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An ex-police officer is now the member-elect for Mul-Baiyer in the Western Highlands Province. PANGU Pati candidate Jacob Kop Maki unseated People’s National Congress Party candidate Koi Trappe this evening, after polling 26,890 votes. He was declared winner in the 25th exclusion of National Alliance Party candidate Sani Rambi who polled 15,490 votes. Mr. Maki surpassed the absolute majority of 25,249 votes and was declared by the Returning Officer Tommy Kolo at 7:00pm tonight. Mr. Maki is a former police officer based in Madang Province. Speaking during his declaration, Mr. Maki said his reason for resigning from his formal employment and entering politics is to serve his people. He also said Mul-Baiyer is a big district with the inclusion of the Lumusa LLG, and he will make sure that services are fairly distributed to the people of Mul, Baiyer and Lumusa. He thanked the people of Mul-Baiyer for giving him the mandate and saluted former MP Koi Trappe for delivering services in th...

This is not yet a Nissan production car, but it may well be in your electric not so far future, writes Brian Byrne. It’s a two-seat convertible concept EV called the Max-Out and was recently revealed at an event in Yokohama, Japan. If produced it would likely be the first convertible electric car on the block. While the EV industry has envisaged or produced all the regular formats from hatchbacks to trucks, the Max-Out is the first convertible concept we have seen in the genre.

Given the right equipment and seeds this video covers the best and easiest way to grow cucumbers from seed. It is all about using quality F1 hybrid cucumber seeds, keeping all of the equipment clean and sterile, and sowing into sterilised compost. However perhaps the mosting important things are sowing at the right time and using a heated propagator. But there is a little more to this than initially seems at face value. Cucumbers are a tropical plant and when you are trying to grow them in the UK you have to manage the temperature requirements of this plant. Temperatures below 12 degrees Celsius can shock this plant into a conditions where it just refuses to grow. Any lower and cold damage can occur and you will easily lose your plant. There are of course cultivars available now which are more capable of surviving in the UK without the additional heat provided by a green house but you will never get the yields achieved by a quality cultivar in a green house. If you would like to see mo...