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Interview with Mel Northover
Mel is an artist, designer and creative director at Northover&Brown, a multidisciplinary design company specialising in exhibition design, graphic design and animation. She has a wide range of teaching experience leading creative workshops and lecturing for various arts institutes and museums but her greatest passions are drawing and the natural world, which she combines in her personal work.
We were delighted to get a chance to chat with Mel about her creative journey and the role of drawing in her life and practice...
Interview: Matilda Barratt in conversation with Mel Northover.
Let's start by talking a bit about your background - how did you come to do what you do today? What routes has your career taken?
I'm sure it's not unusual to hear a creative say their career has taken many twists and turns! I think when you're creative at heart and extremely curious about the world you're always looking for ways to express that inner voice although I didn't realise this when I started out. When I graduated in the mid 1990's with a first class degree in visual communication design, I set out with a desire to pursue scientific illustration which I adored as it combined my love of biology and medicine with drawing and painting but whilst highly skilled (we were trained in observational drawing, watercolour and stippling techniques) it didn't offer a release for the more playful and imaginative side to my personality!
After a few years of successfully freelancing for science and natural history publishers in London and then working as a designer at St Bart's medical illustration department I started to get itchy feet. I had the opportunity to work for a packaging design studio and this really allowed me a few years to hone both my design and illustration skills. I loved generating ideas around children's gifts and produced a huge amount of conceptual drawings and illustrated work. I began to wonder whether a change in direction could satisfy my growing interest in the storytelling tradition of drawn animation and film making so I made the decision in 2003 to study character animation at Central St Martin's at the University of the Arts London.
I really felt at that point that I was in my natural environment, drawing every day, producing traditional animation under expert tuition and developing a love for character portrayal. I worked my socks off, graduated with a distinction, and freelanced again for several years as a character animator initially working in broadcast & children's TV. I loved every minute and spent several years running family animation and drawing workshops and giving film talks for the Barbican's creative learning team. I have wonderful memories of working at the Big Draw's Amazing Space at Somerset House in 2006 - yay! In 2011 I had just finished animating four films for Simon's Cat, my partner Alison was working as an exhibition designer and it struck me that we could combine all our interests and skillsets and incorporate animated content as a perfect medium for really engaging audiences in an appealing way. This is how Northover&Brown was formed.
[Image: Instagram Mim and Kevin @allinmelshead]
Was there a defining moment when you knew you wanted to be a designer, or have you always had the creative itch?
There's that itch again! I can't say there was a defining moment as such but there has been a lifetime of itching! I think 'designer' is a term that can encompass many disciplines where communicating ideas is foremost and I do get a little frustrated that there is sometimes a perception that an artist cannot be a designer and vise versa. I see myself as both. I recall attending a programme of amazingly inspiring D&AD lectures in my 30's, one in particular with Bob Gill, that made me feel I had only just begun exploring who I was creatively. Looking back it feels like a series of natural transitions, influences, opportunities and risk taking that led me down my path.
You are the Creative Director of a versatile design company, Northover&Brown. Could you tell us a bit about this?
Northover&Brown are a multidisciplinary studio which I run with Alison Brown producing exhibition and graphic design, illustration, animation and photography for a variety of clients and we combine these disciplines when designing exhibitions and audio visual installations for the museum and heritage sector. We've had the privilege of working with amazing artists, theatre designers and architects and in incredible spaces. The expertise of curators has opened our eyes to a remarkable variety of subject matter, from particle physics to Neolithic feasting and we've been extremely fortunate to have created work for some of the UK's most popular visitor attractions such as Stonehenge and the Tower of London.
[Image: Walt for the National Maritime Museum]
What are your views on the importance of drawing? Does it play an important role both in and outside of your working life?
It's vital! I can't imagine a day that goes by when I don't draw. I'm often overwhelmed by the feeling of needing to draw, as if it is important to my survival! That may sound a little extreme but the compulsion to draw can be very powerful! I think the physical act of drawing whether digitally or on paper can be so visceral, it really connects you directly to your thoughts and ideas. It's also inherently human to be able to communicate through mark-making. When I draw it can be anything from conveying ideas to a client, figuring out ideas in three dimensions, drawing intuitively for the art I make or creating characters and releasing the daft ideas that run around my mind that I find amusing. I'm also known for drawing faces on everything…it's a bad habit, bananas should never be grinning back at you from the fruit bowl!
What are your favourite and least favourite things to draw?
That's a tricky question because I like to think that I enjoy drawing anything. I love conjuring up imaginative worlds! I grew up in a house full of laughter on a diet of Beano comics, Tom & Jerry, alternative comedy and an appreciation for improvisation. I have a very fertile imagination and there's always a lot going on in my head. Drawing is certainly an outlet. I absolutely love life drawing and don't do it nearly enough. It's so challenging but I find it's one of the only times when I truly lose myself to the process of observing and recording. It's almost a meditative act for me, and a wonderful discipline to practice. I'm fascinated by character and often draw people that I find interesting, I recently found myself sitting in the car drawing the supermarket queue. If you look back at the drawings you can see how much I've enjoyed capturing the gestures, quirks and expressions at the expense of any leg detail although I'm not sure if legs count as a least favourite as I quite like anatomy of knees!
[Image: Personal work - Arboreal Connections]
And what do you do when you're not creating?
When I'm not working I'm walking! I'm a great outdoor enthusiast and hike all year round. I'll often head off to wild camp on top of a mountain or spend a weekend photographing wildlife. I'm a keen naturalist and spend a great deal of time observing and recording the natural world. I'm fascinated by everything and since I can remember have always immersed myself in nature! When I can't get to the mountains, my favourite habitat is amongst the trees in a broadleaf forest, it's where I feel most at home, regardless of the weather. During the first lockdown it became the inspiration for a series of drawn works I made around the idea that everything is connected. I'm extremely interested in woodland ecology and the importance of biodiversity in our wild spaces and have a particular fascination with mycorrhizal fungal networks! They form the basis of the food chains that sustain nearly all life on land and are truly amazing! Their role in the communication between trees is fascinating and only recently beginning to be understood. I think their importance has received growing attention this year as people have turned to nature to help alleviate the stresses and anxieties that Covid-19 has brought.
And how have you been coping with these past months of lockdown and restrictions?
The work pressures and travel restrictions and anxieties that the pandemic has brought have definitely been a challenge. Although we live in south London we're close to a nature reserve which has been such a tonic when travelling further afield hasn't always been possible. It's also been an extremely creative time personally as I've been able to develop my own artistic work, probably best described as digital collage inspired by the natural world that combines photography and drawing to convey ideas around the environmental connections that sustain us. I've also enjoyed sharing new character ideas and stories with simple emotional resonance on social media, it's been lovely to engage with a new audience on Instagram and feel like I've helped bring a little light relief to others.
[Image: Personal work - Arboreal Connections 06]
Our Big Draw Festival theme this year explores humans' relationship with our living environments and ecosystems, encouraging drawing as a means of positive activism. Why do you think that art and design are so good at engaging people in important and often difficult topics?
There's great power in that two-way conversation between artist and audience. When we're moved by a work of art an emotional, often physical connection is made, and whilst we may all react differently, encountering great art is a shared experience that not only challenges our perceptions but can bring people together from all walks of life and from across all kinds of cultural differences. Drawing is a potent tool in these conversations and good art and design can help us understand different points of view and ultimately help us look at the challenges we face in new or unexpected ways. The increased dialogue around our relationship with the natural world will I'm sure remain the focus for artists for the foreseeable future - and rightly so.
What do you find most rewarding, as well as most challenging, about your work as a designer?
It can sometimes be difficult if asked to drop certain elements from a large design project, you invest a little of yourself when these ideas are born and developed so letting go can be a real challenge for me! When ideas don't come easily, being up against a tight deadline can be a nightmare of course, but to see an idea on paper become reality with very little deviation from what you had hoped it could be on the other hand is always hugely rewarding. To work closely with a team who are putting trust in you to deliver your creative vision is also extremely rewarding and seeing the public engage with your work in a positive way is extremely humbling.
[Image: Banquetting House building wrap for Historic Royal Palaces]
What would your advice be to those interested in design? What sort of challenges or opportunities await the industry's future generation of creatives?
The pandemic has had a catastrophic impact on the arts and although the future of some museums and heritage spaces is uncertain there will undoubtedly be a continued effort to help bring our amazing collections and heritage to the public in innovative ways and perhaps it's an opportunity to build stronger bonds with the communities in which they sit. Many, if not most, are already successfully using digital platforms to engage and connect with their audiences and as visitors begin to return there will be so much potential for technology to help designers create innovative user experiences.
In terms of young creatives starting out I think the shift to home working has opened up further opportunities for making and sharing creative content online and there's already a host of thriving communities of artists and designers connecting through social media and supporting each other at a more local level outside the major cities. I still think arts education needs greater support, the idea that time spent drawing or painting should stop at a certain age in favour of academic pursuits is outdated but in some places persists. Science has proved that drawing not only enhances mood and concentration but it improves coordination, memory recall and critical thinking skills which all enrich learning. I think these ideas are slowly being embraced, there is already an explosion of creativity out there and as we move forward post covid this can only help the industry.
The best advice I can give to someone starting out is to try and foster curiosity about everything! To be an effective communicator you might need to think outside the box. Take an interest, record what captures your imagination and ideas that excite you. Who do you admire in the industry, who does it well? Whether your work needs to stand out from the competition or treat the subject matter with great sensitivity you'll need to be able to generate ideas so chew the problem over, turn it upside down, try and approach it from different angles. If the ideas don't come, go for a walk, take a break (I'll go and sit in another room with the iPad and draw the monster that lives under my bed) then come back to it. Relevant and original solutions come from really interrogating the problem you're trying to solve so give yourself the time to explore it. And draw! Don't commit to launching Creative Cloud until you've scribbled down all your thoughts and ideas, nothing should be off limits. Draw the monster that lives under your kitchen sink (I'm pretty sure it can't just be me that has them in every room). Thinking will always outweigh sitting in front of a computer screen trying to make things look good or on trend, ideas will soon come if you give them a chance.
Thank you Mel!
Follow Mel on Instagram to keep up with all of her latest creations: @allinmelshead
To find out more about Northover&Brown, head to their website here, or follow them on Instagram here.
Registrations are open for The Big Draw Festival 2020: A Climate of Change! Find out more about the benefits of becoming an organiser here and other ways to support The Big Draw's mission here.
Y2 Save the Tiger
Malcolm Sargent Primary School
Doormouse - Julie Forster
Drawn In Keynsham
Drawing without looking at the paper. Fish
Springwell Learning Community
Taking a line for a walk in the playground
St George's CE Worcester
Salvatore Rubbino at Park Primary Newham
busy table
St Edmunds Nursery School and Childrens Centre
Can't Draw Club gets Drawn to Life 10/10/19 The Alabaster Jar
one of the hundreds painting on the streets
Pintar Rapido
Artist Workshop led by Kaitlyn Ferguson and Annie Brunditt at the SCVA. Students responding to the the theme 'Play' drawing 'Beasts' by Lynn Chadwick
Do cats in space dream of electric fish?
Boyden Gallery, SMCM
Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College of Maryland
The creative juices were flowing with drawing, painting, stencilling and spray painting!
Oodles of drawing fun by staff
Drawing a picnic.
Eat your greens! Or paint with them! At Shrewsbury School
Look what we have drawn


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A film concerning the partition of India is based on a conspiracy theory
Fake history – why an otherwise excellent movie disappoints
18/09/2017 – by Hans Dembowski
Gurinder Chadha's film the "Viceroy's house" deals with the negotiations that led to the partition of India. Most of the movie is historically accurate. It gives a good account of the atrocious ethnic cleansing that was going on in some parts of the country. In one important aspect, however, the plot relies on a less than well-documented conspiracy theory. The film could have been a highly entertaining history lesson. It isn't.
Gurinder Chadha is a British film director. Her most famous work so far is "Bend it like Beckham", which told the story of two football-playing girls in a London suburb, where a large share of the South Asian population lives. Chadha's parents migrated to Britain from India.
The "Viceroy's house" is a costume drama. It seems to be a mixture of a fictional love story and a historical documentary. It does a good job of showing that the birth of independent India – and Pakistan – were soiled by a traumatic bloodbath. Hindus and Muslims turned against one another, millions had to flee from their homes, and an estimated 1 million to 2 million people were killed.
The film has one serious flaw, however. It claims that, as early as 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill promised Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's independence leader, to split India into a Hindu and a Muslim country and then grant both countries independence after World War II. The driving idea is that Churchill wanted to make sure that the Soviet Union would not have access to Karachi, the major port city, so he wanted Pakistan to become a separate state, fearing that the Congress party, which wanted a united India to become independent. The Congress had socialist leanings.
This idea is interesting. However, it is "fake history", as Ian Jack, the Guardian's former South-Asia correspondent, argues. Jack points out that historians generally do not endorse this conspiracy theory. It was spelled out a decade ago in a book by Narendra Singh Sarila, a former aide to Louis Mountbatten. The book whitewashes Mountbatten of responsibility for the partition massacres and blames Churchill instead. According to Singh Sarila, these insights resulted from recently found secret documents.
Roderick Matthews, a British historian, offers a detailed refutation of this conspiracy theory in Open, an Indian weekly magazine. Among other things, he points out that the British military did not believe in 1947 that Pakistan could become a viable state. It was considered too poor, and it had to build all institutions from scratch, so it seemed unprepared to defend itself against a Soviet invasions. Moreover, India agreed to join the Commonwealth which meant the country would cooperate with the United Kingdom on military matters.
Film director Chada, however, found the conspiracy convincing and useful for her dramatic purposes. In her screenplay, Mountbatten is an unwitting agent of sinister forces. She counters criticism by pointing to "documents in the British Library".
This approach is not convincing, however. Yes, it is plausible that the Churchill government did draft scenarios concerning Indian independence. After all, it had become obvious during World War II that Britain would not be able to keep control of the colony. However, Churchill lost the general elections of 1945. Conducting the independence negotiations, Mountbatten was not serving him at all. He was serving Prime Minister Clement Attlee, who belonged to the Labour Party. Attlee was a socialist and wanted to build a new world order. He was ideologically close to Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, who had studied in Cambridge was strongly influenced by the Fabian strand of British socialism. There is no reason to believe that the Atlee government would have carried out Churchill's policies in order to weaken Nehru.
It is true that the British empire relied on divide-and-rule policies, but of course the idea was to keep control of the colonies, not to partition them once British rule became untenable. By 1947, India's colonial government was no longer in control of the country. It is bizarre to claim that its long-term intention had been to instigate riots it would no longer be able to stop in order to thwart the Soviet Union's access to the Arabian Sea.
It must also be said that it is a counter factual claim to say that everything would have been fine had only the exhausted British imperial power not agreed to a two-country solution in the end. The truth is that communal violence, as South-Asians call clashes between religious communities, were already rocking parts of the country before the final decision was taken. Indeed, those riots were one reason why all parties, including Nehru's Congress, agreed on partition. It is one thing to point out that Britain's divide-and-rule policies were destructive, and quite another, to say that they were still serving Churchill's intentions when Britain was obviously losing control.
Chada's movie is entertaining, but it does not serve its educational purpose well.
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Taking stock of pandemic impacts
US president praises an extrajudicial killing
Kleptocracy and authoritarianism
Painting the big picture
The anti-Semitism of Trump and Netanyahu
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Why religion can be abused for identity politics, but may also help to achieve SDGs
Bangladesh's recent elections were neither free nor fair

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It's a busy week for labor activists; here's a look ahead at some of the highlights of the labor calendar over the next few days. Complete details are on our website. Note that in most cases mass transit is highly recommended due to extensive road closures and traffic. Email us at [email protected] with updates or questions.
NOTE: The Metro Council and Community Services Agency's offices will be closed Thursday and Friday due to being in the Inaugural Red Zone, but professional staff will be responding to calls and emails.
Local clergy will join airport workers at a 'Pray-In' for $15/hr this morning at 8:30a at National Airport, urging the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority to raise wages for baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants who earn as little as $6.15 per hour.
Supporters of increasing the minimum wage in Montgomery County will hold a press conference at 10a in front of the County Executive Office Building to urge County Executive Ike Leggett to sign the bill, which was passed by the County Council yesterday.
Chris Garlock and Ed Smith discuss demonstrator's free speech and civil rights on "YourRights At Work" on WPFW 89.3FM from 1-2p.
DC teachers will Rally to Defend Public Education for All from3 to 5pm at the Beers Elementary School in Southeast; giving teachers, parents, students and community allies a chance to demonstrate against the president-elect's agenda to dismantle public education.
There are a number of direct actions planned to blockade security checkpoints at the inauguration; a labor contingent will lead one focusing on Trump's war on workers, at a checkpoint to be determined. This is a direct action and is not legally permitted, so exercise your First Amendment rights and be careful out there.
At noon there's a DisruptJ20 march against Trump, starting at Columbus Circle in front of Union Station and continuing to McPherson Square; this march is fully legally permitted, labor folks are meeting on the east side of the Circle.
Women's March on Washington. The labor assembly point is at Garfield Park, at the intersection of 3rd and G Streets Southeast, starting at 8:30am.
Saturday afternoon Public Citizen is hosting a Teach-In after the march, from 1:30 to 8:30pm, focusing on the critical grassroots campaigns for the coming year.
Again, complete details on all of these events are on our website.
photo: Stagehands at work; members of IATSE Local 22, the DC stagehands' union, building the stage at the Lincoln Memorial for the "Welcome Celebration." Photo by Cathy Sonneborn, IATSE 22 Call Steward.


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I'II Expose Bullies In Nollywood -Halima Abubakar
Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar has vowed to expose bullies in the Nigerian movie industry as she demanded justice for 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni.
Abubakar made the threat last Tuesday on her Instagram page.
She noted that those alleged to have bullied Sylvester must be punished. The actress however added that there are also bullies in Nollywood.
"The perpetrators should be brought out and justice served. So Sylvester can have closure and finally Rest In Peace," the actress wrote.
"Bullying is actually rampant. They keep covering it up. Am a boarder and I know how schools cover crimes in boarding schools. #justiceforsylvester
"Bullying is actually rampant. They keep covering it up. Am a border and I know how schools cover crimes in boarding schools. #justiceforsylvester #saynotobullying.
"They are right if you report, you snitched. Beating, molestation, punishments from seniors or even your own mate.
"Kindly stop and talk to your kids. Many more are hidden. Look even in Nollywood we have bullies and I will name them all.
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Monarch Calls For Peaceful Yuletide Celebration, As Community Buries Traditional Ruler
The Paramount ruler of Emohua kingdom in Rivers State, Ohna (Sir) Sergent Awuse, has called for peaceful celebrations of christmas and new year, as he enjoined the youths to be law abiding and shun violence during the festive period.
The first class traditional ruler made the call last Saturday, while preforming the Ohna Emohua burial rights in respect of late Ohna (Hon) Emmanuel A. Obinna at Mgbuitanwo in Emohua community, amidst jubilation for a life well lived.
Ohna Awuse, the Olo IV, Nneweli Emohua XIII urged the people of the community to always uphold and showcase the age long culture and tradition of Emohua Clan. He stressed that their culture is their identity and way of life and a community without culture and tradition is like a sheep without Shepherd.
The monarch noted that late Ohna Emmanuel Obinna would be remembered for his role in promoting the ancient culture and tradition of Emohua. He stated that his demise had left a big vaccum in Emohua kingdom, but the legacies he left behind would live after him.
In his vote of thanks, his successor and acting head of Mgbu Owhor community in Emohua, Chief V.C. Obinna, thanked the Ohna supreme council for the honour they gave to their departed colleague by giving him a befeating burial in line with the culture and tradition of Ohna Emohua, the highest traditional institution in Emohua kingdom. Which the late traditional ruler championed in his life time on earth.
Chief V.C Obinna maintained that apart from being a foremost traditionalist, he was also a devout Christian who contributed immensely to the growth of the Christian faith in Emohua community and beyond.
Also speaking at the well attended event, the chief mourner, Dr Weli Obinna reiterated that his late father lived an upright life, those he left behind would take solace in God because their father and mentor lived a fulfilled life he came, he saw and he conquered to the glory of God and left the scene at the ripe age of 92.
By: Jacob Obinna
Rivers Set For Yuletide Celebration Despite Odds
As this year's Christmas and New year celebrations beckon, The Tide investigations have revealed that most of the residents of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital and its environs are not enthusiastic about the Christmas and new year celebrations. Most of the people interviewed expressed the feelings of solemn and gloomy festive period due to the prevailing economic hardship in the country.
One of the respondents, Mr. Solomon Duru, a civil servant resident at the D-Line axis of the city, complained of the rising cost of staple foods in the market, such as rice, beans, tomato, yam etc. which were sold at exubitant prices and had made it extremely difficult to provide two square meals for his family of five, "It is life first before celebration," he said.
Another respondent who sells garri at Mile One Market, Diobu , Port Harcourt, Madam Dorathy Duke maintained that garri which used to be the poor man's food has become the rich man's food. According to her, a basin of garri that was sold for #3000.00 is now sold for between #7000.00 and #8000.00, while five cups of garri that used to be sold for #200.00 now cost #500.00.
"Even at the prevailing price today, garri has become a scarce commodity even when you succeed in getting it, there are no buyers , there is trouble in the country, Nigeria has now become Ghana of those days when they ran to Nigeria to take refuge due to their poor economy , but today the reverse is the case, may God help us", she said.
A transporter in Abali Park, Mile1, Mr. Sunday Udo, lamented the lack of patronage due to the hike in transport fares as a result of the unprecendented rise in petrol and other petrolum products. He stressed that even vulcanizers and mechanics are in trouble as patronage from car owners decrease every day due to poor economy.
It was the same woefull story when The Tide visited a supermarket attendant along Aba/ Port Harcourt Express Road who pleaded anonymity. He disclosed that it was no longer business as usuall as most of their customers had disappeared due to the increase in the price of goods. "We record poor sales daily to the extent that the management has decided to reduce the workforce, my brother, it is double wahala for dead body" according to Fela", he said.
However, a mass communication student of the Rivers State University Port Harcourt, Mr. Abel Dike, noted that Nigerians were used to suffering and smiling, so this year's Christmas and New Year celebrations would come and go, this year would not be different despite the sufferings. People would still enjoy themselves even with their last kobo.
"People will still go to catch fun with their loved ones at their favourite relaxation joints, hangouts, cinemas, amusement parks and night clubs. Residential houses, churches and public places will also wear new looks with Christmas trees, lights and other decorations, even communities are ready to mark their annual carnivals, beach parties, cultural and masquerade dances as well as wrestling competitions and other social activities to mark the festive period, so I believe all is not lost despite the bad economy," he said.
Meanwhile, Pastor Silas Wosa of St. Pauls Anglican Church Diobu noted that Christian faithfulls all over the world would celebrate the Christmas. "Christmas is the biggest celebration and holiday every year, because it celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Son of God who came to the world to redeem mankind" he stressed.
2022 Christmas: Festival Galore In Port Harcourt, Bayelsa
As the 2022 Christmas season draws closer, events have continued to fly in the air, festivities have become the centre of attraction in the Garden City of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The common fact that the hike in the prices of goods and food stuff are now triple the usual costs in the market is yet to put a halt on turns of event going on, in and around the state to celebrate the Christmas season
However, Shabach Dance Academy, Port Harcourt held her All White Carol, Awards and Dinner event on Wednesday, which also, witnessed the presence of Itohan Agbator, Nigerian Idol Top 5 Finalist and Founder of Itohan Teens Talent Initiative as a Special Guest at the occasion, where she sang Oh Holy Night to give the occasion that flavour of Christmas.
She congratulated the award winners and encouraged all the dancers to keep working hard in following their dreams for future feats.
Meanwhile,the Organiser of the event, Mr Oliver Emmanuel, thanked all Shabach Dance Members and parents for gracing the event. He also appreciated Itohan (Baby Dragon) for gracing the event and showing support to young talents always.
Also, today, in Bayelsa State, the Government House will be entertained with the performance of the Garden City Choir for her Carol event tagged Bayelsa State Christmas Carol of Nine Lessons.
The Director, Garden City Choir, Isaac Iwuoha, who is also the Assistant Choir Master, St. Cyprian Anglican Church, Port Harcourt disclosed this to The Tide Entertainment, yesterday.
He explained that logistics have already been put in place for his group to perform at the event.
Meanwhile, organiser of the Abuloma Beach Party at Sand City, Abuloma, Iweriso Godbless, has confirmed that the second edition of the fiesta will hold on Monday.
According to him, the event which was a one-day event last year, would now hold for two days, on 26th and 27th December respectively, as it promises to feature Artistes such as M. I.C, Gbenga Owolo, Splendid and up coming artiste, Teekay to perform at the beach party.
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Q: Rails 3. How to remove duplicate associated records from query result? I have @invoices, which contains all invoices related to a particular scheduled course.
scheduled_course has_many :invoices, through => :enrollments
invoices belongs_to :scheduled_courses

@scheduled_course = ScheduledCourse.find(params[:id])
@invoices = @scheduled_course.invoices

Now, some invoices might be duplicated. For example, @invoices - @scheduled_course.invoices might output...
=> [#<Invoice id: 85, company_id: 106, invoice_number: "2870", issued_on: "2012-03-27", status: "pagado", notes: "", created_at: "2012-05-02 15:28:13", updated_at: "2012-05-02 15:50:50", exchange_rate: #<BigDecimal:c2bcc9c,'0.12E2',4(8)>, student_id: nil, due_date: "2012-04-02">,
#<Invoice id: 85, company_id: 106, invoice_number: "2870", issued_on: "2012-03-27", status: "pagado", notes: "", created_at: "2012-05-02 15:28:13", updated_at: "2012-05-02 15:50:50", exchange_rate: #<BigDecimal:c2b828c,'0.12E2',4(8)>, student_id: nil, due_date: "2012-04-02">,
#<Invoice id: 85, company_id: 106, invoice_number: "2870", issued_on: "2012-03-27", status: "pagado", notes: "", created_at: "2012-05-02 15:28:13", updated_at: "2012-05-02 15:50:50", exchange_rate: #<BigDecimal:c2b7e54,'0.12E2',4(8)>, student_id: nil, due_date: "2012-04-02">,
#<Invoice id: 85, company_id: 106, invoice_number: "2870", issued_on: "2012-03-27", status: "pagado", notes: "", created_at: "2012-05-02 15:28:13", updated_at: "2012-05-02 15:50:50", exchange_rate: #<BigDecimal:c2b7a1c,'0.12E2',4(8)>, student_id: nil, due_date: "2012-04-02">,
#<Invoice id: 85, company_id: 106, invoice_number: "2870", issued_on: "2012-03-27", status: "pagado", notes: "", created_at: "2012-05-02 15:28:13", updated_at: "2012-05-02 15:50:50", exchange_rate: #<BigDecimal:c2b75e4,'0.12E2',4(8)>, student_id: nil, due_date: "2012-04-02">, #<Invoice id: 85, company_id: 106, invoice_number: "2870", issued_on: "2012-03-27", status: "pagado", notes: "", created_at: "2012-05-02 15:28:13", updated_at: "2012-05-02 15:50:50", exchange_rate: #<BigDecimal:c2b7198,'0.12E2',4(8)>, student_id: nil, due_date: "2012-04-02">

How can I remove duplicated objects from the result?

A: You can pass the :uniq option to has many:
has_many :invoices, :through => :enrollments, :uniq => true

Here's the description from the RoR docs for this option:

If true, duplicates will be omitted from the collection. Useful in conjunction with :through.

Also, to avoid duplicates from entering the DB in the first place, you may be able to use a unique DB index, which may look something like this:
add_index :enrollments, [:invoice_id, :scheduled_course_id], :unique => true

A: @scheduled_course.invoices.uniq(&:id) # uniq elements in the array by their id

Just using @scheduled_course.invoices.uniq should also work.

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