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Velika nagrada Velike Britanije 1988 je bila osma dirka Svetovnega prvenstva Formule 1 v sezoni 1988. Odvijala se je 10. julija 1988 na dirkališču Silverstone Circuit v Silverstonu. Zmagal je Ayrton Senna, drugo mesto je osvojil Nigel Mansell, tretje pa Alessandro Nannini. Najboljši štartni položaj je osvojil Gerhard Berger, najhitrejši krog pa je postavil Mansell.

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Ob štirideseti obletnici dirkališča Silverstone Circuit je bil velik del dirkališča in spremljevalnih objektov obnovljenih ali povsem na novo zgrajenih. Nigel Mansell je napovedal da bo pred začetkom naslednje sezone 1989 prestopil v moštvo Ferrari. K temu ga je vzpodbudilo sedem zaporednih odstopov na dirkah in več nesreč pri veliki hitrosti na petkovem treningu zaradi težav Williamsa z aktivnim podvozjem.

Kvalifikacije
Štartna vrsta je bila zelo neobičajna za to sezono, saj sta prvo vrsto zasedla dirkača Ferrarija, Gerhard Berger in Michele Alboreto. Prvič v tej sezoni pa v prvi vrsti bi bilo niti enega od dirkačev McLarna, ki sta tokrat zasedla drugo vrsto, Ayrton Senna pred Alainom Prostom. Marchova dirkača Mauricio Gugelmin in Ivan Capelli pa sta z uvrstitvijo v tretjo vrsto pripravila veliko presenečenje. Mansell se je uvrstil šele na enajsto mesto, medtem ko se je njegov moštveni kolega Riccardo Patrese kvalificiral šele kot petnajsti.

Dirka
Dirka je potekala v močnem dežju in je bila šele prva dežna dirka po dirki za Veliko nagrada Portugalske v sezoni 1985. Gerhard Berger je štartal najbolje, za njim pa se je zvrstil Senna. Prost pa je štartal obupno, saj je padel kar na deveto mesto. V tretjem krogu je Ivan Capelli zaradi težav z električnim sistemom padel po razvrstitvi nazaj. Do štirinajstega kroga so se za tretje mesto borili Mauricio Gugelmin, Alessandro Nannini in Mansell, Senna pa je v ovinku Bridge chicane prehitel Bergerja za vodstvo in kmalu za tem še Prosta za krog. Senna je začel povečevati prednost, v dvajsetem krogu je Mansell prehitel Nanninija in se prebil na četrto mesto, nato pa se je Italijan še zavrtel in spustil mimo Gugelmina. Dva kroga kasneje je Mansell prehitel še Michela Alboreta in bil že tretji, Prost pa je medtem odstopil zaradi okvare krmilnega sistema. Mansell je iskal mokre dele steze, da je hladil dežne pnevmatike, toda vseeno postavljal hitre čase in v petdesetem krogu prehitel tudi Bergerja ter se prebil na drugo mesto, triindvajset sekund za Senno. Berger je zaradi premalo goriva zgubljal mesto za mestom, prav v zadnjem ovinku dirke je padel s petega na deveto mesto. Podobne težave je imel tudi drugi dirkač Ferrarija Alboreto, ki mu je goriva zmanjkalo v triinšestdesetem krogu. Senna je z lahkoto zmagal, drugo mesto je na zadovoljstvo gledalcev osvojil Mansell, ki je prekinil serijo odstopov v tej sezoni, tretje mesto pa kljub še dvema vrtenjema Nannini, ki je tako osvojil svoje prve stopničke. Gugelmin je s četrtim mestom dosegel svojo prvo uvrstitev med dobitnike točk, prvo šesterico pa sta zaključila Nelson Piquet in Derek Warwick. Uvrščenih je bilo devetnajst dirkačev, prvih pet pa v istem krogu.

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! 1
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|  Ayrton Senna
| McLaren-Honda
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| 1:33:16,367
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| 9
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! 2
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|  Nigel Mansell
| Williams-Judd
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! 3
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|  Alessandro Nannini
| Benetton-Ford
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! 4
| 15
|  Maurício Gugelmin
| March-Judd
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| 3
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! 5
| 1
|  Nelson Piquet
| Lotus-Honda
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| + 1:20,835
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| 2
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! 6
| 17
|  Derek Warwick
| Arrows-Megatron
| 64
| +1 krog
| 9
| 1
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! 7
| 18
|  Eddie Cheever
| Arrows-Megatron
| 64
| +1 krog
| 13
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! 8
| 6
|  Riccardo Patrese
| Williams-Judd
| 64
| +1 krog
| 15
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! 9
| 28
|  Gerhard Berger
| Ferrari
| 64
| +1 krog
| 1
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! 10
| 2
|  Satoru Nakadžima
| Lotus-Honda
| 64
| +1 krog
| 10
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! 11
| 36
|  Alex Caffi
| Dallara-Ford
| 64
| +1 krog
| 21
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! 12
| 33
|  Stefano Modena
| Euro Brun-Ford
| 64
| +1 krog
| 20
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! 13
| 29
|  Yannick Dalmas
| Larrousse-Ford
| 63
| +2 kroga
| 23
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! 14
| 30
|  Philippe Alliot
| Larrousse-Ford
| 63
| +2 kroga
| 22
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! 15
| 23
|  Pierluigi Martini
| Minardi-Ford
| 63
| +2 kroga
| 19
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! 16
| 4
|  Julian Bailey
| Tyrrell-Ford
| 63
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| 24
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! 17
| 27
|  Michele Alboreto
| Ferrari
| 62
| Brez goriva
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! 18
| 25
|  René Arnoux
| Ligier-Judd
| 62
| +3 krogi
| 25
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! 19
| 21
|  Nicola Larini
| Osella
| 60
| Brez goriva
| 26
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! Ods
| 20
|  Thierry Boutsen
| Benetton-Ford
| 38
| Prenos
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! Ods
| 16
|  Ivan Capelli
| March-Judd
| 34
| Alternator
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! Ods
| 11
|  Alain Prost
| McLaren-Honda
| 24
| Obnašanje
| 4
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! Ods
| 3
|  Jonathan Palmer
| Tyrrell-Ford
| 14
| Motor
| 17
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! Ods
| 22
|  Andrea de Cesaris
| Rial-Ford
| 9
| Sklopka
| 14
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! Ods
| 14
|  Philippe Streiff
| AGS-Ford
| 8
| Odlomljeno krilo
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! Ods
| 24
|  Luis Perez-Sala
| Minardi-Ford
| 0
| Vzmetenje
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|  Oscar Larrauri
| Euro Brun-Ford
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|  Piercarlo Ghinzani
| Zakspeed
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|  Stefan Johansson
| Ligier-Judd
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! DNQ
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|  Bernd Schneider
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|  Gabriele Tarquini
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A: MBProgressHUD does exactly that! Check out https://github.com/jdg/MBProgressHUD

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Indiegogo Spotlight: Stephen King's 'IT' Documentary 'Pennywise: The Story Of IT'
By The Movie God | @ | Thursday, June 1st, 2017 at 2:00 pm
If the look of the new movie adaptation of Stephen King's IT isn't quite doing it for you and you'd prefer to stick with the 1990 TV miniseries adaptation starring Tim Curry as Pennywise the clown, a new documentary is on the way you'll be interested in learning about.
The documentary is titled Pennywise: The Story of IT, and aims to dig into the story behind the TV miniseries' creation. The makers of the doc have obtained over two hours of previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage for the project, and have already set up over 20 interview guests, including the great Tim Curry himself.
Read more about the project and check out the pitch video below.
Topics: Crowdfunding, Documentary, Features, Indiegogo Spotlight, Movies, Television
Tags: Indiegogo, Indiegogo Spotlight, It, Pennywise: The Story of IT, Stephen King, Tim Curry
Indiegogo Spotlight: 'Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon' Sequel Comic
By The Movie God | @ | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 11:00 am
We've been hearing about a sequel to the 2006 indie horror Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon since 2009, but the project has struggled to find a path to our eyes. Earlier this year the sequel—or "spreemake" as they're calling it, described as "a mash-up of a sequel, prequel, and remake, that will deconstruct and comment on the archetypes of prequels, sequels and remakes" by director Scott Glosserman—which is titled Before the Mask: The Return of Leslie Vernon was once again teased, but some things need to go right before it can happen.
The first step is telling the story of the spreemake in an eight-issue comic, which is an adaptation of the movie's script. An Indiegogo campaign has been launched for the project, and it serves two purposes: proving that fans actually want more Leslie Vernon, and providing a visual representation of the story they want to tell in the follow-up movie without actually making the movie.
You can read more about the crowdfunding campaign below.
Topics: Comics, Features, Indiegogo Spotlight
Tags: Before the Mask, Before the Mask: The Return of Leslie Vernon, Behind the Mask, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Indiegogo, Scott Glosserman
Indiegogo Spotlight: 'The Order' Movie From Former 'Power Rangers' Stars
By Maximus Prime | Thursday, May 26th, 2016 at 8:45 pm
The 1st season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers aired when I was in 1st grade, 22 years ago. For years, I made sure to watch each new iteration of the team, enamored by the colorful suits, the martial arts action, and the fact that young people were entrusted with saving the world.
I haven't watched a new season of Power Rangers in quite some time, but I do, however, follow many of the actors on social media — and for the past month or so, some interesting things have occurred. First, many of the original cast and others changed their Facebook profile images to an intriguing symbol. Next, they began posting cryptic messages and videos, hinting at some sort of joint project. Finally, just last week, the group (including 18 former Power Ranger actors), launched a crowdfunding campaign for a film called The Order. Oh, nostalgia, you've made your way back to me.
I recently had the opportunity to interview some of the cast about the project and I'm really excited to share it with you all. You can find that and more below.
Topics: Crowdfunding, Features, Indiegogo Spotlight, Movies
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Indiegogo Spotlight: 'Beyond Lovecraft' Graphic Novel By Rob Moran and Jasper Bark
By Waerloga69 | @ | Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 at 5:30 pm
H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu stories have had a profound effect on a multitude of people for almost a century. They have inspired any number of books, games, and toys that continues on to this very day. As a matter of fact, I sit here with a Pop! figurine of Cthulhu on my desk inspiring me as I write this article! And having said that, I am proud to be able to present to you a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for Beyond Lovecraft, a wondrous graphic novel that stays true to the original tales by taking the reader to some unpredictable and desolate places via sequential art. Four stories, all tied together with a single theme. What more could you ask for, right?
Well, how about Rob Moran providing all the art? That's all it took to get me hooked. Well, that and he contacted me personally to let me know about it. I've been a fan for years, as his artwork is impeccable. He has a certain noir, macabre twist to much of his work that gives it far more depth than most artists can muster on their best days. He's teamed up with writer Jasper Bark to create this amazing 96-page graphic novel for us.
Topics: Comics, Crowdfunding, Features, Indiegogo Spotlight
Tags: Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft, Indiegogo, Jasper Bark, Rob Moran

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Posted: January 6, 2022 at 7:33 pm
Almost 100 years ago, communities across Alabama started pulling together to form cooperatives like Joe Wheeler Electric. Private power companies bringing electricity to the big cities looked at the rural parts of the state and didn't see the profit in extending service there. So, if they wouldn't bring electricity to rural communities, the people in those areas decided to build the lines themselves.
Alabama Congressman Robert Aderholt
Alabama Congressman Robert Aderholt sees a lot of similarities between those early days of electricity and the state's current disparity in broadband access between urban and rural areas. And just as the cooperative model has proven tremendously successful in the decades since the first power lines went up, electric co-ops may hold the key to closing that gap.
"There are so many cities that have broadband, but so much of rural America has been left out. And a lot of that is just pure cost," he says. "I liken it a lot to what we saw with electricity. If you were trying to operate a business back in those days, it was very difficult without electricity. Today, it would be very difficult to operate a business if you didn't have access to broadband."
State Sen. Arthur Orr agrees. As Alabama continues to grow, he sees broadband as an essential tool for attracting the kind of businesses that, in the past, would only have been available to major cities.
"The problem for a lot of rural areas is they can't attract companies because they don't have high-speed internet," he says. "Widely distributing broadband could be really transformative for those areas. It won't happen overnight, but it will enhance small businesses and appeal to smaller companies that don't need to be in the city."
Here in North Alabama, Joe Wheeler Electric is at the forefront of efforts to expand broadband with the FlashFiber project. Once complete, the network will offer internet speeds of up to 2 gigabits to households and businesses within the cooperative's service area.
"The bottom line is that FlashFiber is going to areas that private companies probably wouldn't go, because their bottom line is about making money," Aderholt says. "A lot of my constituents will have the opportunity to get internet at speeds just like you would find in cities like Atlanta or Birmingham."
Orr has been particularly impressed by Joe Wheeler's readiness to expand into a new industry for the good of its members. He imagines others wouldn't be so quick to take on what some might see as an unnecessary risk.
"I can't say enough good things about Joe Wheeler and their leadership," he says. "They could have said, 'We're an electric utility. Internet service isn't our business.' Despite that, they were willing to step into a new venture to better the lives of their ratepayers. I'm very appreciative to have that kind of leadership locally."
A Flash of Inspiration
As much progress as the state has made in closing the broadband gap, Aderholt recognizes there is still a long way to go. He finds encouragement in the fact that, while the country may be divided on many issues, he has seen bipartisan agreement in the nation's capital that broadband access should be a priority.
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"This is an issue that I believe is really beyond party lines," he says. "I was talking to a colleague from a liberal district in Wisconsin recently, and we were having the same issues around broadband access. We can all agree that we don't want two Americas: one with internet and one without it."
Aderholt is also optimistic that increased funding for the USDA's ReConnect Loan and Grant Program, targeted at expanding high-speed internet access in rural areas, will encourage further investment in rural connectivity. The program picked up additional funding from the CARES Act earlier this year, along with $2 billion from the infrastructure package passed late last year.
"I think Alabama is well on its way, and FlashFiber will be part of that success," he says. "Alabama has received somewhere around $100 million in grants and loan combinations for companies to connect thousands of homes and businesses throughout the state. Farms, schools, health care facilities, you name it."
The Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund, created by the state legislature in 2018 to expand high-speed internet in Alabama, also passed the $20 million mark last summer. Orr says that fund shows the governor's and legislature's support for continuing to invest in broadband access for rural areas.
"That $20 million seems woefully insufficient now, but we knew we needed to get started. So, I'm glad we're a little bit ahead of the game," he says. "We have utilities like Joe Wheeler and other vendors who got started under the state program, and now we're going to see this huge influx of federal cash."
While Joe Wheeler's FlashFiber project is a big step forward for our own members, Aderholt hopes other regions in Alabama and beyond take notice.
"I think this is a model that rural America — not just in our state but around the country — can emulate. It's the type of program that I think will make sure rural America is on a level footing with the rest of the country."
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Christian College Expels Lesbian Student, Then Demands Repayment of Scholarships June 16, 2013 Camille Beredjick
Christian College Expels Lesbian Student, Then Demands Repayment of Scholarships
By Camille Beredjick
When Danielle Powell fell in love with the woman she would marry, it ended up costing her nearly $6,000 — and her education.
Danielle Powell, right, and her wife Michelle Rogers (Nati Harnik – Associated Press)
Powell was finishing her psychology degree at Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska, when she started openly dating Michelle Rogers. Unfortunately for her, Grace isn't your ordinary college, but a private Christian school that requires its students uphold a rigid code of "moral" conduct:
Grace University's code of conduct for its students is strict: No kissing, no prolonged hugs and certainly no premarital sex. The school even monitors students' television habits, forbidding HBO, MTV, Comedy Central and several other channels "because of the values they promote." The rules are laid out in a student handbook and signed by students every year.
"No one was more surprised than me," Powell recalled of her relationship. "I had been very religious since I was a small child, and that did not fit in with what I thought I believed."
Last January, the university confronted her about the relationship and suspended her. To be considered for readmission, Powell had to undergo months of mandatory counseling, church attendance, spiritual training and mentoring, in addition to promising she wouldn't engage in premarital sex. She obliged.
She was readmitted, but only briefly. Just a few days letter, Powell received a letter from the university's vice president, Michael James, informing her that she was expelled.
James wrote that her re-admittance had been based on professions she made to various faculty and staff that she would change her behavior, but that "the prevailing opinion is that those professions appear to have been insincere, at best, if not deceitful."
"I was livid," Powell said. "I had done everything they asked me to do. I drove over to my mentors' house and just bawled my eyes out."
To make matters worse and prove their "values" once and for all, Grace University sent Powell a bill for $6,000, the tuition cost for her unfinished semester that should have been covered by federal loans, grants and scholarships. The school even refused to submit the proper transcripts and credits for her to transfer to another university unless she paid off the tuition she says should have been covered.
School officials declined to discuss specifics of Powell's case, citing federal student privacy laws, but through a public relations agency said it would provide Powell official transcripts and transfer her credits.
Powell is skeptical. She noted that nine months after she was expelled in January 2012, the registrar's office denied her request for her transcripts because of the bill, though she eventually received student copies of her transcripts.
Powell's wife has launched a Change.org petition asking that the school take back its financial demands; as of Saturday it has close to 40,000 signatures. She writes:
Danielle dreamed of completing her degree at Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska and becoming the first person in her family to graduate from college. She earned scholarships to cover her tuition and, for 3 ½ years, contributed to the school both academically and in extracurricular activities, including playing on the volleyball team and starting an on-campus homeless outreach in Omaha's downtown area.
In the spring 2011, that dream came to an end when university officials found out Danielle was in a same-sex relationship and expelled her from school just one semester short of graduation. She was told, "…it would be impossible for the faculty of Grace University to affirm your Christian character, a requirement for degree conferral." Danielle's life was completely turned upside down and her academic career ended simply because she fell in love with another woman.
The comments on this Associated Press article about the incident are disappointing, with a number of people dismissing Powell as a misguided girl who simply broke a contract with her school and must suffer the consequences. But the problem is much bigger than that: it's about the culture of religious universities that impose their so-called "values" on students rather than acknowledge their own prejudice. These schools refuse to acknowledge that there's more than one way to be a Christian, so when circumstances like this arise, they shatter a student's life with no harm to the school at all. Isn't it easy to blame your bigotry on a breach of contract?
Not to mention that while the school may have had the right to expel her, they displayed none of their so-called "grace" in charging her tuition costs for a semester when she wasn't even in class.
There's no question that Powell was a valuable member of the Grace University community who deserves far better than how she was treated. The real question, though, is why she'd choose to attend such a hateful school in the first place.
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This fortnight Patter has chosen to share a song I have sung often and really enjoy to sing. I urge anyone who visits my blog to please pop over to Patter's blog HERE and read her devotional thoughts and also go to the links she shares to hear the song sang and the writer of the song explain how the song came about. After reading what Patter teaches and listening to the song and singing along to the song, tears welled in my eyes.
As Patter asks... "Are you living as a purchased possession of Christ?".. I realised my answer is no!!! but oh how GREAT our Father's love is that He loves and forgives.
The first verse of the song is all about ME... I am that wretch or was that wretch.. I am surely now, His treasure and I intend to live the life I should do to bring God the honor and glory He deserves.


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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA: NIGERIAN JOURNALIST DETAINED AND THREATENED
NIGERIAN JOURNALIST DETAINED AND THREATENED
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Journalist Samuel Ogundipe is being detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters, Guzape district Abuja. He was brought to court without a lawyer present and has been charged with 'criminal trespass' and 'theft of police document'. He was arrested on 14 August after honouring an invitation by the SARS unit of the Nigerian police to report to their office as part of an investigation into a news article Premium Times, the online newspaper he works for, published.
Samuel Ogundipe, a journalist with Nigeria's leading investigative newspaper, Premium Times, received a call on 14 August from the Special Anti-Ribbery Squad unit of the Nigeria police to report to their office. Immediately he presented himself at their office he was arrested and detained. The police also freeze his bank accounts.
The next morning he was interrogated without his lawyer present. The police demanded that he reveal his sources for a news article published by the Premium Times. The news article refered to a report on the investigation into the invasion of the National Assembly by operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) which the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had submitted to the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo. Other media organizations published the same report. He refused to reveal his sources even after police threatened that they would not release him unless he reveals his sources.
On 15 August, Samuel Ogundipe's lawyer visited his client in detention at 10am, but the police asked the lawyer to come back at 4pm. At around 3:30pm Samuel was secretly arraigned at a magistrate court without his lawyer present, depite him asking for one. Samuel Ogundipe was charged with 'criminal trespass' and 'theft of police document'. The police accused him of stealing police documents, but failed to mention in court that Samuel Ogundipe is a journalist. The court ordered that he be remanded for five days. The Registrar of the court allowed him to make a phone call. He was able to briefly speak with his editor-in-chief.
On 9 August, Premium Times published a report revealing that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had submitted a report to the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo. The Acting President had asked the police to investigate a siege on the National Assembly on 7 August by heavily armed operatives from the State Security Services (SSS). The officers blocked the entrance of the National Assembly, preventing lawmakers and staff from gaining access. This siege drew wide condemnations in the country as people accused the government of using the SSS to victimise the opposition. The Acting Presdient subsequently sacked the Director General of the SSS, Lawal Daura, for this action, claming it had no authorisation of the government and ordered the police to investigate it.
Premium Times published a copy of the report of police investigation. The police reacted to this news article by verbally summoning a journalist from the newspaper Azeezat Adedigba, on 11 August. They asked her to report to police station as part of their investigations into the publication of the article. The newspaper insisted that the invitation be made formal and on 13 August the police invitation was delivered to Premium Times requesting Azeezat to report for questioning the following day (14 August) by 10am.
According to the letter, the police were investigating a "case of criminal conspiracy, cybercrime, attempted kidnapping and fraudulent act" and that her name and phone number had come up in the course of their investigation.
On 14 August, Azeezat Adedigba accompanied by the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Mojeed Musikilu, went to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office. As soon as they arrived an armed police officer confiscated Azeezat Adedigba's phone, detained her and physically assaulted the editor-in-chief.
After four hours, at around 2pm, the investigating police officer arrived. He provided a phone number and asked Azeezat Adedigba to dial it. The phone number turned out to be that of Samuel Ogundipe, who was then asked to report at the police station. Immediately he arrived, he was detained together with Mojeed while Azeezat Adedigba was released and allowed to leave.
Mojeed Musikilu was released on the same day while Samuel Ogundipe remained in detention.
UA: 153/18 Index: AFR 44/8953/2018 Issue Date: 17 August 2018
Please write immediately in English or your own language:
Urging the Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Samuel Ogundipe and drop all charges against him;
Calling on them to respect press freedom and the right to freedom of expression in Nigeria and ensure journalists are protected from any threats and harassment for doing their job.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 28 SEPTEMBER 2018 TO:
Abubakar Malami, SAN
New Federal Secretariat Complex
5th Floor, Shehu Shagari Way
PMB 192 Garki
Maitama, Abuja
Email: info@fmj.gov.ng
Salutation: Honourable Minister
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Message In A Bottle (1999) dir. Luis Mandoki writ. Gerald DiPego (from the novel by Nicholas Sparks) cine. Caleb Deschanel music Gabriel Yared edt. Steven Weisberg star. Kevin Costner (Garret Blake), Robin Wright Penn (Theresa Osborne), Paul Newman (Dodge Blake), Robbie Coltrane (Charlie Toschi), John Savage (Johnny Land), Linda Paul et. al.
Yes indeed. Surrealism by default. You view it like a dream, standing on the outside, waiting to join in... when you can figure out what's going on.
Flashes of sunlight through the pines... your blind is up just a hair so's you can see the landscape... and your fellow passengers in double-exposure, reflecting like ghosts in the tinted glass. Your eyes drift back to the movie... somehow Theresa is in a funky coastal town playing detective... there's Garret Blake (Costner) working on his funky sail boat... and there's his funky old man Dodge Blake (Newman), a piss-tank who lives in a funky salt-box on the beach... filled with the paintings of this Catherine who-ever-she-is and you're thinking, hell, Newman is the poet, he's the guy who's writing these bottle messages... but this dummy Theresa thinks it's Costner.
You wake up in the desert, just as the bus is rolling down a hill towards a bottomless gorge filled with the bones of Mexican history and maybe a few dumb tourists. Just as you level out on the big gleaming span bridge, you see Costner grim-faced in a raging storm racing to save an unfortunate family whose yacht is floundering in the fog. He tosses life belts into the ugly, swarming waves... and the father and the kid make it o.k.... but the wife is drowning, so Costner dives in and swims to her and hey, they both drown together! Great -- a symbolic reunion with "Catherine" even though the woman is a stranger's wife (altho who knows for sure) and Costner must've waived the no-death-for-the-star clause in his contract. But any fool can see what's going down here, even if his Spanish isn't up to snuff and he's been asleep most of the time: a dead Costner is better than a live Costner any day, anywhere.
When you get back home you rent it and watch it with the wife as she's been complaining about all the men's movies recently and if nothing else Message In A Bottle is definitely a chick flick. Written by men, produced and directed by them... and the major supporting roles are by them because, make no mistake about it, Costner isn't the star, "Catherine" is. See her in one or two sappy soft-focus scenes is all, yet this dead woman is the emotional maw into which abandoned women everywhere can cast themselves.
Feels good watching it, though, figuring out the plot without being asleep and lonely in Mexico. Somehow your woman is on that bus with you enjoying Message In A Bottle while you look at the mountains and imagine your own movie, like Bogart maybe crazy after gold or John Huston waking up and finding B. Traven, author of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, standing at the foot of his bed.
You realize you got some things wrong, however. Maybe it was the small TV screen, maybe it was the tequila, maybe it was just being on a bus headed for Acapulco, but man, you missed a few key plot points. Costner is the author of the bottle messages. Costner is the widow. Coltrane is the guy who found him, not Theresa, although Theresa is the one who sleeps with him. Reading the reviews, it seems no one is happy with the amazing coincidence of "Catherine's" reply (also a message-in-a-bottle) turning up after she's dead and had no way of knowing that Garret had written his.
But that's the supernatural power of love beyond the grave, isn't it?
Maybe you got it right in Mexico. Maybe the old man, Dodge, wrote it, sent it. Newman is the best actor and quite frankly he knows what it takes to save a film.


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Lewisham Labour members have chosen Damien Egan to be their candidate for next May's mayoral election in the borough – making the councillor red-hot favourite to succeed Sir Steve Bullock as the council's figurehead.
Unlike Greenwich, which operates a leader and cabinet system, Lewisham is one of a handful of boroughs where residents directly elect a mayor to run the council.
With Bullock stepping down next year after 16 years in the post, Labour members in the borough have been taking part in a very public selection contest to pick his successor.
After transferred votes from supporters of the three other candidates were taken into account, housing cabinet member Egan beat his main challenger, Momentum-backed Paul Bell, by 1,434 votes to 911.
New Cross councillor Brenda Dacres – a relative latecomer to the contest – came third. Bellingham's Alan Hall – who rose to prominence after being one of the first to challenge the council's role in a redevelopment scheme which would have seen land at Millwall Football Club compulsorily purchased – finished a distant fourth. Egan's fellow cabinet member Paul Maslin, an art gallery owner who sits on the right of the Labour party, came fifth.
Simply picking a candidate will be a relief for the Labour hierarchy in Lewisham who faced delays in holding the poll – Labour members who studied Egan's campaign material closely will have noticed that one of the leaflets that dropped through their letterbox in late summer featured supporters wrapped up in winter woollies.
Lewisham has been particularly badly hit by government cuts and how the council responds to continuing austerity was one of the main themes of the campaign, along with the housing crisis.
Egan's promises included bringing council services back in-house and starting "the biggest social house-building programme ever seen in Lewisham, with a minimum of 1,000 new social homes" as well as "a new generation of council-owned homes for private rent, using German-style long-term contracts and rent controls". He also plans to bring in a policy of never selling council land to housing developers.
The row over Millwall also loomed over the election – with only Maslin standing by plans to hand over part of the club's land to Renewal, a development company with links to former council leader Dave Sullivan and ex-council officer Mushtaq Malik. Egan has pledged to end the deal.
Campaigners say the Millwall row showed Bullock wielded too much power, with Paul Bell pledging a review of the mayoral system, with an eye to moving to a system where decisions are taken by committees.
However, that mayoral system – at least as practised in Lewisham, where the mayor controls the council but not councillors – also enabled scrutiny of the Millwall deal, giving Alan Hall as chair of the council's main scrutiny panel the freedom to blow the whistle on the scheme.
It's difficult to imagine any councillor in Greenwich calling out a poor decision by their council leadership in such a public way without fear of personal sanction, even on a scrutiny panel.
Hall – an affable character who even secured the endorsement of his local pub, the Blythe Hill Tavern – may have scored poorly in the poll, he can at least be satisfied that he made almost as big an impact on the contest as the eventual victor.
Viewed from Greenwich – where there is little discussion about the direction of the borough – the cut and thrust of the mayoral debate can look refreshing, even if it proved uncomfortable at times for the candidates: Paul Bell's views on Syria and the EU were given a forensic going-over by opponents.
But the discussion has at least anchored the Labour cause in Lewisham to the party's values – or at least helped them figure out just what they are these days. And it also provided honesty about the council's failings, with the Lewisham Gateway development scheme – the towers by the station – coming in for criticism at hustings.
Greenwich has never been keen on the mayoral system – with former leader Chris Roberts once comparing it to abolishing the monarchy. But with Greenwich Labour currently selecting its own councillors for next year's poll, there is some food for thought in the contest just completed over the border.


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It is tricky defining what art environments are as they go by many different names; "folk art environment", "outsider art environment", "grassroots art environments", "visionary art environment" and "self taught artist environment", just to name a few. Seymour Rosen, the late founder of SPACES Archive provides a definition that covers a lot of ground,
"Folk art environments are unique, personal places, which comprise of large-scale sculptural and/or architectural structures hand-built by self-taught artists, often during their leisure time…The folk art environment is quite simply a lovingly hand built, unique dream home."
Queen Califia's Magical Circle- Escondido, CA
Chateau La Roche – Loveland, OH
Concrete Park – Phillips, WI
Let's get the name out of the way first. I personally hate the name art environment; it is too generic and does not get across the uniqueness of these places. On the other hand, most the other prefaces like self-taught, outsider and folk, really don't apply a lot of the time. Not to get too academic, but folk art doesn't work because folk implies a tradition tied into a culture, whereas most art environments have no artistic precedent. Outsider art, as a term, originally referred to the art of the insane, or some crazy hermit who is trying to escape from society. Many artists and critics find the term demeaning as these builders are often functioning members of their community, are not insane or giant babies and are not truly outsiders. One term I like is Grassroots Art Environment, but other than a few organizations in Kansas who use it it never caught on. For the foreseeable future this blog will begrudgingly use the mundane catchall, "art environment" (boooo) until someone comes up with a better name.
However, let's not kid ourselves, and absolutely no disrespect to any of the artists, but part of the appeal of these places is that they are unusual and offbeat. I use those words as terms of endearment. I interviewed Jim Bowsher, the creator of a great art environment in Ohio named the Temple of Tolerance, and he told me that him and other art environment architects are a little off, or what he dubbed, "crazy, but good crazy." It takes a certain type of person with a strong independent streak to take the time, money and dedication to go through with the building process.
What makes it tough to categorize art environments is the fact that for every key characteristic, there is a site or two that does not fully conform – there are no hard and fast rules. Be prepared for an overuse of modifiers like "often" and "most likely".
Here is a list of some of the key characteristics:
They were built often by one person, on their own property.
Art environments are usually not commissioned works, they are built by the land owner for their own amusement.
The artist often uses recycled material found on, or near the site.
Simon Rodia built the Watts Tower with concrete, metal rods and soda bottles, Leonard Knight built Salvation Mountain with paint and adobe made from hay. The type of material does not define them. The environments that tend to last for multiple decades though are made with strong materials like concrete, rock and steel.
Salvation Mountain – Niland, CA
Tinkertown – Sandia Park, NM
The Forevertron – Sumpter, WI
There is often no precedent.
Other art environments did not inspire the artist to create. There is no school of building giant things in your backyard. Jo Farb Hernandez, the current director of SPACES Archive (a great and important art environment advocacy organization that I may talk about in the future) in her terrific and gigantic book on Spanish art environments, Singular Spaces, says, "…there are no schools, no established lineages, no traditions, no manifestos. They are distinctive in form, in medium, in plan, in focus, in aim". Each one is personal and unique. There are a few examples, like a few of the grottoes in Wisconsin, where the creator first visited another site and said "I should do that in my yard too", but for the most part, nope.
Sometimes the work is highly polished and other times it is crude.
The skill and quality of craftsmanship varies greatly. One of the terms often used is "self-taught" or "naive". Many, but certainly not all, of the creators of these fantasy worlds do not think of themselves as artists, just normal people who had an itch to build. There are artists with no formal training who have created exquisite complicated statues. Their enthusiasm, unique perspective and obsessive diligence trumps time in a classroom.
Hartman Rock Garden – Springfield, OH
Silvio's Italian American Historical Artistic Museum – Redford Township, MI
prophet isaiah robertson's house – Niagara Falls, NY
They are not your typical sculpture gardens.
Nor are art environments to be confused with their fancier cousin, the works from the Land Art movement, like Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty or Andy Goldsworthy's many cool stick and rock sculptures.
They are typically big, whether it is one large piece or many smaller pieces.
Many people have built small rock mosaic walls and bird feeders in their backyards, but unless they get to be certain size or scope they are not considered art environments. There is no committee that determines what is and what is not artsy or large enough to be an art environment.
There is no through line reason why the artists have built their environments.
Some have built it out of the need to have a project to pass their retirement time, like the Wegner Grotto in Wisconsin and the Hartman Rock garden in Ohio. Others were crafted after a traumatic event, like Ed Leedskalnin who, and this may be apocryphal, built his Coral Castle to commemorate being left at the altar by his 16-year-old bride to be. However, some environments have been built large, and full of spectacle with the intention of creating a tourist attraction, like the Forestiere Underground Garden in California. A few, those dubbed "visionary art environments", were built out of an intense religious or spiritual conviction. Some exist just because the artist had a whim to create. When Sabato "Sam" Rodia, the creator of the Watts Tower in Los Angeles was asked why he built his gigantic spires, he famously said, "I wanted to do something big and I did it".
There is obsession and mania running amok.
Most environments took years, if not decades to build.
Not only are they created with a idiosyncratic personal vision, there is often a strong sense of personal independence.
Typically the artist did not seek out the proper paperwork or legal permission. There is often a strong rebellious, I can do whatever the fuck I want on my own property, so suck it, vibe. As you can imagine, this attitude is what gets them built, but also makes it tough to maintain once "the man" comes after you with his bulldozer. The late Chief Rolling Thunder, the creator of Thunder Mountain Monument in Imlay, NV, is quoted as saying, "The first person that went to apply for a permit to put up something on their own land should have been shot for treason."
A lot of environments are located in the hinterlands.
Because property is of a higher value in the big cities the environments that often last the longest are located in the land behind, AKA the boonies, the sticks, the outskirts, the bush, the country, or in more economically depressed neighborhoods, like the Watts Tower in Los Angeles, CA and The Heidelberg Project in Detroit, MI.
They often do not last without a fight.
Built for hundreds of dollars and preserved for thousands (or more). Due to the lack of proper building permits, the city/ county may tear them down. Being built on solely owned residential property, they are often destroyed once the creator or family moves on. Because the artists may have little training in the best ways to use their materials and maintenance costs a fortune, a lot of environments are left at the mercy of the elements, teenage vandals, or neglect.
In the last five years or so, since I have been a fan, at least two well known environments have either been demolished (RichArt's Art Yard) or left to the mercy of vandals and the elements (Margaret's Grocery, one of the more well known sites). There are probably many more smaller environments that have come across a similar fate in the last few years. The Grassroots Art Center in Lucas, KS on their website estimates that 90% of all environments are destroyed after their owner passes away.
That's why it is so important for people to visit them.
Often the thing that saves a place is community support. By tracking down and visiting environments you show the neighbors, who may think the place is an eyesore, that this place has aesthetic value (to someone) and is a potential point of pride. By spending money in hotels, gas stations and restaurants located in small rural communities, you show the local government that this strange place has economic value. You need people to rally around their local art environment. People to sign petitions, to stand in front of the bulldozers, to help weed and touch up the paint every few years and you need people with fat wallets to donate cash.
Safe journeys
Hernandez, J. F. (2013). Singular spaces: From the eccentric to the extraordinary in Spanish art environments. Seattle: Marquand Books, Inc., Seattle.
Rosen, S., & Pansing, C. (2005). The work of SPACES. Raw Vision 123 (Reprinted from Raw Vision, Issue #1 published 1989) , 42-47. Hertfordshire: Raw Vision Ltd.
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Your photos are excellent
I have often had many questions about what happens to such places And the variety of places that do exist. You have answered many of my questions, thank you so much.


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The 2020 Social Security COLA is expected to be low — and that's not even the worst part
Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, likely won't rise much next year, but retirees may not feel any change — especially a positive one — at all.
The COLA for 2020 won't be announced until next month, but one analyst expects just a 1.6% adjustment next year, down from 2.8% in 2019. Mary Johnson, the Social Security and Medicare policy analyst at the Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan advocacy group for retirees, has been tracking COLA since 1996. She anticipated the 2.8% adjustment for last year the month before the Social Security Administration announced its COLA (and estimated correctly).
See: Elizabeth Warren calls for a dramatic expansion of Social Security benefits
The 1.6% adjustment would amount to roughly $23 a month for someone receiving the average retirement benefit of $1,460, Johnson said. COLAs have been averaging 1.4% over the last decade, half of the average 3% it was between 2000 and 2009. Last year's COLA was the first big hike since 2012, when it was 3.6% (in 2018, COLA was 2%, and in 2017, it was 0.3%).
But the significant drop in COLA between 2019 and 2020 may not be the worst part. Social Security as it stands bases its adjustment on CPI-W, the consumer-price index and buying patterns of younger workers. But young workers and retirees don't spend their money the same way. "They will spend less on health care and perhaps housing, and those are the two expenses that really make a difference for older Americans," Johnson said. Young workers might spend between 7% to 10% of their money on health care, compared with older Americans, who can expect to spend 12% to 25% on it, she noted.
Social Security benefits have already lost one-third of buying power since 2000, another Senior Citizens League study by Johnson found. The system as a whole could use some attention from politicians, who are still debating if and how to expand the program. The two trust funds that support Social Security are running out of money, and if Congress doesn't act, they can be depleted by 2035. If that were to happen, Social Security would be relying on money coming into the system as opposed to revenue and reserves to keep benefits afloat — and therefore, beneficiaries would receive only 80% of the checks they're owed.
As part of his Social Security 2100 Act, John Larson, a Democratic representative from Connecticut, proposed changing the underlying index from CPI-W to CPI-E, which tracks elderly spending and rises faster than the current index Social Security uses.
Also see: These 7 Social Security myths just aren't true, no matter how often you hear them
Two of the fastest-growing expenses for retirees are out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses and Medicare Part B premiums, Johnson said, and the latter has the potential to wipe out any COLA increase at all for retirees. The Medicare Trustees expect a jump of almost $9 more a month for the premium, compared with $1.50 a month more beneficiaries paid between 2018 and 2019. That means retirees receiving the average benefit will be left with about $15 more a month from COLA, but people who receive less in benefits might not see an increase at all. There is a federal law that prohibits Medicare premiums from decreasing whatever benefit retirees already receive. If an increase is erased by premiums, however, it will only lessen buying power for retirees.
The expected COLA will also have a negative impact on lifetime Social Security benefits, especially for people who retired in 2009 because of the unprecedented low adjustments this last decade. Johnson estimates benefits for people who retired in 2009 are about 17.5% lower today than they would have been had inflation continued to average 3% in the last decade — the equivalent to more than $17,000 in retirement income for someone who receives the average benefit, she said. That figure will only widen as time goes on.
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Historic Church Kicks Off Campaign With $3 Million
Washington DC On February 5th, a standing room only crowd gathered to kick off a capital campaign for All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington DC. This historic 200 year old church that counts, among other notables, Presidents John Quincy Adams and William Howard Taft as former members, is now poised to enter its Third Century of ministry to the Washington DC area. After a number of years of urban decline, All Souls has enjoyed a revitalized ministry under the direction of Senior Minister, Rev. Dr. Rob Hardies. What had dwindled to less than 200 congregants now numbers well over 1,200 " and almost all of them showed up for the campaign kick-off!
Third Century Challenge: Building on our heritage. Realizing our dreams was the theme chosen for this historic campaign (the first in over 40 years) that seeks to totally remodel this historic campus in the racially diverse Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. In addition, by taking down an old security fence and remodeling the terrace and entry, the church will be far more accessible and welcoming to the neighborhood which has embraced both its vision and mission. During the service, Rev. Hardies said that, the spiritual foundation of this church is solid as bedrock, but the physical foundation " the bricks and mortar " needs our attention if it is to endure for generations to come. He invited the congregation to, join with us in this campaign to make All Souls third century even more glorious than its first two!
The identified building and remodeling needs of All Souls are significant, but the leadership of the church, including campaign co-chairs Chuck Wooldridge and Janet Randolph, believe the church is up to the task. During the service several families shared their own story of commitment to All Souls and why they were happy to be part of the early commitment phase of the campaign. One couple even shared how on a high school teacher's salary and other part-time work they were able to save $100,000 which they were proud to contribute to the campaign.
Prior to heading over to the fellowship hall for a light lunch and entertainment, campaign co-chair Janet Randolph was able to make an exciting announcement. With just 60 pledges counted for the kick-off, the campaign had already generated over $3 million! With that kind of beginning, All Souls Church should be well on its way to meeting its needs.
The campaign is being directed by James D. Klote & Associates, Inc. JDK&A is a full-time, on-site capital stewardship consulting firm based in Falls Church, Virginia, and was recently ranked the #1 church consulting firm in the United States by Volkart May, a market research firm in Minnesota. Steve Siegel is the consultant assigned to All Souls. Campaign co-chair Chuck Wooldridge said, We hesitate to think where we would be without Steve's guidance and direction as well as the support from James D. KIote & Associates. Rev. Hardies added,I know that we would not be anywhere near this level of support and success without the campaign structure and plan put in place by Klote & Associates.
Campaign co-chair Chuck Wooldridge (left), Rev. Dr. Rob Hardies (center) and consultant Steve Siegel (right)
Following a proven method of personal visitation, hundreds of campaign visits will now be taking place with the members of All Souls by a solid group of 50 willing volunteers. All Souls is really looking forward to these personal visits. As one member said, The campaign will give our church new energy and commitment. Being proud of our 'cathedral' will do wonders for our self-confidence to truly become a significant force for change in our nation's capital.
Erin West
James D. Klote & Associates
erinwest@jdklote.com


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Rafael Pettersson (Warschau, 22 december 1976), geboren als Rafael Michael, is een in Polen geboren Zweeds acteur.

Biografie
Petterson leerde van 2000 tot en met 2004 het acteren aan de toneelschool in Malmö.

Petterson begon in 2002 met acteren in de miniserie Den 5:e kvinnan, hierna speelde hij nog meerdere rollen in televisieseries en films. Hij is vooral bekend van zijn rol als John Lundqvist in de televisieserie The Bridge waar hij in 37 afleveringen speelde (2011-2018).

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Films
Uitgezonderd korte films.
2019 Ser du månen, Daniel - als Wojceik
2017 All Inclusive - als Henrik
2016 Bieffekterna - als Robert Bergman
2015 Sensoria - als Johan Steiner
2015 Glada hälsningar från Missångerträsk - als Lasse
2011 Den Sidste Rejse - als Zweedse postbode
2006 Sista dagen - als Peter
2005 Fyra veckor i juni - als Byggjobbare

Televisieseries
Uitgezonderd eenmalige gastrollen.
2020-2022 Partisan - als Mateusz - 10 afl.
2011-2018 The Bridge - als John Lundqvist - 37 afl.
2015 Arne Dahl: En midsommarnattsdröm - als Henrik - 2 afl.
2007-2008 Höök - als Ingemar Höök - 20 afl.
2005 Lasermannen - als Biluthyrare - 3 afl. (miniserie)

Zweeds filmacteur
Zweeds televisieacteur
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So this week I moved yet again. One of the good things about having very little is that you can move it all very quick.
So this week is the Destiny 2 game play stream . I'll be taking a look at that and sharing my thoughts then but until next week!
Nice job this week, Lacking. Good art, and you've peaked my curiosity bringing up stuff from the past. I'm still anxious to find out what the street stalkers are all about.
"XURA." My girl's name is "Xura." This is the second time I've seen you spell it wrong. Forgotten her already?
Thanks for the misspelling find.
But this is not the misspelling your looking for.
Ok so your going to love this, I went through my files and the proper spelling is Xrua, all the files are named that. This is backed up with the spelling of Arua also typed like that in all the files. So Xrua comes from Arua with just a swap of the A for an X.
NOW for the misspelling! When I first introduced Xrua back in Exaltation I misspelled it as XURA!! And so that has thrown the spelling of her name into this consent back and forth.
Dyslexia is pain. But it did cause me to go back look for past spelling of her name and one of the things I found is I don't know if Xrua was ever formally named in the Shadow of the sun story line. So for a good chunk of the story I think there might have just been the person running around that unless you read Exaltation you'll have no idea what she's even called!
So yes a misspelling that lead to confusion that founded a discovery of poor writing. What a find that was!
The things that happen. They will.
But she asked Grand Moff to give her a name and he did: He named her "XURA." She was "XURA" for an entire arc. So you can blame it on Grand Moff, but she is "XURA."
Besides, how do you even pronounce "Xrua?" My brain trips over itself even trying.
EKS-roo-AH, I would hazard to guess! At least, that's what I've been thinking.
I like cer've ja. He is just a guy.
I love your comic as usual. I have to point out that the word you are looking for is "break." Aura wants to take a break.
Arua wanting to take a brake would be her wanting to steal a device which stops a wagon or car. Besides that... Great Job!


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Saw it 1974 and countless times on TV but seeing it again on the big screen reminded me of how epic it was. Great storytelling & acting. The back and forth of present day and Vito's history make this a terrific saga. Glad I went.
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This magnificent 1974 sequel, the centerpiece of Coppola and writer Mario Puzo's 20th Century gangster saga, is still one of the most ambitious and brilliantly executed American films, a landmark work from one of Hollywood's top cinema eras.
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Message In Our Music: A Black Music Month Playlist
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter declared June Black Music Month. In 2016, President Barack Obama, who recognized the month as African-American Music Appreciation Month, said the music of African-American artists helped the country "to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our country's enduring promise of freedom and opportunity for all." Today's Tunes du Jour playlist embodies that sentiment.
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My Top 99 Songs Of 2015
Herewith, my 99 favorite tracks of this year:
1.	Can't Feel My Face – The Weeknd
2.	Sugah Daddy – D'Angelo & the Vanguard
3.	Peanut Butter Jelly – Galantis
4.	Downtown – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Kaz
5.	Fuck It All – Elle Varner
6.	Therapy – Mary J. Blige
7.	Coffee (Fucking) – Miguel
8.	What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber
9.	Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) – Run the Jewels featuring Zack De La Rocha
10.	Hello – Adele
11.	Only One – Kanye West featuring Paul McCartney
12.	Depreston – Courtney Barnett
13.	On the Regular – Shamir
14.	Lampshades on Fire – Modest Mouse
15.	Shine – Years & Years
16.	Hotline Bling – Drake
17.	Truffle Butter – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake and Lil Wayne
18.	The Blacker the Berry – Kendrick Lamar
19.	Dead Fox – Courtney Barnett
20.	The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box – Modest Mouse
21.	Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
22.	FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna featuring Kanye West and Paul McCartney
23.	Teenage Talk – St. Vincent
24.	Alright – Kendrick Lamar
25.	Who U? – Dynas featuring Slick Rick
26.	Friday I'm in Love – Yo La Tengo
27.	Queen – Perfume Genius
28.	King Kunta – Kendrick Lamar
29.	Yoga – Janelle Monae featuring Jidenna
30.	Dreams – Beck
31.	Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, with Crescendo) – EL VY
32.	The Love Within – Bloc Party
33.	The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apt. – Father John Misty
34.	Huarache Lights – Hot Chip
35.	Dancing in the Dark – Hot Chip
36.	B.O.B. – Macy Gray
37.	Break the Rules – Charli XCX
38.	Ex's & Oh's – Elle King
39.	Stay Gold – First Aid Kit
40.	Cool for the Summer – Demi Lovato
41.	Girl Crush – Little Big Town
42.	Nobody Really Cares if You Don't Go to the Party – Courtney Barnett
43.	Little Red Wagon – Miranda Lambert
44.	Cedar Lane – First Aid Kit
45.	Jonathan – Christine and the Queens featuring Perfume Genius
46.	Boxing Day Blues (Revisited) – Courtney Barnett
47.	In for the Kill – Shamir
48.	Biscuits – Kacey Musgraves
49.	Can't Get Enough of Myself – Santigold featuring BC
50.	You're So Beautiful – Empire Cast featuring Jussie Smollett
51.	Ugly Cherries – PWR BTTM
52.	Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) – The Weeknd
53.	Leave a Trace – CHVRCHES
54.	Freedom – Pharrell Williams
55.	Betray My Heart – D'Angelo & the Vanguard
56.	Snakeskin – Deerhunter
57.	Really Love – D'Angelo & the Vanguard
58.	I Can't Lose – Mark Ronson featuring Keyone Starr
59.	Outta My Mind – the Arcs
60.	Happy Idiot – TV on the Radio
61.	Bad Blood – Ryan Adams
62.	Nobody's Empire – Belle & Sebastian
63.	Come – Jain
64.	Stonemilker – Björk
65.	Holding On – Julio Bashmore featuring Sam Dew
66.	Go Out – Blur
67.	Weight in Gold – Gallant
68.	Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) – Father John Misty
69.	Coming Home – Leon Bridges
70.	All Day – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
71.	Glory – Common and John Legend
72.	Need You Now – Hot Chip
73.	Sausage – Lil Mama
74.	Déjà Vu – Giorgio Moroder featuring Sia
75.	Alone on Christmas Day – Phoenix featuring Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzmann, Buster Poindexter and Paul Shaffer
76.	Smokin' & Drinkin' – Miranda Lambert featuring Little Big Town
77.	She's Not Me – Jenny Lewis
78.	Omen – Disclosure featuring Sam Smith
79.	For Sale – Kendrick Lamar
80.	NWA – Miguel featuring Kurupt
81.	Times Square – Destroyer
82.	I Put a Spell on You – Annie Lennox
83.	4 Degrees – ANOHNI
84.	Go – The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip
85.	Sometimes – Heems
86.	Bitch Better Have My Money – Rihanna
87.	Runnin' (Lose It All) – Naughty Boy featuring Beyoncé and Arrow Benjamin
88.	Smooth Sailin' – Leon Bridges
89.	Hell – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
90.	Simple Things – Miguel
91.	Shivers – Courtney Barnett
92.	Tom's Diner – Giorgio Moroder featuring Britney Spears
93.	Trap Queen – Fetty Wap
94.	Tell Your Friends – The Weeknd
95.	L$D – A$AP Rocky
96.	These Walls – Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat
97.	Love is Free – Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique
98.	Country Down – Beck
99.	Better in the Morning – Little Boots
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Grammy Nominations!
It seems that last week I was busy doing something close to nothing, so I didn't get a chance to tell you who was nominated for Grammys this year. Here is the list, with my random thoughts thrown in:
"Really Love" — D'Angelo and the Vanguard
"Uptown Funk" — Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
"Blank Space" — Taylor Swift
"Can't Feel My Face" — The Weeknd
I'd give it to The Weeknd, but I wouldn't mind if Mark Ronson or D'Angelo won. I've never heard this Taylor Swift fella so I can't vote for him. I have heard Ed Sheeran so I can't vote for him.
"Alright" — Kendrick Lamar (written by Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams)
"Blank Space" — Taylor Swift (written by Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift)
"Girl Crush" — Little Big Town (written by Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose)
"See You Again" — Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth (written by Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth and Cameron Thomaz)
"Thinking Out Loud" — Ed Sheeran (written by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge)
Kendrick's "Alright" is more than alright and I have a boy crush on Little Big Town's "Girl Crush." As for "See You Again," I hope I never hear it again. I'm not going to say what I think of Ed Sheeran out loud. This Taylor Swift fella's songs are not on Spotify, which is why nobody knows who he is.
Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes
To Pimp a Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar
Traveller — Chris Stapleton
1989 — Taylor Swift
Beauty Behind the Madness — The Weeknd
To Pimp a Butterfly is the best album of 2015, but the category is called Album of the Year, not Best Album of the Year. The Weeknd's album had its moments, and I have no beef with Alabama Shakes. I wouldn't know a Chris Stapleton song if it hit me in the ears, but I loved Jean Stapleton on All in the Family. And there's that Taylor Swift fella again, who will probably win Album of the Year as he named his album after a year, the sneaky devil. Maybe then he'll finally start getting some press.
Last year Meghan Trainor was nominated for Record of the Year for "All About That Bass." However, per the Recording Academy, to be eligible for a Best New Artist nomination "a person or band must have or have not released an album, song, or spoken a single word any time during their life, after their life, or never." I'm voting for Courtney Barnett, who has been putting out music since 2012, for Best New Artist of 2015. Regarding the others up for this award, I've heard of Sam Hunt but haven't heard any of his or her music, and James Bay and Tori Kelly are names the Academy made up so there would be five nominees.
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Ship to Wreck" — Florence + The Machine
"Sugar" — Maroon 5
"Bad Blood" — Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
"See You Again" — Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
Are they going to have this Taylor Swift fella perform on the Grammy Awards telecast so the world can see what he looks like? I'd give this award to Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. If Maroon 5 or Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth win, somebody's going to get hurt.
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Heartbeat Song" — Kelly Clarkson
"Love Me Like You Do" — Ellie Goulding
"Blank Space"— Taylor Swift
Is Taylor Swift that guy from the Twilight movies?
Best Pop Vocal Album
Piece By Piece — Kelly Clarkson
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful — Florence + The Machine
Uptown Special — Mark Ronson
Before This World — James Taylor
James Taylor? What just happened? Is Taylor Swift the guy who wrote Gulliver's Travels back in the 1700s?
Best Rap Collaboration
"One Man Can Change The World" — Big Sean featuring Kanye West and John Legend
"Glory" — Common and John Legend
"Classic Man" — Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur
"These Walls" — Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat
"Only" — Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown
Where's Taylor Swift's nomination?
Best Rap Song
"All Day" — Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney (written by Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Tyler Bryant, Kendrick Duckworth, Karim Kharbouch, Ernest Brown, Cydel Young, Victor Mensah, Allan Kyariga, Mike Dean, Che Pope, Noah Goldstein, Allen Ritter, Mario Winans, Charles Njapa, Malik Yusef Jones, Patrick Reynolds, Rennard East and Noel Ellis)
"Energy" — Drake (written by Richard Dorfmeister, A. Graham, Markus Kienzl, M. O'Brien, M. Samuels and Phillip Thomas)
"Glory" — Common and John Legend (written by Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith and John Stephens)
"Trap Queen" — Fetty Wap (written by Tony Fadd & Willie J. Maxwell)
It's about time Grandmaster Paul McCartney was nominated for Best Rap Song, though the fact that it took 19 people to write it diminishes what is otherwise a perfectly so-so track. MC Paul McC is up against some heavyweights, so he'll need to keep trying for the rap trophy because this won't be his year.
2014 Forest Hills Drive — J. Cole
Compton — Dr. Dre
If You're Reading This It's Too Late — Drake
The Pinkprint — Nicki Minaj
Kendrick. Anna Kendrick.
Best Rap Performance
"Apparently" — J. Cole
"Back to Back" — Drake
"Trap Queen" — Fetty Wap
"Alright" — Kendrick Lamar
"Truffle Butter" — Nicki Minaj featuring Drake and Lil Wayne
"All Day" – Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney
Eddie Kendricks.
Best Country Album
Montevallo — Sam Hunt
Pain Killer — Little Big Town
The Blade — Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material — Kacey Musgraves
Kendrick Lamar or Taylor Swift.
Best Country Solo Performance
"Burning House" — Cam
"Little Toy Guns" — Carrie Underwood
"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16″ — Keith Urban
"Chances Are" — Lee Ann Womack
Hedy Lamarr or Elizabeth Taylor.
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"Stay a Little Longer" — Brothers Osborne
"If I Needed You" — Joey + Rory
"The Driver" — Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley, Eric Paslay
"Girl Crush" — Little Big Town
"Lonely Tonight" — Blake Shelton featuring Ashley Monroe
Hedley Lamarr or Motel the Tailor.
Best Country Song
"Chances Are" — Lee Ann Womack (written by Hayes Carll)
"Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" — Tim McGraw (written by Barry Dean, Luke Laird and Jonathan Singleton)
"Hold My Hand" — Brandy Clark (written by Brandy Clark and Mark Stephen Jones)
"Traveller" — Chris Stapleton (written by Chris Stapleton)
Swifty Lazar or Lord and Taylor.
Best Rock Album
Chaos and the Calm — James Bay
Kintsugi — Death Cab for Cutie
Mister Asylum — Highly Suspect
Drones — Muse
.5: The Gray Chapter — Slipknot
Laser Hair Removal or Tailor On Premises.
Best Dance Recording
"We're All We Need" — Above and Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston
"Go" — The Chemical Brothers
"Never Catch Me" — Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Runaway (U & I)" — Galantis
"Where Are Ü Now" — Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber
Laser Beams – oh, wait. Kendrick Lamar really is nominated in this category.
Best Rock Performance
"Don't Wanna Fight" — Alabama Shakes
"What Kind of Man" — Florence + The Machine
"Something From Nothing" — Foo Fighters
"Ex's & Oh's" — Elle King
"Moaning Lisa Smile" — Wolf Alice
What happened to that Taylor Swift fella? He hasn't been nominated in the last few categories. The Academy built him up and then knocked him right back down.
Best Rock Song
"Don't Wanna Fight" — Alabama Shakes (written by Alabama Shakes)
"Ex's & Oh's" — Elle King (written by Dave Bassett and Elle King)
"Hold Back the River" — James Bay (written by Iain Archer and James Bay)
"Lydia" — Highly Suspect (written by Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer and Johnny Stevens)
"What Kind of Man" — Florence + The Machine (written John Hill, Tom Hull and Florence Welch)
I find these nominees highly suspect. Who is Highly Suspect? Isn't James Bay the guy who directed Avatar and Transformers? I like the Elle King song, but she's Rob Schneider's daughter (seriously!), so give the award to Alabama Shakes or Florence.
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Our Love — Caribou
Born in the Echoes — The Chemical Brothers
Caracal — Disclosure
In Colour — Jamie XX
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü — Skrillex And Diplo
I'm rooting for – hold on, the phone is ringing.
Best R&B Song
"Coffee" — Miguel (written by Brook Davis and Miguel Pimente)
"Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" — The Weeknd (written by Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville and Abel Tesfaye)
"Let It Burn" — Jazmine Sullivan (written by Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan and Dwane M. Weir II)
"Really Love" — D'Angelo and the Vanguard (written by D'Angelo and Kendra Foster)
"Shame" — Tyrese (written by Warryn Campbell, Tyrese Gibson and DJ Rogers Jr,)
Jazmine Sullivan put out a record this year? I don't think so. Tyrese put out a record this year? Yeah, sure he did! I'm okay with any of the folks who actually released a record this year winning.
Best R&B Performance
"If I Don't Have You" — Tamar Braxton
"Rise Up" — Andra Day
"Breathing Underwater" — Hiatus Kaiyote
"Planes" — Jeremih featuring J. Cole
"Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)" — The Weeknd
This is The Weeknd's to lose. I don't know the other nominated songs, but I imagine they're boring and Hiatus Kaiyote is not a real thing.
Best R&B Album
Coming Home — Leon Bridges
Black Messiah — D'Angelo and the Vanguard
Cheers to the Fall — Andra Day
Reality Show — Jazmine Sullivan
Forever Charlie — Charlie Wilson
If D'Angelo doesn't win then the terrorists have won.
Best Alternative Music Album
Vulnicura — Björk
The Waterfall — My Morning Jacket
Currents — Tame Impala
Star Wars — Wilco
[Insert play on names Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift here.]
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Ego Death — The Internet
You Should Be Here — Kehlani
Blood — Lianne La Havas
Wildheart — Miguel
You can Google Kehlani and found out who or what that is. You can Google Lianne La Havas and find out who or what that is. You can Google The Internet and NOT LEARN A GODDAMN THING ABOUT WHO OR WHAT THAT IS. When you're done Googling, face the fact that this category is a two-person contest between Miguel and The Weeknd.
Best Spoken Word Album
Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø) – Patti Smith
Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, And Assorted Hijinks – Dick Cavett
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety – Jimmy Carter
Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller) – Janis Ian and Jean Smart
Yes Please – Amy Poehler
This is Patti Smith's first Grammy nomination. The woman who co-wrote "Because the Night" with Bruce Springsteen and made it a top fifteen pop hit and classic rock staple has never been nominated previously for a Grammy. The woman whose 1975 release Horses consistently appears on All Time Best Albums lists receives her first Grammy nomination in 2015 for reading a book out loud, a book somebody else wrote at that! This is a real category??? Too bad Smith is going to lose this award to former president Jimmy Carter who, great man that he is, does not have a "Piss Factory" in him.
Today's playlists is made up of twenty selections that were not nominated for Grammy Awards. Not for Song of the Year, not for Record of the year, not for vocal performance in any genre, nor were the albums on which these tracks initially appeared nominated under any genre. Listen to these losers!
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Grammy Predictions
The 2014 Grammy Awards will be handed out tomorrow night. Here are my fearless predictions:
RECORD OF THE YEAR – "Stay With Me" – Sam Smith
ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Beyoncé – Beyoncé
SONG OF THE YEAR – "Stay With Me" – Sam Smith
BEST NEW ARTIST – Sam Smith
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE – "All of Me" – John Legend
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE – "A Sky Full of Stars" – Coldplay
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM – Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM – X – Ed Sheeran
BEST DANCE RECORDING – "F for You" – Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM – While(1<2) – Deadmau5
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE – "Fever" – The Black Keys
BEST ROCK SONG – "Blue Moon" – Beck
BEST ROCK ALBUM – Turn Blue – The Black Keys
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM – Reflektor – Arcade Fire
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE – "Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
BEST R&B SONG – "Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
BEST URBAN COMTEMPORARY ALBUM – Beyoncé – Beyoncé
BEST R&B ALBUM – Give the People What They Want – Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE – "i" – Kendrick Lamar
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION – "The Monster" – Eminem featuring Rihanna
BEST RAP SONG – "i" – Kendrick Lamar
BEST RAP ALBUM – Oxymoron – ScHoolboy Q
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE – "Automatic" – Miranda Lambert
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE – "Somethin' Bad" – Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood
BEST COUNTRY SONG – "Automatic" – Miranda Lambert
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM – Platinum – Miranda Lambert
BEST COMEDY ALBUM – Mandatory Fun – "Weird Al" Yankovic
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA – "Let It Go" – Adele Dazeem
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE – The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM (NON-CLASSICAL) – Morning Phase – Beck
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL) – Max Martin
BEST REMIXED RECORDING (NON-CLASSICAL) – "All of Me" (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix) – John Legend
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What The Kenyan Music Scene Can Learn from Nigeria's
February 26, 2018 by Nyokabi
My work environment has made listening to a lot of music with a larger percentage being West African music, my daily life. This has risen lots of curiosity in me to want to figure out why this music is highly appreciated and consumed by my countrymen and women unlike what we have locally. The requests people throw at our DJs are mostly for Nigerian and Ghanaian music compared to that from our very own artistes. They dance more to that kind of music unlike the latter. This has had me wondering for a long time what our musicians are doing wrong, what are they not doing and what can be changed where.
It goes without saying that Nigerians and their music have taken over the world. Their influence has been felt for years through hit songs like Rita Ora's R.I.P sampling Nneka's Heartbeat big stars like D'Angelo and Macy Gray joining Femi Kuti in the Water No Get Enemy cover from his father's original song. We also can't ignore the same touch on big tunes like Drake's One Dance and many more.
So what are Nigerians doing right that we could pick out and try to emulate in our industry?
Nigerian artistes make music for Nigerian people..
When you listen to most of their songs, though relatable, you can tell it is for their people through the use of Pidgin and other Nigerian tribes. This means that before the world can appreciate this music, their country is already sold and jamming hard. Are our artistes making music for us?
Most of them draw so much inspiration from those that came before them..
It's not that hard to point out how much top Naija musicians stan for their legends. In this case I want to use Fela kuti and his influence on big Nigerian artists. Your faves Wizkid, Burna Boy, 2Face, Adekunle Gold and others have talked about their musical inspiration coming from Olufela with some of their biggest songs being sampled from his timeless hits. Here we see talent that pays homage to those that pioneered their thriving industry. Other legends that have helped in the growth of this booming industry include King Sunny Ade, Osita Osadebe and Sir Victor Uwaifo. look them up!
They have incorporated new age music genres with those that were founded by their people..
Some of the old Nigerian genres you can easily pick out from Naija music include Afro Jùjú and Highlife. Afro Jùjú has been described as a a mixture of Jùjú music and Afrobeat while Highlife, music that uses the melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional Akan (From Ghana) music, but is played with Western instruments. A recent example of Highlife music is Wizkid's Manya which is a remake of Ahomka Womu's VIP By embracing these genres, they have managed to win hearts in their country and the world over with that uniqueness.
Their Afrobeats are actually just about the beats!
Before anything else, their songs are about the beat. The beat has to be appealing to their audience first before they can actually try to listen to the lyrics. No wonder people will be on their feet the moment a Naija song comes on!
So, what can we learn from our West African brothers and sisters? Share your views on the comment section or on Social Media!
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