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Sex ed is not just about intercourse: Meet Kovai-based sex educator Swati Jagdish
Swati, who goes by the popular name of Maya's Amma on social media, says that sexuality education will go a long way in teaching children about consent and help prevent crimes.
Features Sex Education Thursday, December 09, 2021 - 17:43
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Sexuality education or sex education, as it's commonly known, is essential learning for young people. Yet, it is still a taboo topic that schools and parents are reluctant to approach. It is this that Coimbatore based Swati Jagdish, well-known as Maya's Amma on social media, wants to change. In 2014, after she had Maya, her now seven-year-old daughter, Swati felt she had to do something important and unconventional for the betterment of society. She became a lactation educator and counselor and worked in the field for six years. Her experiences led her to believe that sexuality education is necessary to address many social issues, including crime. She is now a certified sex educator who has been practising for the last three years.
Swati is, however, not alone in doing this. She has a strong group working with her, called the Coimbatore Parenting Network (CPN). CPN is run by five women who speak about everything under the sun. Literally!
In an interview with TNM, Swati throws light on sexuality education, consent and boundaries, among other issues. She also speaks about how young parents can introduce sexuality education to their children and the measures that the government should take to reduce crimes against children.
Tell us about the Coimbatore Parenting Network (CPN) and your journey towards championing sexuality education?
After becoming a mother, I realised the need for peer support groups. Through Facebook, I met some like-minded mothers and that's how we started in 2014. We started as a breastmilk support group also creating awareness on breastmilk donation. Gradually, we talked about health and hygiene as more people wanted to know about menstrual cups, cloth pads and traumatic birth experiences among other things.
CPN is run by five women trustees: Kumutha Chandrika, Aishwarya, Minu Gnanamoorthy, Gotha Hari Priya and Swati Jagdish. And through our journey, we aim to create a better life for as many as we can.
We conducted a slew of online awareness programmes during the pandemic. One of them was a natural birthing conference, which had 1,500 pregnant women attend across the globe. Workshops were also conducted on general parenting and identifying red flags in a relationship that benefitted close to 4,000 people. We also spoke about male anatomy, for those above 16 years, which benefited over 1,600 people.
Though we want to reach out to everyone, we are only given a female audience when we visit colleges. Hence we had to insist that men also sit. So, many such things happened in the journey that made me delve into sex ed.
Importantly, as I was starting out with sex ed, the Pollachi sexual assault case came to light. Exactly then I realised the importance of the topic.
From left to right: the five women trustees of CPN: Kumutha Chandrika, Aishwarya, Minu Gnanamoorthy, Gotha Hari Priya and Swati Jagdish.
A lot of people assume that sexuality education is just about sexual intercourse. Can you elaborate on what it covers?
Usually, in India, people think sex education is only about three things – sex, sexual abuse and pornography. However, that is not the case.
Sex education covers a slew of topics such as abstinence (not indulging in sex), adolescent development desires, body anatomy, child sexual abuse, consent, contraception, friendship, LGBTQIA+ community, masturbation, menstruation, parents-child communication, parents-teen communication, peer education, sexuality health education, pornography, pregnancy, pregnancy options and its prevention, positive sexuality, promoting healthy body image, puberty, child birth, self-esteem, sexual assault, online safety, sexually transmitted infections and a few more.
This might be surprising to many, but even 'social norms' are part of sex ed. This is because certain countries have different laws, for eg: age of consent in India is 18 years, while in many European countries, the age of consent is 14.
Overall when we talk about sex ed, the society we live in, the culture of the area, attitude of people, law in place — all play a role in sex education. Thus, the need to make it a separate subject for us to study in school is inevitable.
In many countries, there are sex educators giving age appropriate information according to each class while also encouraging discussions, showing resource videos, all this is part of the curriculum in schools abroad. India should consider this too.
You said dating comes under sex education?
Of course dating comes under sex ed, but it depends on the culture of the country. Though not spoken about openly, people here date. But we are yet to normalise it. Conservative families in our country frown upon dating, but when the so called conservative family moves abroad, they become all right with the culture.
Hence those kinds of things also impact sex education widely. If people become aware that sex ed is just an umbrella term and that it comprises a slew of topics, chances are, they might be open to learning it.
There are teachers in schools who objectify children when their hair is groomed in a stylish way or if the uniform is tight around the waist of a girl student. What do you think about this?
Firstly, I will not blame these teachers. Because they have not been trained to speak in a gender neutral manner or how to see patriarchy or realise that they are part of it. Interestingly, they might function with the same ideologies within their families, hence that is reflected in the society as well. We cannot blame anyone here because we are all part of the system.
Though I count myself as progressive, when my daughter wears short skirts to go out and play, I may tell her to wear leggings underneath. The intention behind this is not to objectify her with comments such as girls are supposed to dress in a certain way. But she may be more comfortable wearing pants when playing as it allows more free movement and flexibility.
The dialogue used should not make the child or the woman feel slut-shamed. Unfortunately, the majority of the society lacks this awareness.
During a meeting recently, a government teacher insisted that interaction between girls and boys should not be allowed. In fact, not to allow even the male teacher to interact with girl students. Though there are several awareness programmes for children and youngsters, there is nothing of that sort for teachers and parents. Hence if we start speaking to them, we can see a gradual change.
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You speak about consent, sexuality and sex education in a conservative society. Tell us about your daily struggles?
The biggest challenge in sex education is that everybody has a certain belief attached to certain concepts. For instance, on abortion, while some might say that it is okay, others might say it is not. In other cases, there are women who believe sex is only for conceiving a baby and there is no pleasure to it. There are different ideas, values attached to different concepts under sex education in our country.
Also, a vast majority of us come from a generation that is too conservative to talk about sex education. For instance, most of our parents have not named the private parts with the right names, so speaking about it from that very basic level is going to be uncomfortable.
Do you think the public understand the importance of sex education?
Most understand the importance of it, but are unwilling to learn. When we announce a workshop, the attendees are considerably low. We are glad even if we can impact five families through the session. But still, the turnout is largely poor.
When sexual crimes are reported, many point out that this is due to lack of sex education, but when there is a platform to learn about it, there is little interest shown from the vast majority. There are also certain inhibitions among people, like 'Oh my god, she is going to talk about sex!' 'What will she say about sex in a public platform?'
Interestingly, it is mostly women and mothers who attend these workshops. Three years back too, I had only women as audience for my sex education classes. But though stigma among male parents is still prevalent, I notice that men are gradually attending the workshops too.
You say that sex ed can prevent crimes against women and children, but such crimes are widely prevalent in more open societies too. What do you feel?
Prevention of child sexual abuse is possible through sex education and that is a proven fact. Researches show that if certain awareness is provided, child sexual abuse can be prevented. Sex ed is only one method of preventing crimes against women and children.
Explain to us what gender spectrum related health education is?
Firstly, it is important to educate parents and teachers about the gender spectrum. It is crucial for each person to be familiar with gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. Only if we teach this to parents, can they have a healthy communication with children.
Secondly, it is also important for children to have this knowledge from the school-level so that they can verbalise it. Many trans persons I've communicated with have told me that they felt different from their assigned gender from the age of 10 at least. Unfortunately, they were unable to verbalise it due to the lack of a safe and trusted environment.
How can sex ed reach the rural population of the country?
There is unfortunately a lack of awareness and discussions about this in urban areas, to begin with. There is only a small discussion about this in social media among those who exhibit a progressive attitude. I am often asked when I will go to rural regions and create awareness. But, unfortunately in my limited capacity, I can only reach out through social media sites and engage with groups nearby. Having said that, I strongly believe that this will spread to rural regions also. When pornography has reached everyone irrespective of rural and urban setup, sex ed will also reach everyone. Of course, with initiatives.
Which stakeholders do you think should be trained first, parents or teachers and by whom?
Training all parents is impossible. But it is easier to train each and every teacher in the state on sex ed. Hence the state government and respective district administration should come forward to train teachers in the first place. It is also a need of the hour. Also, in a rural region, a government initiative will be more effective than an individual's work.
What do you think the government should do to reduce crimes against children?
Education and awareness is the only way to avoid crimes. And importantly, comprehensive sex education can pave ways to reduce crime against women and children to a large extent. The government can take measures like setting up a committee or camera installations, but if a sex ed workshop is arranged and if it is better addressed, the potential abuser may avoid indulging in the act.
The predators must be warned, they should get that feeling that everyone is being sensitised, including children. We should stop treating the symptoms and address the cause.
Why do you think good touch and bad touch is an outdated and problematic concept?
In a wedding I attended, a few children were playing. One boy unintentionally pushed a girl while playing, and a parent there saw the girl child suddenly shouted saying – 'Anna, did a bad touch to me'. Now this is problematic and dangerous.
Children will not be able to understand the intention behind the touch. We need to tap into the emotions and ask what the child felt at the point (while being touched). Did the child feel safe or unsafe?
The right words to be used are safe and unsafe touch. Another important thing to be noted here is that abuse does not have to be 'touch' all the time. When a sexual abuser targets a child, they will begin grooming the child by holding conversations and not touching. Once the abuser gains confidence through grooming the child, the next step is to physically abuse them. Hence until the touch happens, the child will not know that they are being abused and will never speak up.
Parents should focus on unsafe, uncomfortable, awkward, dirty and shameful feelings that children go through but seldom speak about. If parents notice something, the child should be asked what the reason is and if the person behaves differently when parents are not around.
Getting through this big layer of discomfort for young parents is difficult, as most have not spoken about it to their partners. However, we should get out of this zone for our own safety.
How can young parents introduce sex ed to their children?
Young parents can start sex ed with first naming the private parts and holding conversation about it without shame. Making the child feel there is a safe and trusted adult around them is important. It's also important to talk about safe and unsafe touch and behaviours, and keep a tab of what the child is doing and observe their behaviour.
Parents should also come forward and insist on sexual abuse prevention workshops in schools for teachers, staff, and children. This will force the school to talk about it and eventually prevent crimes.
How do we teach children about consent and understanding boundaries?
For both children and adults, their body is constantly communicating with them when their boundaries are violated by another person. However, we ignore these body cues and seek information from the brain that is well accustomed to societal norms. For instance, those living in long abusive relationships have always known abuse is not acceptable. However, they have continued to live with it due to patriarchy.
Violating boundaries starts from non-sexual things. Society constantly violates the boundaries of a child from an early age — such as force feeding children beyond capacity or dressing them in clothes that they refuse to wear. When the boundaries are repeatedly violated, the child will ultimately grow up as a teenager and an adult who cannot establish boundaries with people.
When it is cold weather, I as a parent will ask Maya if she is feeling cold, rather than assume she's feeling cold, because everyone has a body anatomy. I cannot take ownership of it.
Recently, a young woman reached out to me alleging that her boss pinched her thighs while traveling in a car. Cases like this are clear boundary violations. The ideal thing to do here is report the incident. But most survivors do not complain due to fear.
Not just in sex ed, parenting, breastfeeding management, adult sexuality related issues, social problems, for all this and a slew of issues confronting society right now, age-appropriate knowledge about consent and boundaries is a must for all genders. Gradually, when we begin to understand this, we may have a safe and crime free environment for all.


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Q: programatically send a user to login page in react-redux application I am using react.js with redux and react-connected-router to build a frontend application.
The auth flow is the following:

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*login page is being displayed

*login successful, token is saved to redux store

*If a user gets logged out for whatever reason, the token is deleted from the store

*If no token is in the store the user should see the login page

I know I should use {push} from 'connected-react-router' to push the user to /login
However it seems like I cannot use store.subscribe() in a component that is a child to <Provider store={store}>.
Unfortunately I can only use push() in a child of <ConnectedRouter history={history}>, which itself is a child to <Provider store={store}>
Therefore my Question is: How and where in my application can I detect the deletion of the token and redirect to /login?

A: I am now using below approach, where I subscribe to apiKey and router states and use them to redirect to /login if needed using react-routers <Redirect\> component.
All done in the routing component which is child to the above mentioned components <ConnectedRouter history={history}> and  <Provider store={store}>.
Therefore theres o need to use store.subscribe() directly anymore. Also push is replaced by the <Redirect\> component.
const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
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});

class Main extends Component {
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        )
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}

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Linwell (foaled 1948) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1957 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Originally named Floral Tribute he was imported to England in 1953 and was trained by the journalist Ivor Herbert for the businessman David Brown. After beginning his career in point-to-point races he made rapid progress when switched to professional steeplechasing winning the Mildmay Memorial Chase in 1956 and the Gold Cup in the following year. In two subsequent attempts at the Gold Cup he had little luck: he unseated his jockey when hampered by a falling rival in 1958 and finished second in 1959 after being badly baulked and almost brought down at the final fence.

Background
Linwell was a small bay gelding with a broad white blaze and two white socks, bred in Ireland by James F. Delany. He was sired by Rosewell, a British-bred horse who won the Irish Derby in 1938 and whose other offspring included the Champion Hurdle winner Distel. His dam Rubia Linda came from a family which produced several other good jumpers: her sister Miss Kilcash was the dam of the mare Kerstin who became one of Linwell's biggest rivals.

As a five-year-old he was bought for £750 from the County Tipperary-based horse-dealer Paddy Quinn, by Ivor Herbert on behalf of his friend and patron David Brown, the owner of Aston Martin. Herbert was a well-known racing journalist and the potential conflict of interest led to the racing authorities banning him from holding a trainer's licence: his horses were therefore officially trained by Charlie Mallon, the head of his stable staff ("head lad"). The gelding was originally named Floral Tribute but his name was changed after he moved to England.

Racing career

Early career
Linwell began his career on the amateur point-to-point circuit and fell on his debut when he was ridden by Ivor Herbert. After the gelding showed some promise on his subsequent starts Herbert brought in the experienced professional jockey Michael Scudamore to school the horse and improve his jumping. Scudamore also rode the race when he was matched against professional opposition in the 1954/55 season and won three times in Novice steeplechases. In the following season he won five times, including wide margin victories at Newbury in December and Hurst Park in January and the Mildmay Memorial at Sandown Park. In the last-named race he was ridden by Rex Hamey, who received the winner's trophy from the Queen Mother.

1956/57 National Hunt season
In late 1956 Linwell established himself as a leading Gold Cup contender with a win over Kerstin. In his final prep race for the Cheltenham race he was beaten by Pointsman in a race at Kempton Park Racecourse but ran well on a course which did not suit him. The 30th running of the Gold Cup, which took place on soft ground on 14 March 1957, looked to be a very open race with Kerstin and Pointsman being made the 6/1 joint favourites and Linwell, ridden as usual by Scudamore starting at 100/9. The other leading contenders in the thirteen-runner field were E.S.B., Sir Ken (a three-time winner of the Champion Hurdle), Gay Donald and Rose Park (King George VI Chase). Scudamore restrained Linwell towards the rear of the field as Rose Park set the pace before moving up to join the leaders approaching the straight. With Rose Park fading, the race appeared to lie between Linwell, Kerstin and Pointsman on the final turn. At the penultimate obstacle the mare made a bad mistake, badly hampering Pointman and handing the advantage to Linwell who jumped the last a length in front. Linwell stayed on strongly up the run-in to win by a length from Kerstin with Rose Park five lengths back in third.

Later career
In November 1957 Linwell carried top weight of 170 pounds in the inaugural running of the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury Racecourse. He finished second, beaten three lengths by the French-bred six-year-old Mandarin to whom he was conceding sixteen pounds. He also won twice and finished second on two other occasions that season. On 13 March Linwell started second favourite, behind Mandarin, as he attempted to win his second Gold Cup. Eight fences from the finish Mandarin fell, badly hampering Linwell who unseated Michael Scudamore. With the two leading contenders out of the contest, the race was won by Kerstin.

In December 1958 Linwell jumped poorly when beaten at odds of 1/8 in a chase at Windsor Racecourse. He made another attempt to win the Gold Cup in March 1959 and started the 11/2 third favourite behind Taxidermist and Roddy Owen. As the leaders approached the final fence the race appeared lie between Linwell (now ridden by Fred Winter), Pas Seul and Lochroe with Roddy Owen four lengths back in third. Pas Seul fell, badly obstructing Linwell who in turn hampered Lochroe, allowing Roddy Owen to sweep into the lead. Linwell rallied up the run-in but was unable to catch the leader and finished second, beaten three lengths.

Assessment and honours
In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Linwell an "average" Gold Cup winner. He is remembered in the name of Linwell Close, a residential street in Cheltenham.

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1948 racehorse births
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Thoroughbred family 17-b
Cheltenham Gold Cup winners
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If you have ever purchased a product from the store that ended up not working or, even worse, injured you because it was not working properly, then you have experience with a product liability case. There are several different types of product liability, and the one least talked about is failure to warn. In California, if a consumer purchases a product with a warning defect and is injured by the product as a result, the consumer may have recourse against the manufacturer, distributor, or seller for both compensatory and punitive damages. If you have been injured by a product as a result of a warning defect, call Brod Law Firm at (800) 427-7020 to speak with an experienced product liability attorney today.
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Back To School: Hulu Serves More Than One Billion Video Ads In September
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comScore's online video stats for September are in, and in today's non-news, Google Sites again ranks as the number one source of online video views. Google Sites, which derives most of its traffic from YouTube, served 18.6 billion videos in September, which made up 47 percent of the 39.8 billion videos viewed on the Web last month. Even for the cynical newsmen among us, that is pretty impressive.
What's more, Microsoft Sites and Viacom Digital both leap-frogged Facebook in the rankings, to take third and fourth place respectively, while Facebook dropped to fifth. (You can read our August coverage of the web video trends here and Erick's coverage of Facebook assuming third place back in July here.)
On the advertising side of online video, comScore reports that, of the 6.8 billion video ads viewed by Americans in September, more than 1 billion of those ad impressions were served by Hulu.
According to comScore, "video ads" are defined solely by streaming-video advertising and "do not include other types of video monetization, such as overlays, branded players, matching banner ads, homepage ads, etc."
In September, Hulu served 1.02 billion video ads, with duration of these ads totaling 414 million minutes. The site resumed its 1 billion+ rate after dipping below the billion-benchmark over the summer, likely picking back up because our nation's younguns are headed back to school. After all, let's be honest, college kids returning to their dorm rooms no longer have the benefit of mom and dad's cable package, so it's back to watching their favorite TV shows on Hulu.
And, as video ads reached 50 percent of the U.S. population an average of 45.3 times during September, Hulu was the property that delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 38.2 per viewer. Anyone who watches Hulu knows that you can't get through a broadcast without sitting through about 17 ads.
Hulu seems to be receiving a disproportionate share of video ad dollars because the platform is viewed as brand-safe, as advertisers know that they can run their ads on Hulu's content without having to be red-faced when that ad shows up on some random user-generated video posted by someone's uncle.
And, as we wrote last month, Hulu has never done social particularly well, but on September 22nd, Hulu went live on Facebook, meaning that video site's users now get to watch their content directly within Facebook without having to leave the social network. This also means that the ads played by advertisers on Hulu get the added benefit of Facebook users' eyeballs. Ads galore.


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Rostelecom Cup 2014 – piąte w kolejności zawody łyżwiarstwa figurowego z cyklu Grand Prix 2014/2015. Zawody rozgrywano od 13 do 16 listopada 2014 roku w hali Mała Arena Sportowa Łużniki w Moskwie.

W konkurencji solistów złoto zdobył Hiszpan Javier Fernández, zaś w konkurencji solistek triumfowała Japonka Rika Hongo. W parach sportowych zwyciężyli reprezentanci gospodarzy Ksienija Stołbowa i Fiodor Klimow, natomiast w parach tanecznych tytuł zdobyli Amerykanie Madison Chock i Evan Bates.

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Today is Sunday, Dec. 9, the 344th day of 2012 with 22 to follow.
The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Evening stars included Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus and Mars.
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In 2011, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blamed the United States for encouraging opposition protests that had broken out since parliamentary elections.
Also in 2011, Mexican authorities investigated a series of attacks in Juarez that left 14 people dead, including four people killed aboard an ambulance.


In the dense forests of South Asia, a native African tribe has been living in quiet obscurity for more than 500 years.
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At Motherwell Child and Family Clinic, as well as Making a Team in general, we were using live team methods. We needed to describe and rationalise this broader use - that is, broader than just "family therapy" where the idea came from - for a comprehensive specialist (Tier 3, as we'd call it now) child and adolescent mental health service. The ideas here were, of course, developed as a team. At that time (1991) our team was three of us: Anne Hood (social worker then), Rachel Morley (clinical psychologist) and Nick Child (child and family psychiatrist). Updating and referencing this document might bring it up-to-date, but as usual I leave it as it was.
1. Working with people - especially family groups - is always liable to be complex. So two heads can be better than one. And this is about routine use of live teams by permanent staff, not just family therapy, or "once a week", or for demonstration, or supervision for trainees.
2. A systems or systemic framework naturally requires high quality feedback for worker and family. The team provides an "ecology of ideas" or a "mirroring" process. Or more straightforwardly, contributions are available about feelings and views not picked up by the interviewer, or about the worker keeping a balance between being over-energetic and underplaying what's happening.
3. The "helping" dynamic - inevitable for a helping professional - is best absorbed by colleagues helping and being helped by each other so the work with the client is clear of it.
4. Live team colleagues ensure that every family and appointment is taken seriously. Planning, consultation and review ensure that "every session counts".
5. While effective work is engaged in, live teams ensure that unproductive work is not even begun on. So diaries are not blocked by work that is getting nowhere - paradoxically, live teams are therefore economical.
6. Especially in multi-disciplinary teams, real sharing of skills and responsibilities is valuable.
7. The live team is a melting pot for new ideas, personal creativity or training to be stirred in.
8. Wider systems and social issues - local and referring agencies' involvement, gender, class, race, power etc - can be attended to better with a team's help.
9. Good non-live team work around the live work is necessary and stimulated by it. This, along with tackling personal and inter-personal issues that arise in the team, is good for the work with clients. It is also good for the worker's satisfaction, development, commitment and effectiveness in their job, raising morale and preventing "burn out".
facilitating change to other kinds of work - e.g individual psychotherapy, marital co-therapy.
11. Finally, training of trainees. Note that often in Family Therapy, live teams are only used for supervision and demonstration in the service of training. Joining an established team where live team methods are simply part of their method is quite a different experience for a trainee. Learning on the job is exciting, effective and fast. Personal supervision sessions will not be filled with lengthy and perhaps selective reporting of sessions, freeing the time for more creative discussion and personal issues.
12. Why Not Live Teams?!
Teams [live or not] can be terrible if not worked at properly - better to have no team than a half-hearted one. Teams can become closed and rigid "gangs" attached to one line or "school of thought". Some workers and trainees are just not able to work in the open setting of live teams - so selection of personnel has to be made with utmost care.


The end is where we begin, When broken hearts mend and start to beat again'.
The strongest structures involve triangles to support their weight. The triad which gives sustaining strength and popularity to TFK (Thousand Foot Krutch for the uninitiated) is a true message and cutting edge rock matched by well written music. The message of truth speaks to a younger generation hungry for something that makes sense in their time. Cutting edge rock is an ever-present quality of TFK music mixing sharp lyrics, heavy percussion and great guitar riffs without flaw. Well written songs range from thought provoking drama with a pop edge to heart pumping fist in the air revolution. All of this melds so well with front man Trevor McNevon vocals and stage presence. This is a fine follow-up to their last offering The Masquerade and TFKS's history of tightly woven collection of songs which provide a story book with each chapter a song relating to our collective life experiences.
Hold on, a great energy rich and heart pounding ride awaits you.
The heart immediately begins to beat hard with a science fiction-like robotic voice welcoming you to the journey which is The End Is The Beginning. "We Are" kicks off the album with another in a great line of anthemic TFK songs uniting youth to make a difference with strong guitar work meeting a strong vocal message. "Light Up The Sky" follows with heavy bass and percussion with McNevon's rapish vocals, which are the footprint of the original TFK flame while also showing the progression of their art form while retaining the consistency of their youthful message. The title track, "The End Is Where We Begin" lays out the story line giving the hopeful message, "The end is where we begin, When broken hearts mend and start to beat again." This is another in the line of classic TFK radio-ready songs with their hallmark mix of hard rock and smooth breaks. Like their classic "Rawk Fist," "Sparks Fly" is a rev-up of legendary proportions. This one surely will roll with TFK's best during their summer tour season. Look for the 'count up' in the refrain to ramp up the energy!
The ever present professional production gives smooth flow from song to song with great mixing from fist pumping energy to relatively soft story lines. This is present moving from the pump-up "I Get Wicked" moving directly to the soft and revealing "Be Somebody," a journey deep into the shared self of being lost in our world and related personal growth ("We all want to be somebody, we all want to be but not that far"). This song is a showcase for the sensitivity of Trevor's vocal qualities.
Look out! Here it comes! "This Is A Warning (Intro)" / "Courtesy Call" begins with deep rumblings give way to deep, strong strings with lilting vocals and violins building to a crescendo with hot cutting guitar and percussion with McNevon's cutting vocals building the listener to a frenzy of emotion. Listen for his ability to change the cadence of his vocals laced by the foundation of a dramatic chorus beneath. This song is a winner in a very big way.
"All I Need To Know" is the token lighter offering found on many of TFKs later offerings. Coming close to their California-pop sibling's FM Static story-songs with, "I know which way the wind blows, but you're here with me, and that's all I need to know." This song gives hope and love in a solid relationship song. A long pause leads to "Fly On The Wall" having a foundation of strings and a smoky/melodic entry. "Fly On The Wall" has a break to a hot rocked chorus and a fast fall back to the initial smoky tempo. This type of experimental, 180 degree change is what keeps TFK strong and fresh. We jump right into the acoustic-based "So Far Gone" for a taste of the emotion-laden, Christian based songs of hope with, "I stood alone and fell down, Your hands were there to pick me up off the ground" and "I want to be so far gone in you." "Outroduction" brings us back to the story's beginning with the sci-fi robotic voice reminding us of the journey we just experienced. TFK again provides the full package, not just a new collection of songs, but a piece of their catalogue again providing the listener with the story of life experiences we've all shared.
Theatrics within their music rather than a techno-laced, pyrotechnic stage show earmarks the difference between Thousand Foot Krutch (TFK) and other hard rocking bands. The near-seamless Christian undertones of hope and change make their message appealing to both secular and faith-based audiences. An eclectic and forever changing mix of hard rock to heart felt, pop-like tunes keep their music fresh while the message and delivery keep their style consistent but always fresh. Without thinking twice, add TFK to your summer listening and concert experience!