Why Maidan is still continuing now? Who, firstly, is guilty in armed conflict on Donbass? What place in the world viewing of average resident of this region takes the hate to Ukraine or offense on it? The author of the book about situation on Donbass "Artist of War", journalist and not so long ago the miner from a little town Rovenki in Luhansk region Maxim Butchenko has shared his opinion about these and other questions with informator.lg.ua.
Let's begin from your telling about yourself a little bit, how you become Kyiv journalist from Rovenki miner?
I was born in Rovenki of Luhansk region. One of the biggest coal enterprises of Donbass – "Rovenkianthracite" is located here. Now it was bought by Rinat Akhmetov. I worked there 12 years. I had began as mining worker and finished as the Chief Assistant of the section. Such a unpretentious career of a labour. I had noticed the aspiration to write from the teenage period and little town is the aquarium. It's locked not only from outside, but inside too. Such insularity doesn't give any opportunity to self-realize.
I had a wish to change something in my life, that's why I entered the university on the distance learning and got the education of the journalist. After some time I got into '"Correspondent" magazine, in 2012. I was taken on the testing period. My journalist activity has begun from this moment. I look on the situation on Donbass not only like journalist, but also as a complice of all events that happened, happen and will happen.
How do you think, why exactly Luhansk and Donetsk region became covered with pro-Russian terror? Ukraine has not a bit regions, where pro-Russian sentiments are strong: Kharkiv, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk.
I think that there are a few reasons. Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk are the centers in a manner. Kharkiv was the "first capital", now it is a huge center of the education. Dnepropetrovsk is the industrial center and also the "source of manpower" for the political elite during a long time. That's why there was some social elevator from the regions. The situation is other in Luhansk and Donetsk region. These cities always should be separated. No wonder, that history has joked and made them like two different "republics". The case is fact that anyway concentration of all financial flows of Donbass was in Donetsk. Luhansk in its turn is the periphery and province of Donbass. That's why Luhansk had formed inferiority complex according to Donetsk. Donetsk and Luhansk people always quarreled. This was in times of Party of Regions, in spite of illusion that it was monolith. I think that two "republics" first of all appeared at the last moment, because there were two political groups at least.
The principle difference is that Luhansk always considered itself undervalued. Donetsk is mostly the concentration of metallurgical enterprises and some number of coal. Luhansk region has more coal enterprises.
"Rovenkianthracite" and "Sverdlovanthracite" gave 50% of all energetical coal in Ukraine. That's why Luhansk region is the area with more pronounced miner's feature. Here are a few moments; the psychological complex of the teenager or complex of the younger brother. The second moment is the fact, that development influents on the world view. The inferiority complex is the very important feature of Luhansk region and the complex of the lost influence characterizes Donetsk region. They're absolutely different factors, which led to the sad result – "LPR" and "DPR".
It's considered that life on Donbass and in particular in little miner's towns is very hard, there is not enough work, the problems with ecology etc. On what percent level is it true?
Human is surprisingly ordinary being, who is gets used practically to any conditions. It is through this people could survive after the hard periods. But here is very important moment – the social and working conditions on Donbass are very different from the center of Ukraine, for example. Biggest part of people, who worked there, especially on the coal enterprises, had been working hard in slave conditions. In my memory there were cases a few times, when temperature in slaughtering was high than 40 degrees Celsius, because of violation of safety regime. Even if you do nothing the sweat is pouring stream and at that moment you need to work, to carry glands and stuff like this. People are blood nose, they lose consciousness, and all of this, of course, greatly affects on the body – the nervous system, the vestibular apparatus, and so on. The problems with health begin. Technologies, which are used in our mines are all of 1950s-1960s years. Also, along with the hard physical labor, there is not so high earning for it. When I was the Chief Assistant of the section, I earned nearly the same money as it was middle salary in Ukraine at that moment. Not so big category of miners, who get big money, exists, but it's not so big. That's why such dissonance appears, a big abyss between hard conditions of labour and little salary.
It's a tragedy in the USA when one or two men die during a year. 200-250 people died during a year in the coal industry, when it worked in normal regime. Why? There are neglect of safety rules, the old technology, savings in all in a row. People saw death and mired in severe conditions of existence. A lot of miners are old men in their 40-50 years.
Such a feature "Hear Donbass!" has worked. A lot of inhabitants of the region cried about it very frankly. They saw the conditions of their work, how much they earned and blamed the central power in it. Though, actually, the local power was guilty first of all. Also, oligarchs, who infiltrated in the coal industry. So, people were just driven into slavery, they had been living for years in it and blaming Kyiv in this situation. In one moment the skill of logic constructing and justification of meaning in their lives has disappeared from people's minds.
How coal enterprises on your native lands work today?
Now the biggest part of mines work only to support producing of coal. Not a big number of people goes down into the mine, deflate the water, which permanently accumulates there. The indicators of production are not so high. I know that if earlier miners got the salary of 6-7 thousands of UAH (~800-900 $ by the the old exchange rate), now they get 1 thousand UAH (~50 $ by the the new exchange rate). Not so long ago they worked 21 time per month, now it is 2-3 times, seldom more. But illegal craters work very actively. They can be of a few forms. First one is the strategic stores of the Soviet Union. They have a huge capacity, this means that big layers or located on the surface or below the surface. If depth of big mines takes sometimes more than 1 kilometer, so here is depth nearly 20 meters. Nobody really knows, how much they extract. It's not taken into account anywhere, so it's the banal looting of mineral resources.
The second type of craters is based on the other principle. You can imagine, the mine had been working and then it was closed. The enter from the surface is filled and preserved. But technology of extraction of coal has such a detail: 30-40 meters are left from the both sides of the coal roadway. This is needed to proportion a mountain pressure. After the mine closed and it like doesn't exist, people under the guise of some of the planned work open the mine and remove these unrecorded reserves. It wasn't clear before a war how much craters extract, now, I think, there is a madness production.
How they manage to trade off the coal in Russia? The coal is extracted there by the pit method.
I think that the case is in price. It doesn't take into account neither normal salary, nor taxes for the state. So, they seriously dump and compete. The coal is always demanded. You can move it out in any amounts, because you can always sell it in every village, for example. But I think that schemes has been developed in the industrial scales.
Can you draw up a rough psychological profile of typical inhabitant of Rovenki?
It is not so simple, because people are very different. Maybe, it is more correctly to draw up a rough picture of their world seeing. They seem that life, because of the unknown reason, put them into the place, from where is very hard to get out. So, they live with the guilty complex, that they were convicted incorrectly. Add to it the feeling that nobody hear them permanently. All of this has produced the paternalism the youth treatment to life. They think on the maximum teenagers' levels. Why term "junta" has input so easy? Nobody even studied, that junta is the militaries, who captured the power and it is absolutely enable. So, this people alike teenaagers, who play in "war". Everything around is not real for them. They don't understand the consequences. When collector cars began to be robbed I said to my relatives: "Go and get cash. Bank system wouldn't work soon in the town. Nobody will deliver money". They didn't believe. It is the brightest example how people can't take life as it is. They have distorted, twisted attitude. It's all because they can't understand the original reason why everything is so in their life.
Paternalist is a person stuck in adolescence. He always thinks by maximal categories; only "fascists" and "Red Army" and there can't be any third side.
The next moment is that such people are very gullible. They still believe in promises that maybe something will be alright. Moreover, the ability to change own life is so low, that a biggest part from them are agree with situation around. Why they don't move out? A lot of people, of course, have done it, but much more remained. Maybe a million has moved out from 4 millions. It's a fatalists who trust to destiny. If destiny brought them there, they will be there for a long time. It seems to me, if Russia supports this region economically for 10 years, they will live there all this time. It's abnormal agreed with their plight under any conditions. The biggest part of this people are deeply non-ideological. They believe nor in "Russian World", nor in Ukrainian nationalism, nor in something else. These people are hardened materialists. Even if it is not always noticed they as usual think by material categories: pensions, salaries, tarifs. Their world is built only from material.
Even for idea of "Russian Spring"?
What was the blunder of Putin and others? Kremlin thought that they will go for "Russian World" on Kyiv. But our "compatriots" wanted to go on Kyiv not for "Russian world", they wanted a better life, like in Crimea. It didn't happen.
Now it will be hard for them to integrate. The offense, that desired didn't happen, will stay with them. On this stage, I think, they will easily integrate externally, if Ukraine provides literally billions to recover Donbass. Then they will go on the streets in vyshivankas, with Ukrainian flags, but they will be against inside.
I noticed a little contradiction here: you say that they are materialists. but they are ready to live and tolerate inhuman conditions of "republics" for the "Russian World".
The fact is that other fundamental feature of Donbass residents is the mental spiritual abandonment. A lot of people tried to move out into Russia among my acquaintances and they were coming back as beaten dogs. They wanted to go out from destiny and don't want to go in Ukrainian side. They went to Russia and saw that nobody needs them, people are angry about Donbass residents, they ought to live in hovels. And life turned worstly than on Donbass. So, they decided to come back. That's why they like restless souls between two worlds – Ukraine and Russia.
Sometimes family rejects somebody subconsciously psychologically. As usual it is older child. And here younger was rejected – Luhansk and Donetsk. I've written about it in my book and tried to characterize a lot of things on more understandable level. This book is real situations from life of my relatives, who are living in Luhansk region. The content of novell answers on your questions: who are they? Why there such working conditions? What is the difference between them and other Ukraine? I cite many examples there, trying to demonstrate the mentality of this people, the way they're thinking.
So, when you wrote book you were using the real prototypes?
It's more than just prototypes. Lyudmila Alexievich, who got Nobel Prize not so long ago, writes in the genre of "documentary fiction". It happened that I also began to write in such a genre, not even imagining, that it will be so popular and demand. This is a story of concrete people, which was removed on a paper.


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В ролях

Главные роли
 Андрей Смоляков — Тихон Степанович Ефимов («Ефимыч»), майор милиции, начальник отдела по борьбе с бандитизмом
 Александр Горбатов — Александр Сазонов, капитан милиции, сотрудник отдела по борьбе с бандитизмом
 Марина Александрова — Людмила Андреевна Чекер, Люся, налётчица («Люська-33», она же «Люся не женюся»)
 Дарья Урсуляк — Светлана Акимова, библиотекарь
 Сергей Газаров — Геннадий Фёдорович Пульнер, подполковник милиции, заместитель начальника уголовного розыска
 Кирилл Зайцев — Алексей Костенко, сержант милиции, сотрудник отдела по борьбе с бандитизмом с любимой немецкой овчаркой Агной
 Александр Устюгов — Андрей Сергеевич Кривцов, полковник  НКГБ
 Виктор Добронравов — Михаил Евгеньевич Рудаков, капитан НКГБ
 Андрей Мерзликин — Платон Семёнович («Ливер»), вор в законе, негласный король «Тишинки»

Роли второго плана
 Филипп Ершов — Дмитрий Мальчик, сотрудник отдела по борьбе с бандитизмом
 Светлана Колпакова — Галина Клементьева, любовница Николая Головачёва
 Мария Крылова — Екатерина, сотрудник милиции
 Агриппина Стеклова — Ксюта, жена Ефимова
 Николай Кисличенко — Борис Ткачук, старший лейтенант НКГБ
 Сергей Фролов — Анатолий Боков, натурщик в образе Ленина
 Артём Алексеев — инженер Евгений Владимирович Костров (диверсант Отто Рихтер)
 Сергей Черданцев — «Дракон», авторитетный вор
 Евгений Харитонов — «Прозрачный» (Кирилл Разуваев)
 Евгений Косырев — «Лапша», скупщик краденого
 Юрий Тарасов — «Доктор Штепа» (Пётр Шнейдерс), квартирный вор
 Ёла Санько — Марта Шнейдерс, мать Штепы
 Кирилл Ермичев — Иван Фомин («Мамочка»), рецидивист
 Павел Попов — «Талый»
 Сергей Дьяков — «Саша Маленький», подручный Ливера
 Дмитрий Куличков — «Лёха Губа», подручный Ливера
 Дмитрий Кривочуров — «Бурзя»
 Анатолий Кощеев — Горыныч (Егор Егорович Егоров), старый взломщик сейфов
 Максим Важов — «Мавруха»
 Олег Каменщиков — «Серьга»
 Роман Шаляпин — «Желвак», владелец мастерской на рынке
 Илья Сланевский — «Тощий»
 Алексей Потапов — «Седой»
 Карэн Бадалов — раввин Альтшулер
 Елена Нестерова — Татьяна Матвеевна, мать Светы
 Сергей Сафронов — «Канцлер», бывший белогвардейский офицер
 Кристина Исайкина — Вера, сотрудник милиции
 Евгений Харланов — Витька Соловьёв
 Александр Бобров — Константин Перегубский («Костя деньги сразу»)
 Нана Муштакова — Шафранка
 Игорь Хрипунов — Николай Головачёв, инвалид войны, спекулянт на рынке
 Максим Битюков — «Потап», сообщник Головачёва
 Андрей Шарыпов — сообщник Головачёва
 Анастасия Имамова — Клавдия Головачёва, жена Николая
 Ксения Иванова — Елена, библиотекарь
 Филипп Дьячков — Митяй
 Владимир Свирский — Дюша Караваев, художник
 Борис Покровский — Сергеев, капитан милиции, специалист по шифрам
 Галина Кашковская — Екатерина Тишкина
 Юрий Павлов — Паталов
 Матвей Семёнов — Дима
 Алексей Ошурков — Лиске, эксперт по стрелковому оружию
 Дмитрий Архангельский — «Козей»
 Иван Бровин — «Серёга Универмаг»
 Дмитрий Фрид — Уильям Гарриман, посол США в СССР
 Антон Полетаев — «Иван-Искупало»
 Гурам Баблишвили — «Черкес»
 Юлия Акимова — управдом
 Ольга Демидова – Прасковья Алексеевна, дворничиха
 Наталья Жернакова – дворничиха
 Игорь Днепров — адъютант
 Григорий Багров — эксперт
 Ирина Васильева — секретарь
 Анастасия Саклакова — официантка
 Анна Буянова — официантка
 Олег Сизов — Шепелявый, диверсант
 Александр Никольский — участковый
 Никита Абдулов — механик
 Татьяна Городецкая — сотрудница милицейского архива
 Иосиф Шаруиф — беспризорник
 Фёдор Парамонов — мальчик-футболист
 Леон Тафара — цыган Бойко
 Юлия Соловьева — бдительная женщина
 Рамиль Сабитов — Бахти Шишков, барон
 Алексей Кашников — Танкист
 Рамиз Алиев — чекист
 Сергей Колешня — Сергей Анатольевич Раков, директор кондитерской фабрики
 Анатолий Лобоцкий — Евгений Рудаков, отец Михаила Рудакова, советник-посланник посольства СССР в Колумбии
 Иван Шабалтас — Алексей Степанович Петров, майор НКГБ
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 Ольга Калашникова — Саша
 Юрий Воробьёв — отец Саши
 Лариса Шахворостова — Зоя Степановна, свекровь Люси
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 Олег Фомин — Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов, нарком государственной безопасности СССР
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When Hubs came home and discovered we'd been burgled he called me first. Practically shrieking at him to get off the phone from me and to call the police, I then whizzed home to tell him about knowing the doors were locked (in case the police came straight away, I wanted him to know what had happened in the morning) before I went to get Peanut.
Me shrieking down the phone is not a pleasant experience. I'm loud enough at the middle of my voice, let alone the top of it.
As I straightened the house, including my undies – The World According to Garp was all I was thinking about. 'It's been pre-disastered!' Yes it was annoying, but it was just stuff, we're also renting, so it's not our house. I thought I was doing fine.
We've been amazed at the insurers, they approved our claim in less than a week and we've begun replacing items thanks to the wonders of electronic transactions and gift cards. What is amazing is this cloud technology, I log in and my stuff appears, out of – well, a cloud, I guess. I heartily recommend it if you get things stolen.
Music was more of a problem, insofar that I'd imported lots of CDs into iTunes, which does not get moved over to the cloud unless you ask it to, (I will be now!) Never fear, there is an app for that: Sharepod. I spent 30 seconds googling, $20 to purchase the full version, and the morning with my iPod plugged in. Over 3,000 songs and audiobooks have been restored, not all of it, but most of it and TBH most of us just listen to maybe four albums anyway.
Hubs has taken Peanut out for the morning, I continue to potter around the house. I've had a two week black dog fog descend over me, so while yes it was 'just stuff', my mind closed down more than I recognised at the time. I still struggled to get out of bed, get washed, get dressed, eat sensibly. I keep alcohol in the house to a minimum now, because if it's there – I drink it. If not, I don't.
Until Thursday where I had a clear day and started to wade through the back-log of Personal Development lists, and watched a TED talk that broke me open. It's thirty minutes, so longer than a normal one, but really a must-see for us seratonin challenged people.
Today I should have run 10km in RunMelbourne; as you know, I can barely walk. My mind is truly suffering because of not being able to pull on the lycra, lace up my shoes and just get out there. Having found a way to keep Rufus at bay, my trousers fitting and my skin clear, I feel more robbed of this headspace than some possessions that have gone. And it's my body that is broken – I spent so bluddy long getting running, I am mighty pissed off I now can't do it. I have the follow-up appointment at the Respiratory clinic tomorrow, I might get some answers then. Fingers crossed.
This is a bit of a mish-mash, but I also realised that writing this sh!t out was helping too, so expect more waffle. Now, don't be bashful, I can tell you're thrilled.


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A library is the heart of an academic institution. Our institution Library is located near the entrance of the college and functioning in a separate two storied building having a built up area of 1257 Sqm and it has a seating capacity of 150 with air conditioning. The library has more than 75,293 volumes of books covering all disciplines of Engineering and Technology, Management, Architecture, Science & Humanities.The Central library currently subscribes 118 print versions of National journals and 93 print versions of International Journals. Apart from the print version of the journals the library provides On-line access to a large number of full-text e- journals from ASCE Journals, IEL online (IEEE & IET), and Open Access E-Journals under the DELNET membership.
Presence of well furnished hostel is always required which allows the students to stay safely and in a hygienic manner. Separate hostel accommodation for girls and boys are available. Spacious rooms with attached bath are available for both Boys and Girls.
Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering (AMACE) is a premier engineering college in Vadamavandal nearKancheepuram, India. Established in 1985, this college is managed by Meenakshi Ammal Trust.Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering is an institution that has been approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, and is affiliated to Anna University, South India. The college was established in 1985 by an order of the government of Tamil Nadu as a Telugu Linguistic Minority Engineering College, approved by AICTE and affiliated to University of Madras. Now it is affiliated with Anna University in Chennai.
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Finally, join us next Wednesday, October 22nd at 8 PM for a debate viewing! This is the only scheduled NY Gubernatorial Debate to include all the candidates, and will be taking place in Buffalo. We'll be at Munjed's Middle Eastern Cafe, 505 Westcott St. Please stop on by, cheer on Howie, Boo down Cuomo and Astorino, and enjoy the company.


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Obituary for Harold B. ("Chuck") Greenberger | Readshaw Funeral Home, Inc.
Harold B. "Chuck" Greenberger age 96, on Sunday November 25, 2018 of Baldwin Boro.
Husband of the late Elizabeth R. "Betty" (Roth) Greenberger.
Beloved father of Jay Greenberger and the late Gary and Charles Greenberger.
Grandfather of Matthew, Elizabeth and Michael.
Brother of the late Gary, Joe and Minnie.
Chuck was proprietor of Chuck's Ice Cream for 69 years and drove the ice cream truck until this past June. Chuck served in the U S Army Air Corps during WW II, member of the Baldwin Democratic Committee for 50 years, member of the Dutch Club in Baldwin. Serving ice cream and politics were Chuck's passions.
In keeping with Chuck's wishes all services will be private.


I know I have been quiet of late, but believe me.. that will change.. I have sooo much to tell you..
Last weekend was the Queensland AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photography), annual print awards… always a nerve-racking time.. "ahhhhh i've got nothing to enter", "ahhhh I've left it too late!", "ahhhh i'm not happy with my prints!".. I'm sure (or I hope), every photographer goes through the same self doubt.. [ just me?]..
By entering these awards, you are putting yourself out there… open to scrutiny by experts in your field that you hold most high, so I wouldn't say that entering these awards is easy, & to all the photographers that enter, i say 'RESPEC!' (especially if you're entering for the first time), because you need some serious gumption to put yourself out there like that..
And, if you are getting married, (congratulations), & looking for a photographer.. Does an award winning photographer seem more appealing to you? or is the combo of, the quality of their images (in your eyes), her/his personality, & the service they provide more important?.. personally, i think entering awards helps you to grow as an artist.. It makes you think about your work.. deconstruct it, & then rebuild.. it also thickens your skin when a print that you absolutely love/adore gets hammered by the judges, & boosts your confidence when your print causes big discussions among the judges (for and against), & scores well.. I also promise to post more wedding yumminess very soon for your lovely eyeballs..
So, while we were shooting a wedding last Sunday, during the wedding category judging, some of our peeps were texting updates with how my prints were going.. messages of excitement were coming my way but also news/speculation of other players that were doing well.. the scores were close.. very close.. so, I spent the next 36 hours convincing myself that I was definitely not a look-in for the wedding category 'biggie'.. & by the time the QLD AIPP Gala dinner came on Monday night, I actually believed that I was not winning anything more than my 2 silver with distinctions, & 4 silver awards from my 8 prints entered.. and I was already absolutely stoked with that..
party on wayne.. party on garth..
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Kellie – Awesome news Todd! Not a surpise to me at all. Your work is amazing. We are so happy with our wedding piccies and with Youngsmith's music shots.
Hoping to connect with you again soon to discuss you possibly shooting a marketing campaign for my vintage fashion business.
print brisbane – Very interesting post, I really enjoyed reading it, specially I like your drawing of a cat.
Biccie – Well I'm a bit behind but CONGRATU-freakin'-LATIONS Todd and Alyda! It appears that you do not only rock my world, but the world of others also. Huzzah!
Sally Ogilvie – I know I said this is person but congratulations – you are officially the grand poobah – but possibly without the silly hat!
starrman – I am truly happy for you man. Well deserved I have admired your work for a long time now and it is great to see it rewarded.
Polka Dot Bride – Massive congratulations Todd!
Veronica – Todd!! Congratulations on a brilliant result and having your brilliantiness formally recognised!
Carrie – Contratulations, this is wonderful news and an amazing achievement… we already knew you were brilliant though!
Josh – HUGE congrats Todd. Nothing more to add that hasn't already been said other then ditto! Top work.
Dan O'Day – exactly what jonas said times 4, plus 1 multiplied by a square root. so deserving my man, huge props.


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Common Core debate becomes national political issue
Kimberly Hefling; and Julie Carr Smyth
Millions of students will sit down at computers this year to take new tests rooted in the Common Core standards for math and reading, but policymakers in many states — including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal — are having buyer's remorse.
It's playing out in Louisiana, where Jindal, a Republican, is in a nasty feud involving his former ally, Education Superintendent John White. Jindal has sued the Obama administration, accusing Washington of illegally manipulating federal grant money and regulations to force states to adopt the Common Core education standards.
The fight to repeal the standards has heated up in Ohio, with GOP state Rep. Andy Thompson saying it's kind of "creepy the way this whole thing landed in Ohio with all the things prepackaged."
The standards were scrapped this year in Indiana and Oklahoma. Governors in North Carolina, South Carolina and Missouri have signed legislation to reconsider the standards, even though they still will be used in those three states this fall.
Like many critics, Jindal and Thompson base their opposition on federal support of the standards. But states led the Common Core movement that really took off in 2009 and that effort was voluntary.
The administration offered incentives to states to adopt college and career-ready standards, and Common Core fit the bill. The incentives included cash grants and permission to ignore parts of the much-maligned No Child Left Behind law.
The standards emphasize critical thinking and spell out what reading and math skills students should grasp at each grade level, while leaving how those skills are mastered up to districts and states. The hope was that higher standards shared across state lines would allow for shared resources, comparable student performance measures and smoother school-to-school transitions for children who move, such as military kids.
Nearly every state adopted the standards.
Debate spreads
The debate over Common Core has spilled into the national political realm. Among potential GOP presidential candidates in 2016, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush supports the standards; Jindal, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul do not.
Teachers' unions, historically aligned with the Democrats, endorsed the standards and helped develop them. But they now complain about botched efforts to put them in place and say it's unfair to use Common Core-based assessments in new teacher evaluation systems rolling out in much of the United States.
The issue has gotten pulled into a general anti-testing backlash in parts of the country. To ease the testing concerns, Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently said he would allow states to delay using students' test scores in teacher evaluation systems.
"What really has happened is that this has become a politicized issue and it's become an ideological symbol, interestingly, on both sides," said Patrick McGuinn, a political science professor at Drew University. He said the standards and the assessments designed under them are generally considered acceptable or of high quality.
Classrooms prepare
Far from the political discourse, American classrooms continue to be transformed by the use of the standards, with new curricula developed and teachers trained. Some parents are perplexed by the new ways their children are completing their lessons.
Supporters like former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican who helped lead the governors' group that identified the goals set by Common Core, say politics and mistruths have hijacked a needed and effective education overhaul.
The standards were a response from governors in a defensive mode to keep the federal government out of education, Perdue said, and he supported the changes out of concern for U.S. students' global competitiveness. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is among backers.
"It's just a situation that I don't think should have become political, which has become politically toxic and I don't really know how to decontaminate that," Perdue said.
Shifting public opinion
A PDK/Gallup Poll released Aug. 20 found a dramatic change in the number of people aware of the standards. Last year, two-thirds of those surveyed said they'd never heard of the standards. This year, 81 percent said they had — and 6 in 10 said they oppose them.
Daniel A. Domenech, executive director of the national organization representing school superintendents, said polling provides more evidence it's important to "slow down to get it right."
This school year marks a milestone. This coming spring, roughly 11 million students in more than half the states are expected to take new computer-based assessments aligned with Common Core standards that were developed by two groups of states to replace the standardized tests that had been used.
States can choose the assessment to be used, but those decisions have not been without controversy. Some states, including Georgia and Michigan, that originally joined the consortiums, have dropped out and opted for different tests.
Awaiting results
The rollout of Common Core-based tests will be watched closely for computer glitches and other problems, as well as to see how well students perform.
The ambition of Common Core is "quite broad," said Jonathan Supovitz, co-director at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He said the standards have the potential to bring new tools and technologies into classrooms and lead to greater student mastery of subjects, but it will take time.
"This is not going to happen overnight. It's going to take lots of resources and lots of teacher exposure to new ways of doing things and we're just at the beginning of that process," Supovitz said.
Many state lawmakers aren't willing to wait.
State pushback
Jindal initially supported Common Core. He said that's because the standards were first presented as a bottoms-up approach, but "the reality is what it has become is another tool for the federal government to try to dictate curriculum."
He suspended contracts that the state Department of Education planned to use to buy testing material aligned with the standards. White and education board leaders say the governor overstepped his legal authority, and they sued. A state district judge has since said the governor's actions were harmful to parents, teachers and students and he lifted Jindal's suspension of the contracts. The decision allows White to move ahead with Common Core-tied testing plans until a full trial is held later over the legality of Jindal's executive orders against the standards.
At the same time, 17 state lawmakers who oppose the standards have lodged their own legal challenge, but lost their first round in court.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has criticized the Jindal's opposition to Common Core as politically driven. In a June interview with "CBS This Morning," the secretary said of Jindal's switched position: "It's about politics, it's not about education."
In Ohio, some teachers have raised concerns about how the standards came out, Ohio Federation of Teachers president Melissa Cropper said, but most largely support them. Some of the state's largest urban districts, such as Cleveland and Columbus, have spent two years and lots of money preparing for the rollout that started this school year, she said.
Cropper urged state lawmakers to stay the course with the standards, which were adopted in 2010.
"All that time, energy and resources would be wasted," Cropper said. "I think it will absolutely throw our districts in chaos."
State Rep. Thompson, whose wife is a Spanish teacher, isn't convinced. He says Ohio and other states adopted the standards in the wake of the economic downturn because they were in desperate need of money.
"When you take federal leverage, it affected people's behavior," Thompson said.

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One response to this question involves pointing out that there's a faulty premise employed in the conception of American music -- namely it treats musical genres as a form of racial property where ownership is passed down by a kind of genetic inheritance. This, I believe, is a sort of awkward development of a legitimate concept, the concept of cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is itself, of course, a concept which can be developed in legitimate ways. None of those ways involves concepts like racial litmus tests or genetic ownership. So for instance, cultural appropriation is a legitimate concept when construed as a kind of unfairly profiting off of the ideas of a person of another race, where the unfairness stems from one's taking advantage of societal structural privilege that discriminates based on race. Alternatively, cultural appropriation is a legitimate concept when construed of as a harm to a culture's artistic heritage, where the harm is inflicted when watered-down versions of that heritage are passed off as the original by people outside of that culture -- say because the person offering the watered down version is in a superior marketing position. None of this involves concepts like genetic litmus-tests, racial property, or the like.
To illustrate, we might take the recent example of Tyler Akin. Akin isn't bad because he's committed the sin of "being a white man who has sold Asian food." Rather, what's wrong is two-fold. Akin is profiting off the cultural heritage of a group of people, where members of that group who are equally as talented, are not able to similarly profit -- because Akin enjoys a ridiculous amount of structural racial privilege over them. Alternatively (or additionally), Akin serves up a watered down version of another culture's culinary heritage, one that does harm to it -- to its detriment and his profit -- because of his superior marketing position.
Keeping this set of observations in mind, we get all sorts of wonderful results. It turns out African-American and Latin-American people can be excellent and authentic classical musicians. (It's the reason why things like the Sphinx Competition exists). And Asian-Americans can do any kind of music that they want to and be great at it -- including making "authentic" American music, even if that music is historically associated with another racial group. None of these examples involve objectionable cultural appropriation, because racial minorities generally don't benefit from racial structural privilege. (Hence they can't objectionably culturally appropriate in the first sense -- at least not very easily). And as long as they don't "water down" the cultural heritage of another, they will not be guilty in the second sense either. That said, Tyler Akin is still a d-bag on this account, because he definitely does profit off of structural racial privilege, and he serves watered down food -- or so I have been told. He culturally appropriates on both accounts.
Problem solved. But wait, not so fast.
I think that the above narrative is flawed in another respect. It makes the mistake of grounding the concept of American music in the history of American music culture, by defining American music as a genre of music, namely the genre or genres of music that developed in American history. (In fact, that's effectively how the nouveau genre, Americana, defines itself). And while that might seem like a good place to start, one might wonder why this is a good way to characterize the term "American music" as opposed to "American historical music" or "modernized American historical recreation music."
I think the idea is that the concept of "American music" must mean something like "expresses America," and the idea is that if a genre developed in a country, then that genre somehow expresses something about that country. Hence, if folk, blues, jazz and rock were developed in America, then those genres of music express something that is distinctively American, and so those genres can plausibly be called "American." Of course, forget that blues, folk, jazz and rock are not distinctively American, at least not anymore, as those genres have existed and developed in other countries too, at this point for well over half a century. So then, we'd have to say that specifically "American blues" and "American folk" developed in America, and that's what makes them distinctively American. But at some point, this stops being really a discussion of genre (at least construed of as a style of music) and becomes more just a geographical origins study. As soon as you have to say "American rock" the term "rock" stops meaning something distinctively American -- what's doing the work is that you said "American." The attempt to align genre with historical origin falls apart upon only moderate scrutiny. "Rock" as a genre isn't distinctively American or expressive of Americanism per se -- it just has some historical origins.
In any case, supposing that historically American rock was somehow musically distinctive, as separate from rock as done in any other country, it's not clear how that distinctiveness as a musical genre expresses something distinctively American. If American pop starts favoring electronica elements, does that mean that electronica-ism expresses America in some meaningful sense? I wouldn't think so. After all, some other country could also decide, independently, that it favored electronica elements in its pop as well. The historical view doesn't make sense on multiple levels.
For an alternative angle, consider American Impressionism. Impressionism as a painting style, did not begin in America, but was nevertheless taken up as a mode of expression by some American painters, resulting in American Impressionism. But when one considers what makes American Impressionism "expressive of America," one doesn't point to the particularly "American" way in which the artists painted light or shape or figure. What makes American Impressionism specifically American is the fact that the paintings are painted by Americans expressing specifically American subject matter (in this case, American people and American landscapes). What I'd like to suggest is that American music should be construed of much like I'm construing American Impressionism. American music is music made by Americans expressing specifically American subject matter. American music, construed as such, is both distinctively American and also expressive of America in an obvious way - having American subject matter, it is "about" America -- which makes it both distinctively American and expressive of Americanism.
In some sense that makes the bar to creating American music much lower, in that one does not need to engage in any of the music genres traditionally classified as "American" in order to make American music. This is probably a good thing. The historical view, outlined earlier, would seem to prevent music made by American immigrants, derived from their country of origin, from being called "American music". Even if the music that they made in America was about their love of America. (At least not until they had "earned" their place in America). This, I submit, is a patently ridiculous conclusion. The new view would seem to get it right. These people are making authentic American music, even if they aren't drawing on a genre that is historically American, because they are Americans expressing American subject matter.
In another sense, though, that makes the bar to creating American music higher, in that one needs to actually satisfy the standard of expressing American subject matter. Maybe in some vapid sense, all music created in America expresses American subject matter. But some of it expresses American subject matter much less than others. A generic love song about heartache probably expresses it very little in comparison to a song that comments in great detail on specifically New York life -- even if the singer of the generic love song wears an early-Americana getup when he sings it. Much music that draws on American historical music genres is not particularly American, because it doesn't have particularly American subject matter. (See, e.g., the Lumineers song "Hey Ho," a relatively generic love song whose first mention of an American specific, over half-way through the song is, ironically, Chinatown. Strangely, the song is considered "Americana"). Much music that doesn't draw on American historical music genres is made by Americans concerning directly American subject matter, and is thus solidly American music. (See e.g., Billy Joel's "Allentown," a straightforward pop song which directly draws very little on historical American music genres, but which comments very specifically on American history in terms of its subject matter).
So, as it turns out, Asian-Americans can make authentic, bona fide, American music -- on par with any white Brooklynite with a Masters in Music History and suffering casual banjo obsession. Asian-Americans are probably not well-represented in American musical history by a particular genre, but that is pretty much neither here nor there when it comes to qualifications for making authentic American music or being a part of American music culture. Asian-Americans have been and will continue to be a part of American music culture whenever they make music that expresses American subject matter -- and that is the only requirement for being authentic American music.
With that in mind, I present to you Ten Hymns From My American Gothic. It is music by an Asian-American, expressing American subject matter, in the tradition of a modern American social realism. I hope you enjoy it.
Because my manager would kill me otherwise, the album can be pre-ordered here.
Andrew Choi is the creative force behind St. Lenox. His forthcoming album Ten Hymns From My American Gothic (due on Oct. 21, 2016) has received early praise, with Stereogum calling Choi's voice "one of the most striking instruments in music today" and Consequence of Sound and Vulture giving Best New Song nods to lead single "Thurgood Marshall." You can follow St. Lenox at www.stlenox.com, and @stlenox on social media.


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Psoriasis can be considered as a result of an immune system that has gone out of control. The body's T lymphocytes, commonly referred to as white blood cells, for some reason, begin to attack the healthy skin cells instead of the external contaminants and viruses that they are supposed to combat. This results to new skin cells aging at a much faster rate and cannot be disposed of in time. This brings about the thick and crusty skin patches in the affected area that later on become itchy and sore.
In some instances, psoriasis comes and goes. Known conditions can trigger the flare-ups like too much exposure to the sun, stress, or the influx of more white blood cells due to an infection in a particular part of the body. It is therefore important to avoid such triggers to preserve healthy and smooth skin not ravaged by psoriasis.
When treating a chronic condition such as psoriasis, strictly adhering to a treatment plan is important for the proper management and control of the flare-ups. Some lifestyle changes may be in order if the goal of preserving healthy skin is to be achieved.
Determine and minimize the triggers. – Find out which factors trigger the condition. Once they are identified, avoid them by all means or at least limit your exposure to them.
Make sure your skin is moisturized. – You can achieve this by using rich emollient creams that may prevent crusting of the skin. Apply the cream to the affected area to make the crust peel off faster.
Bathe regularly.- Experts say that taking at least one long bath a day and immediately applying emollient cream can help lock in the moisture.
Avoid too much sun exposure. – Minimal exposure to UV rays does make an impact in the proper control of psoriasis. The problem lies in knowing how much is too much as excessive UV exposure can trigger a flare-up.
You will learn what truly works and what doesn't.
Doctors may prescribe various medications for your particular condition. Usually, treatments come in the form of ointments or topical creams. Oral medications, however, may be recommended for more serious conditions.
Vitamins – Vitamin compounds are used for the treatment of severe psoriasis cases. Vitamin D in creams helps prevent quick skin ageing. Vitamin A (Retinoid), meanwhile, helps in the reduction of skin cell production, whether taken orally or topically applied.
Corticosteroids – This may be used to stop the immune system's over activity and help the condition to heal.
Anthralin – This bright yellow cream may be prescribed to stop skin cell growth, but it can stain so physicians recommend that it is washed away after only a short period of time.
Other Medications – Doctors may recommend other types of medications for the most severe psoriasis cases. These treatments are very potent and may result to harmful side effects. That is why they are used only for the most serious cases of psoriasis.


well sort of. went on the job interview, it was anti-climatic, will hop back on local work on monday cause i'm wiped after four flights since thusday at 1 to last night when i landed at 11 or so. came back home, checked email and passed out which is why I didn't post about getting another rejection for the book. short stories are a hard market i'm guessing because the feedback has looked the same, positive but not sure what to do with them. so what do you think i should do ladies and gents that are still reading this. continue to wait for the queries to come back or plan on self-publishing the book and hoping for the best?


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May 2, 2018 May 2, 2018 by Tom Conmy
Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Tuesday, May 2, 1939 (79 years ago today), and a resigned yet calm Lou Gehrig relaxes at the edge of the Yankees dugout after taking himself out of the lineup for the first time in almost 14 years, ending his major league record consecutive games played streak at 2,130 games.
As most are aware, the "Iron Horse" didn't just take an arbitrary vacation, but felt he could no longer contribute to the team in his current physical state, from an as-yet-to-be-determined cause. I've seen many photos taken that day, but this stunning shot I had never seen until coming across it today (shout out to @mattdahlgren12), and was compelled to post. What is similar of all of the photos taken of Gehrig this day (although it's reported he did shed a tear or two during a standing ovation given to him after the initial public address announcement) is his reserved, almost content demeanor, all the while certainly concerned a great deal about his sudden decline.
Sadly, Gehrig's overall health did not improve, and after visiting the Mayo Clinic in June, received the diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which of course would later be known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Shortly afterward, Gehrig retired, never playing another major league game. On July 4, 1939, the Yankees held Lou Gehrig Day in his honor, with Gehrig's Number 4 being retired and him delivering his now iconic "Luckiest Man" speech to his adoring fans.
Sadly, the progression of the degenerative illness was swift, and Gehrig succumbed to the disease a little over two years after this photo was taken, on June 2, 1931. But his selflessness and humility in the face of personal tragedy that has inspired generations of fans since will always be his legacy.
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Major milestone: Dickerson becomes 1st CBA girl to reach 1,000 points
Sports // High School
'It is really cool to see how hard work can pay off'
Fred Kelly, Midland Daily News
CBA's Caitlyn Dickerson poses alongside her teammates with a sign commemorating her 1,000th career point following Tuesday's win over Farwell, Jan. 3, 2023.
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CBA's Caitlyn Dickerson poses with her father and coach Mark Dickerson following Tuesday's win over Farwell, Jan. 3, 2023.
Calvary Baptist Academy senior Caitlyn Dickerson made some history – and led her team to victory – on Tuesday night.
Dickerson, who needed 13 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone for her career, poured in 16 points with five rebounds and three steals to pave the way to a 33-24 win over visiting Farwell in girls' basketball. She becomes the first female player in school history to reach 1,000 career points and only the second basketball player in CBA history ever to do so, joining her older brother Mark.
"I'm very thankful that God has allowed me the ability and opportunity to reach this 1,000-point milestone," Dickerson said. "I've been blessed with a lot of great teammates and coaches along the way. It is really cool to see how hard work can pay off."
The Kings led 9-6 after one quarter before the Eagles outscored them 10-2 in the second to take a 16-11 lead into the break. Calvary came right back to outscore Farwell 9-6 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 22-20, then finished strong, outscoring the Eagles 13-2 in the fourth to win it.
"Farwell is a very well-coached, tough team and they took us down to the wire tonight. I was really proud of the resiliency of our girls," said CBA coach Mark Dickerson. "After a strong first quarter, we got outscored 10-2 in the second quarter, and I didn't know what would happen in the second half. We responded with toughness and only trailed by two going into the fourth quarter. That is when our defense turned it up another level.
" … We still have a lot of improvements to make, but this team keeps getting better," he added. "I'm excited to see where we will be in a few more weeks."
Sadie Day had 10 points and five rebounds for CBA and hit a pair of big 3-pointers in the third quarter which helped the Kings cut into Farwell's lead. Ila Tomko added five rebounds and three steals.
The Kings (5-3) will host Bethany Christian of Troy on Friday at 5:45 p.m.
Fred Kelly
Fred Kelly is a 1987 graduate of Coleman High School and earned a B.S. from Central Michigan University in 1993 and an M.A. from CMU in 1996. He enjoys playing softball as well as other outdoor activities, volunteering at schools, reading, and spending time with his family. He has won numerous awards from various organizations for sportswriting and column-writing.


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New SANRAL policy pushes transformation in construction and engineering sectors
Rumana Akoob
SANRAL aims to be a catalyst for the emergence of businesses owned by women
The final version of a new policy adopted by the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) that intends to reshape the construction and engineering sectors will now be submitted to Cabinet for approval.
The draft Transformation Policy sets clearly defined targets for the participation of black contractors, suppliers and professionals in all projects and procurement commissioned by SANRAL.
The national roads agency's CEO, Skhumbuzo Macozoma, said: "The transformation policy underlines that SANRAL can help to build a capable and developmental state, and drive economic development through the provision and maintenance of critical infrastructure."
The new policy also states that SANRAL will reserve contracts valued below R50m exclusively for black-owned businesses.
"Through our procurement and supply chain processes, we can break down monopolies, transform the construction industry and advance the broad participation of black-owned enterprises," Macozoma said.
He said the agency remains committed to expanding the participation of black-owned enterprises beyond the requirements set by existing legislation and industry charters, while ensuring that it is within what is legally allowed.
The final version of the policy provides for the phasing in of black ownership requirements over four years – moving from an initial 35% ownership to 51% at the end of the period, from the date of Cabinet approval of the policy.
The draft Transformation Policy is informed by SANRAL's transformation framework, as set out in Horizon 2030, the agency's new long-term strategy.
The first draft of the policy was unveiled in September 2017 by the roads agency after being approved by its board.
Macozoma said the final version was presented to Minister of Transport Blade Nzimande following an extensive consultation process with stakeholders, which included national and provincial government departments, the engineering and construction sectors, existing suppliers and contractors and labour.
This was done through agency roadshows and briefings held in all nine provinces over a four-month period.
The constructive feedback was incorporated into the final version, said Macozoma.
"We addressed some of the concerns that were raised about how our policies would impact the broader construction sector – but also welcomed the broad acceptance of our commitment to transformation."
The draft Transformation Policy will apply to all aspects of SANRAL's activities – from large construction projects and road rehabilitation and maintenance, to operations and professional and consultancy services.
"SANRAL has a wide footprint across the country," Macozoma said. "Our policies and processes can really be catalysts for the emergence of businesses owned by women, black South Africans, military veterans and youth – to the point where they can compete on an equal footing with established contractors."
A key feature of the policy is SANRAL's commitment to facilitate the training and development of emerging contractors. This will enable these smaller businesses to achieve higher gradings from the Construction Industry Development Board, thus expanding their ability to participate in major construction tenders.
SANRAL will also help level the playing field through empowerment agreements with suppliers of construction materials and equipment. This will further help break down monopolies in the supply chains of equipment, materials, technologies and services, and ensure the broad-based participation of black South Africans.
The empowerment agreements will ensure that there is space for emerging entities to secure and supply such materials and equipment for SANRAL projects.
These agreements will include measures to benefit local communities if such supplies are sourced locally.
The agency said it was committed to the protection of the environment, which is a priority in all its projects.
Another way to ensure the entry of black-owned entities in the areas of manufacturing, distribution, installation and maintenance, is promoting the supply of innovative materials for SANRAL roads through the agency's empowerment ventures.
Primary contractors who tender for SANRAL work will have to submit their own transformation and training policies as part of their tender submissions, according to the draft Transformation Policy.
All opportunities below R100m will allocate black real estate and property developers to entities that are B-BBEE contributor level 1 or 2.
The policy also sets limitations on the number of tenders that can be allocated to a single entity, at both national and provincial levels. The maximum number of tenders that can be awarded a single entity will be limited to three per province but cannot exceed 15 nationally per SANRAL financial year.
For entities that are based only in one province, the maximum number of tenders that can be issued will be five per SANRAL financial year.
In the policy statement, SANRAL said it recognises the critical role the agency plays in the construction and related industries. "[SANRAL] is mindful of the impact the construction industry and its procurement has on millions of people across South Africa, in terms of business and job opportunities."
It also said that it accepted the responsibility of maximising the participation of black entities in all SANRAL projects by "capitalising on the provisions within the prevailing legislative and regulatory frameworks".
With reference to this policy, "black" encompasses all previously disadvantaged groups, with specific reference to African, coloured and Indian race groups.
"We are confident that through our draft Transformation Policy and new long-term strategy – Horizon 2030 – SANRAL can contribute to economic growth, job creation, development and the empowerment of our citizens," Macozoma said.
Rumana Akoob is a former investigative journalist who is now an activist and communications specialist
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Worst Music Moments of 2018
Metal_Treasure This list is the opposite of Best Music Moments of 2018. Feel free to add your items, to vote and remix.
1 XXXTentacion murder Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy (January 23, 1998 - June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion, and often referred to as X, was an American rapper, singer and songwriter.
Devastating. Ignoring his music, this man was younger than I am when he was shot. What a senseless act of violence. A robbery is a crime, sure. But okay, people may have their reasons for why they are in need for money. But gosh, murder is just... it's horrible. And it was so unnecessary. They could have just run off. Just run off with the money and let him live in peace. Onfroy was not a hero. No, he wasn't. And he was not a villain either. He went through bad things and did bad things - he was difficult. But in any case... a murder... damn.
Apart from the crime itself... I liked his music. This young man was arguably the most promising newcomer within the last year. His album "? " was a roughly emotional experience whose major quality was that it sounded more unpolished and much less staged than other hip hop, pop and rock projects in the mainstream. I really think he could have become one of the leading figures of the scene - I felt so even before he was shot. He wasn't ...more - Martin_Canine
X's death was truly devastating there are no words to describe how sad his death was. Also, to all of you sick and disgusting people out there who are commenting that you are glad he died you are repulsive. It's people like you who are messing up this world. I mean, I get it if people are not fans of his music, but saying that you are glad someone died is the worst thing you could do. Besides X was not a bad person. He had ALLEGATIONS against him. As in, nothing was proven. Also, X was making up for his past. He was an inspiration and a huge role model to many kids out there. And yes, he did have some songs that were a little intense, but many of his songs were very deep and sent a message to everyone everywhere. He had so much potential in him and was on the road to becoming something great. He was an example that we all have pasts, but we have to leave them behind and focus on the future. He died way too soon... Long Live.
In some way he deserved to die because of what he did to both his own wife and child.
I think his death should be a lesson to everyone else. Live your life the best way you can. He may have made a lot of dumb mistakes in the past, and he tried to better himself and get past those mistakes. But by then, it was too late and his mistakes finally caught up to him.
Kinda reminds me of the movie Menace II Society where the main character does so many stupid things throughout the film, and right when he was about to finally take the first step to become a better man at the end, his mistakes catch up to him and he gets killed. That movie was way more powerful than some people make it out to be because it portrays the harsh reality we live in.
Be the good guy people. You owe it to yourselves. - Mcgillacuddy
2 Avicii's suicide Tim Bergling (September 8, 1989 - April 20, 2018), better known by his stage name Avicii, was a Swedish electronic musician, DJ, remixer and record producer. He is best regarded for his work in Electronic Music during the 2010s in which his works have charted among the Top 40 Radio and for his influence ...read more.
Rip bro honestly he was such a caring person but all the stress who wouldn't crack I know I would but he was amazing and will forever be loved
He was a great person. He didn't deserve to die. - NickelodeonYesAddminNo
This should be number one. Avicii's music was and still is innovative not just in the electronic realm but to music as a whole. He struggled with the pressure of fame all throughout his career so much that he had to drink to cope and retired from touring before unfortunately taking his own life in April. I highly advise everyone watch his Netflix documentary "Avicii: True Stories", especially all the fans of a rapper this year who was an abuser and then tell us who's death will impact the music industry as a whole for years to come. RIP Tim!
"One Day You'll Leave This World Behind So Live A Life You Will Remember"
Avicii was a very talented producer and his music will live on forever.
3 Iron Maiden again not nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while rappers and pop singers were nominated Iron Maiden are an English Heavy Metal / Hard Rock band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. The most critically acclaimed period for the band was from 1983-1989. With vocalist Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, lead guitarist Dave Murray, rhythm ...read more.
I feel like this is a little high on the list I don't agree with this but in the end it is only a decoration it is not really that big a deal. - Powell
Oh what a shame! Pop, rap and jazz music has been nominated for way too long and iron maiden should've won already! I just wished iron maiden will just take the crown of rock n roll hall of fame someday instead of stupid pop and rap music that isn't even rock n roll music whatsoever! Iron maiden did so much to deserve this, but sadly they still didn't win the rock n roll hall of fame which really makes me mad! - UltraLunalaX
Yet the thing is called the "ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME" rappers & pop star belong on the MTV Video awards - WWEWBMortalKombatFan
Shame. And this disgraceful practice has been going on for too long. Rap, jazz and pop singers don't have to be nominated at all because they are not from the the genre of Rock and Roll. Iron Maiden should have been inducted long ago.
Rap and pop singers that were nominated for induction in 2019 include Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan. What these guys did for rock music? Nothing. While Iron Maiden did. A lot. - Metal_Treasure
This isn't a shame, it's stupid. Those judges are clearly confused about what's rock (or metal), and what's not. They should pick people who actually play instruments at least. - WheresMyGuitarPick
Lol an award snub is worse than murder & suicide?
This being at #1 tells me how biased & stupid the Creator and the voters of this list are!
4 Donald Trump plays Pharrell's song 'Happy' to a crowd in Indiana on the day of the mass murder of 11 people Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessman, television personality, politician, and the 45th President of the United States. Born and raised in Queens, New York City, Trump received an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. In 1971, ...read more.
This is a dickhead move of rasisim this ass is really our president come on please have someone else for 2020
Wow, that's...my god...
And Trump supporters will still worship him or find a way to defend him. - DarkBoi-X
He didn't even choose to play it. It was the people who ran the event that played the song. So try not to put this on him.. - james6
5 Rush disband Rush was a Canadian progressive rock band that was formed in 1968. Even though the only founding member still in the band is Alex Lifeson (Guitar), the band is most well-known for their current members Neil Peart (Drums) and Geddy Lee (Bass, Vocals). ...read more.
This is rather sad than bad but it's a bad news - Metal_Treasure
Unfortunately, we are stuck with Justin Bieber. Bring back Rush!
Really sad. - DaringXx
Exactly 50 years later :( - LightningStrike
6 Tool break their promise for a new album again Tool is an American progressive/alternative/post-metal band, that was formed in 1990. ...read more.
Don't worry... Only 10,000 days left until the release! - tgbhj
This has been happening for at least 10 years... - Metal_Treasure
They promised to make a new album after all these 10 years and yet they lied about making a new album this year? Oh wow! How pathetic is that! This has happened for many years and they still haven't even made a new album! that's just annoying! - UltraLunalaX
They're still together?
7 A list on this site is made to celebrate XXXTentacion's murder
People are messed up man
I put this item low because the list is of local importance but it was the worst music-related thing on this site in 2018 and deserved a mention on here. - Metal_Treasure
This site isn't even that popular enough to have a moment on it be even top 25 worthy - SpectralOwl
This was a while back, and I must the say the reaction was somewhat stronger than needed.
8 Kendrick Lamar invites a white female fan on stage to sing with him and then stops the music after she repeatedly rapped the 'N-word', which is part of the lyrics of the song Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter. Raised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label Top Dawg ...read more.
Coming from a black person, I never had any problem with another race saying that word as long as they don't mean the racist version of it. - Mcgillacuddy
The word by itself is not racist. Context matters.
Oddly enough, Kendrick Lamar is on my good list of 2018, too, for winning a Pulitzer Prize. - Metal_Treasure
Non-black person: "N****"
Everyone: RE - Not_A_Weeaboo
9 The Metal Grammys
Awful (as usual). Very similar to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations and winners. I don't even wanna start. But at least in 2018 the winner was a metal band (many non-metal bands won metal Grammys before). However, in 2017 there were much better metal releases than Mastodon's "Sultan's Curse". - Metal_Treasure
10 Dildos with Marilyn Manson face on them Brian Hugh Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, painter, multimedia artist, author, and former music journalist.
Wanna know the price? $125. - Metal_Treasure
I wonder what Marilyn Manson thinks? - WheresMyGuitarPick
Wow. Just wow. - DaringXx
what - Iamcool
11 Submarine Man starts his music career
This was the beginning of the end of music - MusicLover132
oh god - BreakFastBeast2005
12 Slayer announce their final world tour Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. They rose to fame with their 1986 album Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the big four of thrash metal bands, the others being Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax. ...read more.
A lot of my mates went that extra mile for this band, I got dumped a lot for slayer, I still love sleeze, but still wear slayers top, having never been into them I like their tops n art work, n band were ok on headbangers ball they were interesting when not growling xxsad time for my mates xx
Legendary band. We will miss you Slayer - lilrocketman
This was really disappointing to me. - DaringXx
RIP Big 4 :'(
13 Daniel Küblböck's suicide
The German pop star jumped off a cruise and has since not been found. He was 33 at that time. I may have not been a fan of his music, like not at all, but this is truly heartbreaking. He was one of the first androgynous and openly gay German celebrities I knew. Extremely likable guy, spread positivity and tolerance. We don't know the reasons why he jumped, so let's not speculate here, out of respect. - Martin_Canine
14 Aretha Franklin died
RE "How was this not already included on the list? "
To avoid any misunderstanding I have to say that there were already lists focusing on musician deaths in 2018 - Top 10 Musicians Who Died in 2018, Most Shocking Music Moments in 2018. Aretha is at #1 on the first list.
Here I wanted to focus on other things but I don't mind if people add sad musician deaths. - Metal_Treasure
How was this not already included on the list?
Haven't listened to her but RIP - DarkBoi-X
Now THIS should be #1. Not XXXTentacion's murder. XXXTentacion was nothing but an abusive manchild who deserved to die, while Aretha Franklin was a legend. - NickelbackLinkinPark4Eva
15 Kanye West names his 3rd child Chicago (West) Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, and fashion designer. He was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. After West's parents divorced, him and his single mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 10, West temporarily moved to Nanjing, China, because his mother was teaching ...read more.
Chicago is the name of his 3rd child (girl) after also weirdly named North West and Saint West...
"- Hi, Chicago West here!
- The plumbing company? "
OK, whatever makes you happy Kanye and Kim...but I think what you do is very egotistical.
This isn't a "music moment" in a pure form but it's music-related because Kanye is very popular and for many people he's a role model. Not for me but he's got many fans world-wide. - Metal_Treasure
Judging by how he called his kid Saint West and Chicago West, he might be taking insipiration from Pete Wentz here.
As Pete Wentz has named one of his kids Saint Wentz, and Pete is also from Chicago (or at least Illinois- I don't know many places since I'm British not American).
16 Baby Shark rises to fame
SO. MUCH. CRINGE
I hate this sing
That song eventhough meant for kids is annoying. Why is it popular among the interns
Worst meme ever - Iamcool
17 Mac Miller's death
rip mac
18 Drake became more successful than the Beatles
19 Eminem releases Kamikaze
This is a good thing.Bet whoever put this on here must have liked mumble rap and disrespects legends like Tupac, - DarkBoi-X
This is a great album. - Not_A_Weeaboo
20 Imagine Dragons Releases yet another lack luster album
Commercial band that recycles the same song over and over again.
This just reminded me Imagine Dragons released an album this year. I had completely forgotten that that album exists - crowdiegal
Wait what? I like Imagine Dragons, but they're not my favourite and I am not an over-obsessed person with this band and I listen to their songs once weekly. I listened to their new album, it wasn't bad, it was good. I hate a few songs, but at least give it a listen, it doesn't disappoint, especially songs like Burn Out and Natural.
21 Lil Meerkat releases his debut mixtape Weeaboo Paradise, Vol. 1
This tape had the infamous Bohemian Rhapsody cover... - MusicLover132
22 Vinnie Paul's death
He was the drummer of Pantera. - Userguy44
How is this so low? Below Kanye West naming his child Chicago? - WheresMyGuitarPick
Just as sad as Dimebag's. R.i.p. - XxSEVEREDHUMANITYxX
23 Concert held to raise $60 million to fund the Israeli Army
24 Major Lazer announce that they are disbanding
25 Everyone forgot about Sean Paul and his new music
I never liked Sean Paul. He always sounds the same. - Userguy44
26 Reputation snubbed by Grammys
Good! Taylor Swift does not have talent at all.
It deserved to be snubbed. The album was terrible. - MusicLover132
27 Kamikaze snubbed by Grammys
28 Demi Lovato's Overdose
29 Glenn Tipton diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
That's horrible! :( - Userguy44
30 Dahvie Vanity accused of raping multiple women
This is more a bad moment due to him actually committing the crime him being accused is not really the bad moment itself. - Powell
I hate Dahvie Vanity with a burning passion. He's such a terrible person. - NickelodeonYesAddminNo
What a crazy guy! - Userguy44
31 Carrie Underwood is still releasing music, with her album "Cry Pretty"
I'd rather listen to Baby Shark or Crazy Frog on repeat than any of Carrie Underwood's crappy music
32 Marty Balin dies
33 Dimash Kudaibergen releases Screaming
Dimash can actually scream? He should start a metal band! - Userguy44
34 Pat O'Brien's arrest
35 Cupcakke releases her music video for Duck Duck Goose
36 Christina Grimmie's death
Pretty sure she died in 2016, mate. - WheresMyGuitarPick
So sad to people who enjoyed her music (me)!
37 Death of Malcolm Young (Rhythm guitar for AC/DC)
But he died in 2017... - Metal_Treasure
Sad, and is pretty devastating. :(
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