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Biology class, with added robots
Encouraging children and young adults to think about a career in engineering often seems like an uphill struggle. However, some areas of engineering can prove more appealing than others, with many taking an interest before they have even left school.
Initiatives such as Code Club, Fire Tech Camp and Camp Invention are introducing children as young as five to the basics of programming and software engineering. With cheap gadgets like the Raspberry Pi and BBC Microbit easily available, coupled with the simplicity of Scratch programming, school children are more computer literate than ever before.
SolarLeaf: Powering engineering with biology
Nestled in the Wilhelmsburg quarter of Hamburg and cradled by the River Elbe, lives a building like no other. Shrouded in 129 'leaves', the emerald exterior of the building lives, breathes and grows.
A pioneering project from engineering giants, Arup, the building houses the world's first photobioreactor façade, using photosynthesis to heat and power the homes inside.
Ove Arup, a trailblazer in engineering and architectural collaboration, is responsible for bringing some of the world's most iconic structures to life. Examples of his work include the beautifully art deco, if biologically impractical, penguin pool at ZSL London Zoo; the world-famous overlapping sails of the Sydney Opera House; and the inside-out Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Interactive denim: Google's Project Jacquard
Google's Advanced Technology and Project Group, or ATAP, has developed an innovative user- controlled technology; embedding sensors and feedback devices into clothing.
As a small but intense research and development incubator, ATAP project leaders have just 24 months to turn their ideas into finished products. 'Project Jacquard' plans to integrate connected electronics directly into garments, allowing the wearer to interact with their mobile device simply by tapping their sleeve.
The novel concept uses thin metallic, and therefore conductive, alloys combined with a mixture of natural and synthetic fibres. By blending conductive threads with silks, cottons and polyesters, the team can weave touch and gesture interactivity seamlessly into any item of clothing.
The power of collaboration
As The Engineer magazine launches its annual Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) awards, editor Jon Excell reflects on the importance of engineering collaboration.
UK engineering has many strengths, but arguably one of its greatest assets is its strong and growing culture of collaboration: a willingness to share knowledge across organisations; an understanding that by tapping into external areas of expertise, engineering teams can achieve far more than they could ever do alone.
The Engineer magazine – which reports on technological breakthroughs from across the broad spectrum of UK engineering – has something of a front row seat on this process, and it's difficult to think of a major technological innovation or successful project in recent years that hasn't been underpinned by collaboration.
As we look at the technological trends that are shaping the future – such as the rise of autonomy and connectivity or the advance of low carbon vehicles – it's clear that the boundaries between once distinct areas of engineering are becoming increasingly blurred, and that cross-disciplinary collaboration will become increasingly key to solving the challenges that we face.
Stop. Collaborate and listen
Across the world, we look to engineers to solve our biggest problems, improve the quality of our lives and drive progress in society. Yet interest in engineering lags behind other key industries such as science and maths, leaving a heavy burden for engineers to shoulder.
Paul Westbury, a QEPrize judge and group technical director of international engineering organisation, Laing O'Rourke, highlighted the need to work closely with other industries to drive innovation.


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Pleinlaan 5
EU-China Cross-Border Investments
EU-China Cross-Border Innovation & Technology Transfer
EU-China Cross-Border Competition
EU-China Cross Border Governance & Representation
SOFIA UNIVERSITY JOINS BACES!
BACES grows, University of Sofia joins
BACES, the Brussels Academy for China and European Studies, is a platform for exchanging new ideas concerning contemporary China and China-Europe relations. It promotes understanding and critical analysis in this area. BACES was officially launched in China, at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, on 6 September 2014 by EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou and China's Vice premier LIU Yandong, in support of the EU-China High Level People-to-People Dialogue.
From the start, BACES was supported by the Huawei chair on Contemporary China Studies. The founding members are VUB – Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Renmin University of China (RUC), Sichuan University and Fudan University. After the launch, membership has been extended to three European universities, Ghent University, University of Lancaster and Sofia University.
This extended membership fits into the strategy to establish among European partners several geographical foci, currently Bulgaria and the Balkan area, UK, Belgium and Western Europe.
The platform provides post-initial education, research and policy advice. It is supported by the scholarship programs of CSC (China Scholarship Council). At this moment it operates along 4 thematic clusters: Competition, Governance and representation, Investments, Innovation & technology transfer.
The signing of the BACES partner agreement with Sofia University took place on 24 April 2018 in Sofia. Rector Anastas Gerdjikov of Sofia University signed the agreement after prior signature by the Rector of VUB Caroline Pauwels. Prof. Zhang Jianming (executive vice chairman of the university council at RUC) and Prof. Jan Cornelis (Pro Vice Rector International Relations at VUB) co-signed as witnesses.
BACES and Sofia Universities received a joint International CIDIC award handed over by the Bulgarian Ambassador to Belgium HE Mrs Maya Dobreva, for their multicultural and trans-disciplinary approach in bridging the gap in intercontinental contemporary societal studies and building bridges of mutual understanding.
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package at.alladin.rmbt.android.main;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import android.location.Location;
import android.util.Log;
import at.alladin.rmbt.android.util.net.InterfaceTrafficGatherer.TrafficClassificationEnum;

public class InfoCollector implements Serializable {
	public static enum InfoCollectorType {
		SIGNAL, SIGNAL_RSRQ, NETWORK_FAMILY, NETWORK_TYPE, NETWORK_NAME, LOCATION, IPV4, IPV6, UL_TRAFFIC, DL_TRAFFIC, CONTROL_SERVER_CONNECTION,
		CAPTIVE_PORTAL_STATUS, CONNECTION_STATUS, CPU, MEMORY
	}
	public static interface OnInformationChangedListener {
		void onInformationChanged(InfoCollectorType type, Object oldValue, Object newValue);
	}

	private static InfoCollector instance;

	/**
	 *
	*/
	private static final String DEBUG_TAG = "InfoCollector";

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private Integer signalRsrq;
	private Integer signal;
	private boolean isRsrqSignal = false;
	private boolean hasControlServerConnection;
	private boolean captivePortalFound = false;
	private float cpuUsage = 0f;
	private float memUsage = 0f;
	private String networkTypeString;
	private String networkFamily;
	private String networkName;
	private String ipv4;
	private String ipv6;
	private TrafficClassificationEnum ulTraffic;
	private TrafficClassificationEnum dlTraffic;
	private Location location;
	private List<OnInformationChangedListener> listener = new ArrayList<InfoCollector.OnInformationChangedListener>();

	private InfoCollector() {
		//private Constructor
	}

	public static InfoCollector getInstance() {
		if (instance == null) {
			Log.d(DEBUG_TAG, "new Instance");
			instance = new InfoCollector();
		}
		return instance;
	}

	public Integer getSignalRsrq() {
		return signalRsrq;
	}

	public void setSignalRsrq(Integer signalRsrq) {
		if (this.signalRsrq != null && listener != null && !this.signalRsrq.equals(signalRsrq) || (this.signalRsrq == null && signalRsrq != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.SIGNAL_RSRQ, this.signalRsrq, signalRsrq);
		}
		this.signalRsrq = signalRsrq;
	}

	public Integer getSignal() {
		return signal;
	}

	public void setSignal(Integer signal) {
		if (this.signal != null && listener != null && !this.signal.equals(signal) || (this.signal == null && signal != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.SIGNAL, this.signal, signal);
		}
		this.signal = signal;
	}

	public boolean isRsrqSignal() {
		return isRsrqSignal;
	}

	public void setRsrqSignal(boolean isRsrqSignal) {
		this.isRsrqSignal = isRsrqSignal;
	}

	public String getNetworkTypeString() {
		return networkTypeString;
	}

	public void setNetworkTypeString(String networkTypeString) {
		if (this.networkTypeString != null && listener != null && !this.networkTypeString.equals(networkTypeString) || (this.networkTypeString == null && networkTypeString != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.NETWORK_TYPE, this.networkTypeString, networkTypeString);
		}
		this.networkTypeString = networkTypeString;
	}

	public String getNetworkFamily() {
		return networkFamily;
	}

	public void setNetworkFamily(String networkFamily) {
		if (this.networkFamily != null && listener != null && !this.networkFamily.equals(networkFamily) || (this.networkFamily == null && networkFamily != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.NETWORK_FAMILY, this.networkFamily, networkFamily);
		}
		this.networkFamily = networkFamily;
	}

	public String getNetworkName() {
		return networkName;
	}

	public void setNetworkName(String networkName) {
		if (this.networkName != null && listener != null && !this.networkName.equals(networkName) || (this.networkName == null && networkName != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.NETWORK_NAME, this.networkName, networkName);
		}
		this.networkName = networkName;
	}

	public Location getLocation() {
		return location;
	}

	public void setLocation(Location location) {
		if (this.location != null && listener != null && !this.location.equals(location) || (this.location == null && location != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.LOCATION, this.location, location);
		}
		this.location = location;
	}

	public void setIpv4(String ip) {
		if (this.ipv4 != null && listener != null && !this.ipv4.equals(ip) || (this.ipv4 == null && ip != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.IPV4, this.ipv4, ip);
		}
		this.ipv4 = ip;
	}

	public void setIpv6(String ip) {
		if (this.ipv6 != null && listener != null && !this.ipv6.equals(ip) || (this.ipv6 == null && ip != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.IPV6, this.ipv6, ip);
		}
		this.ipv6 = ip;
	}

	public float getCpuUsage() {
		return cpuUsage;
	}

	public void setCpuUsage(float cpuUsage) {
		if (listener != null && this.cpuUsage != cpuUsage) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.CPU, this.cpuUsage, cpuUsage);
		}
		this.cpuUsage = cpuUsage;
	}

	public float getMemUsage() {
		return memUsage;
	}

	public void setMemUsage(float memUsage) {
		if (listener != null && this.memUsage != memUsage) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.MEMORY, this.memUsage, memUsage);
		}
		this.memUsage = memUsage;
	}

	public String getIpv4() {
		return ipv4;
	}

	public String getIpv6() {
		return ipv6;
	}

	public TrafficClassificationEnum getUlTraffic() {
		return ulTraffic;
	}

	public void setUlTraffic(TrafficClassificationEnum ulTraffic) {
		if (this.ulTraffic != null && listener != null && !this.ulTraffic.equals(ulTraffic) || (this.ulTraffic == null && ulTraffic != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.UL_TRAFFIC, this.ulTraffic, ulTraffic);
		}
		this.ulTraffic = ulTraffic;
	}

	public TrafficClassificationEnum getDlTraffic() {
		return dlTraffic;
	}

	public void setDlTraffic(TrafficClassificationEnum dlTraffic) {
		if (this.dlTraffic != null && listener != null && !this.dlTraffic.equals(dlTraffic) || (this.dlTraffic == null && dlTraffic != null)) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.DL_TRAFFIC, this.dlTraffic, dlTraffic);
		}
		this.dlTraffic = dlTraffic;
	}

	public boolean isHasControlServerConnection() {
		return hasControlServerConnection;
	}

	public void setHasControlServerConnection(boolean hasControlServerConnection) {
		if (listener != null && this.hasControlServerConnection != hasControlServerConnection) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.CONTROL_SERVER_CONNECTION, this.hasControlServerConnection, hasControlServerConnection);
		}
		this.hasControlServerConnection = hasControlServerConnection;
	}

	public boolean isCaptivePortalFound() {
		return captivePortalFound;
	}

	public void setCaptivePortalFound(boolean captivePortalFound) {
		if (listener != null && this.captivePortalFound != captivePortalFound) {
			dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.CAPTIVE_PORTAL_STATUS, this.captivePortalFound, captivePortalFound);
		}
		this.captivePortalFound = captivePortalFound;
	}

	public List<OnInformationChangedListener> getListenerList() {
		return listener;
	}

	public void addListener(OnInformationChangedListener listener) {
		if (!this.listener.contains(listener)) {
			this.listener.add(listener);
		}
	}

	public void removeListener(OnInformationChangedListener listener) {
		this.listener.remove(listener);
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param type
	 * @param oldValue
	 * @param newValue
	 */
	public void dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType type, Object oldValue, Object newValue) {
		Log.d(DEBUG_TAG, "Dispatching Event: " + type + ", Listeners: " + listener.size());
		for (OnInformationChangedListener l : listener) {
			if (l != null) {
				l.onInformationChanged(type, oldValue, newValue);
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 *
	 */
	public void refresh() {
		dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.LOCATION, null, getLocation());
		dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.IPV4, null, getIpv4());
		dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.IPV6, null, getIpv6());
	}

	/**
	 *
	 */
	public void refreshIpAndAntenna() {
		dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.IPV4, null, getIpv4());
		dispatchInfoChangedEvent(InfoCollectorType.IPV6, null, getIpv6());
	}
}

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/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Low level disk I/O module skeleton for FatFs     (C)ChaN, 2014        */
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* If a working storage control module is available, it should be        */
/* attached to the FatFs via a glue function rather than modifying it.   */
/* This is an example of glue functions to attach various exsisting      */
/* storage control modules to the FatFs module with a defined API.       */
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#include "diskio.h"		/* FatFs lower layer API */
#include "usbdisk.h"	/* Example: USB drive control */
#include "atadrive.h"	/* Example: ATA drive control */
#include "sdcard.h"		/* Example: MMC/SDC contorl */

/* Definitions of physical drive number for each drive */
#define ATA		0	/* Example: Map ATA drive to drive number 0 */
#define MMC		1	/* Example: Map MMC/SD card to drive number 1 */
#define USB		2	/* Example: Map USB drive to drive number 2 */

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Get Drive Status                                                      */
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DSTATUS disk_status (
	BYTE pdrv		/* Physical drive nmuber to identify the drive */
)
{
	DSTATUS stat;
	int result;

	switch (pdrv) {
	case ATA :
		result = ATA_disk_status();

		// translate the reslut code here

		return stat;

	case MMC :
		result = MMC_disk_status();

		// translate the reslut code here

		return stat;

	case USB :
		result = USB_disk_status();

		// translate the reslut code here

		return stat;
	}
	return STA_NOINIT;
}

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Inidialize a Drive                                                    */
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DSTATUS disk_initialize (
	BYTE pdrv				/* Physical drive nmuber to identify the drive */
)
{
	DSTATUS stat;
	int result;

	switch (pdrv) {
	case ATA :
		result = ATA_disk_initialize();

		// translate the reslut code here

		return stat;

	case MMC :
		result = MMC_disk_initialize();

		// translate the reslut code here

		return stat;

	case USB :
		result = USB_disk_initialize();

		// translate the reslut code here

		return stat;
	}
	return STA_NOINIT;
}

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Read Sector(s)                                                        */
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DRESULT disk_read (
	BYTE pdrv,		/* Physical drive nmuber to identify the drive */
	BYTE *buff,		/* Data buffer to store read data */
	DWORD sector,	/* Sector address in LBA */
	UINT count		/* Number of sectors to read */
)
{
	DRESULT res;
	int result;

	switch (pdrv) {
	case ATA :
		// translate the arguments here

		result = ATA_disk_read(buff, sector, count);

		// translate the reslut code here

		return res;

	case MMC :
		// translate the arguments here

		result = MMC_disk_read(buff, sector, count);

		// translate the reslut code here

		return res;

	case USB :
		// translate the arguments here

		result = USB_disk_read(buff, sector, count);

		// translate the reslut code here

		return res;
	}

	return RES_PARERR;
}

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Write Sector(s)                                                       */
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#if _USE_WRITE
DRESULT disk_write (
	BYTE pdrv,			/* Physical drive nmuber to identify the drive */
	const BYTE *buff,	/* Data to be written */
	DWORD sector,		/* Sector address in LBA */
	UINT count			/* Number of sectors to write */
)
{
	DRESULT res;
	int result;

	switch (pdrv) {
	case ATA :
		// translate the arguments here

		result = ATA_disk_write(buff, sector, count);

		// translate the reslut code here

		return res;

	case MMC :
		// translate the arguments here

		result = MMC_disk_write(buff, sector, count);

		// translate the reslut code here

		return res;

	case USB :
		// translate the arguments here

		result = USB_disk_write(buff, sector, count);

		// translate the reslut code here

		return res;
	}

	return RES_PARERR;
}
#endif

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Miscellaneous Functions                                               */
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#if _USE_IOCTL
DRESULT disk_ioctl (
	BYTE pdrv,		/* Physical drive nmuber (0..) */
	BYTE cmd,		/* Control code */
	void *buff		/* Buffer to send/receive control data */
)
{
	DRESULT res;
	int result;

	switch (pdrv) {
	case ATA :

		// Process of the command for the ATA drive

		return res;

	case MMC :

		// Process of the command for the MMC/SD card

		return res;

	case USB :

		// Process of the command the USB drive

		return res;
	}

	return RES_PARERR;
}
#endif


SCHATTENSPIEL's current album in limited box version (50 copies). The box is engraved and contains two buttons, a sticker, four papercards (backside handwritten in Sütterlin) and a booklet. 14 ambient and martial songs feat. REX THE NINTH, BARBAROSSA UMTRUNK, ARVORAR, HERMANN KOPP & IGNIIS.
"None of the album tracks can be classified. There are no pigeonholes for that kind of sound. Schattenspiel's former delf-designation 'Military Pop' does not fit anymore. What is developing here is genre-transcending music reinforced with collaborations with other well-known artists. The run-of-the-mill military drumming of the old days, the neofolk that sounds like it was made by some strumming bard boring himself to death, all of this is gone. Only Schattenspiel remains: Soft and soulful music suddenly becoming brutal and sinister, full of fervency and inner vision.


My apologies for the silence on my blog these past few weeks, but I have some great news! I was moving to London and now I'm totally settled in the city! I'm staying here for a few months with my boyfriend. He is interning, and I'm working in retail. Last weekend we went to visit Buckingham Palace and Green Park. London has so many beautiful parks, it's amazing. I really love this city. It is so big and has many qualities.


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Kudzu (11-12-19 Encore)
Driving along 695, it's easy to ignore the greenery beyond the concrete medians and metal guardrails.
But that's just where one of our area's most troublesome invasive species hides and thrives. It's so troublesome, in fact, that residents in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi have called it "the scourge that ate the south."
Kudzu, a strong woody vine with rather lovely purple flowers, is a plant native to Asia. It was intentionally introduced to North America at the Philadelphia Continental Exposition in 1876 as an ornamental bush and an effortless, efficient shade producer.
Fifty years later, the vine was rebranded by the newly created Soil Erosion Service as a way to aid the crumbling farming industry during the tragic Dust Bowl era of the Great Depression. The government gave southern farmers eight dollars an hour to sow the topsoil with kudzu, then seen as a plant that would be a savior to the South, and heal the erosion crisis. The ensuing cultivation covered over one million acres, equivalent to the size of Rhode Island, with kudzu.
Once the plant took hold, there was no going back.
This is a rebroadcast.


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BLACKPOOL COLLECTION RAISES CASH FOR ARTIFICIAL PITCH PROJECT
Nigel Powlson
A MATCHDAY collection at the Pirelli Stadium has raised £849 towards the cost of a much-needed new community facility.
Burton Albion Community Trust has recently secured nearly £850,000 from The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund towards the £1m cost of building an artificial pitch at the Pirelli Stadium.
BACT has received additional support from Trent and Dove, The Consolidated Charity of Burton and the East Staffordshire Borough Council Local Neighbourhood Development Fund and has now started a major fund-raising drive to bridge the £100,000 shortfall.
This began with a collection at the Blackpool home game, with fans asked to support a project that will provide a much-needed community facility which will be used not only to deliver the trust's programmes but also by a wide range of clubs and organisations in the Burton area.
The Blackpool Supporters' Trust also backed the collection and urged visiting fans to donate.
Andy Taylor, head of community, says: "We were delighted with the response from both home and visiting supporters. The collection is the first step in a major fund-raising drive that will help us deliver a facility which will help the development of football, sport and community engagement in the Burton area."
BACT has a Just Giving page set up for any donations www.justgiving.com/bact


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Bishop Angaelos Interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live
Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK has said that the beheadings of twenty-one Egyptian Christians "barbaric" and "inhuman".
He plead that "anyone listening" who is "infatuated by this glorification of death" must see that "these people are human beings".
He added that Islamic State have a "narrow understanding" of "who has a right to exist and who doesn't" and he believes that this is "dangerous for everyone".
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on February 16th 2015.
Source: http://www. bbc. co.uk/programmes/p02k4bpy
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Grow Up, Luke
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Travis' Top 10 Albums of 2020
Last one... till December.
~Travis Erwin
1. Ward Davis - Black Cats & Crows
The title track was the first track I heard here and was strong enough to have me digging in for more. "Sounds of Chains" keeps the murder ballad alive and in gritty capable hands. The fourteen tracks here take you for an emotional ride and the collection feels traditional, without ever coming across as cliché. even on the Alabama cover, "Lady Down on Love."
2. Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You
The now 71-year-old Springsteen has spent the better part of 50 years writing about characters as frayed as the cuffs of a well-worn denim jacket. Selling a idea of nostalgia has always been a big part of Springsteen, but here on this album, those sentiments feel more like affirmations than mystical ideals that maybe never were. ThetTitle track along with "Burnin' Train," "Janey Needs a Shooter," and "I'll See You In My Dreams." Stood out for me.
3. Waylon Payne - Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me
Seventeen years is a long time to wait for a follow up album, and beyond that, Payne has a lot to live up given his royal lineage and ties to Outlaw hierarchy. This album lived up to all of it and perhaps even exceeded expectations.
4. Marcus King – El Dorado
With a bit of 70s funk throwback, King offers a unique vocal style. "One Day She's Here," and "Beautiful Stranger" were my favorite cuts.
5. Ruthie Collin – Cold Comfort
The album's opening track, "Joshua Tree," might be my favorite cut of the year. It was inspired by the relationship of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. Other favorites of mine were "Dang Dallas," "Wish You Were Here," and "You Can't Remember."
6. Swamp Dogg - Sorry You Couldn't Make It
A few years back, I had the pleasure of witnessing Swamp Dogg join John Prine on stage a few years back, and this album again showcases their friendship as it includes a couple of Prine covers, but the richness of this album is in the soulful passion of the vocals even more than it is the song selection. Not traditional country by any stretch but soulful and meaningful as god music should be.
7. Thieving Birds – American Savage
After a long seven year wait between album releases these birds came back with a thieving vengeance in 2020. "Ruin," "My Sweet Baby," "Somewhere to Run," "Sweet War," and "Pockets of Gold" are all tracks that spoke to me.
8. American Aquarium – Lamentations
No one speaks their mind like B.J. Barham and that is why his music tends to be so provocative.
9. John Baumann - Country Shade
More of a singer/songwriter, than a natural showman, Baumann's sounds isn't exactly traditional country, but it always feels pure and true. So it is ironic that the lead track, "The Country Doesn't Sound The Same," is about the old sound disappearing. "If You Really Love Someone," "Sunday Morning Going Up," and "I Don't Know" also spoke to me.
10. Stephanie Lambring – Autonomy
"Joy To Jesus" is as powerful of a track as I heard in 2020, but Lambring's talent goes well beyond this one track. The writing is powerful and the delivery emotional throughout the album.
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Saturday Night Music / Ward Davis / "Good and Drunk"
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Farce the Music's Top 20 Albums of 2020
Voted on by: Megan Bledsoe, Robert Dean, Jeremy Harris, Trailer, Kevin Broughton, Matthew Martin, Travis Erwin, Scott Colvin, and (tiebreakers) Chad Barnette.
20. Kathleen Edwards - Total Freedom
Welcome back! This first collection of songs from Edwards in 8 years is warm and lush, her music still fitting like a soft leather glove. That's not to say the songs are all comfy, there's ample amounts of hard-lived emotion and sharp lines. She hasn't lost a step! ~ Trailer
Despite everything 2020 was good if only for returning Kathleen Edwards to us. Eight years removed from her last album (Voyageur), Edwards is back with her familiar brand of songs that comfort, caress, and importantly make us smile when it was needed most. ~ Scott Colvin
19. Elizabeth Cook - Aftermath
Cook's most varied album of her career sees her pulling together threads of country, glam rock, and other genres to create a still-cohesive piece of art that'll get your feet moving, heart pumping, and mind considering. One of her best. ~ Trailer
18. Margo Price - That's How Rumors Get Started
I read a lot of reviews for That's How Rumors Get Started when it came out, and the gist was "she's not making country records anymore." To which I say, "so what?" That's How Rumors Get Started is a great album. Period. Whether it's country, California country, or Stevie Nicks-esque soft rock is inconsequential. Just put it on and enjoy the ride. ~ Scott Colvin
17. Jesse Daniel - Rollin' On
America needs many things in 2020. At or near the top of that list is The Bakersfield Sound, and Jesse Daniel delivers both a faithful send-up and a high standard for others to meet going forward. Rollin' On exudes hope, as you'd expect from an artist who's emerged on the redemptive side of addiction. The best pure country album of the year.
His was the last real show I saw B.C. (Before Corona), and I remember how excited I was about Daniel's future. At the turn of a bad year, I'll emulate his optimism: 2021 is gonna be a great year for this troubadour. ~ Kevin Broughton
16. Ashley McBride - Never Will
When people say the state of mainstream country is beyond repair, introduce them to Ashley McBryde. When they say that women only sing about happy endings and heartbreak, introduce them to Ashley McBryde. When they say that you can only make it big in Nashville if you sell out, introduce them to Ashley McBryde. And don't give McBryde or this record any qualifiers; she is not the best mainstream country artist in 2020, and this is not the best mainstream country album; rather, she is one of the best artists and this is one of the best albums in all of country music this year. ~ Megan Bledsoe
15. Jaime Wyatt - Neon Cross
For my money, there is not a better straight up honky tonk country album released in 2020 than Jaime Wyatt's Neon Cross. Shooter Jennings produced this album beautifully as well. Jaime's vocals are incredible and the incredibly personal lyrics are deceptively strong and deep. I think this was my most listened to album of the year and I don't think it will be out of rotation any time soon. The title track and "Rattlesnake Girl" are indicative of Wyatt's songwriting and vocal ability. The self-assurance Wyatt sings with draw you in from the beginning and there is no let-up throughout the album. ~ Matthew Martin
14. Arlo McKinley - Die Midwestern
Everyday on my way to work I pass a small town, crap bar with a sign full of misspelled words and local bands that played the other bars in town last week. Then one day just before this album was released, there it was, spelled correctly and everything. ARLO MCKINLEY with a date he'd be performing. That date, the weekend after Ohio closed all the bars due to rising Covid rates. Thankfully this album was around to play the lonesome sound 2020 demanded, just not live like I wished. ~ Jeremy Harris
13. Waylon Payne - Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me
Seventeen years is a long time to wait for a follow up album, and beyond that, Payne has a lot to live up given his royal lineage and ties to Outlaw hierarchy. This album lived up to all of it and perhaps even exceeded expectations. ~ Travis Erwin
When Texas Jonny Tyler told me, "That new Waylon Payne album is pretty good," I thought, "'Waylon Payne?' That sounds like a great pro wrestling name." On reflection, (1) this album is damn fine, with sharp lyrics and a honky-tonk sensibility; and (2) the name of the album sounds like a stable of wrestling villains. ~ Kevin
12. Run the Jewels - RTJ4
2020 may not have been an ideal year for most but if there was a soundtrack it'd be RTJ4. A guided tour of struggle and protest, on point lyrics, and some awesome beats. The perfect album for an imperfect year. ~ Jeremy
11. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass, Vol. I
As someone who has never really been a Sturgill apologist, this album made me a believer. It is something special to be able to reimagine an entire album's worth of one's work at all, let alone with such fresh, engaging results. It takes something even more special to deliver a bluegrass album with nuance and restraint, and Simpson does just that, proving that bluegrass is not always about instrumental prowess, but sometimes about simplicity and emotion. ~ Megan
10. Tami Neilson - Chickaboom!
I am such a sucker for female fronted garage rock. I got into Tami Neilson a few years back with Don't Be Afraid and enthusiastically devoured Chickaboom! when it was released. I don't have this on vinyl...but I will…and hopefully soon. ~ Scott
9. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions
There's a real late-80s/early-90s undercurrent to most of Isbell's latest release from the production with high-hitting snares, slight reverb-laden vocals, and high-flying guitar solos. But, this works well for Isbell who creates brand-new sounds within the old sound. Isbell's voice is about as good as it's ever been. It's remarkable to hear him sing a murder ballad so beautifully - I had to listen to the song "River" a couple of times to clear the dissonance between the beauty of the song and the darkness of the lyrics. But, that is what Isbell is so adept at doing. He shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. ~Matthew
8. Futurebirds - Teamwork
Futurebirds have always been road dogs. Their show has always been one that seems just about ready to go off the rails in the best possible way. Their albums have always been really good, but with Teamwork, Futurebirds put in what feels like their most personal set of songs which includes the Futurebirds' best songs: "Broken Arm," "Rodeo," and the absolutely incredibly raw emotional gut-punch "Waiting On A Call." ~ Matthew
7. Ruthie Collins - Cold Comfort
The album's opening track might be my favorite cut of the year. "Joshua Tree" was inspired by the relationship of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. Other favorites of mine were "Dang Dallas," "Wish You Were Here," and "You Can't Remember." ~ Travis
I remember the first time I listened to Cold Comfort. I put it on as background music and then "Joshua Tree" started playing. The background music was brought to the forefront and the world became the background. Starting at that moment my least productive physical moments were hidden behind the sweetness of Ruthie Collins. Wasted time is a thing to relish. ~ Jeremy
The title track was the first track I heard here and was strong enough to have me digging in for more. "Sounds of Chains" keeps the murder ballad alive and in gritty capable hands. The fourteen tracks here take you for an emotional ride and the collection feels traditional, without ever coming across as cliché. even on the Alabama cover, "Lady Down on Love." ~ Travis
5. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
I look on Stapleton as the Miles Davis of country music. Seems like he can show up in a studio and just churn out high grade stuff. (Sturgill is a lot like that. But Sturgill didn't release any new material this year.) This record dropped in December and re-ordered my top 10. Stapleton's a beast. ~ Kevin
4. Zephaniah OHora - Listening to the Music
It was a high bar to cross, but Ohora's sophomore effort exceeds 2017's lofty This Highway. On Listening to The Music, Zeph channels Merle Haggard, both vocally and spiritually. I'm not sure what was more 2020 about the song "All American Singer: (a) that it's genuinely courageous in woke America to say "not everything has to be about politics;" or (b) that some p***y at No Depression put Zeph on blast for NOT being political enough, smearing Merle Haggard in the process. ~ Kevin
3. Tennessee Jet - The Country
A cinematic masterpiece from a Renaissance man, Tennessee Jet draws on the likes of Sergio Leone and William Faulkner to craft his characters. This is literary songwriting combined with punchy production and execution. The crown jewel on an album of gems? A grungy, scary, 3 ½-minute movie soundtrack about the creepy death of Johnny Horton. And of all the covers of "Pancho and Lefty," -- I'll plant a flag right now – none equals the four-headed monster version here by TJ, Jinks, Elizabeth Cook and Paul Cauthen. ~ Kevin
2. The Wilder Blue - Hill Country
A mashup of The Damn Quails, Flatland Cavalry, and The Bellamy Brothers - but with their own blood pumping through this vital music, this probable side-project may have garnered enough attention to become a front-street project soon; at least I hope so. This is a fantastic album full of great lyrics, killer harmonies, and memorable melodies. ~ Trailer
A late add to my list, but wow. There's a lot of purity here in these harmonies and spot-on acoustic guitar licks. A half-dozen of these songs should be on mainstream radio right now, but what can you do? ~ Kevin
1. American Aquarium - Lamentations
No one speaks their mind like B.J. Barham and that is why his music tends to be so provocative. ~ Travis
With American Aquarium's latest album, BJ Barham has turned in his most poignant and pointed set of songs of his career. With the incredible production by Shooter Jennings and the tighter than ever musicianship, American Aquarium have released their hands-down most mature and best album to date. This is officially the highwater mark for American Aquarium. The opening, title track sets the tone for the album and it takes off from there. ~ Matthew
(Top Others Receiving Votes: Brandy Clark - Your Life is a Record; Marcus King - El Dorado; Katie Pruitt - Expectations; Steve Earle - Ghosts of West Virginia; Nicole Atkins - Italian Ice; Kesha - High Road; Great Peacock - Forever Worse Better; Gabe Lee - Honkytonk Hell; Brent Cobb - Keep 'em on They Toes; Tessy Lou Williams - s/t)
Labels: American Aquarium, Best of 2020, Futurebirds, Jaime Wyatt, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Run the Jewels, Ruthie Collins, Tami Neilson, Tennessee Jet, The Wilder Blue, Ward Davis, Zephaniah OHora
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Find you a woman who's cuddly and loves sitting by a fire listening to Ward Davis with you
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When the lights come on even though you expected an encore
"But Old Dominion is pretty good even if they're not very country"
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When somebody tweets "Charlie Pride was my favorite country singer!"
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Labels: A Muppets Christmas Carol, Charley Pride, Christmas, Country Reaction Gifs, George Strait, Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Old Dominion, Satire, The Muppets, Ward Davis, Willie Nelson
Ward Davis Performs New Song "Nobody"
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Ain't Gonna Be Today: Five Questions with Ward Davis
By Kevin Broughton
Kicking off with a blaze of harmonized electric guitars sounding like when the Allman's Elizabeth Reed checked into the Eagles' Hotel California, Ward Davis's new album Black Cats and Crows doesn't waste a second on formalities. Out Friday on Thirty Tigers, the record is a triumph on all fronts. A muscly country-rock record filled with murderous story songs, heartbreaking vulnerability, and that unmistakable voice—Davis's weathered croon, barrel-aged then left out in the sun—are all brought to life through Davis's and producer Jim "Moose" Brown's care for their craft and disdain for sterility.
Without listening to a note of Black Cats and Crows, the company kept in the liner notes alone—co-writers Cody Jinks, Kendell Marvel, and Shawn Camp—will tip off any discerning music fan on how respected Davis is as a songwriter. And his characters are relatable. "This is my coping mechanism. I know music is a coping mechanism for a lot of people," Davis says. "It's important that it's crafted well, but it's also important that it's honest so that people can relate to it and get something out of it." But it's not just songwriters that have taken notice. Among the world class musicians who took part in the recording of Black Cats and Crows, a name not too often thrown around in the world of country music appears; Anthrax's Scott Ian, who guested on the ominous murder ballad, "Sounds of Chains."
We've said here many times that as bad as 2020 has been on so many fronts, it's been a great year for independent music. Davis's Black Cats and Crows – upon its Friday release – will keep that hot streak alive. It's an outstanding country-rock album that will leave fans wanting more from this songwriter coming into his own. We caught up with Mr. Davis for a lightning-round set of questions, mostly about the writing process and the music industry.
Kevin: It's been a couple years since we last heard from you, on your 2018 EP Asunder. Are the 14 cuts on Black Cats and Crows songs you've developed since then, or do some of them stretch back beyond the EP?
Ward: Some of the songs on this record go back 15, 16 years. Some are just a few months old. I spent 15 years writing songs every day in Nashville hoping a George Strait or Tim McGraw would hear one and cut it, but it never happened. It's a scary thing to think about, all the great songs that slipped through the cracks in the pavement on Music Row. The ones I cut on here that are aged, are the ones I was proudest of when I wrote them.
KB: There's a line in the chorus of the title song, "God must have it in for me, why He only knows." Is that coming from a historical point in your own story, a metaphor for alienation and sense of unfairness in people in general, neither or a little of both?
WD: I mean, bad luck is bad luck. Hard times are hard times. Bad stuff happens sometimes for no good reason. I've had a lot of friends that aren't here anymore for reasons that I can't even begin to comprehend. A lot of different scenarios do a lot of people in. I think a lot of times we ask God "Why?" and He doesn't give us a straight answer. We were just pointing that out. It might feel like alienation, but it's a pretty normal feeling, most people understand.
KB: You have a lengthy and impressive list of artists for whom you've written: Willie, Merle, Sammy Kershaw and Trace Adkins, just to name a few. How is your songwriting/thought process different when you're writing them for yourself?
WD: I honestly don't remember how I used to write songs. I was always chasing the golden geese of Nashville. I was putting songs together like Legos. I stopped that about six or seven years ago. Now I just write when I want. Or when I feel something. Or when I need some therapy. I'll sit down and write a song in 20 minutes, but I won't write another one for five or six months. I don't think I have a process. I think I just write songs with people who like to write songs with me and that I like to write with.
KB: Over the last two to three years, there's been a slew of artists churning out quality, thoughtful, earnest music that in a sane world would have a natural home on country radio. Stapleton, Jinx, Tennessee Jet, Jesse Daniel…this album would certainly fall into that category. Two-part question: Do you see country radio ever moving back from the pop/bro brink, and if not, what is the path going forward for indie artists without terrestrial radio airplay?
WD: I hope they don't change it. All that shitty music on the radio drives people towards guys like me. The path is, "Stay real. Stay honest. Be human. Humans are listening."
KB: For those not familiar with your history, how deep into the world of Nashville co-writes and publishing are you, and regardless of future releases of yours, will that remain part of your livelihood?
WD: I haven't been a part of that world in over 6 years. I barely know anyone down there anymore.
Black Cats and Crows is available everywhere you consume music this Friday.
Labels: Anthrax, Cody Jinks, Interviews, Kendell Marvel, Kevin Broughton, Shawn Camp, Ward Davis, Willie Nelson
Monday Morning Memes: Dan + Shay Edition
Labels: Bad Luck Brian, Cody Jinks, Community, Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber, memes, Satire, Ward Davis, Whitey Morgan
Ward Davis Performs "Sound of Chains"
Off his forthcoming album Black Cats & Crows.
Monday Morning Memes: Dallas Cowboys, Florida-Georgia Line, Alan Jackson
Labels: Alan Jackson, Cody Jinks, Dallas Cowboys, Florida-Georgia Line, Kane Brown, memes, NFL, Satire, Ward Davis


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Pete Buttigieg speaks onstage at Conversations About America's Future: Mayor Pete Buttigieg through the 2019 SXSW Convention and Festivals at Austin Metropolis Limits Stay on the Moody Theater on March eight, 2019 in Austin, Texas.
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Pete Buttigieg, the little-known 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind., stated in an interview Sunday that Vice President Mike Pence has in impact grow to be a "cheerleader for the porn star presidency" and questioned aloud when the previous Indiana governor "stopped believing in scripture" and began to imagine in Trump.
The "porn star" reference is an obvious shot at Trump's alleged extra-marital affair with the previous porn star Stormy Daniels, which the president has denied. Buttigieg advised CNN's Jake Tapper in Austin that Pence's "interpretation" of scripture is completely different from his.
"My understanding of scripture is that it is about defending the stranger and the prisoner and the poor individual and that concept," he stated. "That is what I get within the gospel once I'm at church and his has much more to do with sexuality … and a sure view of rectitude."
Buttigieg, who's within the second tier of Democratic candidates for president, is a Rhodes scholar who was first elected mayor of his hometown in 2011 at age 29, making him the youngest mayor of a U.S. metropolis with at the very least 100,000 residents. A lieutenant within the Navy Reserve, he served a tour in Afghanistan in 2014.
Buttigieg raised his nationwide profile with an unsuccessful 2017 run for Democratic Nationwide Committee chairman, saying the occasion wanted a brand new begin. He withdrew from the race earlier than a vote when it turned clear he didn't have the help to win.
Amid his marketing campaign for a second time period, Buttigieg got here out as homosexual in a column within the native newspaper. He went on to win re-election with 80 % of the vote. In 2018, three years to the day after the column ran, he married his husband, center college trainer Chasten Glezman.
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The following is in response to the article: A walk on the wild side: Urban ethnography meets the Flâneur, Journal for Cultural Research by Jenks & Neves. I have been doing research for my Masters of Education for the past two years and I found this article to be problematic. I would therefore like to address some of the issues here.
The term "flaneuse" becomes problematic due to the sexualization of women when they are attempting to stroll unnoticed. This assumption that all women will be sexualized unless they are shopping I believe to be false. Unfortunately in our western society we are bombarded with media which constantly sexualizes women taking away their power and ignoring their intelligence. When is the last time you saw a movie with a female character who was not sexualized? By sexualizing these characters their intelligence and power is diminished. This often becomes the case in reality when this modelling affects how people assume women should be treated.
If someone feels more feminine they may feel more comfortable calling themselves a flaneuse. However, what happens when someone is more gender fluid or intersex?
These exclusionary terms flaneur and flaneuse are based on heteronormative binary language which makes many assumptions about people and how they are treated and seen. This invisibility of multiple genders could be viewed as transphobic and exclusionary.
Perhaps a third term needs to be created which is genderless such as the "flaneud".
The "flaneur" or urban ethnographer can be viewed as contradictory when attempting to give voice to those who have been left out while simultaneously speaking for them subconsciously adding one's own view, culture, opinion thereby appropriating original thought.
However, this is not to say that all women are sexualized when they are not "shopping" on the contrary to views expressed within the Akkelies van Nes and Tray My Nguynen article Gender Differences in the Urban Environment.
I personally believe many women are able to be flaneuse allowing them to observe unnoticed.
In March 2015, Laverne Cox visited Toronto.
The following academic organizations were involved in organizing the event "Laverne Cox, Toronto: Ain't I A Woman, My Journey to Womanhood":
The RSU Trans Collective
The Ryerson Students' Union (RSU)
The Continuing Education Students' Association of Ryerson (CESAR)
The York Federation of Students (YFS)
The University of Toronto Students' Union (UTSU)
The Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students at UofT (APUS)
The University of Toronto Mississauga Students' Union (UTMSU)
The Scarborough Campus Students' Union (SCSU)
The Community Action Centre (CAC) of the Students' Association at George Brown College (SA)
"The organizing of the event was insular, did not include the trans community (although it did include some trans students) and did not center organizing around trans women of color, homeless and marginalized trans people. Both the Trans Collective and the Students' Union recognized how this was problematic. Both organizations committed to attending and helping organize a workshop/discussion addressing how this type of insular academic organizing introduces harm to our community, and exploring ways in which academic organizations can work alongside trans people working in grassroots organizations and groups. "
— Grassroots Trans Toronto
Challenging Dominant Narratives of Organizing in the Trans Community
Although the trans community was not included in the organizing of this event and I see how this is problematic I could relate to many of the things Cox said about gender, discrimination and sexuality. As a trans person who faces anxiety, discrimination, and harassment when using public washrooms there are points made in Coxs speech which resonate with me. Therefore, I would like to summarize some of what was spoken about at the Winter Garden Theatre.
"The flawed logic of the gender binary model, the gender system that we know, conflates gender orientation and identity."
— Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox recently spoke at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto about how anti-gay slurs have been used to discriminate against her even though she was being bullied due to her gender expression. According to other kids she did not act the way someone who is assigned male at birth is supposed to act. They said she acted like a girl; these stereotypical assumptions of how one should act forces people into boxes and prohibits the freedom of expression and individuality.
Cox explains that one of the biggest obstacles the trans community faces is points of view which suggest that we can not be anything other than the gender we were assigned at birth.
She argues that the gender binary model can not exist without gender policing. This involves enforcing very rigid ideas and expectations about what it means to be a man or a woman; a girl or a boy. She challenges people to resist against being gender police and allowing people to express their gender in whatever way feels most authentic to them that day.
Cox believes violence towards black trans women is due to the history of slavery under Jim Crow when black men were lynched and their genitals were cut off. She argues that black folks dealing with post traumatic stress view trans women of color as the embodiment of this historic emasculation come to life. Trans women make up 72% of anti-LGBTQI homicide victims and 89% of these victims were people of color (Ahmed et al. 2014).
"I remember my therapist asking me if I knew the difference between a boy and a girl and in my infinite wisdom as a third grader because third graders are so wise I said, "There is no difference." The way that I reasoned it my mind at the time was that everyone was telling me that I was a boy but I knew that I was a girl. I knew that in my spirit and my soul that I was a girl so I reasoned that there must not be any difference."
When Cox was bullied her mom asked her what she was doing and she replied she was just being herself. Cox relates this to Brene Browns work on shame which comes from feeling that one is wrong. Cox began to feel at an early age that she was wrong. She did not feel safe at school or fully safe at home but where she did feel fully safe was in her imagination. She loved to dance and through finding something that she was good at it saved her life. Cox believes that if we can find something we are good at it can be life saving.
"The intensely painful belief that one is unworthy of love and belonging."
— Brené Brown
"Empathy is the anecdote to shame. Shame can not exist in an environment of empathy."
Cox named her event Ain't I A Woman: My Journey to Womanhood taken from abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojournor Truth Ain't I a Woman Speech May 29, 1851 at the Ohio Women's Convention about women's liberation as if she was not a woman because she was black.
Bell Hooks also used the title Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism for her first book about the devaluation of black women, feeling silenced and speaking about oppressions which are interlinked such as race, gender and class.
"One is not born a woman, but rather becomes one."
— Simone de Beauvoir
Butler's critique, 'Nowhere in De Beauvoirs is guaranteed that the one who becomes a woman is necessarily female.'


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#ifndef __M2ETIS_INTERNALMESSAGE_TEST_H__
#define __M2ETIS_INTERNALMESSAGE_TEST_H__

#include "m2etis/message/MessageSerialization.h"
#include "m2etis/message/key/Key.h"
#include "m2etis/message/key/providers/IPv4KeyProvider.h"

#include "m2etis/pubsub/config/Strategies.h"

#include "boost/mpl/bool.hpp"

using namespace m2etis::pubsub::routing;
using namespace m2etis::pubsub::filter;
using namespace m2etis::pubsub::persistence;
using namespace m2etis::pubsub::validity;
using namespace m2etis::pubsub::security;
using namespace m2etis::pubsub::order;
using namespace m2etis::pubsub::partition;
using namespace m2etis::pubsub::deliver;
using namespace m2etis::pubsub::rendezvous;

typedef m2etis::message::M2Message<std::vector<unsigned char>>::PayloadPtr PP;
typedef m2etis::message::NetworkMessage<m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>> NetMessage;
typedef m2etis::message::InternalMessage<m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>,
		m2etis::pubsub::ChannelType<SpreaditRouting<m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>>
		, NullFilter<std::vector<unsigned char>, m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>>
		, NullOrder<m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>>
		, NullDeliver<m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>>
		, NullPersistence
		, NullValidity
        , NullPartition<m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>, std::vector<unsigned char>>
		, NullSecurity, NullRendezvous>, std::vector<unsigned char>> IMessage;

TEST(InternalMessageTest, Serialize) {
    IMessage::Ptr m1(new IMessage());
	std::string t = "test";
	PP payload(new std::vector<unsigned char>(t.begin(), t.end()));

	// construct Message
	m2etis::message::Key<m2etis::message::IPv4KeyProvider> key("127.0.0.1:6666");
	m1->sender = key;
	m2etis::message::Key<m2etis::message::IPv4KeyProvider> keyR("123.123.123:123");
	m1->receiver = keyR;
	m1->payload = payload;
    m1->type = m2etis::message::PUBLISH;
	EXPECT_EQ("127.0.0.1:6666", m1->sender.toStr());
	EXPECT_EQ("123.123.123.123:123", m1->receiver.toStr());
	EXPECT_EQ(t, m1->getPayloadString());

	// Serialize
	std::string y = m2etis::message::serialization::serializeNetworkMsg<NetMessage>(m1);
	// Deserialize
	NetMessage::Ptr mm2 = m2etis::message::serialization::deserializeNetworkMsg<m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>>(y);
	IMessage m2(*static_cast<IMessage *>(mm2.get()));

	// Test for equality
	EXPECT_EQ(t, m2.getPayloadString());
    EXPECT_EQ(m2etis::message::PUBLISH, m2etis::message::ActionType(m2.type));

    IMessage::Ptr m3(new IMessage());
	std::string t3 = "test";
	PP payload3(new std::vector<unsigned char>(t.begin(), t.end()));

	// construct Message
	m2etis::message::Key<m2etis::message::IPv4KeyProvider> key3("127.0.0.1:6666");
	m3->sender = key3;
	m2etis::message::Key<m2etis::message::IPv4KeyProvider> keyR3("123.123.123:123");
	m3->receiver = keyR3;
	m3->payload = payload3;
    m3->type = m2etis::message::SUBSCRIBE;
	EXPECT_EQ("127.0.0.1:6666", m3->sender.toStr());
	EXPECT_EQ("123.123.123.123:123", m3->receiver.toStr());
	EXPECT_EQ(t3, m3->getPayloadString());

	// Serialize
	std::string y3 = m2etis::message::serialization::serializeNetworkMsg<NetMessage>(m3);
	// Deserialize
	NetMessage::Ptr mm3 = m2etis::message::serialization::deserializeNetworkMsg<m2etis::net::NetworkType<m2etis::net::UDP>>(y3);
	IMessage m4(*static_cast<IMessage *>(mm3.get()));

	// Test for equality
	EXPECT_EQ("", m4.getPayloadString());
    EXPECT_EQ("127.0.0.1:6666", m4.sender.toStr());
    EXPECT_EQ(m2etis::message::SUBSCRIBE, m2etis::message::ActionType(m4.type));
}

#endif /* __M2ETIS_INTERNALMESSAGE_TEST_H__ */


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Travel fans are engaged on Instagram, but can brands keep up?
Travel attracts one of the most engaged audiences on Instagram, according to an executive from the Facebook-owned image-sharing service.
Insight from Instagram, revealed during a Travel Perspective session at World Travel Market earlier this month, shows travel lovers return to the service about 28 days a month.
Neasa Bannon, head of travel for EMEA for Instagram, also says that travel fans watch three times more accounts than any other audience, seven out of 10 follow a brand and they are twice as likely to watch video content as any other audience.
"They are a curious, interested community that likes to give back," according to Bannon, who adds that a million travel-related hashtags are searched for every week.
For the two months from February to March last year, #hiddengems was searched for 290,000 times.
About three quarters of travel fans and followers are also likely to take action on videos they see, Bannon says, either swiping up (for more information), sharing with a friend, visiting a website or downloading an app.
The Stories element of the service has also become increasingly popular with brands, travel and others, despite initial thinking that it would be more a one-to-one space. A third of Stories viewed are from businesses, says Bannon, highlighting brands such as Airbnb, Hostelworld and Virgin Holidays who have taken advantage of the format.
She says the shift of users to Stories has been the biggest change in user profiles since the shift to mobile, with 400 million going to Stories daily.
Despite the insight around engagement, some travel companies in the audience said they had seen declining engagement with posts and sponsored content and finding it more difficult to grow their audiences organically.
One questioned whether features such as "swipe up" on Stories that are restricted to those with at least 10,000 followers might be opened up.
Bannon says that the growth of the platform means more and more brands are competing.
"I would advise using IGTV and Stories and trying to stay ahead of the trends in terms of how users are consuming our platforms - that's a good way to stay in the organic space for longer."
She also advises travel companies that the platform is "constantly evolving," so they need to adjust their audience, placement and content accordingly.
"It's very much a test-and-learn platform so you need to relook at audience and content. What worked six months ago might no longer work."
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WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber Preview
Filed Under:Anthony Njokuani, Antonio Banuelos, Benson Henderson, Donald Cerrone, Featherweight Title, Jose Aldo, Leonard Garcia, Lightweight Title, Manny Gamburyan, Mike Brown, PPV, Scott Jorgensen, Shane Roller, Urijah Faber, WEC, WEC 48
WEC on PPV? That's what you get this Saturday night. If you want to watch some of the best bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight fighters take the cage you better be ready to shell out some dough. The organization that has regularly put on free fights on Versus has switched over to the pay-per-view format for WEC 48. Is it worth buying?
11 fights are scheduled for the event. 5 on the main card, including 2 title fights (lightweight and featherweight). 2 of the pre-lim bouts will be available on Spike TV, Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung and Alex Karalexis vs. Anthony Pettis.
The Main Card:
Scott Jorgensen (9-3) vs. Antonio Banuelos (17-5)
Jorgensen is one of the top bantamweight fighters in the world. He is riding a 3 fight winning streak with his last loss coming to none other than his Saturday night opponent Banuelos. These two met back at WEC 41 where Banuelos won via split decision. Look for Jorgensen to exact some revenge.
Anthony Njokuani (12-2) vs. Shane Roller (7-2)
Roller is a tough dude out of Oklahoma. He lost his first pro fight before ripping off 5 straight wins. He then found himself in the cage with his toughest opponent to date, Ben Henderson who he lost to via TKO. Roller bounced back with a pair of wins within the WEC lightweight division and now takes on Njokuani. Njokuani is also a victim of Henderson as well as Cerrone. He's won 3 straight fights by TKO including his last one over Chris Horodecki. Njokuani has never won by submission.
Mike Brown (23-5) vs. Manny Gamburyan (10-4)
This could very well be a title fight one day in the bantamweight division. Brown surprised a lot of fight fans back in November of 2008 when he defeated Urijah Faber to become the WEC's bantamweight champ. He proved it was no fluke beating him again 7 months later. Brown lost his belt this past Nov. to Jose Aldo. He is an exciting fighter, fun to watch, and loves the submission.
Manny may have won TUF Season 5 if he didn't hurt his shoulder in the fight against Nate Diaz. After going just 2-3 in the UFC, Gamburyan dropped 10 pounds and headed to the WEC, where he has won both of his fights by unanimous decision. He now gets the biggest test of his career, and a win could very likely equal a title shot.
Champ Benson Henderson (11-1) vs. Donald Cerrone (11-2) (for lightweight title)
Who knows how much longer this division will be around in the WEC after UFC President Dana White made comments that the lightweights could have the same fate as the welterweights, middleweights, and light heavyweights, that being merge with the UFC. But as for now, this is an opportunity to enjoy what could be another classic match up.
Henderson and Cerrone met last October for the interim lightweight championship. Henderson won the bout via unanimous decision, in what Sherdog proclaimed the Best Match of 2009. Cerrone is no stranger to Fight of the Night honors either, having earned the distinction 4 times in the WEC.
Henderson is a well versed submissions specialist with knockout power. In the recent articles on BostonThrowdown.com revolving around lightweights around the world, you see that Henderson belongs in the conversation as a Top 10 guy. He's won 10 straight including wins over Cerrone and former champ Jamie Varner. A move to the UFC would be great Henderson, who could match up with the likes of Florian, Maynard, Edgar, and Penn.
Champ Jose Aldo (16-1) vs. Urijah Faber (23-3) (for featherweight title)
The former champ, and face of both the featherweight division and the WEC, Urijah Faber fights in front of his home town Sacramento on Saturday looking to get his belt back, and reclaim his spot on top of the 145 pound class.
Faber has defeated 3 times in his MMA career. Once to Tyson Griffin back in 2005, and more recently twice to Mike Brown. In the 2nd loss to Brown, Faber fought the majority of the fight with a broken hand and dislocated thumb, but still went all 5 rounds. He's an exciting fighter who will throw some unconventional strikes, which usually land. The WEC is certainly rooting for him as he is one of the sports' best ambassadors. Not to mention it would set up a rematch with either Brown or Aldo.
Aldo has won 9 straight with the last 5 by TKO or KO. He is the most explosive fighter in the featherweight division. But this is his first fight as champion. How prepared is he to defend his belt? Aldo's never been into the 4th or 5th "championship rounds," Faber has. It's an intriguing match up. Faber is going to have to have a great game to pull of the upset against the #1 ranked featherweight in the world, who by the way is only 23 years old.
What do you think? Worth $44.95? The WEC is pulling out all the stops on this one. Their big guns (Brown, Gamburyan, Henderson, Cerrone, Faber, and Aldo) will be in action. Is it enough for you to click "Buy" on Saturday? Either way we'll have the results for you on Sunday.
Enjoy the fights!
This could be card of the year. Hell the undercard alone could be its on WEC on Versus. Great card.


Smiling may be the theme of the first trailer for Todd Phillips' Joker, yet it's anything but smile-inducing. The trailer shows off Joaquin Phoenix's take on the character, including his suitably disturbing laugh, which Arthur Fleck lets out in a comedy club and then again while dressed as a clown on the subway.
"Does it help to have someone to talk to?".
"My mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face, she told me to have a goal to bring laughter and joy to the world", he says in a voiceover, as Fleck's seen getting beat up a few times in a clown getup. "She told me that I had a goal - to bring laughter and joy into the world".
If you were hoping Joker would connect to on-going DC and WB film series' like Aquaman or Wonder Woman, think again.
The tagline for the film is "put on a happy face". Picture: Press/ Warner Bros.
So the latest EW investigation aims to definitively decide if Creed or Phoenix's Joker is more terrifying.
Phoenix had fairly sizeable shoes to fill as the Joker, given the acclaim that greeted Heath Ledger's stunning performance as the character in Nolan's The Dark Knight. "She told me I had a goal, to bring laughter and joy to the world", he continues in the trailer, which you can watch below.
Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron, and Shea Wigham also star in the brand new film. It's more of an intimate and gritty movie with a very specific scope.
Fans were given a first look at what was to come for the forthcoming Joker film after director Todd Phillips dropped a daring first poster for the film.
Although it's still unclear how much of the film will focus on origin story vs. the fully formed character, the trailer grounds the Joker in different roots from anything we've seen before.
The Joker movie exists as its own standalone story, separate from the DC Expanded Universe and Jared Leto's face-tattooed portrayal of the Joker.


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Lew Pushes Up Debt Limit Deadline Again, Says Funds Will Be Exhausted Nov. 3
Juliegrace Brufke Capitol Hill Reporter
October 15, 2015 2:08 PM ET
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Congress Thursday the government will exhaust its funds by Nov. 3, two days earlier than his original estimate.
In a letter addressed to Speaker of the House John Boehner, Lew said the government will have just $30 billion in funds left — a number that falls far short of the funds needed to meet the country's financial obligations. Net expenditures can reach up to $60 billion in a day.
"Over the past two weeks, Treasury has continued to receive information about daily receipts, investments, and expenditures," he wrote. " The trend in our projected net resources has continued to be negative, and our projections for the relevant period have declined an additional $4-6 billion."
The Congressional Budget Office released a report Wednesday backing Lew's claims.
The nonpartisan scorekeeper said if the debt limit — which currently stands at $18.1 trillion — remains unchanged, the country could see a delay in government payments, a default on its outstanding debts and a loss of its ability to borrow funds.
The earlier deadline puts more pressure on lawmakers to come to an agreement. They are already working on a tight schedule to figure out a way to pay the nation's bills.
Leadership is scurrying to address the issue before Boehner's departure, but resistance from members of the House Freedom Caucus could make raising the limit difficult.
"The speaker has made it clear that he wants to solve some outstanding issues before he leaves," a Boehner spokesman said Wednesday. "No decisions have been made, but a resolution on the debt ceiling is certainly possible."
Lew cautioned that if the limit isn't raised, the country's creditworthiness could deplete and have a disastrous impact on the global economy.
"Moreover, as you know, increasing the debt limit does not authorize any new spending," he said. "It simply allows Treasury to pay for expenditures Congress already has approved, in full and on time."
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I love tomatoes with eggs, so I decided to top a whole wheat bagel thin with a wedge of sun-dried tomato laughing cow cheese, turkey sausage, and an egg and have the cherry tomatoes with it on the side. Delish!
This breakfast had approximately 389 calories, 20g fat, 30g carb, 20g protein, and 5g fiber.


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Play it on every string. You should concentrate on your right hand movement and try to relax. If you start feeling too much tension in your right hand, slow the tempo. It is important that you use a metronome with this exercise.
Although this exercise uses the major scale notes ascending then descending. You can replace them with other scales that you want to practice.
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Hands On: Space Hulk
This weekend Brandon and I were in Memphis for Games Workshop's convention, Games Day. I've been very excited about Full Control's version of Space Hulk. Space Hulk was a board game originally released in 1989. It borrows heavily from the paranoia and endless hallways in Alien. You control a squad of Blood Angel Terminators as they investigate ancient ships or asteroids. Hidden in all of those corridors are Genestealers, four armed xenos that would love to devour the Blood Angels. It's a very difficult game but it's also very fun.
Full Control had demo stations set up and I jumped into the first seat I saw available. There were a number of small demos to choose from, but as soon as the person running the demo said the second mission had the flame thrower I knew I had to try it. The flamer is very, very satisfying. From what I saw, the game is also pretty clunky. During the game I was playing I had to break down a malfunctioning door. I walked my marine up to the door and hit the button to swing my power fist. I looked at the screen in confusion. Did I hit the door? Did I miss? After two or three hits the door did break open, but until then I wasn't sure my actions affecting anything.
It is entirely possible that there is some form of dialogue box that was hidden during the demos. I only got a few minutes with the game instead of going through all the tutorials so it is very likely I am missing something. Cyanide's version of Blood Bowl hid all of the good stuff too, but it is possible for players to display all the rolls behind the game's animations. I'm hoping Space Hulk will do the same. The game is currently up for pre-order on Steam for 29.99 and the mobile version will be following at a later date. Expect multiplayer and the ability to create your own levels. I didn't love it as much as I wanted to, but the game is still a pre-order for me.
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We have another Jean!!! She came to play with a Jelly Roll from her very own stash. After browsing through two books of inspiring ideas, a decision was soon made. She chopped up the Jelly strips as per the pattern and proceeded to get a few blocks made up.
Nuttie wanted to make a Bargello Quilt, like the one hanging on my shop wall.... she chose the fabrics months ago and every week since, she's asked me what size to cut the strips... yes, I really mean EVERY week. It's great to see she has now not only cut them into 1 1/2" strips but she's carried on and made very good progress too.
Longport Lynda makes so many things for charity. In fact She and Monday Sheila are almost full time charity stitchers for one cause and another... how very kind they are. Just at the moment, Lynda is making blocks ready for quilting individually, all for her very own self... We're going to be doing Apartment Joining...
Norma is using up her rather large collection of Batik fabrics. The blocks started off being in the style of Courthouse Steps, but now Norma has invented a new and quite different idea... When the quilt is finished it could quite easily be called Liberated Lanterns... She's having fun and really... that's all that matters.
Lesley had started piecing these diamonds units into rows but stopped for a while.... she decided something was not quite jelling for her... she came to class for inspiration (and fun) and after choosing four or so new fabrics to add to the diamonds, she was much happier.
Kate had a lot of strangely shaped fabrics left over after making her Giant Orange Peel Quilt. She's decided to crazy piece them together, quite randomly, so not an inch will be wasted... and a new quilt will be made... fabulous, I love to see leftovers being used up.
Ugly fabrics, collected over 20+ years. I've always saved bits of fabric... especially those from the waste that other people didn't want to keep, some rescued from the fabric bins. Most of these squares are rescues. My mum Gwynneth needed a project so she got given a box of 3½" pre-cuts to make into 9-Patches. We have added Snowball blocks... more on this soon.
Karen arrived with a lovely bunch of fabrics. She wanted to make 6 cushions, big ones... but she had no plan. How about we do this for one, a Bargello style?... If you like it you can repeat for another cushion... if you don't, you make another design... a very liberated approach and Karen was game!
This quilt's story could be classed as a rescued mystery... Someone had left it in Gail's Garage. It's all sandwiched and even has most of the stabilising stitching done around all of the blocks, Stitched In The Ditch... so there's not a lot left to be done, well.... about half as much again... Anyway Gail has rescued it and can't quite remember why she didn't finish it in the first place... wooops, I let the cat out of the bag, now you know it was Gail, her very on self, who she put it in the garage a few years ago no less! ha ha ha
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NGC 5114 (również PGC 46828) – galaktyka soczewkowata (E/SB0?), znajdująca się w gwiazdozbiorze Centaura. Odkrył ją John Herschel 3 czerwca 1836 roku.

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A Fine Frenzy – Live in Los Angeles
A Fine Frenzy, led by the lovely Alison Sudol on vocals, finished their residency at the Coronet Theatre here in Los Angeles at Largo last month, to great success. "It's always been a dream of mine to play here," Alison stated, "And I'm so happy to have made that dream come true, even better, with a residency. The L.A. native sold out a string of dates at the high profile venue, frequented by famous comedians, with a final sold out date in which the adoring crowd soaked up every melody of her peaceful charm, and angel like voice.
Alternating between sitting for a stripped down acoustic set, to walking over to play piano, the audience was adoring when she let loose a stunning rendition of her hit ballad 'Almost Lover' from her debut album 'One Cell In the Sea,' with soulful passion. Girls and guys alike in the theatre had teary eyes. After new material from her latest 'Bomb In A Birdcage,' including her dancy new single 'Electric Twist,' and new material from her upcoming album not yet even recorded, Alison closed the blissful set with three memorable covers by Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, and the Beatles.
Afterwards, Alison and the band generously came outside on the patio to meet and greet every single one of their hundreds of fans on this cool, Los Angeles night. Her kindness of spirit is not only evident in her music, but also off stage. If you have not gotten her work, check out A Fine Frenzy now and support an incredibly talented artist.
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New Feature: Leave Me a Message!
Testing… testing… 1, 2, 3… is this thing on?
I'm trying out a new feature for the blog/podcast: voicemail! And I could use your help.
But first, why am I doing this? Because, because, because – you guys are really the stars of this blog. Always have been, always will be. The comments are routinely better than the posts! And now I'm launching the new podcasts, I'd love to find a way to bring your feedback into the mix. I can read them aloud, of course, but then it's just me, me, me all over again. Anyway, that's the idea: spice up the show with the wit and sparkle you guys have brought to this blog. Connect.
How will I use these? My plan is to cite the comments on the blog and eventually use the messages as part of the podcast. That's it. DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING YOU WOULD NOT WANT BROADCAST. I've set out some more ground rules below.
Okay, onto the help. I'm testing a couple of different options here. If you could try one or both, it would be a great help for me in deciding which one to use going forward.
You get 90 seconds to get whatever you want off your chest. Feel free to leave any feedback at all. Tell me your favorite book of all time to make sure I cover it in the History of Literature series. Or tell me your favorite one-liner. No strings attached!
If this thing works we'll eat like kings!
BUT if you say something like, "Hi Jacke, this is Kate in Los Angeles. I just wanted to say I love the show, especially the plays you've written for Kate Winslet and Bryan Cranston. Keep up the good work." I will run the entire message.
In other words: you determine how much info to reveal about yourself. Through your own words.
Other than that, no ground rules. Tell me something funny, tell me something interesting, tell me something smart, ask me a good question. All voices welcome! I can't wait to hear from you!
sounds like a great idea. I hope this works for you.
You've seen right through me! It is fantastic – I'm having so much fun listening to everyone's voices, reading their favorite passages.


Leadership should be about moving people and a cause forward. Sometimes leaders get it twisted and walk backwards, taking their organisations with them.
Every leader will fail at some point. Thinking you're immune to failure is naive and self-defeating. Keeping this in mind minimises blind spots.
Every leader must reflect. Identify how you best look back for the sake of learning. Be a student of your failures. A student of the failures of yourself and organisation.
Leaders who don't reflect are bound to repeat the same mistakes and move their organisations forward into the past. That, is failed leadership. There's an adage, "life us understood backwards but lived forward". It is true. Reflection is pulling lessons from the past as a foundation for success in the future.
Don't be that dumb leader. Reflect. Journal. If you're not a writer record video, audio, paint, sketch… Whatever you do make sure your record your journey as a leader. Keep an account of the journey of your organisation.
A leader who doesn't reflect is bound to repeat the same mistakes and failures; always moving everything forward to the past.
When looking back don't do so as a way of looking for ammunition. Leaders who hold those they lead at ransom by reciting their failure to them will never be progressive. Immature and insecure leaders often manipulate through intimidation, this way.
When you look back do so with the purpose of learning and enabling movement forward. When you raise issues of past failures make sure you've set the right foundation and context for doing so.
Progress eludes leaders holding grudges against their teams for past failures. Teams will fail those they lead. Leaders will also fail those they lead.
Don't be that dumb leader. Mature through reflection. Raise past failure for the sole purpose of learning and moving forward to the future. To that desired future.


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Songs in the Key of Colonialism
A UCSB historian's new book reveals the role of music in the subjugation and liberation of African culture
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History records colonialism as a lingering infection of violent domination. The conquerors arrive with avarice and superior weapons, and maintain order through intimidation. Sometimes, though, says a UC Santa Barbara historian, they also use the music of the conquered as a weapon.
In "African Music, Power, and Being in Colonial Zimbabwe" (Indiana University Press, 2015) Mhoze Chikowero, an associate professor of history at UCSB, reveals how British colonists suppressed and co-opted African music and dance, and the role of music as Africans rose up to reclaim their independence in the Second Chimurenga (war of self-liberation) in the 1960 and '70s. The First Chimurenga failed in 1896-97, resulting in African subjugation.
"It's not just a book about music," Chikowero said. "It's more of a history through music. As a historian I'm interested in archives, I'm interested in sources, I'm interested in how we can use indigenous knowledge systems to write history, and this is a good example of that."
Chikowero, a Zimbabwean national, noted that when the British colonized the country in 1890, they packaged it as a "civilizing mission." In reality, he said, it was designed "to systematically destroy, deliberately distort, or censor the positive aspects of African cultural life while underscoring the negative."
Music is key in Madzimbabwe spiritualities, as living people commune with God through their spirit mediums and ancestors in mapira musical ceremonies, Chikowero explained. The modern country of Zimbabwe took its name from the Southern African Zimbabwe civilizations symbolized by the stone cities dating to about 900 AD. The Great Zimbabwe is the largest of these Zimbabwes or "houses of stone."
"It is this spirituality that drew missionaries to commend the music, particularly the spiritual music performed on the mbira instrument," Chikowero said. "These people are speaking to ancestors, they're speaking to their pagan gods. So the missionaries descended on these cultures to crush them."
Chikowero argues that the assault on African culture wasn't limited to the missionaries. Once the indigenous people were subjugated and restricted to reserves, he asserts, their music was "studied" by ethnomusicologists eager to redefine "primitive" culture as inferior and in need of the guiding hand of the colonists. Although some scholars have argued that Eurocentric ethnomusicology promoted native culture, Chikowero strongly disagrees. "They don't see it as I do — ethnomusicology and other colonial social sciences constituted an effort to understand 'the other' so as to better dominate him, to better govern him in the system of so-called native administration." This is why these social scientists were funded by the colonial state; they were functionaries in the process of knowledge colonialism, he said.
Despite decades of cultural crisis — the British colonized Zimbabwe in 1890 and relinquished power in 1980 — Chikowero said Africans kept alive their traditions, often by sly rebellion. "When the children went to the mission schools," he noted, "they took their songs, they took their foundational philosophical ideas to those mission stations. And when they were marching — they marched every morning — the songs that they sang were often in their own languages, or rearranged to sound like they were singing about Jesus and 'civilization.' Sometimes when they sang about Jesus they were still singing music that actually protested the new system of the oppressors — 'the people without knees' — a reference to Europeans' forcing Africans to labor for them as if they did not have knees. They came to this country and forced us into slavery and all these things."
When Zimbabweans re-ignited their anticolonial uprising in the Second Chimurenga (the guerilla warfare of the 1960s and '70s), music drove the fight, Chikowero said. The music of Chimurenga provided the soundtrack of resistance, with the likes of Thomas Mapfumo, Dorothy Masuku and Zexie Manatsa leading the way. Nearly a century of colonial occupation had wounded indigenous culture, but it wasn't as deadly as it was in the Americas.
"There was crisis, yes, but there was not wholesale cultural erasure," Chikowero explained. "Perhaps because of the demographics, you don't have a demographic collapse like there was in this part of the world. So Africans were still able to deploy their cultures in the ultimate struggle for self-liberation."
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