Forget the swords-and-roses aspect, the deep sentimental implications, the gloss of romance; here was something to be studied, to be prayed over, and at last to be lived up to."
So to answer the question posed at the beginning of this post: yeah, what he said. If you've never read Mr. Catton's words before, I highly recommend you pick up any of his books, but do start with America Goes to War and Reflections on the Civil War. They are easily digestible, compelling, and informative—and you just might fall in love as I did.
That's what it boils down to, ultimately. I study the Civil War because I fell in love—and stayed there. The four years of the war present us with a microcosm in which to dissect every aspect of Americanness, both past and future. War and times of high stress bring out the very best and the very worst of people—and it did then. The stories of the war provide abundant fodder from which to unearth the answers to 'why.' The Civil War does a great deal to answer what it means to be an American and the true meaning of freedom. And, as Mr. Catton says, it's a journey that never stops.
When I learned of Joseph Pierce, a Chinese soldier in the Civil War, I wanted to tell his story. I did first in a magazine format for a writing assignment and then it evolved into my novel. As a historian, writer, and patriot, the story was begging to be told. How could I pass up the opportunity to add to the annals of Civil War literature, shed light on a little-known fact of these soldiers to young people and adults alike, and contribute an answer to history's great questions about American freedom? I couldn't. I suppose it's my little contribution to the American history that I love so much. And I will never stop trying to understand why.
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Beyond the state
The Colonial Medical Service in British Africa
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A collection of essays about the Colonial Medical Service of Africa in which a group of distinguished colonial historians illustrate the diversity and active collaborations to be found in the untidy reality of government medical provision. The authors present important case studies in a series of essays covering former British colonial dependencies in Africa, including Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zanzibar. These studies reveal many new insights into the enactments of colonial policy and the ways in which colonial doctors negotiated the day-to-day reality during the height of Imperial rule in Africa. The book provides essential reading for scholars and students of colonial history, medical history and colonial administration.
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Introduction: looking beyond the state
Crossing the divide: medical missionaries and government service in Uganda, 1897–1940
The government medical service and British missions in colonial Malawi, c. 1891–1940: crucial collaboration, hidden conflicts
The maintenance of hegemony: the short history of Indian doctors in the Colonial Medical Service, British East Africa
The Colonial Medical Service and the struggle for control of the Zanzibar Maternity Association, 1918–47
Elder Dempster and the transport of lunatics in British West Africa
Social disease and social science: the intellectual influence of non-medical research on policy and practice in the Colonial Medical Service in Tanganyika and Uganda
Cooperation and competition: missions, the colonial state and constructing a health system in colonial Tanganyika
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Colonialism; Medicine; Colonial Service; Empire; Missionaries; Government
Series: Studies in Imperialism
Royal tourists, colonial subjects and the making of a British world, 1860–1911
Charles V. Reed
Royal Tourists, Colonial Subjects, and the Making of a British World, 1860-1911 examines the ritual space of nineteenth-century royal tours of empire and the diverse array of historical actors who participated in them. The book is a tale of royals who were ambivalent and bored partners in the project of empire; colonial administrators who used royal ceremonies to pursue a multiplicity of projects and interests or to imagine themselves as African chiefs or heirs to the Mughal emperors; local princes and chiefs who were bullied and bruised by the politics of the royal tour, even as some of them used the tour to symbolically appropriate or resist British cultural power; and settlers of European descent and people of colour in the empire who made claims on the rights and responsibilities of imperial citizenship and as co-owners of Britain's global empire. Royal Tourists, Colonial Subjects, and the Making of a British World suggests that the diverse responses to the royal tours of the nineteenth century demonstrate how a multi-centred British-imperial culture was forged in the empire and was constantly made and remade, appropriated and contested. In this context, subjects of empire provincialized the British Isles, centring the colonies in their political and cultural constructions of empire, Britishness, citizenship, and loyalty.
Civilising rural Ireland
The co-operative movement, development and the nation-state, 1889–1939
Patrick Doyle
Civilising Rural Ireland examines how modern Ireland emerged out of the social and economic transformation prompted by the rural co-operative movement. The movement emerged in response to systemic economic problems that arose throughout the nineteenth century and coincided with a wide-ranging project of cultural nationalism. Within a short space of time the co-operative movement established a swathe of creameries, agricultural societies and credit societies, leading to a radical reorganisation of rural Ireland and helping to create a distinctive Irish political economy. The work of overlooked co-operative experts is critically examined for the first time and reinserted into the process of state development. The interventions of these organisers, intellectuals and farmers built up key institutions that shaped everyday life across rural communities. The movement weathered war and revolution, to become an indispensable part of an Irish state infrastructure after independence in 1922. The strained relationship and economic rivalry that developed between Irish and British co-operators is also explored in order to illuminate the changing relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom from an economic perspective. Civilising Rural Ireland will appeal to a wide audience interested in modern Irish history and readers are introduced to an eclectic range of personalities who shared an interest in co-operation and whose actions possessed important consequences for the way Ireland developed. The creative use of local and national sources, many of which are examined for the first time, mean the book offers a new perspective on an important period in the making of modern Ireland.
Incest in Sweden, 1680–1940
A history of forbidden relations
Bonnie Clementsson
This study brings out the norms and culturally dependent values that formed the basis of the theoretical regulation and the practical handling of incest cases in Sweden 1680–1940, situating this development in a wider European context. It discusses a broad variety of general human subjects that are as important today as they were hundreds of years ago, such as love, death, family relations, religion, crimes, and punishments.
By analysing criminal-case material and applications for dispensation, as well as political and legislative sources, the incest phenomenon is explored from different perspectives over a long time period. It turns out that although the incest debate has been dominated by religious, moral, and later medical beliefs, ideas about love, age, and family hierarchies often influenced the assessment of individual incest cases. These unspoken values could be decisive – sometimes life-determining – for the outcome of various incest cases.
The book will interest scholars from several different fields of historical research, such as cultural history, the history of crime and of sexuality, family history, history of kinship, and historical marriage patterns. The long time period also broadens the number of potential readers. Since the subject concerns general human issues that are as current today as they were three centuries ago, the topic will also appeal to a non-academic audience.


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Tyler Adams joins RB Leipzig
The 19-year-old USMNT midfielder is headed to the Bundesliga.
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The New York Red Bulls announced today that United States Men's National Team and Red Bulls midfielder Tyler Adams will join German club RB Leipzig when the January transfer window opens. NYRB and RB Leipzig are part of a group of clubs owned by Red Bull GmbH. This group also includes FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bulls Brasil, and FC Liefering (an Austrian second division side).
Adams' move to Leipzig had been long rumored, as he has proven to be one of the best defensive midfielders in MLS. The 19-year-old Homegrown Player signed with New York Red Bulls II in 2015 and played two seasons with the team, helping it to win the 2016 USL Cup.
Since 2017, Adams has been a starter for the Red Bulls and played an integral role in the team's success. During his tenure, the Red Bulls won the 2018 MLS Supporters' Shield and made it to the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League semifinals. He was also named to the 2018 MLS All-Star Game.
Adams has appeared for the U.S. U-15, U-17, U-20, and senior national team. He was named to the U.S. sides for the 2015 U-17 World Cup and the 2017 U-20 World Cup. He has been a fixture in the starting XI for the USMNT since his debut in November 2017. Adams has earned 9 caps, 8 of which came this year, and contributed 1 goal and 1 assist. He has the potential to be a key player for the USMNT for many years to come.
At Leipzig, Adams will join former Red Bulls head coach and USMNT midfielder Jesse Marsch, who is an assistant coach. Leipzig currently sits 3rd in the Bundesliga table. Adams adds to the growing number of Americans in the Bundesliga, which includes Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, John Brooks, Fabian Johnson, Timothy Chandler, Haji Wright, Josh Sargent, Alfredo Morales, and many more youth players.
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AOC lowers expectations on Medicare for All, admitting Sanders 'can't wave a magic wand' to pass it
David Knowles
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February 14, 2020, 4:29 PM ·4 min read
U.S. Representative from New York
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that if Sen. Bernie Sanders were elected president, he still might not be able to get Medicare for All, his signature health plan, passed in Congress.
"A president can't wave a magic wand and pass any legislation they want," Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told HuffPost this week.
While Ocasio-Cortez rarely tempers expectations when championing ideas like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal to fight climate change she helped author, she went on to suggest that under a President Sanders, a "compromise" might emerge on health care, even though she still considers Sanders's bill the gold standard.
"The worst-case scenario? We compromise deeply and we end up getting a public option. Is that a nightmare? I don't think so," she said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a campaign stop for Sen. Bernie Sanders on Jan. 26 in Perry, Iowa. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
That dose of political realism was notable on an issue that has divided the Democratic primary. When Sen. Elizabeth Warren rose to the top of the Democratic field last fall, her rivals zeroed in on her inability to say whether a government-run health plan estimated to cost $30 trillion would result in higher taxes for the middle class.
After Warren laid out a modified proposal for her health care plan that she said would cost $20 trillion, former Vice President Joe Biden accused her of "making it up."
"Look, nobody thinks it's $20 trillion," Biden told PBS last year, adding, "I think it is going to be very difficult to even get a Democratic Congress to vote for that."
Warren's revised plan is similar to what Ocasio-Cortez proposed as a fallback goal of enacting a public option as a first step to full Medicare for All.
After Warren offered that concession, and as her standing in the race fell, she was supplanted by Sanders as the face of Medicare for All, and the target of critics who see it as unrealistic.
Sen. Bernie Sanders at a campaign event in Durham, N.C., on Friday. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
During January's Democratic presidential debate in Iowa, Sen. Amy Klobuchar also threw cold water on the likelihood of Sanders's plan becoming law.
"Over two-thirds of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate are not on the bill that [Sanders] and Sen. Warren are on," Klobuchar said. "You have numerous governors that are Democratic that don't support this."
Citing data showing that many Americans like their private health care plans, Pete Buttigieg has also offered an alternative to Medicare for All.
"I think the best approach is to make this Medicare option available to everybody, but not command everybody to adopt it, especially I'm thinking of folks like the culinary workers here in Nevada," Buttigieg said in an interview with the Nevada Independent. "There are a lot of labor union members who have negotiated very good health plans that are part of their compensation, and I don't think they want to be forced into a plan they don't know."
Buttigieg's plan, which he calls Medicare for All Who Want It, foresees a future in which a government-run health system outcompetes private insurance. In the meantime, however, it backs away from forcing Americans and Congress to choose between a new way of delivering care and the current model.
Ocasio-Cortez's comments this week were not lost on some of the Democrats who fought to get Obamacare passed into law.
The people who attacked Warren for her not taking the maximalist position on M4A owe her an apology.
Because apparently intermediary steps are now ok. https://t.co/EL0V5SdQTV
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) February 13, 2020
That left Sanders's most high-profile surrogate to try to clarify her views on how much moderation was too much on the subject of health care.
"FYI, I speak for myself as a member of Congress- if I were speaking on behalf of a campaign, I'd say so!" Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response to Tanden. "2nd I think there's a legitimate convo btwn starting with what you want & starting w/ compromise. I believe a public option is worse than M4A, so we should fight for M4A 1st."
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Former flash bastard Lloyd Banks back living with his mum
Former flash bastard Lloyd Banks has fell from grace as his business crumbles leaving the British nation confused as to whether to laugh at his demise or be concerned about the effects.
The London-based investor had previously held millions of people to ransom by using his incredible wealth as a tool to bully and manipulate those in need of financial support.
However, with his business failing, Lloyd has now been forced to trim his workforce and close several of his offices.
He has claimed the collapse is due to Brexit but those closest to him revealed his business was already floundering due to several poor investments and was being crippled by his own extravagant bonus payments.
Mr Banks was reportedly spotted cashing in all his gold at a pawn shop recently and has not been seen back in the betting shop since he borrowed £20 off one of his fellow punters to place a losing bet.
He is currently sleeping back in his old room at his mum and dads after he failed to make the rent on his plush city apartment following a spending spree by his 22-year-old girlfriend. She later broke up with him when she realised he could no longer keep her in the style she had become accustomed.
Mr Banks remained positive about the future, saying: "It's all ups and downs, I've still got access to millions of people's savings, and things can look so much better after a few spins of the Roulette wheel, c'mon red, c'mon red!
"And if that doesn't work… I can always rely on the government to bail me out with a few billion because I'm too big to fail. Bullet proof!"
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Sebastien Huber
Straight from the heart, bright and always intuitive, the music of Sebastien Huber is attracting an ever-growing audience. Often associated with film scores, his subtle universe is an invitation to inner travel, where one can feel space, deepness and freedom.
Sebastien Huber was born in Montreux, Switzerland, on May 20, 1982.
He lived with his family in a cottage, a world full of musical instruments such as organ, drums, sitar, harmonica, guitar and violin. Passionate about music, he would play together with his sister and brothers every week.
At the age of nine, he went to a holiday camp in Italy and became friends with a young German boy, Jonathan, who played piano and revealed to Sebastien the instrument that would change his destiny.
When he came back home, he asked for a chance to play on a piano, and the day he got the instrument, he composed a melody that evoked the oriental atmosphere of Egypt.
He studied at the Vevey Conservatoire where his teacher, Catherine Roulet, provided him with an education that welcomed creativity.
Then, at the Montreux Jazz Conservatoire, he took classes of harmonies, rhythms, and composition with Emannuel Fratianni.
Another enriching encounter was his stay in Brazil with pianist Imelda Ferreira, who introduced him to a new, colorful sensibility.
He also spent time with nomadic pianist Marc Vella, who developed a sensitive approach to improvisation based on empathy and listening.
For two years, he has been living in Budapest where he frequently meets with composer Viktor Magyarovari, with whom he shares passionate discussions about life and artistic creation.
Apart from performing in concert halls and festivals, Sebastien enjoys playing at hospitals in Switzerland, France and Austria. He considers that whereas most people are very lucky to easily be in contact with music every day, such is not the case for those who remain in hospital.
The feedback he gets from the medical staff is that his compositions produce an effect that calms and relaxes the patients, which lasts for a couple hours after the performance.
The music of Sebastien borders on the sublime, caresses the soul and radiates tenderness.


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Interview with Phil Cheney (MINIATURE CHESS)
MINIATURE CHESS played to rave reviews at the June 2021 NEW YORK Feedback Film Festival.
This film was inspired by a lot of my fears for humanity. Not of humanity, but for humanity. That coupled with a moment of finding the chessboard we used in the film. I found it in a drawer and had no idea where I'd gotten it from which made ideas start to flow. I also really wanted to work with the talented Nimo Gandhi and Tami Swartz, whom I used in my last short film. With all those elements the film formed in my head completely solid.
2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short?
We shot this film in a Brooklyn warehouse where I work over two days in February 2020. I remember very short and casual conversations about some new virus while we were shooting. Lockdown hit very soon after. During lockdown I was able to work remotely to finish the film and we had a final cut by July of 2020.
Broken Family
Our biggest obstacle was a time crunch while shooting due to our almost non-existent budget. This film was built completely on favors of wonderful friends and literally kissing shoes to borrow equipment. Having only a few thousand of pocket money to make it happen added stress but also I think every filmmaker wishes they had just one more day to shoot. That and the warehouse we shot in was freezing. I tried to go barefoot in solidarity with the actors but quickly gave up. They were provided space heaters and space blankets between takes so no need to talk to their union reps.
I loved watching the feedback. My greatest fear is of my films not being seen. Seems at that point they might as well not exist. A tree that falls in the woods for no one to hear. I was very impressed by the interpretations and the embracement of the surrogate family.
I've loved movies from a young age but never thought I could make them until high school when I saw the making-of documentary Full Tilt Boogie and saw how the gears of a film set work. I still think back on the inspiration I felt from that doc when I work as a gaffer or grip to pay the bills.
It's a tie between 'An American Werewolf In London' and Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Three Colors: Blue'
I love that we are living in a time where there are accessible tools for so many voices to make their films and then also have so many venues to show them.
Potatoes. All kinds of potatoes prepared in all the ways. Strand me on an uninhabited island for life, just give me all the potatoes.
I'm currently close to finishing a new short with Daniele Sarti, the same cinematographer as Miniature Chess which is a comedy about cannibals. I also co-wrote and co-directed a short film with the very talented Kate Espada. She's a great filmmaker and was indispensable when making Chess. It's being edited this very moment…I hope. Lastly, shot a music video with my friend Marcus Odom on 16mm for Nimo Gandhi's folk music. Hope to start editing that soon. Beyond that I'm writing shorts here and there; trying to decide which one to fall in love with and push for production.
Interview with Screenwriter/Actor Sophie Mitchell & Director Erin Whited-Ford (THE WILD WOMAN AND THE PAINTER)
Interview with Musician/Actor/Director Nicole Simone (ON A LIST)


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movienotes: footloose and flashdance
Posted by Anna Clutterbuck-Cook in media
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This weekend, Hanna and I had a 1980s dance (movie) party with friends A'Llyn, Nathan, and their 1-year-old sprog who — if his living room moves were any indication — is going to grow up to be the next generation's Ren McCormack. We watched Footloose (1984), which has stood up surprisingly well, and Flashdance (1983), which has very much not — although maybe I shouldn't talk since I never saw it in the actual 1980s and this was my first viewing. But those in the audience who had seen it as children confirmed that from an adult perspective it was even creepier than they remembered!
A few observations about first Footloose and then Flashdance. Spoilers below, fairly obviously, if you care.
Footloose I first saw at some point in my pre-adolescent period. The two things I remembered most vividly were John Lithgow's performance as the small-town pastor (whom child-me loved to hate) and the scene where Lori Singer, playing the preacher's daughter, climbs between her friend's car and her boyfriend's truck while they're driving down a two-lane highway. It's a scene meant to impress upon us that Ariel (Singer) is a thrill-seeking teenager, but mostly just terrifies me every time I have to watch it! Still, as I said above Footloose still has charm and, think time around, I was struck by a few things I hadn't noticed, or experienced differently, as a child.
John Lithgow's pastor, Rev. Moore is less fire-and-brimstone than he is sad as a character. In fact, we took to referring to him as "sad John Lithgow" every time he showed up in a scene. The film-makers couldn't seem to decide whether they wanted to make him a petty tyrant or a fearful father … and ended up trying to go for both with only middling success.
Kevin Bacon's Ren is, like, the most polite Big City Rebel ever. Seriously. He wears a suit and tie to school on his first day, and when he decides to enlist the high school seniors to defy the town prohibition against dancing he … wears the suit and tie to a town council meeting and reads a speech in defense of their case. He refuses to smoke pot, even when a local bad boy foists a joint on him, and chills with his little cousins.
Domestic and intimate partner violence get a look-in, although not much of a mention. On the one hand, we have John Lithgow's character smacking his daughter across the cheek for talking back to him (probably part of what cemented him in my childhood head as an Evil Character). On the other, we have Ariel's truck-driving boyfriend who beats her up when she breaks up with him. She takes a pipe out of the back of his truck and smashes his windshield and headlights. He gives her a bloody nose and a black eye. The situation is clearly being set up as the negative contrast to Ariel's eventual relationship with Ren, but it's also treated like a weird side-point that's never substantively addressed.
The teenagers get a surprising amount of support from the surrounding adults — for a town where supposedly dancing is Of The Evil. Ren's mother is fired from her job at one point because her son is causing trouble, and the relatives they're staying with get momentarily judgy. But, like, the mill owner Ren works for after school offers his building for the dance, and Mrs. Moore sticks up for her daughter and the other students at a couple of key points.
Reverand Moore draws the line a burning books from the library, which is sweet but also makes his prohibition against dancing as a sin nonsensical. He's set up at the beginning of the film as the Big Baddie, only to emerge toward the end as one of the primary advocates for the teens. It's disconcerting.
And Ren McCormack has more chemistry with his new BFF, Willard, than he ever has with Ariel. The scenes where Ren is teaching Willard to dance have more spark in them than any other scene in the film, frankly, and I'm started to find that there is no fan fiction fleshing this romance out on AO3. Fan writers, you've let me down!
So overall, Footloose is dated and cheesy — but aged surprisingly well.
The same can most decidedly not be said for Flashdance, which sadly starts out with the promising fact that its female lead, Jennifer Beals plays a welder named Alex Owens who — in addition to holding down a solid, skilled (and I'd bet unionized) working-class job — dreams of successfully applying to the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance. Even the fact that Alex moonlights as an "exotic dancer" (but OMG not a stripper!!) wouldn't on the face of it be enough to kill the film — this could have been one of your predictable "triumph over obstacles"-cum-marriage-plot movies, wherein the girl wins the guy and the chance to study ballet at the school of her dreams.
There's this small problem with the love interest being her boss at the building site where she's working. And, like, a major stalker with the world's creepiest vibe ever. Starting with the fact that he approaches her at work the day after having seen her dance at the dive bar where she works. So, you know, his interest in her as a person has this double creeptastic factor of "I've seen you dance practically naked and I thought that was hot, wanna date?" blended with, "I'm your boss and I've just disclosed to you, on the job where I'm supervising you, that I showed up to watch you dance practically naked and I thought that was hot and want to date you."
Ms. Owens (yay feminism!) tells him quite firmly no, she doesn't date the boss. So he follows her home from the site at night in his car, while she's riding her bike, and propositions her again. When she insists she doesn't date the boss he fires her so they can do on a date together the following night.
Although she blows him off, she apparently thinks better of it 'cause the following night they're on a date!
And on that "first date" there's this truly excitingly horrible you-can't-look-away-from-it scene wherein Alex takes Mr. Manager back to her (loft porn!) apartment for pizza and walks back into the living area in a black negligee and grey warm-up sweater (see DVD cover photo) and proceeds to take her bra off from under her sweatshirt. Our entire audience sort of couldn't believe it was happening. Not that slutting it up for your partner isn't fun sometimes, but this was a first date with a stalker boss and the whole thing felt way too close to a professional strip tease. (Needless to say, they proceed to have sex.)
Long story short, she continues to perform sexually for him (and I'm framing it like this deliberately — all of their private interludes are echoes of her on-stage performances) and lo and behold he has connections at the Conservatory. So he makes a few calls and she gets an audition!
Although Alex protests, nominally, over the wheeling and dealing, in the end she goes to the audition anyway and presumably wins a spot in the Conservatory. We never actually get to find out, since the closing shots are of her making out with her sugar daddy.
I think what was so frustratingly, jaw-droppingly bad about Flashdance was that with a few tweaks it could have been a charming, though obviously cliched, romantic comedy. Make the love interest someone other than her boss. Make him someone who didn't proposition her after seeing her perform. Make it clearer what dancing means to her, and dis-entangle the patronage from the romantic relationship. Could her boss at the construction site see her perform and, oh, incidentally, know someone who knows someone … without sex being used as such overt currency? So it was like two degrees away from being a movie that was meh but not actually cringe-inducing, and ended up just being bad. No cookies, people. No cookies.
Next time around, I think we're gonna go with Alien and Terminator.
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Hector_St_Clare said:
I haven't seen "Flashdance", obviously, but it's interesting that you react so strongly against it. Because there are a lot of us who wouldn't find most of what you say disturbing or 'cringe inducing'.
Patronage being tied up in romantic relationships (i.e. a woman rising in her social/economic status through a romantic relationship with a higher status partner) is a very, very common thing throughout history and even today. In fact, some of us would see it as deeply rooted in our biology: women generally want to date/marry higher status partners. Sex is, yes, a currency that women often use to achieve higher social status. I don't see anything unhealthy or unnatural about that: it's the most natural thing there is. I think a lot of men would love to be a sort of 'patron' to the girls they date, and help them achieve higher status than they would have otherwise.
I think ideally bosses and the people who report to them don't date, but I don't see anything especially problematic about dating an exotic dancer that you met at a club. I don't go to strip clubs personally, for moral reasons, but I have a friend who'se been to plenty and frequently dated strippers in the past. I think a lot of us have a fantasy of dating a stripper and 'rescuing' her from that career (which, again, goes back to the whole patronage thing).
So the short description you give sounds sweet and touching to me: it's interesting that our reactions were so different.
annajcook said:
You are certainly welcome to interpret the film differently than I do. I'm sure every person who watches a film sees it from a slightly different perspective.
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Sometimes, while sitting there waiting for my favour bar to fill, I often wonder how the devs would implement rivers and lakes into wurm.
Looking at wurm mechanics the basic components for fluid flow seem to be there (elevations etc), but any solution would be very server heavy.
But these have all been either limited or underthought in a mechanics sense.
What are people's thoughts on how fluids could be introduced to wurm in a more dynamic way? Has it been done really well elsewhere at all in a similar 2d environment? Is it possible without completely reformatting the way maps work?
one could take, let's say 30-50% of those springs , which are situated on a slope, add some kind of flow mechanic, the same thats maybe used for sand and dirt and let that flow lower every corner or tile it passes to create the base for the river, then when start and end point of flow are known(end point where usually sand or dirt stops sliding) one could use both points to "bridge" with a mesh inbetween which could have an animated texture on top of it. Add to that some form of algorithm that recognizes if terrain is being changed around the riverbed and change meshgeneration accordingly. It wouldn't need to update all the time, but instead it could be a half static system, where it only calculates for the first time and any additional changes cause by terraforming.
I don't think that it would need to have a volume, since we can't go underwater anyway, so it would be simply an overlay created on top of current terrain.
There was an "attempt" so to speak on the test server to add water to different elevations.
i remember these blocks of water on the old test server.
I'd love to have streams and lakes but...!
Reroutable rivers would probably also cause problems. One day you have a beautiful deed, the next day someone upstream changes the way the water flows and you look at a big marsh. I guess such a mechanic could rather easily be abused to grief people.
I don't really see a point outside people just liking rivers streams and lakes.
Lakes are already around, just enclosed bodies of water.
The only way to make rivers, streams, and lakes really useful in anyway is making the ocean undrinkable.


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Impairment is being investigated in a two-vehicle crash that occurred late Friday on Highway 99 East.
Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to the crash near milepost 43 in Marion County around 6:26 p.m.
According to the preliminary investigation, a 2002 Dodge minivan was rear-ended by a 2018 Nissan while making a left turn.
The minivan was pushed into a ditch onto its side and caught fire. The six passengers and driver escaped through broken windows before the vehicle became engulfed in flames.
The passengers of the minivan were not transported to the hospital and received minor injuries, according to Oregon State Police.
The driver of the Nissan was transported to the hospital where she was cited and released for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, Reckless Driving, and Driving while Suspended.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
Abby Luschei can be reached at aluschei@statesmanjournal.com or 503-399-6747. Follow her on Twitter @abbyluschei or facebook.com/luscheiabby.
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Zimbabwe news !!! The latest and breaking news from Zimbabwe !!: President Mugabe's daughter forced into marriage !!!!
President Robert Mugabe's only daughter, Bona, was allegedly rounded up to marry her new mysterious husband, Simba Chikore due to unperturbed pressure from her mother and the ZAOGA church, The Telescope News has learnt.
It is now coming to light, that First Lady, Grace Mugabe, railroaded the marriage ceremony following concerns that Mugabe's health and age, might result in him failing to see Bona tie the knot, therefore she wanted to fulfill her husbands wish.
We also have it on good account, that the newly weds are also under severe pressure to make their first baby, as it is also Mugabe and Grace dream to "hold and see their first grandchild" as a couple together and alive. Grace is already a grandmother, after her first born son Russell, to her first husband Stanely Gorereza recently became a father.
The baby boy from Russell and the mother called Gladys is called Taponeswa. Meanwhile, Stanley, is still posted outside the country in what many see as involuntary diplomatic service.
"Amai (Grace) is the one who really fasttracked the wedding," said a senior official at ZAOGA. "She wanted her daughter to wed before anything happens to Baba (Mugabe). Bona herself is understood to have opted to wait, a year or two to pursue her career, but Amai said it was not urgent and she needed to get married in early 2014. We also know that, she has revealed to Bona's mother-in-law, who is one of our reverends, to pray for their home to be blessed with a child as soon as they get married, 'nekuti tamirira muzukuru akakosha' (We are now awaiting for a special grandchild)."
Not everyone who courted Bona, has ended up being lucky like Chikore. The merciless Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents, have previously pounced on other young men who attempted to win her heart. One such grapevine example refusing to die out, is a theory about the son of a very popular Zimbabwean and African artist, whom the rumor mill maintains could have lost his life, by refusing to "back off" from Bona.
Intelligence briefings this week, are all but indicating that Bona's husband himself could potentially be an operative of Mugabe's feared spy agency, as it is almost impossible for an ordinary man to become so close to the first family, unless they have secret service links, our informants have said.
Chikore who has been reported to be a qualified pilot, has of late experienced tough media scrutiny, with some foreign media houses insisting that, he may not be a pilot after all. It had earlier on been on record that Chikore is a pilot, possibly for Emirates or Qatar Airways. However, reports from London say both airlines denied that Chikore is an employee there. Moreover, people in the aviation industry in southern Africa "have never heard of" Chikore.
Bona's wedding our sources pointed out that, is remniscent of Mugabe's own to Grace in 1992. Mugabe also leap-frogged his second marriage, which took place soon after the death of his first wife Sally. The country's former beloved first lady died from kidney failure.
Mugabe recently made shocking revelations in a frank interview with South African broadcaster Dally Tambo for his People of the South series, showing how he was under pressure to marry Grace and make love to her, because her mother also called Bona wanted to see her grandchild before death.
"After Sally was gone it was necessary for me to look for someone and, even as Sally was still going through her last few days, although it might have appeared to some as cruel, I said to myself well, it's not just myself needing children, my mother has all the time said, ah, am I going to die without seeing grandchildren,?" said Mugabe last year.
"So I decided to make love to her. She happened to be one of the nearest and she was a divorcee herself, and so it was. We got our first child when my mother was still alive."
Mugabe seems to love and favour Bona of all his children, and describes her as "very obedient" and "absolutely trustworthy".
Married woman cheats with a policeman !!!


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title: "Mastering Paper for iOS: the grid method"
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excerpt: "How to use the grid method with Paper for iOS to create accurate line drawings and improve your work."
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A question I receive often is "how do you create such accurate line drawings in your Paper portraits." The short answer is practice... about 1,460 hours of practice. The longer and more helpful answer is, there are several techniques I use to achieve life-like drawings --- one of which I'm going to share with you now.

## Why use the grid method?

If you've ever taken a basic drawing class there's a good chance you were introduced to the **grid method**. Teachers use it as a way to strengthen observation skills and help overcome left brain roadblocks beginners often fight against. It may not be the ideal tool to use with **Paper by FiftyThree**, but for those who struggle with drawing it can build a solid foundation for you creations.

## Drawing the grids

Drawing grids is boring and tedious work that can easily add a few hours to prep time. A fact that I experienced when I first made the jump to drawing realistic portraits with Paper by FiftyThree. I'm not trying to scare you off from using this method, just be prepared to invest time into creating straight and evenly spaced lines.

{% figure caption:"A T-square, a stylus, and a straight-edge walked into a bar..." %}
![tools for making grids](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-tools.jpg)
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To start you'll need a ruler and a stylus[^pencil] to measure and draw straight on the iPad's screen. Next you'll want to determine the size of your grid. If you plan to use the entire iPad's screen and cover the canvas, a grid in ½ or 1″ increments[^increments] works out well.

[^pencil]: I like to use [FiftyThree's Pencil](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JP12300/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00JP12300&linkCode=as2&tag=mademist-20&linkId=UNODSZKNUHXZJBE4) for drawing lines with a ruler. The rubber tip is thinner than some other styli and has the added benefit of palm rejection to avoid leaving stray marks on the canvas.

[^straightedge]: You could use a ruler as your straight-edge, but I find that something like a book is thicker and makes lining up the stylus easier. If you do use a ruler avoid the ones with a cork backing, it can interfere with multi-touch and make triggering *touches* with the stylus' tip difficult.

[^increments]: A full-size iPad's screen is a little over 7.5″ x 5.5″, so working in 1/2″ increments divides up nicely with room to spare if you want to label the grid in the margins.

Using a T-square can really speed up the grid making process, just be careful not to press too hard on the ruler so it touches the screen while you draw. Doing so can interfere with the iPad's touch sensors and you'll struggle to register a mark.

If you don't have a T-square you can use a ruler to help place a dot every inch (or whatever increment you deem appropriate). Next you'll want to slide the ruler down parallel to where you drew the first row off dots and make another set.

{% figure caption:"Two rows of dots should suffice, but if you want to go the extra mile make three." %}
![three rows of dots](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-dots.jpg)
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Switching to a straight-edge[^straightedge] you'll use the dots as guides to draw straight lines parallel to each other. Because iPad styli aren't that precise, it can take some practice placing a line where you want.

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[![drawing a line with Pencil and a T-square](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-t-square-600.jpg)](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-t-square-lg.jpg)
[![drawing a line with Pencil and a straight-edge](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-book-edge-600.jpg)](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-book-edge-lg.jpg)
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#### ProTip: straight-edge placement

Place your straight-edge directly on top of the reference dots, then slide it to the left or right ¼″ depending on what hand you are. This extra space gives the fat rubber tip of your stylus room to move and will hopefully fall exactly on the dots. If not move it some more until it does.
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Take your time drawing lines as accurate as and as light as possible, it'll make your life easier later --- trust me. Once you've drawn all the horizontal lines repeat the process for the vertical lines, intersecting them as you go.

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![finished grid](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-finished.jpg)
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With the hardest grid complete you'll do the same thing to your reference photograph. The size of the grids don't have to match, just make sure they are proportional and share the same amount of lines.

## Grid making shortcuts

In case you didn't know, Paper by 53 has the ability to duplicate pages. If you took your time drawing a perfect grid you can use it as a template of sorts and copy it each time you need it.

To duplicate a page, pinch it to zoom out to journal view, and then press and hold on the <i class="fa fa-plus-circle"></i> button until the **Duplicate** option appears.

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![duplicate a page screenshot](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-duplicate-page.jpg)
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You can cut the amount of time spent drawing grids on your reference photographs as well. You can use grid apps[^apps] found in the *App Store*, use something like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator to overlay a precise grid, or draw it once on a sheet of transparent [acetate](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002544NHA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002544NHA&linkCode=as2&tag=mademist-20&linkId=Y2BDW34WIVVBAZGF) to place on top of your photos without having to draw a grid each time.

[^apps]: [**Drawing Grid**](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drawing-grid/id500885379?mt=8) is a free iOS app that gets the job done if you can get past the awful and confusing UI. A couple others I found but didn't test where [**Artists Grid Tool**](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artists-grid-tool/id402430398?mt=8) and [**CopyIt**](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/copyit-grid-drawing-method/id377185812?mt=8).

{% figure caption:"Grid making apps available for iOS in the App Store." %}
![grid apps for iOS](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-apps.jpg)
{% endfigure %}

## Drawing with the grid

With the finished grids you're ready to begin creating your line drawing. Pick a box to start with and focus on drawing just the shapes and contour lines you see. Keep it light and use the pencil tool to mark the edges.

{% figure caption:"Using the **Drawing Grid** app to zoom in and view one box at a time." %}
![drawing with the grid](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-method-drawing.jpg)
{% endfigure %}

{% notice %}
#### ProTip: focus on one grid box at a time

If you're having trouble focusing, cover up any neighboring boxes with a sheet of paper to reveal just the box you're working on.
{% endnotice %}

You can certainly shade and paint each box as you go, but it's pretty hard to keep everything looking harmonious --- especially with the watercolor brush. Matching colors becomes really difficult as you bounce around the grid, so I suggest working in grays if you plan to use this method to create a finished drawing.

## Removing the grid

So here comes another drawback to the grid method. If you thought it was time intensive making the grids, wait till you try and remove them from around your drawing.

My preferred method of getting rid of the lines is by dabbing the eraser over them. *Remember, the quicker you tap, the smaller the dot.*

{% figure caption:"Dabbing the eraser to create a dotted line looks more organic and is less likely to leave *ghost line* residue." %}
[![erasing the grid](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-removing-lines-900.jpg)](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-removing-lines-lg.jpg)
{% endfigure %}

Depending on the complexity of your subject, using your finger to [Blend]({% post_url /mastering-paper/2013-11-20-pencil-first-look %}) away lines can produce nice results. It works best on lines that don't have a lot going on around them, just in case you smudge too much --- less you have to redraw later.

## Next steps

You'll most likely have to redraw a few lines depending on where the grids fell. Just use a matching color and lightly pencil in any lines you partially erased. For those areas that have *ghost lines* you can cover-up or lighten them using [hatch strokes]({% post_url /mastering-paper/2014-02-09-basics %}#painting-with-pencil) and an appropriately colored pencil.

{% figure caption:"Completed line drawing with touch-ups and shading applied." %}
![finished line drawing](/assets/images/paper-53-grid-finished-line-drawing.jpg)
{% endfigure %}

Using this outline you can proceed to draw, ink, or paint on top of it. In my [Drawing Skin and Faces guide]({% post_url /mastering-paper/2014-04-21-drawing-faces %}) I cover all the ways I use pencil and watercolor to achieve realistic results.

With practice you'll eventually find that you won't need the grid anymore and can rely on simple freehand sketches instead. Just take a look at my [PaperFaces drawings](/paperfaces/) from beginning to end if you want proof of what practice and determination can achieve.

{% figure caption:"Here's how the drawing turned out after I painted layers of watercolor and added details with the pencil tool." class:"gallery-3-col" %}
[![Work in process screenshot](/assets/images/paperfaces-makenna-s-process-3-600.jpg)](/assets/images/paperfaces-makenna-s-process-3-lg.jpg)
[![Work in process screenshot](/assets/images/paperfaces-makenna-s-process-4-600.jpg)](/assets/images/paperfaces-makenna-s-process-4-lg.jpg)
[![Work in process screenshot](/assets/images/paperfaces-makenna-s-600.jpg)](/assets/images/paperfaces-makenna-s.jpg)
{% endfigure %}

As always, hit me up on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/mmistakes) or in the comments below if you have a question or need further clarification.

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bap. 23 Oct. 1666, 1st s. of Anthony Wills of St. Gorran, Cornw. by his w. Jenofer. unm. K.B. 17 June 1725.
Ensign, Col. Thomas Erle's regt. of Ft. 1689; capt. 19 Ft. 1691; maj. Col. Thos. Saunderson's regt. of Ft. 1694, lt.-col. 1697, half-pay 1698; lt.-col. 36 Ft. 1701; adjt.-gen. to Earl of Peterborough in Spain 1705; col. 30 Ft. 1705-16; brig.-gen. 1707; maj.-gen. 1709; lt.-gen. 1715; col. 3 Ft. 1716-26, 1 Ft. Gds. 1726-d.; gen. 1730; gen. comdg. the Ft. 1739.
Gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed 1715, Portsmouth 1718; lt.-gen. of the Ordnance 1718-d.; P.C. 9 May 1719.
Wills, who in 1722 was said to have been a follower of Lord Cadogan's,3 voted consistently with the Administration. In September 1726 it was reported that he was about to become a peer and in September 1739 he seems to have expected to be made a field marshal, but neither promotion was in fact conferred,4 perhaps owing to 'the remarkable passages which happened at the review of the footguards' in July 1737, when the King told 'Gen. Wills that he lied, who thereupon turned his horse about and rode off the field'.5 He died 25 Dec. 1741 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
1. C. Dalton. Geo. I's Army, i. 59-70.
2. The Totnes Address Versified. To which is annex'd the Orig. Address (7th ed. 1727), p. 10.
3. HMC Portland, vii. 329.
4. Pol. State, xxxii. 300; Dalton, i. 69.


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Raptors Forward (and Sneakerhead) DeMarre Carroll Saying Adios to Atlanta Home
DeMarre Carroll (2015 Getty Images)
That's...a lot of sneakers.
One kitchen island? That's for suckers. Two is the way to go.
After signing a four-year, $60 million deal with the Toronto Raptors in July, former Hawks star DeMarre Carroll is selling his Atlanta house for $1.27 million
During his two-season stay in Atlanta, this seven-bedroom house was a sweet spot for the 6-foot-8 forward to wind down. It measures 9,543 square feet and has a huge kitchen with two granite-topped islands and two dishwashers.
The two-story house features coffered ceilings, some of which are adorned with hanging light fixtures; hardwood floors; and plenty of custom cabinetry. The wood-paneled office is pretty boss, too.
Speaking of business, Carroll stands to make a profit on this home. Property records show he bought it in 2013 for $947,500.
Built in 2007, it comes with standard pro athlete features, including a game room, theater, full bar, and pool. And then there's this gigantic closet, which clearly proves the 29-year-old has a shoe addiction.
Carroll began his NBA career with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2009. After bouncing around the league a bit, he showcased his talents in last season's playoff run for the Hawks. Was it the shoes? Perhaps.