 with Alleluya band roots includes Charles Sineta, Isaac Liwotcha, Rod Valamanja, Coss Chiwalo and Paul Subiri, some of whom prospered in their musical journey while others bungled.
No conclusion yet as to how the Balaka beat faded, but the fact remains it did shake the music industry and made a significant contribution.
Alleluyah band still owes people that beat, that touch, that special Balaka genre.this is a test, please ignore...
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I'm guessing you're in the hard sciences and are more likely to cultivate objectivity as a disciplined habit. That's something I respect, even if all fields have their share of ***holes.

I do try to fight for the unpopular viewpoint sometimes...   But with the AznId crowd I don't have the fortitude. I have to "pick my battles" so to speak. As you said, I don't understand how the mods can tolerate the flame wars, or perhaps that's their true intention. I can live with that - let them have their own "space," lol.

Thankfully "Asian American Channel" sounds alot more sane. 

There is definitely ugliness in LGBT discussions too. But nothing like what I've seen in AznId, which rivals what I've seen on other hardcore racial-identity forums (like alt right neonazis). There's hardly even a comparison. In a forum dispute, LGBTs (as long as they're "out"), are far more likely to be compassionate and seek consensus, or a "brighter" angle. That's what I've found, though others may differ.

At first I was puzzled by this. But ethnic identity tends to be uncompromising. There is very little grey area because people are so "embodied" and molded by race; most people can't "pass" for another ethnic group. When you're gay, trans or pansexual there's much more flexibility; you can assume your identity some times, but hide it at other times. Plus we've all been "closeted" to some degree, so our perspectives are necessarily broader regardless of how tolerant we want to be.

Thanks for the discussion - this makes Reddit a much better place for me! Keep standing up for "us".Metrojet Incident Spotlights Egypt’s Security Struggles
Whether or not it is confirmed that a bomb was responsible for the destruction of the Russian airliner flying from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt’s need for security-sector reform has been repeatedly highlighted amid the country’s political turbulence of the past five years, as power struggles have impeded steps to make the security services more efficient or accountable.
Egypt’s 2011 uprising started not with calls for democratization, but with a protest against police brutality: the date of 25 January was chosen because it was National Police Day. As protests escalated, more people called for the president himself to go, but while mass protests provided the momentum, the final push came from the military: the vice president announced power was being transferred to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Next to the police, the military were seen as the ‘good cop’. Demoralized, low-paid police lost much of their authority. Some went on strike, or left their posts.
The impact of the loss of police authority was particularly acute in the Sinai peninsula, where the social and economic exclusion of the Bedouin community had left much of the population profoundly alienated from the state. Meanwhile, the (literally) underground economy of smuggling through tunnels to Gaza created opportunities for weapons and militants to move. Before 2011, the police and state security had implemented a harsh security regime, with frequent reports of police demanding bribes. After the uprising many of the police – who were usually not recruited from the local community – simply fled, leaving a resentful vacuum.
There was talk of security sector reform, but little more. The hated state security service was reconstituted under the new name of ‘national security’. After their election, the Muslim Brotherhood replaced senior military and security figures, but they trod cautiously in the hope they could keep the security services onside. It was the Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi who appointed Abel Fattah el-Sisi as defence minister.
Repression and radicalization.Lake Bohinj -waterfall 'Slap Savica'.JPG
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After our underwhelming experience at Velenje (and those pictures are posted to FlickR now – if you have access to our account you can see them labeled as such) we decided to go someplace better the next day. The tried and true, undeniably gorgeous area for scenery is the drive from Lake Bled to/through the Bohinj Valley, so we went there. We were not disappointed. I am not going to do it justice, but I’ll try my best. Other than ours, there are some lovely photos here:
Lake Bohinj is on the southern end of Triglav National Park (Triglav is the highest peak in Slovenia) and is part of the Slovene Julian and Kamnik Alps. First of all, you should know that the lake, and the entire valley, was carved by a glacier. All around this area there is forest littered with these fantastically huge, white, moss-covered boulders that were left behind by the glacier. They are everywhere: in the woods with trees growing on top of them, in the river with water rushing around and over them..
Once we got to the park, which is west of the lake itself, we stopped at one of the gostilnas there and had some lunch. All of the rivers in this area are known for trout (see previous post about fish-bashing) and so I had some for lunch, along with some potatoes. The trout is always served with this olive oil and garlic and parsley mixture on the side that you slather over the top of the fish. This love of garlic may explain the popularity of chewing gum here in Slovenia (did I tell you that gum is even on some menus? More gum per capita is chewed here than anywhere else in the world.) Anyway, my trout was super-yummy; Joe had a brat and some kraut, also yummy but somewhat heavy and regrettable on the hike up to the waterfall. After lunch we hiked up to the waterfall. It is not a terribly strenuous walk, about 20 minutes’ walk straight uphill, but I must say it is a bit of a disappointment when you get up there. It’s a lovely view and all that, but you are not actually that close to the falls, and the falls are not really that big or remarkable…so, it was pretty and a fine way to work off some of our lunch calories but don’t feel too badly if you’ve never seen it (other than the picture posted here). And I’m not being a grouch – I’ve heard Niagara Falls described as a let-down as well. Then we walked down and Lucy and I dipped our toes in the glacial river – brrr!
We left the park and drove back towards Lake Bohinj with the idea that we might find a good place for a swim. Given the fact that it is high tourist season and there was not a lot of parking, this turned out to be a challenge. We did eventually find one place and we parked, but the lake bottom was a bit too filled with leaf litter and branches so we decided to press on and look for a better place. We found another place, a rocky beach across from a small hotel, and hung out there for a while. Joe went fully in for a swim, but for me it was…while not bone-chilling or teeth-chattering…it was a good bit more than goose-bump-eliciting COLD so I only went in part-way. Lucy was not digging it very much – I don’t think it’s so much the cold in her case, but rather that she has not figured out how to swim yet (and she doesn’t seem too keen on learning). She goes in up to her shoulders and then once she cannot touch bottom she jumps out again – it’s funny how she picks up and places her feet very carefully until she get to that point. Equally funny was her giant fluffy body (dry) and her skinny wet legs!
After we left there we headed home, driving through Lake Bled along the way. We did not stop because it was very crowded and also we have seen it before (without the crowds). We will go back in the Fall once everyone else has gone. It is absolutely stunning and it has it all: the lake itself, the white mountains framing the background, the castle on the hill, the church on the island in the middle of the lake…you just can’t beat it. Here is a fantastic picture here:
I would like to go back to Bohinj/Triglav Park and do some more extensive hiking once the weather is cooler, and once my better shoes arrive. Hiking in sandals is okay, but not the best thing.
Speaking of cooler, now we will talk about the weather for a few minutes. In Ljubljana the past week it