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2012 Saving Country Music Album of the Year Nominees
Trigger Reviews 116 Comments
2012 was a bumper crop year for great albums in the greater country music world, and that necessitates a bolstered lineup of candidates for Saving Country Music's coveted Album of the Year.
7 total made the list, with others admittedly getting completely screwed by their absence. Rachel Brooke's A Killer's Dream isn't officially out until tomorrow, but trust me, it is epic, and still couldn't make the list. It's ridiculous that both Ray Wylie Hubbard's Grifter's Hymnal and Justin Townes Earle's Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now aren't on here, but they will both show up very prominently in the Song of the Year list.
Lee Bains & The Glory Fires There's A Bomb In Gillead and the Calamity Cubes' Old World's Ocean are other excellent offerings that on a lesser year for music may have won the award outright. But this year, competition is stiff, and you really had to shoot the moon to make the list. Another that probably should be considered, but I must recuse myself from considering because I was part of the production team is James Hand's Mighty Lonesome Man. (Look for these and other album on SCM's upcoming "Essential Albums" list.)
I already have a bead of sweat forming across my brow brought on by the impossible decision of who I'm supposed to pick off this list. As always, audience participation is very encouraged, including write-in candidates. Vote down in the comments section and I do take feedback into consideration for the final decision, especially if people tell me why it is the best candidate, instead of simply following a Facebook link and typing a name.
Turnpike Troubadours – Goodbye Normal Street
To be the Saving Country Music Album of the Year, you can't just be good, or even great. You have to bring some intangibles to the table. You have to make an important impact on the greater music world. The way Goodbye Normal Street accomplishes this requirement is by its ability to branch out and create new fans for independent music. Find the most diehard pop country fan and play "Good Lord Lorrie" for them and watch them wither and want their own copy. It's substance with accessibility, and that is a powerful, powerful weapon for real music.
"Call it a maturing or a coming into their own, but this album marks the most solid offering from this Oklahoma-based band yet, and a defining of their sound, their place in the music world, and as a band that music world should pay more serious attention to. Sharp wit, self-reflection, specific references to characters and situations in an almost Townes or Robert Earl Keen-like storytelling approach imbibes this music with a freshness and engaging nature, revitalizing the old-fashioned love and heartbreak songs in the modern, independent context." (read full review)
Kellie Pickler – 100 Proof
The founding, underlying principle of Saving Country Music is the fight for creative freedom for artists. In 2012, no other album and no other artist defines that fight more than Kellie Pickler. Sacrificing her major label deal and a big payday to make the album she wanted, Kellie put out a strikingly traditional and engaging album that Chet Flippo, the same writer that covered the Outlaw country music scene back in the 70's for Rolling Stone, called "the best pure country album in recent years." But if 100 Proof wins, it won't just be because of what the album symbolizes or its critical acclaim. It will be because it's just so damn fun to listen to.
"If you are truly a fan of country music and have an open heart, you will like 100 Proof. In the Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn mold, 100 Proof revives the lost appreciation for the strong, yet sweet country woman, while staying away from the surface symbolism that erodes the substance from many of the other artists that attempt this difficult feat." (read full review)
Olds Sleeper – New Year's Poem
I swear, Olds Sleeper is the Tom Waits, Beck, and Townes Van Zandt of our generation all wrapped into one…while at the same time being some random dude with a straight job churning out songs in a spare bedroom, playing all the parts and recording the music himself. Someone putting out so much music in a year, and doing so in such a lo-fi context isn't supposed to be this good. Olds Sleeper will churn out 3 or 4 albums, and 40-something songs a year under various pseudonyms. The songwriting is par-excellence, tearing at your heart, reducing grown ass men to tears at times. And at other times New Years Poem is a straight up headbanger. Be prepared for how dirty and under-produced this project is, but that's all part of the fun. New Year's Poem is breathtaking, Old's magum opus up to this point. Oh, and it's FREE.
"Old's New Year's Poem opens up a new chapter in his music, and name's his most complete album yet. There's a great balance between his balls-out fuzz jams and heart-straining ballads, and a good flow from stem to stern." (read full review)
Bloody Jug Band – Coffin Up Blood
If I was picking the winner exclusively on creativity and originality, this album would win it running away. Coffin Up Blood gives you hope for music. It proves that there's still new ways of making old music, and still uncharted territory yet to discover. At the same time it is one of the most purely entertaining albums of 2012. On the outside it may look like some horror gimmick, but this was an album that lots of time and love went into and was done right from start to finish.
"Forget the heavily death-infused concept, what The Bloody Jug Band has accomplished is releasing one of the most creatively-spellbinding albums in recent memory. Its funny. Its dark. It never takes itself too seriously. It is as engaging as any album I have listened to in years. You can't stop listening to it, and when you're not listening to it, you crave it. Think it's all been done in roots music? Listen to Coffin Up Blood and prove your ass wrong." (read full review)
Corb Lund– Cabin Fever
Like the cowboy poets of old, Corb Lund is a master craftsman with the pen, knowing how to balance humor and heartbreak, irony and perspective to perfection. This album is angry, bordering on insane at times, but never loses its poetic, top-shelf aptitude with words. From a songwriting perspective, it's 2012's best while boasting some real fun music ranging from rock & roll to Western Swing.
"The United States is not the only land with lonesome cowboys and wide open spaces. Corb Lund grew up on his family's farm and ranch in Alberta (the Canadian province, not your smelly aunt with 6 cats), and his rural cowboy life and thirst for country comes through in his music. There's no corny hoser-ism here, Corb Lund is rich with ribald and wit, with forays into rock & roll and wild diversions of the mind from a man struggling to relate to modern society." (read full review)
Lindi Ortega – Cigarettes & Truckstops
That's right ladies & gentlemen, two Canadians are candidates for Saving Country Music's Album of the Year. Lindi lands on the list for putting out the most tasteful, most stylistically-flawless album over the past 12 months, and one that has something for everyone. Lindi Ortega will be a big force in American country and roots music in the coming years. Mark my words.
"'Cigarettes & Truckstops' is a succulent endeavor into the very fabric of country music, dusting off country's roots, adding a little rockabilly, and re-emerging with them in a sexy and relevant candor, talking care free about drugs and danger, and not doing anything to be cool but being herself. Lindi Ortega doesn't need to paint flames on her chest, she's hot enough. I certainly can see how folks from a very wide swath of the roots world could get into her music. From the underground to Americana, if you don't like her music, you're not listening to it right." (read full review)
Eric Strickland – Honky Tonk Till I Die
If you've made to the bottom of the list here and were wondering where in the hell the music from just a simple Southern country boy belting out bad ass country songs with no strings attached was, well meet Eric Strickland. Straight laced as it may be, this album is still something special simply from the strength of the songs and the performances.
"This is what Saving Country Music is all about. This is the reason I put my pants on every morning. Everything else is just fluff, filibustering, treading water until I come across that one artist, that one album that embodies everything true country fans are looking for but have yet to find. That is what you have with Eric Strickland and his band The B Sides, and their album 'Honky Tonk Till I Die.'" (read full review)
100 Proof, Bloody Jug Band, Cabin Fever, Calamity Cubes, Cigarettes & Truckstops, Coffin Up Blood, Corb Lund, Eric Strickland, Goodbye Normal Street, Honky Tonk Till I Die, James Hand, Justin Townes Earle, Kellie Pickler, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Lindi Ortega, Mighty Lonesome Man, New Year's Poem, Olds Sleeper, Rachel Brooke, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Turnpike Troubadours
Nice list, but where is Huber's Tongues of Fire? That is my album of the year. Solid though and through. Another notable should be Hooten Hollars Greetings from Welp City. Both albums blew my mind this year. Just my two cents.
ShadeGrown
I agree. I haven't heard most of these albums in their entirety but it is very hard to believe that everything listed above was better than Tongues of Fire.
The Triggerman
"I haven"™t heard most of these albums in their entirety
Well I have, AND "Tongues of Fire". It's a solid offering and I'm a big supporter of Huber, but honestly I don't think it's even his best album. I think "Bury Me Where I Fall" is better, and in this big of a year for music, you have to put out a career-best caliber album to even be considered.
I agree that Bury Me Where I Fall was better. Huber wasn't just treading water on this one though… I still listen to TOF daily. I wish i could hear the rest though.
It is always nasty work choosing who should be at the top. You feel like you're criticizing things that in truth are really good, or excellent which seems inherently wrong. I definitely thought about "Tongues of Fire", but in such a strong year, I had to come up with reasons NOT to nominate albums, and my specific train of thought was that if it was not his best album, how could nominate this one that was put out in a stronger year?
Tough decisions.
Also, to your argument, …And Justice For All wasn't Metallica's best album but it is still a classic.
I thought the songs on "And Justice For All" we're too short. 😉
Glad to see Bloody Jug Band though. I drive my wife nuts listening to The Pain! 🙂
I love the Bloody Jug Band too. Such a great variety of instruments that you don't run across often. Unique songs. Rocking sound! Fantastic guitar work.
December 23, 2012	@ 11:28 am
I like IBWIP's top 7
where is bob wayne till the wheels come off.
No VandenAvond? Not even a mention? Questionable judgement.
Bob Wayne, Joe Huber, and Tom VandenAvond will all be on the "Essentials List" that will be published shortly. I still sifting through some 2012 albums and I want to make sure I put an ear on everything I can before I post it. I also can promise that VandenAvond with appear on the Song of the Year list. It was a strong year for music.
Nice to see Corb on there. The guy is a great songwriter and this was a hell of a record. I wouldn't call him underground, or cutting edge, or anything like that. But he puts out good old fashioned country country music and this was my favorite record.
TX Music Jim
For me Grifters Hymnal by RYH is hands down album of the year but i'm also a huge fan of goodbye normal street and corb lunds cabin fever is a great effort as well. all and all solid list though.
Chris Lewis "Louie"
I would have to add these major contenders:
Jason Eady – Can't believe this one is not on there
Sarah Gayle Meech – another great
Shovels and Rope
Dwight Yoakum
Josh Abbott
Joseph Huber
Blackberry Smoke – although it is more southern rock
Shivering Denizons
Cletus Got Shot
Hooten Hollers
Ronnie Dunn
Ditto on the Chris knight record it really is a stellar work should have thought of it myself.another Dark Horse would be Larry Joe Taylors Sailing on Sunday record lots of Dave Perez from the Tejas barothers on accordian and harmony vocals Augie Myers on Keyboards loyd maines at the production helm if you like a little tropical tex mex flair with your country storytelling this is fun record to check out.
Hagphish
What about Dwight Yoakam?
My personal favorite? Tom V at the 331 club, but it wasn't exactly released on a record label.
As I said in a bar a few weeks ago to someone, Corb Lund put out the best Dwight Yoakam album this year.
Dang! Burn… Good list and article though
I love Yoakam and "3 Pears" is decent, but in my opinion it doesn't belong on this list.
In my humble opinion, Dwight has paid just about every due there is to pay, and the fact that he is still putting out fantastic albums is impressive and rare. Great list either way
That's a big statement, my friend.
*shuffles off to download the Corb Lund record*
selfreliable
American Aquarium- Burn. Flicker. Die is one of the most fun alternative country albums I have heard since Whiskeytown.
Tift Merritt- Traveling Alone. I caught her live and she blew me away and I picked up the new album between sets. Absolutely mind blowing voice, the song writing is some of the best ever, she crafts her songs perfectly and you have no problem relating at all. I havent seen many people talking about this album and it is a shame as everyone is missing out on one of the best albums of the past 20 years.
Ryan Bingham- Tomorrowland. I know you are over Bingham, but I really enjoy the new album. Perfect mix of the rocking songs and the slower meaningful songs. His voice still holds up, the song writing has gotten better and it is a real "for the people" album. Tracks like "Flowerbomb", "Rising of the Ghetto", and "Heart of Rhythm" are his best work ever.
Justin Townes Earle- In my eyes this is his masterpiece. I have had the same favorite album for over 12 years and never thought I would hear something top it, but "Nothings Gonna" topped it. He did everything right on this album, not a single throw away track, he cut them live in the studio and you can feel the looseness of the band, the lyrics are poignant as ever with great introspection of himself and of others.
I agree with you though Trig, it has been a hell of a year for music and I dont envy you for trying to make a list and pick what does and doesnt make it. I didnt have the highest of hopes for music this year and have been proven wrong week after week. So many great songs and albums came out and whoever ends up taking home the top billing will know they beat some serious competition.
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See this is the reason I'm supposed to publish my "Essential Albums" list first. Because if I don't all people want to talk about is the albums that are NOT on the list.
After Ryan Bingham won that Oscar, I thought he'd made it. "Tomorrowland" has to be the most least talked-about album in 2012 from a major artist.
If I had expanded the list to 10, Justin Townes Earle would have made it for sure. I just think the production approach held it back some. It's an album of excellent songs, but not an excellent album in my opinion, if that makes sense.
Part of what I think hurt Bingham is that he is on his own label now. He left LostHighway and instead of signing to another label he created his own and released it on that. I think if he signed to another label he would have benefited from their marketing and gotten more word out there.
I get what you are saying about the JTE album being excellent songs but not an excellent album. I counter with, have you heard the album in the track order it was released in as I know you got a promo that had a slightly different order to it. That could make the world of difference.
I havent gotten around to listening to everything on your list, but so far I would say that Lindi and The Troubadours should be near the top. Turnpike put out a great fun album and Lindi really shocked me at how great her songs were and her amazing voice.
I agree it is a better album with the tracks in the right order. Let that be a lesson to bands and artists when they send their stuff out to review. Unmarked MP3, out-of-order tracks, on-demand tracks (meaning you can't download and listen at leisure) are the bane of the music reviewer. There's just too much music out there these days to make it hard to do a review.
Nonetheless, even with the rearranged track order, it's the whole "Memphis" concept and some of the songs that were meant to convey that, that didn't do it for me.
Turnpike Troubadours hands down.
New England Country
My vote is for the Troubadours – love that album.
scottinnj
I just can't think of any album that I keep coming back and back to listen to more than Cigarettes & Truckstops. I'm hoping that her short cameo's on Nashville get some attention for her.
Troubadours hands down. They are going to break out one of these days.
Also, is Rancho Alto 2012 or 11? If 12, it's #1.
2011, but it's a good album and made my 2011 Essential List. Apparently they all hate me though because I bag on Shooter Jennings and he "produced" their upcoming album. 😉
gbkeith
It's really hard for me to choose between Turnpike Troubadours and Corb Lund. Everything you said about the accessibility of Goodbye Normal Street is true, but Cabin Fever has got my wife listening to Corb instead of Carrie Underwood, and she no longer calls him "That weird Canadian guy you listen to"
Having said that, Little Victories would be my choice or album of the year.
Stubblejumper
December 6, 2012	@ 12:35 pm
Not really relevant to which record is better, but Lund and the Turnpike Troubadors are touring together right now. Just caught them in Cadillac, SK. Great show, by both.
Put me down for Turnpike Troubadours as well. There is nothing out this year I have listened to more.I just can't seem to get sick of it,and that is very unusual for me!
Bobby Petersen
Not to mention at one point the Troubadours were #7 on the iTunes country charts.
Luthur Jackson (Tuesday Morning Hayride)
Troubadours for sure.
JP Harris and Tough Choices I liked also.
Loved the Kellie Pickler album! The fact that only two songs were released from it, neither of which ranked among the best songs in the album, is pretty maddening. Kellie Pickler should sue her label for failing to promote her best album thus far and for handling the single releases so poorly. I'm also disappointed about how the album failed to even get nominated for the CMA's, but I suppose I shouldn't be surprised given that Kellie was out of her label by the time the CMA nominations took place.
I hope that "Mother's Day" is on your Song of the Year list! If that song were released, it would instantly become the best song on country radio right now. It's remarkable how Kellie's two most soulful and heartfelt songs are about missing her mother while growing up. "I Wonder" was a gorgeous portrayal of the anger and hurt she felt toward her mother, and "Mother's Day" closes the chapter by showing a more mature, mellow sadness regarding her mother.
Baron Lane
Solid list. It's good to be on the right side of music.
Cragmire
If You Want Blood…You Got IT!!!
I Personally like the List just the way it is…But, maybe i'm Bias.
Thanks for the Recognition & JUG-ly Support Trigger Man. Very Humbling and Badass…
LOVE Kellie Pickler and 100 Proof. Best Country album so far. Only one missing is Marty Stuart-Nashville Vol. 1 Tear the Woodpile Down. Now I'm off to listen to some of the albums I haven't heard.
Even though I've seen the Turnpike Troubadours 10 times in several states, I'd have to go with Corb Lund. Cabin Fever is the best album by far of 2012.
Can they both be given the award since they're touring Canada together now?
I have to go with Corb Lund and Chris Knight.
I am also a fan of Shooter Jennings and Bob Wayne, but those two albums were not their best work.
Two things kept Shooter"™s album from being a lot better than it should have been:
1) Southern Family Anthem
2) Tom Morello"™s guitar solo.
I want to produce Bob Wayne"™s next album"¦
Casey198
I agree on the Morello solo. I get that he's s'posed to be technically great, and he's a seemingly smart, nice guy…but I don't see what the fuss is about. His work with Shooter seemed outta place. I like him alright, but he does make some questionable decisions.Â
It's a toss-up between Corb and the Troubadours for me. Marty Stuart and Ray Wylie Hubbard's albums were awesome too, and I'm just starting to listen to Lindi Ortega. Like it so far. Erick Strickland is great too; sounds like Waylon and Jason Boland. The only album I was a little put off by is the Bloody Jug Band mostly for the vocal delivery of the guy, but I at least give them credit for being creative and going outside of the norm. Good list overall; hope to see Corb or TT get the nod.
LOL…Not everyone likes Charcoal in their Cereal, and I respect that. Either Way, thanks for checking out the BJB…;)
Troubadours followed closely by Corb Lund
Ga Outlaw
Album of the Year: The Grifter's Hymnal, Ray Wylie Hubbard
Song of the Year: 32.50, Jonny Burke
Artist of the Year: Ray Wylie Hubbard
I saw Jonny Burke open for James McMurtry several times and I liked his songs and live act, but I was a little disappointed with the album when it came out. He's ok as a solo act, but sounds a lot better with a band behind him… Nice guy, though. I talked to him after a couple of the shows and he was very personable.
I saw him & James in Chattanooga. Jonny didn't have a band with it was just him, an electric guitar & a base drum. He was awesome. I agree he's better live but 32.50 is a great song.
Turnpike Troubadours are saving it everyday. Great album, great shows, great guys. That's my vote.
Zach Smith
Turnpike Troubadours…
Mattwrotethis
I'm pleased "Coffin Up Blood" made the list.
It is my favorite album this past year, and I purchased, downloaded, was gifted, or traded over 100 albums this year in probably a dozen different genres. It was that good. Throw in the fact that they had the cajones to do a country cover of "If You Want Blood" by AC/DC and went all-out with it, and didn't pussyfoot around with the fact that they were doing the unthinkable with a beloved classic rock song, and PULLED IT OFF… well, it's got my vote (if I had one). Some would simply dismiss it as a "Rob Zombie gone country" type of trip, but there's so much more to it than that. Some bands' songs make you visualize a story, BJB's songs make you feel like you were IN the story. There's that much depth there. Show me another band that can make you see through the eyes of a vulture, a werewolf, the grim reaper, and even The Devil himself.
I can't wait to see what they do for an encore.
Martin Luther Presley
Tom VandenAvond – Wreck of A Fine Man
Joseph Huber – Tongues of Fire
Ray Wylie Hubbard – The Grifter's Hymnal
Otis Gibbs – Harder Than Hammered Hell
Bob Dylan – Tempest
Left Lane Cruiser – Painkillers
Justin Townes Earle – Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Truckstop Darlin' – Hope And The Heart It Breaks
Kris Kristofferson – Feeling Mortal
Painkillers crossed my mind to include here. It will certainly be on the "Essential List" with most of the others you mention. The two things that kept it off were 1) It's mostly blues 2) It's all covers. But as far as a fun album to listen to, it's right there at the top for 2012, and that's coming from someone who traditionally hates cover albums.
DustTone
Album of the year will be Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale.And Chris Knight should be a nominee. Good list anyway.
Greetings from Germany
Turnpike Troubadours have my vote. The whole album is extremely well written, but "Good Lord, Lorrie" is amazingly potent.
Jack Williams
The top three in my No Depression list this year were Ray Wylie, Corb and JTE. Had Turnpike Troubadours at #5, right behind Chuck Prophet's Temple Beautiful. So, of the albums listed, Corb Lund gets my vote.
My reaction to Corb Lund's album was similar to my reaction to Ray Wylie's A. Enlightenment B. Endarkment album: "What have I been missing?! Time to do some catch up!"
Steve Parkinson
Great list! We Canadians appriciate the love.
Kyle, could you elaborate as to what capacity you were involved in the production of James Hand's album?
It was in no great capacity. I think I'm listed on the liner notes as a "production assistant." I mostly was just an ear to listen to takes and rough mixes and give my opinion on what direction the music was going. I also helped supervise some of the studio sessions. It was an unbelievable honor to work with James Hand and all the legendary musicians they brought in for the project, including Cindy Cashdollar and Earl Pool Ball. As I told them before I committed to helping, if I did, I would have to recuse myself from given any opinions about the album once it's released. I have still helped James promote the album in certain ways and may still do so in the future. But a gun up/gun down review, or a glowing accolade like Album of the Year doesn't seem appropriate since I was on the team that helped put it out.
Trigg,
Did you review Town Mountain's 2012 album "Leave The Bottle?" Their first release "Heroes and Heretics" was great, but i didn't listen to their second album or the most recent one… Just wondering if you had heard it…
Duluke
Love their covers of Snowin"™ On Raton and I"™m On Fire.
I did not review it yet. I've heard some of the music, have not listened to it cover to cover. We'll make sure to put a star by it on the list and see if we can't do that by the end of 2012. Thanks for the suggestion!
I gotta vote for Turnpike Troubadours with Corb as runner up.
Houston Marchman's Econoliner is a amazing album lryically from a criminally underated songwriter. RYH grifters hymnal is tops for me followed closely by Goodbye Normal Street ,cabin fever and Chris Knight's latest with Econoliner by Houston Marchman and Sailing on Sunday by Larry Joe Taylor close behind. What a great year for music 2012 was!
Wynnette
Without a doubt Eric Strickland and the B Sides – Honky Tonk til I Die. I know them personally and know without fail they live and breathe true "real" country music and Eric is giving more than 150% into doing exactly what your website says "Saving Country Music"!!! He writes from the depths of his own soul that flows with true love for the music but somehow that reaches the core of so many of those who give a listen! He "puts his heart in to the music" and "pours his soul into his songs" to quote one of my favs! This CD shows that Country Music is alive and well and does not always sale out but stays true to its roots and tradition/heritage!!
Dacey
I've been looking forward to this! Although I haven't heard of a couple of these artists, their albums are trusted recommendations I WILL invest time and money into. After Damaged Goods was nominated last year, I invested in the artists that beat my favorite scumbags, wondering what could possibly knock Hellbound Glory from the horse, and I was nothing short of amazed. That said, Turnpike Troubadours was a group I stumbled upon during my investigations and I'm so very happy they've made it to the top of your list for 2012. I second all your feedback. It was their creative outreach that pulled me in – and some marketing at the High Sierra Music Festival this year (which is creative in itself since the festival isn't traditionally all country). I can't officially cast a vote yet this year knowing how much I could be missing – Goodbye Normal Street – tentatively – but I've got a sneaking suspicion I'm going to love the hell out of Coffin Up Blood. Can't wait for the essentials list either.
goldencountry
I have mine done and will be posting it to you tube in a few weeks. I do a video presentation. With a short clip of a song from each cd.
I figure if the song cause somebody to look up the cd I've done my part to promote the indie artist.
Scrappy T
Thanks as always, sir, I really appreciate your work. You're responsible for an ever-growing portion of my music collection.
Not to be a negative nitpicker, just wanted to encourage people to donate what they can to Olds Sleeper when they download the album. You can get it for free, but probably good to throw down us much as works for you.
My vote would go for 100 Proof. The honesty in her voice in every song on the album is something I found myself drawn to. Plus Ive been listening to alot of male vocalists the last few years so the Pickler album was very refreshing.
OneChord
Looks like I might be the only one, but for me it's Eric Strickland and the B Sides – Honky Tonk Till I die. In my mind that IS what country music should sound like.
Eric Strickland
December 14, 2012	@ 1:56 am
that really means a lot to me. Thanks for being a fan.
The Turnpike Troubadours. The album is perfect from beginning to end. Evan's songwriting is beautiful, loaded, and seems to somehow get better every time I hear something new. Add that to R.C.'s style on "Wrecked" and "Morgan Street," which maybe a little more lighthearted, but no less wonderful, and BAM. Perfection.
I saw Lindi Ortega on her recent tour with Social D. & the Biters…all three great bands, and the rock crowd really seemed to take to Lindi. Really enjoying her Christmas album as well…I hope she keeps up what she's doing.Â
Mike Wimmer
Out of the one's listed above, I would go with the Turnpike Troubadors.
That being said, my favorite album was Jason Eady's "A.M. Country Heaven". I wish it was on Spotify so it would get a wider audience, but it's worth buying blindly. Brilliant songwriting and performing, wrapped around a classic country sound.
No Kenny Chesney? This list has no credability.
No, no Kenny Chesney.
It's a tossup between the Bloody Jug Band and the Troubadours on this one. I learned of both band's existences this year and have definitely been turned into a fan. Though I recently picked up the Corb Lund record (got the one with the acoustic versions of each song which is awesome) and have been spinnning that a lot lately too. Overall definitely a good crop of albums this year.
Just wanted to throw in my vote for Turnpike Troubadours with Goodbye Normal Street. All of those on your list are definitely good ones but I really loved that album. Good songwriting, but still catchy songs and they even appeal to those that aren't necessarily listening to underground/independent country.
Seriously though, my favorite this year has been Folk Soul Revival's Prompting the Dapperness. I saw them at a festival and have loved them ever since. I was really shocked that this site didn't have a review of any of their material.
HoldenOntoEverything
Never have I heard an album so dark, yet so enlightening!
The art of storytelling is alive and well within the tracks of
Coffin Up Blood (nice play on words btw).
While your list is solid throughout and very respectable,
I'll have to lean toward the Bloody Jug Band as a runaway
winner based on such daring creativity weaved within those
sweet, sweet melodies.
Rachel Brooke is epic. No doubt. Can see why she missed the list because of criteria. But Olds and Linda Ortega there's the choice. Olds just keeps getting better. This album has diversity, real guts, down home boogie and just plain poetry fit for the soul. Linda's album makes me smile, races my heart and calls out for more. Either one: though if "country" is the criteria, Linda gets the nod.
Meanwhile if Kellie gets picked, ok by me. (never thought I'd say that.)
My feelings on both Justin Townes Earle's and Rachel Brook's albums are so similar in so many respects. I will include albums and songs in my lists even if they're not "country" in a traditional sense, but they will always have to fight an uphill battle. That doesn't mean they're still not great and we can't celebrate them here, but I always have to be mindful of the "country" in Saving Country Music.
I not only respect your opinions but I am grateful for the new music you showcase. This is your site, it is great. Thanks for all your hard work.
The Hillbilly Muslim
Glad you clarified that and I do agree. I was like where the hell is Rachel Brooke on the list. Glad your keeping it purely country. Sometimes we get too excited about all the wonderful bands from the roots movement we forget this site was suppose to be about country music,
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Not sure if it's Album of the Year worthy but Roger Alan Wade's new album just came out this week…and I have to say it sounds pretty damn good to me.
You know, this is the very first mention I have seen about it, anywhere. I'm now seeing it on his Facebook. Thanks for the heads up, we'll check it out!
Trigg, he didn't talk much about it. He posted something on FB a couple weeks ago saying it was coming soon and the next thing you know it was out. No release date announcement or anything. Very strange but still…love me some RAW.
Here is my pick… Joseph Huber.. I'll be that guy TriggerMan!! HAHA …
"Dance Around The Daggers" was another close runner up.
NStilly
Gotta go with the Troubadours. Every song is real life with no laundry lists. The album is like a bio of their lives.
Top 3 songs
1. Good Lord Lorrie
2. Wrecked
3. Southeastern Son
Off this list I would have to chose Olds Sleeper. Been listening to that album regularly all year and never tire of it. Classic stuff! Now if you want to know my actual album of the year it would be this http://archive.org/details/wttv2012-04-14
Granted it's not an actual release but it's thirteen tracks from two of the finest songwriters in the land. Natural Born Chillers for the win!!!!!
Kellie Pickler – 100 Proof gets my vote and I'm thrilled it made your top 7 list. Knowing how much Chet Flippo loves pure country, I'm also thrilled to see him call 100 Proof the best pure country album in recent years and I agree. If the mainstream industry awards weren't so based on who's getting the most promotion and radio airplay, no doubt Kellie would have top vocalist, song, and album of the year nods there too. At least her producer was recognized. It's a damn shame country radio isn't playing this album. Also I think the label promoted a few other artists' weaker singles past hers at radio, at least I saw them pass on the charts. You know something is broken when you see pop songs, remakes of pure pop artists' songs and a dozen mediocre songs (many from brand new artists with no radio track record) passing Kellie's 100 Proof songs. It makes me sick to see country radio so pop these days, and this is coming from someone who grew up listening mostly to pop and rock.
Now why should you pick Pickler for 2012 Saving Country Music Album of the Year? The proof is in the 100 Proof, it's that damn good and country front to back, no filler material, her vocals, writing, and the production are excellent. It's the total package. Also she's done a lot to help support and save country music.
Over 30 million people watched Kellie perform and nail country songs on American Idol back in 2006 (her season had the highest ratings) so we can also credit her for bringing new fans into country. She deserves but has never been credited for that while Taylor Swift got tons of credit for it from her promotion machine. I don't see Taylor doing anything to support country music like covering country classics in concert, performing dozens of Opry shows, or #PICKLERSJUKEBOX. Blake Shelton was just given CMA Entertainer of the Year, largely for talking about country music on The Voice. Gracia Harrison, the best country singer ever on that show, was asked on twitter who her favorite artist is and she said definitely Kellie Pickler. That took guts because the trend on these shows is to name drop whoever radio is playing the most or a judges' spouse. I like Darius but Kellie has earned an Opry invitation and newer country artist Darius got it because he has more radio airplay.
As much as I love 100 Proof, I'm hoping Kellie adds more rock to a few songs on her next album (like the music of Things That Never Cross A Man's Mind and some other songs on her debut). I'm wondering what y'all would think if she did that? I love country and country/rock and don't care for pop or slow AC songs, however I also love her country/pop songs with a good amount of steel and other country instruments. Red High Heels, I Wonder, Wild Ponies, Small Town Girl, and Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You are some of her best songs. I like some rock in my country and also like Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson, Jamey Johnson, etc.
The Alaskan Dream
rachels album is the best that has ever been released in 'underground country'. i say that because of the high level and catchiness of the songwriting and the overall sound and feel of the album i feel is unmatched in this realm.
My top 10 cds of the year I've done this video over 5 times and still can't get the sync. It's in sync till I upload it. then poof it screws up
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Jason Eady would make my list, no questions asked. His song, Wishful Drinkin', would be song of the year. Happy to see James Hand and Corb Lund on this list, hadn't heard of Eric Strickland before, looked him up on Spotify, liked the whole album quite a bit.
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My 18 year old daughter, who I constantly give crap to for listening to Taylor Swift and the like, made me sit down and listen to the Kellie Pickler and I was sold. This is a really good country record.
But then I started playing the Turnpike Troubadours. She took them back to college with her and has her whole floor listening to them. I have about 40 high school and (mostly) college students that work for me. Normally I drive them nuts with music like Whitey Morgan and PeeWee Moore. But they all love the Troubadours. Even the true country haters don't mind it. They are the first band that I have heard in a long time that is undoubtably country but appeals to those who don't like "country" music.
I would have to add The Hooten Hallers' Greetings From Whelp City. It is extremely solid from top to bottom. When you realize that all of this wonderful noisy sound is coming from two, that's right TWO, musicians, it makes it even better. I know, its a blues record, but it definitely has the right vibe for this list. It also has the somewhat Hippster leaning college approval, and other old farts like me enjoy it.
But if I had to pick a best of the year it would definitely be The Turnpiuke Troubadours' Goodbye Lonely Street. I have a new favorite band of the week every week, and nothing stays in the regular rotation for very long, but I keep going back to this record. And, at least in my small corner of the world, they are an underground band with quickly growing main-stream appeal.
A few more votes for 100 Proof…
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/best-country-albums-of-2012-20121207
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/best-pop-music-of-2012-frank-ocean-leads-list-of-years-top-10-albums/2012/12/05/33bad9e2-3b04-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/165940-the-best-country-music-of-2012/
I'm not sure if they are really country records, but I would put Justin Townes Earle's Nothing Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now and Austin Lucas' A New Home In The Old World in that list. Thanks for the great job anyway!
Austin Lucas' "A New Home In The Old World" is an excellent record and was nominated last year in a tighter field that only included 3 albums.
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/nominees-for-2011-scm-album-of-the-year
Really looking forward to his new one he has coming up.
I vote Coffin Up Blood. Great vocals, awesome guitar, and killer music video. Besides, they're a jug band. What's not to love?
December 10, 2012	@ 5:56 pm
Finally got a video that insync
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_UIj4eUj2c
Do you know Barna Howard ? His 1st album is a true masterpiece :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3x7pF_LYIFg
This is a great group of nominees. I'm just honored to make it on there!
Coffin Up Blood is the most fun I've had listening to an album in a long time. I'm already nostalgic for a few years back when everybody was making really dark underground country records and this one was right up my alley. I'm looking forward to seeing what the Bloody Jug Band will do in the future. New Years Poem is nothing short of a masterpiece. If you listen to the entire album and it doesn't take you somewhere, I feel bad for you. But if I was choosing one album of the year, it would have to go to Goodbye Normal Street. It's the perfect mix of style and substance. Plus, I've been listening to it for almost a year straight and I'm showing no signs of getting tired of it.
Where's Bob Wayne till the wheels come off.
It's "Till The Wheels Fall Off" (no worries, I made that mistake a couple of times too). And it's a good album, it was just an even better year for music.
I listen the crap out of that Eric Strickland album. I love it to death but im still whipped and shellshocked about Lindi Ortega's album. She came out of no where and swiped me away. I brought some redneck dude from my town to Austin earlier this week and I showed him many great albums that he never heard of. When I put on Lindi Ortega he was blown away compare to all the other stuff i showed him. Definitely high quality stuff.
Halkaloogie
December 23, 2012	@ 12:33 pm
The Lindi Ortega album is the only one on this list I come back and listen to. But my 2 cents say that Waylon Speed – Valance is the best of the year.
http://youtu.be/dvzqiwlensk
Shastacatfish
July 18, 2014	@ 10:41 pm
Not sure if anyone will catch this comment on such an old post but I just have to put this thought out there.
Trigger, you have an excellent site here and I think you have done a great job sifting through all the music and exposing a lot of us readers to some fantastic stuff in the process. This post was the one that first got me hooked on your site, in part because I was amazed at how much good stuff was circulating out there. That is, in part, why I am revisiting this.
I certainly appreciate why you ultimately went with Kellie Pickler as the album of the year, but a year and a half out, I feel like that album has already not aged really well. I think the first song is still fantastic and ought to be a radio staple but I have found the rest of it has not really stuck with me. This is in contrast to Lindi Ortega's album which continues to fascinate me. I liked Tin Star a lot but Truckstops and Cigarettes out does it in so many ways. It is such a darkly beautiful and timeless piece of music, I am still working my way through it. The bleak story it tells (has anyone commented on how it seems like a concept album?) are pure country and it is so wonderfully executed.
I am not second guessing you at all, as I said. I just think it is fun to reevaluate things a bit further down the road and get on my little hobby horse.
While I am on 2012, I'd also like to put in a good word on Eric Strickland. That album was a real gem and I have not tired of listening to it yet.
Thanks again for pointing out all the great tunes.
This is interesting insight.
For me personally, I think "100 Proof" holds up strongly, though it is one of those albums I'll revisit, listen to once and really love, but then not come back to for months.
Where I will agree is "Cigarettes & Truckstops" I think is overall a better album than "Tin Star", despite the title track being one of the strongest tracks Lindi has ever written.
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An internal-affairs investigation into an alleged fight outside a bar in Springfield, Mass., involving off-duty Springfield police officers, resident Paul Cumby and three other men has brought to light new information, including missing video footage, contradictory testimony by officers and the fact that patrolmen responding to the fight could not explain why they did not search the bar for suspects after the confrontation.
According to MassLive.com, some details about the 2015 fight in Nathan Bill's Bar and Restaurant were released to the public in February, after Hampden County, Mass., District Attorney Anthony Gulluni released a report regarding his decision not to pursue criminal charges.
Gulluni acknowledged that Cumby, his cousins Jozelle and Jackie Ligon, and their friend Michael Cintron were indeed victims of assault, but declined to press charges, citing lack of clear identification.
Cumby was seriously injured in the attack, suffering a broken leg and some loosened teeth, while his companions sustained minor injuries. Some 12 Springfield officers ended up facing disciplinary charges in relation to the case.
On the night of April 7, 2015, Cumby and his party were drinking at the bar. Jozelle Ligon got into a verbal altercation with another group of patrons over whether he had whistled at a woman in their group. Cumby's party told investigators from the Internal Investigations Unit that a bar worker identified the other group of patrons as off-duty Springfield police officers.
About 50 minutes after the argument, Cumby and his group were attacked in a nearby parking lot. Cumby was left with a fractured ankle and four damaged front teeth. Jackie Ligon was hit and kicked in the torso and head while on the ground, and Jozelle Ligon and Cintron sustained cuts and bruises.
Cumby's group said that between eight and 15 white men between the ages of 25 and 45 attacked them. Cumby filed a complaint with the Springfield Police Department on May 7, resulting in all four victims being interviewed several times in the following months.
After the fight, two of the off-duty officers called in sick for two days. Billingsley reported "severe migraines," while Christian Cicero reported a broken toe.
All of the off-duty officers involved asserted their Fifth Amendment right not to testify, a fact that cannot be used against them criminally but could be used as evidence in the disciplinary hearing.
Although the officers refused to give statements to investigators, another off-duty officer who was also seen at the bar, Jose Diaz, gave testimony that contradicted a uniformed officer's account before opting to remain silent on the issue.
Diaz told Andrew that he arrived at the bar around 1:50 a.m. to help the owner, whom he knows, clean up. He left around 2 a.m., he said, and did not recall seeing any other officers at the bar. However, when pressed for more details, Diaz reportedly lost track of the conversation.
Diaz later insisted that he was not there during the fight. However, a responding officer reported seeing Diaz at the bar after 3 a.m., a timeline that would place him there after the fight, and well after the time he said that he had left.
Andrew asked Diaz about the conflicting information and then asked where he was before arriving at the bar.
MassLive notes that Police Sgt. William Andrew, who wrote the internal-affairs report, scoured the area near the scene of the fight for video evidence. The bar did not have cameras trained on its parking lot. A Bank of America near the bar did, but although the footage showed activity near the bar, it did not show the fight itself. There is also a distinct 10-minute or so gap in the video footage, with no explanation as to why.
"A further review of the video showed that the video jumps from around 2:39:16 a.m. to 2:50:36," Andrew wrote in his report.
The video showed cruisers arriving at the time of the initial verbal confrontation, around 1:15 a.m., and also showed Christian Cicero talking with on-duty officers. The uniformed officers left at 1:25 a.m., and a taxi pulled through the parking lot at 1:48 a.m.
At around 2:09, another cruiser pulls into the bar parking lot before quickly leaving. Another cruiser and an ambulance arrive on the scene and then also leave. Between 2:21 and 2:30 a.m., four white men in plain clothes enter the parking lot, speak to each other, and then go in and out of the video frame. At one point, some of them got into a black pickup truck.
At around 2:33 a.m., cruisers began to enter the bar's parking lot again, and then there's the gap.
Also worth noting: Several officers ran background checks on Cumby and his companions following reports of the altercation, and police did not search the bar after the fight.
Cumby told MassLive that he told responding officers that he saw some of his attackers in the bar when police brought him back to get his truck after the incident. However, although uniformed officers did search the area for suspects, they never went back into the bar.
Officers Nathaniel Perez and James D'Amour had both responded to the earlier argument at Nathan Bill's, and Perez had identified Billingsley, Rodriguez and Cicero at the scene at 1:15 a.m. They later responded to the 2:04 a.m. report of a fight, and after arriving searched Island Pond Road in the their squad car but were unable to locate any suspects.
Andrew asked why, given that the officers both knew the injured men had been involved in the earlier verbal dispute, they did not search Nathan Bill's for the assailants.
D'Amour did not offer an answer, the report said.
"Officer D'Amour could not articulate why, knowing that the four males were involved in a disturbance at Nathan Bill's didn't he search Nathan Bill's for the assailants," Andrew wrote.
Two other officers also responded to the initial argument and the fight, but neither reported searching the bar, and neither was questioned as to why. Plus, the officer who noticed Diaz standing outside the bar after the fight also did not report searching the bar or speaking to Diaz at the time of the incident.


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The two-day, family-friendly music festival returns for a second year, taking place Saturday, June 8, and Sunday, June 9, at the Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, Illinois. For its second round, Grammy Award-winning artist Pitbull, singer/songwriter Bebe Rexha, Nickelodeon star and YouTuber JoJo Siwa, and Grammy Award-winner T-Pain will perform. Additionally, numerous family experiences featuring the network's signature green slime will take place. This year's festival is sponsored by DIRECTV, Super Heroic and Ring Pop Gummy Gems.
New for 2019, Nickelodeon SlimeFest will include a Slime Maze and an expanded Slime Central, where over 30 people can get slimed simultaneously. Festivalgoers can also experience the giant slime pit in front of the stage; make their own slime at the Slime Lab; participate in a silent Slime Disco; and purchase exclusive SlimeFest merchandise.
The festival will also feature appearances by Nick stars: Annie LeBlanc (Annie vs. Hayley); Scarlet Spencer and Dallas Dupree Young (Cousins For Life); Ella Anderson and Riele Downs (Henry Danger); and Owen Joyner and Daniella Perkins (Knight Squad).
Nickelodeon SlimeFest has been a global hit since its launch in Australia in 2012. Sold-out shows have also occurred in South Africa, Australia, Germany, Italy, UK and Spain. This year's Nickelodeon SlimeFest UK will take place at The Arena at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Oct. 10 to 21, with more international event dates to be announced.


You may have not even known these types of devices exist, but legislation advancing in Trenton would require a consumer receive at least three days' notice before his or her vehicle is disabled remotely with the touch of a button.
An estimated 2 million vehicles nationwide, typically driven by borrowers with poor credit histories, are equipped with payment assurance devices that can cause a borrower to lose access to their vehicle should they not make a payment on time.
A proposed law sponsored by Assembly and Senate Democrats would require automobile dealers and lenders to provide a consumer with at least 72 hours' notice - through at least two modes of communication - before rendering the vehicle useless.
Pointing to a Sept. 24 article in the New York Times, bill sponsors said these devices are posing a safety concern for the targeted driver and other motorists. The NYT piece cited Americans who had their vehicles disabled while idling or even while driving on the highway.
"These devices are akin to having a predatory debt collector riding in the car with the borrower, ready to strike at the slightest mistake," said Assemblyman Paul Moriarty. "It's incredibly unsafe. We need this bill to protect consumers."
But according to Michael Brill, owner of B&B Automotive in Burlington, such concerns are unnecessary. His company has installed more than 10,000 of the devices in question, and "not one has ever shut down a vehicle while in operation."
"It can only interrupt starters from starting," Brill told a Senate panel considering the legislation. "Once the car has been started, it has no useful function."
While Brill is in favor of laws regulating the use of payment assurance devices, he argues 72-hour notice only opens the door to increased risk for dealers and lenders.
Their biggest threat, according to Brill, is what's known as a "skip" - borrowers disconnecting the devices so there's no threat of a sudden shutdown.
"And they intend to drive the car for as long as they can without paying for it, and possibly we never recover the car," Brill said.
Plus, lenders would have no way of guaranteeing that consumers are receiving their warnings, he said. Many of B&B's customers, he said, change phone numbers and email addresses.
Under the legislation, a consumer would be able to use a disabled vehicle for at least 48 hours in the event of an emergency. Also, a vehicle can not be disabled until the consumer is seven or more days in default.


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Background Narrative
The Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity is a USAID-funded program will improve people's resilience in the face of stresses and reduce poverty, household hunger, and chronic undernutrition through collective action; expanded and viable economic opportunities; strengthened formal and informal institutions, systems, and governance; and improved human capital. To achieve these results, approaches must be risk-informed, shock-responsive, and adapted to the distinct characteristics and dynamic context of different groups in northern Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands.
The activity establishes an effective management platform that maximizes the capacity of local actors, the collective impact of these actors, complementary programs, and associate awards. On this platform, the initial associate awards create mutually reinforcing push-pull opportunities. Together, the three awards build resilience and create sustained pathways out of poverty.
Expanding Economic Opportunities
ACDI/VOCA, in coordination with partners Mercy Corps, Smart Regional Consultants, and the BOMA Project, facilitates the pull of a more competitive livestock value chain for pastoralists positioned to move up in the sector and more viable, diversified livelihood opportunities for those moving out. It also facilitates an improved enabling environment for inclusive economic growth. The project aims to build vibrant market systems in livestock and other industries, enabling households to generate more income within the sector and diversify their income sources. In doing so, households—with a focus on youth and women—build resilience and create sustained pathways out of poverty.
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Expand and diversify viable economic opportunities through hard and soft investments.
Strengthen institutions, systems, and governance to support the development and competitiveness of livestock and other market systems and successfully manage their natural resources, especially rangeland and water access and availability–two key aspects of pastoral livelihoods.
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Improve human capital to help individuals become more resilient and prepared for economic engagement.
Project Activities & Approaches
Provide effective management to maximize local capacity and sustained collective impact.
Manage all associate awards and an $8 million grant facility to ensure technical excellence, coordination, and integration in pursuit of the activity's objectives, while maintaining compliance with USAID rules and regulations.
Facilitate the Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth on behalf of USAID, including effective sequencing, layering, and integration among member activities, and coordinate learning for collective impact.
Build the capacity of the National Drought Management Agency and county governments to maintain resilience gains and manage integrated programming of resilience activities.
Expand and diversify viable economic opportunities using competitively awarded grants to create livelihood opportunities, catalyze enterprise development, and incentivize investment.
Provide technical assistance to help entrepreneurs understand and access markets and capital and to operate profitably.
Facilitate access to internships, market-oriented vocational and technical education, and soft skills training to prepare young men and women for employment.
Strengthen institutions to support improved access to finance and strengthen the policy environment to encourage investment and inclusive growth that will allow businesses to flourish.
Strengthen the capacity of Ward Adaptation and Planning Committees and county administrations to better manage rangeland and water resources.
Work with communities to develop drought cycle management plans that capture their potential responses to emergencies and the resources required to mitigate them.
Strengthen the business development skills of Girls Improving Resilience with Livestock (GIRL) and Rural Entrepreneur Access Program (REAP) groups to better position them to undertake nutrition-promoting enterprises.
Anticipated Project Results
Leverage $2 million in new private sector capital investment in the livestock sector.
Create expanded economic opportunities in the form of 5,000 new jobs, increased demand, and access to expanded markets.
Form livestock marketing associations to establish basic operations and sustainably manage the markets, including negotiating profit-sharing models with local governments and communities.
Mercy Corps and the BOMA Project will form 1,820 REAP groups, including 5,460 women, across five counties.
Support partial scholarships–of no more than 50 percent–for fees and related costs for approximately 300 youth to participate in vocational and technical training and apprenticeships.
Improve management and governance of restored rangeland and water resources.
Improve effectiveness of drought response by the county governments.
Increase access to animal source foods.
Graduate 11,250 girls through Mercy Corps' GIRL community-based mentorship program, which provides adolescent girls with literacy and numeracy training, advocacy for school enrollment, financial services, and negotiation and life skills.
Grants Categories
The grant facility of the Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is aimed at addressing market systems constraints, and to incentivize innovation for market systems change in Northern Kenya.
There are four types of grants:
Small grants: a) for start-up or expansion of micro-enterprises or businesses—targeting small traders and those that supply to larger entrepreneurs; b) to support various activities for improving resilience—targeting GIRL and REAP groups, Ward Planning Committees, and community groups; and c) to enhance youth employability and workforce development—targeting youth 18-35 years
Medium grants: a) to support new technologies and models, e.g. for water and rangeland management, conflict resolution, nutrition advancement, etc.—targeting community-level institutions and other institutions; and b) matching grants to support Ward Planning Committees and community priorities—targeting Ward Planning Committees, community-level institutions, and other institutions.
Growth grants: a) to buy down risk and cost of entry; and linking enterprises to larger businesses—targeting businesses that have graduated from the small grants category; and b) to support established businesses, e.g. in fodder production, value addition, processing, input supply, etc.—targeting established businesses.
Innovation grants: a) to support new and innovative solutions to old problems—targeting enterprises, women and girls, youth, community-level and other institutions
View the project's brochure here.
Funder: USAID
Chief of Party: Jean-Frederic Beauchesne, JBeauchesne@acdivoca.org
Project Director: Kavita Chambery, kchambery@acdivoca.org
Project Specialist: Elbridge Boardman, eboardman@acdivoca.org
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For the past five years, I have been working with a group of researchers and community organizers on developing new models through which those who work in precarious jobs can be better protected through labour legislation in Ontario. The team is led by Mary Gellatly from Parkdale Legal Services and Leah Vosko, Canada Research Chair in Political Economy of Gender at York University.
Skilled Immigrants and precarious jobs.
The labour market experience of highly educated immigrants to Canada is another sustained theme in my research. My colleague, the late Roxana Ng, and I conducted interviews with immigrants working as supermarket cashiers, garment sewers and call center workers in Toronto. The project focused on what and how these workers in precarious jobs learned vis-à-vis power relations (specifically their racialized, gendered, class-structured workplaces), in the context of the constant employment instability they experienced.
Mirchandani, K. (2016) The Organization of Service Work.Pp. 348- 364 in Stephen Edgell, Heidi Gottfried and Edward Granter eds. The Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Work and Employment. London: Routledge.
Das Gupta, T., Man, G., Mirchandani, K and Ng, R (2014) "Class Borders: Chinese and South Asian Canadian Professional Women Navigating the Labor Market. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 23 (1): 55-83.
Gellatly, M., Grundy, J., Mirchandani, K., Perry, J.A., Thomas, M., Vosko, L. (2011). Modernizing Employment Standards? Efficiency, Market Regulation, and the Production of the Illegal Claimant in Ontario. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 22, 2, 81-106.
Mirchandani, K., Ng, R., Coloma-Moya, N., Maitra, S., Rawlings, T., Shan, H., Siddiqui, K., and Slade, B. (2011). The entrenchment of racial categories in precarious employment. In N. Pupo, D. Glenday and A. Duffy (Eds.), The Shifting Landscape of Work (pp. 119-138). Toronto: Nelson Educational Ltd.
Mirchandani, K., Ng, R., Coloma-Moya, N., Maitra, Rawlings, T., Siddiqui, K., Shan, H., Slade, B. (2010). Transitioning into Contingent Work: Immigrants' Learning and Resistance. In P. Sawchuk and A. Taylor (Eds.), Challenging Transitions in Learning and Work: Reflections on Policy and Practice (231-242). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Mirchandani, K. (2008). Work. In Darity, W. A Jr. (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (pp. 121-124). 2nd Edition. Detroit: Macmillan Reference.
Mirchandani, K. (2007). Contradictory Images of Home Based Work. In P. Adler and P. Adler (Eds.), Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology (pp. 359-396). Belmont: Thomson. Reprint.
Mirchandani, K. and Butler, A. (2006). Beyond Inclusion and Equity: Contributions from Transnational Anti-Racist Feminism. In A.M. Konrad, P. Prasad and J. Pringle (Eds.), Handbook of Workplace Diversity (pp. 475-488). London: Sage.
Mirchandani, K. (2006). Gender Eclipsed?: Racial Hierarchies in Transnational Call Centres. Social Justice, 32, 4, 105-119.
Mirchandani, K. Ng, R, Sangha, J., Rawlings, T., and Coloma-Moya, N. (2005). Ambivalent Learning: Racialized Barriers to Computer Access for Immigrant Contingent Workers. The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 19, 2, 14-33.
Mirchandani, K. (2005). Women Entrepreneurs: Exploring New Avenues. In S. Fielden and M. Davidson (Eds.) International Handbook of Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship (pp. 253-263). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Mirchandani, K. (2003). Challenging Racial Silences in Studies of Emotion Work: Contributions from Anti-Racist Feminist Theory. Organization Studies, 24, 5, 721-742.
Mirchandani, K. (2002). A Special Kind of Exclusion: Race, Gender and Self-Employment. Atlantis, 27, 1, 25-38.
Mirchandani, K. (2000). "The Best of Both Worlds" and "Cutting my Own Throat": Contradictory Images of Home-Based Work. Qualitative Sociology, 23, 2, 159-182.
Mirchandani, K. and Tastsoglou, E. (2000). Towards a Diversity Beyond Tolerance. Studies in Political Economy, 61, 49-78.
Mirchandani, K. (1999). Feminist Insight on Gendered Work: New Directions in Research on Women and Entrepreneurship. Gender, Work and Organization, 6, 4, 224-235.
Mirchandani, K. (1999). Legitimizing Work: Telework and the Gendered Reification of the Work-Nonwork Dichotomy. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 36, 1, 87-107.
Mirchandani, K. (1998). Shifting Definitions of the Public-Private Dichotomy: Legislative Inertia on Garment Homework in Ontario. Advances in Gender Research, 3, 47-71.
Mirchandani, K. (1998). Protecting the Boundary: Teleworker Insights on the Expansive Concept of "Work". Gender & Society, 12, 2,168-187.


Colin McPhee (1900-1964) was a Canadian composer and a scholar. He is remembered mainly for his compositions, from which – well in advance of its time – emerge strong influences of non-Western music and, in particular, of Bali and Java. In fact, Mc Phee, can be considered one of the first musicians to have studied in an ethnomusicology key musical productions of those regions, as part of a research perspective that today is even more important, especially in relation to the complex network of the so-called world music.
McPhee has also taught composition and ethnomusicology in the Department of Music at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), 1960 to 1964, the year of his death. Here, in the archives of ethnomusicology, is deposited his collection, which, besides containing materials on the music of Bali and Java, consists of important documents both on historical and content. Among these is, for example, much correspondence with scholars, anthropologists, ethnomusicologists and musicians, such as Margaret Mead, Jaap Kunst, Henry Cowell and others. As well as, materials and documents related to his research, writings, compositions, musical manuscripts, audio and video recordings, photographs, etc. From here you can access the page dedicated to the collection in the OAC (Online Archive California).


This is a part-time position with a monthly salary.
Innovative telecommunication company is looking for a part-time, english-speaker, recruiter to acquire outstanding talent for the company. 3+ years of experience in recruitment is required, is extremely important to have experience with freelancer platforms, such as, but not limited to freelancer.com, fiverr, upwork and/or workana. The position is part-time and remote, so a fast and stable Internet connection is a must. The main activity will be looking for specific talent in computer programming and networking. Video calls will be part of everyday work to interview candidates in Asia and Africa.
The budget is $80 (depending on your experience and test score) for 40 hours per month, Monday to Friday. Flexible schedule.
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1. In mixing bowl, add eggs, sea salt, pepper, onion and soy sauce. Whisk well.
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Happy Monday! Welcome back to Clean Eating Weight Loss Meal Plan!
Today's meal plan starts with a big breakfast, and ends with a hearty dinner. In between, there are crunchy and sweet snacks to enjoy. We like today's meal plan very much, and hope you do too.
Despite the popularity of intermittent fasting, we still feel that eating breakfast is as important as brushing your teeth in the morning. In fact, we prefer big breakfast with nutritious ingredients like today's protein-licious eggs, hearty grain and antioxidant-rich fruits.
Kale popcorn? You'd be surprised at how tasty they are--and with only 39 calories per cup. We are...SO IN LOVE!
Find them at Quinn Kale and Sea Salt Popcorn!
Substituting all-natural ground chicken for beef cuts calories and fat without sacrificing flavor. We found today's lunch, a simple ground chicken meat sauce over whole wheat rotini, a healthy and delightful choice. To enhance the nutritional value of today's clean eating lunch, we added a side of mixed greens with farmer's market cucumber.
Looks delicious, doesn't it? Hope you try it.
If you can't make your own pasta sauce, there are healthy ready-made choices like the Newman's Own Marinara. We find it delicious and use it all the time.
Find it at Newman's Own Organic Pasta Sauce.
Combining quinoa, which is incredibly nutritious with abundant minerals, vitamins and antioxidants, and avocado and shrimp is a great way to create a delicious, low calorie dinner. It's also quick and easy, which works well for busy week nights.
If you're a fan of shrimp, avocado or quinoa, you'll find this clean eating dinner a pleasant experience.
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Hi there! Welcome back to Clean Eating Weight Loss Meal Plan!
On Day 111, we offer unique meal ideas like a quinoa-based pancake for breakfast, spinach wrap for lunch and stir fry with salad for dinner. The meals are not only fun but also delicious and healthy, creating awesome ideas for the clean eating diet plan.
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If you're searching for lighter grain for breakfast, quinoa is a great choice. It's gluten-free, full of antioxidants and gentle on the digestive system.
Quinoa pancakes may be a new concept, they taste just as good as regular pancakes, except with less fat and no processed ingredients. If you're interested, here's a quick and easy quinoa pancake recipe to try.
Try Crunch Master Gluten-Free Multi-Grain Crackers with Sea Salt.
Get them at Crunch Master Crackers.
Try Que Pasa Organic Tortilla Chips.
They're crunchy, tasty and totally preservatives-free!
Stir fry in salad? You'll be surprised at how good it tastes.
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Shooting safeguard who produced his NBA debut in 2012 for the Portland Path Blazers. He was exchanged towards the Denver Nuggets in 2015 and set up himself among the team's best swingmen. He performed college basketball on the School of Memphis, where he was the Meeting USA Participant of the entire year in 2012. He was chosen 40th general in the 2012 NBA draft. He was created in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2012 he was component of a Blazers' draft course that included Damian Lillard.


Famous Dyslexics: This CEO has dyslexia and ADHD… and doesn't do any email!
CEO Selim Bassoul runs Middleby Corp., a massive kitchen supply goods maker based in Illinois. He runs this massive operation without email, without constant staff meetings, and without reading any memos. And business is booming.
He credits his dyslexia and ADHD with forming his unique management style, one built around interpersonal interaction and big picture thinking. Details just aren't his thing.
"Dyslexia has forced me to be quite conceptual, because I'm not good with detail. I think in general rather than in specific [terms]. That allows me to step back and take in the big picture rather than get bogged down in details. Because of my weaknesses and handicaps, I've learned other ways to accomplish the same goal at faster speed," he told the Wall Street Journal recently.
"As a dyslexic you have no choice but to rely on others for help with detail and tactical tasks. You become a great judge of character. You have to select the best team around you…. I want to be able to give hope to children or parents of children with dyslexia and ADHD that they can be successful," he says.


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In this new occassion we have had the opportunity to interview the Hard Rock/Metal band Lilith And Knight from UK. Check out the interview and this band on their FACEBOOK PAGE.
1.Where did you get the idea for the band name, you planned it or came out just like that?
The band name comes from a mythical being in Jewish literature. Lilith was made from the same earth as Adam. She was his equal and as a result they clashed when she wouldn't allow herself to be dominated by him. She fled from Eden and is now seen by some as a fallen angel and by others as the first feminist. She is an awesomely strong character and the perfect name for the front woman of our band. As for "The Knight", well, we just thought that sounded cool!
2.Why did you want to play this genre?
We all have varied influences but we all have a shared passion for heavy hitting music and softer more melodic interludes. Our music reflects all of our individual influences blended into songs.
3. Did you know each other before the band was formed?
No, Lilith held auditions 3 years ago and Adam joined the band. Tom came in a year later to replace the original bass player and Sam is the latest addition on drums.
4. Each band member favourite band?
Lilith: System of a Down
Adam: The Beatles
Thomas: Counterparts
Sam: Kamelot
5. Who or what inspires you to write songs?
Lilith's lyrics are the reflection of how we see the current state of the world. She focuses on social injustice and inequality. Our latest single War cry is based on the idea that politicians send their people to war while they remain in the safety of their offices and homes.
6. Where was your last gig?
Our last show was at The Quinphonic Festival in Birmingham.
7. Where would you like to play?
We would love to play in the U.S!!
8. Who would you like to support?
Hands off Gretel have been doing some really cool stuff and we would love to share the stage with them.
9. Whom not?
Justin Bieber.
10. Any of you has ever suffered from stage fright? Any tip for beginners on how to beat that?
Everyone experiences some degree of nervousness before going on stage but for most of us, once we get playing all of that goes away and we just enjoy the show. My main tip would be to trust in yourself and practice!
11. What bands have inspired you the most?
System of a Down is a band we all love and have immense respect for. But we all draw inspirations from different genres.
12. What's the weirdest thing a fan has ever asked you for?
If they could lick Tom's tattooed nipples…
13. What do you think of your fans?
They are great!! We wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for them showing up to our shows and motivating us to keep writing music! We are very grateful for everyone who supports us.
14. What do you think of our site?
We love the website!! We've discovered some really cool bands thanks to you!
15. Something to add?
Our next single War Cry we will be coming out on November 23rd!
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package uk.co.thisishillman.model;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import static java.nio.file.StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_MODIFY;
import java.nio.file.WatchEvent;
import java.nio.file.WatchKey;
import java.nio.file.WatchService;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextPane;
import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants;
import javax.swing.text.StyleContext;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import uk.co.thisishillman.Settings;
import uk.co.thisishillman.vis.Map;

/**
 * Reads SSH logs and build AccessAttempt objects, to be used as a base for sub-classes
 *
 * @author M Hillman
 */
public class BaseLogProcessor extends Thread {

    // Time out on single request process
    public static final int TIME_OUT = 10;

    // Running flag
    public static volatile boolean RUNNING;

    // To stop duplicates
    protected final Set<AccessAttempt> requests;

    // Location of log file
    protected final Path logFile;

    // WatchService
    protected WatchService watcher;

    // Destination for text output
    protected JTextPane terminal;

    // Map Panel
    protected Map mapPanel;

    /**
     * Initialise a new processor with the input log file at the data source
     *
     * @param logFile
     */
    protected BaseLogProcessor(Path logFile) {
        this.logFile = logFile;
        this.requests = new HashSet<>();

        this.setDaemon(false);
        this.setName("Log Reading Thread");
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param terminal
     */
    public void setTextDestination(JTextPane terminal) {
        this.terminal = terminal;
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param mapPanel
     */
    public void addMapPanel(Map mapPanel) {
        this.mapPanel = mapPanel;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a list of SSH access attempts
     * @return
     */
    public Set<AccessAttempt> getAttempts() {
        return this.requests;
    }

    /**
     * Start listening for changes in the log file
     */
    @Override
    public void start() {
        try {
            RUNNING = true;

            this.watcher = FileSystems.getDefault().newWatchService();
            logFile.getParent().register(watcher, ENTRY_MODIFY);
            super.start();

        } catch(Exception e) {
            stopRunning();

            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Cannot start file reading process, please check file permissions!",
                    "Read Error!", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Stop running the listening thread
     */
    public void stopRunning() {
        RUNNING = false;
    }

    /**
     *  Run the thread continually listening for changes to the log file
     */
    @Override
    public void run() {
        ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();

        if(Boolean.parseBoolean(Settings.getSetting("back_date"))) {
            backDate(executor);
            appendToPane("Information already present in SSH log file successfully added.", Color.BLACK);
        }

        appendToPane("Live SSH log monitoring successfully started.", Color.BLACK);

        while(RUNNING) {
            try {

                WatchKey wKey = watcher.take();

                for(WatchEvent<?> event : wKey.pollEvents()) {
                    Path changedFile = (Path) event.context();

                    if (changedFile.endsWith(logFile.getFileName())) {
                        parseLine(executor, getLastLine());
                    }
                }

                wKey.reset();

            } catch(Exception excep) {

            }
        }
        executor.shutdownNow();

        appendToPane("Live SSH log monitoring shut down successfully.", Color.BLACK);
        appendToPane("", Color.WHITE);
    }

    /**
     * @param executor
     */
    protected void backDate(ExecutorService executor) {
       BufferedReader reader = null;
       InputStreamReader stream = null;
       FileInputStream fileStream = null;

       try {
           fileStream = new FileInputStream(logFile.toString());
           stream = new InputStreamReader(fileStream, "UTF-8");
           reader = new BufferedReader(stream);

           String line = null;

           while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
               parseLine(executor, line);
           }

       } catch(Exception excep) {
           // Error reporting

       } finally {
           if(fileStream != null) IOUtils.closeQuietly(fileStream);
           if(stream != null) IOUtils.closeQuietly(stream);
           if(reader != null) IOUtils.closeQuietly(reader);
       }
    }

    /**
     * Test that the input source text fulfils the input Regex pattern
     *
     * @param ip
     * @return
     */
    protected boolean isInternal(String ip) {
        Pattern ptrn = Pattern.compile("((10|127|(22[4-9]|23[0-9]))|(192\\.168|169\\.254)|(172\\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])))\\..*");
        Matcher mtch = ptrn.matcher(ip);

        boolean find = mtch.find();
        if(find) {
            return mtch.group().equals(ip);
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param msg
     * @param c
     */
    protected void appendToPane(String msg, Color c) {
        if(terminal == null) return;
        StyleContext sc = StyleContext.getDefaultStyleContext();
        AttributeSet aset = sc.addAttribute(SimpleAttributeSet.EMPTY, StyleConstants.Foreground, c);

        aset = sc.addAttribute(aset, StyleConstants.Alignment, StyleConstants.ALIGN_LEFT);

        int len = terminal.getDocument().getLength();
        terminal.setCaretPosition(len);
        terminal.setCharacterAttributes(aset, false);
        terminal.replaceSelection(msg + "\n");
    }

    /**
     * Returns the last line of the log file
     *
     * @return last line
     */
    protected String getLastLine() {
        RandomAccessFile ramFile = null;

        try {
            ramFile = new RandomAccessFile(logFile.toString(), "r");
            long fileLength = ramFile.length() - 1;
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

            for (long fp = fileLength; fp != -1; fp--) {
                ramFile.seek(fp);
                int readByte = ramFile.readByte();

                if (readByte == 0xA) {
                    if (fp == fileLength) continue;
                    break;

                } else if (readByte == 0xD) {
                    if (fp == fileLength - 1) continue;
                    break;
                }

                sb.append((char) readByte);
            }

            return sb.reverse().toString();

        } catch (Exception excep) {
            excep.printStackTrace(System.out);
            return null;

        } finally {
            if (ramFile != null) {
                try {
                    ramFile.close();
                } catch (IOException e) { }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to parse the last line of the log file into an actual AccessAttempt object before pooling it. Include a timeout
     * on the parsing logic in case it takes ages for a IP location to be found.
     *
     * @param executor executor service
     * @param line
     *
     * @throws Exception
     */
    protected void parseLine(ExecutorService executor, String line) throws Exception {
        // Override this in sub-classes!
    }

}
// End of class

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When planning to update the bar in our basement I knew I wanted to give it an updated Hollywood Glam sort of feel without spending a fortune. The first things I found, since I work in a furniture store, were the fabrics, furniture pieces, and some accessories that I knew were must-haves.
The next thing from there was to choose my paint colors. After finding paint colors we decided to do one focal wall in black which, in the glam style, needed to have some pop and pizzazz but not look cheesy.
Because one of the fabrics we chose was a very skinny matte/glossy gold stripe we choose to carry that look onto our walls.
We decided that since it is a fairly short wall they needed to be big stripes and glossy enough to bounce some light around but not detract from the rest of the room. We decided to center one stripe on one wall, and then center the other three on the other portion of the wall.
After painting the whole wall black with an eggshell finish we taped off the wall and applied a clear coat of Polyacrylic. It dried quickly and left us with very glossy stripes. We were thinking of doing a second coat but since it turned out so well we decided not to.
Since the pictures were taken we've added some great accessories but everyone that goes into that room notices the stripes first and even though they were super easy to do, they're still my favorite part of the whole room!
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Just did stripes in my own finished basement and love it. Used a taupe and then one shade darker on the paint strip and taped every 12 inches a 12 inch stripe, and painted that the darker shade. I used painters tape and really pressed to ensure a crisp line and it looks great.
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Q: WSO2 API Manager - displaying host name rather IP in UI We deployed wso2am in a server and currently we can use host name to access it, but when I log on wso2am store to subscribe a API, It still display its IP rather than hostname in the UI (overview part), like:
URLs:
http://xx.xx.xx.xxx:8280/pizzashack/1.0.0
https://xx.xx.xx.xxx:8243/pizzashack/1.0.0

so  any one can tell me how to resolve it?

A: For that you need to edit the APIEndpointURL property in AM_HOME/repository/conf/api-manager.xml file. Mine looks as follows after editing.
<APIEndpointURL>http://apim.example.org:${http.nio.port},https://apim.example.org:${https.nio.port}</APIEndpointURL>

This is in addition to specifying <HostName> and <MgtHostName> in AM_HOME/repository/conf/carbon.xml

A: Not a complete answer but I found that I also had to update the api-manager.xml file in conf, replacing references to carbon.local.ip with the hostname. This addressed the issue where the ip address was still used in the store. However, I still have an issue which appeared after changing the hostname where issuing and recreating tokens fails. I'd be curious if were/are seeing that issue(which I think is related)

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